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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2014 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn and Williamsburg AWP/14 pages • Vol. 37, No. 20 • May 16–22, 2014 • FREE SAVE THE WEDDINGS! After Dumbo venue’s abrupt closure, a helping hand to couples
By Matthew Perlman his own wedding not too long ago and The Brooklyn Paper said he shudders to think about how the The surprise closing of Rebar , a bar, stranded couples must be feeling. restaurant, and event space on Front “I remember going through all the Street in Dumbo, has sparked former different hassles and experiences of employees, scorned customers, and planning a wedding,” said co-owner neighboring venues to band together Jesse Levitt. “I feel really terrible for to help save the dozens of weddings these people.” booked at the defunct party palace for Levitt said his restaurant can host a the next two years. party of 125 in a pinch, and most of the Rebar employees came in to work events it has booked right now are for last Friday expecting a normal day, but the end of the summer and later. He is found a note on the door saying the joint hoping to help fill some of the imme- was shuttered. A two line e–mail from diate void left behind by Rebar’s clos- Jason Stevens, Rebar’s owner, accom- ing by offering a 25-percent discount panied the note, but the message did not for anyone trying to re-book their nup- provide any further information about tials in a hurry. what is happening or why, nor did it “We happen to be in a position where make any mention of reimbursing the we can help a little,” he said. couples who have booked the space Supporters also started an online for weddings through 2016. fund-raiser that hopes to raise $5,000 Borough businesses rallied to aid for each of the 18 couples with wed-
the spurned couples. At One Knick- Photo by Elizabeth Graham dings booked over the next couple of erbocker, a bar and restaurant in Wil- Vicki Friedrich and Egon Smullyan’s February, 2015 wedding plans months. They had raised $1,600 by liamsburg, one staffer recalled booking went haywire when Rebar shuttered without warning. See REBAR on page 6
Photo by Jason Speakman Whole road hog Japanese designer Hiroyuki Ogura traveled from Osuka to Dum- bo to show off his unique handmade skateboards. Neighbors: Mega-grocer is blocking bike and pedestrian traffi c on Third Avenue Japan Bklyn By Megan Riesz Avenue paths nearly The Brooklyn Paper every day and some- The Whole Foods Market in times into the evening. MEAN Japanese designers in local show Gowanus is using the bike lane The congestion shows and sidewalk that run along its a gaping hole in the By Matthew Perlman group of Japanese thing-makers in- side as a loading dock, blocking store’s planning and Streets The Brooklyn Paper spired by our borough — even if they the path with forklifts, trucks, proves why the city The battle for Brooklyn’s byways Forget turning Japanese, the Jap- are a bit fuzzy on the details. and pallets, say irked neigh- should have never let anese are turning Brooklyn. “Nowadays in Japan, Brooklyn is bors and cyclists. Big Kale get the zoning vari- “It’s pretty chaotic over
Bklyn Designs, a design convention like a brand,” said Shigekazu Yasuta, Twitter / Doug Gordon A musician who lives around ance to build such a huge facil- there, with trucks unloading that happened last weekend in Dumbo, a designer and professor of design A Park Slope cycling activist snapped this shot of a the corner from the high-end ity, the longtime resident con- and not taking care where they usually limits its roster to borough from Osaka. “They love the lifestyle. Whole Foods Market forklift taking up the whole bike grocer claims the store’s un- tended, saying it has ruined that do it — and sometimes multiple designers, but this year it featured a See JAPAN on page 11 lane and sidewalk with its work on April 28. loading obstructs the Third side of the street for him. See WHOLE on page 5 Missing man found dead in harbor By Danielle Furfaro for the man friends described as 24 hours to identify it. footage of him walking on the Ott worked for the Los An- The Brooklyn Paper depressed . Friends last saw Ott on the eve- Williamburg Bridge. geles-based fashion investment Police pulled the swollen body Boat-equipped cops retrieved ning of March 22, and he was At the time, his friends and firm Dock Group and has also of missing fashion designer James the body from the harbor at Pier captured on a surveillance video family put out notices and fliers worked as a designer for J. Men-
“Jay” Ott out of the New York 4 off of Second Avenue and 58th entering his home in Williams- across the city in search of him, del and the Row. Photo by Paul Martinka Harbor last Thursday morning, Street in Sunset Park at 11:12 am burg’s McKibbin Lofts at about and warned that he suffered from He was profiled by the web- Police recovered the badly decomposed body of James ending a nearly two month search on Thursday. It took more than 10 pm. His friends later found depression and anxiety. site Stylelikeu in 2009. Ott floating just off Pier 4 at 58th Street in Sunset Park. Still sleepless beside bridge Residents say noisy construction work has gone on too long
