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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2008 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN–NORTH BROOKLYN AWP/18 pages • Vol. 31, No. 8/9 • Feb. 23/March 1, 2008 • FREE INCLUDING CARROLL GARDENS, COBBLE HILL, BOERUM HILL, DUMBO, WILLIAMSBURG AND GREENPOINT RATNER KILLS MR. BROOKLYN By Gersh Kuntzman EXCLUSIVE right now,” said Yassky (D– The Brooklyn Paper Brooklyn Heights). “Look, a lot of developers are re-evalut- Developer Bruce Ratner costs had escalated and the num- ing their numbers and feel that has pulled out of a deal with bers showed that we should residential buildings don’t City Tech that could have net not go down that road,” added work right now,” he said. him hundreds of millions of the executive, who did not wish Yassky called Ratner’s dollars and allowed him to to be identified. withdrawal “good news” for build the city’s tallest resi- Costs had indeed escalated. Brooklyn. dential tower, the so-called In 2005, CUNY agreed to pay “A residential building at Mr. Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Ratner $86 million to build the that corner was an awkward Paper has learned. 11- to 14-story classroom-dor- fit,” said Yassky. “A lot of plan- “It was a mutual decision,” mitory and also to hand over ners see that site as ideal for a said a key executive at the City the lucrative development site significant office building.” University of New York, which where City Tech’s Klitgord Forest City Ratner did not would have paid Ratner $300 Auditorium now sits. return two messages from The million to build a new dorm Then in December, CUNY Brooklyn Paper. and lab for City Tech and given raised Ratner’s fee to $307 Bruce Ratner The CUNY official said the him a prime plot at the corner million with no explanation. dorm and lab would still be of Tillary and Jay streets where “Ratner’s ‘Mr. Brooklyn’ light of the nation’s ongoing built — but no longer as a he reportedly hoped to build the deal gets sweeter,” The Brook- credit crunch (see story below) public-private partnership. 100-story, Renzo Piano-de- lyn Paper headline read. and his own shaky finances, “We’ll build it in partner- Bruce Ratner has pulled out of a plan for signed building. Still, it’s likely that Ratner said Councilman David Yassky. ship with the state Dormitory Brooklyn’s tallest building. “Both sides agreed that the willingly got out of the deal in “He may be overextended Authority,” the executive said. / Jeff Bachner / Jeff The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Non-Brooklynite Leigh-Taylor Smith was crowned Miss Brooklyn on Saturday by Miss Fed cash crunch threatens New York 2007 Elisabeth Baldanza. True “Miss Brooklyn”s are pictured below. ‘affordable’ A’Yards homes Miss B’klyn By Dana Rubinstein area bounded by Tillary, Fulton ing. To finance those units, Rat- Forest City Ratner did not re- in the process, experts said. The Brooklyn Paper and Jay streets and Flatbush Av- ner will need $1.4 billion in sub- spond to a request for comment Although Ratner hasn’t even Thousands of affordable enue Extension. sidies over several years, accord- about how it would line up fi- applied for the money, the presi- is from … housing units — including “We’re at risk of seeing less ing to state documents. nancing for its affordable hous- dent of the city’s Housing De- some of the 2,250 rentals that affordable housing than” origi- And that money is not avail- ing units given that other devel- velopment Corporation says he’s nally planned, he continued. able, experts say. opers are having such difficulty not worried about Atlantic Yards. Bruce Ratner promised to in- “Given the scale of the proj- cluded in his Atlantic Yards The trouble is most worri- “It’s highly unlikely Forest City getting these coveted loans. some to supporters of Atlantic Ratner will be able to get the Then again, the developer has ect … we’re not concerned that Manhattan mega-development — will the money won’t be there,” not be built due to a huge Yards, the 16-skyscraper-and- amount of subsidies that would go approached neither the city nor

Marc Jahr told The Post last Bachner / Jeff shortfall in federal subsidies arena project, whose main sell- with the amount of affordable the state about affordable housing ing point was its proposed 2,250 housing,” said Councilman David bonds. Most developers have al- week. By Mike McLaughlin available for low-cost housing units of below-market-rate hous- Yassky (D–Brooklyn Heights). ready held such talks at this stage See RATNER on page 7 The Brooklyn Paper creation, The Brooklyn Paper There she is … Miss Manhattan?! has learned. The Miss Brooklyn pageant — a stepping stone to the Miss It would take between $6 and

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn America crown — reappeared after a 16-year absence last $7 billion in federal grants to week and was plunged immediately into controversy because build all the proposed affordable Julya Vekstein Park Slope the winner is a queen who’s not from Kings. units in all of the pending proj- Bonds bombshell killing projects Leigh-Taylor Smith, 22, captured the sparkling tiara Satur- ects in the state — roughly five day afternoon and promptly whisked it across the East River, times more money than is avail- A shortage of federal money designed lower-priced apartments in Downtown forcing the borough to wait at least another year before it can able, according to Mike Slattery, The plainer to spur the development of affordable Brooklyn. But what exactly is going crown one of its daughters with top honors. the senior vice president at the Ex housing may endanger up to 3,000 on? Let The Explainer explain: “This is fantastic!” Smith said, seconds after the crown was Real Estate Board of New York. settled atop her perfectly coiffed brown mane. Indeed, in 2007, the feds There were only seven contestants, but the Miss Brooklyn only granted $1.33 billion in How does the process work? can circumvent some neighborhood op- What will happen to the units if pageant was every bit the precursor to Miss America, ranking such bonds — and those num- A developer who includes affordable position by including below-market-rate the bonds aren’t there? the belles on their appearance in a swimsuit and evening wear, bers won’t change significantly units in his or her development can apply units. Also, several Bloomberg adminis- Some of them won’t get built. their talent in a song-and-dance number, and their intelligence in 2008. to the city or state for tax-exempt bonds. tration initiaives gave more incentives for in interviews with four judges (thankfully, none of the competi- “There’s a lot more demand developers to build affordable, thereby Can Bruce Ratner really back How many bonds are available? tors said she’d work for “world peace”). for affordable housing projects putting further strain on the system. away from that promise? The judges lobbed some softballs at the contestants — these days and there’s not Developers in New York State are seek- “What do you do on your downtime?” asked one judge — but ing $6 billion to $7 billion in such bonds Yes, if he writes a $500,000 check — a enough money available,” said Didn’t Ratner promise 2,250 went after others with curveballs. Joe Chan, the president of the this year, yet only $1.3 billion is available. small amount for his $3.6 billion company affordable units at Atlantic — to the housing group, ACORN, which One official wanted to know whether women who’ve had Downtown Brooklyn Partner- Bachner / Jeff cosmetic surgery should be disqualified from such pageants, ship, the quasi-governmental Why such big demand? Yards? signed Ratner’s Community Benefits Partly because developers know they Yes. Agreement in 2005. the equivalent of asking should baseball players who use group that oversees the redevel- steroids be banned from the major leagues. opment of the long-languishing “I don’t think so,” said Theresa Tokarowski, explaining that some women choose surgery to “be more comfortable” or “cor-

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn rect problems.” Nicole Clark The talent portion of the program ranged from tap-dancing East Flatbush to opera arias to a comedic bit about a Jewish secretary who embarks on a hip-hop career. Hil’s B’klyn superdelegates to rescue “I’ll be the first rapper with an exclusively clerical content,” joked Julya Vekstein, a Park Sloper. sponsibility to balance the nation outright. She got laughs, but it was Smith who tore the roof off the By Mike McLaughlin Kumble Theater at Long Island University on Flatbush Avenue needs of their district, The Brooklyn Paper That’s when the 795 superdelegates — Extension, where tickets were going for $30 a pop. Smith’s rendi- state, party and country,” Two of Brooklyn’s superdelegates say party leaders, members of Congress and tion of “Nobody Does it Like Me,” from the musical “Seesaw,” she said. other political insiders — come into play. they’ll vote for Sen. Hillary Clinton at was amazingly appropriate (given its inappropriateness, that is). She refused to take any Many have longstanding ties to the Clinton “It’s about being incapable of being a lady at all times,” the Democratic convention even though questions and did not say family — indeed, one superdelegate is for- the majority of voters in their districts Smith said. It was an odd choice for Smith, whose main quali- anything beyond her statement. mer President Bill Clinton — and they fication for being Miss Brooklyn — other than her looks, talent cast ballots for Sen. Barack Obama in the Towns explained his support vote any way they want. New York primary. and charm — is that she is a parishioner at the Brooklyn Taber- for Clinton in an inter- Clinton won Brooklyn by a 50–48 per- nacle on the Fulton Mall in Downtown. Both Rep. Ed Towns (D–Brooklyn view with the New cent vote. But Obama won big in Clarke Plus, she’s made the hajj to Junior’s and the Coney Island Heights) and Rep. Yvette Clarke (D–Park York Times, though File / Cristian Flemming and Towns’s districts, taking 56 percent of Boardwalk since moving to New York after graduating from Slope) said they still back Clinton’s flag- he refused to return re- the vote in Clarke’s 11th District, which the University of Virginia last year. ging campaign — despite representing dis- peated calls from The covers Park Slope, Prospect Heights and Bachner / Jeff “Living in Manhattan, it’s nice to come to a low-key place tricts where Obama dominated on Feb. 5. Brooklyn Paper. Crown Heights. He tallied 57 percent in like Brooklyn,” she told The Brooklyn Paper. Clarke, in a statement, said she “is a “The district might have gone for Towns’s 10th District, which stretches from Before Brooklynites take umbrage at Smith’s victory, parti- committed superdelegate to Hillary Clin- Obama, but the state voted for Hillary,” Brooklyn Heights to East New York. sans should remember that it might never have happened had ton.” She added that her role as a superdel- he told the Times. “And no matter what, gates under scrutiny. If the remaining pri- After hearing about Clarke and more genuine Brooklynites signed up.

egate is not simply to follow the lead of her she is the senator from the state.” mary voting continues as it has gone so far, Towns’s continued support for Clinton, Paper The Brooklyn “We only had a few committed girls from Brooklyn,” said constituents. The close battle between Obama and neither candidate may have locked up the Assemblymen Hakeem Jeffries (D–Fort Carlon Alexandra Kim Thomas, executive director of the Miss Brooklyn Scholar- “Superdelegates have the unique re- Clinton has put the role of the superdele- required 2,025 delegates to win the nomi- See DELEGATES on page 8 Brooklyn Heights ship Program. “We couldn’t have a contest with only three girls.” ‘Temple’ of rock ‘n’ roll in Fort Greene By Dana Rubinstein corner of Clermont and Laf- And Brother Frank Porter, rosis, a post-metal rock band. weed and cigarettes. People acter. The Brooklyn Paper ayette avenues, has been host- the Grand Deputy Inspector While Rosenbloom and were pissing in the hallway.” On a recent weekday, he ing concerts promoted by General of the Empire State Porter said the temple-cum- Rosenbloom agreed that the met visitors inside the temple’s Masons — a group long boomBOOMpresents. Grand Council, said the fa- rock-temple arrangement was behavior was “inappropriate,” tall, arched foyer, which is associated with opaque ritu- The promoter, Brice Rosen- mously secretive society was working out well, one inside but says he’s taken steps to en- hung with faded banners, one als, secretive vows of broth- bloom is not a Mason, though open to the idea. source said the Masons were sure that there won’t be an en- celebrating the 100th anniver- erhood, and, of course, the his grandfather was. So when “I figured we’d give it a less than pleased with some of core as concerts continue. On sary of the temple. / Jeff Bachner / Jeff Founding Fathers — are now a concert organizer asked shot,” said Porter. “So far, so the Neurosis concertgoers. Thursday, the Temple will host The auditorium itself, off Bachner / Jeff becoming associated with Rosenbloom to find a venue in good.” “The crowd was completely Balkan Beat Box. Rosenbloom the foyer, was set up for an something more modern: Brooklyn in which Beirut, a Beirut and the Bard String disrespectful,” said the source, said there would be two or event, with 30 long tables, rock and roll. popular klezmer-influenced Quartet inaugurated the Tem- who didn’t want his name three concerts a month. covered in white tablecloths, The Brooklyn Masonic rock band, could perform, the ple as a music venue on Sept. used. And even if Rosenbloom’s red chairs arranged in long, The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Temple, the 101-year-old, 12- six-year Fort Greene resident 20. The concert sold out. “It was like a frat party. clients have little regard for the neat rows. Paper The Brooklyn A detail of the hardly hard rock story brick, marble and terra thought the beautiful old tem- On Jan. 24 and 25, the Temple There was spilled beer every- space, Rosenbloom, for one, Rock concerts are new to the They’re doing rock shows at the Ma- Masonic Temple. cotta cube of a building on the ple might be just the place. hosted two performances of Neu- where. Everyone was smoking recognizes its “special” char- See ROCK on page 7 sonic Temple in Fort Greene. 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 February 23/March 1, 2008 shoprico.com WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS WEDNESDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY February 27 February 29 March 1 March 6 March 7 Look & ‘Leap’ Forget me not It’s only once every four Kevin Walsh wrote a years that February gets whole book about the an extra day, and you history of our city, “For- should celebrate accord- gotten New York,” and ingly. Tonight at Trash tonight he’ll make it local Bar in Williamsburg, “The in a mul- Second Quadrennial Leap timedia Let’s dance Year’s Rock & Roll Dance Lady’s day presen- Feeling green Party” offers an open bar It might not grow The Brooklyn Museum’s tation Not since the Partridge from to 8 to 9 pm, the peaches, but Georgia — “First Saturday” series at Word Family packed up its bus Candy Snatchers (pictured) the country, folks, not the celebrates Women’s Book- and drove off into the and DJs. This is one party state — sure does pro- History Month with Co- store. sunset has a family band that’s worth ‘Leap’ing for. duce dancers. Tonight, lombian singer Lucia Walsh been met with such ado- the 200-year-old State 8 pm at Trash Bar (256 Grand Pulido (pictured), a will ration as Leahy. The eight Ballet of Georgia will kick St. at Roebling Street in dance performance from give Canadian brothers and Williamsburg). $10. For infor- attendees a sisters that make up the off its run at BAM with mation, call (718) 599-1000 or Ballet Folklorico Peru and two new works, and “Cha- visit www.thetrashbar.com. a guided tour of “Love peek at what Greenpoint step-dancing, Celtic- conne” by fellow Geor- Has No End,” the retro- was like long before tinged group will help Best Of gian, George Balanchine. spective of work by artist restaurants and bou- you get your St. Paddy’s Ghada Amer. tiques dotted Franklin Day groove on. 7:30 pm at the Brooklyn Street. Academy of Music (30 6 pm at the Brooklyn Museum 8 pm at the Walt Whitman Sofas 372 & 384 atlantic bklyn 718 797 2077 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland (200 Eastern Pkwy. at Wash- 7:30 pm at Word Bookstore Theatre at Brooklyn College Place in Fort Greene). $20- ington Avenue in Prospect (126 Franklin St. at Milton Street (2900 Campus Rd. at Hillel $70. Through March 2. For Heights). Free. For informa- in Greenpoint). Free. For infor- Place in Midwood). $25-$75. information, call (718) 636- tion, call (718) 638-5000 or visit mation, call (718) 383-0096 or For information, call (718) 4100 or visit www.bam.org. www.brooklynmuseum.org. visit www.wordbrooklyn.com. 951-4500. 12 DAYS IN BROOKLYN Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay

