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By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Paper Mayor Bloomberg’s proposal to charge driv- ers $8 to enter Downtown Manhattan is an un- fair burden on Brooklyn motorists, pols said this Marty flips: Fee week, even as traffic experts said it could ease gridlock through- out the borough. The so-called Apartments “congestion pric- worth a new look ing” scheme would over require most mo- the BQE? Many Brooklynites are calling Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan a tax on the torists who drive boroughs. Not Borough President Markowitz, though. This week, the Beep said he below 86th Street PAGE 18 hadn’t taken a position on the plan, despite very strong statements in the past to- in Manhattan to wards anything that smacked of a toll on the East River bridges. — Rubinstein pay the fee between 6 am and 6 pm. The mayor says his goal is to reduce traffic and pollution “Some ideas will fly like an eagle. This is a nomic burden on the businesses and resi- transportation ... then it’s something worthy while generating revenue for mass transit. turkey. It’s just totally unfair to Brooklyn.” dents of Brooklyn, many of whom are of review. ... I don’t know if what is being But Brooklyn electeds weren’t buying it. New York Daily News, Feb. 16, 2002 done in London could be transferred here

/ Sam Ferri forced to drive because they have no oth- “It’s a regressive tax on working middle-class ••• er public transportation options.” to New York City. However ... it is certain- families and small-business owners,” said Rep. ly worthy of looking into.” “To try and rationalize that East River Daily News, Sept. 30, 2003 Anthony Weiner (D–Sheepshead Bay). The Brooklyn Paper, November, 2006 Councilman Vincent Gentile, a Bay Ridge De- tolls as a ‘fair tax’ because people in ••• ••• mocrat, chided the mayor for “punishing Brook- Manhattan are able to afford more ex- “If there was a way that it would not be- lynites who are forced to drive due to a lack of an pensive real estate is ridiculous.” “I have many concerns [about congestion come an additional tax burden on residents pricing]. However, it is worthy of full re- adequate public transportation.” Daily News, April 6, 2003 of the boroughs of New York City and at Bloomberg insisted that the “punishment” to view. … I haven’t come out against it, ••• the same time it would generate revenues The Brooklyn Paper illustration The Brooklyn city residents would be nominal because most nor have I come out in support of it.” The mayor’s congestion pricing plan amounts to a toll on Brooklyn drivers, people who drive into Downtown Manhattan Bridge tolls would be a “tremendous eco- for major infusions of resource in public The Brooklyn Paper, April, 2007 some local pols say. See TRAFFIC on page 18 BEE-LIEVE IT! This does not compute Keeper: Cellphones Tech alums wonder: Where’s the blacksmith shop? killing honeymakers

By Ariella Cohen transformation Tech had undergone since The Brooklyn Paper their salad days. But they were certainly not the most Where did all the slide rules go — and wowed over by the digital-age makeover where do all the books fit with all these of the 85-year-old engineering, math and computers on the desks? science school. These were the questions in the air last John Lyons, a member of the class of ’67 week at Brooklyn Technical HS as the who showed up in his letter sweater and a techies of times bygone descended upon few valedictorian pins, explained the differ- their Fort Greene alma mater for a re- ence in three words: the personal computer. union. “Students went from drawing with pen “I remember one computer in the and ink to using a mouse,” Lyons said. whole school,” said class of 1967 grad Everyone seemed to understand how Philip Morris. “It was the size of two re- much the meaning of the word “tech” had frigerators and had its own language.” changed over the decades. “We started it with a punch card,” “We had blacksmithing and a foundry,” chimed in his one-time classmate, said 1947 grad, Mark Drummond. The re- Jonathan Goldman. tired telephone engineer recalled building “Every time I got mad at the teacher, I Greenhood / Aaron sections of naval ships in shop class. used to bend the card so the program “I graduated before the transistor was wouldn’t start,” the gray-haired former invented,” he said, patting a desk that he geek said. said once would have had a tool vise at- Morris and Goldman sat in a computer tached to it.

lab — it was a metal shop when they Paper The Brooklyn “But we had a computer, too,” he said. went to the school — marveling at the Aira Contreras, a senior at Brooklyn Technical HS, shows John Lyons, class of 1967, computers. “It was called an abacus.”

Ratner’s wrecking Callan / Tom The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn By Matthew Lysiak ball hits, protested The Brooklyn Paper Honeybees are dying all over the country — and one Brook- By Ariella Cohen need you now!” said Council- lyn beekeeper thinks that cellphones are the culprit! and Gersh Kuntzman woman Letitia James (D-Pros- Brooklyn bee-maven David Graves, who sells his high-end The Brooklyn Paper pect Heights). “This community “Rooftop” brand honey at the Union Square Farmers Market, is was forced to file lawsuits be- sounding the alarm about the possible cause of the crisis that has Developer Bruce Ratner be- cause [of the lack of] govern- claimed the lives of billions of bees in 24 states. gan demolition of three more ment oversight.” “Every year, more and more bees are just disappearing and I am buildings within the Atlantic The rally came three days af- real concerned that cellphones Yards footprint this week, days ter a federal judge ruled that Rat- are messing with their ability to after dozens of opponents ner could start knocking down find their way,” said the bee- called for the developer to call buildings in the footprint, despite INSIDE keeper. off his wrecking ball until several cases still percolating Graves said he has about a pending litigation is resolved. through the court system. dozen rooftop hives throughout Protesters gathered on Mon- Last Friday, Justice Joan the boroughs, with one on day morning at 191 Flatbush Madden rejected opponents’ re- Bergen Street in Brooklyn, and Ave., to complain that the demo- quest for a restraining order that claims to have made much of litions would create blight in and would have barred demolitions his honey on the rooftops of A CUT BELOW around Ratner’s proposed 16- until a May 3 hearing in one of Bay Ridge (though he likes to tower, arena, residential and of- the cases. keep the exact locations secret). fice complex — especially if the Up to 15 structures are slated 500 things to Graves says the apiary “die- lawsuits are successful and the to fall in the next few months, off” is playing havoc with the Gersh’s trim not $400 project is never built. the first steps towards complet- do this week production of honey and other “We say to Gov. Spitzer, we See BALL on page 7 PAGE 2, 9-13 products from the hive. HE CHOICE IS YOURS Ameri- “I have had to raise the price ca: The $400 haircut of Democ- THE BROOKLYN of my honey this year to $15 for T rat John Edwards (above left) or By Gersh a half-pound,” Graves said. “I the $15 haircut of Weirdo Gersh Kuntz- ANGLE Kuntzman am anticipating having a bad man (above right). SMART year and have already put the Before you answer, consider the sage DECISION 2008 order in for 30 packages of hon- words that a crotchedy old barber in mom eybees from South Carolina.” Bay Ridge once told me: “Son, the only tough to be a man of the people when More than half-a-billion bee difference between a good haircut and you’ve just spent more than the cost of What to tell colonies have been affected by a bad haircut is three days.” 250 Bud tallboys on your hair. a mysterious bee die-off — and Which brings me back to Edwards. Not that I’m in any position to lec- the children more and more, people think this “colony collapse disorder” The Democratic presidential candi- ture a man who may be the future pres- PAGE 16 is due to radiation from mobile date added a second difference be- ident, but I’ve never spent more than / Julie Rosenberg tween a good haircut and a bad one phones and the antennae that $10 on a haircut — and look how good amid revelations that he paid a hair EDITORIAL help you reach out and touch stylist $400 to make him look pretty I look! someone. — oh, so pretty — on the campaign All seriousness aside, given Ed- Good Bloomy, How important is this bee- trail. wards’s predicament, when I needed a tastrophe? Well, as Einstein Far more than three days have trim this week, I headed straight for the Paper The Brooklyn Bad Bloomy once said, “If honey bees be- Clinton Street Barber Shop, a new Signs of the times: Phyllis Wrynn carried these watercolor posters (left and center) at Monday’s rally, come extinct, human society passed since the news broke — and Ed- PAGE 15 wards’s haircut still looks bad. It’s See TRIM on page 18 where young Sophie Kelleher (right) made her voice heard, too. 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KICK OFF NY DESIGN WEEK AT NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN BKLYN Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay TM SAT, APRIL 28 OTHER DESIGNS VANDERBILT YARDS: Unity Plan hosts “It’s Not OUTDOORS AND TOURS a Done Deal,” an all-day workshop to create 2007 a community driven development plan for SAKURA MATSURI: Brooklyn Botanic Garden Brooklyn’s Vanderbilt Yards. 10 am to 4pm. hosts its annual event featuring its 220 Hanson Place United Methodist Church, cherry trees. Celebrate Japanese culture 144 Saint Felix St. (212) 650-3328. Free. with over 60 events and performances. Tra- A JURIED EXHIBIT ditional and modern Japanese music and MENTAL HEALTH FILM FEST: Third annual OF THE BEST dance, taiko drumming, ikebana flower film festival presents three films portraying arranging, cooking demos, tea ceremonies, individuals at the forefront of the peer men- tal health movement in NYS. “From Res- CONTEMPORARY more. $8, $4 seniors and students. Noon to traints to Recover” at noon; “Legacy of the 6 pm. 1000 Washington Ave. (718) 623-7220. FURNISHINGS Harp” at 1 pm; Hollywood drama about MADE IN BROOKLYN BEACH WALK: Jerry’s Singles hosts a walk people with psychiatric disabilities at 3:30 and explores the beaches of Brooklyn. $10. pm. $7. 180 Remsen St. (212) 780-1400. 1 pm. Meet at the information booth at the REUNION: Bishop Kearney High School hosts THE BROOKLYN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESENTS Stillwell Avenue train station. (212) 696-6617. a reunion honoring graduates of classes of FORT GREENE PARK: Urban Park Rangers ‘67, ‘72, ‘77, ‘87, ‘92, ‘97 and 2002. 3 pm. hosts an exploration of Fort Greene Park. Also, class of 1982 holds its 25th reunion. Learn about the 148-foot-tall Martyrs’ Monu- Noon. 2202 80th St. Call for info. (718) ment. 1 pm. Meet at the Visitor’s Center, 236-6363, ext. 248. near the Myrtle Avenue and Washington SPRING DINNER: St. Thomas Aquinas Church Park entrance. Call 311 for info. Free. hosts its annual dinner and auction. $25 PROSPECT PARK TOUR: Brooklyn Center for includes buffet. 6 pm to 11 pm. 249 Ninth SUPPORTED BY the Urban Environment hosts a walk in the St. (718) 768-9471. MAY 11- 13, 2007 park and explores the work of Vaux and RECEPTION: Gitana Rosa Gallery presents Olmsted. $13, $10 members, $8 seniors Mark Parish’s “Let’s All Drink to the Death and students. 2 pm to 4 pm. Meet at of a Clown!” 7 pm to 10 pm. Video screen- ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE southeast corner of prospect Park West 38 WATER STREET ing at 9 pm. 19 Hope St. between Roebling and Union Street. (718) 788-8500. and Havemeyer St. (718) 387-0115. Free. + PERFORMANCE SINGLES PARTY: Oasis Singles hosts a party SMACK MELLON Clowning around: On April 28, Gitana Rosa Gallery in Williamsburg PERFORMATHON: Brooklyn-Queen Conser- featuring dinner and a live band. $15. 7 92 PLYMOUTH STREET vatory of Music performs live music from presents Mark Parish’s video installation “Let’s All Drink to the Death of pm. First Evangelical Free Church, 6501 + morning until evening. Program features a Clown!” at 7 pm. Sixth Ave. (718) 836-0029. BKLYN DESIGNS ANNEX the Conservatory’s Youth Orchestra, Chil- DINNER DANCE: St. Finbar hosts its annual dren’s Chorus, classical trios and quartets. event. $45 includes hot buffet, live music 81 FRONT STREET More. 10 am to 8 pm. Atlantic Terminal Mall, and dessert. 7:30 pm. Bath Avenue and See Sunday, April 29. students and seniors, free to members Bay 20th Street. (718) 236-3312. DUMBO, BROOKLYN 139 Flatbush Ave. (718) 834-3400. Free. and children 12 and under. 11 am and 2 CONCERT: Long Island University hosts a stu- CHILDREN pm. 200 Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. dent jazz concert. 1 pm. Kumble Theater, SPRING CARNIVAL: PS 58 hosts its annual For information about corner of Flatbush Avenue Extension and event featuring live music, school per- UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Family entertainment SUN, APRIL 29 features acts from around the world. tickets, seminars and events DeKalb Avenue. (718) 488-1668. Free. formances, booths, arts and crafts and INTERIOR DANCE: Cynthia King Dance Studio presents more. 10 am to 4 pm. Smith and Carroll $17.50 to $25 adults, $15.50 to $23 kids 10 OUTDOORS AND TOURS DESIGN visit www.bklyndesigns.com and under. Noon, 4:30 pm and 8 pm. Pros- magazine its annual dance concert. $20. 2 pm and 5 streets. (718) 330-9322. KITE FEST: Local artists and students of PS pm. Flatbush Tompkins Congregational ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum invites pect Park. Enter park at Parkside and 132 and their parents and teachers honor Church, 451 E. 18th St. (718) 437-0101. kids to a talk “All Your Senses.” $8, $4 Ocean avenues. www.universoulcircus.com. Earth Day and celebrate spring. Third

BKLYN DESIGNS™ receives additional support from Speaker ORIGINAL PLAY: “Off the Hook: Plays by Red annual Williamsburg kite festival features Sheldon Silver and the Brooklyn Delegation to the NYS Assembly, Hook Teens” is presented by Falconworks soaring kites, live music, crafts, snacks and Speaker Christine Quinn and the Brooklyn Delegation to the NYC Artists Group. Six teens from Red Hook, more. Noon to 5 pm. McCarren Park, Council and the New York City Department of Small Business Services. professional actors and directors, perform North 12th Street and Bedford Avenue. in their own plays. 3 pm and 7 pm. PS 15, Sorry, no contact phone number. 71 Sullivan St. (347) 512-4639. Free. CIVIC CALENDAR SAKURA MATSURI: Brooklyn Botanic Garden SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: Fort Hamilton High hosts its annual event. Noon to 6 pm. See School Music and Performing Arts Depart- MONDAY, APRIL 30 ment and social services committees. Sat., April 28. ment presents “Annie Get Your Gun.” $10. Community Board 6. Public safety and Brooklyn Hospital, North Pavillion 7 pm. 8801 Shore Rd. (718) 748-5200. environmental protection committees. (DeKalb Avenue at St. Felix Street), 6 PERFORMANCE pm. Call (718) 596-5410 for information. THE RHAPSODY PLAYERS: presents “Brook- Cobble Hill Community Meeting Room MUSIC OFF THE WALLS: Brooklyn Philhar- lyn: A Bridge To Music.” $12, $10 seniors. (250 Baltic St., between Court and Clin- monic presents “American Identities.” ton streets), 6:30 pm. Call (718) 643- THURSDAY, MAY 3 Concert is programmed in conjunction with 7:30 pm. St Athanasius Church auditorium, Senior fair. On the agenda: City agencies 6120 Bay Pkwy. (718) 236-0124. 3027 for information. the Brooklyn Museum’s exhibit of the same staff booths to tell seniors about a wide name. $15, $10 museum members, stu- FACULTY SHOWCASE: Pianist Alan Kingsley variety of programs. St. Patrick’s Church dents and seniors. 3 pm. Brooklyn Mu- performs a Beethoven and Chopin program. TUESDAY, MAY 1 Fifth Avenue BID Steering Committee gymnasium (9511 Fourth Ave.), noon-3 seum, 200 Eastern Pkwy. (718) 488-5913. $10 for adults and $5 for students and sen- pm. Call (718) 238-6044 for information. iors. 8 pm. Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of and Park Slope Fifth Avenue Merchants BARGEMUSIC: concert of Kremeratini with a Music, 58 Seventh Ave. (718) 461-8910. Association. Weekly meeting. Call (718) Community forum with Councilman guest violinist featuring classical music by 871-8340 for meeting time and location. Vince Gentile. On the agenda: City Gubaidulina, Beethoven and Schnittke. $50, BRIC STUDIO: presents “Masquerade: Poems budget priorities, sanitation ticket issues $30 seniors, $25 students. 4 pm. Fulton of Calypso and Home,” with Roger Bonair- Community Board 2. Economic devel- opment and job creation committee. and other community concerns. Holy Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East Agard. $12, $10 students. 8 pm. 647 Ful- Family Home (1740 84th St. between Long Island University, Jonas Board River. (718) 624-2083. ton St. (718) 855-7882. 17th and New Utrecht avenues), 7 pm. Room (1 University Plaza, at Flatbush GOSPEL CONCERT: Lafayette Inspirational PAPER MOON PLAYERS: presents “Bravo Call (718) 748-5200 for information. Ensemble hosts a concert with A’ma Broadway!” a musical celebration of classic and DeKalb avenues), 6 pm. Call (718) 596-5410 for information. Concerned Citizens of Bensonhurst. On Sakura Ka and the Indoda Entsha Percus- songs from hit Broadway shows. $10, $8 the agenda: Update from Assemblyman 76th Precinct Community Council. sion Ensemble. $15, $10 seniors and chil- seniors. 8 pm. Emmanuel Episcopal William Colton and representatives from dren. 4 pm. Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 2635 E. 23rd St. (718) 641-5341. Monthly meeting. 76th Precinct station- the Department of Environmental Pro- house (191 Union St., between Henry Church, 85 S. Oxford St. (718) 625-7515. BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing tection. St. Finbars Community Room THE RHAPSODY PLAYERS: presents Arts presents Grammy-winner singer and Hicks streets), 7:30 pm. Call (718) (Bath Avenue and Bay 20th Street), 7:30 834-3211 for information. “Brooklyn: A Bridge To Music.” $12, $10 Dionne Warwick. $20 to $40. 8 pm. Walt pm. Call (718) 688-0097 for information. seniors. 7:30 pm. St. Saviours’ Parish Hall, Whitman Theater at Brooklyn College, one 611 Eighth Ave. (718) 768-4055. block from the intersection of Flatbush and WEDNESDAY, MAY 2 To list an event in the Civic Calendar, e-mail Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4600. Community Board 2. Health, environ- [email protected] or fax (718) 834-9278. DANCE: Performance by Cynthia King Dance BARGEMUSIC: concert of Kremeratini. 4 pm. See 9 DAYS on page 13

