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/ Rebecca Cetta Bridge, with sweeping views of York, although they have opened for Manhattan, partygoers from the Re- Willie Nelson, country singer Char- publican Governors Association will lie Daniels (“Devil Went Down to chow down on Nathan’s hot dogs Georgia”), and singer-turned-psy- and cheesecake from Junior’s in chic Dionne Warwick. Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park.
The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn How did Capitol Offense get their But the entertainment will come start? / Pablo Martinez Monsivais from one of their own. “The people he hired had musical Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee ability and the governor had played won’t make it to the podium at basic guitar as a young boy, so they
On the ball Associated Press Madison Square Garden during the got together in the basement of the Cyclones slugger Tyler Davidson singles during Tuesday night’s game against the Oneonta Tigers Republican National Convention governor’s mansion and had some Vice President Dick Cheney, left, and President George W. Bush, will at Keyspan Park. The first-place Clones are in yet another pennant race and, if they hold on, will this week, but he will get to rock out jam sessions and then they said, be in town for the GOP convention this week. Cheney will accept enter the playoffs — beginning on Sept. 6 — for the fourth straight year. in Brooklyn. See GOVS on page 6 the nomination on Wednesday and Bush will do the same Thursday. Hotel Call for Dolly to set for divest of Nets THIS WEEKEND The plan calls for the state to seize nearly 10 acres of privately-owned Complaint property. Union “As a planning commissioner, Williams can smooth the way for filed with this project, which is gong to line her pockets at taxpayer’s ex- city board pense — and she’s drawing a street $45,131 city salary while she By Deborah Kolben does it,” Goldstein charged. The Brooklyn Papers In a letter to Mark Davies, ex- By Deborah Kolben ecutive director of the Conflicts The Brooklyn Papers Responding to the news that of Interest Board, Goldstein Brooklyn City Planning Com- Along a gritty stretch of Union Street called Williams’ interest in the
missioner Dolly Williams is a Papers File The Brooklyn team a violation of Chapter 68 of just off the Gowanus Canal, across the the City Charter, the section de- Ray Funk co-owner of real estate mogul Dolly Williams street from a casket manufacturer and Bruce Ratner’s recently pur- tailing conflicts of interests in- an oil depot, it takes a special eye to chased New Jersey Nets, a volving city officials. conjure up white bed linens, bell hops ning board made her a key player group opposed to the team’s In his letter, Goldstein states that and pillow mints. in the city’s land use approval the provision applies to all paid Vintage calypso move to Downtown Brooklyn process. She and her husband, But a Queens-based developer with just By Lisa J. Curtis city officers and that the law goes such a vision has secured permits to build a The musical form, with its improvised lyrics, so- filed a grievance this week Adonijah Williams, own A. on to say that a city officer with 56-room hotel on the block between Third GO Brooklyn Editor cial commentary and complex rhythms, made a with the city. Williams Construction and are ownership interest in firms doing and Fourth avenues. While the borough gears up for the annual strong impact in Brooklyn, particularly in the The complaint, filed with the joint investors in the team Ratner business with the city has a con- While the empty lots upon which the ho- West Indian festivities on Labor Day weekend, 1950s, when the borough witnessed an explosion of Conflicts of Interest Board by the hopes to bring to an arena he flict of interest. tel would rise sit just blocks from Park Brooklyn Public Library’s latest exhibit, West Indian immigration, according to the curators. anti-arena group Develop-Don’t would build at the corner of Flat- “[Forest City Ratner] plans to Slope, a neighborhood where brownstones “Calypso Music in Postwar America,” explores The “Calypso Music” artifacts trace the careers of Destroy Brooklyn, charges that by bush and Atlantic avenues. borrow money from the city for now fetch millions of dollars, the Gowanus calypso musicians in nightclubs, concerts, recording investing in the team — as well as “This is a flagrant violation of this project; hence the company the impact of the Trinidadian music sensation studios and movies. Among the artists showcased in neighborhood west of Fourth Avenue is still that swept the nation from 1945 to 1960. in Ratner’s plan to build an arena, city law,” said Daniel Goldstein, a will be doing business with the the exhibit are Lord Invader, Sir Lancelot, the Duke office buildings and a housing de- spokesman for Develop-Don’t De- city,” Goldstein writes. “What is largely industrial. And unlike apartments or Curated by Ray Funk and Stephen Stuempfle, of Iron, Macbeth the Great, Atilla the Hun, Lord velopment — Williams has “bro- stroy. The group opposes Forest also of interest is the fact that retail stores, hotels are an as-of-right use the display of more than 100 archival materials Beginner and Lord Flea. ken the law,” and should be forced City Ratner’s bid to build Atlantic [Forest City Ratner Executive within the current zoning. includes rare photographs, sheet music, song- “Calypso Music in Postwar America,” to either divest of her Nets interest, Yards, a 21-acre project that in- Vice President] Jim Stuckey has The hotel property will stretch from books, album covers and movie posters never be- which is free and open to the public, is estimated at nearly $1 million, or cludes the basketball arena, 4,500 said that his company is ‘work- Union to Sackett streets and is listed as both fore exhibited together, including a lobby card for on display at the library’s Central face criminal prosecution. units of housing and three tower- ing closely with City Planning.’ 628 Sackett and 626 Union. News of a hotel Howard Koch’s 1957 film “Bop Girl Goes Ca- Branch at Grand Army Plaza Borough President Marty ing office buildings on property He has stated this in public on going up in the area was met with mixed re- lypso” (pictured), in which Bobby Troup plays a through Sept. 26. Markowitz’s appointment of extending from the downtown in- several occasions.” actions around the neighborhood, but mostly psychologist who predicts that calypso will su- Call (718) 230-2100 for fur- Williams to the powerful plan- tersection into Prospect Heights. See HOTEL on page 5 percede rock ‘n’ roll in popularity. ther information. See NETS on page 5 BEGINSPAGE ON 8 Long-troubled Heights building loses its face
By Deborah Kolben Firefighters evacuated the building on shattered,” said Andy Pak, 24, who with imminently perilous to life.” building would collapse. Many Brooklyn Heights residents who The Brooklyn Papers the corner of Clark Street and Monroe his girlfriend moved into a fourth-floor The building next door, at 3 Monroe Besides firefighters and police, officials passed by the scene said they were not Place, part of the Brooklyn Heights His- apartment earlier this month. Place, was also vacated and the 2/3 sub- with the Department of Buildings, Office surprised the building collapsed. The front of a five-story building toric District, at 9:30 am after the entire Officials barred tenants of 100 Clark St. way, which runs through a tunnel that of Emergency Management, Department “That looked like it was going to cave in Brooklyn Heights collapsed east-facing facade crashed to the ground. from re-entering the building and the De- passes below the building, was slowed of Housing Preservation and Develop- for years,” said one passerby, who said he Thursday morning, sending residents “I was lying in bed when the window partment of Buildings posted a notice ex- down to minimize vibrations as Buildings ment, and the Red Cross all responded to has lived in the neighborhood for three scrambling for safety. came right at me and then the whole thing plaining “conditions in this premise are Department officials feared the rest of the the scene. See BUILDING on page 5 –––––––––––––––––––––––––––––––– FREE Estate Planning & Medicaid Seminar
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• SILHOUETTES • ANTIQUES 4 train at Boro Hall station • COLLECTIBLES • ART By Deborah Kolben $110 and credit cards in addi- a heart pendant, a gold chain near Fourth Avenue, but at • ETCETERA The Brooklyn Papers tion to $2,200 worth of gold with a pendant bearing the least this time they got away POLICE BLOTTER jewelry including two chains name “Rose,” and a gold ring without any cash. on the shade A Clinton Hill man was and a bracelet, he told police. with the word “love” on it. The thieves broke into the 2 Silhouettes killed by a Manhattan- The thief jumped back into bar and restaurant in the early 482 Court Street bound 4 train at the Borough Gang mugs her “Give me your f----ing mon- he was still thirsty. Perhaps his his Cadillac and drove off east- morning hours of Aug. 17. Af- (718) 858-9229 Hall station this week. A woman walking home (bet. 4th & Luquer) ey,” the cabby insisted when he appetite for caffeine and vod- bound down Atlantic Avenue. along Second Place in Carroll ter smashing the front door, The train struck Jonathan allegedly stopped the woman, a ka is just insatiable. Or maybe Rolled right up Gardens was attacked by a they grabbed the cash register Spivey, 26, at 4:46 pm on Aug. Park Sloper, standing on he’s planning a party of his A woman was sitting in her pack of teens as she neared and fled. 21. Emergency workers took Prospect Park West and 15th own. car on 10th Street near Eighth Henry Street just before mid- Only the cash register had him to Bellevue Hospital in Street at 4 am on Aug. 18. Whatever the reason, a bur- Avenue on Aug. 19 when a night on Aug. 23. no cash, police said. Manhattan where was he was After grabbing her bag, say glar broke into a DUMBO man rolled up in a vehicle be- The ferocious group of 10 The restaurant had been lose weight pronounced dead at 6:15 pm. police, the driver sped off nightclub and art gallery at side her at 2:12 pm and pulled thugs grabbed the woman, 19, burglarized several times be- Police said no criminal ac- down 15th Street towards Jay and John streets through out what appeared to be a from behind and threw her to fore, according to police. tivity was suspected, but could Eighth Avenue. the front door and made off nickel-plated handgun. the ground, causing cuts to Video dilemma for summer! not say how the man wound with a cabinet full of liquor The stolen goods included After instructing the wo- both her knees. Video store decisions are get ready ... get ready ... up on the tracks. $50, credit cards a cell phone and mixers sometime between man to get out of her car, the After grabbing her purse, not easy. 10 am on Aug. 14 and 11 am to take off your cover-up and to lose Cabby caper and a pocketbook valued at scoundrel grabbed her neck- the group fled northbound on Do you want a comedy, show off your super new shape! up to 15 lbs A taxi driver was apparent- $150, according to the com- on Aug. 19. lace and then drove off up Henry Street. drama or new release? Or per- or more in ly moonlighting as a mugger plaint. Clearly planning ahead, the Eighth Avenue, police said. The victim told police the haps the contents of the cash just 21 days! parched thief or thieves made get ready ... call: when he robbed a woman in He ‘wings’ it The victim valued the chain attackers made off with her register? Plus one-on-one off with 20 cases of Red Bull at $400. driver’s license, bank ATM counseling Park Slope, say police. Maybe he got cut off when The answer for a pair of energy drink — it “gives you Coffee daze card, MetroCard, cell phone thugs pursuing the aisles at a 718-522-0189 wings,” states the drink’s and keys. video store on Fifth Avenue 189 Montague Street, Brooklyn Heights, NY catch-phrase — 10 cases of A woman sipping coffee and FORMER N.Y. STATE ASST. ATTORNEY GENERAL studying in a Starbucks at Cashed out and Eighth Street at 12:20 pm Smirnoff vodka (which is of- on Aug. 19 was easy. ten mixed with the caffeine- Court and Joralemon streets in It wasn’t the first time “Pop the drawer,” one of charged potable) and 20 cases Brooklyn Heights didn’t notice crooks broke into a Mexican George S. Popielarski the thieves insisted as he ap- of Poland Spring water, osten- when somebody came up and restaurant on Union Street proached the counter and –––––––– Attorney at Law ––––––––– sibly to rehydrate afterwards. stole her bag, she told police. The victim, 24, sat down at pulled a black handgun out of TED ROTHSTEIN, DDS PhD • 45 Years Experience Old vs. young a table with her coffee, around a brown paper bag. Adults and Children • Accidents 31 Smith Street A senior citizen was arrest- 3:30 pm on Aug. 20, placed When the store clerk re- (bet. Livingston and Fulton) ed this week after she alleged- the bag beside herself and be- fused to open the drawer, the • Workers Compensation ly attacked a woman inside gan reading. A few minutes frustrated filchers fled the Named Invisalign “Top 500 Docs” • Criminal Defense Brooklyn, NY 11201 her home on Second Street later, the Park Sloper turned store and ran down Eighth • Admitted to all courts, between Fifth and Sixth av- around and the bag was gone. Street towards Fourth Avenue. Specialist in Lingual (behind the teeth) including U.S. Supreme (718) 330-0404 enues, ripping a gold chain off The thief made off with a Court Hair salon rob the much younger woman’s leather bag, Cavali sunglasses • 852-1551 • • www.drted.com • neck and knocking her to the valued at $250, a cell phone and An African hair-braiding ground, police said. keys, according to the victim. salon downtown was looted BROOKLYN HEIGHTS SINCE 1976 sometime between 6:30 am The Aug. 20 incident began Subway rob 2X Tues. - Sat. 11-7 PM just before 5 pm when the 67- and 12:20 pm on Aug. 15. Take a moment to year-old Park Sloper grabbed A bungling jewelry thief Our store is located in a An employee returned to the 25-year-old woman around tried to rip off a woman exit- Landmarked building, the store, on Livingston Street LEGAL NOTICES ing the R-line subway station focus on your health her neck, scratching her face so Step Back In Time. near Bond Street, and noticed at Fourth Avenue and Union SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS assigned, to be held at the Courthouse, located at and arms, and causing redness the front door open and a 27- Street at 12:10 am on Aug. 17 Index No.: 4875/04 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York, on the • Pain and swelling. Greeting Cards • Jewelry inch television and VCR miss- D/O/F: 8/11/04 15th day of September 2004, at 9:30 o’clock in the but only managed to break it forenoon of that day, or as soon thereafter as coun- • Fatigue Police were called into the China • Accessories ing. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK sel can be heard, why an Order should not be in two. COUNTY OF KINGS issued dissolving the corporation pursuant to BCL • Joint Replacement apartment and placed the Dolls • Toiletries Punch ‘n’ rob —————————————————————-x § 1104-a(1) & (2), and this Court having read the The thief then ran off with- NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST AND THE BANK OF NEW • Chronic Backache woman under arrest. papers in support of this application, and after due out trying to stop and scoop Journals • Jewelry Boxes There’s something to be YORK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTODI- deliberation thereon, the Court further finds that • Work Related Injuries AN FOR THE NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST, irreparable harm to the Petitioner would occur if Driver wanted up the torn necklace. And More said for asking first and Plaintiffs, the Respondents continue to unlawfully and • Neck and Shoulder Pain —against— improperly operate the Malmar Gift, Inc. corpora- The thief drove a black At 6 pm the same day, a punching later. But a pair of tion’s business and that the loss of the ongoing • Joint Dislocations / Fractures THOMAS FULLER; if living, or if either or all be business or the resultant damage to the Malmar Cadillac. But he stopped nev- woman waiting for a Brook- street toughs ignored that rule dead, their wives, husbands, heirs-at-law, next of • Repetitive Stress Conditions name and logo constitutes irreparable harm and ertheless, on Atlantic Avenue lyn-bound R train at the same this week when he ap- kin, distributees, executors, administrators, what the Petitioner stands to lose cannot be fully • We use Diapulse Technology assignees, lienors and generally all persons having compensated by subsequent monetary damages; near Henry Street, when he station was stopped by a thief A Vintage Gift Shop proached a man at the Smith- or claiming under, by or through said Defendants that Petitioner has presented serious questions • Most Insurances Accepted Ninth Street F-line subway by purchase, inheritance, lien or otherwise, of any going to the merits of the claim and the balance of spotted something he wanted. who pulled out a black hand- Angela Fernan, PROP. right, title or interest in and to the premises equities tips firmly in Petitioner’s favor; and, if the REHAB ONE station at 6:30 am on Aug. 19. described in the complaint herein, and the respec- status quo is not preserved the Petitioner’s interest “Give me your money and gun and demanded her jewelry. 274 Court Street tive husbands, wives, widow or widowers of them, in Respondent MALMAR GIFT INC.’S business will PHYSICAL & “Give me your money,” one if any, all of whose names are unknown to plaintiffs; be wiped out, and it is therefore ORDERED, that 360 Court St. your jewelry,” the thug insist- The victim, 17, who was (bet. Kane & DeGraw) STATE FUNDING CORPORATION; NEW YORK the respondents GALA KOPROV, /k/a GALA OCCUPATIONAL CITY PARKING VIOLATIONS BUREAU; CITY OF bet. Union and President ed as he pointed a semi-auto- headed home to Sunset Park, thug insisted after he punched KAPROV-GLAZAREV, ALEXANDRA SHURA (718) 522-1800 NEW YORK WATER ENFORCEMENT UNIT; THE THERAPY matic handgun at a man walk- handed over a gold chain with the victim in the head. ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL BOARD OF THE ROZENBLAT and MALMAR GIFT, INC., its officers, (718) 858-3335 CITY OF NEW YORK; NEW YORK CITY DEPART- and its directors shall furnish to the court, with ing along the avenue. The other suspect went into MENT OF HOUSING, PRESERVATION AND copies to the petitioner and all other parties having Open M-F,late hours M&W DEVELOPMENT; NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT appeared in this preceeding, a schedule of the The 48-year-old victim, of the 22-year-old’s pockets and ADJUDICATION BUREAU; THE PEOPLE OF THE corporate assets and liabilities; and, the name and ATTORNEY helped himself to his wallet STATE OF NEW YORK; UNITED STATES OF AMER- address of each shareholder and of each creditor Fort Greene, handed over ICA; “JOHN DOE No. 1” through “JOHN DOE and claimant, including any with unliquidated or Law Offices of and $96. No. 100” inclusive, the name of the last 100 defen- contingent claims and any with whom the corpora- dants being fictitious, the true names of said tion has unfulfilled contracts or leases; and, from No headlights defendants being unknown to plaintiffs, it being December 1, 2003 to the present date, copies of Joslyn A. Tucker, Esq. intended to designate fee owners, tenants or occu- all purchase orders, US custom statements, over- A woman parked her car on pants of the liened premises and/or persons or par- seas and domestic air and land freight invoices or *Divorce *Custody *Visitation *Child Support ties having or claiming an interest in or a lien upon statements from domestic or international suppli- Seventh Street between Eighth the liened premises, if the aforesaid individual ers, manufactures, wholesalers or vendors; and, A weekend *Parental Rights *Grandparents *Guardianship defendants are living, and if any or all of said indi- from December 1, 2003 to the present date, exact Avenue and Prospect Park vidual defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next copies of all daily, weekly, monthly and quarterly *Orders of Protection *Juvenile Proceedings of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, statements or reports of all retail and wholesale West at 8 pm on Aug. 7, but trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and sales made by the Respondent MALMAR GIFT, Call now for immediate help: when she returned two days lat- assignees, lienors, creditors and successors in INC. or any affiliate of the corporation; and exact stage-school experience! interest of them and generally all persons having or copies of all original and/or amended New York er there was something missing claiming under, by, through, or against the said State Sales Tax reports filed by the corporation (212) 822-1457 defendants named as a class, of any right, title, or since June 1, 2003; and, copies of New York State — the headlights. interest in or lien upon the premises described in Payroll Tax forms filed by the corporation since Free Consultation ...Right across the Brooklyn Bridge the complaint herein, January 1, 2003; and, it is further ORDERED, pur- TAGECOACH teaches 4-16 year olds The motorist, 48, reported suant to paragraph (c) of section 1104-a of the the pricey headlights missing Defendants. Business Corporation Law, that, in addition to all the skills they need to act, sing and 305 Broadway, New York, New York 10007 —————————————————————-x other disclosure requirements, the directors or Email: [email protected] from her 2003 Infinity to po- those in control of the corporation within thirty dance. Soon students begin to stand bet- TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: days after filing of the petition under BCL § 1104- lice at 9 pm on Aug. 19. a, shall make available for inspection and copying S YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the to the petitioners under reasonable working condi- ter, move more freely, express themselves more Amended Complaint in this action, and to serve a tions the corporate financial books and records for copy of your Answer, or, if the Amended Complaint the three preceding years; and it is further clearly and grown in confidence, self-reliance is not served with this Supplemental Summons, to ORDERED, that a copy of this order shall be pub- GAY FRIENDLY BROOKLYN MEDICAL PRACTICE serve a Notice of Appearance on the Plaintiffs’ lished in a newspaper of general circulation in the and self-esteem. Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of county where the office of corporation is located as this Supplemental Summons, exclusive of the day of of the date of this order once in each of the three There’s no audition, all they need is • General Male Health Issues service, where service is made by delivery upon you weeks before the time appointed for the hearing personally within the State, or within thirty (30) days thereon; to wit; ocean parkway newspaper. AN HOUR TO SING enthusiasm. after completion of service where service is made in ORDERED that a copy of this order to show cause, COMPREHENSIVE HIV CARE INCLUDING: any other manner, and in case of your failure to together with the papers and exhibits submitted For further information or to receive a appear or answer, judgment will be taken against by Petitioner in support thereof be personally you by default for the relief demanded in the served on the Defendant/Respondents Gala brochure on: • Hormone Replacement • Nutritional and Amended Complaint. Kaprov, a/k/a Gala Kaprov-Glazarev, Alexandra Shura Rozenblat and Malmar Gift, Inc. and upon • Lipodystrophy Psychological Support TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANTS: their attorneys, Blank Rome LLP and by certified United States mail, return receipt requested, upon The foregoing summons is served upon you by • Weekend classes for 4-16 year olds the NYS STATE DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION, and • Wasting Syndrome • Case Management publication pursuant to an Order of the Honorable starting 9/25/04 Ariel E. Belen of the Supreme Court of the State of upon the Hon. Elliott Spitzer, the NYS Attorney • Salvage Therapy • Legal Aide New York, entered on July 29, 2004, and filed with General, and upon all other interested parties, on supporting papers in the Office of the Clerk of the or before the 20th of August 2004. OP34-36 • Classes for 4-6 year olds County of Kings, State of New York. IMMEDIATE APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by The nature of this action is to foreclose a tax lien the Civil Court, Kings County on the 4th day of please contact the Principal of your local Brooklyn certificate against said premises. August, 2004, bearing the Index Number N00517/2004, a copy of which may be examined AN HOUR TO DANCE Heights StageCoach, Richard Padro, at: Said premises being known as and by 896 Greene at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11221 which is more KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, fully described as Block: 1621; Lot: 24. New York 11201, in room 007, grants me rights to: Assume the name of: Adam Mitchell Roberts. My 718-852-3208 Dated: August 9, 2004 present name is: George Adam Roberts. My pres- Carle Place, New York ent address is: 175 Skillman Street, 1st Fl., Brooklyn, NY 11205. My place of birth is: PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE • BOARD CERTIFIED PHYSICIAN Mary McLoughlin, Esq. Manhattan, NY. My date of birth is: 07/25/1985. ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C. BP34 AGGRESSIVE ADVOCACY FOR OVER 15 YEARS Attorneys for Plaintiffs One Old Country Road, Suite 200 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by Carle Place, New York 11514 the Civil Court, Kings County on the 26th day of M.D., A.A.F.P. (516) 741-2585 July, 2004, bearing the Index Number JOSEPH G. OLIVIERI, BP36 N00487/2004, a copy of which may be examined Notice of formation of Star Properties Group LLC. at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, UNSET ARK ROOKLYN Arts. of Org. filed with the Secy. of State of N.Y. KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, 313-43rd Street – S P , B Monday to Friday (SSNY) on 7/26/04. Office location: Kings County. New York 11201, in room 007, grants me rights to: SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom Assume the name of: Angelica Vinas Rodriguez. AN HOUR TO ACT 3rd Avenue and 43rd Street 10am to 6pm process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail a My present name is: Angelia Oppenheimer Vinas. copy of process to LLC, 8220 Fort Hamilton Pkwy. My present address is: 67 Ten Eyck Street, #2L, #4H, Brooklyn, NY 11209. Purpose: any lawful Brooklyn, NY 11206. My place of birth is: Brooklyn, activity. NY. My date of birth is: 07/18/1982. BP34 SERVING ALL FAITHS BP38 SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS. MORT- Notice is hereby given that a license, number RELIGIOUS SERVICES Brooklyn Vein-Laser Center GAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS 1154713 for beer has been applied for La Piaxteca INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AEGIS MORTGAGE Poblana Restaurant & Bakery, Inc., to sell beer at CORP., Plaintiff, Against DAVID ANGEL HERNAN- retail in a restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage DEZ, et al. Defendant(s). Pursuant to a judgment of Control Law at 4314 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY COMPLETE ONE DAY foreclosure and sale duly dated 1/23/2004, I, the 11232 for on-premise consumption. PARK SLOPE Exclusively for treatment of varicose undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at BP34-35 Union the KINGS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, ROOM #261, JEWISH CENTER 360 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY on 9/9/2004 at NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT: KINGS veins of all sizes and spider veins. 3:00PM premises known as 1084 Madison St., COUNTY. JP MORGAN CHASE BANK AS FUNERAL SERVICES 8th Avenue at 14th St. TRUSTEE FOR SASCO MORTGAGE PASS - Temple Brooklyn, NY. ALL that certain plot piece or parcel Fri. nights 7:30 pm of land, with the buildings and improvements THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2003-AM1, Pltf. Sat. mornings 10 am Park Slope’s Friendliest Reform Congregation thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the vs. DIANNA WILSON, ET AL, Deft. Index #40749/03. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure FROM e SHABBAT SERVICES: Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings City and SERVICES Adult Ed Hebrew School State of New York, Block 3368 Lot 12 Approximate and sale dated July 30, 2004, I will sell at public Rabbi Carie Carter First & Third Friday monthly amount of lien $338,046.59 plus interest and costs. auction at the Kings County Supreme Courthouse in Room 261 located at 360 Adams St., Brooklyn, ROVIDED $ Park Slope’s Egalitarian, followed by Potluck Dinner 6:30 p.m. Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed P judgment Index# 03-13828. JEROME COHEN, NY on Sept. 30, 2004 at 3:00 pm. Prem. k/a: 479 1,999 PLUS Conservative Synagogue All other Friday evenings 8:15 p.m. Esq., Referee. Jordan S. Katz, P.C., Attorneys at Evergreen Ave., Brooklyn, NY. Said property on All Removal from Place of Law, 585 Stewart Avenue, Suite L-70, Garden City, THAT CERTAIN LOT, PIECE OF LAND, with the • CEMETERY 768-1453 R28-30 Saturday mornings 10:30 a.m. New York 11530. Dated: 7/27/2004 File#: Jsk 4498 building thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City Death (Local) jvr. BP34 17 Eastern Parkway and State of New York, Section, Block and Lot 11- Preparation of Remains at Grand Army Plaza Notice of formation of a Limited Liability Co. 3359-3. Approx. amount of judgment is • ––––– Name: City Solar/Solar Globe, LLC. Articles of $245,343.47 plus costs and interest. Sold subject ––––– 638-3649 Organization filed with Secretary of State on to terms and conditions of filed judgment and Dressing, Casketing, JUREK- R43 6/03/04. Office Location: Kings County. Secretary terms of sale. JOHN MONTELEONE, Referee. • of State NY is designated as agent of LLC upon DRUCKMAN & SINEL, LLP, Attys. for Pltf., 242 Cosmetology Drexel Ave., Westbury, NY. You are always welcome whom process against it may be served SSNY is to BP34-37 PARK SLOPE mail copy of process to LLC c/o Tracy Fitz, 531A • Arrangement Kabbalat Shabbat Service 7:00 p.m. 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Latest date to SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF KINGS. MORT- & Supervision FUNERAL HOME, INC. Shabbat Shalom! dissolve: none. Purpose: Any lawful act or activity. GAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS Saturday Mornings BP34 INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AEGIS MORTGAGE Presented by CORP., Plaintiff, Against DAVID ANGEL HERNAN- Securing All Doris V. Amen Torah study 9:00 a.m. PRESENT: HON. JUSTICE Bernadete Bayne. Index DEZ, et al. Defendant(s). Pursuant to a judgment of • FUNERAL DIRECTOR/PROPRIETOR Congregation No. 21391/2004. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. foreclosure and sale duly dated 1/23/2004, I, the Necessary Permits Services 10:30 a.m. MALVINA SPEKTOR, Plaintiff/Petitioner, -against- undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at B’nai Avraham GALA KOPROV, /k/a GALA KAPROV-GLAZAREV, the KINGS COUNTY COURTHOUSE, ROOM #261, Chapel - One Day Brooklyn’s Largest ALEXANDRA SHURA ROZENBLAT, ALSANDRA 360 Adams St., Brooklyn, NY on 9/9/2004 at • 728 4th Avenue ENTERPRISES, INC. MALMAR GIFT, INC., NYS 3:00PM premises known as 1084 Madison St., Reform Congregation Modern Orthodox Synagogue Before ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, AND THE NYS ($300.00 per day) (cor. 23rd St.) Brooklyn, NY. ALL that certain plot piece or parcel of Brooklyn Heights After DEPARTMENT OF TAXATION. of land, with the buildings and improvements Eighth Avenue and Garfield Place After Hearse to Cemetery (Local) BROOKLYN, NY 11232 Defendants/Respondents. UPON READING AND thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the 117 Remsen St. • 596-4840 FILING the Verified Complaint annexed hereto, Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings City and • PARK SLOPE filed with this Court on July 2, 2004, the annexed State of New York, Block 3368 Lot 12 Approximate Exclusive Patent pending procedure Verified Petition by Malvina Specter, the beneficial Casket - Gray Cloth/White (718) 768-4192 Rabbi Aaron Raskin amount of lien $338,046.59 plus interest and costs. • 768-3814 R43 holder of twenty percent or more of all outstand- Interior (upgrades avail.) All work done in the office ing shares of MALMAR GIFT, INC., entitled to vote Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed 20 YEARS in an election of directors of said corporation, ver- judgment Index# 03-13828. JEROME COHEN, Congregation Candle No need for major anesthesia ified the 30th day of June 2004, with exhibits 1-22 Esq., Referee. Jordan S. Katz, P.C., Attorneys at ––––– experience annexed thereto, the Affirmation of William E. Law, 585 Stewart Avenue, Suite L-70, Garden City, * * * * * ALTERNATIVE––––– SERVICES * * * * * Weber, Esq. dated July 8, 2004, and the Petitioner, New York 11530. Dated: 7/27/2004 File#: Jsk 4498 Immediate return to work Kol Israel Lighting Malvina Specter, having appeared before this jvr. BP34 DIRECT CREMATION: $695.00 + Crematory Located in Prospect Heights f Court by her attorneys, Baron Associates P.C. by since 1924 William E. Weber Esq., in support of said applica- Notice of formation of a Limited Liability Co. DIRECT BURIAL: $995.00 + CEMETERY tion for an order granting dissolution pursuant to Name: City Solar/Solar Globe, LLC. Articles of 603 St. Johns Place Ki Tavo 263 7th Avenue, Suite 5E BCL § 1104-a and for an order appointing a Organization filed with Secretary of State on bet. Classon & Franklin Fri., September 3, before 7:06pm Receiver pursuant to BCL § 1113, Let the 6/03/04. Office Location: Kings County. Secretary NOT INCLUDED ARE THE FOLLOWING: Defendants/Respondents MALMAR GIFT, INC. of State NY is designated as agent of LLC upon Church/Clergy Honoraria/Pallbearers; Memorial Cards/Limousine/Clothing; 638-6583 (718) 499-7755 GALA KOPROV, a/k/a GALA KAPROV-GLAZAREV, whom process against it may be served SSNY is to Rabbi Elkanah Schwartz Nitzavim-Vayelech ALEXANDRA SHURA ROZENBLAT, the New York mail copy of process to LLC c/o Tracy Fitz, 531A Chapel for Morning Services; Gratuities/Death Certificates State Department of Taxation, and the Hon. Elliot 6th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Latest date to Fri. at Sunset • Sat. 10:30am Fri., September 10 , before 6:55pm Spitzer, Attorney General of the State of New York, dissolve: none. 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in Reliability # in Quality Jewels by 1in Service Revised Walentas tower SATNICK OK’d by City Planning th venue We service all mechanical By Deborah Kolben The original proposal had be used by a non-profit arts Yassky, whose district includes rt & quartz watches & repair The Brooklyn Papers neighboring community groups groups and removed a pro- DUMBO and neighboring Supplies all jewelry on premises fuming, calling the 17-story posed penthouse that would Brooklyn Heights, said, “I op- Despite vocal community building too large, out of scale have added 10-feet to the opposition, developer David posed this building as original- with the surrounding low-rise taller portion of the building. ly proposed, but this is signifi- A 376 HARTLEY F. SATNICK Walentas received approval buildings, and too close to the Department of City Planning Certified Master Watchmaker cantly different. I’m not going Supplies7 for 7th Ave. from the City Planning iconic span just 70 feet away. Director Amanda Burden, who toump to the conclusion that SERVING BROOKLYN FOR OVER 40 YEARS At that height, the groups all also chairs the City Planning (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) Commission this week after it’s the same thing. the Fine Artist, said, invaluable views of the Commission, praised the plan Graphic Artist, 196 Joralemon St. (off Court St) modifying his plan to build a Asked if he would cast a
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NOT JUST NETS • THE NEW BROOKLYN • NOT JUST NETS Pols call Olympic arena plans a land grab Say mayor, developers want to hurry projects under guise of stronger 2012 bid By Deborah Kolben which Ratner wants as a home for his recently pur- Winter Olympics. The Brooklyn Papers chased New Jersey Nets, was included in a modi- Hatch, who now lives in New York and runs a fied 2012 Olympic plan as a venue for all gymnas- Web site that tracks the city’s 2012 bid, has said Opponents of Bruce Ratner’s plan to tics events, a highlight of the summer games. the mayor’s plan is “too costly, too complicated, build a basketball arena in Prospect At the Aug. 24 news conference, Assembly- too congested and too controversial to win.” Heights joined forces with opponents of a man Richard Gottfried, whose district includes Hatch also criticized the city for trying to be- planned football stadium on Manhattan’s the Jets stadium proposed for the far west side of gin construction on Olympic venues before re- West Side this week. Manhattan — another proposed Olympic venue ceiving a nod from the International Olympic The two plans both figure prominently in — called the bid a “a phony Olympic scam.” Committee, a move, he says, no other success- Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s bid to bring the “We don’t need to get this stadium going for ful city has ever undertaken. 2012 Olympics to New York. the Olympics,” said Gottfried, refuting claims Connecting the bid to controversial projects At a press conference on the steps of City Hall by the mayor and Deputy Mayor Dan Doc- that are facing community opposition and re- Tuesday, members of the two groups, joined by tororff, who heads the NYC 2012 effort, that quire the taking of private property under the an Olympic bid expert, charged that the shovels must be in the ground by 2005 to governmental power of eminent domain, which Bloomberg administration was merely using the strengthen New York’s bid. both the Nets and Jets plan require, could sig-
Olympic effort to push the two projects through. Organizers of Tuesday’s rally also hoisted up nificantly hurt the city’s chances of snagging Callan / Tom “This is really about a land grab wrapped in a banner on a four-story building on Pacific the Olympics, said Hatch. Olympic rings,” charged Daniel Goldstein, a Street earlier this week that would face the Jennifer Falk, a spokeswoman for Bloomberg, spokesman for Develop-Don’t Destroy Brook- wrecking-ball if Ratner’s plan goes through. called the opponents claim “disengenuous.” lyn, a group of residents fighting Ratner’s plan Under the Olympic symbol of interlocking “The Atlantic Yards project was announced to build an arena combined with skyscrapers rings, the sign read: “Please Don’t Destroy our months before the decision was made to use this and apartment towers on 21 acres of land Homes.” spectacular arena,” said Falk. “ Papers The Brooklyn stretching east from the intersection of Flatbush “This is about real estate, not the Olympics,” It is disingenuous for those opposed to any Flanked by East New York Councilman Charles Barron (far left), state Sen. Velmanette Montgomery and and Atlantic avenues. said Brian Hatch, who was deputy mayor of kind of development whatsoever in this city to as- Develop-Don’t Destroy Brooklyn’s Daniel Goldstein (far right) former Salt Lake City Deputy Mayor Brian That 800,000-square-foot, 19,000-seat arena, Salt Lake City during preparations for the 2002 sert otherwise.” Hatch slams New York’s Olympic bid outside City Hall on Tuesday. Staples mega-store coming to Coney Island
By Jotham Sederstrom would build a 13,000-square- Things late last year and ex- a dilapidated lot plagued by il- but complications resulted yield 15 construction jobs and a small commercial area. The will also be redeveloped. The Brooklyn Papers foot Staples across the street pects to open the Staples next legal dumping. On behalf of from the large amount of pol- 25 jobs in the Staples store it- area has a lot of work that has “I think that once those from the newly opened Linens year. Several other major re- the city, EDC worked with the lution that had accumulated on self, said a spokesman for the to be done.” plans come out, you’ll see In what neighborhood ‘n’ Things in the building for- tailers on the currently drab developer to clean up the site the site over the years. Economic Development Corp. In October, members of the guns blaring away,” said Ho- leaders hope is the first sign merly occupied by Topps Ap- strip are also planned, said and make it suitable for eco- Esrig said the store, which is As for continued develop- Coney Island Development race Bullard, a major property of a coming development pliance City, which closed Marc Esrig, a managing mem- nomic development.” slated to open within one year, ment in the area, Esrig said that Corporation expect to unveil a owner whose holdings include boom, Staples office supply several years ago. The devel- ber of the group. Esrig said that the group will be built from the ground up within “the first quarter of 2005” rough plan for the future of the land where the old Thunder- store will join a Linens ‘n’ opment sits at the intersection “The development of this purchased the 25,900-square- at a cost of approximately $3.4 residents can expect to see more neighborhood. Many property bolt roller coaster once stood, Things in an underdevel- of Cropsey Avenue and Hart property is great news for foot city-owned lot for approx- million. Two derelict buildings big-name stores, though which owners say that once those next to Keyspan Park Place near the Coney Island Coney Island and the neigh- imately $500,000, a cost that were demolished earlier this ones he declined to say. plans are revealed, much of the “Coney Island is a name oped area of Coney Island. Creek and the Belt Parkway. boring communities,” said included about $46,845 in en- year, including the former “It would be another big area bordered by Neptune Av- known all over the world and The Economic Develop- SAM Coney Island LLC, Economic Development Corp. vironmental cleanup costs. The Topps, which closed four years name, hopefully another big enue to the north, the beach you would spend millions of ment Corporation announced which is comprised mostly of President Andrew Alper in a deal, which includes both pub- ago. An adjacent lot will be used name retailer,” said Esrig. and boardwalk to the south, dollars to get that kind of recog- on Thursday that a Manhattan- Vista Realty Partners in Man- prepared statement announc- lic and private property, began for parking. “We’re looking to redevelop Ocean Parkway to the east and nition,” Bullard said. There’s based development group hattan, developed Linens ‘n’ ing the Staples deal. “This was taking shape five years ago, The project is expected to and we’d probably demolish in West 37th Street to the west definitely a lot of interest.”