WEDS, FEB 27 ONE-POT MEALS: The Center for Kosher Culi- nary Arts offers a class in how to use a slow cooker. $70. 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm. 1407 5:30 - 8:30PM Coney Island Ave. (718) 692-2442. every fi rst Thursday of the month. BOOK COURT: Reading by author Jami Atten- berg from her novel, “The Kept Man.” Also, Janice Erlbaum reads from “Have You Found Her: A Memoir.” 7 pm. 163 Court St. (718) MARCH XTRA: 875-3677. Free. BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents Nina 5+5 Gallery: Ever wonder how a million $ print was made? Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia. $20 Printmaking Demonstration. 6:30-7:30pm FREE to $70. 7:30 pm. Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Brooklyn Arts Council presents Brooklyn Maqam Arab Music Festival “Tuning Your Ear” Arab Music Workshop & Jam with Karim Nagi, Michel Merhej Baklouk, Middle Eastern Percussion Ensemble, Gamal Shafi k & THURS, FEB 28 6:30-8:30pm Mohamed Yhya. FREE at Safe-T-Gallery SUPPORT: NY Methodist Hospital offers a surgi- cal weight reduction information seminar and support group. A doctor discusses surgical PARTICIPATING GALLERIES: weight reduction surgery. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. 506 Sixth St. (718) 780-7797. Free. 5+5 111 FRONT ST. PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF THE FINE BOOK COURT: Reading by author Rachel Cline ASWOON GALLERY 14 JAY ST. ARTS, NY ALUMNI CLUB 111 FRONT ST. from “My Liar.” 7 pm. 163 Court St. (718) 875-3677. Free. BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL 111 FRONT ST. POCHRON STUDIOS 20 JAY ST. GREEN HOUSE CONVERSATIONS: Discussion: GALLERY 24 111 FRONT ST. POWERHOUSE ARENA 37 MAIN ST. “Green, Greener, Greenest: Approaches to Love songs: On Sunday, March 2, as part of its “Tribute to IFC Films,” BAMCinematek will screen “Love Songs,” the Living Green in NYC.” 7 pm to 9 pm. 361 Man- GALLERY QB 163 PLYMOUTH ST. RABBITHOLE STUDIO 33 WASHINGTON ST. hattan Ave. www.greenbeltbrooklyn.com. Free. 2007 film by director Christophe Honore. After the film, Honore and actor Louis Garrel will participate in a Q&A. GLORIA KENNEDY GALLERY 111 FRONT ST. SAFE-T-GALLERY 111 FRONT ST. READING: FreeBird Books hosts a series on HENRY GREGG GALLERY 111 FRONT ST. SPRING 126A FRONT ST. popular culture and presents Richard Zoglin, author of “Comedy at the Edge: How Stand- to $70. 7:30 pm. Howard Gilman Opera THEATER: “Take Me Out.” 7:30 pm. See KLOMPCHING GALLERY 111 FRONT ST. UMBRAGE GALLERY 111 FRONT ST. Up in the 1970s Changed America.” 7:30 House, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Sat., March 1. SAT, MARCH 1 MELVILLE HOUSE 145 PLYMOUTH ST. VII DUMBO 28 JAY ST. pm. 123 Columbia St. (718) 643-8484. Free. GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Troubadour Series CONCERT: St. Ann’s Warehouse presents JAZZ AT BARGEMUSIC: Jeff Newell, Tricia Woods presents Chuck Brodsky. $15, $6 for chil- “The Dreamers,” a concert with John OUTDOORS AND TOURS NELSON HANCOCK GALLERY 111 FRONT ST. WESSEL & O’CONNOR FINE ART 111 FRONT ST. and Marcus Rojas play jazz. $35, $30 seniors, dren. 8 pm. 53 Prospect Park West. (718) Zorn. 8 pm. See Sat., March 1. WALKING TOUR: Tour Park Slope. $25, $15 $20 students. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old 768-2972. DANCE: Above and Beyond Dance per- kids. 10 am and 1:30 pm. Call for meeting Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. FACULTY SHOWCASE: Brooklyn Conserva- forms at Kumble Theater. 8 pm. See Sat., info. (212) 209-3370. THEATER: “Take Me Out.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., tory hosts a concert with Oran Etkin. $10, March 1. ICE SKATING: at Prospect Park’s Wollman Rink. Prix Fixe Paella Dinner at | Live Music, Fine Art, & Fine Dining at Superfi ne March 1. $5 students and seniors. 8 pm. Montauk FIRST WEEKEND: at Brooklyn Arts $5, $3 kids and seniors. $6 skate rental. THE BRICK: “Notes from Underground: A Club, 25 Eighth Ave. (718) 622-3300. Sessions at 10 am to 1 pm; 2 pm to 6 pm; 7 Exchange. 8 pm. See Sat., March 1. Disgusting Play.” 8 pm. See Sat., March 1. ART SHOW: New works, new instruments, pm to 10 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and For more information, email: new artists at Lemurplex. $5. 8 pm to 11 THE BRICK: “Notes from Underground: A Ocean Avenue. (718) 965-8999. culture411@ twotrees-dumbo.com Sponsored in part by pm. 461 Third Ave. (718) 576-1066. Disgusting Play.” 8 pm. See Sat., March 1. PUBLIC SKATING: at Aviator Sports. $8, $6 kids. FRI, FEB 29 ADOPT AN ANIMAL: The Animal Care and REUNION: Former “Life Liners” are invited $4 ice skate rental. Noon to 3 pm; 3:30 pm to Control of New York City brings 50 of to reconnect during a 25th anniversary 6:30 pm and 7 pm to 11 pm. Hangar 5, Floyd Subway Directions: BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents Nina their animals to be adopted. 4 and a Tail, celebration and performance taking place Bennett Field. (718) 758-7500. F to York St. | A C to High St. (Cadman Plaza W exit) | 2 3 to Clark St. Ananiashvili and the State Ballet of Georgia. $20 240 Seventh Ave. (718) 832-2717. in May 2008. For info, call (718) 788-3500. HISTORY ON THE HILL: Explore Fort Greene Park, and take a look at the park’s place in history. 1 pm. Fort Greene Park. Enter park Photo & Design by George Bixby Gardens), 7:30 pm. Call (718) 834-3211. at Myrtle Avenue and Washington Park. (718) 722-3218. Free. Community Board 2. Economic Develop- CIVIC CALENDAR ment Committee. Long Island University PERFORMANCE (Dekalb Avenue at Flatbush Avenue WEDNESDAY, FEB. 27 Bridge Park. Long Island College Hospital Extension in Downtown Brooklyn), 6 pm. DANCE: Above and Beyond Dance presents a DUMBO Neighborhood Association. On the (Atlantic Avenue at Hicks Street in Cobble Call (718) 596-5410 for info. concert dance blending modern dance with agenda: Protecting the new DUMBO Historic Hill), 7 pm. Call (718) 852-7418 for info. tango and circus acrobatic work. $20, $10 Department of Education. Town hall meet- kids. 3 pm and 8 pm. Kumble Theater at Long District from “inappropriate” development. Community Board 6. Landmarks and Land-Use ings on eighth-grade promotion policy. Island University, corner of Flatbush Avenue powerHouse Arena (37 Main St., at Water Committee. PAL Miccio Center (110 W. Ninth Brooklyn Technical HS (29 Fort Greene Pl., Extension and DeKalb Avenue. (718) 488-1624. Street, in DUMBO), 10:30 am. For info, e-mail St., between Clinton and Court streets in Carroll between DeKalb Avenue and Fulton Street [email protected]. Gardens), 6 pm. Call (718) 643-3027 for info. in Fort Greene). Call (212) 374-2425 for info. MUSICAL REVUE: Ridge Repertory Company presents “From Broadway to Bay Ridge,” a Community Board 2. Youth, Education and WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5 revue of show-stopping moments. $20. 8 pm. 2007-2008 SEASON Cultural Affairs Commitee. Long Island SATURDAY, MARCH 1 Community Board 2. Health Committee. Bay Ridge Jewish Center, corner of Fourth University (Dekalb Avenue at Flatbush Committee to Save the Bay Ridge United Methodist Church. Weekly rally (corner of Brooklyn Hospital (Dekalb Avenue at St. Avenue and 81st Street. (718) 836-3103. Avenue Extension, in Downtown Brooklyn), 6 Felix Street in Fort Greene), 6 pm. Call (718) BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts pm. Call (718) 596-5410 for info. Ovington and Fourth avenues in Bay Ridge). Call (718) 748-5950 for info. 596-5410 for info. presents The Richmond Ballet, with works by Bensonhurst West End Community choreographer Jessica Lang. $25; half price Council. FIAO Beacon Center at IS 96 (99 SUNDAY, MARCH 2 THURSDAY, MARCH 6 for children 18 and younger. 2 pm. Walt Ave. P, at West 11th Street, in Bensonhurst), Protect your home. State Sen. Eric Adams Park Slope Civic Council. Community forum Whitman Theatre on the campus of Brooklyn 8 pm. Call (718) 946-0234 for info. hosts an all-day workshop to help homeown- on fighting climate change. Old First Reformed College, one block from the junction of Flat- Community Board 6. Parks and Recreation ers avoid foreclosure. Medgar Evers College Church (Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street in bush and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. Park Slope), 7 pm. Call (718) 832-8227 for info. Committee. On the agenda: restoration of (1650 Bedford Ave., between Crown and OPERA: Regina Opera hosts a fully staged pro- J.J. Byrne Park. Old Stone House (Fifth Avenue Montgomery streets in Crown Heights), noon. Friends of Carroll Park. Monthly meeting. duction of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” sung in Italian. between Third and Fourth streets in Park Call (718) 284.4700 for information. The Park House (just east of Smith Street $20, $15 seniors, $5 teens, kids free. 7 pm. Slope), 6:30 pm. Call (718) 643-3027 for info. between Carroll and President streets in Regina Hall, 65th Street and 12th Avenue. 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By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Paper John Phillips, the former Civil Court judge whose multi-mil- lion-dollar estate was looted by his court-appointed guardians, died last Saturday at his senior-housing facility on Prospect Park West. He was 83. A big ‘Toll’ on the Gowanus Canal “It happened after breakfast, in the elevator on his way to his room” at the Prospect Park Residence, a senior housing facility, said his distraught friend, John O’Hara. Phillips was pronounced dead at By Mike McLaughlin “The location is the key to its success, Bond Street, the western boundary of the New York Methodist Hospital in Park Slope. The Brooklyn Paper really,” said David Von Spreckelsen, a Toll site, the building height drops to six stories. Phillips’s death is the latest chapter in the long saga of how his I’ll be your bridge from where you are estate was plundered by court-appointed guardians after he was de- The dream of a Gowanus Canal lined Brothers vice president. “Being within Car- Others, however, pointed out that such roll Gardens, two blocks from Smith Street density creates advantages. clared mentally incompetent in 2001 at the request of District Attor- to where you want to be with homes and esplanades instead of oil ney Charles Hynes, whose job Phillips intended to seek. companies and junkyards took a step and two blocks from the subway is great.” “One hundred thirty units of affordable Before the Toll Brothers can build any housing is very positive for the communi- Indeed, in his heyday, Phillips was not only politically ambitious, ELLEN forward as a developer of suburban Mc- but also a well-known figure in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where he Mansions unveiled its vision for a 447- residential buildings, however, the compa- ty,” said Bob Zuckerman, director of the GOTTLIEB ny needs a zoning change. And to get that, Gowanus Canal Community Development served on the civil court and earned the nickname “the kung-fu” unit development that actually uses the judge because of his black belt in the martial arts. ASSOCIATE BROKER fetid canal as a selling point. the company will need to undertake an en- Corporation. “It’s not as high as we would vironmental impact review that will take like, but it’s significantly higher than it Phillips was not afraid to court controversy. Not only did he op- Toll Brothers, the famed builder of sub- pose the Brooklyn Democratic machine, but went so far as to back urban, cookie-cutter-style mansions, filed more than a year to complete. The process could have been. plans with the city on Feb. 7 to lend its won’t start until the Department of City Opponents don’t want developers to set luxury brand name to a project that mixes Planning says all the details of the Toll a precedent for big buildings that drive out Brothers proposal is in order, a ruling that local businesses or destroy architectural 211 Court Street in 130 below-market-rate apartments, re- 917.797.1351 tail space and a public esplanade along the is expected to come in the next few weeks. history. famously filthy “waterway” between Car- After that, everyone from the Commu- “As a borough, we probably need to 718.625.3700 x 112 roll and Second streets. nity Board to the City Council gets to take a step back and figure out what we The developer says its proximity to the weigh in and, possibly, force Toll Brothers want to do with the canal,” said Eric Mc- Gowanus is the signature element of the to alter its plan or make concessions. Clure, a member of Park Slope Neighbors. project, despite the fact that this corpse of One source of some immediate concern “There’s some great industrial architec- water is synonymous with heinous smells was the size of the project, which calls for ture. I’d hate to see it turned into a cookie- and floating garbage. two, 12-story buildings along the canal. On cutter, mixed-use village.” www.brooklynbridgerealty.com Callan m COBBLE HILL GREENPOINT / To Baseball Cards Comics · Toys Sports Cards Everyone in the Paper The Brooklyn About 30 mourners attended the funeral of Judge John Phillips Bought & Sold at the Open Door Church of God In Christ on Tuesday. Pokemon OPEN The Baseball Card Yu-Gi-Oh Rudy Guiliani in his 1989 mayoral contest against David Dinkins. 7 DAYS! pool — for real “I’m 6-feet-1,” explained Phillips, according to the New York DUGOUT Times. “I can kill you with my hands faster than you can believe, 453 COURT ST. · (718) 624-2527 and I carry a gun. But I’m scared to walk the streets at night. How By Dana Rubinstein WWW.JOEROCKSCARDS.COM The Brooklyn Paper do you think black women feel?” In addition to being outspoken, Phillips was prosperous, having / Jeff Bachner / Jeff This time, the restoration of the McCarren Park Pool is really owned more than 10 buildings in Bed-Stuy, including the Slave going to happen. No, really. Theater on Fulton Street, a focal point for neighborhood activists Parks Department officials promised as much on Feb. 13 when such as the Rev. Al Sharpton. He was worth an estimated $10 mil- they unveiled new renderings of a lushly restored pool — though lion. many in the community greeted the gorgeous pictures with an But after Hynes’s office had him declared incompetent in 2001,

