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Ratner loses a battle for control of an Atlantic Yards building: P.13

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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2007 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/14 pages • Vol. 30, No. 10 • Saturday, March 10, 2007 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO Marty’s spending points to WRONG WAY City Hall SLOPERS: AVENUE PLAN STINKS By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Paper Borough President Markowitz was pressed City vows to kill one-ways if locals object and pressed on last Tuesday night’s edition of HEARING IS SET FOR “Inside City Hall,” but he just wouldn’t say whether he was running for mayor. By Christie Rizk “I don’t want to say anything official tive reaction from the residents.” lights timed to a much more leisurely THURSDAY, MARCH 15 The Brooklyn Paper until I hear all the details, but [convert- Most people have been complaining pace, but hitting 30 miles per hour is But the Beep’s Community Board 6’s transportation com- campaign finance ing the avenues] sounds like a really about the prospect of more speeding virtually impossible because the lanes City officials backtracked a bit this mittee will be briefed on the city’s plan to disclosure forms in- dumb idea,” said Assemblywoman cars. If this proposal is implemented, are tighter and other drivers are fre- week from a bombshell proposal to Joan Millman (D-Cobble Hill). Sixth Avenue could become very much quently doing U-turns. turn Sixth and Seventh av- dicate that Mar- convert Seventh and Sixth avenues kowitz is already Park Slope had virtually unified like Eighth Avenue — where cars treat And that’s just how Denworth and enues in Park Slope into doing plenty of run- into one-way thoroughfares, saying around defeating this idea — a first step the one-way road like a highway, others like it. one-way streets. The public ning — $200,000 the much-reviled proposal would be towards tackling the game-night grid- swerving around double-parked cars, “In our view, two-way will also get to weigh in. worth of it, to be killed if residents reject it at a meeting lock expected after Bruce Ratner’s Nets not having to worry about oncoming streets are more con- The March 15 meeting precise. next week. arena. The company now says the arena traffic. ducive to a better will take place at 6:30 That’s how much “These plans need community board will open in 2010 (see story, page 13). Both streets currently carry the stan- quality of life for resi- pm at New York

NY1 dents and merchants as money the still-un- approval and if the community doesn’t “People who aren’t normally activist dard city speed limit of 30 miles per ONE-WAY 7TH Methodist Hospital well,” she said. Marty Markowitz on declared Markowitz support [it], we will not move for- types are calling us to ask what they hour. But such a rate of speed — and (506 Sixth St., be- NY1 last week. campaign spent on DOT says that turning ward,” the agency said in a statement can do to prevent this,” said Lydia Den- higher — is easily obtainable on Eighth Seventh Avenue — cur- tween Seventh and campaign-related ex- this week. worth, president of the Park Slope Avenue, where drivers have the benefit Eighth avenues). For penses last year, putting him behind only Comp- rently a busy commercial That promise suited Park Slope — Civic Council, who directed residents of open road and a steady procession of strip — and Sixth Avenue — ONE-WAY 6TH information, call (718) 643- troller Bill Thompson and Bronx Borough Presi- both the man and woman on the street to Thursday night’s meeting (see box, timed green lights. 3027. See MARTY’S SPENDING on page 11 and the men and women they elected. right). “There’s been an intensely nega- On Sixth Avenue, not only are the See ONE-WAYS on page 6 For cats’ sake ‘Ladies’ saving Ratner’s kitties

By Dana Rubinstein starve, or get hit by cars.” two to re-trap a feral cat. That night was The Brooklyn Paper The challenges are many. For one no exception. thing, Brahm inquired at the developer’s After about 20 minutes, a cow-print cat While opponents of Bruce Ratner’s much-heralded “community liaison of- with a black tail named John F. Kennedy Atlantic Yards project continue to work fice” last week to find out when started nosing around and was, around the clock — figuratively — to various buildings are set to be eventually, caught with a net. block the developer’s wrecking ball, cat torn down, but she hasn’t The 35th president will lovers are working around the clock — gotten an answer. join Zachary Taylor, Warren literally — to rescue a colony of feral In addition , these cats Harding and Eleanor Roo- felines who are about to lose their home — who have all been giv- sevelt — three fellow ferals to make room for the 16-tower mega- en names of presidents or — in a pimped-out shed in a project. first ladies — have already volunteer’s backyard, where Agroup from Slope Street Cats, which been trapped for spaying or they will dine on fancy food traps, neuters, and cares for feral kitties, has neutering, and are extreme- to help endear them to the new been spending its nights setting up traps ly wary of being caught again location. / Dennis W. Ho / Dennis W. outside a trash-filled lot on Vanderbilt Av- (can you blame them?). Meanwhile, Brahm and her enue and Dean Street, whose 11 stray cats On Tuesday evening, Brahm colleagues will be hard at work in the don’t know that the largest development in pulled up in her friend’s battered red Toy- Atlantic Yards footprint, catnapping Bruce Brooklyn’s history is about to evict them. ota Corolla, pulled out four traps, un- Ratner’s kitties (a Ratner spokesman re- “Cats are very tied to place,” said Lau- peeled tins of sardines, and placed them fused to comment, by the way). ra Brahm, the group’s assistant executive inside the traps. “I’ll keep coming back every night un- Paper The Brooklyn director. “If [Ratner] starts doing demoli- Then she got back in her car and wait- til we get them all,” said Brahm. Laura Brahm of Slope Street Cats sets up a cat trap to round up and relocate feral cats living in an empty lot within Bruce Ratner’s tion, the cats will either run away and ed. On average, it takes Brahm an hour or Four down. Seven to go. Atlantic Yards footprint.

Crime drops (Law) breaking news: Crass menagerie Columnist is collared Our man gets caught in the with mercury middle of a Williams’s classic By Lilo H. Stainton By Chris Varmus The Brooklyn Paper Sentenced to write this story for The Brooklyn Paper Here’s at least one reason to love the cold weath- In most cases, when a theater group de- er: criminals aren’t showing up for work. By Matthew Lysiak cides to stage an American classic, it sticks to Police data shows a dramatic decrease in violent crimes during this cold snap. Rapes, robberies and other The Brooklyn Paper the script and tries to perform the piece as it I admit it. I’m guilty as charged. And let me tell brutal acts were down nearly 28 percent in the 84th was intended. Precinct, which covers Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn all you kids out there: littering is bad. You can take This is not one of those cases. it from me. Heights and DUMBO, during that time, and the figures Grotesque and outrageous, “Bouffon Glass fell by just under 18 percent in Park Slope’s 78th Precinct. My cautionary tale begins with the careless Menajoree,” the latest incarnation of Tennessee In Bay Ridge’s 68th Precinct, crime fell by more than placement of one coffee cup on a garbage-littered Williams’s 1944 classic, obliterates any sem- 31 percent in the past month and was nearly cut in half shelf at the 77th Street Station. What followed were blance of whatever decency or moral restraint over the last seven days. handcuffs and a ride in the back of a police van to the play once had. “The rain, the sleet and the snow are a policeman’s Traffic Division 34 headquarters in Coney Island. “Why would anyone do this to an American best friend,” said Police Officer Ronnie Fagan, a two- “This is really something,” said the guy behind the masterpiece?” you might ask yourself. I decid- decade veteran with the 84th Precinct. “The connection Plexiglas, whose job it was to verify my identity. ed that in order to find out, I needed to go put is unequivocal.” “They never used to bring people in for these kinds of myself in the line of fire, as it were, and join Of course, the brass doesn’t like to credit the weather things. But this is what happens when crime goes the cast. for the fine work of its officers. down and the number of officers on the streets goes up. “They’ve taken ‘The Glass Menagerie,’ ar- “I see the cops are working harder and smarter than “The guy I just spoke with before you is in here guably the most delicate and lyrical play in the they ever have — and they’re deployed at the right place / Aaron Greenhood / Aaron because he missed the trash can,” Plexiglas-man and time,” said Capt. Michael Kemper, commanding of- added. American canon, and stuck a firecracker up its ass,” said Michael Gardner, artistic director of ficer of the 76th Precinct of Carroll Gardens and Red “Well, I didn’t exactly miss the trash can,” said La- Hook, where crime dropped more than 21 percent be-

Elizabeth Weinberg the Brick Theater in Williamsburg. “It’s won- teek White of Red Hook, who became my cellmate tween Feb. 26 and March 3, and is down nearly 24 per- derfully bawdy, tasteless, hammy and ugly — moments later. Ten-nasty Williams: Aimee German, Audrey Crabtree cent this year. and Lynn Berg really yuck it up in “Bouffon Glass Mena- everything that Williams is not.” The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn “The can was overflowing and I threw my trash in “We’re taking a more proactive approach,” added Paper columnist Matthew Lysiak it, but it bounced out and rolled on the ground.” joree,” playing at the Brick Theater through March 24. See GLASS on page 9 Capt. Eric Rodriguez, the CO at the 68th Precinct. with coffee at scene of the crime. See GUILTY! on page 11 Still, many Brooklynites are praying for cold. 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 March 10, 2007 St. Patrick’s Day Weekend Celebration Green Beer & Food Specials!

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TRANSIT MUSEUM: Kids are invited to take SAT, MARCH 10 part in “Panoramic Ceramics.” Learn about the century-old ceramic work that can be OUTDOORS AND TOURS seen in the subways and around the city. MORNING BIRDING: Salt Marsh Nature Ages five and older. $5, $3 for kids 3 to 17 Center hosts a walk around its Nature Trail. and seniors. Schermerhorn Street and Learn about birds of the salt marsh and see Boerum Place. Call for time. (718) 694-1600. some winter migrants. 8 am. 3302 Ave. U. KIDS MUSICAL: Tuckerberry Productions pre- Call 311 for info. Free. sents “Peter Piper Picks a New Profession.” ICE SKATING: Last weekend for skating at Peter Piper needs a new career; his pickled Wollman Rink. $5, $3 seniors and children. peppers aren’t just tongue-twisters — $5.50 skate rental. 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to they’re stomach-turners. $10, $7 kids. 1 pm 6 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm. Prospect Park, and 3 pm. The Impact Theater, 190 access through the Parkside/ Ocean Underhill Ave., between Sterling and St. The Victoria Collection avenues entrance or the Lincoln Road/ John’s Place, two blocks from the Brooklyn Museum. (845) 797-1320. High Ocean Avenue entrance. (718) 287-5252. Rating in DINING TOUR: The NY Transit Museum hosts OTHER Paris Modern “The L to the Mmmm Train: Hipster Food, Zagat 2005 Puebla York and Wurst,” a gastronomic FLEA MARKET: at Flatbush Reformed Church. NYC Shopping tour using the subway. $45. $40 for mem- 10 am to 4 pm. Flatbush and Church Guide bers. 11 am. (718) 694-1867. avenues. (718) 284-5140. TALES FROM THE CRYPT: The Urban Park COUNTER RECRUITMENT: Brooklyn Parents Rangers host a tour of the thousands of for Peace hosts an anti-military recruitment revolutionary war prisons entombed in Fort rally to speak out against the targeting of Greene Park. 1 pm. Meet at Fort Greene Visi- youth who are used in Iraq. Meet at 1 pm; march begins at 1:15 pm. Flatbush and tor Center, near the Myrtle Avenue and Wash- Peace chorus: On Mar. 10, South African chorus Ladysmith Black Mam- Third avenues. (718) 624-5921. ington Park entrance. Call 311 for info. Free. bazo bring their award-winning sounds to the Whitman Theater at PANEL DISCUSSION: Danny Simmons Cor- OWL’S HEAD PARK: Join the Urban Park Brooklyn College. ridor Gallery presents the curators and Rangers on a walking tour and learn park’s exhibiting artist Xenobia Bailey in a discus- history. 1 pm. Meet at Park House, Colonial sion about the works on display. 4 pm to 5 Road and 68th Street. Call 311 for info. Free. Company, choreographed by Senegali band Ladysmith Black Mambazo. $20 to pm. 334 Grand Ave. (718) 230-5002. Free. WALKING TOUR: Brooklyn Historical Society Germaine Acogny. $20 to $55. 8 pm. Har- $35. 8 pm. Whitman Theater at Brooklyn CURATOR’S TALK: Kentler International Stirling Court Normandie Court hosts a tour around Brooklyn Heights. Led vey Theater, 651 Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. College, one block from the intersection Drawing Space presents an examination of by historian Francis Morrone. $10, free for GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “Violet,” a of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. (718) feminist art today through the work of inter- members. 2 pm to 4 pm. 128 Pierrepont St. 951-4500. national, emerging women artists. Exhibit is floor lamps • table lamps • lampshades (718) 222-4111. musical set during the civil rights movement. $18, $14 children and seniors. 8 BIG BAND MUSIC: Ridge Repertory Com- entitled: “Re-Generation: Emerging Women repairs • ceiling fans • low voltage lighting PERFORMANCE pm. 199 14th St. (212) 352-3101. pany presents “Sentimental Journey, Artists: Works on Paper.” 4 pm. 56 Water WOMEN’S FEST: Brooklyn Arts Exchange Music of the Big Band Era.” James St. (718) 834-8761. Free. VAUDEVILLE FOR FAMILIES: Variety show at Martinelli and Eddie Russo direct this MIRRORS • TABLES • DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES Neighborhood Playspace. $5. 3 pm. Christ presents its annual women’s new dance GREEK CUISINE: Enjoy a variety of small plates and performance festival. $15, $10 cabaret review. $18. 8:30pm. Bay Ridge indigenous to the Mediterranean. Tastings Church, Clinton and Kane streets. Sorry, no Jewish Center, 81st Street and Fourth contact phone number. members, $8 low-income. 8 pm. 421 and more. $75. 4 pm to 7 pm. 10 Stratford Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. Avenue. (718) 836-3103. Rd. Register online at www.allaboutbrooklyn. OPERA: Regina Opera performs Puccini’s “La BAM CAFE: As part of the Jewish Heritage com/events/cooklearn.htm. Boheme.” $20, $15 seniors, $5 teens. 7 pm. SHAKESPEARE: Kings County Shakespeare Co. presents “Ruff Love or What You Series, Asefa performs North African and MEMORIAL SERVICE: Brooklyn Philharmonic Regina Hall, 65th Street and 12th Avenue. Sephardic music. 10 pm. No minimum, no (718) 232-3555. Will,” a gender-friendly adaptation of honors its recently deceased founding con- cover. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 626-4100. ductor, Siegfried Landau. 4:30 pm to 5:30 BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert of works “The Taming of the Shrew.” $18, $10 Everything in lighting… Discounted! students and seniors. 8 pm. South Oxford pm. Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 by Schubert, Schumann and Brahms. $35. CHILDREN Pierrepont St. (718) 636-4137. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Space, 138 S. Oxford St. (718) 398-0546. FILM FEST: Brooklyn Academy of Music (718) CONCERT: Club Oasis presents “Goat,” LIVE PAINTING: Brooklyn Artists Gym pres- 1073 39th Street 436-2207 Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. presents its ninth annual BAM Kids Film ents artist Brian Kirhagis in a display of his (CORNER FT. HAMILTON PKWY) BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents singer-songwriter Andy Rosen. $15, $10 Festival. More than 41 short and feature- students and seniors. 8 pm. East Mid- paintings while he paints live. 5 pm to 9 The Brooklyn Philharmonic in “Bridge to the length children’s films from 20 countries. pm. 168 Seventh St. (718) 858-9069. Free. Mon. & Tues. 9-5:30; Wed. CLOSED; Thurs. 9-8; Fri. 9-5:30; Sat. & Sun. 10-5 Beyond,” a concert of mysticism and spiri- wood Jewish Center, 1625 Ocean Ave. Ages 2 to 13 welcome. $7 per screening (718) 338-3800. VARIETY SHOW: Powerhouse Arena hosts – FAMILY OWNED & OPERATED FOR OVER 30 YEARS – tual themes. $20 to $60. 8 pm. Howard Gil- for kids 13 and younger and seniors; $10 “Dumbolio,” a variety show. $15. 8 pm. 37 man Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave. Also, BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing for adults. For complete program info, Main St. (718) 666-3049. 651 Arts presents “Fagaala,” with Jant-Bi Arts presents Grammy award-winning visit www.bam.org. (718) 777-FILM. STRIKE A POSE: Brooklyn Fashion Week pre-designer party. $30. 9 pm to 3 am. Purified Loft, 35 Plymouth St. www.bkfashionweekend.com. tech Ctr. between Jay Street and Flatbush Avenue), 6 pm. Call (718) 596-5410. CIVIC CALENDAR Community Board 10. Police and public SUN, MARCH 11 safety committee. CB10 office (621 86th St. SATURDAY, MARCH 10 965-6326 for information. at Fort Hamilton Parkway), 7 pm. Call (718) Set Your Clocks One Hour Ahead Grand Army Plaza Coalition. Workshop: Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID Steering 745-6827. “Rethinking Grand Army Plaza: Bringing Committee and Park Slope Fifth Avenue OUTDOORS AND TOURS Communities and People Together.” Brook- Merchants Association. Weekly meeting. THURSDAY, MARCH 15 WILD TOUR: Naturalist and author Wildman lyn Public Library Central branch (Eastern Call (718) 871-8340 for time and location. Community Board 6. Transportation com- Steve Brill leads a hunt for wild carrots in Parkway at Flatbush Avenue), 9 am. Email mittee. On the agenda: DOT proposal to Marine Park. $12, $6 kids. 11:45 am. Community Board 7. Sunset Park High Avenue U and Burnett Street. Call for reser- [email protected] for infor- School Task Force meeting. CB7 office turn Sixth and Seventh avenues into one- mation. way streets. New York Methodist Hospital vations. (914) 835-2153. (4201 Fourth Ave.), 6:30 pm. Call (718) SMITH STREET: Brooklyn Center for the Urban 854-0003 for information. Auditorium (506 Sixth St. between Seventh MONDAY, MARCH 12 and Eighth avenues), 6:30 pm. Call (718) Culture hosts a walk around Smith Street. Explore the architecture and history of this Community Board 10. Traffic and trans- WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14 643-3027 for information. portation committee. CB10 office (621 street, from Downtown Brooklyn through Community Board 6. Monthly meeting. District 15 Community Education Council. Boerum Hill and Cobble Hill to the Gowanus 86th St. at Fort Hamilton Parkway), 7 pm. Monthly meeting. Deputy Chancellor Call (718) 745-6827 for information. Long Island College Hospital conference Canal. $13, $10 members, $8 students and rooms A and B (339 Hicks St. at Atlantic Andres Alonso will discuss priorities and seniors. 11 am to 1 pm. Meet on the steps Avenue), 6:30 pm. Call (718) 643-3027 for initiatives. P.S. 154 (1625 11th Ave. at of Borough Hall, Court and Remsen streets. TUESDAY, MARCH 13 Windsor Place), 7 pm. Call (718) 935-4267. 72nd Precinct Community Council. information. (718) 788-8500. Monthly meeting. Mariem Heim Center Community Board 2. Monthly meeting. To list an event in the Civic Calendar, e-mail DOWNTOWN DEVELOPMENT: The Historic (4520 Fourth Ave.), 7:30 pm. Call (718) Polytechnic University auditorium (6 Metro- [email protected] or fax (718) 834-9278. Districts Council hosts a tour lead by Fran- See 9 DAYS on page 10