By Matthew Perlman entrance and exit ramps, repav- The Brooklyn Paper ing the bridge, and painting of It is a bridge below troubled the entire 131-year-old span — nights’ sleep. that has taken four years so far That is the complaint of res- and was originally scheduled to idents living beside the Brook- finish last month. The extension lyn Bridge on Cadman Plaza and gives the agency until April 2015 in Concord Village, who say the to complete the work, but hon- city is taking way too long to get chos at the road-making body the job done, and killing them in say it will try to have most of it the process. done by the end of this year. The “Noise is not something to sneeze at,” said Roberto Gau- city blames poor weather — es- tier, who lives on the 23rd floor pecially this past winter — for the delays to the work that runs Photos by Matthew Gilbertson of a Cadman Plaza West build- More than 200 dancers showed up for Morning Glory’s first early-morning dance party. ing that overlooks the bridge’s overnight or on the weekend to entrance. “It affects your health minimize traffic disruption, but when you’re submitted to sleep neighbors the city has had plenty
deprivation.” Photo by Jason Speakman of time to finish the job. The Department of Transpor- Roberto Gautier looks down on the entrance ramp to the Gautier claimed he has had his Get up — and dance tation filed an extension for the Brooklyn Bridge, where he says construction is keeping sleep disrupted for four years now project — which is repairing worn him awake at night. See BRIDGE on page 11 Sober, pre-work raves arrive in Williamsburg
By Danielle Furfaro lery space in Williamsburg early The Brooklyn Paper last Wednesday morning. Going to the gym before work The raves are modeled after BUTTING IN is so passe. well-lit morning bashes that de- A party company is now offer- buted in London last year. An- ing a new kind of morning work- nie Fabricant, the co-founder of A rogue Court Street worker out regiment — early morning, the New York branch of Morn- sober raves. The eye-opening for- ing Glory, discovered the events posts own smoking ban signs mat is the perfect way to start a when she went home for the holi- weekday, a participant said. days and she decided to replicate By Megan Riesz the entrance by posting a home- “We do not have to relegate them here. The difference be- The Brooklyn Paper made sign “no smoking” signs dancing to super-late at night tween them and the dance par- Court Street is now a no-smok- near the front door. and while under the influence of ties she had been to was like ing zone! The signs warn tobacco tokers drugs,” said Tasha Blank, one of night and day, she said. Photo by Jason Speakman Someone working in the De- not to indulge unless they head the disc jockeys who spun at the Johnny Quinn Alston and “It was a wave of really posi- A Department of Education worker posted this no- partment of Education building down nearby Joralemon and Liv- first Morning Glory rave, which Nessoono Norich danced tive energy. Everyone was really smoking sign outside 65 Court St., which goes against on the downtown street declared ingston streets, since even going was held at the Kinfolk 94 gal- the morning away. See RAVES on page 6 the agency’s own policy. a smoking ban within 50 feet of See SMOKING on page 12 Pre-K cash gives W’burg communiy hub hope By Danielle Furfaro ten a fighting chance in a housing court Community Board 1 member Jan Pe- Now advocates say the mayoral ment, which contains a bocce court, a The Brooklyn Paper battle thanks to a cash infusion from terson, who helped to open the place money, as well as the other public funds pool table, and a ceramics studio. An embattled center for seniors and the Brooklynite in chief’s trademark in the 1970s. the outfit gets for its daycare program, “There were bugs and mold down kids in Williamsburg is getting a shot school program. A longtime leader of In November, Victor Einhorn pur- will convince a judge that Einhorn has here. It was unusable for more than five in the arm from Mayor DeBlasio’s uni- the community hub said that it is going chased the building for $4.5 million. In no standing to give it the boot. years,” said Peterson. “Now it’s all fixed versal prekindergarten program. to survive whether its landlords want the weeks after, he jacked up the rent Dire winter warnings about its im- up, and that is a big victory.” The Swinging Sixties Center, which it to stay or not. and served the center with an eviction minent closure aside, the center seems Most of the renovations were paid for
Photo by Stefano Giovannini had been given till Jan. 31 to vacate its “We are moving ahead here no mat- notice on Christmas Eve, according to to be in decent financial shape as this by the housing advocacy group Saint Fran Donofrio last year. Ainslie Street home of 40 years, has got- ter what the landlord is doing,” said center supporters. week it revealed a newly renovated base- Nick’s Alliance. 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 May 16–22, 2014 Once upon a time, there was an empty table in a fabulous, trendy restaurant.
