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By Megan Riesz the virtues of the shred center. adorned overhang, and the other, connected The Brooklyn Paper “This 26-acre restoration of Lakeside builds rink out in the open. Shake the dust off those skates and tape on the park’s natural beauty — and helps re- A cafe will serve burgers, milk-shakes, up your hockey sticks. store the park’s original vision — while also and salads. But however exciting the eat- Workers are putting the final touches on including modern amenities and green infra- ery’s menu is, it will not help when it comes Prospect Park’s long-awaited ice skating com- structure that will help sustain the park for to getting a health department certification plex and we got a got a sneak peek at the regal years to come,” Bloomberg said. in time for the opening. Without it, the cafe rinks that await. Outgoing Mayor Bloomberg The Samuel J. and Ethel LeFrak Center at may be shuttered on the big day and the park

Photo by Paul Martinka stopped by Tuesday’s ribbon cutting as part of Lakeside will boast two 450-capacity rinks, may call in food trucks for reinforcements, Kids christened the LeFrak Center rinks at the ribbon-cutting ceremony on Dec. 17. a citywide legacy-cementing tour and touted one equipped for hockey under a starry-night- See RINK on page 9 Whole new shopping ‘tude First-day megastore shoppers say they’ll buy less at local supermarkets

By Megan Riesz things less that I buy there that The Brooklyn Paper I’ll buy here now.” Whole Foods is bringing a Some 300 shoppers gathered whole lot of competition to Brook- outside the gleaming edifice on lyn grocers. Third Avenue at Third Street for The long-awaited Gowanus a first look. Out front, ample bike Whole Foods Market, Brook- parking is overtaken by Christ- lyn’s first, opened its doors at 8 mas tree sellers. Inside, the roof- on Tuesday morning, letting in top greenhouse was still off-lim- a crush of hungry kale seekers, its, but first-wave shoppers got to some of whom said they will be browse records and jewelry along trading trips to their old standby with their heirloom tomatoes. stores for the one-stop-organic- The prices that earned the re- shopping experience of the spank- tailer the nickname “Whole Pock- ing new chain outlet alongside etbook” were in full effect, but the fetid Gowanus Canal. the huge selection, including 100 “I’ve been hoping for Whole special-to-the-store products by Foods since we moved here three local brands, is too tantalizing years ago,” said Windsor Terrace to ignore, said attendees. Some resident Deb Lynch, who is plan- shoppers worried that other out- ning to spend less time at Fair- lets will suffer — but only to a Photo by Stefano Giovannini way Market in Red Hook now point. Mike Tyson signing books in Bedford-Stuyvesant. that the green machine is open. Photo by Elizabeth Graham “I’m concerned about Fair- “I think I’ll still go to Fairway, Borough President Markowitz, center, and Assemblywoman Joan Millman, far left, were on way, but I think the price point but maybe there will be a few hand to break bread with Whole Foods Market honchos at the store’s Dec. 17 opening. See WHOLE on page 10 Face time Mike Tyson gets a hero’s Subway fall scare welcome at Bed-Stuy event Crowd rushes to rescue at Atlantic Ave. stop By Ruth Brown ration Plaza. The Brooklyn Paper “I’m just happy to be here,” By Nathan Tempey The lady passed out on the plat- lunch in Flatbush when the near- Mike Tyson has come home the former heavyweight champ The Brooklyn Paper form and then fell onto the tracks tragedy occurred. for the holidays. said. “I can’t find the words for Dozens of commuters rallied at about 12:40 pm, when the B and The handful of straphangers The Brooklyn-born boxer was it. This feels like home. This is to save a woman who fell onto the Q platform was nearly deserted, waiting for their trains began back in Bedford-Stuyvesant last who I am.” subway tracks from being crushed according to witnesses. screaming and leaped into action, Friday to sign copies of his new Tyson is well known for caus- by a train pulling into the Atlan- “I heard her plop,” said Gary according to witnesses. Two men memoir, “Undisputed Truth: My ing controversy both in and out- tic Avenue–Barclays Center sta- Gaymor, a health department in- jumped down onto the tracks but Community Newspaper Group / Nathan Tempey Autobiography,” in a knockout side of the ropes — just last week tion Wednesday afternoon. spector who was on his way to See FALL on page 9 A paramedic with a woman saved by good Samaritans. event at Fulton Street’s Resto- See TYSON on page 10 Blotter blackout Week two of police nondisclosure

By Nathan Tempey nication issue here,” said Det. Kelly Ort The Brooklyn Paper of the Office of the Deputy Commis- The police department’s blotter sioner of Public Information after re- blackout has continued into a sec- peatedly insisting that the blotter block- ond week, but a few cracks are start- ade does not represent a change in policy ing to show. and that it is up to neighborhood com- The department’s public informa- manding officers to address it. tion office has doubled-down on claims that it has not changed any POLICE BLOTTER policies regard- ing reporters’ re- quests for crime reports that are the ba- Station house commanders and sis of our weekly police blotters despite the rank-and-file cops who tradition- Library Public Brooklyn One of seven proposals that the Brooklyn Public Library is consid- Photo by Stefano Giovannini the ongoing, citywide refusal to pro- ally