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It’s condo tower to be built since the neigh- Studio apartments start at more than Cuisine the one I read about in the police borhood was upzoned in 2004 — is near- $300,000 — a small price to pay to be 7 Days blotter every other week because ly completed, and real-estate agents have surrounded by so many exciting single Sushi a Week someone else got an expensive already started selling the apartments to people. Salad watch taken from his or her locker. hip new clients. “Oro’s very attractive price points will Is there nothing else in these two Christie Rizk The place — with its own bar, screen- give buyers the opportunity to get in on neighborhoods that deserves a ing room and pool — is being billed as the ground floor,” said Andy Gerringer, place on New York Magazine’s vaunted list? one-stop-shopping for singles. managing director of Prudential Douglas Grand First we get fake grass in Cadman Plaza Park, and then Will “Who needs to go to the gym, out to a Elliman Developments. Grand Opening Smith shuns us for the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge bar or to the movies when you live in a The 303-unit tower, at 306 Gold St., Opening 82 Livingston Street to shoot his film, and now this. place that offers [it all] under one roof?” will be completed in 2008. Its twin — to (between Court St. & Boerum Pl.) I had gotten all excited when I saw Brooklyn Heights and promises the broker’s promotional material. be named later — will rise next door at DUMBO in the list of neighborhoods, only to experience utter “Bring the party to you.” 313 Gold St. There is no projected com- FREE Delivery • (718) 260-8870 incredulity when I saw only one entry. And the disappointment And even though the building does of- pletion date for that building. was even worse because of the momentary sense of excitement I felt that finally Gaphattanites were going to get the skinny on all the places we already know and love around here. CARROLL GARDENS CONDO What about Grimaldi’s pizza and Jacques Torres’s hot chocolate? Maybe the magazine was looking for something fresher (both places have made the list in previous years), so what about Almondine Bakery for best sandwiches or Henry’s End for most imaginative (and tastiest) use of an elk? For that matter, what about the newly opened Housing Works for best non-thrift thrift store (they sell Chanel — not exactly Sal- vation Army fare)? Or the Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory for best 206 Court St. chocolate–chocolate chunk? What about Pedro’s for best real- Huge 1,800 sq.ft. garden duplex. deal dive bar or Retreat for best absolutely-not-a-dive-bar bar? (718) 596-3333 3 BR, 1.5 bath, outdoor garden, DUMBO Improvement District Executive Director Tucker Do you come here often? 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If any- TRY ME PACK one had bothered to walk down Water, Henry or Montague Bubby’s in DUMBO is back! streets, I doubt he could have missed all that the Heights and DUMBO have to offer. 3 Sessions But Reed isn’t relying on magazine articles to draw attention By Christie Rizk partment — which had been on a rampage partment has been “over-reacting” since the to the neighborhood. The Brooklyn Paper ever since a rat infestation at a Manhattan Manhattan rat debacle. for $99 “This is going to be a world-class waterfront destination and Taco Bell became an international story on One owner, who did not wish to be iden- DUMBO rejoice! Bubby’s is back. the Internet — had shut him down unfairly. tified, told the Stoop, “It’s a Draconian de- articles in New York Magazine aren’t the only thing that draw Neighborhood pie enthusiasts — who people here,” added Tucker. “As the area goes from industrial to “We run a clean ship,” said Silver, insist- partment run by completely incompetent feared they would no longer be able to get ing that his restaurants has never had a prob- people. They’re overreacting.” Lean on Me more residential and commercial, more people will discover dessert with a view after the popular water- BODYWORKS how great it is here.” lem with rats — “not ever.” City health officials have insisted that all front restaurant was shut down last week for Silver did acknowledge that there were restaurants have been, and will continue to of Brooklyn Heights But the extra publicity certainly couldn’t hurt. Sure, not too health code violations — were happy to some legitimate violations, but added that it be, treated fairly during health inspections. many Brooklynites read New York Magazine — “Let’s not go hear that Bubby’s is clean. only took restaurant staff eight hours to “Inspectors only cite violations that they 718-222-8713 • leanonmebodyworks.com into what I think about that publication,” said Rob Perris, dis- The popular Main Street eatery was shut bring the place back up to code. see,” said a department spokesperson. “Our trict manager of Community Board 2 — but Gaphattanites who down by the Department of Health on Feb. “Conditions couldn’t have been bad enough only mission is to enforce the Health Code think DUMBO is a flying cartoon elephant could certainly use 23 when inspectors found 93 points worth for them to close me down if it only took us and keep restaurants safe for customers.” a clue. of health code violations during a four-hour eight hours to fix everything,” Silver said. 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Almondine’s cookies are better. … The folks at Flying Saucer, on March 1 — almost three weeks “Once it is tagged, it becomes an excellent coffee bar on Atlantic Avenue, were complaining after it was junked and 12 days after the property of the private vendor,” the other day about the declining quality of the bagels they get The Brooklyn Paper called in the Lipani said. “They do what they from that overrated, Manhattan-based chain, H&H. Our re- wreck to 311 and was promised it want with it.” Car & Limo Service sponse: buy Brooklyn! would be gone within 72 hours. It’s gone! A private towing company finally removed Whenever they want to get E-mail us at [email protected] The Sanitation Department tagged an abandoned car from this street on March 1. around to it, apparently.

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Suddenly, it was time to COBBLEHEIGHTS.COM find out what happened inside the belly of the yoga mom beast: the kids’ boutiques. Auntie had to deliver a gift. In pre-Eden days, I had felt sorry for the parents who dressed Smile: You may be on ‘camera’ their progeny in tiny tees that said “I Party Naked,” or “Chicks dig me.” Now I found myself on Court Street, talking with salesclerks about them. By Michael Giardina Most Smith Street residents and business photographed as they go through a red light. “Parents now have a little sense of humor,” the clerk at Piz- The Brooklyn Paper owners think this one’s fake, too. The safest way to avoid a ticket, after all, is “It’s not doing anything, said Phil Marcano to stop at the red. Oc zazz Kids said, adding that the “Bald is Beautiful” shirt was “re- a e The city has installed a new red-light in a ally popular as a baby shower gift.” of Phil’s Sports Wear. “It’s a phony camera.” “The goal is to encourage people to com- h n camera on Smith Street — but no one To give a little background, my sister is the person who introduced At the restaurant next door, a worker ply with the lights,” said Chris Gilbride, as- C me to ringer tees a little over a decade ago at the Salvation Army. Our knows if it’s real or a decoy, and the Depart- agreed. sistant press secretary for the NYC DOT. mother yelled at her for letting me bring one home, describing the ment of Transportation certainly isn’t saying. “I don’t think it works,” said Charles If indeed the camera is real, neighbors red-on-white “Virginia is for Lovers” shirt as “dirty-looking.” The “camera” is one of 300 such boxes Costa. “So people pass the red lights.” would be pleased. Chinese Open I loitered at this poinsettia-sized T-shirt rack pondering what it on city streetcorners — 200 of which are But real or not, the Department of Trans- “The traffic is out of control,” said Kevin Cuisine would mean to buy my niece a shirt that matched her momma’s just decoys that don’t actually take a picture portation says the camera will be a deterrent Erickson, a resident of Carroll Gardens. “A 7 Days taste for mid-’90s alterna-culture. of cars illegally going through the red light. because drivers won’t know if they’re being camera could make a difference.” Sushi a Week Would I be bringing her a piece of her mom’s youth, or simply Salad dressing an innocent babe in an overpriced tee-shirt fashioned after some rag that Kurt Cobain once played a show in? I couldn’t bring myself to buy one, only to succumb later that day to a $14.99 hot pink tube dress/infant gown from American Apparel’s Grand baby line. It was cute. Grand Opening I contemplated returning the baby tube dress as soon as I Corcoran’s still hot on the Hook Opening 82 Livingston Street reached the reality of Court Street and spotted an American Ap- (between Court St. & Boerum Pl.) parel ad inside a newsbox. The model was wearing a tube outfit By Robert Guskind high-end soap emporium, but they are all But don’t draw the wrong conclusion, similar to the one I had just bought my three-day-old niece. She for The Brooklyn Paper mostly clustered on Van Brunt between said the Corcoran broker assigned to the FREE Delivery • (718) 260-8870 looked like she may have been on her way to a “Boogie Wolcott Street and the Fairway. Is Red Hook’s slip showing? property. Nights”-themed frat party. The “Barbara Corcoran Storefront” (yes, “This property is not in trouble, and nei- A renovated storefront at 293 Van Brunt Oh, consumer culture. Oh, children. 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A free yoga class $1.075 million — is still vacant, despite Cor- in rent for the storefront, and $1,600 and And, yes, she may have overpaid just a bit, came with every $100 spent on overpriced baby wear. coran’s boast that she could get $2,500 a $1,750 monthly for two apartments upstairs. I listened closely as the women around me compared the month for the space. but in the long run, this is going to be a great The apartments eventually rented, but the investment.” Healing Arts Studio merits of the New Native baby carrier to that of the costlier Ergo It’s now priced to move at $1,800 — and storefront still sits. version. I asked intelligent questions about infant weights and it still hasn’t moved. 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Our pal Pasqualina Azzarello, the painter who made a the last year, including a jewelry shop and a but a tenant has not. “Believe me, it’s still hot,” said Kenkel. DUMBO construction site bloom with murals, will be speaking with 15 other emerging women artists at Red Hook’s Kentler In- ternational Drawing Space today (Saturday) at 4 pm. … So JewelsBy much for Mayor Bloomberg’s much-ballyhooed task force of lo- SATNICK cal leaders to decide how vacant firehouses, like Engine 204 on Degraw Street, should be disposed of. This week, a spokeswoman We ❤offer quality service on for City Planning told The Stoop that the sale of Engine 204 was Bellying up to a Gardens barista all jewelry repairs or have Hartley F. Satnick proceeding as planned. 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Last Leave packages with us. week, a solitary strand of Christmas lights ringed the white front door. A Kohl’s circular was stuffed into the wrought-iron gate. And worries behind. It strained the imagination to think that it was at this spot, 152 years ago, where Whitman worked on his epic masterpiece. Paper The Brooklyn As your neighborhood shipping center we offer many services in addition Perhaps part of that incredulity was based on the fact that the Work continues to make the art project/architectural marvel known as the “Broken Angel” livable. to packing and shipping. Stop in to find out what we can offer you. house remains so obscure. COPY SERVICE • OFFICE SUPPLIES This reporter only discovered its existence while leafing FAX SERVICE • GIFT CARDS • BINDING LAMINATING through the dense “Wallabout Cultural Resource Survey,” a PASSPORT PHOTOS • MAILBOX RENTALS 2005 document created as part of the embryonic movement to landmark this portion of the neighborhood. 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At any moment, “Whitman was living there during a really crucial time,” ex- flaming the ire of the Build- like Howl’s Moving Castle, the house might just shudder, lift its plained Karen Karbiener, a Whitman scholar at New York Uni- ings Department and the ardor wings, shift its staircases, and versity. of the community, is even “There was this weird time during which a normal hack jour- take a walk. nalist was gathering forces to become something incredible and more extraordinary from the That impression deepens the powerful, and part of that happened in this house,” she said. inside. higher one goes. The middle It was while he was living at the Ryerson Street building that Shahn Andersen, a young floors, or mezzanines, are only Whitman walked into a Cranberry Street print shop and asked developer, is helping artist Ar- accessible by ladder. They offer 206 Court St. the owners’ help in publishing “Leaves of Grass.” thur Wood restore his decades- bird’s-eye views of the Brook- Huge 1,800 sq.ft. garden duplex. (718) 596-3333 3 BR, 1.5 bath, outdoor garden, What does not strain the imagination is the possibility that the long art project, bring it up to lyn and Manhattan skylines, code and turn it into condos (in- Developer Shahn Andersen has put up the money to save private parking. $1,100,000.00 house may someday be demolished. "Broken Angel" at 4 Downing St. unimpeded by glass from an al- See our listings: The real-estate market has grown stronger in Wallabout, and cluding one for the Wood family, which has been living there tar that’s as airy as a cathedral. COBBLEHEIGHTS.COM similar wood-frame homes have been demolished in recent extinguisher. tained a small apartment down- Though different: this spiri- years. While the owner of the house could not be reached for for decades). This week, Andersen took The October blaze that stairs. Since the Buildings De- tual place is covered in pigeon comment, surely the temptation to sell is strong. After all, the brought the Downing Street partment crackdown, he’s been poop. house across the street, at 106 Ryerson, is on the market for two Brooklyn Paper reporters on a tour of the building to mansion to the Buildings De- staying down the street. The highest floors, where the $900,000, and the home at 91 Ryerson is selling for $875,000. partment’s attention was not the But his work remains intact. October fire took place, are off- There’s been some talk of seeking landmark protection for the show off how much work has been accomplished since the cause of the building’s decline, And the building’s scars under- limits. In a month’s time, An- home, or, at the very least, erecting a plaque in Whitman’s hon- according to Andersen. score the stark beauty in his un- dersen will start taking down or. But the spokeswoman for the Landmarks Preservations fire and Wood’s subsequent Oc “The fire was nothing,” he usual mosaics, the stained glass the all-wood floors and rebuild- a eviction by cops for violating n e Commission said no formal requests have been made. i a city building laws. said. In fact, Andersen contends formed from discarded bottles, ing them with steel. h n But what is a house? After all, two of Whitman’s homes are On the first floor, light fil- that it was another fire, in 1975, the intricate woodwork. Under He expects to finish recon- C already preserved — one in Long Island, the other in New Jer- sey. And isn’t his poetry the truest memorial of all? tered through sizable cracks be- that caused the greatest dam- Wood’s influence, even those struction in about a year. “Whitman’s a poet of place,” said Karbenier. “For him, the tween the wall and the ceiling, age, before Wood even moved scars are pleasing to the eye, the “It will be even greater than Chinese city represented America. While [other poets] were in Boston, casting gentle rays on exposed in. light breaking through the am- before,” said Andersen. “And Open New York was being flooded by immigrants. He loved that and brick, an old, rusty bathtub, and Wood used the scarred build- ple holes in the brick, skirting with the steel, it will last forev- Cuisine 7 Days a table of tools, including a fire ing as his studio, and main- the shadows, making dusty er.” saw the potential here. So it’s so important to read him where he Sushi a Week was inspired.” Salad THE KITCHEN SINK

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Supplies7 for As in, we got steamrolled. 7th Ave. Architect Stuart Pertz, a former Landmarks Commissioner Bad awning, bad neighbor the Fine Artist, (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) and presently a consultant for the Municipal Art Society on the Graphic Artist, Atlantic Yards project, explained how Bruce Ratner’s mini-city By Laura Raskin spokeswoman Kate Lindquist. has refused to speak to him since. was “a perfect example of backwards planning.” Student for The Brooklyn Paper Since 2004, Muzio has entered nine com- But Muzio persisted: In November, 2005, 369-4969 Ratner, he said, is “building a huge project and then the city plaints against the awning above Fermented the matter even made it to court after the and Children will deal with the impact on the streets, the transportation sys- Three inches are all that stand between Grapes. He’s been scrupulously documenting Buildings Department cited Summer for in- tems, the sewers and the schools. But they needed to do all that Richard Muzio and a good night’s sleep. his struggle — a file folder overflows with stalling the awning without a permit, though stuff first,” he said. Muzio, owner of the three-story building at detailed documentation of what he calls an a judge dismissed the charge. Well, they haven’t and they won’t. Instead, the Department of 653 Vanderbilt Ave., has been asking his endless “runaround,” as well as a survey for Besides, that was during a brief citywide Transportation comes in after the fact and says it wants to con- neighbor, the wine store Fermented Grapes, to which he paid $500 that indicates the awning moratorium on the enforcement of sign and vert quiet Sixth Avenue and commercial Seventh Avenue into remove its mauve awning because it encroach- is, indeed, encroaching on his property. awning laws anyway. one-way thoroughfares, high-speed Yellow Brick Roads to and es on his property by a pesky three inches. By three inches. But that moratorium ended in December, from Ratner’s state-polished Emerald City. Because of those three little inches, Muzio But no one wants to do anything about and Muzio was quick to pester the Depart- Compromise? There isn’t any. You just got steamrolled. now finds himself fighting a war of red tape. what he believes is a clear and present dan- ment of Buildings for a new inspection. I can’t help having this feeling of deja-vu. I grew up in anoth- His foe is the Department of Buildings, which ger (to his sanity, if nothing else). Alas, this time the inspector came out in er long-gone enclave of artists, activists and preservationists: has refused to pass judgment, leaving Muzio And certainly, not everyone believes January, but left without issuing a violation. Greenwich Village. And look what has happened to that charm- and his neighbor at a bitter impasse. Muzio or his surveyor. Besides, said Lindquist, it’s unlikely that Visit our Expanded ing, old-world area of Manhattan. 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Not everyone wants to imagine that. dents are cursing an unholy mid-March, according to repre- church has been an issue for “I truly believe the church “When you see these pieces of familiarity that have been part plan to tear down one of Bay has sold out this community,” DERMER of your surroundings, you feel your whole life crumbling away,” sentatives at Massey Knakal years, the church said in a state- Ridge’s most distinctive Realty Services. ment. said Councilman Vince Gentile PHARMACY & SURGICAL said Victoria Hofmo, president of the Bay Ridge Conservancy. “It churches to make room for (D–Bay Ridge) • 2064 Flatbush Ave. • (718) 377-4900 feels like a part of me is being demolished by that wrecking ball.” “The sale will be all wrapped “We have spent an inordinate luxury condos. The Councilman joined the I can understand that. I wish my hometown would have al- up … by the middle of March,” amount of money in repair at- Bay Ridge Conservancy to nego- Bay Ridge United Methodist ways stayed as I remembered it, but I understand that this is an said company spokeswoman tempts, to protect the people who tiate a deal that would convert the unreasonable expectation. Church, which earned a listing Kari Neering. pass through the property of the property into 87 units of subsi- An aide to Councilman Vince Gentile seemed genuinely con- in the National Registry of His- The unique church’s listing church,” the statement said. dized housing through the Con fused that anyone would question the “why” of saving the Green toric Places with its distinctive price of $12 million makes it un- The news of the impending Ed Renaissance Housing Project. Church. sandstone clock tower, has likely that any potential suitor sale came as quite a shock for The deal promised to give “The Green Church?” said spokesman Eric Kuo. “Have you the church $300,000 in revenue ever walked by that church? It is absolutely beautiful.” annually. I had walked by the church many times, but maybe I never At the time, the church’s took the time to really notice it, so on Monday I wandered over Board of Trustees said the pro- yet again and tried to appreciate the church. posal “did not come very close I hate to say it, but I was not converted. I thought of all the new Vegas owner smells a rat to addressing our continuing condos, and I thought about how my wife and I are trying to buy problems of the deterioration of something, but can’t because the prices are in the stratosphere. the building and the increasing Now I wait for the lighting bolt. 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Councilman Vince Gen- lowed to reopen on Sunday af- n’t want to have to deal with the tile (D-Bay Ridge) is inviting neighbors to an information session bad press,” said Victoria Hofmo, ter being shut down after their on Medicare on March 21, at 2 pm at the Shore Hill Senior Cen- president of the Bay Ridge Con- lunch rush on Feb. 28 by an inter. Call Gentile’s office at (718) 748-5200 to RSVP. … The Bay servancy. “You think I am hap- Ridge Community Council is holding an amateur-only photo spector from the Department of py? They have been screwing contest. All entries must be in by March 19 and an award ceremo- Health. But even with the doors with us for a year and a half now ny will be held on March 27. For more information call (718) now open, the owner remains and they didn’t even have the 748-7249. Pictures of KFC rats will not be accepted. … Dunk convinced that the process was courtesy to let us know that they LOOK GREAT, SEE GREAT! unfair. Full of Nuts? 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The current plan involves tear- • Glaucoma And Cataract Erskine was honored last month for giving $2.1 million to Vlamis was referring to the ing down the church and a sec- Testing And Treatment Lutheran Healthcare. … Consider this a sign of the Apoca- infamous rat race in a Green- ond building to make room for a • Laser Vision Consultation did find some cigarette butts be- It wasn’t the first time the lypse: State Sen. Marty Golden (R–Bay Ridge) and Council- wich Village KFC/Taco Bell, 150-seat church and a six- or sev- • Newest diagnostic equipment where vermin were videotaped hind the ice machine in the diner — twice named the best man Gentile sent out a joint press release for the first time since en-story apartment building. • Full diabetic eyecare Yellow Hooker could remember. The issue that made these long- just one day after health inspec- basement, and three of our cut- in Brooklyn by the Daily News Not everyone is embracing time cats and dogs kiss? 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By Christie Rizk it?) of his journey. The Brooklyn Paper “While the general physical Brooklyn’s “Running Man” state of my body seems to have still hasn’t gotten back on the improved,” he wrote, “[my] road. hamstrings are as bothersome as ever.” / Tom Callan / Tom Gary Jarvis, the New Jersey He says he’s spent most of native who said that he was his down time working on his only taking a six-week break doctoral dissertation — a mas- after hitting the midway point in his quest to run all 1,599 sive undertaking that remains, like his all-Brooklyn jog, unfin-