Our 16th Year Kids’N Shape of Bay Ridge, Inc. Dean rallies for Owens at Boro Hall, Junior’s “A Recreational Program By Jess Wisloski things, every day.” cilwoman Tracy Boyland, a The Brooklyn Papers Albertina Charles walked former ally. Due to the enmity for children that provides Howard Dean strutted up and embraced Owens, not lingering from the bitter race into the throng of Brook- seeming to notice Dean, who between Owens and Una lynites gathered outside stood right next to her. “I just Clarke, her daughter’s chal- Fun & Fitness” wanted to thank Congressman lenge came as less of a sur- Borough Hall Tuesday Owens so much. My hus- prise, but Boyland, her brother • Air-Conditioned Facility afternoon as if he were still Discount for • Licensed Teachers band’s been trying to get his and father have all benefited • Supervised Groups a contender for the White green card, and he’s been help- from their close ties to Owens Second Child • Excellent Staff to Child Ratio House. Again and again the ing me with that,” she said. during the past 20 years. modest crowd cheered for And despite the camera “We’re close personal him, a conga drummer gave crew and adjacent tables the friends,” Owens said of Boy- Best Action Party his skins a succession of Junior’s waitstaff had to land. “We’re from the same (Ages 3 - 11 yrs. old) furious slaps, and Dean arrange to accommodate the town in the South, and I’ve in Brooklyn struck his signature crowd, barely a waiter lifted known her whole family. –PROGRAM INCLUDES – clamped-teeth smirk for a eyes from their check pads as “It’s hard to take,” he said barrage of flashing cameras. they took orders. of her challenge. Gymnastics Cable Ride Dean didn’t seem to take Despite his frustration, Olympics Aerobics “Howard Dean took the sub- Mango / Greg Basketball Air Hockey way — he wants you to know any of it poorly, and for the Owens seemed relaxed as he Volleyball Obstacle Course he’s one of us!” crowed Rep. few hangers-on who did fol- attended to his grandson at Floor Hockey Special Events low the group into Junior’s, Junior’s. Soccer Award Days Major Owens, a central Brook- lyn incumbent who faces two he happily obliged by chat- “I don’t worry about losing Arts & Crafts Girls Club ting with them or having his any groups. I don’t worry Drama Boys Team Sports
Democratic challengers in the Papers The Brooklyn picture taken. about my loyal supporters,” Sept. 14 primary. Howard Dean joined Rep. Major Owens at Junior’s Restaurant in Downtown Brooklyn for Owens, who has announced he said between goodbyes as OPEN HOUSE Dean, whose own Internet- that this will be his final run for people trickled out, leaving Tues.-Fri.: 9/14-9/17, 3-4:15pm launched campaign for the De- some cheesecake Tuesday after a rally for the congressman’s re-election at Borough Hall. Congress, is being challenged hunks of the restaurant’s fa- Sat. morning: 9/18, 9-11am mocratic presidential nomina- • AFTERSCHOOL CLASSES by Flatbush City Council- bled cheesecake unfinished tion propelled him to • MORNING TODDLER PROGRAM Owens, who has held the port,” Dean added, referencing Barely a bystander batted an woman Yvette Clarke, daugh- on the plates around him. front-runner status before the • BIRTHDAY PARTIES seat since 1982, greeted his Owens’ predominantly black, eye as Owens walked side-by- ter of his 2000 rival, former Added Owens, “I have a Democratic primaries, was newly announced political largely Caribbean, constituen- side with Dean, who was once Located at St. Mary’s Church Councilwoman Una Clarke, large group out there that I there to support Owens as part ally with a one-armed hug, cy. “I think Major was coura- on the cover of three national and by Crown Heights Coun- know will vote for me.” 192 81st St. (off Ridge Blvd.) Bay Ridge of his “Democracy for Ameri- and the group of children, geous — he did the right thing. magazines in one week, and 945-5252 ca” campaign. That effort has parents, teachers and commu- Loyalty means a great deal in who has been immortalized in taken the former Vermont gov- nity leaders standing on the politics. And if somebody’s go- countless television and Inter- ernor from state to state in the steps behind them, many ing to be on my side, I’m nev- net sound bytes for his hoarse TAX-FREE WEEK past few months, voicing sup- holding signs in support of er going to forget that.” and seemingly crazed scream at port for Democratic congres- Owens, clapped fervently. Owens returned the praise. of “Yeeeeeeah!” delivered at sional candidates, and issuing a Asked why he came to “He cares about the things we the close of a speech to sup- slope sports call for voters to become more Brooklyn for the event, Dean care about,” he said of Dean, porters after losing the Iowa CELEBRATE involved at the grassroots level. didn’t hesitate. addressing his comments to the caucuses. high-performance running gear The Sept. 24 rally at Bor- “Early on, when we sought mostly black group of support- The most Dean received ough Hall was being called a congressional support it was ers around him. The con- Tuesday was a sidelong Tues., Aug. 31- Tues., Sept. 6 “Students Need Peace” rally, pretty tough-going because I stituents provided the obligato- glance. No sales tax on footwear and clothing under $110 but more than anything it was the only outsider in the ry cheers, and stayed with In fact, many passersby on Get your new running Gear up for Chai Elul served to highlight Owens’ re- race. Major signed on with us Owens and Dean, following Fulton Street barely looked at shoes & gear for Back-to-School election bid in the 11th Con- early on,” he said, speaking their joint entourage to Junior’s the mass of people walking the Marathon! season gressional District, which in- into a small microphone at- Restaurant, at Flatbush Avenue down the street. One man Saturday, Sept. 4, 9:30-11pm cludes most of Park Slope, tached to a megaphone. “We Extension and DeKalb Av- shrugged it off when asked if End of Summer Sale — Sept. 4-6 only Crown Heights, Flatbush, and actually ended up having more enue, stopping occasionally to he knew who Dean was, and All in-store apparel marked down 30% or more! parts of Cobble Hill, Boerum congressional support than shake hands along Fulton then shook his head. “You Get additional savings with No Sales Tax! with Hill, East Flatbush and Mid- anybody else. Just goes to Street. have to understand,” he said Inspirational Stories, wood. 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By Jess Wisloski “We drove by and I nor explained that somebody The Brooklyn Papers could’ve sworn it was just a had come up with the idea of A fire broke out early little fire,” said June Kelley, a last-minute clearance sale, Thursday morning in a 24, a former resident of the which might help generate neighborhood who stopped on some of the money Sara will Middle Eastern restaurant Thursday afternoon to ask need to start over. on Seventh Avenue in Park someone standing outside the Chris Houghton, the owner Slope gutting the eatery burned-out storefronts what of Trailer Park, a kitschy fur- and crippling the two had happened. niture and home decor shop stores adjacent to it, one a “I was sure it was going to on Sterling Place, immediate- neighborhood mainstay be out,” she said, noting that ly offered his sidewalk area for the past 30 years. firefighters were already on for whatever his friend Sara Fire Department investiga- the scene. I didn’t think it was might need. He said he met tors had not determined the that bad. We saw people out- Sara through the Park Slope cause of the blaze at press side in their robes, standing Chamber of Commerce, of time but from the looks of the around, though, so they may which she is an active mem- devastation to the Olive Vine have been there for a while.” ber, several years ago. He and
Cafe, at 81 Seventh Ave. be- “The plants were un- Sara worked Thursday morn- Callan / Tom tween Berkeley Place and touched in the back,” Jackie ing, along with her employees Union Street, neighbors and Connor, a longtime Park Slop- and their spouses — not to merchants believed it may er and a regular patron of mention handfuls of neighbors have started there. ZuZu’s Petals explained to a — to empty the store of any- patron of the shop, Gail Dono- thing they could salvage. The fire also raged through Papers The Brooklyn two businesses on either side van, as she surveyed the dam- “There was an amazing of the restaurant, Seventh Av- age on Thursday. She encour- outpouring of support by the Collapsed facade of 100 Clark St. at corner of Monroe enue Farm, a small grocery aged Donavan to come by on community,” Sara said on Place, which came crashing down on Tuesday, Aug. 26. and produce store, and ZuZu’s Mango / Greg Saturday to support Sara in Thursday. “All my neighbors Petals, a plant and flower shop case she held a “fire sale” of made an assembly line to in business since 1974, which the goods she was able to sal- clean out the store.” shared the same building as vage. The Blue Apron, on Union BUILDING… the restaurant. Donovan nodded emphati- Street, and The Park Cafe, cally. “People will definitely across the street from Zu Zu’s, Continued from page 1 The fire did not spread to Papers The Brooklyn the upstairs apartments. be willing to contribute, too,” offered free food and bever- decades. Jimmy Kim, owner of the A fire that destroyed the Olive Vine restaurant Thursday spread into the ZuZu’s Petals she said. ages for the volunteers, and The 15-unit building, built in 1852, has received a slew of grocery, said on Thursday that flower shop next door. The Seventh Avenue shop has been a Slope mainstay for 30 years. The stores were shuttered the Brownstone car service violations including failure to maintain the facade and work- his store had suffered structur- Thursday afternoon, and yel- loaned Sara a lock (hers were ing without a permit, according to a Buildings Department al damage as a result of the the comings and goings of all shop, calling to say flames had at midnight. low police tape surrounded broken by firefighters battling spokeswoman. blaze, which broke at around those nearby designer stores. been bursting from the Olive Asked if he thought arson the front sidewalk. Kim ap- the blaze) so she could shutter “I am familiar with the landlord and with this building in 12:30 am on Aug. 26. No one was injured in the Vine, and she might want to was a possibility, Zemas said, proached his store at 79 Sev- the place back up again when particular. I am aware that it has been in a state of decline that ZuZu’s Petals was a homey blaze, but tragically, Sara’s come down. Next, the doorbell “I’ll leave that for the FDNY enth Ave., and began to un- they were finished. has worsened in the past year and half,” said Judy Stanton, pillar of the Seventh Avenue shop parrot Rudy was killed. rang, and Sara jumped into a to figure out, although we lock it, with a sorrowful The furniture — painted executive director of the Brooklyn Heights Association. shopping strip, whose name is The chattery fellow would waiting police car that took have no enemies. I guess any- expression on his face. “I shelves, display cases, wood- Nearby residents have been complaining for years about derived from the film “It’s a feign jealousy if customers of her down to the store. thing’s possible.” can’t talk about it right now,” en and cast-iron chairs and the structure to the Brooklyn Heights Association, which re- Wonderful Life.” To the shop’s Sara’s shop greeted her golden Walid Zemas, a co-owner He and his brother own four he said, “It’s just — it’s too clothing hangers — ended up cently sent letters to both the Buildings Department and the patrons, it was beloved because retriever Bear before they of the Olive Vine Cafe with other restaurants, including an- upsetting.” front of Houghton’s store for Landmarks Preservation Commission. it wasn’t just another of the greeted him. his brother, Zaid, said fire in- other Olive Vine on 15th Street Connor and a man named most of the day, and he said 100 Clark St. owner Barry Brahver, who was at the col- ever-changing glut of boutique Sara said she was jolted vestigators told him the fire in Park Slope. He said the 15th Sam, an employee at Leaf and he planned to put it into stor- lapse site Thursday afternoon, declined to comment for this shops that now line the avenue. awake late Wednesday night may have started in the back- Street eatery would handle the Bean, the coffee shop next age for Sara in Pennsylvania. article. Fonda Sara, owner of the by the sound of her ringing yard behind his restaurant. Seventh Avenue restaurant’s de- door to ZuZu’s Petals, dis- “It’s all been very painful,” Brahver submitted an application for facade work to the shop, forged her business when telephone. She ignored it, and “Thank God, thank God, livery area. cussed how to help out. “I said Sara, “but we really want to Landmarks Preservation Commission last December, but that Park Slope was not such a de- didn’t find out about the fire nobody was hurt,” said Zemas. The Fire Department re- think we should get our heads open again. We bring joy to so application was incomplete, according to Diane Jackier, a sirable location. Sara survived until the next call, at 2:30 am. “The fire started after we left ported that the first 911 call together and really do some- many people in Park Slope, and spokeswoman for the commission. recessions, two blackouts, and It was a neighbor of her flower the place,” which he said was came in at 12:38 am. thing about it,” he said. Con- hope to be able to come back.” “They’ve been slow in getting us the additional materials we requested,” said Jackier. A meeting is scheduled for Sep- tember. Several tenants of 100 Clark St. returned home Thursday afternoon to learn that they would not be allowed to re-enter. A resident on the fourth floor said she had just started law school and that all her books were up in the apartment. The NETS Red Cross helped arrange hotel rooms for some, while others said they would stay with friends. Continued from page 1 “All my stuff is in there, I don’t know what to do,” said Experience the High Holy Days “Already, during the one frustrated tenant, who has been living in the building for ULURP process for the six years. Downtown Brooklyn Devel- opment Plan, part of which in- cluded a segment of the pro- posed [arena] project, Mrs. as you’ve never done before Williams was involved in re- viewing and voting on zoning changes which impacted the proposed Nets arena,” Gold- No knowledge stein writes. “It is therefore too late to of Hebrew needed claim that Mrs. Williams will recuse herself from any vote related to this project; she has No synagogue already failed to do so.” d The portion of the massive membership Yom Kippur Downtown Brooklyn rezon- ing plan to which Goldstein required. refers is a triangular plot of land at Atlantic and Flatbush avenues upon which a por- Sept. 24-25 tion of the planned arena would sit. / Jori Klein That land was removed from the Downtown Plan by the City Planning Commis- Rosh Hashannah sion at the request of Prospect
Heights Councilwoman Leti- Papers The Brooklyn tia James, a fervent opponent Lot at 627 Union St., between Third and Fourth av- Sept. 16-17 of the Nets arena plan and a enues in Gowanus, where a hotel may soon rise. supporter of Develop-Don’t Destroy. Williams could not be reached for comment on the UNION ST… complaint filed with the Con- flicts of Interest Board by Continued from page 1 press time. people were surprised to hear anything was going up at all. Asked last week about any The hotel developer, Sam Cheng, principal owner of Mc- apparent conflict, she said that Sam Hospitality LLC, did not return telephone calls seeking while she is an investor in comment. A woman who answered the phone at his Queens both the team and Atlantic office said she did not know who would operate the hotel and Yards development project to “call back in two months.” she “had not thought about” Permits for the five-story hotel were approved in late July, High Holy Days whether her company would according to Jennifer Givner, a spokeswoman for the Depart- be involved in the 8 million ment of Buildings. square feet of construction. Cheng also recently purchased property on Duffield Street “It is not a conflict, other- in Downtown Brooklyn, which has been up-zoned to allow wise I would not do it,” said the construction of skyscrapers. Williams, whose 20-year-old Across the street at Union Cafe, on the corner of Third Av- construction company is enue, employees said a new hotel could be good for business. worth millions. “But I don’t know, maybe they would have their own Stuckey could not be restaurant,” said Jimmy Frasiolas, a waiter working behind • Interactive Service reached for comment. the counter. Word of Williams’ interest Michelle de la Uz, executive director of the affordable in the team came to light after housing advocacy group the Fifth Avenue Committee, said • Songs sung by the Mystics The Brooklyn Papers ob- she would like to see the developer reach out to the commu- tained, reported on and pub- nity more. lished, a copy of the Nets in- As for a hotel opening up at that location, she said, “It’s • Kabbalistic insight into prayers vestor list last week. a sign of what may be ahead for that side of South Brook- Atlantic Yards will likely lyn.” not be required to pass the A Whole Foods supermarket is slated to open just blocks away on Third Avenue. For now, the empty lot is scattered Kabbalah city’s Uniform Land Use Re- with scrap metal and empty vendor carts that once dispensed view Procedure (ULURP). Ratner’s brand soups. Featuring world-reknowned Kabbalist Ratner is looking to steer the Craig Hammerman, district manager of Community Board 21-acre project, half of which 6, said he had just gotten wind of the project this week but would be built over the state- that no notification was given to the board office. run Metropolitan Transporta- Park Slope is dotted with bed and breakfasts, mostly tion Authority’s Long Island geared to visiting grandparents, but no large hotel. The neigh- Rabbi Dovber Pinson Rail Road storage yards, borhood’s infamous hourly-rate hotel on Lincoln Place, long through the far less stringent known by residents to be a “house of ill-repute,” closed its state review process. doors earlier this year and is being refashioned into condo- Markowitz, a vocal sup- miniums. Congregation B’nai Avraham, lower level porter of the Nets-to-Brooklyn When Bette Stoltz first heard about the Gowanus hotel plan, appointed Williams to plan she jumped in her car and drove right over to the site. the 13-member commission in The longtime community activist and member of Friends 2002. and Residents of Greater Gowanus (FROGGS) said she had 117 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights The decision of the com- her doubts about the development. mission, with appointees by “Third Avenue is very industrial, very gritty,” said Stoltz. the mayor, each borough pres- “It’s hard to believe that anybody is really putting up a ho- Seats are $100 (no synagogue membership required). ident and the public advocate, tel in that spot — it looks and feels like the newest way is generally a deciding factor around zoning,” she said, implying that the developer might For further information or to reserve a seat, call Blanca in development proposals sub- build the hotel, decide such a business is not feasible and seek ject to city review. a zoning variance from the city to allow an apartment build- at (718) 596-4840 ext.18 or e-mail [email protected] Davies, to whom Goldstein ing or condominium on the site. addressed the complaint, said Fourth Avenue was recently rezoned to allow taller build- he would neither comment on ings and already several apartment buildings and bars are un- the case nor confirm the der construction along the strip. The hotel site does not bene- agency received the letter. fit from that change. 6 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM August 28, 2004