provide crime reports had differ- vide them . Three of the 13 precincts ent ideas. ering adopting for its new branch building in Brooklyn Heights. this paper and its sister papers cover “I have to follow the orders of DCPI,” This pitch features a glass rotunda and shops. have come up with new info-sharing said Capt. James Ryan of Greenpoint’s Snow stoppers arrangements, but the rest are either un- 94th Precinct, suggesting that a reporter Many Brooklynites spent Tuesday huddled indoors, away from responsive or defer to the public infor- look at the recently-launched police the snowstorm, but not these guys. These two fixed-gear-bicycle- mation office, which in turn says the crime map in lieu of access. Turning the page riding ninjas were spotted tearing through Williamsburg without responsibility for rebooting media re- The map only shows felony violent a care for the drenching they were getting, the lack of friction on lations lies with the precincts. crimes by month and by precinct, with the road, or, apparently, the red light directly up ahead. “We’re obviously having a commu- See BLOTTER on page 4 Library redo pitches include stores, rooftop parks, Smorgasburg, more By Jaime Lutz The Brooklyn Paper Passing the buck on LICH’s future The Brooklyn Public Library has picked seven possible designs for the new building that will house the State challenges DeBlasio: You want a failing hospital? You can have it Brooklyn Heights branch as part of a controversial redevelopment plan By Jaime Lutz day’s meeting that they were the board now says it wants forcing the book repository to share The Brooklyn Paper uneasy about the actions the to see if DeBlasio will order space with apartments and possibly The state is willing to hand state had taken to close the hos- the city’s Health and Hospi- retail outlets, library honchos an- over the keys to Long Island pital despite court orders bar- tals Corporation to take over nounced last Thursday. College Hospital to the city ring such maneuvers. One said before it continues talks with a The proposals all include about rather than turning it into con- he went along with the moves, private buyer. DeBlasio backed a third of a football field for a li- dos, State University of New but only because he did not want the anti-closure effort as pub- brary but otherwise range wildly, York officials announced at a to make waves, and that now he lic advocate during his mayoral including buildings from 20 to 40 Tuesday meeting. is having second thoughts. campaign, going so far as to stories and featuring touches such University board mem- “I’m not exceedingly confi- get arrested for the cause. Hos- as a rooftop park (in two designs) bers were scheduled to vote dent with the direction we’ve pital lovers say that the state’s and a permanent branch of the hip- on whether to consider a bid taken at many points, and at proposal for a city takeover is a ster foodie bazaar Smorgasburg (in to convert the hospital that sits many points I feel I had sup- viable solution and all it would one). As for the reading rooms, they on land valued at $500-mil- ported this for the greater sake take is the mayor-to-be acting will be modern and built to last, ac- lion into a luxury condomin- of SUNY — which is, of course, on his commitment. cording to library higher-ups. ium complex with an urgent File photo by Paul Martinka our greater allegiance,” a board “Bill DeBlasio ran on the “The basic goal of this project is care center, but delayed the de- Bill DeBlasio ran on saving Long Island College Hospi- member said at the meeting. “I hospital, he wants a morato- to create a spectacular new library to cision, offering to let mayor- tal. Will he have the city take it over as mayor? really need to be confident that rium on hospital closures, and be used for the next 100 years,” said elect Bill DeBlasio’s city gov- the advice and council we’re we look forward to him ful- library system spokesman Joshua ernment take over the hospital “We are stunned,” said Jeff Members of the board of getting is the right one, and filling his promise,” Strab- Nachowitz. Library Public Brooklyn instead. Advocates for keep- Strabone, a member of the Cob- trustees for the state univer- right now I don’t see enough one said. The scheme would allow a devel- This close-to-30-story design in- ing the 155-year-old institu- ble Hill Association and anti- sity, which runs the hospital to say that.” The bid that was being con- oper to scoop up the valuable Cad- cludes retail space and a rooftop tion open say the move is a closure activist. “This is a vic- and has been trying to shutter In an about-face from the sidered came from the devel- man Plaza West property on which park, and would preserve the li- big win. tory.” it since February, said at Tues- state’s strategy up to this point, See LICH on page 9 See LIBRARY on page 2 brary’s iconic entrance. 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 December 20–26, 2013