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn miles of Brooklyn’s streets, still isn’t back a full week after he ished. David Walentas would like to build rental units behind the former Independence Bank on Jarvis thinks he’ll need a few Court Street and Atlantic Avenue. The new building would be the same height. said he would be. This from the man who lam- more weeks to completely heal, basted The Brooklyn Paper for and to keep an eye on a developing back problem. reporting that his lax stretching Ho / Dennis W. and leg pain had derailed his “I’ll admit the six-week ambitious plan. timeframe for resting up was Walentas plan for “I’m starting to get anxious completely arbitrary,” he wrote. about the whole thing,” he ad- “But if anything, it was conser- mitted this week on his blog, vative.” runsbrooklyn.com. As we told Jarvis before, we Jarvis speculated that he may Paper file The Brooklyn can’t wait to toast him at the bank site on track need more time than he thought “Running Man” Gary Jarvis, who said he’d be back on the road by now, is still idle, recover- finish line — if he doesn’t burn to heal from the first leg (get ing from the damage done by running half of Brooklyn’s 1,599 miles of streets. out before then. By Christie Rizk vealed in two weeks. The Brooklyn Paper What is known is that Walentas’s Two Trees A Cobble Hill apartment building project Management wants to build a six-story building that was temporarily suspended last year is on the current parking lot behind the Sovereign back in full swing. Bank building, with stores at street level. Dodger great Clem Labine, dead at 80 Developer David Walentas’s plan for a 37- The LPC has approved the proposed build- rental-unit building on the corner of Atlantic Av- ing’s facade, as it is required to do for any new enue and Court Street has been revamped and structure going up in a historic district. By Ed Shakespeare Labine was a major leaguer for 13 sea- surrounded by too many [Dodger] stars,” Two years later, the Dodgers were redesigned. The initial proposal called for tearing down a for The Brooklyn Paper sons, eight with Brooklyn and three more Lasorda said. “He played the game the gone — and the 6-foot Labine went with with Los Angeles. Although his numbers way it was supposed to be played.” them to Los Angeles. Community Board 6 rejected the Walentas’s small annex to the 84-year-old Renaissance re- Clem Labine, Brooklyn Dodger pitch- original plan for an 81-foot building in 2005, vival-style bank, converting the old bank build- wouldn’t put him in the Hall of Fame, he In the Brooks’ celebrated — and only In his big league career, Labine was er during the celebrated Boys of Summer lives on in the hearts of all Brooklyn — win over the hated New York Yan- 77–56 with a 3.63 ERA. His best season and the Landmarks Preservation Commission ing to housing and connecting the two buildings refused to give the company permission to de- era, died Friday at the age of 80. baseball fans as a hero of Dem Bums’ kees, Labine pitched in four games of the was that 1955 campaign, when he went with a glass bridge. But the LPC insisted on the molish a smaller building on Atlantic Avenue, As reported in The Brooklyn Paper 1955 World Series–winning team. Series, with a win and a save. 13–5. next to the property, in 2006. preserving the annex. last week, Labine had been at Indian Riv- Former Dodger manager Tommy La- The next year — Brooklyn’s last ap- Last week, his former teammate, Carl But it seems the kinks have been worked out. Two Trees is now looking for a major retailer er Medical Center in Vero Beach, Fla. sorda, who played with Labine, said the pearance in the World Series — Labine Erskine, told The Brooklyn Paper that “The project is definitely back up again,” said to occupy the bank space. Construction is set to Brain surgery to explore a mass in his hurler never received the recognition he threw a complete-game shutout against “Brooklyn fans should know about project manager Sam Charney, who didn’t want start late this summer, and the building is ex- head led to a coma from which Labine truly deserved. the Yanks, though the Bronx Bombers Clem’s condition. They may want to pray to go into detail before full design plans are re- pected to be done in 2009. never recovered. “He was a great pitcher, but he was went on to win the Series. for him.” Alas, Oisk was right. Teen slugs woman, takes phone, on Court

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Clearly, the thief thinks pret- later, insisting, “You didn’t give She described the thief as a A sticky-fingered clothes A teenage thug punched a Target security Between 5:15 pm that evening ty highly of himself. me my change.” white Hispanic man, 5-foot-9 Oh my guard! and noon the following day, the hound made off with more than woman and stole her cell- March 3 probably wasn’t just Dressed in all black, with a When the 22-year-old clerk and 140 pounds, dressed in a $2,400 in designer duds when phone on Court Street around Athief pummeled a grocery another night on the job for one new Dell disappeared from the large shopping bag on one arm, stood his ground, the thirsty dark ski jacket. store guard who tried to prevent second-floor office, near the he found a suitcase sitting on a 3:30 pm on March 1, police Atlantic Avenue security guard. he pushed his way passed the man began pulling candy from Toilets to go Red Hook stoop, police said. him from stealing from the At- corner of Montague Street. store clerk at an Atlantic Termi- said. The 45-year-old observer the shelves. Thieves swiped everything The 45-year-old victim was lantic Avenue store on March 2, nal Mall lingerie store on Feb. The 42-year-old woman had was at his post, in a building Transit tragedy He then withdrew a red box- — including the kitchen sink on her way out of town on police said. 25 at 3:20 pm, announcing, been involved in an argument near Third Avenue, when a A woman lost her wallet cutter and slashed the clerk on — from a North Elliot Place March 4. Around 2:20 pm, she The robber tried to rush out of with a gang of teenagers out- stranger burst through the door stuffed with cash to a thief who “Get the f— out of my way. the right hand. When a 19-year- construction site between Feb. left her suitcase on the stoop of the store, near the corner of side the Global Studies High shortly after 7:30 pm. The stalked her at the Dekalb Avenue You can’t do anything,” police old employee tried to intervene, 23 and Feb. 26, police said. her Van Dyke Street home and School, on Baltic Street near Third Avenue, around noon. woman walked 15 feet into the station on Feb. 25, police said. said. the knifeman stabbed his right The 60-year-old owner said ducked back inside for another But the security camera was Court Street, moments earlier. When the security guard tired to lobby, tossed a glass bottle at The 31-year-old straphanger leg. the job site was locked tight at bag. When she emerged again rolling the entire time, and the After she left the school, sever- prevent him from leaving, the the guard, and ran. was awaiting a Brooklyn-bound Both workers refused med- 10:30 am on Feb. 23. But when from the house, near Richards video captured the 6-foot-1, al students chased her down thug punched him in the mouth The bottle smashed against N train when she tucked her ical attention. he returned three days later, he Street, the bag was gone. 215-pound black man as he col- Court Street. and ran off with an unknown the wall behind him and he was wallet into her jacket pocket, Attacked discovered the damage at the But a neighbor saw a stranger lected 30 bottles of “Very Sexy At the corner of Fourth amount of goods. The guard was not injured. around 1 pm. building, which is off Flushing hauling the high-end fashions — for Him,” a house-brand She was almost home safe. Place, one thief caught up to the left with a bloody lip. Almost 15 minutes later, Avenue. including a pair of $800 boots, a Office worker cologne, and 200 pairs of un- Instead, a robber met his vic- when the train still hadn’t The thieves had broken $1,500 suit, several blouses and Someone took away more derwear. The entire haul was tim at the door of her Carlton come, she checked again, and Avenue home and threatened to through the lock on the back a slip — out of the suitcase and than the doctor’s orders from a the wallet was gone. Also miss- worth nearly $2,000. Montague Street clinic on shoot her if she didn’t turn over door and damaged an inside stuffing them into a shopping ing was several credit cards and Beer bash her purse on Feb. 28. door to steal a pair of screw cart. The victim declined to WHAT’S COOKING? March 2. $300. By the time she surfaced, A woman’s purse also disap- It wasn’t about the Ben- “Give it to me and you won’t guns, a power saw, three toilets, press charges, police said. 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Department of Transportation. Paper The Brooklyn By Gersh Kuntzman • Identify locations for more Seventh Avenue was a congested mess on Wednesday — The Brooklyn Paper bike racks. as it often is. A city plan would convert it to a one-way, Three men barged into a T-Mobile store on Fifth Avenue on • Host the first Annual southbound thoroughfare. March 2 and took 20 phones in a brazen 2 pm heist, cops said. “Stoop Night” on June 21 (to The three men entered the store, saw what they wanted, snatched celebrate the summer solstice). it up and left. A customer who saw the whole thing didn’t stay until • Form a study group to in- campaign. blame us). cops got there, however, and police are waiting to review the store’s vestigate tax breaks and grants • Install new newspaper ki- If any of the initiatives inter- security tape. to encourage more “green” ac- osks to eliminate clutter on est you, volunteer by calling They would have seen it already, but the manager at the store, tion in Park Slope. area street corners (full disclo- the Park Slope Civic Council at which is at 10th Street, said that “corporate” needed to approve the • Clean up commercial ar- sure: The Brooklyn Paper (718) 832-8227 or by emailing official viewing of the tape, according to the police report. eas. does not currently have news- [email protected]. The total value of the heist was put at $1,000 to $1,500. • Sponsor a “Buy Local” boxes on the street, so don’t — Lalli Dissonance at jazz bar A jazz-loving bar-crawler had her wallet stolen early in the morning on March 4 — and the thief rang up $700 in charges before the woman could cancel her credit cards. The 29-year-old woman had been hanging out at a popular Ninth Street jazz club, which is near Sixth Avenue, when she noticed that her wallet, containing $25 and the credit cards, was missing. Hot for teacher’s bag Awallet belonging to a teacher at one of the high schools inside the John Jay HS building on Seventh Avenue was stolen from her bag at around recess time on Feb. 27. The 30-year-old staffer told cops that she had left her handbag in her unattended classroom and when she returned, the wallet was gone. It contained a plethora of credit and gift cards — including one for Victoria’s Secret — but no cash. All the cards were cancelled, and police have no leads. Dental low-giene A dental hygienist lost her laptop and some credit cards when she left her bag near the front door of her medical office when she opened it on Feb. 27. The 69-year-old hygienist had opened the Ninth Street clinic for business at around 10 am. About an hour later, the mailman came in and said that someone had left a purse in the outer hallway of the building, which is between Fifth and Sixth avenues. Turns out, the bag was the hygienist’s — and the laptop was gone. Mazdon’t At least two Park Slopers had their cars stolen overnight on Feb. 26, police records show. In one case, a 14th Street man told cops that he’d parked his 2000 Mazda, valued at $10,000, on 15th Street, between Fourth and Fifth avenues, on Sunday night, Feb. 25. But when he returned the next morning, the car was gone. An 11th Street man complained of the same thing at roughly the same time. He’d parked his 1992 Honda Accord, which has a $2,000 value, on his block, which is between Third and Fourth avenues. The bad news A popular Grand Army Plaza newsstand was broken into and robbed of $2,000 overnight on Feb. 26. The owner of the stand said he locked up at 6 pm. But when he returned, bright and early, the next morning, he noticed that the lock had been clipped and $2,000 was gone. A man robs a maid An Eighth Street maid service was broken into and robbed of $900 in an overnight burglary. The company told cops that the office was secure when workers left on Feb. 25, but when they returned the next morning, the money was missing. The owner of the business, between Second and Third avenues, told cops the perp got in thanks to a card key that apparently works throughout the building. The money had been in a filing cabinet. 5K bill was theft hint A 13th Street woman returned home from a Kings Plaza department store with $110 in purchases on Dec. 2 — but a month later, she got a bill for $5,038.65. The 50-year-old woman knew something was wrong when she got the bill. She reported the theft to cops on March 2. PS…I LOVE… Continued from page 3 THE KITCHEN SINK It was all quiet on Sixth Street last week, even after the New York Post reported that New England Patriots coach Bill Belichick — who so famously bailed on becoming Jets head coach in 2000 — had bought a $2.2-million townhouse for his alleged mistress, Sharon Shenocca. At least someone could start a J-E-T-S Jets! Jets! Jets! chant outside the front door, just to razz Belichick a bit. ... The Prospect Park Residence will rename one of its lounges “The Centenarian Room” in honor of residents who have reached the 100-year mark. The senior center currently has two residents over 100. … What do you get when you volunteer to clean and maintain the Borough’s biggest park? Breakfast (and a nicer, cleaner park)! Last Saturday, the 6,000 unpaid workers were invited to the annual Volunteers Recognition award ceremony. Howard Dube and Mike Colon, who each put in 200 hours of service in one year, were the recipients of the Mary Cregg Award. The Administra- tor’s Awards, for those who work 500 hours in one year, were given to Chris Belden, Danielle Brissett, Bart Chezar, Howard Dube, Tim McKinney, Mark Ravitz, and Jo Beth Ravitz. … Brooklyn-based poet and not-for-profit do-gooder Laura Silver has left her compost garden and the comforts of her home borough to spend the spring in Senegal. Silver — a Brooklyn Paper contributor who will always be known as “The Knish Lady” for her love of the potato-filled delicacy — will be lending her unpaid skills to the Senegalese Association for Research, Education and Support for Development, which helps women learn to farm so that they do not have to leave their families to work in the city. … PS 107 on Eighth Avenue is gearing up for another great year in its “Readings from the Fourth Floor” series. This year, the big names include Mo Willems, John Hodgman, Sarah Vowell, Jonathan Lethem, David Rakoff and Jon Scieska. The first reading, on March 28, will center on Iraq and feature New Yorker staff writer George Packer and Leslie Gelb from the Council on Foreign Relations. Don’t worry, the readings take place after your tot is asleep. Go to www.ps107.org for tickets. … The Church of the Virgin Mary is hosting a concert and reception on March 24 to benefit the Lebanese people. The ticket price is a bit steep at $55, but all money collected will go to the Caritas charity. And let’s face it, listening to some music and eating food isn’t a bad way to help a whole bunch of people. E-mail us at [email protected] Nica Lalli, a member of Community Board 6, is also the author of the forthcoming memoir, “Nothing: Something to Believe In” (Prometheus Books), which will be out next week. 4 BRZ THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 March 10, 2007 Fifty-eyed thief strikes Bay Ridge

By Matthew Lysiak March 2, only to return early Workout rob and Michael Giardina the next morning to discover People are still losing more the broken glass and door. The NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH The Brooklyn Paper POLICE BLOTTER than just weight at a Shore WHERE CRIMES TOOK PLACE thief had taken 25 pairs of as- Parkway gym — where another 68th Precinct sorted eyeglasses with a value member had his wallet stolen of $5,000. Fourth Avenue and 90th Street. a computer monitor and $30 on on March 2. A man returned to his Fifth A canvas on foot turned up The victim had trouble identi- March 2. The victim returned after his no results, but police are re- fying whether it was a piece of The owner showed up at the workout at 5 pm to find his Avenue storefront to find his salon, which is at 11th Avenue front window smashed and 25 viewing camera footage from a glass or a knife that cut into his property missing from the lock- bank directly across the street. arm on March 3. He didn’t even and 68th Street, at 8 am and he er room, police said. By the pairs of expensive eyeglasses discovered that the lock on a missing on March 3. Bar brawl know the gender of the perp. time the victim cancelled his gate leading to the basement credit cards, there were already The victim says he left his A 33-year-old man had his Beauty & beast had been removed — as well as 80th Street store at 11 pm on arm slashed in a bar brawl on A beauty shop was robbed of two charges totaling $1,085. $30 and a Akai 27-inch LCD The thief also stole $45 that computer monitor valued at was in the wallet. $275. Police canvassed the area but Two-timed the perp remains on the loose. Cops nabbed a member of a duo that mugged and beat a man BOOK SIGNING DWI arrest 62 PRECINCT at gunpoint on March 4. 68 PRECINCT A 24-year-old man was ar- The man was walking on rested for driving while intoxi- Stars 85th Street, near 20th Avenue, cated on March 2. A police officer saw the al- at around 8 pm when two mug- look at my face.” enue. Inside, more than $8,000 Nabe watch & Hottie Son gers pushed him against a car, Victoria Gotti leged drunkard drive right In the ensuing scuffle, a sec- was missing, including elec- Who said nosey neighbors pulled out a gun and demanded through a red light on Fourth ond thug snatched the man’s tronics and jewelry, police said. are a bad thing? This time, money. Next, the attackers Frank Gotti Agnello Avenue and Shore Parkway, so wallet and stole more than Unfortunately, none of her some Peeping Toms helped nab pushed him to the ground and he pulled him over. That’s $140, police said. The third neighbors saw the crime. a thug who broke into an Av- proceeded to kick him. when the cop said he saw perp acted as lookout. enue O garage on Feb 27. Cops caught one of the alleged Smoke paradise Saturday, March 17th at 3:00 p.m. blood-shot eyes and smelled the Three men were arrested on The neighbor heard some assailants and the victim made a More than 30 cartons of cig- tell-tale stench of alcohol. 86th Street, near 18th Avenue, ruckus coming from the garage positive ID. But the second mug- arettes — and plenty of cash — A subsequent blood-alcohol and charged with the crime lat- at around 4 am, so he went Hot Italian Dish ger has not been caught. er that day. were swiped from a 20th Av- reading was .102 — well above enue supermarket on Feb. 28. around to the house, which is the legal limit, so the man was Trio nabbed Daytime break-in The supermarket, which is near West Sixth Street, and Share the Gotti family secrets behind arrested and his 2005 Toyota Three perps were arrested af- Awoman returned from work near 61st Street, was broken caught the perp in the act. delicious homemade Italian meals. was impounded. ter they robbed a man walking on March 3 to find her 19th Av- into at 1 am, according to The thug had taken jewelry, on 19th Avenue on Feb. 27. enue apartment ransacked and neighbor who heard the front wrenches, sockets and a flash- 62nd Precinct The three teenagers ap- her property missing. gates go up. The thugs took light from the home, police proached the victim at around She told cops that she’d left more than $2,000 in cash and said, but was later caught. Bathroom break midnight near 85th Street. The for work at 8:40 am, and re- smokes, police said. He was positively identified, AKings Highway deli was first demanded, “Give me your turned eight hours later to her The neighbor wasn’t able to thanks to the quick-thinking robbed on March 4, after its money. I have a knife. Don’t home, which is near Bath Av- get a good look at the crooks. budinsky. owner left the counter for a bathroom break. The owner left at around 9:30 am, leaving one customer in the store, which is near West Sixth Street. After doing his business, he came back and no- Wreck finally taken away ticed the customer and $5,860 was missing, police said. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Yards built on lies LMOST EVERY WEEK BRINGS MORE The state’s use of eminent domain to clear least 2022 — six years after Ratner has promised. evidence that Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic privately owned land and turn it over to Ratner Much of whatever support Ratner has in A Yards mega-project is built on a founda- is one of the most controversial elements of the Brooklyn for his mega-development comes from tion of deception. project — and, in fact, is still being argued in the 2,250 units of below-market-rate housing in- This week’s example comes in the form of the federal court. cluded in the project. Judge Ira Harvavy’s ruling that Ratner acted im- It’s unclear how Harkavy’s ruling will affect Would supporters have gotten behind Ratner properly when he made a back-room deal with Ratner’s project, given that it unmasks Ratner’s if they had been told — up front, when it mat- another developer to get control of a privately deception after state authorities have signed off tered — that those units would not be ready until owned building that stands in the way of his $4- on the condemnation of Weinstein’s building. 2022? billion mini-city. But what is clear is that some of Ratner’s sup- If then, of course. Forest City Enterprises Vice The building is owned by Henry Weinstein. porters would certainly have thought twice about President Bob O’Brien admitted, “We are terrible” One of his tenants, developer Shaya Boymel- backing a developer whose land acquistion plan at projecting dates for completion of projects. green, illegally sold his lease to Ratner, who was partly built on an illegal lease purchase ap- After all, Ratner’s Metrotech was supposed to then told state authorities that he “controlled” parently meant to deceive state authorities. take five years. It took 14. And it was filled with the building. Atlantic Yards-watchers should also be interest- promises, too — promises of a lively Downtown But that “control” was just a mirage — a shell ed in another piece of news this week. Down in neighborhood filled with entrepreneurs (not gov- game designed to fool our lax state authorities into Florida, two executives from Bruce Ratner’s par- ernment and government-related office workers). believing that they would not have to condemn so ent company, Forest City Enterprises, admitted Those promises, like most everything with much property in the Atlantic Yards footprint. that Atlantic Yards won’t be completed until at Bruce Ratner, turned out to be a mirage. Cristian Fleming