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K?<C8I> Honoring The 29-year-old victim told police that he was ar- guing with the suspect at the corner of N. 10th Street at Crook reaches under toilet stall to steal a wallet 12:30 pm when the accused smashed the glass on the driv- 140 monthly cards, which Street school. ing merchandise around the the older woman take her 84TH PRECINCT er’s side with the cleaning cost $112 each, the report The 15-year-old victim store, then put up his arms as handbag from inside the implement, then sliced him Brooklyn Heights– says. told police he was washing POLICE BLOTTER if he wanted to fight, accord- facility between Prince and in the arm with the jagged DUMBO–Boerum Hill– Subway snatch his hands in the bathroom at ing to a police report. Navy streets at 11 pm. Po- wood. Find more online every Wednesday at lice recovered $24 from the Downtown Someone snagged a the school between Bridge The 31-year-old cashier The 38-year-old suspect woman’s shoe, according to A foul fiend snaked his 52-year-old’s wallet aboard and Jay streets when the older BrooklynPaper.com/blotter took out a club and started was arrested and charged a report. hand under a toilet stall to a Brooklyn-bound 4 train on boy first approached him on banging the counter with it with assault. steal a woman’s wallet from April 10 at 10:30 am. to scare off the angry cus- Mixed signals April 28, police stated. grabbed her phone, debit, and with umbrellas. The assault One-night slam her bag as the lady sat petri- The victim told cops he “Be in my gang or pay me tomer, the report says. The A tricky trio took off with fied on the porcelain throne $200 or I will f--- you up,” credits cards from her front left her with a swollen fore- customer continued his tan- A bar patron accepted an boarded a crowded train at pocket and took off, the re- head and a cut on her lip, of- a couple of cellphones from a invitation to go home with in a Livingston Street office Grand Central Station at 9:30 the bully demanded, accord- trum and was trying to climb Myrtle Avenue telecommuni- building’s bathroom on April ing to a police report. port states. ficers said. over the counter when the a guy he met at a Bedford am and exited at Borough cations store on May 8, evad- Avenue bar on May 5, then 29, cops said. Hall. When he got to his of- The victim gave the sus- Scram jams Hoist and haul clerk let him have it, cops ing an employee’s efforts to The victim stated she pect $70 the next time he said. Authorities took the bashed his new friend over fice on Gold Street between A sneak snatched a wom- An intruder pushed his stop them. the head and stole his com- was using the restroom in Myrtle Avenue and Wil- saw him, and promised to an’s phone from her purse way into a man’s Carlton Av- customer to Brooklyn Hos- A worker at the shop be- the building between Smith puter, officers reported. loughby Street, he noticed give him more, the report while she shopped in a Ful- enue house and stole the vic- pital Center and arrested the tween Ryerson Street and Street and Boerum Place at The 52-year-old victim his wallet was gone, accord- states. ton Street clothing store on tim’s wallet and two bicycles worker. Grand Avenue told cops 10:30 am and took her purse said he was at the watering ing to a police report. Cops arrested the alleged May 2 and she only noticed on May 2, according to law Let himself in she saw two of the crooks into the stall with her, plac- extortionist at 10:20 am on hole between N. Seventh The wallet contained $300 when her music stopped play- enforcement officials. Cops arrested a 56-year- standing near a merchandise ing it on the floor. April 28. and N. Eighth streets at 3 in cash plus debit and credit ing, officers said. The man told the authori- old man for burglary after counter at 5:13 pm. The third am when he met the plotter She was doing her busi- cards, the reports says. The 21-year-old victim lowlife created a distraction ness when the creep stuck AT-Menace ties he was taking the garbage they say they found him in and struck up a conversation. Bold bandit Someone smashed open an told police she was shop- out in front of his building the hall of a building on Lef- at the register and his part- At 4 am, the pair left the sa- his hand in and plucked her ping in the store between ners in crime headed for the A crass crook accosted a automated teller machine in between DeKalb and Lafay- ferts Place on May 8. loon and went around the cor- billfold, which contained $30 Bridge and Duffield streets door, the report says. woman in the Borough Hall front of a building on Smith ette avenues at 4:15 am, when A passerby alerted author- ner to buy some beer before in cash along with debit and at 