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn arched eyebrow. nearly all of the dozen properties Phillips owned were auctioned off “I hope it hap- David Walentas angered locals who think they caught him — yet the profits ended up enriching only his guardians, not the pens, but so far, CRAFTING QUALITY ONE FRAME AT A TIME building “cabanas” atop his Atlantic Avenue project. judge. not much has ac- Just before his death, events had finally started to turn back in his tually happened,” favor. In December, a state judicial panel suspended the legal license SERVING PARK SLOPE SINCE 1997 said Laura Hoff- of Emani Taylor, who served as Phillips’s guardian between 2003 man, a long-time and 2006, for stealing $328,000 from Phillips’s account. • CONSERVATION PICTURE FRAMING. Is Walentas a Greenpointer. A movie about his plight was in the works. And the day before • NY & BROOKLYN ANTIQUE MAPS, “Who knows if his death, Phillips was delivered a new set of furniture bought for PRINTS & POSTCARDS. it’ll actually get him by fashion magnate Mark Ecko, who’d taken an interest in • PHOTO FRAMES/READY-MADE FRAMES. built? There’s Phillips’s plight after reading about it in this and other publications. • JAPANESE WOODBLOCK PRINTS. been a lot of talk and a lot of nice planning over the years.” But hours later, he was dead. ‘cabana’ boy? Indeed, since the Depression-era pool closed in 1984, two VISIT OUR WEBSITE FOR INFO ABOUT Now, the surrogate court must determine what to do with his es- UPCOMING GALLERY SHOWS AND EVENTS! The Brooklyn Paper restoration plans have wended their way through the bureaucratic tate. maze, only to be quashed by unforeseen events. Are they city-approved bulkheads or illegal cabanas? Thanks to his guardians’ incompetence, Phillips owes more than 142 FIFTH AVENUE In 1985, preservationists killed plans for a year-round recreation $1 million in back taxes. (BETWEEN DOUGLASS & BALTIC STREETS) That’s what residents of Cobble Hill were wondering this week center and Olympic-sized pool at the site — already funded with His current guardian, James Cahill, is considering auctioning off 718 399-6613 after David Walentas’s controversial — and city mandated 50-foot- $10 million — arguing that the bathhouses on either side of the the Slave Theater to pay the back taxes — Bedford-Stuyvesant WWW. BROOKLYNFRAMEWORKS.COM tall — project on Atlantic Avenue suddenly sprouted three bright iconic arched entryway should be preserved. neighbors protested the potential auction on Saturday in front of the yellow boxes above the roofline. Momentum picked up again to reopen the pool in the late 1990s, theater. Watchdogs feared that the structures are illegal cabanas similar to culminating in 2001 with the similar, though pricier, $21-million Meanwhile, investigations into Taylor’s guardianship will pro- the beachy doodads atop other Walentas luxury buildings. “Vollmer Plan.” Community activists were foiled again, this time by ceed, according to a source familiar with the case. Walentas — who tried, but failed, to get an exemption on the the 9-11. Phillips had no survivors. DOWNTOWN Cobble Hill Historic District’s 50-foot height cap this fall — replied This time, the Bloomberg administration has allocated $50 mil- that the structures are merely mechanical bulkheads, and they’ve lion toward the restoration of the pool. Officials say construction been approved by the Department of Buildings and the Landmarks should begin by early next year. BROOKLYN Preservation Commission. “Although McCarren Pool has had a long, and at times uncertain, The landmarks agency confirmed that its 2006 approval allows history, we assure residents that a new pool is forthcoming,” said We Bring Italy PAINT SUPPLY Walentas to build bulkheads atop the 50-foot building, which is next Phil Abramson, a Parks Department spokesman. door to the future Trader Joe’s at the corner of Court Street. But the “Thanks to the mayor, funds are finally in our budget, and there HEADQUARTERS agency also said it would investigate whether the developer was il- is also a greater amount of community consensus than ever before,” To You! legally building his beloved cabanas. — Mike McLaughlin he added. The design calls for reopening both the entire mammoth pool, HOME OF THE ORIGINAL 10% OFF which can hold up to 6,800 people, and the deeper diving pool. The NEAPOLITAN PIZZA ® ALL STORE MERCHANDISE two bathing houses would be turned into a year-round recreation WITH THIS AD DUMBO center that would include locker rooms, fitness facilities, restrooms, showers and a gymnasium. AMERICAN There would also be a skating rink in winter. It all sounds great, but given the history, the latest Parks Depart- HOUSEWARES ment promises were met with some skepticism. Hip-hop hooray “It’s been so frustrating,” said Tom Gilbert, who was involved in 85 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn the 2001 effort. Ê"«i˜ÊÇÊ >ÞÃÊ
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Perhaps he your wallet.” Then he added: walking towards the Borough Hall corner of Bergen Street, was qui- “The only way you’re going to subway station and had reached the bedroom window, which was fatigued. et around 5 pm when a store em- looks out onto the fire escape, Around the corner, in a build- get it back is to go to the ATM the corner of Livingston and Court ployee heard the security alarm and give us some money.” streets at around 12:30 pm when a had been opened. Upon further ing on Orange Street between go off. Unfortunately, the perp energy to examination, she realized that Willow and Hicks streets, a The victim proceeded to a woman wordlessly grabbed the was long gone. nearby Myrtle Avenue bodega $30 he had been holding and took A subsequent perusal of the with the thugs in tow, withdrew off down the street. selling floor revealed that a stack five 20s and got his wallet back. The man ran after her, pursu- of designer jeans — worth power a ing her into the station and onto $2,920 — had been stolen. Clumsy crook a crowded, Manhattan-bound 3 An ungraceful burglar botch- train. He didn’t lose sight of her GET A MAILBOX WITH BENEFITS Masked mugs ed an attempt to drill his way as she got off at the Wall Street A quartet of masked bandits into an apartment building on computer stop and went into a building on in Brooklyn Heights accosted and robbed a man Feb. 10, and had to abandon his Exchange Place near William walking to a subway station on project midway through. Street. That’s when the inter-bor- the night of Feb. 15. The perp was apparently try- ough chase ended, as the man in- A real street address, not a P.O. 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We’ve been on Sev- between 10th and 11th streets; Paper The Brooklyn cycle and that ultimately, rents enth Avenue since 1978, and the 20TH STREET and the Second Street Cafe, a would sort themselves out. question of high rents has been BROOKLYN! beloved brunch spot that made Tempo co-owner Michael El- boulevard the new Smith Street. tion, and on escalating rents. “Periodically, there are a fair asked every four to five years.” headlines when it closed. liott, whose flagship restaurant is “Fifth is now known as res- “Lunch and brunch were fine, And though not on Seventh on Fifth Avenue, said he closed taurant row, especially our but you can’t run a restaurant on ◆ 555 7th Avenue Avenue, the New Prospect Cafe his Seventh Avenue offshoot be- stretch, between Union and First that alone,” said Gordon at the ◆ enter from 19th St. just south of 7th Ave. cause business could not keep streets,” said Elliott. “We just time. “And with the advent of on Flatbush and Eighth av- ◆ 718-768-WASH (9274) enues, long associated with pace with the soaring rents. see a lot more night life here. Fifth Avenue becoming restau- Park Slope, has also closed. “The rents there were Man- That’s not the case on Seventh.” rant row, and increased rents...” hattan rents,” said Elliott, whose Roslyn Huebener, of Aguayo Indeed, according to Gordon, landlord was charging more and Huebener Realty, agrees his landlord jacked up his rent than $10,000 a month for the with Elliott’s assessment. 25 percent to more than prime space that once housed a “A restaurant has to do really $12,000 a month. When Gor- Carvel. “We would do a good well to make it on Seventh Av- don opened 11 years ago, rent lunch crowd and a decent after- enue,” said Huebener. was $5,000 a month. ◆ school crowd. But after dark, it “It’s because the landlords Now, said Gordon, the only really dried up. Business has want top dollar,” she added. businesses that can afford Sev- ◆ drifted toward Fifth Avenue.” Like Elliott, Ted Gordon, the enth Avenue are “cellphone ◆ Restaurant business has, any- owner of the late Second Street stores, banks and real-estate of- ◆ Custom Framing way, with more reasonable rents Cafe, blamed his restaurant’s fices.” on Fifth Avenue making the demise on the growth of Fifth Indeed, Bank of America has ◆ Ready-Made Frames neighborhood’s ne’er-do-well Avenue as a culinary destina- opened two ATM outlets — one 374 7th Avenue ◆ Posters & Prints at Ninth Street, the other at Union (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) ◆ Toby Barlow Street — and will soon take over Friendly Service Sharp Teeth the D’Agostino site between 718-832-0655 reading / discussion / book signing Sixth and Seventh streets. Public Place plans Huebener agreed that rents may be too high for family run Saturday, March 8th, 7:30 PM The Brooklyn Paper 1978 to turn most of the so-called 267 Seventh Avenue at Sixth Street eateries. The city unveiled on Monday “Public Place,” into playing fields. “When the rents come into Park Slope (718) 832-9066 night two remarkably similar vi- But that’s ancient history to this level, it does make it harder sions for redevelopment of a the area’s younger guard. to rent these spaces,” she said. After an oblivious Los Angeles dogcatcher falls Gowanus Canal zone brown- “Both plans are great” be- The owner of Sette, the Ital- Loose for a mysterious woman—not realizing she’s really field, but residents’ reactions to cause of the high ratio of sub- ian wine bar on Seventh Av- market rate housing, said Park a werewolf—he gets caught up in a power struggle them differed dramatically de- enue and Third Street, said the pending, it seemed, on how long Sloper Brad Lander, a member only reason he’s been able to Dentures? between rival packs in this gripping and darkly someone had lived in the area. of the task force that winnowed survive is because he has the funny novel in verse from the advertising executive Both plans call for the cre- the six proposals for the 5.8- rare reasonable lease. and Huffington Post contributor. ation of more than 700 units of acre wasteland bounded by “Rents are killing business GO AHEAD.... housing — more than 60 per- Smith and Fifth and the canal to along Seventh Avenue,” said Eat what you want! cent of them “affordable” — the two finalists. 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ONTE VEDRA, FLA. — saw the brace itself — it looks with P There is only one thing like something Jean-Paul better than being named Gaultier would have come up “Editor of the Year” by a major with if he’d been asked to de- national newspaper trade asso- sign footware for Frankenstein. ciation. It’s a good thing they don’t Getting the cast off my give journalism awards for good International Singer broken ankle! Not to sound ungrate- ful to the Suburban THE BROOKLYN Newspapers of America By Gersh for naming me “Editor of ANKLE Kuntzman the Year” and calling me looks. (They don’t, you know.) Ricky Pen “remarkable,” “uniquely talent- / Mike McLaughlin ed” and “a passable harmonica ••• player,” but it wasn’t too much Borough President Marko- fun spending four days in this witz accepted our large ceremo- beautiful north Florida resort nial check for $500 for his walking around on crutches, not “Camp Brooklyn” charity — even getting spitting distance but then stabbed me right in the Paper The Brooklyn Families and friends are invited to Sunrise EVENT DETAILS from the mighty Atlantic, and back! Double fantasy: Gersh holds his Editor of the Year award feeling a sharp pain in my leg Seconds after last Tuesday’s and the ankle cast that has finally come off after six weeks. whenever a new storm system ceremony, Markowitz made the at Mill Basin to enjoy live entertainment barreled through (which happens outlandish, outrageous and just Markowitz said his wife — word “temerity” in a column every 15 minutes in Florida). plain out-there claim that the “an eBay expert,” he said — (though, clearly, I am). by international singing star, Ricky Pen. Yes, my acceptance speech $500 I raised in the now-leg- made the conclusion based on But I’m a journalist first and Anchors Away with killed (don’t believe me? You’ll endary eBay auction of my an- the fact that many of the bid- a human being second (actually, find it on YouTube by searching, kle cast was the result of fraud. ders in my historic auction make that sixth), so I felt honor- Pen, who has performed internationally as International Singer what else?, “editor of the year,” As we reported two weeks were first-time auction partici- bound to check out the sub- or at BrooklynPaper.com), but I ago (exclusively, I might add!), pants. stance of Markowitz’s allega- couldn’t help feeling that I was Councilman Bill DeBlasio won “She said it’s clear that you tion. First, I grilled myself on well as locally and throughout the country, Ricky Pen getting sympathy laughs. the cast after a frenzied bidding had set up fake bidding names. the subject. On my return, I headed war with fellow Councilman You’re ‘billdeblasio’ and ‘sim- The Brooklyn Ankle: Kuntz- straight to Lutheran Medical Simcha Felder. But Markowitz chafelder.’” man, did you create fake identi- sings in 16 different languages and in a Sunday, March 2nd Center for my appointment with questioned our report. And in Now, of course Borough ties on eBay? Dr. Tom Lyons and the ceremo- doing so, he has set back President Markowitz and I have Kuntzman: Are you on crack? variety of styles ranging from Israeli and nial throwing out of my second Markowitz-Kuntzman relations had some high-profile differ- TBA: Answer the question. 12:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. cast. Lyons moved my still-sore at least four years. ences of opinions over the years Kuntzman: What was the ankle around gingerly, like “Jamie [Markowitz, the — Atlantic Yards, Hillary Clin- question again? I’m on crack. Hasidic to Broadway tunes, pop, rock and Dorothy loosening up the Tin Beep’s wife] was watching that ton and the cheesecake at Ju- TBA: Did you create fake Refreshments Man’s joints and, hearing no ‘auction’ the entire way and she nior’s — but never has he had identities on eBay? yelps from my end, told me I said all the bidders were you!” the temerity to accuse me of a) Kuntzman: No. cantorial. She plays the piano, guitar, was ready for a walking brace. I Markowitz said. “You kept bid- outright fraud and b) being the Next, I asked DeBlasio’s of- and hors d’oeuvres liked the sound of that until I ding to drive up the price!” kind of person who uses the fice if “billdeblasio” was actual- ly Bill DeBlasio. drums, harmonica, banjo and bouzouki. will be served. “Of course it was him,” said the councilman’s spokeswoman, Jean Weinberg. “Not only did he absolutely bid — and win — You will also have the opportunity to meet Call 718-444-2600 but the cast has been put on a pedestal in a prominent place in for more details. our office.” our team, mingle with residents and tour Still, given my commitment to good journalism, I asked the community. Markowitz one more time whether he was really accusing me of fraud. Finally, at the end of this trying day, I received this e-mail from Markowitz: “OK. OK. Bill bought your cast!!!!!!!!” he wrote. Then he dropped this bomb- shell: “PS: We bid for it, too!” A-ha! Despite the controversy, The Brooklyn Paper is urging read- ers to help send a child to Sunrise at Mill Basin 718-444-2600 5905 Strickland Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11234 camp this summer. For informa- tion on Markowitz’s “Camp Brooklyn” charity, go to

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9 and 23, 2 and 3 pm D PL hear the likes of Lou Reed, BRIC E PL In Windsor Terrace, Park Slope, Ben Folds Five and Dan Expansion Kensington, Bay Ridge Zanes — and not spend much FULTON ST (718) 788-7732 money to do it — at a new parkslopedaycamp.com concert hall being opened near Danspace [email protected] FLATBU Project Director: Ronny Schindler much-pricier venues near the Ages: entering P K–9th grades Brooklyn Academy of Music. SH AVE Theater for a June 30 to Aug 29 The group that 30 years ago New Audience G Full day (8 am - 4 pm), early founded the popular “Celebrate dismissal optional for young Brooklyn” summer concert se- Bachner / Jeff kids; Extended hours to 6:30 pm ries in Prospect Park is planning SCHERMERHORN STLAFAYETTE AVE BAM Transportation: free morning a 250-seat performance space shuttle from most Brownstone for year-round “Celebrate- “Grand Brooklyn and Bay Ridge Brooklyn-like” performances Plaza”