LETTERS Slope goes nuts over ‘insane’ one-way plan

To the editor, cated that residential parking permits might be came into existence, I have wondered whether dents get to our under-appreciated beaches, action may be defined as censorship. I wrote this letter to my councilman, Bill a good thing for Downtown Brooklyn — but Brooklyn was ever represented at the table that while providing much-needed service to peo- The BPL said that because it “serves the Delivery Opt out DeBlasio, after reading your outstanding cov- it reneged on a promise to allow a pilot pro- gave this service to Queens. ple living in that part of the borough. entire community,” the library should not “of- Every week, we deliver copies of The erage of the Department of Transportation’s gram to see if it would be successful. Elementary math tells you that two won’t Jasmine Melzer, Park Slope fer platforms for one-sided advocacy on con- Brooklyn Paper to homes throughout plan to convert Sixth and Seventh avenues into The DOT paid for a traffic-calming study go into one. For Brooklynites standing on troversial political issues.” Brownstone Brooklyn. Our unique sys- one-way streets (“One-way 7th,” March 3). also for Downtown Brooklyn that was com- Manhattan subway platforms, watching use- But we doubt the library would reject a book tem limits deliveries to just a few pa- Dear Mr. DeBlasio: pleted three years ago — yet has refused to less, empty V trains heading for Second Av- Is it censorship? because it laid out an argument on a matter of pers per building (eliminating the kind I am very concerned by DOT’s decision to implement the study. One of the corners that enue is a constant source of frustration. Editor’s note: We received this letter from the Na- social importance, no matter how one-sided the of clutter caused by circular and menu make Seventh and Sixth avenues one-way was included for traffic calming was the cor- It would be interesting if your newspaper tional Coalition Against Censorship, a Manhattan- argument was. Why reject an artwork? delivery services). streets. This insane plan will do nothing to ner of Third Avenue, where a person was could publish statistics on the number of F based group. As a result of BPL’s decision, viewers We hope everyone appreciates our ameliorate the already dangerous driving killed last month. trains that ran per hour prior to the introduc- To the editor, were deprived of information about the de- free home delivery, but realize there are that occurs in the neighborhood — and in DOT refuses to do anything that will make tion of the V. The V train must contribute in The Brooklyn Public Library embroiled it- bate around the redevelopment. Is that the exceptions to every rule. fact will only exacerbate it. traffic safer and help the Downtown commu- some measure to the “below-average regulari- self in a censorship controversy by excluding best way to serve a community? The only reason that I can think of that So, if you’ve received The Paper at nity. The city approved and “greased” (for ty” that you cite. several pieces from a show documenting the Exhibiting work advocating a particular the DOT would want to do such a thing home and no longer want this free want of a better word) the Atlantic Yards proj- Last year, I discussed the burgeoning pop- Atlantic Yards neighborhood (“Photos the point of view does not mean that the library is would be to make the route to Atlantic service, you may “opt out” of our deliv- ect. The Mayor, Deputy Mayor Dan Docto- ulation in Brooklyn, and the poor F train serv- BPL doesn’t want you to see,” Feb. 17). endorsing that point of view any more than Yards a faster one for all those hurrying to a roff and Borough President Markowitz were ice, with one of our elected officials and he in- The exhibition, “Footprints: Portrait of a buying a book for the collection means en- ery program by filling out the online game. Eighth Avenue and Prospect Park active supporters of the project and got ab- dicated that there was a possibility that the V Brooklyn Neighborhood,” first appeared at dorsing its argument. form at BrooklynPaper.com/html/about/ West are speedways; we don’t need two optout.html solutely nothing in return for the affected peo- might be extended into Brooklyn. Grand Center, a community space in Prospect If the library is concerned about misper- more speedways in the neighborhood. ple. No residential parking, no additional This is a NEIGHBORHOOD full of fami- For the MTA spokeswoman to simply Heights. When the Library offered to host the ception, there are other ways to avoid appear- lies, many with small children, and this com- moneys, no new subways (as was done both negate the possibility of either extending V show, it did stipulate that some of the works, ing one-sided while protecting free debate: it Send a letter plete lack of consideration of the need to for lower Manhattan and the West Side, service or utilizing the existing express tracks which could be perceived as advocacy against could put a note explaining that the exhibition make our streets SAFER — not faster — is where the city — not the MTA — is paying is to ignore the urgent need of a Brooklyn the pending development of the area, should does not represent the position of the library By e-mail: [email protected] not only imprudent, it is insulting. for the extension of the No. 7 subway). population that is nearing its historical peak. be excluded. and it could organize public programming or By mail: Letters Editor, The Brooklyn Why don’t we, the residents, have a SAY It’s not the DOT that is left holding the bag Furthermore, even without the increase in Even though the library offered other ratio- add work that represents other sides of the de- Paper, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY in this decision? And what are you doing to — it’s the residents of Downtown Brooklyn. population, there has been an increase in rid- nales — size and artistic merit — the political bate. 11201. stop this decision? Or do you support it? Name withheld, Boerum Hill ership, thanks to the Metrocard. position advanced by some of the work was Removing work from a show because it By fax: (718) 834-9278. Susannah Taylor, Park Slope I urge the elected officials of Brooklyn, and clearly the reason for the exclusion. takes a position not only goes against First Brooklyn’s most fervent booster — Borough Is this censorship? Amendment principles, but also betrays the All letters must be signed and include To the editor, the writer’s home address and phone I must say I was suprised by your editorial of The F does stink President Markowitz — to make this a priority Yes. library’s mission to represent a diversity of number (only the writer’s name and March 3 (“City left with Yards mess”), which To the editor, issue with the MTA now. It just doesn’t make Censorship is the suppression of speech by viewpoints. neighborhood are published with the let- seemed to give the city Department of Trans- Thank you for giving some exposure to the sense to have an express track sitting idle. public officials because of the point of view ex- It is a regrettable error of judgment on the ter). Letters may be edited and will not portation a pass on its responsibility to plan for problems of the F train (“What the F!” Feb. And while they are at it, why not extend pressed by said speech. The library personnel at part of an institution that has traditionally be returned. The earlier in the week you traffic with or without the Atlantic Yards. 24). I date the beginning of these problems to express service all the way to Coney Island? BPL are public officials and the work was reject- been one of the most principled defenders of send your letter, the better. DOT paid for a parking study which indi- the introduction of the V train. Ever since the V This would help other New York City resi- ed because of its critical point of view, so their the free circulation of ideas.

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It hasn’t always MARTMOM WOULD A: I told her we have to get out on the street not be Smartmom without been easy for Smart- CAMP Q: So you’re just a mom who’s out- her Beautiful Smile. And mom and Hepcat to raged? and protest and she said, “What’s the S SMART point?” And I said, “Maybe there is no she doesn’t mean that orifice be- afford the services of a A: It’s true, I’m a total nobody. Really. I’m tween her nose and her chin. mom top-notch caregiver just one person who is annoyed about this ‘point,’ but the least we can do is get out and She’s talking about Rose and housekeeper, but war. I travel a lot outside America and it’s show people that we’re outraged.” By Louise Crawford they are committed to Duggins, a.k.a. Beautiful Smile, hard for Americans to remember that there’s Q: But do these kinds of things her babysitter and so much employing Beautiful GUIDE a whole world out there. work? Rumsfeld resigned, but the more, who for more than 15 Hepcat and Teen Spirit first moved Smile for as long as they can. years has subwayed from her to Park Slope from the East Vil- “Whatever happens, we al- Q: Large groups like Brooklyn Par- war goes on. The American death toll ents for Peace at least have mailing hit 3,000, but the war goes on. The apartment in Coney Island to lage by way of the Upper West ways work it out,” Beautiful PARK SLOPE • WINDSOR TERRACE • BAY RIDGE • KENSINGTON Park Slope to take care of Teen Side, they met Beautiful Smile at Smile said. lists and volunteers. What are you do- president got “a thumping” in the Spirit and the Oh So Feisty One. the brownstone of the family she She ought to know. For 15 ing to get the word out? election, but the war goes on. What But more importantly, she takes was working for at the time. Their years, Beautiful Smile has en- A: Well, I was at the Kinko’s the other day is your march going to do? dured physical pain, anxiety and care of Smartmom. She’s the un- children were growing up and they making flyers and a woman started talking A: Well, for one thing, it’ll give people a ral- conditional mother everyone heartache, thanks to her high were trying to find a new family to me and getting inspired. She said she’d lying point around the anniversary of the in- needs, the nurturing grandmother for Beautiful Smile. blood pressure and arthritis. Not only was her husband killed, but bring a lot of people. That’s how it has to vasion. And it’ll give us all a chance to say, who soothes you when you’re “Smartmom brought Teen work. This month, we enter the fifth year of feeling down. The spirit of love Spirit over when he was 3 months her youngest son died. “We’re sick of this.” I know how this and kindness that infuses the apart- ER CHILDREN AND this war. Everyone I know is outraged, so sounds, but I was inspired by Martin Luther ment like a Buddhist air freshener. her nine grandchildren we have to show it. King, Jr. He just stood up, and he changed And it doesn’t hurt that she Hhave been through a Cy- Q: But why? After all, the elected of- things. Why shouldn’t we all do that? We helps with the housework and clone ride of circumstances, as ficials you hope to persuade here in can change things. I don’t have an answer, the cooking. She’s the domestic well. In the face of all this, she Brooklyn all agree with you for the but if people see that a single mom can or- goddess that Smartmom appreci- stayed strong. most part. ganize this, they’ll see that they can organ- ates more than words or a week- Smartmom wanted to know ize marches everywhere. ly salary (plus vacation pay, sick the secret. A: Now you sound like my daughter, who’s days, and bonuses) can say. “I’ve been hard working all 10. Q: OK, if your daughter goes, I’ll go. And, did she mention, her my life — loving and taking care Q: I was just playing Devil’s advocate. A: She’s going. I told her, “It may be a smile lights up whatever room of my children and the children I But what did your daughter do? she is in. work with. I try, if things get re- waste of time, but we have to do it.” In fact, when Beautiful Smile ally hard, to think that the next arrives at the apartment on Third day will be better. It won’t be Our Camp Street (she always rings the door bad. Always, I thank God, too. • Variety of programs for doesn’t help us at all.” bell even though she doesn’t That helps me get through the 1 Spring campers age 3 /2 to 15 Laura Nuter, the owner of need to), Smartmom breathes a bad times and the good.” Mini-Camp Grab Specialty Foods, agreed. HepCat Being around children, she • Safe, fun, stimulating sigh of relief and says to herself, April 2 - 6, 9 - 10 ONE-WAYS… “It would affect my business “All is right with the world.” Beautiful Smile says, also helps to keep the sad environment 7 days of trips & activities Continued from page 1 Slope Civic Council has also negatively,” she said. “I want Born in South Carolina, feelings at bay. And kids just love • Very flexible registration; based in Park Slope Beautiful Smile was the third of being around Beautiful Smile. currently a quiet residential talked about changing Prospect people coming and going. It’s old. I got a chance to hold him accommodating 9 week very important for the business- seven children. Her father was a and seems like we got attached “The most important thing is to season Open House for street — into one-way thor- Park West — a major speedway butcher and her mother was a be there for them and hope for the oughfares would alleviate con- through the neighborhood — to es to keep [Seventh Avenue] a right away,” Beautiful Smile re- • Free morning transportation two-way street.” housewife and doting mother. membered. “I’ve been loving him best,” she said. “Be loving and lis- Summer Camp gestion and, they say, make the a two-way street. When Beautiful Smile was ten to what they have to say. from most Bay Ridge and Sunday, March 25 Former Milwaukee Mayor Traffic expert Brian Ketc- for going on 16 years.” Brownstone Brooklyn areas roads safer. 15, she moved to East New York BS never complained climb- “Children go through so presentations at 12 and 1pm It would “simplify the turn- John Norquist — who now ham said there is nothing aca- to live with her aunt and uncle. ing up the stairs to their fourth- much stuff. On the streets, at • Established 1992 339 8 St. just below 6 Ave. ing movements at intersections heads a major national urban demic about this debate. She married young and worked floor walk-up on Fifth Street. school, at home. You have to be along the avenues which would planning group — said one-way “Commercial streets work a hell of a lot better when they’re as a cutter in a clothing factory. When the family moved to Third strong and be there with them. ( ) enhance safety for pedestrians streets became popular in the She and her husband settled in Good or bad. They have to be 718-788-PSCD 7732 1950s when they were devised as two-way streets and everyone Street, Beautiful Smile had the www.parkslopedaycamp.com and motorists,” the agency said Coney Island and had five chil- kitchen set up even before the able to come to you and let you in a statement. a quick way out of knows that,” he said, adding that dren, who are now ages 30 to 40. movers were done. know what’s going on.” Behind all the talk of trans- town in case of a people driving around looking for She stayed home to take care of HEN SMARTMOM So listening is the thing. Smart- portation policy and Communist nuclear a business need to be able to slow them, but in 1972, after he hus- told Beautiful Smile mom should try that sometime. urban planning is strike. But now down to find it, and need to be band was murdered, she started Wthat she was pregnant Like Smartmom and most of the looming shad- they’re bad for the able to park nearby. working as a caregiver in Park in 1996, “I was surprised and her friends, Beautiful Smile has Physically Active, ow of Atlantic neighborhoods But business owners are not Slope. happy to have a little girl come unfulfilled dreams: “The only Yards, which, as ONE-WAY 7TH they’re sup- the only ones worried about the One of her first jobs was tak- into the family,” BS says. She thing I regret is not finishing proposed, would add posed to be possible problems. Sixth Avenue ing care of the children of PS met OSFO when she was just a school in South Carolina. I wish Nature Oriented, 15,000 to 20,000 resi- serving, Nor- residents were also concerned. 321’s esteemed principal, Eliza- couple of days old and they’ve I was able to do more for the dents to neighboring ONE-WAY 6TH quist told the “The traffic will go faster, beth Phillips, who was a teacher been very close ever since. children. And I always wanted to Prospect Heights and newspaper. but it will look less friendly,” at the time. Smartmom wonders if BS real- be a nurse or an interior design- Outdoor,Traveling bring 19,000 screaming That was certainly the reac- said resident Maria Gea. “It’s a Since then, Beautiful Smile er. I have a feeling for the way izes how important she is not just basketball fans to the area tion on the street in Park Slope way to move cars through the has worked for numerous Park things should look.” to Teen Spirit and OSFO, but also every game night. this week. neighborhood, but we don’t Slope families. She traveled the to the adults in the family. Smartmom knows all about Day Camp “For a retailer, it’s better if world with one of them. Staying Beautiful Smile’s artistic eye and Atlantic Yards is a state-ap- want the neighborhood to be “I work hard so that Smart- Daily Trips to: proved project, but the job of the street goes both ways,” said like a highway,” she added. in the best hotels “with choco- mom can go out to work,” she penchant for moving things Swimming at a lake, pool and the beach. Weekly hikes and trips to Museums, fixing its myriad traffic woes Carl Manco, the owner of the “We want the neighborhood to lates on the pillows,” she re- said. “Wherever she wants to go, around. Whenever they go on Sport Prospect Park Slope members, Beautiful Smile has she knows the children are being vacation, Beautiful Smile re- Zoos, Playgrounds, The Aquarium, Liberty Science belongs to the city. be more pedestrian-friendly, not Some credited the DOT for clothing store on Seventh Av- give cars an excuse to speed.” traveled to Paris, Rome, and well taken care of. She has noth- arranges the furniture. It can be a Center, Bowling and a special trip to Sesame Place enue. “That way, you get more even Pittsburgh. bit of a shock when they get at least rolling up its sleeves to — with Michael Giardina ing to worry about at all.” exposure. A one-way street But she always loved the Slope. After 15 years together, back. But usually Smartmom is fix a congestion problem that and Josh Saul “The area has changed, but I Smartmom and Beautiful Smile impressed with what she’s done. •Experienced, doesn’t exist yet, but experts always felt very safe here. The are close friends. “I can say any- But how does she do it? Teen Carefully Chosen, aren’t sure if this is the right people in the area have always thing to Smartmom,” she said. Spirit asks, “Like, does she have Adult Staff way to go about it. been friendly and nice. Even the “This is my second family. I feel a crew come in to help?” “It’s just a terrible idea,” said ones I don’t know.” like I’m going visiting instead of Nobody knows. Beautiful •Flexible Schedule: traffic expert Andy Wiley- In 1991, when Smartmom, going to work.” Smile is kind of magic that way. 3, 4, 5 or 6 weeks Schwartz, who is also the direc- 3, 4or5days a tor of the transportation pro- VOX POP week gram at the Project for Public Spaces. •Early drop-off What do Park Slopers think about the Department “We don’t know what prob- of Transportation’s “radical” new plan to convert Sixth (8am) and late lem they’re trying to solve, and Day pick up (6pm) and Seventh avenues into one-way thoroughfares? We that’s a problem in and of it- hit the streets to find out. available self,” he added. — Interviews and photos by Josh Saul School, • Ages 5 to 11 Perhaps the confusion stems years from the fact that this kind of conversion doesn’t happen very Inc. often. The last push for such a A fully licensed and certified preschool Park Slope • (718) 768-6419 one-way conversion was in 27 years of operation 2001, when merchants along Third and Fifth avenues in Bay ■ ■ The lady I work for has me 2-4 year old programs 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, Ridge thought that one-way park her car for her and I streets would help their busi- afternoons or full days have to circle and drive ■ Licensed teachers nesses by facilitating deliveries and reducing traffic. But the around for almost an hour ■ Spacious Classrooms measure was defeated after traf- to find a spot. It’s crazy! ■ Optimal educational equipment fic experts explained that two- — Renee Olah way streets are actually better ■ Exclusive outdoor facilities ■ Enriched Curriculum for the local economy. Then again, Atlantic Yards ■ Indoor Gym facilities ■ Caring, loving environment requires more than just a little tweaking. The idea freaks me out be- A typical basketball arena re- cause my kids are getting quires streets that are dedicated into skateboarding, and on Call: 230-5255 • 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) to getting lots of people to the one-way streets people game, and getting people away are just whipping around from there after the game. This corners. is not usually a problem for are- — Jeremy Sarkissian Read our nas located away from city centers, but it’s a whole different FAMILY CLASSIFIEDS Cyclones ball game for an arena in the coverage middle of a low-rise neighbor- every day: hood with poor traffic flow al- Entertainment Photography ready. 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CINEMA Kiddie Cannes Wild beasts are taking over the Brooklyn Academy of Music — and we’re not just talking about the films! Join a supernatural seashell, a lively bunch of pencils and a fervent frog for the ninth annual “BAMkid’s Film Festival” this weekend, where local youngsters get a glimpse of independent film. This two-day festival will screen more than 40 feature films and shorts, including submissions from France, Israel and Germany. Not to worry, actors read the subtitles out loud so that you — and your little ones — don’t have to. Michael Ocelot Of local interest, one (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings March 10, 2007 of the films is by Mo Willems, the Park Sloper behind “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” and “Knuffle Bunny: A Cautionary Tale” (ask your kids). This year, Willems turned the later book into a short. “Cool cartoons, Saturday morning and Brooklyn: What more could you really ask for?” he said. In addition to the films, there will be a multimedia presentation by Gustafer Yellowgold, a golden Sun alien who’s trekking to Brooklyn from his quaint Midwestern cottage. Mr. Yellowgold will be accompanied by animated illustrations and original vocals by singer-songwriter Morgan Taylor. These Saturday Bard brawl morning cartoons are entertaining for all ages — just make sure to leave your pajamas at home. BAMkids Film Festival, March 10-11. Brooklyn GO Brooklyn’s guide Academy of Music, (30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greene). Tickets are $7 — $10. For information call (718) 636-4129 or visit to the boro’s bounty www.bam.org. — Sarah McCormick of Shakespeare DINING The Brooklyn Paper

he guy’s been dead for almost 400 years, but he T certainly hasn’t gotten much rest. Gravy train It would seem that each of the 38 plays that William This weekend, “The L To The Mmmmm Train: Shakespeare wrote is being performed in Brooklyn this Hipster Food, Puebla York & Wurst” will rumble season, and sometimes by more than one company. If through the borough, stopping along the way to we keep going at this rate, there will be no shrews left sample some of the best ethnic eats in Brooklyn. The culinary tour de force is sponsored by the to tame by the time summer rolls around. Transit Museum and hosted by “gustatory sherpa” GO Brooklyn sorted through the heaps of Hamlets to truth by way of deconstruction — in a Todd Coleman, food editor at Saveur. find the most worthwhile productions in the borough. If way reversing the subconscious and Using the train line as the narrative, Coleman’s conscious mind so that, through ingen- tour will amble from Williamsburg to Bushwick you’re looking for something a little different, check out ious sound design, movement and, of- and Ridgewood, stop- these performances, they’re sure to give you the Shakes. ten, video ‘character making,’ an internal ping at places like a Si- reality is revealed. They are always fasci- cilian dolceria whose nating and profound.” cannolis have plied Brooklyn Academy of Music This version of “Hamlet” has traveled to Brooklynites since the This spring, two troupes known for their Barcelona, Paris and Berlin, hitting Brook- 1930s, and La Tortillería rambunctious productions return to show lyn before its final stop at Shakespeare Mexicana Los Her- everyone how to do Shakespeare right: Di- Mecca the Public Theater in October. manos, a Mexican shop rector Edward Hall brings his all-male The Wooster Group’s “Hamlet” will be whose creamy “atoles” “Taming of the Shrew” and “Twelfth Night” performed at St. Ann’s Warehouse (38 Wa- and “antojitos” are to BAM this month, and Declan Donnellan’s ter St. at Dock Street in DUMBO) through warm enough to keep

widely praised March 25. Tickets are $27.50 — $37.50. For you toasty until June. Ben Prewitt Cheek by Jowl information call (718) 254-8779 or visit Mindful of the bor- company brings www.stannswarehouse.org. — Adam Rathe ough’s changing landscape, Coleman tempers a visits stylish inter- it to Von Westernhagen, a German operation since pretation of the Brooklyn Repertory the 1960s, with a stop at hipster emporium, the Bed- Bard’s problem- ford Cheese Shop. atic late ro- Shakespeare Company “I’ve curated the tour to include places I think are mance “Cymbe- special. It might involve shopping, meeting the owner line” to the or seeing a demonstration,” said Coleman. But how to Harvey in May. make it through the day with stomach lining and start- Staging the ing weight in tact? “Pace yourself,” he says.

