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By Deborah Kolben 1,500 residents. The Watchtow- anything that the neighborhood / Jori Klein The Brooklyn Papers er buildings would house about needs,” she said, adding that she 2,000 more. is also concerned about the in- The DUMBO neighbor- The religious organization, creased traffic the development hood, known for artist stu- whose world headquarters al- will bring. dios, stunning Manhattan The Department of
The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn views and relatively unclut- City Planning has been tered streets, may soon NOT JUST NETS working with the more than double its resi- THE NEW BROOKLYN Watchtower Society Hannah Yagudina, 10, laughs with Tangerine the Clown on Wednesday at John J. Pershing Intermediate School. Chronically ill children and their fami- dential population. for the past year and a lies gathered at the school for an evening of games, celebrity guests and gifts through the Kids Wish Network “Holiday of Hope” program. The Watchtower Bible and half to develop an ap- Tract Society, commonly known ready lies at the neighborhood’s propriate design for the build- as the Jehovah’s Witnesses reli- perimeter, owns the three acre ings half a block from the Man- gious order, is expected within site. hattan Bridge overpass. the next two weeks to submit to “This huge piece of land is Once certified, the clock the city its plan to build four going to be a fortress to the rest would start on the city’s rigor- Kids’ wishes come true soaring apartment buildings on of the neighborhood,” said ous land use review process, an immense plot of land bound- Christy Newberg, who moved with public hearings before ed by Jay, Front, York and into the new 32-unit luxury con- Community Board 2, Borough Bridge streets. dominium at 79 Bridge St., President Marty Markowitz, the ‘Hope’ program gives sick children a holiday The DUMBO Neighborhood across the street from the pro- City Planning Commission and Association estimates that the posed development, last August. the City Council. By Jotham Sederstrom Joseph’s mother. “The kids loved it. of the kids are being treated for can- doctors, they all consider Joseph part area currently is home to about “It’s not going to provide See DUMBO on page 15 The Brooklyn Papers The music, the dancing, everything.” cer, leukemia, diabetes and hyperten- of their family. And Joseph considers The May 12 soiree was thrown sion, which at a young age can be them part of his. This was just a Joseph Israel, a 9-year-old especially for children being treated deadly. great time for him.” with all the energy of a locomo- for life-threatening or debilitating Joseph is asthmatic and has multi- Founded in 1998, the Kids Wish tive, could hardly sit still on chronic illnesses at Maimonides ple allergies, so much so that he’s Network touched down on Brooklyn Wednesday in what normally Medical Center, which is on 10th had to forgo all food. Instead, he this week for the first time since or- serves as a cafeteria at the John Avenue at 48th Street, a block away drinks an amino-acid formula, a ganizing its first “Holiday of Hope” J. Pershing Intermediate School from the school. powder mixed with water. First diag- event two years ago, as a way of let- in Borough Park. Organized by the Kids Wish Net- nosed as an infant, he has been hos- ting terminally ill children, who might Ikea divides From a booth where volunteers work, a Florida-based charity created pitalized more than 25 times. Be- not make it to the next big holiday or strung beads for bracelets, to another specifically to cheer up kids like cause he is home schooled, as a celebration, enjoy a day of festivity. where faces were being painted, Is- Joseph, the “Holiday of Hope” party precaution against allergies, Joseph While similar parties have been held rael and about 100 other children be- had children forgetting their illnesses doesn’t have many opportunities to in Texas, Florida and Ohio, the bash tween the ages of 3 and 18 were full for at least one evening. stray far from home or the hospital. with Maimonides was special be- of pent-up energy — and their fami- According to Lenia Maropakis, “Maimonides is Joseph’s second cause the charity was co-founded by Red Hook lies were loving it. director of the Child Life Program in home,” said Beverly Israel. “The Shelley Breiner, a Brooklynite who “It was great,” said Beverly Israel, the hospital’s pediatrics wing, many cafeteria workers, the nurses and See WISHES on page 4 investments,” said Dorothy Shields, president of Jobs and traffic the Red Hook Houses East Tenants Association. Like