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By Deborah Kolben big enough to understand and take,” Clin- The Brooklyn Papers ton told The Brooklyn Papers. “We shouldn’t be treated like we’re in- The plume of smoke that streaked capable of making decisions about our own across Brooklyn following the attacks health and well being. She changed it to on the World Trade Center may have put in very reassuring happy talk and justi- been more hazardous than the govern- fied that by saying that it was needed for ment let on. national security grounds, which makes no At a Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce sense to me.” luncheon on Tuesday, Sen. Hillary Rod- The first-term senator also called for ham Clinton called for congressional hear- more testing of both indoor and outdoor air ings and a Department of Justice investiga- and called for a sampling to be taken from

tion into whether the Environmental apartments and offices in both Lower Man- Callan / Tom Protection Agency intentionally covered- hattan and Brooklyn to determine if there up air quality reports right after 9-11. is any remaining contamination. “The case has been pretty well admit- Clinton called on the federal govern- ted,” Clinton told Brooklyn reporters be- ment to foot the bill for any required fore addressing the Chamber at the New cleanup. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn York Marriott Brooklyn on Adams Street. “Brooklyn has to be involved because of A reveler dressed in full regalia marches down Eastern Parkway “[Former EPAAdministrator] Christine the obvious proximity to what happened,” during Monday’s West Indian American Day Carnival and Parade. Todd Whitman went along with the White she said. House changing some of the cautionary Last week, EPA Inspector General Nikki language of the experts in EPA — the peo- Tinsley reported EPA didn’t have sufficient

NASA ple who actually know about air quality — data on Sept. 18, 2001, to say the air was Smoke plume from World Trade Center is blown across Brooklyn on Sept. 11, 2001. who had cautionary language that we’re See HILLARY on page 8 Murder New system compounds stains start of latest school year By Deborah Kolben parade The Brooklyn Papers As more than a million New York City children prepare to return to public school Monday, there is bound to be some confusion. West Indian festival was In addition to the ordinary hustle and bustle of back-to-school shopping, families now have a dizzying array of changes with which to contend. Gone are the local in honor of James Davis school district offices. Community school More on Back Associated Press with The Brooklyn Papers boards? A thing of the Violence marred the festive atmosphere of the West Indian past. to School: p4 American Day Carnival Parade on Monday, which organizers The former Board of had dedicated to the memory of Fort Greene Councilman Education headquarters James Davis, who had himself been fatally shot. at 110 Livingston Street? Slated for condo development. Toward the end of the festivities, a man wearing a mask and stand- All of these changes, in addition to a new uniform reading and math cur- ing on a parade float shot another man in the head as he tried to get on riculum, come under Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s new greatly expanded the float, said Det. Kevin Czartoryski, a police spokesman. The victim, control of the public school system. Anthony Bartholomew, a Brooklyn College student, was taken to Kings So what does all this mean for parents? County Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Authorities were A lot of confusion, according to Clara Hemphill, author of the school- searching for the shooter. rating guidebooks “New York City’s Best Public High Schools,” “New On Wednesday, the Daily News and New York Post had somewhat York City’s Best Public Elementary Schools” and “New York City’s Best conflicting reports of what transpired. The News reported that Public Middle Schools.” Bartholomew was shot for bumping into the shooter, who had been “There’s enormous confusion over applying to gifted programs. You dancing and flailing his arms. It quoted a “high-ranking police source,” used to go to district offices, where do you go now?” she asked. as saying, “This guy is a good kid. It’s over nonsense. He bumped into Gifted programs aren’t the only things that may throw parents for a loop. someone, and he gets shot, and the killer managed to blend into the Instead of seeking variances, voicing concerns and filing complaints crowd.” with the district offices, parents must now head to one of the 10 learning The Post, however, cited a confidential eyewitness to the cold-blood- support centers. ed murder as saying Bartholomew was killed because he laughed at a Under the mayor’s new system, the 32 former school districts have Bloods gang member who was making gang hand signs. been consolidated into 10 regional divisions guided by one of the 10 re- The witness told the Post that after Bartholomew laughed at the gang gional superintendents. Those regional superintendents will oversee a member, he and two other gang members stared at Bartholomew from near group of local instructional supervisors, who oversee no more than a a tree. When Bartholomew and a friend saw a float they like and jumped a dozen schools. police barrier, the three gang members following them, the source told the Those superintendents will be housed at the 10 new learning support Post. centers located throughout the city. Parents are able to visit any of the cen- The witness said the man Bartholomew laughed at, who was wear- / Greg Mango / Greg ters, not just the one in their area. ing a red bandana, purposely bumped into Bartholomew and when the “The good news is that learning support centers are polite and pleasant, victim turned around he pulled out a gun, firing two shots, one of which which is a step in the right direction, said Hemphil. “But a lot of them don’t struck Bartholomew in the head. know a lot.” Police could not verify that account. As of this school year, districts 13, 14, 15 and 16, including Brooklyn Later, across the street from the shooting, another man was stabbed The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, Cobble Hill, Carroll Gardens, Sunset Park, Red Hook, in the neck. The victim, Jean Thomas, 29, of Montclair, N.J., was taken Second-graders Justin Ramirez and Joseph Guiliano are all smiles Wednesday at first day of classes at Kensington, Windsor Terrace, Boerum Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, Fort to Kings County Hospital in “extremely critical” condition. He is ex- the St. Anselm Catholic school, on 83rd Street between Third and Fourth avenues. See CONFUSION on page 4 See MURDER on page 3 Next phase of Shore Rd fixup Profs picket By Deborah Kolben bility of the Verrazano Bridge, of the more beautiful parks in attracts residents with its The Brooklyn Papers increased light, and will estab- Brooklyn,” said Department of sweeping views of Upper New Shore Road Park is get- lish maintenance programs to Parks and Recreation spokes- York Bay and the harbor. Strike LIU over wages, benefits ting a makeover. avoid heavy erosion from hap- man Eric Adolfsen. According to Golden spokes- A section of the 58-acre pening in the future,” said a The last phase of the plan man John Quaglione, these are By Patrick Gallahue no payment from the university.” park, between 69th and 86th Golden spokesman. will include the reconstruction the first capital improvements The Brooklyn Papers The union unsuccessfully asked the streets, just underwent a $1.7 Golden secured funding for of four baseball fields along the park has seen since the Belt school to match $50,000 it was willing to million renovation and now its the renovations when he was Shore Road at 95th Street. Parkway opened in 1934. The faculty at Long Island Uni- put towards a benefits package for adjunct city councilman for the district. Shore Road Park, a 2.5-mile “We’re fortunate to have this versity’s Downtown Brooklyn Cam- neighbor to the south is about professors. The administration in turn of- to get the same. “We look forward to the park running between the Belt many acres of parkland,” said pus went on strike Wednesday. fered $20,000 a year for three years, which State Sen. Marty Golden an- completion of the project and Parkway and the Narrows, Quaglione. “What’s the sense Faculty members, consisting of full-time the union rejected, said fellow journalism nounced the kickoff of the sec- look forward to helping re- from the Verrazano Narrows of having them without having and part-time employees, rejected the ad- professor Mike Bush. The administration ond phase of the project, which shape the park and make it one Bridge to the 69th Street Pier, them in top notch condition?” ministration’s offer of a three-year contract also offered a 2-percent raise this year and will stretch from 87th to 94th and demonstrated outside the school at 4-percent raises in the following two years. streets. Reconstruction started Flatbush Avenue Extension and DeKalb The faculty members voted 190-26 on Aug. 26 and should be com- avenues starting early on the rain-soaked against the contract with three abstentions pleted by June. morning to demand raises, more time off and voted 164-34 with three abstentions, in Included in the $2.6 million Last 9-11 funeral for firefighter for research, and better seniority and health support of the strike, Bush said. Callan / Tom project is installation of bench- benefits for adjunct professors. Peg Byron, a spokeswoman for LIU es, pathways repaving, curbs Associated Press to have an official service in his memory. His fam- “They have no health benefits, the uni- Brooklyn, declined to comment in detail on and landscaping — including A vial of blood is all that will be buried at ily had hoped his remains would be identified, but versity does not contribute at all,” said negotiations, which have been ongoing the planting of grass, clearing Michael Ragusa’s funeral next week, two years decided they had waited long enough. Ralph Engelman, an LIU journalism pro- since May, but said, “We’re disappointed and cleaning of the park, cut- after he was killed in the World Trade Center. “We always knew in our hearts when it would

fessor who is the strike coordinator. “They and we felt we offered a package that bal- Papers The Brooklyn ting back trees and a new gaze- The 29-year-old firefighter, who served with be the right time, when we would say, ‘enough,’” can buy in at their own expense with some anced the needs of our faculty with fiscal Faculty member pickets out- bo at 89th Street for public use. Red Hook’s Engine 279, on Lorraine Street at Michael’s mother, Dee Ragusa, said Sunday. of the health plans that we have, but there’s See STRIKE on page 7 side LIU Wednesday. “It will offer increased visi- Smith Street, is the last of the 343 firefighters lost See HERO on page 7

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By Deborah Kolben The Brooklyn Papers Sen. Hillary Clinton was greeted have changed their lives with a standing ovation Tuesday morning as she delivered the By Sara Kugler eration, organizing food and such as Annelise Peterson, the guilt of not being able to keynote address at the Brooklyn Associated Press water for rescue workers, box- made personal changes. protect him. ing up medical supplies to treat Peterson’s brother worked She went back to school a Chamber of Commerce luncheon. After terrorists killed Addressing the roughly 300 Chamber weary Ground Zero crews. for bond firm Cantor Fitzger- year after the attacks, majoring more than 3,000 people two Eight months later, Orloff ald, on the 104th floor of the in criminal justice with a goal members and guests in attendance, Clin- years ago, Americans dream- ton touted the borough’s diversity and sold the inventory from her World Trade Center’s north of working in counterterrorism ed of traveling across the clothing line and closed her tower. Her fiance’s office was for the FBI, CIA or New York cultural richness and noted the impor- country to rescue survivors, tance of future economic development. business to head the volunteer on the south tower’s 104th Police Department. The former first lady noted that she New Yorkers thought of organization she founded. The floor, at Sandler O’Neill, “I kind of feel like I failed looked forward to seeing the completion grabbing weapons and going group, September Space, pro- where he so loved his job as him, and that’s hard to carry around,” she said. “I try to of what she called Brooklyn’s “golden tri- to war, victims’ relatives vides a support system for an investment banker that he often worked on weekends. make up for it by going back angle,” a term she used to describe the regretted ever wasting a people doing volunteer work. Peterson herself hated her to school and maybe one day area from the BAM Cultural District to precious day. “I love this city. I was going Midtown Manhattan banking help save somebody else’s the planned Brooklyn Bridge Park to the Promises to make life count to do something to help, and job — a seemingly plum posi- brother.” echoed in the emotional days something to make a differ- Steiner Movie Studios scheduled to open tion she landed after graduat- The 30-year-old single after the attack. Many, certain- ence,” said Orloff, 38. “Once I in the Brooklyn Navy Yard sometime next ing from Columbia in just mom works full-time as a year. ly, went unfulfilled as the days was doing it 24 hours a day, I realized this was where I need three years. She had majored client associate at Merrill As Clinton rattled off a few neighbor- and months went on. Yet, from in economics because it was Lynch, and attends school at hoods that she said made up the bor- the fashion designer who to be.” She gave up her spacious marketable, but it was not her night and on weekends. She ough’s “cultural crescent” she paused to founded a nonprofit to the made the decision to change / Greg Mango / Greg home and moved into a studio passion. reflect on what might truly be at the heart Senate aide who joined the “I didn’t really think about her career about six months af- of her strong Brooklyn pride. Navy, many people did change apartment, now earning less than a third of what she made what made me happy,” Peter- ter her brother was killed. “How can I not love a place that has so their lives after Sept. 11. son said. “That was always “I have to do something that many places named Clinton?” joked the The evening of Sept. 11, as a clothing designer, which she had always thought was how I’d led my life — what helps other people,” she re- senator. Lisa Orloff trudged home to was the best game plan for members thinking. “I can’t sit The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn her dream job. While she gushed about Brooklyn, she her loft in Manhattan’s me.” behind a computer looking at was equally quick to praise the bor- Sen. Hillary Clinton joins Bay Ridge State Sen. Marty Golden at Fort Hamilton Chelsea neighborhood, dis- “In light of the events that Tuesday, a few hours after she addressed the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. Stunned by grief after Sept. the stock market all day long.” ough’s loudest cheerleader, Borough couraged and exhausted after happened, ‘things’ become so 11, Peterson returned to work Until she finishes school, President Marty Markowitz. being turned away from the insignificant,” she said. “You to give herself reason to get Shay asked to work out of the “I love being anywhere with Marty ough could secure a few defense con- Iraq to the recall vote in California. She hospital and blood bank where don’t need things. You need out of bed each day. She company’s downtown office Markowitz,” she said. “He puts a smile on tracts from the federal government. said she has reservations about both. she tried to volunteer. The people and you want to help dreamed of quitting, but so she could be close to the my face, he raises the good-feeling quo- “I want my fair share for Brooklyn While she took ample opportunity to clothing designer was desper- them.” stayed for eight more months. trade center site. tient and he is putting Brooklyn back in and New York,” she said. slam the Bush administration, Clinton ate to help — to do something, Many relatives of the vic- One weekend in May 2002, It was in that same neigh- the minds of everyone, not just in the city Clinton also called on the federal gov- said that she would not be looking to anything — but in the chaos, tims have also shifted their she was assigned to write a borhood that Peter Kauffmann and state but far beyond our borders.” ernment to pony up more funding for the move back into the White House anytime she didn’t know where the city lives, turning pain into energy brokers’ guide on equities. She once spent his carefree days as All borough-boosting aside, Clinton city’s police and fire departments. soon. needed her. for something new. went to the office, sat down to a student at nearby Stuyvesant said Brooklyn still had work to be done. “We should not have had to close one That came as a disappointment to The next morning, she went Some have founded vic- work, and wrote her resigna- High School. Noting the importance of creating single firehouse,” Clinton said to a loud Markowtiz, who following the luncheon to a convention hall where a tims’ groups or focused on a tion letter instead. The native New Yorker, jobs, Clinton said she wanted to bring round of applause. said, “I hope America is ready for a volunteer command center was cause, like fire codes, immi- “I was so miserable and I now 27, returned to lower down unemployment in Brooklyn over Following her speech, Clinton fielded woman president. I’m positive they forming. After three weeks, gration laws or the rebuilding was like, you know what, I Manhattan in the days after the the next several years and hoped the bor- questions on everything from the war in would not be disappointed.” Orloff was helping run the op- of the trade center. Others, have one life to live, and that’s attacks, accompanying his what I guess this event taught boss, Sen. Hillary Rodham me, is that you have to take Clinton. Kauffmann, her press those risks,” Peterson said. secretary, had been toying “You just have to go with your with the idea of going into the passion, what’s in your heart.” Navy, but during one of Clin- Less than a year later, Peter- ton’s visits to Ground Zero on SUMMER IN THE CITY son started her own public re- Sept. 14, he knew he had to lations company. It launched go. in her apartment but has “I remember looking up — grown to occupy a new SoHo you knew where the towers office, where she brings her were supposed to be — and Yorkie dog to work and does- looking back down and that n’t have to wear a suit. was when I made the personal Peterson, 24, looks at life decision that I wanted to join How can I get my now as though she’s also living the military,” Kauffmann said. for her brother, Davin Peterson, “It was the way I dealt with all and her fiance, Fred Cox, who the emotions I think every did not get the chance. Both New Yorker was feeling at the young men enjoyed their ca- time.” reers, and she doesn’t want to “I was angry,” he added. waste any time. “There was a large element of grandkids to turn “I love it and I’m happy and ‘I want to go get these guys, I’m very proud of myself, and I you don’t do this to my think that they would be proud home.’” of me too,” she said. “I think A week later, he applied, and that’s a big thing with whatever the following May began offi- you do — you’re always think- cer candidate school. Kauff- ing about how they would feel mann graduated from intelli- if they were still here.” gence school last spring, and is off the lights? Leanne Shay wonders the now stationed at Fallon Naval “ same about her brother, Air Station, in Nevada, working Robert. Growing up on Staten on a project developing uses for Island, she was fiercely protec- unmanned aerial vehicles. tive of him, being his older sis- “There are times when I ter by 19 months. They were think about just how different two of eight Shay children, joining the military is, but it’s and they stuck together. something I’m so proud of and Robert Shay worked at I’m very happy I did it,” Introduce them to www.conEd.com/kids, Cantor Fitzgerald, a job Kauffmann said. “I’m proud Leanne helped him get be- of the work I did before, but I an animated, interactive world of energy cause she had worked there. thought this was more appro- where they will meet a very colorful cast Since he died, she has battled priate for me right now.” of characters.

They’ll learn amazing things, like where How we coped ” By Martha Irvine as many people decide to post- energy comes from and how we use it to Associated Press pone having children as those who decide to have children.” keep New York running 24/7. There are also In the days after the terrorist It’s not necessarily the attacks, even people thousands phoenix-from-the-ashes story lots of tips on how to use energy wisely of miles away seemed sudden- many people were looking for ly focused on making life in a time when good news was every day (like turning off the lights). more meaningful. Many scarce. But it’s not surprising to changed careers, found reli- experts who track the way peo- gion, got married. ple respond to painful events. But how much did most peo- “Generally, if the event has At conEd.com/kids, there’s always ple’s lives really change in the had enough impact for a person long term? Experts say the an- to make a big change, it will something fun to do, whether it’s playing swers aren’t black-and-white or stick. But it depends,” says easy to quantify. Melissa Calhoun Pankowski, a games online or getting some help with Polls found, for instance, that life and transition coach and attendance at religious services certified grief counselor in homework. It’s a special place where spiked after the attacks — but Marin County, Calif. only for a short time. And Often, she says, it’s a matter kids are happily engaged, educated though there was much specula- of how well her clients were do- tion about a post-Sept. 11 baby ing before tragedy hit — and and entertained. boom, recently compiled fig- how rashly the decision was ures showed that the national made. birth rate actually fell in 2002, “Say people were together as when compared with 2001, fur- boyfriend and girlfriend for a And, while this is happening, you can thering a downturn that began while and hadn’t made an offi- in the early 1990s. cial commitment. After 9-11, take a few minutes for yourself to In the end, finding evidence they might’ve said, ‘Let’s make of a baby boom is “kind of an it real,”‘ Pankowski says. “That relax and re-energize. iffy proposition,” says Brady could work. Hamilton, a demographer for “But where someone all of the National Center for Health the sudden said, ‘I want to find Statistics, which released the somebody.’ Will that stick? birth data. “You could have just That’s debatable.”