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Forget Super Bowl soirees, these GRAND OLD PARTIES Brooklynites will ‘Party for Prez’ By Jotham Sederstrom centered around viewing the presi- 50,000 delegates and members of the “We live in New York and I can’t advisor to Democratic Borough City, but to the whole country after Bensonhurst, said that she invited The Brooklyn Papers dent make his Republican nomina- press, at least six parties are being understand how people can watch President Marty Markowitz, is the tragic events of Sept. 11.” Golden to her post-convention par- tion acceptance speech. planned in Brooklyn, with more than those towers fall and not support throwing a party at Peggy O’Neill’s Tolve said he will be attending. ty on Sept. 19 but was told that he As thousands of demonstra- “I’ll stuff the mushrooms that a dozen to follow in the months this war.” on Aug. 30 at 8123 Fifth Ave. Among the hosts in Brooklyn, would not be able to attend due to a tors and delegates converge on night, pop ‘em into the oven and, ahead. Spearheaded by the Bush-Ch- So overstuffed is the soiree with the hottest commodity seems to be previous engagement. Manhattan for the Republican well, that’s it,” he said. Tolve, who plans on clearing most eney ’04 campaign, the soirees this distractions, however, that visitors state Sen. Marty Golden, the bor- Golden could be forgiven if he’s National Convention this week, The unabashed Bush supporter is of the furniture out of his living room week are the third installment in an should be forgiven if they don’t pay ough’s only Republican state sena- busy. Not only is he expected at the Guy Tolve, a security guard, among more than 5,000 across the for the event, said that space could be initiative that allows the rank and attention to the televisions when tor and the guest everyone wants at convention, but at his own party he’s will be about 10 miles away, country who are throwing TV par- tight. Before the party begins, he file Republicans, like Tolve, to let former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, their party. hosting in Midtown Manhattan. whipping up mushroom cro- ties where guests will gather to said, the couch will be removed and off some steam and spread good Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Tolve said the first-term senator Scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 31, quettes and eggplant rollatini in watch the president. The Bush-Ch- chairs will be dragged inside and tidings for the incumbent president. Arizona Sen. John McCain address is expected to make a surprise stop Golden’s shindig at Scopa Restau- eney Web site (GeorgeWBush.com) placed around his 27-inch TV. Be- On April 29 and July 15, parties the delegates on opening night. at his party. rant, 79 Madison Ave., needs to be his Gravesend kitchen. provides a forum for those interest- sides watching the speeches, howev- were thrown in all 50 states, said Aside from a free buffet catered by “I’m going to try to get my head just right. No simple task, on Sept. 2 the ed in hosting such parties to an- er, Tolve said that he’s hankering to Melissa Sellers, a spokeswoman for Casa Calamari Pizza & Pasta and in as many as I can, but we’ll be ex- Besides 600 confirmed GOP gourmand expects to feed more nounce their party or to request an meet new friends with the same par- the president’s re-election commit- Ristorante Vaccaro, Capano said pected on the [convention] floor faithful, and hors d’oeuvres like than 50 people at his house on Bay invitation to one. ty affiliation, a difficult task, he ad- tee. In July alone, more than 7,000 there will be a karaoke machine for that night,” said Golden, referring “vitello tonato” (sliced veal with 46th Street at Harway Avenue, In Brooklyn, surprisingly, where mitted, when you’re living in Demo- events were hosted nationwide and his guests, who are expected to to Thursday, when Bush accepts the tuna sauce), the Republican stalwart where he’s hosting a grand old TV Democrats outnumber Republicans crat-heavy Brooklyn. this week even more are expected number in the hundreds. nomination. is also expecting McCain, Mayor party of sorts, what the Bush-Ch- 3-1, the parties are spreading about “Some of us, we’re getting fed during the four-day convention. “I will not be doing karaoke,” said “It’s great, though. What these Michael Bloomberg and Rep. Vito eney 2004 re-election campaign as fast as demonstrators in Mid- up sitting around and watching [De- At press time, Sellers could not Capano, 30, who predicted “God events are doing is mobilizing the Fossella to attend. calls a “Party for the President.” town, with some reaching into lib- mocratic presidential nominee say precisely how many were being Bless the USA” and “Proud to be an rank and file and getting more peo- “If you take a look at the num- “I’m used to catering parties for eral strongholds like Park Slope. John] Kerry lie,” said Tolve, who planned for the convention week. American” would be heavily request- ple involved.” bers in Brooklyn, we’re making big 300, so this is nothing,” said Tolve, Throughout the four-day conven- said that he plans to serve the food “Probably even more,” she said. ed. “I’m really looking forward to Zina DiBenedetto, meanwhile, inroads,” said Golden. 36, a trained chef who began tion at Madison Square Garden, buffet-style and include his signa- Not to be outdone, Bay Ridge seeing Giuliani, actually. He was an an assistant principal at Ken’s Ex- “And these parties prove it. I preparing in June for the soiree, which is expected to draw more than ture baked ziti among his dishes. Republican Robert Capano, a senior inspiration, not only to New York cellence, an after-school program in only wish I could make them all.” GOVS… House of ‘D’ readied Continued from page 1 ‘Hey, we should perform somewhere,’” explained Harris. Since then, the band has taken the stage every year at the Hope Watermelon Festival in the Huckabee’s hometown of Hope (where saxophone-playing President Bill Clinton was also reared). The band even played an inaugural event for for GOP protestors President George Bush in 2001. Despite his musical prowess, Huckabee is clearly not the By Deborah Kolben Boerum Place has been sitting the Department of Design and Despite efforts to prepare the most famous of the country’s 28 Republican governors. and Christina Rogers empty since the Correction De- Construction (DDC), said no jail for protestors, Thomas An- That honor goes to body-builder-turned-actor-turned-law- The Brooklyn Papers partment vacated its inmates such order had been received. tenen, a spokesman for the De- maker Arnold Schwartzenegger, the governor of California. last summer. Residents and “We do have several ongoing partment of Correction, said it The “Terminator” has not confirmed his attendance at the Brooklyn may not be elected officials have advocated projects at the Brooklyn House would mostly likely not be Brooklyn soiree, according to Harvey Valentine, a spokesman hosting any major events knocking the prison down to al- of Detention, but have not re- needed. for the Republican Governors Association. during the Republican low for commercial or residen- ceived emergency work orders “The Brooklyn House of De- Callan / Tom Our own governor, George Pataki, is scheduled to appear National convention, but tial development there. of any kind to finish them be- tention is being used as a back- at the party in the park, which sits off Main and Dock streets the borough will likely be But instead, the city is plow- fore the convention,” said Har- up facility but we don’t expect it along the DUMBO-Fulton Landing waterfront. hosting some detainees. ing ahead with a nearly $20 ris. to be used. Anytime you put a Pataki said he convinced the group to come to the park to Anticipating a surge of ar- million facelift for the 800-bed Interior renovations of the plan together, you need a con- promote both Brooklyn and the planned Brooklyn Bridge Park, rests, the city Department of facility. first and second floor are ex- tingency plan and for us, that is of which Empire-Fulton Ferry Park will be a part. Brooklyn’s resident party meister, Borough President Marty
Correction speeded up the pace Construction workers at the pected to be completed in the what the Brooklyn House of Papers File The Brooklyn Markowitz, a Democrat, will be busy at work. Markowitz is of repairs to the Brooklyn site this week said they have fall. After that work will begin Detention is,” Antenen said. The Brooklyn House of Detention on Atlantic Avenue, House of Detention, which was been working at a much quicker on the facade. Most arrests are expected to hosting a 6 pm hearing on plans by the Watchtower Bible and which is presently closed, is ready for use if the city needs Tract Society to build a massive complex at 85 Jay St., a site just taken out of active use last year. pace for the past two months Asked about the facility be- be for small infractions like to jail protestors of the Republican National Convention. It will be used to house the with many workers putting in ing opened to inmates during crossing police lines or disor- blocks from the GOP bash. overflow of arrests expected overtime to ready the facility in the convention, Sandy Balboza, derly conduct, which require an “The Brooklyn State of Mind” event is just one of many among the Republican Governors Association’s jam-packed around the convention. time for the convention. president of the Atlantic Avenue appearance before a judge and a most people will have to go ty, Antenen said. “There is noth- week. Despite rumors that an emer- Betterment Association and a promise to keep clean for six through arraignment,” said An- ing preventing us from occupy- More than 250,000 protestors It may not be much, but the governors event is about all that are reportedly planning to gath- gency work order was issued by lead crusader in the neighbor- months. Most of those arrested tenen. “It is going to be a quick ing the jail right now. We just in-and-out process. It is going to do not have a high enough in- Brooklyn’s got as far as official GOP convention-week events. er in New York City this week. the Bloomberg administration to hood’s effort to permanently under such charges will likely Despite talk of fanning out the affairs across the five bor- be such a quick turnover that mate population to warrant its Police expect about 1,000 ar- complete the jail in time for this shutter the facility, said, “I hope be processed in Manhattan and oughs, most of the convention parties are sticking to Manhattan. rests a day. week’s expected crush, Eliza- this is not used to cloud issues released on their own recogni- we don’t’ expect any large use. But that may change and Officials around Brooklyn could be heard rumbling this The hulking facility on the beth Harris, a spokeswoman for of whether the jail should be zance. number of inmates.” for now we will keep it as our week about the dearth of Republican parties coming across corner of Atlantic Avenue and the agency overseeing the work, there or not.” “We are not expecting that As for the future of the facili- property.” the city’s bridges and tunnels. “I’m very upset — it’s all been bottled up in midtown,” said Kevin Breslein, Republican, district leader of the 52nd Assembly District. “They should have the opportunity to see New York as people from New York see it.” Even Republican state Sen. Marty Golden’s efforts to bring Confluence of events will test NYC’s security delegates to Coney Island for “baseball and hot dogs” failed. “They didn’t bite, they’re not doing much outside Manhat- By Tom Hays York Police Department. But if said “virtually the entire de- of uniformed and plainclothes the same show-of-force ap- march on Sunday, the eve of tan,” Golden spokesman John Quaglione explained. Golden’s district stretches across southern Brooklyn from Bay Ridge to Associated Press police officials are worried, partment” will be mobilized officers at each home game of proach at the convention. Up the convention. They also be- they aren’t showing it. throughout the city next week the city’s two baseball teams. to 10,000 officers will flood lieve protesters will take to the Marine Park. The U.S. Open tennis “With a big, experienced — in Midtown Manhattan at Security measures also have the streets and subways around streets on the night of Sept. 2, Instead, Golden is taking his pro-Bush message to Manhat- tan, where he’ll host a convention-watching party at Scopa tournament. Home games police force, we can do it,” po- Madison Square Garden, site been tightened at the U.S. Open, Madison Square Garden and when President Bush accepts for the Mets and Yankees. Restaurant on Madison Avenue Tuesday night. lice Commissioner Ray Kelly of the Republican convention; where matches begin on Aug. elsewhere to deter terrorism his party’s nomination. Not even a party once planned for Fulton Ferry Landing, for The start of a massive cel- said Monday at police head- at Yankee stadium in the 30, the same day the convention and keep protesters in order. “We expect a major protest ebration by Caribbean im- the more than 15,000 members of the media expected in New quarters. “We’re ready.” Bronx; and at Shea Stadium opens. A festival in Brooklyn The increased police presence to emerge and, again, we’re York for the convention, made the cut, with organizers switching migrants in Brooklyn. Kelly made the remarks as he and the nearby U.S. Tennis that starts the day after the con- was plain Monday at Pennsylva- prepared for that,” Kelly said. it at the last minute to the Time Warner offices in Manhattan. And then there’s the matter and Mayor Michael Bloomberg Center in Queens. vention ends and culminates in nia Station. Scores of uniformed To meet security demands, Asked why the governors association chose the Brooklyn of the Republican National met with Jewish leaders to out- “Our strength is in the num- the West Indian Day parade police officers were posted officers normally assigned to venue for their midday party, Valentine said, “It’s a great lo- Convention. line security measures for the ber of police officers we along Eastern Parkway on Sept. throughout the train station and investigative or administrative cation for what they were looking for.” The grand slam of major upcoming Jewish religious holi- have,” Kelly said. 6 is expected to draw a throng still more officers guarded the duties will be shifted to patrol. Before the Brooklyn party, the governors will put back events in the city next week days, and for the confluence of Since the Sept. 11, 2001, at- of spectators and hundreds of entrances above ground. About 200 narcotics detectives martinis at a reception on Sunday, hit Long Island for a golf may pose the greatest security other events preceding them. tacks, the 36,500-member de- police officers. Police expect up to 250,000 have been drafted for anti-ter- tournament on Tuesday, and top off the week with a Blues challenge yet for the New The police commissioner partment has deployed scores The department has taken anti-war demonstrators to ror duties, officials said. Traveler concert in Times Square on Thursday. Brooklyn’s ‘Bushville’ raises poverty awareness
By Jess Wisloski the Bronx and Queens, is now image appears on one link. 1967 meeting with the South- The Brooklyn Papers in Brooklyn, and set up next to “I live in Bushville, U.S.A. ern Christian Leadership Con- the Mt. Zion Christian Church I do not have: Healthcare, A ference in November 1967, “it “Welcome to Bushville, of Christ’s Disciples where it Living Wage Job, Affordable must be all poor people. We USA” a banner stretched un- will stay through the begin- Housing, Enough Food.” must include American Indi- der a tent awning on Myrtle ning of next week. Like a sly wink at the bot- ans, Puerto Ricans, Mexicans Avenue greets passersby, its On Monday, the first day of tom, the message notes, and even poor whites.” curlicue lettering reminiscent the Republican National Con- “Check all that apply.” In the same vein, Honkala of a 1950s postcard. vention, the “Bushville’ fol- “We spearheaded the insists on holding “education- Inside the tent is a shabby lowers will take part in a PPEHRC to go to places no- als,” or nightly seminars to couch and a few mattresses “March for Our Rights,” start- body goes to and talk to people read and discuss issues of hu- pushed off to the side. A few ing at 4 pm, in front of Dag nobody talks to and bring them man rights, social welfare, folding tables are set up across Hammarskjold Plaza at the into this movement,” said Cheri modern politics or historical the weed-strewn lot near Nos- United Nations in Manhattan. Honkala, the nationwide organ- means of protest among trand Avenue, and several peo- While no passersby had izer for PPEHRC. The group of whomever chooses to sit in ple sit on milk crates. A couple opted to take them up on their involved activists comprises with the group. The call for a of grade-school-age kids are offer as of Tuesday, every day people of all backgrounds, from mass act of civil disobedience on their knees painting signs the activists are questioned white, unemployed, recent col- on Aug. 30 is the most obvi- in less careful penmanship that asked about their cause. lege graduates, to black senior ous derivation of her studies. read, “The Poor Will Be Most of the members come citizens for whom Medicaid is- In addition to making their Heard” and “Stop War on the from a Philadelphia organiza- n’t enough. presence known in front of the Poor.” tion called the Poor Peoples Honkala, who is 41, a single United Nations, she also hopes Similar signs are tied up on Economic Human Rights mother of two, and a welfare the “Reality Tours” the group is the fence that borders the Bed- Campaign (PPEHRC) and an recipient, brought the move- offering (where a van ride will ford-Stuyvesant lot, its letters Ohio group, the Deaf and ment to New York in an at- take any interested parties, be proclaiming: “Freedom From Deaf-Blind Committee for tempt to reach out to the disen- they press or ‘publicans) to Hunger in the U.S.” and “Stop Human Rights. But over the franchised poor, and address some of the more underprivi- the War at Home.” At the en- next few days the group of the issues she says President leged neighborhoods in the city trance, a freestanding door is about 60-odd people will at Bush has neglected. that are otherwise overlooked propped against the fence with least triple in size, as endors- The PPEHRC started in by outsiders. The van rides in- a sign that reads, “Everyone ing organizations from states 1998, exactly 30 years to the clude tours of places like 1,000- Welcome.” as far as Florida, California month after Martin Luther bed homeless shelters and “Bushville” is an encamp- and Illinois make the trip to King’s own Poor People’s blocks of abandoned apartment ment of poor and homeless in- New York for the convention. Mango / Greg Campaign ended, shortly after buildings, and organizers prefer dividuals and families that has The purpose, of course, is to the civil rights leader’s assassi- Malcolm X and Martin Luther traveled or marched around alert the public of what the nation. King Jr. boulevards to Madison New York City with an ever- group believes is lacking in the King characterized the Poor Avenue. changing cadre of volunteers United States under the Bush People’s Campaign as the “We’ve walked the entire since May, when it situated its administration and Republi- Papers The Brooklyn “second phase” of the civil country,” said Honkala, “and first tent city in Jersey City. can–controlled congress. On “Bushville, USA,” a mock homeless tent camp, was set up on Myrtle Avenue near Nostrand Avenue this week in a lot rights movement. every street called Martin The group, which has already their March for Our Lives Web owned by the Mount Zion Church of Christ, located next door. The effort is intended to raise awareness of poverty in “It must not be just black Luther King is always the marched through Manhattan, site (marchforourlives.org) an America during the Republican National Convention in Manhattan this week. people,” King argued during a poorest area.” August 28, 2004 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 7 Don’t colonize our borough X?!00,)#?!$-)33?%$)4PDF 0- PARENT
To the editor: This letter is in regards to the investors Managing fear of dogs who have each pitched in $1 million to get LETTERS a piece of Brooklyn as noted in the article Q: “My 2-year-old son is says, but are no longer anx- afraid of many dogs, particu- Parent-to-Parent ious when they gain control of “Hello Dolly!” and the complete Ratner- cated environmental assessment are often the only larly my sister’s. The dog has Nets investor list, both published in the protection for communities against the steamroller their pets. so much brown fur that my Start out slowly by reading Aug. 21 Brooklyn Papers. project approval process that threatens so many son says she’s a wolf. He neighborhoods across the city. Low- and middle- children’s books that show that As someone who grew up in India, I feel doesn’t mind our short- canines come in all shapes and strongly that Brooklyn should be owned by the income communities are particularly vulnerable to being steam-rolled as the standard costs for doing haired lab. How can we re- sizes, Karlon suggests. Show people who live in her communities. Brooklyn duce his fears?” — a mother should not be owned by a group of millionaire in- such assessments are astronomical. your child photos of dogs you As executive director of the non-profit Com- A: Take baby steps to ease will visit, and use their names in vestors who have no vested interest in the welfare a child’s fears about dogs, or of the communities. munity Consulting Services, Brian has proven stories. We are asked to be grateful by [Borough Presi- himself committed to rooting out fraudulent envi- anything else. Some tips: dent Marty] Markowitz that wealthy outsiders are ronmental assessments. He is the only traffic en- “You don’t want to push •A child should not be throwing out our businessmen and tenants (who gineer courageous enough to help us challenge the the child or the dog,” says coaxed into touching the dog have lived here for 30, 40, 60 years!) and “invest- legality of an assessment by the New York Police Kim Karlon, a dog trainer for through ridicule or punish- ing” in our land. Department, which whitewashed the severe im- 10 years. “That’s the worst ment. But don’t be overpro- Should India have been glad when the British pacts of their takeover and barricading of the thing you can do.” tective either, which could re- economic colonists invested in her land? (Those streets surrounding their headquarters in Lower It doesn’t take a traumatic inforce that he should be “investors” provided us jobs, too.) Manhattan after 9-11. incident like an attack for a By Betsy Flagler fearful. It’s called economic colonization, plain and sim- The NYPD’s unilateral blocking of Park Row child to develop a fear of •Teach your child to be cut off the main artery in Chinatown, creating traf- ple. Brooklyn businesses, homes and land should dogs, she says. It can be as A mother says her family calm and not squeal around a be owned by the people who live, work and play fic congestion, pedestrian hazards and impeding simple as the dog has knocked dog. If your child is calm, the access to Chinatown of the visitors on which so has two labs, but her children here ... by the little guys. If someone wants a piece the child down. are afraid of her sister’s Scot- dog likely will be calm. Never of Brooklyn, they should come and live here many businesses depend. It has also made it diffi- let your child poke, pull, hit or cult for many residents to get health care, shop- Among young children, a tish terrier. Sometimes a child’s amongst us and open up a small business. fear of dogs is not unusual. yell at the dog. Such behavior And decisions for Brooklyn should be made by ping, work and even to our homes. anxiety stems from what’s un- CCS’s technical analysis of the traffic and oth- But with time, patience and familiar, she says, but also the could result in a dog bite. the city, not by the state. We demand home rule! role-modeling, the fears tend •Regular visits to someone — Shabnam Merchant, Prospect Heights er aspects of the NYPD’s court-ordered environ- child might have had a bad en- mental assessment is the centerpiece of our coali- to fade. counter with the dog that the who has a well-mannered pet tion’s strong showing to the court of the NYPD’s “Support the boy until he’s parents aren’t aware of. that loves children should Stop bashing blatant violation of environmental requirements. a little older,” says Jill Swan- Dogs tune into body lan- teach your child that dogs can CCS demonstrated the many duplicitous ways the der-Reed, a dog trainer who guage. If a dog senses a child be friendly and fun. Ratner’s Nets NYPD study evaded showing impacts, such as us- runs programs to teach kids is fearful, it may become fear- •It’s the parents’ responsi- To