many other residents of the public housing de- are focus of first velopment, Shields sported a yellow Ikea T-shirt. The T-shirts and bottles of water bearing “Red public hearing Hook [symbol of a heart] Ikea” stickers were be- ing passed out at the door. Water taxi floats to Ridge? By Deborah Kolben And earlier this week Mayor Michael Bloom- By Jotham Sederstrom restore ferry service between Manhat- for the additional location. The Brooklyn Papers berg broke his silence on the plan. The Brooklyn Papers tan and Bay Ridge for the first time To accomodate new service in Jer- PAGE 7 There were few surprises Thursday when Asked by The Brooklyn Papers whether he since 1997, comes amid reduced serv- sey City, N.J., where Goldman Sachs Community Board 6 hosted the first official pub- supports the Ikea plan, Bloomberg gave it his tac- A week after scaling back ferry ice at the Army terminal pier on 58th opened new offices, NY Water Taxi lic hearing in the city’s review of a plan to open it endorsement. “Some people like the Ikea store service at its Brooklyn Army Street. Riders at that terminal say that turned over its 58th Street Pier serv- an Ikea store on the Red Hook waterfront. in Brooklyn, some people don’t. But it will bring Terminal dock in Sunset Park, since May 3, when service was cut in ice to T.W.F.M Ferry, a Queens-based The hundreds who packed into the PAL Miccio much needed jobs to that area,” the mayor an- officials with New York Water half, the commute to Lower Manhattan company. Besides scaling back to one Center on West Ninth Street for the Landmarks and swered during a press conference at a new em- Taxi say they are discussing pre- has been steeped in inconveniences. ferry, from two, the service now oper- Land Use committee hearing were evenly split be- ployment center in Downtown Brooklyn. liminary plans with state Sen. John Quaglione, a spokesman for ates at 40-minute intervals, up from tween residents who fear an influx of traffic will “A lot of people like the idea that they will be Golden, said that the state senator met 20 minutes when the service began overwhelm the neighborhood’s narrow streets and able to shop there, a lot of people like the idea Marty Golden to add an addition- with NY Water Taxi officials last on April 30, 2003. those who believe the 346,000 square foot big box that they will be able to get jobs there,” he added. al stop at the 69th Street Pier in week, primarily to talk about the “These people who took over the Carol’s Daughter store will bring hundreds of jobs to a neighborhood Asked whether a box store was the best use for nearby Bay Ridge. service cutbacks. In those discus- operations are wonderful,” said tell-all book that suffers soaring unemployment rates. Brooklyn’s waterfront, Bloomberg said, “There’s News of the new stop, which would sions, however, Golden floated plans See WATER TAXI on page 17 “It’s about time that Red Hook saw this kind of See IKEA on page 15 Celebrating Brooklyn bubbly Historical Society’s exhibit remembers boro’s brewery past
By Larry McShane famed for its churches, cemeteries and at the corner of Pierrepont and Clinton Many of the breakthroughs in brewing Associated Press the Cyclone roller-coaster — was once streets in Brooklyn Heights. Each Friday taken for granted today were conjured America’s brewing capital. night through August, the society will up right here. Raise a glass to Brooklyn, once Business finally went flat in the open an old-fashioned beer garden, with • The Piels brothers were the first to home to more than 100 breweries, 1950s, but the legacy remains. brews from Steve Hindy’s Brooklyn introduce dark-colored bottles, which former producer of more beer than “Brewing was one of the most impor- Brewery. kept the beer from spoiling in sunlight. Milwaukee, the borough where tant industries in borough history,” said Long before the market was dominat- • The Rheingold brewery pioneered Prohibition was greeted with a Jessie McClintock Kelly, president of ed by brewing giants like Anheuser- refrigeration technology. / Jori Klein wink ... and an ice-cold draft. the Brooklyn Historical Society, at the Busch and Miller, breweries in Brook- • The Consumers Park brewery was Make a toast to William Johnson, unveiling of a new exhibit on the bor- lyn were cranking out their own the nation’s first all-electric brewery. As who opened Brooklyn’s first brewery ough and its beer. neighborhood brews. a bonus, it also provided electricity to back in 1822. Lift a mug for John F. “100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall” of- In the 19th century, one section of the the neighboring homes.