3:20 pm and queued up The worker tried to block subway station on April 29, Street on May 1 and cleaned the invader came up from be- ities to a suspicious man try- heading back to the victim’s credit cards, cops said. The some choice tunes on her the exit, but the ruffians stealing her cash and pre- it out, law enforcement offi- hind and pushed him into his ing to force his way into a apartment and having more woman told authorities she phone before putting it in pushed her aside and made paid credit cards from her cials said. house. building between Grand and drinks, cops said. never saw the sneak-thief’s her bag. like a phone signal going into jacket, according to the au- The bandit pried open “Give me your stuff,” the Classon avenues at 12:43 am, At 8:30 am, the ornery face. After about five minutes of a tunnel, cops said. thorities. the cash dispenser, which goon supposedly said. according to a police report. guest grabbed a beer bottle MetroCard heist is affixed to the outside of shopping, the music stopped The victim forked over Officers went in to check it Enter-take-ment and bashed the victim in the The victim reported that and, when she checked her More than 400 Metro- she was climbing the stairs a storefront between Dean his wallet, a report says. out, and found the fellow sit- A scoundrel smashed his skull with it, the victim told Cards worth $24,680 van- and Bergen streets, sometime purse, the gadget was gone, Unsatisfied, the villain ran ting on the stairs on the fourth cops. Before the victim could from the platform near the cops said. or her way in to a car parked ished from a university’s exit on Joralemon and Court between 9:30 and 11:30 am, upstairs, grabbed two bikes floor, the report says. on Hall Street on May 9 and move, the intruder grabbed academic affairs office on streets when the villain police said. The burglar made from the hall, hoisted them “I let myself in,” the man jacked the built-in entertain- his Mac laptop computer, Court Street sometime be- grabbed her from behind. off with $4,920, cops said. 88TH PRECINCT on his shoulder, and ran out supposedly said when the of- ment system, police stated. speakers, and computer tween Dec. 13 and April 28, “Give me your s---.” No Casanova Fort Greene–Clinton Hill the door, cops said. ficers approached, but cops The 26-year-old owner mouse and vamoosed, ac- officers reported. the scoundrel supposedly soon discovered he did not told the authorities he parked cording to the authorities. The worker said she locked A scalawag robbed a Soaked Up the vigil-ante hissed. live in the building and was his Dodge Avenger near Park The victim called emergency up the transit passes in a woman on Flatbush Avenue A crew of violent women Cops cuffed a Fulton The punk then reached not invited by anyone who Avenue at 8:30 am and, when services and they took him cabinet at the office build- on May 1 after she refused attacked a 31-year-old lady Street bodega clerk after they into her jacket pockets and does, the report states. he returned at 5 pm, the rear to hospital for treatment, a ing between Livingston and to give the guy her number, as she walked near the inter- say he hit an unruly customer removed $60 in cash along window was shattered. The report says. Schermerhorn streets on Dec. according to a report. section of N. Portland Av- over the head with a baton Take her shelter with the cards, police said. The victim said she was on May 7. Cops arrested a 51-year- entertainment system in- Flirty thief 13 at 10 am and discovered enue and Auburn Place on cluded satellite navigation, them missing at 10 am on Bathroom bully crossing the intersection at May 9, cops said. The 54-year-old customer old woman inside a shelter A man was arrested for al- Fourth Avenue at 8:50 am told cops he got into an argu- on Tillary Street on May 5 a television screen, and a legedly stealing a woman’s April 28, according to a po- Cops arrested a 17-year- The victim told police she camera, according to a po- when the galoot, whom she ment with the clerk inside the after they say she stole an- phone after chatting her up at lice report. old on April 28 who they say was walking down the street lice report. All told the nabbed passes threatened to beat up a fel- did not know, approached at 8:30 am when the group store between Lafayette Av- other lady’s purse. a Manhattan Avenue night- totalled 300 weekly cards, low student when he refused and made the bold request. set upon her, kicking her enue and Fort Greene Place The 21-year-old victim No transfer club on May 7, according to which cost $30 apiece, and to join his gang at a Johnson She ignored the brute and he and hitting her in the head at 1:10 am and started throw- told the authorities she