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COUNCILMAN Man’s body pulled from bay Vincent Gentile By Deborah Kolben his birth certificate, $2,000 in Aug. 24. But when he returned Invites you to an The Brooklyn Papers cash, and a Certificate of De- the next day, at 7:45 am, to re- The decaying body of a 62/68 BLOTTER posit valued at $3,000. trieve the vehicle, the head- man was pulled from the A lot of coin lights were nowhere to be water near the 69th Street A vending machine supplier found. The headlights were Tool time 93rd St. burgle values at $2,800. Pier on Aug. 30. A car thief broke the win- A burglar broke into an out on business parked his The body had been in the dow of a car parked at 72nd apartment on 93rd Street, be- company truck on Seventh Woman mugged water for at least several Street and Eighth Avenue and tween Third and Fourth av- Avenue near 62nd Street A 43-year-old woman’s weeks and had no obvious made off with a host of tools. enues, sometime between 9 where he was making a deliv- purse was snatched while she Open House signs of trauma, according to The victim, 26, parked his am and 11:50 pm on Aug. 25. ery at 10 am, on Aug. 26. walked home on 11th Avenue Deputy Inspector Matthew Ford van at 8 pm, on Aug. 23, After snatching a safe hid- A window was broken and and 83rd Street at 7:35 pm on Pontillo, the commanding of- and when he returned the next den in the back of a closet, the $800 in a bag was missing. Aug. 27. The victim, 43, said a of His District Office ficer at the 68th Precinct. day,, $1,610 worth of tools thief escaped by removing an No headlights man grabbed the bag off her The unidentified body was were missing. Among those air-conditioner from a window A man parked his 2003 Nis- shoulder and made off with recovered by the NYPD Har- were an $800 walkie-talkie leading to the fire escape. san Maxima on 66th Street at $60, a cell phone, and several September 6, 2003, 11A.M – 3 P.M. bor Unit about 200 yards off and a $250 electric drill. The victim, 26, said he lost 12th Avenue at 11:55 pm on credit cards. the shore and was sent to the 8703 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11209 medical examiner to deter- mine the cause of death. (718) 748-5200 “There was no identifica- tion, no jewelry, nothing to in- dicate who this person was. Fort Hamilton HS is busting FEATURING Apparently he had been in the water for quite some time,” Pontillo said. By Deborah Kolben pate in after-school programs glut of students to seek enroll- Hamilton points to a larger Metro Card Van All the flesh on the body’s The Brooklyn Papers and sports team, according to ment in other districts. problem: southwestern Brook- * Where Senior citizens and People with Disabilities skull and hands had decom- one school official who spoke Under the federal No Child lyn needs a new high school. Can Apply for Reduced fare MetroCards Fort Hamilton HS is on condition of anonymity. Left Behind Act, parents in “We have been talking posed, Pontillo said, describing busting at the seams. * Purchase MetroCards via MetroCard Mobile Sales the deceased as about 5-foot- Neither Instructional Divi- poor-performing districts can about a new high school in the With the start of school just sion 7 Superintendent Michelle apply to send their children to district for 15 years,” Gentile The Newest Branch of the Brooklyn Public Library 10, fully clothed in blue jeans, a days away, school officials nerv- Bookmobile – button down shirt and a brown Fratti, now responsible for Bay schools outside their zone. said, adding that the Education * Known Across Brooklyn as the Library on Wheels ously awaited this week as more Ridge, Dyker Heights, Benson- But according to one Fort Department recently spent sweater with the word “Sports” * Sign Up for a Library Card students showed up to register at hurst and Staten Island high Hamilton HS official, the $300 million on the Harvey stitched in leather across it. He the popular high school on * Put a Book on Hold was wearing black shoes. schools, nor the Department of growing numbers are coming Milk School for lesbian and Shore Road at 83rd Street. Education returned calls on the from within the district. gay students and the Celia * Check-In and Check-Out While the body was found Built to accommodate 2,500 off the waters near Bay Ridge, overcrowding problem. “The list notice is higher Cruz Bronx HS of Music. * The Bookmobile’s collection of 6,000 books consists of New York Times students, enrollment is reach- While the enrollment at the than before,” said the official. “If the Department of Edu- bestsellers and trade paperbacks for adults, young adults, and children. Pontillo said it most likely did ing upwards of 5,000, accord- school has been growing for The notice indicates students cation can find $300 million not go into the water any- ing to Councilman Vincent years, Gentile attributed the from local junior high schools and is revamping high schools where nearby. Because of the Gentile, a Fort Hamilton alum Meet Councilman Gentile and His Staff currents New York Harbor can who says the overcrowding is recent spike to the Education who are automatically entitled all over the city there is no act as a repository for debris posing a threat to the health Department’s decision to re- to attend the high school. reason tthis part of the city Tour Our New Office and Enjoy Light Refreshments from both the Hudson and and safety of the students. vamp other high schools, shut- But according to Gentile, should not get the same con- East rivers, Pontillo said. “The very reason people ting them down and sending a the overcrowding at Fort sideration,” Gentile said. Cab looted are choosing Fort Hamilton is A yellow taxicab fueling up the reason it is threatened with at Bay Ridge gas station was serious problems,” said Gen- taken for a ride at noon on tile, noting that the school’s Aug. 26. good academic reputation and After filling his car with prime Shore Road location gas on 65th Street at Eighth could be its own downfall. Avenue, the cabby, 25, went In addition to packed hall- inside to pay. ways and classrooms, the When he returned minutes overcrowding puts a damper later he discovered that his on extracurricular activities, black leather bag containing said Gentile, who graduated his credit cards had been tak- from the school in 1977. en. The left passenger-side Due to overcrowding, the window had been left open, school runs on a staggered sys- police said. tem, with three overlapping The gas station is located sessions beginning at 7:10 am. on 65th Street and Eighth Av- The irregular timing makes it enue. difficult for students to partici-

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Second streets. “We don’t believe in a dis- REN Few, however, know of its posable culture,” said Treval, longstanding relationship to standing behind his table full PA the neighborhood’s most of vintage silverware, teapots revered public school. and other such items. “The For more than two decades people involved in this believe the flea market, which sells in valuing the antiques of the vintage clothing, furniture, an- past.” When only child Similarly, patrons of the tiques and bric-a-brac, has been one of the biggest sup- market have their own interest porters of PS 321’s PTA. in the items. “We try to get the word out Lisa Weiner, of Carroll to parents that when you sup- Gardens, said on Saturday that is a lonely child port the flea market you sup- she likes to “re-purpose” port the school,” said PS 321 goods, using objects intended Q: “My 8-year-old daugh- some of the time rather than PTA co-president Marcia Ely. Shoppers browse through the many items at the PS 321 flea market, which usually raises for one use for another. She ter, an only child, thinks it’s always depending on others to “But as redundant as you about $30,000 annually for the school’s PTA. The market operates every Saturday and Sunday. recently “re-purposed” a a tragedy if she doesn’t have Parent-to-Parent keep her amused,” Daniels might be, many parents still breadbox to store her cat’s a friend over. She sulks By Betsy Flagler says. “Life is not one continu- may be surprised to find out $100,000 each year. According to Connor, it was or live in an apartment build- food. Judd Silverman, a play- without a play date.” — a ous party.” that the flea market in front of The flea market predates its $3 per vendor back then. ing where they’re not allowed mother The mother’s ideas include: their school every Saturday wright and director from Park current arrangement, said On any given weekend to sell things outside, this is a Slope, prowls in search of A: So what if she pouts? •Check out library books and Sunday is actually a longtime Slope resident there can be as many as 40 place where they can come Only children benefit from and encourage your child to fundraiser.” props. He was once even in- Every few years, the Board Jacqueline Connor, the mother vendors who now each pay and get rid of their things,” spired to write an off-Broad- time alone — just like their read for pleasure. of a PS 321 graduate. $25 a day for their spaces, said Connor said. peers in bigger families. •Consider a musical instru- of Education puts the contract way play based on an item he up for bid to select a flea mar- The market operated outside Jerry Treval, vice president of While the school and the found at the market. Three or She does need play dates, ment or choir. of the playground’s gate more Park Slope Vendors. market support one another, but she also needs to learn to ket operator. The current oper- four years ago he inquired •Find an individual or a than 25 years ago, Connor “It’s got to be used or vin- they have taken on uniquely occupy herself. class so your daughter can ators, Park Slope Vendors, about a pair of shoes that had have been the concessionaires said, although the community tage,” said Treval. “Because independent lives. The ven- “This 8-year-old girl is run- learn a craft she can enjoy belonged to a dead man. The for about 10 years. requested it move its stands in- we don’t want to compete with dors are not particularly active vendor joked, “unless you’re ning the show,” says psychol- when she’s by herself. Ely estimated the flea mar- side the playground. Legally, the merchants.” in the affairs of PS 321 and suspicious” then cracked “nev- ogist Susan Newman, Phd. •Get a dog. ket provides about $30,000 for however, the playground be- Treval has made a couple of Ely, herself a flea market fan, er wear a dead man’s shoes.” author of “Parenting an Only •Help your daughter plant enrichment programs, such as longs to the Board of Educa- allowances for handmade said, “Those people that may Judd liked the idea so much Child” (Random House, and care for her own small dance, art, music and chess, to tion and it was determined that items and even occasionally both love the old treasures and he wrote a play based on the 2001). The child needs to be garden. “retrained” before her de- PS 321’s 1,300 students. the merchants would have to hosts the odd stoop sale. goods at the flea market, and superstitious belief. Jennifer Hurley says she The PTA raises more than pay for their spots. “If they don’t have a stoop have students at the school, He passed on the shoes. mands get louder and more knew her 8-year-old only difficult to meet as she gets child would be “bored and older. “Do nothing,” suggests Ju- sulky over the summer” if lianna Golas, a mother and Mom didn’t develop a plan. child development researcher. “She knows that she can’t Part of any child’s daily “Let the child sulk. It’s not our have a play date every day, routine needs to include job as parents to have our but that doesn’t mean that she downtime. can’t look forward to having PS 8 principal: Change is good child occupied and happy 100 A child develops her cre- percent of the time.” fun,” Hurley says. ativity when she fills her own In fact, Golas says, preoc- Her daughter went to Girl By Patrick Gallahue school year will bring. “A that about 20 percent of the ed Federation of Teachers’ hopes to do in the second or time, and the ability to occupy cupation with the social lives Scout camp and a summer The Brooklyn Papers change in the instructional en- previous teaching staff had re- Teacher Center before that. third week of the school year, herself is a valuable trait to of children does them a dis- reading program. vironment in terms of teach- tired or moved on to other In addition to purchasing and building up the arts pro- have. On, Sept. 8, PS 8 in service. There is a Web site for par- ing from rugs, and moving to schools. They have been re- $20,000 in new books, he has gram. At first, though, she may “We’re arranging play ents of only children: www.- Brooklyn Heights, like the tables and more active learn- placed, and he said he will still dedicated about half of a PS 8 is not yet a finished need some ideas. dates, signing up for enrich- onlychild.com. city’s 692 other public ele- ing. Being given the tools to be bringing on two or three $50,000 capital allocation product and Phillips will be “Without a routine, an only ment activities,” she says. “Only Child” is a publica- mentary schools, will begin discover the information.” more new teachers. from Assemblywoman Joan the first to say the school is child can take over and run “We’ve taken away the child’s tion based in Los Angeles ed- a new year. But the school PS 8, formerly in the low- “I think what’s exciting about Millman towards a science lab only going through the first your life,” Newman says. imagination. Let them learn ited by parents of an only on Hicks Street, between performing Community that school is that it’s a small that is slated to open in Octo- stages before it can grow into Play dates also are particu- how to play by themselves.” child in her 20s. Call (800) School District 13, has readied school and it’s ready for ber. He spent the rest on in- its own in the upper grades. larly vital for onlies because Middagh and Poplar One mother says her third- 478-3452 for subscription in- itself for the Department of Ed- change,” said Pamela Wheaton, structional material. “It’s going to take any- they learn sharing, taking streets, will also start a new grader pitches a fit unless ucation’s mandatory new cur- co-author with Clara Hemphill Other ambitions for the where from three to five years turns, how to lose and how to formation. chapter in its relationship Mom or Dad plays with her riculum, already a staple of the of the school-rating guidebook school are still in the works to make sure that these solve arguments. Can you help? to the surrounding neigh- when no friend is around. neighboring District 15, which “New York City’s Best Public such as developing its volun- changes are something mean- Tip: At age 8, a child “My 4-year-old can’t stand borhood. That is a trap parents need to includes teaching children to High Schools,” and deputy di- teer base, which Phillips ingful,” he said. should be old enough to start it when he is somehow in the Seth Phillips, the new prin- avoid, Newman says. read from children’s books and rector for InsideSchools.org, a setting up her own play dates. spotlight, like if he does some- cipal of PS 8 installed last Don’t try to fill up the void. picture books over textbooks Web site supported by Advo- Parents of onlies tend toward May, estimates that the school Set limits and have outside in- thing and adults or other kids and training them in “everyday cates for Children, a non-profit overprotection. now has at least 20 to 25 stu- terests so you’re not always at laugh, or if he thinks he is in math” which uses a mathemat- organization that provides edu- When you do have kids dents from Brooklyn Heights back to your child’s beck and call. trouble. Last time he held it ical curriculum rooted in real- cational support to parents, over to play, stay out of “Allowing your child to be together pretty well until I and DUMBO. That’s up from life contexts and situations. young people, and profession- squabbles and let the children unhappy is not the end of the came to pick him up, then the less than 10 neighborhood The school is now part of als. figure them out — unless dam broke. I’m afraid his skin children, a dramatic increase Instructional Division 8, “There’s a person there now world,” she says. Your child there are safety issues in- needs to learn that she cannot is too thin for pre-K.” — mom in a neighborhood where most which includes most of the who wants to work with par- volved, Newman suggests. If you have tips or a ques- parents have for more than a old 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th ents, wants to make changes always interrupt you. Her web site for more parent- The girl’s family is among tion, call our toll-free hotline decade chosen expensive pri- school districts. and has the full backing of the ing tips is www.susannew- any time at (800) 827-1092 or vate schools over the conve- On Feb. 27, then-District bureaucracy,” Wheaton added. Open House a fast-growing segment of the manphd.com. Sat. September 13 American population. About e-mail us at [email protected]. niently located but often trou- 15 Superintendent Carmen “He’s just got energy. There’s a Martha Daniels, whose Parents concerned about bled public school. Farina, who now heads In- new energy at the school.” 20 million families in the only child is in her 20s, says United States have one child. their children’s calorie intake In general registration, the structional Division 8, an- “I went to a meeting at PS Fall Classes start this 8-year-old would benefit can obtain a copy of the new student body has increased nounced she would be taking 8 where they introduced Seth “You’re not doing your from varied interests to pull Mon. September 15 child any favors by acquiesc- Parent To Parent newsletter from about 250 students last over the academically chal- as principal and I felt confi- from. “Getting Over Overeating” year — in a school with a ca- lenged PS 8 to personally dent in the direction they were ing to every demand because “An only child is going to by sending a long, self-ad- pacity for 450 children — to oversee its restructuring. Tina heading in,” said Erin Reid, of Performing Arts Classes it’s not that way in the real spend some time on her own world,” says Newman, who dressed, stamped envelope between 280 and 300 this Volpe, formerly principal of Brooklyn Heights, whose 3- in Dance and Theater no matter what, so she needs year. The increase is so dra- PS 295, in Carroll Gardens, year-old son will start in the teaches at Rutgers University to learn to entertain herself and $2 to Newsletter, P.O. Box for 18 months to 18 years in New Jersey. 167, Wickliffe, OH 44092. matic Phillips must now look was installed to assist in the pre-kindergarten program this at opening extra classes. transition and PS 8 was linked week. He called that “a nice prob- with the highly regarded PS Phillips, a Park Slope resi- Adult Fitness & Special Workshops too! lem to have.” 29, in Cobble Hill, as a “sister dent, spent the last three years “It’s a lot of the stuff that school” to serve as a reference as an assistant principal at PS Financial Assistance available. Register today! we talked about last year,” for teachers. 94, in Sunset Park, and served Phillips said of what the new Phillips estimated this week as a staff developer at the Unit- For more info visit www.bax.org or call (718) 832-0018 Brooklyn Arts Exchange CONFUSION… arts and artists in progress Continued from page 1 altogether the offices are re- Joel Klein explained in a letter 421 Fifth Ave. (at 8th St.) Park Slope, Brooklyn Greene, DUMBO, Prospect maining open — due largely sent home to parents in June. Heights, Crown Heights, to a lawsuit filed by Marine It’s a position that Louis Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Park state Sen. Carl Kruger, Soccoa, a school volunteer and portions of Bedford-Stuy- who claimed that closing them father of a seventh grader at vesant and Crown Heights, are without the proper approval Boody Junior High School in now Instructional Division 8. from the Legislature would be Gravesend says he’s not sure Carmen Farina, former su- illegal. will last. “There will be a lot perintendent of Park Slope’s However, the nearly 4,800 of pressure,” he said, noting District 15, will head that divi- employee citywide district that among the many problems sion, whose headquarters are staff has been streamlined to will be language barriers. now located at 131 Livingston 2,400 workers at the regional To help troubleshhot ques- St., a former Board of Educa- level with only 96 employees tions and problems with the re- tion office building in Down- assigned to the community tooled school system, Park town Brooklyn. school district offices. Slope-Carroll Gardens-Wind- Districts 20 and 21, cover- Just days before the schools sor Terrace Councilman Bill ing Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, were slated to open even DeBlasio has established a Dyker Heights, Gravesend, school officials didn’t seem to special hotline parents can call Brighton Beach and Coney Is- know what purpose the district at (718) 854-9342. land have joined with Staten offices would serve. “Increasing enrollment, Day Island to form Instructional “We don’t know what it’s be- combined with new transfer Division 7. ing used for,” Farina said of the policies and a sweeping cur- School, Michelle Fratti, the former District 15 office. “It’s just riculum and beurocratic reor- senior superintendent for closed, there’s one person sitting ganization have the potential Queens, will oversee that divi- in case a parent comes in.” to create some uncertainty, if Inc. sion, which is now headquar- The Department of Educa- not confusion, in the first tered at 715 Ocean Terrace in tion did not return phone calls weeks of school,” DeBlasio A fully licensed and certified preschool Staten Island. A satellite center seeking comment. said in a statement. is open at the former District Linda Romano, a parent The Learning Support Cen- I 2-4 year old programs I 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, 20 offices at 415 89th St., in support officer at the District ter for Region 8, at 131 Liv- I Licensed teachers afternoons or full days Bay Ridge. 21 office at 521 West St., in ingston St., can be reached at Fratti will split her time be- Gravesend, said parents could (718) 935-3900. Region 7 has I Optimal educational equipment I Spacious Classrooms tween the two offices and the still come to the office to fill an office at 415 89th St. and I I Education Department head- out forms but that nothing can be reached at (718) 759- Exclusive outdoor facilities Enriched Curriculum quarters in Manhattan. could be approved there. 4900. I Indoor Gym facilities I Caring, loving environment The city’s high schools, Parents may now also be Hours for both are Monday which for years were in the routed to one of the new par- through Friday, 8 am to 6 pm hands of the central Board of ent coordinators assigned to (with hours until 8 pm on A few Fall spaces still open Education, will now be over- each school. The parent coor- Tuesday, Thursday and Fri- seen by the individual instruc- dinators “will serve as a re- day), and Saturday, from 10 tional divisions. source and a new point of ac- am to 3 pm. Parents can also 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) • (718) 230-5255 While the mayor tried to cess for parents at the school call Chancellor Klein’s Parent eliminate the school districts level,” Schools Chancellor Hotline at (718) 482-3777. September 8, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 5 BROOKLYN CLASSIFIEDS The Deadline for Thursday’s Paper is Tuesday, 5pm

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To the editor: of old homes by developers who re- Community Board 10 Chairman place these stately structures with Stephen Harrison’s last letter [Sept. LETTERS these larger multiple buildings. 1] exceeds even his typical low With all due respect, the efforts standards for misguided behavior. by CB10 are commendable, but in- I say last letter, because he has affiliation, but also public funding zoning reform in the community complete. As I noted in a statement systematically exploited these tac- RIDGE WAR and municipal employees. made rapid advancement on this issued on Wednesday, Aug. 20, our tics before. The lawyerly parsing How does he get away with front all but impossible.” Wrong! community will not adequately ad- he employs to distort the views of this? Does the borough president In May of 1999, in an interview dress the over-development of our those civic-minded individuals he intend to do anything about Mr. published in a local paper concern- neighborhood by exclusively seeks to undermine is not a one- CB10 Chair Harrison blames Harrison’s misconduct as a rogue ing Community Board 10 fact- studying a revision of the Bay time lapse of judgement. city official? And why is this hap- finding hearings held regarding the Ridge Special Zoning District. Consequently, I am not going to pening now, because I, for one, “UA lot,” I said that I believed Unfortunately, these efforts and joust with Mr. Harrison about what Gentile and preservationists have said nothing and done nothing those who opposed breaking the all the accompanying rhetoric are I said or when I said it. I will not to provoke Mr. Harrison’s self- special district made their point. “I too narrowly focused on Bay Ridge stoop to his manipulative manner serving slanders? think the feeling of the community and its Special District to the exclu- of taking remarks out of context, However, one thing is certain, came out,” I emphasized, “and the sion of the communities of Dyker and separating them from their for Bay Ridge zoning fiasco Stephen A. Harrison’s present presenters offered so much in the Heights, Bensonhurst and Bath time, specific event and even actual abuse of his official position is just way of substantiating facts as to Beach. It would be foolish and By Deborah Kolben building, even though it me why we should not support the de- topic. The Brooklyn Papers the requirements of the zoning another reason why he is unsuitable shortsighted to ignore the similar It is deliberately deceptive the regulations for the lot. for elected office or the lucrative veloper’s application, and as to over-development that has been oc- The battle in Bay Ridge Among those protester way he carefully edits them with- against overzealous devel- was Joan Regan, who now co judgeship he so desperately covets. why at this time we should not curring in these communities dur- / Greg Mango / Greg out sufficient attribution, to one-up opers and zoning laws just Callan / Tom chairs the Preservation Task change the district. It came through ing the past generation. got personal. Force. — Neil Cohen, Dyker Heights and misrepresent the intent of the In a six page letter to The “If I didn’t know any bette from almost every speaker.” • • • Bay Ridge Paper (published in I would say that the phrase