Affordable Family Dentistry in modern pleasant surroundings State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) Wild card Emergencies treated promptly Special care for children & anxious patients We run the numbers on WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Bonding Markowitz’s Xmas note Crowns & Bridges (Capping) • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment By Nathan Tempey reindeer-drawn sleigh in his • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) The Brooklyn Paper Christmas card this year. • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) Don’t look down, but do Each of the Beep’s past Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer look back. holiday dispatches have That is what Borough highlighted and made light 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens of the year’s biggest bor- 624-5554 U 624-7055 President Markowitz, who leaves Borough Hall in less ough stories from his per- Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking spective, as rendered by and insurance plans accommodated than two weeks, seems to be saying from his perch in a Portland cartoonist Dennis Adler. But this winter’s takes the kitchen-sink approach to the past 12 years, cramming the geographically footloose card with references to big borough changes old and new. For instance, the Nets spin basketballs alongside a Treat Yourself film crew, a stone’s throw from a massive thorough- 4/3/,)45$%!.$7%,,.%33!44(% fare that is a mishmash of the Brooklyn-Queens Ex- Adler Dennis pressway, Flatbush Avenue, and Cadman Plaza, but bear- SWAN SONG: Marty Markowitz’s last Christmas ing two bike lanes. Markow- FULL INSIDE TEXT: card as Borough President. itz lampooned the Prospect Park West bike lane in his The Twelve Years of Marty pany. The latter receives pub- And for those hungry for 2010 Christmas card, but Sung to the last verse of “The Twelve Days of lic subsidies and just scored a non-numerical holiday card generalized his disdain in Christmas” a five-year service extension factoid, here you go. this year’s, writing, as part and a pat on the back from Noticeably absent: The GOLD SPA of a song sung to the tune In the twelve years of Marty Mayor Bloomberg. Orthodox Jewish man who The oasis in bustling Downtown Brooklyn but not the rhyme scheme of who would have thought we’d see … Awkward uses of Pho- has appeared prominently in Offering massage and facial treatments customized to your wishes “The Twelve Days of Christ- MTV in Brooklyn toshop: Three, all involv- the card for at least six of the mas,” “too many bike lanes” ing media organization lo- last eight Christmas cards. in the place of “eight maids- Barclays is booming Nets playing Downtown gos. We could see the BAM Is that him headed toward 3WEDISH$EEP4ISSUE-ASSAGEs(OT3TONE-ASSAGE a-milking.” sign, but are the BRIC logo the Brooklyn Bridge (which 0RE NATAL-ASSAGEs&ACIALSs2EIKI But more on that ditty in GQ said we’re way cool and the Steiner Studios en- sports a signature Markowitz a moment. Too many bike lanes trance placard really more “Leaving Brooklyn Oy Vey!” It is clear that Markowitz Donna Summer singing iconic or hard to draw than, sign by the way) in a meno- wants us card recipients to say, the Nets insignia? rah car? Oh, wait, there he is, do some accounting of his Cruise ships in Red Hook Tourist destination Newspapers that mat- piloting the sleigh along with time in office, so let us run ter in Brooklyn: One. The two diminutive Santas, one the numbers on this year’s FUH - GEDD - A - BOUD - IT Brooklyn Paper, of course. white and one black, while missive. Coney came alive Here it is, front and center, Markowitz and wife Jamie Number of Christmas Foodies all rejoiced being hawked by a seller pre- ride in the passenger seat. trees: Seven, including four Leaving Brooklyn … Oy Vey! cariously positioned in the Say, Markowitz looks an growing on a roof and one median-less middle of the awful lot like Bill Clinton strapped to the back of a car. And the hippest zip is one … one … two … ! How Sweet It Was! six-lane road. Adler may in this drawing. Is he gear- Menorahs: Three, but the not have been able to fit the ing up for a Country Pres- one atop the Manhattan-side paper’s whole name on the ident run? arches of the Brooklyn Bridge fingernail-sized front page, Or have we just spent gets prime placement. lyn Bridge? — but we get far for the Beep, who once the picture. Navy Yard-side ended his State of the Bor- but its royal blue banner gives too much time looking at Sports teams: Two. it away. this thing? There are the Nets, which there is Jane’s Carousel, per- ough speech at a high school GOLD SPA Markowitz takes credit for haps relocated inland to save with a performance from a (Located in the entrance of Gold’s Gym) bringing to Brooklyn, and it from the next Hurricane pole dancer. 85 Livingston Street (between Court St. and Boerum Place) the Islanders, which he ad- Sandy, and Coney Island’s Boats in the harbor: vocated for moving to the B&B Carousell, reopened Two. A cruise ship, apparently LIBRARY... Barclays Center and which this summer after its Sandy- in or headed for Red Hook, is slated to begin playing provided saltwater dunk. where Markowitz hailed the Continued from page 1 Central Library at Grand (929) 210-2171 there in 2015. Miley Cyrus appear- arrival of luxury liners in the branch sits, build a high- Army Plaza. Number of carou- ances: One. You can tell it 2005 , and a ferry in the East rise on the site, and allocate The biblio-big-wigs re- Gold Spa is owned and managed by Irma Jarosch, sels: Two. The geography is her because of the giant River. Interestingly, the boat space for a new branch on ceived the proposals on Sept. is screwy — since when is foam finger, but apparently is a New York Water Taxi and the ground floor, minus the 20 but kept them secret until a NYS board licensed Massage Therapist and Esthetician. the Navy Yard on the way to flesh-colored underwear and not an East River Ferry oper- current business library, last week, when they were un- Red Hook from the Brook- twerking were details too ated by Billybey Ferry Com- which would move to the veiled at a public meeting. One