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The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn “50-50” affordable housing scheme on according to the planners, and a roughly 12- EDITORIAL ability of com- incentives to do things, they respond the be no housing. the Ratner site that would allow half of way they should be,” said Bloomberg, who But on Dec. 22, in stark contrast to the story co-op would be built near Adams and munity groups Mayor Michael Bloomberg (left) signs his name to the Atlantic Yards community benefits agreement Monday as Bruce Ratner looks on at the press event at Fulton Ferry Landing. the proposed 4,500 residential units to be congratulated Borough President Marty

John streets on Con Edison property adja- Callan / Tom to litigate and public planning sessions and town hall-style reserved for what has been described as Markowitz for promoting Ratner’s project. meetings park planners held in 1999 and cent to the Manhattan Bridge overpass. get an order- low-, moderate- and middle-income renters. / Tom Callan / Tom / Tom Callan / Tom The incentive for Ratner is an expecta- able injunction, something else — even more importantly, Forest City Ratner CEO and President Bruce 2000, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Develop- See HOUSING on page 5 The other half of the six-block stretch tion that the HDC will offer him 1-percent It’s all and we hope to you have Bruce Ratner’s word,” he said. Ratner and Civic Leaders sign Community would be rented at market rate. tax-exempt mortgages for the construction see the goals “That should be enough for you and for Benefits Agreement,” came after months of Shaun Donovan, commissioner of the of the project’s moderate-income units. / Tom Callan / Tom fulfilled, and if everybody else in the community,” said the concern from groups that were not participating

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Department of Housing Preservation and E we don’t, liti- “HDC adds up to $45,000 a unit to D about mayor, directing his comments at the reporter in the negotiations that the document would be Development, said a 50-30-20 structure I Choose from subsidize construction of the moderate-in- S BROOKLYN gation can be who asked the question. “This is a guy who weak and have no enforcement mechanism. Papers The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn N was contemplated, with the 20 percent be- I 51 venues — used.” — if you don’t understand that, you don’t know Before the mayor proclaimed his disbelief come units,” explained HPD’s Donovan, Bertha Lewis, executive director of the Association of Community Organizations ing low-income units, 30 percent moder- Lewis, who at Borough Hall last week cemented her new role as a community whose agency would implement HDC Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Valkenburgh Michael Van Bloomberg, More than Mermaids on parade! how great this guy is, for Brooklyn and for that trust in Ratner might not be enough to for Reform Now (ACORN), kisses Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Borough Hall. ate and 50 percent market-rate. money however, cut advocate for Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yard’s project, also kisses the developer. funding. “Just like tax-exempt bonds have NOT JUST PARK: New plans for Brooklyn Bridge Park include apartment complexes to go Nightlife 165 events! Papers The Brooklyn At the annual Mermaid Parade, held on Saturday, June 25, revelers pose on the boardwalk while they party New York City.” assuage public concern, Ratner explained him off in his that the agreement was legally enforceable, a lower interest rate, we give a 1 percent along with a restaurant, hotel and parkland. The height of the buildings is not reflected here. prior to the parade in Coney Island. The big event in Coney this week will be Monday’s July 4th hot dog eat- Whether Bruce Rat- The announcement of the benefits agree- explanation. ment, proclaimed on a mayoral press release and had penalties and adjudication measures mortgage up to $45,000 per unit in ex- ing contest at Nathan’s at noon. Viewers will gather at the corner of Surf and Stillwell avenues. ner gets to build his At- “I would add headlined, “Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, change for the developer to charge mod- lantic Yards mega-proj- See TRUST on page 15 erate-level rents.” ect rests not on any The 20 percent for low- and very low- Made in eminent domain deci- income rentals are subsidized with low- sion (he already owns interest-rate, tax-exempt bonds and tax much of the private MTA opens bidding on rail yards site credits, said HDC spokeswoman Tracy property on the site) but Paurowski. Brooklyn Brooklyn’s the place to see on government’s will- By Jess Wisloski And you’d better work quickly — the more of three parcels of the rail yards, could bid on the MTA property, the RFP great public pressure to seek top-dollar for “This agreement represents the first Ikea wrecking ball smashes ingness to put our treas- proposals are due July 6. properly called the Vanderbilt Yards, was the first public attempt the agency has the Vanderbilt Yards. time that this concept of 50-50 has been Audrey June O'Hare, the second baby to be born in uries at the developer’s Ratner commits The Brooklyn Papers implemented in a private agreement by a Brooklyn in the new year, entered the world at 1:02 am disposal. The Metropolitan Transportation Au- which sit between Atlantic Avenue and made to solicit bids there. Since Ratner’s Forest City Ratner Com- If you want to build something thority quietly issued a Request for Pro- Pacific Street, from Fifth Avenue to Van- “An RFP makes sure that everybody and panies announced plans to build a profes- private developer in a project of this on Jan. 1 at Long Island College Hospital in Cobble Hill. Undoubtedly, some other than a basketball arena and sky- great fireworks on the 4th of Ratner’s acquisitions posals (RFP) this week seeking bids for derbilt Avenue in Prospect Heights. his mother knows about it, and they can bid sional basketball arena and 17 residential scale,” Lewis said at Borough Hall. “And All 7 pounds and 13 ounces of Audrey will live in Wind- scrapers over the Atlantic Avenue rail were at least facilitiated development rights over its Long Island The three parcels are 100,000 square if they want,” Kelly explained this week. and commercial high-rises emanating it represents the first time that ACORN’s sor Terrace with proud parents Kristy and Greg O’Hare. yards, this is your chance. Rail Road storage yards near Atlantic and feet, 119,000 square feet, and 148,000 “It opens up the entire process to anyone from Atlantic and Flatbush avenues out to tiered income concept has been imple- For more New Year’s babies, see page 2. By Jotham Sederstrom sit,” said a community affairs offi- by the threat of eminent domain — property own- to select groups But judging from the bidding over the Flatbush avenues, where developer Bruce square feet, and the complete guidelines who would be interested in bidding. Vanderbilt Avenue in December 2003, no mented on such a large scale.” historic Beard St. buildings The Brooklyn Papers cer with the 84th Police Precinct, which patrols Brooklyn Heights. ers knew that if they did Hudson Yards in Manhattan earlier this Ratner wants to build a 19,000-seat bas- are available on the MTA’s Web site, “The purpose is to see who else is inter- official bids have come forward, accord- According to the memorandum of un- Brooklynites hoping to catch a derstanding, 50 percent of the 2,250 be- “Put that in bold letters if you like not negotiate a settle- shows that Brooklyn — from Coney Island to Williams- year, you’d better have several-hundred ketball arena and four skyscrapers. www.mta.info. ested in the property,” he said. ing to the MTA. Neither has Forest City By Jess Wisloski low-market units will consist of studio By Jess Wisloski crews showed up, rolled away as a ering legal action against Ikea. view of the city’s annual fire- — every year there’s lots of traffic.” ment early, their proper- burg — is bursting with opportunity.” million dollars. The RFP invites proposals for “the sale Although MTA spokesman Tom Kelly The cash-strapped MTA, which faces a Ratner offered a public bid on the devel- crowd gathered, but were back again The Brooklyn Papers and one-bedroom units. The Brooklyn Papers Ikea spokesmen said the property works extravaganza Monday can Most popular among the viewing ty might be taken later But no city entity is bound by the document and the The ear of the mayor and governor or lease of all or some of the air space and had told The Brooklyn Papers in previous massive budget deficit and has threatened opment rights over the rail yards. on Tuesday to complete what had More than 100 supporters of developer Bruce wouldn’t hurt. related real property interests” in one or interviews that anybody who wanted to service cutbacks and fare hikes is under Red Hook preservationists did not yet belong to the company, join the throngs of spectators at areas in Brooklyn is the promenade, under less advantageous legally binding agreement would be subject only to See MTA BIDDERS on page 5 See KISSED on page 12 begun. which gained city approval last year to Tsunami aid circumstances. But at Ratner’s plan to build an arena for the New Jersey the Brooklyn Heights prome- entered at the end of Montague privately financed litigation between the community were shocked this week when Meanwhile, the Municipal Art Soci- build a $70 million, 346,000-square- this point, for Atlantic Nets basketball team and 17 residential and com- cranes on the site of a soon-to-be nade and Fulton Ferry Landing. Street in Brooklyn Heights. The groups that signed it and Ratner. ety, a non-profit organization aimed at foot store on the 22-acre former New But savvy spectators might bene- promenade, which runs over the Yards, eminent domain mercial high-rises in Prospect Heights showed up is not the issue. The document provides for an “Independent Com- Ikea furniture store gouged into a preserving cultural and neighborhood York Shipyard, between Dwight and fit from staking out spots in Bay Brooklyn-Queens Expressway along Monday at Fulton Ferry Landing to celebrate the complex of Civil War-era build- character, is speedily gathering their The issue is that tax- pliance Monitor,” which will be paid for out of an es- Columbia streets along the Erie Basin. flowing from Ridge and Red Hook, where the Happy Fourth! the neighborhood’s western edge, completion of a community benefits agreement, crow fund to provide oversight on behalf of the com- resources trying to figure out how to payers are being asked to ings on Beard Street, despite The company would also build 1,400 crowds tend to be slightly less dense. offers spectacular views of the East or CBA, between the developer and community munity. Regular advising and evaluations will be ongoing state and federal review save what is left of the structures. parking spaces, a public esplanade We’ve printed a U.S. flag pay for Ratner’s game. Thousands will descend on the River and draws spectators from An honest discussion groups that have supported his project. conducted by the Downtown Brooklyn Advisory and “Any federal agency that is going and additional retail space. Four die as plane of its historic significance. waterfront hotspots when Macy’s throughout the city. But get there to do work has to engage in a well- on this week’s back page. will put the public price Group members and elected officials beamed from Oversight Committee (DBAOC), which has played a Ikea plans to open in 2007. kicks off its annual July 4 pyrotech- early, or you may be shut out as po- Holding an impromptu press con- defined procedure in determining Brooklynites tag at $1 billion or a slightly elevated stage set up facing the Brooklyn longstanding role in negotiating the hiring of minori- Hearing Ikea’s claim of not techni- nic display — the nation’s largest Display it proudly. lice will be watching for over- ference on Dec. 30 to address the dem- whether historical buildings will be more, not $100 million Bridge at the end of Old Fulton Street. ties and women in local development projects and cally owning the property yet, Kent crowding. olition, officials with the Municipal Art affected,” said Brian Connelly, who fireworks show — at 9 pm. (a token down payment Mayor Michael Bloomberg congratulated the devel- whose leaders were involved in the benefits agreement By Jotham Sederstrom fort. Chef Peter How, who GOD BLESS AMERICA In Downtown Brooklyn and Society along with area residents were has taken charge of resisting the Barwicke, director of the Municipal With fireworks barges just south referenced by the Man- oper for agreeing to sign a legally binding document negotiations.

/ Jori Klein started the restaurant in Sep- joined by similarly upset representa- Art Society, was quick to point out, The Brooklyn Papers of the Brooklyn Bridge and be- Brooklyn Heights, at least seven hattan news media). committing community involvement, as did Public Ratner seeks to build an arena for the New Jersey crashes in Coney demolition at the Erie Basin site. He tember after working at a pair The Brooklyn Papers offices will streets will be closed for some period tives from the office of Rep. Nydia Ve- referred to Section 106 of the Nation- “You can’t pretend on one hand to be If the size of their hearts tween Ellis and Governor’s islands Tax breaks associated Advocate Betsy Gotbaum. Nets basketball team he purchased last summer, sur- of popular Manhattan restau- be closed next week. Look for The on July 4, police say. They are: Mon- lazquez in front of the five buildings al Historic Preservation Act. the owner for environmental review, were determined simply by near the Statue of Liberty, traffic is with the New Jersey “This community benefits agreement is the largest rounded by four soaring skyscrapers that would be the By Michael Weissenstein The pilot tried desperately to right he said. “It didn’t look like anyone and for federal applications, and not, rants, will contribute that day’s likely to be at a standstill. Papers again on Saturday, July 16 tague Street, from Court Street to Nets component of the private-sector investment in Brooklyn’s history,” said borough’s tallest, as well as 13 other high-rise apartment between Dwight and Otsego streets. “This is not some arcane piece of the depth of their pockets, take to Red Cross, Ameri- Associated Press the 4-year-old plane after it went into could survive that.” They blamed Swedish home-furnish- on the other hand, for demolition.” “The best bet is taking mass tran- See FOURTH on page 4 See EDITORIAL page 16 Bloomberg. “The development of the Atlantic Yards See GROUPS on page 15 a tailspin, said Herbert Lecler, 51, Zigun said it was the first plane legislation,” Connelly said. “We’re Brooklyn hearts would be Cares, the Salvation Army and Four people were killed Sat- ings giant Ikea for the ruination. Papers The Brooklyn very disappointed that Ikea has tried The current owners, U.S. Dredg- who was fishing on the beach. crash on the beach that he could re- the biggest. But after last Catholic Relief. urday afternoon when a single- The demolition equipment, which Building on Beard Street between Otsego and Dwight streets shown to evade this process.” ing Corporation, which is in contract week’s disasters in South He also auctioned off a “He couldn’t, and he bounced on call. Several sunbathers were on the was poised mid crunch before news mid-demolition Tuesday. It will make way for an Ikea parking lot. The preservation group is consid- See DEMOLISH on page 4 engine plane crashed on the that beach,” said Lecler. beach when the plane came down, Asia, residents responded collection of crystal jewelry beach in Coney Island, hitting during lunch and dinner, with Joshua McCabe, a registered although the Coney Island crowd with more than just money. the sand as stunned sunbathers From students in Carroll those sales going toward the nurse visiting from San Diego, was was generally sparse, he said. Gardens to gourmands in Bay relief effort as well. Ruling is looked on, officials said. eating inside Nathan’s Famous hot Police and fire officials moved Ridge and DUMBO and a “This is a terrible disaster The victims, all on board the dog restaurant when he heard the quickly to close off the beach after bowling alley in Bensonhurst, and by the end of the day it Bill paves way for a-PARK-ments Cessna 172S, were dead at the crash. McCabe and another witness the crash. Dozens of people were Brooklynites were so shaken by could be 200,000-plus dead,” scene following the 1:30 p.m. rushed to the scene, where they gathered along the boardwalk staring Political pioneer Shirley Chisolm, 80 upheld, crash, said Federal Aviation Admin- found the pilot already dead and a out at the wreckage, which was in the devastation wrought by last said state Sen. Marty Golden, By Jess Wisloski week’s earthquake and tsunami who spearheaded the effort istration spokeswoman Holly Bak- female passenger barely alive. sight of the Wonder Wheel attraction. The Brooklyn Papers EXCLUSIVE er. Police and fire officials were at Within seconds, he said, “she There were no injuries on the The Associated Press her contributions to American history ferences and fighting for equality status quo,” Chisholm wrote in her that donations, they said, hardly with How. “It’s going to be a Callan / Tom were giant. among our nation’s many peoples. book “The Good Fight.” “The next seemed like enough. long haul, but hopefully, in our Feinberg Abill recently passed by the state the scene, where the shattered white wasn’t breathing and then she lost ground. Shirley Chisholm, a former aircraft remained on the beach her pulse.” The crash occurred on a sunny Brooklyn schoolteacher who won “All of Brooklyn mourns the pass- “Brooklynites will forever be in- time a woman runs, or a black, a Jew An outpouring of kindness cities and towns, we can help.” Legislature is expected to pave the ing of one of our proudest daughters, spired by her unwavering dedication to or anyone from a group that the coun- has washed over the borough In DUMBO, Low, a bar George Pataki, who is a supporter of the about halfway between the Atlantic Dick Zigun, a longtime Coney spring day at the world-renowned a groundbreaking election to College Bakery closes way for condominium development park plan and has committed $85 million Shirley Chisholm, who embodied the the American ideal of speaking best for try is ‘not ready’ to elect to its highest in the days after the disaster located below and owned by in the planned Brooklyn Bridge Park Ocean and the boardwalk. Island resident who was at the crash beach, home to the Cyclone roller- Congress in 1968, was hailed this spirit of our borough as wonderfully the people by being of the people.” office, I believe that he or she will be —which claimed more than Rice, an Asian restaurant at off bench in state funds to its creation. The city has Eyewitnesses said the plane was site, said it looked like the plane coaster and the Astroland amuse- week as a civil rights icon and commercial-recreational-housing committed another $65 million. circling above Coney Island when its had come down nose-first. ment park. The plane hit the beach Papers The Brooklyn and completely as anyone,” said Bor- Chisholm ran for the Democratic taken seriously from the start.” 150,000 lives — hit ground 81 Washington St., will host By Mark Johnson development along the Brooklyn dogged champion of women and ough President Marty Markowitz. presidential nomination in 1972, a cam- Chisholm died Saturday near Day- Brooklyn Bridge Park supporters who engine suddenly stalled, and the air- “The wings are broken off, and near West 19th Street, close to Key- Officials look over wreckage of the single-engine Cessna 172S, which crashed on Coney Island beach Sunday, killing the pilot and three pas- on Dec. 26, a $60 open bar on Saturday, Associated Press Court Street institution’s last day is today Heights and DUMBO waterfront. blacks. “Like Jackie Robinson before her, as paign that was viewed as more symbol- tona Beach. She had a series of small In Bay Ridge, Banana Leaf, Jan. 8, from 9 pm to mid- have decried the development of private craft quickly plunged into the beach. the cockpit glass was smashed up,” span Park. sengers on the sightseeing flight. No one on the ground was injured. On Monday, two days after her the first African-American woman ic than practical. She won 152 delegates strokes last summer and her health a Malaysian restaurant on night, in which all proceeds ALBANY — Kings County Surro- By Jess Wisloski furrowed brow that his favorite The bill, which would allow the redi- luxury housing instead of more active rection of property taxes within the water- death in Florida at age 80, Chisholm U.S. Representative and presidential before withdrawing from the race. had deteriorated gradually since then, Fourth Avenue at Bay Ridge will go to UNICEF relief ef- gate Michael Feinberg has been The Brooklyn Papers thing was “black-and-whites. recreational uses in the latest revisions to was recalled with particular poignan- candidate, Chisholm proved that “I ran for the presidency, despite said Willie Kimmons, her godson. Avenue, opened its doors on forts. kicked out of office for awarding mil- Cookies.” front development to a PILOT (Payment the plan, say the bill’s passage will expe- A sign posted on the front in Lieu of Taxes) program whose pro- dite the process for private developers to cy by black and female lawmakers, as Brooklyn is America’s trailblazer hopeless odds, to demonstrate the She had moved to Florida’s northeast PBS/Bettman/Corbis Tuesday with the express pur- In Bensonhurst, the Maple lions of dollars in “unsubstantiated” Behind the Formica countertop, door of College Bakery on ceeds would go to pay the park and com- construct some of the 740 new market- well as Brooklyn officials, who said when it comes to celebrating our dif- sheer will and refusal to accept the See CHISHOLM on page 10 Shirley Chisholm pose of helping in the relief ef- See TSUNAMI on page 4 fees to a law school friend, the state’s five women navigated around highest court said Wednesday. Court Street this week shocked each other carrying trays, cakes, mercial development’s operating expens- rate condominium units proposed by the The judge’s “failure to abide by the many longtime patrons of the icing and boxes — ducking, turn- es, would also benefit the developer of a parks’ developers as a way to finance the legal requirements of his office, in a 74-year-old Cobble Hill busi- ing, and swerving out of the way former Jehovah’s Witness book distribu- project, which is mandated to pay for its matter that conveyed the appearance ness. in seamless, expert clockwork. tion plant at 360 Furman St., a high-rise at own maintenance. I Alm S y bakery o ondine Your pens in . . . and Brooklyn’s best classifieds! 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/ Tom Callan / Tom Atlantic Yards critic gets call first phase of construction and therefore become an Forest City Ratner would need to wait until substantial An advocacy telephone poll promoting Brook- n’t think the shift by Ratner indicated a floundering The Brooklyn Papers nent in plans for the Atlantic Yards arena complex immediately visible presence in the community. anchor tenants — generally large Manhattan corpora- market for downtown office space. “Residential de- biz for Red Hook piers DISTRICT lyn’s biggest potential development project will likely expand by 1,300 units, a Forest City Rat- NOT JUST NETS “This is a very revolutionary thing we’re doing,” tions hoping to move back-offices to Brooklyn — velopment is an easier thing to do; certainly we’re in Independence Community EVEN MORE HOUSING collided with the project’s fiercest opponent promoting Nets agenda ner executive told The Brooklyn Papers this week. THE NEW BROOKLYN the Forest City Ratner executive told The Papers. agreed to lease the space before starting construction. a market right now where residential is booming — Bank plans to sell its grand The Brooklyn Papers Council hearing that the Hamburg Sud deal was while canvassing the borough’s telephone lines The development company’s principal owner, Heights civics seek to protect The additional housing would eliminate 1,502,889 That, and subsidies from the city and state, are how it’s very hot. branch at the corner of Court By Jess Wisloski worth $1.62 billion, which he said, “includes what this week. Bruce Ratner, proposes to build a $2.5 billion com- apartment and commercial buildings. square feet of office and commercial space from At- Ratner’s Metrotech office buildings were filled. “With Atlantic Yards, even if Forest City reduces Street and Atlantic Avenue in EXCLUSIVE the value of the goods is worth, what it yields to Planners park low-rise Papers The Brooklyn Patti Hagan, an EXCLUSIVE plex that would include a basketball arena for his By turning three of the four skyscrapers that sur- lantic Yards, the executive said, but would help the A commercial site being switched to residential in the amount of commercial space, it still provides the A German cargo line that offered to bring the taxpayers, what is resold and what the manu- Cobble Hill to a DUMBO- REC-U-U-USE ME! outspoken oppo- New Jersey Nets. The original plans also called for 17 round the arena — at the intersection of Atlantic and company speed up the process of building and occu- the planning stages shouldn’t be looked on as a sur- business world with more options,” Burke said. the city $1.6 billion in trade — and with it 400 buildings near Borough Hall facturing values are worth.” nent of developer buildings including four office skyscrapers and 13 Flatbush avenues — from office buildings into apart- pying the properties. One of the four towers around prise in the still-evolving Downtown Brooklyn area, based development company Brooklyn waterfront jobs — was shunned by Excerpts from See RATNER’S NEW PLAN on page 4 that would build a seven-story refused the commitment, said American Stevedor- The German company eventually rescinded its buildings or larger complexes Bruce Ratner’s economic development officials who refused By Jess Wisloski apartment complex above ing CEO Christopher Ward. offer. under the Downtown Brooklyn Dolly sits out Atlantic Yards review, keeps Nets Atlantic Yards the pollster’s to commit the Red Hook Container Port to “It was the easiest thing they possibly could’ve The Brooklyn Papers City Council Speaker Gifford Miller and Coun- homes below promenade Rezoning Plan approved last plan, said she re- phone call: p.5 and adjacent to the bank, In- shipping operations through 2009. done,” Ward told The Brooklyn Papers. ASI had cilman David Yassky, who along with Rep. Jer- With the help of a preserva- summer. ceived a phone dependence bank said this According to the port’s operator, cargo-un- no reason to doubt the city would produce the let- rold Nadler, want the Port Authority to extend tion group, the Brooklyn week. By Jess Wisloski addition of housing as the pri- “These are very distin- call on Sunday at 6:30 pm from a pollster asking loader American Stevedoring Inc. (ASI), the Bre- ter, he said, adding that he was “perplexed” as to ASI’s lease, sent letters to Gov. George Pataki and Heights Association is pro- guished commercial buildings mary revenue generator. about her political inclinations and thoughts on the The Brooklyn Papers first re- men, Germany-based cargo company Hamburg why it never appeared. Mayor Michael Bloomberg asking them to recon- The Brooklyn Papers NOT JUST PARK moting a plan to preserve sev- built by the best architects of investment, leaving Brooklyn with no voice Of particular concern has project and its supporters. ported on the planned develop- Sud was set to ship its wares to Brooklyn but is “[Hamburg Sud] didn’t ask specifically for an sider comments made at the council hearing by Those who attended the first pub- WATERFRONT DEVELOPMENT eral high-rise office buildings the day,” said Herrera, technical Hagan, who has had the same phone number at ment in June 2004. This week, now looking elsewhere after the city cast doubt as economic benefits package,” said Ward, “they city EDC Executive Vice President Kate Ascher. been the plan to build a 30- just outside the Brooklyn services director of the Land- lic meeting on the redesigned plan story skyscraper near Pier 6 By Jess Wisloski est development proposal because, interest, although the city’s Con- each borough president is repre- her St. Mark’s Avenue brownstone for 26 years, an Independence spokesman to whether the port would remain open beyond simply wanted a letter to be sent to them saying Ascher suggested that the piers north of Piers for the Brooklyn Bridge Park com- Heights Historic District. marks Conservancy. Herrera gave the pollster an earful. Civil war confirmed that the bank was ne- the city was interested in creating a working wa- 12 and 11— including those now operated by ASI The Brooklyn Papers as first reported by The Brooklyn flicts of Interest Board has yet to sented, along with an appointee of 2007, when ASI’s lease expires. at Atlantic Avenue. / Evan Vucci Audience members who came to the Calling it the “Borough Hall said the movement came about “He started laughing at a certain point,” she said, gotiating the sale of that building, mercial, recreational and housing Not including the row-houses pro- Papers last August, she owns a render a determination one way the public advocate and seven Callan / Tom Requesting only a letter from the city Econom- terfront for five years. And the city chose not to — would be offered to other cruise lines in the meeting, jointly hosted Feb. 22 by Com- Skyscraper Historic District,” after St. Francis College began Brooklyn’s sole appointee after she repeated her strong opposition following development got a surprise Tuesday posed for Furman Street, which runs be- stake in the New Jersey Nets, a or the other. mayoral appointees. Markowitz’s as well as an adjacent parking lot ic Development Corporation assuring them that issue that letter.” near future. Piers 12 and 11 have already been munity Boards 2 and 6 at Polytechnic BHA President Nancy Bowe demolition of the McGarry Li- to the City Planning Com- long, explanatory and leading questions. night when an architect displayed a tween Old Fulton Street and Atlantic planning commission spokes- ACity Planning Commission 2003 appointment of Williams to and a one-story building on the the port — where ASI is now operating on piers 7 Using figures released by the Port Authority of committed to cruise ship use. University in Metrotech, elicited “oohs” touted the proposal at her brary last year at 180 Remsen mission, one of only two city Forest City Ratner Companies, when asked if they other side of the parking lot. The mayor’s office did not return calls seeking series of townhouses along Furman Avenue under the BQE, the new plan St. woman said this week. spokeswoman told The Papers the powerful planning commis- through 10 — would remain active until 2009, of- New York and New Jersey, which owns the piers, group’s annual meeting last Callan / Tom and “ahhs” mixed with grumbling and Associated Press agencies with an official role Nets principal owner Bruce this week that while the commission made her a key player in the commissioned Pacific Crest Research to perform the The potential buyer is Two ficials with the city authority delayed and finally ASI spokesman Matt Yates told a Jan. 12 City comment for this article. See PIERS on page 2 Street below the Brooklyn Heights head shaking. calls for the construction of 730 market- month. “Some of them have been in the proposed Atlantic Yards Ratner wants to move the basket- sion would have a minor role in city’s land use approval process. study regarding their plans to build a 19,000-seat Bruce Springsteen visited the Brooklyn Museum last week to see the Basquiat exhibit. Trees Management, a develop-

rate co-op or condominium units to pay Papers The Brooklyn promenade, which he said planners When Urbanski explained that the The compact district would abused and knocked around, Nets basketball arena and 17 high-rises with more over park arena, housing and office ment company owned by the fa- off the annual park costs with their com- but they could be restored and ball team to an arena he would review of the Ratner plan, prima- The City Planning Commis- envision adding to the project. housing would serve to block sound “butt up against” the Brooklyn than 4,500 new units of housing and office space to David Walentas wants to build above and adjacent to the Independence Community Bank at the mon fees. really bought back to their complex will have no voice, build at the intersection of Flat- rily ratifying the state’s right to sion is the only city authority oth- ther-son development team of Matt Urbanski, a member of the de- from the noisy, cantilevered Brooklyn- Heights Historic District, ac- Prospect Heights, declined to answer the question. David and Jed Walentas, accord- corner of Court Street and Atlantic Avenue in the Cobble Hill Historic District, the bank said. [The Brooklyn Papers reported last cording to the proposal’s coor- best,” he said, and called the the city said this week. bush and Atlantic avenues as part supercede local zoning and other er than the Economic Develop- sign team led by landscape architect Queens Expressway beneath the prome- Showtime week that recent financial estimates proposed district a “real history Dolly Williams, Borough Pres- of the Atlantic Yards plan. development regulations, Willi- ment Corporation mentioned as “We don’t discuss our internal research,” said Papers The Brooklyn ing to applications filed with the Michael Van Valkenburgh, placed the se- nade and above Furman Street, a dinator, BHA governor Alex EXCLUSIVE showed the park would likely need to lesson” on the days when “the ident Marty Markowitz’s sole ap- Williams’ co-ownership with ams will not be allowed to take having any possible oversight role spokesman Barry Baum. Housing city’s Landmarks Preservation woman in the audience interrupted, Herrera, who also works for the Prospect Heights resident Patti Hagan makes a point to Forest City Ratner President and CEO / Jori Klein ries of three-dimentional pink rectangles Pacific Crest Research was not listed in the area Commission. build more housing within 35 years to New York Landmarks Conser- best architects in New York pointee to the planning commis- her husband, Adonijah Williams, part in those discussions because in the Atlantic Yards planning Bruce Ratner outside Junior’s Restaurant on Flatbush Avenue Extension in 2003. / Tom Callan / Tom along the eastern perimeter of a model of shouting, “So you’ll deflect all the noise Callan / Tom code or city provided by the pollster to Hagan, how- Basquiat brings Two Trees, known primarily keep up with rising operating costs.] vancy. Its boundaries would be City were working on the com- sion, will have to recuse herself of a more than $1 million stake in of her Nets holdings. process in an agreement on public What emerged was an airing of griev- Angry ‘park’ opponents the 1.3-mile waterfront site. back into the Heights instead.” ever, searches on the Internet found the firm to be for their residential and com- When Urbanski finished placing the Pierrepont, Livingston, Clinton mercial buildings.” from any review or other official the team, puts her in the position On the 13-member commis- funding and the use of public land plans spark ances compiled over the past month since / Domenico Stinellis “Supporters of this project say [it] will bring of a revitalized Brooklyn. It would be a striking The new homes sat between taller Urbanski said engineers specializing low-rise mock-ups along the park’s and Court streets. The purpose “The worry is that the [city] Get ‘The L’ off bus shelters City Planning Commisioner Dolly Williams discussion of the borough’s larg- of having a potential conflict of sion, only one appointee from See BYE DOLLY on page 5 connected with political and investment research. radically altered plans were released for the mercial conversions in DUM- white models of four residential buildin noise abatement would study the ef- Hagan, who has spoken out against Atlantic Yards great benefit to Brooklyn. The project will create symbol of the borough’s re-emergence,” said the 1.3-mile waterfront development. BO, are nearing completion on Union St. Holiday Inn perimeter, he explained, “These [low- of the effort, he said, is to pre- Landmarks Preservation Com- ings, including two skyscrapers, at each fects of the houses on both sides of the Papers The Brooklyn mission is just so overwhelmed By Jotham Sederstrom “I’ve never even seen [this many] Jennifer Beals, best known for her star turn work’s first gay hit, “Queer as Folk.” since she first heard of Ratner’s plans for the mega- thousands of jobs and provide some badly needed questioner, before stating that “opponents say [it] grievances The most contentious point of the new the Court House apartment The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn rise] buildings are a direct response to serve some of the existing high- end of the project. The recent addition of park. A view of 16 Court St., part with things that it just may take The Brooklyn Papers naked women,” said a blushing Golden, in the movie “Flashdance,” strategically But despite heaps of acclaim, resi- development just blocks from her home, said several housing space for people from all different income will cost as much as $200 million in taxpayers’ plans, first shown on Dec. 22 to a handful of complex catty-corner from the The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn

the feedback we got from the public,” rises for fear they could be torn Papers The Brooklyn Both high- and low-rise apartment complexes are being planned for the waterfront beneath the Brooklyn Heights promenade, who sent a Feb. 22 letter to the Depart- crosses her arms to cover her chest while dents in Bay Ridge have doused com- invited community members, has been the Associated Press those four buildings has created a storm Many of the roughly 300 people who but cautioned, “It’s in the middle of be- down to make way for taller of proposed landmark area. See HISTORIC on page 13 Marty Golden, Brooklyn’s Republi- of the questions featured “leading” or inaccurate and levels in Brooklyn. It will bring in hundreds of mil- money,” using a reference to funds publicly com- By Jess Wisloski Boss to Brooklyn Independence bank branch at an area where both the city and state had promised to build a park to avoid such a development. Pictured above is the Brooklyn ment of Transportation calling for the the series name runs just below. Above that plaints on Golden, who said his office addition of four residential buildings, total- to meet at Borough Hall of debate among longtime park advo- came to the lightly publicized meeting ing explored right now.” biased language, a key feature of “push polling.” lions of dollars in extra tax revenue each year that mitted by the mayor and governor two weeks ago. The Brooklyn Papers Atlantic Avenue and Court Nicole Kidman, who will be shooting the film “Fur” with Robert Downey Jr. in Brooklyn’s new Stein- can-Conservative state senator, has his advertisement’s removal. “In communi- is the phrase “Venus Envy.” has received nearly a dozen calls since Bridge Park planners’ model showing 30-story high-rise that would be built off Atlantic Avenue at Pier 6 and eight-story resi- cates who historically opposed the place- were keenly interested in the Brooklyn Urbanski touted the Furman Street Push polling attempts to influence — rather than could be used for schools and other vital services,” On March 4, city and state officials signed an A meeting of community leaders and ing 730 new units of market-rate co-ops. Street. They are also planning a irks some neighbors er Studios in the Navy Yard next month, is pictured at the Venice Film Festival last September. own L-word for ads promoting a les- ties like ours, it’s not the type of ad that The show also stars ‘70s action film the ads were hoisted in all five bor- Planners have refused to make available to By Jotham Sederstrom becomes clear that Basquiat, not gaze at the neo-expressionist art. dence behind it. The buildings surround 360 Furman St., which the Watchtower Society sold for condo development. ment of housing along the waterfront. Bridge Park Development Corporation’s development as a positive way to in- Pluck of the Irish measure — public opinion — by using questions the pollster read to Hagan from what she perceived agreement with each promising — from taxpayer Brooklyn Bridge Park planners held Tues- Arpad Baksa Architect residential conversion of the for- bian-themed cable TV show called should be around. Young minds are vul- star Pam Grier. oughs, including at a bus shelter on Monroe, is the real star catcher. Since then, filmmaker Lee and Flay, By Jess Wisloski crease the value of the middle section of The wet weather didn’t dampen spirits at the Brooklyn Irish-American Parade on Park Slope’s worded in a manner intended to spread information to be a prepared script. [Hagan taped the call; ex- funds — $100 million towards the developer’s infra- the general public a model of the new park Plans to expand the Poly Prep Lower School (left) on First Street at Prospect Park West with construction of a new building (center) were voted down by CB6. The Brooklyn Papers mer Board of Education head- “The L Word” whose cast of sexy stars nerable and I think these need to be in A far cry from Ralph and Alice Kram- Third Avenue at 77th Street. Ratner begins drilling at Yards day to address development of the south end plan, which they’ve shown in private meet- But who could blame ‘em. While host of the Food Network’s “Hot Off By Jotham Sederstrom Third and Fourth avenues, both to allow for addi- The Brooklyn Papers the park, and create a safer street atmos- that is often incorrect about people and positions that cerpts from the transcript appear on page 5.] structure and acquisition costs. bare it all in ads at city bus-stops: Lewd. responsible locations.” den, whose televised love affair in “The His anger over the ads, he contends, Prospect Park West Sunday. Brightening up the scene were (clockwise from top left) an of the park, including Pier Six at the foot of ings with selected civic leaders, and have in- Marilyn Monroe may have the Monroe exhibit, “I Want to be the Grill with Bobby Flay” have See PIGGY-BACK on page 2 The Brooklyn Papers tional parking and to conform with design plans pre- phere for foot traffic without hindering run counter to the position of the poll’s client. “The new arena would serve as the centerpiece Charging that Brooklyn Bridge Outraged by the sight of nine nude Introduced early last month to coincide Honeymooners” was set in Bensonhurst, stems from a concern that children will By Jess Wisloski to the project. That memorandum of Dean St. at Sixth Avenue, where he build the arena?” he asked. ronmental Impact Statement] is pre- unidentified green-bearded man, Alexandra Graham, 11, and Delia Murphy, 2. See POLLSTERS on page 4 Atlantic Avenue “and its environs,” turned stead distributed renderings that do not in- been blessed with beauty, but it Loved By You: Photographs of Mari- dropped by the museum, as well as ferred by the InterContinental Hotels Group, which views from Brooklyn Heights and the into a civil war among park proponents. Homeowners in the Gowanus end of Park Park planners have been secretive women provocatively splashed across with the Feb. 20 premier of the show’s sec- the season premier of “The L Word” elec- take a gander at the voluptuous vixens, The Brooklyn Papers understanding also calls for the con- rents an apartment, said he was awak- James Stuckey, an executive vice pared,” said Stuckey, who confirmed clude representations of the housing. The seems that another troubled lyn Monroe,” has been a bonafide one actor from “Law & Order” whose PAGE 7 manages the chain and other hotel franchises. promenade, which are protected under City still mum on Thirty guests — all residents of Cobble Slope are decrying new plans that will in their decision-making and unre- bus-stop shelters in his district and else- ond season, the ad (a portion of which is trified TV sets with talk of suicide, an not the fact that the characters are les- To the surprise of many Prospect demnation of property within the pro- ened by the ruckus on Feb 28. president of Forest City Ratner, said that the company has hired an environ- Brooklyn Papers was refused permission to genius is melting the hearts of the success, with officials extending the name — oops —museum officials But while the original project had never been landmark regulations. where, Golden is demanding that the pictured above) reveals a skin-tangled por- adulterous lesbian love triangle and unbri- bians. Golden has consistently chal- Hill, Carroll Gardens, Red Hook and Brook- allow the borough’s first Holiday Inn hotel sponsive to neighborhood con- NO KIDDING! photograph the model. city’s celebs. show by two weeks, it is the Basquiat could not recall. welcomed with open arms, the new plan, say “It would make basically Furman Heights residents, enormous drills have ject’s footprint for use by Forest City “People were knocking my fence the company wasn’t readying the en- mental investigation firm, CMI Investi- lyn Heights — were invited via e-mail to Poly expansion strikes out cerns over the city remove advertisements for the hot trait of the series’ stars, whose interlocked dled sex in a public restroom. The gritty lenged businesses and entrepreneurs Ratner — the developer’s company. down and drilling in my backyard at tire six-square-block site — only gations, to conduct the ground surveys. The revamped designs were necessary, Indeed, since opening at the Brook- retrospective that New Yorkers in the But it took until last week — March to rise on Union Street without issuing a some residents, is even worse, thanks to the like- Mews, like Furman Street’s nice cousin,” Showtime drama, which chronicles the legs and arms cleverly conceal body parts realism has garnered widespread praise whose wares he believes are inappropri- begun test borings of the earth below what lead park designer Michael Van new plan’s re- Public gets first look at new plan several sites within the 24-acre swath With that agreement signed, neigh- 7:30 am,” he said. Sheets first noticed properties upon which the company When asked if he had either sold the according to the planners, once a thorough lyn Museum on March 11, the works know have been anticipating since 24, to be exact — for Springsteen to single public notice. lihood that the hotel will cast a shadow over the Valkenburgh called a “work session” at his their classrooms now), gym space, and a shared their concerns about the plan, the Housing he said of the new road that would be sex lives of a gaggle of gorgeous Los that only premium cable can unlock. from critics since the show premiered last ate for children, including a children’s analysis of the $15.4 million annual mainte- story addition in the heart of Park Slope. of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat have 1992, when the Whitney hosted a sim- drop by. James Gordon, a media rela- At issue is the building’s size, which at eight industrial-residential neighborhood. liance on hous- Steiner studios to host Nicole upon which developer Bruce Ratner bors of the 24-acre site, most of who the massive equipment in the last had permission to test or that they had property or made an agreement with Manhattan office. The meeting was also at- stage for performances and assemblies. CB6 subcommittee ultimately approved created on the park side of the new snow plow death Angeles lesbians. Among the bevy of bunched-up beauties, year building on the premium cable net- See ‘L’ on page 15 nance cost of the park was completed. That The board’s negative recommendation been drawing a steady stream of bold- ilar exhibition. tions manager for the museum, said that stories is at least three to four stories taller than “Everything’s like a Trojan horse these days,” ing for neces- plans to build his Atlantic Yards arena are protesting the development, knew week of February, and said he only already purchased. That includes 479 Forest City Ratner to test on his land, CB6 rejects was a By Jess Wisloski meeting included Borough President buildings. He also noted that the difficul- tended by Wendy Leventer, president of the figure is nearly double the original anticipat- on the Certificate of Appropriateness ap- Three new classrooms would also be the designs on Jan. 6, with the exception Associated Press ished building and officially opened.” and high-rise development. to expect signs of the elephant next recognized it as a drill “from having Dean, 816 Pacific, and the city- the Rev. Paul Hamilton, who owns the / Jess Wisloski face names, not least of all Leonardo Sally Williams, a spokeswoman for only an hour after calling ahead, Spring- most of the surrounding residential and commer- griped Linda Mariano, who has lived on President sary revenue The Brooklyn Papers Marty Markowitz, Councilmen David ties of building next to the cantilevered By Jess Wisloski The mayor’s office paid for Weaver’s funeral but ‘Oracle’ pops the question Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corpo- ed annual budget. They also said the original plication now goes to the Landmarks built, with extra space for art classes. of a nearly five-story, squared-edge clock surprise The 15-acre Steiner Studios is rising as the largest The borings, in preparation of a po- door soon enough. But when bushes watched them put on many drilling owned streets and sidewalks. building in which Sheets lives, said, ration (BBPDC), a subsidiary of the Empire DiCaprio, Giselle Bundchen and “The the museum, said that during the steen, his wife, Patti Scialfa, and their cial buildings. Street near Hoyt Street since 1974. “You get so generation, a Nicole Kidman and Robert Downey Jr. are to Yassky and Bill DeBlasio, state Sen. highway were many, starting with no ac- had her mother sign a release acknowledging that the plans, including a pool and Chelsea Piers- Preservation Commission, which will ul- In December, responding to complaints tower and large, street-facing windows. modern production facility east of Los Angeles. The presentation of the latest design The Brooklyn Papers tential environmental cleanup of por- were torn out of backyards and con- attachments.” “All that’s being done now is testing “I’m sorry, I have nothing to say.” State Development Corporation charged new building Boss” himself, Bruce Springsteen. opening weekend both DiCaprio and two kids showed up eager for a tour. Af- ‘The Contract’ Planned two years ago as a pair of identical five- you’re afraid to go to sleep because you might group of neigh- NEWS ANALYSIS: P. 15 Martin Connor, Assemblywoman Joan cess to light from the BQE-facing sides payment did not amount to an admission of guilt. style recreation center, would have cost $300 timately decide whether or not to ap- by some residents, the CB6 landmarks The designs then were brought before star in a film about photographer Diane Arbus Set construction for “Fur” begins immediately on for Brooklyn Bridge Park, the pro- Six weeks after a 10-year-old girl was struck tions of the site, began almost concur- struction cones set out to accommodate Sheets was miffed, he said, be- that would allow us — in the proper- with implementing the park plan. Top that off with visits by Spike Lee his on-again, off-again supermodel ter a brief detour into the American story hotel buildings, the project was consolidated wake up to who knows what.” borhood acti- Millman and a representative for Con- of the buildings. Schlossman said she’s waiting for the investigation A spokesman for the Department million to build, double the park’s $150 mil- By Jess Wisloski prove the expansion based on the archi- subcommittee directed Poly Prep to gath- the full board on Jan. 12 and were reject- ballet at BAM to be shot at Brooklyn’s new Steiner Studios. a 16,000-square-foot soundstage at Steiner — one of posed waterfront commercial, recrea- and killed by a snowplow in Red Hook, the rently with the announcement last equipment the size of a backhoe, the cause his building had not yet, to his ties that we either control or in street- of Transportation, Craig Chin, said and celebrity chef Bobby Flay and it girlfriend Bundchen showed up to See BOSS on page 14 last month into one eight-story structure between See HOLIDAY on page 2 vists will meet with elected offi- gresswoman Nydia Velazquez. Asked during a brief question-and- to finish to file the Weaver family’s lawsuit, but said lion budget. The Brooklyn Papers tect’s designs, or suggest changes based er more community input on their design, ed with the caveat that discussions be- Douglas C. Steiner, chairman of the Hollywood- two to be used for the film. Shooting is scheduled to