Activities: outdoor camp with that won’t cost much more than Paper The Brooklyn sports, trips, gymnastics, dra- a movie ticket. A planned expansion of a defunct Rockwell Place theater into a ma, nature, Olympics, travel “In a neighborhood where STATE ST new performance space and expanded studios for Brooklyn Ca- camp (featuring overnight King Lear tickets can be scalped Brooklyn ble Access Television (above) is just part of the latest develop- trips), leadership program for for hundreds, we’re going to be Public Library Project ments in the slow-growing BAM Cultural District (map). grades 9 and 10. providing an affordable, quality (stalled) Accredited by the American performing arts experience,” said Camp Association Leslie Schultz, the executive di- Television is produced, and will Flatbush, Lafayette and Ashland rector of Brooklyn Information HANSON PL add a fourth TV studio and a avenues. Construction should be- Poly Prep and Culture (BRIC), which is housed in the century-old Strand ground-floor art exhibition space. gin in late 2008, early 2009. Summer 2008 *
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Construction should begin in Director: Michael Junsch ing collective. sic’s Harvey Theater, now host- tablished, Brooklyn-based group The other three projects in early 2009. Bus available (extra fee) Given BRIC’s track record, ing “Macbeth” (with tickets that does great things and helps the pipeline for the BAM Cul- A glass-walled, Erique Nor- Summer Experience Day Camp patrons should get a lot for their tural District include: ten-designed performing arts li- June 16 – Aug. 22 starting at $30) and just down them increase their programmatic money. Celebrate Brooklyn — • the Frank Gehry- and Hugh brary for the Brooklyn Public Ages: Pre-K through Grade 10 the block from the Forte, a lux- capacity,” said Joe Chan, the head its free Prospect Park summer Hardy-designed home for the Library, which would be direct- Full day: 9 am – 3:30 pm ury high-rise condominium. of the Downtown Brooklyn Part- series — regularly draws signif- The mayor, City Council and nership, which is also overseeing Manhattan-based Theater for a ly south of the “Grand Plaza,” Activities: Arts, dance, sports, New Audience at Lafayette Av- appears to be on hold for now. It swimming, and special events icant musicians, like Joan Os- borough president are footing the Cultural District. enue and Ashland Place. Con- is no longer on maps of the on our 25-acre grounds borne, the Hold Steady, the the cost of the renovation of the The Strand renovation will Also available: Performing Neville Brothers, Sierra building, perhaps the least-her- more than double the size of struction should begin in the BAM Cultural District that are Arts Camp, Summer Academic Leone’s Refugee All Stars, The alded of the four projects that BRIC’s headquarters, where first half of 2008. put out by the Downtown Program, Sports Camps, Hold Steady and Manu Chao. comprise the current phase of Brooklyn Community Access • a “Grand Plaza” bounded by Brooklyn Partnership. Computer Camp, swimming lessons (ages 2–16) Plymouth Day Camp "ÕÀÊ >“« 75 Hicks St., Bklyn Heights UÊ6>ÀˆiÌÞʜvÊ«Àœ}À>“ÃÊvœÀÊ Big D’Town project shuts down (718) 624-4743, ext 30ply- V>“«iÀÃÊ>}iÊΠ̜ʣx mouthchurch.orgplymouth- Open House for [email protected] UÊ->vi]Êv՘]ÊÃ̈“Տ>̈˜}Ê i˜ÛˆÀœ˜“i˜Ì By Dana Rubinstein Then again, if he just builds market-rate ward very quickly on a deal, are beginning Director: Dana Rosenbloom Summer Camp units, the private credit crunch and loom- to say, ‘You know what, I’m gong to wait Ages: 3 to 5 years UÊ6iÀÞÊvi݈LiÊÀi}ˆÃÌÀ>̈œ˜ÆÊ The Brooklyn Paper Sundays, Mar. 9 and 23 ing recession cast doubt on whether he’ll and see what happens,’” said Quartararo, June 23 to August 1 >VVœ““œ`>̈˜}ʙÊÜiiŽÊ Last month’s abrupt shutdown of a get enough financing, and whether enough though he stressed that the full impact Full day: under 3 1/2 - 9 to Ãi>ܘ Presentations at 2 and major development project near buyers will be able to afford the finished wouldn’t be felt for a couple of years yet. 12:30; 3 1/2 to 5 - 9 to 3 Metrotech is a setback for planners’ lofty product. Chan’s forecast is less optimistic than UÊÀiiʓœÀ˜ˆ˜}ÊÌÀ>˜Ã«œÀÌ>̈œ˜Ê 3 pm vision of a new, 24-7 business and resi- Activites: Arts and crafts, vÀœ“Ê“œÃÌÊ >ÞÊ,ˆ`}iÊ>˜`Ê Such questions are increasingly bedev- the vision of a glitzy, 24-7 residential and swimming, sports skills, field 339 8 St. just below dential mini-city in Downtown Brook- ÀœÜ˜Ã̜˜iÊ ÀœœŽÞ˜Ê>Ài>à iling developers, according to Joe Chan, business community that he presented in trips, music, gymnastics, karate 6 Ave. lyn, said experts this week. the president of the Downtown Brooklyn November, in an animated presentation UÊ ÃÌ>LˆÃ i`Ê£™™Ó John Catsimatidis, the owner of the Partnership, the quasi-governmental group narrated by legendary actor Ian McKellan. Brooklyn Arts Gristedes supermarket chain, who tore that oversees the redevelopment of the The presentation predicted $9.5 billion Exchange 718-788‡*- (7732) down a Laundromat, pharmacy and gro- area bounded by Tillary, Fulton and Jay in new private investment by 2012, includ- OPEN HOUSE: Sat March 8, www.parkslopedaycamp.com cery store along two Myrtle Avenue blocks Streets and Flatbush Avenue Extension. ing 14,301 residential units, 1,803 hotel noon to 2 pm in preparation for a 660-unit, mixed-in- “Do developers developing condos [con- rooms and 1.6 million square feet of new 421 Fifth Ave., Park Slope come residential development, has halted sider] a rental scenario?” asked Chan. “Do retail space. (718) 832-0018 the project — temporarily, he says — they [consider] a condo project with a hotel That vision was a reconfiguration of the [email protected] blaming both the credit crisis and the lack component? Absolutely. I think you see a / Ricky Barlin original Downtown Brooklyn Plan, which of affordable housing bonds. more thorough analysis of their options.” saw the area as a booming business dis- Director: Pene McCourty “Right now we’re in an evaluation Junior Summer Arts Program Chan said such rejiggering is coming in trict, rather than a bedroom community. stage, which should last a few weeks,” the wake of the mortgage meltdown. Whatever he decides to do, Catsima- June 30 to August 15 Catsimatidis told The Brooklyn Paper. “We are definitely seeing developers hav- tidis, who revealed the delay to New York Ages: entering K to 5th grade On the one hand, Catsimatidis could ing more difficulty getting financing now Magazine, sought to downplay any con- Full day: 9 am to 3 pm abandon the project’s 215-unit affordable than they did three months ago,” said Chan. Paper The Brooklyn cerns that he’s going to leave a block of Extended day: 8:30 to 5 pm housing component altogether and just Ray Quartararo, of Jones Lang LaSalle, A row of local businesses on Myrtle abandoned lots between Prince Street and Activities: Offering seven build market-rate units, but then he’d also an international firm that manages projects Avenue were torn down last year to Ashland Place in Fort Greene, where once one-week sessions in video, be passing up some tax incentives. for developers, said that it’s not just banks make room for a large skyscraper and there were neighborhood amenities. theater, circus arts, musical the- “It’s not required by law, but we get that are growing more cautious. Some retail strip. But now that project has “We’re being a little extra cautious,” he ater, puppetry, and dance and certain bonus opportunities if we do [the builders are getting cold feet, too. been halted due to financial troubles, said. “You wouldn’t want to jump in a swim- trips. Counselor led activities affordable housing],” he said. “People who were going to move for- angering residents. ming pool unless there’s water in there.” and special guests. Informal performances. Young Artists Program June 30 to Aug. 8 Ages: 10 to 14 were also included in last year’s them to localities. course, they’ll need those afford- Full day: 9 am to 4 pm Fort Greene and Clinton Hill re- Demand is only growing. able housing bonds to do it. Extended day: 8:30 to 5 pm RATNER… zoning, and are expected to be a A 1970s-era housing subsidy And that new demand, cou- part of the upcoming Carroll program called 421a, which pled with the bleak economic Activities: Offering three two- Gardens and DUMBO rezonings. gives a cherished tax break to de- outlook, means that a lot of hous- week sessions in theater, video, Continued from page 1 — essentially, very low-cost government loans — to build “That’s kind of pushed de- velopers of new housing, was ing — affordable and market rate and dance, plus weekly trips to But insiders say the scale of mand for bonds,” said Slattery. amended last year so that devel- — simply won’t get built. arts destinations throughout Atlantic Yards is exactly the low-income housing. Indeed, this cheap money, distributed by Every year, Congress man- opers in hot neighborhoods like “Unless the government pro- NYC. Counselor led activities problem in a down market. dates how many of these low- Williamsburg and DUMBO only vides the subsidies, it’s likely that and special guests. Informal “Forest City Ratner sold its At- the state and city, provides one of the main incentives for profit- cost bonds can be issued to get its 15-year tax break if they developers will stop building,” performances. lantic Yards project to elected offi- states, which, in turn, distribute include affordable housing. Of said Fisher. cials on its promise of ‘affordable’ minded developers to consider housing,” said Daniel Goldstein, building below-market-rate units spokesman for the anti-Yards in some of New York’s hottest group, Develop Don’t Destroy neighborhoods. But the sharp increase in de- Brooklyn. “Yet they haven’t even Advertise in mand for these low-cost bonds applied for the bonds to make it aXqqXkc`eZfceZ\ek\i has put a strain on demand. The Paper’s happen, and there is no sign that “Part of it is because the city there will be room for them under is allocating some of its funding monthly the annual bond allocation. stream to [develop affordable “Forest City Ratner needs to housing on] city-owned proper- CAMP GUIDE come clean to the public and ty,” said Ken Fisher, an attorney elected officials as to whether or and former City Councilman Call not they are actually going to be who works with a number of city (718) 834-9350 ext.104 able to finance their promises, developers. and if so, when,” he added. Developers will often include dfekp In addition to Ratner’s mega- affordable units in their projects development, the Downtown to calm potential opponents as Xc\oXe[\i1 Brooklyn Partnership has pre- well as for permission to build dicted another 750 units of af- taller buildings than the current fordable housing in Downtown zoning allows. Brooklyn — including 215 apart- The city began including af- ments in John Catsimatidis’s just- fordable housing incentives in halted 660-unit development on neighborhood rezonings in 2005, Myrtle Avenue between Prince when portions of the Williams- Street and Ashland Place. burg and Greenpoint waterfront cfi[j Developers typically rely on were made available to residen- f]k_\ Creative federal affordable housing bonds tial developers. Such incentives n\jk ARTS PROGRAM ROCK… `e[`\j at Berkeley Carroll Continued from page 1 >WO\Wab;]\bg/ZSfO\RS`O\RVWaB`W\WRORWO\ O\R8O[OWQO\OZZabO`S\aS[PZSaP`W\UbVS[caWQ building, but the Brooklyn Masonic Temple has a long tradition of ]TbVS1O`WPPSO\b]bVSabOUS hosting public events. µ1`Wa^S\S`USbWQIO\RKP`WUVbZgaeW\UW\U¶ June 30 - July 31, 2008 “We have wedding receptions and Clinton Hill co-op meetings,” said Porter. BVS; aged, as members. 0=F=44713 Mysterious rituals aside, Porter said the whole point of the Masons 0`]OReOgOb$bVAb is “to make you a better man.” U`]c\RÀ]]` But there’s no avoiding the esoterica. ;]\³AOb O[³$^[ :SOR1]`^]`ObSA^]\a]` Wjtvbm!bsut- nvtjd-!esbnb- Downstairs, between the restrooms, visitors will find a brightly painted Ac\ ^[³$^[ Information: mural, complete with the symbols one normally associates with the ebodf-!buimfujdt- boe!npsf! Freemasons: a compass, globes, and an eye. [email protected] :SOR@]aS6OZZ >`STS``SR1O`R]T it’s not just another club, that it will be more thoughtfully booked.” 6][S]T8OhhOb:W\Q]Z\1S\bS` 8OhhOb:W\Q]Z\1S\bS` For information on concerts at the Brooklyn Masonic Temple, visit 0`]OReOgOb$bVAb`SSb www.brooklynmasonictemple.com. 8 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 February 23/March 1, 2008

OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Ratner’s shell game t is becoming increasingly clear that he affordable housing units at At- he shortfall in affordable housing developer Bruce Ratner will not be lantic Yards remain the project’s subsidies is no surprise to critics of I able to build much of the below-mar- T principal carrot in the face of wide- T the project. At the time the city and ket-rate housing that he’s promised to in- spread community opposition and egre- state were steamrolling Atlantic Yards clude in Atlantic Yards. gious misuse of public subsidies to a mul- past reasonable opposition, housing in- As we report on our front page this ti-billion-dollar company. dustry analysts were already saying that week, Ratner’s vow to include 2,250 But there’s a problem with Ratner’s there simply would not be enough federal units of so-called “affordable” housing in promised units: If he can’t get the tax sub- subsidies to underwrite the promises that his $4-billion mega-project is contingent sidies from the state, he can walk away Ratner was making. upon $1.4 billion in taxpayer subsidies — from the deal simply by cutting a check But the fox — in this case, an Empire but, there are only $1.3 billion in such for $500,000 — which represents a tiny State Development Corporation filled federal funds available in the entire state .014 percent of the company’s $3.6-billion with Ratner cronies — was guarding that of New York this year. total value — to one of the signatories of chicken coop. And experts, including the pro-devel- his “Community Benefits Agreement.” Now, those chickens have come home opment president of the Downtown Then again, he could also call his en- to roost. An easily foreseen downturn in Brooklyn Partnership, Joe Chan, are al- ablers in state government and complain of the financial markets has had the predict- ready sounding the alarm that some- the shortfall in subsidies. Perhaps they will ed result of raising demand for these fed- thing’s got to give. do what they’ve always done — repeatedly eral subsidies as the supply remains flat.