saw A thief swiped a senior’s a police report. wallet as she road the bus The victim said she was on Fulton Street on May 9, at the lounge between Kent law enforcement officials and Java streets at 10 pm related. when the suspect sat down The 75-year-old woman next to her and started spit- reported she boarded the ting game. After 20 minutes B38 bus at Fulton Street of smooth talk, the accused and Lafayette Avenue at bumped into her, took her 6:35 pm. phone, and then left the bar, On the bus, she felt some- the victim reported. one bump into her and, when She use a phone finder ap- she got off at Saint James plication to track her phone place between Lafayette and down to a telecommunica- Do you have a Medicare DeKalb avenues, the billfold tions store on the corner of was missing, according to a Grand Avenue and Moore report. Street, according to cops. and Police say they found the a Medicaid card? — Matthew Perlman suspect inside, arrested him, and charged him with 68TH PRECINCT grand larceny. Need help paying your Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights ? 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The broker said it Sitt-ing vacant gest that Sitt may be hold- would make sense for Luna ing his remaining properties Park to expand into Sitt’s par- hostage from development in cels in between. Coney Islanders complain empty lots the hope of another payday Curiously, a document on from a frustrated city. Thor Equities’ website from create sad crater in amusement district “I would guess he’s hold- about 2012 — which appears ing onto them waiting for the to be promoting its storefront By Will Bredderman Luna Park stands today. Coney Island,” said Den- city to buy him out again,” spaces on Surf Avenue — la- The Brooklyn Paper The parcels were home nis Vourderis, co-owner of said leading People’s Play- bels the vacant lots as “Luna ground real estate broker Joe Park Extension.” Denizens of the People’s to McCullough’s Kiddie Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park Park for more than three and president of the Alli- Vitacco. “He’s a flipper. He But the bigs at Luna Park Playground complain that holds onto it a little longer said they have never even Thor Equities — the real decades, but Sitt whittled ance for Coney Island busi- McCullough’s footprint to than the average flipper.” been able to get Thor on the estate giant owned by con- ness group. Vitacco pointed that the phone to talk about possible troversial land baron Joe a fraction of its former size But given Sitt’s track re- by refusing to renew leases lots lie between the larger real estate deals. Sitt — is giving Coney Is- cord, few expect the lots to part of Luna Park and the “Four years we’ve been in on the various lots as they ex- Photo by Steve Solomonson land a bad image, and dread see any development while fun-zone’s newest and biggest Coney Island, and we have pired. When the final con- another summer of vacant, he owns them. People’s Playground leaders complain that Thor Equities’s properties off Still- attractions — the new Thun- not been able to talk to Joe trash-filled lots at the heart of tract came up in 2012, the Sitt kicked out Astroland well Avenue are lying fallow for yet another summer. derbolt roller coaster due to Sitt,” said Valerio Ferrari, the amusement district. last remnant of the fun-zone and nearly all of his other ten- open this summer, and the president of Central Amuse- A symbol of the blight, they got the boot — leaving the ants in 2008, turning Coney Is- After former Councilman Do- agreed in 2009 to cough up could go forward. That left recently-restored B&B Car- ments International, which say, is the firm’s neglected space totally deserted. land — which the Bloomberg menic Recchia helped block more than $95.6 million to buy Sitt with a tidy $50 million in ousell. Luna Park also op- runs Luna Park. “Welcome to Coney Island” Sitt briefly rented the space Administration had hoped to the use of eminent domain to less than seven acres of Sitt’s taxpayer-funded profit while erates the lighting system Thor did not respond to re- sign at the corner of Stillwell between Stillwell Avenue and revitalize — into a ghost town. seize the fallow land, the city property so that development he retained sizable holdings of the Parachute Jump, and peated calls for comment. and Surf avenues, with most W. 15th Street to Cha Cha’s of the bulbs dead. Steeplechase Fun Park , but “There are so many bulbs the theme park was destroyed missing from the sign, it’s in Hurricane Sandy and has shameful at this point. It’s the since sat vacant, steadily ac- first thing visitors see when cumulating rubbish. they get off the train,” said Business leaders said they Coney’s self-declared