Trommer, a 19th-century German immi- fers a “case study” of the borough’s long borough was known simply as “Brew- And then there was Dr. Joseph Papers The Brooklyn grant renowned for his all-malt Brook- history in the suds business. ers’ Row” — a 12-block stretch that was Owades, a Brooklynite who in 1967 de- Display at the historical society's new
BeerHistory.com lyn brew. The exhibit opened Friday and runs home to 58 breweries, in what is now veloped the first light beer. He was a ter- exhibit, "100 Bottles of Beer on the Men march in a prohibition-era protest circa 1930. Strange as it seems, Brooklyn — through Oct. 15 in the society’s building parts of Bushwick and Williamsburg. See BEER on page 6 Wall: Brewing Beer in Brooklyn."
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venue Sunbathers lose their bags By Deborah Kolben stripes near their bags. over the gang-signifying item to her apartment and found the The Brooklyn Papers Another witness said she and instead started swinging front door forced open. A Jade th saw a man fitting the same de- 78 PCT. BLOTTER his arms toward the officer, pinky ring, a silver ring with s Two women taking in scription leaving the park with landing a punch on the right an aquamarine stone and a rtSupplie some afternoon rays in Pros- a group of men. side of his face. gold ring were all reported pect Park fell prey to a thief The thugs got away with Pops guard in the face, say police. The teen was arrested at the stolen. The 16-year-old boy was or thieves who swiped their two bags, a wallet, $80, credit A student at the Secondary school, on Seventh Avenue at And a 61-year-old tenant re- bags and ran away. cards and a cell phone, police “flagging gang colors,” ac- Fourth Street. turned to his apartment at 5:30 A 376 said. School for Law, Journalism cording to a police report, The women were lying pm, to find the door forced and Research — the former Rig hauled off Supplies7 for near Center Drive and East when the officer stopped him, open and a laptop computer, Steamrollered A driver decided to keep on 7th Ave. John Jay High School — at 11:35 am on May 4. the Fine Artist, (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) Drive just after 3 pm on May They’ll take anything these truckin’ this week but his em- digital camera and a pair of 4. While one woman, 28, who punched a school safety agent The youth refused to hand Graphic Artist, days. ployer wasn’t so pleased. binoculars all stolen. was visiting from Los Ange- Student A man parked a steamroller That’s because the driver Car lights taken les, was fast asleep, the other and Children 369-4969 on Third Avenue near Third was supposed to deliver a truck A man getting ready to said she saw a man wearing a Street at 3:30 pm on May 4. full of T-shirts to a client on leave town for a week was in yellow jacket with yellow But when he returned bright April 30. But the driver never for a surprise when he walked and early the next morning, arrived and he never returned up to his car at 6:45 am on the hulking piece of machin- the truck either, police said. May 3. The company, located at ery was no longer there, say Armed The gray Acura was just Columbia and Halleck streets, police. where he had left it the night Forked in thigh filed a complaint with police this week. before, but the car’s pricey An argument turned violent The delivery included 120 headlights were gone. this week when a woman cartons of painted T-shirts val- The 31-year-old motorist pulled out a fork and drove it rob spree ued at just over $20,000, po- said there was also minor into a man’s thigh. lice said. damage to the hood. He val- The attack took place on ued the headlights at $4,000. Warren Street at Third Av- Masked burglars enue, at 7 pm, on May 6. A pair of masked bandits Bike filched Police arrested the 40-year- ripped off at least two apart- Prospect Park West might old woman who was also al- in Slope ments in a building on Sev- be home to multi-million-dol- legedly carrying crack and a enth Avenue and Carroll Street lar brownstones, but apparent- crack pipe, police said. By Deborah Kolben on the afternoon of May 3. ly that does not make it a safe The Brooklyn Papers One second-floor tenant place to park a motorcycle. said she heard noises in the A 37-year-old man parked LEGAL NOTICES Police are searching for a pair of armed bandits who upstairs