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erve Poussot: Racist baker or gruff-but-lovable Frenchman? HEIGHTS NEW SPRING COLLECTION HLet’s go to the court papers! LOWDOWN FROM FARYLROBIN, HOLLYWOULD, BERNARDO & MORE The popular DUMBO confec- tioner has been accused of racism against a black customer because he allegedly told her to get out of his bakery, Almondine, on the night of Feb. 15. Almondine is a small, unassum- ing patisserie on the Right Bank of Water Street in DUMBO, next to a bus stop. It is redolent with the smells of quiches, fresh bread and strawberry tarts. Poussot, the proud Christie Rizk owner, is often seen in the glass- walled kitchen, creating the next generation of mouthwatering gems. burke talon Elaine James-France — a 54-year-old black woman, accord- A WOMEN’S BOUTIQUE IN COBBLE HILL ing to her lawsuit, which she filed this week in Brooklyn Supreme Court — says she went into the tiny bakery to buy a 192 Amity St. Bklyn, NY 11201 (212) 812-3994 croissant on that cold February night, and was just standing in between Court and Clinton there when Poussot advanced on her menacingly. “Did you get what you needed?” Poussot allegedly asked her. When she nodded, the white Poussot allegedly continued, “Then / Julie Rosenberg get out. This is not a bus stop!” So James-France left. Now she wants $1.25 million for pain and suffering over Poussot’s alleged “discrimination.” “Plaintiff was deeply humiliated, embarrassed, traumatized How To Throw

and ashamed at being ordered to leave Almondine,” the suit Paper The Brooklyn reads. “But in fear for her safety, she complied.” A Memorial Day BBQ Four days later, however, James-France returned to the bak- Despite rumors, this building at the corner of Clinton and Remsen streets in Brooklyn Heights will not be torn down soon. ery with her employer and demanded an apology. Poussot refused, claiming that even if he had thrown James- France out, it was not racism, but a result of her buying coffee from another store and then bringing it into his bakery. Step One: “Get the [expletive] out of my store and don’t ever come Building not for sale—yet! back,” he said, according to the suit. Visit American Housewares. Here’s where everything gets murkier than a double-espresso. According to James-France, Poussot started roughing up her [the value of] what they own, so they retained But Kimchy said the $22 million figure is boss. But when officers from the 84th Precinct arrived, they ar- Owner tries to us to evaluate the possibilities,” said Barry merely an estimate of the building’s maxi- rested her boss, not Poussot, and charged him with three misde- Kimchy of the Marcus and Millichap real-es- mum value, and not an asking price. meanors stemming from debunk panic, but tate firm. Still, some members of the Heights estab- the altercation, according to The building, located at the corner of Rem- lishment said they remained cautious. ON OUR OTHER the criminal complaint. nabe suspicious sen Street, is inside the historically protected “This is a very sensitive site,” said Judy James-France’s boss, a section of Brooklyn Heights, but outside a Stanton, the executive director of the Brook- 85 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn By Christie Rizk zoning area that bars buildings rising above lyn Heights Association. stoop lawyer who works in the Open 7 Days A Week • • (718) 243-0844 PAGES same Court Street firm as The Brooklyn Paper 50 feet. “If they build something that’s too tall … it PARK SLOPE her lawyer, was also hit The owners of the two-story building As such, a buyer could construct something would change the character of the neighbor- Green condos with a marijuana charge, a at Clinton and Remsen streets denied a that would tower over the rowhouses of Rem- hood. BOERUM HILL violation. He could not be published report that they are about to sen Street and obscure views all over the area. “Building heights are a big factor when it Rats take over reached for comment at sell the building — a story that created a The panic began after a newspaper report- comes to what is and is not historically accu- press time. ed that the owners had put the building up for rate,” Stanton added. • Local & Long Distance Services BAY RIDGE panic across Brooklyn Heights that the Atlantic City, Mating toadfish But Poussot’s mouth- building would be torn down for a 14- sale for $22 million. Stay tuned. • Airport Transportation piece, lawyer Ralph Hoch- story tower. 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Despite a decision this week by Pace Of course, Jones offered additional evidence that Poussot is a University to pull 500 students out of their racist who wants “an all white clientele.” dormitory on Clark Street, the 800-bed facil- How does he know this? Because three years ago, when ity will likely be busy again when the fall Poussot opened Almondine, he told The Brooklyn Paper that he semester starts. hoped his shop would be a “nice bakery with a European feel, “Like nature, real estate abhors a vacu- right here in Brooklyn.” um,” said Rob Perris, district manager of And we all know that means he’s a racist, right? Community Board 2. “I seriously doubt that this building will remain vacant.” 24 Hour Door-to-Door Service THE KITCHEN SINK Pace announced the move last week, prompting speculation about the future of Kudos to the Busy Chef, which opened last week on the the dormitory, which is at 55 Clark St. But “cursed” corner of Cranberry and Henry streets. 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Perhaps it’s not so throughout the city. “It will definitely be bad that the Pace students will be moving out after all (see sto- filled with college students come the fall.” / Julie Rosenberg ry, right). … Are you always stuck about what to get your / Julie Rosenberg Students from a dozen other schools are mom for Mother’s Day? Here’s an idea — take her on a housed in the building, added Cear, so shopping tour of DUMBO. Some of DUMBO’s retailers and Pace’s slots will be easy to fill. restaurants will be welcoming Brooklyn’s moms with special Pace, meanwhile, is moving its students

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Maybe I could have squeezed velopment isn’t just rooted in the building’s added another 12 stories. myself and my two cats into some sort of itty-bitty studio, with wants to delay the project until a proposed downzoning of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill size, which contrasts markedly with its two- to The developer did not respond to repeat- a bed lofted over the litter box and a hotplate for a kitchen. (718) 554-1203 is approved. 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By con- “I would rather not have our schedule “Troubadour — Greene on Blue,” explores “communal expres- trast, Brooklyn Heights and Park Slope res- arguing that Fort Greene and Clinton Hill do changed,” said Susan Butler, a member of sions of the African Diaspora.” Check it out at 154A Vanderbilt idents can enjoy the luxury of once-a-week the Fort Greene Association and a motorist. Avenue (near Myrtle Avenue). For information, call (718) 852- not need twice-a-week street cleaning. driving and fewer chances to get a ticket. “It gives me, as a driver, an opportunity to 0227. … Speaking of the show, Clinton Hill Art Gallery propri- “Once per week is plenty,” claimed “It’s a really crummy way to squeeze find a spot. There’s turnover, because alter- etor Lurita LB Brown just celebrated her venue’s 15th anniver- Councilman David Yassky (D–Brooklyn dollars out of New Yorkers,” said Yassky. nate side of the street parking is four times a burke talon sary. 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stops: video rental store (small, black bag), Italian specialty store based real-estate company she Bright City Development continuing through May 20. (large white bag, two if I am buying dinner), one of the markets founded with Aida Stoddard. Traveling exhibition celebrating Theodor Herzl, (thin plastic bag, usually doubled), wine shop (black bag with tell- The goal is to not only create A new condo building at 515 Fifth Ave. promises to be “green.” tale silver stripes). When I get the bags home I stuff them under my family-sized units (the return of the visionary of the Jewish state. sink. Eventually, I have more than I need down there and I throw the long-lost three-bedroom though,” Frank said. “But also word today (besides “good Fifty-eight people flocked to them all away, only to start apartment!), but do it in an en- the way we live our lives every school district” or “low mainte- the building’s open house on my collection all over again. vironmentally sensitive way. day.” nance”). It’s achieved, Frank Sunday (Earth Day, in case you ON OUR OTHER Of course, the fault lies “It’s not just the business, Sustainability is the buzz said, by lowering heating and missed the connection). not only with the stores, but cooling costs thanks to that “Sales are hot,” said William UNION TEMPLE stoop with myself. I already have green roof, buying energy-effi- Hendrickson of Aguayo & Reform Egalitarian Inclusive PAGES three or four canvas bags — cient appliances, using bath- Huebener, the real-estate com- DUMBO bags that I brought expressly room fixtures that conserve wa- pany that is handling the condo- 17 Eastern Parkway Racist baker? for the purpose of cutting ter, building cabinetry out of minium offering. “People really Across from the Brooklyn Public Library at Grand Army Plaza BOERUM HILL down my use of plastic Cash for badly natural or untreated wood, recy- like the green [component] and Rats take over shopping bags — yet I never cled materials or renewable the fact that the developers real- seem to have one on me sources like bamboo. ly thought about this building.” 718-638-7600 BAY RIDGE www.uniontemple.org Mating toadfish when I’m out shopping. If I “This is the future of build- It looks like this green build- am forgetting, the rest of ing,” said Stoddard, “and we ing will get the developers what [email protected] FT. GREENE Park Slope is probably for- slashed man have had an overwhelmingly they are also after: some green Too much green getting, too. positive response.” of their own. online at BrooklynPaper.com If we can go bagless By Dana Rubinstein when we go to Costco, we can do it everywhere. But you have to remember that canvas bag The Brooklyn Paper (or those over-stuffable net bags that everyone uses at the Co- A Park Slope lawyer whose throat was slit during a 2004 car- op). And if you must take a bag, re-use it. jacking in his building’s parking lot has won a multi-million-dol- There is no reason that we need those flimsy plastic shopping lar settlement against the big-time construction company that bags. Most of the grocery stores have the good old-fashioned paper failed to secure his safety. bags, so use those instead (and make sure they get recycled, too). Christopher Nesterczuk sued the builders of his Sackett Street The bag that was in the tree outside my window is finally apartment — Alisa Construction, which is owned by the son-in-law gone. The big Nor’easter of ’07 ripped it out of the branches and of Brooklyn real-estate mogul Shaya Boymelgreen — on the sent it on its way, probably to another tree, or maybe all the way Let’s stop dreaming grounds that the company did not provide adequate security while into the harbor. I am glad it is gone from my block, and I want construction was ongoing. to be sure that a bag I take is not the next one in my tree. On Wednesday, a jury agreed, ruling that Alisa Construction was But what about the next bag? So let’s all make this Earth Day “100 percent” at fault. resolution in Park Slope: “Refuse the bag!” and start doing. “There’s a feeling of vindication and closure and justice,” Nesterczuk told The Brooklyn Paper after the verdict. “There’s nothing that any THE KITCHEN SINK court or jury can do to turn back the clock, but we do feel vindicated. Five Slope restaurants have already signed onto our pal And we’re hoping that this will send a message to this general contrac- Lenore Arons’s breast cancer fundraiser. As we reported a few tor, and that they’ll think more about safety than their own profits.” weeks ago, Arons has been asking Slope restaurants to con- Alisa Construction would not comment on the verdict. tribute towards fighting the disease. So far, Blue Ribbon, Aunt The central facts in the case are not in dispute: On June 16, 2004, Suzie’s, Bogota Latin Bistro, Bonnie’s Grill, NoNo Kit- Nesterczuk walked into his building’s parking lot and began to unlock chen and Miriam have agreed to donate 10 to 15 percent of his Audi when an assailant slit his throat and stabbed his arms and head. one night’s receipts. We’ll do our part by continuing to print the The electric gate that had been installed to protect the driveway names of the do-gooding eateries. For now, email Arons, a Lin- during construction had yet to be activated. coln Place resident, at [email protected]. … Murray, Nesterczuk sued Alisa Construction for failing to secure the site, the newest Muppet, made his Sesame Street debut in Prospect basing his claim on a city law requiring contractors to provide Park this week. The filming, for next season, was at the band- round-the-clock security at construction sites. At issue was whether shell and around the Ninth Street playground. Murray, a the building was indeed a construction site, since the city had issued large orange Muppet, paused from his work to greet the crowds. the developer a temporary certificate of occupancy. His human pal, Muppeteer Joey Mazzerino, will entertain Nesterczuk has since recovered physically from the attack, but adults at PS 107 “Readings on the Fourth Floor” series on June says he still suffers from severe post-traumatic stress syndrome. His 5 at 7 pm. E-mail us at [email protected] attacker is serving a 22-1/2 year sentence.

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By Lilo H. Stainton foot-2 and 180-pounds, in a grey then insisted. When she turned returned around 10:30 pm, he Cars clipped streets, but disappeared without a him many times and stole his hat The Brooklyn Paper windbreaker, blue jeans, and a over the cash, the perp started to found that someone had broken At least two cars were report- trace. 76th Precinct and cash, police said. in and removed his Compaq lap- black hat. But she was not able walk away, only to return and ed stolen in the Brooklyn Stealing home The 33-year-old victim was top. to find him in the police’s photo snatch her pocketbook, too. Heights area last week, including stabbed repeatedly in the back, 84th Precinct Other guests were inter- Someone swiped a Yankees Speechless books. “I’ll shoot you,” he said as he one that disappeared from a stomach and left leg before the rob- ran off. viewed, but the device — and jacket and bag full of electronics Awoman who was brutally Gunman strikes Love Lane garage. bers ran off with his designer lid The thief promised he meant The woman lost $50, various the thief — have not been found. from a bench in Tillary Park robbed on her way to the gym Sometime between 10 pm on and $100. no harm, but just needed enough A man who may have had a credit cards and her driver’s li- Kathleen Duffy, a Marriott while the owner played ball early on April 11 was too scared April 14 and 10:30 am on April The victim, who landed in money to buy drugs so he could gun followed a woman into her cense. She described the robber spokeswoman, said the hotel in- nearby, police said. to leave her home — or call cops 17, a woman’s Toyota SUV went Lutheran Medical Center, had no stop the pain of withdrawal. Willow Street apartment and as a 5-foot-9, 180-pound black vestigated his claim by inter- The 24-year-old victim arrived — for nearly a week, police said. missing from the garage on Love recollection of his attackers. “Don’t worry, I’m not going robbed her at 11:30 am on April man, with a goatee, a gray jack- viewing staff and checking the at the park, on Jay and Tillary The 57-year-old Sackett Street Lane, off Willoughby Street. Her Trucker target to hurt you,” he said as he 16, police said. et, sweatpants and a black cap. electronic door key for other en- streets, around 10 pm. resident suffered multiple wounds grabbed a 33-year-old woman on The stranger followed the tries. None were found, so man- 53-year-old husband dropped it She and her friends were play- on her face and lips, plus bruises A man resting in his truck lost the corner of Orange and Henry woman into her building, be- Ungrand hotel agers referred the case to the cor- off, but when he went to find the ing ball a bit too far away from on her hips, when she was at- a cellphone to a thug who threat- streets, around 9 pm on April 16. tween Cranberry and Orange Someone stole a laptop from porate office in Maryland. car several days later, it was gone. the bench where she had laid her tacked by two thugs at 6:20 am, ened to cut his tires in Red Hook “I just need something. I’m dope streets, trailed her upstairs and, a room at the Marriott Hotel on “They run an extremely tight Between 7:30 pm on April 15 stuff. near the corner of Court and on April 18, police said. sick.” when she started to enter her unit, Adams Street on April 18, police ship there,” Duffy said, noting and 5:30 pm on April 17, a Con- When she returned, nearly Sackett streets. She was heading The 40-year-old trucker had The woman handed over $40 told her he knew someone who said. the hotel had won top awards in necticut woman lost her Jeep two hours later, her prized jacket to the gym one block away. parked at the corner of Court and and the addict shuffled off. She lived there. She told him that’s The victim, a 46-year-old the chain for several years. Liberty to thieves. The 2004 and a bag with $530 in games, The robbers managed to grab Bush streets when a thief came described him as a white Hispan- impossible, since she lives alone. South Carolina man, had left for SUV was parked on the north- phones, watches, and bowling $175 from the victim before run- along just before 5:30 am. ic man, age 22, with a goatee, 6- “Just give me $20,” the thief the city around 10 am. When he Fake cop west corner of Hicks and Poplar patches were gone. ning off. “I’ll cut your tires,” the man A 16-year-old lost his phone said, menacing a screwdriver. “I to a man who claimed to be a Elder attacked need medicine.” cop who needed to make a call Sometimes age trumps brawn. The thief snatched the driver’s on April 20, police said. That may have been the case cellphone and ran off. The teen was walking home on April 21, when a man tried to Thief captured around 5:30 pm when the imper- steal the necklace and cash from Congregation Mount Sinai Monica cremated A rookie cop at the 76th sonator stopped him on the cor- a 79-year-old man as he walked 250 Cadman Plaza West ner of Bergen and Hoyt streets. home on Baltic Street, near Hicks Precinct chased down and arrest- ed a man who stole a woman’s 718.875.9124 The man asked to use his phone, Street, at around 11:15 am. A would-be thief approached bag of clothing on April 19. [email protected] and the “officer” made several as cops hunt killer personal calls before running off and tried to convince the senior Officer Dynel Powell was pa- with the Motorola Razr. to turn over his valuables, but the trolling Hoyt Street, near Dou- The Brooklyn Paper Henk had been left brain-dead older fellow declined. Even when glass Street, at just before 9 am Eagle eye rob An overflow crowd gathered after the April 7 accident and the perp pulled out a knife, the when a woman ran up and said Join Us she had been robbed. A thief snatched the eyeglass- at a Kew Gardens funeral home died the next week. She was cre- gent didn’t give in. Eventually es off a 63-year-old woman on Powell took off down Dou- on Sunday to remember Moni- mated and her ashes will be tak- the attacker fled empty handed. SHABBAT ACROSS AMERICA Atlantic Avenue, but she got a en to her native Colombia, glass Street, captured the 52- Friday, May 4, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. good look at the robber anyway. ca Henk, the tattoo artist who where they will be scattered in Baltic stabbing year-old thief and collected the Services and Dinner Police said the man ran up be- was slammed by a hit-and-run the wind, her husband, Dan A man making his way home clothing, valued at $64. driver in Clinton Hill and died a the night of April 14 was at- The thief now faces grand lar- $28 for adults hind his elderly victim as she Henk told The Brooklyn Paper. neared Hoyt Street, around 9:30 few days later. “Everybody was really, really tacked by two thugs who stabbed ceny charges $12 for children am on April 11. She described sad. She had a tremendous im- RSVP to Synagogue Office by May 1, 2007 him to police as a black man, 6- pact on so many people,” Henk foot-1 and 200 pounds, wearing recalled. a beige overcoat, white sneakers, Family and friends have now SHAVUOT DINNER a gray military cap and blue jew- raised $20,000 as a reward to Tuesday, May 22, 2007 at 6:30 p.m. elry. help find Henk’s killer. The po- Toothless crime lice now consider it a criminal The Most Members: Adults $30 Children: $12 A man pretending to ask for case, not just a motor-vehicle ac- Non members: Adults $35 Children: $15 the time actually robbed a cident, Henk said. Memorable Funeral woman of her bag full of person- Leads are pouring in, he Ft. Greene can offer your loved one RSVP to Synagogue Office by May 17, 2007 al possessions — including a added. A police spokesman $1,600 set of dentures. would only confirm the investi- The thief stopped the woman gation is continuing. Enjoy the serenity of around noon on April 20 on Liv- MONTHLY TOT SHABBAT Monica Henk, who was rid- a comfortable chapel Friday, May 4, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. ingston Street, near Smith Street. ing a motorcycle on her way to He asked for the time then class at the Brooklyn Conserva- located in the historical Friday, June 1, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. grabbed her watch and purse. tory of Music around 7 am, was The bag held no money, but it run down by a black Chevy S-10 Fort Greene-Clinton Hill area. did have her wallet, glasses, Blazer at the corner of Kent makeup and dentistry. Street and Flushing Avenue. Services customized to meet your needs. SAVE THE DATE: There were no witnesses, but po- Unholy heist Serving Fort Green-Clinton Hill Sunday, June 3, 2007 at 4:00 p.m. The thief clearly didn’t come lice identified the make and for redemption. model of the car by analyzing for over 40 years Jerome Moshman Musical Gala Someone stole a purse an ear- parts left in the road. ly learning center at a Monroe Security footage made avail- Robert F. Cranford Funeral Home Wednesday, June 6, 2007 Street church on April 18. The able by several Hasidic business- 29-year-old victim left her hand- es in the area also aided police in 203 DeKalb Ave. (bet. Adelphi & Carlton) 125th Anniversary Celebration of bag inside the school office, off identifying the vehicle, Dan (718) 625-4656 Pierrepont Street, at 8 am. When Henk said. Congregation Mt. Sinai FUNERAL DIRECTORS: she returned two hours later, the Henk asked that anyone with Honoring Rabbi Joseph Potasnik’s 35 years as our Spiritual Leader $150 purse, with a new cell- information call him directly at Robert F. Cranford & Eva J. Cranford Call Synagogue Office for information phone, credit cards, her pay- (917) 554-1341 or call the state check and $5 inside, had disap- Crimestoppers hotline at (800) peared. 577-TIPS. — Stainton “We choose New York Methodist” Live theLoft Life... 3 4 5 2 6 10 9 11