pitch changes the building entrance from Cad- We guarantee all of our meats, poultry & much more. All our meats and poultry arrive fresh daily! Never frozen. like in other supermarkets! man Plaza West to Tillary Street. Another includes a Located in permanent home for Smor- 7128 5th Avenue - 718-567-2252 gasburg, culinary counter- Bay Ridge BETWEEN OVINGTON AND 72ND STREET part to the Brooklyn Flea, Brooklyn! a party room, and a cafe at- OPEN 7 DAYS: 9AM-10PM tached to the library. We Accept: Food Stamps - All Credit Cards Some designs have retail stores sharing the ground floor with the library. Oth- We gladly accept phone orders for meats and groceries! ers employ large glass walls, which Nachowitz said would SHOP BETTER - EAT FRESH - ALWAYS HALAL! be equipped with big shades to keep books from getting The way a home town Halal shop should be. damaged. Several of the proposals incorporate the original bas- Sale Dates: 12-20-13 thru 12-26-13 relief art that currently graces WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS. the library’s entrance and is a favorite of patrons. All Natural Halal Poultry; FRESH • French Olives • Greek Black Olives • Italian Cerignola • Turkish Green Olives Library officials did not • Greek Calamata • Moroccan Olives • Italian Gaeta • Lebanese Black Olives disclose who the developer- Only at Balady! OLIVES • Greek Alfonso • Egyptian Pickles • Sicilian Green Olives • Tunisia Mixed Olives suitors are, though Nachowitz Halal USDA Meat Specials Speciality Foods said a controversial company with the initials “F.C.” was Halal U.S.D.A Halal U.S.D.A Tria Vimto Vimto Zam Zam Tat not involved, a likely refer- Whole Couscous Sparkling Sparkling Water Red ence to Forrest City Ratner. Chicken 1 Kg. Fruit 500 Ml. The spokesman would also Medium Fruit Lentils Chicken Breast and Fine Drink Drink From Mecca 2 Lb. Bag not reveal the plans’ price- No Head 6 Pack 2 Liter tags, saying only that they Bone-In Only Only U.K.’s Most Only Only Only Only No Feet Only Popular Drink! were “competitive.” 2/$ 00 $ 99 2/$ 00 $ 99 2/$ 00 The process has been $ 39 $ 59 4 3 24 Pack $14.99 5 2 5 open, said Nachowitz, coun- 1 LB. 1 LB. Tilda Zalatimo Ziyad Al Ameed Yogi Natural tering criticism from oppo- Basmati Jordanian Sweets Green Coffee Organic nents of the redevelopment Halal U.S.D.A Halal U.S.D.A who say the proceedings have Boneless Prime Rice Olives 8 Oz. Ginger Approx. Te a been opaque from start to Chicken T-Bone Steak 4 Lbs. From Jordan finish. Breast With Bone Only Only Only Only “We don’t want to do Only Only $ 99 $ 99 $ 99 $ 49 what the city usually does 9 New Crop Fresh Arrival 6 5 3 — which is going to a com- $ 99 $ 99 Domino Mazola Felfela Pickled Ziyad ZIyad munity board meeting with a LB. LB. contract in hand,” he said. 2 8 Sugar Corn Oil Mixed Chick Mashmallows The library plans to sign 4 Lb. Bag 96 Oz. Vegetables Peas White or Colored Halal U.S.D.A Halal U.S.D.A 8.82 Oz. Pkg. a contract with one of the Prime Holiday seven developers within the Rib-Eye Steak Bottom Round Only Only Only Only Only first three months of 2014, Oven 2/$ 00 $ 99 $ 99 4/$ 00 2/$ 00 at which point it will hire an With Bone Roast architect to take community Only Only 4 5 1 3 3 Sultan Egypt’s Best Faragello input and design an interior Quality Street for the space, Nachowitz said. $ 99 $ 99 Foule Rice Date Under the library’s scheme, Medammas 10 Lbs. Chocolates 5 LB. 3 LB. Bars 900 Grams the library will own its sec- 14 Oz. 12 Pack tion of the building the way a Dairy Specials Only Only Only Only condominium owner does. The library claims it is re- Laughing Cow Greenland 2/$ 00 $ 99 2/$ 00 $ 99 placing the existing branch Cheese Feta Cheese 1 8 5 11 building because of a bro- 8 Portions All Varieties Ziyad Galil Turkish Ali Baba Ziyad Kenton ken air conditioning system 500 G. Tahini Dried Wafers Vermicelli Soups it says would cost $9-mil- Glass Jar 24 Pcs. 16 Oz. Chicken Noodle, Only Only Figs Cream Chicken lions to fix. 32 Oz. From Italy The complex will be the 4/$ 00 2/$ 00 Only Only Only Only Only first in Brooklyn to include New both a library and housing, 5 5 $ 99 4/$ 00 Soft Batch $ 99 4/$ 00 4/$ 00 Nachowitz said. The library Karoun Sonny & Joe’s Ready 5 5 4 3 3 says it is aiming to keep the Labne Hummus To Eat Fafagello El Koura Ziyad Castania new branch open seven days a 16 Oz. All Varieties Mango/Guava Extra Virgin Jameed Nuts week, but the extra day would 10 Oz. Nectars Olive Oil Soup Extra & Super Extra be contingent on money from 1 Ltr. 93 Oz. Starter 454 Grams an ever-shrinking citywide Only Only library budget. Only Only Only Only 2/$ 00 $ 99 4/$ 00 $ 99 $ 99 2/$ 00 4 2 5 11 6 Each 12 Gifts and Decor Frozen Specials Pilot Moroccan All Apollo Bidet Hand Crafted Moroccan Tea Pot 6 Piece Handcrafted Frozen Fillo Pastry Ceramic Traditional Design Vegetables Sheets Glass Set Plate From Palestine Only Only Only Only Only Only For Better $ 99 Hygiene $ 99 $ 99 $ 99 2/$ 00 2/$ 00 Reg. $65.99 Reg. $29.99 Reg. $19.99 Reg. $49.99 4 400 Grams 5 #4 or #7 44 24 14 39 As-Salaam Dawn Athan Prayer Syrian Chicken Nuggets or Paratha Digital Clock Jewelry Box FOLLOW US Chicken Patties Bread with automated call to prayer! With legs & key Only Only Only Only ON TWITTER: $ 99 3/$ 00 $ 99 $ 99 twitter.com/ 5 5 5 Pc. 24 Reg. $34.99 29Reg. $44.99 Brooklyn_Paper December 20–26, 2013 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 3