If history is a guide, taxpayers will be at Metrotech and at Atlantic Terminal Mall It’s affecting projects as far away as ing doing the giving — but now they won’t — and lavish more taxpayer money on Buffalo and as near as Flatbush Avenue. m be getting affordable housing in return. another of Ratner’s white elephants. It will affect Atlantic Yards, too. Cristian Fle LETTERS Jed Walentas answers his critics DELEGATES... Continued from page 1 Greene) and Karim Ca- Details on Primary recount To the editor, building’s tower away from the Brooklyn dure in simple terms and with respect. The mara (D–Crown Heights) In a recent letter in this newspaper, Bridge. After hearing the concerns of the BrooklynPaper.com She’s not Lyons operation was a success and my aunt was sent a letter this week (“Trim Two Trees plan,” Feb. 2), the chair- community, we have completely revised a To the editor, on her feet again. to Democratic National man of the Urban Design Committee for the previous version of the plan and reoriented As an avid reader of The Brooklyn Paper, I have since recommended Dr. Lyons to “They’re doing a very rational self-in- Brooklyn Chapter of the American Institute the building to increase its physical distance Committee Chairman Howard Dean de- I would like to offer my congratulations on many people. terest calculation,” said Patrick Egan, a of Architects called our revised Dock Street from the bridge and minimize view obstruc- manding that superdelegates “not over- your well-deserved “Editor of the Year” And one more thing: I wish Gersh a turn the will of the majority.” politics professor at New York Universi- proposal a “well thought out solution.” tions. While it is true that the new plan re- award (“Editor of the Year!” Jan. 12) as well speedy recovery so that he can make the trip While we are grateful that the AIA thinks sults in slightly more overall height, the por- “If one candidate concludes the pri- ty. “They’re asking themselves, ‘Who’s as my sympathies about Gersh Kuntzman’s to Ponte Vedra Beach to pick up his award mary season with more pledged dele- going to win?’ and ‘Which way is the highly of elements of our project — includ- tion of the building closest to the bridge is broken ankle/search for a better orthopedist on Feb. 21. Louise Sahadi, Bay Ridge ing aspects of its contextual design, afford- much lower and the taller portion is turned so gates and a greater percentage of the wind blowing?’” (“My ankle is having an affair,” Feb. 2). Editor’s note: Kuntzman did, indeed, make the trip The political gut check is not limited able housing, a new public middle school, a that far less of the bridge view is obstructed. I have a similar story about Dr. Tom popular vote, then fairness dictates that to Ponte Vedra Beach. You can see his acceptance superdelegates — many of whom are un- to Brooklyn. Last week, Rep. John “green” building, parking and neighbor- The Brooklyn AIA also recommended that Lyons that occurred four years ago. speech at BrooklynPaper.com. hood-oriented retail — we want The Brook- the building include setbacks at the south end elected party insiders — should not over- Lewis (D–Georgia), a strong Clinton My elderly aunt broke her ankle and was supporter, flipped to the Obama side af- lyn Paper’s readers to understand our ap- of the tower closest to bridge. Such setbacks scheduled for surgery at Lutheran Medical turn the will of the majority of voters,” ter his district voted for the junior sena- proach to the design issues raised in that would not have a significant positive impact Center by a one of the prominent doctors in Taking its ‘Toll’ the letter said. “To do otherwise would letter. on the view from the bridge and would result Bay Ridge. undermine the most fundamental tenants tor from Illinois. And Donna Brazile, a The Brooklyn AIA recommended that the in a non-contextual design for the surround- I know you’ll be providing full coverage of longtime Clinton supporter who is now About one hour before the scheduled sur- the Toll Brothers just-unveiled plan for 626 of democracy.” site be given a zoning identical to the adja- ing neighborhood. gery, my sister and I were informed by a Voters also wondered how Clarke and with the Democratic National Commit- cent property. It is important to recognize that The Dock Street building design is driven units along the Gowanus Canal between Car- tee, recently told CNN that she would nurse, not by the surgeon, mind you, that he roll and Second streets, but in the meantime, I Towns could have the temerity to go such zoning would not affect the size of the in large part by the need to be respectful of, would not be available to do the surgery. against such decisive outcomes in their quit the Democratic Party if the nomina- want you to know that many, many nearby tion was decided by superdelegates, not building we could build. It would, however, and responsive to, the very strong architectural After I strongly insisted on speaking with districts. blocks will be affected by such density. the voters. prevent us from moving the bulk of the character of DUMBO as embodied by the the “replacement” surgeon, a very unassum- “They should be representing their Gair Buildings — all of which rise to their full There will be hundreds more units in the Indeed, if Towns and Clarke don’t fol- ing young man approached us and identi- people,” said Cait Flynn of Clinton Hill. height without setback. Dock Street is a mod- Gowanus area. Is anyone planning for low suit, some voters said the resulting fied himself as Dr. Tom Lyons. “It should be that clear-cut, but they’re Send a letter ern interpretation of these historic buildings, We spoke for a few minutes, trying to find where these people will shop/eat/send their “smoke-filled room” scenario would and as such, we feel that the setbacks that are kids to school/ride the train/park their acting as politicians.” conjure up memories of Al Gore’s defeat out a little about his background. He then fi- Ferrentz Lafarque of Prospect Heights By e-mail: [email protected] required per zoning are inappropriate here. nally and very humbly informed us that he cars/or even walk? to George Bush in the 2000 election, de- added: “It’s disingenuous to claim to be By mail: Letters, The Brooklyn Paper, We firmly believe that our design philos- was the chief of the Orthopedic Trauma Unit Please wake me from this nightmare! spite winning the popular vote. 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. ophy, in conjunction with the panoply of at Lutheran Medical Center, explained the How can our tiny neighborhood sustain this a representative, and then go and vote “It would be a letdown that despite the All letters must be signed and include community benefits the new Dock Street procedure he was about to perform, and reas- kind of insane development? against the constituents.” involvement and the passion, their vote the writer’s home address and phone project offer, makes the new Dock Street sured us that he didn’t expect a problem. Triada Samaras, Gowanus Political insiders said the pro-Obama didn’t matter,” said the Rev. Clinton number (only the writer’s name and neigh- proposal significantly stronger than before. Needless to say, we felt relieved and ap- The writer is co-founder of Carroll Gardens vote in the two districts has forced Miller of the Brown Memorial Baptist borhood are published with the letter). Jed Walentas, DUMBO Coalition to Respectfully Develop. Clarke and Towns to do a tightrope act, Church. “If these types of things keep on Letters may be edited and will not be preciated the fact that not only was the chief returned. The earlier in the week you send The writer is a principal at of the trauma unit operating on our aunt, but Editor’s note: A story on the Toll Brothers plan ap- balancing pressure from the party with happening it, really puts democracy in your letter, the better. Two Trees Management that he took the time to explain the proce- pears this week on page 3. pressure from voters. crisis in America.” INSIDE DINING | PERFORMING ARTS | NIGHTLIFE | BOOKS | CINEMA

BOOKS Joke book “I don’t do comedy,” said Richard Zoglin, author of “Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America.” “I can talk, but I don’t know how funny I am.” On Feb. 28, his fans will be the ones to de- cide as they pack Free- Bird Books to hear Zoglin read from his tome, for which he in- terviewed comedians from Steve Martin to David Letterman. “I grew up listening to comedians and watch- ing them on TV,” said Zoglin, who works as an editor at Time magazine. “I was a huge fan of this whole generation that started with Richard Pryor and George (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings February 23/March 1, 2008 Carlin. It was the golden age and represented a shift in stand-up comedy — I wanted to chronicle that.” Zoglin said he’s nostalgic for a time when stand- ups were changing the comedy business. “It seemed like such an exciting time for stand- up comedy,” said Zolgin. “And looking back, I was surprised that nobody ever did a book pulling it all together as an era.” It looks as though he’s had the last laugh. Punk talk Richard Zoglin will read from “Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-Up in the 1970s Changed Ameri- ca” (Bloomsbury, $24.95) at 7:30 pm on Feb. 28 at FreeBird Books (123 Columbia St. at Kane Street in the Columbia Street Waterfront District). Free. For Henry Rollins brings rage to the information, call (718) 643-8484. — Adam Rathe stage at Greenpoint’s Warsaw ART By Adam Rathe world,” although he wasn’t sure of a spot in The Brooklyn Paper Brooklyn — he’s also immersed himself in politics and culture. all, burly and covered in tattoos, Henry “I learn a lot about foreign affairs by go- Hot shots Rollins isn’t the type of guy most people ing to foreign places and having affairs,” Twould want to tick off. But on Feb. 27 Rollins said. “I’ve read books about Iran, but Ladies Lotto won’t be selling scratch-off tickets, but and 28, fans of the author, actor and former it’s nothing like going. You have to go see if you’re looking to find photography from local frontman for seminal punk band Black Flag things for yourself. So that’s what I do, and artists, stop by the March 1 opening of their “31 Under will pack Greenpoint’s Warsaw to watch that’s where I get my stuff from: being there 31: Young Women in Art Photography” exhibit, and him get hot under the collar in his new, live and seeing that.” you’ll hit the jackpot. show, “Provoked: An Evening of Quintes- Since 2003, Rollins has traveled to Iraq “Ladies Lotto is a so- sentially American Opinionated Editorializ- with the United Service Organization (USO) cial networking group, ing and Story- on a number of occa- but we like to get in- telling.” sions to meet with volved with the commu- Part of a 20-city THEATER U.S. troops. nity,” said Natalie Black- tour, “Provoked” is “This endless thing er, the group’s founder. in the same vein as Henry Rollins will perform “Provoked: An in Iraq literally keeps “There’s a need for more Evening of Quintessentially American Opin- “The Henry Rollins ionated Editorializing and Storytelling” on me up [at night],” he shows that focus on the Show,” the Indepen- Feb. 27 and 28 at 7 pm at Warsaw (261 Drig- said. “There are so … talent of women.” dent Film Channel gs Ave. at Eckford Street in Greenpoint). Tick- many unanswered So Blacker teamed up ets are $28.50. For information, call (718) 387- series featuring 0505 or visit www.polishnationalhome.com. questions and the with curators Lumi Tan Rollins and a variety lack of critical think- and Jon Feinstein from the Humble Arts Foundation to of guests (recently ing of so many arrange the show, which will feature artists like Mary — Iggy Pop and Don Cheadle) sounding off Americans is what makes me mad.” Still, Mattingly and Amy Elkins (whose “Kyle, Brooklyn, on topics of the day. For Rollins, however, Rollins, who has also been an outspoken ad- NY, 2007” is pictured), and will run at Third Ward in the nearly three-hours long live show is an vocate of gay rights, is a staunch supporter Bushwick through March 28. Opening night will also unparalleled experience. of our military. feature complimentary 10 Cane rum drinks, music “I go up there and I talk about where I’ve “The troops I like,” Rollins said. “The from DJ 24Court and a dance party. been, what I saw and how I feel about it,” troops don’t start wars. The soldiers I’ve met “31 Under 31: Young Women in Art Photogra- Rollins told GO Brooklyn. “Most of my ref- are remarkably apolitical, and the conflict phy” opens at 7 pm on March 1 at Third Ward (195 erences will be from 2007 when I was in that we remark upon from the safety of our Morgan Ave. at Stagg Street in Bushwick). Free. For Iran, Lebanon, Syria and Jordan. I was in homes is different than the one they fight. information, call (718) 715-4961. — Adam Rathe Pakistan when [Benazir] Bhutto was assassi- For 12 hours, [a soldier’s] job is to not get nated, and that kept things lively. I just got killed and to get his buddies back by sun- back from South Africa about 72 hours ago, down.” and I had some amazing experiences there. I With such strong opinions, it’s no surprise BOOKS spent a few moments sitting in [Nelson] that Rollins discourages audience participa- Mandela’s cell and that was completely in- tion at his shows — if everyone shouted out tense. That’s basically what it is: me story- his dissenting ideas, the performance could Raise a ‘Flag’: Former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins performs solo in “Provoked: An telling and recounting. There is a lot of edi- take even longer. torializing as we Americans are wont to do.” “There will be quiet while the old man is Evening of Quintessentially American Opinionated Editorializing and Storytelling” on Feb. 27 and 28 at Warsaw in Greenpoint. Music notes But Rollins isn’t just another armchair speaking,” said Rollins, 47. “I’m not looking pundit. In addition to his endless travel — he for audience participation, but we’ll talk lat- “People are getting bored of rock shows,” Paul plans on taking his 26th trip to Australia lat- er after the show. I’m on a mad tear, and historic,” said Matt Molnar, a 28-year-old Flag in LA, he’s had his finger in a lot of Maziar (pictured), author of the new book “What It er this year and claimed — “I have a favorite they need to let me do it.” Bushwick resident with a Black Flag tattoo pots, and so people are still paying to go see Is: What It Is,” told GO Brooklyn. “I’m excited by restaurant in every city. I know where the That’s all right with fans. on his left bicep. “Having played a very him. the idea of having a show be someplace where dif- gym is, where the good record stores are; I “He comes from an enviable place where large hand in developing the Washington, “I think going to see Henry’s spoken ferent mediums are represented. A variety show is know where the good sushi is all over the he’s experienced a lot of stuff that’s become D.C. punk scene and then being in Black word might be too much of him. I’ve always what I’ve envisioned.” been kind of apprehensive about it. But I’ll And that’s exactly forgive him the majority of his egotism, be- what he got on Wednes- Rollins forms game show where contestants cause he did sing on Black Flag’s ‘Dam- day, Feb. 13 at Sound Fix Rock ’n’ Rollins the Rollins build cars and use them to com- aged.’ ” Molnar didn’t plan to attend either Lounge in Williamsburg Band and re- pete in various challenges. of the Warsaw shows. for his book party. The leases the / Robin Lester Henry Rollins has been a bold- Your Head” compilation, which Whether a crowd is made up of diehard book, a collection of 14-track “Life 2006 faced name for over 20 years. helped launch the careers of local Black Flag fans or those familiar with Maziar’s poetry and Time.” From his years singing for Black bands including Minor Threat. In April, the Independent Film Rollins’s work as a television host, the man prose and images created Flag and the Rollins Band, to his 1994 Channel airs “The Henry Rollins himself thinks this performance is his most by Matt Maust (bassist in 1981 Show,” a series that features him essential. The Cold War Kids rock

career as a globetrotting talking Paper The Brooklyn head, author and actor, Rollins Rollins joins After endless recording and tour- as host to a variety of guests and “This is easier than playing with a band,” band), had been two has made himself a star. Here’s a Black Flag and ing, Rollins wins a Grammy award musical acts. In addition to host- said Rollins. “A song is a song. There years in the making, and was inspired by rock ’n’ roll look at how he’s done it. leaves Wash- for his spoken word; releases ing, Rollins performs spoken aren’t many words, and if you blow out a tomes like Greil Marcus’s “Lipstick Traces.” And ington for Los “Weight,” a record that hit 33 on word and sounds off with political lyric, the snare drum covers you. Now, I’ve adding to the variety of the evening, Chase Pagan and 1980 Angeles. The the Billboard charts and spawns and social commentary. got no meter but myself. If I stop talking, Matty Charles performed live music while poet Der- the hit song “Liar”; and makes his Rollins joins same year, 2008 there’s no show. That weight is all on me, rick Brown read from his own work. State of Alert, the band releases “Dam- film debut in the Charlie Sheen and I quite enjoy it, but that makes it way “I don’t know if it’s some type of panic disorder, the Washing- aged,” a seminal West Coast punk movie “The Chase.” Having released “Uncut from more complex than a band gig. The talking but something in my chemical makeup causes me to record, with Rollins on vocals. ton, D.C. 2002 NYC,” his latest spoken word al- show is a front-loaded, mental, intellectual see things in a specific way,” said Maziar, a punk outfit 1987 bum, in 2007, Rollins heads back exercise.” Williamsburg resident. So, the book is, “my percep- that released Rollins gains a wider audience on the road with “Provoked” to “I am very prepared,” he added. “I don’t tion of the world, my surroundings and my life.” one album and Having left Black Flag and released when he becomes co-host of share insight from his latest travels want to go on stage and ramble. I’m not “What It Is: What It Is” ($15, Write Bloody two solo albums of spoken word, three songs on the 1982 “Flex TLC’s “Full Metal Challenge,” a and experiences. pulling a string out of my chest, but I come Publishing) is available at www.writebloody.com very loaded.” — Adam Rathe A FREE An Exceptional meal. & SATURDAY

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Twisting by the shul: Sarah Kassai (center) instructs Sarah (left) and Esther Sochet at the Center for Kosher Culinary Arts.

“We’re kosher, but anybody can par- ticipate,” said Elka. “It’s kind of an open appeal.” “Everything’s kosher, but not every- thing’s Jewish,” explained Blonder. “We do have traditional Jewish foods; it’s an element. And I bring in profes- sional chefs from around the city and country that specialize in different things. I explain what the guidelines are and [the chefs and I] work around that.” Among the more well-known guest instructors are Food Network veteran James Parker of Virginia and Ray Duey of California, who taught classes in fruit and vegetable carving. Indeed, they’re so popular, students are coming from Canada to attend the chefs’ next cours- / John N. Barclay es, said Blonder. The center offers a variety of classes: French, Italian, Spanish tapas, and even sushi. Others are designed to teach Jew- ish-specific situations, like pareve bak- The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn ing and cooking for Passover. Although a professional-level course is being developed, it is still a recreation- al school, with the most popular classes being cake decorating, fruit garnishing and those taught by cookbook authors. They also offer instruction in gluten-free cooking and preparing for diabetics. Challah back girls “The menus that we’ve offered have been from cuisines all around the world,” said Elka. “The kosher clients Midwood’s new kosher cooking school hosts now are pretty sophisticated.” Blonder, who was raised in nearby Manhattan Beach and is a non-Ortho- classes in sushi, vegetable carving and more dox Jew, developed the curriculum in tandem with some chefs and teaches, By C.W. Thompson were both interested in,” said the moth- too. He was working as an apprentice for The Brooklyn Paper DINING er, Sarah. “We came to see if the in- at the Culinary Center of New York un- structor has any secrets. The way she til he answered the Pinsons’ ad on n a recent Tuesday night, a cook- The Center for Kosher Culinary Arts does the yeast is new to me.” Craigslist. is located at 1407 Coney Island Ave. be- ing class in a new Midwood culi- tween avenues J and K in Midwood. The Sochets discovered the classes “It seemed like a unique oppor- nary school had nine women and For a class schedule and more informa- through the housewares store beneath tunity,” said Blonder. “It was the chance O tion, call (718) 692-2442 or visit the Web one man attempting to braid dough into the school called Happy Home, owned to have my own thing, which in a site at www.happyhomepage.com/ challah loaves. Each was eager to learn kosherculinary. for 15 years by Baruch and Elka Pin- restaurant takes years before you run the proper braiding technique as taught son. Over the years, they had held your own kitchen. I’m working with by the instructor. Some had flour on cake-decorating classes in their store, food alongside business and marketing. their faces and sweaters, but all strug- school dedicated to all things kosher. but when the upstairs space became It was a more complete opportunity, and gled equally with the folding technique. “What about raisins?” asked Kassai. available, the Pinsons rented it and that’s why it appealed to me.” “Who wants to braid four strips?” “Who uses them?” moved the classes there. Elka said that people from the com- asked the teacher, Sarah Kassai. “Or “They don’t use raisins in Europe,” “We had the space,” said Elka. “In munity — both Orthodox and non-Or- should we do six?” one attendee replied, “so I don’t use New York, space is everything. We also thodox Jews — make up the majority of The workshop was lively, as Kas- them.” had the customer base and the infra- the attendees. sai’s teaching style encouraged discus- Kassai later sliced off an egg-sized structure, and we saw a need for a “In the Jewish community, people tend sion. Conversations about baking issues chunk of dough and passed it around. kosher cooking school.” to entertain a tremendous amount,” she flew across the worktables: “What type “This you can use for the ‘hafrashat’ In early 2007, the Pinsons ramped said. “We have family and social func- of yeast is best? Can I replace the sugar challah,” she said, referring to the act of up the course load, renovated the large tions all the time, so it really pulls on with honey?” And interspersed with ritually burning a piece of dough. one-room space, and found themselves the need to prepare and present food.” these questions were inquiries about the Two of Kassai’s students, Sarah and needing help. They brought in Jesse Which brings us to Esther Sochet’s in- Jewish kosher tradition. Esther Sochet, a mother and daughter Blonder as the director and a co-owner, terest in challah bread-making. “You nev- Unusual for a cooking class? Yes. who live nearby on Flatbush Avenue, and since October, what they describe er know what God has in store for you,” But the course was being held at the had come more for a bonding exercise. as New York’s first, full-scale kosher she said, referring to the potential of one Center for Kosher Culinary Arts, a new “We wanted to find something we cooking school has been in operation. day baking for children of her own. A finer diner