tional and housing project, were re- driver of the city plow has yet to come forward Friday of an agreement signed by Rat- neighborhood alarms — in this case knowledge, been sold to Ratner. beds or in sidewalks — that would al- Papers The Brooklyn A decent proposal on Flatbush — and the answer is ‘Yes!’ The meeting, hosted by community answer period at the end of the meeting this week, “We can’t seem to get any answers.” CMI was issued four permits, valid 7 Several people expressed interest at the on community response. which was prepared by architect Arpad tween CB6 and Poly Prep were ongoing, cials later this month to air their style complex in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, announced begin next month, continuing through July. ceived with mixed enthusiasm during or be identified. Commerce shows new look ner and government officials that com- Calling it out of context with sur- boards 2 and 6 was, as CB6 Chairman how many stories might be shaved from “They claim that with the evidence they hadn’t ringing telephones — started sounding. “Shouldn’t he have decided if the low that information to subsequently am to 6 pm on weekdays from Feb. Environmental test-borings began this week on Fifth Av- meeting in finding out what other revenue The new wing, which would stand Baksa along with a consultant suggested and that before a final plan was ap- concerns. Tuesday that “Fur” is to be directed by Steven Shain- Police said they have narrowed the search for the By Jotham Sederstrom gonna be in the NBA?” ask- Prospect Heights man whose the Oracle recorded its first But Dehner, thinking he was and hours on end. More on Brooklyn Based on Patricia Bosworth’s “Diane Arbus: A an open meeting at Polytechnic Uni- Jerry Armer explained, “a chance for our the 30-story tower if development on been able to verify anything as yet,” said the lawyer. mits city and state property and money David Sheets, who lives at 479 land was good before he asked to be turned over for when the EIS [Envi- See RATNER on page 5 enue at Pacific Street, in the Atlantic Yards site. sources were explored, and Van Valken- rounding buildings, Community Board four stories tall, is to house a “cafetori- by the landmarks commission, Elise proved by the Landmarks Preservation “We’re trying to organize a meet- berg, in agreement with River Road Productions. driver in the Jan. 23 accident to one of four Depart- By Jess Wisloski PAGE 7 which stray from the typical Commerce Bank look of a white, The Brooklyn Papers ed by a high school student, bedroom window faces the marriage proposal since be- insincere, told him to stop. It So for three months, pass- Biography,” the screenplay by Erin Cressida Wil- versity Tuesday night. community to learn about the plans first- Furman commenced, Wendy Leventer, Though a spokesman for Mayor Michael brick cottage with a brown, slatted, McDonalds-style roof. Bridge Park burgh suggested setting up a separate meet- 6 this week overwhelmingly rejected — um,” with enough space for the children, Quasebarth. Commission — which will review the ing with all the elected officials,” said With “Fur” moving in and the film version of the son presents an imaginary portrait of the life of the ment of Sanitation trucks plowing streets after a The Brooklyn Papers The electronic billboard the board answered, “Maybe. billboard across the avenue at coming Flatbush Avenue’s was only then that she saw ersby on the busy intersection ing to focus on the finances. A Van Valken- in a 32-1 vote — an application by the But more prevalent than scornful hisses hand — not just read about them — but president of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Bloomberg offered words of condolence after re- “This is a much better plan than the one they had before,” he As a fan.” Bergen Street in Park Slope honorary sage. the glaring red sign looming near the entrance to the 2 and 3 from age 3 through the fourth grade, to After the Park Slope Civic Council re- application on Jan. 25 — the matter Murray Adams, president of the Cob- hit Broadway musical “The Producers” currently late New York fashion photographer known for her or tentative applause from the audience — get them directly from the designers and Development Corp. (BBPDC), a sub- storm dumped nearly two feet of snow on the city, A community group in Park Slope whose initiative pres- above the Pintchik hard- see pages 2 and 4 See CIVIL WAR on page 10 Poly Prep Lower School to build a four- have a shared lunchroom (they eat in viewed the designs, asked questions and but add that their investigation remains incomplete. peated calls by The Brooklyn Papers, the city has- said, and cited the immediate improvement of safety along the When another asked for enlisted help in seeing through “We’ve gotten 10 or 12 behind her. She was ecstatic. line subway station were greet- See EXPANSION on page 10 ble Hill Association. The group is being filmed on four of the studios’ stages, Steiner photo images of eccentric personalities from the comprised of a smattering of residents the development corporation.” sidiary of the Empire State Develop- n’t yet to determine whether the Department of sured Commerce Bank into scrapping plans for a drive- pedestrian-heavy sidewalks of Fifth Avenue with the elimination ware store on Flatbush Brewery contest Commission Little Markita Weaver was sitting on a snow help dealing with cancer, the a marriage proposal to his phone calls asking that we “I’ve never thought of ed with an ode to the borough’s See ‘PARK’ FOES on page 2 said, “we’re completely full even before we’ve fin- 1950s and 1960s. She committed suicide in 1971. from Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Fulton Fer- “A county of Kings deserves an emer- ment Corp. charged with designing and through reaped the rewards of their efforts Thursday when bank at Richards and Wolcott streets putting plas- Sanitation is even responsible. of the drive-through. Instead, a six-space parking lot is planned. Avenue has answered hun- board — whose operator is ru- longtime girlfriend, Rachael keep them posted,” said the myself as terribly romantic, biggest cheerleader. ry, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO and other ald jewel like the Brooklyn Bridge Park operating the park, said she wasn’t sure. Asked if Sanitation had conducted its own in- the bank unveiled a completely revamped plan for a new “This is an urban building, not a suburban building,” Na- dreds of tiny questions / Jori Klein / Jori Klein / Jori Klein tic bags over her shoes to play in the abundant mored to be writer Jonathan Dehner. hardware store’s owner, so this I’m proud of,” said “Borough President Marty outlying areas — was the ongoing repri- in her crown,” said Markowitz of the 1.3- But in a press briefing that morning, vestigation into the driver of the vehicle, spokes- branch on Fifth Avenue. parstek said. “The parking is behind the building, and the new Sun’Park white stuff when a plow making a turn onto Wol- since being turned over to Safran Foer, but is commonly “Rachael Dehner, will you Matthew Pintchik, of the an- Philbin, who said that a wed- Markowitz loves Brooklyn mand that representatives of the Brooklyn mile development plan. BBPDC consultant Tom Montvel-Co- cott Street crushed her. Investigators believe the woman Taryn Duckett replied, “That’s not on us. In the new designs, neither a drive-through nor what mem- building maintains the street wall. There’s a big grand en- FIGHTING IRISH a local writer more than a swer to Philbin’s proposal on ding date had not been set. and Brooklyn loves Borough But Millman, who lives in Brooklyn When you have something as tragic as that is, it’s known as the Oracle — coaxed marry me? Yes, this is real. grand prize is a Bridge Park Development Corporation hen told reporters that Pier 6 was likely bers of the hastily formed group Park Slope Neighbors had trance on the corner of First Street and Fifth Avenue, with big hears Heights driver likely didn’t see her as the truck went about year ago and used to dis- the woman to keep positive by No, this is not a joke. Just March 18. Once devoted solely to President Marty Markowitz.”

(BBPDC) received for excluding the gen- Heights, was more critical of the plan and to remain built up, regardless of addi- an NYPD investigation.” plate-glass windows all along the sidewalk. There’s a real / Mary Altaffer its business after burying the bloodied girl in a pile termed a “big, glowing drive-by sign” are featured, delighting pense predictions, advice getting fresh air and exercise. say yes,” read the LED tick- “So, we put up a congrat- hawking Pintchik’s wares Following a long hiatus, Sing for King BRONX eral public from meetings to discuss the the process by which it was reshaped. tional housing along Furman Street. of snow. The police department’s deputy commissioner Aaron Naperstek, a transportation activist who founded the welcoming feel to the building — it’s a lot nicer to the Trolleys in peril Art from Captain seeks new and even the occasional ulations message so that peo- (trash bins in back; pesticides the Oracle will return this But last Friday evening, the er as cars raced by on Flat- plans, which have been held privately since “This is the first meeting we’ve had in Papers The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn “First of all, it’s all very nice to draw “I still don’t know who the driver is, but they cer- for public information, Paul Browne, did not re- group to fight the plans for a drive-through at First Street. neighborhood.” Early Easter Lillias White leads the Brooklyn Ecumenical Choir in Hynes foe: Living outside vaudevillian one-liner. Oracle was the one asking the bush Avenue last weekend. ple who have been following up front), the 12-year-old, red summer with a couple of the redesign was unveiled on Dec. 18. too long a period of time,” said the Brown- From left, at Tuesday’s meeting: Matthew Urbanski, of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Inc.; Wendy Leventer, president of boxes on a plan, but if there’s no market turn calls seeking comment for this article, but early “They really went out of their way,” he added. song during the annual Brooklyn tribute to Dr. Martin tainly do,” said Beth Schlossman, an attorney for the “We really appreciate the way the bank listened and re- Cook’s voyage To the question, “Am I questions after Peter Philbin, a “Yes,” said Dehner, and along knew what happened.” LED sign overlooking Flat- new tricks up his sleeve. trip to Brooklyn ‘Candy’ gripes Elected officials who turned out for he See FIRST PARK LOOK on page 5 the Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Corporation; and lead Brooklyn Bridge Park designer Michael Van Valkenburgh. See MORE HOUSING on page 15 Weaver family. The Weavers plan to sue the city. See PLOW on page 4 sponded to our concerns,” Naperstek said about the new plans, See COMMERCE on page 13 Luther King Jr. at the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Navy Yard to throw out historic cars forces boro’s Philbin, 31, said that he had bush Avenue malfunctioned And while he’s garnered a JEERS Associated Press zoning law been planning to propose to last summer and forced own- reputation for dipping his ad- Howard Gilman Opera House last Monday. advocating the return of trolleys By Jotham Sederstrom ed to a day on the town that will include The Brooklyn Papers dozen of Brooklyn’s long-gone Dehner, his girlfriend of two er Pintchik to choose only one vice and answers in acerbic, to the borough, are seeking sym- Councilman: Put a tour of the Williamsburg-based brew- By Jess Wisloski While not quite the same as transportation gems before they’re The Brooklyn Papers 2 parades and a half years, but had hit a message to be repeated days sometimes vitriolic wit, pathetic transportation buffs with ery, a trip to Coney Island and tickets to a The Brooklyn Papers city, staff breaking the law By Ariella Cohen adopting a pet, a pair of trolley shipped to the scrap heap. While mass-market beer compa- Swimming with sharks snag trying to come up with a Pintchik hinted that Brook- big hearts and even bigger open Jets in Brooklyn Brooklyn Cyclones minor league baseball Brooklyn Heights residents seeking to quash a plan to build a for The Brooklyn Papers clever way of posing the PAGE 7 enthusiasts are making a last- Members of the Brooklyn nies continue to dish out promotional lynites might see a kinder spaces to house 11 trolley cars game at Keyspan Park, as well as a lim- high-rise atop an open courtyard at Henry and Poplar streets A group of first-grade students from PS 27 in Red Hook visit the shark tank at the New York Aquarium in into 1 Sunday question. Friends suggested ditch effort to give away nearly a City Streetcar Company, a group The Brooklyn Papers vacations to Tahiti and Jamaica, Steve If plans for new residential development in Booster: Put school and gentler Oracle. Among that have been languishing rent- ousine to transport the lucky winners turned out for a Landmarks Preservation Commission hearing Coney Island on Tuesday. Brooklynites got a real taste of spring this week, as sunshine, blue skies and that he make it public, per- the new plans, he said, is an ABronx councilman this week Callan / Tom O’Hara says 33 of 98 ADAs work illegally ASPCA Callan / Tom free in the Brooklyn Navy Yard Hindy, president of the Brooklyn from one side of the borough to the other. warmer temperatures covered the area. By Jotham Sederstrom northern Sunset Park proceed under the neigh- haps on a sports arena score- trashed Brooklyn as part of an aton the proposal this week. Charges dropped Oracle dating service. for more than three years. Brewery, is offering an all-expenses “We’ve always had to compete with Slope kids bash borhood’s current zoning code, the Goddess of The hearing room at the commission’s headquarters in Manhattan was The Brooklyn Papers board or in an advertisement. But with the Oracle set to They’d like to find someone tempt to fight the mayor’s plan to By Jotham Sederstrom with hundreds of appeals from Minerva at Green-Wood Cemetery risks losing a EXCLUSIVE paid trip to a locale closer to home these giant corporations, these interna- crowded with residents, civic association members, displaced tenants and “But the more I thought become a matchmaker, one kind enough to store them, but if build a new Jets football stadium that in addition to beaches, features The Brooklyn Papers convicted criminals who were As the luck of the Irish would have it, flirtation nearly 90 years old. in new park about it, I realized that there tional brewing conglomerates,” said preservationists alike who shared their displeasure at a developer’s plans last question begged to be 29M shark house it comes to it, the group is will- on Manhattan’s West Side. high culture, fine dining and even an prosecuted by the out-of-city ADAs. arrests two separate St. Patrick’s Day parades was a perfectly good sign ing to give them away. Hindy, who started the homegrown brew- for 20 Henry St. A complaint has been filed Separated by New York Harbor and about six av- asked. Former state Attorney General O’Hara ran unsuccessful The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn

will wend their way through streets in Papers The Brooklyn amusement park — Brooklyn. ery nearly 20 years ago. “They’re always enue blocks of low-rise Brooklyn real-estate sloping By Jess Wisloski week that many park advocates have dis- right outside of our apart- “Divorces are out of the The renewed effort comes G. Oliver Koppell, now a council- Affectionately known as the Candy Factory for its former use as the with the city Conflicts of In- primary campaigns for Assembly Bay Ridge and Park Slope on Sunday Chitter-Chatter Beginning this week, the brewery is doing these programs, offering trips to At Main Street’s Brooklyn Bridge Park Wednesday, Cyclones mascot Sandy the Seagull Peaks Mason Mints factory, the preserved warehouse was home to terest Board charging that 33 as Roper pays fee Callan / Tom cussed with enthusiasm the idea for a school ment,” said Philbin, a Bear Peter Philbin drops to one knee to recreate his marriage proposal to following a final warning by man from Riverdale, wrote to May- down toward the harbor, the Minerva statue and the The Brooklyn Papers question,” said Pintchik. and City Council against Democ- American soldier afternoon, a scheduling gaffe that has that could serve Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Stearns futures investor who “The Oracle doesn’t be- his fiance, Rachel Dehner, in front of the Pintchik hardware store’s set for Aquarium Navy Yard officials to remove or Michael Bloomberg this week offering a sweepstakes in which 10 win- Scotland or Pebble Beach or the (left), Borough President Marty Markowitz (center) and Brooklyn Brewery President Steve artists’ lofts over the past four decades, until a new developer purchased prosecutors working for Brook- ratic Party-supported candidates Statue of Liberty have spent the better part of the last with Liam injected new life into the term “fighting A prominent advocate of plans to build Vinegar Hill and Cobble Hill. moved to New York seven the trolleys, lest they be shipped that while he was pleased to hear ners and five of their friends will be treat- See VACATION on page 15 Hindy unveiled a sweepstakes in which 10 lucky winners get dream vacations to Brooklyn. the building last spring and evicted the tenants. BLOWIN’ SMOKE lyn District Attorney Charles lieve in them.” “Oracle” sign at the corner of Bergen Street and Flatbush Avenue. in the late 1980s and ’90s before ‘Hearts’ century locked in a stone-eyed stare. The Brooklyn Papers two dozen nurse sharks, carpet Subsequently, the development But foe of DA Hynes Brooklyn Bridge Park would like to see a to salvage yards. about the plans for a new cruise By Jotham Sederstrom According to the New York hardt, was reprimanded by JHS Irish.” But a new residential development planned for the “One of the things that people are very in- years ago from Vermont. Hynes live illegally outside of Hynes tried him for voter fraud middle school added to the 1.3-mile The evening began simply The New York Aquarium, sharks, pajama sharks and leop- “This is one of the things that ship port, “the Brooklyn location is company, a group of Manhattan- The Brooklyn Papers Post, which first reported the story 51 Principal Xavier Castelli. Kun- Thanks to an unusually early Easter, corner of Seventh Avenue and 23rd Street, where the terested in doing is putting a middle school in ard sharks to the dozen or so that the city. for registering to vote and voting / Tom Callan / Tom waterfront development. enough. Dehner, 28, a long home to the oldest known made Brooklyn Brooklyn,” said not a good one.” based investors called The Praedi- Mango / Greg on Monday, one girl wrote that she hardt issued a statement of apolo- could still be disbarred which this year falls on March 27, the annu- Papers The Brooklyn the middle of the park and creating a commu- from a temporary address. National Produce Warehouse stood until last year, sand tiger shark in captivity, already live in the aquarium. It is Jan Lorenzen, a founder of the “The big attraction of New York um Group LLC, introduced plans New ‘chimineas’ causing a stink In his complaint, John Ken- A class of Park Slope sixth- believes Jacobs is “being forced to gy through the Department of Ed- al Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade is on Marianna Koval, executive director of the nity and education center,” said Koval. lawyer in Manhattan, had to “This is chaos in the court- The statue of Minerva atop Green-Wood cemetery’s Battle Hill will lose her intended view of gigantic threatens the sight line between the two historic monu- will triple the number of sea expected to be completed by 2007. group. “They’re one of those as a cruise ship destination is that to the landmarks commission nedy O’Hara charged that roughly graders shocked the nation this kill innocent people” and chal- ucation. founder By Jotham Sederstrom March 20, a week ahead of schedule and on Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, said this See SCHOOL on page 5 work late, so the pair one-third of the 98 assistant dis- house,” said O’Hara of his allega- gal-pal the Statue of Liberty (inset), if a high-rise condo development in Sunset Park goes forward. See SUNSET on page 16 predators it cares for as part of To accommodate the new- lures of Brooklyn, the type of passengers can land right in the seeking to build a new, nine-story By Jotham Sederstrom desires of outdoorsy homeowners week when it was discovered lenged him to name an Iraqi terror- “The teacher acknowledges The Brooklyn Papers the same day as the Brooklyn Irish-Ameri- skipped dinner and headed trict attorneys employed by Hynes tion regarding the ADAs. He is / Tom Callan / Tom a multimillion-dollar makeover comers, officials plan to install a thing that now you only see in middle of Manhattan where tourists The Brooklyn Papers with the health concerns of their they had sent demoralizing let- ist, concluding, “I know I can’t.” that he made a mistake and the can Parade in Park Slope, which celebrates to Times Square to catch a apartment complex next door to By Jess Wisloski Embattled district attorney candidate Sandra Roper of the nearly 50-year-old com- state-of-the-art, 500,000-gallon photographs.” want to be,” wrote Koppell. Cabby stab in Heights 20 Henry St., at the corner of apartment-dwelling neighbors, who do not meet residency require- working as an unpaid volunteer Deputy Schools Chancellor principal plans to add a letter of its 30th anniversary this year. showing of Avenue Q, the CB6er wants state review Confined for more than a de- for Sandra Roper, a lawyer who is ters to a soldier stationed near has agreed to pay nearly $9,000 to the elderly woman plex in Coney Island, starting tank surrounding a walkway that Along with Arthur Melnick, a “I am recommending … that the Big bunny ments under state law. The Brooklyn Papers Tony-winning puppet show Poplar Street, demolishing what say they are inundated by an in- Carmen Farina, the former super- reprimand to his file,” said Alicia Papers File The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn North Korea as part of a social accusing her of fraud in an unorthodox deal that will Kathleen McDonagh, who has organized with the shark house. will allow sharks to swim over fellow trolley buff, Lorenzen new cruise terminal be built on the cade to America’s great wide evitable byproduct of the ovens — The infraction, O’Hara be- challenging Hynes in the primary intendent of Park Slope’s School Maxey Greene, a spokeswoman on Broadway. The couple The Brooklyn Papers many claim to be a landmarked studies assignment. The founding director of a Brooklyn an- clear the attorney of all charges but may leave her vul- the Park Slope parade since its inception in A$29 million fix-up of the the heads of their human admir- hopes to bring those and other West Side of Manhattan on the site open, wood-burning outdoor black smoke. lieves, threatens to clog the courts Charles Hynes John O’Hara See HYNES on page 17 District 15, who has a nephew for the Department of Education. 1975, initially declined to comment on the loved it, and then headed Police are investigating the stab- private garden. imal shelter was arrested Tuesday and charg- nerable to political jabs. shark habitat will add as many as See AQUARIUM on page 4 See TROLLEYS on page 10 See BX JEERS on page 10 fireplaces, known as “chimin- “This thing, I guess it’s to heat Several of the letters sent to Pfc. Although Jacobs was not sta- Two Brooklyn Catholic back to Brooklyn immedi- Papers The Brooklyn “We think this is the most im- serving in Iraq, said on Tuesday ed with 11 counts of animal cruelty following While emphasizing that the agreement was neither an dueling events, but later conceded that she bing in Brooklyn Heights of a yellow eas,” are becoming an urban Rob Jacobs by students from JHS that she would personally issue tioned in Iraq, it didn’t stop the Callan / Tom ately afterward. of Ikea’s Red Hook site portant issue to come before the you up,” said Fire Department As- believed the Bay Ridge parade, itself only 11 51, the William Alexander Middle an investigation by the American Society for admission of guilt nor the result of a plea, Roper said that Coney rides given once-over taxicab driver by a fare, who then fled Brooklyn Heights Association phenomenon that has city offi- sistant Chief Howard Hill. “I don’t an apology to the New Jersey sol- pint-size pundits from dashing off In the cab, Dehner asked the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. she would compensate $8,829 to Mary Lee Ward, the for- years old, should have been rescheduled. on foot. cials scratching their heads and know how popular they are here, School, on Fifth Avenue at Fifth dier and his family. 21 mostly unhappy letters that “Yes I do,” said McDonagh. “Ours has al- about their engagement, a By Jess Wisloski ment of Environmental Conserva- trol Board is expected to rule on since the establishment of Brook- Carmello “Mel” Salamone, 51, of Mastick, mer client whose accusations of fraud led to Roper being schools spared the ax The cabby was stabbed in the back near lyn Heights as an historic district. apartment dwellers fuming. but enough people are starting to Street, attacked soldiers for partici- The teacher who assigned the seemed to confirm every stereo- ways been on the third Sunday of March. Al- Some 82 rides at Astroland Park subject the two had been dis- tion (DEC) without board ap- whether Ikea was at fault in releas- Long Island, was picked up by 66th Precinct tried for grand larceny. A trial ended in a hung jury in No- cussing, without realizing The Brooklyn Papers his shoulder as he approached the corner of We hope you will treat it as such,” Long a fixture in rural settings get them that we have to deal with pating in the war in Iraq. letter-writing project, Alex Kun- type of the liberal Park Slope vember and she was about to be retried when the special ways.” and Deno’s Wonder Wheel were proval. ing the asbestos and what if any Check out The Papers’ police on Fifth Avenue at 25th Street in Sunset City: Parks that a proposal was coming A motion by a member of TAX INFORMATION Pierrepont and Hicks streets in Brooklyn testified Judy Stanton, the neigh- the issue.” mindset and its widespread oppo- prosecutor handling the case made Roper an offer she Jerry Callahan, president of the Bay Ridge deemed safe for the hundreds, or per- By Jotham Sederstrom dens, and St. Finbar’s School, at 1825 Bath The Swedish furniture giant’s fines should be levied, at a public and suburbia, the fireplaces had sition to President Bush. While Park, one block south of where he turned over The Brooklyn Papers Ave., in Bath Beach, would remain open next sooner than she realized. Community Board 6 to have a Heights around 8:45 pm on Tuesday. borhood organization’s executive failed to flicker in the hearts, minds The problem cane to the fore couldn’t refuse. parade committee, said that his organization Papers File The Brooklyn haps thousands of revelers expected development of a mammoth store hearing April 1. the carcass of a dead pit bull to animal res- Callan / Tom After the jagged knife was jammed into $24M arena jackpot one wrote, simply, that she be- Although she still faces possible disciplinary action, ready to roll to spill into the neighborhood on year. St. Virgilius, in Queens, was the other “I was kind of giving her state environmental agency GRAND director. and backyards of New Yorkers. earlier this month, after tenants at cuers on Jan. 31 following a raid on the facili- — which normally hosts the parade on the A bagpiper marches in the Brooklyn The Brooklyn diocese announced with additional retail space on a Sones’ motion to have the board WORKSHOP his back, Mamnun Haq, 42, told the Daily Newsboxes removed lieved “this war is pointless,” oth- Roper is now free to focus on her campaign against Kings March 20, when the attractions open school saved. a hard time,” said Philbin. “I evaluate property slated for an SUMMER Dan Wiley, a community liai- But when sales of the largely aes- an apartment building in Bay fourth Sunday of March — began planning shipping and graving dock on the draft a letter asking the DEC to The Brooklyn Papers has ordered the temporary removal of its ers weren’t so easy on the 20-year- ty he helped organize. Irish-American Parade in 2003. Wednesday that two of the 17 schools it “We are feeling fantastic,” said a shaken En- ended up baiting her a little FREE! OPENING! INSIDE News, he slammed closed the taxi partition son for Rep. Nydia Velasquez, thetic clay-and-cast-iron chimineas Ridge, on 79th Street at Sixth Av- By Jess Wisloski / Tom Callan / Tom County District Attorney Charles Hynes. for this year’s event as early as 2003, know- By Jotham Sederstrom for business for the first time since Ikea home furnishings store in Red Hook waterfront that includes test for further contaminants was Provisions for the Artistic Mind on-the-street newsboxes in Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill and old soldier. Salamone is charged with “overdriving, tor- threatened to shutter in Brooklyn would rico Bruzzese, the father of two boys at St. Fin- bit, so she got perturbed with and sped up the block. read a prepared statement to the (chimi-NAY’-ahs) flourished else- enue, began jamming the city’s The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan / Tom “I am truly thankful that these false charges against me Callan / Tom ing far in advance that Easter Sunday would The Brooklyn Papers September. Tues., Jan. 25 at 6pm Callan / Tom Red Hook. While we believe much of the recent legislation reg- turing and injuring animals and failure to pro- remain open following successful busi- me.” Red Hook was rejected and several Civil War-era buildings, rejected, said the board’s manager, When the cabby hit the brakes, the at- In one essay, a student wrote have been dismissed, finally,” said Roper, flanked by sup- be off limits and the week after that would 15th Street at Prospect Park West, following Save for a loose nut there, and a wig- bar, hours after receiving the word. “It’s great 11-member commission. where two years ago, so too did in- 311 switchboard and the phone Opponents of Bruce Ratner’s Developer sells out to Ratner sent back to committee. / Jess Wisloski has already been issued 19 viola- because it would be redundant. CAMP ulating newsbox placement is unconstitutional, we are never- that soldiers were “destroying vide proper sustenance for animals,” according Papers The Brooklyn porters on the steps of Brooklyn Supreme Court Monday. an assembly at noon and a rededication cere- As much a sign of the coming ness plans submitted by supporters of the news. It was delayed, so we were a little wor- When the cab neared their tacker fled. Haq opened the car door and “Though the tenant effort is terest from city folks. lines of Community Board 10 with theless making a good-faith effort to comply with those rules. push it into April, nearly three weeks after St. gly bolt there — all of which were cor- The vote, at the March 9 full tions by the city Department of “That would be effectively the at Chadwicks Restaurant Thursday, Jan. 27, 6-8pm basketball arena and high-rise holy places like mosques” while to the district attorney’s office. He could face “Indeed, these charges never should have been brought,” mony for 9-11 victims at 12:30 pm, said Mc- of spring as pitchers and catchers rected before being given the green light Callan / Tom Bath Beach and Carroll Gardens schools. ried. It still hasn’t sunk in completely. The apartment, Philbin had the screamed for help. over,” he read, “I did not think we Now, say area hearth and gar- complaints of black smoke waft- Shaya Boymelgreen, who had Pacific St. and 546 Vanderbilt the footprint of Ratner’s plans for Pending the return of our boxes in a few weeks, we have in- Patrick’s Day, March 17. driver stop short. In front of board meeting, came after Chair- Environmental Protection, includ- board asking the agency to uphold plan were left singing “Heart- another accused Jacobs of “being up to 11 years in prison — one year for each she said. “Our courts, one of the best of institutions, are fair, Donagh. The route then traces 15th Street reporting to Florida, city officials by Department of Buildings inspectors Another, in Queens, was also spared. teachers were crying, the parents were crying. presented by Maiorano & Associates Live music, refreshments, giveaways! The driver was taken to Bellevue Hospi- would have to revisit 20 Henry St. dening retailers, the fiery fad has ing through their windows. been moving forward recently Ave. to Ratner for $44 million. a massive residential, commercial The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn He noted that Irish heritage parades were creased deliveries to stores that carry our newspapers and our forced to kill innocent people.” count — an ASPCA investigator said. but not infallible. As the next Brooklyn district attorney, I’ll al- this week descended upon Coney Michael Hardiman, vicar for education for Everyone is just so happy.” Gino’s Pizza, on Flatbush man Jerry Armer told Red Hook ing a new one this week, releasing the law that they’re required to GUIDE tal and was listed in stable condition as this over the character or its presence sparked in Brooklyn, especially in Although residents perched on break Hotel” this week as a with plans to develop a hotel that Boymelgreen had purchased the and sports development, which west to Seventh Avenue, where green-clad — each of the rides passed inspection.

held in the Rockaways and on Staten Island Papers The Brooklyn net circulation is unchanged. If you need help in locating a store Papers The Brooklyn ASPCA Special Agent Richard Ryan escorts Carmello Salamone, 51, from the 66th Precinct, at Hardiman said that both schools submitted Avenue at Bergen Street, board member Lou Sones that a asbestos into the air by way of ille- file,” said CB6 District Manager Papers The Brooklyn competing developer sold his Elected officials, meanwhile, Reached for comment after the arrest. Sala- Enough? I snow what you mean! ways remember that the purpose of American courts is to pro- revelers will march north to Union Street. Island for last-minute safety ins- “We’re just making sure they’re the Diocese of Brooklyn, said in a statement went to press. in the neighborhood. neighborhoods where private the highest levels of the six-story would have potentially thrown a property in August for $20 mil- the city and state have agreed to that carries The Papers, please call Cynthia at (718) 834-9350, 16th Avenue and 58th Street, to Central Booking on Tuesday. Salamone, founder and presi- last week. successful five-year business models that gave Philbin kneeled on the side- See our ad inside. Call to reserve: (718) 331-3700. 10 & interest in the Prospect Heights letter requesting review of the site Papers The Brooklyn gal demolition of buildings. Craig Hammerman. See our ad on page 7 See Parenting Section on page 11 Police investigate stabbing of cab driver at the corner of Pierre- “Though not public, this space ext. 101, between 8:30 am and 5:30 pm weekdays. issued carefully worded state- mone asked The Brooklyn Papers to call him Brooklyn was hit with another 6 inches of snow overnight Monday. The white stuff painted a pretty picture along the Brooklyn Heights tect society and protect the rights of the individual accused.” Sandra Roper announces deal at state Supreme “You hear rumors,” Callahan said of From there, the crowd will head back to pections before throngs of thrill ready for riders,” said Buildings Depart- that both the Sacred Heart-St. Stephen’s A youngster can’t believe her eyes as she spots a giant Easter Bunny (with equally-large Easter The suspect was still at large. homes thrive. And although the building couldn’t pinpoint the ori- monkey-wrench into Ratner’s lion. help finance with $100 million

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PASSING on the Atlantic Yards project was Callan / Tom A top official with a Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce this week barred the public ference hall big enough to seat 1,800. speak,” said Daniel Goldstein, a showed up. To project opponents, who grav- as building held in a room so small that German shipping company from an official Chamber function, a luncheon where Ratner’s But far from languishing, as plans to expand in NBA Hall-of-Famer buys By Jotham Sederstrom persistent critic of the plan to build The room was crowded early by itated towards him as he was let in, that took its $1.6 billion trade Manhattan have, the interest from the United Na- The Brooklyn Papers dozens of people — including, high-rise housing and office build- organized proponents of the Ratner he said, “Nobody’s getting locked controversial Atlantic Yards project was discussed. for a time, Borough President deal to New Jersey after first The event had been advertised for three weeks as “free and open to all tions could help spur new development in Down- On a breezy, sun-filled day eerily reminiscent of the September ings as well as an arena for the project, including trade union out. Everybody’s going to be heard.” Marty Markowitz — were barred members and members of BUILD Inside the hearing, Markowitz considering Brooklyn’s port, businesses” on the Chamber’s web site as well as on postcards sent to the town Brooklyn, which passed a major rezoning ini- morning when two commercial jets were flown into the World New Jersey Nets.

crumbles tiative in August but has failed so far to see much by police from entering. “[Committee Chairman James] (Brooklyn United for Innovative touted the plan, saying, “This is a Papers The Brooklyn said this week that the deci- Chamber’s mailing list, which, in addition to Chamber members, included Williamsburgh Bank tower Trade Center towers, several hundred people, many of whom wit- new construction sprout forth. Sanders cut it off at five [o’clock] Local Development). cause for celebration.” sion came down to the city’s the news media, community board offices and non-members. Even for those who did get into “It’s going to be a reminder to a lot of people nessed the destruction from the 69th Street Pier in Bay Ridge, the May 26 hearing, there was little for no apparent reason other than But even BUILD’s president, Two hours after the hearing began, Brooklyn second baseman Armand Gaerlan scores in front of Yankees catcher P.J. Pilittere in the eighth in- SEIZURES refusal to back the Red Hook In unusual form for the Chamber, which serves to publicize and pro- By Jess Wisloski returned to that dock for the unveiling of Brooklyn’s first-ever ning of the Cyclones 10-7 Opening Night victory at Keyspan Park in Coney Island. that Downtown Brooklyn is successful and a real By Jess Wisloski time for public input, although the he just felt like leaving,” said Gold- James Caldwell, a staunch Ratner a steadfast group of project oppo- By Neil Sloane and Jess Wisloski port’s existence. THE BUCK mote businesses in the borough, the Chamber barred several merchants The Brooklyn Papers downtown,” said Kenneth Adams, president of the borough-wide memorial to victims of those attacks. committee allowed pro-develop- stein, who owns a home inside the ally, expressed annoyance. nents continued to wait, hoping to get The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Papers “There’s usually other factors and residents who have ex- Awoman was killed and five people were Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. “Even if it’s Fire and police boats quietly circled Monday morning as, one-by-one, “A regular person that’s not in- inside.