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Affiliate: Weill Medical College of Cornell University 4 PSZ THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 April 28, 2007 Perp wanted a phone, but settled for cash By Gersh Kuntzman “Give me your phone,” he turning from a Seventh Avenue cartridges and jumped into a ken glass was found at the it and debit cards, a legal pad The Brooklyn Paper said, showing off his black gun. store to his building, which is waiting getaway car on April 20. scene, which is between Fourth (valued at $4), and a paperback The victim pleaded with the POLICE BLOTTER between Fifth and Sixth av- Police said the 5-foot-8 man and Fifth avenues. book titled “Manhattan Noir,” A gunman cornered a man perp to allow him to keep his • Sometime after 7 pm on according to the police report. on First Street and demanded enues. The first thug attacked entered the store at around 7:30 phone because he has a family. the man with a two-foot wood- pm, grabbed $1,100 worth of April 19, a yellow 1997 van of Got money? his cellphone, but settled for When the perp altered his de- 22 and mugged him of $50. permarket and are scouring the en stick, and then the other two the high-end ink, and fled in a unidentified make was taken A 54-year-old woman got taking his victim’s cash when mand to cash, the victim com- After the man turned down surveillance tapes for evidence. men joined in, using their fists. silver, four-door sedan with the from its spot on 12th Street be- the fright of her life at around the man refused to give up the plied, turning over $115. Eighth Avenue en route to his The man was taken to Luther- license plate ACJ-2165. tween Second and Third av- 10 pm on April 15 when three mobile device. That’s when the thief, identi- Ouch Berkeley Place home at around an Hospital. He told cops that he enues. In this case, there was men surrounded her and de- Cops said that the 27-year- fied as a 5-foot-7 black man, Three thugs pummelled a Grand theft auto 4:30 pm, the gunman rushed had had a “previous dispute” broken glass everywhere. manded money as she walked old victim, who lives on First ran away, heading northbound him, pulled out the gun and said, Garfield Place man in front of At least three cars were stolen • A 2004 BMW was taken with the assailants. The wooden on Seventh Avenue. Street between Eighth Avenue on Eighth Avenue. “Give me what you got.” his own building on April 18, off Park Slope streets last week, from in front of an auto repair but didn’t take anything — any- stick was recovered as evidence. After the woman, who lives and Prospect Park West, was More gunplay The other two men surround- police said. Here’s a roundup: shop on 14th Street sometime on Sixth Avenue, said she did- walking home from the Q train Three men, one toting a black ed the victim until the 43-year- thing material, that is — from That was easy • Sometime between April between 6 pm on April 20 and 9 n’t have any money, one of the at Flatbush Avenue at around handgun, surrounded man as he old victim coughed up the mon- their victim. Athief rushed into a Fourth 15 and April 18, a 1997 Dodge am the next day. In this case, the thugs pushed her up against a 9:30 pm on April 18 when the walked home from a Flatbush ey. Police believe the trio The beating began at around Avenue office supply store, disappeared from its spot in victim told cops that he brought fence near the corner of St. gunman approached. Avenue supermarket on April followed the man from the su- 10:30 pm as the man was re- grabbed three cases of printer front of 400 Dean St. No bro- the car to the auto shop only to Johns Place. When she started have the workers there call him screaming, the thugs ran off. the next morning to tell him that the car was missing from the Just beat it shop, which is between Third It appears that a frustrated and Fourth avenues. baseball player is on the loose Celebrate Mother’s Day! The victim told cops that the in Park Slope. car was worth $45,000. Two incidents involving an attack with a bat-like object B’klyn boat people Hot restaurant caused minor bumps and bruis- It’s almost like the plot out of es on two teenagers just 10 the book she was reading: A minutes apart on Fifth Avenue. One couple’s hangout on the Gowanus canal customer at a trendy Seventh In the first attack, a 17-year- Avenue restaurant enjoyed a old was pummeled near the cor- By Ariella Cohen “When you compost human limited utilities, Porter said she nice dinner, but then realized ner of Fifth Street just after 3 pm. that her bag — containing a He told cops he has no idea The Brooklyn Paper waste, it loses 90 percent of its and Hessenthaler pay about as mass,” Porter said, sitting in a much for their Gowanus hide- dime-store novel — had been why he got hit and that he did- Behind a locked gate at the deck chair on the rear helm of away as they did in their old stolen from the back of her chair n’t see what hit him — or the end of a dead-end street, a tiny the boat and looking out as her digs in Williamsburg. while she used the bathroom. person who did it. community of houseboats is backyard shimmered alongside While the legality of the The April 16 theft at the A few minutes later, a 15- growing on the banks of Laven- the boat (is that a rainbow or an floating one-bedroom is about restaurant, which is between year-old was at the same corner der Lake. Its owners — four oil slick? Tough to say along as murky as the canal itself, Lincoln and St. Johns places, talking to some friends when a people on three boats — be- the Gowanus). Porter and Hessenthaler are resulted in the loss of the bag it- man rushed up with a wooden lieve that their watery ways The composing plan is just hoping that city officials will self, plus a wallet, various cred- bat and started clubbing him. could help New York in its one of the duo’s many green someday allow them to get per- quest for sustainability. dreams for Eco-Ark. mits to actually live on the boat. “You can’t ignore how much Recently, they also began to By doing so, they say, they waste you are creating when work on designs for a solar- can serve as a model for afford- you have to carry it onto land powered freezer and a water- able, eco-friendly housing in a Treat Mom to a massage, one of our yourself,” said Sasha Porter, conserving device that would space-strained city. A-Z Dental, PC signature facials, a body treatment who owns a former World War catch rain in a roof basin made Of course, that’s the long- II rescue boat she and her part- or nail care this holiday! of old umbrellas. term plan. In the short term, the Family ner Megan Hessenthaler call “We want to be a lab for sus- couple will have to lift anchor FREE MANICURE “Eco-Ark.” tainable design,” said Porter, a this summer, when the city Dentistry They don’t technically live on 26-year-old cabinet-maker. turns off the turbine that brings with every gift certificate the floating one-bedroom — Including the cost of their fresh water into the canal. Gentle, Painless Touch most recently home to the Empty purchase of $100 or more Vessel Project art collective — • FREE Examination and Consultation which sits between Union and with any dental work Expires May 13, 2007 • Mention ad for offer Carroll streets. 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By Matthew Lysiak shot down by the DOT. the possibility,” said company rep leaving others to wonder if the The Brooklyn Paper New York Water Taxi, the Robert Pandolfo. “It isn’t too mayor green rhetoric was just company that operates “taxi” complicated. All the terminal Earth Day hot air. Commuters in Bay Ridge boats all over the city, is warm would need is a bumper system “The opportunities have been who want a 12-minute water to the idea of running boats out and a ramp built into the dock.” there, and the city has steadfast- taxi ride into Manhattan have of the Bay Ridge. The DOT did not return sev- ly refused to take them,” Gentile been left at the dock — and “We would certainly consider eral requests for a comment, fumed. they have Mayor Bloomberg to blame, a local pol charged this week. Just hours after the mayor gave his much-lauded “Green- er, Greater New York” speech on Sunday, Councilman Vince Move your asphalt! Gentile (D–Bay Ridge) fired back saying that the Bloomberg administration is ignoring a very simple, low-pollution mass transit alternative for Bay Paving plan released Ridge. “The Mayor proposed an The Brooklyn Paper The work at each site should take no longer than ambitious plan on Earth Day, Twenty-two local roads from Bay Ridge to two weeks from beginning to end, according to but for some incomprehensible Beckmann. reason, did not act on a plan Bensonhurst will be getting a well-deserved makeover this summer — a tiny fraction of the Of course, it doesn’t take two weeks to pave a that would ease the notoriously street. First, the top layer of asphalt is removed in a traffic and lead to cleaner air thoroughfares that deserve the spring cleaning, at process called “milling.” Then (and here’s the part across Brooklyn,” said Gentile. least one local official said. that drives drivers nuts), the Department of Trans- Earlier this year, Gentile and Commuters will get a smoother ride, of course, The LUTHERAN MEDICAL CENTER Surgical Weight Loss Institute is proud to be portation leaves the bumpy road surface unpaved for Councilman David Yassky but only after enduring a few bumpy weeks of a week so that utility companies can make sure noth- the only weight loss center in Brooklyn named a Bariatric Surgery Center of (D–Brooklyn Heights) secured construction. ing has been damaged. If DOT gets the go-ahead, the Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery, while also holding a $500,000 to transform the 69th Josephine Beckmann, the district manager of road is resurfaced with fresh sticky asphalt, which Level I Accreditation from the American College of Surgeons. Street pier into a ferry-ready Community Board 10 in Bay Ridge, said she was takes an additional day or two. dock. But the Department of pleased by the list, but wanted more roads in her Local drivers say they will trade the two weeks of Transportation has not spent the neighborhood to get the pampered treatment. Recently, the internationally recognized chair of Lutheran’s Department of Surgery, inconvenience for a smoother ride down the road. money to do the job — and that “Overall, I am very happy,” she said. “The roads “Some of the roads can do a number on your car,” George S. Ferzli, M.D., was joined by James A. Sapala, M.D. — the nationally makes the green-minded Gen- that need it most are going to get the attention, but said Bensonhurst resident Alex Maur. “I think the renowned inventor of the Sapala Micropouch® gastric bypass operation, the only tile see red. there is a lot of work that still needs to be done.” work is long overdue.” “The Transportation Com- patented procedure of its kind in the U.S. She said the neighborhood got about one-third of The Department of Transportation said all missioner made it very clear to what it requested. Specifically, a stretch of 65th Street paving should be completed by July 1, but added us that they are not interested in was left off the list. that individual sites could be rescheduled. The Together, they create a bariatric weight loss center with an unequaled range the ferry service [from Bay “The Department [of Transportation] has its own agency would not comment about Beckmann’s re- of state-of-the-art surgical procedures, including open and minimally invasive Ridge],” said Gentile. way of evaluating needs, and you never get every- quest for far more street repavings. laparoscopic surgeries. Even a Republican joined thing you ask for,” the ever-cheery Beckmann said. — Matthew Lysiak the Democratic councilman’s call for more ferry service. The best weight loss surgical techniques available anywhere — you deserve it. “Ferry service from 69th The following locations are scheduled for paving. Locations with an asterisk (*) are And now, Brooklyn has it. street would help improve the scheduled to be paved beginning next week: daily commute for countless lo- To find out if you’re a candidate for weight loss surgery or one of our lifestyle cal residents,” said Rep. Vito Community Board 10 Community Board 11 (Bensonhurst): support programs, please call 1-718-630-RXRX (7979). Fossella (R–Bay Ridge). (Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights): West 13th Street from Avenue P–Highlawn Avenue It’s not as if Bay Ridge lacks a Narrows Avenue from 68th–89th Shore Parkway from 19th–21st avenues ferry tradition. Before the Ver- streets 21st Avenue from 86th Street–Shore Parkway* razano Narrows Bridge opened Colonial Road from 81st–92nd 21st Drive from Bay 25th Street–21st Avenue* in 1964, passengers regularly streets cruised to Staten Island. Many 20th Lane from 21st Drive–20th Avenue believed that the bridge obviated Wakeman Place from Colonial Benson Avenue from 14th–Stillwell avenues* Road–Third Avenue Surgical Solutions the need for new service — but Rutherford Place from 17th–18th avenues* now residents are reconsidering. Harbour View Terrace from Bay 29th Street from 86th Street–Cropsey Av- LifeStyle Support “It would absolutely be a 80th–82nd streets enue* nice thing for this community,” Marine Avenue from 92nd Avenue O from Bay Parkway–65th Street Street–Ft. Hamilton Parkway 150 55th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11220 said local activist Peter Killen. 24th Avenue from 65th Street–Avenue O 1-718-630-RXRX (7979) “People are always looking for 71st Street from Shore Road–10th West Third Street from 65th Street–24th Avenue www.LutheranMedicalCenter.com alternative routes of transporta- Avenue tion.” 10th Avenue from 77th–86th streets West 11th Street from 71st Street–Avenue O Killen was involved in the last 85th Street from Shore Road–14th Bath Avenue from 14th–Stillwell avenues* attempted resurrection of the pier Avenue Avenue U from Stillwell–McDonald avenues in 2000, but says he was also “We choose New York Methodist” Live theLoft Life... 3 4 5 2 6 10 9 11