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THEATER: Brooklyn College Theater Stone Residence, a program for FRI, MARCH 7 (718) 232-9536. Department presents “Take Me Out.” SUN, MARCH 2 people with psychiatric disabilities, CONCERT: Brooklyn Philharmonic presents $12, $10 seniors, $5 Brooklyn College celebrates Black History Month with FILM: Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Rose John Adams’ “Dharma at Big Sur.” $20 students. 7:30 pm. Gershwin Theater, OUTDOORS AND TOURS “Speaking It Out: The Power of Our Cinemas presents “The Talking Pictures to $60. 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Academy of 2900 Bedford Ave. (718) 951-4500. Voices,” featuring a historic re-enact- of Manoel de Oliveria.” $11 per screen- Music’s Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 CONCERT: St. Ann’s Warehouse presents ICE SKATING: at Prospect Park’s Wollman ment of Martin Luther King; a poetry ing, $7.50 students and seniors. “Aniki Lafayette Ave. (718) 488-5913. “Essential Cinema,” a concert with Rink. $5, $3 kids and seniors. $6 skate slam, readings by residents, dance Bobo” (1942). 4:30 pm and 9:15 pm. GREEK THEATER: “Iphigenia” by John Zorn and his band. $30. 8 pm. 38 rental. Sessions at 10 am to 1 pm; 2 programs and more. Call for location “Christopher Columbus, the Enigma” Euripdes. $12, $10 seniors, $5 stu- Water St. (718) 254-8779. pm to 6 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm. Enter information. (718) 855-4035. Free. (2007). 7 pm. Q & A with Manoel de dents. 7:30 pm. Voorhees Theater at FIRST WEEKEND: Brooklyn Arts park at Lincoln Road and Ocean STORYTELLING: Dr. Joyce Duncan and Oliveira follows 7 pm screening. 30 the NYC College of Technology, 186 Exchange presents a new performance Avenue. (718) 965-8999. the African Heritage Folk Circle host Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. Jay St. (212) 663-0428. and discussion series with work by PUBLIC SKATING: at Aviator Sports. $8, an evening of storytelling with Lucy FILM: “Afghan Women: A History of THE BRICK: presents “Notes from Under- Baraka de Soleil, D Underbell, Andrew $6 kids. $4 ice skate rental. Noon to 3 Anne Hurston, author of “Speak, SO Struggle.” 7:30 pm. Park Slope United ground: A Disgusting Play,” based on the Dinwiddie and Faye Driscoll. $15, $10 pm and 3 pm to 6:30 pm. Hangar 5, You Can Speak Again.” 6 pm to 8 Methodist Church, 410 Sixth Ave. (718) novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. $15. 8 pm. members, $8 low-income. 8 pm. 421 Floyd Bennett Field. (718) 758-7500. pm. Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 788-1164. Free. 575 Metropolitan Ave. (212) 352-3101. Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. Joralemon St. (212) 865-2982. Free. SYMPHONY: One World Symphony pres- GREENBELT: presents “Displacement” in THE BRICK: presents “Notes from Under- PERFORMANCE FILM FESTIVAL: BAMCinematek pres- ents “Rhapsody (on a theme by Paga- cosmopolitan life and an art opening. 7 ground: A Disgusting Play,” based on the ARAB MUSIC FEST: Brooklyn Arts Coun- ents “The Best of the African Dias- nini): Metal vs. Classical” featuring works pm to 11 pm. 361 Manhattan Ave. novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. $15. 8 pm. cil hosts an Arab music festival with pora Film Festival.” Today: “Cuba, An by Rachmaninoff, Brahms, Donizetti and www.greenbeltbrooklyn.com. Free. 575 Metropolitan Ave. (212) 352-3101. concerts, symposia and workshops. African Odyssey” at 4:30; “African Queen. $30. $20 students and seniors. 8 REPERTORY THEATER: Brave New World OTHER Today: Brooklyn Maqam begins with American in Exile Program” including pm. St. Ann and the Holy Trinity, 157 presents a reading of “Wild Oats,” by dance and music from the Arab world. “Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a “Josephine Baker: Black Diva in a White Man’s World” screens Montague St. (718) 462-7270. John O’Keeffe. $18 includes dinner. FIRST SATURDAY: Target First Saturday at 2 pm to 5 pm. Walt Whitman Theatre White Man’s World” and Black as Feb. 27 at the BAM Rose Cinemas in Fort Greene. CELTIC POWER: Brooklyn Center for the (Dinner catered by Fairway at 7:30 pm; the Brooklyn Museum. Event features at Brooklyn College, 2900 Campus Rd. Ink” at 7 pm; “Cape Verde My Love” Performing Arts at Brooklyn College reading at 8 pm). BRIC Studio, 647 music, dance and art-making classes to (718) 625-0080. Free. at 9: 30 pm. All shows are $11. 30 presents Leahy, an eight-member broth- Fulton St. (718) 855-7882. celebrate Women’s History Month. High- MUSIC: “Pulsation: Classical Show Tunes Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. er and sister music and step-dancing lights include Colombian music with nomically depressed urban area. at 9:15 pm. All shows are $11. 30 MUSICAL REVUE: Ridge Repertory Com- of the Broadway Stage,” features pop- Story is told through oral histories, Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. group. $25 and $40. 8 pm. Walt Whit- pany presents “From Broadway to Bay Lucia Pulido at 6 pm; Chilean feminist man Theatre at Brooklyn College, 2900 ular classical themes and Broadway documents and photographs. $6, $4 Ridge,” a revue of show stopping mo- poet Cecilia Vicuna reads at 6 pm; Ballet show tunes. 2 pm to 4 pm. Salt Marsh THURS, FEB 28 Campus Rd. (718) 951-4500. seniors and students. 5:30 pm to ments. $20. 8 pm. Bay Ridge Jewish Folklorica Peru performs from 6:30 pm Nature Center, 3302 Ave. U. (718) 421- GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: presents its 7:30 pm. 128 Pierrepont St. (718) FRI, FEB 29 Center, corner of Fourth Avenue and to 8:30 pm; interactive gallery discus- 2021. Free. BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY: Traveling Troubadour series with Ari sion at 7 pm; film “Favela Rising” (2005) 222-4111. 81st Street. (718) 836-3103. CONCERT: The Dessoff Choirs present presents opening of exhibit “Re- FUNDRAISER: The Museum of Contem- Eisinger. $15, $8 kids. 8 pm. 53 BARGEMUSIC: Classical music program at 8:30 pm. More. Dance party from 9 pm “In Sound and Word,” an exploration flections on Community Develop- FILM FESTIVAL: BAMCinematek pres- porary Art of the African Diaspora Prospect Park West at Second Street. to 11 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. Call (718) features works by Faure, Franck and of America’s developing identity. $25. ment: Stories from Bedford Stuy- ents “The Best of the African Dias- hosts a fundraiser for 227 Duffield St., (718) 768-2972. Sandow. $40, $25 seniors and students. 638-5000 for more information. Free. 4 pm. Pre-concert talk at 3:30 pm. Old vesant Restoration Corporation.” pora Film Festival.” Today: “Iron formerly a stop on the Underground JAZZ: Slope Music presents two sets: BAG SALE: Still Hip Kid’s Resale Clothing 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton First Reformed Church, 729 Carroll St. Learn the history of how federal and Ladies of Liberia” at 4: 30 pm; “The Railroad. $100 suggested donation. 7 Alexa Fila, vocals at 8 pm and Tacuma Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. Store hosts a bag sale. 9:30 am. 283 (212) 813-8224. state officials joined with local com- President Has AIDS” at 6:50 pm; pm. Corridor Gallery, 334 Grand Ave. Bradley, tenor sax at 9:15 pm. $12. Old Grand Ave. (718) 398-0008. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: presents Cynthia munity activists to transform an eco- “Youssou N’Dour: Return to Goree” (718) 230-5002. Stone House, Fifth Avenue between OTHER GREEN HOUSE EFFECT: Event features Hopkins and Gloria Deluxe in “Trans- Third and Fourth streets. (718) 768-3195. QUILT SHOW: Quilters Guild of Brooklyn an exhibit to raise awareness of the missions from the Future.” $50 premium ARAB MUSIC FEST: Brooklyn Arts Coun- presents 100 member-made quilts. $7, environmental effects of personal seating and CD; $25 reserved seating. 7 cil continues its Arab music festival with $5 seniors, free for kids 12 and younger. choices. Explore a home of the future: (718) 692-2442. 44 Beard St. (212) 786-8625. “Brooklyn’s Maqam: Reinventing Arab pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. MON, MARCH 3 Afternoon viewing hours. 376 44th St. model apartment has been trans- ARAB MUSIC FEST: Brooklyn Arts ARAB MUSIC FEST: Brooklyn Arts Music in the Borough.” 9 pm to 10:30 (718) 633-9326. Free. formed to showcase green products, MUSIC: Using silent black and white films from the Scottish screen archives from Council hosts an Arab music festival Council continues its Arab music festi- pm. BAMCafe, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) READING: Donna Grant and Virginia services and lifestyle choices. 11 am to SENIOR EXERCISE PROGRAM: Seniors with concerts, symposia and work- val with “Oud-Off I: Oud and Qahwa.” 625-0080. Free. 6 pm. 361 Manhattan Ave. the 1920s as a backdrop to a live music in Shape presents its Winter 2008 DeBerry read from their book “Gotta score, “The Island Tapes” fuses Celtic shops. Today: “Tuning Your Ear: 7 pm to 9 pm. Najeeb’s Place, 374 THEATER: “Take Me Out.” 7:30 pm. See Keep on Tryin.’” 2 pm. 4W Circle of Www.greenbeltbrooklyn.com. Free. Program. Classes include tap dance, Learning to Listen to Arab Music.” 6:30 Graham Ave. (718) 625-0080. Free. Sat., March 8. guitar playing and Gaelic song. 4 pm. slimnastics, pain management and Art and Enterprise at Lafayette Presby- RIGGING WORKSHOP: Espana/STREB pm to 8 pm. powerHouse Arena, 37 DOCUMENTARY: Gotham Girls roller The Old Stone House, Fifth Avenue more. $5 day pass. 8:30 am to 3:30 BARGEMUSIC: 7:30 pm. See Sun., March 9. terian Church, 85 S. Oxford St. (212) Trapeze Academy presents an aerial between Fourth and Fifth streets. $10, Main St. (718) 625-0080. Free. derby goes to the movies with a GREEK THEATER: “Iphigenia.” 7:30 pm. 698-4384. Free. performance rigging workshop for per- pm. Aviator Sports and Recreation, screening of “Hell on Wheels,” a docu- $5 kids and students. (718) 768-3195. Hangar 5, Floyd Bennett Field. (718) PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP: Brooklyn See Sat., March 8. LIBRARY AFTER DARK: Brooklyn Public formers and riggers. $225. 11 am to 6 Arts Exchange presents “Creating Your mentary about the sport. $11. 7 pm. pm. 51 N. First St. (718) 384-6491. THEATER: “Take Me Out.” 2 pm. See 758-7500. THE BRICK: “Notes from Underground: A Library’s Central branch hosts a Sat., March 1. Own Work,” taught by Victoria BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. Disgusting Play.” 8 pm. See Sat., fundraising event sponsored by the STRESS RELIEF: Soulshine Family Well- COOKIES 101: The Center for Kosher Libertore. $125. 7 pm to 9:30 pm. (718) 636-4100. OPERA: “La Traviata.” 3 pm. See Sat., Culinary Arts hosts a class in how to March 8. Brooklyn Vanguard. $75. Snacks, open ness Center hosts a workshop to teach Workshop dates: Tuesdays, March 4 to bar and dancing. 8 pm to 1 am. Grand a proven relaxation technique. Noon March 1. decorate cookies with fondant. $35. 7 25. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. pm to 9 pm. 1407 Coney Island Ave. Army Plaza. (718) 230-2465. and 2 pm. 917 Eighth Ave. Reserva- DANCE: Above and Beyond Dance pres- READ AND DRINK NIGHT: Phoebe THURS, MARCH 6 SAT, MARCH 8 tions recommended. (917) 922-4983. ents a concert dance. 3 pm. See Sat., (718) 692-2442. Damrosch (“Service Included”), David CURATOR TALK: Patrick Amsellem, Asso- March 1. Wondrich (“Imbibe!”) And Kara Zuaro EXHIBIT: Installation “Demobilize” by SUN, MARCH 9 BAM: State Ballet of Georgia. 3 pm. See Brandon d’Leo. 5 pm to 7 pm. Phyllis OUTDOORS AND TOURS ciate Curator of Photography at Brook- TUES, MARCH 4 (“I Like Food, Food Tastes Good”) dis- lyn Museum, gives a talk in the exhibi- Sat., March 1. cuss and sign their books. $15. 7 pm to Stigliano Gallery, 62 Eighth Ave. (718) ICE SKATING: at Prospect Park’s Wollman OUTDOORS AND TOURS tion “Goodbye Coney Island?” $8, $4 MUSICAL REVUE: “From Broadway to 9 pm. powerHouse Arena, 37 Main St. 638-0659. Free. Rink. $5, $3 kids and seniors. $6 skate students and seniors, free for members Bay Ridge.” 4 pm. See Sat., March 1. VOICES OF THE RAINBOW: Reading (718) 666-3049. LECTURE: Relive your childhood during a rental. Sessions at 10 am to 1 pm; 2 ICE SKATING: at Prospect Park’s Wollman and children 12 and younger. 2 pm. series at Long Island University presents talk on “Street Games.” 6 pm. Fort pm to 6 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm. Enter Rink. $5, $3 kids and seniors. $6 skate 200 Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. OTHER Gregory Pardlo and Jennifer Knox. 10 am. Greene Park Visitor’s Center. Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean rental. Sessions at 10 am to 1 pm; 2 DeKalb Avenue and Flatbush Avenue ART TALK: Kentler International Drawing FLEA MARKET: at St. Finbar Center. 9 am WEDS, MARCH 5 park at Myrtle Avenue and Washington Avenue. (718) 965-8999. pm to 6 pm; 7 pm to 10 pm. Enter to 3 pm. 1825 Bath Ave. (718) 236- Extension, Health Sciences building, Park. (718) 722-3218. Free. PUBLIC SKATING: at Aviator Sports. $8, park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Space offers a talk by its curators on room 119. (718) 488-1015. Free. “Native Voices: Contemporary Indi- 3312. Free. SENIOR TALK: Older Adult Lecture Series RECEPTION: powerHouse Arena hosts a $6 kids. $4 ice skate rental. Noon to 3 Avenue. (718) 965-8999. genous Art - Works on Paper.” 4 pm. PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for Ethical YOGA AND PILATES: Ongoing classes. presents Senior Leap Volunteer reception for art from “Hamburger pm; 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm and 7 pm to PUBLIC SKATING: at Aviator Sports. $8, 353 Van Brunt St. (718) 875-2098. Free. Culture presents Leader Lisel Burns in a $15. 1 pm to 2:15 pm. 30 St. Felix St. Lawyers Project on fraud prevention. Eyes: Inside Burgerworld.” 6 pm to 9 11 pm. Hangar 5, Floyd Bennett Field. $6 kids. $4 ice skate rental. Noon to 3 (407) 575-1638. RECEPTION: Brooklyn Artists Gym pres- talk entitled “Dream or Delusion? - Open to seniors 60 and older. St. pm. 37 Main St. (866) 99-ARENA. Free. (718) 758-7500. pm and 3 pm to 6:30 pm. Hangar 5, ents “The Skyscraper and the City.” 6 Authentic Community and Ethical De- BUSINESS WORKSHOP: Church Avenue Charles Jubilee Older Adult Services, GROUP SHOW: Reception for exhibit: SINGLES WALK: Jerry’s Singles takes a Floyd Bennett Field. (718) 758-7500. pm to 9 pm. 168 Seventh St. (718) mocracy.” 11 am. 53 Prospect Park Merchants Business Association offers 55 Pierrepont St. Call for time. (718) “Reverberation,” an art show that ex- gallery walk around Wiliamsburg. $10. PERFORMANCE 858-9069. Free. West. (718) 768-2972. Free. the talk “How to Repair Your Credit.” 3 855-0326. Free. plores the tension between the epheme- 1 pm. Call for meeting location. (212) pm to 5:30 pm. 884 Flatbush Ave. (718) FILM: Moviehouse presents “The Royal MOCK TAIL HOUR: Women’s History ral body and the eternal spirit. 6 pm to 9 696-6617. REPERTORY THEATER: Brave New World RECEPTION: Humble Arts Foundation, in 282-2500, ext. 242. Free. collaboration with Ladies Lotto, pres- Tenenbaums” and “One Flew Over the Month celebration features a discus- pm. Henry Gregg Gallery, 111 Front St., PERFORMANCE presents a reading of “Wild Oats,” by ents “31 Under 31: Young Women in Cuckoo’s Nest.” $5. 8 pm. Galapagos CONTINUING ED: Brooklyn Bar Associa- sion of famous and infamous women. suite 226. (718) 408-1090. Free. John O’Keeffe. $18 includes brunch. Art Photography.” 7 pm to 9 pm; after Art Space, 70 N. Sixth St. (718) 384-4586. tion offers continuing education credits Enjoy “mock”-tails during the talk. 1 ARAB MUSIC FEST: Brooklyn Arts CONCERT: St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble (Meal catered by Fairway at 12:30 pm; for the lecture: “Evidence Update pm. Salt Marsh Nature Center, 3302 Council continues its Arab music festi- performs the works of classical music’s reading at 1 pm). BRIC Studio, 647 2008.” $70 at the door. 6 pm to 8 pm. Ave. U. (718) 421-2021. 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We regret we can- Kosher Culinary Arts hosts a class in featuring music with Las Rubias del WORD BOOKS: presents Kevin Walsh, pm and 7:30 pm. Gershwin Theater, students. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, not take listings over the phone. dessert options for Passover. $70. 6:30 Norte. $75 includes dinner, beer and author of “Forgotten New York: Views 2900 Bedford Ave. (718) 951-4500. Old Fulton Street at the East River. pm to 9:30 pm. 1407 Coney Island Ave. wine. 7 pm. Bouillabaisse Restaurant, of a Lost Metropolis.” He gives a talk STAGED OPERA: Brooklyn Repertory (718) 624-2083. Keep the Promises to Kids