Associated Press pressed criticism of Rat- that are in play, but it is correct hospitalized Monday night when the side of only temporary, it puts Brooklyn on the internation- He conquered the NBA, he’s a giant in the officials involved with the Brooklyn Remembers memorial project stepped volved in the project didn’t come A guard working at the security The U.S. Supreme Court on NOT JUST NETS Brooklyn Dodgers Duke Snider and Don Newcomb celebrate Dem Bums’ vic- that the lack of a long-term lease ‘Park’ planners won’t ner’s plan, as well as re- retail franchising field and now Earvin Thursday ruled that local governments al stage. Think of it — Geneva, the Hague, Brus- close to getting a chance to speak,” desk, Elias Cabrera, explained that to porters, from attending the a building in Fort Greene collapsed and behind a podium and carefully reflected on the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. A tory over the New York Yankees in the 1955 World Series. agreement affected our deci- crushed the bodega next to it, raining mortar, sels and now Downtown Brooklyn. It’s in the com- “Magic” Johnson towers above Brooklyn with light fog blurred an otherwise clear view of Lower Manhattan. Caldwell said. “They should’ve enter, people had to be pre-registered may seize people’s homes and busi- THE NEW BROOKLYN meeting. Associated Press sion,” Rainer Dehe, chief of op- bricks and cement down on the victims. pany of classic European cities.” his latest purchase — the Williamsburgh Sav- “You can understand what a perfect place this is for a memorial. Just cut back on some of the politicians as speakers, and pointed to a printed nesses — even against their will — for erations for the international “This was not set up to Brooklyn Heights resident Jan Stackhouse, shown in the White Mountains of New Hamp- The report assessed where things stand with that were speaking, and given an list prepared in advance. be a debate about the proj- The wall of an empty and neglected four-story ings Bank tower. look around you,” said Mayor Michael Bloomberg during the May 16 cer- private economic development. shipping company Hamburg pay for enclosed field shire in 1988. Her body was found Sunday by a passing motorist in Stockbridge, Mass. plans to renovate the U.N. Secretariat building, opportunity to have some of the Ken Diamondstone, a Community The decision could pave the way for An investment fund led by the NBA Hall-of- emony, adding later, “We saw blazing towers go down. But human beings bulldoze residences for projects such as and the city and state filed briefs in support Sud told the Brooklyn Papers ect,” said Randy Pierce, a tenement at 125-127 Park Ave. spontaneously col- B’KLYN IDOLS lapsed and crashed through the ceiling of the sin- which was considered modern when it was con- Famer teamed up with a New York developer to have the capability to mourn while also looking to the future.” public speak.” Board 2 member waiting in the lob- New York State to condemn private prop- shopping malls and hotel complexes in or- of the City of New London’s position affirm- this week. The company had spokesman for the Cham- structed 50 years ago but now violates most New Reporters without Police Depart- by, said, “So many people are en- By Jess Wisloski sions” on recreational aspects of the park. The fo- ber. “We knew there wasn’t gle-story building next door that held the Family purchase the building at 1 Hanson Place, the bor- More than 400 men and women, many of them relatives of the 283 Brook- erty under its eminent domain authority for der to generate tax revenue. ing the right of eminent domain. hoped to ship to Brooklyn for York City fire and safety codes. ment credentials who arrived after gaged at this point, they should’ve Clones beat Yanks, take opener use in developer Bruce Ratner’s proposed rum was held at Long Island College Hospital, on Mini Market. The impact, around 7:30 pm, sent de- ough’s tallest, the partners announced this week. lynites who died that day, appeared stoic, if not a bit solemn, as Bloomberg Local officials, not federal judges, know Some opponents of the Ratner project ex- the next five years at the Red The Brooklyn Papers going to be any new infor- The 38-story tower has no sprinkler system, is the room was filled were prevented known there would be a massive Hicks Street at Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill. bris from the collapse through to the cellar of the They plan to convert the city landmark office and other elected officials took turns praising the memorial, a bronze sculpture Atlantic Yards project in Prospect Heights, best in deciding whether a development proj- pressed shock at the high court’s decision. Hook piers operated by Ameri- mation; that’s why we did- packed with asbestos and leaks about 25 percent of from entering the building, and re- turnout.” By Vince DiMiceli Dodgers’ The only year-round active-use recreational At the April 16 meeting, the park planners an- n’t invite the press.” small grocery at the corner of Park Avenue and building, which stands 34 stories and 512 feet tall, depicting the once prominent trumpet used by firefighters to announce danger. where nearly 13 acres of private property ect will benefit the community, justices said. “It’s as if the Supreme Court has ruled can Stevedoring Inc. (ASI), facility planned for Brooklyn Bridge Park — Heights woman the heat pumped into it in the winter. porters with credentials had to seek City Council spokeswoman Leti- The Brooklyn Papers face condemnation. The Ratner plan includes a professional against the U.S. Constitution. I’m shock- nounced that the only facility planned for active, Some local newspaper Cumberland Street. into luxury condominiums with ground-floor retail. See BEACON on page 5 promising the creation of 400 Callan / Tom Annan said a search of more than 100 properties special permission to enter. cia Theodore said the policy of the an enclosed structure that would be built on a year-round recreation would not be built if private publishers were invited on Crystal Stoudmire, 23, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, The Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, which incor- More immediately, the 5-4 high court rul- basketball arena that could also host con- ed,” said Patti Hagan, a Prospect Heights jobs here, he said. in Manhattan turned up nothing that satisfied its Several reporters were personal- council is to provide a forum to any- It was deja vu all over again. portion of Pier 5 — is not included in the pro- funding wasn’t secured. the understanding that they was buying a sandwich in the store when the build- porates Johnson’s development company —which ing represents a defeat for some New Lon- certs and other events, as well as four sky- resident who lives just outside the arena The Brooklyn Papers first re- needs for both office and conference space. One pos- ly ushered upstairs to the hearing one who chooses to speak, but the And again. And again. And ing collapsed atop her. The nurse’s aide was found Drew / Richard also has another luxury condominium project in don, Conn., residents whose homes are slat- scrapers and 13 other high-rises on property plan footprint and has for nearly two years / Xinhua, Fan Changguo ject’s budget, planners said this week. “We are not including the construction of [the] would not report on the ported last week that the compa- sibility that planners looked at was 7 World Trade Cen- by Forest City staff. room did not have enough space. again. On Saturday, the director of the Brooklyn building in the base cost of the park,” said Van meeting. The chairman of under the rubble with a wound to her neck, but was progress in Park Slope, at 45 Park Place — “focused for destruction to make room for an stretching east from the intersection of Flat- organized opposition to the plan. ny instead signed a contract with still breathing when rescue workers uncovered her ter, which is expected to open next year, officials said. Markowitz, a champion of the “I don’t think they knew how For the fifth time in their five- office complex. They argued that cities have bush and Atlantic avenues. Ratner proposes “ Why isn’t the Supreme Court holding a port in Bayonne, N.J., after Bridge Park Development Corporation (BBPDC), Valkenburgh, the lead designer, during the first the Chamber is Dan Holt, found murdered es on the development of urban properties in under- Amajor issue is figuring out where to hold the project, who arrived at the building many people were going to be here,” year history, the Brooklyn Cy-

/ Jori Klein no right to take their land except for projects The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn body from the rubble. served neighborhoods,” according to a press re- to create more than 7,000 units of housing the basic fundamental rights of people?” pennant city Economic Development Wendy Leventer, along with landscape architects presentation to the community focused on recre- co-publisher of the Couri- annual General Assembly debate when world lead- clones took the season opener, One of the survivors, Shermaine Laster, 29, told a few minutes after the hearing’s 1 she said. with a clear public use, such as roads or as well as commercial and office space. from Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, gave ational uses for the 1.3-mile open space, housing er-Life newspaper chain. Atlantic Yards objectionists who were Associated Press lease by the company. she said. Corporation officials refused to Associated Press the Daily News of his attempts to rescue Stoud- ers descend on New York for several days. pm scheduled start, was stopped at The hearing was moderated by this time with a 10-7 victory over schools, or to revitalize blighted areas. Both Mayor Michael Bloomberg and “Supposedly it’s [to bring in] more taxes, banned from last week’s Chamber of They teamed up with the Dermot Co. to pur- / Jori Klein guarantee that the Red Hook a public presentation and smaller “working ses- See INDOOR on page 6 Holt could not be reached The Brooklyn space, likely within the boundaries the hated Staten Island Yankees. Commerce luncheon at Gargiulo’s in mire. chase the building. One report had the price tag at a revolving door by three police of- Councilman Sanders, who on May The court affirmed the right of cities to Gov. George Pataki support Ratner’s project See EMINENT DOMAIN on page 19 port would remain open through for comment by press time. of the new zoning plan, could fit the bill, Annan’s re- 19 attended an event to promote a In front of the largest crowd Pierce said the meeting Coney Island protest outside the “She grabbed my sweatshirt … I could see her $71 million, although that could not be confirmed ficers who blocked his passage, 2009. face wedged between some Sheetrock and the glass in the Berkshires Will the world port indicated. The report estimated that the Brook- saying they couldn’t let him in. memorandum of understanding ever to make its way into eatery. by press time. “It was definitely a factor that / Danny Moloshok was closed to foes of the lyn site would cost the United Nations between $211 of a refrigerator case,” Laster said leaving Brook- From the time it was built in 1929 until 1962, Markowitz found himself on the agreed to by Ratner, the city, and the Keyspan Park, Mookie Wilson’s Queens for a day Ratner plan in order to Papers The Brooklyn they have only a relatively short million and $220 million and would include needed housing group ACORN, at which squad put on a show featuring avoid stirring controversy, and the Chamber had complied with Forest lyn Hospital Center Tuesday with a broken knee. By Jess Wisloski On Wednesday, Massachusetts State Police, led the Williamsburgh Bank building’s four-sided same side of the glass doors as restored contract that extends only to Twenty-one-year-old Brooklynite Irina Krush (second from left), considered one of the best American women chess players come to Brooklyn? conference space. A Midtown Manhattan location, City Council member David Yassky during testimony by ACORN about 50 of the plan’s opponents, ACORN Executive Director Bertha timely hitting, aggressive base City Ratner’s requests to ban certain community members and business “She was scared. She was gasping for breath. I The Brooklyn Papers by detectives from Downtown Brooklyn’s 84th clock was the largest in the nation. A city landmark, 2007,” added Dehe. of all time, poses Tuesday with competitors in the women’s World Chess Cup in the Chinese provincial capital of Jinan. tried to lift some of the ceiling off of her, but I Brooklyn is America’s melting pot, with an abundant rep- on the other hand, would cost between $221 million Executive Director Bertha Lewis at the Atlantic Yards hearing on some of whom shouted, “We’re g- Papers The Brooklyn Lewis kissed Mayor Michael running and, minus three errors, After extensive negotiations, owners from the meeting. Precinct and Stackhouse’s parents — who came resentation of the world’s races, religions and cultures. the grand limestone building, which combines Ro-

Associated Press Massachusetts police believe a Brooklyn and $230 million, plus another $45 million for con- By Frank Eltman something so others can enjoy it for the fu- Krush, who attended Edward R. Murrow High School in Midwood, became the youngest woman ever to compete in the couldn’t move it. Then she just let go after three or from St. Augustine, Fla. — entered her Remsen May 26. In a deal that was “sealed with a kiss,” Lewis last week ac- etting locked out!” and “They’re Coney Island City Council member Domenic M. Recchia, Jr., puts his head in his hand during testi- Bloomberg and Bruce Ratner. some excellent glove work. “We did work with Forest City Ratner in terms of discouraging any in- manesque and Byzantine elements, is overdue for a / Gary Thomas TISH the Port Authority of New York Soon, the borough may take an even larger spot on the ference space, according to the report. Associated Press ture and that’s an important thing for us.” U.S. Women’s Chess Championship, at age 11, and was the youngest ever to win the same event, at age 14. She’s flanked Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Derek Lowe, right, and catcher Jason four minutes.” Heights woman found dead in a wooded Street apartment but came away with little evi- cepted the role of Ratner’s community advocate. trying to silence us!” mony at last week’s Atlantic Yards hearing in Manhattan. Also attending the hearing were But it was Jesus Gamero’s and New Jersey last December dividuals we’ve known to be disruptive at these kinds of things in the past The Downtown Brooklyn Plan adopted last Au- facelift. Besides HSBC bank, which sold the tower The banner was won when the Dodgers (left to right) by lmira Skripchenko, of France; Schneider Veronika, of Hungary; and Veronika Machalova, of Slovakia. Phillips (both wearing throwback uniforms in honor of the Brooklyn Stoudmire was rushed to Brooklyn Hospital area of the quiet town of Stockbridge Sun- dence of what might have happened to her. world’s stage, if U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s Council Speaker Gifford Miller two-run homer off the left field Only a half-century old, it certain- granted ASI a three-year lease from attending,” said Pierce. “We did everything we could to reach out to gust hopes to encourage more than 6 million square and will vacate its eight floors, the building houses beat the despised cross-town rival New Center but died of her injuries shortly before 9 pm. day was the victim of foul play. “They went inside the apartment with the state suggestion comes to pass and Downtown Brooklyn hosts and Councilmembers Eric Gioia, scoreboard in the seventh, which ly doesn’t have the provenance of a extension on piers 7 through 10, Dodgers) celebrate Lowe’s three-hitter against the San Diego Padres them and get them to know they wouldn’t be on the list of attendees.” feet of office development and 1 million square the offices of many dentists. York Yankees following decades of frustrat- Silvio Castillo, who owns the bodega, also owns Jan Stackhouse, 52, a divorcee who for the last police, they don’t see any evidence of any foul play the United Nations — including its staff of nearly 3,000 Lewis Fidler, Charles Barron, put the Clones up 6-4, that gar- medieval tapestry. But it is a one-ofing defeats for the Brooklyn faithful, known claiming piers 11 and 12 for on Friday, April 15 in Los Angeles. The Dodgers won 4-0. Forest City spokesman Barry Baum said it was “collectively agreed it feet of retail and residential development — in part Aproject manager for Canyon-Johnson, Bobby and an 1,800-seat auditorium for General Assembly / David Karp RIPS Yvette Clarke, Bill deBlasio, Erik a-kind, and to millions of baseball would be best to keep this as a non-media event. the building that collapsed, the remains of which 13 years lived alone at 127 Remsen St., was a within the apartment here, but they’re looking into Turner, said he saw the Williamsburgh tower op- nered the biggest cheer of the as Dem Bums. It only flew for a brief time conversion to a cruise ship port. by allowing buildings to rise up to 400 feet — and Papers The Brooklyn “We wanted business leaders to feel comfortable to have an open dis- were demolished over the course of Monday and membership and dues director for Local 1199 of all angles of the situation,” said Capt. Phillip Sfer- meetings — during the several years the international Martin Dilan, Letitia James, night from the crowd of 9,303. fanatics it’s probably more valuable. in Brooklyn before Dodgers owner Walter “That certainly hasn’t helped body’s eastside Manhattan headquarters (right) are ren- thus help retain back-office space in the city and portunity as “unrivaled” and “unbelievable.” Domenic Recchia, Jr., Diana Rey- cussion without concern about being quoted in the press.” Tuesday. Department of Buildings records indicate the Service Employees International Union and razza, commanding officer of the 84th Precinct. “The whole mandate of the fund that we manage Brooklynite and former “American Idol” contestant Constantine Maroulis, The Clones went to work on The 1955 World Series championship O’Malley packed up the team and moved to [ASI] in securing long-term con- had been an Empire State Development Corpora- ovated. Above, President Bush addresses the 58th Gen- keep corporations from fleeing to New Jersey. na and David Yassky. Among the community activists barred were Daniel Goldstein, an or- the building that fell had several violations over the Stockbridge, which is best known for being the is to revitalize densely populated and ethnically di- left, who sang the National Anthem and “God Bless America” Monday the base paths early when, in the / Tom Callan / Tom Ratner site expands — into Park Slope banner captured by the Brooklyn Dodgers Los Angeles in 1957. tracts,” said Dehe. “As a ship- Most of the council members past few years. tion administrator. eral Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 23, 2003. Associated Press See UNITED NATIONS on page 12 / Tom Callan / Tom home and inspiration for Norman Rockwell’s night, with Pee-Wee (center) and a sheared Sandy the Seagull. GIFF ganizer with the anti-Ratner arena group Develop-Don’t Destroy Brook- See OPENER on page 6

verse communities, and look for unique opportuni- Callan / Tom — the only one the team ever won — was Where it went from there is a bit murky, ping line, we want to be sure The other victims — Jose Aries and Rafael Local police say it appears she was stabbed in left by the time the public had an lyn, and sisters Patti and Schellie Hagan, who created the Prospect charmed depictions of small-town scenes, in- ties to contribute in development,” Turner said. unveiled Wednesday following a $16,000 by most accounts. that we have a terminal in five to Bums again Adams, who worked as a cashier and cook respec- the neck after going for a walk at 1 pm on May 1. By Jess Wisloski day, a presentation by Forest City Ratner increase the number of housing units from space. Street-level retail, originally projected Ratner-booster Marie Louis, first vice- opportunity to speak. $1G a square foot spired many covers of the Saturday Evening Post Heights Action Coalition, also an opponent of the plan. “Here’s a building that was built in the 1920s restoration by experts at the Textile Conser- It was believed to have been liberated 10 years, maybe even 20 years. tively, at the market, and three local residents were She had been visiting a friend in the tiny and re- The Brooklyn Papers said the developer was considering plans to 4,500 to at least 6,000 or possibly 7,300, for 307,000 square feet, would be reduced to president of BUILD (Brooklyn United for In- “Marty didn’t come to listen, he Along with several other Brooklynites, they stood outside the gates of magazine over the course of three decades. that is unparalleled in its landmark status and archi- vation Laboratory at the Cathedral Church from a Los Angeles hospitality suite by a Seeing as terminals everywhere treated at Brooklyn Hospital and Long Island Col- mote town, which has not had a murder in more The town last saw a homicide in 1969, the same greatly increase the amount of housing on and include a 187,000-square-foot hotel in 227,000, according to the plan. novative Local Development), said after the just came to say his thing and then BROOKLYN’S BEST CYCLONES COVERAGE: PAGE 6 of St. John the Divine. team of New York sportswriters during the are filling up very quickly, if we Callan / Tom See RATNER on page 14 tectural design. It has the fourth largest four-faced Atlantic Yards is stretching out — the site, both by scaling back the amount of a 620-foot tower at the intersection of At- The presentation was made by Forest hearing that she was not concerned that a re- Dodgers shine in B’klyn blue lege Hospital. A firefighter was also treated for a than 35 years. year the Saturday Evening Post ceased printing on a and into Park Slope. left,” said Goldstein, whose prepared “It’s just fantastic,” beamed Jessie Kelly, 1959 World Series. The banner was then se- transferred our ships to Brook- Papers The Brooklyn clock in the world, it’s got unobstructed views of office and retail space and by expanding the lantic and Flatbush avenues. City Ratner Executive Vice President James duction in office space could reduce employ- Ft. Greene condos hit record high Papers The Brooklyn testimony was interrupted repeatedly minor injury at Long Island College Hospital, but Berkshire County District Attorney David weekly basis. Papers File The Brooklyn president of the Brooklyn Historical Soci- creted in a suburban basement, where it sat lyn we’d end up without a place Associated Press That point was driven home at PAGE 9 Firefighters work their way inside the Family Mini Market at Park Avenue and Cumberland Street in released shortly thereafter. Capeless said Stackhouse regularly visited Stock- According to Capeless, Stackhouse left the Freddy: Bloomy a Manhattan, we are strategically located at the front The massive high-rise development has site westward — jumping over Flatbush Two-million one-hundred-thousand square Stuckey and ACORN Executive Director ment opportunities for area residents. by the Chair and then cut short. ety, which will feature the banner as the to go when their lease expired.” By Jess Wisloski line-view stretch is on the market for $20 stores and restaurants along Fulton Street, The Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower, at 1 Hanson Place, door of one of the largest business transit terminals Firefighter John Dilillo (Engine 14, Manhattan) with his mother, Angela Dilillo, visit Brooklyn’s Sept. 11 memorial, “Beacon,” on until now been described as stretching east for decades, and eventually was turned over LOS ANGELES — No matter Dodger Stadium last Friday night when Fort Greene, which was crushed Monday night by building next door that collapsed on top of it. See COLLAPSE on page 16 bridge. See MURDER on page 16 We’re overdeveloped, Avenue to include plots now occupied by feet of office space in three of four towers Bertha Lewis. In a deal “sealed with a kiss,” “Our contentions continue to be that “[Speaker] Giff Miller came for centerpiece of its upcoming exhibit on the The Brooklyn Papers million — it’s where this new peak is the once crime-ridden and still edgy has been purchased by Magic Johnson and partners. the 69th Street Pier in Bay Ridge on Tuesday, the first night it cast its beam of light into the sky. to the Hall of Fame — with the understand- But, he added, “it certainly how many players pass through Rachel Robinson, Jackie’s widow, was See MAGIC on page 5 into Prospect Heights from the intersection Modell’s and PC Richard & Son. originally planned in the project’s design ACORN was designated last week to whatever is going there, there have to be five minutes, said his thing and left Dodgers. ing that it would stay in Cooperstown until makes sense from our position to cresting. neighborhood, settled around a landmark Papers The Brooklyn on hand with daughter Sharon to mark Simmons of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues. The presentation, shown at the May 26 would be replaced with housing, reducing to process applications for the project’s low-, opportunities for the community to take ad- — it’s hard to get an elected to listen Brooklyn’s real estate boom has No, it’s not the waterside loft-ridden park, features quaint architectural variety, the Dodgers’ clubhouse, Jackie

The 8-foot by 17-foot, blue-and-white, a deserving Brooklyn home could be found. maintain a viable active port in the 58th anniversary of her husband’s But at a City Council hearing last Thurs- hearing, indicated that the developer might 428,000 square feet the amount of office moderate- and middle-income units. vantage of it,” she said. Callan / Tom reached a new plateau — the $1,000- Storefronts on the Coney Island boardwalk, like these next to Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park, may Robinson will remain the heart- See RATNER on page 5 cotton-and-nylon banner — inscribed Thirty years after winning the pennant, Brooklyn,” given its proximity to DUMBO, where recent open houses held a thriving art scene and a rich ethnic mix be bought up and converted into an indoor amusement and retail center. first major league game and the break- rips art B’klyn nightmare Ready for a close-up “World Champions 1955 Dodgers” — re- O’Malley’s son, Peter — then the owner of truck routes, buyers, adequate wa- a-square-foot condominium apart- by The Developers Group and Leviev of residents. beat of an enduring and endear- ing of the color line. ceived about three months worth of tender the Dodgers — came up with the idea of ter depth for docking large ment. Boymelgreen Developers had buyers wait- Jerry Minsky, senior vice president with ing franchise that was the first to The Dodgers took the field against Candidate Ferrer By Jess Wisloski Ratner foes tell Marty But according to an executive broker- ing for a peek at an offsite model home in Corcoran Properties, said the Greene integrate the major leagues. gallery bias The Brooklyn Papers loving care, said Marlene Eidelheit, head of giving the flag back to the people of Brook- freighters and the international See BUMS AGAIN on page 14 the cathedral’s textile lab. She said after a lyn in 1995. reputation of ASI’s shipping con- ing sales at the building that is setting the overnight queues around the block. Nor is House condominiums, at 383 Carlton St. says public needs Democratic mayoral candidate Fer- Noted filmmaker focuses on Hynes, O’Hara “gentle cleaning,” workers restored the tat- The Brooklyn Historical Society exhibit tainer unloading operation. new market high, what is surprising is not it in the tree-lined brownstone colonies of at Greene Avenue, started listing units on By Jess Wisloski Cops eye Papers The Brooklyn Big plans announced for Coney nando Ferrer broke rank with his rivals Flying the ‘co-op’ E DUMBO Gifford Miller tered edges and some of the lettering. will be the first time in decades that the ban- “The operator of the terminal that wealthy New Yorkers are willing to Park Slope or Brooklyn Heights. Nov. 30, and since then, 22 of the 27 units Mall plan makes to know the truth The Brooklyn Papers By Jotham Sederstrom this week by addressing for the first V “It’s just such a great opportunity to be ner gets a wide showing. The exhibit, at its has a good reputation as some- fork over all that moolah to live here — a Instead, it is leafy, hilly Fort Greene. have sold, the majority at more than I By Jotham Sederstrom about Atlantic time in the campaign plans by devel- Borough President Marty Marko- The Brooklyn Papers By Jess Wisloski part of this history, because we were work- headquarters on Pierrepont Street at Clinton body who is managing opera- walkup on Columbia Heights along the Known for the Brooklyn Academy of $1,000 a square foot. The three penthouse witz’s decision to hold a little-publi- S The Brooklyn Papers oper Bruce Ratner to build a basket- Gourmet grocery has Slope co-op appeal An award-winning documentary film- and Neil Sloane ing on a historical icon of our time,” Eidel- Street in Brooklyn Heights, is scheduled to tions efficiently and fast,” Dehe Brooklyn Heights promenade fetched $9 Music, a slew of French restaurants and a units sold for more than $1.2 million each. Yards … and the cized meeting this week addressing U JILTED ball arena and high-rises emanating heit said. “Our job is always to preserve run from April 22 through the fall. million this year and another on that sky- burgeoning African-influenced strip of Relics of Coney Island’s glory days, like L maker, whose previous work includes The Brooklyn Papers See HOOK LOSES on page 16 See FORT GREENE on page 14 waves in Coney mayor’s all wrong from Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. overdevelopment in southern Brooklyn bias in By Jess Wisloski Union Market, on the corner of navigable aisles of organic and Neighbors mourn exposes of former Secretary of State Court: CB2 firing will be heard the B&B Carousel and the boarded-up Shore C Letitia James is no fan ‘BOMB’ Specifically, Ferrer attacked the pro- — which he called “suburban Brook- The Brooklyn Papers Union Street and Sixth Avenue, is gourmet teas, cereals and spreads. Theatre, could earn starring roles in the X Henry Kissinger and Enron, has his on Red Hook piers See FERRER on page 12 lyn” in a recent newsletter — incensed the closest counterpart for neighbor- Park Slope Food Co-op members sights set on Brooklyn, in particular Dis- of Gifford Miller. did not follow proper procedure, as the special meeting, held on June 9, pellate court will require the lower neighborhood’s revival, according to a draft The Park Slope Food Co-op, E By Jotham Sederstrom While an exact location for the amusement By Jess Wisloski residents in Brownstone Brooklyn, hood shoppers. pay a $25 one-time joining fee and Kleinfeld’s flight trict Attorney Charles Hynes. And, the councilwoman said The Brooklyn Papers mall has not been revealed, Lee Silberstein, a The Brooklyn Papers laid out in its bylaws, when it fired 2003, 23 board members voted for court judge to reconsider the case and master plan unveiled this week that aims to who say they are facing projects of a known since 1973 for providing The new 3,000-square-foot store, a $100 “investment” deposit that is this week, she wants to make spokesman for Thor Equities, confirmed that the her a month earlier. The board repre- her ouster, 16 to retain Alabi and one address the compensation Alabi combine modern glitz with honky-tonk gold. organic produce and grocery-store By Jotham Sederstrom Following up this year’s “Enron: The Plans to build a colossal indoor amusement Astate appellate court has greater scale. Carroll which opened six weeks ago, had a refunded if they quit. They are re- Smartest Guys in the Room,” filmmaker Alex that point perfectly clear in development company has indeed purchased land sents the neighborhoods of Brooklyn board member abstained. A simple seeks. Released on May 3, the draft plan envisions plenty goods to its members at discounts The Brooklyn Papers light of mailings to Democrats and retail complex at Coney Island’s famed reinstated the lawsuit of a former Callan / Tom Residents who learned of the May 10 handful of shoppers on a recent quired to work 2 hours and 45 min- Gibney said within that fabled swath, in addition to parcels on Heights, Downtown Brooklyn, majority of the full board would have “He would have to, of course, of new rides, outdoor restaurants and even hotels, but SCARE — provided the members work weekday afternoon. utes every four weeks. Babysitters Among the gift registries, wedding gown in her district — paid for by Rally for SHUT OUT AGAIN boardwalk were met by seaside locals this district manager for Community meeting, held at a public school in Benson- that he had Church either side of Keyspan Park and west of Stillwell DUMBO, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene been 25 votes. judge with what the appellate deci- also more than a few of the neighborhood’s legendary there a few hours each month — is Red Hook foodies ask: Union Market, which carries watch children in a playroom while taxpayers — that imply an al- Board 2 who claims she was By Jess Wisloski hurst, saw it listed on Markowitz’s Web merchants and tuxedo outlets along Fifth already am- EXCLUSIVE Jennifer Szymaszek week with as much enthusiasm as a Nathan’s / Avenue. and Clinton Hill. Alabi’s suit demands reinstatement sion held … to address the relief we staples, some of which have sat idle for years. site and spread the word by mouth and e- facing fresh competition just half a both organic and conventional fruits parents are working or shopping. liance between the City Coun- The Brooklyn Papers Callan / Tom Avenue’s Bridal Row, Legends Sporting assed hours Marty holds another closed-door arena meet hotdog without a bun. Thor Equities is owned by Joseph Sitt, who re- fired unlawfully in 2003. The are looking for — her reinstatement Callan / Tom The suit charges that a majority of to her position and pay dating back to “We’re working on a coherent story that balances mail around Prospect Heights, Fort Greene block away. and vegetables as well as a selection The co-ops offers merchandise at of footage cil speaker, who is running for rezoning Why, business owners and officials wondered, developed the Gallery at Metrotech, an ailing in- ruling sends the case back to the full 49-member board, not just the the June 20, 2003 dismissal. and the back-pay. I expect he will the history and authenticity of Coney Island while It gave new meaning to the term “dirty slashing Goods — with its caps, bats and jockstraps The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn and Park Slope. The cooperative has in the past from regional farms, boasts a selec- 20 percent over wholesale, accord- mayor, and the Fort Greene- By Jess Wisloski mailed invitations to the Borough door shopping mall abutting the Fulton Street Brooklyn state Supreme Court. So, where is Fairway? — is an anomaly. for a documentary starring John Kennedy has the developer not met with the city-sponsored quorum of 40 present at the vote for Roosevelt Seymour, Alabi’s give us all the relief we’re seeking,” also recognizing the importance for new growth,” bomb” when a DUMBO wastepaper plant Those neighborhoods include and bor- hosted discussions on the impact of tion of more than 150 gourmet ing to Joe Holtz, the co-op’s general O’Hara, the Sunset Park man convicted of Prospect Heights legislator. The Brooklyn Papers Hall meeting. panel charged with rejuvenating the seaside Mall in Downtown Brooklyn, after it was aban- Olanike Alabi sued CB2 and the dismissal, needed to approve the mo- lawyer, said this week that he be- said Seymour. said Joshua Sirefman, chairman of the Coney Island But after Kleinfeld Bridal said last week that it dooms Goldstein said DDDB was not called the 84th Police Precinct Monday to fresh meat and produce chain’s two der the site of developer Bruce Ratner’s By Jess Wisloski such new food retailers to the area cheeses, and meat and poultry that manager and one of its 10 original voter fraud six years ago. Associated Press It’s not so much that the neighborhood? See CONEY MALL on page 14 city in July 2003, claiming the board tion to terminate her employment. At lieves the April 11 decision by the ap- See CB2 FIRING on page 6 Development Corporation (CIDC) and CEO of the By Jotham Sederstrom would move to Manhattan this summer, abandon- Borough President Marty report what seemed to be a terrorist threat. New York outposts, a towering bill- proposed Atlantic Yards, on which he plans Callan / Tom The Brooklyn Papers as Fresh Direct, Whole Foods has no added antibiotics or hor- founders, who said that commonly The film, he said, intends to follow the for- A visitor to the New York Puppet Library attempts to walk while carrying a “backpack pup- mailings carry the air of im- initially invited, but after asking The Brooklyn Papers Manuel Harlan city Economic Development Corporation. Unveiled Papers The Brooklyn mones. It carries several lines of or- purchased items cost a little over 30 ing Bay Ridge after 64 years, Legends’ owner Markowitz has hosted another another local group to urge their Police responded immediately to Chamber board with flashing LED lights unam- “Beacon,” the 25-foot-tall, 5,500-pound to build a professional basketball arena for Police are investigating a stabbing in broad (opening next year on Third Av- mer perennial political candidate as he strug- pet” at Grand Army Plaza. The New York Puppet Library is one of two national Puppet Free propriety — despite emanat- Although the plan was short on specifics, Kate Cruising south along Manhat- said he shares the fears of his nuptial-minded Papers The Brooklyn closed-door meeting about de- inclusion, “[Markowitz] said, OK, Paper Fibres Corporation, at 136 Plymouth St., biguously announces the store’s im- monument to Brooklyn’s victims of the his New Jersey Nets and 17 high-rises of At the Union Market on Union St. at Sixth Avenue, Max Hoffman, 4, and mom, Deb enue) and Fairway (opening as ear- ganic and artisanal breads and dis- percent more at a supermarket. gles to reverse his conviction, which O’Hara Lending Libraries that gives the public the chance to rent puppets for up to two weeks for ing from the City Council Collignon, a special projects coordinator with the tan’s West Side Highway near daylight in Carroll Park as a possible hate Hoffman, shop at the meat counter. ly as this fall in Red Hook), but play glistening, picture-perfect and neighbors. veloper Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic we could come, but Daniel Gold- and proceeded with the utmost of caution. Or, at pending arrival in Brooklyn. terrorist attacks on the World Trade Cen- housing and office space. Markowitz has crime. The shocking brawl that led to three See CO-OP on page 12 maintains was ordered by Hynes as a favor to community events, neighborhood parades, celebrations, demonstrations or other occasions. they amount to little more EDC, said officials hoped to turn Coney Island into least as much caution as was left, since the sus- 125th Street, drivers could be for- from the beginning been a champion of the Redgrave on the way “They draw a huge crowd, they always have,” Park Slope Assemblyman James Brennan. than campaign literature for Yards proposal, continuing his stein can’t come. Also Patti and AFTER PAPER STORY a year-round destination, in part by offering indoor At the end of Red Hook’s Van ter, was installed on the 69th Street Pier in teens being stabbed stirred concern among

‘oasis’ Papers The Brooklyn pected bomb had already been dumped, shuf- given for believing that a Fairway project, which relies on the state’s condem- In an exclusive interview with GO Brooklyn, newly installed director Tony Harrison said Andy Lanza, who opened his sporting goods To Hynes and his allies, however, the as- the Upper East Side council- policy of shutting out community Schellie [Hagan], and PHAC amusement attractions like, perhaps, a water park, Brunt Street, however, inside a former Bay Ridge last week in anticipation of its neighbors who share the public space. / Tom Callan / Tom fled, picked up and dropped by the time a labor- grocery store will soon be open- warehouse that overlooks the Erie official unveiling on May 16, at 10:30 am. nation of private property using its power At the town hall in Bensonhurst Tuesday, Prospect Heights activist Patti Ha- speaks frankly about the behind-the-scenes turmoil of “Hecuba,” starring Vanessa store at 8224 Fifth Ave., a few buildings south of All American, baby! yet-untitled documentary couldn’t have come man — although that, too members who have prominently [Prospect Heights Action Coali- bowling or shopping, as have been suggested at The incident, which took place in the northeast Wants apartments voiced opposition to the plan to tion] can’t come either.” Former Papers publisher er found it with the other recyclable waste. ing in Red Hook. Basin, signs of a grocery store are still Artist Robert Ressler created the depic- of eminent domain. gan holds up a sign deriding developer Bruce Ratner’s plan to build a basket- Redgrave (above center). Euripides’ play comes to the Brooklyn Academy of Music Kleinfeld, 20 years ago. “And a lot of stores here Kristen Kupper, 2, leaves no doubt of her patriotic allegiance as she watches the Bay Ridge Memorial at a worse time: Gibney said that while a long bothers James. No, in this case previous meetings. Captain Phillip Sferrazza, the precinct’s com- There, hovering near one of the tion of a firefighter’s bugle laid on its bell. See OVERDEVELOPED on page 12 ball arena and 17 high-rises in her neighborhood. section of the park at President and Smith streets, on June 17. See page 9. See JILTED BY KLEINFELD on page 6 Parade on Third Avenue Monday. shot, the documentary could be finished in it is the implication that the build a basketball arena as well Mango / Greg Asked why certain people or CB6 fumes And if artist renderings can be trusted, visitors See FAIRWAY on page 12 on site of 30-year manding officer, said cops handled it gingerly, giv- happened just as school children typically flood the time for release just before the Democratic as 17 residential and office high- groups were barred from attending can expect a whole lot more — like fire juggling Giant puppets councilwoman is an ally of park, at 3:40 pm on May 15. the meeting, Markowitz said en the circumstances. “One of the workers in the primary in September, where Hynes for the someone who supports a proj- Boerum Hill garden rise towers. stilt-walkers, new public art and enough neon lights Police say a fight broke out among several UN in Brooklyn could clog streets first time in his 16 years as DA faces a trash saw what appeared to be three sticks of dy-

through a spokeswoman, “This Papers The Brooklyn ect which she has risked her Last October, Markowitz held a to illuminate the entire neighborhood. teenagers inside the park, and one of the teens in- crowded field of challengers. community meeting brought to- heads Time Out group over ‘Cast namite and a clock,” said Sferrazza. “He picked it politcal career fighting — de- ERS The city hopes to return Coney Island and its famous boardwalk, depicted above in Coney Island Development Corp. rendering, to its glory days. EWSPAP APERS similar meeting, shutting out re- See CONEY on page 17 volved pulled out a knife. AL N EWSP By Jess Wisloski YN’S RE REAL N “I think its an important story with nation- up and brought it into the office there. We took the the issuance of $600 million in one reason he blocked the bid headquarters on the East River Designed as a major push to United Nations and its slew of ROOKL LYN’S By Jotham Sederstrom Mango / Greg gether leaders of over a dozen B BROOK veloper Bruce Ratner’s pro- The Brooklyn Papers porters as well as members of Two teenagers were taken to New York al implications,” said Gibney, who is also fol- bonds to fund construction of a retain back-office space in New diplomatic license plates, inter- EE for new digs in Manhattan. is being renovated. FR necessary precautions, and had the bomb squad • The Brooklyn Papers 28, 2005 EE ay • FR aturday, M 28, 2005 Brooklyn Papers BWN •S day, May s 2 tur in chief, who will become executive vice New 28, No. 2 BRZ • Sa n ol. 2 civic organizations and elected of- wntow ages • V 28, No. 2 o p . See TISH RIPS on page 7 the D ns • 16 es • Vol r and Publicatio • 16 pag The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn Pape n Paper lications neighborhood groups that openly 5 Brookly aper Pub Methodist Hospital for stab wounds, including a BO © 200 lyn P k , DUM rs.com • 005 Broo Paper klynPape m • © 2 lowing former Hynes challenger Sandra Rop- 35-story skyscraper next to the York City and keep corporations sections all along Flatbush Av- Hill w.Broo pers.co Secretary-General Kofi An- Besides its staff of 3,000, the • ww lynPa come — they deemed it as nothing.” k -Cobble -9350 .Broo dens 718-834 50 • www oll Gar 01. Phone 18-834-93 A Boerum Hill community garden that sur- r, Carr n NY 112 1. Phone 7 e ly 0 president of Martha Stewart Living Omni- 24, Brook n NY 112 e 6 r kly ficials from the neighborhoods ad- n Heights Pap n St, Suit Pape 24, Broo kly ingto rst Suite 6 Broo , 55 Wash nhu gton St, on loan at GAP Even with hundreds of new The Inc so ashin ng cations Ben 55 W protested the plans. Includi per Publi The tions Inc, Away’ piers Pa g ica 16-year-old white male who received a laceration n bl Alison Tocci, former general man- kly in Pu Broo lud aper me — by Inc rooklyn P er, who last month pulled out of the race and United Nations’ current head- from fleeing to New Jersey, the enue are predicted to see added ll the ti by B “It didn’t look real,” said Charlie Rotante, a nan said in a report issued last U.N.’s General Assembly meet- online a time — Marty Markowitz turday — line all the every Sa ay — on ublished ry Saturd P lished eve Read The Papers – vived for decades on little more than silver media on May 18. NOW Pub e According to attendees of both jacent to the Atlantic Yards and ager of The Brooklyn Papers and THIS WEEK on his right arm, and a 17-year-old white male who parking spaces included in the quarters, said that a move to Downtown Brooklyn Plan, traffic. It cited Willoughby y Ridg instead will run for a civil court judgeship. manager at the paper recycling and packaging w week that the United Nations ings require a conference hall a o n Papers rs and B Brooklyn odge The t the D from kid-size, grinning white carousel horses firs By Mike Weissenstein bells and cockleshells is now in the crosshairs During Tocci’s eight years at Time Out, n ’t so — a its ain Nets arena who represented every l it p Say stay u ain g lyn m n . Brook i d a q , to meetings, the policy has resulted in fel By Jess Wisloski n um e received a laceration to his chest. s i ri ov Downtown Brooklyn Plan - le o m u sso K mp ld o r the A ridal e it wou . o “The larger story is how do citizens make f ld b y Brooklyn would almost certainly passed by the City Council in Street in particular, of which de- h nym iant sda cro r g dne founding publisher of its Bay Ridge n a fo he e facility near Pearl Street. “It was a prop, some- n — a ons T d W may have found commercial big enough to seat 1,800 — ati ce o ORN ganiz fe oun “Every second ” AC Or ann e munity e for 941, wed- e f Com onsibl nce 1 r. signer o esp in si me e r on r r d iati be sum fo to a towering “Corporate Iceman” left over g c ould d- his tlet e w mo n t st ou hav — , a Papers The Brooklyn Associated Press a - tt e o the magazine’s circulation tripled to 138,000 ow ow a rg h N l le h la w