mayor have begged Thor to remove Dick Zigun, founder of Side- the gathering garbage, and shows by the Seashore. were successful in getting the Zigun also railed against firm to do a cursory clean- the lack of upkeep of Thor’s up two months ago. But more HOW WILL YOU properties along Bowery trash soon accumulated, Street. again making the heart of “The problem with the lots is the famous amusement area that they’re dirty — they have look blighted as the summer garbage. I really wish they season approaches. would clean them up, cover With Thor seeming to SPEND YOUR them, bring in rides, bring in take little responsibility for anything that contributes to the the property, neighbors think neighborhood,” he said. the only remedy would be a Thor bought the plots dur- new tenant. 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W’burg kids headed to space camp in Turkey By Danielle Furfaro ers from the school have been fund- studied gravity, biology in different The Brooklyn Paper raising all year to make the $18,000 physical environments, and space Houston, they have some plane they need to all go to Space Camp travel. Also, each kid has been as- tickets. Turkey. There, the kids will get to signed an international “e-pal” who A dozen kids and teachers from simulate zero gravity and a fric- he or she Skypes with on a weekly ba- MS 126 John Ericsson Middle School tionless environment, and will take sis. The hope there is that the young- in Williamsburg have spent the past rides in a high-gravity chair, among sters will better appreciate the won- other exciting opportunities. ders of social life here on earth, the two school years preparing to go to File photo by Daniel Krieger space camp in Turkey. Now they are Kids come from all over the world school’s principal said. Rebar owner Jason Stevens abruptly closed his almost ready to blast off and could to attend the space camp, which is “One of the goals of the program restaurant last Friday and is accused by some of not be more thankful to their school in the city of Izmir. They spend the is building social awareness and running off with hundreds of thousands in depos- for getting them rocket ready. week there hanging out with other making them socially more diverse its for future weddings. “This seems like an opportu- kids and studying the physics of the hope in the end they become young Photo by Elizabeth Graham nity you could never get anywhere great beyond. adults that respect diversity,” said From left, Christina Warrington, teacher Steven House, else,” said eighth grader Millaine To prepare themselves for the trip, headmaster Marcos Bausch. Elizabett Baez, Millaine Jena, Dominick Airn, and Idaliza Sena. “And I have never been to the students have spent the past two The group will leave for the REBAR... Pena are over the moon about going to space camp in any camp.” years working on specialized science trip on June 27 and stay through Turkey next month. The 10 students and two teach- coursework after school. They have July 8. Continued from page 1 If Stevens really did file, Wednesday afternoon. it could limit the legal re- “It’s nice to see the pos- courses available to the now itive aspects of humanity,” not-so-happy couples. said Victoria Friedrich, a Calls to Stevens and Re- t public school teacher who bar were not returned, but f had a Feb. 2015 wedding the district attorney’s office i ! 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Lee graced the Chicks and Giggles lineup several times when it was the gang a regular event. “Chicks and Giggles Comedy Anniversary Show” at Littlefield [622 Degraw St. between Fourth and Third Avenues in Gowanus, (718) Library bike tour narrates 855–3388, www.littlefieldnyc.com]. May 18 at Brooklyn’s criminal history 7:30 pm. $5–$8. — Danielle Furfaro CINEMA By Matthew Perlman to the other before ending up at Grand The Brooklyn Paper Army Plaza. From Capone territory, the trip heads ake a tour of Brooklyn’s sordid mafi- down to the Windsor Terrace branch, which Photo by Elizabeth Graham oso past — and check out some books sits near a cluster of former speakeasies Join the club T while you’re at it. off the Caton Avenue corner of Prospect The Brooklyn Public Library’s second Park. Next the route winds through Bor- What do you do when you can’t find a club annual Bike the Branches cycling bonanza ough Park and past the site of a 1934 ar- that will accept you as a member? Start your is happening on May 17, and organizers mored truck robbery on 18th Avenue in own. this year have planned 12 themed routes Bensonhurst, and down into Coney Is- That was the initial inspiration behind Cin- to carry riders between prose palaces. The land. At the Sea Gate end of the Board- ema Club, the monthly