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New York Methodist Hospital While ongoing partner support is impor- The American Academy of Pediatrics, NY METHODIST tant, NYM continues to provide assistance for fight against World Health Organization and the U.S. mothers even after their babies have settled in Department of Health and Human Ser- at home. For mothers of newborn to three- vices all agree — breastfeeding is usually the breastfeeding process,” said Mitchell. month-old babies, NYM offers a support best feeding. At the class, partners are taught ways in group providing nursing mothers the opportu- which they can bond with the baby and are nity to discuss questions or concerns within a congestive To help support mothers and their new- borns through the breastfeeding process, invited to ask questions and participate in relaxed and welcoming atmosphere. The free New York Methodist Hospital encourages discussions. group takes place on Tuesdays at 2:30 pm, at partners to become educated on how they “Breastfeeding can be an overwhelming the hospital. too can play a role in breastfeeding. Studies experience for a mother so if a partner is Although the Hospital strongly promotes heart failure have shown that partner involvement con- able to assist in any way possible, like plac- breastfeeding, nurses and doctors at NYM tributes to increased breastfeeding rates. ing pillows on the chair, it helps the mother will assist in providing accurate formula to feel relaxed and it decreases the chance feeding information and support for moth- “It is very important for the well-being of Maimonides Medical Center both the mother and the baby if there is a sup- of lactation difficulties,” she said. ers who choose not to breastfeed their new- portive partner involved,” said Elaine Aside from attending prenatal breastfeed- borns, for whatever reason. “For mothers More than five million Americans have congestive heart Mitchell, RN, one of three certified lactation ing classes, NYM encourages partners to sit who do not want or are unable to breast- failure (CHF), which is the leading cause of hospitalization in consultants at NYM. Partners who are inter- in on any individual breastfeeding consulta- feed, the Hospital offers the necessary re- this country. ested in learning about breastfeeding are invit- tions. sources to ensure the mother is able to make All too often, patients with CHF are unable to follow self-care ed to attend the Hospital’s prenatal breastfeed- The hospital also offers a number of an informed decision,” said Susan Storey, regimens when they return home, necessitating visits to the ing classes which cover topics such as the videos on breastfeeding which are especial- RN, certified lactation consultant at NYM. emergency room when their illness becomes acute yet again. benefits of breastfeeding, how to start out cor- ly useful for families of premature babies “The best interests of the mother and baby Now, the CHF Program at the Maimonides Cardiac Institute is rectly, how to avoid problems, how to help the who are educated on breast milk storage, are always in mind and heart,” she said. setting a new standard of care for these chronically ill patients. baby latch on, how to tell if the baby is getting handling and pumping. For more information on the breastfeed- CHF occurs when the heart muscle has been weakened and enough milk and how to make enough milk. For parents of babies in the neonatal inten- ing program at NYM or to register for a does not pump blood as well as it should to meet the needs of “We have a large number of partners sive care unit (NICU), a specially trained lac- prenatal breastfeeding class, please call the body. who attend the meetings with the mothers tation consultant is also available to provide (718) 780-5081. Information on the hospi- This can cause fluid build-up in the lungs and elsewhere. to better understand what she will be going continuing assistance and compassionate sup- tal’s childbirth services can also be found by Common causes of through, physically and emotionally, during port with breast pumping and breastfeeding. visiting www.nym.org. Dads can play a big part in sucessful breastfeeding. CHF include heart at- tack, high blood pres- MAIMONIDES sure, valvular disease and infection. MEDICAL CTR The CHF Program at Maimonides was creat- ed to provide a new ap- proach to the treatment New center for diagnostic cardiology of CHF that focuses on keeping patients health- Lutheran Medical Center ology Center. During catheteriza- lar care programs in the nation. network of primary, acute and ier and out of the hospi- tal. Lutheran Medical Center LUTHERAN MEDICAL CTR tion, a thin flexible tube (cath- Both hospitals formed a partner- long-term care centers in south- eter) is guided through blood ship specifically to develop an west Brooklyn. “The good news is held a dedication ceremony that with prompt and this week for its state-of-the-art vessels to the heart with little or integrated cardiovascular servic- The LMC Surgical Weight han, is a private non-operating (Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and no discomfort to the patient. es program located in Brooklyn. appropriate treatment, cardiac catheterization suite. Loss Institute is the only pro- many CHF patients can The May Ellen and Gerald foundation established to pro- Dyker Heights) than anywhere “The procedure produces ex- A Level I Trauma Center and gram in Brooklyn to be desig- vide funding for public charities else in the city. In Sunset Park, the tremely high quality images, or Stroke Center, Lutheran Med- lead healthier lives and Ritter Diagnostic Cardiology nated as a Center of Excellence avoid the pattern of in the Greater New York area as heart disease hospitalization rate angiograms, of the heart and ical Center (LMC) has cared for Center. With heart related hos- constant visits to the well as those out-of-state. is slightly higher than in N.Y.C. coronary arteries allowing cardi- Brooklyn communities since by the American Society for pitalizations and death rates at emergency room,” said “We are proud to support overall. Cardiac catheterization ologists to clearly identify le- 1883. As a full service 476-bed Bariatric Surgery. Learn more alarming levels, the cardiac about LMC online at www. 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Fidelis Care events MMC fights congestive heart failure highlight push to Maimonides Medical Center tocol at Maimonides that has changed the that it does not become an emergency. Our More than five million Americans lives of our patients — for the better.” goal is to see our patients return to a better have congestive heart failure (CHF), The CHF team consists of a physician, quality of life.” cover uninsured which is the leading cause of hospitaliza- nurse practitioners and registered nurses. Numerous independent outside organi- tion in this country. Together, they assess a patient’s cardiac zations have evaluated cardiac services All too often, patients with CHF are un- needs and create an individualized plan of across the US, and have invariably cited throughout NYC able to follow self-care regimens when care. The Program offers the latest in CHF the Maimonides Cardiac Institute and the they return home, necessitating visits to the treatment modalities, including current Congestive Heart Failure Program for ex- emergency room when their illness be- medical strategies, medications and ad- cellence. The accolades include: Fidelis Care comes acute yet again. Now, the CHF Pro- vanced technologies, to help manage the • Ranked No. 1 in New York State for Fidelis Care is supporting the national Cover the Uninsured gram at the Maimonides Cardiac Institute disease. Each patient and caregiver is edu- Cardiology Services by HealthGrades Week initiative, April 23–29, and plans to blanket New York is setting a new standard of care for these cated on how to manage CHF at home and • Ranked best in New York City for pa- City’s five boroughs with representatives at more than 50 chronically ill patients. prevent unnecessary hospitalizations. tient outcomes in Interventional Cardiolo- sites. Dr. Moskovits believes that the key to the gy by the NYS Department of Health CHF occurs when the heart muscle has The Fidelis staffers will reach out to the 1.7 million chil- been weakened and does not pump blood Program’s success is that care does not end •Awarded Excellence in Cardiac Ser- when a patient is discharged. Nursing Team vices by HealthGrades dren and adults in the city who are living each day without as well as it should to meet the needs of the any form of health insurance. body. members follow-up regularly to ensure that • Ranked No. 1 in New York City for In- This can cause fluid build-up in the patients are taking their medications and terventional Cardiology by HealthGrades Recently, Governor Elliot Spitzer addressed the importance lungs and elsewhere. Common causes of keeping their physician appointments. And • Designated Best Congestive Heart of healthcare coverage for children and families in New York CHF include heart attack, high blood pres- patients get information on important topics Failure Program in Northeast by Money State. sure, valvular disease and infection. such as medication management, special di- Magazine “More than 3.1 million New Yorkers who lack health in- The Maimonides CHF Program was ets and fluid restrictions, and exercise during •Honor Roll of the Alliance for Quality surance will receive much needed attention here in New York created to provide a new approach to the monthly support groups. Health Care and the Niagara Health Quali- and across the country with the designation of Cover the treatment of CHF that focuses on keeping “There are a number of effective med- ty Coalition for Congestive Heart Failure Uninsured Week,” Gov. Spitzer said. “We should seize this patients healthier and out of the hospital. ications, surgical procedures and devices to and Interventional Cardiology opportunity to work on providing these New Yorkers … ac- “The good news is that with prompt and assist the CHF patient’s heart, but we be- •Five-Star rated by HealthGrades in cess to affordable, high quality medical care.” appropriate treatment, many CHF patients lieve that conventional care is overly de- treatment of Heart Attacks, Congestive With a mission to serve the uninsured in medically under- can lead healthier lives and avoid the pat- pendent on crisis intervention and emer- Heart Failure and Atrial Fibrillation Nursing care makes the difference in the Congestive Heart Failure served in New York State, Fidelis Care provides local resi- tern of constant visits to the emergency gency hospitalization,” said Dr. Gerald To learn more about the Congestive Program at Maimonides Medical Center. In-hospital care includes dents with greater access to quality healthcare during Cover room,” said Dr. Norbert Moskovits, Direc- Hollander, Director of the Cardiac Inten- Heart Failure Program, log-on to www. dietary and lifestyle education and support for caregivers. When the Uninsured Week, the following week and until everyone tor of the Congestive Heart Failure Pro- sive Care Unit. “We work with patients maimonidesmed.org/cardiac or call the patients are home, specially trained RNs follow-up regularly to en- in the state has the affordable, quality healthcare coverage gram. “We’ve established a treatment pro- and their families to better manage CHF so Cardiac Institute at (800) 682-5558. sure that they stay out of the hospital as much as possible. they need and deserve. Fidelis Care representatives will be at Brooklyn locations at the following times: Friday, April 27, 12:30 to 5 pm: Coney Island Child Care Center, 2753 West 33rd Street and Neptune Avenue. Monday, April 30, 10:30 am to 3 pm: Janlian Medical Center, Lobby, 1508 Avenue U. LMC dedicates diagnostic cardiology ctr Tuesday, May 1, and Thursday, May 3, 10 am to 5:30 pm: Fidelis Care Office, 5704 8th Ave. Lutheran Medical Center ceived broad support among of the May Ellen and Gerald services will significantly help to ologists to clearly identify le- 1883. As a full service 476-bed Wednesday, May 2, 10:30 am to 4 pm: Janlian Medical Lutheran Medical Center community-based organizations Ritter Foundation. reduce these statistics. sions, blockages, clots and other teaching hospital, LMC is the Center, Lobby, 833 5th St. held a dedication ceremony and New York State and Brook- “With cardiac issues so “Cardiac catheterization is a life-threatening abnormalities,” hub of Lutheran HealthCare, a Friday, May 4, 10 am to 4 pm: Chang’s Family Medical this week for its state-of-the-art lyn elected officials. Among the prevalent in our communities, it specialized diagnostic proce- he added. network of primary, acute and Center, 5303 8th Ave. area’s most passionate support- was an easy decision to support dure used to evaluate the struc- Additionally, Lutheran Med- long-term care centers in south- cardiac catheterization suite. Saturday, May 5, 10:30 am to 4 pm: Seventh Avenue ers was the May Ellen and Ger- the construction of the cardiac ture and function of the heart,” ical Center coordinates cardio- west Brooklyn. Medical Center, 5517 7th Ave. The May Ellen and Gerald ald Ritter Foundation and their suite at Lutheran. Even if only said Robert Zaloom, M.D., vascular efforts closely with The LMC Surgical Weight Fidelis Care serves more than 260,000 people in 36 counties Ritter Diagnostic Cardiology donation of $1 million. The one life is saved, the cost is well Lutheran Medical Center cardi- Lenox Hill Hospital, home to Loss Institute is the only pro- across New York State. Through the Child Health Plus, Family Center. With heart related hos- foundation, led by Vincent Ro- worth it.” ologist and director of the May the Lenox Hill Heart and Vascu- gram in Brooklyn to be desig- Health Plus, and Medicaid programs, Fidelis Care members are pitalizations and death rates at han, is a private non-operating According to the 2006 N.Y.C. Ellen and Gerald Ritter Diag- lar Institute of New York – nated as a Center of Excellence covered for regular checkups, preventive care, hospital and alarming levels, the cardiac foundation established to pro- Department of Health and Mental nostic Cardiology Center. Dur- among the leading cardiovascu- by the American Society for emergency care, prescription drugs, immunizations, eye exams, suite will allow Lutheran ex- vide funding for public charities Hygiene’s community health pro- ing catheterization, a thin flexi- lar care programs in the nation. Bariatric Surgery while also dental care, and more. perts to detect heart disease and in the Greater New York area as file, the heart disease death rate is ble tube (catheter) is guided Both hospitals formed a partner- holding a Level 1 Accreditation Fidelis Care also offers a Medicare Advantage program to to recommend life-saving treat- well as those out-of-state. higher in southwest Brooklyn through blood vessels to the ship specifically to develop an from the American College of New Yorkers in 22 counties including the 5 boroughs of New ment options for Brooklyn’s “We are proud to support (Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and heart with little or no discom- integrated cardiovascular servic- Surgeons. Learn more about York and Long Island. Fidelis Care members have access to a high risk patients. Lutheran Medical Center in Dyker Heights) than anywhere fort to the patient. es program located in Brooklyn. LMC and its commitment to pa- provider network exceeding 29,000 healthcare professionals Recognizing the need for a their quest to provide first rate else in the city. In Sunset Park, the “The procedure produces ex- A Level I Trauma Center and tient care excellence, communi- statewide. Regional offices are located in Rego Park (Queens), new cath lab in Brooklyn, the cardiac diagnostics to south- heart disease hospitalization rate tremely high quality images, or Stroke Center, Lutheran Med- ty service, health education and Albany, Syracuse and Buffalo. initiative to bring the service to west Brooklyn communities,” is slightly higher than in N.Y.C. angiograms, of the heart and ical Center (LMC) has cared for research online at www.Luther- For more information about Fidelis Care, call toll free: 888- Lutheran Medical Center re- said Vincent Rohan, president overall. Cardiac catheterization coronary arteries allowing cardi- Brooklyn communities since anMedicalCenter.com. 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(D–Fort Greene) remains a critic of the $135-million glass-walled perform- on a city-owned triangle bounded by cludes new housing and cultural in- But those talks apparently went project, no matter who is funding it. ing arts branch have failed — and Flatbush Avenue, St. Felix Street and stitutions. nowhere. “There are many existing libraries that the project can’t go forward at Lafayette Avenue. Arck said that the BPL would When the library design was un- that need air-conditioning, computers, this point. But this is the first time that the li- consider sharing the Fort Greene lot veiled in 2002, officials predicted more books and more staff to keep Crain’s New York Business report- brary has publicly stated that the proj- with a partner. the building would cost $75 million them open seven days a week,” James ed that a “library insider” made it ect cannot be done without a private “We are open to considering all and open in 2005. 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Two 86th Street gyms are The assault came at 11:20 discs. cops that she had locked up the competing for the title of Ben- pm as the young woman was A security camera may have salon, which is at Third Avenue, 62nd Precinct sonhurst’s most theft-prone enjoying a walk near Fourth caught the perp in the act, but but when she returned at 9:30 gym, which is currently being held by a Shore Parkway work- AM break-in out space well known to the A man returned to his 78th readers of this page. Street apartment on April 23 to On April 16, a member of a find his bedroom window open 24th Avenue gym placed his and his cash missing. jacket, which contained his The break-in occurred at wallet, inside a locker — but around 9:30 am, when the forgot to lock it. He returned at thieves slipped through a back around 10 pm, and found his window and stole more than property missing, police said. $3,000, police said. The perps On April 23, a member of a fled the apartment, which is gym near 19th Avenue had his A Banker who Satisfies your Need for Speed. near 16th Avenue, before the locker broken into at around 6 man returned. pm. The thieves took his Unfortunately, no one got a clothes, plus credit and debit good look at the criminals. cards, police said. Bath burg In both thefts, there were no Thieves squeezed through witnesses. the bedroom window at a Bath Avenue apartment on April 20 Bandit nabbed to steal thousands of dollars in A woman had her pocket- electronics, police said. book swiped on April 23, only The 30-year-old resident of to have it returned by police af- the apartment, which is near ter they caught the thug. Bay 20th Street, came home at The woman was on 19th Av- around 4 pm to discover the enue and 83rd Street, at around Paul Caruso, Jr. robbery. He lost $3,800 in elec- 6:30 am, when a perp came Co-owner tronics and jewelry, he told from behind and snatched her Ray Barcia Auto-Dent Collision cops. purse, police said. Later, police Manager caught their suspect, a 19-year- Boro Park Branch Culinary creeps old, with the accessory on Ben- Sure, the thieves stole jewel- son Avenue. ry — but they also got her It’s unclear what was in the cookbooks! bag, but the thug is facing a The recipes were so prized charge of grand larceny, which by the resident of 80th Street kicks in whenever more than that she made sure to tell cops about their theft from her apart- $999 is stolen. ment on April 14. Purse stolen The thieves also got away A woman walking on 71st with gold baubles in the 7:30 Street and 19th Avenue had her am heist of the apartment, purse snatched, but later got it which is near Bay Parkway. back, albeit with the money Singing blues missing. Amiddle-aged man watched The April 12 theft occurred in horror as his 2007 blue Suzu- at 2 pm, when a man took the ki motorcycle was loaded onto purse and fled down 19th Av- a white van and stolen. enue. The brand-new bike, valued The victim later found the at $10,000, was lifted — quite handbag, with $400 missing; literally — on April 20. The everything else was still there, chopper had been parked on police said. 85th Street, near 21st Avenue, Cops say they are looking when an unidentified white van for a 6-foot black man, who pulled up, and a couple of was last seen wearing a black thieves loaded it into the van, sweatshirt and blue jeans. “At The Park Avenue Bank, I get the best in old fashioned YELLOW… Continued from page 3 sale went through,” Goria tried again. Before he could finish his service – and the latest in next sentence, Rasinya leapt out of his chair, and with one clean swipe, grabbed the microphone out of the historian’s hand. Astunned Goria paused for a moment before exiting stage left, The Park Avenue Bank Makes It Happen. banking technology.” much to the approval of the cheering audience. Goria, who has taught International Relations for 18-years at At The Park Avenue Bank, we put the “pedal to the NYU, later said he was hoping to deliver the message that the sale of the Green Church was “a corporate ruse” and church elders are metal” for every customer, every day. Paul Caruso, Jr., Co-owner money-hungry. He also wanted to say that the government should Auto-Dent Collision seize the church building and preserve it — but he never got the 3511 Ft. Hamilton Pkwy., Brooklyn chance. Rasinya had delivered his own brand of justice. Just ask Paul Caruso, Jr. of Auto-Dent Collision, Inc., who owns this One CB10 member said Goria was censored because he commit- ted a violation of the public comment rules. full-service, auto body repair shop with his dad, Paul Sr. With a 50-year “You can’t just stand up there and say this or that about some- one’s religion,” the member said. “This isn’t anarchy, and when he tradition of providing superior service to the Boro Park community, attacks a religion, it is the chairman’s responsibility to maintain or- der, which is what Dean did.” the family behind Auto-Dent Collision knows what it takes to keep Goria said he wasn’t trying to insult anyone’s religion, and that customers satisfied: that’s why they bank at The Park Avenue Bank. he should have had the right to speak about what he feels is a rob- bery of historic proportions. “It was public comment session and my right of free speech was taken away,” said Goria. “Now I know how Martin Luther felt.” Impressed with the personal service he receives from his branch Men like Goria don’t show up at every meeting, but if you thought community boards were all about rezoning lectures, or 30-minute de- team – and the free online banking that Paul considers “the best” bates on whether or not to put a traffic light on 86th Street, you’re go- he’s used – this busy entrepreneur knows he can take care of all his ing to miss out on some great action (and marble cake and coffee, too). banking needs quickly and easily, so he can do what he does best: THE KITCHEN SINK take care of his customers. Our pal Fran Garber is at it again. The doyenne behind Bay Ridge’s Regina Opera Company begged us to “tell the world” that she’s looking for an actor to fill a “non-singing, non-speaking” role in her upcoming production of Puccini’s “Tosca.” Remember, Maybe that’s why more and more businesses are relying on would-be thespians, there are no small roles, even if there are small the service-driven approach and leading-edge technology of opera companies. Garber asked actors to email her at [email protected]. … The Najjar family was well known in The Park Avenue Bank – and why you should too. Boro Park Branch: Tripoli as being the premier bakers of baklava. Now the clan is trying 4419 13th Avenue (on the corner of 45th Street) to live the American dream in Bay Ridge at Sweet Treats, their ap- Brooklyn, New York 11219 propriately named shop on Fifth Avenue at 68th Street. … Vampires in Bay Ridge? 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MUSIC Get fierce It’s a big name for a not-so-big cause. Funky folkster Toshi Reagon will headline a ben- efit for the queer youth organization Fabulous Inde- pendent Educated Radicals for Community Em- powerment (FIERCE!) on May 4 at Southpaw. Reagon, a Crown Heights resident, learned about merging activism and music from growing up sur- rounded by the groovy gospel of her mother’s celebrated a cappella en- semble, Sweet Honey in the Rock. But Reagon added in influences of her own — including Stevie Wonder, Prince