the editor: ing an absurdly small study area that excluded the not to approach strange dogs. ful and defensive, too. Let the bility to teach their kids to ask Things must be pretty pathetic in your news- heart of Chinatown and the related economic ef- “If you try to force it, you pet smell something that be- whether they can pet dogs. room that you can’t find anything better to feature fects of the NYPD actions. Realizing the need to might reinforce a fear.” longs to the boy, such as a Can you help? issue after issue after issue on your front page but meet court deadlines, Brian and CCS performed blanket or a sneaker, and be- under tremendous time pressures, contributing “My daughter, who is al- inane copy bashing Bruce Ratner, the Nets and come familiar with his pres- most 3, seems to be afraid of the continuing improvement of Brooklyn, Ameri- many personal hours, at the same time recogniz- ing the difficulty in raising funds from a commu- ence, the mother suggests. the potty. I need some hints to ca’s fourth-largest city. Karlon, a behavior special- help her.” — a mother Then again why should anyone take seriously nity that has been economically, physically and spiritually hammered by 9-11. He voluntarily at- Day ist, has worked with trainers If you have tips or a question, a “newspaper” with no masthead naming the pub- as young as age 5. Some kids call us at (800) 827-1092 or e- lisher, editor and other key staff and no editorial have started off fearful, she mail us at [email protected]. page, letters to the editor, or commentary from a School, variety of sources that you would find in a real newspaper. Online this week Hopefully, with the arrival of the Nets and the Ed Weintrob reports from Iowa: Inc. exciting development of Downtown Brooklyn Dubuque is a beautiful city with hope, but A fully licensed and certified preschool someone will have the incentive to begin publish- its downtown — like most of the small- ing a real newspaper covering Brooklyn and not town downtowns I’ve seen on this trip — I 2-4 year old programs I 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, some demented version of it. may be beyond repair … [Can] Brooklyn, — Arthur Piccolo, Park Slope just now getting its first real taste of big- I Licensed teachers afternoons or full days Union Temple Editor’s note: The Papers’ telephone number box America, avoid Dubuque’s fate. I Optimal educational equipment I Spacious Classrooms and the names and extensions of publisher, presi- www.BrooklynPapers.com –– Brooklyn’s Oldest Reform Congregation –– dent and key editorial personnel can be found at I Exclusive outdoor facilities I Enriched Curriculum the bottom of our front page each week. tended many community meetings to explain his I Indoor Gym facilities I Caring, loving environment findings and learn from us. Greed squeezes The result was a comprehensive analysis that has commanded the attention of the court and Summer Program Available biz in Bay Ridge elected officials. To the editor: — Jeanie Chen, Danny Chen, John Ost I applaud Jotham Sederstrom for addressing Civic Center Residents Coalition Call: 230-5255 • 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) the issue of a recent rash of stores closing in Bay Ridge in his article headlined, “Out of Time: Bay Praise for camp Ridge boutiques shutting down” [The Bay Ridge Paper, Aug. 7]. To the editor: Bob Howe explained how his own family What a great photo of 10-year-old Gabriella Better Brooklyn Community Center closed their business because they were ready to re- Grafakos on the cover of your Aug. 14 edition. tire. While this may be true in some instances, it The occasion was a barbecue, hosted by the 78th ––––– CHILDREN’S ACADEMY PRE-SCHOOL ––––– does not pertain to the closing of Book a Brac, Precinct Summer Youth Camp. Police officers, who run the program, cooked for and served the Grassroots, Discoveries, Arachne, Thompson’s “Providing Quality Preschool Education and Childcare” Fish Market, Santori, WIXX, Love Reigns the Day, campers and their families. High Holy Day Services Victorian Shop and a tailor off 86th Street that has The 78th Precinct is to be commended for run- 2 through 5 years olds been in business for 33 years. Many of them would ning a safe, energy-filled summer camp for youth, Everyone welcome –– Jewish singles and like to have remained open, but their rents have ages 8 through 13. The children went on trips, Full/Part Time Programs families, interfaith and alternative families. been increased by 50 percent to 100 percent. Could played basketball, went to the pool and organized Year Round Childcare any of us afford to remain in our homes if the rent a bake sale. They formed friendships with each Free child care. other and the police. Extended Hours for Working Parents or mortgage increased to that degree? Certified Teachers in Early Childhood Education Landlords have a right to make a profit, but It’s a delightful program that one can only hope Sept. 15 Rosh Hashanah Eve...... 8 p.m. will continue for years to come. how much is enough. Bay Ridge does not need Storytelling – Computers – Free Play – Music & Movement – Dramatic Play – Arts & Crafts Sept. 16 Rosh Hashanah ...... 10 a.m. yet another 99-cent store or nail salon. It is shame- — Jacqueline Connor, Park Slope ful that so many landlords in this community — Register Now For Sept. 24 Kol Nidre...... 8 p.m. the community that volunteers and fights to main- Blames Marty, tain their property and in so many ways supports 2004 – 2005 School Year Sept. 25 Yom Kippur ...... 10 a.m. the businesses that they rent to — can treat us and Bloomie, Burden Children of all Ethnic & Cultural Backgrounds Welcome their tenants so callously. We should mourn the To the editor: loss of these stores that have contributed to the I would like to thank you for the Aug. 7 article NEW BROOKLYN HEIGHTS/BOROUGH HALL LOCATION quality and distinctiveness of our community and headlined, “Mayor Ties Ratner Arena to Olym- Free Children’s Services we should ask for more from those landlords who 122 Pierrepont Street at Clinton Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 pics.” This article is just another example of May- A wonderful way to introduce your child displace them. — Victoria Hofmo, president, or Michael Bloomberg’s shameless advertising for ––––––––––––––– (718) 403-9516 ––––––––––––––– The Bay Ridge Conservancy his neighbors [developer] Bruce Ratner and [City to our Jewish heritage. No tickets required. Planning Chairwoman] Amanda Burden of City You’ll need a car Planning’s “black people removal deals.” Sept. 16 Rosh Hashanah...... 9-10 a.m. To Bring the Olympics — another fun, corrupt to shop at Ikea organization — into New York City, particularly Sept. 25 Yom Kippur ...... 9-10 a.m. To the editor: Downtown Brooklyn, is simply following the With respect to the letter by Brian Ketcham trend of the new decade. Deputy Mayor Dan Doc- Call now for tickets and prayer books. published in your July 31 edition, “Ikea traffic, toroff has pushed this since the late 1990s. A for- transit ideas not enough for Red Hook,” I tend to mer teacher of mine stated this country cares more (718) 638-7600 agree with Mr. Ketcham in that the traffic volume, about athletics than education. As an African- construction, etc. would be a nightmare. American isn’t that what parents are telling their I would love to see an Ikea in Brooklyn, but I children — play basketball and go into the NBA? Dr. Linda Henry Goodman, Rabbi also know that you don’t go to Ikea on foot — If developments like the Nets arena skyscraper you need a car to load up on their merchandise. project, the Downtown Brooklyn Plan and [Manhat- tan’s] Hudson Yards are such great ideas, then maybe 17 Eastern Parkway at Grand Army Plaza The city really needs to look at the situation very PARKING ON SITE (718) 638-3649 realistically and pragmatically. [Ikea traffic con- everyone in Brooklyn should remember Aug. 1, 2 and sultant] Sam [Schwartz] should drive there every 3, when police were checking trucks near the Manhat- day at every conceivable hour and season to see tan Bridge and the Great Brooklyn Traffic Jam stretch- what happens in that area. ed along Atlantic Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Fulton However, Mr. Ketcham’s reference to Costco Street and DeKalb Avenue. Traffic backed up to Van- on Third Avenue doesn’t seem applicable. I shop derbilt Avenue and probably beyond. If this is the type there often, and although the parking lot may be of traffic we get when there is a terrorist threat, Brook- jammed (they opened additional parking on Sec- lynites should keep in mind that the city is supposed Register Now ond Avenue), the traffic flow does not seem to be to start work on Flatbush Avenue next year. overwhelming. I’ve been there early AM on On Feb. 18, residents of Brooklyn neighborhoods weekends, after work on weekdays, etc. and have packed Borough Hall for Marty Markowitz’s hear- for Fall 2004 rarely encountered a backup of traffic trying to go ing of the Downtown Brooklyn Plan [with many tes- to Costco. tifying] about traffic concerns. I guess the borough — Terry Miranda, Midwood president was asleep when this concern was voiced. • • • In this borough, there’s infrastructure work only To the editor: occurs when developers and elected officials feel It was very disturbing to read the personal at- like making money. Why let Marty off the hook C-BAY HEBREW tack by Ikea’s traffic engineer (“Ikea: Brook- when on Aug. 7, at the Clermont-Greene Avenue lynites shop without cars,” Letters, July 24) Association block party, he answered the question against one of our heroes, Brian Ketcham, be- of whether he had noticed the traffic by saying, in SUNDAY SCHOOL cause he exposed the manipulation of the traffic typical Marty style, “There was a little traffic.” analysis of the proposed Ikea in Red Hook. The gentleman who asked him this was not We, the Civic Center Residents Coalition, with amused. Marty got into two more arguments before representatives from five large residential com- getting down the street at the block party. In the • Sunday morning, 9-11:30am Chai Club plexes in Chinatown and Manhattan’s Civic Cen- Aug. 7 arena-Olympics article Marty states: “The • Small class sizes move is a great boost for Brooklyn.” I can only re- for ter, are writing because we want your readers to Kindergarten K know that Brian’s independent analysis of compli- spond, “The traffic, skyscrapers and future displace- • Warm and experienced ids ments are a great boost for Brooklyn Marty?” instructors It is apparent that the state and the Bloomberg B • For grades K - 7 ible stories, administration have decided to colonize the bor- Hebre w language, a oughs of New York City for their Olympics-real es- • Big brother / Big sisters rts & crafts, Send us a letter holiday tate deals. They will use the race card, exploit chil- programs, work individually with cook By mail: Letters Editor, Brooklyn Papers, dren, the law and use false advertising. Many ing, singing, students in grades 4 - 7 games 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 Brooklyn residents with short memories will, of Fax: (718) 834-9278. course, forget the hack developments like Metro- By e-mail: [email protected] tech and Atlantic Center mall. They will forget that NO SYNAGOGUE MEMBERSHIP REQUIRED developers like Ratner, who loves using taxpayer All letters must be signed and include money to fund his projects. the writer’s home address and phone Changing a president will not solve the Brooklyn 117 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights number (only the writer’s neighborhood displacement issues. Since most of our problems will (718) 596-4840 ext. 40 and street name are published with the come from Albany and the building located on the letter). Letters may be edited and will Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. A project of C-Bay Hebrew School not be returned. — Daniel McCalla, Fort Greene INSIDE DINING | PERFORMING ARTS | NIGHTLIFE | CLASSIFIEDS | REAL ESTATE
CINEMA GOP bash-ing In honor of the Republican convention’s arrival in New York City, Park Slope’s Barbes bar and the citywide “Imagine Festival of Arts, Issues & Ideas” are hosting a mini documentary film festival begin- ning Aug. 28 that is designed to inspire, instigate and support civic engagement through the arts. At Barbes, the festival of recent films, curated by Jim Browne, will include the world premiere of Nico- las Rossier’s 2003 documentary “Brothers and Others: The Impact of 9/11 on Arabs, Muslims and South Asians in America” (pictured right). Screening Aug. 30, at 11:15 pm, “Brothers and Oth- ers” follows a num- (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings August 28, 2004 ber of immigrants and American fam- ilies as they strug- gle in the height- ened climate of SCHOOLBACK 2004 TO suspicion, FBI and INS investigations and economic hardships that erupted in America following the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Rossier will introduce the film and lead a Q&A at 11:15 pm. Additional festival films include Laura Harrison and Charlotte Lagarde’s 2004 documentary, “Voting in America,” about voter apathy; Matt Kohn’s 2004 doc- College umentary “Everywhere But Florida,” exploring the af- ter-effects of Election 2000; Ray Perez and Joan Sek- ler’s 2002 documentary “Unprecedented: The 2000 Presidential Elec- tion”; the world premiere of Julie Talen’s 2004 doc- umentary “Sixty Cam- eras Against the War” in boards which 60 New Yorkers with cameras document the Feb. 15, 2003 anti- Re-ignited drama club brings classic war rally that took place in Lower Manhattan; and the world premiere of Bernadine Mellis’ “The plays back to Kingsborough stages Forest for the Trees: Judi Bari vs. the FBI,” a doc- By Paulanne Simmons umentary about Earth First! organizer Bari (pictured for The Brooklyn Papers above left) who sued the FBI and the Oakland po- lice after they accused her of bombing her own car hen Jay Michaels took over and labeled her a terrorist in 1991. Bari died in 1997 Kingsborough Community from breast cancer. (In June of 2002, Bari’s estate WCollege’s performing arts won a $4 million jury verdict against law enforce- program, it was on the verge of ex- ment for their violations of her First and Fourth tinction. In fact the Manhattan Amendment rights.) “The Forest for the Trees” will Beach two-year college had not be screened on Sept. 2 at 11:15 pm. put on a Shakespearean production Haskell Wexler’s 1968 feature film “Medium in more than a decade. Cool,” shot in cinema verite-style during the protests Since January, the Drama Club at the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago, will at the City University of New York conclude the fest on Sept. 6. (CUNY) college has mounted two Barbes is located at 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Av- major plays — Joseph Kesselring’s enue in Park Slope. Admission is $5. For screen- “Arsenic and Old Lace” in May ing dates and times, call (718) 965-9177 or visit and Shakespeare’s romance “The Sci-fi theater: (Clockwise from www.Barbesbrooklyn.com — Lisa J. Curtis Tempest,” in July. Michaels says top) Kingsborough Community this is only the beginning. College Drama Club’s produc- “My wife [Mary Elizabeth Mi- tion of “The Tempest” fea- Cari, who now works in the hair tured a science-fiction set; and wig department for Broad- Bryan Sotomayor as Caliban in SHOPPING way’s ‘Wonderful Town,’] went “The Tempest,” which ran July here 20 years ago, and she regaled 21-24; and Professor Jay me with how elaborate the depart- Michaels who is credited with ment and the plays were,” bringing Shakespeare back to Michaels told GO Brooklyn. “I Kingsborough for the first time won’t stop until [the current de- in a decade. partment] is the same, if not bet- ter.” In these austere times, Michaels ic Center. succeeded in producing “The Tem- “The facilities are absolutely role is to provide the energy and “The premise of the old sci-fi
pest” and “Arsenic and Old Lace” marvelous and, until now, totally expertise to make Kingsborough film ‘Forbidden Planet’ [made by / Jori Klein by stretching his budget and calling ignored,” he said. an important performing arts cen- Fred McLeod in 1956] is ‘The on longtime theater friends. He Michaels attributes the decline ter for its Manhattan Beach com- Tempest,’” said Michaels. “So made a set for “Arsenic and Old of performing arts at Kingsbor- munity and beyond, and he hopes we’ve gone all the way and set Lace” with “old wood that was ly- ough mostly to money (“The arts ment and also a director of Man- to eventually produce a Shake- ‘The Tempest’ in the forbidden
ing around the theater.” were suffering everywhere through hattan’s Genesis Repertory, which spearean or classical drama, a con- planet. It’s a combination theater Papers The Brooklyn The one thing he doesn’t have to budget cuts, and here was no ex- Michaels founded with his wife, temporary play, a comedy and a of the absurd and Cold War 1950s worry about is Kingsborough’s fa- ception”) but also to a lack of com- asked Michaels to revive the mori- musical every year. sci-fi.” cilities. The college has two per- mitment. bund program. Michaels said the drama club In fact, the production, which formance spaces — a 700-seat the- “No one wanted to take the Technically, Michaels’ titles are would present a ran from July In the market ater in the Leon Goldstein time,” he said. Professor of Speech and Theatre group of topical 21-24 in the Performing Arts Center and a 300- Finally, Sheldon Aptekar, direc- and faculty advisor to the Drama one-acts as part THEATER Leon Goldstein On Aug. 7, a unique flea market celebrated its seat theater in the Marine Academ- tor of the performing arts depart- Club. But he believes his major of a new play Center, made grand opening in Red Hook. series called Leon Goldstein Performing Arts quite effective Located at 399 Van Brunt St., between Coffey and Center and Marine Academic Center “Bare Stages” are located at Kingsborough Com- use of old Van Dyke streets, the Red Hook Flea Market is open this October. munity College, 2001 Oriental Blvd. footage from for business Saturdays and Sundays until Christmas, They will be in Manhattan Beach. For more infor- “Flash Gordon” from 10 am to sunset. The location is an empty lot mation about Kingsborough Com- premiered off- munity College’s theatrical produc- film serials, the loaned by real estate de- Broadway as tions, call (646) 226-0370. “Star Wars” veloper Greg O’Connell part of Spot- theme song and to Gowanus resident Tr- light-On Pro- costumes that isha Mulligan (at right), ductions’ Halloween festival, Oct. looked like they came from a Hol- who cleaned it out with 4-31, at the Greenwich Street The- lywood wardrobe. some help from friends. atre. (For more information, log on Michaels says that Kingsbor- Another friend provided to www.spotlighton.org.) ough is “the cream of New York the shipping container
“When I went to Queens Col- City’s community colleges.” (top) that acts as Mulli- / Jori Klein lege [in the 1980s] we did a pro- “This is a great place for [the gan’s herb and flower shop duction of ‘Hamlet’ that went to students] to see if they want to be at the far end of the narrow the old Lion Theatre on Theatre in the arts, and hopefully many of space. An herbalist for 15 Row,” he recalled with more than them do,” he said. Michaels even years, Mulligan plans to
a touch of pride. placed two students in apprentice- sell tinctures and dried Papers The Brooklyn Michaels’ specialty is what he ships — at Cami Hall (a concert herbs as well as a line of calls “Shakespeare redefined.” In hall in Midtown Manhattan) and her own body care products. She is also a floral de- 2001, he won the Off-Off-Broad- with the Cypreco of America the- signer who will have fresh flowers and plants for sale. way Review award for producing a ater company. The floor of the lot is covered with wood chips “Julius Caesar” that he calls “my As he juggles his work at Gene- and a long wood walkway and arbor runs down the ‘Sopranos.’” sis with his work at Kingsborough, center of the space. The walkway will be trans- “Caesar was rubbed out with Michaels hopes to make this col- formed into a runway on Sept. 17, when Mulligan pistols,” he said. “I’ve won awards lege’s drama program equal to that hosts a “Best in Show” dog show. for taking Shakespeare, keeping of a four-year school. Mulligan is also looking for more vendors to the original text and setting the “But whatever the outcome,” sign up and sell their wares and hopes local arti- play in other surroundings and oth- said Michaels. “I’m so proud that sans will participate. Other vendors are selling JC Archives er time periods.” we’ve put Shakespeare back on the bric-a-brac, artwork and imported goods from Out of this world: Fred McLeod’s 1956 film “Forbidden Planet” was the inspiration for the drama “The Tempest” is a case in stage here for the first time in over Bali and India. For more information, call Mulli- club’s version of “The Tempest.” point. 10 years.” gan at (718) 369-1515. — Lisa J. Curtis
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Tales from Enjoy Chef Bruno Milone’s creative touch on his Mediterranean dishes; be sure to try his supple homemade fettuccine, and luscious pastry, gelato and sorbetti all made the ’Hood in-house. Author Janet McDonald Winner of the and draws from her childhood Marco Polo in the Farragut Houses RISTORANTE By Lisa J. Curtis friends in the neighborhood, but he’s Pioneer of the fine restaurant movement in Brooklyn GO Brooklyn Editor cool at school, too.” McDonald said that growing up in 345 Court Street (at Union Street) 718-852-5015 n person, author Janet McDonald the Farragut Houses in the 1960s was Open 7 days for lunch and dinner • Free Valet Parking • brims with the exuberance, humor different than it is for today’s youth, be- Visit our website www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com Iand mischief that makes her lively, cause “there had to be a working adult urban novels so popular with critics in the family — no one on public assis-
and young adult readers alike. tance.” She said the houses had a bar- / Jori Klein Meeting an interviewer for coffee bershop, a movie theater and communi- Meet in a DUMBO chocolate shop, the ex- ty centers before hitting hard times — Me At HE RAND ROSPECT ALL patriate — she now resides in Paris — an influx of drugs and a flatlining econ- T G P H abruptly decides they both should pop omy — in the 1970s.