/ Tom Callan / Tom I said the time may be here individuals he seeks to undermine its entirety on the right side of ‘grand standing’ was devel Chair all wrong The issue of over-development in the ruthless pursuit of his per- this page), Community Board oped with Steve Harrison in when the whole community should adds to our density and stretches our The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn To the editor: sonal and political agenda. His 10 Chairman Stephen Harri- mind,” Regan said. look at the district comprehensive- community’s limited services, in- son ripped Bay Ridge Coun- CB10 Chairman Stephen Harrison (right) is attacking City “To belittle so many com Once again, Mr. Harrison tries to methods are intended to distract cilman Vincent Gentile and a Councilman Vincent Gentile (left) and CB10 member Greg munity groups who have fo ly and make recommendations to cluding, but not limited to, schools, host of local preservationists, Ahl, whose childhood home was demolished last month. years rattled the cage of CB10 re-write history concerning the The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn improve it for the future, and that fire, police and sanitation services. from the issues at hand, because he charging they may be respon- regarding the need to fine tune “UA Lot” and our current zoning sible for the current spate of the SBRD just speaks vol there are many things that have to is skilled at exploiting this practice crisis. His letter contains numerous In addition, over-development is a of either distorting “quotes” or of residential developments crop- ty and maintain housing con- munity board has been study- when a group of residents umes regarding the characte be addressed. central reason for the continuing ping up all over Bay Ridge. struction at three stories or ing the Special Bay Ridge stormed a community board of Mr. Harrison,” Reagan said errors and misrepresentations. resurrecting remarks long past. “Councilman Gentile has a less on residential streets, and District in order to present meeting after learning of a de- adding that his recollection o I could go on with other misrep- parking crisis of our community 1) vexing history of flip-flopping the last seven years regarding He states, “ … the Special Bay no greater than eight stories proposed changes that would veloper’s plans to knock down resentations made by Mr. Harrison, eliminating street parking spaces • • • on the issue,” Harrison wrote. on avenues. strengthen it. an old wooden house on 80th fine tuning the SBRD “are Ridge District (SBRD) is a turkey. “Though Gentile and compa But under that same zoning Gentile who assembled his Street and replace it with a neither accurate or precise ” but I believe the point is made. For with additional curb cuts; and 2) not Mr. Harrison’s present “quotes,” It never did ... preserve the charac- This news article in last week’s Bay Ridge Paper accompanied a letter by CB10 Chairman Stephen Harri- Mr. Harrison to state, “My purpose providing sufficient off-street park- recycled, redacted and reconfig- ter of our community.” Wrong! The son attacking, among others, two of this week’s letter writers — Neil Cohen and Dean Rasinya. here is neither to gloat, nor to criti- ing to accommodate the additional ured from sometime during the SBRD was put in place shortly af- “UA lot” saga are approximately cize these former opponents of vehicles from the new residents at ter Shore Hill (the high-rise senior five years old and they precede the zoning reform because they were these multiple-unit residences. apartment house at 9000 Shore board’s present effort by several trict. I did this because even five 10. Who would want to expend the of the key zoning principles that wrong” is both self-serving and in- Several weeks ago, I testified at Road ) was built in order to prevent years, an eternity in our ever- years ago some of our communities time and effort or merely be cam- most directly, adversely affect our correct. a public forum hosted by another more high-rise structures from changing lives. were affected by the development ouflage for a process that might be communities. He focuses exclusive- The organization and individuals local newspaper that I believe that overpowering our community. The First, he needs to get a life and fi- pressures that currently plague our less than entirely equitable? ly on the Special District although it Mr. Harrison so vehemently attacks we should replace single and mid-block area was and is protect- nally let “UA” go. Second, his letter district. Therefore, contrary to Mr. Harri- is just an overlay, which exercises have a long history of dedication two–family homes with similar ed with a 32-foot height limit. is a perverse reminder of why we Duplicitously, given his pro- son’s false claims, I have never fur- only limited ameliorating impacts. and self-sacrifice serving our com- structures, which Chairman Harri- love to hate smart-ass manipulative fessed beliefs, Mr. Harrison, then thered any rezoning efforts in our • • • Mr. Harrison states, “… and munity. Individually they have son termed “Like-for-Like Zon- and politically ambitious lawyers, Zoning Committee chairman, and district other than CB10’s. A more Primarily, it is the underlying Dean Rasinya, all now members of served our community for decades ing,” or LLZ, in his letter. At that who do not care who they hurt to get his cronies voted this measure careful examination of the facts zoning that is at odds with the cur- Gentile’s Task Force or avid zoning and their good works speak for time, I also testified that CB10’s what they want. If he wants to go af- down, with Mr. Harrison leading will show that my past actions rent built context. critics.” Wrong! I am not on Coun- themselves. ongoing survey of the district’s ter Councilman Gentile, why include the charge, to thwart someone stand in stark contrast to his. This is what permits new con- cilman Gentile’s Tack Force, and I As the chairman of Community over-development has been a just our district’s innocent private citi- else’s efforts for genuine communi- During the saga of the “UA lot,” struction larger than, and markedly am not an avid zoning critic (al- Board 10, Mr. Harrison discredits and worthy project. zens with his attack. It shows an ap- ty district zoning reform by CB10 Mr. Harrison supported nearly different from, what presently ex- though I do believe our current himself and CB10 with his misrep- • • • palling lack of judgement. at that time. every developer non-complying ists. The Special District basically zoning should be modified). Mr. resentations and his continuing ef- It is my belief that city planners However, Mr. Harrison’s letter is • • • and nonconforming proposal that modifies some of the parameters of Harrison states, “Though Gentile fort to rewrite history. He causes should immediately review CB10’s not pulp TV or a ripping-good yarn Despite this perplexing and dis- followed the discarded movie the- the underlying zones to help forge and company now advocate for re- one to recall words spoken by Ben- survey and the resulting recom- in a trashy summer read. The folks appointing turn of events, I still as- ater. Then he supported the devel- more sympathetic new construction form, in the past … objecting to jamin Franklin, “A person who will mendations as soon as they are he would tarnish in this manner are sisted with CB10’s recent zoning oper’s final proposal to every juris- that is more consistent with the ex- changes of any kind.” not be counseled cannot be completed. Moreover, the city your neighbors, and the organiza- studies although I am no longer a dictional agency on behalf of the isting built conditions local to its Wrong! helped.” should use CB10’s final report as tions he would demean make our board member. When members developer-initiated rezoning of that area. We objected to the changes Mr. If our community is to move for- the blueprint for any future devel- communities better and stronger. Greg Ahl and Jeannie May were area of the Special District. Moreover, Mr. Harrison’s re- Harrison and Community Board 10 ward, we must have truthful and opment in our community and be Moreover, disturbingly, Mr. Harri- assigned areas in my neighborhood The zoning mechanism put for- marks about community facilities supported, which would have bro- factual evaluation of our current given the greatest weight in the cre- son’s unhinged attack was made as as part of the board’s current proj- ward by the developer was the cre- (such as doctor’s offices) also be- ken the SBRD by allowing a 55- status. We may then be able to re- ation of new zoning regulations. chairman of CB10; the letter was ect, they solicited my assistance. I ation of a “special permit” process tray his lack of zoning acumen. foot building in a mid-block area solve the dilemma of balancing the In the interim, I have stated my written on its letterhead. I do not took them on a survey of my that would enable construction of These uses are also prescribed by which is protected by the 32-foot various needs of our community support for a moratorium on devel- recall that its members ever voted neighborhood, Dyker Heights, and his oversized building, which the underlying zones, and not by height limit. through improved zoning regula- opment for 120 days and have as- this action’s approval for Mr. Har- provided zoning and land use ex- greatly exceeded the present zon- the Special District. I have long • • • tions. — Dean Rasinya sisted with state Sen. Marty Gold- rison’s pre-emptive attack. pertise, helping them collect data ing requirements. As Mr. Harrison been involved, pro bono, with some At the time, in his written rec- CB10 Member, Bay Ridge en’s petition drive. Such a Have his inflated ego and unbri- for their report. vigorously campaigned for the de- Queens civic organizations regard- ommendation to the City Planning moratorium would allow the city dled ambitions betrayed his com- What Mr. Harrison alleges Mr. veloper’s zoning change to enable ing this impactful issue. Recently Commission, Borough President and our community to move for- mon decency, or have they illustrat- Ahl did with that report, to tarnish the developer to build his huge, this resulted in an invitation for me Howard Golden stated: Another view ward with new zoning regulations ed the lack of it? Incidents like him, I cannot say. However, given non-complying building, I fought to join a citywide coalition of civic “In particular, the proposed proj- To the editor: without the immediate fear of los- these serve as an important caution. Mr. Harrison’s track record when it to maintain the present scale. Giv- groups advocating directly to the ect does not blend harmoniously I read with great interest the full ing another stately old home. • • • comes to unfairly trashing potential en the assertions of his letter, this is Department of City Planning to re- with the existing character of the text of the letter by CB10 Chair- CB10 has taken the important Does his calculated misrepresen- rivals, no thinking person would colossal hypocrisy. vise the community facility require- neighborhood. The proposed proj- man Stephen Harrison and the ac- and necessary steps to provide the tation of the actual facts surrounding take his self-serving, double-deal- • • • ments throughout the city. A draft ect would result in adverse impacts companying article by Deborah necessary blueprint for the future of these “quotes” raise genuine ques- ing assertions too seriously. As you know, despite Mr. Harri- document will be ready shortly. based on the density provided and Kolben concerning the issue of the Bay Ridge’s zoning. My only cau- tions about how he would misrepre- I realized it was time to distance son’s support of the developer and Our Special District actually it would adversely affect the light development of numerous residen- tion is that these efforts not be lim- sent this district’s true needs if we myself from this potential conflict his zoning change, we finally end- helps by limiting curb cuts and the and air of the surrounding proper- tial single-family properties that ited to Bay Ridge. To do so would voters were ever fooled into electing of interest after I was told that the ed-up with as-of-right (within the maximum floor area that can be ties. The borough president be- have been replaced with multiple- allow developers to continue with him? Would he advance our com- lawyer he appointed to serve as present zoning regulations), devel- built for community facilities, but lieves that the project should not unit condominiums, most recently the unchecked over-development mon interests or succumb to his usu- Zoning Committee chairman oper-profitable, market-rate hous- otherwise, this is not a Special Dis- proceed unless changes for appro- exemplified by the property located on the residential streets and boule- al take-no-prisoners pursuit of his works for real estate developers. I ing. And this is what many resi- trict issue. However, if this issue is priate conditions and safeguards at 435 80th St. vards of Dyker Heights, Benson- personal and political agenda, per could not risk that CB10’s effort dents in our district so desperately so important, why is Mr. Harrison that minimize adverse effects on I appreciate the detail with which hurst and Bath Beach. past and present practice? might be too closely aligned with wanted and needed. not participating with this worthy the surrounding area are mandated Chairman Harrison set forth in his — Pat Russo, Dyker Heights These are legitimate questions the special interests damaging our Therefore, in contrast to his past citywide effort? by the City Planning Commission letter the prior and ongoing actions Mr. Russo is the Republican candi- considering he has already sacri- neighborhoods. I could not partici- behavior and Mr. Harrison’s recent But ultimately, Mr. Harrison’s lies or the City Council.” by CB10 and its Zoning Committee date for the 43rd District City Council ficed the truth on the altar of his pate if I was no longer convinced malicious fictions, I have genuine- and flip-flopping positions are not Mr. Harrison states, “But the to address the concerns of the Bay seat currently held by Vincent Gentile, a unrequited ambitions. And woe to that the board’s study would fairly ly, only supported CB10’s primacy the most disturbing aspects of this depth of their former opposition to Ridge community with the razing Democrat. anyone who gets in the way of his balance the equities of the issues as agent for zoning change in our situation. His attacks against promi- run for elected office or a lucrative for all of us in Community District district. I opposed Mr. Harrison in nent civic organizations, district resi- judgeship. the past, because I believe that zon- dents and volunteer board members This brings us to the core argu- ing reform should not be driven by occurred without the approval of ment of his desperate attempts to special interests or forced upon our CB10’s general membership. Why is justify CB10’s long ongoing zon- SEND US A LETTER communities with a metaphorical he being permitted to slander the ing study with so little to show for • By E-Mail: gun to our heads. In addition, re- best and the brightest private citizens [email protected] Pols: police truckers it. Mr. Harrison’s most damaging member that past attempts to in our districts in this manner? false allegations — that my rezon- • By Fax: (718) 834-9278. proactively study our non-Special Mr. Harrison wrote his letter on ing efforts have undermined those • By regular mail: District neighborhoods in the late CB10 letterhead as a city official, By Patrick Gallahue viding stiffer penalties to truckers who veer off the of CB10 — is a flat-out lie. In the Letters,The Brooklyn Papers, 1990’s were successfully squelched the head of a non-mayoral agency, The Brooklyn Papers city’s truck routes. late 1990’s, as a CB10 member, I 26 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11242. by Mr. Harrison, as Zoning Com- which is responsible to the borough Under the new law, truckers will be fined up to $500 The city will hire 300 new traffic cops in this brought a motion to the floor ask- Sign your correspondence and include mittee chairman, with his cronies. president. for the first offense and could face 15 days in jail. ing the board to study the zoning of Of additional concern to our dis- These false attacks against our fiscal year and elected officials are imploring A second offense, if committed within 18 months of your address and phone number. Letters that at least half of them be dedicated to putting the neighborhoods that fall outside may be edited for space and clarity. trict, with his letter, Mr. Harrison neighbors occurred using his of- the first, will carry fines of between $500 and $1,000 the parameters of the Special Dis- shows he does not understand some fice, his official title and his agency the brakes on illegal truck traffic. and could include 45 days imprisonment. Repeat of- “We are demanding that trucks stay on fenders with three or more violations within 18 months their designated routes, and to do that you face fines of up to $2,000 and 90 days in jail. need enforcement,” Downtown-Brooklyn Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, of Fort Greene, joined Heights Councilman David Yassky said out- Yassky, Queens Councilman John Liu, who heads the Dr. Peter Marascia side City Hall on Aug. 20. Transportation Committee, and Queens Councilwoman The city currently employs more than Helen Sears, to call on stricter enforcement. Chiropractor 1,800 Traffic Enforcement Agents, with 84 “We passed a very tough law in Albany,” Lentol Same Day Serving the Community for 20 Years Personalized authorized to impose fines on truckers who said. “You can have the toughest laws on the books but Treatment Acute & Chronic Problems Service stray from the designated truck routes. they are meaningless without enforcement.” We Accept All Cases More than 20 council members — in- Yassky said the 300 new hires will be charged with cluding Sara Gonzalez, of Sunset Park and issuing traffic summonses instead of cracking down on • Low Back Pain • Scoliosis • Acute & Chronic Cases Red Hook; Vincent Gentile of Bay Ridge truckers who break the law by barreling down residen- • Neck Pain • Arm/Shoulder Pain • Sports Injuries and Dyker Heights; Bill DeBlasio, of Park tial streets. “As best as I can tell, it’s more profitable to • Headaches • Hip/Leg Pain • Work Injuries • Sciatica • Arthritis/Bursitis • Auto Accident Injuries Slope, Windsor Terrace and Carroll Gar- go after traffic tickets than truck tickets,” he said. dens; and James Oddo, of Bensonhurst — The city Department of Transportation is conducting GHI; Empire Blue Choice (PPO, POS); Empire BC/BS; Oxford; signed on to the letter addressed to Police a 12-month Truck Route Management and Community Magnacare; United Health Care; Multiplan; Medicare; Commissioner Raymond Kelly, asking him Impact Reduction study to formulate new policies to 1199; PHCS; Health Net; Aetna; Healthfirst; Landmark; to triple the current deployment. keep trucks off those streets. ACN; Workers Compensation The police department acknowledged re- The DOT presented its findings of a sample survey Auto Accident / No Fault; Attorney Cases ceipt of the letter but did not have a com- to identify trouble spots at a meeting in July. The re- ment by press time. sults, culled from 619 responses, found among the top FAMILY PLANS AVAILABLE FOR PATIENTS WITHOUT INSURANCE On Aug. 1, Gov. George Pataki came to 10 streets of concern were Fourth Avenue, Atlantic Av- 4th AVENUE FAMILY CHIROPRACTIC CENTER Bay Ridge to sign the “No Through Truck enue, Flatbush Avenue, Columbia Street, Hicks Street, Traffic Bill,” which takes effect Nov. 1, pro- Fifth Avenue and Third Avenue. Celebrating 20 years of service to the community 8415 Fourth Avenue (718) 745-9045

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By Deborah Kolben The graffiti wall was the a backdrop the next time he The Brooklyn Papers work of Keo, a Lower East visits our city.” Side artist commissioned by A wall of graffiti has Asked about the Dean graf- the Dean campaign to create a fiti, Cristyne Nicholas, presi- Bensonhurst Councilman backdrop specifically for the James Oddo fuming. dent & CEO of NYC & Com- New York rally. pany, the city’s official tourism But rather than the work of Eric Schmeltzer, the New organization, said, “We would petty vandals, this graffiti was York spokesman for Dean, hope that any candidate cam- explicitly commissioned by said the graffiti was not meant Democratic presidential candi- as a throwback to New York paigning in New York City date Howard Dean as a back- City’s past but rather as an at- present it in the most positive drop for a rally in Bryant Park tempt to reach out to urban light — the future and present, in Manhattan last Tuesday. youth in America, “by inviting not in the past.” While Dean, the former one of their most loved and Dean, who hit the ground governor of Vermont, who well respected artists to [ex- running in his campaign for Callan / Tom grew up on Park Avenue, may Callan / Tom press himself] in a creative the Democratic nomination to have seen the graffiti as a and constructive way.” oust President George Bush, symbol to draw more young / Stuart Ramson Brooklyn Borough Presi- has amassed a more than 20- area voters to his campaign, dent Marty Markowitz, an ar- point lead over his nearest ri- Oddo, a Republican, called dent anti-graffiti activist, said val, Massachusetts Sen. John Papers The Brooklyn the backdrop “offensive.” Dean and his advisors made a Kerry, according to the latest “Maybe in your world, big mistake. The Brooklyn Papers File The Brooklyn Associated Press polls. Kerry, the early favorite graffiti vandals are artists,” “Obviously, this was only a Councilman James Oddo (left) is going batty over presidential hopeful Howard Dean among pundits and pollsters, Mask parade Oddo wrote in a letter to Dean temporary ‘artistic’ expression, officially announced his candi- this week criticizing his (right) using a fabricated graffiti backdrop at New York press conference last week. but graffiti creates permanent Children from the Red Hook Reads program at the Po- choice of decoration. problems and is something dacy on Tuesday, in South lice Athletic League Miccio Center march down West “In New York City — and in mont, yet you come to my city, Dean would promote and ro- depiction of New York City,” that we are eliminating every Carolina. Also vying for the Ninth Street Friday in animal face masks to promote the the real world — they are crim- erect a wall of graffiti and have manticize a form of vandalism, Coffey said, noting the may- day throughout the borough nomination are Sens. Joe literacy program. This year’s theme was “Literacy Zoo.” inals who destroy our quality of the audacity to ask for support.” especially considering this city’s or’s efforts to eradicate graffiti with our Graffiti Free Brook- Lieberman, of Connecticut, life,” Oddo said. “I bet you Mayor Michael Bloomberg success in eliminating this urban and improve the city’s quality lyn program,” he said in state- and John Edwards, of North wouldn’t be too happy to see also wasn’t pleased with the blight,” said Bloomberg spokes- of life, something that was ment. “I certainly hope Gover- Carolina, and the Rev. Al graffiti when you are cam- public display. man Chris Coffey. spearheaded by his predeces- nor Dean’s advisors will think Sharpton and former Illinois paigning in the hills of Ver- “It’s unfortunate that Mr. “Dean chose a circa 1970s sor, Rudolph Giuliani. twice about using this type of Sen. Carol Moseley Braun. Cadman Park planners gauge Piers 1-2 interest protest By Patrick Gallahue tablishments on Pier 1 are in- The Brooklyn Papers tended to raise close to $5 mil- lion a year in ground rent to Brooklyn Bridge Park the BBPDC, which will be Rip super’s exclusion planners are seeking input used to maintain the park. from the private sector to In the analysis, the hotel from new contract help determine who will alone is assumed to kick in pay the bills for the 1.2- about $1.8 million a year in By Patrick Gallahue mile commercial and ground rent and the restaurant, The Brooklyn Papers recreation development on planners estimated in 2000, to Workers at the Cadman Towers building at 101 the Brooklyn Heights and pay more than $900,000 annu- Clark St. rallied outside the high-rise’s front door DUMBO waterfront. ally. Earlier marketing studies Thursday with fellow On Aug. 25, members of also estimated Piers 2, 3 and 4 union members to would collectively bring in the Brooklyn Bridge Park Callan / Tom more than $332,000 in rent lambaste the coopera- Development Corporation tive’s board of direc- (BBPDC), a subsidiary of the with a banquet hall and a Empire State Development 4,500-square-foot cafe. tors in defense of the Corporation, toured Piers 1 The earlier financial analy- building’s superinten- and 2 with about 25 prospec- sis is now being revised while dent. tive restaurateurs and hotel the planners conduct environ- About 40 workers — operators interested in the site. Papers File The Brooklyn mental studies on the piers including the doormen, The planned Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront, with Piers 1 and 2 closest to the Brooklyn Bridge. and upland portions of the 70- janitors and maintenance