hallway and called the his 2002 Suzuki bike near went on a crime spree in Park Slope last weekend Articles of Organization of IT – InABox LLC police. But the thugs ran out 12th Street at 5:30 pm. But (“LLC”) were filed with Sec. of State of NY mugging seven people. (“SSNY”) on 3/5/04. Office Location: Kings before cops arrived. when he returned an hour and County. SSNY has been designated as agent The two began their spree, say police, by robbing a woman Another resident of the a half later, both the bike and upon whom process against the LLC may be served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process who was on her way home just after 10 pm on Friday, May 7. same building returned home its hefty lock were gone. to: 722 Carroll Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215. The victim, 41, had just neared her building on Prospect Place GRAND OPENING Purpose: Any lawful business purpose. PS16-21 near Sixth Avenue when the attackers appeared and pushed 1117 Putnam, LLC. Notice of formation of Ltd. her against the door. One hoodlum pulled out a gun and Offering Liability Co. Name: 1117 Putnam, LLC Art. Of pointed it at her head while the other helped himself to her Org. filed Sec Of State of NY 4/7/04. Off. loc.: Kings Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC purse. 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By Michael Weissenstein cluded jail time. terrorist groups. Associated Press “I didn’t do anything wrong,” Elfgeeh According to prosecutors, al-Moayad, a said as he left court shaking hands with leading member of Yemen’s Islamist Re- A Yemen-born man who once relatives and other supporters. “America is form party, told an FBI informant in Ger- owned a Park Slope ice cream shop still ... the best country in the world.” many that he had supplied bin Laden with linked by prosecutors to terrorism The charges against Elfgeeh, 49, stem money, recruits and weapons. funding left a federal courtroom from the relatively straightforward accusa- Al-Moayad was extradited to Brooklyn, smiling and praising America on tion that he transferred money without the where he is being held without bail. Tuesday after a judge agreed to necessary state license. Phone records show al-Moayad had throw out his guilty plea to illegally But prosecutors say that money passed called Elfgeeh’s ice cream shop and kept transferring money overseas. in startling amounts — $20 million — its number in his phone book, prosecutors Judge Charles Sifton said Abad Elfgeeh through the bank accounts of Elfgeeh’s said. did not understand the consequences of Carnival French Ice Cream shop on Fifth In November, before his extradition his October admission that he transferred Avenue between 10th and 11th streets be- from Germany, al-Moayad told an FBI tens of thousands of dollars to bank ac- tween 1997 and early 2003. agent that Elfgeeh had helped him raise counts in Yemen, Switzerland, Thailand Their filings in the case seek to portray money in the United States, they said. and China. Elfgeeh as a link in a system that moved Elfgeeh’s attorney said the allegations “Nobody, but most importantly not Mr. millions of dollars to Osama bin Laden, were undermined by the government’s Elfgeeh, was clearly advised [about] ... his al-Qaeda and Hamas. failure to bring terrorism-related charges rights to a jury trial with the prospect of The current owner of a shop there has against his client. facing the sentences that he now faces,” no connection to Elfgeeh. “The only thing they have credible ev- Sifton said. In a letter requesting the relatively se- idence for is the fact that he was operat- Elfgeeh faced more than 10 years in vere 10-year sentence for Elfgeeh, prose- ing a legal business that they say he prison because of the plea. cutors say he told a confidential informant needed a license for,” attorney Frank Prosecutors said they would try to that he had sent money to Yemeni cleric Hancock said. strike a deal for a second plea but were Sheikh Mohammed Ali Hassan al- Elfgeeh, a naturalized U.S. citizen who ready to put Elfgeeh on trial. Elfgeeh said Moayad, who has pleaded innocent to is expecting his eighth child, remains un- he would not accept any proposal that in- charges that he funneled $20 million to der house arrest at his home in Park Slope. Quality
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