plays with men Roxamma Velandria “The L to the Mmmmm Train: Hipster Food, playing all the Puebla York & Wurst” will start at 11 am on roles — which, March 10. Tickets are $45, $40 for Museum we’re constantly members. For information call (718) 694-1867. told, was how it ward women,” she said. She also rewrote — Jordana Rothman was done in the father, Baptista, as Kate and Bianca’s

Mauel Harlan Shakespeare’s mother. time — has The original play may not be as misogy- ceased being a gimmick, and in Hall’s nistic as it appears on the surface, however. hands both comedies are revitalized, their “I think perhaps Shakespeare was trying to CINEMA gender-bending antics underlining their hu- hold a mirror up to the world and say, ‘This manity. “In ‘Twelfth Night,’” said BAM’s is the way things are.’ Everyone has his Dorian Nisinson Executive Producer Joseph Melillo, “the replace in the world. Men have their place, “We’ll be serving beer and popcorn. We lationship of a man playing a woman play- women have theirs. The play is about the want to go for that ballpark-style entertain- Whose reality? ing a man is done with such sensitivity that relationship between men and women and ment,” director Neal Zupancic told us. Be- it becomes a complex emotional and psy- the need for honesty.” ginning March 12, Brooklyn Rep will kick “Filming was only supposed to last six months,” chological journey.” “Ruff Love or What You Will” will be per- off “Monday Night Shakespeare” with an said Michael Nigro (pictured), the Carroll Gardens Declan Donnellan and Cheek by Jowl are formed at The Great Room at A.R.T./N.Y. eight-week run of “Cymbeline” at Park resident who directed “American Cannibal.” As fate in their element with “Cymbeline,” accord- (138 S. Oxford St. between South Portland Slope’s spooky arts spot, the Brooklyn would have it though, Nigro and his partner, Park ing to Melillo: “One of the most convoluted and Cumberland streets in Fort Greene) Lyceum. Sloper Perry Grebin, were sucked into the world of Shakespearean plots will be unraveled with from March 8-19. $18. For information, call “The thing about ‘Cymbeline’ is that it’s trash TV for close to clarity and commitment, along with vivid, (718) 398-0546 or visit www.kingscounty- considered to be a sort of self-parody play,” two years. colorful performances.” shakespeare.org. — Rob M. Errera said Zupancic. “We thought it would be fun The film follows “The Taming of the Shrew” and “Twelfth to do.” powerhouse reality-TV Night” are performed in repertory March 17 The Wooster Group One scene, which demonstrates Shake- veterans Gil Ripley and - April 1, and “Cymbeline” is performed May The painfully avant-garde drama club speare’s ability to poke fun at himself, is Zu- Dave Roberts as they 2 - 12 at the BAM Harvey Theater (651 Ful- the Wooster Group has mounted its very pancic’s favorite: “The female lead wakes attempt to produce a ton St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Greene). own “Hamlet” at DUMBO’s culture empo- up from a sleep and finds a body and thinks morally bankrupt and Tickets are $25 through $65. For information rium, St. Ann’s Warehouse. The month- it’s her husband, but it’s just someone who ill-fated reality show ti- call (718) 636-4100 or visit www.bam.org. long run takes a fresh sniff of what’s rotten was beheaded wearing her husband’s cloth- tled “American Canni- — Kevin Filipski in Denmark — starting from impressions ing,” he says, referring to this obvious paro- bal.” Along the way, Jonathan Slaff

that a film of Richard Burton’s 1964 per- dy of “Romeo and Juliet.” Acme Pictures characters like Kevin Kings County Shakespeare formance left Zupancic hopes the perform- Blatt, the profiteer be- Awhat? “ ‘The Taming of the Shrew’ breaks on the com- ances will reach a larger audience hind the infamous Paris Hilton sex tape, drop in to Company the box office, but every time I’ve gone to pany. than usual. “In Shakespeare’s up the sleaze factor while crazed wannabe contest- Nobody ever sued Shakespeare for sexu- see it, I’ve talked to women and some men “The Woost- time, any person of any class ants and slimy D-list celebrities swarm around the al harassment, but that doesn’t mean he’s who say it’s a sexist play and they’ll never er Group has would go see [his shows]. Now production. not in for a working over. If you’ve ever see it again.” said Deborah Wright Hous- done a number it’s seen as an academic thing.” “A train wreck,” was Grebin’s understated way found yourself offended by the sexist na- ton, artistic director. “Some thought the last of shows deal- Monday Night Shakespeare of describing the scene. ture of his work, sweet revenge is finally speech [referring to women as weak and ing with the will be performed at the Brook- “The movie raises so many disgusting issues,” Gre- yours. subordinate] was too harsh.” ‘royals,’ and al- lyn Lyceum (227 Fourth Ave. at bin added. “It points the finger at all of us as if to say Kings County Shakespeare Company Houston claims that she has cut the mi- ways with wit President Street in Park Slope) ‘Where is your shame? Why aren’t you turning off the has modernized “the Taming of the Shrew,” sogyny out of the show, which is now and originality,” on Mondays at 8 pm, March 12 TV?’” And, apparently, heading to the movies. christened as “Ruff Love or What You down to a svelte two hours. said St. Ann’s - April 30. Tickets $20 for adults “American Cannibal” opens on March 16 at Will,” and turned one of the Bard’s most- “I rewrote the speech in iambic pentame- Artistic Director and $10 for students and sen- theaters nationwide. For information call (212) popular comedies into a “gender-friendly” ter — as close to the original language as Susan Feldman. iors. For information call (866) 924-3363 or visit www.american-cannibal.com.

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BROOKLYN Neighborhood HighNooNa Dining Guide Beyond basic barbeque, Noo Bites Na brings sophisticated Korean This week: cuisine to Prospect Heights BROOKLYN HEIGHTS By Tina Barry had to lean in to hear my friend. That for The Brooklyn Paper may be acceptable for some diners, but I feel bullied when I’m forced to say ook past the giant glass windows “what?” and “excuse me?” all evening. Andy’s into the modern dining room of On the upside, there is none of the 128 Montague St. at Henry Street, (718) 237- Noo Na on Vanderbilt Avenue and overwhelming barbeque smoke at Noo 8899 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $7-$15. L Na, where the cooking is done in the This popular Chinese restaurant serves many vari- you’ll know you’re entering the new eties of chicken, vegetable and seafood dishes. age of Korean restaurants. This kitchen, not on grills built into the ta-

Special Andy’s creations include grilled salmon / Jori Klein Prospect Heights eatery is nothing like bles. And the heat of the dishes that with garlic sauce and sliced duck with young gin- the smoky dens of Korea Town in the one finds in traditional Korean estab- ger root. Spicy Hunan and Szechuan dishes lishments has been tamed for Ameri- abound, like chicken Hunan style and Mongolian garment district. beef. The attentive waitstaff is constantly at your The owners of Noo Na, which can palates. Some diners may prefer elbow filling your water glass or providing steam- opened in September, are Cathy Palm Kim’s subtler spicing, others may find ing pots of tea. and Anatoly Dubinsky, who recognize the cooking lacks drama. Regardless, The Brooklyn Paper file The Brooklyn Inside Chipotle Mexican Grill on Mon- Vanderbilt Avenue as fertile ground for it’s possible to have a fine meal at the Caffe Buon Gusto new eateries. (Palm owns Le Gamin, a restaurant — but expect glitches along 151 Montague St. at Henry Street, (718) 624- tague Street. French bistro across the avenue from the way. / Daniel Krieger 3838 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9.95-16.95. Noo Na, which is a term of endear- The “ban chan” changes each What makes Caffe Buon Gusto’s classic Italian fare so unique is the everything-made-from- Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8.25-$14.95. ment a Korean boy uses for his older evening. Always available among chef scratch approach of chef-owner Nando This is a great father-and-son act. Ralph sister. Dubinsky is Victor Kim’s Tommaso Jr. and his dad take a personal interest

Ghorchian. All pastas, sauces and desserts are the proprietor of three nightly of- Paper The Brooklyn made here. The patrons’ favorites are homemade in their popular Brooklyn Heights eateries, and Soda Bar, a casual ferings is “kim this interest can be seen in every detail — from DINING Super bowl: Noo Na’s “dol sot bi bim bab” has pork, rice, vegetables focaccia and the award-winning tiramisu. “The bar-eatery, also on chee,” the highly tiramisu is to die for,” said manager Roya Bianchi. the marble fountain in the rear patio at the Noo Na (565 Vanderbilt Ave. at Pa- and a fried egg all together in a hot stone pot. “Even Italians say it’s the best they ever had.” Montague Street location to the friendly staff and the avenue.) cific Street in Prospect Heights) accepts spiced marinated The wine menu, which includes many Italian ample menu at both establishments. For starters, The partners American Express, MasterCard and Visa. cabbage that is wines, also receives compliments. The decade- there’s a feast of options like baked clams, have fashioned a The restaurant serves lunch and dinner Korea’s national zucchini soften the pepper’s bite. This rare beef are piled onto a lettuce leaf old restaurant offers a full bar and a seasonal spinach ravioli with marinara, grilled portobellos daily. Entrees: $8-$20. Subway: C to streetside cafe. Open daily for lunch and dinner. or mussels in white wine sauce. When it comes to modern lounge Clinton/Washington Street. For informa- dish. His version stew is supposed to cure hangovers and smeared with a bit of the “gochu- Brunch is served on weekends, from 11 am to 4 entrees, La Traviata offers all of those dishes that and eatery with tion call (718) 398-6662. relies less on the (though that may merely be an old jang.” You taste the cleanness of the pm. A three-course, $20.06 pre-fixe menu is have made Italy a gourmand’s delight — chicken all the accou- heat of chiles and wives’ tale). salad and the sweet and tart combina- available daily. Marsala, veal Marsala, shrimp scampi, and more. trements that im- focuses more on Served in a steaming hot stone tion of the soy sauce, sugar and garlic Lighter fare includes thin-crust pizza with an plies: long communal tables near the fresh ginger and garlic to give the sal- bowl, the “dol sot bi bim bab,” a mix marinade. Chipotle Mexican Grill extensive selection of toppings. La Traviata’a dessert menu features tartufo gelato, chocolate front of the large space and private ta- ad a kick. of delicately sweet and tender strips of Desserts need more love in their 185 Montague St. at Clinton Street, (718) 243- mousse, Napoleon and tiramisu. Delivery service bles near the back. Big red lanterns “Pa jun” the pan-fried pancake the pork, slices of shiitake mushrooms, concept as well as execution. A ginger- 9109, www.chipotle.com (AmEx, MC, Visa) via phone or the Web site at the Joralemon Entrees: $6.45-$7.32. that hang above the seating cast a dark, size of small pizza studded with mus- daikon, slivers of crisp carrots and infused crème brulee arrives with its Street location. Weather permitting, sidewalk moody glow, and in the back of the sels, and the “bin dae tuk,” mini pan- bean sprouts, are surrounded with a sugar coating so scorched it tastes of This Brooklyn outpost of the popular Chipotle cafe seats are available. Open Sunday through Mexican Grill chain, which opened in August Thursday, from 11 am to midnight, and Friday high-ceilinged room, there’s a bar cakes made of mung beans, are disap- layer of rice that becomes crisp as it nothing but char. And an odd strudel of 2004, serves nothing but tortillas and the things and Saturday, from 11 am to 1 am. where one can procure a crisp, barely pointing. Both dishes are excessively sits in the pot (called a “dolsot”). The sorts, filled with shredded coconut, that go inside tortillas, but you can have them in sweet, strongly fruity lichee martini. greasy and bland. dish has a mild yet not bland, vaguely lichee nuts, Asian pears and raisins, any combination you can imagine. The menu is small, but the servings are not, and Chipotle puts Lichee Nut Soju (like vodka made from potatoes) It is surprising when that under- sweet and sour seasoning that intensi- also sports a burnt top. The pastry, with an emphasis on quality ingredients and service. 162 Montague St. at Clinton Street, downstairs, and a variety of sake are offered as whelming prelude is followed with a fies when it’s stirred together with a its heavy dusting of cinnamon, remind- Chipotle’s guacamole is made fresh throughout (718) 522-5565, (AmEx, DC, MC, Visa) Entrees: well. stew as complexly spiced as the “soon soft fried egg and some of the “gochu- ed me more of Thanksgiving Day than the day; there’s a choice between classic refried $9-$11.95. Despite the look, Noo Na has ban- doo boo.” The deep orange mix is jang,” a zesty, salty chili paste. The soft anything Asian. You’re better off stick- beans and vegetarian black beans; the chicken, This Brooklyn Heights Chinese restaurant has had ished the Korean businessmen of Mid- served in a small iron pot, so hot that and firm textures, the brittle yet tender ing with the offering of fine Ciao Bella beef and pork are marinated in a spicy adobo several locations, owners and chefs, but through- sauce infused with smoky chipotle peppers; and out these changes, it has maintained the high town Manhattan in favor of a mostly heat waves radiated from its surface. cubes of rice, and the sweetness of the ice cream and sorbet in flavors like even the rice is special, flavored with cilantro and quality that has kept customers coming back for younger, hipper crowd. Inside the briny blend are sweet baby pork make fine eating. green tea and lemongrass-coconut. lime. The tacos come in threes (soft, flour) or more than 20 years. Owner Jerry Shen has dedi- But that has its upsides and down- shrimp, squid and oysters given an in- The barbeque, or “bul go gi,” is sub- Noo Na may not sate the craving of fours (crispy, corn). The huge, customized 20- cated himself to keeping the restaurant’s fare sides. On the downside, there’s the mu- tense jolt from hot red pepper. Silky tly smoky, faintly sweet and made Korean food enthusiasts, but the rest of ounce burritos, made right before your eyes, are authentic. Chef Eric Wu cooks in both Szechuan overstuffed with your choice of meats and/or and Cantonese styles and prepares a broad spec- sic. Club tunes play loud — not ob- squares of tofu, slices of earthy shi- sharp with the addition of chopped us welcome a good martini with our bi vegetables, rice, beans and three kinds of salsas. trum of dishes. For an appetizer, Shen suggests scenely so, but strong enough so that I itake mushrooms and soft cubes of scallions and onions. The thin slices of bim bab. There is even a fajita burrito with sauteed green the popular “steamed little juicy bun” filled with peppers and onions. And don’t forget the $4 pork; shrimp or vegetable dumplings, the latter margaritas! Or, choose from the selection of served with a hot sesame sauce; or the fried imported and domestic beers. Open daily, 11 am shrimp cake. The house special is a generous to 10 pm. plate of jumbo shrimp sauteed with Chinese vegetables and lichee nuts — which, by the way, are Heights Cafe NOT nuts at all, but rather large seeds containing 84 Montague St. at Hicks Street, (718) 625- sweet and succulent fruit. Another specialty is the 5555, www.heightscafeny.com (AmEx) Entrees: mixed vegetables with bean vermicelli, served $8.95-$19.95. with a choice of “sacha” (Chinese BBQ sauce) or brown sauce. Finish your meal with a dish of pis- Heights Cafe co-owner Greg Markman claims he tachio ice cream. Open Monday through Sunday and his partner, Joe Secondino have “the largest for lunch and dinner, and Sundays from 1 pm to outdoor cafe in Brooklyn Heights.” The corner 10 pm. restaurant with cherry wood tables and glass doors — designed by award-winning architect Larry Bogdanow — has a casual, California feel. Park Plaza Markman recommends the steamed mussels 220 Cadman Plaza West at Pineapple Walk (off appetizer flavored with garlic, lemongrass, Clark Street), (718) 596-5900 (AmEx, DC, MC,

cilantro and coconut milk. Another popular Visa) Entrees: $9-$20. / Daniel Krieger starter, says Markman, is the warm spinach arti- For 22 years this diner-style family restaurant has choke dip served with tricolor corn tortilla chips. The cafe offers daily seafood specials, too. The offered breakfast, lunch and dinner, seven days a crab cakes entree is served with a smoked green week, 364 days a year. (They take Christmas Day chili remoulade sauce, pickled vegetable salad off.) Locals return to the comfortable, wood-pan- eled dining room for the famous half-pound