screening series held at “Underworld” jaunt brings bikers to the walk is where Abe Reles mysteriously the Williamsburg video store-cum-screening sites of former speakeasies, the childhood fell from a hotel window in 1940 on the room, according to one of the group’s founders homes of famous gangsters, and the scenes day he was set to testify against the mob David Lombroso. of infamous crimes, with a litany of li- in court. Posthumously, Reles became “I made a short braries along the way. The event will put known as the “Canary Who Could Sing film and realized pedal-pushing Brooklynites in touch with but Couldn’t Fly.” there were relatively the borough’s once-dark corners, orga- The second half of the ride doubles few options for me,” nizers say. back through Sheepshead Bay, Flatbush he said. “You could “It gives people an on-the-ground feel- and Brownsville, brings participants past play some festivals, ing of Brooklyn’s mysterious past,” said a few more speakeasies in Clinton Hill put it online and Cheryl Todmann, director of special events and Williamsburg, and, before looping then cross your fin- for the library. to the destination, offers a stop at Willie gers.” Photo by Alec Jacobson This is no spin around the block — the Sutton’s childhood home on High Street Realizing he route is 39 miles. It starts at the Park Slope near Sands Street in Brooklyn Heights. Book ‘em: Library employee Noah Suppin dresses the part for a cycling tour that wasn’t alone in his frustration, he and fellow branch, not far from two childhood homes “Willie the Actor,” was a notorious bank brings riders to locations from Brooklyn’s criminal past. filmmakers Juna Skenderi and Daniel Yankiver of Al Capone and from Grand Prospect robber who got away with $2 million dur- started Cinema Club. Hall at Third and Prospect avenues, where ing his career and the neighborhood now An eight-mile Where’s Waldo?–themed lic transit at any time because the day is At first, the group would pair a new work Capone supposedly got in the fight that brimming with financiers was known as course offers the most family-friendly op- designed to get as many people involved by an up-and-coming filmmaker with an es- landed him the nickname “Scarface.” It “Irishtown” in his day. tion and the organizers emphasize that cy- as possible. tablished cult classic. Three years later, their then stretches from one end of the borough Not all the routes are so long or unsavory. clists can take shortcuts or hop on pub- “It’s for everyone — from families who screenings showcase submissions from around are going to one or two branches — to cy- the world. cling enthusiasts,” said Todmann. For their three-year anniversary party this Prizes will be awarded to the riders Sunday at Glasslands, the Cinema Club will who visit the most branches during the train their spotlight on music videos. The event Drunk, athletic, and old day. Last year’s winner saw 27 of the bor- will offer screenings of newly created clips ough’s 60. But for most riders, Bike the alongside live performances by the Gothic- Brooklyn’s criminal past is not the only option for a Bike the Branches tour. The library’s Brooklyn Collec- Branches is just about experiencing the leaning pop trio New Myths and dance mu- tion helped prepare 12 different routes that focus on different aspects of the borough’s past and alcohol- borough. sic producer Asher Nacht. Things are looking even brighter for Cin- soaked present. Our panel of expert recommenders picked a basketful so you do not have to. “I’m pretty new to the city, and I want to get into bike riding,” said Christie Wil- ema Club as it enters its third year. It is now liams, who recently moved to Brooklyn registered as a non-profit and has a couple of Bottom’s up Brooklyn Brooklyn baseball Early Brooklyn from Washington, D.C. “This is a great potential partnerships that could help sustain chance to see Brooklyn.” it for years to come, though Lombroso was re- Williams was at Central Library on luctant to provide details. May 13, getting some headgear for her Even without that help, the screening se- and her daughter at a free helmet give- ries isn’t hurting for new work to present to away held ahead of the branch ride. Rid- local cinephiles. It gets at least one submis- ers who sign up for Bike the Branches sion every day, and receives a steady stream can also get a free pass to rent a CitiBike of visitors to its website, where the film buffs for the day. maintain an archive of all the titles they have No matter how many branches bike- screened. Photo by Stefano Giovannini Photo by Steve Schnibbe riders hit, the day is a chance to do some When pressed for a favorite among the doz- Brooklyn has loved liquor for as long as This tour hits sites