JOMOTO and even Kiss — since she dropped out of col- lege to open for Lenny Kravitz on his first world tour. (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings April 28, 2007 Reagon might have a polished pop resume, but she’s no stranger to a fight, having lent her voice to causes as diverse as Develop Don’t Destroy Brook- lyn and Women’s Health Care in New Orleans. Toshi Reagon will perform at Southpaw (125 Fifth Ave., at Sterling Place in Park Slope) at 8 pm on May 4. Tickets are $20. For information, call (718) 230-0236 or visit www.toshireagon.com. Making his ‘Mark’ — Christopher Murray DINING Morris takes Manhattan, makes debut at Metropolitan Opera La Primavera By Kevin Filipski for The Brooklyn Paper For five months each year, the Red Hook ball fields are as unwelcoming as the Dakota badlands. But in ark Morris might be the best-known late April, they awaken with the sights of soccer and dancer in Brooklyn — his name is baseball — and the smells of Central American food. M always in lights on the Lafayette Av- Though the “futbol” legends of Liga Mexico and enue building that houses his eponymous Liga Guatemala show- dance troupe — but when discussing his lat- case some real talent est project, even this seasoned choreographer and aerial dramatics, the and director seems slightly nervous. premiere attraction is “What a giant organization the Met is!” the the vendors. 50-year-old founder Lining the fields are of the Mark Morris stands serving Guate- Dance Group ex- malan tamales, Salvado- claimed in an exclu- OPERA ran pupusas and more. It Casey Yancy sive interview with “Orfeo ed Euridice” is being performed is all delicious and fantas- GO Brooklyn. “That’s at the Metropolitan Opera (150 West 65th St. tically cheap — for $5, you can stuff yourself silly. between Amsterdam and Columbus avenues the biggest pressure: in Manhattan) from May 2 through May 9. Across the street is the Red Hook Recreational Cen- it’s so gigantic that Standing room tickets are available day of for ter, with its mammoth swimming pool open from they even have a de- $35. For information, call (212) 362-6000 or Memorial Day to Labor Day. Be sure to bring a pad- partment of depart- visit www.metopera.org. lock and a real bathing suit (no cutoffs!), as the Stazi- ments!” like guards will send you away if you don’t have them. Morris was taking The Red Hook Recreation Center (155 Bay St., be- a rare day off from working on the premiere tween Henry and Clinton streets in Red Hook) is open of his new staging of Christoph Wilibald Monday through Friday from 8 am-10 pm and on Sat- Gluck’s Baroque opera, “Orfeo ed Eury- urday from 8am-5 pm. The ballfields and vendors are dice,” opening on May 2 at the Metropolitan directly across the street. — John O’Connor Opera. Morris’s production, his Met debut, marks the first time in 50 years that a chore- ographer has directed a production at the famed opera house. “Seriously, it’s sometimes hard to know ART what’s going on all the time,” he said. “We’re rehearsing in the third sub-basement of the Opera House, so there could be a nu- clear event outside and you would never Opera Metropolitan Different icon know that it happened.” Choreographer Mark Morris (left) is staging Christoph Wilibald Gluck’s Baroque opera, “Or- But in a good way. feo ed Eurydice” (above) at the Metropolitan Opera. Despite what it might sound like, “Postmillennial “[The Met] is really an amazing sort of Black Madonna” is not the latest incarnation of a cer- opera factory. I’m used to craziness when I’m tain pop star. It’s a two-part exhibition, co-curated by staging and choreographing, but working at As excited as Morris is to be at the helm, in the piece. I have 22 dancers, and they play Danny Simmons, featuring 23 artists exploring issues the Met really takes it to another level.” the Met is just as happy to have him. everybody in the work aside from the three of race and religion as they apply to the themes of Morris’s debut as both director and chore- “Mark’s debut at the Met is notable in leads: they dance in the divertissements, they both “Paradise” and “Inferno.” ographer has been in the planning stages for many ways,” Met General Manager Peter dance in the many choruses, and they’re doing The former theme’s exhibit a number of seasons, and has overcome dif- Gelb told GO Brooklyn. “It’s the first time a the same thing as the chorus throughout the looks beyond the classic definition ficulties that included last year’s death of choreographer has directed an opera in more opera. The dancers are both the friends [of Or- of the Madonna into how women one of its stars, mezzo-soprano Lorraine than 50 years — but to label Mark Morris a feo and Euridice] and the Furies.” of color have influenced religion Hunt Lieberson. ‘choreographer’ is to not fully understand Although his collaborators, set designer throughout the ages. “I was asked by [Met artistic director the range of Mark as an artist or his ap- Allen Moyer and costume designer Isaac “The idea is that were not just and conductor] Jimmy Levine a couple of proach to his work.” Mizrahi, are also making their Met debuts, focusing on Christianity,” Kimberli years ago to stage this opera,” Morris said, Living up to such high expectations, how- Morris has had long professional relation- Gant, MoCADA’s Director of Edu- “and originally it was me, Jimmy and Lor- ever, can be exhausting. ships with both men. cation, told GO Brooklyn. “But that raine working together. Then a lot of things “This is my last production of a very Mizrahi, despite his own celebrity, has no there is a dark, strong female god- MoCADA changed with Lorraine’s death. After we busy, very tiring year, and I’ve tried to make problem following Morris’s lead. “I think we dess in many religions.” lost her, [countertenor] David Daniels re- it lively and interesting so that it’s not diffi- collaborate well because I know that, in the The second part of the show, “Inferno,” is currently placed her as Orfeo, and luckily for me the cult to work on and perform it,” Morris said. end, it’s Mark’s show and the costumes are up at the Skylight Gallery in Bedford-Stuyvesant. notions that I had for that character didn’t “At least it’s quite short — I think it’s one only there to serve his vision,” he told GO Why two parts? After all, Simmons has his own change at all.” of the few operas that’s the right length,” Brooklyn. “I have tons of input, but when gallery. Gant explained the mystery: “The exhibi-

Gluck’s opera — which Morris has Stephanie Berger Morris added about the 90-minute show. Mark says something, it’s got to be the last tion, like the Madonna, has a dual personality.” staged in different versions, first in 1988 “Also, I’ve tried to stage it very simply and, word.” “Postmillennial Black Madonna” will be at Mo- and again in 1996 — is a retelling of the her until they have returned to earth or he I hope, beautifully. It’s a gorgeous story with And he isn’t just following orders because CADA (80 Hanson Pl., at South Portland Avenue Greek myth of Orpheus, who journeys to will lose her again — this time forever. gorgeous music for the solo singers, the cho- he’s scared of his old friend. “What inspires in Fort Greene) through May 13 and at Skylight the underworld to reclaim his beloved wife, “Orfeo” is filled with some of Gluck’s rus of 100 and the dancers.” me about Mark’s work is his unerring sense Gallery (1368 Fulton St., at Brooklyn Avenue in Eurydice, after her death. There is, howev- greatest music, including several wonderful Morris will be in his element with the of music. More than a choreographer, I think Bedford-Stuyvesant) through May 5. For informa- er, one condition: he must not look back at dance interludes. dancers since “there’s a great deal of dancing he’s the best musician I know.” tion, visit www.postbme.com. — Adam Rathe

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with caramelized apricots and prunes, Hats off and the lamb with green olives and preserved lemons. They’re just as lush and complex as the special. Windsor Terrace channels From that charcoal grill comes “kofta” (ground beef with cumin), kebabs and “merguez,” the aromatic the Middle East with Fez lamb sausage. All are seasoned with a sure hand and retain their moisture. By Tina Barry borhood place. When charcoal grill meets fresh for The Brooklyn Paper Elmourabit was one of the first tuna steak, though, there’s true chem- restaurateurs to recognize Windsor istry. Elmourabit sears the edges of n a recent Saturday afternoon, I Terrace as an area on its way up. In the fish so they’re smoky, yet leaves wandered into Fez Restaurant in 2001, she launched the tiny 16th the center rare. A light sauce of or- OWindsor Terrace. The dining Street Gourmet, a storefront with ange and mustard freshens and lends room was nearly empty. The propri- room a takeout counter. She followed bite to the fish’s sirloin-like flavor. etor and chef, Bahija Elmourabit, no- that modest success with the more Then, the fish is laid atop a salad of ticed my perplexed expression and ambitious Fez last summer. crisp cucumber squares and tomatoes laughed. “Look in the back,” she Little touches elevate Elmourabit’s / Daniel Krieger in a bright lemon dressing. The dish said. fare from the usual Middle Eastern was as transporting as the morning in I walked through the long, narrow and Moroccan offerings. There is a the garden with the warm breeze dining room and into a garden so bu- charcoal grill that Elmourabit uses to blowing. colic it made the sear meat and After those two entrees, the veg- diners — and me some of the veg- Paper The Brooklyn etable couscous — made with zuc- Over the top: Fez owner Bahija Elmourabit, above right, serves inven- — grin like id- DINING etables for her chini, carrots, turnips, chickpeas and iots. The tables salads. It’s that tive Middle Eastern dishes including homemade hummus, chicken tomatoes — seemed bland. With a FELIZ FELIZ were filled with Fez Restaurant (240 Prospect smoky grill fla- tagine (above) and vegetable couscous (top left) which draw a crowd spoonful of hot “harissa” (a North Park West between Windsor Place to the Windsor Terrace cafe. & couples and fam- and Prospect Avenue in Windsor Ter- vor that also African condiment made with chiles, ilies sitting be- race) accepts American Express, Dis- makes all the dif- garlic, oil and spices), the vegetarian RED WHITE cover, MasterCard and Visa. Lunch neath the white specials: $8 for three courses. En- ference in the We sipped wine from the bottle we and spices made us sigh. One huge, at our table was content. cloth umbrellas trees: $9.50–$19.95. The restaurant baba ghanoush. brought (the wine and beer license is slow-cooked lamb shank carried The only downside to the menu is just loving the serves lunch and dinner seven days a The savory egg- expected soon) and sampled slender meat so tender it needed only a the desserts. The roundup varies, but Available exclusively at week. Brunch is available on week- warm air, the ends from 10 am–3 pm. Subway: F to plant dip is part “Moroccan cigars.” Crisp and slight- nudge with the fork to fall away from what I’ve tried — a chocolate Red White & Bubbly flowers and, of Prospect Park/15th Street. 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The “baba,” bly Israeli feta cheese adding a pleas- sweet and tart tang of the Italian ver- opt for the house-made “baklava” 718.636.WINE ed for a beautiful table with inlaid served with warm pita triangles, was ant sharpness. sion, the vegetables and meat are per- (phyllo layered with honey and nuts) marble inside Fez’s dining room. The accompanied by a rich hummus, “Tagines,” stews cooked in deep, fumed with a heady mix of garlic, and a pot of mint tea. The brew Design by era//404 (www.era404.com) gold-walled space, hung with photos chunks of ruby-colored beets in a conical ceramic dishes of the same fresh bay leaves and saffron. The comes in a silver teapot and is poured of Morocco, is peaceful, with candles sprightly lemon and parsley dressing name, are the house specialty. We or- dish comes with a bowl of moist, yel- into lovely midnight blue glasses and quiet music. With babies sleep- and tabbouleh, the Middle East’s dered the “Fez” tagine, one of the low basmati rice. On other occasions, etched in gold. The simplicity and Online at www.BrooklynPaper.com ing in carriages and couples sipping ubiquitous cracked wheat, parsley specials that evening, lifted off the I’ve ordered tagines with meat or perfection of that finale captures the wine, Fez is the best kind of neigh- and mint salad. heavy lid, and the aroma of rich meat seafood and fruit, like the chicken experience of Fez.

The luncheonette that isn’t It’s not their fathers’ luncheonette. Dina and Demetri Kachulis are now running the Park Luncheonette — the Williamsburg lunch counter that their forebears opened in 1931 to feed the area’s factory workers. Times — and neighborhoods — change, so the third generation Kachulises revamped the small dining room and brought in a new chef, Jason Drcelik (formerly of Artisanal and the Old Homestead in Manhattan). Dina and Demetri even got rid of lunch, making the place a luncheonette in name

only. / Daniel Krieger Also missing is the joint’s famed soda counter, another victim of the renovation. But Dina Kachulis vows that the place is true to its founders’ spirit (heck, the retro

feel even drew Martin Scorsese to film Paper The Brooklyn some scenes for “The Departed”). “We tried to keep the place as original brioche with guacamole; and a grilled cepts American Express, Diners Club, as we can,” she said of the recent renova- salmon with caper beurre blanc sauce that Discover, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: tion. “The tin ceilings and walls, the bar the customers of yore could never have $9–$19.95. Dinner is served Tuesday and even the sign outside are the same.” dreamt of. There’s a full liquor license and through Sunday. Brunch is available on Even traditionalists admit that they like small international wine list, too, but neither weekends from 10 am. Subway: G to having more tables near the window — giv- impresses the older customers, who still Nassau Avenue; L to Bedford Avenue. ing diners a great view of McCarren park. wander in demanding an egg cream. For information, call (718) 383-3571 or The menu is the biggest change. Drcelik Park Luncheonette (334 Driggs Ave., visit www.parkluncheonette.com. offers dishes like diver scallops on toasted at Lorimer Street in Williamsburg) ac- — Tina Barry

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That’s what friends are for On April 28, riding the wave of last year’s duets record, “My Friends and Me,” legendary songstress Dionne Warwick will take the stage at Brooklyn Center. We know that the Di- vine Miss W is a busy woman — after all, she’s hard at work in the lab, developing the “Enyo” brand of skin care products and the “Dionne” fra- grance being hawked on her Web site — so we didn’t ex- pect to get hours of time with the singer. But all we got was an interview by e-mail — and Dionne Warwick even then, Warwick didn’t seem to give us the time of day, GO: You’ve done quite a bit of answering our questions in the work on behalf of AIDS and terse manner of a scat singer. world hunger charities. What Perhaps if we had called the are you up to these days? Psychic Friends Network and DW: I’m still in the fight paid $1.99 a minute, we might against AIDS, as we all should have gotten a full conversation! be. — Adam Rathe GO: How are today’s con- GO Brooklyn: Welcome to certs different from the shows Brooklyn! What’s your favorite your fans might have seen in thing about the borough? the past? Dionne Warwick: I have no DW: I’ll be doing the songs ties to Brooklyn directly, but that those coming to the show do have very fond memories will want to hear. of the Murray the K’s Brook- GO: What songs can we ex- lyn Fox shows. pect to hear at the concert? GO: It’s been almost 40 years DW: You have to come to the since you received your first show to know. Grammy award. How has the music business changed for GO: Brooklyn is set to be a stop on the Hamptons Jitney you in that time? for the first time ever this DW: The business has summer. What are your sum- changed drastically. mer vacation plans? DW: I will be on tour. GO: Did you enjoy your turn Remember on “American Idol” last sea- the most son? Any plans to return to television? important DW: “Idol” was a bunch of fun and yes, TV shows are on thing in the agenda.