in, unannounced, on her mother in the “Now it seems calmer,” she said, Papers The Brooklyn nearby Farragut observing the quiet Houses public yards around the Homecoming: On Tuesday, au- her own life. Tonight Stay Home In Brooklyn housing project. BOOKS tall brick buildings thor Janet McDonald visited her “That was the key for me,” she McDonald, and new benches family at 191 Sand St. said. “Reading allows you to see “Brother Hood” (Frances Foster 50, grew up Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $16) installed in front of how other people lived but also there, in a build- by Janet McDonald is available at local her old address. “My first young adult book, ‘Spell- how other people are. Keep on dis- DINE &DANCE ing at 191 Sand bookstores. For ages 12 and older. For “There they are in bound,’ is about taking on a challenge covering inner worlds of other peo- more information about McDonald’s St., one of seven books, visit www.projectgirl.com. all their glory. The in life. To me the plot was this girl who ple and discover that they are not all children. She left houses that formed wanted to go to college and was some- that different from your own. the projects on and deformed me. how derailed, and how was she going “Not everyone can be in the NBA T H E the edge of Downtown Brooklyn and This neighborhood is so fat with to achieve that goal?” said McDonald. or on MTV. Some of you will need to Vinegar Hill in 1973 to major in French memories and history for me.” “For French readers, they saw ‘Brook- go to college.” at Vassar College, then earned a mas- While McDonald’s mother tells her lyn Babies’ [the French title of ‘Spell- Her latest book references Russian ter’s degree in journalism at Columbia that life at Sand and Gold streets, bound’] as a controversial novel about novelist Feodor Dostoyevsky’s land- and a law degree at New York Univer- where she has lived for 50 years, has teen pregnancy — a growing social mark 1866 work, “Crime and Punish- sity. improved in recent years, the author problem. To me, teenage pregnancy ment.” “I had hoped to be a role model for confides, “My mother told me she car- was par for the course growing up “I don’t care if they’re dead white my family,” McDonald told GO Brook- ries a weapon.” That is to say that here in Brooklyn.” men,” McDonald said with a laugh. “I lyn. “But they had their own destinies.” mom Florence, now a great-grand- McDonald believes that many stand by them. If someone doesn’t like [Her youngest brother, Kevin was, mother, carries an 8-inch-long nail in problems for teens arise out of a lack them, they’re not hip!” however, inspired by her first book, the her hand for protection when she goes of self-acceptance. While the world of the murderous memoir “Project Girl,” and recently to pick up her mail. “Instead of ‘I’m a loser baby, so 19th-century Russian clerk may seem RESTAURANT & SUPPER CLUB published his own autobiography titled McDonald’s first book was the why don’t you kill me?’ why not to be an unexpected visitor in the cos- “Project Boy: Too Blessed to be 2000 memoir “Project Girl,” which ‘I’m a loser baby, but I’m still OK?,’” mopolitan author’s novels, she’s just as lunch 12-4 • dinner 4-10 Stressed.”] detailed the considerable hurdles she she said. “They need to be kinder to her books because she so readily relates unpredictable in her own life. She sug- sunday buffet brunch McDonald’s latest young adult nov- had to overcome. themselves. Not so self-critical and full to her readers. gests popping in for a visit with two el, “Brother Hood” (Frances Foster “My whole academic history has of self-loathing.” “I am them. It’s hard [for others] to unannounced guests, relishing the sur- live music every sat Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux), to be been about leaving and going back, so She also encourages parents to take accept — but I have a stunted develop- prised reaction. swing dancing, latin dancing published in September, is a departure when I write about people facing chal- more responsibility for their teens’ hap- ment. I’m still into that music.” “I’m a drama queen,” she said by from her previous three — a trilogy: lenges and overcoming odds, I’m not piness and academic success. McDonald’s upbeat messages, com- way of explanation. “I’m a Leo.” “Spellbound” (2001), “Chill Wind” doing it from this pedestal where “Everyone needs to love their kids. bined with gritty, urban realism, have But that’s not her only reason for re- Wine Spectator Award Winner (2002) and “Twists and Turns” (2003) ‘everything worked out great for me but Everyone says they do, but they don’t. found a following among new young turning to Brooklyn. — because it is not set in Brooklyn, and I can imagine how it is when you screw They need to love them by giving them readers. “I’m always scheming for one the protagonist is not a girl. Yet all four up.’ I’m doing it from my life, because a sense of self-worth. Children need to “I feel the real coup is if my books thing,” she admits, “[My mother] Flo’s The ultimate retro night out! books concern urban teens with obsta- I know how it is.” feel safe, sound and loved.” are being read by people who say they apple pie.” cles to overcome. 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BROOKLYN Neighborhood Bites Dining Guide This week: RED HOOK/ COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT / Jori Klein
Alma 187 Columbia St. at Degraw Street, (718) Papers The Brooklyn 643-5400, www.almarestaurant.com (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $12-$18. While the authentic, “non-Americanized”
Mexican food by Alma Chef Gary Jacobson is Mango / Greg amazing, it is the setting that will take your breath away. Dine in the rooftop garden, which seats 60, and you’ll have Manhattan’s skyline at your tabletop. Indoor seating is also available, and the comfortable, rustic dining room with its handmade chairs and hand-blown glass lamps
The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn Mojo risin’ also help make Alma a popular destination. The tamales have been called the finest in the city, Bluestone Bar and Grill's grilled lamb- handmade daily in a dazzling variety. Their “poblano relleno,” a large poblano pepper chops with thyme butter, beet-marbled New Cuban eatery slowly stuffed with shredded beef, golden raisins, mashed potatoes and grilled vegetables. olives and peppers, atop roasted-tomato sauce, is an instant classic. Open daily. owner Tonya LeNell Smothers, whose eclectic elevates its entrees to the wine and spirits boutique exudes plenty of Bluestone Bar down-home, southern charm. Smothers tastes and handpicks each of the more than 150 dif- & Grill ferent bottles of wine, and “largest selection of level of its app’s & desserts 117 Columbia St. at Kane Street, (718) 403- bourbon in New York City,” that she stocks. 7450, www.bluestonebarngrill.com (AmEx, Rather than featuring mega-wineries like those By Tina Barry house drink is the mojito, and their ren- DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5-$8. found in France and California, Smothers opts for The Brooklyn Papers
dition is excellent. Served in a tall Ma- / Jori Klein Named after the slate-like rock once mined in for the homegrown kind produced by family- owned wineries, some from as far away as son jar (with a handle), the cocktail of southern Brooklyn, Bluestone Bar & Grill is a e didn’t want to be in the mid- club soda and light rum is made tangy quaint neighborhood establishment with a Morocco, South Africa and Argentina. The “ couple of unusual twists in its cuisine. Owner decor is pieced together to form a welcoming dle of things,” says Maria with lime and freshened with a bundle and chef Vanessa Whalen, a Briton who came atmosphere quite different than the usual WCatalina Arias, of Mojito, the of fresh mint. The swizzle stick is a liquor store. LeNell’s boutique has heavy
to New York two years ago, is not afraid to Cuban restaurant she co-owns with An- thick stalk of real sugarcane. The pas- Papers The Brooklyn share her culture with the rest of the world. The wooden shelves dragged up from antique derson Ruiz in Clinton Hill. She need- sion fruit version was sweeter, more of stores down south, a chandelier, a porcelain Cuban connections: (Above left) Chef Marcelo Arias displays Mojito restau- menu is crammed with English delights such as n’t have worried. a punch, but just as enjoyable. With the cast-iron bathtub (filled with bottles of gin of rant’s delectable quatro leches dessert. (Above) Moros & Cristianos vege- New Castle beer-battered fish and chips and Opened in February, their restaurant cocktails came a small basket of toast- homemade potato skins with English bacon. course) and pieces dug out of Smothers’ tarian dish of white rice and black beans served with plantains and avocado. The restaurant’s tranquil environs and outdoor grandmother’s shed. Themed tasting events is on the northwestern edge of the neigh- ed, buttered slices of French bread and patio are home to live jazz on Wednesday are scheduled twice a month and are listed on borhood, near two saucers of evenings, movies on Fridays at 10 pm and mid- the Web site. Open Sundays. Closed Mondays. Fort Greene, but mayonnaise-based with mayonnaise, cotijo cheese (a pastry tart shells topped with shredded night, and karaoke and live DJ music on alter- far from that DINING dips — a thin, salty, crumbly Mexican cheese) and beef or chicken — were tasteless nate Sundays. Open daily. Liberty Heights neighborhood’s light green sauce chili powder that had a smoky aroma bores. The flaky beef and chicken em- two restaurant Mojito (82 Washington Ave. be- flavored with gar- from the grill. Yuca fries, cut from the panadas make for much better choices. Tap Room tween Park and Flushing avenues in C.C. Cafe 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street, (718) 246- rows: DeKalb Clinton Hill) accepts American Express, lic, cilantro and yuca root, was almost as good as I have the same comment about the 52 Lorraine St. at Columbia Street, (718) 852- 8050, www.libertyheightstaproom.com and Lafayette av- Discover, Diners Club, MasterCard and jalapenos, and an- french fries and the Cuban quesadilla, disappointing slow-roasted pork, called 3900 (Cash only) Entrees: $6-$23. (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $6-$18. enues. The stretch Visa. Entrees: $7-$12.50; up to $15 for other, very gar- filled with tender beef and slices of pernil. I’d have to look hard to find a specials. The restaurant serves lunch This Spanish-American restaurant has a large Just a few blocks from the city’s best view of of Washington and dinner daily. For more information licky white sauce. sweet plantains, was meaty and chewy drier mound of meat, and the mojito dining room that’s also used for parties and the welcoming lady of the harbor, this neigh- Street where Mo- call (718) 797-3100. Dipped into the with a note of sweetness. On the marinade left no impression. A side of weekend dancing. Chef Justino serves up tradi- borhood pub offers micro brews (from $4.50 a jito is centered is warm sauces and sweeter side was a delicately crisp em- yellow rice was traditionally bland, tional Spanish cuisine with lots of chicken, rice pint), served fresh from the tap, plus wines and just beginning to paired with the panada filled with a mild, creamy and a bowl of soupy black beans need- and seafood dishes including shrimp in hot spirits. Owner Steve Deptula and chef Monica sauce, shrimp stew and grilled lobster. Specialty Byrne make pizza and focaccia in their brick exhibit signs of gentrification. There’s a cool drinks, the little buttery starters cheese and guava paste that was like ed salt, or pepper, or garlic, or cumin items include pig feet and on Sundays, sanco- oven, and serve beer-friendly bar fare such as new loft condo behind it, warehouses on made an enticing prelude to the meal. an adult version of a cream cheese and — something — to alleviate the mo- cho, a heavy soup of chicken or pork. Light salads, sandwiches, mussels, buffalo wings and both sides, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard, A diner can make a good meal of jelly sandwich. notony of the taste. meals such as chicken sandwiches and Cuban nachos. Dine indoors, outdoors or on a rooftop where there are plans for a retail-com- the appetizers if they choose carefully. Two starters — the croquettes filled The rice mixed with shrimp and cala- sandwiches are also available. C.C. Cafe also deck (open as long as Mother Nature allows); mercial strip close by. I wouldn’t pass up the corn smeared with ham and the heavy, overly chewy mari topped with a giant prawn and sur- serves $4 lunch specials from 11 am to 3 pm, play pool or enjoy the jukebox. There’s also Monday through Saturday. Open daily. plenty of parking, and live music Thursdays, Mojito’s loft-like space, inside the rounded by mussels, that my companion Fridays and Saturdays starting at 9 pm. Closed Chocolate Factory Building, has the in- ordered from the list of that day’s spe- Mondays. dustrial chic of a gallery. As you ap- cials, looked like a gorgeous, molded Defonte’s proach, diners are gathered outside, seafood sculpture, but its aroma, like Sandwich Shop Lillie’s flirting and having a smoke. Inside Mo- fish that have been in the sun too long 379 Columbia St. at Luquer Street, (718) 855- jito (named for the rum cocktail made — was off-putting. I made him stop eat- 6982 (Cash only) Sandwiches: $5.25-$7.50. 46 Beard St. at Dwight Street, (718) 858- 9822. (Cash only) $5 all you can eat barbecue. with lime and fresh mint), the decor is ing after a couple of bites. Founded by longshoreman Nick Defonte 83 During the week, Lillie’s is a full-service bar what you’d expect, with high ceilings, The meal could only go up after the years ago and now run by his namesake grand- brick walls and an open kitchen. In entrees, and Mojito’s desserts were son, Defonte’s sandwich shop sells the kind of with live music Wednesday through Sunday. towering Italian heroes fit for the working man. Also on Sundays, the retro chic bar rolls out a keeping with the Cuban theme, there pleasing. The cooks follow the recipes big barbecue with live music in the backyard are heavy wooden tables and chairs, of Ms. Arias’ grandmother, Claudia. “For $7, our customers eat well,” Defonte told garden, starting at 8 pm, rain or shine. Lillie’s brown banquettes, framed pictures of Claudia’s Key lime pie, served in a big GO Brooklyn. Heaped atop 2-foot-long cooks up chicken, hot dogs, hamburgers, pork loaves, customers may select from a variety of chops and Italian sausages. All you have to do cigars and simple graphics of Cuban square and topped with whipped combos: Virginia ham, fried eggplant and is kick in five bucks to keep the coals burning. revolutionary Che Guevara painted on cream, is sweeter than some, but tart fresh mozzarella, or the revered potatoes and There are even vegetarian options like veggie a low wall in the bar area [although enough. Her four-milk sponge cake, eggs with melted mozzarella. For vegetarians, burgers, salads (including a three-bean salad) those were recently found to be cov- cuatro leches, made with evaporated the Valentino is a finger-licking delight, topped and Lillie’s specialty — corn grilled in her ered over by a low wall of bamboo]. and condensed milks and heavy cream, with fried eggplant, roasted peppers and pro- unique whiskey sauce. Open daily. volone. The hero is named after a real hero, Chef Marcelo Arias, Maria’s hus- then topped with whipped cream and a neighborhood Firefighter Louis Valentino, who band, created the menu. Maria de- little caramel is delectably moist, not died in the line of duty in 1996. Old Pioneer Beer scribes the cuisine as traditional Cuban, terribly sweet, and lighter than it Meals are perfect for takeout and packing Hall & Garden but like so much of Caribbean cooking / Jori Klein sounds. And at $2.50, these desserts lunch pails. The shop has very limited seating. 318 Van Brunt St. at Pioneer Street, no today, Mexican elements inform dishes are a steal! Closed Sundays. phone, (Cash only) Entrees: $3-$7. like the Cuban quesadilla. A meal at At the moment, Mojito is the only On Sept. 1, Red Hook residents will have yet Mojito is a samba of sorts with some game in this end of town. For Mojito Hope & Anchor another new place to guzzle affordable beer dishes exhibiting the spicy, fruit-en- to survive, however, the cooks need to The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street, (718) ($1-$5) with the opening of Old Pioneer Beer hanced flair Cuban cooking is known amp up the flavor of the dishes. Some 237-0276 (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: Hall & Garden. for and others, shockingly flat. Room with a view: Adina Nelson and Chris Johnson enjoy drinks and of us may be gringos, but a little spice $8-$14. Co-owners Alan Harding and Jim Mamary plan If you haven’t already guessed, the Mojito’s complimentary buttered bread and dips. never hurt anyone. All-day breakfast, hefty portions and homey to offer two German beers on tap — Kolsh and desserts like homemade banana cream pie, Jever — as well as American classics, Michelob chocolate icebox cake and a towering apple and Budweiser. To keep with the German pie have quickly made this Red Hook eatery a theme, liverwurst sausages will be available on neighborhood classic. the menu along with the usual bar fare — ham- burgers, sandwiches and fries. With a total of Chef and co-owner Dianna Munz, formerly of Chicken run 80 seats inside and out, diners will have plen- Smith Street’s Panino’teca 275, serves comfort ty of elbowroom to gulp frosty, pints of lager food with an updated flair in a “comfortably and ale. upscale” room, writes GO Brooklyn dining crit- ic Tina Barry. Paired with a drink, snacks such In early October, Old Pioneer will host a “soon- as Rhode Island-style clam cakes, fried cala- to-be-famous,” says Harding, Red Hook horse- mari with hot cherry peppers and preserved shoe tournament in its garden. For those that lemons, or potato pierogies with homemade want to practice, horseshoes can be played apple sauce, onions and sour cream, are there year round. Open daily beginning Sept. 1. enough to make a meal. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, neigh- Schnäck borhood residents pack Hope and Anchor for 122 Union St. at Columbia Street, (718) 855- karaoke night with drag queen Kay Sera. 2879. www.schnackdog.com (Cash only) Open daily. Snacks: $1- $8.50. American classics such as hot dogs and ham- Kotobuki burgers (“schnackies,” little White Castle-like- but better-tasting burgers in singles, doubles 192 Columbia St. at Sackett Street, (718) 246- and triples) are served amid Schnäck’s eclectic 7980, www.kotobukibistro.com (AmEx, MC, decor featuring cheerfully painted walls and a Visa) Entrees: $9-$18. framed poster of Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Mango / Greg Although Kotobuki mainly serves straightfor- Johnny Podres. Owners Alan Harding, Harry ward Japanese cuisine, they can mix in a little Hawk and Jim Mamary have recently Thai, too. Together chefs Kim and Rudi serve a revamped the menu to include new dishes delicious blend of spices and sauces in a variety such as smoked chicken skewers, spicy Thai of dishes. Some of Kotobuki customers’ turkey fingers and the “Nogales Combo,” two