The estimated $9.7 million Callan / Tom in rent revenue generated by acre site. crew — shook noise- the private entities, which will to do that we’re going to be liers for the portion of the wa- RFP.” due to the BBPDC by 5 pm on An Environmental Impact makers and chanted occupy about 20 percent of undertaking some fresh mar- terfront park between Old Ful- Planners said the RFEI might Sept. 15. Statement (EIS) and a master alongside members of the park, is intended to fund keting studies and we’re also ton and Clark streets. The determine the nature and scope According to the latest fi- site plan should be ready by the Service Employees its operating costs. testing the market directly.” RFEI will not be used to select of future solicitations for the pri- nancial analysis of the project the summer of 2004. International Union Lo- “We’re trying to refine a lot The BBPDC released a Re- operators. Those will be cho- vate developments that will sup- released to the public, which The development is expect- cal 32BJ and many of Papers The Brooklyn of the programmatic elements quest for Expressions of Inter- sen through a subsequent Re- port the waterfront project be- was based on estimates from ed to cost the city and state the residents of the Workers rally outside 101 within the park,” said Chip est (RFEI) on Aug. 14 to get a quest for Proposals (RFP). tween Atlantic Avenue and the 2000, Pier 1 is slated to host $150 million, with an addi- Mitchell-Lama subsi- Clark St. in Brooklyn Heights Place, director of planning and sense of the interest level However, Place added, “It Manhattan Bridge. dining establishments, a hotel, tional $400 million paid by dized building. design for the BBPDC. “And among restaurateurs and hote- might help us in designing the Responses to the RFEI are retail and a parking garage. Es- the private sector. The building is one of two known as the Cadman Towers, off Cadman Plaza West. Workers said during the protest that they were without a contract. But Rick Brown, president of the co-op board, said bene- fits and raises were approved in July. Primary Election Day is Tuesday, September 9th. Workers, however, complained the contract they were of- HERO ELLEN’S fered excluded Joe Meneses, the building’s super for the past 20 years. Continued from page 1 off to the beach with her “That’s not acceptable,” said Paul Tornabene, the build- Many families held memo- ing’s assistant super. rial services before any re- “The Cadman board determined it was a conflict of inter- mains were identified, but Ra- PERFECT LEGS! est because [the super’s] position was in the same union as Are you prepared to vote? gusa’s family delayed an the people they supervise,” said Brown. The contract includes raises of $18 a week in 2003, $19 a official ceremony. His parents week in 2004 and $20 a week in 2005, as well as health ben- decided to hold a funeral after 18 YEARS efits. Brown said all benefits and raises, including those for the July wedding of their experience Meneses, are being honored until the National Labor Rela- Every seat in the New younger son. tions Board clears up Meneses’ status. “We got him happily mar- In place of his union job, Brown said the board offered York City Council is up ried, and now it was time to Meneses a management position. But some union members take care of Michael,” Dee expressed concerns about how vulnerable Meneses would be for re-election this year. Ragusa said. National without union protections. The medical examiner has On Thursday, several residents joined the protest in sup- identified about 54 percent of Clientele port. the 2,792 victims. Scientists ex- Before “These guys are always out here, they’re always avail- Get the NYC Campaign pect to exhaust all available After able,” said Julie Wong, a resident of the building for 14 years. DNA technology as early as “I don’t understand why management is doing this.” Finance Board’s Voter Guide. next year, although unidentified Exclusively for Treatment remains will be stored in case of Varicose Veins of All Sizes. new methods are developed. Spiders and Facial Spiders. Instead of Ragusa’s re- Leg Ulcers. If you’re a registered voter, mains, his family will bury a vial of blood he had donated you’ll get it in the mail, or to a bone marrow center. The STRIKE… go to www.nyccfb.info to vial will be placed in a coffin Continued from page 1 and interred at Resurrection Brooklyn Vein-Laser Center She added that as of Wednesday the union had not yet no- find the Voter Guide online. Cemetery in Staten Island. tified the administration of its decision to strike and the school The funeral will be held 263 7th Avenue (718) 499-7755 continued to advise its 11,000 students to come to classes, Monday at St. Bernard’s Suite 5E http://[email protected] which were set to begin on Thursday, Sept. 4. Church in Bergen Beach, where “Some faculty will be teaching,” she said. “All administra- the firefighter was raised. tive services, registration, bursar, financial services, will be Dee Ragusa said that if she open and available.” could not have her son’s intact Byron said students can check on the status of the strike by body to bury, she was glad to calling (718) 488-3333 or logging on to the Brooklyn Cam- READ IT. USE IT. VOTE. have the vial of blood. New Term pus Web site, www.liu.edu/brooklyn/news. “I’d much rather have a bot- starting The college provost, Gale Stevens Haynes, released a state- tle of blood that flowed through starting ment Wednesday afternoon. “The collective bargaining agree- him while he was alive than TH ment between Long Island University and Brooklyn Campus parts of his body,” she said. faculty expired on Aug. 31,” said Haynes. Representatives from the MON., SEPT. 8 She said the package LIU offered the faculty union was a New York City Campaign Finance Board city Fire Department and the “fair balance between the needs of our employees and fiscal office of Mayor Michael prudence.” Bloomberg are expected to at- On Wednesday, several students arrived for orientation and tend the services. new class schedule wondered what the faculty walkout meant for the school year. “We’re going to be going to class at Christmas now,” said Chris McLaughlin, 19, who is majoring in finance and ac- counting. SmallTownBrooklyn.com Dance Classes “We’ve been in touch with students,” Engelman said. Martial Art Classes “[They] understand we’re striking not primarily or exclusive- Swim Academy Program ly about money or compensation. It’s about creating a better Gymnastics university.” Jazz & Tap Classes “At a time when the university is raising tuition by 7 per- Basketball cent, they were asking for givebacks,” said Deborah Mutnick, Wander the an English professor. neighborhood, schmooze Writing The school has imposed a 6.9-percent tuition hike and is New planning a new $10 million gymnasium, according to school this Poetry staffers, which they used to point out the university’s fiscal with the neighbors . . . ll! Fa Latin dance well-being. At LIU’s C.W. Post campus in Brookville, Long Island, the and get PAID for it!? Playwriting faculty union has authorized its leadership to call for strike Acting for teens when classes begin on Monday. Yup! Be a part-time sales rep for The Long Island Faculty Federation, which is under the SmallTown Brooklyn (no experience necessary) banner of the United Federation of Teachers, represents 250 30 Third Avenue full-time and 300 part-time faculty members. of BrooklynY(bet. Atlantic & State) The faculty at LIU Brooklyn also went on strike in 1985 [email protected] and 1994. (718) 222-8209 For more information call 718-875-1190 Engelman said the first lasted for about two weeks and the second lasted only a few days longer. 8 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM September 8, 2003 Playoffs set The Brooklyn Papers With their win Tuesday afternoon at Hudson Dan’s first Clone to ‘The Show’ Valley, the Cyclones clinched the McNamara Division of the New York-Penn League. By Gersh Kuntzman year is no longer a Brooklyn Or maybe the condiment mantra. gods were listening to So the Cyclones will return to the playoffs this year for The Brooklyn Papers with a best-of-three first round match-up against the Marty chronicles WKRB. Danny Garcia became Ps The very next night, during Oneonta Tigers. The first home game will be on Satur- Cyclones fans still don’t U day, Sept. 6 at 6 pm. the first Brooklyn Cyclone the Cyclones’ last home game, know what to make of a & If necessary, there will be a second home game on to reach the major leagues bizarre incident last week in- Relish finally had a victory to Sunday, Sept. 7 at 5 pm. when he walked up to the volving the team’s energetic D savor, catching Mustard and plate at Shea Stadium Tues- OW Ketchup at the wire to end one uber-mascot, Marty “Party Ns day night. He promptly sin- Marty” Haber and Relish, the s of history’s greatest losing gled and scored the Mets historically unhurried hot dog. streaks. first run. He added another After suffering two straight A man in a tuxedo present- hit later. alter ego. (In that night’s race, ed the sluggish sausage with a idin’ years of losses at the buns of Relish again finished dead R th s Cyclones fans will remem- rivals Mustard and Ketchup, bouquet of flowers and led it e e last.) around the field in a victory n ber Garcia as the scrappy sec- Relish was cruising to victory Cyclon “I wouldn’t read too much lap. ond baseman who spent two on Tuesday night, only to be into Marty’s absence for that sizzling weeks with the tackled by Haber just before A perfect ending to a sea- with Gersh Kuntzman one game,” said Cyclones son of futility. Clones during their champi- the finish line. Relish got up GM Steve Cohen, who was onship inaugural season. In 15 and finished the race ahead of put in the awkward position of Cookie monsters games, he hit .321 (18-56) the struggling Mustard and talking about a suspension Jonathan Slack may be with two doubles, six RBIs Ketchup — but was later dis- that, officially, did not happen. from Vegas, but his grandfa- and some great glovework. qualified for interference! “Marty wasn’t hired to be ther Albert Abele is a proud Doubledays The team won all but one of All in good fun, right? Party Marty every night for Brooklyn native. So in grati- the games in which Garcia Sure, as a piece of theater, it the rest of his life. It’s a lot of tude to the fine job that Cy- played. was entertaining to see Haber work and we’re trying to help clones announcer Warner His winning ways contin- ruin Relish’s chance for a first him move into doing other Fusselle has done over the ued, as he quickly touched Cyclones Brooklyn victory, but in reality, many in years, Abele has started bring- will test Cycs, things. He’s not going to be New York Mets second baseman Danny Garcia playing for every rung in the minor- the sellout crowd gasped audi- Party Marty forever.” ing Italian cookies to the league ladder — starting with the Cyclones in 2001. Garcia is the first Clone to make it bly at Haber’s violent tackle Nonetheless, most Cy- broadcaster whenever he at- Capital City and St. Lucie in to the major leagues. and subsequent body slam. clones fans did “read” some- tends a Cyclones game. the Single-A ranks and mak- And when the woman who thing into Haber’s one-game In Lowell, Abele was able if we get there ing a lightning-fast rise “I have some great memo- Garcia will wear No. 12 (it’s wears the Relish costume absence. to hand the treats to Fusselle through Binghamton (AA) (yes, we begrudgingly admit directly, but Keyspan Park ries from my time there,” Gar- probably no coincidence that “We don’t want to bury the he road to baseball immortality leads through Auburn, and Norfolk (AAA). All in an that there are people inside the rules forbid any non-author- cia said. “I went into Times it’s the same number worn by kid, because he’s great,” said N.Y. Even though the Cyclones lived up to my earlier amazing two-and-a-half years. Square for the first time, went departed, lethargic second fleecy franks) had to be taken one season-ticket holder, “but ized, non-media types in the hype as the “best Brooklyn team ever!” to win the After an all-star season in to the MTV studio, hit in the basemen Roberto Alomar). to a nearby hospital with the team clearly needed to do press box, so Abele camped T New York-Penn League’s McNamara Division, they still St. Lucie, Garcia started 2003 same lineup as [then-major- From the Mets perspective, bruised ribs, the Cyclone front something. What he did to her outside the media room door have to get past the league-leading Auburn Doubledays be- in Binghamton, and was leaguer Tsuyoshi] Shinjo. But promoting Garcia was a no- office apparently decided that was horrible. He needed to be until some hapless reporter fore they can call themselves champions. among the Eastern League’s the No. 1 thing I always tell brainer. something had to be done. disciplined. Hopefully, this is would agree to carry the cook- Two words come to mind: Oy and vey. leaders, hitting .333 (39-117), everyone about is the fans. “The overriding decision Haber was suspended for a where it ends.” ies into Fusselle. This reporter Without a doubt, the Auburn Doubledays are the most with 12 doubles, 3 HRs, and The Brooklyn fans were unre- was whether to bring him up game, but returned the next Cyclones announcer Warner was that reporter. dominant NYPL team since, well, since the 2001 Cyclones. 22 RBI. At Norfolk, he racked al. Eight thousand people now as opposed to the begin- night. Fusselle couldn’t let it go at that. The overworked, underfed With a regular season record at press time of 56-17 and a up hits in 20 of his first 23 every night with baseball in ning of next season at some Haber, who is a Cyclones “I will boycott relish on my Fusselle got his black-and- swagger not seen since the 1986 Mets, Auburn will no doubt games, but cooled off to final- their blood. It was really excit- point,” said Mets general ticket manager by day, would- hot dog until Relish wins,” white cookies — “This fami- be waiting should the boys from Brooklyn take the best-of- ly hit .266, with 45 runs, 23 ing, and I’ll never forget it.” manager Jim Duquette. “At n’t talk about the incident Fusselle said during his Satur- ly is single-handedly keeping three semifinal series from the Oneonta Tigers (that series be- doubles and 54 RBI before The best thing about Garcia some point next year he’ll fit upon his return to his normal day night broadcast. “Thought me nourished,” he said — gins Friday in Oneonta and continues on Saturday and, if nec- being called up to Shea. was — and is — his hustle, into our plans and we want to antics Thursday night. But the old dog had one the other and, the next night, Abele essary, Sunday in Brooklyn). But he never forgot the Cy- which more than anything get him some at-bats and get anyone there could see his night. Never did find out why. presented this reporter with a How good are the Doubledays? clones fans — and the thrill of else, turns minor-leaguers into him exposed instead of wait- contrition on display. He did- Maybe the condiment gods pair of chocolate chip cookies Get this: Not only did the team lead the league in hitting playing minor league baseball major-leaguers. As a Met for, ing until next year.” n’t make a move without have stated that Relish will in gratitude for a sure-fin- (with a .285 team batting average that was 20 points ahead of in a big-league town. at least, the rest of the season, Indeed, waiting ‘’til next apologizing to Relish’s female not win.” gered delivery. second-place Williamsport), it also led the league in pitching (with a 2.56 overall ERA). By the end of the regular season, Auburn had three hitters in the top 10 in batting, including Vito Chiaravalloti, who won the Triple Crown by leading in batting average, homers and RBIs. And three Auburn pitchers — including 8-0 starter Thomas Mastny, ERA-leader Kurt Isenberg and strikeout- A great week and a division title king Joshua Banks — ended the year in the top 10. The team even has the league-leading reliever, Bubbie Buzachero (with that name, he really should be in Brooklyn!). By Gersh Kuntzman 3-0 as starter Vincent Cordova Piazza hit an RBI single and Cyclones 1 Auburn slapped around Cyclones pitching during the for The Brooklyn Papers was hit hard. Andy Wilson, who had sin- Hudson Valley 0 three-game series in Brooklyn, taking two of three (including But Brett Harper’s RBI dou- gled, scored on an error. Mon., Sept. 1, at Hudson Valley a 10-0 drubbing in the series opener). Hudson Valley 8 ble, Blake Whealy’s single and Brooklyn got three more If I sound scared, it’s only because I’m terrified of what David “The Grim” Reaver’s runs in the bottom of the third, With a band of Cyclones fan Auburn can do. But apparently, I’m the only one. Cyclones 5 club members bearing witness, Wed., Aug. 27, at Brooklyn sacrifice fly (after he missed the thanks to back-to-back singles “Not to take anything away from them, but they’re just an- suicide squeeze sign from man- by Aaron Baldiris and Tyler the Cyclones clinched a wild- other ballclub,” said reliever Robert Paulk, who got the save The Renegades started fast, ager Tim Teufel) gave the Cy- Davidson followed by a Wil- card birth thanks to a dominant in the Cyclones’ lone win against them this year. “They’re not with two runs in the first off clones a one-run lead. son double. Wilson later performance by Yusmeiro Petit, batting 1.000, you know. If you give them too much credit, starter Ryan Danly (2-2, 3.42 In the bottom of the ninth, a who allowed just one hit in that’s when you start making mistakes. You can’t be afraid to ERA), but the Clones answered scored on a wild pitch. walk to Jonathan Slack set up Humberto Gonzalez knock- eight innings, striking out 13 pitch to them.” back with three in the bottom of and retiring 22 batters in a row the double by Bladergroen. ed in a run in the sixth. Second-baseman Blake Whealy thinks the Clones have fig- the first on singles by Jonathan at one point. Fri., Aug. 29, at Brooklyn Reliever Javier Ochoa (3-0) ured out how to beat the Doubledays. Slack, Rashad Parker, Blake Brett Harper’s solo HR in “We had the wrong idea about them the first time,” he said. Whealy and a triple by hot-hit- Game postponed due to fog picked up the win for Brook- the fifth was the only run of lyn while Robert Paulk struck “We thought they’d be patient hitters, but they jumped on all ter Aaron Baldiris. (yes, fog). the contest. our first-pitch strikes. So now we know — wait them out.” After the Renegades tied the out the side in the seventh for Robert Paulk pitched a 1-2- Cyclones 3 his 14th save of the year. Manager Tim Teufel looked at me as if I had a Yankee cap score, the Cyclones came back, Vermont 0 3 ninth for his league-leading on my head when I asked if he was nervous about the loom- with two in the fourth. Again, Cyclones 6 15th save. ing matchup. Slack and Parker singled and Sat., Aug. 30, at Brooklyn (Game 1) Vermont 2 Cyclones 2 “Our focus is only on ourselves,” Teufel said. “We’re not Ian Bladergroen knocked them Sun., Aug. 31, at Brooklyn going to change what we do. I know they have great hitters, both in with a single. But the Starter Evan MacLane, a Hudson Valley 0 hotshot at Kingsport, made Starter Tanner Osberg Tues., Sept. 2, at Hudson Valley but our pitching is back to where it was all year.” Renegades came back as well, ndeed, the situation couldn’t be better for the Cyclones. scoring three more off Danly in quite a debut for the Cyclones, pitched a solid five innings, The Cyclones clinched the throwing six shutout innings. allowing two runs on seven We’d be writing an end-of-season column instead of a the fifth to take a lead they nev- McNamara Division with a stel- playoff preview had the team not righted itself from a er surrendered. Even though MacLane qui- hits, to pick up his first win of lar pitching performance. I late-season six-game losing streak that not only knocked it Cyclones 5 eted the Expos’ weak bats, he the year. This time, Vince Cordova got his win thanks to Ian Rashad Parker led off the out of first place, but almost out of post-season contention. got the win with six innings of After the skid, the team went on a five-game tear that saw the Hudson Valley 4 Bladergroen’s three-run homer fourth inning with a triple and two-hit, shutout ball. Cordova Thur., Aug. 28, at Brooklyn in the fourth. It was his team- later scored on a wild pitch. Cyclones pitching return to its dominant form. Newcomers (3-2, 2.65 ERA) struck out 10 Evan MacLane and Yusmeiro Petit were outstanding. In a must-win game, the Cy- leading sixth HR of the year. Brooklyn took the lead for Renegades before giving way Taylor George got the save. / Gary Thomas good in the fifth when Tony That six-game losing streak was impossible to watch for clones came from behind to Bryan King (2 IP) and Tay- most Cyclones fans. It was tougher on the players. thanks to a three-run sixth that Cyclones 6 Piazza hit an RBI double and lor George (1 IP). later scored on a groundout by “We were playing not to lose instead of playing to win,” put the team ahead and a bot- Vermont 4 Tony Piazza’s third-inning said pitcher Matthew Lindstrom, who had been so effective tom-of-the-ninth, walk-off dou- Humberto Gonzalez. solo blast was enough for the Sat., Aug. 30, at Brooklyn all year, only to end the season on a down note. ble by Ian “MVP” Bladergroen. Insurance runs came on an win, but the Cyclones added a Pitcher Tanner Osberg blamed a higher authority. (Game 2) Papers The Brooklyn The Cyclones looked Aaron Baldiris single and a run in the fourth on a two-out “It was the baseball gods,” he said. “We didn’t change any- punchless against Renegade In the nightcap, the Clones Cyclones third baseman Aaron Baldiris swings away en- two RBI single by Tony Piaz- single by Brett Harper (.299, 18 got an early lead when Tony thing. We weren’t out partying. But they say that in baseball, pitching early, falling behind route to the Cyclones second division title. za. RBI in 28 games). you win a third of your games, you lose a third and the other third is up for grabs. We weren’t getting that other third.” From here on in, they’re going to need it. It’ll take two out of three over Oneonta just to get the privilege of facing Auburn. Two more out of the next three, and it’s baseball im- mortality. One out of three and it’s wait ’til next year. CLASSROOM STYLE - EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR ON Gersh Kuntzman is also Brooklyn bureau chief of the New York Post and a columnist for Newsweek online. Protecting Your Hard Earned Assets HILLARY… Continued from page 1 most of Brooklyn Heights and From A Nursing Home safe to breathe because at the Downtown Brooklyn and then time it had not fully monitored proceeding south by southeast the air. over Cobble Hill and Carroll Your guest speakers will be: This isn’t the first piece of bad Gardens, Park Slope, Prospect news for Brooklynites. Park, Kensington, Midwood and Mr. Jon Calabrese Mr. Ted Parnese Esq. Seating is Limited, please RSVP Brooklyn was cut out of a then down over Sheepshead Bay study of the potential health ef- and Brighton Beach. Elder Law / Estate Planning Specialist. Certified Long Term Care Attorney. fects of 9-11 and was excluded Chris Coffey, a spokesman for 1-800-395-5762 for either: from the EPA’s testing and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, de- cleanup for homes contaminated clined to comment directly on the by dust emitted from the World issue, but said, “The mayor’s of- Trade Center attacks. fice has been working closely Tuesday, September 16, 2003 at 1:00 PM Whitman, who resigned as with all the legislative leaders in EPA chief this summer, has been insuring that downtown [Man- or slammed by both Clinton and hattan] is clean and safe.” Brooklyn Rep. Jerrold Nadler for Republican Congressman Vito allowing her reports to be Fossella, of Bay Ridge, did not Thursday, September 18, 2003 screened by the White House. return calls seeking comment. She is quoted in Newsweek as Clinton said she and Sen. either 10:00 AM or 1:00 PM saying she did not object to the Joseph Lieberman (D-Conn.) With 20 years experience combined, Mr. Calabrese & Mr. Parnese will White House’s heavy hand. sent a letter to President George educate you on some very important questions you may have, such as: “We didn’t want to scare peo- Bush asking for answers by Sept. at ple,” she told Newsweek. “We 5 to questions related to the re- were not told to lie.” cent EPA reports.
15 Bay Ridge Avenue “It’s appalling,” Councilman “The word we’ve got now is How can I get on Medicaid? David Yassky said following that the Bush White House is not Brooklyn, NY 11220 Tuesday’s luncheon. “People’s sure if it’s gong to respond or not.
How can I protect my home and still live in it for the faith is really shaken.” So we’re going to keep pressuring (Up the block from the 69th Street pier) Just last week Yassky joined them for the information we rest of my life? Nadler at a press conference need,” Clinton told The Papers. calling for an investigation into Clinton is also scheduled to
How can I remain independent and NOT become a the White House’s role in the give a speech on the Senate floor EPA statements. Thursday outlining the entire se- burden to my children? Metropolitan Life Insurance Company “We all watched the cloud of quence of events. One Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010 debris cross the river and de- “I want the entire Senate and
How can I utilize a “Trust” to protect all of my assets scend on our neighborhoods in even beyond to understand that if L0308FCE0(EXP0805)(NJ; NY)MLIC-LD Brooklyn,” Yassky said. you can’t trust your government from Medicaid? Indeed, NASA images clearly about something as fundamental show the plume cutting a path as health and safety, we’re in across the East River, enveloping deep trouble,” Clinton said. DINING | CALENDAR | PERFORMING ARTS | NIGHTLIFE | HOME & REAL ESTATE

