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Oct. 4, 2015 Your Neighborhood — Your News® MonthA CNG xx–xx,Publication 2015 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM Gerritsen haunted by GALLEY ghost ship BY COLIN MIXSON It’s a hull of a problem. On Sept. 17, under cover of night, some surreptitious sail- ors scuttled a 25-foot motorboat in an inlet just off of Gerritsen Beach, creating major headaches for nearby homeowners and a CATS! hazard for the environment in a move that shocked even Sandy- hardened locals. Dive into feline seafaring history “I’ve been here going on al- most 10 years, and nothing like BY MAX JAEGER net traffi c, were not always the this has ever happened, not even Don’t call them sea dogs! cultural darlings they are today. during Sandy,” said Yolanda Faz- An art historian will explain The domestic animals were once zuoli, whose rear deck now over- the little-known hiss-story of cats considered bad luck, but like so looks the fi lthy, half-submerged as masters of the high seas dur- many meowtcasts, they found vessel. Virtually fun! ing a talk called “Ship Cats: Ad- their niche at sea, the lecturer Fazzuoli was in bed in her venture! Courage! Betrayal!” at said. Abby Court home that evening Cyber fans can get a glimpse of next-generation fi lm-making this week in Bushwick occult store Catland on “They were considered ser- when she heard what sounded Dumbo, when the Virtual Reality Film Festival comes to town on Oct. 6 at Oct. 7. vants of the devil,” said Paul Kou- like two men conversing outside. 26 Bridge (26 Bridge St. between Plymouth and John streets). Visit www. Felines — who reportedly ac- dounaris, an art historian and Continued on page 7 kvrff.com for ticket info. count fur 15 percent of all Inter- Continued on page 6 Kosciuszko rising Seafood joint riffs on Bon Jovi BY ALLEGRA HOBBS as surprised as anyone BY MAX JAEGER Sandwich Shoppe’s Bay fect mix of exposure and It is a bridge over surpris- that such a massive project There’s a hunger burning Ridge storefront in Octo- affordability, the owner ingly calm waters. hasn’t hit a road-bump. in the heart of their souls ber. The owner looked for said. The towers that will “We are just amazed at — for fried anchovies. space in Williamsburg, “I knew the neighbor- hold up the new Kosciuszko how smoothly everything Bon Chovie — the but couldn’t fi nd reason- hood, and when this op- Bridge are now looming is going, and the fact that Smorgasburg purveyor of able rent in the too-hot- portunity came about, it over the Newtown Creek a we’re on time and on bud- Benvenuto Georgine by Photo fried anchovies and deli- to-handle-with-kid-gloves just felt right,” said owner year after workers began get is just wonderful,” said READY TO ROCK: Renae cious nod to rocker Jon ’hood. Renae Holland, who has erecting them, which state state Department of Trans- Holland is bringing her sea- Bon Jovi — is opening a But Bay Ridge, with its lived in Bay Ridge but road offi cials say is right on portation spokeswoman food — named in a nod to Jon brick-and-mortar restau- restaurant-laden Third now resides in Red Hook. schedule — and they seem Continued on page 7 Bon Jovi — to Bay Ridge. rant in what was Zito’s Avenue, presented the per- Continued on page 6
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Sal’s Transmissions BRONX SPONSOR 3 OCT. 4, 2015, BROOKLYN WEEKLY “We think“We he has at Ndiaye time, that Until get to trying just “I’m The Bolts opened His eagerness to learn was one of the reasons the Bolts coaches took him. least the demeanor to get to the Shea next level,” said. “Whether he can play at that level, that is thefor NFL coaches to de- cide.” is playing going to enjoy at — andhome soaking in as must football knowledge as possible. I that things the at better know I must improve on,” Ndiaye said. “The rest is in God’s hands. The only MCU thing I can control is how at hard and much I work how 2 better I get.” Oct. on against the Florida Black- tips Park. He got to the gridiron on Ogemdi] cousin “[My needed still Ndiaye He i s work i n g w it h of fen - laying the for Bolts was his own, realizing his size and athletic ability could take him as a long way a football player. said. he would just bring me pro- food,” shakes, tein “I started eating and lift- thing him. Next ing with from I went 218 know, you to 240, and all of a sudden gettingkept bigger.” to how ar- know to learn the ins and outs