By Randi Weingarten President, United Federation of Teachers

his time last year, spirits were s In 2006, the state pledged to increase of an independent Board of Education and running high in New York City building funds for the city by $11.2 schools chancellor requires other means to T education circles as state and city billion to enable the city to complete a intervene on behalf of our children. leaders finally pledged to invest the re- $13.1 billion capital plan to erect and sources needed to prepare the next genera- repair school facilities. That promise That’s why education advocates have tion of public school children for college is now threatened by proposals that banded together to form the Keep the and the challenges of the 21st Century would delay the state reimbursement Promises Coalition. This diverse body of workforce. to the city for its construction costs. education advocacy groups, teachers and principals, community organizations, cler- Getting to this point was not easy. It s The city pledged to raise its education gy, labor unions and dozens of elected city took a 14-year court battle by the Cam- investment by $2.2 billion over four and state officials came together earlier this paign for Fiscal Equity, a broad coalition years. However, the city Department month to spearhead a movement to pro- of education advocates, to get the state of Education is cutting $180 million in tect New York City public school students to commit to increased funding for city funds this school year with $100 mil- from the cuts. schools. The city also committed to pro- lion coming right out of classrooms in viding more money to enact education schools all over the city. It gets worse The coalition is waging a campaign to reforms and improve the school system. next year with an additional cut of raise public awareness about the proposed $324 million. The two-year total cut cuts. It is also lobbying city and state of- But here we are a year later having to exceeds half a billion dollars! ficials to reverse the cuts and restore des- fight yet again to get the state and city to perately needed education funds for city honor their commitments and keep the This retreat from the commitments schools. promises made to kids. made by the state and city is disturbing in light of the academic progress our school And that’s where you, dear reader, and Keep in mind these were not politi- system has shown in recent years. Most the rest of the public come in. The coali- cal campaign promises made in the heat of importantly, kids need to be immunized tion is urging New Yorkers to call their contentious election battles. On the con- in hard economic times, and that was the elected representatives in city and state trary, these were long-term, predictable intent of the long-term budget priori- government and voice their opposition to budgetary commitments that were enacted ties. Students, parents and educators have the cuts. into public policy that parents, educators, worked very hard to meet challenging stan- advocates and children hoped would be dards, and just as our school system stands You can call your state Assembly- the beginning of a sustained movement to poised to make significant and sustained man and state Senator at the toll-free improve our public schools. strides for kids, the promised resources are New York State AFL-CIO Action Line at being withheld. 877-255-9417. If you happen not to know Now these commitments are being the name of your representative, simply threatened as the state and city react to Education advocates are well aware of give the operator your zip code and ask uncertain economic times in the months the alarms being sounded by Wall Street to be connected. You can call your City ahead with proposals that could cost city about fears of an economic recession in the Council Member at 212-788-7100. schools half a billion dollars this school region and the nation, and we understand year and next. The very help that our chil- elected officials’ desire to be fiscally pru- We also urge you to join us in a public dren need so desperately - and which they dent. But city and state budgets should not rally against school budget cuts on March were promised - is being put at risk. For be balanced on the backs of school kids. A 19 at 4 p.m. outside City Hall on Broad- example: generation of kids has already paid a hefty way south of Chambers Street in Manhat- price for delayed education funding, and tan. s Last year, the state promised to increase we can’t let it happen again. its basic classroom operating aid to We may face uncertain economic New York City by $528 million for the When government promises to safe- times in the months ahead, but this much 2008-09 fiscal year. But Governor Eliot guard the education of our children, par- is certain: We must keep our promises to Spitzer recently proposed reducing this ents and the public have a right to expect kids. They deserve to have those promises amount by nearly $200 million. those promises to be honored. The absence honored. They have waited long enough. ADVERTISEMENT NATIONAL 14 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM February 23/March 1, 2008

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I can show you how to: · use the techniques that (research shows) help relationships last. more than not being bad · make sure that your partner understands what's on your mind. ovelist Ayelet Waldman — wouldn’t you like to know? · separate the past from the caught a lot of flack And they’ve had more than present in the relationship. when she wrote in the create realistic expectations for / Tom Callan / Tom N one receiver-slamming fight on · New York Times that she loves SMART the phone. But that’s not the resolving those ongoing, touchy issues. her husband, writer Michael point. The best moms, like Man- ·evaluate what the commitment to Chabon, more than she loves her hattan Granny, are quirky and new, promising behaviors would require. children. interesting and can’t be meas- That’s a weird thing to say ured by whether they’re selfless

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Mastering These Basics Is the Key To A Successful Marriage (no matter how much Smart- mom martyrs or good bakers. Parents at PS 15, on Sullivan Street in Red Hook, have won mom likes Chabon’s work!). “The most important thing is their fight against a charter school inside their building. How do you measure such By Louise Crawford Joan Emerson, PhD · (718) 499-0373 creating a space where your things — with a scale, a ruler, or Licensed Psychologist & Couples Specialist a measuring cup? Do you moni- child feels safe and can experi- By Mike McLaughlin man, or Andrea Yates, who Wants to be a Millionaire”)? ence childhood in a happy and www.joanemerson.com tor your heartbeats, heavy drowned her five children in a • And what about all those The Brooklyn Paper breathing or the swelling of your playful way,” Diaper Diva told The city is backtracking on its plan to wedge a charter bathtub? trips to see the dinosaurs and the Smartmom over a recent oat- chest? But being “better than bad” is dioramas at the Museum of Nat- The media, especially the bl- meal breakfast at Sweet Melis- school inside a half-full Red Hook school, now saying that it not the same as being good. And ural History with Teen Spirit and ogosphere, went berserk over sa’s. is searching for another site for the newcomer academy. what is a “good” mom and how those endless hours in the base- The announcement came after parents, teachers and even the Waldman’s honest (if strange) Which brings us back to Brooklyn do you know whether you are or ment of the Children’s Museum Brooklyn assertion, and Waldman became Ayelet Waldman. Who cares if widow of the beloved former principal of PS 15, an elementary aren’t? There’s got to be some of Manhattan with OSFO? the poster mama for bad mom- she loves her husband more than school on Sullivan Street, were outraged that they would have objective standards, right? Doesn’t that stuff count for mies everywhere. her kids? The important thing is to cede classrooms to the PAVE Academy. The problem is that it’s hard something? Ask your kid. The Fencing Then came Britney, the prom whether she covers the basics In case a different location isn’t found, Department of Educa- to quantify. That’s why things real time to measure whether queen of moms you never want and sprinkles in a heavy amount tion will meet with school officials and community leaders to like extreme selflessness, baking you are a good mom or not will to have. She takes drugs around of herself and the things that gain acceptance for PAVE, which might still land in PS 15. cookies and sewing homemade be 20 or 30 years from now Center her kids, and drives her pick-up matter to her. Teachers say this is a good step. Halloween costumes have be- when your kid is sitting in a ther- • Group Classes truck with her son on her lap Like Smartmom’s kids, “It looks like they’re trying to correct the way they went come misplaced markers of apist’s office talking about the beginner to advanced without a seat belt. about things,” said one teacher requesting anonymity. mommy achievement. long or short list of terrible Waldman’s are going to talk 5 years to adults She’s guilty of one egregious Parents don’t want the charter school in PS 15 because they Baking cookies has always things you did as a parent. about her in therapy anyway. So say the loss of space jeopardizes the “A” grade that the school act of bad mommydom after an- why not? • Open Fencing other. She’s also, apparently, been one of those good mom The shortest list wins the Monday - Saturday just earned on its city report card. measurements. Do you? How mommy Olympics. And you can Louise Crawford also writes “The kids are going to lose out on a lot of the things they have mentally ill. Still, the public “Only the Blog Knows Brook- • Private Lessons can’t get enough of her via the often? And from scratch or mix? bet that baking cookies or mak- now,” said Vicki LaSalle, a parent who was gathering signatures And selflessness — that gets ing Halloween costumes won’t lyn,” a Web site. • Summer Camps on her anti-charter school petition earlier this month. celebrity magazines, blogs, and television shows. (homemade) brownie points. be the crux of the issue. Smart- School Principal Peggy Wyns-Madison echoed that concern What about when a mom needs mom can just imagine what Teen Parties up to 20 kids Waldman, in a recent issue of FENCING BIRTHDAY PACKAGES! Ages 6 & up last week, telling parents that the charter school could increase some meditation-time for her- Spirit and OSFO will have to say class size — and small class size was one of the main reasons New York Magazine, em- pathizes with Spears for all the self? A night with the girls and about the emotional damage she Classifieds 62 Fourth St. (corner of Hoyt) • (718) 522-5822 for the school’s success on the report card, she added. some margaritas? Never. I’ll just — inadvertently, mind you! — The city says any concern about class size is not valid. PS 15 — public vitriol that she has had to www.BrooklynFencing.com endure and tries to explain why sit by the crib and suffer, she caused them. Entertainment also known as the Daly School, in memory of its slain principal thinks. Will Teen Spirit tell his thera- Patrick Daly — is only 54 percent full and has declining enrollment. the public (especially other Rico the Clown mothers) likes to vilify mothers. But some of the best moms pist about the time she slapped The Department of Education says such statistics indicate that would neither know how to be him in the face when he refused Magician & Comical Nerd there’s room for the 88-student PAVE Academy to take over four “One way to find consolation in the face of all this failure and selfless nor the difference be- to write a memoir for his third- Birthday parties and special classrooms and one administrative room in September — and tween Duncan Hines, Betty grade teacher? occasions — Adults & Kids. Comedy, then two more classrooms in 2009. guilt is to judge ourselves not Magic, Balloon Sculpting, Puppets, against the impossible standard Crocker or Mark Bittman. Will OSFO tell her therapist “We expect there to be no effect on class size” at PS 15, said That’s because none of that about all the times Smartmom Games, M.C., Comic Roastings. 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SPECIALISTS ON STAFF: Kevin S. Meyers, M.D., Ophthalmology By Dana Rubinstein Eric Colman, O.D., Optometry The Brooklyn Paper Tatyana Galinsky, O.D. It’s official — the Prospect Park YMCA will operate the lavishly restored • Comprehensive Eye Exams Armory in Park Slope, revealed city offi- • Prescriptions Filled cials on Tuesday. • Contact Lenses The YMCA will turn the 113-year-old • Glaucoma and Cataract Testing and Treatment building, which spans nearly an entire block between 14th and 15th streets and Seventh • Laser Vision Consultation and Eighth avenues, into an adult fitness cen- • Newest Diagnostic Equipment Contact Lens ter and sports facility that will host teen and • Full Diabetic Eyecare after-school activities, a day camp, and Package: $75 community meetings, operating between 7 Most Medical Insurance Accepted includes eye exam and am and 11 pm every day. Union Plans • Medicaid • Medicare one box of disposable contact lenses The Y will generate revenue through do- Discounts for Senior Citizens Up to 4.00 Optiflex Lens nations, sponsorships, events and member- Free medical transportation provided to those who carry (not valid with any other offers) ship fees. Medicaid and Medicare But when exactly the Armory will open Bachner / Jeff for business is unclear. Though the city has DESIGNER FRAMES BY (718) 965-2545 selected the YMCA as its winning bidder, Gucci • Prada • Dior • Jai Kudo • and more negotiations are ongoing, and city officials 332 9th St. (Between 5th & 6th Aves.) were reluctant to set a deadline. Open Monday - Saturday Park Slope Given the city’s lack of success with for-