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K a n a H a c ed it and the church that owns it. mu h H the att un sold or agreed to sell to Ratner his g h o R com rou hat an ann ing a n- Bo tated t g in M stein Prospect Heights footprint of the deal bind atner’s co h it was s city housin Avenue nald Roth . land College Hospital for lacerations to his face. A ce R oug n, a r Ro tore ut eloper Bru tici- alth orporatio k for co-owne ith the s ct that abo John O’Hara and his lawyer, Barry M. Fallick, are filmed by docu- v n t C o , w fa trenched in ways that defy political stereo- Concern Ikea asbestos in Hook air o de t, a en ho ood ove he “They don’t respect the traffic age more than 6 million square U.N. officials inquired. n t jec pm he h m n t tio pro elo n t ill y o in At the foot of a seven-story granite arrival of some 3,000 United za ev w rtl te Sferrazza agreed. i c Yards . D one be o loyees ased pa n, Roths that could serve its Secretariat on the southern corner of lanti ived t al emp as b atta At arr igh 85 w anh lisher of Time Out magazine to Time tentious as finally fund, m sidies. 1 n to move work in M theatri- The city’s turning away of international ship- t fall, h N, in sub e envi- ecisio mers , more e las COR illion ne w tate probing The d custo ander ated sinc tner and A $67.5 m ike the] o S e store’s ow a “gr about p a s [l er f th all — These slightly worn veterans of years of pa- al, state and city magazine in the country in etween R — lit- lopment come ev percent o uld also or space Tish calls out Giff ...... 4 ct, b led eve be 80 wo flo small to create a working group e pa s sea “D rds, tion t of condominium in the Atlantic Arts Th n, wa tic Ya ng w loca are fee With spring summoning daffodils, bluebells and atio lan usi ne qu aniz e At s ho . The 000 s planned development, bounded by ational org sion at th our city’ said t” and 35, , he said. siness Police say all three wounded teens were treated a n . t as tial- men store e bu s a n with a kis tor Berth importan st exponen cal enviro Bay Ridge 1941, th types,” said the filmmaker. laws of the city of New York, so feet of office development in ad- “Willoughby Street would lly — Direc more almo s the ent in a for a e a m c mentary cameraman outside Brooklyn Supreme Court Wednes- er e ris s ch est ec ONLINE! utiv yor e to mu inv a m ec a nu r as 0 e “It’s very possible it could’ve been a movie N Ex th M conti ice l $60 ecom Nations employees would R bo s tw ia b e e it d a arch in the middle of a busy traffic circle, and General Assembly needs Willoughby and Flatbush av- CO on ric in an o Value, a produce farm that, along with A et ones e- p berg. d-hot from an efronts as sold t at Halleck and Columbia streets, just found large amounts of asbestos in the e m om r w or w By Jess Wisloski lanted w er at a aid Blo es: Our Built hree st e store p tn s ri o t th ts Out president and group publisher, the wis Ra ly,” sto pass fter ut i ping business from the Red Hook container port Le and the o- m A e, b erg gh read con T nco ges. clin oomb orou e all our e f w to e toura a de l Bl yn B e’v that gre ir en fered - rades and plays make up the collection of the hae ookl “W ows o d the t suf an advertising pages, a company statement said. ic r h i M M B et s ess- e an 90, ol, a for constructive dialogue.” in and ark bl o-b 19 pit taged berg te m mixed e des-t mber rs Ca building at 636 Pacific St. within s ta i e e goldenrod to poke through the Hoyt Street Gar- r nt om es o a l b ec oth dia eve is, Blo real t it’s als re a tor, in D rdon Br ts them Dean Street and Atlantic, Flatbush 9. Lew ions. ng, bu s mo inves en Go s, righ t i e s e and released the same day. Police say that an inves- ay 1 ues row com ench , wh ess on M most q y is g ng be Fr n 1997 busin / Aaron Greenhood / Aaron all er m usi e e i iling Although he has been filming O’Hara since DEP: ‘Ikea’ asbestos lie . . . 6 H sw ho ar am fa n c GO Brooklyn function as the primary access o a re- as ts ce ys I expect them to be parked all dition to 1 million square feet of declined t sketball a because e residen resurgen rm that bu nkruptcy. day. Film will focus on O’Hara’s conviction for voter fraud and sub- , d including and prop or something,” he said. “There were no atner ld a ba ing ongtim - ent fi rom ba clude while its iconic glass-and-steel enues might be able to provide. R to bui ises ore l ighbor E vestm shop f that in drown the area’s already hopes high-r ive, m wn ne IV ttan in d the rship rubble. s a e its Saturday farmer’s market, has be- down the block from the Ikea demolition e er ing pen ir o S h sav artn e a scuffed yellow door opens once a week The Brooklyn Papers Ratn hous ex f the f LU hem o a p rs, th e and east d out o orus o XC n sells t 1999 t e Roge infuriated Community Board 6 members who d 17 offic stretching tting price rg to a ch E and the leinfeld in stor Wayn ies company announced Tuesday. n e e e na a property sec- g Bloomb ct who irm sold K savvy inv vision ser New York Puppet Library, an unusual joint “Alison has proven a terrific publisher,” of ter said roje he f nd tele

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categorized as such “based on if there’s two differ- B o H t- o se 5 h o tion ough teres kesw gh-ri d on 6 r of l would be best suited for the big screen or, say, store would help or hurt the transit- cia or in po hi an e bo I

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h r of t ombe , said rth A e coo “It w ashion T to lo ts u g f Sferrazza added that a film company had tive direc Michael B credi first etween Fo y Ridge, of Bay Rid d to love ld get Where ecu or e b Ba rs use ou for asbestos removal, and may have re- x ay th n e I I w site that supports a major agricultural pro- warehouses being razed to make way for e i. i w “ wis, es M wsk ents vard e To da. nna The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Le kiss uro pres ule Th Vie Bertha CORN), site Pa ement re s been Ridge Bo age 12 ittle girl in ines and rm Now (A “This agre f 50-50 ha ERS on p was a l ion magaz for Refo lar for concept o nt by a See TOW lar for erican fash e. It was Margaret Cusack, founder of the Hoyt Street As- ek top-dol e that this e agreeme ek top-dol the Am was a lov ment Corporation demanding to know why agency offi- se tim at se . It tional campaigns that heightened reader to iv to p yards r u Time Out publishes magazines and city expert and an elected official e p is e Prospect Heights Community ur a th ur m ss n f ss he face the size of a manhole cover. A dragon for a free brochure on the latest in stroke care, prevention tips, and technologies. e i o e t pr ted t pr eat scribed “loose affiliation of puppeteers,” makes our group,” said Goldstein. “Instead c c c the March 24 meeting, just not their t publi plemen proje t publi just craft.” ea m a ea a Bluegrass legend rail gr i in rail yardsgr site as a, ent races involved, and depending what was said d P rds. om- per An P rds. om- it w ienn the Public Broadcasting System. which will cost taxpayers more ronmental impact statement for ment from Willoughby Street e RF ilt Ya er C velo all. “ e RF ilt Ya er C t and in V th rb atn de H n th rb atn ar er isolated neighborhood, are mending rty, nde y R ate ugh rty, nde y R an ine rope e Va t Cit riv oro o rope e Va t Cit eng on p A p th ores - at B ’s A p th res - r, an ess MT as s F fes aid RN MT as s Fo fes the sin The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn moved out of the building recently. on the gency h Ratner’ ild a pro Lewis s at ACO on the gency h Ratner’ ild a pro Her fa er’s bu leased filaments of friable, or readily bid he a nce bu le,” e th bid he a nce bu ath gram with children ages 8 to 18 working the Swedish home-furnishings giant. t i to a t i to f t t ds, could lic attemp S ced plans ential sc the first tim imple- ding ds, could lic attemp S ced plans ential ack to his and be- rail yar first pub s announ 17 resid presents as been rail yar first pub s announ 17 resid went b America biddingels of the was the s there. d panie arena and ting it re concept h els of the was the there. d panie arena and ing rrived in hree parc lt Yards, solicit bid rybody an basketball s emana income e.” s bid hree parc lt Yards, olicit bids rybody an basketball s emanat when he a sociation, who lives only doors from the little pink more of t Vanderbi made to re that eve sional high-rise to tiered large scal un- more of t Vanderbi made to s re that eve sional high-rise to er. tore cials cast away $1.6 billion in trade when a German ship- he d s su bid al ut h a of he d s su bid al ut rri e s involvement, said Papers President Ed the led t e an make can merci ues o n suc dum the led t e an make can erci ues o e a fu in th guides throughout the world, including in — l u y n o n — l u y m n m d Neighborhood Alliance President a en FP he m ve d a a en P he m ve a ke ly c v t o a te or pen ly c v F t o a c r ick rly c A n R and d c sh en em ick rly c A n R and d c sh wo made of blue garbage bags snakes down a cir- warned this week. u e ti “A t, n bu m m u e ti “A t, n bu ly of making a scene we decided to q i q i Sunset Park Rep. Nydia Velasquez addresses protesters at Battle Hill Monument op n t a at e - p n t a at i to k a k o a its creations available without charge for par- opens l e l m chief spokesman, Daniel Goldstein. or pr tl bou . F no th b or pr tl bou . F no fa er w A - a ek d , to 0 o w A - k d , ’s h it’s determined as a possible bias incident.” tter een Van ws we c an 003 ing 2,25 tter een Van ws a wee c an 003 dda nted be tw to kno his nti er 2 rd e be tw to no is nti er 2 He wa The Enron documentary, said Gibney, onto Flatbush Avenue Extension u’d it be nue ther ed t Atla emb Acco of th u’d it be nue ther k ed th Atla emb who money.” the Downtown Brooklyn Plan o e o e d y ch s Av s mo plain from Dec cent TA d y ch s Av mo plain from Dec er, i i s h - their rift over a problem caused by An e July 6. Au- wh from Fifth hi ” Kelly ex anyone Avenue in , accord- ng, 50 per of studio An e July 6. Au- wh from Fifth hi ” Kelly ex anyone Avenue in , accord- edda’s fat he city, al MTA u t, t, t rd i st M u t, t, t d H t and how e d ion ee ts. an s to bil a and nsi e d ion ee ts. an s to bil ar ut of r t tr h w s er rw t o r t tr h w s r rw b t www.BrooklynPapers.com “Apparently it was in the basement,” Sfer- osals a sporta ific S t Heig they proce Vand me fo ders ill c sals a sporta ific S t Heig they proce Vande me fo e ou s crumbled, asbestos into the air. Addi- p an ac ec if re o y s w po an ac ec if re o y tim og in the garden and farming throughout the The demolition started in December, ro r P sp ti c it it ro r P sp ti c it e d ki p li T i P o e h n h ve t C n ki p T P h n h e t C m hi Del McCoury to play church on Hoyt Street between Atlantic Avenue in Green-Wood Cemetery at the conclusion of Sunday’s march in protest of new “One reason they gave that I step back this time. We will attend Gib Veconi said Markowitz “made Weintrob. London, Paris, Bueons Aries and Berlin. Councilmen David Yassky and Simca Felder (from left) with Council ping company expressed interest in porting in Brooklyn. the project — the possible airborne “It hasn’t been deemed one officially,” the State Sen. Marty Golden, of The failure of U.N. officials released in November 2003, experiences congestion in all played in 1,200 theaters nationwide, to audi- cular staircase. ties, performances and political demonstrations and Pacific Street that abuts the garden, says she’s The vote came about four days after The Brooklyn Pa- year to grow vegetables and herbs for lo- but on Jan. 7, the city Department of tionally, the DEP charges, a site investi- razza said. “He did some movie things and he real estate development in Green-Wood Heights that threatens the neighbor- couldn’t come is that I’m a figure- the next meeting.” an effort to reach out to more At Time Out, she succeeds Cyndi Stiv- Tocci recently oversaw the launch of Time aide Robert Varley atop stevedoring crane in Red Hook on Tues- source added. Bay Ridge, who blocked a vote and foreign diplomats to repay whose authors could not have peak periods.” Last week’s Downtown & Park Slope Group papers Last week’s Bay Ridge Group papers ences who called the film “shocking.” They peer from alcoves and hang from the in exchange for rent-free real estate from the Papers The Brooklyn release of asbestos. cal restaurants and other consumers. Environmental Protection (DEP) halted gator hired to examine the site before moved and left his things behind. We don’t sus- ■ ■ ■ ■ to tan Celebrate Brooklyn head of the opposition,” said Gold- The groups or individuals were ers, Time Out New York’s founding editor Out Chicago. See WATERFRONT on page 6 begins on page 9 PREVENTION DIAGNOSIS TREATMENT REHABILITATION RESEARCH See DOOMED on page 17 hood’s low-rise character and harbor views. See MARTY on page 15 Alison Tocci of Time Out day. Yassky wants city to keep port open. At the center of the concern is Added Problem is, the Added Value farm sits the demolition when an investigator See ASBESTOS on page 6 pect any foul play or anything like that.” See STABBED on page 12 in Albany over whether to allow parking violations, he said, is foreseen the added impact of the See CLOGGED on page 15 See MOVIE on page 7 ceiling; floor after floor of enormous puppets, See GAP on page 17 Letitia James

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For active recre- BROOKLYN EATS The Brooklyn Papers bid by the board’s Sept. 29 meeting. close enough to the state authority’s $214 ect, and reiterated Extell’s plans to develop than a dozen high-rise apartment ing to the scoping document. ation, an outdoor ice-skating rink Ratner’s bid offers $50 million up front. million appraised value for the rail yards to 1,940 units of new housing, with 573 Bruce Ratner’s proposed Frank buildings and relies on the use of And that’s if the plan sticks to its PAGE 8 connects the four gardens; in As it once was, so it shall be again, Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. Phone 718-834-9350 • www.BrooklynPapers.com • © 2005 Brooklyn Paper Publications • 18 pages •Vol.28, No. 36 BWN •Saturday, September 10, 2005 • It also includes $29 million in renovations justify the board’s interest. mixed-income units. 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As initially envisioned in Forest porting on the Atlantic Yards pro- out by Forest City Ratner. come a running track,” stated the Authority board decided this week, tion of them required by Ratner’s plan), two years in the making and included any required platform would be paid for according to a document released The document was prepared by City Ratner promotions, the open posal, pointed out the differences “But don’t hold your breath,” publication “Bring Basketball to when it cast aside the high bidder — $20 million in environmental remediation dozens of support letters from elected offi- by Extell, and again raised an offer pre- last week by the state authority consultants hired by Forest City space would be both active (featur- between what was promoted and Oder added. 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See ARENA on page 8 Avenue rail yards during the MTA board day to approve a resolution calling for exclu- Company, submitted a $150 million bid. Madison Avenue headquarters, Extell Se- unions, we use union labor,” she said, point- to deliberations on the fate of the meeting in Manhattan on Wednesday. sive negotiations with developer Bruce Rat- MTA Chairman Peter Kalikow said at nior Vice President Lela Goren vowed the competing rail yards bids. RATNER DOUBLES DOWN Published every Saturday — online all the time — by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington St, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. 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No city Brooklyn Papers based on com- nent of the development company’s plan to build a Two days later, the full board ratified the motion drafted By Jess Wisloski ments made by Forest City Ratner 19,000-seat professional basketball arena and 17 of- By Jess Wisloski by its executive committee, calling for further review of the council ‘park’ meet The Brooklyn Papers EXCLUSIVE Executive Vice President James A WIDOW’S TALE fice and residential high-rises, including several sky- The Brooklyn Papers current plan — which depends for most of its revenue on the scrapers that would tower over the surrounding area. Stuckey. At a May 26 City Council The cash-strapped Metropolitan Trans- construction of 1,200 luxury condominium apartments — Less than a week after a terrorist attack review The development site of the proposed Atlantic N By Jess Wisloski as to say the Brooklyn Bridge Park would border the development, and He- Street in DUMBO to Atlantic Avenue before the attacks in London. It addresses an hearing, Stuckey cited the expansion portation Authority on Wednesday accept- while still advocating on the underground subway system in Memoir recounts experience of 9-11 hero’s wife Yards is bounded by Dean Street and Flatbush, At- Callan / Tom The Brooklyn Papers Development Corporation (BBPDC), len Foster, of the Bronx. Ten other on the Brooklyn Heights-Cobble Hill into Park Slope as a way to increase ed developer Bruce Ratner’s $100 million W “the concept of a London left more than 52 dead and 700 overriding concern about any major develop- lantic and Vanderbilt avenues. a subsidiary of the Empire State De- council members attended the five-hour border. The bulk of the development the amount of housing in the Atlantic bid for the development rights over 8.5 O park.” State officials appointed to plan rests on the Brooklyn Heights piers. injured, a document examining the vul- ment near the Atlantic Terminal transit hub required By Ajla Grozdanic Fontana recalled in her book of Citing unnamed sources, identified only as “two ex- The bulk of the con- Hearing velopment Corporation, had “hi- hearing, which overlapped six other Yards plan. But no mention was acres of train yards at the cusp of Down- D and build the proposed Brooklyn Issues arose regarding financing, nerability of a once and potentially future that includes major subway stations and the the last words she spoke to her ecutives involved in the talks,” the New York Times dos would be created jacked” planning of the 1.3-mile wa- committee hearings throughout the day. made of the deal for the site already The Brooklyn Papers town Brooklyn. Bridge Park blew off an Oct. 6 terfront development from the public. The development plan proposes a recreation, design and social implica- target in Brooklyn has been released. Long Island Rail Road, at Flatbush and At- ‘Park’ to house 1,200 condos By Jess Wisloski signed by the city and state’s top de- husband. “That’s it. No profound on Wednesday reported that a special meeting might % in a 30-story tower and on Mon. City Council joint committee Americans will commemo- The Ratner bid was less than half the val- BOSS GUILTY Last Thursday’s joint Waterfront and mix of open green space and river trails tions, and the officials from the city’s lantic avenues, and outlines reasons the area be held as soon as this Tuesday, Sept. 13, to approve The Brooklyn Papers was given a first- The Brooklyn Papers velopment officials. discussions. I can’t even remem- ue of the real estate determined by an MTA 0 two lower buildings at A public hearing on meeting on the contentious proj- could be an effective target for terrorists. rate this Sunday, Sept. 11, as the deal because developer Bruce Ratner had upped the Atlantic Avenue Parks committees hearing was hosted at with a hotel, five luxury condominium Economic Development Corporation,

ber if I told him I loved him.” Papers File The Brooklyn look at the “white paper” report, titled “Ter- By Jess Wisloski Wendy Leventer, executive The same day they signed a Develop-Don’t Destroy Brooklyn appraiser, and $50 million less than a rival 1 the Draft Environmental ect, leaving community activists City Hall by the committee chairs — high-rises, a soccer field, restaurants Department of Parks and Recreation, The report includes an account of the 1997 director of the Brooklyn Bridge — a neighborhood group that op- the fourth anniversary of the Fontana’s memoir records the his company’s bid from $50 million to $100 million. end of the planned wa- Impact Statement for the rorism, Security and the Proposed Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers widely publicized agreement Bruce Ratner doubled his bid for the Atlantic developer’s bid. T and officials hopping mad. David Yassky, whose district encom- and other commercial establishments Deputy Mayor for Economic Develop- Atlantic Yards High Rise and Arena Devel- planned bombing of the hub by terrorists op- Park Development Corp. poses Ratner’s plan to build a profes- tragic day when the United events of 9-11, as she experi- An appraisal of the property for the MTA put its terfront development, Brooklyn Bridge Park plan Norman quits political posts And Ratner — who seeks to build four Brooklyn Bridge Park’s setting aside land for developer value at $214 million. Yards site this week to $100 million. S which abuts CB6. One community leader went so far passes most of the neighborhoods that along the waterfront from roughly Jay ment Dan Doctoroff’s office and one opment Project.” The study examines safety erating out of a Park Slope apartment just (BBPDC), a subsidiary of the Papers File Photos The Brooklyn sional basketball arena and a 17- States was attacked on its own enced them, as well as her per- soaring skyscrapers and 13 other high-rises is this Monday, Sept. 19, sponsor unveiled a double U During last Mon- of the commissioned landscape archi- and terrorism concerns involving developer blocks away. ESDC that is in charge of the Bruce Ratner’s proposed At- Deputy Mayor Daniel Doctoroff (far left), city development czar for Mayor Michael Bloomberg (second from left), and Empire State Development Corporation CEO Charles tower housing, office space and soil and lost thousands of sonal journey of coping with The MTA put out a request for proposals, or RFP, as well as an arena for the New Jersey Nets J from 5 pm to 9 pm, at By Jess Wisloski and Ariella Cohen surprise Wednesday night, for the site on May 26. Although Ratner’s bid was the day’s public hearing, Polytechnic University’s tects talked for two hours. Bruce Ratner’s plan, issues that have been The most chilling reference of the report park’s planning and implemen- lantic Yards project, top officials Gargano (far right), who controls development for Gov. Gerge Pataki (second from right) signed agreement last February to let developer Bruce Ratner (center) build up commercial complex over six blocks innocent lives. grief, widowhood and the chal- Lapp nor Kalikow had been around when the Times basketball team on a platform over the prop- The Brooklyn Papers “It all amounts to a hill of beans, raised at community meetings on the pro- comes from the book “Jihad in Brooklyn,” by announcing that state offi- tation, maintains that the luxury of the Pataki and Bloomberg of Prospect Heights emanating from For Marian Fontana the date lenges of being a single parent. A lower of the two bids submitted by the July 6 dead- story broke. erty and on contiguous land — only has to Councilman David Dibner Auditorium, 6 BEER PIER sites adjacent to his planned Atlantic Yards project. The contract was made public this week as a result of a freedom of information request. line, the MTA board on July 27 chose to negotiate ex- Yassky, whose district Metrotech Center in Assemblyman Clarence Norman Jr., the boss of Brook- since the development corporation posed project over the past year. Samuel M. Katz, who wrote about the effec- cials had approved a draft housing is the only way to raise administrations signed a sepa- Flatbush and Atlantic avenues — also marks the 12th anniversary performer, writer and comedi- “I can’t verify that [the Times article is correct] become up with a $10 million down-payment. clusively with Ratner. encompasses neighbor- Downtown Brooklyn. lyn Democratic politics for 14 years as chairman of the didn’t show up,” said Judi Francis, a The report was completed July 6, a day plan for the 1.3-mile water- enough revenue to pay the rate pact with the developer, made copies of the agreement ob- of her marriage to David enne by profession, Fontana fills cause I don’t know about it,” said MTA spokesman The balance of would be payable upon the resident of Willowtown, a section of Frank Ghery Associates See ATLANTIC TERROR on page 5 tion Act request made by a neigh- north and west of the Atlantic Av- Planning Commission and City Ratner is currently negotitaing with that property, the second MOU stip- The competing bid, by Extell Development Com- hoods that would bor- Oral testimony is limit- Kings County Democratic Committee, was convicted front development — and park’s annual expenses, estimat- granting him the right to build tained in its request available to the Fontana, a firefighter with Park her heartbreaking story with Tom Kelly, a spokesman for the MTA. project’s approval by state authorities. Brooklyn Heights that borders the The latest rendering of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards plan, designed by Frank Gehry. The high-rises dwarf the Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower, pictured at far left. borhood group opposed to the At- enue rail yards, exceeding the cur- Council. The developer currently the state-controlled Metropolitan ulates, Ratner could still build on pany, was for $150 million for the three parcels, and An MTA appraisal that estimated the land der the park — Brook- ed to 3 minutes. Written Tuesday of violating election law and falsifying business that it would include 1,200 ed at $15.2 million. public on Wednesday. Slope’s elite Squad 1 who per- love, friendship, compassion and, “Kalikow has been away and Lapp has not seen a testimony may be submit- site of a planned 30-story luxury con- up adjacent urban renewal sites lantic Yards plan. rent zoning for those sites, without operates the Atlantic Center mall Transportation Authority to build the two new sites, but would have offered to pay to build platforms above them. to be worth $214.5 million was cast aside as lyn Heights and also a records. He promptly resigned from both offices. units of luxury housing. Opponents of the park hous- The second agreement, also ished in the line of duty on 9-11, as surprising as it might seem, final [bid], so I don’t know,” said Kelly, who insisted portion of DUMBO, ted up to 30 days after dominium proposed to help finance without city review. The document stipulates that having to put the proposal through and leases space to a Modell’s over the Long Island Rail Road to either abide by current zoning or signed on Feb. 18, makes the Em- The MTA board is made up of 17 appointees, most the cash-strapped agency accepted the 10 Previous estimates had put the ing, most of them long-time ac- leaving her a widow and a single humor. that whatever information had been leaked was likely Vinegar Hill and Cob- the public hearing. The Sept. 27 guilty verdict marked the end to the first of four the housing, open space and commer- That second agreement was nev- Ratner would be able to obtain the the city’s lengthy land use review sporting goods store on those po- storage yards across the street to gain city approval to surpass it. pire State Development Corpora- of them direct or indirect appointees of Gov. George percent down, roughly the cost of 10 sub- corruption cases brought against Norman by his one-time politi- PAPER PRIZE NOT NEAR coming from the developer. number of high-end condos in the tivists in the fight to get Brook- mother to their then-5-year-old She writes about a priest who, ble Hill — announced cial development. er made public, but it turned up this development rights to build nearly process. That review requires pub- tential development sites. The Mod- build a professional basketball are- Ratner’s interest in expanding his tion (ESDC) the lead agency for de- Pataki. “This is not an MTA source,” Kelly said. “The ‘of- way cars or 20 city buses. cal ally, District Attorney Charles Hynes, who has said the “It’s indicative of how they’ve al- residential, commercial, and open lyn Bridge Park built, were son, Aidan. upon learning that Sept. 11 marks The bid by Ratner’s development compa- his unwavering support week in the state’s response to a 1.9 million square feet of residential lic hearings before the community ell’s block also contains a PC na as part of the Atlantic Yards plan. plan to include the block bounded by velopment in the “Atlantic Terminal At the July 27 MTA hearing, the board’s chair, Pe- ficials,’ as far as I can see, could be Ratner people; this charges against the party chief stemmed from a probe by his of- ways treated us. It was just shown space development at anywhere fuming at the news. Fontana, 39, who has since be- her and David’s anniversary, ny, Forest City Ratner, also offers to reno- for the park plan, and discouraged constituents from seeking fairly broad Freedom of Informa- and commercial space on properties board, borough president, City Richard & Son electronics store. Should he fail to work out a deal for Pacific Street and Flatbush, Fourth ter Kalikow, read a prepared motion to further discuss could be their way of getting this out there,” he said, fice into judicial corruption and the selling of judgeships. Accolades for Ratner coverage against a brighter light in front of our Brooklyn Brewery: City from 700 to just over 900. “They keep adding on to it,” See RATNER on page 11 come a leading voice among the said, “God is incredibly tacky.” the bidding solely with Ratner, a Columbia Law vate the Atlantic Avenue subway terminal, to delay the process of its construction any longer. MTA receives rival bid for Atlantic Yards Hynes investigators claimed to have found evidence that Nor- INSIDE: PAGES 12-18 families of 9-11’s heroes and oth- Firefighter David Fontana with his son, Aidan. Fontana’s wife, She writes about going to one fu- See CASH on page 13 The Sept. 12 hearing, at Long Island College Hospital, local elected officials,” Francis said, Critics have complained since said Murray Adams, president School classmate of Pataki’s. The governor has been a build temporary and rebuild permanent rail The Brooklyn Papers of the Cobble Hill Association. er World Trade Center victims, Marian, has written a memoir about her 9-11 experience. neral after another, memorizing yards due to the need to move the Vanderbilt was held to offer a platform to community members, many man, a 23-year veteran of the state legislature, mishandled cam- adding, “It was shocking, actually.” a reworked Brooklyn Bridge supporter of the Ratner plan since it was announced in Brooklyn at By Jess Wisloski Extell would bring 1,940 residential units Extell’s agreement is less specific in paign contributions, leading to conspiracy and grand larceny Published every Saturday by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc, 55 Washington Street, Suite 624, Brooklyn NY 11201. 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Callan / Tom NEWS ANALYSIS with the release of her book, “A widows over an increase in de- The current plan, announced last December, presents a radi- charges, which led to the other charges against him. geous piece of work” in its “Not Just Nets” cov- questions on the plan tried their best plan, extending beyond the MTA site, in- eficiaries, but it commits Barnett’s com- year that planners have strayed talking about a thousand, now of what happened.” planned to celebrate their eighth Forest City Ratner executives argued at the July 27 PAGE 7 construct a pedestrian passageway from the At first glance, the May 24 issu- Widow’s Walk: A Memoir of mand for grief makeup and elab- subway to the new arena. cally altered development — along the waterfront between Norman, who represented Flatbush and Crown Heights, faces up to defend the process of community cludes approximately 13 acres of adjacent pany in ways not envisioned under the By Jess Wisloski bution center to the pier just south of from one of the founding princi- it’s 1,200. Fontana said that she was wedding anniversary by spend- meeting that their bid was greater despite only offer- erage of developer Bruce Ratner’s “Atlantic ance of a request for proposals by the 9/11” (Simon & Schuster; $24). orate wreaths in the shape of golf The approval was voted 10-1 by the Jay Street and Pier 6 at Atlantic Avenue — from the original to four years imprisonment. Sentencing is scheduled for Nov. 29. involvement. and his partners for $1.8 billion, insisted private property, some of it subject to state Ratner plan: it promises to disavow the The Brooklyn Papers Atlantic Avenue, that plan is being de- ples intended to guide develop- “It’s been perfectly obvious pleasantly surprised at how well ing an undisturbed day together ing $50 million up front, because it included $29 mil- Yards” plan, the National Newspaper Association NOT JUST NETS On Sept. 9, she will be hosting a clubs, football jerseys, surf- MTA Board of Directors, which is largely plan, which had included public input gathered at numerous Defense attorney Edward Rappaport argued the case did not Foster, chairwoman of the Parks

in the face of scrutiny of their motivations / Jori Klein Metropolitan Transportation Author- condemnation under eminent domain, and taking of private property through emi- layed by the existing tenant and the ment of the 80 acre site — that from the beginning that this thing the personal memoir was re- walking around Manhattan and lion in renovations of the rail yards (to help pay for merit a felony charge, calling it merely an unintentional infrac- this week awarded the newspaper its top prize for committee, asked Joe Chan, senior appointed by Gov. George Pataki, a law / Chris Pizzello ity for the development rights over last week that the bid was legitimate, It seems as though most every- Port Authority of New York and New was set on the track from Pataki’s private party for close family and ceived by both critics and the going to the Whitney Museum. boards, cigars, logos of bands their relocation required under the Ratner proposal), as planning sessions held throughout 2001. Best Investigative or In-depth Story or Series. MAPPING THE NEW BROOKLYN envisions as many as 7,300 housing units. nent domain and to voluntarily put its pro- there be no private housing de- school classmate of Bruce Ratner. Over the course of two hours of testimony, it became tion of campaign law, but prosecutors proved to the jury that advisor to the deputy mayor, “How earnest and sincere. one on what remains of Brook- friends — among whom she and movies and even a Harley E DUMBO office, no matter what anybody well as $20 million in environmental remediation of The 120-year-old NNA, with 3,200 daily and weekly T the state agency’s Vanderbilt Yards Jersey, which owns the pier. public. (The most recent issue of The couple’s plans were inter- IV N posal through the city’s Uniform Land velopments. S E much involvement did the communi- M

The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn Norman had committed a crime when he solicited and concealed The vote followed hours of public testi- U P RK Community support clear that the majority of the 75-member audience had prob- O L Brooklyn Davidson motorcycle. A L EMPIRE STORES The Extell plan proposes 11 buildings, as lyn’s working waterfront is on- counts the former First Lady, E C P Navy Yard did or said,” said Adams. “The the property (which needs to be done in order to de- community newspaper members, is the nation’s largest SHOPPING WATCHTOWER “What I’m trying to understand is, Vanity Fair featured excerpts rupted before they even started, X E EV HIGH-RISES train tracks seemed a mere formality. But what shocked them even E D Use Review Process (ULURP). G ty have in saying ‘This is what we mony at the Sept. 14 hearing in Manhattan, $10,000 in contributions from a lobbyist — more than the state L D I A Barnett said he learned of the MTA’s lems with the plan. N Developer Bruce Ratner’s bid of $100 million for the rights to build part of his proposed Atlantic Yards project over the rail yards east of Flatbush R But most of all, she writes O opposed to Ratner’s 17. The tallest would Sen. Hilary Clinton. I board to welcome Brooklyn velop the site for housing), $182 million to build a newspaper association. B T fix was in, as you say.” SURF CITY A from Fontana’s book.) when the first passenger jet given the position of the Port Authori- E more about this week’s an- N After all, officials of real estate develop- Ratner’s plan is excluded from R would like to see’?” limits — in the 2000 and 2002 primaries. Y C MAYOR’S EMERGENCY BUNKER E request for proposals through the solicita- KL R Brooklyn -