BROOKLYN NETS COVERAGE Finally, Nets are relevant the league run the pick-and- been much more aggres- FRONT roll more effectively than sive offensively this year, Williams and Lopez. oftentimes making himself COURT Where has the energy the go-to-guy with the ball /4B3@16@7AB;/A By Tom Lafe been? in his hands. By Tom Lafe Deron Williams and Whatever the reasons, A/D3C>B= Brook Lopez might be as winners of four of the <3EG3/@¸A It is an obvious ques- the answer to that one, too. last five, the Nets finally tion, and one that this col- The Nets really had little have a pulse. umn has been getting at all room for error with such However, just as we season: where has this Nets high expectations entering implored Brooklynites to %#=44 team been? their second season at the not panic about the woeful Where has the three- Barclays Center. And re- start, let us not get too car- straight 20-plus point ally, that was all they did ried away with wins over AB/@BAB=2/G games from Andray Blatche through 20 games. But with the last-place Milwaukee 0:=E=CB been? their stars returning to the Bucks and the Michael He looks like he is once floor and Jason Kidd taking Carter Williams-less Phil- again becoming the sixth man control as a head coach, the adelphia 76ers. It is a nice 5@3/B4=@574BA/<2<3EG3/@¸A=CB47BA that was so valuable to this players seem a little looser start on the road to recov- Nets team last season. than they had through the ery, but there are still a lot Where has the pick-and- first 20 games. more questions that need to roll been? What about the ridic- be answered. The obvious answer is the ulous shooting from sud- Tom Lafe is a 6-foot-5 return of Deron Williams and denly above-average Joe sports-world insider with Brook Lopez from injury. Johnson? a middling high school

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Shore Road at 11 pm and, at 7 76TH PRECINCT cility on Coffey Street some- The contractor reported am the following day, found Carroll Gardens- time between Nov. 28 and POLICE BLOTTER closing up the job-site be- the entrance broken open and Cobble Hill–Red Hook Dec. 11, cops said. tween Eighth and Ninth av- their hardware gone. Cell or door The 44-year-old victim Find more online every Wednesday at enues at 5:30 pm. When Came up dry said the burglars busted workers came back at 8:30 Cops stuck a prisoner with BrooklynPaper.com/blotter A gunman held up a Sev- into the warehouse between the next morning, they found even more jail time for sup- enth Avenue dry cleaner for Richard and Dwight streets their equipment missing, ac- posedly breaking the glass parked on 87th Street and back windshield shattered. $60 on Dec. 12, police said. through the front metal gate cording to cops. door of his cell at the Red and took out the saw. stole thousands of dollars A compact disc player, a The clerk told cops that the Hook Community Court worth of musical equipment mixer, and other studio gad- Tooled again perp barged into his shop be- on Visitation Place on Dec. Crooks Bros. sometime between Dec. 10 gets were gone from inside, A villain invaded a 94th tween 84th and 85th streets 11. A quick-handed bandit and Dec. 12, cops said. cops said. Street basement overnight on at 5:20 pm brandishing a sil- The 25-year-old an- snatched up a woman’s wal- The victim told police Rob the builder Dec. 8 and stole several hand ver handgun. gry man was awaiting ar- let on Van Brunt Street on that she left the vehicle near tools, authorities allege. The cashier handed over Dec. 14, police said. A lowlife lifted hundreds raignment in the human Fourth Avenue at 5 pm on The victims said they shut $20, but the fiend grabbed cage between Richards and The 52-year-old woman of dollars in power tools from Tuesday and returned at 7:30 a 68th Street construction site the cellar of their home be- $40 more from the register, Van Brunt streets when he said she was walking from pm on Thursday to find her overnight on Dec. 9, accord- tween Marine Avenue and then scrammed, cops said. smashed the door, cops said. her parked car near Verona He was promptly re-arrested, Street at 1 pm when she no- per police. ticed that her Gucci wallet, 90th Precinct Vanished Volvo containing seven credit and debit cards, a MetroCard, and Commanding Offi cer: A crook drove a Volvo $100 in cash, was missing. Want your blotter? Deputy Inspector Mark away form its Strong Place The woman got an email from DiPaolo parking space sometime be- Brooks Brothers stating that Community Affairs: tween Dec. 14 and 16, cops four items were charged to How to let police know you need crime info (718) 963–5309 said. her account, she said. The council meets on the The 66-year-old victim The long-standing tra- iday party instead. Contact (718) 875–6850 — Megan Riesz dition of station houses community affairs to verify The council meets the second Wednesday of each said he left his green car months at 7:30 pm at 30 near Degraw Street at 3:30 providing local reporters when the next meeting will third Tuesday of the month Montrose Ave., in the Com- pm on Dec. 14 and, when he 68TH PRECINCT access to incident reports be. at 6:30 pm. The location var- in order to compile blotters ies, so contact the precinct’s munity Room. But the date returned at 9:15 am on Dec. Bay Ridge– 78th Precinct 16, his ride was gone. Dyker Heights came to an end suddenly community affairs officer to of each meeting is subject to two weeks back, reportedly Commanding Offi cer: find out where the next one change so contact commu- Saw gone Wrong song due to pressure from NYPD Deputy Inspector Michael will be. nity affairs. A bunch of tools stole a A crook broke into a car headquarters. If you would Ameri like your local precinct to re- Community Affairs: 88th Precinct 94th