CINEMA JC Archives Escape to NY Commemorating the second anniversary of Sept. 11, BAM Rose Cinemas is hosting a decidedly more upbeat alternative to candlelight vigils. Offer- ing good, old-fashioned escapism, BAM will screen Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly’s love letter to the Big Apple, “On the Town,” several times, offering free admission to all. Based on the 1944 Broadway musical, the film (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings September 8, 2003 follows the antics of three sailors (Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra and Jules Munshin) on a one-day pass in New York City. Much of the 1949 film was shot on location. And if that fact and the film’s star pow- er aren’t enough enticement, it’s filled with the in- fectious, Oscar-winning songs — like the infectious “New York, New York” — by Brooklyn native Bet- ty Comden and Adolph Green. Screenings will be at 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:10 pm at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greene. For more information, call (718) 636-4100 or visit the Web site at www.bam.org. — Lisa J. Curtis

FESTIVAL Mars attacks The New York Aquarium and Astroland Amuse- ment Park jump on the celestial fascination band- wagon with “Mars Madness” on Saturday, Sept. 6. Mars is the closest to Earth it’s been since 57,000 B.C., so astronomers from Columbia University / Greg Mango / Greg will host free telescopic viewing of the planet from 9 pm to 11 pm on the beach in front of the As- troland entrance. All ages are welcome. While you’re in Coney Island, check out the neighboring Aquarium’s “Alien Stingers” exhibit The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn full of sea jellies (pictured), anemones and corals in the newly expanded Ex- plore the Shore build- ing. The Aquarium is open from 10 am to 5 pm on Sept. 6. Astroland In with Amusement Park will offer discount pay- one-price wrist- bands for $12.99 from 4 pm to 10 pm. At 8 pm, The Lounge O Leers and Ms. Saturn will per- form, followed by an Alien Costume Contest hosted the old by Astro Girl. For contestants 12 and younger there will be a contest for Most Creative Costume and the Silliest Alien Costume, and for ages 12 and older, there will be a contest for the Most Creative Cos- Heights exhibit breathes new life tume and the Sexiest Alien. First prize wins $100 and a season pass to Astroland for 2004. Astroland is located at 1000 Surf Ave. at West into timeless artistic techniques 10th Street. The Aquarium is located at West Eighth Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island with a pedestrian By Lisa J. Curtis completed an aspect of their formal artistic entrance on the boardwalk. Admission is $11 for The Brooklyn Papers training in the borough but employ very dif- adults, $7 children ages 2-12 and seniors, and free ferent, yet effective, styles in their work. for children younger than age 2. For more informa- t’s back-to-school time, but for those of us Many of Diolata’s canvases are vibrant, tion, call (718) 265-FISH or visit the Web site at who have been out of school for a few two-dimensional studies of the shape of www.nyaquarium.com. — Lisa J. Curtis years, St. Francis College is offering an women and colors of their apparel. I Mango / Greg invitation to a delightful free learning experi- In 1998, she traveled to Mozambique ence at its Brooklyn Heights campus. where she lived for two-and-a-half years. Accept their invite to see “Tradition/Non- The painter has an eye for effortlessly render- tradition: Bridging the Gap,” a group exhibi- ing the regal bearing of African women car- THEATER tion of paintings, etchings and works on pa- rying vessels on their heads and gathering in per by five artists at the college’s Callahan conversation. Her figures are faceless parts of Papers The Brooklyn Center, now through Sept. 30. a larger community, a community without We are family: Among the artworks on display as part of “Tradition/Nontradition: Bridging The concept of “Bridging the Gap,” origi- men. the Gap” at St. Francis College are (top left) Edna Diolata’s painting “Capulana Frieze” and Time for ‘Tea’ nated by curator and artist Dorcas Gelabert, When she deviates from her successful Dorcas Gelabert’s mixed media on paper “Love II.” was to reference artistic traditions — portrai- formula — as in “Queendance,” a 36-inch by “Tea Time with Professor Wiggles!” will be pre- ture, landscape and still life — and acknowl- 48-inch painting depicting a woman in the sented as part of the “Brooklyn Book-in-Hand” edge that there’s still foreground moving throughout the exhibit. In “Love II” the pow- scape, purple-red blooms bursting open show at Barbes (376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in a lot of life in those and grooving in her er of human touch is powerfully represented against a dense thicket of green stems. It Park Slope) on Sept. 12 at 8 pm. old war horses. ART orange dress and tur- in the awkward but ecstatic bend of an arm could be inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s flo- The skit was writ- In her introduc- ban while androgy- triggered by such a connection. ral studies, but Louise’s work seems more ten by Park Slope resi- tion to the show, au- “Tradition/Nontradition: Bridging the nous figures akin to It’s interesting to note that the starting wild and tropical. dent Kobun Aloka Gap” will be on display at the Callahan Center thor Yvette Pennac- at St. Francis College (180 Remsen St. be- Keith Haring figures point of Gelabert’s work is her own body; Conlon says in her artist statement that she Kaluza, who will bring chia explains, “The tween Court and Clinton streets in Brooklyn also give themselves her penciled body tracings make up the basic is equally interested in abstract and figurative the Albert Einstein-es- modern avant-garde Heights) through Sept. 30. The opening re- over to dance — her structure of the images. The Cuban-born art, but I found her painting, “Head,” to be a que Prof. Wiggles ception will be Sept. 5, from 5 pm to 7:30 pm. impulse toward a Gallery hours are Monday-Friday, 9 am-4 pm, paintbrush still daz- artist’s layered compositions seem to move, powerful statement in favor of figurative art. (pictured) to life. “Tea ‘break’ with the his- and Saturday, 10 am-3 pm. The exhibit and re- zles the eye. The seemingly revealing the history of what came The woman’s face fills the 12-inch by 15- Time” is part of an torical past, which is ception are free of charge. For more informa- composition of undu- before. In “Love III,” arms that let a figure inch canvas, with a gaze that stubbornly re- hour-long program the artistic legacy of tion, call (718) 489-5272. lating figures thrums slip away, arms that no longer embrace are fuses to meet the viewer’s. Conlon’s accom- presented by the Al the 20th century, with joy. discernible beneath a wash of white paint. plished portrait of a determined woman Dente players and will consists in part of a Born in Taiwan, Roberta Louise’s still life paintings seem playfully manipulates color and light. be followed by a few critique of some humanist ideas, which over Tsai embellishes traditional forms such as to meditate on the beauty rampant in nature Conlon’s “Heart II,” a pulpy, mossy mass other short song-and- time degenerated into noxious and even dan- Chinese brush painting and calligraphy by and that beauty’s containment, such as her attached to chicken wire, also attracted atten- dance pieces. gerous propositions. The once noble vision creating etchings awash in color. She also “King Proteus” flower in a vase. But tion at the exhibit. The technique may seem Al Dente Produc- of the human being’s dignity and place in na- paints minimalist landscapes on silk and pa- “flower” is not a powerful enough noun for naïve, but it has a richness of texture and col- tions prides itself on ture deteriorated into the aggrandizement of per. Her works are careful, symbolic medita- this sharp-petal plant with its massive head or — a dramatic yellow, swirling brush- serving theater “that is the individual. tions on natural phenomena such as meteor that seems to yearn to be free of its vase. It’s stroke draws the viewers into its core. fresh and a mite raw.” “In their work, all five artists try to bridge showers or mountains. curving, rippling leaves, reflective container In “Tradition/Nontradition: Bridging the Danielle Rivers Kaluza told GO the gap between the lessons of modernity Gelabert’s works on paper are full of un- and base of wrinkled paper are all evidence Gap” the curator has accomplished her goal. Brooklyn that “some of the material is aimed at an and post-modernity and those discarded con- bridled emotion, so it makes sense that her of the Massachusetts native’s mastery of The exhibit is brimming with provocative, older audience” but the performance can be enjoyed cerns of traditional art making that endure.” large compositions (71 inches by 48 inches, technique. still relevant meditations on the mysteries of by the whole family. All five artists — Gelabert, Diane Conlon, and larger) are too big and full of life and an- Louise’s vibrant “The Opening Recep- nature, women in art, beauty and even the Admission is $10. For more information, call Edna Diolata, Roberta Louise and Yeachin guish to be contained by frames. Simply ti- tion” is another show stopper. The painting is role of art in our community of Brooklyn (718) 965-9177 or visit the Web site at Tsai — live and work in Brooklyn and have tled “Love I, II and III” the trio are scattered a close examination of a lush floral land- today. www.barbesbrooklyn.com. — Lisa J. Curtis

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BROOKLYN Neighborhood Cheap date Dining Guide Downtown Atlantic offers Bites delish dishes at right price This week: By Lisa J. Curtis BENSONHURST The Brooklyn Papers owntown Atlantic Restaurant and Bakery’s owner and chef, Kurt Sip- Columbus Dpel, opened his restaurant in April Restaurant and among the antique shops of Atlantic Av- enue. A kindred spirit of those who prize Delicatessen old-fashioned values, Sippel’s restaurant 6610 18th Ave. at 66th Street, (718) 236-8623, (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa with $10 minimum and menu embrace yesterday’s ideals charge), Entrees: $2.95-$6.95. while exceeding modern expectations. This is a real deli restaurant that smells like pickles Downtown Atlantic is rapidly making when you walk in and serves the best thin-sliced itself a favorite neighborhood haunt that turkey club sandwich you ever tasted. The no-frills diners return to again and again because decor is much improved by having a cheerful, pleasant waitstaff. Columbus specializes in corned of the pleasant service and great value it beef and pastrami sandwiches, and offers break- offers — a novelty in neighborhoods with fast, lunch and dinner at great, low prices. high price tags on everything from real Mango / Greg estate to used furniture. It’s those little da’ Tommaso touches that mean a lot, like the wine 1464 86th St. at Bay Eighth Street, (718) 236- Mango / Greg menu offering more than 20 wines cost- 9883, www.tommaso-brooklyn.com (AmEx, MC, ing no more than $20 a bottle. Visa, Disc) Entrees: $10.50-$26.95. The Downtown Atlantic dining room Papers The Brooklyn This elegant Italian restaurant has been serving has that all-important feature, flattering Downtown Atlantic partners Frank Bensonhurst for over 35 years, according to General Manager Vinny Mrkulic. Owner and chef lighting, as well as warm, exposed brick D’Accordo (far right) and Chef Kurt The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn

Tommaso Verdillo offers a mouthwatering menu walls (with bricked up arches that Sip- Sippel in front of their new restau- Mango / Greg featuring appetizers such as grizolini di polenta General Manager Vinny Mrkulic serves pel believes to be the walls of a former rant amidst antique row. (Above) (baked cornmeal with gorgonzola cheese), frutta carriage house) and a sizeable bar in its di mar caldo for two (half lobster, sea scallops, osso buco for two at da’ Tommaso Crispy mahjong shrimp rolls pic- shrimp and clams in garlic sauce) and fresh foie restaurant. center, which happily attracts a quiet bar tured against a 1938 photograph of gras sauteed with orange peel and Calabrese crowd. (The two TVs are mercifully in- Downtown Atlantic’s location. onions. There is something for everyone on his audible.) Papers The Brooklyn equally extensive entree menu which features pas- It seems ludicrous, but it’s true. The Australian Downtown Atlantic is also decorated tas, fish and meat dishes. Da’ Tommaso offers an steak purveyor opened one of its suburban exhaustive list of wines from Italy as well as wines shopping center-style eateries in Bensonhurst with a collection of historic Brooklyn in an artfully placed pinwheel dotted with Chardonnay from California — one of among other confections, emulsifier-free from the United States, France, Spain and more. along with a giant parking lot out front. Home of photographs as well as an antique bot- sesame seeds and filled with whole the $20 selections — to be the right com- cupcakes that “fly off the shelves,” ac- the enormous, deep-fried “bloomin’ onion” tle collection which Sippel excavated pieces of fresh shrimp and mushrooms. plement to all of Sippel’s dishes. (And for cording to general manager Christian Sip- L&B Spumoni appetizer, the eatery specializes in 12-ounce, during the renovation and expansion of We’re still drooling over them. the health conscious, it’s from an organic pel, Kurt’s brother. center-cut sirloin. There is lighter fare available the space. When his impossibly tender, smoky, vineyard!) The desserts on Downtown Atlantic’s Gardens such as lobster tails and salads, not to mention the children’s menu, aka the “Joey Menu.” Gift Did we mention there are fresh flow- grilled octopus on a bed of arugula and While I was pleased with the pan- menu are also baked on the premises. We 2725 86th St. at West 10th Street, (718) 372- ers in addition to the candles on the ta- radicchio is available as an appetizer — seared cod entree with roasted plum loved the sexy chocolate banana cream 8400, www.spumonigardens.com, (Amex, MC, certificates are available. Visa with $10 minimum), Pizzas: $16 (square), bles, and cozy burgundy banquettes snap it up, too. tomatoes and calamata olives, the pork tart with its luscious strawberries and vin- $10 (round), slices also available. Vermicelli House along the walls? It’s not overly-trendy; My dining partner is not a seafood chops paillard served over arugula and tage boa of toasted, chewy coconut. The landmark Spumoni Gardens was founded 7524 18th Ave. at 76th Street, (718) 331-9259, it’s the kind of fan, so he ordered topped with a fresh tomato salad were a While the Downtown ice cream by Ludovico Barbati in 1939 and has been fami- (AmEx, Visa, MC), Entrees: $6.95-$13.95. place where your the roasted beet bit overcooked and dry. sandwich was simple comfort food, ly owned and operated from the beginning. parents will feel salad with gor- The cod did arrive at the table piping who can belittle the tasty homemade Brooklynites from every neighborhood return This 2-year-old Vietnamese restaurant is open DINING here over and over again for their square and for lunch and dinner, and features Chef Jason comfortable but gonzola cheese, hot in its shallow pool of buttery broth, chocolate chip cookies and chocolate Liu’s exhaustive menu offering salads, poultry, Downtown Atlantic Restaurant and round pizzas and their fresh tasting Italian ices’ you could just as Bakery is located at 364 Atlantic Ave. roasted pecans, and after it cooled a bit, the salty olives, ice cream dessert? Other American flavors. The Italian ices and spumoni “Grandpa” beef, seafood and vegetarian dishes. The staff well stare dreami- between Bond and Hoyt streets in cherry tomatoes fruity roasted tomatoes and fluffy cod dessert staples on offer included warm sold off his horse-drawn wagon are still the can alter the spices to your specifications, ly into the eyes of Boerum Hill. The restaurant accepts and a light black made for a happy threesome. The side apple tart, cheesecake and old-fashion same. Choose to eat your pizza with the throngs whether your like your dishes red hot or mild. American Express, MasterCard and Visa. on outdoor picnic tables or go inside for dinner a romantic date. Entrees: $6-$18. For more information, pepper vinaigrette of couscous was light, buttery and berry shortcake. at the full-service restaurant. Sippel, the for- call (718) 852-9945. on a bed of mixed cheesy and made for a delicious vehicle The classic desserts are equaled by ex- Villabate mer executive chef greens. That salad to absorb the broth. pertly poured cappuccinos and espressos. Outback Pasticceria and and manager of the is a crowd pleaser. Sippel’s menu also features a wide We’ll be back to try all of Sippel’s oth- Steakhouse Bakery Donald Sacks Restaurant in the World Fi- We enjoyed the combination of flavors selection of sandwiches, soups and sal- er offerings of course, but we’re also re- 7117 18th Ave. at 71st Street, (718) 331-8430, nancial Center, decided that after Sept. 11, and textures — creamy cheese, sweet ads for those looking for lunch or a turning for brunch on a Saturday or Sun- 1475 86th St. at 15th Avenue, (718) 837-7200, 2001, it was time to open the restaurant beets and crunchy nuts. light dinner. day when Atlantic Avenue’s many great www.outback.com, (AmEx, MC, V), Entrees: www.villabate.net, (MC, V $20 minimum), $8.99-$27.99. Pastries: $1.40 and up. that he had been dreaming of. So far, everything at Downtown At- Adjacent to the spacious restaurant is boutiques are open, so we can walk off Entering Villabate is like Nirvana for dessert Among the appetizers are Sippel’s lantic was a hit. the bakery of wife Fran Sippel, a pastry our over-indulgence with some window lovers. Villabate is named for owner Emanuele crispy mahjong shrimp rolls, which arrive We even found the 2001 Bonterra chef and custom cake designer. She sells, shopping. Alaimo’s Sicilian hometown famed for its marzi- For more reviews, go to pan. The cases are filled with an array of confec- tions (including scrumptious crisp cannoli, of course), as well as incredibly lifelike watermelon and strawberry marzipan, homemade Italian ice cream, and the cakes! A seven-layer cake, an enormous version of the popular holiday petit New kid on Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American four with striped green, red and white cake lay- Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover ers — covered in chocolate — serves 10 and is a Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card delicious bargain at $12. — Lisa J. Curtis the block With the opening of its first retail before you can cook with them.” store, Moriches Gourmet has brought However, with Moriches’ prices, its world of imported foods, dried you can afford to be adventurous and fruits, nuts, chocolates, candies, create some fantastic new desserts grains, beans, coffee, teas, olive oils with a jar of candied chestnuts (or Gay Friendly Brooklyn Medical Practice and more to 18th Avenue — at a dis- marrons glaces) from Turkey ($4.45) count. or a jar of scrumptious hazelnut cream Owner Yakup Guven says his pri- ($2.45), also from Turkey. For you, or Primary Medical Care General Male Health Issues mary business is supplying luxury the tea lover we all know, there are foods from Turkey, Spain, Albania, “Special Gunpowder” ($2.95) or jas- Board Certified Physician Comprehensive HIV Care including; Russia and other countries to respect- mine teas ($3.95) from China. Or why ed gourmet stores in Manhattan, but not try an extra virgin “Village” olive Aggressive Advocacy for over 15 years Hormone Replacement decided to open his own shop in oil from Turkey (at $3.95 for 25 Lipodystrophy Brooklyn this summer. ounces), and see if you can taste the On his shelves, you can find cu- difference? Wasting Syndrome cumber-infused soaps, soy nuts by the Guven said he is still adjusting his Salvage Therapy pound, pastas, dried fruits from Cali- inventory, “trying to test the area,” fornia, olive oils from Turkey, Greece, which is a traditionally Italian neigh- Nutritional and Psychological Support Spain and Italy and even Haribo can- borhood that has become more diver- dies by the pound. sified with a thriving Chinese grocery 313 43rd Street, Brooklyn, New York 11232 Case Management “We have better prices, very low, store and Russian, Japanese and Viet- because we’re a wholesaler,” says Gu- namese restaurants nearby. He has