Avenue was accepted by the MTA Tuesday. Ratner is required to put down just 10 percent, or $10 million, until the full project is approved. Associated Press be 28 stories, whereas the Ratner plan’s In an interview this week with about David, a loving father and See RATNER on page 12 See ‘PARK’ on page 2 L O A Brewery, and its exclusive distrib- platform (to build the housing and commercial prop- Throughout 2004, The Brooklyn Papers coverage of I Heights His main lament, Adams said, “I’m pleased with how mov- crashed into one of the North O ty, that they’d like to see Phoenix and C FEDERAL COURT ment company Forest City Ratner, and that ULURP, which is the most stringent re- Papers The Brooklyn nouncement from the Empire Norman hid the contributions in the party’s coffers instead of R R “I know there were over 40 meet- B ME tion of the anti-Ratner-plan-group Devel- M tallest peaks at 60 stories, dwarfing the The Brooklyn Papers, Fontana husband, a courageous firefighter O erties over the shifted rail yards), $25.4 million in Ratner’s proposal set the newspapers apart from the C GENERAL POST OFFICE BQE utor, Phoenix Beverage, to Pier 7 was that none of the communi- ing it was for people,” she said. Tower, 10 minutes before BANKRUPTCY COURT Brooklyn Brewery there, why can’t F ings with community groups as the Australian actor Heath Ledger and his girlfriend, actress Michelle Williams, have moved to company’s principal owner Bruce Ratner, view process in the state. State Development Corp., was claiming them on his campaign disclosures, prosecutors said. L Fort A op-Don’t Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB). He T Greene iconic Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower. with a passion for art and history, B said she wrote the memoir for MTA operating expenses and $23 million in projected city’s other media, which ignored or downplayed the U — except the owners of the pier. ty’s efforts or time in meeting “A Widow’s Walk” records David’s shift ended. Instead of S we get this done? It’s kind of frustrat- CRUISE SHIP PIER Clinton H master plan was being developed,” had spent the past year and a half in discus- Extell has also promised to comply that nearly 80 percent of the Norman called it an unwitting mistake. Downtown Boerum Hill, a few blocks from the Gowanus Canal. The couple is expecting a baby this month. COURT STREET A Hill has, like Ratner, signed on to a communi- AREA HOUSING V With 1,940 residential units and her son as a testament of her ex- a lifeguard and a beach lover. E sales tax revenues. project’s impact. . ing,” Hindy said on Tuesday. with the BBPDC and lead park Fontana’s personal journey, start- meeting Marian, David, who, ATL said Chan. “Obviously the BBPDC Steve Hindy, who owns the A Norman’s resignation from his political offices, which would have N DOWNTOWN sions with the MTA for the rights to build with contextual zoning regulations for the housing, some 940 units, would W TIC A E VE. BROOKLYN ty agreement of sorts. VI PLAN 116,000 square feet of office space, Ex- perience of that tragic day and Fontana spent his career at Squad The MTA board voted to give Forest City Ratner 45 Brooklyn Papers readers were repeatedly reminded E architect Michael Van Valken- ing early on the morning of Sept. Marian wrote, “would never miss RR Williamsburg-based Brooklyn Brew- “All the indications we have had E has met with Community Board 2, Coney’s beachfront been enforced under law had he not quit, may signify a sea change for Cobble a professional basketball arena and 17 resi- surrounding area, not exceed a 6.0 floor- Who ya gonna call? be concentrated on the southern D UN Hill BROOKLYN LAW Barnett has agreed to abide by the 60- : SCHOOL DORM SCHERMERHORN tell’s proposal pales in size to Ratner’s the year that followed, because, 1, a specially trained firehouse that the project was a multi-billion-dollar super-block 2 PACIFIC BAM CULTURAL days — until Sept. 10 — to negotiate exclusively with URBAN RENEWAL 11, 2001, when she was rushing a fire,” was one of the 12 Squad 8-1 DISTRICT

ery, told The Brooklyn Papers this from the Port Authority is they think Workers reach for their cell phones after buildings near the Commerce Bank branch at the corner of burgh over the past months was Brooklyn’s Democratic Party, say some experts. Callan / Tom Community Board 6 — I know that S dential and commercial high-rises, includ- area ratio in bulk, not close any public tip of the park west of Furman R IE point “Principles for Responsible Com- P ATLANTIC TERMINAL looming, Frank Gehry-designed towers, that covers a broad terrain, in- ATLANTIC CENTER she said, she knew that she Kalikow and Katherine Lapp, the executive director of mega-development involving more than a dozen apart- E MALL (EXISTING) week that while he is eager to relocate Phoenix and Brooklyn Brewery ultimately valued in the final to drop off Aidan at school, so 1 members (both his shift of six “I think removal of Clarence Norman, the re-nomination of Boerum there were at least 40 meetings being ing skyscrapers, over the Long Island Rail streets, partner with local housing advo- Montague Street and Cadman Plaza West in Brooklyn Heights were evacuated Monday. A suspi- Street between Joralemon Street BQ Hill NETS ARENA part of a plan that also includes 1.9 mil- munity Development” endorsed by at Mayor SITE would forget the details as the cluding three quarters of Brook- the MTA and a former Pataki aide, leading to the $100 ment high-rises and several office skyscrapers. The Pa- Road storage yards east of Flatbush Av- cates, guarantee 30 percent of the afford- and expand his operations and distri- See BEER PIER on page 8 cious package was found chained to a fire hydrant on the corner. For the story see page 18. and Atlantic Avenue. See CONDOS on page 13 that she could make it to a Con- men and their relief shift) who D’Onofrio fathers WATCH YOUR TANK held around the community.” least 19 organizations including such See NORMAN on page 5

lion square feet of office space, and a Callan / Tom years passed. necticut Muffin coffee shop in answered their final rescue call at lyn, all of Staten Island and parts million, according to the Times report. pers pointed out that the story was not, as generally por- Carroll Gardens Later panelists, like CB6 District enue in a development that would also in- able housing units are owner-occupied, ATLANTIC YARDS 19,000-seat arena for Ratner’s New Jer- community stalwarts as the Boerum Hill “I really wrote it the whole Park Slope on time to meet the World Trade Center. of Lower Manhattan. Neither MTA nor Forest City Ratner officials would trayed in other media, primarily about construction of an Manager Craig Hammerman, coun- Prospect G From ‘Creek’ clude private property south of those train guarantee 20 percent of all construction N Heights sey Nets NBA team. Association, Fifth Avenue Committee, FAIRWAY Red I time with my son in mind,” she “It was the most difficult thing I comment for this article. arena for the New Jersey Nets basketball team; the arena N ready to go condo David, then 37, after his shift at “OK. I’ll see you at Connecti- ‘Thumbsucker’ Hook O tered Chan’s statement, saying the -Z work to minority and women-owned con- P tracks. Papers The Brooklyn Extell’s proposal also boasts some of the Fort Greene Association and Pratt Area U Additionally, an MTA spokesman said that neither would fill only a small portion of the site. E said. “So that he has a document the firehouse ended. The two cut Muffin in 10 minutes,” WHOLE FOODS BBPDC had “hijacked” the process See 9-11 WIDOW on page 6 U IKEA N So it was inevitable that the rival bid tractors and provide job training pro- E same community-centric ethos that Rat- Community Council. V heralds A Park “Your commitment to the truth shines through,” wrote H from the community. Slope idential development under the city’s plan to redevelop T By Jess Wisloski Gas siphoning on the rise R grams, ensure 100 percent of storm water submitted by a Manhattan-based develop- U ner’s company touted at the signing on June Ratner’s CBA promised certain ameni- the judges. “This is what it’s all about.” LOWE’S PAPER HOLIDAY… FO “Some of the statements that were run-off goes into a sewage treatment plant The Brooklyn Papers the formerly bustling seaside resort area, says the bro- er for the 8.5-acre rail yard site just before 27 of a community benefits agreement, or ties to the co-signers, such as active roles in This week’s Brooklyn Papers are “double issues” — a new Paper In a related citation, the NNA awarded The Papers an made by the panelists earlier were per- the July 6 deadline would turn some CBA, witnessed by Mayor Bloomberg. oversight of job development, hiring and and assure more than 160,000 square feet ker. By Jess Wisloski toriety during the gas crunch- the gas caps, the locking George Davis, a manager Papers File The Brooklyn A developer and realty company are market- will not be published next week, and our offices will be closed Atlantic Antic cob-bler Honorable Mention for Community Service. Satellite image by Space Imaging haps a bit misleading, so I just want to es of the mid-’70s. ones,” said Flores August, as- for another of Strauss’ region- It’s the most exciting Brooklyn news in ers that would substantially obscure the where the Nets arena would be located. Lines to Pier 7, and a city-Port Authority skirt scrutiny and debate. of public park or open space.. Thor Equities principal owner Joseph Sitt, known The Brooklyn Papers five decades. arena from the view of motorists on Meanwhile, just south of the arena site, review of the best uses for Piers 8 through • • • heads, to say the least. The Extell design, by Brooklyn architects training, and made commitments regarding Former Brooklyn Democratic Party Chairman Assemblyman Clarence Nor- Tuesday, Oct. 4, for the Jewish New Year, and Thursday, Oct. 13, A reveler at last Sunday’s Atlantic Antic street fair, which ran from Hicks Street to Third Avenue along But Bruce Ratner’s plan to bring the busy Flatbush Avenue. Park Slope’s Fourth Avenue has been up- 12 in Carroll Gardens and Red Hook. Advocates of the overlapping Down- “In many ways, you were just doing your job,” wrote the New Jersey Nets to an arena he would The massive Downtown Brooklyn Plan — zoned to allow taller buildings and encour- If anything, this photo, taken by Space town Brooklyn Plan and Atlantic Yards to the Canal a new clarify that there was an exact total, an ing a large, vacant lot along Coney Island’s In New York City, where sistant store manager for al stores, on Atlantic Avenue build near the intersection of Atlantic which would turn the area into a sister to age commercial and residential develop- Imaging in December 2002 and anno- (which form one entity, only a tiny por- and Flatbush avenues is miniscule in Midtown Manhattan with skyscrapers ment. To the west, Lowe’s home improve- tated by The Brooklyn Papers this week, tion of which would house the Nets) Cetra-Ruddy Extell Development Company, which “It’s something we thought we could largely for his development of shopping malls, bought One of the less-remem- man Jr. stumps at the West Indian Day Parade last year. for Yom Kippur. The next edition will be dated Saturday, Oct. 15. comparison to all the development meant to attract corporate back-office leas- ment and Fairway supermarket will soon omits some projects. want the projects discussed separately. Cetra-Ruddy, snakes in waves across the construction work for minorities (35 per- Atlantic Avenue, enjoys some of the annual fest’s ubiquitous grilled corn on the cob. judges. “However, staying the course when all around you planned for the greater Downtown and es and government tenants — is, right open traffic-generating big box stores, and If implemented, these projects would, But only by considering jointly the im- extensive and exhaustive series of one Brownstone Brooklyn areas. The arena now, coursing through the city public an Ikea is planned in Red Hook. collectively, forever change Brooklyn as act of all the projects shown above can boardwalk for what would be the former seaside prices at $3.27 a gallon on Strauss Discount Auto, at 527 in Prospect Heights, said he’d is even dwarfed by the massive office review process. The Downtown Plan over- On the waterfront, there’s Brooklyn we’ve known her. Some will, by law, any of them be properly evaluated. NEVER ON SUNDAY and residential towers that Ratner plans laps both the Brooklyn Academy of Music Bridge Park commercial-recreational devel- require public review; for others, devel- In the center spread: an enlarged view live with,” said Barnett of the agreement. the property in March. It sits between the former recently purchased 77 acres of Upper three MTA blocks “like a train,” as de- Extell Development Company’s plan for the railyards along Atlantic Avenue is cent) and women (10 percent) and the bered trends of the 1970s is average over Labor Day Fourth Ave. in Park Slope. seen as much demand rising have a different agenda was worthy of recognition.” to build immediately adjacent to it, tow- Cultural District and Ratner’s Atlantic Yards, opment, negotiations to bring Carnival Cruise opers and elected officials will seek to of the Downtown Plan and Atlantic Yards. meeting with the development corpo- amusement mecca’s first luxury condominium Child’s restaurant, a city landmark that also awaits de- ‘Dawson’s Michelle Williams and her hunk West Side property from Donald Trump scribed by principal owner Gary Barnett. considerably smaller than the plan proposed by Bruce Ratner. placement of public housing residents. See COMPETITION on page 5 back and reportedly rampant weekend ranked as the na- “They sold out since last for the siphons and cans as Papers Editor Neil Sloane attended the Oct. 1 award SEE CENTER SPREAD FOR COMPLETE COVERAGE ration and the community board,” development. velopment, and the Abe Stark Arena, a city ice-skating Events mark 9-11 ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Neil Sloane, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) on the streets of Brooklyn ceremony at the NNA’s annual convention in Milwaukee, Hammerman sarcastically noted, “de- Coney / Rebecca Cetta tion’s highest, according to week, and we are having a for the locking caps. Council repeals 7-day parking meters The rectangular, 168,000-square-foot lot runs from rink that abuts the Keyspan Park parking lot. — gasoline siphoning. the U.S. Department of Ener- shortage at the warehouse in “People were in demand Wisc., and accepted the prizes on behalf of The Papers. spite repeated requests subsequent to Heath Ledger are settling in Boerum Hill Surf Avenue to the boardwalk, between West 20th and The advertisement put out by Massey Knakal on In response to astronomi- gy, the new petit larceny has New Jersey,” she said. “We for [caps] and gas cans,” Additional awards were presented to The Papers for: ample of a lost facet of journalism — alive and well in that [February] meeting to turn out and West 21st streets. Wednesday boasts that the property has the potential for By Ajla Grozdanic cal gas prices, a new breed of also created a renewed de- have about 20 people coming Davis said. “Normally, we • Best Breaking News Story (second place) for Brooklyn! Timely, courageous and informative in both address the public, including to brief style house in the Los Feliz suburb of Los Ange- By Ajla Grozdanic “We believe that there should be no tax Mango / Greg By Ariella Cohen Thor Equities, which owns the lot and plans to build at least a 672,000-square-foot build-out. The listing for The Brooklyn Papers thieves has taken to stealing mand in automotive stores for to pick up gas caps next week.” would keep two [cans] on “Death on the job,” about a balcony collapse at a condo- meeting coverage and the background you bring in — us on the general project plan. les, and the couple will raise their baby girl, who on worship,” said Monserrate, a co-chair of The Brooklyn Papers for The Brooklyn Papers a large-scale amusement and retail mall on property it calls the potential residential development “Ocean 4th anniversary gas from unsuspecting car both locking gas caps and In addition, August said, stock at a time, but the day minium under construction in Bay Ridge that resulted in a you’re the expert in your community. Well done.” “Basically, what’s happened in the is due this month, in the Boerum Hill walk-up. Coney Island will be restored to its Cop kills the Black, Latino and Asian caucus. “Sun- The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn the prices went up — that day last two years, from our perspective, Forget Manhattan? How about, forget L.A.? The Australia-native Ledger, 26, who met Wil- The City Council voted over- day was historically a family day.” owns further east along the boardwalk, has listed the Towers” and shows by way of example a rendering of former glory within the next few years, owners using a length of hose portable gasoline cans. she has had people come in day laborer’s death. • Best Performing Arts Story (honorable mention) and a portable gas can, recall- and the next day — we went “Good reaction included with little notice,” the judges for GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis’ “Water torture,” an is that the process was hijacked from Pushing by leaps and bounds the trend of liams on the set of the soon-to-be-released Ang whelmingly this week to eliminate Gentile, who earlier Sunday held a simi- property with Massey Knakal Realty Services. Muss Development’s recently completed Oceana Con- By Jess Wisloski on Sunday. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Portable gasoline cans, like these lining the shelves at a Pep Boys at 354 Fourth Ave., “When people are coming asking for gas siphoning de- Wal-Mart’s thinking ing a practice that gained no- here, people are looking for vices like hoses and gas cans. wrote. interview with the Brooklyn Heights couple who wrote the public,” Hammerman charged. celebrities moving from “the city” to Brownstone Lee film, “Brokeback Mountain,” is best known The asking price — $85 million. dominiums in Brighton Beach, where apartments in the The Brooklyn Papers In the following week, Congre- are more popular lately due to an increase in gas siphoning, say experts. CRUISIN’ Sunday parking meter requirements lar support rally outside Bethlehem Luther- Wednesday. See GAS CAN on page 5 The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn • Best Serious Column (third place) for Sloane’s and directed the movie “Open Water.” “The plan before us is not the pub- Brooklyn, Hollywood hunk Heath Ledger and his for his roles in the period action flicks “The Patri- citywide. an Church, at Ovington and Fourth avenues And while the city-block-sized property is currently “gated community” development run from $500,000 to Colliding with a natural dis- gation Mount Sinai will hold serv- On the boardwalk at West 15th Street, Developers are hoping to turn this empty lot in Coney Island, at West 21st Street and the boardwalk, next to the Abe Stark ice skating ices for “special remembrance and piece, “CB2 blows it big time,” which decried the com- • Best Feature Story (honorable mention) for an ar- lic’s plan, and we would like to help girlfriend, former “Dawson’s Creek” starlet Mi- ot” and “A Knight’s Tale.” He and Williams, 25, While Mayor Michael Bloomberg in Bay Ridge, followed Monserrate at the zoned as part of the entertainment and amusement dis- $2 million, according to the developer’s Web site. aster so different in nature but the mayor announced a plan to turn the ex-judge Luxury liner docks in Hook put this runaway train back on its chelle Williams, have bought a brownstone on had reportedly also looked at houses in Harlem could veto the measure, Wednesday’s 41- trict, it holds the promise of rezoning to large-scale res- rink (pictured at center), into condominiums. The beachfront property is up for sale with an asking price of $85 million. response, to come together and seaside neighborhood into a year-round munity board’s inability to weigh in on the Downtown ticle headlined “Hoop dream a nightmare for residents, City Hall podium. Over and over again, See CONEY on page 5 close in the scale of casualties, Brooklyn rezoning proposal during the rezoning plan’s businesses in path of Ratner project.” track.” Douglass Street, a couple of blocks from the Go- and Park Slope. 3 vote is an indication that there are learn about what can be done,” tourist attraction, complete with a re- Gentile said, people tell him that during the fourth anniversary of the By Lilo H. Stainton By Jess Wisloski “I did come in today with some fears,” public review period. In the first place award for The Papers’ “Not Just Nets” Late last year, the BBPDC re- wanus Canal, several real estate and gossip Web Publicists for the two actors did not return calls enough votes for an override. Sunday service, they have one eye on the said Potasnik, to connect 9-11 sur- vamped amusement park and board- terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Papers said Michael Carr, the Australian captain of Of the column, the judges wrote: coverage, NNA judges cited the work of Sloane and released a radically altered park master sites are reporting. seeking comment for this article. outside the big box “Right now we need 34 votes [to over- pastor and the other on the meter. vivors with the victims of Hurri- walk, diverse new businesses and a the Oriana. 2001 bears an inextricable con- Met’tech to the rescue Acrowd turned out to welcome her, “An orange in a basket of apples. This is a great ex- porters Jess Wisloski and Deborah Kolben. See ‘PARK’ PLANNERS on page 6 Ledger sold his 5,000-square-foot, Spanish- See DAWSON on page 6 ride a mayoral veto],” Bay Ridge Coun- “I am proud to see that the City Council cane Katrina. more developed residential community An off-duty rookie police officer on a motor- “I thought they sent me to the wrong nection to the floods of Louisi- The Church of the Assumption He pledged an additional $50 million and the gleaming white ship with the might look like, and what competitors have cilman Vincent Gentile said after the will be voting on this issue, which affects cycle accidentally struck and killed a retired port and the wrong wharf, since all I saw By Jess Wisloski meeting with Brooklyn reporters. ana this past week. of the Blessed Virgin Mary, also in city funding on top of $23 million a new plan, adopted by the mayor and disaster recovery capacity.” bellowing horn, which burst out louder taught them about this borough’s “urban mar- vote. “We have 43 members as co-spon- New Yorkers across the five boroughs,” By Jess Wisloski state Supreme Court judge crossing Adams was a bundle of bollards,” he said about The Brooklyn Papers Company executives and their public rela- Brooklynites and other New known as Assumption Parish, a previously promised. Borough President and included in the citywide state- Central to the project, which is part than even the amplified booming of tions representatives met reporters at the New ket.” sors of the bill. We need 34 to vote to Gentile said. “Sunday parking meters have Cops charge Fear ‘Purchase’ Callan / Tom The Brooklyn Papers Street in front of the state Supreme Court build- pictures he received a week before arriving. PAGE 9 Marty Markowitz has committed $7 mil- ment of needs for FY 2006-07. of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s National discount retailer Wal-Mart is override the veto and we’re confident been around for nearly two years now, and Yorkers are revisiting through the Roman Catholic church on Cran- Mango / Greg Borough President Marty Markowitz’s He added, however, that the arrival went York Marriott Brooklyn on Adams Street not “Each project is different,” said Mia Mas- lion and Rep. Jerrold Nadler committed The city is consolidating the call The site, which will include reno- Emergency Communications Trans- ing at 12:30 pm on Sept. 22, say police.

/ Tom Callan / Tom suffering down South the pain of berry Street between Hicks and voice, didn’t disappoint. so interested in opening a store in New ten, Wal-Mart’s communications director. Callan / Tom that we’ll succeed.” if you ask me, that’s two years too long.” dispatch centers for emergency re- smoothly. to announce a specific New York City site — destruction, and remembrance of $3.2 million in federal funds. vation of the existing 47,000-square- formation Program, is the consolida- Judge Paul Bookson, 72, died from his injuries York City, and specifically Brooklyn, “If we can’t have it on a single story, we Gentile and Queens Councilman Hiram Gentile, who has been holding rallies Henry streets in Brooklyn sponders in all five boroughs — in- On Saturday morning, the Oriana, a “It was lovely to come in this morning,” although they conceded that their local press the thousands of lives lost when Councilman Domenic Recchia, Dep- foot Public Safety Answering Center tion of the call-taking and dispatch fa- at Bellevue Hospital in Manhattan around 9:30 pm. B’klyn Law they’re willing to change their big-box- can do a tiered structure,” she said. “There is- Monserrate, who introduced the bill, lob- protesting Sunday meters in his district the Heights, will hold a 12:15 pm transatlantic luxury liner, docked in Red Carr said. Yassky: Shift outreach had not extended beyond Brooklyn uty Mayor for Economic Development cluding fire, police and EMS — to a (PCAS) will be at 11 Metrotech cilities, the needs statement reported. Published reports stated that Bookson, a former

GIRL Mango / Greg n’t an urban prototype per se, but it would bied for its passage last Sunday, holding a last two years, in April introduced legisla- man with 8 airplanes turned into missiles and Mass in honor of all those who Hook, prematurely christening the piers that Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who orches- store image, executives said at a June 30 — but to discuss what an urban Wal-Mart to be torn down and Rebuilding Daniel Doctoroff, Coney two-floor office space in Metrotech, Plaza, and the new construction of a The project will drastically re- state senator from Staten Island, suffered massive press conference on the steps of City Hall tion seeking to allow motorists to double smashed into the World Trade died on 9-11 and especially the will usher a glamorous industry of Queens

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have to be feasible for an urban market.” Callan / Tom The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn Island Development Corporation (CIDC) The Brooklyn Papers has learned. redundant Public Safety Answering vamp the city’s archaic 911 network, head injuries and internal bleeding. with fellow council members and bill sup- park for five minutes at a time. Unlike the “providing magnificent views of the Manhat- Center towers. firefighters from Engine 205/Lad- and Princesses to the county of Kings. during a day of campaign stops, said to the After a deal to build a Wal-Mart in Rego Papers The Brooklyn By Jess Wisloski Chairman Joshua Sirefman, Assembly- The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn South Tower explodes on 9-11 The mayor’s office, the Fire De- This year, many religious congre- der 118, around the corner on Center (PSAC2) will require room which currently suffers from over- Rep. Anthony Weiner (right) outside his childhood Police said the motorcyclist swerved but was un- porters from Brooklyn, Queens and Man- Sunday parking bill, that measure was Mango / Greg The gathering at Pier 12, which was Park, Queens, fell through earlier this year the The Brooklyn Papers tan skyline from both north and south.” after second jet slams into it. woman Adele Cohen, Community Board partment and the Office of Emer- enough for a 410,000-square-foot of- lapping or missed signals, and a re- able to avoid hitting the judge, who they said was captain and his passengers and crew, “We dorm opens hattan. roundly derided, both by the mayor and gations are finding ways to reach Middagh Street. Eight men from home on Sixth Street in Park Slope, where he an- largely comprised of industry and city in- have 8.1 million New Yorkers who wel- company began eyeing Brooklyn, among oth- To the mind of the park planners, the build- 13 and CIDC member Sheryl Robinson gency Management (OEM) all con- fice space in “strategic location to sulting delayed response time. nounced Wednesday he would not seek a runoff crossing against the traffic signal. A published report / Jess Wisloski a-PARK-ments “Give back our ticket-free Sundays,” An historic building proposed for dem- out to those suffering in New Or- the firehouse died responding to siders — the public was prohibited entry other council members, as unenforceable. muggings Papers The Brooklyn come you today.” er locations in the city. ing divides two segments of the park — the and Dick Zigun, the unofficial mayor of firmed this week that responsibility PSAC1 at Metrotech Center, Brook- Introduced by Bloomberg in ear- against Fernando Ferrer. Above, Mayor Mike said Bronson was reading a newspaper as he stepped “End pay and pray now” and “City Bloomberg, who pushed for the institu- Liza Minnelli in Coney olition by designers of Brooklyn Bridge leans while helping themselves heal. leader of Congregation Mount the World Trade Center. The Rev. — took place in front of a stage set up on Bloomberg said the ship’s arrival was 1st students vision journalist and 1969 “Population alone is huge; we know that somewhat-complete Empire-Fulton Ferry Coney Island and founder of the non- for telephone dispatch respondents lyn” according to the statement of ly 2002, the plan has been stepped Bloomberg stole some of the Democrats’ primary off the curb. law school alum Geraldo Ri-

Night and day Papers The Brooklyn there are other retailers doing well here,” said Council and Mr. Mayor: Give New York- tion of Sunday parking regulations in Liza Minnelli (right), in Brooklyn to kick off Borough President Marty Markowitz’s summer on a street corner in Flatbush, at Park, a 1.3-mile open space, housing and Others will continue to offer fo- Sinai, a conservative synagogue in Michael Carrano has led a Mass profit Coney Island USA, which is dedi- the pier just off Pioneer Street. out of necessity, although according to the Fourth of July fireworks light up the sky above the Brooklyn Bridge during Macy’s fireworks extravaganza By Lilo H. Stainton State Park portion, where the Brooklyn Bridge will be centralized in the Downtown needs, to create a “unified structure to up since the August 2003 citywide day spotlight, partying at the Brooklyn Marriott Tues- The officer, 26, whose name was initially withheld welcomed to vera, the 216-foot-tall, sand- Masten. “We also know that Brooklynites ers a day of rest,” were some of the signs At City Hall, Councilman Vincent Gentile (at podium) discusses legisla- 2003, as a means to help the city recover concerts at Coney Island, hams it up on the Cyclone roller coaster after her show. Find out 5:45 pm on Aug. 16, police said. commercial development along the rums for reflection and critical Brooklyn Heights, will lead a in their honor every year. The ship, which had set sail from Lon- city’s Economic Development Corporation, The Brooklyn Papers Park Conservancy hosts events throughout the See CONEY on page 13 Brooklyn office campus in line with improve emergency response ability See MET’TECH on page 13 day night despite facing no Republican challenger. Papers The Brooklyn (above). Below, the ocean and beach at Coney Island seemed filled to capacity earlier that day. thinking here at home. All servic- commemorative service for fire- The Rev. Dan Meeter, of the Old Sandy’s got a dandy by police, was issued a summons for riding with a don, pulled into Buttermilk Channel just af- blasted brick and limestone want a Wal-Mart,” she said, citing a study supporters held aloft. tion that would eliminate metered parking. The bill passed this week. See PARKING on page 13 what The Brooklyn Papers’ own GO Girl thought about the extravaganza — on page 9. Officers Michael Gaynor and waterfront, has split supporters of the year, from the commercial cluster of activity there are no others scheduled in Brooklyn controversial With his photo on the front es are open to the public. fighters, their families and the First Reformed Church, at 126 Sev- Brooklyn Cyclones mascot Sandy the Seagull holds aloft a copy of The Brooklyn Paper during Brooklyn Papers Night at Keyspan Park last learner’s permit and not a full motorcycle license. Papers The Brooklyn ter 7 am. Passengers, at least those who building’s christening marked to DUMBO commissioned by the Marino Organization, Andrew Mennella confirmed the plan and even preservation agencies at until this April, when the $45 million Red leading to the yet-unformed portion of the Bookson retired in 1995 as a state Supreme Court the official end to a heartily the public relations firm representing the page of newspapers and man was indeed the mugging the city and state level. Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, a Fire general public at FDNY headquar- enth Ave. in Park Slope, said his con- Thursday. The Cyclones, who fell out of playoff contention later in the week, kept hope alive with an 8-4 spanking of the hated Staten Is- Mayor Michael Bloomberg (at podium) welcomes the Oriana, which docked at Red Hook’s Pier 12 last Saturday were awake, patiently waited onboard and Hook Cruise Terminal is slated to open. D’town tower park: Piers 1 through 6. Department chaplain and spiritual justice in Manhattan and still served as a judicial fought battle that pitted company. That study claims that 67 percent of broadcast on TV, freedom suspect and arrested Reyes on ters, 9 Metrotech Center, at 1 pm See COMMEMORATION page 6 land Yankees. For Brooklyn’s best coverage of the Cyclones, see page 15. after a trans-Atlantic voyage. With him (from left) are NYC & Company CEO Christyne Nicholas, Oriana Captain watched from the decks and stateroom bal- “Today we had a parking problem in Man- dos. An additional 17-story building is Built in 1936 as a project of the Works For historians and artists, the building repre- hearing officer, a court spokesman told the New York By Ariella Cohen neighbors — and even a reli- By Jess Wisloski Brooklynites would support the opening of a was bound to be short-lived the corner of Cortelyou Road HELP SAVE Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen School! Mike Carr, Borough President Marty Markowitz, Councilman David Yassky, Economic Development Corporation conies as the press conference welcoming hattan,” explained Bloomberg, who pointed proposed for construction on Bridge Progress Administration, the Purchase Build- The Brooklyn Papers sents a step in architectural design that married Times. The judge also worked at the law firm of The Brooklyn Papers gious order — against Brook- Wal-Mart in the borough. The survey inter- for William Reyes. But and East 21st Street. ing, located under the Brooklyn Bridge over- President Andrew Alper and EDC Vice President Kate Ascher. their arrival commenced. See CRUISIN’ on page 7 lyn Law and its many high- Park property in DUMBO. viewed 240 Brooklynites by telephone on Reyes was set to be arraigned See PURCHASE on page 11 Hertzfeld & Rubin, in Manhattan, and was an active With the snip of a rib- Seeking to lessen the impact of instead of curtailing his crim- pass off Old Fulton and Water streets in Fulton profile supporters. proposed high-rise condominium And Fulton Ferry Landing, which is Feb. 28 and March 1 of this year. late on Wednesday, Aug. 17, on Ferry, features late-art deco and early modernist ––––––––––––––– OUTSTANDING EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT THE BROOKLYN PAPERS ––––––––––––––– member of the Eldridge Street Synagogue, where a bon, Brooklyn Law School already a tourist destination, would be inal behavior, the armed rob- Callan / Tom PAGE 7 funeral service was Wed., Sept. 23. He was to be “This was an “untouch- development near Atlantic Aven- As part of the company’s efforts to soften bery suspect seemed to pick multiple robbery and assault designs. New York Wines & Dines in Brooklyn PARTICIPATING bid farewell to a difficult able” district, nothing was to home to a 150-unit residence and ad- / Tom Callan / Tom Tish bows out of NY1 show buried in Jerusalem. ue at the southern end of Brook- its image in the face of criticism, largely from up the pace, say police. charges. The district attorney’s According to the Environmental Impact We invite PAGE 9 building project and wel- be over 120 feet, but Brook- jacent 220-unit luxury hotel with a labor unions, of its wage structure and other office had little information on Statement (EIS) released last week by the state- RESTAURANTS: “We are all shocked by the situation,” said Ian comed its first-ever dor- lyn Law School ran rough- lyn Bridge Park, Councilman Da- water’s-edge restaurant. By Jess Wisloski show’s producers on the with outbursts and glitches pear in a panel discussion featuring political opponent of the project. On Aug. 16, police say, they Ceresney, the law firm’s managing partner. “The vid Yassky wants planners to con- employment practices, Wal-Mart has adopted his case by press time and efforts run Brooklyn Bridge Park Development Cor- Reporters Webmaster Marco Polo Ristorante mitory. shod over it,” Heloise Gru- Yassky has suggested a modified The Brooklyn Papers Atlantic Yards project. throughout — not the least of James Stuckey, executive vice She said she didn’t attend because caught their man. you to enjoy judge was a mentor to many of the young attorneys sider building more of the reven- appearances that are aesthetically suitable to to locate his attorney or family poration, the warehouse, a mix of brick and thin Jump start We’re screening candidates now for Ecstatic alumni and stu- neberg, a former president of plan that identifies two sites in DUM- their environment, Masten said. which was Geoffrey Davis, broth- president of Forest City Ratner — the panel was unbalanced — it Reyes was arrested on were unsuccessful. Papers The Brooklyn oin The River Cafe at our firm. We will miss him tremendously.” CB2 lags on review of ‘park’ ue-generating luxury housing on BO — which is undergoing a rapid The two-hour program was glass-window facing with pink-toned concrete full-time staff positions. These career- ONLINE Help design and maintain J dents toured the 104-year-old the Boerum Hill Association, City Councilwoman Letitia charges that he mugged as SALES EDITORIAL & Bookson also served in the state Senate for near- The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn “We’ve gone past the old ‘battleship blue’ er of slain Prospect Heights the company that plans to develop did not include a representative of WINE FOOD Neither Reyes nor his attor- The Pearl Room inland development sites off the conversion from a warehouse and James refused an invitation to arranged to raise point-counter- ribbons, is useless to an 80-acre open space of propelling assignments with Brooklyn’s The Brooklyn Papers yourselves college’s new high-rise at told The Brooklyn Papers style, and now accommodate nationwide,” point discussions among impor- Councilman James Davis, burst- an NBA basketball arena, soaring Extell Development Company, many as eight people — the ney could be reached for com- green, water and revenue-generating develop- your career! quality newspaper organization require lyn’s El Caribe Caterers ly a decade, according to the Senate press office, in By Jess Wisloski far been silent on the contentious to talk, and in no time heated discus- Oct. 12, at which time the board may 250 State St. between Court this week. park’s northern edge, in DUMBO. manufacturing district to million-dol- appear on a special cablecast of Callan / Tom rook said Masten. “Say, if it’s going to be in a rural tant public figures, as well as ing in uninvited to interrupt the skyscrapers more than a dozen which submitted a competing bid majority of them of Asian de- ment by press time. ments that will form Brooklyn Bridge Park. highly-organized and fast-paced reporter- web sites. Email resume, B Albany. He was elected in November 1964 to rep- The Brooklyn Papers plan, while CB6, a board whose dis- sions broke out in nearly all the vote on a collective statement. That Street and Boerum Place, at a “Their victory proved that A 30-story tower, and a wide, eight- lar condominiums and pricey rentals F/T and P/T openings. In the office writers with sharp eyes for news. Send Chicken Masters setting, we’ll do like a mountain resort with / Joe Coello news station New York 1’s program. apartment high-rises in James’ to the Metropolitan Transporta- scent — in Sunset Park subway Police sought the public’s ‘Park’ views Additionally, the EIS says the building will split at our resent the 24th district on Staten Island. Before that board’s committees. would come in lieu of any CB2 pres- lavish reception on Sept. 29. no matter the zoning you can story condominium are planned near — that he says merely need zoning elected and appointed officials, in or in the field. Great support, salary, cover letter and relevant Community Board 2, which trict grazes the southern end of the Chowhounds Callan / Tom 3-5 published clips and a resume to the s Schnack an Adirondack look to it. In Main Street, it “Road to City Hall” last week a panel format that would allow But no one addressed the ab- Prospect Heights district — and tion Authority for the rail yards stations and on streets in Park help in locating Reyes early last A member of the Brooklyn Heights-based Willowtown Association, Judi Francis, hands the park in two, destroying view planes. hi commissions. New he was appointed to several administrative posi- Some were more productive than ence or comment at the only public The 21-story dormitory was go against it, and you can the Atlantic Avenue gateway to the changes. One is an existing manufac- The hot dogs didn’t stand a chance when some of the world’s top competitive Editor: links to the Senior Editor T ASTING encompasses most of the neighbor- proposed development, has held or will appear more industrial,” she said, and — live from St. Francis audience questions. sence of James, whose attendance Mafruza Kahn, associate director over which much of the Ratner Slope and Downtown Brook- week, providing his picture and fliers to people entering Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park for Aug. 11 screening of “Chi- “The park plan calls for the removal of the tions within the court system, participated in nu- others. hearing on the park’s draft environ- designed by the eminent ar- win,” she added. Adopt-a-grandparent proposed 1.3-mile development. A 14- turing building at 10 Jay St., and the eaters descended on Coney Island July 4 for Nathan’s Famous’ annual Hot Dog Call Celia Weintrob at fundraiser: and more . . . hoods that would surround the 1.3- participated in repeated hearings to pointed towards an in-process renovation in College and focused on The program, which aired live had been touted in both NY 1 and of the Pratt Instituted Center for plan would be built. lyn within the past year. physical description to news natown.” Francis says the state’s plan for Brooklyn Bridge Park is too dependent on Purchase Building, currently located under the ‘Wet Hot’ star Neil Sloane, Brooklyn Papers Vince DiMiceli: ader! merous bar associations and served on the school The purpose of discussing the proj- mental impact statement (DEIS), held chitect Robert A.M. Stern. Plans for the State Street The Cobble Hill Health Center launched an Adopt-a-Grandparent Program on Oct. 2 with a street car- story former Watchtower Bible and other a city-owned parking lot on Eating contest. (Left to right) American title holder Sonya Thomas, world champ White Plains, N.Y., where a Wal-Mart is be- (718) 834-9350, ext. 204 Le mile Brooklyn Bridge Park hous- discuss the plan and its potential Yimou directs Brooklyn issues — because of on July 20 from Founders Hall at St. Francis College press releases Community and Environmental The producers from NY1, she Two members of the 70th outlets across the city. But po- private housing and that by promoting the park plan through its weekly movie series, Brooklyn Bridge,” states the document, calling 55 Washington St., Ste. 624 Wednesday, Sept. 28, 7-10pm board, according to his state Senate biography. ect separately is so committee mem- at 6 Metrotech Center — just across Housing 360 students and dorm came before Communi- nival for children, including these four. Congress Street between Henry and Hicks streets was filled with a Tract Society book distribution plant Washington Street near the Brooklyn- ing developed in a former Sears department or email info to impacts. Takeru Kobayashi and Eric “Badlands” Booker all knocked back a lot of dogs, but Papers File The Brooklyn Precinct’s burglary team spotted lice believe that just days later the demolition “critical for connecting the sets flick in Bklyn Among his survivors is his wife, Tova. ing, commercial and open-space bers can have points to present at the the street from CB2’s Jay Street dis- a ground-floor restaurant, ty Board 2 in mid-2002 as part large crowd of people who came to enjoy rides, a petting zoo, pony rides and performances by a local next to that site, at 360 Furman St., is Queens Expressway overpass. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, an advocacy group, is stifling debate over what what she said was an unbal- the college on Remsen Street in promoting the event. Development (PICCED). said, told her they had not extend- [email protected] Brooklyn, NY 11201 [email protected] dance at BAM

perpetual champ Kobayashi retained his Mustard-Yellow Belt. See WAL-MART on page 6 Papers The Brooklyn a man they believed to be Reyes northern and southern parts of the park” and — with Associated Press reports waterfront development, has thus But this month, CB2 finally began full board meeting on Wednesday, “Geraldo’s,” named for tele- See DORM on page 15 dance group and marching band. to be converted to 17 stories of con- See YASSKY on page 15 NY1’s Dominic Carter anced presentation by the Brooklyn Heights, was riddled James had initially agreed to ap- James has been the staunchest See TISH BOWS on page 19 Councilwoman Letitia James See ARRESTED on page 2 Francis calls privatization of the waterfront park. 55 Washington St., Ste. 624, Bklyn, NY 11201 Sacred Hearts & St. Stephen School – 135 Summit Street (at Hicks) in Carroll Gardens • $50 advance ticket ($65 at the door) – For tickets & information, call (800) 442-5959 See CRUISIN’ on page 7

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Ratner preps Atlantic Yards site the UN’s capital master plan, told cide key details of their im- of December and, soon after, be- needed multiplied by the cost per veloper,” said Markowitz spokes- Bloomie’s The Papers. “If it’s a greater amount square foot that will determine a man Greg Atkins. ‘Yards’ architect sent back to drawing board pending five-year relocation gin the process of finding a place of [space] we need, chances are bet- temporary locale for the interna- “It is completely up to the UN — and it may still lead it to a ter we might have to go farther to suited to its needs. By Ariella Cohen Workers wearing gardening gloves ic asbestos and then demolishing the workers used grocery carts to haul odd will be demolished before the mega- The UN could need up to one- tional diplomats and their staffs, as to how they make any decisions and knit caps arrived at the moody 19th-century structure. pieces of furniture and mixing bowls project is even approved. / Tom Callan / Tom Cobble Hill invaded The Brooklyn Papers temporary home in Brooklyn. Brooklyn, or even farther out.” Carroll Gardens By Ariella Cohen ect when it was unveiled in July — million square feet of office space. channels No new trains after Nets games million square-feet of temporary according to Van De Perre. on their relocation,” Atkins said. Samuel Underberg Building at the in- Five other buildings nearby will fol- still wrapped in plastic from the Un- The initial demolition work fol- The Brooklyn Papers learned Last spring, the 190-member in- The Brooklyn Papers was viewed with suspicion by long- It remains unclear what Ratner has REJECTED It has begun: Bruce Ratner has office, known as swing space — In July, UN officials met with In August, the Daily News re- asked Gehry to change — but archi- sleepover tersection of Atlantic and Flatbush av- low — the historic beginning of a proj- derberg building, which once housed lowed a report issued by a Ratner- this week that the United Nations ternational organization began a time opponents. the amount of space will depend Borough President Markowitz, ported that the UN had nixed any Gas plant’s Bruce Ratner has reportedly tects said that redesigns are quite By Gersh Kuntzman could not disagree more. started clearing the site of his pro- enues around 11:30 on Tuesday morn- ect that may take more than a decade to a food supply store. hired engineer that recommended the had not ruled out a temporary search for temporary office space Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce outer-borough foray in favor of “Ha!” said Prospect Heights ac- future of R’Hook on which plan assembly members sent his world-renowned archi- posed Atlantic Yards arena, resi- move of at least some of its head- for use while its East Side head- tivist Patti Hagan. common during the development The Brooklyn Papers “People who believe that Carolers ing to begin what will be a complete and cost $3.5 billion. The buildings — all owned by Rat- building be torn town to prevent a col- vote for. President Kenneth Adams and midtown, citing a 31-story build- pollutants may tect Frank Gehry back to the after ‘fiend’ spotted process. Madison Square Garden is the dential and office mega-project. months-long process of removing tox- In this first step this week, the ner or in contract to be sold to him — See RATNER on page 13 quarters operations to Brooklyn, quarters undergoes a thorough ren- Papers The Brooklyn “Anytime Ratner sends drawing By Ariella Cohen If 19,000 cheering Nets Any strategy that involves Downtown Brooklyn Council Di- ing at 485 Lexington Ave. as a drawing board to revise the de- “Renderings change with the same [as a Brooklyn Nets are- Borough Hall file Borough despite a preference to settle some- ovation that is expected to last at swing space could potentially in- rector Michael Burke. Participants possibility for the five-year reloca- Jon Bon Jovi at Empire Fulton-Ferry back to Gehry back for a redesign it The Brooklyn Papers fans come pouring out of Koffi Annan where in Midtown Manhattan. least five years. be spreading veloper’s 24-acre arena-and-sky- comes back bigger and uglier. wind,” said Manhattan architect Sitil By Ariella Cohen said he would be remembered in the neighborhood for Gingrich no biggie na] don’t know Brooklyn,” said at the time that no specific tion. State Park on Oct. 27. an arena at the corner of volve Brooklyn, said Van De scraper project at the Atlantic Patel. “They’re like politicians’ prin- a different crime: satellite trucks from every outlet in- Red Hook’s gritty industrial waterfront will said Assemblywoman Joan “That last drawing looked like an The Brooklyn Papers become a maritime-themed tourist attraction, Atlantic and Flatbush av- to Smith St. Yards. explosion was going on. Very garish ciples — they change depending on cluding “Frontline” were taking up much-needed park- Millman (D-Park Slope). It started, like most days do, with a simple cup under a new plan for the neighborhood’s piers AYOR BLOOMBERG said earlier this week enues someday, the MTA Millman was most surpris- to Bruce: And Gehry has just two weeks to — or should I say ‘Gehryish.’” what developers think they can get ing spaces. of coffee. Congressional hopeful unveiled by city officials this week. that if there is a transit strike, he would sleep at is not going to add service ed by the MTA’s admission By Ariella Cohen come up with a new scheme, accord- Gehry’s preliminary design — un- done.” Despite a breathless headline in the Daily News — a city office in DUMBO so he could walk to The Brooklyn Papers David Smiley, an architecture pro- Then, all Hell broke loose. “Local residents scared to know that creep is so close” “There is no reason why [Red Hook] cannot be a M to help get them home. that it does not add service being to a report in Crain’s New York veiled amid much ballyhoo in Dec. City Hall over the Brooklyn Bridge. Business this week. 2003 — featured three soaring office fessor at Columbia University, added: Around 7:30 am last Thursday, the NYPD’s — and — the immediate concern of place where people go on weekends to walk around and The transit agency, which fore or after Knick games. A former natural gas plant in pushes a ‘Brooklyn The remark, predictably, set off intense preparations by “How can they say their Ratner’s sudden rejection of towers and 4,500 new apartments “Part of what happens in this stage of the tabloids’ — most-wanted perp apparently most residents was not Braun- shop in a diverse environment,” Kate Ascher, the execu- city officials to accommodate the mayor. Meanwhile, a many hope will play a signifi- Carroll Gardens is polluting the process is just the show of adjust- strolled into Bococa’s Cafe on Court stein, but the media chasing tive vice president of infrastructure at the New York City cant role in reducing con- You’re a Gehry’s initial design — whose flanking an arena. different set of preparations were being made in DUMBO. BROTHERS Dog lost in groundwater winding its way ment and changes. Changes made Street and ordered a him. Area of detail Economic Development Corporation, said at a Commu- gestion resulting from mammoth scale and glitzy aesthetic But only the glass-walled arena Contract With America’ Entirely Brooklyn preparations, that is.