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to desperately participate in my life, and only lacked the mechanism of speech.” In other cities where the show has run, the reception hasn’t always been as grand as the spectacle. “[It] feels like Shear genius Bourne-by-numbers,” wrote Zoe Anderson in London’s In- dependent. “Familiar charac- ‘Scissorhands’ ballet, snipped of ters or devices that have suf- fered a fatal loss of energy.” For his part, Bourne lines, is definitely cutting edge claimed that his show isn’t just the film on stage, and “it’s By Kevin Filipski House from March full of surprises even for those for The Brooklyn Paper 14-31, will garner DANCE that know the movie well. So the same kind of ac- far, fans of the movie have dward Scissorhands” was claim that met earlier “Edward Scissorhands” at the BAM loved the show — even John- “ Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette strange enough the first runs in London and Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greene), ny Depp himself!” Etime around. Los Angeles. March 14-31. Tickets are $30-$80. A BAM- Depp, who also starred in Now, with Matthew Bourne’s Bourne is best dialogue with Matthew Bourne will be held Burton’s “Sleepy Hollow” and March 15 at 6 pm at the BAM Rose Cine- wordless dance production of known for his singu- mas; tickets are $8. For information, call “Corpse Bride,” might be a the 1990 tear-jerking fairy tale, lar version of “Swan (718) 636-4100 or visit www.bam.org. good judge of character. But things have gotten even weirder. Lake,” which made what does Burton think? Marco Polo As one of Burton’s best- it to Broadway a “Tim was at the premiere of RISTORANTE loved films, “Scissorhands” is few seasons back, and he’s cur- Brooklyn. “[It was] about the ballet in London, and he Pioneer of the fine restaurant movement in Brooklyn sure to attract attention — but rently represented on the Great learning to see inside people had this mystified look on his so do car crashes. 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He was welcomed into a small, picket-fence community If you feel like you’ve been hit over the head with advertising thanks to his topiary and hair- Bill Cooper for the BAM’s “Edward Scissorhands,” it’s no fantasy Hands off: Sam Archer and Kerry Biggin, two members of “This is the largest television campaign we’re done, and the cutting skills, and soon fell in love with the daughter the rotating cast in Matthew Bourne’s “Edward Scis- largest overall campaign in a number of years,” Stephen Litner, sorhands,” which will be at the Brooklyn Academy of Mu- BAM’s Senior Manager of Electronic Marketing, said this week. (Winona Ryder) of the family BAM has spent “hundreds of thousands of dollars” to place that took him in. But — you sic from March 14 through 31. ads with Time Warner Cable and Cablevision on Long Island. knew it was coming — the “It’s amazing to see the bump in sales from when the television fact that Edward was “differ- the problems that the stage Thompson doesn’t think it ads start showing,” Litner said. ent” soon became a matter of presents,” said Thompson, who so far-fetched that a strange But, he added, the huge ad buy “was all part of the initial life and death. also wrote the scripts for Bur- fairy-tale movie has been marketing plan. We intended it to be a blitz.” Adapting this fantastical tale ton’s animatronic fantasies, transformed into a ballet with a Additionally, BAM has launched a “much larger than usual” from the movies to the dance “The Nightmare Before Christ- mute title character — after all, direct mail campaign and done much more online marketing. stage is unusual to say the mas” and “Corpse Bride.” Edward only said 196 words Not only has BAM covered all its bases, it’s covered itself: The BAM building, on Lafayette Avenue, is now swaddled in a least; the movie’s screenwriter “This required a fresh ap- in the movie anyway. large “Scissorhands” banner. Caroline Thompson — who proach, and my job was to en- “At his core, he’s in many The cultural arts Mecca would not reveal how many tickets it worked on the adaptation with courage Matthew to not be ways a silent character, so for has sold to the Matthew Bourne’s wordless ballet — based on Bourne — hadn’t worked out- overly respectful to the materi- me, watching Matt adapting it the popular Johnny Depp film — but Litner rejected the rumors side of the film world, yet in- al. We completely reimagined is like watching a Charlie that sales are lagging. stinctively knew what was the tale through its storyline. Chaplin movie,” she said. “In “We’re really happy with how things are shaping up,” he said. needed. My role was to ask, ‘How any case, it’s not so farfetched — Adam Rathe “It was my first theatrical does that serve this emotional a marriage: I based Edward on work, so it was fun to attack story?’ ” a dog I once had who wanted

particular play make such a you over there at The Brook- Laura, I was powerless to re- glass figurines. Maybe I just good match. The Wingfields, lyn Paper?” Never mind what sist her diabolical machina- felt sorry for her because she GLASS... even in the original, were out- I told him, but suffice it to say, tions. Before I knew it, I was seemed so pathetically unlov- casts and freaks — losers, if my answer was slung back in down on one knee, proposing able. In any case, the actors Continued from page 1 you will. my face so many times, it ac- marriage. Maybe it was the had caught me in their web, The production makes liber- Amanda, whose husband tually started to sting for real. guilt I felt because of breaking and there was nothing I could al use of “bouffon,” a kind of has long since left for reasons When they finally brought the poor girl’s unicorn, the do. I was one of them. And it clowning that originated that don’t need much explana- me onstage for a “date” with centerpiece of her collection of felt like … home. among Renaissance French so- tion, clings pathetically to a ciety’s outcasts — “ugly” peo- mythologized youth that in- ple like lepers, prostitutes and cludes record numbers of gen- heretics, many of whom were tleman callers. Tom, who banished from their villages. A shares many characteristics in notable exception was made common with a young Ten- during holiday festivals, when nessee Williams (both are the bouffons were expected to writers working menial jobs in entertain society’s elite. During a factory), sneaks out at night these performances, the bouf- and goes to “the theater,” cod- fon’s chief aim was to mock ed language for any manner of and deride the bon ton as much perverted behavior, whether it as possible, using satirical be binge drinking, illicit drug means that would, on any other use, or depraved sexual acts. day, likely get them killed. And Laura — or “Blue Roses” Knowing this when I arrived as she fondly remembers Jim 211 Fifth Avenue (between Union & President) at the Brick The- ater, a former auto Park Slope (718) 636-9463 www.redwhiteandbubbly.com body shop in the THEATER Open Mon–Sat: 10am–10pm, Sun: 12pm–8pm heart of Williams- “Bouffon Glass Menajoree” will run at burg, I had no the Brick Theater (575 Metropolitan Ave. be- doubt I was in the tween Lorimer Street and Union Avenue in Williamsburg) through March 24. Tickets are right place. There, $10. 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Old Stone 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. cis Morrone of changing areas in Seventh Ave. (718) 369-7776. Free. FRI, MARCH 16 House, 336 Third St. (718) 469-5275. Downtown Brooklyn and historic OTHER FLEA MARKET: at Flatbush Reformed SHAKESPEARE: Kings County Shake- buildings in the Fulton Mall. $25. 10 COURAGE THROUGH COMPASSION: speare Co. presents “Ruff Love or FLEA MARKET: at Flatbush Reformed am to 1 pm. To register visit Church. 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm. See Sat., March 10. Area Yoga Center offers a class. 2:45 What You Will,” a gender-friendly Church. 10 am to 4 pm. Flatbush and www.hdc.org or call (212) 614-9107. pm to 4 pm. 320 Court St. Call. (718) adaptation of “The Taming of the Church avenues. (718) 284-5140. LAST EXIT: Dan Wiley leads a tour of 496-5514. Shrew.” $18, $10 students and sen- GENEALOGY: Brooklyn Historical Society up-and-coming Red Hook, including MON, MARCH 12 LIVE PAINTING: Brooklyn Artists Gym iors. 8 pm. South Oxford Space, 138 offers a class with Mrs. B-Ann Moor- stops at the Beard Street Ware- presents artist Brian Kirhagis in a dis- S. Oxford St. (718) 398-0546. house, author and certified genealo- houses and the endangered Red KIDS MOVIES: Big Movies for Little play of his paintings while he paints MUSIC: Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory gist. $30, $15 members. 2 pm to 3:30 Hook Graving Dock. $25. 10 am to 1 Kids presents “Pippi Longstocking” live. 5 pm to 9 pm. 168 Seventh St. of Music hosts a new music collective pm. 128 Pierrepont St. Reservations pm. To register visit www.hdc.org or (1969). $6. 4 pm. Cobble Hill Cine- (718) 858-9069. and celebrates David Del Tredici’s 70th required. (718) 411-2222. call (212) 614-9107. mas, 256 Court St. (718) 596-9113. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert birthday. Concert features music from VICTORIA GOTTI: John Gotti’s daugh- PERFORMANCE PREVIEW RECEPTION: Brooklyn featuring an all Beethoven program. “Dracula,” “Chana’s Story” and “Three ter and her son Frank Gotti Angnello Academy of Music hosts its third $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Gymnopedies.” Interview with Del sign their books, “Hot Italian Dish” FOLK FEET: Brooklyn Arts Council pre- Old Fulton Street at the East River. Tredici. $15, $10 students and seniors. and “The Gotti Diet,” at 3 pm, in The sents its fourth annual dance show- annual BAMart Silent Auction. Works by internationally renowned and (718) 624-2083. 8 pm. 58 Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. BookMark Shoppe, 8415 Third Ave. case. 2 pm to 5 pm. Walt Whitman GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Third Friday BCBC: Brooklyn Center for Performing (718) 833-5115. Theater at Brooklyn College, one emerging local artists are up for sale. 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Free. offers a basic course. $50 per person, (718) 951-4500. $10 kids. 7:30 pm. Parish House, IRISH MUSIC: with The Three Irish NON DANCER’S WORKSHOP: Narrows $75 for couples and families. Four JAZZ: Bric Studio presents “The Jazz 18th Avenue and 84th Street. 9718) Tenors, Donal Nolan, John Heffernan weeks. 3050 Emmons Ave. Call to Passengers: The Supremes Project.” 331-1512. and Kiernan Hamilton Also, Colleen Community Theater hosts a “Broad- way Dancing for Non-Dancer’s” work- pre-register. (718) 743-5823. $12, $10 students. 8 pm. 647 Fulton Martin and Donna Heffernan. $15, CONCERT: Vocalist Martin McQuade St. (718) 855-7882. $10 seniors and kids. St Patrick audi- shop. Learn the basics in warm-up, isolations and stage presence. 7:30 performs at his annual St. Patrick’s BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents SUN, MARCH 18 torium, 97th Street and Fourth Day Show. 7:30 pm. No cover “Edward Scissorhands,” based on Tim Avenue. Call for time. (718) 238-2600. pm to 9 pm. Call for information and location. (718) 482-3173. charge. Greenhouse Cafe, 7717 Third Burton’s film. $30 to $80. 2 pm and 7:30 PERFORMANCE SHAKESPEARE: “Ruff Love or What Ave. (718) 833-8200. pm. Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 You Will.” 2 pm and 7 pm. See Sat., SHAKESPEARE: Kings County Shake- Silk talkings: Artist Xenobia Bailey discusses her work, including BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Per- speare Co. presents “Ruff Love or JAZZ: Sweet Georgia Brown at Jazz Lafayette Ave. Also, two by Shakespeare: March 10. “The Taming of the Shrew.” 2:30 pm. forming Arts at Brooklyn College What You Will,” a gender-friendly “Bling and Bliss,” above, which is made of wool, acrylic and silk 966. 966 Fulton St. Call for time and presents “Joseph and the Amazing OPERA: “La Boheme.” 3 pm. See Sat., adaptation of “The Taming of the ticket info. (718) 638-6910. And “Twelfth Night.” 7:30 pm. Edward March 10. fiber, currently on exhibit at Corridor Gallery, at 4 pm on March 10. Hall directs the all-male Propeller Technicolor Dreamcoat.” $15 to $35. Shrew.” $18, $10 students and sen- SHAKESPEARE: “Ruff Love or What 2 pm. Walt Whitman Theater at GALLERY PLAYERS: “Violet.” 3 pm. See iors. 8 pm. South Oxford Space, 138 You Will.” 8 pm. See Sat., March 17. Company. $25 to $65. BAM Dialogue with Edward Hall. $8, $4 Friends of Brooklyn College, one block from the Sat., March 10. S. Oxford St. (718) 398-0546. intersection of Flatbush and BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert. Reserve online at www.allaboutbrook- meeting at 8:30 am. Application due BAM. 1 pm. Hillman Attic Studio, 30 CHANGE YOURSELF: Buddhist nun lyn.com/events/wine.htm. Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. 4 pm. See Sat, March 10. April 13. 280 Cadman Plaza West. SAT, MARCH 17 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. leads class “Know Your Mind.” 7:30 ENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE: 14- (718) 623-7000. Free. BIG BAND MUSIC: Ridge Repertory OPERA: St. Dominic’s Parish presents BIG BAND MUSIC: at Ridge Repertory pm to 9 pm. First Unitarian Church, The Italian Opera Company in Company. 5 pm. See Sat., March 10. week intensive, hands-on class. Learn SPECIAL NEEDS: Resources for Chil- Company presents “Sentimental 48 Monroe Place. Call for info. (718) how to do an effective business plan St. Patrick’s Day Journey, Music of the Big Band Era,” “Cavalleria Rusticana.” $10. 4 pm. 496-5514. dren with Special Needs hosts a talk CHILDREN and operate a business. $240. 6:30 pm about early childhood services. Learn James Martinelli and Eddie Russo 75th Street and 20th Street. (718) UNCOVERING CHASSIDISM: Congre- to 9:30 pm. 175 Remsen St., suite 350. what is available to special needs OUTDOORS AND TOURS direct this cabaret review. $18. 8:30 259-4636. TREASURE HUNT: Brooklyn Children’s gation B’nai Avraham hosts The BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert Museum hosts “The Hunt for Lost Call to register. (718) 522-4600, ext. 10. kids, five and younger. 10 am to 1 SALT MARSH: Urban Park Rangers pm Bay Ridge Jewish Center, 81st David Berg Lecture Series with a talk HOMEBUYER WORKSHOP: Pratt Area pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s Brook- hosts an early morning birding walk. Street and Fourth Avenue. (718) 836- featuring works by Schumann, Beet- Treasure,” a family block party “The Rebbe Maharash,” the fourth hoven, Verdi and others. $35. 8 pm. fundraiser. Family packages start at Community Council offers a workshop lyn Heights branch, 280 Cadman 8 am. Salt Marsh Nature Center, 3103. Lubavitcher Rebbe. 8 pm to 9 pm. for first time home buyers. Call for time Plaza West. (212) 677-4650. Free. 3302 Ave. U. Call 311 for info. Free. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street $100. Food, prizes, performances 117 Remsen St. (718) 596-4840. Free. and location. (718) 783-3549, ext. 10. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music pres- BRIDGE WALK: Big Onion Tours takes a featuring works by Sibelius, Saariaho, at the East River. (718) 624-2083. and silent auction. 4 pm to 7 pm. 145 BAM: “Edward Scissorhands.” 1 pm and Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. ents “Edward Scissorhands,” based walk over the Brooklyn Bridge and Ravel and Schumann. $35. 8 pm. Ful- ton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at 6:30 pm. See Sat., March 17. Also, FILM FEST: Brooklyn Academy of Music on Tim Burton’s film. $30 to $80. 7:30 through Brooklyn Heights. Learn TUES, MARCH 13 about the history, architecture and the East River. (718) 624-2083. “Taming of the Shrew.” 2:30 pm. presents its Kids Film Festival. See WEDS, MARCH 14 pm. Howard Gilman Opera House, people of this neighborhood. $15, Also, “Twelfth Night.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., March 10. 30 Lafayette Ave. Also, BAM BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: pres- POWERUP! COMPETITION: Brooklyn BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music pres- $12 seniors, $10 students. 11 am. Sat., March 17. Public Library’s (BPL) Business Library Dialogue with choreographer ents Terry Dame’s Electric Junkyard OTHER ents “Edward Scissorhands,” based Matthew Bourne. $8, $4 Friends of Meet at the southeast corner of Gamelan. Original music is played on SHAKESPEARE: “Ruff Love or What hosts its fourth annual PowerUP! busi- on Tim Burton’s film. $30 to $80. 7 Broadway and Chambers Street, You Will.” 2 pm. See Sat., March 17. FLEA MARKET: at Sunset Park Com- ness plan competition for Brooklyn BAM. 6 pm. Rose Cinemas, 30 invented instruments and objects. pm. Howard Gilman Opera House, lower Manhattan. (212) 439-1090. BIG BAND MUSIC: at Ridge Repertory munity Church. 10 am to 3 pm. 5324 entrepreneurs with cash prizes totaling Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. $15, $10 members, $8 low-income. 8 30 Lafayette Ave. Also, Spring Gala. pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. Company. 5 pm. See Sat., March 17. Fourth Ave. (718) 439-6944. $25,000. The first place winner will RECEPTION: “Inferno” features new FORT GREENE PARK: In honor of $300 includes cocktails and perform- and recent works by 24 artists. 6 pm Women’s History Month, the Urban INSIDE STORY: Union Temple hosts a receive $15,000, with two runners-up ance. Additionally, post-show dinner CHILDREN CHILDREN each receiving $5,000. PowerUP! pro- to 8 pm. Skylight Gallery, 1368 Park Rangers host a talk on the sig- talk about the Absolut advertising with cast. Festive attire requested. nificant roles women played in the KIDS MUSICAL: Tuckerberry Produc- TATER TOT: Fort Greene Clinton Hill campaign, presented by Richard vides introduction to free resources, Fulton St. (718) 636-6949. Free. Call for info. (718) 636-4100. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert American Revolution. 1 pm. Meet at tions presents “Peter Piper Picks a Cooperative Daycare hosts a kid’s Lewis, the campaign’s creator and including a staff of expert Business New Profession.” Peter Piper needs disco. $10 adults, $5 kids. 3 pm to 6 Librarians, available at BPL’s Business AUTHOR READING: Brooklynite Gabriel featuring an all Beethoven program. the visitor’s center, near the Myrtle author of “Absolute Book and Thompson reads from and signs copies Avenue and Washington Park a new career; his pickled peppers pm. 241 Taaffe Pl. (646) 552-7458. Absolute Sequel.” 10 am. 17 Eastern Library. Orientation meeting at 6 pm. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, of his new book, “There’s No Jose Old Fulton Street at the East River. entrance. Call 311 for info. Free. aren’t just tongue-twisters — they’re Pkwy. (718) 638-7600. Free. Application due April 13. 280 Cadman stomach-turners. $10, $7 kids. 1 pm OTHER Plaza West. (718) 623-7000. Free. Here.” 6:30 pm. Lafayette Avenue Pres- (718) 624-2083. WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence PESACH UNIVERSITY: Park Slope byterian Church, 85 S. Oxford Street. hosts a tour of Fort Greene, Clinton and 3 pm. The Impact Theater, 190 JEWISH LEARNING: Congregation Jewish Center offers a refresher class ST. PATRICK’S PARTY: Bay Ridge Com- WINE TASTING: Eleven Ten Gallery pre- Underhill Ave., (between Sterling and Beth Elohim offers a talk “Women in sents its exhibit “The Ascension of Hill and Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 pm about Passover. $15, $10 members, munity Service Center invites the com- to 5 pm. Marriott Hotel, 333 Adams St. John’s Place, two blocks from the Israeli Society.” 9:30 am to 11 am. munity to a St. Patrick’s and St. Joseph’s the Daughter, Sister and Mother,” $5 seniors and students. 1 pm to THURS, MARCH 15 St. (718) 789-0430. Brooklyn Museum). (845) 797-1320. 274 Garfield Pl. Call (718) 768-3814. 4:30 pm. Corner of Eighth Avenue Day party. 1 pm to 3 pm. 6935 Fourth and hosts a wine tasting. $10. 7:30 pm to 9 pm. 1110 Fulton St. (646) and 14th Street. (718) 768-1453. Ave. Call for info. (718) 748-0650. POWERUP! COMPETITION: Brooklyn PERFORMANCE 387-1217. MEET THE ARTIST: Clinton Hill Art Gal- MEETING: AARP Bay Ridge hosts a Public Library’s (BPL) Business Library MUSIC OFF THE SHELVES: The Brook- lery presents abstract expressionist meeting. 2:30 pm. Shore Hill Housing, hosts its fourth annual PowerUP! COOKING GOOD: Learn how to cook lyn Philharmonic offers a musical cel- painter Mary Chang. 2 pm to 4 pm. 9000 Shore Rd. (718) 748-9114. Free. business plan competition for Brook- for good health. Certified holistic ebration for St. Patrick’s Day. Selec- 154a Vanderbilt Ave. Reservations WORKSHOP: CAMBA Small Business lyn entrepreneurs with cash prizes health counselor hosts a vegetarian tions include excerpts from “Three LIST YOUR EVENT… necessary. (718) 852-0227. Free. Services offers a talk “Business Essen- totaling $25,000. The first place win- cooking class. $35. 7 pm to 9 pm. Irish Legends,” “Trio on Popular Irish To list your event in Nine Days In Brooklyn, please give us two weeks notice or more. Call to register and for meeting loca- POETRY READING: Poet Christine Potter tials: Writing the Business Plan.” 3 ner will receive $15,000, with two Folk Tunes” and more. First perform- Send your listing by e-mail: [email protected]; by mail: GO Brooklyn, The pm to 5:30 pm. 884 Flatbush Ave. tion. (718) 855-3145. reads selections of poems from her runners-up each receiving $5,000. ance at Brooklyn Public Library’s New Brooklyn Paper, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) newly published book “Zero Degrees (718) 282-2500. Free. PowerUP! provides introduction to SHAKESPEARE: “Ruff Love or What Utrecht branch, 1743 86th St. 1:30 at First Light.” 2 pm. Guild Room, St. WINE TASTING: Learn about Italian wines free resources, including a staff of You Will.” 8 pm. See Sat., March 17. pm. Again at Brooklyn Public 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we can- Ann and the Holy Trinity Church, 122 and cheese pairings during a tasting. expert Business Librarians, available LAUNCH PROGRAM: Brooklyn Econo- Library’s Central branch, Grand Army not take listings over the phone. Pierrepont St. (718)875-6960. Free. $55. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. 966 Park Pl. at BPL’s Business Library. Orientation mic Development Corp. offers a three Plaza. 4 pm. (718) 230-2100. Free.