favorites include: tuna tofu, slices of tuna atop chili tacos, a small salad and a pork enchilada Papers The Brooklyn lightly fried bean cubes; guronasu tuna, an for $7. appetizer of tuna sautéed with eggplant, thinly Schnäck serves the borough’s own Orange Move over, Kentucky Fried Chicken! To add more spice, three house- sliced fluke and served with a ponzu sauce; or Pollo Campero (Country Chicken), made salsas are available, as well as mango rolls, eel and cucumber surrounded by Julius and chocolate egg creams. For adults, pieces of mango. On Mondays and Tuesdays, Schnäck offers their delicious (and Time Out the immensely popular Guatemalan ketchup, on the condiments counter. Kotobuki offers an “All You Can Eat Sushi award-winning) beer shake, a combination of fried-chicken chain, just opened in In addition to Coca-Cola, there’s Or- Special” (dining-in only) for $20 per person. vanilla or chocolate ice cream with chicory Sunset Park and it’s raising the roost chata, a sweet rice beverage, like a thin Open daily. stout. Schnack offers two imported and two domestic draught beers, as well as cans and on fast food dining. milkshake, flavored with cinnamon bottled beer. In addition to the regular menu, Only fresh, top-of-the-line Perdue and sugar, and refreshing, sweet-tart LeNell’s Schnäck also offers a prix fixe brunch menu for chickens, delivered daily, are used for tamarind juice. 416 Van Brunt St. at Coffey Street, (718) 360- $8.45 on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 am to the restaurant’s justly famous fried The earth-toned decor is a few 0838, www.lenells.com (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, 3 pm. On Sundays, kids receive a free comic chicken. notches above institutional-looking fast Visa) Wines: $6-$200. book with purchases of $11 or more. Open Before the bird’s immersion into the food dining rooms. Murals of Mayan daily. “Red Hook is about as close as you can get to deep fryer, it is marinated in a secret ruins and Latin American heroes deco- a small town,” says LeNell’s Alabama-born recipe of traditional spices, then lightly rate the walls and the tables can be 360 battered. The result of the careful han- pushed together to accommodate large 360 Van Brunt St. at Sullivan Street, (718) 246- dling is spicy, juicy meat with a brittle, groups. = Full review available at 0360. Cash only. Prix fixe dinner: $20. Entrees: crackling crust. All the sides — richly Pollo Campero (4506 Fifth Ave. at $11-$13. flavored yellow rice mixed with peas 45th Street) accepts American Ex- Closed for vacation until Sept. 8. and carrots; Mexican-style red beans press, Discover, MasterCard and This extremely popular restaurant offers bistro stewed with chorizo (a spicy Mexican Visa. Chicken meals start at $2.95 for dining at affordable prices. Chef Pascal
Leseach’s menu changes daily. The decor is Mango / Greg pork sausage), smoked ham and two pieces without sides to $29.95 Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American minimalist: a small, comfortable room with cilantro; tostones (fried green plan- for 20 pieces with four family-sized Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover ’60s-style leather chairs and plush, maroon, tains); and American sides that no fried sides, tortillas and biscuits. The Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card velvet banquettes. Open for dinner from chicken should be without — mashed restaurant serves lunch and dinner Wednesday through Sunday. potatoes with gravy, coleslaw and daily. For information call (718) 686-
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“We weren’t given access to acquisition: a director who they great master tapes,” said Stim- feel has even more potential. ley. “Good materials are often “We like to see who will difficult to get for certain films make a potentially good director in general, since no one had the in the future,” he said, adding, foresight to keep a proper, high- “Of course, it’s difficult to get quality, pristine print. Going ‘name’ directors since we’re a Second look back to the original film ele- small company.” ments would be time-consum- Even so, KimStim has an ex- ing, expensive work for a small citing film lineup coming to Park Slope distribution company company, unfortunately.” DVD. Two documentaries by As for “Human Resources,” Austrian director Ulrich Seidl Stimley worked backwards af- — who recently had a BAM- gives new life to lost foreign films ter seeing — and being blown Cinematek retrospective — are away by — “Time Out.” slated to be released later this By Kevin Filipski serve a chance to be seen by a agree on everything we do.” “When we saw Cantet’s first year (“Animal Love” and for The Brooklyn Papers wider audience. Their latest agreement is on film was available, it was a no- “Models”), as is “The Mirror,” Stimley’s background makes three recent DVD releases: brainer: we didn’t even see it by Iranian director Jafar Panahi, ark Slope indie distribution him perfect for the job. 1999’s “The Other” and 1994’s before acquiring it,” said Stim- and “Seventeen Years,” by company KimStim can be “I grew up in a film house- “The Emigrant” both by Egypt- ley. “He’s a director who will Zhang Yuan, which won several Pa foreign filmmaker’s last hold — my father worked for ian director Youssef Chahine, get even better over time. The awards at the 1999 Venice Film hope before fading — along MGM,” he told GO Brooklyn. and 2000’s “Human Re- company that released ‘Human Festival. with the cinematic fruits of his “I also worked for film compa- sources,” the debut film by Resources’ theatrically went “We’re proud of all these labor — into the black hole of nies where I had my own inter- French director Laurent Cantet, bankrupt, and we were able to films, and we believe in them,” obscurity. whose second feature, 2001’s pick it up for DVD.” said Stimley. “We can’t get top Borough Park “Time Out,” is a masterpiece. Stimley acknowledges that films, but some do fall through native Ian Stimley, CINEMA Chahine, whose movies have the DVD seems to be of lesser the cracks and aren’t seen after the 39-year-old co- rarely been seen outside of festi- visual quality, but that’s because a festival showing. So we give KimStim-distributed DVDs are available Mango / Greg founder of the film, at The Reel Life Video stores in Williams- vals (his work occasionally sur- Cantet shot “Human Re- them a second chance.” video and DVD burg [209 Bedford Ave. at North Fifth faces at the New York Film Fes- sources” on grainy film stock: Stimley’s enthusiasm for un- distributor sees a Street; (718) 302-9747] and Park Slope tival) and retrospectives, has his partly for financial, but also derdog films is equal to his af- [1111 Eighth Ave. at 11th Street; (718) 965- definite need for his 9775], as well as Best Buy locations, and on own singular, hybrid style incor- artistic, considerations, in order fection for Brooklyn. company, whose the Web at www.amazon.com. Visit porating melodrama, documen- to give an ultra-realistic feel to “I have strong Brooklyn con- stated mission is “to www.kimstim.com for more information. tary techniques and even musi- Papers The Brooklyn his story of ordinary factory nections: I was born in the Bor- release overlooked, cal comedy. “The Other” is a Reel life heroes: KimStim film, video and DVD distribution company partners Ian Stimley workers caught up in changing ough Park area, and I’ve lived under-appreciated tragic love story played out and Mika Kimoto in their Park Slope home-office where they help garner exposure for times. here [in Park Slope] for the past masterworks of world cinema ests, my own tastes. I like films against the backdrop of reli- promising filmmakers and great foreign films. “The quality of the film stock seven years,” he said. “I’m very to home video and theaters.” that are tough sells theatrically gious fanaticism, and “The Em- is lower than what people are pro-Brooklyn. We’re hoping to Founded in 1999, KimStim and might only appear on igrant” is a retelling of the bibli- ley explained. “Chahine’s films I really liked. find that were available: some- used to seeing,” he said. “I’m a get a new office somewhere, (he’s “Stim,” and his wife, Mika video.” cal story of Joseph from an have never caught on here, even Why did KimStim choose times getting them is difficult, little worried about [critical re- but we do want to stay in Kimoto is “Kim”) has champi- Stimley, who currently works Egyptian perspective. though he’s very popular [inter- these particular Chahine titles but we were able to make deals sponse], since some reviews Brooklyn. There used to be a oned films that have fallen with Zeitgeist Films, and Kimo- “These were strong festival nationally]. I had never heard of out of the many the prolific di- for these two,” he said, sound- have already called us on it, un- need to be in Manhattan or L.A. through the cracks, films that to “share similar tastes for films that have never had a him until a couple of years ago rector has made? ing apologetic for the discs’ fairly I think.” to be in this business, but not Stimley and Kimoto feel de- films,” he explained. “We try to proper theatrical release,” Stim- when I saw ‘The Other,’ which “These were ones we could less-than-stellar visual quality. Cantet is a typical KimStim anymore.”
“Videodrome” (1982). $10. 2 pm, Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Call Compiled 4:30 pm, 6:45 pm and 9 pm. 30 for ticket info. (718) 449-8497. Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. BEER GARDEN: Brooklyn Historical by Susan RECEPTION: Goloborotko Studio pres- Society and Brooklyn Brewery offer Rosenthal ents an exhibit “Eyes on brewed beer and live music. Beers: Where to Printmaking.” 4 pm to 7 pm. 64 $2. Included in admission of $6, $4 John St. (718) 855-6862. Free. students and seniors. 6:30 pm to 8 Garden” with Alice Stevenson. $6, to 3 pm. Rain or shine. JJ Byrne pm. 128 Pierrepont St. (718) 222- SAT, AUG 28 FILM FEST: Barbes Bar and Imagine $3 students and seniors. Free for Park, Fourth Street. (914) 923-4837. Festival present films that support 4111. members and children. 4 pm. 200 WILD TOUR: Naturalist “Wildman” civic engagement through the arts OUTDOORS AND TOURS Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Steve Brill leads a tour in Prospect in response to the Republican BROOKLYN 101: New York Like a OTHER Park. Learn about wild foods that Convention. Film is “Everywhere But SAT, SEPT 4 Native hosts a tour through Park grow. $10, $5 children. 11:45 pm. Florida” (2004). $5. 11:15 pm. 376 Slope, Prospect Park and Brooklyn OPEN HOUSE: Union Temple of Meet at Grand Army Plaza Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Brooklyn invites singles, couples entrance to park. (914) 835-2153. OUTDOORS AND TOURS
Heights. $13. 1:30 pm to 4 pm. / Jori Klein and families to a Shabbat open CROSSTOWN TO CANARSIE: NY INSIDE FORT GREENE: Firsthand NY Call for meeting place and reserva- Walks takes a tour around Ft. tions. (718) 393-7537. house. 10:30 am. 17 Eastern Transit Museum offers a tour led by MON, AUG 30 Parkway. (718) 638-7600. Free. Greene. $10. 11 am. Meet across FLEA MARKET: Red Hook Flea Joe Cunningham. Learn about the TOUCH CLASS: Learn Ohashiatsu, a from LIRR stop at corner of Hanson Market. 10 am to sunset. 393 Van crosstown line while visiting the BAMCINEMATEK: presents series “I method of touch to manipulate Place and Ashland Street. Call for Brunt St. (718) 369-1515. unused facilities at the Eighth and Can Hear the Guitar: Olivier Assayas energy. Five Saturdays, 2 pm to Sixth Avenue stations. Arrive in Selects” film series. Today: “One reservations. (718) 907-6185. SIDEWALK SALE: DUMBO artists dis- 8:30 pm. 211 Smith St. Call for fee Brooklyn and examine remnants of Plus One (Sympathy for the Devil)” Papers The Brooklyn SIDEWALK SALE: DUMBO artists dis- play their wares in a sidewalk exhi- info. (718) 832-9818. long-gone facilities. $20, $15 mem- (1968). $10. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and play their wares in a sidewalk exhi- bition. Noon to 6 pm. Water Street BAMCINEMATEK: presents “I Can bers. Noon. Call for reservations 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) Walk on by: On Aug. 22, artists Chase Steele Greye (far left), bition. Noon to 6 pm. Water Street between Main and Dock streets. Hear the Guitar” film series. Today: and meeting location. (718) 694- 636-4100. Mauricio Morillas and Ellie Winberg presented their works at the between Main and Dock streets. Artists can reserve free spot at “Last House on the Left” (1972). 1867. Artists can reserve free spot at (718) 625-9352. PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play DUMBO Local Artists Sidewalk Exhibition held Saturdays and Sun- $10. 2 pm and 6:45 pm. Also, “The SIDEWALK SALE: DUMBO artists dis- Batavia Muckdogs. 7 pm. Keyspan (718) 625-9352. PERFORMANCE Hills Have Eyes” (1977). 4:30 pm play their wares. See Sat., Aug. 28. Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Call for ticket days from noon to 6 pm through Labor Day. PERFORMANCE and 9 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) BATTLE OF LONG ISLAND: Comme- info. (718) 449-8497. CODE ORANGE: Theater for the New BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents “Too 636-4100. moration of 228th anniversary. 2 REPUBLICAN BONDING: Friends of City presents its 28th annual street civic engagement through the arts Much Light Makes The Baby Go theater extravaganza. Rags to rich- BBQ: Neighbors Helping Neighbors pm. Event is preceded by a gather- Bob Capano Urban Republican ing at the chapel at 1 pm and a in response to the Republican Con- THURS, SEPT 2 Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes).” $15 es story focuses on political hosts a barbecue with entertainment. Coalition and Brooklyn Young Re- $5 per person or $10 per family. 4 march up the hill with the Merchant vention. Film is “Unprecedented: online (www.gowanus.com) or $9 activism, self-awareness and the publicans invite the community to BARNES AND NOBLE: Glenville Lovell, plus the roll of a single six-sided pm to 8 pm. 64th Street Community Marine Academy Band. 1:30 pm. watch the first night of the Repub- The 2000 Presidential Election” knowledge to defend them Battle Hill, Green-Wood Cemetery, (2001). $5. 8 pm and 10 pm. 376 author of “Love and Death in Brook- die. 11:30 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. through community. 2 pm. Pros- Garden, between Third and Fourth lican Convention. 7 pm to 11 pm. avenues. (718) 686-7946. Fifth Avenue and 25th Street. Free. Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. lyn,” reads from his book. 7 pm. 106 (718) 670-7234. pect Park Concert Grove. Enter the Peggy O’Neill’s, 8123 Fifth Ave. Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. FILM: Coney Island Museum presents (718) 748-1400. park at Lincoln Road off Ocean PERFORMANCE BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: CHILDREN Avenue. Free. “Terror Firmer” (1999). $5 includes FILM FEST: Barbes Bar and Imagine BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: popcorn. 8:30 pm. 1208 Surf Ave. GOSPEL MUSIC: Mauricio Lorence WEDS, SEPT 1 presents “Farewell Monsoon,” a JAZZ: Waterfront Ale House presents Festival present films that support celebration of the end of India’s Mon- hosts “Mythic Journeys,” interna- (718) 372-5159. hosts an event featuring gospel civic engagement through the arts the Paul Sullivan Quartet. 155 WORKING SESSION: Citywide Council soon season. $4. 2:30 pm to 4 pm. tional tales that explain the magic music. Tour of downtown Brooklyn in response to the Republican Con- Atlantic Ave. Call for time. No FILM FEST: Barbes Bar and Imagine follows performance. $25. 10 am to on special education. 6 pm to 10 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. of the world. Appropriate for ages vention. Film is “Brothers and Others: cover. (718) 522-3794. Festival presents films that support 1 pm. Meet at New York Marriott pm. Metropolitan Corporation Aca- 4 and older. $4. 3 pm to 4 pm. 145 civic engagement through the arts The Impact of 9/11 on Arabs, Mus- BAMCINEMATEK: presents series “I BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents “Too Brooklyn, Adams and Tillary streets. demy, 475 State St. (212) 802-1685. Can Hear the Guitar: Olivier Assa- Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. in honor of the Republican Conven- (718) 789-0430. lims and South Asians in America” Much Light Makes The Baby Go tion. Film is “Voting in America” (2003). 11:15 pm. 376 Ninth St. Call TOASTMASTERS: Improve your profes- yas Selects.” Today: “Gummo” OTHER Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes).” $15 JAZZ: Gunter Hampel and Chris Chal- sional image and network with oth- (1997). $10. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and (2004). $5. 11:15 pm. 376 Ninth St. for ticket info. (718) 965-9177. SUBMERGE ART: Third annual festival online (www.gowanus.com) or $9 (718) 965-9177. fant play. $10 donation. 7 pm. Jiki- ers during a meeting with this 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) plus the roll of a single six-sided shinkan Dojo, 211 Smith St. (718) national group. 6:45 pm to 7:45 pm. 636-4100. of films, videos, photography and exhibits. 1 pm to 6 pm. Red Hook die. 11:30 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. 488-9511. VA Hospital Building, 800 Poly Place, FILM FEST: Barbes Bar and Imagine (718) 670-7234. TUES, AUG 31 Estuary Ecology Center, 499 Van SUN, AUG 29 room 2-415 Assembly Room. (718) Festival present films that support CHILDREN 252-3601. Brunt, Warehouse 8A. (718) 583- CHILDREN BAMCINEMATEK: presents series “I civic engagement through the arts 5711. Free. NY TRANSIT MUSEUM: Kids ages 4 Can Hear the Guitar: Olivier Assayas PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play in response to the Republican BAMCINEMATEK: presents series “I Can BARNES AND NOBLE: Kids are invit- OUTDOORS AND TOURS to 16 are invited to art workshop Selects” film series. Today: “Two Batavia Muckdogs. 7 pm. Keyspan Convention. Film is “The Forest for Hear the Guitar: Olivier Assayas ed to hear picture books read by FARMERS’ MARKET: Park Slope Far- “Miles of Tiles.” Create mosaics Lane Blacktop” (1971). $10. 4:30 Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Call for ticket the Trees: Judi Bari vs. the FBI” Selects” film series. Today: “Rude the children’s staff. 11 am. 106 mers Market offers New York state- using ceramic tiles and learn about pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 info. (718) 449-8497. (2004). $5. 11:15 pm. 376 Ninth St. Court St. (718) 246-4158. Free. art of mosaic-making used in sub- Boy” (1980). $10. 3 pm, 6 pm and 9 grown vegetables and fruits. Also, Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. AUDITION: Brooklyn Theater Arts (718) 965-9177. BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Story and Art pasture-raised poultry and meats, way stations. $5 adults, $3 children pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. 3 to 17, free for children under 3 PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play Projects holds auditions for its fall hour presents “In the Summer breads, pastries and more. 8:30 am Batavia Muckdogs. 7 pm. Keyspan production of “Godspell.” 7 pm. and members. 1 pm. Corner of FRI, SEPT 3 Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Call for ticket Christ Church of Bay Ridge, 7300 SUN, SEPT 5 Street. (718) 694-1600. info. (718) 449-8497. Ridge Blvd. (718) 909-8362. Labor Day Weekend AUDITION: Narrows Community FILM FEST: Barbes Bar and Imagine FARMERS’ MARKET: Park Slope Far- OTHER Theater holds auditions for its fall Festival present films that support BAMCINEMATEK: presents series “I mers Market offers New York state- LIST YOUR EVENT… OPERATION CARE PACKAGE: variety show “And We’re Still Here.” civic engagement through the arts in Can Hear the Guitar: Olivier Assa- grown vegetables and fruits. Also, Ages 9 and up are welcome to audi- response to the Republican yas Selects.” Today: “Cold Water” To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send Support troops overseas by donat- pasture raised poultry and meats, ing blood. 9:30 am to 3 pm. Sts. tion. 7:30 pm to 10:30 pm. Convention. Film is “We Was (1994). $10. 2 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 breads, pastries and more. 8:30 am your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite Simon and Jude RC Church, 294 American Legion Hall, 345 78th St. Robbed” (2000). $5. 11:15 pm. 376 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. to 3 pm. Rain or shine. JJ Byrne Park, 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed Ave. T. (718) 375-9600. (718) 482-3173. Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. (718) 636-4100. Fourth Street. (914) 923-4837. on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “I Can FILM FEST: Barbes Bar and Imagine BAMCINEMATEK: “Two Lane Black- PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones play SIDEWALK SALE: DUMBO artists dis- Hear the Guitar” series. Today: Festival presents films that support top” (1971). See Tues, Aug. 31. Hudson Valley Renegades. 7 pm. play their wares. See Sat., Sept. 4.