LOCATION Real Estate GO: Do you have any more duets planned for the future? • • • Will any of your singing part- Check here for ners from “My Friends and featured listings Me” be stopping by Brooklyn Center? Licensed DW: Yes, a male version of Real Estate “My Friends and Me” will be recorded soon. And I wish I Broker could say yes, but unfortunate- LOCATION Buying ly [no guests will be there]. Selling Renting CORRECTION 184 DeKalb Ave. In our April 21 edition, we in- (bet. Carlton & correctly stated the name of Cumberland) the actress who played Au- gust Howe’s sister in “The (718) 222-1199 Mound Builders.” The correct

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many actors treat Shakespearean language with a misplaced reverence, he is obviously comfortable with it. His charmingly rumpled Arden was every inch the wronged husband torn apart by rage and love when he cried, “Thou hast broke my heart, Alicia.” Forte does a creditable job of portraying a Reel world Home wreck woman going mad with confusion — does she love her husband or Mosby? Which one This year’s Tribeca Film Festival does she want? — but her performance was Real estate tragedy ‘Arden’ flirts stilted at times, her movements stiff, her enun- is heavy with Brooklyn talent ciation too sharp. She goes from being heart- breakingly believable — as when she looks In its five-year existence, Robert DeNiro’s Tribeca Film Festival has with brilliance, but falls flat upon her sleeping husband, tenderly contem- caught Hollywood’s eye each spring when it covers the sidewalks of low- plating whether or not to kill him — to being er Manhattan with red carpet. This year, many of the festival’s most By Christie Rizk shrieking and overwrought as she tosses the promising participants are from just across the river. GO Brooklyn’s Lau- The Brooklyn Paper knife dramatically away. ra McDonald caught up with some of the borough’s filmmakers and see Meanwhile, Lacey’s insidious Mosby ap- if they were on their way to happy endings. n February 14, 1551, Thomas Arden propriately gave me the creeps with his soft

For more information on the screenings of these films, visit www.tribecafilmfestival.com. Roxanna Velandria of Faversham, England — a wealthy voice as he manipulated Alicia to within an O land owner whose dubious real-estate inch of her sanity, while Luceno’s Green did- WHO FILM COMMENTS dealings garnered him many enemies — n’t seem angry enough to plan a man’s death. was murdered in his own home by two The two thugs, bumbling and comical, are Be Garrett, “A Nick in Time,” a short set Are you nervous to be screening in front of a thugs hired for the job by his wife Alicia brilliantly played by Daniel Gee Husson and Park Slope in a Bedford-Stuyvesant bar- hometown crowd? and her lover. Patrick McColley, but their performances are The true story of Arden’s death — intrigue, sometimes wasted. bershop I look forward to hearing the feedback from gen- betrayal, love, adultery, jealousy, murder, The play’s adaptation was also a bit con- uine New Yorkers. If you can get their approval greed, revenge and real estate — inspired an fusing at times, thanks in part to an abrupt than everyone else is a given. unknown playwright to write a play called and unclear ending. Arden is dead, his “Arden of Faversham” in 1592, and yet an- friend Franklin comes storming in to con- Sergio Castilla, “Take the Bridge,” a feature What is your favorite Brooklyn movie? other playwright, George Lillo, to pen a ver- front the conspirators, and then the play sion in 1793. ends. There is no hint of what will happen Brooklyn Heights following four young Washing- “Do the Right Thing” ton Heights residents So what’s the story doing in DUMBO in to Alicia. We lose an opportunity to explore 2007? the “out, out damn spot” mental decline In the Spring Theatreworks’s uneven that Mosby goes through when he is left performance of the long-forgotten play, alone after Arden’s murder. The audience Wife with a knife: Karen Forte as Ali- Mark Street, “A Year,” a documentary short What place in Brooklyn really gets your creative “Arden: The Lamentable Tragedie of a didn’t even know that it was time to start DUMBO Real Estate Mogul,” Thomas Ar- cia in “Arden.” clapping until all the actors started bowing. Carroll Gardens (just 26 minutes!) juices flowing? den (Andy Rabensteine), owns most of the This production has great potential, espe- Lately, I’ve been enjoying Red Hook a lot. I like the real estate in the developing area under the age, after a few bungled attempts, to kill him. cially considering some of the talent on dis- slightly off-the-charts feel and the proximity of the Manhattan Bridge and isn’t above using his Though an adaptation of the previous two play. But it is worth seeing only if you hap- water. My guess is Ikea will change all that. influence in City Hall to snatch a choice versions of Arden, this production is bur- pen to be around DUMBO — not if you piece of property from a rival developer dened — and also aided — by the obvious have to come a long way. and enemy named Green (Matt Luceno). comparison of Arden to DUMBO’s real-life “Arden” will run at the Spring The- Esther Robinson, “A Walk into the Sea: Danny Are you nervous to be screening in front of a In the meantime, Arden spends many a real estate mogul, David Walentas. The set, atreworks DUMBO Performance Loft (25 Gowanus Williams and the Warhol Fac- hometown crowd? sleepless night on the couch, believing that his while minimal, manages to evoke a hip, Jay St., #203, between Plymouth and tory,” a documentary about It’s exciting to screen in front of my hometown beautiful wife Alicia (Karen Forte) is cheating trendy DUMBO loft. John streets) Thursday–Saturday through Robinson’s uncle and his rela- crowd, it’s the hometown press that’s a tad inti- on him with a man named Mosby (Tom The problem with this play, however, is May 12. Tickets are free, but reserva- tionship with Andy Warhol midating! Lacey). In fact, she is. The two, along with how uneven the performances are. Raben- tions are encouraged. For information, Green, plot Arden’s death, and finally man- steine is easily the best of the cast; while too visit www.springtheatreworks.com.

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May 4: Singer/songwriter Tim Grimm, 8 pm, 7 pm, $10; May 1: Modern Life is War with 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Verismo, Midnight, $7. Slope, (718) 398-7301, www.gowanus.com. $10 adults, $6 children. Laila Lounge Death Before Dishonor and One Dead Three www.freddysbackroom.com. 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in BRIGHTON BEACH Wounded, 7 pm, $10; May 3: Kaow!, 7 pm, April 28: Groove Stu, Marcell and the Truth, April 28: Danica Newell, 9 pm, Gabe the Union Pool Scott Stone Operation, 8 pm, $12; April 29: Magnolia Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, $10; May 5: A benefit for the family of Monica Rothschild, 10 pm, Jam featuring Nick Beau- www.lailalounge.com. 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in National Songwriter’s Exchange with Adam Sweeney, 486 Sixth Ave. at Twelfth Street in Park Slope, Henk featuring Unsane, Indecision, Locked in doing of the Doc Marshalls, John Pinamonti, Tuesdays: Bluegrass Tuesdays, 9 pm, FREE; Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, Restaurant a Vacancy, Nervous System, Nassau Chain- Andrew Vladeck, In Flight Radio, 8:30 pm, $5. (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. Becky Birmingham, Andrew Schmidt, Hilary www.myspace.com/unionpool. Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE. Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase with 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton saw, 7 pm, $10. Biscuit BBQ and Mimi of Hogzilla, Jan Bell, and more, 11 an open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; April 28: Blend, April 28: “Saturday Night Prom!” featuring Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) pm, FREE; April 29: The Troubador Revue 10 pm, $TBD. Under the Enchantment with The Sea featur- 646-1225, www.come2national.com. Club Exit 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Melt with Satchel, 6 pm, Matt Singer, 7 pm, Annie ing Nicole Atkins & The Sea, 8 pm, $10 stag, Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue Slope, (718) 399-2161, www.biscuitbbq.com. 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Crane, 8 pm, Gene Back, 9 pm, Mark Yodice, The Lucky Cat $18 couples; April 29: The iOs, Enzo, Michael in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, Sundays: A Sunday Kind of Jazz with John Slope, (718) 230-5925. 10 pm, Bucky Hayes, 11 pm, FREE; April 30: Leviton, Spielfrau, 8 pm, $7; May 3: show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, $10; Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 Open Mic Poetry Night hosted by Darryl Summerbirds in the Cellar, Everyday Visuals, Fridays: Live Russian music and dance show, www.club-exit.com. Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Mondays: Debra and Mary’s Night on the Alladice, 7 pm, FREE. 9 pm, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Saturdays, Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, pm, FREE. www.theluckycat.com. Ivy League, All the Saints, 8 pm, $TBD; May 4: Town, 8:30 pm, $10; Tuesdays: Songwriters’ Langhorne Slim, Marcelles Hall & The Sundays: Live Russian music and dance show, $15 (ladies FREE until 11 pm). Sundays: Shul of Rock, 11 pm, FREE; Mon- Showcase hosted by Staci Rochwerg, 8:30 Headliners, Paleface & Just About to Burn, 8 7 pm, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). Perch Cafe RED HOOK days: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, 10 pm, $5 suggested donation; April 28: Argen- pm, $8; May 5: I Like Food, Food Tastes Studio B 365 Fifth Ave. at Fifth Street in Park Slope, pm, FREE: Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic tine Music with Julio Santillan Trio & Maria Good, a book release party with Chris Mills, 259 Banker St. at Calyer Street in Green- (718) 788-2830, The Hook Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hot BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Cangiano, 9 pm, $12; April 29: Biscuit Gabe Levine, and DJs, 5 pm, FREE. point, (718) 389-1880. www.myspace.com/theperchcafe. Popcorn featuring Binky Griptite & The Melo- Spoken Word Series hosted by Christine 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in May 3: Trans Am, Zombi, Psychic Paramount, April 28: Kat Devlin, 9 pm, $5 suggested matics, 10 pm, $TBD; Thursdays: Vic Thrill, 10 Magnetic Field Panas, 6 pm, FREE; May 2: Argentinean Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, 8 pm, $10. donation; April 29: “Catharsis,” an open mic, www.thehookmusic.com. pm, $TBD; April 28: DJ Daniel Collas and ESP Williamsburg 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Tango Night hosted by Annatina featuring 7 pm, $5 suggested donation; May 2: “Family Productions, 11 pm, FREE; April 29: Vegas Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, dance instruction, 7 pm, and dancing/milon- April 28: GNYC presents “Hooked On: New Music Center Dinner Night” featuring The Charasmatic Trio, 9 pm, $TBD; May 4: Naomi Davis & The www.magneticbrooklyn.com. ga, 8 pm, $12; May 3: James Carney Group, Bands #3” featuring The Orphans, 8 pm, Jen 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in GREENWOOD HEIGHTS Megaphonics, 6 pm, $5 suggested donation; Gospel Queens, 8 pm, $TBD, Sonny Oaks, 11 April 28: Glenn Mercer (of The Feelies), Wild 8:30 pm, $10; May 4: Jon Sobel: Soul of the Urban and The Box, 8:45 pm, Bad Girl Friend, Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. May 5: House of Iseness & Dumpster Hunter, pm, $TBD; May 5: Carter VanPelt Monthly Carnation, 8 pm, $10; April 30: A Halo Kitchen Bar Blues presents John Callaway & Michael 9:30 pm, L.C. Little Correy, 10:15 pm, Bleste- Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, $5. 9 pm, $5 suggested donation. nation, 11 pm, Uninvited Guests, 11:45 pm, Party with featured guests, 11 pm, $TBD. Theory, 8 pm, FREE; May 2: Dick Swizzle’s 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street in Costa, Mark Tolstrup, E, 9 pm, $10; May 5: $10; April 29: Liquid Shadows Entertainment Sudden Death Game Show, 8 pm, $5 per con- Greenwood Heights, (718) 499-5623, Celebrating Cinco de Mayo with Paul Carlon Zebulon Cafe Puppet’s Jazz Bar presents Hooked on Prog, Divinity Destroyed, testant; May 3: The Underthings, Chandler & www.kitchenbarny.com. Octet, 9 pm, $15. Luna Lounge 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in The Chasers, 8 pm, $7; May 4: The Subway 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, Angel Vivaldi, Turrigenous, 4 pm, $TBD; May 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Thursdays: Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE. (718) 499-2627, www.puppetsjazz.com. Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, Surfers with The Nematoads, 8 pm, $6; May 3: Emergenza Festival with Seasons Changing, Street in Williamsburg, (212) 260-2323, www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Brooklyn April 28: Bill Ware’s Pups Vibes, 9:15 pm, www.lunalounge.com. 5: Kentucky Derby Party, 3 pm, FREE. 7:30 pm, The Tip-Tronic, 8 pm, A Murder April 28: Meet the Cornerstones, 10 pm, FREE; Living Room 10:40 pm, Midnight, $10; April 30: Jaime Aff Conservatory of Among Friends, 8:30 pm, Lomaxx, 9 pm, The April 28: Chatham County Line, 8:30 pm, The April 29: Jim Waive and The Young Divorcees, Lounge Session, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, FREE;. Dangerous Ones, 9:30 pm, Section 8 Cartel, Kintters featuring John Doe, Exene Cervenka, CLINTON HILL Music 10 pm, FREE; April 30: A Zebulon Evening of 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Greenwood 10 pm, Between the Bridges, 10:30 pm, Avon Dave Alvin, Jonny Ray Bartel, D.J. Bonebrake, Indie-Rock with Keelay, 8 pm, The Raven 58 Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park Southpaw Junkies, 11 pm, Letters From Verona, 11:30 9:30 pm, $25, John Tejada, 11:55 pm, $15; Dakar Cafe Heights, (718) 499-1505. Slope, (718) 622-3300, www.bqcm.org. Mayhem, 9 pm, and Kyp Malone, 10 pm, FREE; Saturdays: DJ Kirt, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park pm, $15; May 4: Emergenza Festival with The April 29: Saxon Shore, 7:30 pm, A Northern May 1: Thought, 9 pm, Hylofi, 10 pm, FREE; 285 Grand St. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton April 29: Community Salon Series (communi- Cult Movie Night, 8 pm, FREE; Mondays: Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Step Right Ups, 7:30 pm, Hard Drive, The Chorus, 8:30 pm, Aereogramme, 9:30 pm, Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.granddakar.com. ty members and students invited to perform), May 2: Ches Smith & Andrea Parkins Improvi- Concerts on the big screen, 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: The Wreckroom, 8 pm, FREE; April Band, 8 pm, Witches in Bikinis, 8:30 pm, Fetal $14; May 1: Bang Gang, 8:30 pm, Kenna, 9:30 sation, 8 pm, Anistar, 10 pm, FREE; May 3: Sundays: DJ Contra Sounds, 6 pm, FREE; 6 pm, FREE. Wednesdays: Open Mic Night, 8:30 pm, 28: WFMU Free Music Series with Major Syndrome, 9 pm, Ajar, 9:30 pm, The Middle pm, $13 in advance, $15 day of the show; May Caveman, 10 pm, FREE; May 4: A Funk Night Tuesdays: Songhai Djeli, 8 pm, FREE; Wed- FREE; Thursdays: Live music, 8 pm, FREE; Stars, Jonathan Kanes February, Flaming Fire, Eight, 10 pm, The Montauk Project, 10:30 pm, 2: The Quick Flings, 7:30 pm, Hunt Club, 8:30 with Burnt Sugar, 10 pm, FREE; May 5: Boston nesdays: DJ Mohamed, 8 pm, FREE; Thurs- Cafe Steinhof Fridays: Karaoke, 8 pm, FREE. and DJ Rupture, 9 pm, FREE; April 29: Victoria’s Dying Secret, 11 pm, Bullet Society, pm, The Kiss Off, 9:30 pm, Mink, 10:30 pm, Afro-Beat Society, 10 pm, FREE. days: WBAI DJ Andrea Clark, 8 pm, FREE; 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, Casper & The Cookies, The Icicles, Taxi Taxi, 9 11:30 pm, $15; May 5: Emergenza Festival Fridays: Live band, 10 pm, FREE. (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. pm, $8; May 2: The Original Punk/Heavy with Soundeffect, 7:30 pm, The Genre, 8 pm, PARK SLOPE Wednesdays: Live music, 10:30 pm, FREE. Metal Karaoke Band, 9 pm, $5; May 3: The Broken, 8:30 pm, Clown Vomit, 9 pm, Eleven Reign Forty 3, 9:30 pm, 5 North, 10 pm, Dead and Bar4 Wreckroom, 8 pm, FREE; May 4: Toshi 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in Cattyshack Reagon & Biglovely, DLo, Skim Skima, Swati, Dreaming, 10:30 pm, Da Prospex, 11 pm, TALK TO US… Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344, 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park DJ Tikka Masala, and guest DJs, 8 pm, $20 in Blood From Stone, 11:30 pm, $15. www.myspace.com/reignlounge. Slope, (718) 832-9800. Slope, (718) 230-5740, advance, $25 day of the show; May 5: The To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include Saturdays: “Your Space Saturdays” with DJ April 29: TBD, 7 pm, The Pussy Palace, 9 pm, www.cattyshackbklyn.com. RUB with DJs Ayres, Cosmo Baker, and Hope and Anchor name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site Hud, 11 pm, FREE before 12:30 am, $20 after Liederkreiss, 10 pm, $5. Mondays: Open Psyche (open mic), 8 pm, Eleven, 10 pm, FREE. 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- 12:30 am. FREE, Chump Change, 10 pm, FREE; Tues- Hook, (718) 237-0276. formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are Barbes days: Trivia Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Tea Lounge Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozz- free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm Sputnik 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, Karaoke with Sherry Vine, 9 pm, FREE ($2 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park man, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: event details. 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. after 10 pm), Oink Boys Party (ladies welcome Slope, (718) 789-2762, Karaoke hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 Hill, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $10 sug- with sexy boys), 10 pm, $5; Thursdays: S— www.tealoungeny.com. pm, FREE. April 28, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM AWP 13 Re-souled A new singer puts her stamp on Brooklyn’s soul scene

By Danielle Douglas put a soulful spin on everything from for The Brooklyn Paper Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing” to Tears for Fears’ poptastic “Everybody mid the clamoring of glasses and Wants to Rule the World.” spurts of boisterous laughter typi- Not too many R&B singers would Acal of a Saturday night at Grand venture to cover campy ’80s fare like Dakar, a six-piece band set up instru- Journey, but Dene’t is undaunted. “It ments and microphone stands relatively doesn’t matter what the interpretation unnoticed. As one of the three micro- of those pieces are, they are really solid Belt it out: Rhonda Dene’t and her band bring soul classics and interpreta- phones began to songs that can tions of modern pop to Grand Dakar in Clinton Hill each Saturday night. sputter, the chan- lend themselves teuse giggled, MUSIC to any genre,” she seemingly sur- told GO Brook- by the artists she grew up listening to: ence. Previously, Dene’t had only per- The Rhonda Dene’t Project can be prised by the pow- heard every Saturday at Grand Dakar lyn. Stevie Wonder, Ella Fitzgerald and Du- formed with a bassist and percussionist, er of her voice. (285 Grand Ave. at Clifton Place in Clin- Besides, anyone ran Duran. “Music is suppose to make recruiting the full band once she landed “Good evening ton Hill) from 8 pm to midnight. No cov- who can riff like you feel good; bring joy and bliss,” said the weekly gig at Dakar. er. For information, call (718) 398-8900 everyone, pardon or visit www.granddakar.com. Aretha Franklin Dene’t. “And that’s what I hope to do.” Dene’t started performing at Grand the technical dif- could probably As in sync as the Rhonda Dene’t Dakar completely by chance. Dining ficulties as we breath new life Project is, it’s hard to believe that the there one night, she met Thian and warm up. I am Rhonda Dene’t and this into just about anything (even Journey). group has only been together for five gave him her demo CD. Within a few is the Rhonda Dene’t Project.” “Her sound is perfectly acclimated to weeks. But the outfit — comprised of days, Thian had booked her. And with a three count leading into a what we are trying to achieve here,” back-up singers Frank H. Carter III and “She has a wonderful voice that fits rendition of Anita Baker’s “Sweet said Grand Dakar’s owner, Pierre Thi- Pantera St. Montaigne, pianist Chris perfectly with the ambiance of the Love,” Dene’t and company kicked off an, “showcasing culture from the Forbes, bass player Phil “Sumi Su” restaurant,” said Thian. And whether an evening of eclectic selections. With- African Diaspora.” Smith and drummer Chuck Batton — it’s Donnie Hathaway or Depeche in a few hours, the vocalist managed to Denet says her music is influenced have a combined 35 years of experi- Mode, Dene’t has got it all covered.