Dozens, 9 pm, Crave the Air, 9:30 pm, Steve GREENWOOD HEIGHTS Lieberman, The Gangsta Rabbi, 10 pm, $15; Luna Lounge Mar. 15: “Hooked on Ska” with COBC, The 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street BROOKLYN Living Room Lounge in Williamsburg, (212) 260-2323, Step Right Ups, Between the Bridges, In the 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Face, The Vagabands, 8 pm, $TBD; Mar. 16: www.lunalounge.com. (718) 499-1505. The Heaves, 9 pm, $TBD; Mar. 17: Salsa en el Mar. 10: Electric Engine, 7:30 pm, Sea Devils, Saturdays: DJ Kirt, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Cult Red Hook with Sonao featuring Neil Ochoa, 8:30 pm, The Fumes, 9:30 pm, Gutz, 10:30 pm, Movie Night, 8 pm, FREE; Mondays: Concerts Juancho Herrera, Robert Quintero, Louisito $5; Mar. 15: Keelay, 8 pm, Food Will Win the on the big screen, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Wuintero, 8 pm, $TBD. War, 9 pm, $5; Mar. 16: The New Trust, 8:30 Open Mic Night, 8:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: pm, Ambulette, 9:30 pm, $10 in advance, $12 Nightlife Live music, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Karaoke, 8 Hope and Anchor day of the show. pm, FREE. 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Pete’s Candy Store Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Hook, (718) 237-0276. 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in PARK SLOPE Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozzman, BAY RIDGE Sundays: DJ Contra Sounds, 6 pm, FREE; Tues- Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, days: Songhai Djeli, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Bar 4 9 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: Karaoke www.petescandystore.com. DJ Mohamed, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: WBAI hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Mar. Kitty Kiernan’s 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park DJ Andrea Clark, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live 10: Black Branches, 9 pm, Polite Society, 10 pm, 9715 Third Ave. at 97th Street in Bay Ridge, band, 10 pm, FREE. Slope, (718) 832-9800. (718) 921-0217, www.kittykiernans.com. SHEEPSHEAD BAY Silence the Bird, 11 pm, FREE; Mar. 11: Luke Mar. 11: Igor Lumpert’s Vitamin Museum, 7 Brindley, 8:30 pm, Ratboy, 9:30 pm, The Snake Mar. 10: Sean Cosgraff, 11 pm, FREE; Mar. 17: Reign pm, $5 suggested donation, Matt Pavolka Anyway Cafe and the Cross Crown, 10:30 pm, FREE; Mar. 12: St. Patrick’s Day, Time TBD, FREE. Band, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation. 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd. at East 16th Monday Evening Stand-Up, 7:30 pm, Pete The Wicked Monk Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344, Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, Fitzpatrick, 9:30 pm, Ghosts I’ve Met, 10:30 pm, www.myspace.com/reignlounge. Barbes www.anywaycafe.com. FREE; Mar. 13: Bingo, 7 pm, Senator, 9 pm, 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, Saturdays: “Your Space Saturdays” with DJ 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Mondays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Mike Winograd with Pietro Martello and guests, (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Hud, 11 pm, FREE before 12:30 am, $20 after Jazzy funk with Karin Okada and guests, 9 pm, 10 pm, The Ramblers, 11 pm, FREE; Mar. 14: Mar. 10: DJ Pepe, Big Slick, 9 pm, $5; Mar. 11: 12:30 am. Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $10 sug- FREE; Wednesdays: Grace Garland, 9 pm, Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Flugente, 10 pm, Steve Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Mar. 16: Miller/Guiness Ulrich and Itamar Ziegler, 11 pm, FREE; Mar. gested donation; Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, FREE; Thursdays: Susan Tobocman, 9 pm, Promo with DJ Kyle and King Norris, 9 pm, $5; 15: Group of Names, 7 pm, Dan Blakeless, 9 Sputnik 7 pm, $10 suggested donation, Slavic Soul FREE; Fridays: Eric Nicholas, 9 pm, FREE. Mar. 17: St. Patrcik’s Day celebration, DJ Kyle, 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton Party, 9 pm, $10; Mar. 10: Andy Statman, 8 pm, Lucy Wainwright Roche, 10 pm, Nate Hollaback, and more, Time TBD, $TBD. Hill, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. pm, $10, One Ring Zero, 10 pm, $10 suggest- Farrar, 11 pm, FREE; Mar. 16: Pete’s Big Poetry, Saturdays: Afrokinetic with DJs Chris Annibell ed donation; Mar. 11: Split the Lark, 7 pm, $10 WILLIAMSBURG 7 pm, Alice Cohen, 9 pm, A Blanket of Snow, 10 BEDFORD-STUYVESANT and Amon, 9 pm, FREE, French Beats Inter- suggested donation; Mar. 12: The Foreigners, pm, The Golden Revelry, 11 pm, FREE; Mar. 17: national, 11 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Kings of 8 pm, $10 suggested donation, Chicha Libre, Black Betty Galia Ara, 9 pm, Hapless Child, 10 pm, God- Food 4 Thought Karaoke with Colin King of Karaoke and DJ 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; Mar. 14: 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street damn Rattlesnake, 11 pm, FREE. FlimFlam, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Open Michael Attias’ Twines of Colesion, 8 pm, 10 in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough Ali Smith pm, $10 per set; Mar. 15: Matt Munisteri, 10 www.blackbetty.net. Stain Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Skylab, 10 pm, pm, $10 suggested donation. Saturdays: DJ Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- Saturdays: Open Mic, 9 pm, $6; Mondays: FREE; Mar. 13: DJ Chris Annibella B.day Garbage rock: Former Blues Explosion front man Jon Spencer days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand and burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Fade to Black Mondays a.k.a. Movie Night, 8 Brooklyn Bridges Celebration with special Bogota Latin Bistro and his new band, Heavy Trash, come in from the curb to Club DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Vince Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often accompa- pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Game Night, 7 pm, guest Stephanie McKay, 9 pm, $10; Mar. 15: Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; nied by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; FREE; Thursdays: Jazz Night, 8 pm, FREE. World Eater Recordings presents False Step, 141 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, Europa on March 12. Spin, Kristin Mainheart, Tenderhead, Nicholas (718) 230-3805, www.bogotabistro.com. Tuesdays: Psychotic Reaction, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open Sistas’ Place Dispanga, 9 pm, $5; Mar. 16: Mashup Culture Wednesdays: Live Brazilian and Latin jazz, 7 Wednesdays: The Joint hosted by DJ Nabil; mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; with DJ London Broil, Time TBD, $TBD. pm, FREE. $10 ($6 for students with valid student identifi- Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne and Mar. 10: Gabriel Miller Philips, 8 pm, Oddshot, 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in cation); Mar. 17: Kris Davis/Chris Speed Duo, Tea Lounge DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 pm, FREE. 9 pm, FREE; Mar. 13: The Bad Egg Collective, Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 498-1766, Brooklyn Lyceum 8:30 pm, $12 ($8 for students with valid student 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park 7 pm, Vincent Sperrazza’s Duo, 8 pm, FREE; www.sistasplace.org. FLATBUSH Slope, (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. Mar. 14: Michael Winograd and Pietro 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park identification). Capone’s Bar Mar. 10: Celebrating Harriet Tubman with live Martello, 7 pm, FREE; Mar. 15: P.E.E.L., 7 pm, Slope, (718) 398-7301, www.gowanus.com. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays: Live music, 9 221 N. Ninth St. at Roebling Street in music, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $25 in advance, $30 Cornerstone Pub pm, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; Mar. Saute, 9 pm, FREE; Mar. 16: Form Function Mar. 10: Ron Morris, Doug Rather, and more, Drama Cafe & Wine Williamsburg, (718) 599-4044, day of the show; Mar. 17: Celebrating Valaida 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road 14: St. Malo Quartet, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $5 sug- Records ‘ Night of Electro-Acoustic Improvisa- 9:30 pm, $8; Mar. 11: Rob Mosher’s Storytime, 341 Fifth Ave. at Fourth Street in Park www.caponesbar.com. Snow with Akua Dixon’s Quartet, 9 pm, 10:30 in Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, gested donation; Mar. 15: Tim Berne’s Para- tion, 7 pm, FREE; Mar. 17: The Wiggins Sisters 5 pm, $5, Robin Aleman, 7 pm, $5, Songwriter’s Slope, (718) 768-2136, Fridays, Saturdays: The Beat Club/All Disco, 9 pm, $25 in advance, $30 day of the show. www.cornerstonepub.com. phrase and special guest visualists, 9 pm, 10:30 Folk Duo, 7 pm, FREE. Exchange hosted by Rebecca Pronsky, 8:30 www.myspace.com/dramaonline. pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke with Colin and Saturdays: Alegba & Friends, 9 pm, FREE (do- pm, $5 suggested donation; Mar. 16: Barbarian pm, $5; Mar. 16: Chris Orbach, Worange Saturdays: Artist Showcase, 9 pm, FREE; DJ Flim Flam, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Speak- nation suggested); Tuesdays: Dan Pratt Quar- Horde CD Release Party, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $5 Trash Bar BOERUM HILL tet, 9 pm, FREE (donation suggested); Thurs- Drexler Band, 8 pm, $8. Fridays: Open Mic Night, 8:30 pm, FREE. easy, an open mic night, 9 pm, FREE. suggested donation. 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- days: Stephane Wrembel, 8:30 pm, FREE. Hank’s Saloon Biscuit BBQ Good Coffeehouse Galapagos burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. Two Boots Brooklyn Mar. 10: The Vesties, 8 pm, The Singles, 9 pm, 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Vox Po p Music Parlor 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Atom Strange, 10 pm, Crashbox, 11 pm, Jonny Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. Slope, (718) 399-2161, www.biscuitbbq.com. Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, 1022 Cortelyou Rd. at Stratford Road in Flat- (at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) Slope, (718) 499-3253, on the Rocks, Midnight, $7; Mar. 11: Jehenna, Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Ram- www.galapagosartspace.com. bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. Sundays: A Sunday Kind of Jazz with John 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. 9 pm, Tourists on Horses, 10 pm, The Holy blers, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Mobscenity, McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, $6 and 1- Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with 2- Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. Mar. 10: M Shanghai String Band, 10 pm, Fingers, 11 pm, The Overthrow, Midnight, $6; 10 pm, FREE; Mar. 10: The Barrens, 10 pm, drink minimum; Mondays: Debra and Mary’s Mar. 10: (Backroom) The Never/Lost in Trees, 7 drink/snack minimum. Mar. 16: Third Friday with the Park Slope Food FREE; Mar. 16: AfroSkull, 10 pm, FREE; Mar. Mar. 12: Bone, 8 pm, New Rock Church of Fire, Guitar Bomb, 11 pm, Mad Cow, Midnight, FREE; Night on the Town, 8:30 pm, $10; Tuesdays: pm, $6, (Both rooms) “Moon Over Crooklyn 2,” Coop featuring Robert Dick and Ursel Schlicht 17: St. Patrick’s Day Party with Mack Price and 9 pm, Bust Out, 10 pm, Angels With Filthy Mar. 16: JD & The WWJD’s, 10 pm, Uncle Leon Songwriters’ Showcase hosted by Staci 9 pm, $6; Mar. 11: (Front room) Rocha Dance and Todd Islers ToddSquad, 8 pm, $10 adults, the Prigs, 10 pm, FREE. Souls, 11 pm, The Fad, Midnight, $6; Mar. 13: and The Alibis, 11 pm, FREE; Mar. 17: Drunken FORT GREENE Rochwerg, 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; Theater, 8 pm, $TBD; Mar. 13: (Front room) Swimmers, 10 pm, Jug Addicts, 11 pm, FREE. $6 children. DJ Mojo presents James Apollo, 9 pm, Ela, 10 BAM Cafe Mar. 10: Poetic Notion Chorus directed by Rob Union Hall SMUT hosted by Desiree Burch, 8 pm, FREE, pm, Rumspringa, 11 pm, $5; Mar. 14: Kabuki Darnell performs the Music of Laura Nyro, 9 Monday Night Burlesque presents “Myths and Killers, 9 pm, Cosmos Sunshine Band, 10 pm, (At the Brooklyn Academy of Music) 30 Jewish Music Cafe (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth BRIGHTON BEACH pm, $10; Mar. 14: Tango dance instruction Legends,” 9:30 pm, $5; Mar. 13: (Front room) Public Offenders, 11 pm, Tracuti, Midnight, $6; Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort 401 Ninth St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, hosted by Annatina, 6:45 pm, Tango Dance, The Headrans, 8 pm, $TBD; Mar. 14: (Back- Mar. 15: Society for Rational Dress, 8 pm, Blue Greene, (718) 636-4100 www.bam.org. (718) 369-6585, www.jewishmusiccafe.com. www.unionhallny.com. National Restaurant 8:30 pm, $12 (includes both instruction and room) An evening of jazz, fusion, and Nigerian Suede Bombers, 9 pm, Bo Quiver & The Mar. 10: ASEFA, 10 pm, FREE; Mar. 16: Susan Mar. 10: Yehuda Glantz, 8:30 pm, $20 in Mar. 10: Emma Pollock, Jena Malone & Her 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton dance); Mar. 15: Daniel Kelly Jazz Solo per- Afrobeat featuring Spencer Katzman Threeo, Arrows, 10 pm, Johnny Nobody, 11 pm, Tim Cagle, 9:30 pm, FREE; Mar. 17: The Lascivious advance, $22 day of the show. Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646- formances, 8:30 pm, $TBD; Mar. 16: Yoon Sun Bloodstains, Yvel, 8 pm, $10; Mar. 11: Tearing 8:30 pm, Meridian Voice, 9:30 pm, Zozo Segreto & The Cosmoknots, Midnight, Mini Biddies, 9:30 pm, FREE. 1225, www.come2national.com. Choi, 6 pm, $TBD, Ayelet Rose Gottlieb, 8:30 the Veil of Maya, comedy with Eugene Mirman, Afrobeat, 10:30 pm, $5, (Front room) Scott Van, 1 am, $6; Mar. 16: Pascalle, 8 pm, Ghost Michael Showalter, and Bobby Tisdale, 8 pm, Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, pm, $TBD; Mar. 17: Candombe, black music Magnolia Jackson and Aaron Grant, 7:30 pm, $7, DJ Ease Runner, 9 pm, Irv Irving Group, 10 pm, Cinema, $7; Mar. 14: The Lisps, The Hope Trust, 8 pm, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); Fridays: Night of the Cookers from the Rio de la Plata, 9 pm, $12. 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, presents Kenn Starr, Stimuli, Natur-l, Fresh Daily, Cinema, 11 pm, The Devil Spades, Midnight, $5; Mar. 16: Bling Kong, DraculaZombieUSA, 8 Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. 8th 1, F.B.I., 10 pm, FREE; Mar. 15: (Backroom) $7; Mar. 17: The Day Jobs, 8 pm, Daphne, 9 pm, $7; Mar. 17: Vial, Knife Fight, 8 pm, $7. FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Sundays: Live Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Brooklyn Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE; Mar. 16: New Orleans Street Performers “2 Cities Under pm, Monster Eiffel Tower, 10 pm, The Ordinary, Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, FREE Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Conservatory of Cool Jazz with The John Janet Anos Trio, 9:30 a Groove” Benefit, 7 pm, $15, (Front room) 11 pm, The Dopes, Midnight, $7. (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, pm, FREE. PROSPECT HEIGHTS Jezebel Music Presents, 7:30 pm, Home Studio, FREE. Music 10 pm, FREE; Mar. 16: (Backroom) Hogzilla Union Pool BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 58 Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park Melt The Backroom Hawke, 7:30 pm, FREE, Cathie Russo CD 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in GREENPOINT Slope, (718) 622-3300, www.bqcm.org. 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue Release, 10 pm, $10, (Front room) Sam Rosen, Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, Magnetic Field Mar. 11: Community Salon, 6 pm, FREE; Mar. Slope, (718) 230-5925. in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, 7:30 pm, FREE, Crashin’ In Presents live DJs and www.myspace.com/unionpool. 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Puppet’s Jazz Bar Spelling Bee, 8 pm, FREE; Mar. 13: Alice Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Sister Carrie & the 8 pm, $6, Switched On!, 11 pm, FREE; Mar. 11: Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, Bierhorst, 8 pm, Catherine Bent, 9 pm, Red Laila Lounge Love Choir, and more, 8 pm, $TBD; Mar. 17: Robert Lopez Book Release Party, 7 pm, FREE; before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tues- (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. (718) 499-2627, www.puppetsjazz.com. Hook Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mar. 14: Sackett Back Room with Indo Silver Club with DJs Mar. 16: The Jon Friedman 30th Annual Birth- days: Karaoke Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Mar. 14: The Jack Grace Band, 10:30 pm, Mar. 10: Arturo O’Farrill, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in St. Readings, 7 pm, Mike Savino and The Gerald & Eamon Harkin, 11 pm, $TBD. day Bash, 8 pm, FREE; Mar. 17: Jay’s Birthday Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE FREE. Midnight, $10; Mar. 12: Jaime Aff Session, 9:15 Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, Savinoland Band, 9:30 pm, FREE; Mar. 15: Blowout, 10 pm, FREE. before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Mar. 10: pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, FREE; Mar. 13: Dave www.lailalounge.com. Emergency Party featuring Brian Bonz, 7 pm, Cattyshack Phelps Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Kings County Opry with a song circle, 8:30 pm, Mondays: Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednes- Williamsburg Music $8; Mar. 11: Wanted (Vibe Girls) featuring 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Mar. 14: Jaime Aff Trio, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Copper Kettle, 9:30 pm, The 12th Street Play- days: Jezebel Music Showcase with an open Center CLINTON HILL boys, 10:30 pm, FREE; Mar. 16: Lost Kitten, SSSSpectres, Blank Tapes, Roxy Pain, 8 pm, $8; Slope, (718) 230-5740, Midnight, $5; Mar. 15: Jaime Aff Trio, 9:15 pm, mic, 7:30 pm, Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; Mar. 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in 9:30 pm, Erin Farrell, 10:30 pm, Warm Hats, Mar. 12: Heavy Trash featuring Jon Spencer & www.cattyshackbklyn.com. 10:40 pm, Midnight, $5; Mar. 16: Boris Kozlov 13: Rob Hecht and guests, 9 pm, $TBD; Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. 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Zebulon Cafe Karaoke with Sherry Vine, 9 pm, FREE ($2 after Southpaw 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in 10 pm), Oink Boys Party (ladies welcome with 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park The Lucky Cat Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, sexy boys), 10 pm, $5; Thursdays: S—tkickers, Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. RED HOOK 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. 8 pm, FREE ($5 after 9 pm), Hey DJ!, 10 pm, $5; Mar. 10: The Raveonettes, Pity Party, Ursula burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. Mar. 10: Meta and the Cornerstones, 10 pm, TALK TO US… Fridays: R.P.M. with DJ Lug Nut, 7 pm, FREE. Points, 9 pm, $15; Mar. 11: The Reigning The Hook Modays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, 10 FREE; Mar. 11: Stay High, 9 pm, Effi Briest, 10 Sound, The Ribeye Bros., 9 pm, $10; Mar. 13: 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red pm, FREE: Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic pm, FREE; Mar. 12: Pwrfl Power Kazu Nomura To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include The Center for Enter The Haggis, Greenwich Meantime, 8:30 Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com. Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hot Popcorn Solo Performance, 9 pm, Magnets for Teeth, 10 name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site pm, $10; Mar. 15: DJ Kool Kear, 9 pm, FREE; Mar. 10: Emergenza Festival with Lomaxx, 8:30 featuring Binky Griptite & The Melomatics, 10 pm, FREE; Mar. 13: Black Branches, 9 pm, address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- Improvisational Mar. 16: Groove Gallery, Stones Throw Album pm, Section8 Cartel, 9 pm, The Fearless, 9:30 pm, $TBD; Thursdays: Radom Party with Moist Harmony and Pollution, 10 pm, FREE; Mar. 14: formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are Music Release Party for J. Dilla’s “Ruff Draft” music by pm, Stackin’ Apples, 10 pm, Code 6, 10:30 pm, Paula, 11 pm, $TBD; Mar. 10: Benefit for ? of Jeremy Danneman Trio with Keith Witty & Tim free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Park Slope, Pete Rock & Waajeed, 10 pm, $10; Mar. 17: High Anxiety, 11 pm, $15; Mar. 11: Emergenza the Mysterians, 10 pm, $5; Mar. 11: Shul of Kieper, 9 pm, Caveman, 10 pm, FREE; Mar. 15: The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm (212) 631-5882, www.schoolforimprov.org. Maria Taylor, Jennifer O’Connor, A.A. Bondy, Festival with Dank Effect, 7 pm, A New Shade Rock, 11 pm, FREE; Mar. 16: Naomi Davis & the Art Bailey’s Orkestra Popilar, 10 pm, FREE; Mar. event details. Mar. 15: Open Session with host Brian Scher- 7:30 pm, $10, LAID, a queer dance party, 11 of black, 7:30 pm, The Command Radio, 8 pm, Gospel Queens, 8 pm, $TBD; Mar. 17: Dub 16: Hungry March Band, 10 pm, FREE; Mar. 17: man, 8 pm, $7; Mar. 16: Not for Profit, 8:30 pm, pm, $TBD. A Separate Peace, 8:30 pm, The Hope Dies in Evolution, 11 pm, FREE. Asiko, 10 pm, FREE. March 10, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 11 MORE BOROUGH PRESIDENT COVERAGE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD! Marty goes on record on Barclays Editor’s note: When Bruce Ratner announced he ponents of Atlantic Yards, others, like Markowitz, about his view of the deal persisted. had sold naming rights on his Nets arena to slavery- supporters — have condemned the Barclays deal. Finally, a constituent sent the Beep a letter de- linked Barclays bank, we asked Borough President Others have demanded that the bank put up manding that he condemn the Ratner-Barclays Markowitz for his view of the deal. At the time, he more than the $2.5 million it pledged to repair deal. Markowitz’s response was nuanced. Rather chose not to comment. basketball courts around the borough. than depict it one way or the other, we wanted to Since then, other elected officials — some op- Until now, Markowitz was silent. But questions let the Borough President speak for himself: Borough Hall / Kathryn Kirk Borough Dear [name withheld], ical perspective, it is a fact of life that many when the public and private sector partner It is my hope — and it will be our goal I agree that faithful study of the past is institutions with long histories, from banks for the benefit of city residents, we must — for Barclays to contribute even more truly the only way to ensure that we, as hu- to auto manufacturers to multi-national con- be vigilant in determining a company’s in Brooklyn by becoming a full philan- Hungry Beep Borough President Markowitz stretched his stomach this week — but for a good man beings, progress wisely. And, just as glomerates, have had dealings at some point record and most importantly [sic], its in- thropic partner, perhaps opening a region- cause, Jamie! — to promote “Dine in Brooklyn” week. From March 19-30, Brook- you do, I deplore any and all violations of in their histories that run counter to the val- tentions. In this case, I must tell you, I am al headquarters here, and certainly pro- lynites can engorge themselves on three-course meals at some of the borough’s human rights, now and at any time in the ues of all who hold human rights dear. confident that a partnership with Barclays viding ongoing financial support. priciest restaurants for $21.12 (the price was chosen because Brooklyn ZIP codes past. However, when we look from a histor- Therefore, and I think you’ll concur, will be good for Brooklyn... Sincerely, (Signed) Marty Markowitz begin with 112). About 30 restaurants are participating. — Dana Rubinstein Brooklyn and Vienna: Perfect together