/ Tom Callan / Tom beneath the neighborhood with large cup of Italian stunned even supporters of the proj- had been fully designed at that time. now could be very substantial things “My son was scared after nity Board 6 presentation Tuesday evening. “What the hell do I care?” asked a counterman at Bruce Ratner’s pro- On the / Julie Larson Maher roast, heavy on the toxic chemicals — and experts or it could be window dressing.” he saw me interviewed on TV About 100 people listened as five members of the EDC Grimaldi’s, the famous pizzeria that stands less than a posed Atlantic The rest of the milk, no sugar. road, don’t know where it’s going or Negative community reaction to because he thought the rapist By Gersh Kuntzman offered the latest plans for Piers 7-12, a one-mile stretch quarter-mile from the mayor’s would-be digs. Yards mega-devel- project — presum- He paid with two how much of a threat it is. Gehry’s July design made even Rat- was after me,” said Congress The Brooklyn Papers of Port Authority-owned waterfront that extends from Given my reputation as a newshound (or a pizzahound, opment, dropped two Scrooge! Robinson, Reese ably to feature singles, but didn’t stick Street resident Louly Red Hook to up to Atlantic Avenue, which is the south- this mini bomb- P’Park may ner supporters question the direction David Yassky and Newt Gingrich — political bedfellows? I sometimes get them mixed up), I asked the manager if NOTHIN’BUT wins Gehry’s iconic around to get his change. Williams. ern edge of the planned Brooklyn Bridge Park water- shell this week at The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn of the project. he’d make a curved metal style That’s because the Most did not rush to No, the liberal Brooklyn Heights councilman hasn’t formed an ideo- front development. Borough Hall, one By Emily Keller EXCLUSIVE Borough President Marty Marko- logical partnership with the man who headed the conservative Republican special pie for — was rendered in witz — a strong supporter of Ratner’s supposed fiend — Peter claim their 15 minutes of Ascher called the now off-limits Red Hook piers a where Borough for The Brooklyn Papers TAKE A HIKE immortalized in bare blocks. Braunstein, the so-called Revolution of 1994, but Yassky is hoping to take a page from Gingrich as the mayor. THE BROOKLYN loss:

Wildlife Conservancy Society tabloid fame. initial plans — began calling for a key piece of an ongoing effort to open up the waterfront. “What are you President Marko- NETS At first glance, the carolers — with their red- Everybody loves Marty Originated in the marshy ground But last July, “Halloween rapist,” who “I called in sick today, he begins a challenging campaign for Congress. downsizing of the project during his “We envision a series of waterfront destinations: The talking about, By Gersh witz, local elected p. 13 and-green felt hats, their sheet music and their Transit union strikes, Brooklyn walks Borough President Markowitz celebrates his re-election with wife Jamie Tuesday night at Junior’s be hostage surrounding the former Citizens Gas Gehry unveiled a has spent weeks on the so I just want to make “As Democrats, we have to stand for something,” Yassky said, as he East River Waterfront Park, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Gov- Kuntzman officials and Commu- run for reelection this fall. Restaurant on DeKalb Avenue, Downtown. “Mr. Brooklyn” captured 208,148 votes (79 percent) to substantially differ- tabloids’ front pages for stood in the living room of a posh Park Slope brownstone this week, one special pie?” ANGLE accordion accompaniment — appeared to be just bronze at Coney Works (Public Place) site, a former And two state Assemblymembers sure no one sees me on ernor’s Island and the Red Hook piers,” said Ascher. nity Board chairs met to Republican Theodore Alatsas’ 34,016 (13 percent), Green Gloria Mattera’s 17, 976 (7 percent) and gas manufacturing plant on Fifth ent — and substan- allegedly donning fire- the evening news,” said of many “meet-and-greets” he’s made since announcing his candidacy for the man said. another group of holiday mirth-makers on Park By Gersh Kuntzman urns and using up several rolls of toilet paper, a By Lilo H. Stainton who had supported the plan have also If developed as open space, the piers would provide “Get out of here.” (Note to self: ouch!) discuss Atlantic Yards issues. regular service is sufficient?” Libertarian Gary Popkin’s 2,143 (1 percent), according to unofficial tallies. Street at Hoyt Street along the Go- tially bulkier — Surviving turkeys give thanks fighter gear in a sexual as- Cheryl Messer, 24, who the seat being vacated by the retiring Major Owens. The MTA refused to send a Slope’s Fifth Avenue this week. The Brooklyn Papers Markowitz spokeswoman said. By Vince DiMiceli The Brooklyn Papers recently expressed their concerns. open access to the water for residential neighborhoods This reporter had gone to the legendary pie shop — no she said. “That was very sur- wanus Canal, the polluted ground- look for Atlantic sault — bolted after locking works at a non-profit. “We can’t just be seen as the opposition.” Callan / Tom And then they broke into song. The Brooklyn Papers such as Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens and Red Hook itself. representative to the meeting, prising to hear that.” He was there when they went to work in the Amissing Jack Russell terrier — who may have been dog- water contains poisonous coal tar Yards. The project Smiley, the Columbia professor, Patience, a 7-year-old hen (above right), join- eyes with Bococa’s owner And Franklin Mound As such, Yassky praised Gingrich’s “Contract with America,” the con- slices! — to find out how the locals were preparing for the “On the 12th day of Christmas, Bruce Ratner took Welcome to Brooklyn thought the negative reaction might The gritty neighborhood occupies a central role with- mayor’s relocation. Markowitz said. Instead, the A spokesman for the MTA The long-awaited statue commemorating one of baseball’s napped — prompted a desperate search of Prospect Park, an and other dense runoff associated now included 15 ed longtime zoo resident, Franklin, on the John Arenas, the man who couldn’t be troubled to cise, 10-point plan that enabled the GOP to seize control of the House agency sent over a statement from me/12 months of taxes/11 blocks of sidewalks/10 morning, trudging over the Brooklyn Bridge have pressured Ratner into sending in the city’s sweeping plan to weave together two miles Expecting excitement, or said he would let the agency’s One Upper East Sider who decided he’d walk most legendary moments was finally unveiled Tuesday morn- outpouring of help from Brooklyn dog lovers and a flood of with industrial manufacturing. Vegas-style towers had just sold him his morn- even stop eating his during the 1994 mid-term elections. of waterfront split between industrial shipping and the outlining its plans for service acres peopled/nine cultures mixing/eight unclogged sub- in their sneakers or walking their bikes, and Gehry back to the drafting table. Prospect Park Zoo’s Discovery Trail this week, at least a soupcon of mild statement speak for itself. to work in DUMBO got hopelessly lost — ing outside Keyspan Park. bizarre telephone calls to the pup’s anxious owners. The pollutants have also been and three more confident she would survive the Thanksgiving ing java. burrito at California “I disagreed with probably 90 percent of it,” said Yassky, who was a new cruise ship terminals, under construction on Pier 11 to and from Nets games at the The MTA’s statement also ways/seven days a-strolling/six sportless months/DE- he was there when they came back, a little while he was still in Manhattan! acres of footprint. “The design [in July] was quite a “He caught on right away,” Taqueria, even as the Congressional staffer at the time, “but it was real and substantive. It’s ex- interest, I found instead MO-CRA-CY!/four years in building/three neighbor- Police have even joined the search for Henry James, the terrier found in the canal itself. Papers The Brooklyn Over 200 people lined Surf Avenue to see the bigger-than-life Day massacre. While the two lovebirds re- and 12 at Columbia and Coffey streets. that the “Bronx cheer” Ratner arena. said that “buses are not a key worse for wear, but still in good spirits. who was last seen cavorting in This week, researchers working The total project bit different than it had been in any Arenas told reporters later. media swarmed. actly what Democrats need if we are going to reclaim the House.” hoods/two thoroughfares/and an apartment for my The confused pedestrian started down Second bronze statue of Brooklyn Dodger Pee-Wee Reese putting his arm portedly hit it off, the same could not be said At Tuesday’s presentation, Ascher referred to Red Hook’s may be misnamed. “For Madison Square Gar- component of any service Many bi-ped commuters just assumed Borough around Jackie Robinson, capturing a moment purported to have oc- Prospect Park’s Long Meadow Atlantic Yards ‘is not for Keyspan Energy — whose pred- would comprise model before,” he said. “He knew that I knew who he “The salsa is re- So what would be on Yassky’s “Brooklyn Contract with America”? den, the regularly scheduled family!” Avenue, which would have led him to the EXCLUSIVE of our de-feathered friends at right, whose Atlantic Basin, the body of water between Pier 11 and Pier At The River Cafe, gen- plan” after concerts and games shortly before 9 am on Oct. 27. ecessor Brooklyn Union Gas pro- 7,300 units of “Whether people think Brooklyn is World-reknowned architect Frank Gehry’s plans for the Atlantic Yards project — which include these skyscrapers plus a basketball was. He took off the minute we ally good,” he said, If the lyrics didn’t give them away, a closer inspection President Markowitz spent the entire first day of Manhattan Bridge — but when foot traffic was curred in May of the 1947 season — Robinson’s first with the holiday pals had names like “Collard 12 (see map), as the “sweet spot” for the project’s develop- eral manager Scott Stam- service is sufficient for every at Madison Square Garden — When the dog’s owners re- cessed and manufactured natural housing and 1.9 See NEW PLANS on page 16 arena for the New Jersey Nets — have reportedly been scrapped by Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner. gave each other that look.” defending his dec- ment and called the narrow commercial streets leading to typical event,” the agency said of the jaunty hats revealed the words “eminent domain the strike on the bridge’s fabled footpath. too heavy, he shifted to First Avenue. Dodgers— in Cincinatti. Greens,” “Apple Pie,” “Cranberries Sauce,” ford could not have been which also angered the Brook- ceived a call 12 hours later from a stranger who wanted $2,000 gas at the site for about one-hundred Arenas rushed outside and ision to go about those piers “the village green.” in a statement. “Madison lyn contingent. abuse” with a red slash mark through them — a symbol “Welcome back to the big time, Brooklyn, When he got to the eastern spur of Canal Street, While not reported in and “Sweet Potato.” Borough President Mar- . more bored by the topic of in exchange for their pet, the owners alerted the 78th Precinct. years, and which is responsible for told a quartet of cops what had verage his daily life, de- “We ARE in a war The plan still calls for piers 7, 8, 9a and 9b to remain Square Garden is the ... model “How can they say that bus- of groups opposed to Ratner’s sports, residential and com- USA!” the irrepressible Beep told his constituents he turned left instead of right, and “ended up get- any press accounts at the iend’ co the mayor bedding down Oy tannenbaum! “It was his favorite thing in the world,” owner Amy Lawday blighted,’ says Green cleaning up the area — began dig- kowitz (second from left) presided over the happened. s’ ‘F spite the presence of mercial mega-development at the Atlantic Yards. as they returned home during the evening rush time, the event has gone ily New available for industrial shipping while the surrounding 15 feet from his front [for Nets game service] bees are not critical in Brook- ting lost in that crazy off-the-grid tangle down Ed Shakespeare explained, recalling that last morning in the meadow, where park ging up soil along the edge of the donation of close to 1,000 turkeys to com- Within minutes, sleepy Cobble The Da a SWAT team. against terrorists,” Yassky Borough President Marty Markowitz pulled the switch on Brookyn’s official Christmas tree this week — and also The so-called Prospect Heights Action Carrollers down in baseball lore as land would be available for the tourist-friendly makeover. door (is it just a co- cause it is about the same size lyn?” asked Shirley McRae, hour on Tuesday. there,” his boss, who requested anonymity for rules permit dogs to run free from 5 pm until 9 am. “I took him “For the record, that neighbor- Councilwoman Letitia James, in 11.5-acre site in hopes of finding out munity groups, shelters, senior centers and Hill became ground zero in a me- All morning, the reporters kept descending, plunged into a growing nationwide controversy over what to call the seasonal evergreens. “They’re ‘Christmas (sic) were mostly well received in Park Slope, but they the official acceptance of said, almost whispering, Ascher said the area’s low-rise Civil War-era commercial incidence that the and situated on multiple lines.” chairwoman of Community Despite the hassles of the day, most were everyone involved, told The Brooklyn Papers. off the leash and he went wildly running off in the distance.” Assemblyman hood is not blighted, said Green. whose district the Atlantic Yards exactly where the sludge is headed. soup kitchens on Monday. The Beep was dia battle to catch the elusive Braun- some sent by news-hungry editors, others heading over trees,’ not ‘holiday trees’!” the beep told The Brooklyn Papers. “Next thing, people will tell me I light a ‘holiday Robinson by his team- strip could be converted to a mixed-use space with a mar- mayor chose to Brooklyn elected officials Board 2, which lies to the north smiling. Lawday said she kept close watch over the 1-year-old dog. But “I repeat, for the record, that lies, said Green’s words, bolstered Brooklyn Union discontinued stein — or, at least, capture the thoughts of anyone who to Cobble Hill on their own initiative after reading menorah’ at home, not a Hanukkah menorah.” The Papers deconstructs Markowitz’s holiday card, page 5. “When he finally got to work, he was tired, mates — some of whom Rosie: Yards could court crackheads joined outside Borough Hall by (from left) as if he didn’t want to itime museum, a public school, a cafe or a brew-pub run sleep RIGHT — some who support Ratner’s of the Atlantic Yards site. “Were you here all day, Marty? God bless Power of when she turned away for a moment, Henry James disappeared. speaks against neighborhood is not blighted.” by state legislation, could affect operations at the site in the 1960s. may have seen, heard or even imagined the suspect. about the media invasion on the Gawker gossip blog. plan, others who oppose it — yes, but far more mortified that he had gotten had written a petition dur- Rev. Joseph Simpson of the United Christian by a relocated Brooklyn Brewery. NEXT DOOR McRae called on the MTA you,” one woman said. See IS THIS DOG A HOSTAGE? on page 6 “Under the definition of blight, plans for the housing and office de- In 1975, the city took ownership of Assembly Church; and Early Primus, Charles Few residents understood what was going on — “Usually I just come to this neighborhood to eat,” challenge the prevailing The narrow streetscape would be gussied up with his- to include buses in the agen- lost on the island of Manhattan.” ing spring training stating eminent domain as related to poverty or environ- velopment that would also include The Brooklyn Papers by Develop — Don’t Destroy Brook- arena will bring too much density to dark sunglasses, a low newsboy cap lantic Terminal shopping mall, a even when informed their quiet neighborhood had, at said one freelancer dispatched to the scene. to one of the “No, just a couple of hours in the morning about half of the entire oddly Lark and Aaron Owns from the Bedford toric plaques and the streets repaved and widened. / Julie Rosenberg cy’s traffic analyses of the area. they wouldn’t play with lyn, a Ratner opponent. Brooklyn’s low-rise blocks, spoiling and a simple blue jacket, others marching band played and children / Tom Callan opinion in the room. best restau- A timely class trip mental degradation, this definition a professional basketball arena. shaped parcel, bounded by Fourth How big is Bruce Ratner’s pro- least temporarily, played host to the fiend. But the reporters were hungry for something else — See PIERING on page 6 The borough’s elected offi- and a couple of hours now,” Markowitz told him on the team. Reese, it restraint “On a basic level, I am here the the home she loves. stopped traffic with spangles, face with basketballs bowled down card- Stuyvesant Lions Club. All food was donated “I never heard of him,” said a broker from Prudential City planners say cruise terminals at piers 10 through 12 in Red Hook would help revitalize the area. rants in By Ariella Cohen is not related to Prospect Heights,” “The admission of [Green] that Street, Hoyt Street, Fifth Street, posed Atlantic Yards develop- and if they couldn’t find Braunstein, well, they’d fill cials have been meeting regu- her. But he got a hug anyway. For a Fort Greene school, the transit strike is said, refused to sign the Mango / Greg same as everyone else,” Perez told The “When I lived in Manhattan, I knew paint, hand-written signs and tight, board-model skyscrapers in a game by Health Plus, the Fulton Mall Improvement town?). The Brooklyn Papers Green told The Brooklyn Papers the area is not blighted is wonder- Smith Street, Huntington Place and Douglas Elliman, shooing reporters away from her of- their notebooks with something else. larly to prepare for the release On a practical level, Markowitz was steering the made for an exciting class trip. petition. ALK PAST the new Jackie ment? Brooklyn Papers. “I could have lived the crackhead on my corner better than bright Develop — Don’t Destroy tank called Boondoggle Buildings. Association and the Korean-American Brook- fice and shutting the door. That’s how Andrew Shapiro became an instant, Stamford Speaking before fellow state afterwards. ful,” said James. “If we can expe- the canal. Mango / Greg 10,000 pennies for Yard thoughts of a draft environmental im- mass of humanity towards Borough Hall, where More than 40 students from the Urban The statue, like the mo- Robinson and Pee Wee Reese Well, it took a half-hour for a profes- anywhere in the nation but I chose to my neighbors,” she said. “That could tops. “I like playing ball, but I don’t need lyn Association, with Fresh Direct also con- She taped up one of the ubiquitous WANTED treated me Opponents said the statement dite the legislative process and a “They know [it] is traveling in though short-lived, celebrity. The Councilman put forth a slew of contractual obligations: pact statement for the Ratner his staff was dispensing coffee, tea and little ment it represents, was a monument outside Keyspan legislators at a hearing on emi- sional baton dancer to twirl the perime- live here, in Brooklyn.” happen here, if we don’t stop this proj- The walk began at the intersection of to watch it here, not if here if they are tributing, Markowitz said. posters featuring Braunstein’s tabloid-ready mug, but like I was a Papers The Brooklyn Assembly School for Law and Justice — the W by Green — who has been a vocal bill is passed in January or Febru- the Smith Street direction,” said Papers The Brooklyn Shapiro happens to live next-door to a vacant build- 1. Eliminate publicly financed Congressional junkets. “Sure, some trips project. The DEIS, which is nent domain last Friday, assem- health inspec- By Ariella Cohen mercial, residential and arena mega- here, participants said. Entenmann’s carrot cakes (not bad, by the way). ones who actually made it to school on Tuesday long time coming. Park in Coney Island, and you’ll see supporter of Forest City Ratner’s ary, then it can affect the project.” Keyspan spokeswoman Diana. ter of it during a festive protest of the Perez returned to her native borough ect.” Fifth Avenue and Pacific Street, on a going to take people’s homes,” said 10- ing that was stormed by cops after an erroneous tip that are legitimate, but there are too many that aren’t,” he said. Of all the people we met, only Marta New policy blyman Roger Green challenged tor on an The Brooklyn Papers project — and how well Forest City “It was fun, but scary,” explained one expected to be completed next Originally suggested by a moment frozen in time. $3.5-billion project on Sunday. EXCLUSIVE This being Brooklyn, there were some who — headed to Cadman Plaza, where a group of The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn after eight months living in a distant Develop — Don’t Destroy said the sidewalk facing the eight-acre rail year old Prospect Heights resident Braunstein was inside. 2. Tighten federal campaign finance laws. “We have the best system Krawiec of the Water Street Ale House proposed 21-acre mega-develop- Speaking to The Papers by Found at depths between 10- and Ratner is getting its message out about attendee. “I came in against the project, month, is supposed to analyze Newsday columnist Stan But step closer, stop right in front the legality of exercising eminent ment — was a blow to Ratner’s phone, Green reitierated his posi- Twirla, the burlesque performer, part of the city called the Upper West protest raised about $60,000, which yards where the proposed 19,000-seat Chelsea Ettlinger. Later, when Shapiro tried to walk his dog, he was here in New York City — and I’m not just saying that because I was re- Fairway prepares for opening unannounced would welcome the Mayor to DUMBO. Someone wants to know what viewed Markowitz’s caffeinated offering warily. transit strikers were walking the picket line. 150-feet below street level, the con- existing conditions and offer The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn visit. “You the project’s purported benefits. but by the time I left, my attitude was, Isaacs upon Reese’s death of the monument, forget about your domain in his Prospect Heights case for eminent domain. tion, while also stating there was taminants run in the groundwater in joined more than 350 Brooklynites — Side. will fund an ongoing legal battle arena would sit. The entire project As the walk-a-thon hit Vanderbilt pinned down by seven reporters, pens at the ready, to elected,” he said. “It can be a model for the rest of the country.” Brooklyn thinks of Bruce Ratner’s “Is it free?” asked one man. “We decided this was a good chance to show the know,” he “They kept telling us how much af- Rugelach and Baking Company. ‘Oh yeah, let’s build. It’s going to be mitigations for problems such in 1999, the cause was proposed destination, and accept an district, where up to 11 acres “He shot down their argument,” some blight in the area. movements known as plumes, ac- Actress and Brooklynite Rosie Perez marches with including White Men Can’t Jump star Now she fears the project’s 17-sky- against Ratner’s project. would be built on a 24-acre footprint. Avenue, motorists stopped and record his every insight into the fiendish mind of 3. Create jobs by leveling the trade deficit. “But we have to do so while By Ariella Cohen 52,000-square-foot Fairway — on the wa- — partially funded by a city grant to en- That would be good news for retailers students something relevant to their lives and the Still Smokin’ sniffed, “the mayor has eaten here before.” Atlantic Yards project — and that fordable housing there would be,” said Focus groups, which have become a wonderful’.” as traffic or litter that are “Of course it’s free!” Markowitz said. “Oy, written about frequently alternative — Crosley Field in Cin- could be condemned to accomo- said Patti Hagen, a Prospect Heights “I wanted to get it on the record cording to Keyspan. Former Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Frazier puts a glove on one of his famous fists during a members of Develop — Don’t Destroy on Sunday. Rosie Perez — at a walk-a-thon hosted scrapers and 19,000-seat basketball While Perez kept a low profile in Just a few yards from Ratner’s At- cheered. — Ariella Cohen Braunstein. maintaining labor and environmental standards,” he said. The Brooklyn Papers ter’s edge at the end of Van Brunt Street courage small businesses to hire locally. like Baked, a locally owned bakery on secret someone is willing to pay the last thing I need is to charge people for cof- legal issues they study,” said teacher Julian by the late Jack Newfield, cinnati in May, 1947. muffles 311 Yes, I suggested, but this time, it’ll be different. If the one small business owner who partici- staple of modern marketing, allow big Experts said focus groups allow politi- caused by the project. date Forest City Ratner’s Atlantic homeowner and a leader of the op- that it is pretty clear that there are In city study in 1990, inspectors break from signing copies of his new book, “Box Like The Pros,” at the Novel Idea book store, 8415 Or not. 4. Pass a Gingrich-style balanced budget amendment. “I support it be- — is expected to give Red Hook shoppers About 200 people will be employed at Van Brunt Street, which hopes to sell its Fairway is looking for a few good mayor is truly in emergency management-mode, he’ll be hundreds of thousands of dollars to pated. “They told us about the park. companies to reach out to potential cians and companies to hide their inten- This week’s discussion on fee. I’d be on the front page of all the papers!” Sciammarella, who handed out clipboards and then with the New York As you gaze at the statue, the por- Yards project. position, who attended the hearing. Third Ave. in Bay Ridge, on Tuesday. “The SWAT team had machine guns,” Shapiro said. cause it’s a check on politicians pursuing their own short-term interests the same illustrious assortment of spiced the Red Hook location, which is being fresh sweets at Fairway’s large bakery See BLIGHT on page 13 See TOXIC PLUME on page 13 wearing one of those fancy OEM “man of action” fleece find out. They told us about how many jobs consumers and hear how well — or tions while testing various messages. transit issues, combined with a On a less-practical level, Markowitz said he told the students to interview the strikers. Post. Later that year, then- trayal of Reese and Robinson shifts “You know, like SWAT teams do.” today, yet passing the cost along,” he said. managers. artichokes, exotic cheeses and imported built by developer Greg O’Connell. counter.

similar gathering earlier this Callan / Tom Mayor Rudolph Giuliani from monument to man, from legend Noticing that his every word was being recorded, The gourmet supermarket chain, which olive oils that residents of the Upper West “We think that physically the store “We are talking to them and we’ll sell pullovers — a clear violation of the River Cafe’s “Jackets Thousands of Brooklyn residents there would be.” how poorly — their sales or public re- “It gives a grass-roots feel,” said felt an obligation to entertain the troops during “They really want their money,” said ninth- ‘NO PLACE FOR POOP’ 5. Offer universal health care. “You know what? Bill Clinton’s plan have been paid $100 each to attend fo- Another business owner in the same lations strategy is working. Tony Herbert, a vice president of Vital month on traffic, suggest that announced the formation to living moment, from bronze to flesh. Shapiro added, “I just hope my family doesn’t see me many feared would never actually open in required in the dining room” rule. the strike. grader Edania Heslop, who lives in Flatbush. “I was actually really good,” he said. “Badly marketed, but a good plan.” Side and Harlem have come to enjoy. should be ready, with cash registers set up whatever they want,” said Matt Lewis, a Amy Greer complaints “I think we can waive the rule for the mayor,” Stamford cus group sessions conducted by a session called it “a bunch of talking In political campaigns, they are often Marketing in Manhattan. “It helps much more work needs to be of a committee to study on TV.” Red Hook, has finally started advertising understand where they’re coming from, but if The Dodgers have just arrived in 6. Achieve energy independence. “We have to do the tough things, like As such, all new hires must be well and ready to be trained on, by February,” co-owner of the bakery. done to convince local offi- The Prospect Heights Action Carrollers (sic) sing out “What else can I do? I don’t have a seat at the the project and commis- Cincinnati to start a series with the Even the local firemen weren’t quite sure how to re- for workers. According to ads spotted last versed in brie — or at least prepared to said Ruth McMonigle, a human relations No job-searchers have so far responded said. “He could come in with a bomber jacket if he Cobble Hill marketing research firm. points.” used as a way of swaying public opinion identify the brand and the demand for negotiating table,” he told The Brooklyn I’m going to be a lawyer, I need to understand By Ariella Cohen tightening fuel-economy standards on cars, or having a Manhattan Project wants.” The sessions centered on people’s “We were rolling our eyes,” said Er- under the guise of a neutral survey. the product.” cials that the $3.5-billion Rat- against the Atlantic Yards project in Park Slope. sion the statue. Reds after a stop in Philadelphia Heights girl Slopers lament lack of trash cans on avenues spond to the non-alarming alarm. for alternative energy,” he said. week on www.craigslist.com, the store learn, said company spokesman Tom spokesperson for the New York-based to the craigslist ad, according to Mc- Papers. “I feel that this is the least I can do to both sides.” The Brooklyn Papers Across the street at Pete’s Downtown, owner Pete perceptions of the $3.5-billion com- ica Kalick, the owner of Erica’s That seemed to be the approach See NO TRAINS on page 13 “We were supposed to where Ben Chapman, the Phillies’ “I guess we are just waiting for something to hap- needs several assistant department man- Hoover. company. Monigle. Yet it is sure to attract a few hits See THOUGHTS on page 13 did quickly overstay their welcome at the new Com- Papers The Brooklyn 7. Fight terrorism. On this subject, Yassky’s voice dropped a few deci- Thristino said he was planning nothing special for the keep people’s spirits up.” But, Heslop added, even standing in the cold select the artist on Sept. manager, viciously berated Robinson, If you feel like you are just blowing hot air over the pen,” said a puzzled fireman supervising the fracas bels. “We are in a war against terrorists,” he said, almost whispering, as if agers to begin training in advance of the “Candidates for the cheese, security Fairway plans to offer the same deliv- from curious neighborhood residents who merce Bank on Fifth Avenue. Mayor Bloomberg marches over the Brooklyn Bridge Tuesday morning from By Douglas Gillison Others speculated that Park Slopers the Sanitation Department, said that her from Engine 3 on Dean Street. mayor (although perhaps Thristino should remove the Dozens of people took Markowitz up on his to interview strikers was “more fun than a regu- 11, 2001,” said Dorothy the first black player in modern base- telephone, you may be right. MERCURY See YASSKY on page 3 March opening. and meat department should have some ery and catering services it offers at its have been convinced that the long-await- At first, an unsuspecting bank employee let the revelers the Office of Emergency Management building in DUMBO. HORSE-WHIPPED! offer, drinking the contents of three large coffee lar day at school.” office had not received any reports of penne arrabbiata from the menu, lest the mayor order a Reese, widow of Pee-Wee, ball, with despicable racist venom. The Brooklyn Papers learned this week that while 311 opera- for The Brooklyn Papers have been confiscating the cans because Several hours later, cops on Court Street could be With about as much floor space as a related experience,” the ad says. Pay will other supermarkets, but may bring in a ed grocer would never actually open. inside — but once there, the singers broke into some of mass disappearance of litter baskets. plate of this ethereal, but vaguely Middle Eastern-sound- Tuesday. “So that got can- And now in Ohio, the fans, many of tors will hear out your complaints, they might not necessarily be Staceyjoy Elkin has found that they’re too ugly for their historic neigh- heard murmuring false alarm and traffic was again nice-sized suburban supermarket, the fall between $9.10 and $10. 50 per hour few local delicacies too. See FAIRWAY on page 6 their big hits, turning “Jingle Bell Rock” into “Ratnerville celed. The next time I got them from Reese’s home state of Ken- murdered in borhood. Dawkins added that the placement of moving. ing, dish and then be accused of not supporting our brave Sucks” and “Silent Night” into “Blighted Heights.” taking them down. Developer stampeded by Prospect Park riders her dog’s poop is becoming increas- the baskets was determined by pedestri- troops in Iraq). the call to come here, I fell tucky just across the river, have been In fact, whenever more than “I have a sneaking suspicion that they Of course, the day’s inconvenience might end up “Ratner’s a shmoe and Ratnerville blows,” they EXCLUSIVE ingly annoying. have something to do with it — the cans an traffic and that close to 9,000 of the having a silver lining. Frankly, Thristino isn’t too focused on the real mayor. at the airport and ended up cruelly taunting Robinson with vile ep- one complaint comes in about And it ain’t the dog’s fault. sang to frightened employees, including bank manager in the hospital. So I’m RE- ithets, as have some of the Reds’ play- By Ariella Cohen are too tacky, too declasse for the beauti- city’s 25,000 wire-mesh trashcans — No, Braunstein would not be caught, perhaps, but “We had Pacino in here once,” he said, referring to the star Eileen Holmes, who worried the new branch’s image the goings-on at a construction “I am walking for blocks and blocks By Ariella Cohen redesigned them as odd-duck com- of “City Hall.” / Greg Mango / Greg FOUND ALLY glad to be here to- ful Slope,” said blogger Daisy H. which cost $102.60 apiece — are either “maybe the owner [of the vacant building] will see his ers. Over the past few months, Robin- site, the first — and only the first — has to be filed by an operator. The Brooklyn Papers and I can’t find a garbage can to put the The Brooklyn Papers mercial spaces. Soon enough, he had would be tarnished. Real New Yorkers LOVE the transit strike Kathy Dawkins, a spokeswoman for See NO POOP PLACE on page 3 place on TV and clean it up,” Shapiro said. VEN THE MAYOR’S HOSTS at the OEM head- Having a ball day.” son has been the subject of death This came to light as a result of a heated exchange between a Guatemala commercial tenants that included the “We can’t get political,” said Holmes. “We’re not They spook horses, don’t they? poop in,” said Elkin, who owns Red Lip- The statue, sculpted in threats, some of them naming the in- 311 operator who refused to take a repeat complaint from a 23rd Is it an all-weather mausole- doctor and an avant-garde jazz group quarters — officially surplus warehouse B-53 — supposed to have this stuff. We’ll get hate mail.” sie (from Canarsie, Jerry! Canarsie!). network!” Brooklynite, would have ensured Horses at a historic Prospect Park area stable will be stick, a boutique on Vanderbilt Avenue. um, the Jolly Green Giant’s were subdued at the prospect of late night games of HE TRANSIT STRIKE is the Tryon, North Carolina, by ning in which he will be shot. Street resident on Oct. 29. “I thought I was going insane, you that used the space as a studio. E But one customer threatened to close his brand new THE BROOKLYN Naturally, reporters ignored the real “This is a transit strike,” Barowitz that there was coffee and good frightened — and get involved in more car accidents — if a best thing that could ever hap- William Behrends, whose Knowing all of this, Reese leaves Aaron Brashear, founder of Concerned Citizens of Greenwood corn-oil drum or a three-story But change is coming. Develop- “Twister” or making prank calls to 311 with their boss. Historic sphere found in hidden draw account if Holmes booted the singers. story and chose to lead the gripe pa- retorted. bagels. I will talk to him about that.” super-sized apartment is built next to the beloved Kensington 20-year-old know? Like a ‘Gaslight’ situation,” she I stopped by the warehouse, you know, to welcome the pen to us — even if some of us By Gersh work includes a statue of his position at shortstop, crosses the Papers The Brooklyn Heights, called 311 at 7:34 am that day to report what he called cement space shuttle? ment is rapidly altering the face of The customer, Jon Crow, told The Brooklyn Papers T said, referencing an Ingmar Bergman Silo, sell high can’t see it. Kuntzman rade. At the mayor’s digs — the Of- The mayor, hatless, eventually Fortunately, the mayor was told, IN TOWER Stable. mayor and offer him a pillow, but was stopped by a cop I’d emptied all the drawers already.” heard radio announcer Russ Hodges ANGLE By Gersh Kuntzman that he had opened an account with the bank because it See BROTHERS page 14 See RESTRAINT on page 14 Rachel Robinson, widow of Dodger-great Jackie Robinson, at ceremonies outside Keyspan Park Tuesday. See 311 on page 14 Julia Minard, movie. Of all the ex-industrial structures the Gowanus and Leflowitz does “Transit chaos!” screamed the fice of Emergency Management head- emerged, and gave his first exclu- La Bagel Delight has finally opened The tranquility of the three-dozen horses, who clip-clop along the famously foul Gowanus not see his rag-tag silo village sur- who called inside. Within a few minutes, OEM deputy The Brooklyn Papers The ball was in a secret “drawer yell, “The Giants win the pennant! showed good faith when it abandoned a plan for a through the already busy traffic circle at the park’s south- But Elkin is not going insane — at press secretary Andrew Troisi (what, I don’t rate an AC- front page of the Post. “We’re biking or walking in the cold to a quarters under the Brooklyn Bridge, sive of the day to this bike-grease- on Front Street. least about the garbage can situation in Canal, a renovated silo between viving the transformation. behind a drawer,” Deeb said. The Giants win the pennant!” drive-through window after local complaints. where he slept on a double-wide cot stained wretch. Bloomberg walked a few more western corner on their way to the park, was one reason be- was studying New BIDs popping up Bought for a song in ‘98, quirky TUAL press secretary?), came out. The Giants won the pennant, but Although he’s a self-proclaimed Instead, Deeb put the ball on Stuck,” added the Daily News. job you probably hate when you can Nevins and Bond streets might be “This is a great spot now, but “If I hear different[ly], I’m going to close my ac- hind this week’s rejection of the project by a Community Prospect Heights and Park Slope. Everything Troisi said was off the record (which was Sterling Deeb will get the cash. And these people call themselves whine all day about it and be com- and an air mattress — news producers “The hospitality I’ve experienced blocks in his faded jeans and tasseled Toothy stuff for Magic A recent inspection tour by The the most curious. money talks,” said Ostrander. “This Atlanta Braves fanatic, Deeb knew eBay — item number 8735570432 count here,” Crow warned Holmes. Board 7 committee. odd, considering that all he said was that the OEM staff Last month, the Gainsville, Geor- New Yorkers? pletely justified? screamed at mayoral spokesman Jor- in Brooklyn has been extraordinary,” loafers, and then he was off, bound- abroad Brooklyn Papers found that there is not a Outside, it’s just a cement tower. is going to be like DUMBO, with the importance of the discovery — — in an auction that ends at 10:30 After filling the bank with holiday cheer, the carol- By Gersh Kuntzman The weekend sweeping will showing us the benefit.” porters last week at Gravy would be happy to accommodate the mayor), but Troisi gia man got luckier than Bobby Let’s face it, the only time a New New Yorkers generally don’t talk dan Barowitz after he said the mayor Hizzoner said, although he did echo ing up the stairs of the Brooklyn Tranquility of humans was, of course, another. single public garbage can on Sixth Av- But inside, wooden floors shine with condos and lofts, not silos.” more so after he had the ball’s au- pm Sunday. He expects it to sell for ers headed towards Seventh Avenue, where they en- The Brooklyn Papers begin Jan. 13. Small Business Services com- (where Walsh, a marathon run- canal property is on the market did confirm that the mayor would, indeed, be sleeping on Yorker is truly happy is when he to each other, but the transit strike ac- would not do live interviews with the most persistent culinary complaint Bridge towards the world beyond. and condo developers “The increase in noise, emissions and hazard to pedestri- By Jerome Burdi enue between Flatbush Avenue and 18th natural light streaming in through Ostrander has already fielded sev- Thomson when he discovered a thenticity verified. several thousand dollars. At press countered giggles, smirks and indifference. “That’s a smart move,” said missioner Rob Walsh — who got ner, ordered a portobello mush- a cot. gets to complain about how tough it tually brought us together, as we Matt and Katie or Harry Smith. of DUMBO residents: No bagels. People travel from all over the Garden Pl in Heights ans, not to mention horses, is going to be exponential,” said for The Brooklyn Papers Street — a distance of one-and-a-half One BID down, one to go. skylights, stylish appliances equip a eral multi-million dollar offers to baseball signed by every member of It held the signatures of four fu- time, it was already up to $910.37. Some pedestrians said they thought the lyric, “Rat- Patrick Watson, co-owner of his start in politics more than a room sandwich). Anna Brackett, who spoke at the committee hearing. “We’re OEM. We have plenty of cots inside,” Troisi the tragic 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers ture Hall of Famers — Jackie Rob- An independent auctioneer said is to be a New Yorker. shared cars and shared war stories. I “You don’t understand,” one of “I would have thought that our globe to walk over the Brooklyn By Ariella Cohen Julia Minard was a girl who miles and spanning two ZIP codes. The Now that the City Council has Smith & Vine, a wine store. decade ago when he created the “The problem is that street curved kitchen that leads to a 1,000- buy the space and tear down the si- ner hell time/Something smells time/To line pockets at The developer, 22 Caton Place LLC, wanted the board to said before nervously putting the rest of the conversation hidden inside a piece of furniture inson, Pee Wee Reese, Roy Campa- Deeb shouldn’t expect to strike it the MTA,” was about the transit strike. So what’s the inconvenience of even talked to a woman from Canar- the producers screamed. “This is a commissioner, Joe Bruno, a lifelong Bridge. So who am I to complain? The Brooklyn Papers sought adventure and enjoyed same dearth afflicts Eighth Avenue be- formally — and unanimously — “Otherwise, they’d be asking us 14th Street BID — discussed the garbage cans fill up faster than square-foot dining room, and there’s los for residential redevelopment. So rezone the lot so that 20 more apartments could be built at tween Flatbush and Ninth Street. even a Jacuzzi with a waterfront view for now, Leflowitz is dangling only again off the record (too bad, because he told me the se- he’d just purchased. nella and Duke Snider. rich by selling a cherished piece of But the singers were undaunted. City inspectors have found dangerous levels of mercury vapor in the the site, which is across the street from Kensington Stable. the thrill that comes with risk. approved the DUMBO Business to pay a new tax without actually need for such a district with re- we can empty them,” he said. cret burial site of Judge Crater). Deeb paid $650 for the antique The absence of trashcans has been the “Over a weekend, they from the ground-floor bathroom. short-term commercial leases so he It’s also signed by Ralph Branca, Brooklyn history. “Our caroling is one of those little events that drive Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower, the landmark building at 1 Hanson Opponents warned the board that even a seemingly small But it was exactly those qualities Improvement District, From the OEM office, the mayor would have a half- desk at an auction of abandoned prop- who gave up the homer to Thomson “Balls with many signatures have a Halloween heaven talk of local blogs and provoked the ire city officials are already become like modern art And it could be yours. can cash in when the time is right. the big guys crazy,” said Schellie Hagan. Place which is being converted into luxury condominium apartments by increase in bulk would mean a difference between a happy that may have led to her murder mile walk to the Brooklyn Bridge. But he should not ex- erty. He didn’t notice the ball until he that cost the Bums the pennant in ’51. proven to be less valuable than balls of dog-walkers, mostly. As expected, talking to business own- sculptures, with people This quirky bit of Brooklyn histo- “It’s just so much more lucrative But it was unclear how crazy. Joe DePlasco, a Earvin “Magic” Johnson’s development company. horse and a skittish one cantering through the traffic circle. in a remote village in Belize on pect people along the route to be throwing rose petals be- was about to resell the desk. Deeb admitted he never considered with one or two signatures,” said there are a host of conspiracy theories. ers along Smith Street DUMBO Business delicately balancing trash ry has been on the rental market for to put residential condos there,” spokesperson for the big guy himself, said simply, “For By Ajla Grozdanic ralemon Street with daughter Hilary In fact, trick-or-treaters didn’t The building, across the street from the Long Island Rail Road terminal and “A few months ago someone got sick of waiting in traffic fore him. See MAYOR SLEEPS on page 15 “I heard something rattling donating the ball to the people of Arlen Ettinger, president of Guern- Sunday. “I saw some guys loading a couple of about setting up one of on top until one gust of several months since it was vacated Ostrander said. what it’s worth, we hope that they — and the handful of for The Brooklyn Papers and friend Megan Dugan, both 11. even have to knock. The home- near the proposed Atlantic Yards mega-development site, is the tallest in Brook- Family Minard around,” he told The Brooklyn Pa- and honked,” said Walker Blankinship, who owns the Kens- Minard, 20, a popular Colorado trashcans off Grand Army Plaza the oth- the self-taxing zones. Improvement District wind blows the whole by a doctor. He said that temporary tenants Brooklyn, where many still remember sey’s, a Manhattan auction house. “It Found in a desk purchased at an auction, this ball is signed by every- people they speak to — have a wonderful holiday sea- Shepard, wearing no disguise owners were waiting for them out- lyn. ington Stable and opposes the rezoning, “The horse kicked College student who grew up in Julia Minard er day,” one annoyed garbage producer, “I don’t think he saw patients include a wine bar, another doctor’s pers, “which was strange because where they were standing when they won’t put his kid through college.” one on the 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers. son.” On Halloween, thousands of other than red contact lenses, was side, ready with baskets overflow- The Department of Health (DOH) sampled the air inside of the building on “Smith Street is a thing in the street.” Boro’s biggest New Year’s nightlife guide back and did $3,000 in damages to the car.” hungry mice, rats, vampires, Brooklyn Heights, was enjoying a who identified himself as “metulj,” post- mess a lot of the day, es- Walsh was reminded here,” said Spencer Ostrander, a office or a tech firm. And, despite P10 taking the girls home to get changed ing with colorful candy. June 15, one month before Johnson’s company, Canyon-Johnson Urban Fund, Congestion is always a concern. At least six times each semester abroad, studying Spanish American country believe Minard ed on the Daily Heights Web site. real estate broker who thinks the interest, there is no chance that the devils and witches converged into their costumes before they “The only drawback here,” Shepard pecially in the morning that sanitation is a city re- was preparing to demolish the building’s interior to make way for condos. day, riders — some professional, others clearly amateurs — and basket-weaving in Guatemala, had been sexually assaulted. Area of detail oddly shaped space could be per- sexy silo will be rented out to resi-