he even of the game and said when he pads didn’t on put Nebraska-Kear- at rived The teachingney. aspect why reason another is p sive line coach Eric Hicks Hicks important. Eric coach line sive on technique daily and playing in stance. a lower (Above) New (Above) Just like he gave foot- gave he like Just Football was all around Still, remained Elhadi WELCOME HOME: WELCOME Utrecht grad Elhadi Ndiaye, a relative newcomer football, to will suit up the for Bolts as defensive end after his NFL- lineman cousin suggested he try the sport. (Right) The for- gets standout basketball mer his at time scrimmage some in eld, MCU Park, during home fi practice on Sept. 23. Photos by Jason Speakman idea to give this a shot.” ball after a shot making his name in a different sport. him in his family, because his younger brother Dame Ndiaye was a heavily re- cruited end. defensive El- hadi Ndiaye saidhe used to and Dame for mistaken be was coaches told by such Chip headman Eagles as was Oregon who at at Kelly, all the time, that he needed to play football. bounced he as in the player basketball the public from family him Brooklyn over pushed one housing No to an- development other. because he football toward was good on the hardwood, hon- earning All-American ors Grossmont at (Calif.) ju- college. nior y signed with nal spots the on The Utrecht New grad- “Hewas with the Char- The 6-foot-4, 265-pound he hasNow earned a explosion, showed “He Ndiaye didn’t try out Unlike the Canadian “Then we were able to BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI Utrecht alum a Bolt a alum Utrecht Former hoops star suits up for Brooklyn’s football team football Brooklyn’s for up suits star hoops Former Elhadi Ndiaye took a a took three Ndiaye football on Elhadi chance years giv- ago, and he’s now ing people reasons to take a chancehim. on uate, was a basket- who ball his of most standout life, took the advice of his cousin, NFL lineman Ndiaye move to Ndiaye, Ogemdi time,” his game to the gridiron. the at gers said. “In the offseason I would go down and he would bring me with him. I was just doing drills along with him and I just loved it.” Ndiaye, a native of Senegal, became a star end defensive at Division-II Nebraska- Kearney as a junior in col- lege and briefl the Cleveland Browns after 2014. in graduation pro- his reviving at chance football dream when he was from picked a group of more than 200 players for one of the fi his rosterBrooklyn at Bolts on open tryouts Sept. 20. ap- he light like be felt just to we and peared feet,” said Bolts coach Terry Shea. thefor Fall Experimen- tal Football League last con- it. season because his agent about much know didn’t into theBut when two did their homework, they were im- opportu- the with pressed locked provided. it nity Football League, players aren’t tracts a full for season. They can an leave for NFL opportunity any at time. al- The of competition level whom of teams with also high, is many featuring former college help stars, to from looks received ready able teams. NFL were see the stats,” Ndiaye said. “They agent my and players get back to the me so NFL, thought would be it a good rst rst rst gig rst rst game at at game rst Photo by Jason Speakman lling in the for Isles’ “Organs add charm to Cartier is a lifelong “I grew up and went He began playing the for “I mentioned that The familiar sound of the New York Yankees —the York New can engage fans in a way nothing else can. the game experience, and said mischief,” also some can organist “An Hirshon. messages communicate go opera- scoreboard the that ‘Let’s tor can’t. With notes, a few chant, to [Cartier] could get 16,000 people Islanders!’ to get fans back into the game if — even their burying like felt they faces in their hands.” Isles fan, and was the at fi very team’s 12. age shadows the in school to theof Coliseum,” Nassau he said. Islanders in 1979, occasion- fi ally original organist Fred Mendelson, hooked who fi his with up Cartier theat Nassau stadium. I played, and that my brother had season tick- ets. This meant I was there almost every game,” Cartier said. “[Mendelson] asked me to come upstairs to the organ, I did which the next game. He had me rightplay then, between periods of an Isles game.” Cartier’s organ will greet fans the at Islanders’ fi game of the 2015-2016 sea- son against the Chicago Blackhawks Barclays at Center on Oct. 9.
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