piece of design and stops at Alumnae Association hosts a the Oriental Pavillion, the Vale reunion. All grades welcome. 9 of Cashmere, the Long am to 2 pm. Call for ticket info. 9 DAYS... Meadow and more. $15, $12, (718) 837-1807. $10 seniors and members. 1 PLANT SALE: Narrows Botanical Continued from page 2 pm. Meet at the intersection of Gardens offers plants and crafts Prospect Park West and Ninth for sale. Also, arts and crafts, Studio. 3 pm and 6 pm. See Street. (212) 439-1090. Sat., April 28. music and demos. 10 am to 3 MOONLIGHT, FLASHLIGHTS pm. Shore Road between 69th PAPER MOON PLAYERS: “Bravo AND FOOTLIGHTS: Walk fea- and 72nd streets. (718) 748-9848. Broadway!” 3:30 pm. See Sat., tures a sunset, live accordion April 28. OUTDOOR MARKET: at Flatbush music and nighttime visit to the Reformed Church. 10 am to 4 SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: Green-Wood Cemetery Cata- pm. Flatbush and Church “Annie Get Your Gun.” 7 pm. combs. Green-Wood historian avenues. (718) 284-5140. See Sat., April 28. Jeff Richman leads. $20, $10 SIDEWALK SALE: Clinton Avenue CHILDREN members. 7:30 pm. Meet at hosts a pre-Mother’s Day sale. Fifth Avenue and 25th Street. 10 am to 6 pm. Bring your own UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Family (631) 549-4891. entertainment features acts from table or blanket. Between around the world. $17.50 to $25 PERFORMANCE Greene and DeKalb avenues adults, $15.50 to $23 kids 10 along Clinton Avenue. (718) BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music 636-9263. and under. 1 pm, 4 pm and 7 presents Shakespeare’s “Cym- pm. Prospect Park. Enter park at beline,” a mix of fantasy and INDIE MARKET: Collective of Parkside and Ocean avenues. reality. $25 to $65. 2 pm and Brooklyn-based emerging www.universoulcircus.com. 7:30 pm. Harvey Theater, 651 designers show their wares of FAMILY CONCERT: Traditional Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. fashion, accessories, bath and South African Zulu music with beauty, pet gear, home-goods Set sail: Starting May 5, you can once more rent peddle boats SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: Fort and more. 11 am to 7 pm. Dan Zanes. $20, $10 kids. 2 at Prospect Park and enjoy an afternoon on the lake. A one- Hamilton High School Music pm. Kane Street Synagogue, Smith and Union Street. and Performing Arts Depart- www.brooklynindiemarket.com. 236 Kane St. (718) 965-1111. hour rental is $15 in addition to a refundable $10 deposit. ment presents “Annie Get Your Gun.” $10. 7 pm. 8801 Shore PARTY: Maple Street School hosts OTHER Rd. (718) 748-5200. a crawfish boil with all the fix- PET ADOPTION: Cats, kittens, Hamilton High School Music Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 9 am ings as a fundraiser. $45. 3:30 SALON SERIES: Brave New World pm to 7:30 pm. Cattyshack, 249 in dogs and puppies. Proof of ID and Performing Arts Depart- to Noon. See Tues, May 2. Galleries DUMBO Repertory Theater presents a Fourth Ave. (718) 638-4599. and adoption fee required. 1 ment presents “Annie Get Your SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: rehearsed reading of Shakes- Only Three Spaces Left call Zannah Mass 718.222.2500 pm to 5 pm. Lutheran Family Gun.” $10. 4 pm. 8801 Shore “Annie Get Your Gun.” 4:30 peare’s “Much Ado About OBJECT IMAGE GALLERY: pres- Two Trees www.dumbo-newyork.com Center, 6025 Sixth Ave., at Rd. (718) 748-5200. pm. See Sat., May 5. Nothing.” $18. Dinner at 7:30 ents an exhibit “The Printed 60th St. (718) 986-1362. CAREGIVER WORKSHOP: Hands pm; reading at 8 pm. Call for Image III,” an exhibit of etch- BRIC LAB: Jazz vocalist Ayelet ing, litographs, relief prints and CAFE STEINHOF: presents the on talk offers practical ways of Rose Gottlieb sings. 8 pm. See reservations and private home movie: “Popeye” (1980). 10:30 overcoming barriers in provid- location. (212) 333-7728. monotypes by 10 artists. Noon Sat., May 5. to 5 pm. 91 Fifth Ave. (718) pm. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) ing personal care such as UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Family BRIC LAB: Jazz vocalist Ayelet 369-7776. Free. bathing, feeding and dressing Rose Gottlieb sings. $12, $10. 8 623-2434. Free. 111 Front Street entertainment. 10:30 am and RECEPTION: Show by artist Josh SILENT AUCTION: PLG Arts hosts for a loved one. 6 pm to 8 pm. 7:30 pm. See Sat., May 5. pm. 647 Fulton St. (718) 855- 5+5 Gallery | Brooklyn Arts Council | Henry Gregg Gallery ArtBid 11225, a silent auction Park Slope Geriatric Day 7882, ext. 53. George at the Garage Gallery. benefit. Final day to place a Center, 1 Prospect Park West. PAPER MOON PLAYERS: pres- 6 pm to 9 pm. 291 Eighth St. | s.e.e.dgallery | Safe-T-Gallery | Wessel + O’Connor Fine Art | (718) 768-1235. Free. bid. 9 am to 7 pm. K-Dog and (718) 499-7701, ext. 117. Free. FRI, MAY 4 ents “Bravo Broadway!” a musi- Dunebuggy Cafe, 43 Lincoln BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music cal celebration of classic songs SHOW AND TELL: Congregation Underbridge Pictures | Nelson Hancock Gallery | Gloria Kennedy Gallery Beth Elohim presents its sev- Rd. To bid online, http://www. presents Shakespeare’s “Cym- BRIDGE WALK: Big Onion Walk- from hit Broadway shows. $10, | GALLERY twenty-four | Sankaranka Gallery | Flavors Gallery | and visit damelioterras.com/room. Enter beline,” a mix of fantasy and ing Tours takes a walk over the $8 seniors. 8 pm. Emmanuel enth annual members and staff username: Lefferts, password: reality. $25 to $65. 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Bridge and through Episcopal Church, 2635 E. 23rd art show featuring their work of 30 Washington Street d.u.m.b.o arts center auction. For more info, contact Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. Brooklyn Heights. $15, $12 St. (718) 641-5341. over 30 artists. 7 pm to 10 pm. [email protected]. (718) 636-4100. seniors, $10 students and IMPACT THEATER: presents Garfield Place and Eighth 92 Plymouth Street Smack Mellon Gallery LECTURE: Society of Old Brook- members. 1 pm. Meet at the “Orphans.” $15, $12 students. Avenue. (718) 768-3814. Free. lynites presents real estate southeast corner of Broadway 8 pm. 190 Underhill Ave. (917) 37 Main Street The powerHouse Arena MON, APRIL 30 manager Bob Oliver in a talk & Chambers Street, at City Hall 250-1688. “44 Court Street - Brooklyn’s Park. (212) 439-1090. FIRST WEEKEND: Brooklyn Arts SUN, MAY 6 CONCERT: St. Francis College Early Skyscraper.” 7:30 pm to SABBATH ACROSS AMERICA: Exchange hosts a new perform- DUMBO_come see what they see presents a program of guitar 9:30 pm. Supreme Court Members of all Jewish denomi- ance and discussion series fea- OUTDOORS AND TOURS music. 12:30 pm. 180 Remsen Building, Court and Montague nations celebrate this nationally turing works by KC Chun- EARLY BIRD WALK: at the Pros- St. (718) 489-5372. Free. streets. (212) 542-3344. Free. orchestrated program. East Manning/ Fresh Blood Produc- SEMINAR FOR THE ARTS: Brook- pect Park Audubon Center. 8 CONCERT: The Manhattan Re- Midwood Jewish Center hosts tions. Others. $15, $10 mem- am to 10 am. Enter park at lyn Arts Council hosts “Sharing corder Orchestra and Chelsea a dinner. $15, $6 kids. 6 pm. bers, $8 low-income. 8 pm. 421 Our Art, Embracing Our Youth: Lincoln Road and Ocean Winds presents “Winds on the 1625 Ocean Ave. (718) 338-3800. Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Free. Information Session for BAC Heights,” featuring Renaissance, BARNES AND NOBLE: hosts a GALLERY PLAYERS: presents HOUSE TOUR: Clinton Hill Society Artists.” Learn how artists can baroque, classical and contem- reading with author Lisa Gar- “Victor/ Victoria.” $18, $14 sen- develop workshops for youths porary music for recorders. $15. hosts its 2007 house tour. Noon rigues. 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh iors and kids. 8 pm. 199 14th to 5 pm. Call for information. in conjunction with the Brook- 8 pm. St. Ann and the Holy Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. St. (212) 352-3101. lyn Public Library’s Central branch. Trinity Church, 157 Montague (917) 691-4313. HARPSICHORD MUSIC: Recital BARGEMUSIC: Matinee concert HISTORIC HOUSE TOUR: hosted 4 pm to 6 pm. Grand Army St. (917) 538-8336. featuring a program by Haydn Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. by harpsichordist Rebecca by PS 29’s PTA. Tour includes BARGEMUSIC: concert featuring Pechefsky. Admission by do- and Mozart. $30, $15 students. “Combining Spa & Wellness with Medicine” classical music by Liszt, Schu- homes in Carroll Gardens and nation. 8 pm. Brooklyn Friends Noon. Also, evening concert Cobble Hill. $20. 1 pm to 4 pm. bert, Tchaikovsky, and others. Meeting House, 110 Scher- features a program of works by UES AY Tour starts at Guido Funeral T , M 1 $35, $30 seniors, $20 students. merhorn St. (718) 399-9560. Haydn, Dvorak and Mozart. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Home, 440 Clinton St. Sorry, no GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Singer- $40. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry contact phone number. UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Family en- Old Fulton Street at the East Landing, Old Fulton Street at tertainment features acts from River. (718) 624-2083. songwriter Tim Grimm per- GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Big forms. $10, $6 kids. 8 pm. the East River. (718) 624-2083. around the world. $17.50 to $25 UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Family Onion Walking Tours offers an adults, $15.50 to $23 kids 10 Brooklyn Society for Ethical intro to the history, architecture entertainment. 10:30 am and Culture, 53 Prospect Park CHILDREN and under. 10:30 am and 7:30 7:30 pm. See Sat., May 5. SPRING CARNIVAL: Families First and people of Brooklyn’s land- pm. Prospect Park. Enter park at West. (718) 768-2972. marked cemetery. $15, $12 sen- BARGEMUSIC: concert featuring 22nd annual event. Highlights Parkside and Ocean avenues. include old-fashioned arcade iors, $10 students and New York www.universoulcircus.com. HURS AY classical music by Ibert, Haydn, Historical Society remembers. 1 T , M 3 Martinu, Glinka, Rachmaninov games, kid-friendly foods, silent MEXICAN DANCE: Brooklyn auction and entertainment. 10 pm. Meet at Fifth Avenue and PHYSICIAN-DIRECTED Public Library’s New Utrecht GOLF OUTING: Bishop Kearney and Debussy. Royal am to late afternoon. 250 Baltic 25th Street. (212) 439-1090. Also, branch hosts a dance work- hosts its 13th annual event at Concertgebouw Concert St. (718) 237-1862. Brooklyn Center for Urban shop. 3:30 pm. 1743 86th St. North Hills Country Club in Ensemble performs. $50, $25 Environment hosts the tour MASSAGE THERAPY • FACIAL/SKINCARE SERVICES • LASER HAIR REDUCTION students. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry FAMILY BRUNCH: BAM Cafe “Written in Stone: Tales of Green- (718) 236-4086. Free. Manhasset. Call for info. (718) hosts a brunch for children ages LASER FOTO-FACIAL REJUVENATION • ANTI-AGING TREATMENTS MARKETING ON A BUDGET: 236-6363. Landing, Old Fulton Street at Wood.” Visit monuments and the East River. (718) 624-2083. 8 to 12 and their significant mausoleums and hear stories LIFE-STYLE MODIFICATION PROGRAMS • SPORTS MEDICINE Church Avenue Merchants AWARD NIGHT: Brooklyn Center adults. Kid friendly food, live Business Association hosts a for the Performing Arts hosts its DRAWING CLASS: Workshop fea- about permanently entombed PHYSICAL THERAPY • PAIN MANAGEMENT • NUTRITION COUNSELING music and a discussion with residents. $13, $10 members, $8 class for small businesses. 6 pm seventh annual Ovation Awards tures female models. Short poses authors about jazz. $20, $15 ACUPUNCTURE • AESTHETIC/PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY to 8:30 pm. 884 Flatbush Ave. to benefit performing arts pro- for artists. $10. 8 pm to mid- seniors and students. 1 pm to children. 11:30 am to 2 pm. 30 3:30 pm. Meet at 25th Street and Pre-registration necessary. (718) gramming and arts education night. Retreat Lounge, 147 Front Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. St., 2nd floor. artisticrevolution@ Fifth Avenue. (718) 788-8500. 71 Carroll Street Brooklyn, NY 11231 • 718.797.9797 • www.lomawellness.com 282-2500, ext. 242. Free. that Brooklyn Center presents to UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Family en- DINNER MEETING: The Colum- families. $400 per ticket. 6 pm. gmail.com SALUTE TO ISRAEL PARADE: tertainment features acts from 59th annual Independence Day bian Lawyers Association of Palm House, Brooklyn Botanic SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: around the world. $17.50 to $25 Brooklyn hosts a meeting. Ho- Garden, 1000 Washington Ave. “Annie Get Your Gun.” 7 pm. Parade. 11 am to 5 pm. Fifth Church presents “La Divina adults, $15.50 to $23 kids 10 B’H norable Lucindo Suarez, Pre- (718) 951-4600, ext. 21. See Sat., May 5. and under. Noon, 4:30 pm and 8 Avenue, from 57th Street to Commedia.” Musicians perform siding Justice of the Appellate EXHIBIT: Brooklyn Arts Council UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: Family pm. Prospect Park. Enter park at 72nd Street, NYC. selections from Dante’s time. 4 Term, First Judicial District. He presents “Photography and entertainment. 10:30 am and Parkside and Ocean avenues. GALLERY WALK: Jerry’s Jewish pm. St. Augustine Church, 116 At the core of Jewish spirituality is developing offers a talk “Summary Jury Contemporary Tactics,” an ex- 7:30 pm. See Sat., May 5. www.universoulcircus.com. Singles 21 plus takes a gallery Sixth Ave. Call for more info. your own ability to “be a blessing.” Trials.” 6 pm. Rex Manor, 1100 hibit that explores photogra- BAM: Shakespeare’s “Cymbe- AUTHOR TALK: Brooklyn Public hop through Williamsburg. Visit (917) 544-9514. Free. 60th St. Reservations required. phy’s impact on traditional line.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., May 5. Library’s Brooklyn Heights about a dozen galleries. $10. 1:15 BAM: Shakespeare’s “Cymbe- Call for fee info. (718) 875-0158. media. 6 pm to 8 pm. BAC Gal- FIRST WEEKEND: at Brooklyn Arts branch presents children’s pm. Meet at Figureworks, 168 line.” 3 pm. See Sat., May 5. KABBALAH: Congregation B’nai lery, 111 Front St. (718) 625- Exchange. 8 pm. See Sat., May 5. author Johanna Hurwitz. 2:30 N. Sixth St. (732) 470-5746. IMPACT THEATER: “Orphans.” 3 KABBALAH Avraham hosts a talk “The Art 0080. Free. IMPACT THEATER: “Orphans.” 8 pm. 280 Cadman Plaza West. PERFORMANCE pm. See Sat., May 5. of Blessing” with Rabbi Yakov DINNER DANCE: United Pro- pm. See Sat., May 5. (718) 623-7100. Free. PAPER MOON PLAYERS: “Bravo Travis. $7. 7:30 pm to 9 pm. gressive Democratic Club hosts VOCAL RECITAL: Tenor Martin REUNION: Bensonhurst’s PS 212, BARNES AND NOBLE: Learn how Kugler sings from the repertoire Broadway!” 3:30 pm. See Sat., & The Art of Blessing 117 Remsen St. Advance regis- its 41st annual event. 6:30 pm. fourth grade class of Miss to use common kitchen gadg- May 5. tration recommended. (718) Rex Manor, 1100 60th St. Call of sacred music. $10 donation. with Rabbi Yakov Travis, Ph.D Graffeo (1961 to 1962), is hold- ets for a variety of food and 2 pm. St. Francis Xavier Church, 596-4840. for ticket info. (718) 449-7042. ing a reunion. For information, craft projects with author Pam CHILDREN BARNES AND NOBLE: hosts a BARNES AND NOBLE: hosts a Carroll Street and Sixth Avenue. classmates should call Marilyn Abrams. She demonstrates (718) 638-1880. MUSICAL: Ridge Repertory Com- fiction writing workshop. 7:30 panel reading with several Rosenberg at (973) 379-1963. from her kid’s book “Gadgeto- pany presents “Class Clown.” pm. 267 Seventh Ave. (718) authors. 6:30 pm. 267 Seventh logy.” 3 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. MATINEE OPERA: Regina Opera $12 adults, $10 children. 11 am Tuesday, May 1, 2007, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm 832-9066. Free. Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. (718) 832-9066. Free. Company presents “Swing and 2 pm. Bay Ridge Jewish Along Broadway,” a concert of Congregation B’nai Avraham 117 Remsen St., Brooklyn Heights WORKER BEES: Brooklyn Young SAT, MAY 5 Center, Fourth Avenue and Filmmakers Center continues OTHER Broadway selections. $10, $5 81st Street. (718) 836-3103. WEDS, MAY 2 its second annual “Careers in FIRST SATURDAY: Brooklyn Mu- teens, free for children. 3 pm. MUSIC FOR FAMILIES: Brooklyn · Discover the Power of Blessing · Film” with a talk: “How to Be- OUTDOORS AND TOURS seum hosts its monthly event of Regina Hall, corner of 65th Street Conservatory of Music presents PLANT SALE: Annual event at come a Worker Bee in NYC’s SALT MARSH: Urban Park First Saturdays. Tonight’s pro- and 12th Avenue. (718) 232-3555. The Latin Jazz Sextet. $10, $5 · Open Up to the Flow of Blessing · Brooklyn Botanic Garden. One- Film Industry.” Today’s talk is Rangers hosts an early morning gram features a mix of music CONCERT: The Canby Singers, an children and seniors. 4 pm. 58 stop shopping for all garden on hair, makeup and wardrobe. birding walk. 8 am. Salt Marsh and culture. Dance with Sugar a cappella chorus, performs Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. · Explore Practices for Channeling Blessing · needs; thousands of plants on Learn what is involved in the Nature Center, 3302 Ave. U. Salon at 5 pm. 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(718) 935-0490. deposit. Noon to 5 pm. Woll- to 8 pm. Bhangra dance party concert features a program of of the Fulton Street, Fulton Street Charge $5 in advance / $7 on the night John Jantsch, author of “Duct BAM: Shakespeare’s “Cymbe- man Rink. Enter the park at with live drum music from 9 pm works by Haydn, Dvorak and Mall, DeKalb Avenue and Tape Marketing: The World’s line.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., May 5. Lincoln Road and Ocean to 11 pm. Event runs from 5 pm Mozart. $40. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry Albee Square West. Noon to 4 Most Practical Small Business Also, BAM Dialogue with direc- Avenue. www.prospectpark.org. to 11 pm. 200 Eastern Pkwy. Landing, Old Fulton Street at pm. (866) 99-ASTHMA. Free. Marketing Guide.” $75. 9 am tor Declan Donnellan. $8, $4 DUTCH ARCHITECTURE: Tour (718) 638-5000. Free. the East River. (718) 624-2083. BROOKLYN FILMMAKERS: 41st RSVP: to 2:30 pm. Grand Prospect friends of BAM. 6 pm. 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Heights Players, 26 Willow Pl. Boulevard. Reservations re- 253 Conover St. (718) 625-8211. 117 Remsen Street – Brooklyn, NY 11201 or more. Send your listing by e-mail: [email protected]; by mail: LECTURE: St. Francis College lec- (718) 522-0553. quired. (718) 789-2822, ext. 12. SHOW AND TELL: Congregation ture on the Indian middle class. IMPACT THEATER: “Orphans.” Free. GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Paper, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, Beth Elohim presents its sev- (718) 596-4840 Ext.18 12:20 pm to 1:45 pm. 180 Rem- $15, $12 students. 8 pm. 190 PROSPECT PARK WALK: Big NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space enth annual members and staff sen St. (718) 489-5214. Free. Underhill Ave. (917) 250-1688. Onion Walking Tours explains available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. art show. 10 am to 2 pm. See www.bnaiavraham.com SCHOOL PERFORMANCE: Fort PLANT SALE: Annual event at why Prospect Park is a master- Sat., May 4. 14 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 April 28, 2007 April 28, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 15

OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Good Bloomy,bad Bloomy

HE TWO FACES of Mayor Bloomberg are cent of which would be below-market-rate — is PlaNYC proposal says. again on display. One day, the mayor is one the very essence of good public planning, a de- Whether you support Atlantic Yards or not, T of the nation’s leading advocates of envi- velopment that is being built by one of the city’s the fact remains that the state and the city will- ronmentally sound, community-sensitive, sensi- most-respected housing advocacy groups (the fully ignored the very community planning ble development. The next day, he’s a backroom Pratt Area Community Council) and one of our process Good Bloomy is now promoting. Be- crony greasing the wheels for a developer who best architecture firms (FXFowle). fore the state handed over the Vanderbilt rail ignored the community. The result, we believe, will benefit the com- yards to Bruce Ratner, a coalition of elected of- Let’s start with “Good Bloomy.” munity and add hundreds of units of affordable ficials, residents and planners in Prospect On Sunday, the mayor gave a great Earth Day housing, yet not overburden the surrounding Heights and Fort Greene put forth a blueprint speech that laid out an intelligent, cohesive vi- area. for a development that was exactly the kind of So where was Good Bloomy when his ad- project Good Bloomy is now championing. sion for how the city will accommodate an ex- ministration ignored community concerns and pected influx of one million more residents, yet rubberstamped Bruce Ratner’s plan to deck Yet Bad Bloomy is still defending Atlantic do so in an environmentally sensitive way. over a state railyard and build the densest cen- Yards — though now that Good Bloomy is He spoke of decking over highways and rail sus tract in the country? hawking PlaNYC, his Deputy Mayor Dan yards for new housing — and listening to com- Indeed, Good Bloomy’s speech on Sunday Doctoroff is at least sounding a bit more con- munity concerns about what that housing should suggested that the process that created Atlantic ciliatory. look like and whom it should benefit. Yards is exactly what he doesn’t want to hap- “I think [Atlantic Yards] is an extreme case,” Good Bloomy was still on display on Mon- pen again. he said on WNYC this week. “We don’t do day, when the mayor’s office announced that it “As our search for land becomes more anything, anymore, really, without consulting had selected a developer for the site of a former pressing in the coming decades, we must be the community.” brig near the Brooklyn Navy Yard. prepared to work with communities to explore Let’s hope he’s right. If so, the city will see This plan for 484-units of housing — 77 per- the potential of these sites,” the mayor’s more of Good Bloomy and less of Bad Bloomy. Cristian Fleming

LETTERS Cash and carry: Reader warns of deep pockets

To the editor, I can understand a person’s carrying an Regarding your recent story on Rep. and ’80s, when all those new brownstoners that viewed blind self-indulgence and self- I know we’re supposed to blame the ATM card, a driver’s license and a job ID. Yvette Clarke’s lone vote against renaming came together at the Club’s social functions absorption as things to be reviled, not things perps and not the victims when crimes are But aren’t the victims encouraging the crim- that library on Ellis Island after Bob Hope under the leadership of Dino Veronese. to be celebrated. Delivery Opt out committed, but in your last issue, you re- inals by ambling about with thousands in (“No Hope for Yvette,” April 14). I bet if There were no bounds to his devotion to Blaine Hislop, Calgary, Alberta Every week, we deliver copies of The ported that a woman lost $3,000, her birth cash? Harvey Karten, Downtown they wanted to name the center after Martin the club and its members, and because of Brooklyn Paper to homes throughout certificate, and her Social Security card at Luther King that Clarke would have had no his efforts, the Montauk Club remains Brownstone Brooklyn. Our unique sys- 5:15 pm in Downtown Brooklyn (“Elderly problem. What in heavens name does Bob around to be enjoyed by a new generation. Save the Promenade tem limits deliveries to just a few pa- lady snagged in pimple scam,” Brooklyn No excuses! Hope have to do with slavery? He has as Mary Lee Bedford, Bay Ridge To the editor, pers per building (eliminating the kind Heights-Downtown Edition, April 14). To the editor, much to do with it as you or I. Looking over the four proposals your pa- of clutter caused by circular and menu That is the past; history is supposed to be per presented last week, I choose the tunnel delivery services). used as a lesson, not an excuse. Clarke is Visa Narrows? proposal, number 3 (“Heights bridge to the We hope everyone appreciates our just mean-spirited. Bob Hope came here To the editor, future,” April 14). free home delivery, but realize there are legally as a small child, and made himself The tolls on the Verrazano Bridge are out of Please tell planners not to mess with the exceptions to every rule. 3 cheers for Herbie the Hereford into an icon through hard work and determi- control. To help reduce the toll — which is $9! Brooklyn Heights Promenade. So, if you’ve received The Paper at nation. — I think Mayor Bloomberg should sell the I do not live in Brooklyn, but Brooklyn home and no longer want this free It is a wonder that any kids progress to- service, you may “opt out” of our deliv- To the editor, naming rights to the bridge to a large compa- lives in me. day considering the doom-and-gloom rheto- ery program by filling out the online I really appreciated Matthew Lysiak’s update on ny like Citibank, Bank of America or Visa. Reginald Wieczerzak, Chelsea ric they are fed. What would Martin Luther If sports arenas and stadiums can do it, why form at BrooklynPaper.com/html/about/ Herbie the Hereford (“Herbie the cow in Hereford optout.html Heaven,” Bay Ridge Edition, April 7), the slaugh- King, Frederick Douglass, and Rosa Parks not a bridge? It may not defray the full cost of terhouse bovine who had a beef and then went on think? Ha! the toll, but perhaps bring it down to $5. Help the competition the lam. As for Bob Hope, he visited all the I hope someone will form an exploratory Gersh Kuntzman’s thoroughly enjoyable The cute picture of Herbie reminded me that this troops, not only white soldiers. When the committee! article detailing Illinois Sen. Barack Oba- Send a letter was simply an animal who never meant to do any- bill passes, Rep. Clarke will be only one Joseph P. Martino, Bay Ridge ma’s increasing popularity in Brooklyn By e-mail: [email protected] color: yellow — the color of a lemon. one harm, yet only got noticed by the public be- (“Obamania hits Brooklyn,” The Brooklyn By mail: Letters Editor, The Brooklyn Janet Di Bernardo, Park Slope cause he ran away. Angle, April 7) hit all the right notes. Paper, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY That picture reminded me that one some level, Blame the boomers But is it “Obamania” as Mr. Kuntman 11201. To the editor, we are all Herbie — trapped animals seeking a way writes, or “Obamamania?” as I have seen By fax: (718) 834-9278. out of our fates. Credit where due If this hero professor from the Virginia elsewhere? All letters must be signed and include Just seeing a picture of Herbie — living free and To the editor, Tech massacre had been a baby boomer, we I, for one, think “Obamamania” sounds It was a pleasure to read that the Mon- know exactly what he would have done: the writer’s home address and phone easy in the country — gives me reassurance that better. Please advise. number (only the writer’s name and maybe we can all be so successful at shaking off tauk Club is thriving in 2007 (“New blood pushed aside those kids and saved himself Jotham Sederstrom, Prospect Heights neighborhood are published with the let- the chains of our daily lives. tries to save Slope’s Montauk Club,” April (“Killer’s toll felt here,” April 14). The writer is a reporter for the New York Daily News. ter). Letters may be edited and will not Any chance I can get you to publish another 14). However, your article skipped over an Thankfully for the 10 young lives that the Editor’s note: Don’t they have a style book at the be returned. The earlier in the week you Herbie shot? Reginald Perine, Bay Ridge We’ll do anything for our readers. important portion of its history: the 1970s professor saved, he was part of a generation Daily News? Ours says “Obamania.” send your letter, the better. HELP THE PLANET. GO GREEN.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS Deals on FLORIDA, JAMAICA, SUMMONS AND NOTICE OF OBJECT OF ACTION Index No. 36628/2006. SUMMONS WITH NOTICE. Kings County is designated by Plaintiff as Stewart J. Diamond, Esq. Check out our inventory: ALLPOINTSRE.COM STATE OF NEW YORK SUPREME COURT: COUNTY OF KINGS the place of trial. Venue is based on CPLR Sec. 509. MEXICO, VEGAS and much more ------X OFFICE NADRICHTRAVELS All Points Real Estate EMC MORTGAGE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, ELEANA MAKAROVA, Plaintiff — against — LEV FLAKSMAN, Defendant. LOCATED AT 347-632-2426 vs. PHILLIP L. BOYD, et al. ACTION FOR A DIVORCE, TO DEFENDANT FLAKSMAN: A23 80 Livingston St. (near Court Street) 111 Livingston St., Suite 1110, Bklyn, NY ACTION TO FORECLOSE A MORTGAGE YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve a copy of (718) 858-6100 INDEX NO.: 38123/06 your answer, or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, to serve a notice of appear- E18 ance, on Plaintiff’s Attorneys within twenty (20) days after the service of this summons, exclu- (718) 210-4738 Mortgaged Premises: 246 LINCOLN AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY 11208 Merchandise For Sale sive of the day of service (or within thirty (30) days after the service is complete if this summons A31-10 SBL #: is not personally delivered to you within the State of New York); and in case of your failure to Florida Agents BLOCK 4149, LOT 30 answer or appear, judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Wood dersFurniture ------X notice set forth below and in the compaint. 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NOTICE OF SALE — SUPREME COURT: KINGS COUNTY email: [email protected] A29 The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication, pursuant to an order of HON. DLJ MORTGAGE CAPITAL, INC., Plaintiff(s) vs. RAUL HARVEY, et al., Defendant(s) LOOKING TO BUY ABRAHAM G. GERGES a Judge of the SUPREME Court of the State of New York, dated the Attorney (s) for Plaintiff (s): ROSICKI, ROSICKI & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 26 Harvester Avenue, INSTALLATIONS FROM COOL FUNKY RETRO 13th day of March, 2007 and filed with the Complaint in the Office of the KINGS County Clerk, Batavia New York 14020 (585) 815-0288 TO COUNTRY STUFF in the City of Brooklyn. Pursuant to judgment of foreclosure and sale entered herein on or about March 19, 2007, I will AND FINE ANTIQUES The object of this action is to foreclose a mortgage upon the premises described below, exe- 212 619-3132 ONE ITEM TO ENTIRE ESTATES sell at Public Auction to the highest bidder at In Room 261 of Kings County Supreme Court, cuted by PHILLIP L. BOYD dated the 30th day of May, 2006, for $456,000.00 which mortgage 360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, New York. was recorded in the KINGS County Clerk's Office on the 8th day of August, 2006, at CABLESANDCHIPSINC.COM 718-638-5770 LEGAL NOTICES On May 31, 2007 at 3:00 PM. Premises known as 393 Warwick Street, Brooklyn, New York 11207 Instrument No. 2006000447345; Said mortgage is to be assigned by an Assignment to be 217 - 5th Ave (Union/Pres. Sts.) recorded in the Office of the Clerk of KINGS County. ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of A31-03 A28 IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. CASE NO.: 2007-DR-22-081 Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New York. NOTICE OF PUBLICATION The property in question is described as follows: 246 LINCOLN AVENUE, BROOKLYN, NY COMPUTER SOLUTIONS STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF GEORGETOWN 11208. SEE ATTACHED DESCRIPTION. DATED: April 12, 2007 Block: 3999. Lot: 5. As more particularly described in the judgment of foreclosure and sale. Jackson Bromell and Dorothy Bromell, Plaintiff, vs. Anthia Bromell, Keith Vaughn, John Doe, Defendant Steven J.Baum, P.C., Attorney(s) For Plaintiff(s), 220 Northpointe Parkway, Suite G, Amherst, Sold subject to all of the terms and conditions contained in said judgment and terms of sale. Firewall Protection - Network Installation NY 14228 Approximate amount of judgment $417,681.52 plus interest and costs. INDEX NO. 11587/06 (wired and wireless), Virus and Spyware To advertise on this IN THE INTEREST OF: Anatashia Marie Vaughn and Keith Tyrell Vaughn, minors under the age of John Dechiaro, Esq., REFEREE BP17-20 Removal - System and Hardware Upgrades, twelve (12) years SCHEDULE A DESCRIPTION Repair and General Maintenance, On-site page, call ADAM TO: KEITH VAUGHN AND JOHN DOE Block 4149 and Lot 30 NOTICE OF SALE. SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS. Service - Se habla español. Free estimate. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the original complaint in the above entitled action, together with the ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erect- TREUHOLD CAPITAL GROUP LLC, as assignee of INTERBAY FUNDING LLC, AS SERVICER FOR WACH- (917) 415-6807 at (718) 834-9350 foregoing Summons, was filed in the Office of Clerk of Court, Georgetown County Courthouse, 129 ed, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, City and State of New OVIA BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, Screven Street, PO Box 421270, Georgetown, SC 29442 on February 15, 2007. York, bounded and described as follows: v. CRIMINAL COURT OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK, et al., Defendants. Index No. 28180/03 www.praxisinfo.biz Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale granted herein on March 19, 2007, I the undersigned, A42 ext 109 Jan B. Bromell, P.A., Attorney for Plaintiff BEGINNING at a point on the Westerly side of Lincoln Avenue, distant 534 feet 4-1/2 inches By: Jan B. Holmes, 417 Wood Street, Georgetown, South Carolina (843) 546-6818 Northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of Westerly side of Lincoln Avenue and the the Referee in said Judgment named, will sell at public auction in Room 261 at 360 Adams Street, Northerly side of Atlantic Avenue; Brooklyn, New York, County of Kings, State of New York, on May 17, 2007 at 3:00 pm of that day, the March 8th, 2007 premises directed by said Judgment to be sold and therein described as follows: ------RUNNING THENCE Westerly and at right angles to Lincoln Avenue and part of the distance IN THE FAMILY COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT. CASE NO.: 2007-DR-22-081 through a party wall, 87 feet 6 inches; Said premises being shown as and by street address 44 Christopher Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11212. Over 100 Services on our District Section 12 Block 3692 Lot 22. Said premises are sold subject to the terms and conditions of the Summons for Publication. Termination of Paternal Rights and Adoption THENCE Northerly and parallel with Lincoln Avenue, 20 feet; STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF GEORGETOWN filed Judgment and ther Terms of Sale. Approximate amount of Judgment $391,978.31. THENCE Easterly again at right angles to Lincoln Avenue, 7 feet 6 inches to the Westerly side of Classified & Home Jackson Bromell and Dorothy Bromell, Plaintiffs, vs. Anthia Bromell, Keith Vaughn, John Doe Dated: Westbury, New York, April 10, 2007. Keith Robert Santillo, Esp., Referee Lincoln Ave. IN THE INTEREST OF: Anatashia Marie Vaughn and Keith Tyrell Vaughn, minors under the age of Adam E. 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