/ Tom Callan / Tom before many of the busi- sponsibility, one for on Garden Place, scouring the made their trick-or-treating rounds said, “is that in another hour it will In a former dental office on the eighth floor of the 34-story building, the air mount the stable’s mares and colts and trot up East 8th Street when she decided to join some At Colorado College, Minard PAGE 7 nesses open,” said Mich- which local residents and fect for the right tenant. dential tenants, no matter how block between Joralemon and along Garden Place. Megan chose be stroller and baby gridlock.” sampler recorded 2,300-2,400 nanograms of mercury vapor per cubic meter — to begin a 15-minute walk towards the park. friends on a trip to neighboring Be- was majoring in art and comparative At one time, that was David Lef- much they are willing to pay. And so it was. Coming from both ael Burke, director of businesses already pay State streets in Brooklyn to be “a Goth person,” while Hilary more than double the level that would mandate a government-supervised clean- Most drivers treat the horses like they treat pedestrians. lize, famous for its beaches and literature. She particularly loved lowitz, a writer with a penchant for Thanks to zoning laws, “we really directions — Joralemon and State the Downtown Business tax. Heights with just three words opted for the “Terminator” look. up in a residential unit. “They pull up right up to the horses’ butts,” said Fran diving. Faulkner, and even posted his fa- open water and secluded living. In can’t do that now,” said Leflowitz. – Wayne “You can see the best costumes streets — trick-or-treaters swarm- Before Johnson’s company teamed with developer Dermot Co., to buy the Council. “But given the re- on their minds: “trick or treat.” Zelevansky / Jeff Levy, an instructor at the stable. “They get aggressive. You 1998, he bought the silo, and two / Tom Callan / Tom Outgoing and eager to explore, mous quotation, “The past is not Burke’s group has sources, we just aren’t There has yet to be a solid rental / Tom Callan / Tom ‘You miss 100% of the shots you never take.’ here,” Shepard said. “Because ed the street, sidewalk to sidewalk, Papers The Brooklyn tower, many dentists offices were located there. In years past, mercury was a Garden Place again turned into don’t need to be an equine expert to see the problem.” Minard hooked up with some lo- dead. In fact, it’s not even past,” on gotten the city Depart- going to get a Sanitation others, near the Carroll Street Bridge. offer, but Ostrander is optimistic. Gretzky – Mae West everybody knows that everybody only making room for the occa- The popular “Scream” mask appeared at a common ingredient in dental fillings. Callan / Tom ‘Too much of a good thing – is WONDERFUL.’ an oasis of candy, where participat- Over the last year, at least one car and a church van have cals at a bar in a small town north the desk in her Garden Place home. ment of Small Business truck to Smith Street And he got them for a song, “I do get weird phone calls about / Greg Mango / Greg

/ Tom Callan / Tom will answer their door.” In one-third of the locations tested by the DOH, dental tenants begat mercu- ing homeowners each hand out See HALLOWEEN on page 14 party at Ceol on Smith Street. collided with horses along the route. In the latter accident, of Punta Gorda last Thursday. She was known not only as a Services to provide twice a day,” he said. “It which is no surprise, considering that the property late at night,” he said. anywhere from 1,000 to 3,000 in- ry vapor levels that were well above the governmental safety regulations for both horse and van were injured — neither seriously, Blank- Callan / Tom the former gas tanks were moulder- Sadly, with the doctor gone, the BE A WINNER IN 2006 – JOIN THE PAPERS TEAM Great people, great company, great career – great life!

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mix up a little bit of mercury,” said Arnold P. Wendroff, the Brooklyn resident Papers File The Brooklyn Halloween destination. happen if a child happened to be on a pony when someone nard had been captain of the squash This converted gas tank along the Gowanus Canal near Carroll Street is available for rent or sale by The existing zoning bars a resi- Papers The Brooklyn Jacuzzi in a professional office,” See our ad under EMPLOYMENT on page 14 who, in April, requested the Department of Environmental Protection inspect had apparently been strangled. On location restaurant-heavy strip as jority of the business January openings in EDITORIAL, SALES and WEB departments The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn “This is the best block,” said San- Just the beginning The Williamsburgh Bank tower near the Atlantic Yards site, which is being honked,” he lamented. A 20-year-old Belize native was and field hockey teams. a way of giving local owners in the prescribed owner David Leflowitz. dential use for the silos, so Leflowitz The interior of the silo features skylights and a winding stairway. Ostrander admitted. Holy pumpkins seeds! This giant vegan design was spotted on 11th Street near Eighth dra Shepard, 52, pointing to Garden ‘Park’ could kill views New York City Marathon runners rumble across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge en See MERCURY on page 13 converted to condominiums by former NBA star Magic Johnson’s company. Fans of the stables, which is the only such facility in south- Papers The Brooklyn arrested and charged with the The school held a memorial A Park Slope dogwalker has poop in his hand while searching for a with Lisa Loeb merchants a taste of area must agree to the Avenue in Park Slope. Place as she approached it along Jo- route to Bay Ridge and beyond after starting the race in Staten Island on Sunday. See HORSEWHIPPED on page 3 Riders on horseback stop traffc as they travel down East 8th Street toward Ocean Parkway and the park beyond. heinous crime. Police in the Central See MURDER on page 6 city garbage pail along Eight Avenue Tuesday. what a BID can offer. See BIDS on page 4 ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Gersh Kuntzman, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Gersh Kuntzman, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105) ©The Brooklyn Papers. Established 1978. Phone 718-834-9350. Celia Weintrob, Publisher (ext 104) • Gersh Kuntzman, Editor (ext 119) • Lisa J. Curtis, GO Brooklyn Editor (ext 131) • Vince DiMiceli, Senior Editor (ext 125) • Ed Weintrob, President (ext 105)

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

or Felice McGhie, a life-long Brooklyn native, Fhosting her own show on Brooklyn Community Access Television (BCAT) is already a dream come true. But what makes doing it even better? She gets to share Felice McGhie’s own children screen time with an adorable co-host: her eleven-year old are among the smart kids son, Travis. featured on her weekly show. The popular show, entitled SmartKids, would come up to me and want to be on After the whirlwind nature of her began three years ago as a monthly the show,” says McGhie. twenties, McGhie, one of seven children program but recently moved to a weekly The 43-year-old welcomes the atten- herself, has now settled comfortably into Saturday morning time slot. “I might as tion, and the willing guests. Whether family life, raising her three kids in a well put a bed in that studio,” laughs conversing with a civil court judge or three-family house she shares with her McGhie. listening to a ten-year-old rapper per- two sisters and all of their children. But McGhie first became inspired to do form, McGhie hopes people watching don’t think she’s slowed down too much. her show after working with many indi- at home will learn something. “I want In addition to taking the BCAT viduals at BCAT on their own programs. people to say ‘I didn’t know this’ or ‘I classes, McGhie received her A+ “I worked with a variety of producers,” did not know that’,” she says. Although Certification in computer service recalls McGhie, as she expresses grati- the format constantly changes and each technology from State University of tude to the numerous BCAT-trained show features something different, New York/Brooklyn Educational Op- community producers like Bernice there are a few things that never portunity Center (SUNY-BEOC), after Brooks, Julian Hill, and Ruperto Davis, change. “I always open the show with completing an 18-month program. “You among others, who helped her along the music,” she says, pointing to how have to keep up. We live in a fast-paced way. “The studio has a very pleasant she recently discovered that Ellen society,” she says, of the valuable com- feeling. I learned so much being in the DeGeneres begins her morning talk puter training she received. control room, directing work, and it show the same way. McGhie believes that BCAT helps to inspired me,” says McGhie. For McGhie, her love of interviewing an this important mission. “You have so After working on other people’s shows people began at an early age. “I have many different groups and nationalities for awhile, though, McGhie decided been doing this since I was a kid,” she here. It’s educational. [BCAT] gives that it was time to start her own says, remembering how she would often people the opportunity to come in there program. She looked no further than her go visit her uncle at his record store in and produce their own shows, and I’m own two sons and daughter for the Harlem and talk to the people who one of them,” she says. Give the gift of sports premise. “I thought, what am I going to would come into the shop. In college, As she recounts a makeover show she do with these kids?” remembers McGhie studied nursing and later just completed, and how gorgeous her McGhie, as she looked for a fun and worked for several years at a home for friend Rose looked afterwards, it is hard educational activity in which they could the elderly. During this time, she not to think of that other famous lady of Holiday Membership participate. The answer was to start the realized how important it was to try to talk: Oprah Winfrey. McGhie laughs off 4 weeks at only $25 per week talk show, SmartKids, and showcase fulfill one’s dreams, recalling how some the comparison. “I think there are a lot Membership term from date of joining through January 31, 2006. Dues for full term of membership paid in advance. them, along with other kids, on the patients had planned trips that they of Oprahs at BCAT since before I got Offer expires January 10, 2006. program. never got to take. “I didn’t want to say, I there. I admire her, though: she could For its debut, SmartKids featured a wish I could’ve, should’ve – I’m going to have quit… If somebody wants to put reading of the classic children’s book, go do that,” she says. me in that category, I’d be blessed.” Green Eggs and Ham. In the next taping, In her twenties, she pursued dancing Move over, Ms. Winfrey. Ms. Felice McGhie tackled the subject of children and modeling, which allowed her to McGhie is on her way. with disabilities, and for her third show, travel around the world. But no matter –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– welcomed a group of nine-year-olds, one where she went, (even Jamaica, her SmartKids can be seen on of whom recited a speech from Dr. favorite hotspot) she always found her Martin Luther King, Jr. Over the next way back to New York. “I have always BCAT on Saturdays at 10am on few months, she hosted dancers, lived in Brooklyn. 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You may have a digestive condition Markowitz, a strong supporter of the project, Papers File The Brooklyn “designed for the sole purpose of promoting Manhattan-style neighborhoods. called DYSPEPESIA, which may occur suffers a political black eye when his [the] project.” The film company need not “When I lived in Manhattan, I knew the during or after eating. Our physicians appointee to the City Planning Commission — Sealed with a kiss: Ratner gets a big wet have worried; the Brooklyn Standard pub- crackhead on my corner better than my Brooklyn’s only voice on the panel — recuses one from activist Bertha Lewis (above) after lished just two issues in ’05. neighbors,” she said. Ratner spokespeople are conducting a research study for herself from review of the project. As The agreeing to set aside half of his 4,500 apart- immediately denied that 10 percent of their DYSPEPSIA with the investigational use Papers reported, Williams and her husband ment units to low-, moderate- and middle- September housing units had been set aside for crack- of an already approved medication and own a stake in the Nets, the very basketball income renters. For good measure, Lewis also Upping the ante: heads. invite you to take part. If you qualify team Ratner is hoping to move to a new arena kissed Mayor Bloomberg. Photographic evi- Ratner doubles his • • • you will receive all study examiniations in Brooklyn. dence makes it clear that the famed ladies man bid to $100 million He-a culpa: Frank Gehry and study medication. • • • Bloomberg enjoyed the kiss more. — which is still tells a group of architects that Dial O for Opinion: In a stunning gaffe, a less than half the his initial design for the For more information, Ratner pollster called notorious Atlantic Yards June $214-million value Atlantic Yards was “horri- please call: critic Patti Hagan for her opinion on the project Seizing the day: The Supreme Court rules of the development ble.” At the same meeting, he 718-349-3774 (he might as well have called President Bush that cities are allowed to seize privately owned rights, according to even posed for a photo with for his opinion of Jacques Chirac!). Luckily for property on behalf of private developers — a the MTA’s own rabid opponent Patti Hagan www.belly911.com us, Hagan had her tape recorder on. “I am broad expansion of the notion of eminent appraiser — and (left). Amazingly, Gehry still absolutely opposed to the whole damn thing!” domain. The cheering from Forest City Ratner wins control of the has a job. 4 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 December 31, 2005

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

The Brooklyn Papers file The Brooklyn SMART baseman Mike Jacobs, who Bar, their favorite Seventh Avenue But enough of Smartmom’s glory own child, but to be surrounded by so fully-stocked changing table there joined the Mets in August and The Jackie Robinson and café — a perfect spot for sipping days of diapering. While Twin tried many people with children was down- complete with Huggies, Desitin, hit a homer in his first at-bat. Pee Wee Reese statue was lattes and dishing their friends and to hide Ducky’s bottom from public right annoying. But once Twin and her wipes, and Bag Balm.” Jacobs — who will be for- unveiled in November. neighbors (but never too loudly). viewing, Smarmom stood guard. mom husband adopted Ducky from Russia, HE SISTERS WATCHED, ever remembered at Keyspan Ducky had a dirty diaper and Ducky herself wasn’t real happy everything changed. fascinated, as Tall Nordic Park for driving in the win- arm earned him a “Statue of Twin was horrified to discover that about being changed in public and Three months into motherhood, Woman undressed her little ning run in the 10th inning of Twin is already becoming one of T Liberty Upraised Throwing the bar’s bathroom was out-of-order. she twisted and cried a bit. But it all Hamlet, cleaning his pink bottom the first Cyclones’ home game Arm” Clonie. So she did what any mother would went very quickly and cleanly: the those infant-obsessed Park Slope par- with a wipe, exchanging the dirty di- in 2001 — hit home runs in Infielder Ivan Naccarata be- do and pulled out her trusty diaper whole ordeal took less than two min- ents. Diapering a baby in a cafe. aper for a clean one, and quickly each of his next three games came the first player to hit three pad and changed Ducky on the utes. Imagine. putting the dirty diaper into her bag. for the Mets, becoming the home runs into the stiff ocean café’s window seat. Afterwards, Ducky went back to But just because she’d broken the Finally, she snapped her infant into first big leaguer to hit four breezes blowing over the right Any mother except Smartmom, sitting in her stroller, sucking on her last taboo didn’t mean that Twin his baby blue onesie. dingers in his first four games. field bleachers at Keyspan Park. apparently. Elmo sippy cup. Twin put the diaper wasn’t going to live her life. Last Very efficient. Quite discreet. No The Mets promptly traded To commemorate the 50th “Make sure you have everything in a plastic bag and took it out to the week, she, Smartmom and Ducky muss, no fuss. Jacobs at the end of the season. anniversary of the Brooklyn you need,” Smartmom whispered garbage pail on the corner of Third returned to the scene of the crime Smartmom and her sister had dif- Another member of the in- Dodgers’ 1955 World Series nervously. Didn’t Twin realize it Street and Seventh Avenue. When and stoped gossiping long enough to ferent reactions. augural Cyclones, Justin Huber, win, Keyspan Park hosted four broke all the rules to diaper a baby in she got back, she went into the out- notice a tall Nordic-looking woman “That wasn’t disgusting,” Smart- made his major league debut members of that team: pitchers a café of all places? But Twin was of-order bathroom and washed her come into the café, her small baby in mom said. “The diaper wasn’t even with Kansas City this season. Carl Erskine, Clem Labine and determined and she took out the a sling, and sit in the now-infamous that dirty,” Twin said. And four former Cyclones hands. Thoroughly. Ed Roebuck, and outfielder clean diaper, the wipes, and a plastic window seat. “It looked like the most natural are currently on the Mets’ 40- S PRESIDENT BUSH might George “Shotgun” Shuba. bag for the dirty diaper. Without any self-consciousness at thing in the world,” Smartmom man roster: pitchers Brian Ban- Smartmom knew from experience say, mission accomplished. all, she unbuttoned her shirt and re- added. “I bet SHE won’t be repri- nister and Matt Lindstrom, in- The 2005 season also fea- Smartmom and Twin were tured a metaphysical ceremony that diapering in public is the last A vealed her large lactating breasts for manded,” Twin added, with some fielder Aaron Baldiris, and already back to their lattes and gos- involving Archie “Moonlight” taboo. People are, on the whole, By Louise Crawford all to see. Tall Nordic Woman began bitterness. outfielder Angel Pagan. quite grossed out by it. So if you’re sip when one of the baristas walked to breastfeed without even bothering Smartmom didn’t think anyone On the field, the 2005 Cy- Graham, a 126-year-old former over. New York Giant outfielder fi- going to do it, do it faster than an to cover herself or the child. else saw. Besides, she imagined that if clones showed a lot of the same “I know you had to do it. But we ly, she knew it wasn’t the best idea nally getting his long-awaited Eastern Car Service cabby running a Smartmom (unlike Barbara Wal- anyone so much as began complain- grit once shown by those im- can’t allow you to do that here,” she to do it in the first place — but she’s at-bat. In real life, Graham (fa- red light on Sixth Avenue. ters, who expressed her disgust with ing, Tall Nordic Woman would’ve mortal Brooklynites. Managed said. new at this baby stuff. Nobody likes mously portrayed in “Field of If you’ve never diapered a baby, it breastfeeding on “The View”) found opened up a can of Grendel all over by Met legend (and Bill Buck- “Sorry,” said Twin. to watch a diaper-changing — even Dreams” by Burt Lancaster) may seem disgusting. But if you’ve Tall Nordic Woman’s lack of inhibi- the complainer. Smartmom was se- ner nemesis) Mookie Wilson, “She did it here because the bath- one at Olympic speed — but what’s made his big league debut at ever done it, you know that it’s not tion refreshing. She’s European. cretly hoping someone would say the Cyclones finished the sea- room was out-of-order,” Smartmom a mom to do? Brooklyn’s Washington Park really that bad. At the risk of sound- They’re so much more progressive something so she could hear Tall son at 40-36, in third place in chimed in, aware that she sounded a Yet even after being upbraided by late in the 1905 season. The ing like a Park Slope cliché—it’s about breastfeeding (and breasts, come Nordic Woman let her have it. the McNamara Division of the bit defensive. the counter-help, Twin was still smil- year ended before he got a sin- even kinda cute. God knows, it’s a to think of it) than Americans are. The sisters went back to sipping New York-Penn League. “I know. But for future reference, gle at-bat. many-times-daily fact-of-life with ing. And that smile said it all. Twin And then it happened. Tall Nordic their lattes. “Diapering a baby in a Although they missed the you can’t do it here. It’s against the Facing Cyclones’ pitching baby: it better be cute. became a mom just over three Woman began to diaper her infant café. Imagine,” Smartmom said playoffs, the Cyclones did have Smartmom should know. She dia- law AND it’s unhygienic. We could months ago after longing to be one on the window seat — no diaper aloud with fake incredulity. three players in the first NYPL coach Steve Merriman, Graham finally got his chance — but pered her babies (now 14 and 8) on get closed down for that,” she said. for years. Pre-baby, she was often pad, no nothing. And she didn’t even Check out Louise Crawford’s blog at All-Star Game, which was held airplanes, in Subarus, on Seventh Av- Twin apologized again. 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bag stolen at church ◆ ◆ By Lilo H. Stainton open, police said. ◆ The Brooklyn Papers The burglar helped himself to ◆ Custom Framing POLICE BLOTTER a Sony Vaio laptop, a Dell laptop Is nothing sacred any- and $185 in cash. It appears he ◆ Ready-Made Frames more? left the cookies and milk that had 374 7th Avenue ◆ Posters & Prints Someone snatched the purse been left out for Mr. Claus. victim’s jacket, snatched the Xmas burglar (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) ◆ of a 78-year-old woman while wad of cash, and then ran Friendly Service she attended a Christmas day Could Santa be a suspect? Desktop taken down Sixth Avenue, police The timing is suspicious. It’s time for a technology up- 718-832-0655 service at a church on Eighth said. Avenue, police said. Someone robbed a 12th grade on 10th Street. Street named The delivery man described The victim said she left her Street apartment, near Fourth Police said a burglar snatched pew at 1:10 pm on Dec. 25 and the robber as a black man, 6- Avenue, between 8 pm on Dec. the desktop computer from a co- returned less then 10 minutes foot-1, wearing eyeglasses. His 24 and 4:15 pm Dec. 25. Unlike op building between 5 pm on later to find her bag missing. outfit that day consisted of a St. Nick, the thief entered, unin- Dec. 23 and 9:45 am on Dec. 24. for Iraq dead black baseball hat, blue jeans The burglar came through the The tan leather purse contained vited, through the back door and a black overcoat, according back door of the building, be- The Brooklyn Papers $20, various credit and debit and left through the basement, cards, her cellphone and car to police. where a door was discovered tween Fourth and Fifth avenues, PAW-ty Park Slope marked the one-year anniversary of the loss of keys, police said. damaging the lock, and left with native son Joseph Behnke in Iraq by renaming part of Police have too many sus- the high-tech equipment. Prospect Avenue in his honor last week. pects: some 400 people packed Smokes stolen Councilmember Bill deBlasio (D-Park Slope), who pre- the church, near Sixth Street, cakes A worker at a 12th Street sided over the ceremony at the corner of Prospect and Sixth for the holiday service. candy store arrived on the avenues, said, “Sgt. Benhke’s loss is felt [by] his family, And other freshly Hey, beer man! Sales Reps morning of Christmas Eve to baked dog treats friends and neighbors in Park Slope, and by the men and An armed robber snatched SALES find that someone had snatched women with whom he served in Iraq.” $4,000 from a man making a telephone & outside sales $2,000 in cigarettes from the Behnke, 45, died on Dec. 4, 2004 in a crash south of Baghdad. beer delivery on Ninth Street shop overnight, police said. PLUS: holistic remedies, holistic pet foods, A son of a World War II vet, Behnke tried to enlist to fight in on Dec. 20, police said. The burglar busted through Vietnam at age 13. At age 17, though, the Army accepted the ea- F/T and P/T openings. In the office aromatherapy, canine couture and more… After the 42-year-old deliv- or in the field. Bonuses, benefits, the front glass door of the can- ger recruit and he served in the 82nd Airborne from 1976-80. ery man made a brewski drop salary, hi commissions. dy store, near Eighth Avenue, After Sept. 11, he re-enlisted with the National Guard and was near Sixth Avenue, at 5:50 pm, sometime after the shop closed sent to Iraq, where he became one of more than 2,300 American a stranger shoved a gun in his Call Celia Weintrob at at 5 pm on Dec. 23. In addition soldiers killed in the occupation of Iraq. back and demanded, “Give me (718) 834-9350, ext. 204 to the smokes, the break-in cost He was posthumously promoted to sergeant and awarded your money.” [email protected] the owner $500 in damage to the Bronze Star. — Gersh Kuntzman The thief reached into the the glass door, police said. 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But the Fort Greene landlord cer- the few neighborhoods where it’s easi- ment, citing his wife – and a recent marches his mother took him to when Meanwhile, Ringsby has found a tainly had an uphill battle convincing er to find a baguette than a slice, but trip to Italy — as the culprits. he was a child. new tenant. An American. Councilwoman Letitia James (D- James promptly called Ringsby and “We don’t discriminate,” he said. He also dropped the name “Martin “Europeans responded to the ad,” Prospect Heights) after a constituent told him his “preference” was illegal. “My wife just likes Europeans.” Luther King.” he said, “but I never even called them told James about a discriminatory “He was surprised to hear directly But the councilmember wasn’t buy- Ringsby’s liberal street cred even- back.”

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

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

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

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

characters as sexually repressed. conceived war of philosophies. Any trans- John Tramper sure,” and it’s a major one at that, is how band, New Delhi Mon- Dressed in corsets that stress their flat gression registers as conceptual; any stated the Duke’s final proposal of marriage to the key Man, which is featured on the DVD, too. chests (as well as the seams), these Ama- irrational longing, as a crafty political move. pan-Asian take on “Othello” in 2000 which sometime nun — which had formerly con- Chabowski told GO Brooklyn that he and wife zonian ingenues skirt cliched feminine wiles Liam Brennan’s Angelo isn’t lusting after turned the feud between Iago and the Moor signed the text to problem play status — no Margaret Pine Chabowski are at work on volume II and weaknesses by exhibiting a highly pro- Hogg’s Isabella. He’s challenging her reli- into a straightforward potboiler, this produc- longer comes out of nowhere. Instead, his of the Ed Sullivan-inspired musical-variety show. nounced reserve that suggests their brains as gious code. Mariana isn’t moonstruck by tion resurfaces as an Adlerian contest of proposal (which goes unanswered) comes “This is an ongoing project for us,” Chabowski well as their bodies have been restrained by her former betrothed. She’s seeking her wills with, this time, chastity instead of across as the natural expression of a man said of his directorial debut. “We are constantly the most stringent morality. Edward Hogg’s rightful husband. With Freudian overtones adultery, as the linchpin. who has finally gotten in touch with his looking for new bands.” Bands wishing to submit Isabella is all pinched voice and gently set securely on the back burner, this “Mea- Power is everything — even as rape is feelings. You only wish that the actions materials can e-mail [email protected]. prayerful hands (plus a single swoon), while sure for Measure” is short on heat. held at abeyance. And as the central conflict which have inspired him were as richly con- “The What Goes On! Show” is $19.95 and can be Michael Brown’s Mariana has a royal stiff- It’s akin to an “Othello” with an all-white between Angelo and Isabella is desexual- ceived. purchased through the www.whatgoesonshow.com ness that’s firm without being steely. cast or a “Richard III” with a matinee idol ized, a secondary element comes to the fore. As Mariana says, “They say the best men Web site or rented at local stores: Video Free Since neither performer camps or vamps dressed to the nines. Which is not to say it The Duke (played with comic brio by Ry- are molded out of faults/And, for the most, Brooklyn [244 Smith St. at DeGraw and Douglass outside the quietly quivering voices and can’t, or doesn’t, work but simply how lance himself) shifts from a benign puppet- become much more the better/For being a streets in Boerum Hill, (718) 855-6130] and Reel highly contained movements meant to con- strange it is to begin with. Similar to the Na- master to an insecure protagonist whose little bad.” The same could be said of Life South [1111 Eighth Ave. at 11th Street in Park vey courtly femininity, these roles never tional Asian American Theatre Company’s makeshift machinations are impromptu ex- Shakespeare revivals. Slope, (718) 965-9775]. — Lisa J. Curtis BRICK Happy Holidays! 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(718) 369-8315 Mon-Thurs:11:30am-11:00pm; 221a Court Street (corner of Warren St.) WEDNESDAYS Fri & Sat:11:30am-mid; Sun:12:30pm-11:00pm Open til 4am 7days a week ladies play for free Mon-Fri: 12 -11pm • Sat-Sun: 12-mid PIZZA • OPEN:Tues-Sat 11-7; Sun 11-6 • (718) 330-0343 December 31, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 7 Casa 1 PINTS $ Calamari Keep it simple Pizza & Pasta Anthony’s no-fuss decor and service puts 8602 3rd Avenue focus on top shelf pizza, ragu & more (718) 921-1900 • CORPORATE & PRIVATE CATERING AVAILABLE – Up to 250 people Mon-Thurs, 11:30am-7pm COORS/COORS LIGHT By Tina Barry for The Brooklyn Papers Seniors: 15% Discount al Buglione wanted a pizza place that would make his father, An- every Tuesday night (dine-in only) Sthony, proud. His dream was to drive his dad to the eatery, point to the “Anthony’s” sign, and say, “This is for you.” His father died three years before Buglione could make the dream a reality, but the place radiates family life: Sal D ¥ E ¥ L ¥ I ¥ C ¥ I ¥ O ¥ U ¥ S and his brother Frank greet guests and Chinese Cuisine & Vegetarian Nutrition his clan gathers in the dining room on / Jori Klein Sunday evenings to enjoy his mother, • Fast Free Delivery 162 Montague Street Lina’s, magnificent ragu. Brooklyn Heights • Open 7 Days a Week (718) 522-5565/66 Open since November, Anthony’s is fax (718) 522-1205 (24hr) doing a few things right. On a recent • Party Orders Welcome Mon - Thurs 11:30am - 10:00pm The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Fri - Sat 11:30 am - 11:00pm Sunday evening after 8 pm, every table Sunday 2:00pm - 10:00pm was full and a group waited patiently at Let them eat pie: (At right) Anthony’s owner Sal Buglione serves a We Only Use Vegetable Oil the door. They come for the warmth of white pie and margherita pizza. (Above) The restaurant’s interior fea- Natural Cooking FREE $7.00 tures exposed brick walls and a brick oven. and Fresh Vegetables DELIVERY min. the Buglione family members, who / Jori Klein welcome every customer with genuine delight. The patrons visit for the light, Any old sauce and cheese would be ferent meats that cook slowly in the vibrantly sauced southern Italian dishes helped enormously by such an ideal tomato sauce (Lina’s recipe includes comprised of the freshest ingredients. base, but Anthony’s sauce tastes vividly meatballs, pork ribs and “braciola”) Brooklyn Heights