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markably wide range of come- whodunit should: a vanishing hero, Papers The Brooklyn Tdies, dramas and musicals sea- obvious and not so obvious suspects, 199 14th Street son after season. In their 37th season, murky motives and clues galore. Behind closed doors: In the (betw. 4th & 5th Aves.) the troupe — 2000 recipients of the The one thing it doesn’t have (a la Gallery Players’ first production of Off-Off Broadway Review’s Award the novel upon which it is based) is Brooklyn, NY 11215 for Lifetime Achievement — will be an ending. (Dickens died before he its new season, “Bedroom Farce,” presenting four plays, three musicals could complete the mystery.) So in Alex Domeyko (Malcolm), Daniel www.galleryplayers.com and a new play festival — all at the this play-within-a-play, the audience Damiano (Trevor), Nicole Allen very affordable price of $88 per sub- decides by popular vote who the mur- (Susannah) and Inga Wilson (Kate) scription. derer is, and the performers act out engage in a tug-of-war. (At left) “We don’t want to give our sub- the rest accordingly. Amy Smith (Jan) and D.H. John- scribers a lot of the same,” Gallery “It’s the reality TV of the theater,” son (Nick) hit the sheets. Players presi- said Curran. “It’s a dent Heather big challenge for Sondheim musicals that is rarely per- Curran told GO THEATER the cast.” The formed. Set in 1980, the musical tells Brooklyn. “We Gallery Players the story of a celebrated songwriter want to give The Gallery Players are located production will be and film producer who returns to his them a smorgas- at 199 14th St., between Fourth and directed and cho- high school, scornful of his youthful Fifth avenues, in Park Slope. The sea- bord. These plays son opens Sept. 6, with Alan Ayck- reographed by ideals. (The director has yet to be an- are all very ex- bourn’s “Bedroom Farce,” directed Steven Smeltzer. nounced.) citing and very by Ted Thompson. “Bedroom Farce” Philip Barry’s The Black Box New Play Festi- continues through Sept. 21. Sub- different.” scriptions are $88. Individual tickets “Holiday” (Nov. val is the Gallery Players’ culminat- This smorgas- are $15, $12 for seniors and children 29-Dec. 14) was ing event of the season, taking place bord includes re- younger than age 12. For reserva- immortalized on Mango / Greg June 3-27, but Curran said they’ll start vivals of Broad- tions, call (718) 595-0547. screen by Kather- reading scripts as early as this fall. way and off- ine Hepburn and The festival provides a workshop en- Broadway hits, Cary Grant. The vironment for playwrights collaborat- productions of rarely performed play, a funny and bittersweet look at ing with directors and actors. works and ends with the Black Box a New York family in the 1920s, de- Papers The Brooklyn According to Curran, last year’s Sept. 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 18, 19, 20, 21, 2003 New Play Festival. picts what happens when an heiress festival was “the most successful Thurs.-Sat. at 8 pm; Sun. at 3 pm The season opens with Alan Ayck- from a powerful family falls in love Schultz’s comic strip “Peanuts.” implicated in a brutal murder. ever” — with 20 brand-new plays, bourn’s “Bedroom Farce” (Sept. 6- with a man from the middle-class. “We’re doing the original [1971] “It’s got fabulous dialogue, a featuring 15 directors and more than tickets: adults $15, children under 12 & seniors $12 21), directed by Ted Thompson, who “It’s a very timely play,” said Cur- version, not the revival [1999] one as moral dilemma, and it’s very much a 50 actors. Three of the plays, by directed last season’s excellent “Fud- ran. “The question of how much a tribute to Clark Gesner because New York play,” said Curran. “Lob- playwrights Staci Swedeen, Isabelle Reservations: 718 595 0547 dy Meers.” money you need to make you happy that’s what he preferred,” said Cur- by Hero” will be directed by Tom Weyer and John Paul Porter, went on “Bedroom Farce” centers on the is as valid today as it was then.” ran. While the 1999 revival had all Herman. to Manhattan’s Samuel French one- comings and goings in three bed- Yvonne Conybeare directs. new arrangements by Andrew Lippa In the fine tradition of Irish play- act play contest. rooms during one winter night. Set “You’re a Good Man Charlie with two new songs and the character wrights, Conor McPherson makes po- The Gallery Players, an Equity Est 1902 designer Brian Massolini has staged Brown” (Jan. 10-Feb. 1) is a play Sally replacing the character Patty, etry onstage in his 1999 Broadway Showcase house, attracts some of the the show with a trio of bedrooms al- close to the heart of many Brook- many felt Gesner’s initial off-Broad- show “The Weir” (March 27-April 11) best actors, directors, designers and lowing the audience to take a simulta- lynites. Its author, Clark Gesner, was way version had more charm. Matt about a woman listening to ghost sto- musicians in New York — many of Monteleone’s neous peek behind all of the closed a long-time resident of Brooklyn Schicker will direct. ries in the local bar of a remote town. whom, like Harvey Fierstein (“Hair- SPECIALTY BAKERY doors to witness the couples’ quirks Heights, a playwright-composer-crit- Curran calls “Lobby Hero” (Feb. “I’m directing this one,” said Cur- spray,” “Torch Song Trilogy”) and Consistently voted top ices in New York and foibles. ic whom Curran called “a very good 21-March 7) the “grittiest” play of ran. “I’m really excited about that. director John Rando (“Urinetown”), “It’s a nice, crisp way to start the friend to the Gallery Players.” the season. It’s a wonderful ghost story — very have gone on to prominent careers Call for next Class season,” said Curran. The musical presents a series of Kenneth Lonergan’s story centers intimate, very slice-of-life, beautiful- onstage. 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Compiled by Susan Where to Rosenthal Felix and Oscar Haydn, Mozart and Paganini. $40. 4 pm. THURS, SEPT 4 Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Odd Couple.” 2 Heights Players kickoff with ‘Odd Couple’ MOVIE: “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.” pm. See Sat., Sept. 6. 6 pm. St. Francis College, 180 Remsen St. (718) 489-5272. Free. GALLERY PLAYERS: “Bedroom Farce.” 3 By Paulanne Simmons pm. See Sat., Sept. 6. BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: for The Brooklyn Papers Activities including music and movement, OTHER arts and crafts and more. 1 pm to 6 pm. FLEA MARKET: at St. Finbar Center. 9 am to ntering their 48th season, 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. Free. 3 pm. Bath Avenue and Bay 20th Street. BAMCINEMATEK: Caribbean Diaspora film (718) 236-3312. the Heights Players pride series presents “Almacita, Soul of Deso- LUNCHEON: National Council of Jewish themselves on being the lato” (1986). $10. 4:30, 6:50 and 9:10 pm. E Women, Quentin branch, celebrates its 110 oldest community theater in 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. years and hosts guest of honor, Borough PEACE VIGIL: hosted by Park Slope Greens President Marty Markowitz. 11:30 am. 1001 Brooklyn. And much of their and Brooklyn/ Manhattan War Resisters Quentin Road. Call. (718) 376-8164. success is due to a well-bal- League. 5:30 pm to 7 pm. Flatbush and OPEN HOUSE: Brooklyn Conservatory of anced selection of familiar Seventh avenues. (718) 768-3202. Music celebrates the life and music of OPENING: Surfing-inspired artwork from New Leonard Bernstein. Mini-lessons in various comedies, dramas and musicals York and New Jersey artists. Meet the Karolina Strassmayer will perform instruments, screening of “West Side that please theatergoers of all artists at this opening night event. 6 pm to Story,” live performances, and meet the ages. 9 pm. 475 Keap St. (847) 372-4095. Free. with her quartet, Klaro!, Sept. 6 at daughter of Leonard Bernstein, Jaime EXHIBIT: Rotunda Gallery hosts reception ParlorJazz. Bernstein-Thomas. Noon to 5 pm. 58 The 2003-04 season includes for its exhibit “Clear Intentions.” 6 pm to Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. Free. works by such highly esteemed 8 pm. 33 Clinton St. (718) 875-4047. Free. CRUSH: Urban Glass hosts “Crush: A playwrights as Noel Coward, LATINO SOUL: St. Joseph’s College presents HEIGHTS PLAYERS: Neil Simon’s comedy Celebration of Wine and Glass.” Enjoy a Neil Simon, Wendy Wasser- Bryan Vargas and his band Ya Esta. 6:30 “The Odd Couple.” $12, $10 seniors. 8 tour of the facility at noon, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm. 236 Clinton Ave. (718) 783-0374. Free. pm. 26 Willow Place. (718) 237-2752. pm and 4 pm. Glassblowing demos, stein and Arthur Miller, with MEETING: Members of the Transportation GALLERY PLAYERS: “Bedroom Farce,” by paperweight workshop ($50), bead mak- music by the likes of George Committee of Community Board 6 meet. Alan Ayckbourn. $15, $12 children under ing workshops ($25) and a wineglass Gershwin, Richard Rodgers 6:30 pm. Long Island College Hospital, 12 and seniors. 8 pm. 199 14th St. (718) sandblasting workshop ($10). 647 Fulton 339 Hicks St. (718) 643-3027. 595-0547. St. (718) 625-3685. Free. and Stephen Sondheim. BOOKCOURT: Food and wine tasting with PARLORJAZZ: Sax and flute player Karolina SILENT FILMS: Brooklyn Public Library, Cen- The season opens with Si- Anthony DiDio, co-author of “The Strassmayer to perform with her quartet, tral branch, presents four short films: “Charlie mon’s “The Odd Couple” Renaissance Guide to Wine and Food Klaro!, Don Friedman on piano, Drori Chaplin: His Music Hall Career.” 2 pm. Pairing.” 7 pm. 163 Court St. at Dean Mondlak on drums and Mike McGuirk on Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. (Sept. 5-21), directed by Helen Street. (718) 875-3677. Free. bass. $15 includes light refreshments. OPEN HOUSE: Park Slope Jewish Center Fein. Simon’s story of a sloven- SHAKESPEARE: The Shakespeare Project Sets at 9:30 pm and 10:45 pm. 119 invites the community to tour this historic ly bachelor named Oscar and a presents “Othello.” 7 pm. Fort Greene Vanderbilt Ave. (718) 855-1981. building. 1 pm to 4 pm. Eighth Avenue recently separated, meticulous Park, DeKalb Avenue and Cumberland and 14th Street. (718) 768-1453. Free. Street. (212) 642-1070. Free. CHILDREN BAMCINEMATEK: The Best of the New Fest stuffed shirt has inspired a BIRDING: Brooklyn Bird Club hosts a talk PUPPETWORKS: Fall presentation of “1001 presents the best in gay/ lesbian/ bi/ Broadway hit (1965-‘67), a about the issues of Jamaica Bay. 7 pm. Tales of the Arabian Nights” adaptation transgendered cinema to NY. $10. 30 film (1968), a long-running TV Audubon Center, Prospect Park. (718) of “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp.” Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. 875-1151. Free. $6, $7 adults. Ages 3 and older. 12:30 pm SUNDAYS AT SUNNY’S: Published authors series (1970-1975), and a 1985 COOKING TALK: Park Slope Food Co-op and 2 pm. 338 Sixth Ave. (718) 965-3391. read from their works. 3 pm. 253 Conover reprise of the play with a fe- offers a talk, “Late Summer’s Bounty.” YOUTH TOURNAMENT: 10 year olds in the St. (718) 625-8211. Free. male cast, among others. tri-state area play baseball in the 78th Learn how to pick and store produce and FILM: Green-Wood Partnership presents “Neil Simon always does basic cooking techniques. $4 materials fee. Precinct Youth Council’s Battle in “One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest” 7:30 pm. 782 Union St. (718) 622-0560. Brooklyn. 9 am to 6 pm. Prospect Park. (1975). $8. 8:30 pm. Brooklyn Lyceum, well for us,” Heights Players BARGEMUSIC: chamber music program of For info: www.78youthsports.org. 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. vice president Tom Tyler told Paganini, Giuliani, Houghton, Villa-Lobos, MARS MADNESS: Astroland Amusement GO Brooklyn. “We’ve had suc- De Falla, Gerhard and Sarasate. $35. 7:30 Park and the New York Aquarium cele- pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. brate Mars Madness, with the planet Mars MON, SEPT 8 cess with ‘Come Blow Your BARNES AND NOBLE: Tom House, author closest to the earth since 57,000 B.C. Horn,’ ‘Rumors’ and ‘Barefoot of “The Beginning of Calamities,” reads Music and an Alien Costume Contest. HEALTH SCREENING: City Councilman in the Park.’” Mango / Greg and signs his book. 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Mars telescope viewing takes place from 9 Domenic Recchia Jr. offers mammogra- Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. pm to 11 pm. One-price wristbands for phy screenings. Appointment necessary. “Crazy for You” (Oct. 3- $12.99. 4 pm to 10 pm. 1000 Surf Avenue, 9:30 am to 4 pm. In front of 425 Neptune 19) is Ken Ludwig’s 1992 re- FILM SERIES: Office Ops presents a modern Coney Island. (718) 265-2100. music series featuring “Buena Vista Social Ave. (718) 373-9673. Free. working of Gershwin’s 1930s Club.” 9 pm. 57 Thames St., second floor. OTHER BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The World According to Shorts,” Program 1. $10. musical “Girl Crazy.” “Crazy (718) 418-2509. Free. FLEA MARKET: New and used items. 10

6:50 pm. Reception follows. Also, for You” tells the story of Bob- Papers The Brooklyn am to 3 pm. Sunset Park Community Program 2. 9:10 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. Church, 5324 Fourth Ave. (718) 439-6944. by Child, scion of a wealthy FRI, SEPT 5 Call. (718) 636-4100. Messy Marvin: In the SALE: St. John’s Episcopal Church hosts a PHOTO EXHIBIT: Borough Hall Gallery hosts banking family, who is sent to BAMCINEMATEK: “Favorite Series” pres- rummage sale. 10 am to 3 pm. Parish an opening party for its exhibit “Real Deadrock, Nev., to foreclose on Heights Players’ first pro- ents “Medea” (1987). $10. 2, 4:30, 6:50 Hall, 9818 Ft. Hamilton Parkway. (718) Brooklyn, A Day In Our Life.” 5:30 pm to 745-2377. a theater, but instead falls in duction of its new season, and 9:10 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 8 pm. 209 Joralemon St. (718) 854-4639. love with the town’s post- “The Odd Couple,” Robert 636-4100. HOMEBUYER’S ORIENTATION: Neighbor- SHAKESPEARE: The Shakespeare Project RECEPTION: Art exhibit “Tradition/ Non hood Housing Services Home ownership presents “Othello.” 7 pm. Sunset Park, mistress and becomes deter- Weinstein (above) plays Os- Tradition: Bridging the Gap.” 5 pm to Center offers a talk for the first time 41st Street and Fifth Avenue. (212) 642- mined to save the theater by car. At right, it’s all fun and 7:30 pm. St. Francis College, 180 homebuyer. 10 am to noon. 1 Hanson 1070. Free. Place. (718) 230-7610. Free. putting on his own show. Remsen St. (718) 489-5272. Free. AUDITIONS: Brooklyn Philharmonia Chorus games for Vinnie (Steven OPEN HOUSE: Union Temple holds a Shab- CULTURAL ARTS PROGRAM: Ifetayo holds auditions for all voices. Chorus “They took many of Gersh- Platt), Murray (Bruce Tylor), Cultural Arts Facility holds registration for bat open house. Families are invited to rehearses on Tuesday evenings, from 7:30 win’s best songs [‘I Got Speed (Joe Cooper) and its program for youths and families. pm to 10 pm, at The First Presbyterian participate in a beginner’s service designed Classes in African, hip-hop, modern and Rhythm,’ ‘Embraceable You’ to introduce children and newcomers to Church, 124 Henry St. Call for audition. Roy (Sam Greene). ballet, drumming, visual arts and more. (718) 907-0963. and ‘Someone to Watch Over the rituals of Shabbat. 6:30 pm. 17 Noon to 6 pm. PS 249, 18 Marlborough

