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I N S BROOKLYN’S ONLY COMPLETE U W L • Amanda Hesser at home O P N in Brooklyn Heights • ‘Henry IV, Part One’ at BAM Nightlife Guide • Chitter Chatter at NY Aquarium CHOOSE FROM 36 VENUES — MORE THAN 140 EVENTS! 2003 NATIONAL AWARD WINNER Including The Bensonhurst Paper Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications at 26 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11242 Phone 718-834-9350 © Brooklyn Paper Publications • 16 pages including GO BROOKLYN • Vol.26, No. 39/40 BRZ • Sept. 29/Oct. 6, 2003 • FREE Clinging to life Ridge teen beaten by gang of toughs By Deborah Kolben by a group of almost 20 teenagers who beat him Brooklyn district attorney’s office. The Brooklyn Papers with bats and pipes and stabbed him in the side. The attack occurred on 61st Street between Brooks is white and his attackers Asian, al- Ninth Avenue and Fort Hamilton Parkway on a The Fort Hamilton High School student though police said they were not investigating deserted stretch near the R-line subway station beaten and stabbed by a group of bat- the beating as a bias crime. in Sunset Park, almost two miles from Fort wielding teens just after school let out Three teens, including Chen Yong, 16, and two Hamilton HS, on Shore Road at 82nd Street. / Tom Callan / Tom Monday afternoon, remained in critical other Brooklyn boys, 14 and 15, whose names An employee at the T&D Auto repair shop but stable condition this week. were not released because of their age, were de- on 61st Street said his co-worker, who did not Nicholas Brooks, 14, who began his freshman tained by police for questioning but were later re- speak English, had heard some noise and when year of high school just two weeks ago, was sav- leased because there was not enough evidence he went outside saw Brooks crumpled on the ground in a pool of blood. agely beaten and left for dead after being chased linking them to the incident, according to the Papers The Brooklyn Brooks was taken to Lutheran Medical Cen- Cheesecake-eating contest winner Eric “Badlands” Booker goes for the gusto at Sunday’s Atlantic Antic. ter where he was listed in critical condition. At press time, no arrests had been made and the incident was still under investigation, police said. The fight may have begun across the street from McKinley Junior High School, on Fort Hamilton Parkway and 73rd Street. Just after Dyker man dies school let out, McKinley teachers noted a group of kids there who looked to be up to no good. Officers from the 68th Precinct were called in and dispersed the crowd. Some reports had the incident starting as a pool hall brawl inside 60th Street Billiards on STUFFED from West Nile Fort Hamilton Parkway. Brooks showed up at the pool hall looking to By Deborah Kolben this week. other 15 New York City resi- get even with a group of teens who were not there, 13 pounds of cheesecake The Brooklyn Papers At press time, the city had dents have contracted the Newsday reported Wednesday. Instead, Brooks not released the 93-year-old mosquito-borne disease. took on three teens throwing punches at the group. earns ‘Badlands’ the title ADyker Heights man Those teens returned with friends, according victim’s name. Among those reported cas- es, four have been in Brook- to the article, and gave chase when Brooks tried was the third casualty of All three city West Nile fa- By Patrick Gallahue the West Nile Virus in the lyn. to flee, eventually catching up at 61st Street The Brooklyn Papers talities were senior citizens, Besides the fatality, a 51- where they set upon him. city this season, the the other two living in Ridge- year-old Mill Basin man and a But according to Tony Li, an employee at the Wearing a broad smile that frequently veered Department of Health and wood, Queens and the Pel- 79-year-old woman in Canar- 60th Street Pool Hall, the teens were never inside. toward nausea, and with creamy white goo all over Mental Hygiene reported ham section of the Bronx. An- See NILE on page 4 See FIGHT on page 8 his face, hands and T-shirt, Eric “Badlands” Booker took the first-ever officially sanctioned cheesecake- eating title Sunday, downing an incredible 50-and- a-half mini-cheesecakes in six minutes. It was a wiggle and a belch that accelerated Booker, who Callan / Tom also holds the world matzo ball-eating title, in the final stretch to his remarkable total at the International Federa- OLPH hosts Bishop DiMarzio tion of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) cheesecake-eating championship, held at the Atlantic Antic street fair. “Around the 40th or 41st cheesecake I was trying to get Papers The Brooklyn By Deborah Kolben a burp out. Once the burp came out I was ready to go for Oleg Zhornitskiy, who came in second, opens The Brooklyn Papers See CONTEST on page 6 wide as he tries to keep up with Booker. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio will be installed Oct. 3 as the spiritual leader of the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens’ 1.8 million Catholics at a 2 pm ceremony at Our Lady of Perpetual Help. “We’re very honored to be hosting the event,” said the Rev. Sean McGillicuddy, pastor of Sunset Park’s OLPH, which hosts many of the major diocesan events because of its large size. The church can accommodate up to 1,400 people. DiMarzio will take over as the seventh bishop of the 150- Brooklyn Jews year-old diocese, which encompasses 739 priests in 217 parishes in Brooklyn and Queens. DiMarzio, 59, who has led the Camden, N.J., diocese for the past four years, will replace Bishop Thomas Daily, whose retirement was accepted by Pope John Paul II in August after two years of public scrutiny over his handling of church sex welcome 5764 scandals in Brooklyn and Boston. Daily, 75, was installed as leader of the Brooklyn Diocese By Paulanne Simmons at a ceremony at OLPH in 1990. for The Brooklyn Papers DiMarzio, a native of Newark, was ordained as a priest of the Archdiocese of Newark in 1970 and served as the auxiliary bish- Rosh Hashanah, the celebra- op from 1996 to 1999, when he was appointed bishop of Camden. tion of the Jewish New Year, During his tenure there DiMarzio implemented measures to which begins at sundown deal with sexual abuse claims made against clergy or employ- Friday, is a time of reflection ees of the diocese. Last year, he announced the creation a spe- Associated Press and prayer. cial toll-free number to receive complaints of abuse. Bishop Nicholas DiMarzo (left) with outgoing Bishop Thomas Daily. As the Jewish calendar year 5764 approaches, Brooklyn rabbis are concerned with both domestic and international tensions, as well as the spiritual lives of their con- gregants. “The Jewish New Year is a time for a complete evaluation of our- Plan for Coney revealed selves, our people and our world,” said Rabbi Gerald Weider, of By Deborah Kolben hood around the once-thriving which once extended 1,000 feet ence on Sept. 25 along with Bor- Congregation Beth Elohim, a The Brooklyn Papers seaside and cultural attraction. out over the Atlantic Ocean, ough President Marty Markowitz, Reform temple on Garfield Place sources close to the plan told The City Council Speaker Gifford in Park Slope. City officials were expected Among the projects the group is Miller and Councilman Domenic expected to tackle are plans for a Brooklyn Papers. Rabbi Ellen Lippmann of Kolot to unveil plans Thursday for a Recchia, on the boardwalk at Still- Chayeinu, an unaffiliated congre- new sports arena, construction of a Mayor Michael Bloomberg was city-funded Coney Island well Avenue. gation that meets in the Church of hotel and water park, new housing scheduled to announce the forma- The formation of the LDC Local Development Corpor- the Gethsemane at 1012 Eighth and the reconstruction of the old tion of the local development cor- comes on the heals of other revital- Ave. in Park Slope, says she has ation to revive the neighbor- Iron Pier on its original pilings, poration (LDC) at a news confer- ization efforts spurred on by the been deeply affected by current creation of Keyspan Park — home world events. of the Brooklyn Cyclones — just “As the high holy days three years ago on the site of the approach, I have found myself Callan / Tom former Steeplechase Park. wrestling with God. For some At the same time the New York months, I have had difficulty School opens pool again Aquarium is completing work on reading the words of prayer with its master plan to develop two new clear intention and have, in fact, facilities, the Department of Parks had trouble praying in any kind of By Deborah Kolben and Recreation has constructed venue,” said Lippmann. “This is Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers new pavilions and bathrooms unusual for me and may have to Rabbi Alan Schranz, of Sutton Place Synagogue in Manhattan, Rab- After a dispute with the See CONEY on page 8 do with time or the horrors of the bi Joseph Potasnik, of Congregation Mount Sinai in Brooklyn Department of Education, a world today or a need for more Heights, and Sen. Hillary Clinton on Sept. 18 with torahs that are host of Bay Ridge swim teams and broader study.” being sent to Iraq for Jewish servicemen and servicewomen to use will be allowed back in the INSIDE THE PAPER Aaron Raskin, a Lubavitch rabbi on the upcoming high holy days.

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