By Gersh Kuntzman The dieting Markowitz The Brooklyn Paper paused before accepting the Brooklyn and Vienna’s sweets — and then dragged a Leopoldstadt district have a Marty: I am a wiener! Brooklyn Paper reporter into lot in common: Jews, high-fat Borough President Markowitz welcomed his counterpart from Vienna, Deputy Mayor Re- the fray. foods and leaders with an eye nate Brauner, to Borough Hall this week — and the City Hall-focused Beep took a page “Look,” he said, “you can on the future. from President Kennedy when he declared, “Ich bin ein Wiener.” Here’s how MM and JFK write whatever you want about And now, these two “outer” match up in our first-ever, Presidential Smackdown: — The Brooklyn Paper Atlantic Yards, but don’t report boroughs are forever joined, that I took the chocolate. This is personal. Jamie [Markowitz’s thanks to a “district partnership” Marty Markowitz President John F. Kennedy inked this week by Borough wife] will kill me.” President Markowitz and Vienna A contingent of Brooklyn Brooklyn, Place, date of speech West Berlin, Jewish leaders were also on Deputy Mayor Renate Brauner. March 6, 2007 June 26, 1963 Markowitz took a page from hand to welcome Brauner. President John F. Kennedy and Leopoldstadt, which, like “Ich bin ein Wiener” Historic line “Ich bin ein Berliner” pronounced himself “Ich bin Brooklyn, is on the right bank ein Wiener” — “I am a citizen (“I am a citizen of Vienna”) (“I am a citizen of Berlin”) of the city’s main river, was the of Vienna” — though he pro- center of Viennese Jewish life nounced it with a Brooklyn, not “I am a Viennese- Often wrongly “I am a jelly-filled at the time of the Holocaust. German, accent. (See chart) style hot dog” translated as doughnut.” As part of the partnership deal, He gave Brauner, a rising Brauner invited Markowitz on a / Julie Rosenberg star in Viennese politics, a mod- “Don’t tell my wife Oft-forgotten “Freedom is indivisible, and fact-finding mission to Vienna, el of the Brooklyn Bridge. In about the chocolate!” secondary line when one man is enslaved, all but the Beep demurred, again cit- exchange, Brauner gave Mar- are not free.” ing a Brooklyn Paper reporter. kowitz, who believes he is a ris- “We have very strong ethics ing star in New York politics, a To cement a bond between Purpose of speech To show U.S. support for rules here, which is a good The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn crystal statuette of Vienna’s Brooklyn and one of West Berlin after the Reds thing, or else The Brooklyn Pa- Borough President Markowitz presents Vienna's deputy mayor, Renate Brauner, with a mini civic symbol and a box of Vien- Vienna’s neighborhoods. built the Berlin Wall. per would call it a junket!” he Brooklyn Bridge. nese chocolates. said.

MARTY’S SPENDING… He’s running — for something Continued from page 1 Markowitz from running for re- During his appearance on he’ll be jogging in a crowded Borough President Markowitz is running for a major office when term limits kick in in 2009 — but he’s been coy dent Adolfo Carrion in the election. NY1, host Dominic Carter vir- field, including Thompson, Car- about what citywide post he’ll seek. Our investigation reveals that he’s certainly thinking big — bigger in some ar- spending race. That’s when Meadow sug- tually begged Markowitz to an- rion, Council Speaker Christine eas than even some better-funded, but equally ambitious, mayoral opponents. Source: NYC Campaign Finance Board In 2006, Markowitz paid gested that running for a city- nounce his candidacy, but Quinn (D-Manhattan) and Rep. $32,105 to Lake Research Part- wide office would not be out of Markowitz demurred, although Anthony Weiner (D-Sheepshead 2009 Candidate Total spent so far On consultants On fundraising On polling ners, a prestigious national the question. he did entertain some interesting Bay), who ran for mayor last time. polling firm that has helped “Marty is a very enthusiastic hypothetical scenarios. Indeed, Markowitz’s citywide shepherd Arizona Governor and compelling leader, and New “[Mayor Bloomberg’s] the prospects got less-than-glowing Borough President Markowitz $197,072 $63,099 $11,724 $32,105 Janet Napolitano, Louisiana York has always been respon- wealthiest man that’s ever been reviews from Hank Sheinkopf, a Senator Mary Landrieu, and sive to people who have strong mayor,” said Markowitz. political consultant. Bronx Borough President $250,957 $26,166 $77,401 $0 Arkansas Senator Blanche Lin- personalities,” said Meadow. “Should I win, I’ll be the low- “It will be tough, and you’ll Adolfo Carrion (D) coln to power; $64,836 to a “I’m sure the people outside of est-income mayor New York City have a lot of competent people campaign consultant, Izabella Brooklyn would respond to him has ever had. By the way, we’re in the race for Mayor,” said Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum (D) $66,056 $10,200 $27,113 $0 Vais; and thousands of dollars with the same enthusiasm as both born Feb. 14 … although Sheinkopf. “Markowitz has on office space in an undis- people in Brooklyn.” he’s three years older than me. done well in Brooklyn, but Council Speaker Chris Quinn $21,343 $0 $130 $0 closed Brooklyn location. Such vague implications are But I’m shorter than him, by the Brooklyn is not the entire city ... (D-Manhattan) Bob Meadow, a partner at all that’s forthcoming from the way. And chubbier.” and not having a citywide plat- Lake Research who has worked unusually tight-tipped Beep. If Markowitz makes the run, form creates some problems.” City Comptroller William Thompson (D) $326,304 $205,676 $57,335 $0 with Markowitz for years, brushed off the recent expendi- tures on polling as classic Markowitz behavior. “Marty wants to be the best borough president he can be,” Eagle boss among bizmen giving Marty the max: $4,950 said Meadow. “That’s what he’s lived for.” The Brooklyn Paper The donors include big-name de- Dozier Hasty, publisher, Brook- any conflict [of interest].” Nicholas Lembo, Monadnock chik Hardware, gave $4,950 in Meadow couldn’t elaborate Borough President Markowitz velopers like Shaya Boymelgreen lyn Daily Eagle, gave $4,950 on Michael Halkias, caterer, Grand Construction, gave $4,950 in Octo- February 2006: “I saw a ‘Marty for on what specific polling Marko- may not be running for mayor offi- and Joseph Sitt, plus Markowitz’s Dec. 25, 2006: “I don’t know what Prospect Hall, gave $1,000 in May ber 2006: “I like Marty. I think he’s Mayor’ button at his Chinese New witz had requested, but he did own appointee to the Planning Com- he’s planning to do. I just think he’s 2006: “I give money to schools, hos- been very good for Brooklyn. I think Year’s celebration. It’s certainly a say that $32,000 “typically cially, but he has pulled in $329,298 mission, Dolly “Recuse Me” done some great stuff for the borough, pitals, to a lot of people. … possibility he will run. … Marty’s a he’d be good for the city. … I had buys a 600- or 800-person poll in his undeclared candidacy in an Williams. and I’m supporting him for just about “I suppose I would [vote for pretty charismatic person [and] I just [that] explores the political election that’s still two years away. We called up some of Markowitz’s any office he wants. … Markowitz for mayor]. But Grand called him to ask a question, and he believe in supporting people. … Is landscape for re-election.” And at least 83 people have con- bankrollers to find out why they’d “I don’t think [giving Marty mon- Prospect Hall has nothing to benefit told me that he was thinking about this on the record or off the record? Except, Meadow was re- tributed the “undeclared” Markowitz, give money to a guy who isn’t offi- ey] is any different than blasting or from Marty. I don’t do any business running for mayor [so I gave].” [On.] We certainly believe in Marty.” minded, term limits forbid giving the Beep a big blank check. cially running for anything. supporting him in print. I don’t see with Borough Hall.” Matthew Pintchik, owner, Pint- — Dana Rubinstein

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By Dana Rubinstein building to developer Shaya Boymelgreen The ruling means that control of the the building, it might have been less quick to The Brooklyn Paper — but then Boymelgreen sold his 48-year building returns to Weinstein, who is one of invoke eminent domain, opponents say. lease to Ratner, a deal that paved the way 13 tenants and property owners that are su- Clarification: Suit is not ‘hot air’ Forest City Ratner would not comment A state judge has ruled that a back- for the building to be condemned by the ing Ratner and state officials over the on the judge’s decision. room deal between Bruce Ratner and an- state for Ratner’s benefit. wrongful use of eminent domain to clear The Brooklyn Paper difficult questions regarding the exercise But in an interview with The Brooklyn other big-time developer for control of a But Harkavy ruled that Boymelgreen had land and turn it over to Ratner. A headline in last week’s edition, of eminent domain under emerging Su- Paper, Boymelgreen said he will appeal the key piece of real estate in the Atlantic no right to transfer the lease without Wein- Atlantic Yards opponents say the transfer “Federal judge: Suit is hot air,” suggested preme Court jurisprudence.” judge’s ruling decision. Yards footprint was “improper.” Levy did recommend that the suit be stein’s permission. of lease allowed Ratner to misrepresent that federal magistrate Robert Levy had “[I was told] that we lost our lease [and] Judge Ira Harkavy issued an unequivocal dismissed — because he believes it should “The leases in question here clearly and un- how much property he controlled in the At- recommended that a suit against Bruce that Ratner ... lost the lease that we sold ruling on March 1 in favor of Henry Wein- ambiguously required tenants to ‘first’ obtain lantic Yards footprint when he was making be heard in state, not federal, court. him,” said Boymelgreen. stein, who owns a Pacific Street building the written consent of the landlords before any his case for the project’s approval with the Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project be dis- Our headline should have better reflected “We’ll appeal, of course, and that will that Ratner needs to tear down to make assignment of the leases,” Harkavy wrote. Empire State Development Corporation and missed because it lacked merit. what the story reported, namely that Levy take a long time,” added Boymelgreen. room for his 16-tower arena, residential and It is unclear what the implications of Public Authorities Control Board. Both In fact, as the article pointed out, Levy was ruling on jurisdictional grounds, not on “[Weinstein] always wants a dollar more. office-space complex. Harkavy’s ruling are for Ratner, who has bodies have since approved the project. said, “The complaint raises serious and the merits of the case. — The Editors … When the lawyers start costing him more Weinstein had rented office space in the begun demoliton work for Atlantic Yards. Had the state not believed Ratner controlled than he’ll get, then he will stop.” Ratner: Yards to take longer By Dana Rubinstein ner, which is developing Atlantic rest of the project — including its The Brooklyn Paper Yards. 2,250 units of affordable housing — Forest City Enterprises CEO Chuck will be done by 2016. The Nets arena will open a year lat- Ratner agreed with O’Brien’s assess- Just two weeks ago Ratner’s Vice er than promised — and the rest of At- ment: “’10, ’11,” he said of the open- President Jim Stuckey reiterated that lantic Yards won’t be done until 2022 ing date for the basketball arena. promise in the New York Observer af- — six years behind schedule, two key The executives’ remarks, made at an ter his landscape architect Laurie Olin officials said this week, contradicting a investors’ conference this week in said the project would take “20 years.” promises by Bruce Ratner that the Naples, Fla., were first reported on the “We expect that it will take 10,” / Julie Rosenberg mini-city would be completed on Atlantic Yards Report, a Web site. Stuckey retorted.

/ Julie Rosenberg schedule by 2016. The FCE executives’ comments di- But Olin may have been onto some- “Hopefully, our timeline is to have rectly contradict those made by Bruce thing, the FCE executives indicated. the ball team open in 2010 [or] ’11,” Ratner and his executives, who continue “This is going to be a 15-year

said Bob O’Brien, an executive vice to say that the arena will be completed in build-out,” said Chuck Ratner. Paper The Brooklyn president for Forest City Enterprises, time for tipoff in the fall of 2009. By that count, the project will be Demolition continued with the clearing of this lot near the parent company of Forest City Rat- Ratner has also promised that the coming to a close in 2022. the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues. The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn BROOKLYN Another Marty, another maybe BRIEFS Republican Golden says he might seek City Hall

The Brooklyn Paper door. … I like challenges in life.” already sitting on a campaign war chest of declared for the race — though Golden State Sen. Marty Golden is apparently So if he won’t close the door, and he $425,000 — and won’t have to spend was quick to say “other Republicans will running for mayor. tends to go through open doors, that means much of it to win re-election. certainly come out to play.” he’s running, right? His current bank account puts him Thanks to public financing, Golden But like his fellow Marty — Borough “We’d be foolish not to look at it, given roughly in the middle of the pack of would have to raise about $9 million to Wanna be a President Markowitz — the Bay Ridge how much interest we’ve heard,” Golden known and undeclared mayoral candidates. make a serious run. Republican is being a bit coy about it. told The Brooklyn Paper. Golden has another thing going for him: Golden started his political career with “If doors open, I usually tend to go Officially, Golden is running for re-elec- There are roughly 1,400 Democrats run- his election to the City Council in 1998. through them,” he told the Albany Times- tion to his Senate district next year. But ning to succeed Republican Mayor Mike He traded jobs with then-state Sen. Vince lifeguard? Union this week. “I’m not closing the should the former cop make the run, he’s Bloomberg. But to date, no Republican has Gentile in 2002. — Gersh Kuntzman

By Christie Rizk The Brooklyn Paper Think you have what it takes to protect Brooklyn’s swimmers this summer? The city’s Parks and Recreation department is Bloomy talks science looking for a few good men and women for life-saving posts at all of the borough’s beaches and pools this summer. By Josh Saul That’s a tall order, with or without the core sci- “In Brooklyn — where not everyone goes to the Hamptons for The Brooklyn Paper ence curriculum. and residents like me are proud to [spend the] summer [here] — “Here, AP Bio is not even the terminal course,” Mayor Bloomberg traveled to Fort Greene on said Brooklyn Tech Principal Randy Asher. “There keeping our beaches open as a way to cool off is essential,” said Tuesday to unveil a plan that he hopes will make Borough President Markowitz. are higher level courses, such as anatomy, genetics all city high school students as successful as and organic chemistry.” Each year, the Parks Department hires more than 1,000 life- their Brooklyn Tech counterparts. guards to watch over the city’s 53 pools and 14 miles of beach- Students at Brooklyn Tech benefit from state- es. Without them, the more than 20 million visitors to Brook- Hizzoner announced that the Department of Ed- of-the-art science labs, which opened last year. The lyn’s beaches would have to find somewhere else to cool off ucation will spend $60 million to implement a core mayor hopes more students will have such facili- during the hot summer months. New York City lifeguards are science curriculum in kindergarten through eighth ties. paid $11.72 an hour for a 48-hour, six-day week. grade over the next two years. “This major new investment in science educa- In order to qualify, you must be able to swim 50 yards in 35 Bloomberg hailed Brooklyn Tech — where more tion will help prepare students not only for high seconds, and have near-perfect vision without glasses or contact African-American students passed the Advanced school courses, but also for exciting and successful lenses, and be at least 16-years-old. Placement biology test than at any other school in careers in science,” he said. “And I have no doubt Lifeguard tests are held weekdays at 4:30 and 6:30 at 533 W. the nation — as a model that he hopes will be repli- that some of the students at Brooklyn Tech are al- Reed Edward 59th St. between 10th and 11th avenues in Manhattan). cated thanks to earlier science education. ready on their way.” Mayor Bloomberg visited with students at Brooklyn Tech HS on Tuesday. / Bob Scott / Bob Scott / Aaron Greenhood / Aaron The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn

At synagogues and community centers throughout Brooklyn, Jews Heights, the party people included (second from left) the pirate / Bob Scott celebrated Purim, last Saturday night and Sunday, with costumed rabbi Aaron Raskin, and his wife Shternie; Sara Rivka Weintrob as Purim is one frivolity that commemorated the rescue of Jews in ancient Persia. a secret agent, Tova Weinberger as Dracula, and Rachel Leah From left: Prospect Heights Chabad brought the reggae star Ma- Weintrob as Frankenstein. Rounding out the fun was Pratt Insti- tisyahu and his band to the Southpaw bar on Fifth Avenue in Park tute’s rabbi, Simcha Weinstein, dressed as a jailbird and accompa-

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