Me’],” said Tyler. “And we Mango / Greg Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-7600. Free. Road. (718) 856-1123. MUSICAL TRY-OUTS: Brooklyn Family Theater holds auditions for its fall production of READING: Montauk Club presents author COMMEMORATION EVENT: NYC Police haven’t done Gershwin in a wife’s illegal immigrant cousin Paul Cohen, reading from his novel “Gram- “The Wiz.” Kids age 8 to 12 are invited. 6 long time.” Ed Healy directs. and the niece he has raised. Museum and the South Street Seaport pm to 9 pm. Call for info. (718) 670-7205. ercy Park.” 7 pm. Refreshments offered. host an event honoring the contributions The upcoming production of This play is also a big coup 25 Eighth Ave. (718) 638-0080. Free. of New York’s Harbor Rescue Workers on BARBES BAR: Traveling Cinema Film Series SHAKESPEARE: The Shakespeare Project 9-11. Meet the members of the Police presents “The Koumiko Mystery” (1965) Coward’s “Blithe Spirit” for the Heights Players. presents “Othello.” 7 pm. Sunset Park, and “Le Mistral” (1965). 376 Ninth St. Harbor Defense Unit at the NYC Police (Nov. 7-23) will be a big break- “Arthur Miller is another Papers The Brooklyn 41st Street and Fifth Avenue. (212) 642- Museum. Noon to 2 pm. Kids can create (718) 965-9177. Free. through for the Heights Players. playwright whose plays we 1070. Free. arts and crafts projects. Noon to 3 pm. EXHIBIT: Reception for “Souvenirs,” an $5, $3 seniors, $2 children. 100 Old Slip. “We’ve been trying to get haven’t been able to get the day. There the feisty, middle- “We’re doing the original exhibit by John Freyer. 7 pm to 10 pm. (212) 480-3100. South Street Seaport TUES, SEPT 9 [‘Blithe Spirit’] for years, but rights for. This year they be- aged sisters find themselves [1955] Broadway version that 93 North Sixth St. (718) 387-4320. Free. hosts story hour at 3 pm. Also, arts and we couldn’t get the rights be- came available. And we feel, if talking more about hot lovers starred Susan Strasberg, the BARGEMUSIC: chamber music program of crafts. $5. 3 pm to 4 pm. 213 Water St. HEALTH TALK: Long Island College Hospital Paganini, Giuliani, Houghton, Villa-Lobos, (212) 843-9213. offers a talk “Make Sense of Supple- cause Noel Coward’s estate is plays are available, we should than hot flashes. Steve Velardi one they made the [1959] De Falla, Gerhard and Sarasate. $35. 7:30 ments.” Noon to 1 pm and 7 pm to 8 very restrictive,” said Tyler. “If do them,” said Tyler. “And directs. movie out of,” said Tyler. GREENMARKET: Fort Greene Greenmarket pm. 339 Hicks St. (718) 780-1677. Free. pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. hosts international performance groups per- there’s any chance “Enter Laughing” (March The last production of the ROOFTOP FILMS: Summer series presents forming Black, Latino and Caribbean poetry SEMINAR: Brooklyn Arts Council offers a talk home movies featuring personal moments, and music. Noon to 3 pm. Fort Greene “How to Apply for NYFA Artists’ Fellow- of a Noel Coward 5-21) is Joseph Stein’s adapta- season is “Follies” (May 7-23) lost, stolen, found and created. $6. Music Park, Washington and DeKalb avenues. ship Grants.” 6 pm to 7:30 pm. Brooklyn play opening in THEATER tion of Carl Reiner’s novel. with book by James Goldman, at 8 pm; movie at 9 pm. Office Ops, 57 College, Levenson Hall, enter at Campus FILMS: Green-Wood Partnership presents Road and Hillel Place. (718) 625-0080. Free. Manhattan, you “This is the same Joseph and music and lyrics by Thames St. (718) 417-7362. Free. “Saturday at the Movies.” Today: can’t get the The Heights Players are located at 26 Stein who did ‘Fiddler [on the Stephen Sondheim. This musi- FILM: Narrows Botanical Gardens presents “Pinocchio.” $5. 3 pm. Also, “North By DINNER MEETING: Columbian Lawyers Willow Place at State Street in Brooklyn Alfred Hitchcock’s “Dial M For Murder” Northwest.” $8. 6 pm. Also, “Ben-Hur.” Association hosts a meeting. Topic rights.” Heights. The 2003-‘04 season opens Sept. Roof],’” said Tyler. “The novel cal unites past, present and fu- (1954). Sundown. Shore Road between $8. 9 pm. 500 25th St. (718) 857-4816. “Maneuvering Through the Changing Coward’s farce 5, with Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple,” di- was also made into a movie.” ture when Dimitri Weismann Waters of the Supreme Court, Civil 69th and 72nd streets. Free. VOICE AS HEALING: Park Slope Food Co- is about a man rected by Helen Fein. “The Odd Couple” Ted Thompson directs this invites his old Follies girls to a Term.” 6 pm. Rex Manor, 1100 60th St. continues through Sept. 21. Subscriptions HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Odd Couple.” op offers “Healing Through Voice: The Reservations necessary. (718) 875-0158. 8 pm. See Sat., Sept. 6. Voice as a Healing and Balancing Aid.” 4 plagued by current are $80 for nine tickets. Individual tickets to comedy about a stage-struck final party before his theater is pm. 782 Union St. (718) 622-0560. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The World and former wives, musicals are $15, and $12 all other shows. young man who joins a the- torn down. WOODWORKING COURSE: Brooklyn According to Shorts,” Program 2. $10. Woods offers a seven-week program that RECEPTION: Summer Paintings by sisters both dead and For reservations, call (718) 237-2752. ater company, even though his “The ages of the characters Becca Anderson and Linnie York. 6 pm to 6:50. Also, Program 1. 9:10 pm. 30 trains unemployed, under-employed and Lafayette Ave. Call. (718) 636-4100. alive. John Bourne parents want him to be a drug- will appeal to our audience low-income adults how to build and 8 pm. Starbucks, 164 Seventh Ave. (718) install kitchen cabinets. 9 am to 5 pm. 783-7738. Free. HOMEBUYERS WORKSHOP: hosted by directs. gist. and our performers,” he said. Job placement assistance available. Call FILM SERIES: Coney Island Saturday Night Pratt Area Community Council. Topic is: “Your Credit: What Are Banks Looking As is customary, the Heights also, there’s local appeal be- In Susan Montez, who heads Tyler, who helms this pro- for details. (718) 389-3636. Free. Film Series presents “The Velvet Hammer Players’ December production cause it takes place in Brook- FACES, a teen theatrical troupe duction, has had success with Burlesque” (2003). Must be 18+. Free For?” 6:30 pm. 966 Fulton St. (718) 783- TRAFFIC CALMING: Bike riders and skaters 3549, ext. 19. Free. are invited to meet for an event hosted popcorn. $5. 8:30 pm. Coney Island is a family show — Rodgers lyn.” based in Maimonides Medical last season’s “My Fair Lady,” by Time’s Up. 6 pm. Grand Army Plaza Museum, 1208 Surf Ave. (718) 372-5159. FOOD TALK: Park Slope Food Co-op hosts and Hammerstein’s “Cinderel- “View From the Bridge” Center, the Heights Players and prior to that, “Brigadoon” entrance to Prospect Park. (212) 802- BAMCINEMATEK: The Best of the New a talk “Do You Know What You Are la” (Dec. 5-21). Jim McNulty will be directed by Robert J. have found a fitting director for and “La Cage Aux Folles.” 8222. Free. Fest presents the best in gay, lesbian, bi- Eating?” Learn how genetic modification and transgendered cinema to NY. $10. of food affects health. 6:45 pm. 782 directs this beloved classic. Weinstein. “The Diary of Anne Frank” “I really wanted to do ‘Fol- Details at www.worldaccordingtoshorts. Union St. (718) 622-0560. Free. In January, the Heights Play- Wendy Wasserstein’s “The (April 2-18), Frances Good- lies,’” said Tyler. “I’ve never SAT, SEPT 6 com. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. OFF THE RAIL SERIES: Brooklyn Public Library presents John Reed, author of “A ers go back to serious drama Sisters Rosensweig” (Feb. rich and Albert Hackett’s play directed Sondheim before.” COMEDY: The Brooklyn Brew-Ha-Ha enter- with “View From the 6-22) takes the audience to about a 13-year-old girl hiding The Heights Players’ rich, BROOKLYN CYCLONES tains. $5 plus two-drink minimum. 9:30 Still Small Voice” and Alex Orlovsky” of pm. 273 Smith St. (718) 624-8878. “The Brooklyn Rail.” Donald Brecken- Bridge” (Jan. 9-25), Arthur London, where three sisters, from the Nazis with seven oth- new season promises a lot of PLAYOFFS: The McNamara Division Cham- ridge, editor of “The Brooklyn Rail,” pion Brooklyn Cylones face the Oneonta MOVIE NIGHT: Park Slope Jewish Center hosts event. 7 pm. Grand Army Plaza. Miller’s politically charged sto- Gorgeous, Pfeni and Sara, are er Jewish people in an Amster- laughter, a few tears, adult dra- Tigers in the second game of a best-of- presents “To Be Or Not To Be” (1942). (718) 230-2100. Free. ry about a longshoreman, his celebrating Sara’s 54th birth- dam attic. ma and youthful fantasy. three series. The series winner advances $5. 8:30 pm. Eighth Avenue and 14th Street. (718) 768-1453. WEEKLY SITTING: New York Insight’s on- to the championship round. 6 pm. Call going sittings are offered on a drop-in for ticket information. Surf Avenue at basis to all students who wish to start, sup- West 17th streets. (718) 449-8497. FINE CRAFTS: Pottery & Stemware • Stained Glass Since 1979 SUN, SEPT 7 port or deepen their meditation practice. 7 OUTDOORS AND TOURS pm. 386 First St. (917) 441-0915. Free. Silks & Wearables • Jewelry • Wood • Paper W BARNES AND NOBLE: Beth Bosworth reads E Owned and operated by local artisans since 1994 GREENMARKET: in Fort Greene Park. Field BROOKLYN CYCLONES from her novel “Tunneling.” 7:30 pm. crops in season include orchard fruits, N PLAYOFFS: The McNamara Division Cham- 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. specialty items and vegetables. 8 am. pion Brooklyn Cylones may face the BASIC BOOKKEEPING: Park Slope Food Washington Park and DeKalb Avenue. Oneonta Tigers in the third game of a Co-op offers a course for business own- C (718) 789-9366. 20% OFF I A best-of-three series. The series winner ers. 7:30 pm. 782 Union St. (718) 622- X L IRISH FAIR: 23rd annual event features tra- advances to the championship round. 0560. Free. Sunday, Sept. 7 E I ditional Irish culture including entertain- (Game will be played only if series stands OPERA: New York City College of Technol- M Restaurant ment, imports, arts and crafts, rides and 1-1 after Saturday’s game.) 5 pm. Call for ogy hosts a high-tech operatic produc- Celebrating games and food. General Manager of ticket information. Surf Avenue at West tion of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute.” 8 WNBC-TV, Frank Comerford, is honored 17th street. (718) 449-8497. pm. Call for ticket info. 186 Jay St. (212) the start of our Tex Mexican Cuisine as Chief Brehon of the event. $10 adults, 567-3283. free for kids 12 and younger. 10 am to 7 OUTDOORS AND TOURS Reasonable Prices • FREE DELIVERY! AUDITIONS: Brooklyn Philharmonia Chorus 10th year! pm. Drier Offerman Meadows, Coney FARMERS MARKET: Farm fresh fruits and holds auditions for all voices. Call for au- Island. (718) 802-3830. vegetables. 9 am to 3 pm. West 16th dition. (718) 907-0963. See Mon, Sept. 8. DUMBO TOUR: Brooklyn Center for the Street and Surf Avenue, Coney Island. Available for Parties (718) 266-4653. MUSICAL TRY-OUTS: Brooklyn Family Urban Environment hosts a walk around Theater holds auditions for its fall pro- The BEST Margaritas and the Down Under the Manhattan Bridge BIRD WATCHING: Green-Wood Cemetery duction of “The Wiz.” See Mon, Sept. 8. Overpass. Visit the enclave of galleries, walkdiscovers species that find a haven at BEST Mexican Food in Brooklyn!! public art spaces and restaurants. $11, $9 the cemetery. 9 am. 25th Street and Fifth CLASS REGISTRATION: Creative Arts members, $8 seniors and students. Noon Avenue. (718) 768-7300. Free. Studio begins fall registration for classes for children and adults. Registration from to 2 pm. Meet at High Street A/C station TOUR: Walk through Prospect Park and 137 Court Street on Cadman Plaza West. (718) 788-8500, 2 pm to 7 pm. 310 Atlantic Ave. (718) learn about its construction. Visit includes 797-5600. corner of Atlantic Ave. ext. 208. Long Meadow, the Quaker cemetery, (corner of Warren St.) CONEY ISLAND TOUR: Captain Bob hosts Litchfield Villa and more. Gordon Linzner, TOWN HALL: The Prospect Park Alliance 221a Court Street and Brooklyn Botanic Garden will host (718) 625-7370 a tour of the neighborhood, pointing out urban historian, leads. 5 miles. $20. 10 am • OPEN: Wed-Sat 11-7; Sun 11-6 • (718) 330-0343 historic sites. $10. Noon and 2 pm. Meet to 1 pm. (718) 884-0132. the first Brooklyn Academy of Science & the Environment Town Hall Meeting at Nathans in Coney Island. Call for info. IRISH FAIR: 23rd annual Irish fair. Drier Offer- (718) 372-8091. about the new high school located in the man Meadows, Coney Island. See Sat., building of the Prospect Heights High COUNTRY FAIR: Holy Rosary Society of Sept. 6. School. 2:45 pm. Brooklyn Botanic Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen host an old- CHILDREN Garden auditorium, 1000 Washington fashioned country fair with live music, pony Ave. (718) 965-8908. Free. rides, magic shows, clowns, crafts, snakes FARMS WORKSHOP: Wyckoff Farmhouse We Deliver and more. 2 pm to 10 pm. Corner of Museum talk explores Brooklyn’s farm his- Summit and Hicks streets. (718) 858-4777. tory and plans for redeveloping the Wyckoff WEDS, SEPT 10 PERFORMANCE House Park as an active farmsite. Suitable 9am-8pm for ages 14 and older. 1 pm to 2 pm. 5816 MEETING: Bay Ridge Council on Aging RECEPTION: Halcyon Cafe presents “A Clarendon Road. (718) 629-5400. Free. meets. 9:30 am. St. Nicholas Home, 437 authentic Japanese cuisine and boutique to Downtown Brooklyn Celebration of Street Art: The Photo- BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: Ovington Ave. (718) 921-5949. graphs of Marc Schiller.” 7 to 10 pm. 227 Program “What is Jazz?” $4. 2:30 pm. The BEST Deli foods! Smith St. (718) 260-WAXY. Free. LECTURE: St. Francis College presents a 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400. series, “From Louis and Clark to the BARGEMUSIC: chamber music program of The Gingko Leaf Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner PERFORMANCE Space Age.” Today: “Westward Haydn, Mozart and Paganini. $40. 7:30 Expansion in American History.” 12:20 –– OVERSTUFFED SANDWICHES –– pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. BARGEMUSIC: chamber music program of pm to 1:45 pm. Also, Terri Tobin, lunch lean hot pastrami, Captain, NYPD, 13th Precinct, WTC sur- FRI-SUN: 11:30am-4pm PASTRAMI vivor, is guest speaker. 12:30 pm to 2 Bamboo Garden roast beef, turkey, corned beef, pm. 180 Remsen St. (718) 489-5272. available for parties tea time Juicy or Extra Lean tongue, brisket Free. and special occasions 3pm-6pm $ 70 LIST YOUR EVENT… WATCH CLUB: Watch Club Video series (up to 30 people) presents “Running Scared” (1986). 2 pm. dinner 7 To list your event in Where to GO, please give us as much notice as possible. Send your Parish Hall, 157 Montague St. (718) 875- TUES-SUN: 6pm-11pm 6960. Free. please call for reservations listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 26 Court St., Ste. 506, Brooklyn, NY MEETING: of Bay Ridge AARP. 2 pm. Our Catering for ALL occasions 11242; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. Lady of Angels, 337 74th St. (718) 788- closed Mondays take out available Rabbi Israel Mayer Steinberg We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 7372. 82 Livingston St. Open M-Th 8am-9pm; Fri ‘til sundown Continued on page GO 6... 788a union st. (betw 6th and 7th ave) TEL 718.399.9876 Closed Saturday for Shabbat park slope, brooklyn FAX 718.399.9432 (718) 246-7089 Local Delivery • September 8, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM 5 New York’s largest lighting store is not in Manhattan; It’s right here in Brooklyn. Pier memorial Proposals for Bay Ridge 9-11 memorial to be displayed The Victoria Collection By Deborah Kolben proposals on display starting plications. The Brooklyn Papers this week. The memorial monument, The five finalists — Alice which is to be erected at the Tuscany ive prominent artists se- Aycock, Robert Hickman, Deb- 69th Street Pier, from where lected to submit plans for orah Masters, Helen Evans many residents watched in hor- Fa Bay Ridge monument Ramsaran and Robert Ressler ror as the towers crumbled, will that will serve as a memorial — were chosen from among 30 be constructed in honor of the to Brooklynites killed on individuals and artist groups more than 100 residents of Bay Sept. 11, 2001, will have their nationwide that submitted ap- Ridge, Dyker Heights and Ben-

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9-11 Events Papers File The Brooklyn a monument to those who died Bay Ridge will install a 9-11 memorial monument at the Here are some of the commemorative Brooklyn events from community boards 10 69th Street Pier. Five proposals will be on display starting Normandy Victoria scheduled for next Thursday, Sept. 11. and 11,” explained Howard Sept. 8 at the Long Island Commericial Bank on 86th floor lamps • table lamps • lampshades • repairs Feuer, chairman of the selection Street. The exhibit will move to Commerce Bank on Shore Promenade prayer service sub-committee and district Parkway Sept. 24. 8:46 am and 9:03 am, Brooklyn Heights promenade at manager of CB11. MIRRORS • TABLES • DECORATIVE ACCESSORIES Pierrepont Street, (718) 596-4840 ext. 11. The models arrived last At this spot on the promenade, which overlooks the month and are now being review session. Long Island Commercial Bank, World Trade Center site, Congregation B’nai Avraham of stored, still unwrapped, at the The committee still has 375 86th St., from Sept. 8 until Brooklyn Heights will conduct its regular morning prayer Brooklyn Arts Council in some decisions to make, in- Sept. 22. And the exhibit will service (7:45-8:30 am), followed by the blowing of a sho- Downtown Brooklyn until they cluding whether or not to in- be displayed at Commerce Everything in lighting… Discounted! far (ram’s horn) at the exact times the hijacked planes hit. go on display. clude victims’ names on the Bank, 1630 Shore Parkway, 1073 39th Street The shofar blowings will be followed by a recitation of Brooklyn Remembers Inc., monument. from Sept. 24 through Oct. 8. (CORNER FT. HAMILTON PKWY) psalms. the group of civic leaders The public is encouraged to For more information about (718) 436-2207 charged with choosing that review the plans and submit the exhibit or to learn more Mon. & Tues. 9-5:30; Wed. CLOSED; Thurs. 9-8; Fri. 9-5:30; Sat. & Sun. 10-5 Aquarium blood drive monument, will make the final comments. about Brooklyn Remembers ~ Family Owned & Operated for over 30 years ~ 10 am-4 pm, Education Hall at the New York Aquarium, decision following the public The exhibit will be at the Inc., call (718) 921-4526. West Eighth Street at Surf Avenue, (718) 265-FISH The New York Aquarium joins Maimonides Medical Center to conduct a blood drive on the Aquarium’s grounds. Blood donors will get a free admission pass to the New York Aquarium. AMICO Senior Center 11 am-noon, 5901 13th Ave., (718) 748-5200 Councilman Vincent Gentile hosts a ceremony in the 9-11 Memorial Reading Room of the AMICO Senior Center. A portrait of the World Trade Center by a Bay Ridge artist YOUR CHILD IS will be dedicated and there will be a short musical selection and guest speakers. Asser Levy Park 6:30-8:30 pm, Ocean Parkway at Sea Breeze Avenue, (718) 373-0195. NO ANGEL. Local elected officials will join members of the uni- formed services in a memorial service featuring a color guard and performances of patriotic songs. Veterans Memorial Pier 7:30 pm, 69th Street Pier at Bay Ridge Avenue and Shore Road, (718) 238-6044. State Sen. Marty Golden hosts a memorial service that will honor World Trade Center victims through prayer, song and a candle-lighting ceremony. Carroll Gardens vigil 7:30 pm, Corner Summit and Hicks streets, (718) 596-7750. The Roman Catholic parish family of Sacred Hearts and St. Stephen hosts a prayer service on the front steps of the church, with the St. Stephen tower standing as symbol of hope against the scarred city skyline — which stands behind it. (On Wednesday, Sept. 10, a Memorial Vigil Mass will be celebrated inside the church at 7:30 pm.)