Precinct sume cooperating with the (718) 636–6410 Commanding Offi cer: Commanding Offi cer: BUSINESS, BROOKLYN STYLE reporters who compile your The council meets on the Deputy Inspector Scott M. Captain James B. Ryan weekly police blotter, you last Tuesday of every month Henderson Community Affairs: Community Affairs: can contact the precinct’s at 7:30 pm in the 78th Pre- (718) 383–5298 (718) 636–6526 community affairs officer cinct station house at 65 The council meets the first or attend its next commu- Sixth Ave. The council meets every nity council meeting. Some third Tuesday of the month Wednesday of the month at 7 precincts’ community coun- 84th Precinct at 7:30 pm. The location var- pm in the Church of the As- cils do not hold a regularly Commanding Offi cer: ies, so contact the precinct’s cension at 122 Java St. (audi- scheduled meeting in De- Captain Maximo Tolentino community affairs officer for torium entrance). There is no cember, but may hold a hol- Community Affairs: the location. meeting in December.

Varlos Brathwaite. want your weekly police blot- Three station houses ter back (see above). BLOTTER... bucked the blackout, in- Lawyer Chris Dunn of cluding the 62nd, 68th, and the New York Civil Liberties Continued from page 1 information that might come 76th precincts in Benson- Union insists that the black- none of the who, what, when, out of such meetings. hurst, Bay Ridge, and Car- out is a product of outgoing where, or how that is the meat “You might ask [DiPaolo] roll Gardens, respectively. police chief Ray Kelly’s low of the police blotter. the questions,” he said. “He Crime analysis officers at opinion the media and will Another officer, this one might give you some of the the Carroll Gardens cop shop be rectified with a change with the Community Af- answers.” never stopped reading the of leadership at One Police fairs department of Wil- A crime analysis officer crime reports over the phone, Plaza come January. liamsburg’s 90th Precinct, with Brooklyn Heights’ 84th but one said this week that his Calls to the command- was more blunt. Precinct said that he would outfit only provides crime re- ing officers and Commu- “That’s not our problem,” like to restart the weekly port information to commu- nity Affairs departments at Det. Juan Roman said when meetings but that he would nity newspapers and not to the 60th, 61st, 63rd, and 70th told that this paper needs to in- first need the okay of his the citywide dailies. precincts, as well as to Dep- Miss New York Crowns Future Beauty form the public of crimes as it boss, who would first need “The only way anyone uty Commissioner of Pub- has for more than 30 years. approval from his bosses at would find out [informa- lic Information John Mc- That precinct’s command- One Police Plaza. tion about specific crimes] Carthy, and Deputy Chief Queens At The Brooklyn Hospital Center ing officer, Deputy Inspector In Fort Greene, command- is if they went to a public of Public Information Kim Mark DiPaolo, would only be ing officer Scott Henderson is meeting,” said 76th Precinct Royster were not returned, willing to meet to go over the out of the office and no new Community Affairs Officer nor was a call to the crime Miss New York Amanda Mason visited the Children’s Health Center, the Pediatric inpatient unit, public records once a month, protocol for the long-standing Vincent Marrone. analysis unit of Park Slope’s and the Pediatric Hematology/Oncology unit at The Brooklyn Hospital Center last week. Ms. Mason but was not available to talk this relationship with community Speaking of which, your 78th Precinct. signed autographs, posed for pictures and gave away crowns and bracelets to young pediatric pa- week because he was preparing media outlets will be made local precinct’s monthly com- — with Bill Egbert, Will tients. An accomplished opera singer, Ms. Mason reigns as Miss New York until May 2014. the monthly CompStat data, until he returns on Thursday, munity council meeting is Bredderman, Megan Roman said. Nor was Roman after press time, according to probably the best place to go Riesz, Danielle Furfaro, optimistic about the amount of Community Affairs Officer to let police know that you and Jaime Lutz

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CARTOONS The reel deal Projectionist and extreme cartoon collector Tom Stathes will show off his horde of ancient holiday- themed cartoons at Crown Heights arts commu- nity center LaunchPad on Dec. 21. The animation celebration will include “Christ- mas Night,” a Little King cartoon from 1933 that will be projected in 16- mm film, and a bevy of other material from the 1920s to the 1940s. “Tom puts together really unique programs that will make you smile uncontrollably,” said LaunchPad spokes- man Zane Van Dusen. “The cartoons that he Photo by Stefano Giovannini Music for muggles: Wizard rock icons presents are beautiful works of art but also in- Harry and the Potters throws its annual credibly funny and entertaining.” Yule Ball at the Bell House on Dec. 21. Harry and the Potters The show will also include “Race Night Com- edies,” a series of short live-action films featuring silent-era comedians running races with numbers on their backs. Each audience member will get a ticket with a number, and the person with the win- ning racer’s number will receive a prize. “Cartoon Carnival” at LaunchPad [721 Franklin Ave. between Sterling and Park plac- es in Crown Heights, (646) 494–7211, www. brooklynlaunchpad.org]. Dec. 21 at 8 pm, $10 A magical evening suggested donation. — Megan Riesz