mer deadlines, that might be for the best. Paper file The Brooklyn After all, the city had promised to select Eighth Avenue’s newly restored Armory will be operated by the YMCA. a private operator for the facility in 2006. For the past few months, neighbors have been sneaking peeks into the Armory and “The YMCA is probably the best fit,” which is administering the bidding process FINANCIAL EMPOWERMENT SEMINAR SERIES have drooled over its $16-million renova- said Tom Miskel, a member of the Park and will maintain a 70-bed women’s shelter tion. Many have questioned why the selec- Slope Civic Council’s Armory Committee. in the building, pushed back the process at tion process was taking so long. “This complex is directed toward sports pro- least twice. When The Brooklyn Paper revealed last grams for younger people. The Y fits that For its part, the YMCA is “anxious to get month that the YMCA was one of two final- [mission] better than anyone else.” started,” said Kevin Shermach, a spokesman ists, area residents were pleased. The Department of Homeless Services, for the non-profit. Nancy Nancy Carver Community Development Corporation, a subsidiary of Carver Federal Savings Bank, is proud is gone gone to join Harlem Congregations for Community Improvement, Inc. and Neighborhood Housing By Dana Rubinstein “Gentrification happened, The Brooklyn Paper and the landlords want to keep Services of NYC in presenting the Financial Nancy Nancy — Fifth Av- up I guess,” she said. Empowerment Seminar Series. Come learn how to enue’s favorite novelty shop Commercial rents on the sud- — is the latest casualty of denly upscale avenue average protect yourself from predatory lenders, over-the-top real-estate prices close to $3,000–$4,000 a month in Park Slope. — and experts said that they’re identity theft and other hazards. 50 to 100 percent higher than “The landlord did not renew just five years ago. the lease because he’s selling As a result, the bell has also the building,” said Nancy tolled for Biscuit BBQ, ROMP, RSVP at [email protected] Sorkow, who opened the store, Cocotte, Beso, Hollywood or call 212.360.4798. For further information, between President and Carroll streets, 10 years ago. “He’s also Video and even the Donut Cafe. contact Paula Wilson/HCCI 212.281.4887 or doubling the rent.” “Let’s hope that the vacant So, come May, Slopers will spaces are filled with new Sharon Forbes/NHS 718.732.8022. have to go elsewhere for their banks!” quipped a person call- Axis of Evil finger puppets, ing himself “Raw” on the mes- their cat-butt magnets and their sage board, brooklynian.com. All seminars are FREE, but space is limited. Jesus dolls (“With gliding ac- “We need 24-7 access to more / Jeff Bachner / Jeff tion!”). ATM machines with homeless The closure of Nancy Nancy people standing in front of is the latest in a series of them.” changes on Fifth Avenue, which Sorkow said she plans to con- Seniors: Protect Your Money and Property was “pretty run down and de- tinue selling penis-shaped pepper- The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn serted” when Sorkow opened mints and other goodies via her Mar 3, 2008 10:00 a.m. - Noon Crown Heights Branch Fifth Avenue novelty shop Nancy Nancy is closing. shop, she said. Web site, www.nancynancy.com. 1009 Nostrand Ave. Brooklyn (corner of Nostrand Ave. & Empire Blvd.)

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Quality, Reliable Healthcare You Can Trust Fire in the hole? Navy will check if there is Elite Comprehensive Medical Services any ammo in them thar bay The Brooklyn Paper offers quality healthcare The Department of Defense will investigate whether live ammu- for women in Brooklyn at a nition is still sitting in Gravesend Bay more than 50 years after it was accidentally dumped there — a key win for opponents of a city plan convenient location right to put a garbage transfer station near the possibly explosive site. The federal agreement to scour Navy archives comes just a month in your neighborhood. after Assemblyman William Colton (D–Bensonhurst) dredged up the story of a barge that capsized in the bay in 1954, reportedly sending more than 200 tons of live ammunition to the bottom. Colton and Rep. Vito Fossella (R–Bay Ridge) asked the Department •Board Certified Physicians of Defense to investigate. The feds complied. “My office has already assembled a •Weekends and late hours available. team, including our Naval historian, explo- sive ordnance experts, and the Army Corps •Most major insurances accepted. of Engineers dredging experts, who are ac- tively collecting this data,” the Navy’s As- •Same day appointments available. sistant Secretary BJ Penn said this week. The waste-transfer station is a central el- •Multi-lingual staff ement in Mayor Bloomberg’s garbage plan, which the Council approved last year. A spokeswoman for the Department of Sanitation said that the city would take the 71 Carroll Street results of the investigation into account. (Between Columbia and Hicks Meanwhile, a noted environmental law- Bill Colton yer has joined Colton’s crusade to stop the Street) garbage-transfer station. Attorney Joel Kupferman and Colton have called on the federal government to declare Gravesend Bay a “Superfund Site,” citing over 30 years of illegal incineration at the defunct Southwest Brook- lyn incinerator. Elite At Carroll Street • 1-718-797-9797 Any success on that front would result in a mandatory clean-up of the site, which would further delay the construction of the waste transfer station — possibly long enough to force the city to find a new site. “Nothing short of an enormous environmental assessment and reme- Pap Smears•Birth Control•Prenatal Care•STD Testing diation program can help undo the damage that an illegal incinerator has done to Gravesend Bay for over 30 years,” said Colton. — Rubinstein 18 BRZ THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 February 23/March 1, 2008 STAIR LIFTS Pols claim that ‘Victory’ is at hand! FREE Estimate New stats show ER units need the beleaguered hospital and in-home consultation By Loren Bonner Rep. Vito Fossella (R–Bay Medical Center and Mai- Victory’s ER every year,” said for The Brooklyn Paper Ridge) said that FDNY data monides Medical Center, have Fossella. shows that the closest emer- the capacity to receive ambu- But Claudia Hutton, a FREE Installation New statistics from the city gency rooms to Victory Memo- lances that are currently going spokeswoman for the Depart- FREE Delivery Fire Department show that the rial are already overcrowded — to Victory. ment of Health, disputed the closing of Victory Memorial a direct contradiction of data But the FDNY records come FDNY data. “The Fire Depart- Hospital would seriously jeop- that the state Department of to a different conclusion. From ment doesn’t use the same in- ardize health in Bay Ridge, a Health used when it decided October to December, 2007 — formation that we use in calcu- group of lawmakers said last last year to close Victory the study period — Mai- lating diversion,” she said. DERMER week. Memorial’s emergency room. monides, Lutheran, and other Hutton said the Department PHARMACY & SURGICAL Councilman Vince Gentile The Department of Health neighboring facilities declared of Health’s numbers are more (D–Bay Ridge), state Sen. Mar- says its data shows that two themselves unable to receive accurate because they come di- • 2064 Flatbush Ave. • (718) 377-4900 ty Golden (R–Bay Ridge) and nearby hospitals, Lutheran new ambulances for hundreds rectly from the hospital. She of hours. also said the state would con- Maimonides was “on diver- tinue with its plan to shutter sion” approximately 1,100 hours, Victory. while Lutheran was “on diver- “We see Victory closing in sion” nearly 700 hours. June,” she said. The Ridge Three — Gentile, Golden and Fossella — back Victory. “If these hospitals are out of But Victory’s supporters re- room and Victory is closed, fuse to give in. there is no other option but to ing that Bay Ridge residents open. “This compelling new data Ahh, the calming effect wait,” said Gentile. “DOH can’t rely heavily on the emergency “Local hospitals are already … makes the strongest case play a game of roulette with room at Victory Memorial. The overburdened and will have a possible for keeping the ER people’s lives.” group sued the state last year, difficult time caring for an addi- open at the Victory site,” said of a strong rate Lawmakers have been argu- demanding that the ER remain tional 17,000 patients who use Fossella. with built-in security. SI Dems want Harrison In times like these, there’s something reassuring about M&T MARKET By Dana Rubinstein which encompasses Bay Ridge, citing his support “for an im- putting your money in an account that off ers both FDIC The Brooklyn Paper Dyker Heights and all of Staten mediate withdrawal of the ADVANTAGE ACCOUNT Democrat Steve Harrison, Island. troops from Iraq, [for] national insurance and a hard-working rate. With the M&T Market who lost his bid to defeat the Recchia, who is term-limited health insurance, [for] protect- ing social security, and [for] a city’s only Republican con- as a Councilman, is expected to women’s right to choose.” Advantage account, you’ll have that along with access gressman two years ago, won challenge Harrison in the Sep- Daniel Kadin, who is han- ** the endorsement of the Democ- tember Democratic primary. to your money whenever you want. You can open your Recchia is leading Harrison dling Harrison’s fundraising, 4.15% ratic Organization of Rich- sought to downplay Harrison’s in the all-important money account with as little as $10,000 and earn a promotional Promotional interest rate* for 3 months mond County in a landslide financial disadvantage. on balances of $25,000–$49,999 22–3 vote over Democratic ri- race, having raised $220,770 to Harrison’s $106,821. Fossella, “Harrison is doing very well interest rate. M&T Market Advantage also makes a great val, Councilman Domenic Rec- Callan / Tom in the grassroots sphere,” said chia, on Monday night. for his part, is sitting on a cam- retirement account. So, let’s have a conversation today Kadin, “as the election draws Harrison also picked up the paign war chest of $700,967, near, the on-line crew becomes according to the most-recent about your goals and how we can help put a plan together endorsement of the Staten Is- more active. Solidly progres- 2.00% land Democratic Association by federal filings. sive candidates like Steve do a 42–6 on Feb. 19. That said, Harrison, the for- that works for you. Stop by any M&T Bank branch, Annual Percentage Yield (APY)* very well in that world.” on balances of $25,000–$49,999 The endorsements for the mer chair of Community Board The Brooklyn Paper file The Brooklyn Recchia is under fire from - - - Bay Ridge attorney against 10- 10, has shown he can do a lot call 1 800 724 3222 or visit www.mtb.com/comfortzone. Steve Harrison political insiders for two main year incumbent, Rep. Vito Fos- with just a little money. In reasons: not only is he virtually sella (R–Bay Ridge), go a long 2006, he took 43 percent of the unknown on Staten Island, way towards cementing Harri- year when the presidential elec- vote, spending just $130,000 to which comprises the largest son’s candidacy against Rec- tion is expected to energize De- Fossella’s $1.7 million. portion of the 13th congres- chia (D–Coney Island), who mocratic voters to turn out in Frank Barbaro, who ran sional district, but he is widely does not even live in the dis- numbers far bigger than two against Fossella in 2004, only perceived as a carpetbagger. trict in which he is planning to years ago. won 41 percent of the vote. He not only does not live in run. The Staten Island Democrat- Barbaro, a former Gravesend the district, but a Brooklyn Pa- Both Recchia and Harrison ic Association is an important Assemblyman and now the per analysis of his fundraising are chomping at the bit to chal- progressive political club in a chair of the Democratic Party report reveals that the virtually lenge Fossella, who is seen as key portion of the conservative in upstate Orange County, en- all of his campaign contributors particularly vulnerable in a 13th congressional district, dorsed Harrison in December, also live outside the district. Another death at Ridge hotel

By Dana Rubinstein towner. Before his murder, he lived in a The Brooklyn Paper building on Fifth Avenue near 76th Street. According to cops, Diaz had checked into A hotel cleaning woman discovered the the hotel the day before with a woman. He body of a 52-year-old man, his mouth was never seen again alive, but the woman covered in duct tape, in the bathtub of was spotted on surveillance video as she left WELCOME TO Room 221 at the Best Western Gregory the hotel hours after allegedly killing Diaz. Hotel in Bay Ridge on Monday afternoon, On Jan. 15, cops arrested Pamela Hanson, cops said. 20, and charged her with murder, grand lar- Comfort It’s the second suspicious death in two- ceny, petty larceny and criminal possession and-a-half months at the Fourth Avenue inn. THE ZONE / Joe Jordan of a knife. Cops responded to a 911 call at the hotel, She claimed at her Feb. 20 arraignment which is between 83rd and 84th streets, at that she acted in self-defense. about 12:45 pm. The manager of the hotel could not be Once inside, they discovered the grisly reached for comment on Tuesday. scene — a bound dead body in the bathtub. A local community leader, who asked not Cops later identified the victim as Paul to be identified, said neighbors were shocked The Brooklyn Paper file The Brooklyn www.mtb.com *The promotional interest rate applies only to new accounts opened with at least $10,000 but not more than $1 million of money not already on deposit with M&T Bank. The promotional interest Mento, a resident of 71st Street. by the recent spate of suspicious deaths. rate will apply during the first three months after the account is opened. This is a variable-rate account and the rate may change at any time except during the three-month promotional period. Assuming the account is opened A police spokeswoman said on Tuesday The Gregory Hotel on Fourth Avenue. “I’ve never heard of that place as a short- with at least $10,000 and no more than $1 million, and based upon three months at the promotional interest rate and nine months at the non-promotional interest rates in effect as of 2/13/08 (which may change daily), that the cause of death had yet to be deter- stay kind of place,” she said. “The Best West- the APY is 1.44% (non-promotional interest rate 0.50%) for balances between $1 and $9,999.99, 1.81% (non-promotional interest rate 1.00%) for balances between $10,000 and $24,999.99, 2.00% (non-promotional mined. ern is a reputable outfit. You have people who interest rate 1.24%) for balances between $25,000–$49,999.99, 2.56% (non-promotional interest rate 1.98%) for balances between $50,000–$99,999.99, and 2.93% (non-promotional interest rate 2.47%) for balances On Dec. 3, a hotel employee discovered of $100,000 or more. All interest rates and APYs stated are accurate as of 2/13/08. Fees could reduce earnings on the account. This is a limited-time offer, subject to change without notice and not available for non-personal Mento’s is the latest corpse to turn up in the body of 26-year-old David Diaz in his have family members who stay there.” accounts. Accounts are FDIC insured up to the maximum allowable limits. the hotel, which has a reputation for catering hotel room. He had been stabbed in the back “Certainly having two events like this in **Regulations limit the number of certain types of withdrawals or transfers that can be made during any calendar month. to family members visiting residents of the and beaten about the head. a short period of time would lead to some Member FDIC. © 2008 M&T Bank. quiet neighborhood. Like Mento, Diaz was not an out-of- concern,” she added.

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By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Paper It’s official — the Prospect Park YMCA will operate the lavishly restored Armory in Park Slope, revealed city offi- cials on Tuesday. The YMCA will turn the 113-year-old Eighth Avenue Bachner / Jeff building into an adult fitness center and sports facility that will host teen and after-school activities, a day camp, and community meetings.

Spanning nearly an entire Paper file The Brooklyn block between 14th and 15th The YMCA will operate the streets, the Armory will be Park Slope Armory. open seven days a week, from 7 am to 11 pm. When The Brooklyn Paper The Y will generate revenue revealed earlier this month that through donations, sponsor- the YMCA was one of two fi- ships, events and membership nalists, area residents were fees. pleased. But when exactly the Ar- “The YMCA is probably the mory will open for business re- best fit,” said Tom Miskel, a mains to be seen. While the member of the Park Slope city selected the YMCA as its Civic Council’s Armory Com- “winning bidder,” negotiations mittee. “This complex is direct- are ongoing and city officials ed toward sports programs for were reluctant to set a deadline. younger people. The Y fits that Given the city’s lack of suc- [mission] better than anyone cess with former deadlines, that else.” might be for the best. The Department of Home- After all, the city had prom- less Services, which is admin- ised to select a private operator istering the bidding process and for the facility in 2006. will maintain a 70-bed For the past few months, women’s shelter in the build- neighbors have been sneaking ing, pushed back the process at peeks into the Armory and least twice. have drooled over its $16-mil- For its part, the YMCA is lion renovation. Many have “anxious to get started,” said questioned why the selection Kevin Shermach, a spokesman process was taking so long. for the non-profit.