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Nightlife house cafe bar lounge Barbes Sept. 4: Enon (record release party), Turing Machine, 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Gene Dreamy and Gary Sincere, 8 pm, $8; Sept. 5: (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Krakatoa (CD release show), FEAST, Addicted to unwind to an eclectic mix Fiction, Las Rubias del Norte, 8 pm, $7; Sept. 6: The Sept. 4: Rachelle Garniez, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 5: Los Sounds (only NYC show), The Flesh, Opti-Grab, 9 of live jazz and brazilian soul Extranjeros, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 7: The Foster Family, pm, $10; Sept. 7: Mermaid-Unicorn, 8 pm, $TBD; Mr. Heartbreak, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 9: Bryn Roberts Sept. 8: Low Flying Owls, Dirty on Purpose, 8 pm, Quartet, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 10: Mark Helias’ Open $5; Sept. 9: Kittens for Christian, Morning Wood, Loose, 9 pm, $8; Sept. 11: Danny Kalb, 9 pm, $8. The Go Station, 8 pm, $7; Sept. 10: Ekland, Violet great food, great vibe, great drink specials Boudoir Bar Nine, 8 pm, $TBD; Sept. 11: Metal Covers Night featuring Netallica, 8 pm, $TBD, WIFEY with DJs Kings country (at East End Ensemble) Mister Doctor/Jayson Green, Farie Queene and seven days a week 273 Smith St. at Sackett Street in Carroll Gardens, more, 11:30 pm, FREE. If you were wondering who that musician at Pete’s Candystore (709 Lorimer St. at (718) 624-8878, eastendensemble.com. Magnetic Field was at Carroll Gardens’ Whim restaurant on a Richardson Street in Williamsburg) on Sept. 6 morning, noon and night Sept. 4: Open mic, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 6: The recent evening, bearing his soul with heart- at 9 pm. Brooklyn Brew-Ha-Ha comedy showcase, 9:30 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, pm, $5; Sept. 7: DJ Blakulove and DJ Rob Smoov (718) 834-0069, www.MagneticBrooklyn.com. breaking songs about love won and lost — and Just the title of Deatherage’s debut album weekend brunch and BBQ, 4 pm, FREE; Sept. 8: Open mic, 8 pm, Mondays: Open turntable nights, with host DJ love that just won’t take him back, damn it — “Dream Upon a Fallen Star” (Summerbreak FREE; Sept. 10: Bellybutton Buffoonery Comedy, Blakulove, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 4: Copacabana, fea- he was singer-songwriter Todd Deatherage. Records) gives you a taste of his artful but 8:45, FREE; Sept. 11: Open mic, 8 pm, FREE. turing DJ Honey spinning soul from South And if he was able to distract from chef gloomy lyrics. For more information about America and beyond, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 5: Jennie 440 bergen street btw flatbush/5th avenue Cafe Mezzo Wasserman’s Magnetic Lounge, 9 pm, FREE; Marc Elliot’s tasty wares, imagine how power- Deatherage, visit www.toddeatherageband.com. ful Deatherage’s brew of country heartache, For info on the free show at Pete’s, call (718) 136 Montague St. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Sept. 6: Black Lung Brothers, 8 pm, FREE and Sir parkslope brooklyn 718.399.8741 Heights, (718) 522-2202, www.mezzocafe.com. Colt 45’s Hip Hop-A-Go-Go, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. jazz and rock will be with his band behind him 302-3770. — Lisa J. Curtis 11: Sparkle Motion, 9 pm, FREE. Wednesdays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 5: Ron & John, 10 pm, FREE. Magnolia Bar & Chocolate Monkey Restaurant 329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in Park 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, (718) Slope, (718) 813-1073. 369-4814. Where to GO... Mondays: Karen Gibson-Rock with Fluid, 8 pm, $5; Sept. 5: Latin Rhythm Devils, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. Thursdays: Karaoke with Terry Billy, 8 pm, FREE; 6: Plan A, 10 pm, FREE. Fridays: Happy Hour with DJ Ozkar, 5 pm, FREE. Continued from page GO 4... chamber music program. $35. Meson Flamenco BAMCINEMATEK: Cinemachat 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. Duplexx 135 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn with Elliott Stein. Film is “What’s (718) 624-2083. 46 Washington Ave. at Park Avenue in Clinton Heights, (718) 625-7177. the Matter with Helen?” (1971). FISH TALK: Brooklyn Aquarium $10. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and Society hosts Mike Kirda in a Hill, (718) 643-6400, www.theduplexx.com. Restaurant with live flamenco music and dancing, 9:10 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. talk on “Light for Success: How Saturdays: Contemporary hip-hop and R&B with Fridays and Saturdays, at 7 pm and 11 pm, $5. Call. (718) 636-4100. to Light a Healthy Reef DJ Mr. Cee and DJ King Lion, 10 pm, FREE; DINNER MEETING: Brooklyn Aquarium.” Also, marine fish Sundays: Reggae night, 6 pm until 2 am, FREE Moda Cafe Chapter of The International and coral auction. $5 donation before 8 pm, $10 after. 294 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, (718) Association of Administrative for non-members. 7:30 pm. 832-8897, modacafebrooklyn.com. Professionals hosts its monthly Surf Avenue and West Eighth Street. (718) 837-4455. Frank’s Lounge Sept. 7: DJ Amanda, 4-7 pm, FREE. event. Topic of talk is “Euro- 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort Greene, pean Skin Care Technology.” WHITE COLLAR BOXING: at (718) 625-9339, www.FranksCocktailLounge.com. $15, $12 members. 6 pm to 8 Gleason’s Gym. $20 registra- National Restaurant pm. Morgan Stanley, 1 Pierre- tion fee, $15 spectators, $5 Thursdays: Blues with Lonnie Youngblood, 9 pm, 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Second pont Plaza. (718) 282-2732. members. 7:30 pm. 83 Front FREE; Fridays: DJs Tyrone, Samir and Julian, 10 Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225. MEDITATION WORKSHOP: at St. (718) 797-2872. pm, $5; Saturdays: DJs Tyrone and Infinite, 10 Live Russian music and dancing, Fridays, Brooklyn Public Library, Carroll POTLUCK DINNER: Park Slope pm, $5; Sundays: Cleave Guyton Quintet, 6 pm, Saturdays and Sundays at 9 pm, FREE. Gardens branch. 6:30 pm to Food Co-op hosts a queer- FREE; Tuesdays: Frank’s hosts up-and-coming 7:45 pm. 396 Clinton St. (718) friendly vegan potluck dinner. bands, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Karaoke with Night of the Cookers 833-5751. Free. $3. 7:30 pm to 10 pm. 782 Davey B., 9 pm, FREE. WINE TASTING: A Perfect Setting Union St. (718) 622-0560. 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Fort hosts a lecture series. Today’s Greene, (718) 797-1197. BARBES BAR: Al Dente produc- Galapagos topic is “American Wines.” tions presents “Brooklyn Book- 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Thursdays: Blues, 8:30 pm, FREE; Fridays and $40. 7 pm. 140 Atlantic Ave. in-Hand,” plays of Kobun Aloka (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com. Saturdays: Jazz, 10:30 pm, FREE; Sundays: Jazz Call to sign up. (718) 222-1868. Kaluza. $10. 8 pm. 376 Ninth brunch, noon, FREE. BARNES AND NOBLE: Karyn Sept. 4: Jenni Alpert with Hue McGowen and Liz St. (718) 788-4567. Bosnak, author of “Save Karyn: HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Odd Clark, 7 pm, $TBD and Dankfunk Arts & Science One Shopaholic’s Journey to #9, 9:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 5: Rebecca Fanya, Northsix Couple.” 8 pm. See Sat. 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Debt and Back” reads from her GALLERY PLAYERS: “Bedroom Juancho Herrera, 7 pm, $6, The Galapagos book. 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Floating Vaudeville Night, 10 pm, $5 and DJ Boy (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. Farce.” 8 pm. See Sat. Racer, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 6: The Harlequin, The Sept. 4: TRZTN, FM Einheit, Electro-Atomu, Raft, DRUMMING CIRCLE: Mama BUILDING MAINTENANCE Heart foundation (featuring Bobby McFerrin’s 9 pm, $10; Sept. 5: J-Live, J-zone, El Da Sensei, Donna’s Tea Garden hosts a COURSE: NYC College of son, Taylor), China Black, 7 pm, $6 and DJ Wordsworth, Rok One, The Coalition, 11 pm, $10 reaping event. $20. 7:30 pm. Technology offers a 100-hour Lithium, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 7: Simaku, 8 pm, $7; advance, $12 day of show; Sept. 6: Consonant Call for reservations and loca- course “Building Maintenance (ex-Mission of Burma, Come), Prosaics, Kaito, tion. (718) 857-2247. and Environmental Services.” Sept. 8: The Gorilla Press’ “In Motion” book and Topics include plaster and Scout Niblett, 9 pm, $10, Japanther, Tunnel of film release, 6-9 pm, $10 and Monday Evening IMPACT: Impact Theater presents Sheetrock walls, common Burlesque featuring The Bombshell Girls, 9:30 Love, Big Bear, Parts & Labor, Devil and the Deep “The Member of the Wedding.” plumbing problems, electrical pm, FREE; Sept. 9: New Rock Weekly, 8 pm, $6. Blue Sea, Pterodactyl, 9 pm, $6; Sept. 8: Q and 8 pm. See Sat. circuitry, ceramic tiling and not U, Black Eyes, El Guapo, The Zs, 9 pm, $10; THEATER: Narrows Community more. $1,200. Through January Halcyon Sept. 10: Dead Meadows, Spindrift (ex-Briand Theater holds auditions for “A 2004. (718) 552-1132. Jonestown Massacre), 9 pm, $10; Sept. 11: Three Good Man.” 7:30 pm to 10:30 227 Smith St. at Butler Street in Boerum Hill, pm. American Legion Hall, (718) 260-9299, www.halcyonline.com. Second Kiss, Turing Machine, Stereobate, Taking Pictures, 9 pm, $10. 78th Street, between Third and Sept. 4: Fictions, featuring writing by Alec Fourth avenues. (718) 482-3173. Appelbaum, Jonathan Brady and Sarah Frisch, 7:30 pm, FREE, Tech-House Connection featuring Brian Peggy O’Neill’s Sabbeth, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 5: Future Sounds of (Two locations) THURS, SEPT 11 Brooklyn with DJs Chicus and DRM, 6 pm, FREE; 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in Coney Island, Sept. 6: Nu-Pschidt, featuring resident DJs with (718) 449-3200, www.peggyoneills.com. TYPING CLASS: Learn basic key- board skills. 10 am to 11 am. new releases, noon-6 pm, FREE and ScottieB, Sundays: Karaoke with DJ Mike Sisco, 5 pm, Sneak-E-Pete, 6-9 pm, FREE and Bingo-A-Go-Go, 9 Bay Ridge Center for Older FREE; Sept. 5: Anthem, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 6: Adults, 6935 Fourth Ave. Call pm, FREE; Sept. 7: Poetry by Daniela Gioseffi, Firing Blind, 10 pm, FREE. for registration info. (718) 748- Dennis Nurkse and Carl Rosenstock, 1 pm, FREE, 0650. Hangover Helper featuring Ben Allen, noon-7 pm, 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 748-1400 BLOOD DRIVE: In observance of FREE and Undercity with Sheldon Drake and DJ the anniversary of 9-11, NY Spinoza, 7 pm, FREE; Sept. 8: Underground Radio Thursdays: Ladies Night with Kane, 9 pm, FREE; Aquarium and Maimonides with DJ Vic Money, featuring Lola, 6-9 pm, FREE Fridays: DJ Rob, 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: Sunday Medical Center conduct a and Lounge Arcade with Mr. Rourke, 9 pm, FREE; Night with Gary, 8 pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke, blood drive. 10 am to 4 pm. Sept. 9: Chocolate Buddha, 6-9 pm, FREE and 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 6: Bootleg, 10 pm, FREE. Donors get free admission pass Mixtape Sessions with Kervyn Mark, 9 pm, FREE; to the aquarium. West Eighth Sept. 10: Mountaintop with DJs Kai & Kohei, 6-9 Pete’s Candystore Street and Surf Avenue. (718) pm, FREE, The Peace Bisquit Power Hour with DJ 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Williams- 265-FISH. Bill Coleman, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 11: Tech-House burg, (718) 302-3770, BAMCINEMATEK: presents a film Connection with Jeff Dorfman, 9 pm, FREE. www.petescandystore.com. that celebrates spirit of New York on Sept. 11. Film is “On io Restaurant and Thursdays: Howard Fishman, 10 pm, FREE; Satur- The Town” (1949). 4:30 pm, days: Scrabble night, 5-8 pm, FREE; Sundays: 6:50 pm and 9:10 pm. 30 Lounge Open mic, 6-8:30 pm and The Reverend Vince at 9 Lafayette Ave. Call. (718) 636- 119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street in pm, FREE; Mondays: The CobbleHillbillies, 8 pm- 4100. Free. Williamsburg, (718) 388-3320, www.iorestauran- midnight, FREE; Wednesdays: Quiz-Off, 7:30, MEMORIAL SERVICE: Council- tandlounge.com. FREE and Matty Charles & the Valentines, 10 pm, man Domenic Recchia Jr. holds FREE; Sept. 4: Eric Layer & The Daytime Television, a 9-11 memorial ceremony for Thursdays: Tom Brumley Blues Jam, 9 pm, FREE; 8:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 5: Andrew Vladeck, The those who perished at the Fridays: Eugene Maslov, 9:30 pm, FREE; Navigators, 9:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 6: King Sauce, World Trade Center. 6:30 pm Saturdays: Bill Saxton Quintet, 9:30 pm, FREE The Todd Deatherage Band, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 8: to 8 pm. Asser Levy Park, and Mixtape Sessions, 9 pm-2 am, FREE; Sept. 5: Pete Robbins and Centric, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 9: Ocean Parkway and Sea Breeze Future Sounds of Brooklyn, 6-10 pm, FREE. Green Pot Blue Pot, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 11: Joe Avenue. (718) 373-9673. Walsh, 8:30 pm, FREE. CHANTS FOR PEACE: at Mama Jazz Spot Cafe Donna’s Tea Garden. 6:30 pm. 179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko Street in Schnack Bring a votive candle. Call for Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 453-7825, www.the- location. (718) 857-2247. Free. 122 Union St. at Columbia Street in Columbia jazz.8m.com. BARGEMUSIC: chamber music Street Waterfront District, (718) 855-2879, Sept. 4: Jazz in the Garden, 7 pm, FREE; Sept. 5: program of Mase, Simpson, www.schnackdog.com/atnight. Brade, Lacerda, Amy, Brahms The Brooklyn Four, 9 pm, $15; Sept. 6: The Brooklyn Thursdays: DJ Zebra Blood, 11:30 pm, FREE. and Colchester. $40. 7:30 pm. Four, 9 pm, $15; Sept. 8: Jam sessions, 8 pm, $5. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) Sideshows by the 624-2083. JRG Fashion Cafe EXHIBIT: The Ridge Street Gallery 177 Flatbush Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Park Seashore presents “Love, Hope, Sex and Slope, (718) 399-7079, 1208 Surf Ave. at West 12th Street in Coney Dreams,” a phantasmagoric art www.jrgentertainment.com. Island, (718) 372-5159, www.coneyisland.com. event. 8 pm to midnight. 126 Thursdays: Clint Dadion Trio, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sept. 4: Rock ‘n’ Roll Thursdays hosted by Tyler Fyre, Front St. (718) 222-9187. Free. Live international music, 8 pm, FREE; Saturdays: 8 pm, $8; Sept. 5: Burlesque at the Beach, 10 pm, FACULTY SHOWCASE: Brooklyn Latin Rhythm Devils, 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: Live jam $15; Sept. 6: Film: “The Velvet Hammer,” 8:30 pm, Conservatory of Music presents flautist David Wechsler in con- session, 8 pm, FREE; Mondays: Russ Murrow & Trio, $5; Sept. 7: Ask the Experts lecture series, 8 pm, $5. cert. $10, $5 students and sen- 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Rickey & Clau, 8 pm, FREE; iors. 8 pm. 58 Seventh Ave. Wednesdays: Alan Blake, 8 pm, FREE. Southpaw (718) 622-3300. 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, PIER MEMORIAL: State Sen. L’amour (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Martin Golden will host a 1545 63rd St. at 15th Avenue in Borough Park, Sept. 4: Sweet Action launch party with DJ Gogol September 11th Memorial to (718) 837-9506, www.lamourrocks.com. Hutz, The Beauty Supply, 8 pm, $10; Sept. 5: The commemorate the second Sept. 5: Stryk-9, Phoric, Hollow Road, Lesser Being, Dictators, Wide Right, Les Sans Culottes, 9 pm, anniversary of the attacks on State of Mind, and more, 7:30 pm, $TBD; Sept. 7: $13; Sept. 6: DJ Ayres, Cosmo Baker and old- the World Trade Center. 7:30 pm. 69th Street Pier at Bay Nightwish (from Finland), Tenebrae, Twilight school hip-hop, 9 pm, $10; Sept. 9: Blackbushe, Ridge Avenue and Shore Road. Odyssey, Operatika, Divinity Destroyed, Blood Felice Rosser Trio, 9 pm, $8; Sept. 10: The (718) 238-6044. Free. Core, 5 pm, $TBD. Embrooks, Low Flying Jets, 9 pm, $8. THEATER: Narrows Community Theater holds auditions. 7:30 Low Bar TJ Bentley’s pm to 10:30 pm. See Wed. Below Rice restaurant, 81 Washington St. at 7110 Third Ave. at 71st Street in Bay Ridge, (718) Front Street in DUMBO, (718) 222-1LOW, 745-0748. www.riceny.com/low. 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By Jotham Sederstrom Living in a for The Brooklyn Papers Bay Ridge BUYING Athree-story house at 139 97th St. was sold for AND bakery that $860,000 by Jabour Realty after being on the market for 40 days. The original asking price was $895,000. SELLING The 78-year-old single- never was family house features four bedrooms, including one in the attic, and a formal dining or years, adaptive reuse room. has been all the rage. . The house also boasts an F When structures out- open front porch, landscaped live their function, developers Location backyard and a separate swoop in, converting old mills laundry area. It is near the into malls, old movie theaters Location 95th Street subway station into high schools, and choco- and the Verrazano-Narrows late factories into apartment Bridge as well as the Shore complexes. Location Mango / Greg Road promenade. One of the most famous Taxes on this property are examples is the former power By Deborah Kolben.. / Greg Mango / Greg $4,337 a year. Callan / Tom plant converted into the The Brooklyn Papers.. Gallery of Modern Art for the Cobble Hill

Tate Museum in London. Papers The Brooklyn But back to Brooklyn. reproduced that kind of facto- A4,500-square-foot, two- In a twist on this whole 64-78 West Ninth St. in Red Hook is a new building with the family townhouse at 484 The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn ry building.” Papers The Brooklyn feel of an industrial conversion. Inside are distinctive features adaptive reuse rage, a Red In keeping with the whole Warren St. sold for like claw-foot bathtubs. 139 97th St. 484 Warren St Hook developer has actually arty-adaptive theme, the bath- $970,000. The asking price built a new apartment com- rooms are equipped with Vic- had been $999,000 and the plex to look like an old indus- laundry room and garden. Taxes on the property are torian claw-foot tubs and the gram. According to Obstfeld, the transformation of the once property was on the market trial factory converted into The kitchen on the lower $2,315 a year. apartments have exposed the cost of construction would working-class waterfront com- for 18 months. something new again. wooden mill beams. have been too high and the munity into an “emerging The prewar townhouse level rental duplex was re- Pasersby may have noticed market rents still too low to artist district.” contains six bedrooms on cently renovated to include a Park Slope the distinctive, ‘50s-style While there was actually once an old industrial bakery be able to support the new Or at least a district of arty three floors and features a dishwasher. Atwo-bedroom apartment

“Red Hook Bakery” sign Callan / Tom at the site, that building came construction. (employed) people who like at 550 Fifth Ave. sold for painted across the brick wall Adaptive reuse or not, the to live in the proximity of real $400,500 after six weeks on of the mill-style building at down to make way for the Red Hook Bakery is the latest live artists who will, if all the market. The asking price 64-78 W. Ninth St., between new construction that was goes well in the backwards had been $430,000. Hicks and Henry streets. built to look like an old … addition to a neighborhood OK, OK, you get the point. that is undergoing serious world of real estate, eventual- Located near Prospect While the mural may look Papers The Brooklyn Park, the newly rehabbed old, it’s not. And neither is Now let’s get down to change. ly be priced out. business. There are residents fighting For information about apartment features granite the building. In fact, both are are two people in the apart- kitchen counters, stainless brand spanking new. The 26 live-work lofts to keep the working water- rentals at the Red Hook Bak- ment, or eight times the annu- steel appliances and a dish- “We wanted to simulate the range in rent from $1,325 to front. Others battling against ery contact Cheever Develop- al rent of the apartment with washer. The 1,090-square- same kind of industrial envi- $1,975 per month, depending the possible construction of ment Corp. at (718) 834- on the size. Four apartments, three or more people in the an Ikea. And others still fight- 0770. Callan / Tom foot co-op also includes two ronment that the building is apartment. located in,” explained Getz all duplexes with two bath- ing for jobs and affordable bathrooms and is accessible Obstfeld, of Community De- rooms each, are still available. Those price fixings are set housing. If you have a tip about real es- by elevator. The apartments are all rent by the New York City Hous- And then there is the other tate in northern or western The common charges are velopers Inc., which built the Brooklyn or have a property-re- apartment building. “People stabilized and in order to ing Corporation, which of- group. $336.95 per month with an

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