‘Wizard rock’ band throws Harry Potter holiday party PARADE By Jaime Lutz ebrate and get dressed up because they love The Yule Ball — inspired by the Christ- George said. “But there are always new The Brooklyn Paper these stories,” said Joe DeGeorge, one- mas school dance that Harry, Ron, Hermi- people reading these books. There are half of the band. “Essentially, by the end one and the rest of the Hogwarts gang go always new people seeing us play‚ even alk about holiday magic! of the night everyone is screaming about to in “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” bringing their kids to these shows. With a Marching on Harry and the Potters are the cre- a book. It’s really, really cool.” — is the celebratory concert of the year for book that has that much cultural impact, I T ators of a musical genre known as DeGeorge started Harry and the Pot- wizard rock fans, who will also get to see don’t expect it to really fade away.” Get ready to make some noise! “wizard rock” — an entire subculture of ters with his brother Paul in 2002, when heroes like the Potter Puppet Pals and Lau- It is also surprisingly punk rock, said On Dec. 21, Make Music New York will host Harry Potter fans who write and perform he was just 14. Now the band has been ren Fairweather (formerly of the Moaning DeGeorge — or at least as punk rock as a series of parades across Brooklyn that will get songs from the perspective of their favorite around longer than the Beatles, releasing Myrtles) in one place. And though many a band can be with songs such as “Cor- people from all walks of life creating music — characters. For nine years, the Norwood, three albums and six EPs. And though it Potter fans are now all grown-up — the nelius Fudge is an Ass,” “My Teacher is even if they cannot play a single note. Mass., band has been hosting an annual has been six years since the final Harry DeGeorge brothers themselves are now 26 a Werewolf,” and “Voldemort Can’t Stop Prospect Park will be “Yule Ball” around the East Coast, and Potter book, and two years since the film and 34 — a number of them are still quite the Rock” can be. the setting for “Blink,” the spellbinding event returns to Brook- series ended, the musical magicians con- active in the community. “It’s very much a DIY band,” DeGeorge a new piece for bicycle lyn this year on Dec. 21. tinue to tour the globe, playing libraries, “Our audience, I feel like you can tell said. “We’d go around the country, haul- bells that is making its “The atmosphere is for everyone to cel- bars, book stores, and coffee houses. some of them have grown up a bit,” De- ing our PA system into libraries.” debut. The work begins at Grand Army Plaza, from which point cy- clists will wind their way through the park, ringing bicycle bells at different pitches. Photo by Stefano Giovannini The event will also The fi nal countdown see a return of past works. “Peregrine” by Phil Kline is a take on the composer’s famous “Un- silent Night” parade through the East Village. ’Twas the fi ve nights before Christmas In the same spirit, a parade of boom boxes will begin in front of BAM and travel through Fort By Ruth Brown Greene. “Winterize” also returns to the grounds The Brooklyn Paper Dec. 20: Peanuts Dec. 21: Soul season of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden this year. In it, It would not be Christmas without There is nothing very Christmas- baritone Christopher Dylan will perform his ver- hristmas comes but once a year — at least one rendition of “A Charlie y about most of the tunes being per- sion of Schubert’s 1828 song cycle, “Winterreise,” so milk it for all it is worth. Brown Christmas.” This year, skip formed at the Brooklyn Center for Per- while audience members carrying hand-held ra- C Brooklyn has been tree- the small-screen version, and head forming Arts’ “An R&B Christmas,” dios provide the accompaniment. lighting , Nutcracker-ing , caroling, to the Brooklyn Lyceum, where the but what would you really rather lis- And in “Thru-Line,” string players will set toy driving, and ugly sweater-par- Pig Brooch Theatre Company is once ten to — another gloomy rendition up at each of the Brooklyn-bound G train sub- tying all December long, but there again teaching Charlie Brown what of “Little Drummer Boy” or an ac- way platforms and perform the prelude from are still five days left in which to Christmas is all about, accompanied tual member of the Drifters perform- Bach’s “Cello Suite No. 1 in G Major” every cram as much festive cheer as you by a live jazz trio. ing “Under the Boardwalk”? Other time a train stops.

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ple to lift her up because she was dead weight. ” Holiday Season FALL... The good Samaritans van- Continued from page 1 ished into the station once struggled to lift the woman the woman was out of harm’s as a train approached the sta- way, leaving her alone, still tion. Others ran to the upper unconscious and bleeding level and, within moments, on the platform, according dozens more people material- to Valle. The bystander said ized downstairs, with several she performed CPR while helping to hoist the woman awaiting first responders, onto the platform and 20 to or, in this case, second re- 30 others rushing to the end sponders. to try to halt the train, a wit- The woman was taken to ness said. Brooklyn Hospital, but her “It was about to come, but condition was unknown a fire they stopped it,” said Jasmine department spokeswoman Valle, an aspiring medical said. The incident was ill- technician. “It took eight peo- ness-related, she said.