(Frank makes the mozzarella.) And they of ripe tomatoes. Just enough milky, until they absorb the sweetness of the Papers The Brooklyn line up for the brick-oven pizza. creamy mozzarella is applied so it does- tomatoes and the meat becomes fall- And, oh what pies. The man shovel- n’t weigh down the works. Each pie is off-the-bone tender. The “braciola” add a soft glow to the room; a huge spoonful of winey, caramelized is PIG’N OUT! ing out some of the best pizza in Park strewn with slivers of fresh basil. It’s (beef rolled around a savory filling) is glass wall that faces Seventh Avenue onions that add sweetness. Slope is “pizzaio- delectable right rich and garlicky; the spare ribs moist; adds drama. As far as decoration Anthony’s serves two house-made lo” Bart Agozzino down to the bub- but the meatballs are too bread-y. goes, there isn’t much, but it hardly desserts that, like the rest of the menu, who earned his DINING bly, brittle collar of The sauce is poured over perfectly matters; with an ambience as cheerful are terrific examples of classics done 20% OFF pie-baking chops crust. “al dente” ziti. as Anthony’s, accessories are irrele- right. Cannoli can be a boring, leaden at the Trianon in Anthony’s (426A Seventh Ave. be- If you crave a Instead of a waiter standing over vant. dessert with a soggy shell and too ENTIRE MENU tween 14th and 15th streets in Park Monday-Friday: 11am to 4pm Naples. Agozzi- Slope) accepts American Express, Dis- white pie, Antho- your dish and grating fresh Parmesan, If you stick to the pizza and un- sweet, ricotta cheese filling. Here, the no’s father, Alfre- cover, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: ny’s is the place a waitress plunks down a shaker. It’s complicated dishes like the ragu; shell is so thin, it’s nearly transparent $9-$16. The restaurant serves lunch 60 Henry St. do, built Antho- and dinner daily. Sunday brunch will to indulge that all part of Anthony’s “not fancy, just light, not too cheesy eggplant Parme- and crackling crisp. Its filling is (bet. Orange & Cranberry) Bklyn Hts ny’s gas-fired begin on New Year’s Day and will be yen. A bit of great food” ambience. san; and terrific, tender, garlicky creamy, lightly sweetened and studded brick oven. served from 11 am to 3 pm. For infor- freshly made ri- That casual, keep-it-simple attitude baked clams, you’ll be happy. with ground pistachio nuts. Tiramisu is (718) 522-5547 The combina- mation, call (718) 369-8315. cotta cheese tops applies to the restaurant’s decor as However I would skip the slightly another perennial that has been on fax (718) 522-4896 tion of the pie- the mozzarella well. Buglione (a co-owner of the overcooked scallops, paired with a menus far too long. Again, at Antho- Mon-Sat: 11am-11pm; Sun: 11am-9pm man and that for a simple look- Nick’s pizza chainlet in Queens) and mix of slivered carrots, asparagus and ny’s, it’s surprisingly good: the airy FREE DELIVERY to DUMBO, Brooklyn Heights and Metrotech oven make for an ethereal pizza. It’s not ing, yet richly flavored, treat. his partners in this venture — brother onions. Compared to the rest of the layers of cake soaked with espresso too big — about 10 inches — and sold A table of regulars who come on Frank Buglione, Joe Bosco and Louie meal, they were just okay. and mascarpone cheese are rich and whole; this isn’t a slice joint. The crust Sunday for Lina’s ragu, each planted a Pagano — did a gut renovation on the One dish that packed a wallop of pudding-like without being heavy. is gently sprinkled with Parmesan be- kiss on her cheek when she visited former Paradou space, including the flavor was the chicken with eggplant. By January, there will be a “cheap fore it’s baked, which adds a delectable their table. After tasting it, I could un- outdoor garden area. Inside, they Pieces of breast meat were flattened but good,” list of international wines, hint of salt to the dough. It emerges derstand their affection. Ragu is a tra- bricked the walls, lined the room with slightly and layered with an eggplant Buglione says. from the oven crisp, slightly chewy yet ditional Italian sauce made on Sundays wooden tables, placed a small bar in scallop. Before crowning the meat, Anthony may not have seen his GREEK SPECIALTIES delicate, with smoky char-spots along and usually served as a late afternoon the front and installed the brick oven the vegetable is baked with a thin lay- sons’ dream come true, but he’d be “Village Style Menu” its bottom. family meal. There’s a variety of dif- in the rear. Frosted white chandeliers er of Parmesan and topped with a proud of the place that bears his name. Fast Free OUTDOOR Delivery DINING Moon over Open Private 7 Days Party Manhattan A Week Room In Williamsburg, a performance- You can build a meal with small 6820 8th Avenue space-cum-eatery is as common as a plates of chef Fernando Echeverri’s Chinese restaurant in Chinatown. But hot and cold offerings such as the red (718) 748-5838 My Moon is more than brick walls Spanish peppers filled with rice, and cement floors. Opened in May by sausage, and manchego cheese in a Bener Bilgin, the vast 246-seat space green sauce or tuna tartar topped with functions as a gallery with works by beets and toasted almonds. local artists changing every six For hungrier appetites, there are weeks; a performance space with a entrees like the braised lamb served in different act each night, including a clay casserole with Swiss chard, Wednesday’s belly dancing with a figs, roasted shallots and vegetables. live band; and a restaurant with an As befits an art/performance/res- eclectic Turkish-Mediterranean menu. taurant space, the specialty cocktails est. 1953 It took over a year for Bilgin’s team outnumber the wines, three to one. to gut a factory boiler room and trans- My Moon (184 North 10th St. be- Restaurant & Pizzeria form it into the high-ceilinged, multi- tween Bedford and Driggs avenues) ★ Corporate & Private catering ★ windowed space with unusual booth accepts American Express, MasterCard NEW YEAR’S EVE – 4 Course Dinner seating: the former plant’s water tanks and Visa. 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Eve 2006 GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Compiled Author Barnet Schecter reads Water St. Restaurant/UnderWater Lounge and signs his book: “The Devil’s at the by Susan Own Work: The Civil War Draft Rosenthal Riots and the Fight to Recon- Watch LIVE from Times Square on Where to struct America.” 1 pm. Fifth Avenue and 25th Street. (718) our two 8 foot Jumbo-Tron Screens Nature Trails and learn about the to 9 pm. 440 Sixth Ave. (718) 788-7850. Free. SAT, DEC 31 behavior of the park’s wintering 499-3844. Free. KNIT ONE, PERL TWO: Creative ducks. 8 am to 10 am. Audubon MEETING: hosted by Park Slope Arts Studio hosts a “Pic-knit.” PLUS: Noise Makers! Hats! New Year’s Eve Center, Prospect Park. (718) 287- Civic Council. 7 pm. NY Metho- Knit and nosh while working on 6 MENORAH LIGHTING: Celebration 3400. Free. dist Hospital, Executive Dining your own creation. $20. 2 pm to Champagne Toast at Midnight! of Hanukkah with a public meno- ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: presents Room. 506 Sixth Ave. (718) 832- 5 pm. 310 Atlantic Ave. (718) rah lighting. Live band, hot latkes Shakespeare’s Globe Theater of 8227. 797-5600. Back by Popular Demand: and gifts for children. 6 pm. Grand London in “Measure for BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- MICRO MUSEUM: Composer Andy Army Plaza. (347) 885-6675. Free. Measure.” All male cast, period cert of works by Mozart, Bach, Cohen plays interactive musical FIREWORKS: 24th annual display in music and Elizabethan costumes. Debussy, Sagala and Balakirev. sculpture. $10 per adult pair, $5 THE Prospect Park. Best locations for $60. 2 pm and 7 pm. 38 Water $35, $25 students. 7:30 pm. per senior/ student pair. 2 pm viewing the fireworks include any- St. (718) 254-8779. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton and 4 pm. Also, Open Wall ANDREW where in Grand Army Plaza, SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents Street at the East River. (718) reception. 5 pm to 7 pm. 123 inside the park on the West “An Evening of the World’s Best 624-2083. Smith St. (718) 797-3116. GERARDI Drive, and along Prospect Park Short Films.” $10. 7 pm to 9 pm. West and nearby side streets. 225 Fourth Ave. www.brooklyn- BAND Just before midnight. Also, Deja lyceum.com. (718) 857-4816. FRI, JAN 6 SUN, JAN 8 Blu (10-piece big band) plays at HANUKKAH EVENT: A towering At the UnderWater Lounge 11 pm. www.prospectpark.org. menorah is lit in front of the state RECEPTION: Kentler International PERFORMANCE 10:00pm til 5:00am (music cover: $25) (718) 965-8999. Free. Supreme Court building. 5 pm. Drawing Space presents BARGEMUSIC: New Year’s Eve con- Court and Montague streets. “Drawings by Ernst Benkert.” 6 Gerald Newman BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- INLCUDED: Lite Buffet & cert featuring an all-Bach pro- Music and hot latkes. Free men- pm to 9 pm. 353 Van Brunt St. In the ‘Wild’: The Heights Players present “Ah, Wilder- cert includes works by Mozart, gram. $125. 7:30 pm. Fulton orahs and candles will be distrib- (718) 875-2098. Free. Kodaly and Brahms. $35, $25 ness!,” Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm and Sundays at 2 students. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry $3 Drink Specials (Kamikazees, Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street uted. (718) 596-4840. Free. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- at the East River. (718) 624-2083. MENORAH LIGHTING: 6 pm. Grand pm, from Jan. 6 through 22. Landing, Old Fulton Street at the Woo Woo’s and Miller Drafts) cert of works by Mozart, Bach, East River. (718) 624-2083. HANUKKAH EVENT: Menorah is lit Army Plaza. See Sat., Dec. 31. Debussy, Sagala and Balakirev. in front of the state Supreme $35, $25 students. 7:30 pm. Ful- HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Ah, Wilder- Court building. 6 pm. Music and ton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. OTHER ness!” 2 pm. See Sat., Jan. 7. Water Street Restaurant hot latkes. Free menorahs and MON, JAN 2 Street at the East River. (718) HAITIAN MUSIC: La Troupe Makan- candles will be distributed. Court 624-2083. dal presents “Carnival Dawn,” its FIRST SATURDAY: Brooklyn CHILDREN & the UnderWater Lounge and Montague streets. (718) 596- ICE SKATING: Prospect Park’s Woll- FIRST WEEKEND: hosted by Broo- closing performance of “Rising Museum hosts its monthly “First PUPPETWORKS: “Puss in Boots.” 4840. Free. man Rink is open. $5 admission, klyn Arts Exchange. 8 pm. See Sun: A Vodou Drama of Death Saturday.” Tonight’s program 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. See Sat., For Reservations: (718) 625-9352 • www.waterstreetrestaurant.com PARTY: St. Finbar Center hosts a $3 children and seniors. $5 skate Sat., Jan. 7. and Rebirth.” $15, $10 students includes a performance by the Jan. 7. Brooklyn Ballet of traditional and 66 Water Street / DUMBO Brooklyn (just over the Brooklyn Bridge) party with a hot buffet. $37.50, rental. 8:30 am to 2 pm. Enter HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Ah, Wilder- and seniors, $5 children ages 12 contemporary ballet at 6 pm; OTHER $18 for children 12 and younger. park at junction of Ocean Avenue ness!” 8 pm. See Sat., Jan. 7. and younger. 8 pm. South 8 pm. Bath Avenue at Bay 20th and Lincoln Road. (718) 965-8999. Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford band Musette Explosion performs ADOPTION: Singles who are con- Street. (718) 236-3312. St. (718) 953-6638. accordion music and American sidering adopting are invited to jazz from 6 pm to 7:30 pm; arts learn about the process. $15. PARTY: Hanukkah party hosted by SAT, JAN 7 HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents Congregation B’nai Jacob. TUES, JAN 3 Eugene O’Neill’s “Ah, Wilder- and crafts from 6:30 pm to 8:30 Noon to 1:30 pm. Congregation Dancing, food, live entertainment ness!” $13, $10 seniors, students pm; tour of exhibit “Manu- Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place. for children and Jewish music from PARENTAL ANGER: Families First OUTDOORS AND TOURS and children. 8 pm. 26 Willow factured Landscapes: The Photo- (212) 558-9949. graphs of Edward Burtynsky” at 7 around the world. $5. 8 pm to 10 hosts a five-session workshop on TREE RECYCLING: Bring your holi- Place. (718) 237-2752. GALLERY TALK: Brooklyn Museum Domestic & Imported pm. 401 Ninth St. Additional “The Many Faces of Anger.” A day tree to Prospect Park and BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents a pm; The Brooklyn Philharmonic hosts a talk by curator Edward wines & Hanukkah party at 11 pm at 70 therapist explores parental anger turn it into mulch. Remove all night of improvisation with Big presents “Amadeus Live!” at 8:30 Bleiberg on the museum’s collec- Prospect Park West. Also, public and its impact on children. Learn decorations and enter park at Black Car, Arsenal and Improv pm; dance party from 9 pm to 11 tion of mosaics. $8, $4 students lighting of an ice menorah. Live how to recognize the triggers. $125, any entrance. Bring container to Centric Unit. $10. 9:45 pm. 227 pm with waltz music by the Vienna and seniors, free for children age liquors at music, hot latkes and warm drinks. $100 members. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. take mulch home. 10 am to 2 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. Festival Orchestra. Event runs 12 and younger. 2 pm. 200 11:45 pm. Prospect Park West and 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. pm. (718) 287-3400. Free. from 5 pm to 11 pm. 200 Eastern Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Third Street. (347) 885-6675. Free. CHILDREN Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Free. SUNDAY AT SUNNY’S: Reading by affordable WOOD CHIP GIVEAWAY: Brooklyn FUN RUN: Slope Sports and Botanic Garden and Green- PUPPETWORKS: presents a mari- JEWISH HISTORY: Union Temple several authors. $3. 3 pm. 253 Brooklyn’s Road Runners Club WEDS, JAN 4 Wood Cemetery host a Christ- onette performance of “Puss in offers a weekly course on Basic Conover St. (718) 625-8211. prices host a healthy way to ring in the mas tree recycling event. Bring Boots.” $8, $7 children. Recom- Judaism. Today: “Synagogue, SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum pres- new year. Start and finish line at TEACHERS’ WORKSHOP: Course is your tree and take-away mulch. mended for ages 4 and older. Prayer, Talmudic Judaism, The ents “An Evening of the World’s the Grand Army Plaza entrance on the topic of “Developing the 11 am to 3 pm. Fifth Avenue and 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Middle Ages.” 9 am to 10:15 Best Short Films.” $10. 7 pm to of Prospect Park. Post-race party ELA Standards Through the 25th Street. Call 311. Free. Ave. at Fourth Street. (718) 965- am. Light breakfast offered. 17 9 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. at Burrito Bar and Kitchen. $20 Creation of a Class Newspaper.” 3391. Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-7600. www.brooklynlyceum.com. (718) entry fee. 11:15 pm. Walkers wel- 3:30 pm to 6 pm. Register online at PERFORMANCE ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum Free. 857-4816. come. www.slopesports.com. www.nyaspdp.org. (718) 259-1645. invites kids, ages four and older, (718) 230-4686. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- MEETING: Sheepshead Bay/ Kings cert featuring a program of to look at art and have an arts (cor. of Nevins St.) XPO LODGE: Winter monthly host- Highway group of Democracy in Mozart, Kodaly and Brahms. $35, and crafts session. $8 adults, $4 Ace Liquors ed by The Expo at Gallerie. America meets. 7 pm. James $25 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton seniors, free for children under Music and dance. Call. 63 Pearl Madison High School. (718) 252- Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street age 12. 11 am and 2 pm. 200 455 Atlantic Ave. pm St. (718) 797-2557. LIST YOUR EVENT… , Sun 12-6 4270. at the East River. (718) 624-2083. Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. (718) 797-2558 0-midnite PUPPET SHOW: Talking Hands To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice , Fri-Sat 1 FIRST WEEKEND: Brooklyn Arts h 10-9:30 Exchange presents its new per- Theater presents Rudyard Kip- or more. Send your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, N:Mon-T SUN, JAN 1 OPE THURS, JAN 5 formance and discussion series. ling’s “How the Elephant Got Its 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) Choreographers Alicia Diaz and Trunk.” $7, $5 children. Appro- New Year’s Day EXHIBIT: Gallery 440 hosts a recep- Marion Ramirez present “Mar priate for ages 2 to 7. Monster 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We BIRDING: Ring in the new year. 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Keep it Michael, 10:30 pm, Dirt Road 14, 11:30 pm, sets, 7 pm, $20. before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Dec. Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 453- jazz, $65 prix fixe menu and champagne Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve with The Rub, 9 toast, call for reservations; Jan. 2: Artist FREE. 31: New Year’s Eve Party with DJ Daro, cold 7825, www.thejazz.8m.com. pm, $25 (includes CDs for everyone, cham- gorgeous Salon, 6 pm, Angela Bingham, 9 pm, FREE; and hot buffet, champagne at midnight, Mondays: Jam session, 8 pm, $5; Dec. 31: pagne at midnight, and drink specials); Jan. Black Betty Jan. 3: Songwriter’s Showcase hosted by contests and surprises, 9 pm, $45 in Celebrate New Year’s Eve with The Drake 4: Bell Hollow, Nemo, The Kites, 8 pm, $8; BAM Cafe 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Kevin Ray, 7 pm, Live jazz jam, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 5: Comedy Night featuring Pat Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, advance, $55 day of the show. Colley Quintet, 9 pm, $60 (includes appe- 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Jan. 4: Saint Anne’s Review hosted by Beth O’Shea, Brian Kiley, Rena Zager, hosted by CASUAL • FORMAL • FUN www.blackbetty.net. tizer, dinner, dessert, champagne toast, and Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. wine). Bosworth, 7 pm, Solar, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 5: Jeff Mac, Time TBD, $TBD. Jan. 6: LOTET, 9 pm, $10 food/drink mini- Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalimar, 11 pm, FREE; Five Spot Tuey Connell, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 6: Arturo mum. Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue O’Farrill Trio, 9 pm, FREE. Stain Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; in Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, Jolie 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Mondays: Rev. Vince Anderson and his www.fivespotsoulfood.com. on the hook Barbes Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Restaurant Night of the Williamsburg, (718) 387-7840, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Yah Saturdays: DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE, “Back to 320 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt Street in Cookers www.stainbar.com. Slope, (718) 965-9177, Supreme & Brohemian, 9:30 pm, FREE; Fri- Brooklyn” with The Beat Miners, midnight, Boerum Hill, (718) 488-0777, Mondays: Paint Stain, 5 pm, FREE; Wed- boutique 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue www.barbesbrooklyn.com. days: The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne, $5; Mondays: Open turntables hosted by www.jolierestaurant.com. nesdays: JAMstain, an informal open mic in Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Wed- 11 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: Rev. Vince Ander- Elijah, 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: DJ Handspin Dec. 31: DJ Denmark spins at 10 pm, 7 pm hosted by singer-songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; 281 Van Brunt Street (bet. Visitation & Pioneer) nesdays: Night of the Ravished Limbs, 9 son and The Greenhouse, 10 pm, $10. Dinero, 6 pm, FREE, DJ Tommy Talkz, 8 pm, dinner reservations, $59 (five-course prix Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Thursdays: Benecio and the Del Toros, 10 FREE, “Hot Damn Tuesdaze” (comedy Live music, noon, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, Open: Tuesdays - Saturdays • pm, $8; Sundays: Stephane Wrembel’s Hot fixe dinner), after 7 pm reservations, $69 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: End of Prohibition Club of New York, 9 pm, $8 suggested The Brooklyn night) with Dave Lester, 10 pm, FREE; Wed- five-course prix fixe dinner. 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Party, circa 1933 featuring swinging jazz [email protected] 718.852.1345 donation; Dec. 31: The Fourth Annual New nesdays: DJ Copa, 6 pm, FREE, Soul Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve party, 9 pm, $30 greats, prizes, ball dropping, New York Year’s Eve Balkan Bash with the Zagnut Lyceum F’Real, an R&B open mic for Soul Singers, 9 Laila Lounge (includes buffet and champagne toast). State sparkling wine toasts, and more, 8 Circus Orkestar, 10 pm, $10; Jan. 1: The pm, FREE; Thursdays: Large Professor pm, FREE. 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Blue Vipers, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 2: The Vel- presents “Timbuktu,” 10 pm, FREE; Dec. Northsix Park Slope, (718) 398-7301, Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, meers, 9:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 3: Jenny Schein- 31: New Year’s Eve Bash with DJ Evil Dee, www.gowanus.com. www.lailalounge.com. 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Tea Lounge man, 7 pm, FREE; Jan. 4: Transit, 8 pm, $8, Time TBD, $TBD. Dec. 31: New Year’s Ball, “Body Temple,” Williamsburg, (718) 599-5103, 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Ralph Alessi/Tim Berne/Shane Endsley, 10 Sundays: Concrescence Sessions featuring features DJs Fabian Alsultany and Derek www.northsix.com. Slope, (718) 789-2762, www.tealounge- pm, $8; Jan. 5: Orrin Star & the Sultans of a rotating cast of musicians and visualists, 9 Beres, $35 in advance, $45 at the door Frank’s Lounge pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke Madness Dec. 31: They Might be Giants, 11 pm, $20 ny.com. String, 8 pm, $10, Rachelle Garniez, 10 pm, (includes body artists, sensual foods and 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in with the Corn-Fed Sisters, 9 pm, FREE; (SOLD OUT); Jan. 2: (Downstairs) New FREE; Jan. 6: Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed & Jan. 5: Frank Locrasto & Tommy Crane elixirs). Fort Greene, (718) 625-9339, Tuesdays: Fruity Loops (Gay Night), 10 pm, Electric, Sparrows, Swarm and Sing!, Planar, Anthony Burr Clarinet Trio, 7 pm, FREE, Duo, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 6: Dan www.frankscocktaillounge.com. FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Show- 8 pm, $8; Jan. 6: The Radicts, Awkward Brantigan Quartet, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE. Forro for All & Nation Beat, alternating sets Thought, Disassociate, Step2Far, Pledge of Cafe Steinhof Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs case with an open mic, 7:30 pm, live music, from 8 pm to midnight, $10. Resistance, 8 pm, $10. 422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Tyrone and Infinite, 9 pm, $5; Tuesdays: 8:30 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: A New Year’s Eve Tommy’s Slope, (718) 369-7776, Tuesday Night Live featuring KoKo H Live, Party with a live set by Grits, DJ Fat Tony, Bembe www.cafesteinhof.com. 9 pm, 2-drink minimum; Wednesdays: and more, 9 pm, $TBD (includes cham- Peggy O’Neill’s Tavern 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williams- Jan. 4: The Jon Menges Duo, 10:30 pm, Karaoke with Davey B, 9 pm, FREE; pagne toast at midnight); Jan. 6: Ohm, 11 (Two locations) 1041 Manhattan Ave. at Freeman Street burg, (718) 387-5389, www.bembe.us. pm, FREE. FREE. Fridays: (Downstairs) Ffun Dance Party 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay in Greenpoint, (718) 383-9699. with DJs Tyrone, Julian and Infinite, 8 pm, Ridge, (718) 748-1400, Jan. 6: La Otracina, Like, Padna, Fight the $5; Dec. 31: “A New Year’s Eve THIS WEEK AT Cattyshack Les Babouches www.peggyoneillsbr.com. Bull, 8 pm, $TBD. Celebration” with live performance by The 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Saturdays: DJ Rob and live music, 10 pm, Slope, (718) 230-5740, Roughstars, and music by Eric “E-Man” Ridge, (718) 833-1700. FREE; Mondays: Karaoke with Rod, 9 pm, Trash Bar Clarke, Lono Brazil, and Tyrone & Infinite, 9 www.cattyshackbklyn.com. Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer FREE; Tuesdays: Beer Pong, 9 pm, FREE; 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in pm, $25 (includes a complimentary cham- Saturdays: (Main floor) DJs Daryl Raymond Shahrazad, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Belly Wednesdays: Trivia Night, 9 pm, FREE; Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, THE BACK ROOM BEGINS & BK Brewster, 10 pm, $TBD; Tuesdays: pagne toast at midnight). dancer Marta, 8 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: $55 Thursdays: Karaoke with DJ Rob, 9 pm, www.thetrashbar.com. (Downstairs) Trivia Night with Sancho, 7 prix fixe dinner with 2-hour open bar, seat- FREE; Fridays: DJ Richie, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: Trash presents “New Year’s F***in’ pm, FREE, (Upstairs) After work party with Galapagos ing begins at 8 pm. Dec. 31: Peggy O’Neill’s New Year’s Eve Eve!!!” with The Genders, 9 pm, The Choke, rotating DJs, 5 pm, $5, FREE after mid- 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Party, 10 pm, FREE. 10 pm, The Everyothers, 11 pm, The Sex night; Wednesdays: (Downstairs) “I’m Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, Liberty Heights 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in Slaves, 12:05 am, $8 (includes champagne Okay, You’re Okay - Kara-Okay,” 9 pm, www.galapagosartspace.com. Coney Island, (718) 449-3200, toast); Jan. 4: Quitter, 9 pm, Splitsense, 10 FREE to watch, $5 all you can sing, (Up- Sundays: Sid and Buddy Karaoke, 10 pm, Tap Room www.peggyoneillsci.com. pm, $6; Jan. 5: The Corduroys, 8 pm, stairs) “Oink!” with DJ Floyd for dirty boys FREE; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red Saturdays: DJ Joey, 11 pm, FREE. Department of Buildings, 9 pm, The hosted by PJ, 9 pm, $3; Thursdays: pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Hook, (718) 246-8050, Distraction, 10 pm, Fuzebox, 11 pm, Pontius (Upstairs) Schoolhouse with DJ ’Lina & Celebration including “Faster Pussycat www.libertyheightstaproom.com. Pilate Sales Pitch, midnight, $6; Jan. 6: Gift Daryl Raymond, 9 pm, $TBD; Fridays: Pete’s Candy Drink Drink!” with The World Famous Bob, Thursdays: Open mic, 8:30 pm, FREE; Dec. Giver, 8 pm, Federale, 9 pm, Grand Mal, 10 (Main floor) All-request after-work party New Year’s Eve Menu burlesque, and more, 8 pm, $25, The Late 31: “Kids and Family New Year’s Eve Bash” pm, The Shorebirds, 11 pm, $7. with DJ Lugnut, Cirrah with DJ Mark Store Night Amp-Up, 1 am, $10; Jan. 2: SMUT, 8 with Cool & Unusual Punishment, Chris $65 James, and rotating go-go with Maine & Cori, 8 pm, $15 children, $25 adults 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in pm, Amateur Burlesque, 10 pm, FREE; Two Boots GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE Sarah and Cinnamon & Keisha, 10 pm, $5; (includes buffet, open bar, champagne Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Jan. 3: (Backroom) Variety Shac, 8 pm, www.petescandystore.com. and an oyster with Dec. 31: 11th Annual Fur Ball with live DJs toast at midnight). Brooklyn white truffle mignonette and go-go stars, Time TBD, $10 in Brooklyn Comedy Company, 10 pm, FREE, Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; (Front room) Hungry March Band, 10 pm, Dec. 31: Milton’s New Year’s Band, 10 pm, 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in FIRST COURSE advance, $8 before 10 pm, $20 after 10 Park Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.two- pm; Jan. 1: Mad Hatter Tea Dance with $TBD; Jan. 5: Creative Collective, 8 pm, The Lucky Cat FREE; Jan. 1: Tam-Lin, 9:30 pm, Yoav Erez, Duck Rillettes bootsbrooklyn.com. superstar DJ Bill Coleman, 4 pm, FREE, $7; Jan. 6: The Handsome Public Rogue- 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in 10:30 pm, FREE; Jan. 2: Van Hanos, 8 pm, Carpaccio of Diver Scallop Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve Dance Party with New Year’s Day Party with DJ Ken Terry Pop Video Meltdown, 10 pm, $10; Jan. 7: Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Hotel Brotherhood, 9 pm, Liz Moore, 10 Asparagus Milanese The Hot-Button All-Stars “classic rockin’ Puree of Butternut Squash Soup and DJ Calvin Smith, midnight, $5 before 1 “Open Wide,” The First Annual Galapagos www.theluckycat.com. pm, The Big Huge, 11 pm, FREE; Jan. 3: R&B,” 10 pm, FREE (includes champagne Frisee Salad am, $10 after 1 am. Staff Show Off Festival, 7 pm, FREE. Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Piano Parlor and Furious Billy, 9 pm, Brownbird Rudy Relic, toast), reservations recommended; Jan. 6: INTERMEZZO keyboard karaoke, 11 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: 10 pm, I’ll be John Brown, 11 pm, FREE; Jezebel Music Open Mic Night hosted by Jan. 4: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Basement The Voodoobillies, 10 pm, FREE. Green Apple Sorbet Grand Prospect Chocolate Claire Bowman, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Band, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 5: Adrienne MAIN COURSE Monkey Hall Hex! with DJ Jeremy, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: Nightengale, 10 pm, The Batterie, 11 pm, 200 Fifth Spicy Cumin Crusted Yellowfin Tuna 329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in 263 Prospect Ave. at Fifth Avenue in Bizarre New Year’s Eve party with New FREE; Jan. 6: Lianne Smith, 9 pm, Welcome 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in Park Slow Roasted Salmon Park Slope, (718) 789-7896. Park Slope, (718) 788-0400, Professionals, The Divide, live DJs, go-go Wagon and Friends, 10 pm, FREE. Slope, (718) 638-2925. Tournedo of Beef dancers, and more, Time TBD, $TBD; Jan. Saturdays: Express aka open mic poetry www.grandprospecthall.com. Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and Housemade Farfalle 4: Sten Hostfalt, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 5: talent showcase, 10 pm, $7, Sexy Lounge Dec. 31: Dance troupe and light show, Puppet’s Jazz hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10; CHEESE INTERMEZZO “Brooklyn Rocks!” with Gonna Get Got, 8 After-Party with DJ Ozkar Fuller spinning international buffet, noisemakers, hats, Fridays: Friday Night Salsa with a live salsa pm, Shanananananananakneezkneez, 9 pm, Stilton with port wine poached pears house, classics and rare grooves, 12:30 Bar band and DJs Blazer One and Big Will spin- party favors, 9 pm, $175. Crashbox, 10 pm, Kickstart, 11 pm, $8; Jan. DESSERT am, FREE; Sundays: “Alternative Life 294 Fifth Ave. at Second Street in Park ning salsa, reggae, hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies 6: Primordial Ooze with Dante, 9 pm, FREE. Slope, (718) 499-2627, $5, men $10. Crème Brulée • Key Lime Pie Styles,” featuring GMHC Center Holiday Hank’s Saloon Hot Chocolate Cake Party, 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Femme Elite www.puppetsjazz.com. Croissant Bread Pudding Entertainment music by DJs Candy and 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in The LuLu Dec. 31: Jaime Aff and All-Star Friends, 9 Vox Po p Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, pm, $TBD. Inez hosted by Lisa Love, 6 pm, FREE ($5 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road after 9 pm); Wednesdays: Comedy Show- www.hankssaloon.com. Lounge Holiday Judy Joice of The Lion’s in Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, www.vox- (Under TacuTacu) 134 N. Sixth St. at case hosted by Ray DeJon, 7 pm, $10; Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; Rbar popnet.net. Head and Robin Hirsch Thursdays: A Taste of the Underground Jan. 1: Shotgun Shack, 9:30 pm, FREE; Jan. Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 451 Meeker Ave. at Graham Avenue in Dec. 31: Ever-Reviled Records and Vox Pop of Cornelia Street Cafe featuring DJ Ras & DJ Cloud 9, 6 pm, 5: Paul Edelman and the Janling Sparrows, 218-7889, www.ricerepublic.com. Greenpoint, (718) 486-6116. New Year’s Eve Party with Holley Anderson, have joined forces to open FREE; Fridays: After Work Karaoke hosted Delicious, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. 6: Radio Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Mondays: Guest bartender nights, 9 pm, Cuomo, Rebecca Pronsky, Darren Deicide, Night and Day. by Lisa Smiles, 6 pm, FREE, Live music and Ghost Town, Mike Mok, 10 pm, FREE; Jan. Karaoke, 8 pm, FREE. FREE; Tuesdays: Mikey’s Big Gay Pajama Paul DeCoster, Sander Hicks, 8 pm, $TBD DJ, 11 pm, $5; Dec. 31: Party with buffet, We are delighted to 7: The Randy Bandits, 10 pm, FREE. (donation suggested). Gift 9 pm, $15. Magnetic Field Party, 11 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Karaoke, welcome Simon Glenn, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Comedy night, 8 who comes to us from ten The Hook 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in pm, FREE. Zebulon Club Exit Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, years in New Orleans, 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan www.magneticbrooklyn.com. as our new chef. Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, Ripple Bar in Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, Mondays: Rock ‘n’ Roll DJ Exchange, 9 pm, www.thehookmusic.com. 769 Washington Ave. at Sterling Place in www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Baskets www.club-exit.com. FREE; Dec. 31: New Year’s Eve for the Rest Dec. 31: Matinee Punk Show with Leftover Restaurant • Bar • Jazz • Performance Crown Heights, (917) 657-3468, Dec. 31: Bonga, 10 pm, FREE. Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 Crack, Planned Collapse, Team Spider, Mad of Us!!, 9 pm, FREE (includes champagne at Breakfast • Lunch • Dinner midnight); Jan. 4: Dick Swizzles Live Action Weekend Brunch • Parties • Champagne (ladies FREE until midnight); Fridays: DJ Conductor, 3 pm, $10. starting at $49.95 Escargots • Tuna Confit • Flights of Wine Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE; Dec. 31: New Trivia, 9 pm, FREE; Jan. 6: Miss Alex White, Tequila • Single Batch Bourbon Year’s Eve Party with 5 DJs and food and Jazz 966 SSM, 7:30 pm, $8. A touch of New Orleans in the kitchen champagne at midnight, 9 pm, $40 before and dining under the stars in the most midnight, $50 after midnight. 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in Nalani’s Cafe TALK TO US… 107 Atlantic Ave. beautiful back room in Brooklyn Clinton Hill, (718) 639-6910. Europa Night Dec. 31: A New Year’s Eve Jazz, Latin & and Lounge To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possi- (bet. Henry & Hicks) Classic Soul Party & Jam featuring Pucho & 565 Vanderbilt Ave. at Pacific Street in ble. Include name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the pub- 230 Fifth Avenue Club His 8-Piece Latin Soul Brothers Band plus Prospect Heights, (347) 645-0507, lic to call, Web site address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send list- www.floralheights.com at President Street in Park Slope 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue Pedro & Laurette Carol, 9 pm, $50 in www.nalanicafe.com. ings and color photos of performers via e-mail to [email protected] (718) 399-2161 in Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, advance, $60 day of the show (includes Saturdays: Krush Groove, 9 pm, FREE; or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available (718) 625-2066 www.nightanddayrestaurant.com www.europaclub.com. dinner, dessert, champagne toast, party Sundays: Jazz nights hosted by Jasme basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT New Year’s wishes We don’t make resolutions Here’s hoping disgraced getting her bag searched by a use to parents of pre-school- because they’re cliche, they’re former Assemblyman Clar- cop because her number aged children. didactic, and, let’s face it, ence Norman gets slapped came up at random. Here’s hoping the Cyclones they’re too difficult to actually with the maximum sentence Here’s hoping we don’t get win it all this season — and accomplish anyway. for violating election laws so a really big snowstorm this that the Mets don’t trade away Instead, we’d like to offer that no other pols think winter (here’s hoping we all the best players for aging these New Year wishes for all they’re above the law. actually do!). sluggers of dubious worth. our readers in hopes of a ful- Here’s hoping Brooklyn Here’s hoping the mayor Here’s hoping that Dom- filling 2006: developers start hiring better sleeps a few more nights in enico DeMarco of DiFara Here’s hoping your F-train architects so the newly Brooklyn this year, even if Pizzeria in Midwood keeps doesn’t go express without upzoned Fourth Avenue does- there’s no transit strike. churning out his ethereal pies explanation or your R-train n’t become 40 blocks of Here’s hoping the Brook- — one at a time — for doesn’t run in two segments “Fedders Houses.” lyn Public Library can ex- decades to come. when you’re just trying to get Here’s hoping you aren’t pand its hours so that branch- And finally, here’s hoping home to Bay Ridge after mid- stuck at the turnstiles behind es can be open every morn- you — and all of our readers night. an 80-year-old granny who’s ing, when they are of most — have a great year.

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

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

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

The Brooklyn Papers How do you say “veto” in Korean? It’s a fair question, given that Mayor Bloomberg is poised to crumple up the City Council’s so-called “Education Equity Act,” which would require schools to translate virtually all Galleries in DUMBO @ 111 Front Street documents into the nine languages most-widely spoken by lo- B’klyn Navy Yard cal parents. Space Available call Chris Havens 718.222.2505 The bill, which passed last week by a barely veto-proof 35- Two Trees www.dumbo-newyork.com 11 vote, was pushed by Councilmember David Yassky (D- Brooklyn Heights). “Translation services for parents are essential in New York has a new captain City,” Yassky said. “How can a parent be involved in their [sic] 5+5 Gallery | MF Adams Gallery | Howard child’s education when they [sic] can’t understand what the Schickler Fine Art | Henry Gregg Gallery | teacher is sending home?” The Brooklyn Papers ence in the government and According to Yassky, 43 percent of public schools students The corporation that non-profit sectors, Andrew s.e.e.dgallery | Safe-T-Gallery | Wessel + (which amounts to half-a-million kids) speak a language at runs the Brooklyn Navy Kimball is the perfect fit to lead the Brooklyn Navy Yard O’Connor Fine Art | Underbridge Pictures | home other than English. Yard has a new president. The bill was noticeably vague on how much money it would forward,” Hizzoner said in a Nelson Hancock Gallery | Gloria Kennedy Gallery And here’s why you statement. take to translate all documents into more than a half-dozen lan- should care: guages — a point seized upon by the Department of Educa- “Andrew understands the tion. The new leader, Park Slop- importance of the industrial A DOE spokeswoman estimated that it would cost “tens of er Andrew Kimball, told The sector to the economic health DUMBO_come see what they see millions of dollars” to translate every document going from Brooklyn Papers that the Yard of the city, and I am confident every school to every non-English-speaking parent. is about to embark on a con- that he will build on the suc- The spokeswoman, Kelly Devers, said the DOE will spend struction boom to expand op- cesses the Navy Yard has $10.2 million to make sure a principal can get a translator on erations at the once-storied achieved over the past four the line at any time. ship-building center. years [and] create hundreds of Loose RELIGIOUS And, Devers added, the Yassky bill is beside the point be- Currently, more than 4,500 new jobs and open up more cause the City Council does not have jurisdiction over educa- people call the Brooklyn Navy commercial and industrial Dentures? SERVICES tion matters; the state government does. Yard their office — but with space.” vacant land on the Yard’s east- At its peak during World It’s not the first time the mayor and Yassky have tangled. Andrew Kimball GO AHEAD.... Bloomberg last month vetoed a Yassky measure that denied ern side ready to be exploited War II, 70,000 workers walk- Congregation landmark status to a Williamsburg warehouse. In that case, the and with dilapidated buildings ed through the Navy Yard’s Eat what you want! Mount Sinai Council overrode the mayor. on the Yard’s western side late next year, said Kimball, gates every day. Now, there 250 Cadman Plaza W. 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A29-41 seams,” Kimball said. “We worked for the New York But the Yard’s location will As demonstrated by Dr. Tony on ABC News ‘Donut Man’ dead have no room to grow right Public Library, where he be its greatest selling point for and recently on Fox 5 News, this is a one-step, PARK SLOPE now.” helped raise $200 million to non-invasive procedure. No sutures, Associated Press future growth. Situated be- JEWISH CENTER Kimball said his goal would renovate 30 branches. tween DUMBO and the Will- nor the typical months of healing or pain 8th Avenue at 14th St. or discomfort. Competitive prices… Fri. nights 6:30 pm Brooklyn-born Michael Vale, best known for por- be to add one million square He also worked for the iamsburg/Greenpoint water- Sat. mornings 10 am traying sleepy-eyed Fred the Baker in Dunkin’ Donuts feet of industrial and manufac- New York State Economic front, the Yard is in a good Call today for your FREE consultation Adult Ed e Hebrew School commercials, has died at age 83. turing space to the existing 3.6 Development Corporation un- position to house small manu- Rabbi Carie Carter and receive 15% OFF any new Park Slope’s Egalitarian, Vale died last week of complications from diabetes, son-in million square feet. der Gov. Mario Cuomo. facturers — furniture makers, Dentures, Implants or MDI Conservative Synagogue In addition to new con- Mayor Bloomberg, who print shops and the like — law Rick Reil said. 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(718-833-6895) touched millions with his sense of humor and humble nature.” make room for a supermarket post (sorry, but the salary is a “There is such demand,” he Temple Vale was born in Brooklyn and studied acting at the Dramat- on the Yard’s western side. matter of public record). said. “And it will only grow.” Dr. Tony Farha has been recognized as a Professor of the Mini Dental Implant. Park Slope’s Friendliest Reform Congregation “With his extensive experi- 17 Eastern Parkway ic Workshop in New York City with classmates Tony Curtis, Such a store could open by — Kuntzman at Grand Army Plaza Ben Gazzara and Rod Steiger. Oral Dental Care A veteran of the Broadway stage, film and television, Vale Home of the Mini-Implant System 638-7600 R44 appeared in more than 1,300 TV commercials. His movie roles 461 77th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11209 included a jewelry salesman in “Marathon Man.” He also ap- *We accept Medicaid and most Insurance plans* peared in “Guerrilla Girl,” a 1953 movie starring Helmut Dan- Shabbat Shalom! tine, and “A Hatful of Rain” (1957). Presented by Doorman steals from bldg B’nai Avraham The Brooklyn Papers But when the victim’s sis- apartment three times on the of Brooklyn Heights ter arrived at 1 pm the next morning of Dec. 17: at 1:39 117 Remsen St. • 596-4840 Police suspect the 53- Rabbi Aaron Raskin year-old midnight door- day, she discovered the door am, 1:54 am and 7 am, po- of the apartment ajar. When lice said. man of a luxury building A Wish for a Candle Getting it right… the victim returned on Dec. A video camera in the on State Street used a 19, she discovered $1,500 lobby captured the guard on In our transit strike coverage last week, we misattributed a Lighting card-key to steal $1,500 missing from her bedroom the graveyard shift leaving World at Peace comment by a spokeswoman for Borough President Mar- before dawn on Dec. 17. kowitz. The spokeswoman had explained that dozens of dresser, police said. his post at the desk — Miketz Brooklynites accepted the Beep’s offer of a free cup of coffee The 30-year-old victim The security supervisor against the building’s rules Fri., December 31, before 4:19pm and use of the Borough Hall restroom during the strike. left her spare card with se- told her that the key was still — and taking the elevator CONGRESSMAN Vayigash The spokeswoman’s comments were limited to the coffee curity guards at her build- at the desk when he clocked upstairs. Fri., January 6, before 4:25pm consumption, but due to an editing error, our article implied ing, near Court Street, at 4 out at midnight on Dec. 17. Police want to question Ed Towns that she was also talking about the constituents’ use of toilet pm on Dec. 16, police said. Building records show the doorman, but he has dis- Shabbos Minyan paper. The Brooklyn Papers regrets the implication that the Her sister planned to visit someone used the coded appeared, cops said. This Friday evening at 4:30 Saturday at 9 am, followed by kiddush Borough President’s office is chintzy with bathroom tissue. while she was out of town. card-key to get into her — Lilo H. 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