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Paddy Bullock, Xtine 16, Bazooka Joe; Aug. 30: 14 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM August 28, 2004 BROOKLYN CYCLONES COVERAGE ThePlay’s the Thing with Ed Shakespeare On Italian Night, a ‘Soprano’ plays bocce Fusselle’s By Ed Shakespeare Dodger managed in college at for The Brooklyn Papers South Alabama. “He was like a second father It was Italian Heritage Night UPs to me,” said Patterson of the at Keyspan Park on Aug. 25, deceased Stanky. on the air, and on hand to help celebrate & “He taught us so much. We the event was Joe Gannascoli, DOWNs learned to read the other team’s the actor who plays Vito pitcher, and we could tell what Spatafore on “The Sopranos.” was coming from little telltale Gannascoli is a Bensonhurst signs. or is he? guy, having grown up near Mc- “Eddie was tough to play for Donald Avenue and attended lefty on the 2002 Brooklyn Cy- because he was so intense. But saw it on the radio” is an expression dear to broadcast- Lafayette High School. clones, recently traded by the we learned so much,” added ers of the pictureless medium because it defines what He was at Keyspan Park to Mets to the Tampa Bay Devil Patterson. Stanky himself was a protege “ every radio announcer is trying to do — make the lis- play bocce against Cyclones I Rays, threw five shutout in- tener see in his mind’s eye what is happening on the ball field. manager Tony Tijerina. of Leo Durocher, manager of the nings against the Seattle Ask around — talk to fans, baseball executives and other “I was a Yankee fans growing Mariners to earn the victory in Brooklyn Dodgers and New announcers — and the consensus about the ability of the Cy- up. My father was always a Yan- his first major league game. York Giants, among other teams. kee fan because his guy was Res ipsa loquitor. “When Eddie was retiring clones’ radio announcer Warner Fusselle to make the listener Tony Lazzeri, an Italian-Ameri- from college coaching, Leo see the game on radio sounds like a chorus of Carly Simon’s can, and then later he loved Joe Six degrees… [Durocher] was in our dugout for song, “Nobody Does It Better.” DiMaggio. I had some uncles On Aug. 25 Rick Patterson, an the Eddie’s final game and Leo On Thursday, Aug. 26, Fusselle broadcast his 300th con- who were Brooklyn Dodger outfield and base running instruc- had figured out all our signs by secutive game for Brooklyn. Not only has he announced the fans,” said the gregarious actor. tor for the Mets farm system, the first inning,” said Patterson. action for every Clones contest, but he is probably the only Rebecca Cetta temporarily took over the coach- So the next time you spot But just because he’s a Yan- person to have seen every Cyclones game. kee fan doesn’t mean he won’t ing duties at first base. Patterson teaching the young And when he did so, the for- Cyclones at Keyspan Park, re- So, all of the Cyclones games are on radio, Fusselle paints root for his home borough’s a marvelous word picture of all the action, and he never miss- team. mer Met farm hand created yet member that he learned a lot of “I’ve seen the Cyclones play a another link to Brooklyn’s base- his baseball from Eddie Stanky, es a game. This is a great deal for Brooklyn fans, right? Well, lot,” he said. “This is my first ball past. who learned a great deal of his as they used to say about the Brooklyn Dodgers catcher Ernie game this year, but I’ve been out Papers / The Brooklyn Patterson was a protege of expertise from Leo Durocher. Lombardi running to first, “Not so fast.” here a bunch of times in previous Cyclones hurler Evan MacClane fires a strike to Juan Llamas of the Oneonta Tigers Tues- Eddie Stanky, a famed baseball The roots go back to Ebbets We’ll get to why the Cyclones games on the radio are a mixed years. I like to come and watch day night at Keyspan Park. The Clones won the game 3-0. player and manager who spent Field. blessing, but first let’s talk about the Cyclones announcer. the game, but there are so many three-and-a-half seasons with Ejected Fusselle was born in Louisville, Ky., and grew up in Geor- a little,” said Gannascoli, who they made a good team. thing speaks for itself,” and, ac- people I run into from school and the Brooklyn Dodgers. Branch development gia. He has lived for about half his life in New York City — from around the neighborhoods also threw out one of the cere- “I was paired with Steve Co- cording to the “Lectric Law Li- Rickey once said, “Stanky can’t he’s a resident of midtown Manhattan. that I have a great time seeing monial first pitches despite the hen, whose background doesn’t brary,” the words are, “applied to hit, he can’t field, he can’t run, Earlier this season, manager He has broadcast minor league baseball over many years, them all while I‘m watching the aching arm. include much bocce,” said the situations when it’s assumed that and he can’t throw. All he can Tony Tijerina was ejected for going all the way back to the Spartanburg Phillies games Cyclones play.” “I did the best I could in the playful Gannascoli, casting a a person’s injury was caused by do is beat you.” arguing an umpire’s call and, from 1970-1974. Later, he broadcast games of the triple-A As for the bocce game, Gan- bocce game,” noted Gannascoli. teasing look at the Cyclones the negligent actions of another Stanky did just that — being later in the same game, acting Richmond Braves. He has been the radio voice of the Virginia nascoli lost — but with good “The manager [Tony Tijerina] is GM. “So we lost.” party because the accident was on pennant winners as a second manager Donovan Mitchell Squires of the American Basketball Association and was the was also thrown out for disput- reason. Or at least an excuse. very athletic, so he was very Speaking of… the sort that wouldn’t occur unless baseman with the Dodgers, Gi- ing an arbiter’s decision. long-time basketball radio voice of the Seton Hall University “I have a torn rotator cuff, good, and he was paired with someone was negligent.” ants and Braves. “Res Ipsa Loquitor” is a Latin That left pitching coach Pirates. He was the voice of the nationally syndicated “This and I’ll have an operation on it the guy who brought the bocce On Monday night, Aug. 23, Patterson was both a player expression that is frequently used Hector Berrios in charge, but Week in Baseball” for a time, and he even played a part in the next Tuesday, so it threw me off balls, who was also tough, so in the law. The term means, “The Scott Kazmir, the hard-throwing and a coach when the former what if he had been ejected? Harvey Keitel thriller “Bad Lieutenant.” Stranger things have hap- As a young announcer, he wrote to Red Barber for advice pened. Mike Lopriore, the and eventually became friendly with the famed announcer of trainer at the Mets’ Binghamton the Brooklyn Dodgers. In fact, Fusselle’s acquaintance with farm team, took the reins this Barber was one of the reasons that the he applied for the cur- year after a series of ejections, rent Brooklyn broadcasting position. Clones hanging on to playoff hopes and he’s now 1-0 as a manager. As Fusselle explains, “Red told me all these stories about This, of course, begs the broadcasting in Brooklyn, and when I heard about baseball question: is Cyclones trainer coming back to Brooklyn, I wanted to see what it would be By Ed Shakespeare nings and allowed only one made the night a success for Brooklyn (35-28) and took Ruben Barrera up to the task of like to broadcast in Brooklyn, and so I applied for the job.” for The Brooklyn Papers hit while striking out six and Brooklyn as he shutout the the loss. Hyde pitched 6.1 in- managing? Maybe. After Fusselle was named the Brooklyn announcer, he walking none. Oneonta Tigers for eight in- nings allowing three runs, all Staten Island 7 “I don’t know the signs,” arranged for a sign to be made that he hangs from the broad- New Jersey’s Mike Shep- nings. MacLane (5-3) allowed earned, on five hits, two said Barrera. Brooklyn 0 cast booth at Keyspan Park and, where possible, from the ra- herd broke up Swindell’s bid only three hits and one walk walks and seven strikeouts. Well, how would he signal dio booth at away games. The sign says, “The Catbird Seat” Aug. 20 at Staten Island for a no-hitter when the Car- while striking out 10. The first Brooklyn hit was for steals, takes, and hit-and- and it shows a picture of an old-time radio microphone. Staten Island broke open a dinals shortstop singled up the Brooklyn (35-27) scored a double down the right field runs? Simply put, he wouldn’t. “Sitting in the catbird seat” was one of the many Southern close game with five runs in WRAP-UP middle with one out in the top two runs the fourth. Ambiorix line by Matt Fisher, but the “I would let the players play,” expressions that Barber used in his broadcasts, one that meant the sixth inning, and the Yan- of the sixth. Concepcion singled and stole Clones could manage only stated Barrera. “No signs.” a player was at an advantage, such as Duke Snider at the plate Trainers don’t wear the team kees went on to hold the Cy- New Jersey 4 second. After two outs and a three more hits in th e game. with the bases loaded and a 3-0 count. Eventually, Barber ap- clones to a four-hit shutout. walk to Jim Burt, Concepcion The Clones started a poten- uniform, so what would Barrera the game at 1-1 with a run in Brooklyn 2 wear if he was forced to manage? plied the expression to his perch in the broadcast booth, and Staten Island (20-34) scored went to third on a wild pitch. tial ninth inning rally when Fusselle, in honor of Barber, has resurrected the term. the third. Aug.23 at New Jersey “I would wear my shorts, as a run in the second and the The Cyclones took a 2-1 Grant Psomas then doubled in with none out, Fisher and Am- Fusselle was asked about some of his Brooklyn Cyclones The New Jersey Cardinals both Concepcion and Burt. biorix Concepcion hit consecu- usual,” said Barrera confident- game remained at 1-0 until the lead in the seventh when Yu- ly. “And, I would be holding highlights he has broadcast while sitting in the new Catbird Yankee outburst. Staten Island nir Garcia singled in Stewart. took an early 3-0 lead and then In the seventh, Brooklyn tive singles to place runners on Seat. What were his most exciting games? hung on to defeat the Cyclones. added the game’s final run the corners. Tyler Davidson hit my [trainer’s] scissors. scored a run off Brooklyn In the bottom of that inning The thought of Barrera in “The two most exciting back-to-back baseball games I have starter and loser Scott Hyde (3- the Cards scored a run to even The Cardinals (34-29) when Matt Fisher hit a sacri- what seemed to be a shot to the third base coaching box, in ever seen were the two playoff games here at Keyspan Park 2) and had a runner on first the score at 2. scored a run in the first and fice fly to score Kevin Rios. dead center field, but the pre- his civilian outfit with his against the Staten Island Yankees in 2001,” recalled Fusselle. with one out in the sixth when Brooklyn took a 3-2 lead in two more in the second off Nate Bumstead (3-1) took vailing ocean wind turned what shorts, and his scissors in hand hose were the games the Cyclones won before going Edgar Alfonzo relieved Hyde. the 11th when Dante Brinkley Brooklyn starter and loser Joe the loss for Oneonta. could have been an extra base is somewhat surreal, but Bar- against Williamsport in the championship series can- The Yankees used two walks, bunted and went to third on a Williams (5-4). Oneonta 3 hit into an easy fly out. Then rera seems ready to accept the Tcelled because of the events of Sept. 11. Brooklyn (34-27) scored Caleb Stewart and Derran two hits and an error to score throwing error. After a walk Brooklyn 0 possible challenge. Pitching How about the excitement generated by a player? five runs before Alfonzo was to Ambiorix Concepcion, two runs in the fifth when, Watts both struck out, and the changes? No problem. “Ambiorix Concepcion is the most exciting Cyclone that I relieved by Marcelo Perez. Brinkley scored on a single with the bases loaded, Caleb Aug. 25 at Keyspan Park Tigers had the victory. “I won’t think about that un- have seen,” explained the Cyclones announcer about the cur- Starter Jeff Marquez (3-2) by Stewart. Stewart then doubled to right- The Cyclones were held Brooklyn 11 til it happens,” said the poten- rent Cyclone. “He has all the tools, and not only do I think got the win for Staten Island. In the bottom of the 11th, the center to plate Kevin Rios and hitless for 5.2 innings by the tial dugout maven. that he’ll make the majors, but I think he’ll be a star.” Oneonta 2 What about his coaching New Jersey 4 Cardinals scored two runs off Corey Coles. Oneonta Tigers starter and Do all of Fusselle’s predictions come true? reliever Celso Rondon (1-1) to New Jersey scored the winner Lavon Lewis (1-5) as Aug. 26 at Keyspan Park philosophy? “You never know who will make the majors,” says the Brooklyn 3 win the game. game’s final run on a home the Brooks were shutout by The Cyclones tore through “None,” answered Barrera, broadcaster. “I’ve seen third-string minor league catchers Aug. 21 at New Jersey Mike Gross (1-0) picked run by Cody Palmer off re- the upstate invaders. Oneonta for six first-inning who seems ready to employ a make the big leagues, and I’ve seen guys that everyone rather Zen-like approach to any The Cyclones took a 3-2 up the Cardinals win in relief. liever Edgar Alfonzo. The Tigers (32-31) scored runs and went on to defeat the thought would make it never get close to the majors. lead in the top of the 11th in- The Cardinals starter, Chris the only run they would need Tigers in the rubber game of a prospective managing. “I don’t “I thought a bunch of guys on the first Cyclones team Brooklyn 6 when they opened the game three-game set. like to think too far ahead. I’ll ning, but the New Jersey Car- Della Rocco (2-2), picked up just react to what happens,.” would make the major leagues, and now a lot of them are out dinals came back with two New Jersey 0 the win. with consecutive singles and Michael Devaney (4-0) of baseball, like [pitcher] Ross Peeples.” Aug. 22 at Keyspan Park “Ruben’s been around base- runs in the bottom of the in- Brooklyn 3 eventually scored a run on a started for Brooklyn (36-28) ball for a long time,” said Cy- Well, 300 consecutive games is a nice streak. How does ning to win the game. The Cyclones defeated the sacrifice fly by Juan Llamas. and pitched seven innings, al- Fusselle feel about the achievement? Oneonta 0 clones manager Tony Tijerina Brooklyn (33-26) scored in New Jersey Cardinals behind The Tigers added single lowing two runs and seven with a laugh. “Trainers are always “Actually, 300 games isn’t that long a streak,” states the the second inning when Grant a magnificent pitching per- Aug. 24 at Keyspan Park runs in both the fifth and sev- hits in picking up the win. second guessing us anyway.” voice of the Brooks. “I am proudest that I have never missed Psomas singled to drive in formance by starter Mike It was Irish heritage night at enth innings to take a 3-0 Catcher Yunir Garcia hit a “It would be interesting to a play-by-play broadcast in my career.” Caleb Stewart. Swindell (3-1). The Brooklyn Keyspan Park and Scots-Irish lead, the game’s final tally. two run shot in the first to see what Ruben could do as the Okay, Brooklyn Cyclones fans have a nationally known The Cardinals (33-28) tied right-hander threw eight in- left-hander Evan MacLane Scott Hyde (3-3) started for lead the Clones attack. manager.” and respected announcer doing the games, and you could win a lot of money betting that he’ll show up for work. So, what’s the problem? You can be in Cucamonga, Calif. or Brisbane, Australia and pick up the Cyclones games loud and clear-on the Inter- net. The problem is that you can be trying to listen to the games on the radio on 22nd Street in Coney Island, five blocks from the ballpark, and not hear a word. Why can’t many fans in Brooklyn hear their team’s games? The Cyclones games are broadcast on WKRB, a low-power FM station operated by Kingsborough Community College. The station has been with the Cyclones from the start and they have been providing a place for Brooklyn fans to listen to the games. But that place covers a very small area. In the 2002 sea- son, the Cyclones games were simultaneously broadcast both on WKRB and on WSNR, a powerful AM station operated by the Sporting News. Fusselle’s broadcasts on WSNR could be heard all over the New York Metropolitan area. But for the last two seasons, the radio broadcasts only go out over WKRB, and that is a problem. taci Bromberger lives on 22nd Street in Coney Island. She and her father are season ticket holders, and they Sattend almost every home game and a number of away games as well. When they aren’t at the away games, they at- tempt to follow the Cyclones on the radio. “I can get the games in my room because my bedroom Brooklyn Cyclones faces east, where Kingsborough Community College broad- casts. But my dad can’t get the games in his room, which is in the front of the house, because his room faces the west.” So at least Staci can hear the games from her room? Well, not always. playoff tickets go on sale “I can’t get the games on my clock radio. I have to use my boom box,” adds the determined listener. “Sometimes I have to touch the antennae of the boom box to the curtain rod so that I can hear the broadcast. One time, my body position Friday, August 27th at 10:00 am must have been helping to bring in the broadcast, because if I moved from near the bed, I lost the station.” Mark “The Mayor of Section 14” Lazarus lives near Brooklyn College and also would like to pick up the Cy- clones on the radio. “Everyone doesn’t walk around with a computer. We want Get your Cyclones playoff tickets at KeySpan Park and Shea Stadium Box Offices, online at to listen in our cars, on the beach, in the backyard,” he said. “The only sure way to listen to the games in Brooklyn is to sit next to Warner Fusselle in the Catbird Seat.” www.brooklyncyclones.com Steve Cohen, the Cyclones general manager, says that not having the Cyclones games on a more powerful station is not or by phone through lack of effort. “We talked to from 30 to 40 radio stations to try to work something out this year,” he said. “I would like to listen to the games myself when they are on the road. Wait ’til next year.” 718-507-TIXX Fusselle’s 320th Cyclones game should be early next sea- son. Fans will be happy to hear it — over the air. Voted the Best Short Season Brooklyn Papers’ columnist Ed Shakespeare’s book “When Minor League Park by Baseball America. A non-refundable service charge applies to all phone and internet orders. 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