ber of others. A sale would not erase the debt the state LICH... has racked up while running Continued from page 1 Long Island College Hospi- oper Fortis Property Group, tal, the state said. which pitched a plan to tear No takeover proposals down the hospital and build came from in-state hospi- a condo complex that would tals, according to the uni- include a so-called “medi- versity board. cal mall,” featuring an urgent The state is still facing a care center, dentists offices, court contempt hearing on Congresswoman Carolyn B. Maloney and surgery facilities, but no Jan. 21 for its repeated moves (Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn) emergency room. It was one to close the hospital despite of the state’s favored propos- judges’ orders demanding als among a still-secret num- that it not.

     

     
  10 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 December 20–26, 2013 No green light for Red Hook school TYSON... Continued from page 1 on hard times. It’s funny how he was banned from entering life repeats itself and I’m back By Megan Riesz biggest public housing devel- Sigourney streets at a Nov. at the meeting said they were the UK for a planned book here again — life just goes The Brooklyn Paper opment, and furniture retailer 14 meeting, but the board blindsided by Basis’ appli- tour due to his rape convic- around in circles.” A charter school chain’s bid Ikea. Not only that, but Basis then recommended the com- cation because the company tion — but the pugilist once The borough-bred bruiser to build a pricey private school filed the application for a spe- pany go back to the draw- did not do its due diligence dubbed “the baddest man on now lives in Las Vegas and in Red Hook is an out-of-no- cial building permit without ing board because the high- in telling neighbors about the planet” looked the model noted that his old stomping where, elitist moneymaking telling neighbors, according priced learning center would the school plan as required statesman as he greeted the grounds had changed signif- scheme that has no place in the to board members who said be out-of-place and because by Community Board 6, but long line of fans snaking its icantly since he was a kid — working-class neighborhood, that raised red flags. the company did bupkis to the company maintains it did way through the building. He for the better. said a local panel that voted “My sense is that either hear out Red Hookers about what it was told. also made time to help light “I like to see the prosper- to block its bid last Wednes- this is a blatant attempt by their concerns. “It’s like a disrespect,” said the plaza’s Christmas tree, ing of the neighborhood,” Ty- day night. [Basis] to fly under the ra- The school chain stuck to Lillie Marshall, president of and then proceeded to lead son said. “It looks so much Community Board 6 voted dar — or, in the best case, its original application to the a Red Hook Houses tenants the crowd in a rousing rendi- better than it did when I lived against Arizona-based Basis they are incredibly naïve,” city’s Board of Standards and association. “They are com- tion of “Jingle Bells.” here in the ’70s.” Independent School’s appli- said board member Elizabeth Appeals, which did nothing ing into the community, and The event was a collabo- The boxer’s homecom- cation to build a five-story Shipley. “They should spend to endear it to the already- they are not saying anything ration between Fort Green’s ing also held meaning for private school on Columbia Brooklyn Independent Basis some more time building up suspicious board. to anybody. The location is Greenlight Bookstore and the many locals who emerged Street where tuition would run A charter school company’s plans to open a pri- support and building up re- “There’s something in this wrong.” Bedford Stuyvesant Resto- from the building clutch- $23,500 per year, saying that it vate school on Columbia Street raised red flags lationships.” that’s not right,” said board Basis is hoping to open the ration Corporation. The two ing autographed books and would be a terrible fit in the in- for community board members, who said execs The board’s land use com- member Roger Rigolli. “This school in the fall of 2014. The have held a number of celeb- gossiping about their brush dustrial area between the Red are seeing only green in the blue-collar neighbor- mittee approved Basis’ plan is nothing but a façade.” company did not respond to rity book-signings together with the star slugger. Passing Hook Houses, the borough’s hood. for a school between Bay and Some Red Hook residents a request for comment. before — both NBA hall-of- groups of teenagers shouted, famer Earl “The Pearl” Mon- “Oh my god, it’s Iron Mike!” roe and “CSI: NY” star Hill and crowded around the win- Harper made appearances dows to take snap-shots on earlier this year — but the their cellphones. +'%0 ,2 -02% %# -+. ,7 visit from hometown hero “It’s a beautiful thing,” Tyson held particular sig- said George Hobbs, a for- nificance. mer boxer who knows Tyson & 1 ##, &#*.',% #5 -0)#01 “It’s very special to have personally from back when One Mike Tyson, because he is one they were both training in of Bedford-Stuyvesant’s own,” Brooklyn gyms. “I’m glad said Tracey Capers, Restora- he made this book to make Stop tion’s program director. people aware of the person b#2 -0# 0-+ &#'0 -02% %#c Tyson, who was born in he really is.” the neighborhood but moved “He is a champ,” said Wil- Mortgage to Brownsville at age 10, said liam Lim, a self-proclaimed $-0 -4#0 TX 7# 01X the feeling was mutual. “huge fan” who came from “I’m from Bedford- Clinton Hill to meet Tyson for Solutions! Stuyvesant,” he declared. “I the first time. “He has a dif- just had to move to Browns- ferent life now. He is not that ville because my parents fell bad man people knew.”

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