connected to Ameri- This is the Old Brooklyn route — the sightseeing and give that library card a ens of efforts he and his partners have pre- it has been inhabited. The route features ca’s pastime in the borough of Kings. It fea- very Old Brooklyn route. It includes stops workout. sented, Lombroso goes all the way back to the historic buildings from Brooklyn’s beer- tures the homes of famous Brooklyn Dodgers, at Native American sites, such as Marech- “I believe in the public library, so this is club’s first meeting, which featured “Nothing brewing heyday, such as the former Leib- including Duke Snider, Sandy Koufax, and kawick, a site on Bridge Street between a good way to show my support,” said Ravi Yet,” a low-budget road movie by James Ben- mann and Rheingold breweries on Forest Jackie Robinson, stops near Prospect Park’s Front and York streets thought to have been Ragbir, a Brooklyn Heights resident. son and Bernardo Britto about an indie rock Street, Schaefer Brewing Company on Kent Parade Grounds, where semi-pro games were a village run by an offshoot of the Canarsee Library honchos expect 500 people to band on tour. Avenue, and Excelsior on Pulaski Street. once played, and The Wallace Grounds, a ball tribe. It also directs attention to the Revo- participate this year. “Like any parents hold their first child The tour also features some newer points field near the Washington Irving branch that lutionary War, including the once-higher “A lot of people may only now their local more dearly to their heart, I remember that — and pints — of interest, including the hosted Negro League teams. And of course spot in Cobble Hill called Ponkiesbergh, branch and Central,” said Todmann. one fondly,” Lombroso said. Brooklyn Brewery, the Kings County Dis- the pilgrimage must stop at the former site where George Washington is said to have “Bike the Branches” library bike ride “Cinema Club” three-year anniversary tillery, and the Van Brunt Stillhouse. But if of Ebbets Fields on Bedford Avenue at Sul- stood looking down at the Battle of Brook- (Various starting locations and routes, party at Glasslands [289 Kent Ave. between you plan on sampling the modern libations, livan Place, where a 20-story housing com- lyn being fought in today’s Gowanus. Just misc.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/btb). Sat- S. First and S. Second Streets in Williamsburg, you should probably ditch the bike. plex stands today. bring your pedal-powered DeLorean. urday, May 17, 10 am–5 pm. Celebration (718) 599–1450, www.theglasslands.com ]. at Grand Army Plaza 5 pm–7 pm. $20. May 18 at 8 pm, $10. — Robert Ham B JY 7 `Y1G7 `GA 1 Y 546 third ave bklyn 11215 718.797.2077 Q JJ_7- _7`Y18 `1 AJ*JJ 1 _ 1,J`B_7G ``77`7- `8 Don’t miss a Bar Scrawl. Find them all at J1QJ `VV 5JRCQQ`[.`QQ@C7J BrooklynPaper.com art lighting furniture decor shoprico.com 8 8 [1118]:`@7CQ]V7Q$:8HQI 8 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 May 16–22, 2014 Brooklyn. 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Free. with booze in your wants to learn to play Bedford-Stuyvesant hand, as comedians this timeless game. have to offer. crack jokes. 7:30 pm at Royal Palms Noon–6 pm, also on May Shuffleboard Club [514 8 pm at Union Hall [4702 18, at various locations Union St between Third Union St. between [Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, Avenue and Nevins Fourth and Fifth avenues and Bedford-Stuyvesant, Street in Gowanus, (347) in Park Slope, (718) 638– www.sonyaonline.org, 223–4410, www.royal- 4400, www.unionhallny. (347) 766-9720]. Free. palmsshuffle.com]. $10. com ]. $8. NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN FRI, MAY 16 ART, “ANATOMY OF A POWER- HOUSE: Electrifying the El”: Ar- chival photo exhibition showing construction and early operation of the 74th Street Powerhouse. $7 Find lots more listings online at @bkindiemedia ($5 for children 2–17 and seniors, BrooklynPaper.com/Events free for members and children under 2). 10 am–4 pm. New York Transit Museum [Boerum Place at MUSIC, BAMCAFE: A Brooklyn Trib- Schermerhorn Street in Downtown, ute to Amiri Baraka: Free. 9 pm. (718) 694–1600], www.mta.info/ BAM Cafe (30 Lafayette Ave. be- tween Ashland Place and St. Felix mta/museum. Street in Fort Greene), www.bam. DANCE, COSMIC YOGA: $15. 10 org/programs/bamcafe-live. am, Noon, 7 pm. Body Actualized MUSIC, BENEFIT: Planning for Burial, Center [143 Troutman St. between Sea of Bones, Belus: Book launch Central and Evergreen avenues in party for “Metal Cats;” proceeds Bushwick, (347) 770–1437], bodyac- benefi t Bobbi and the Strays, a tualized.org. local no-kill animal shelter. $7. 9 ART, “CHICAGO IN L.A.: Judy Chica- pm. Union Pool [484 Union Ave. at go’s Early Work 1963-74”: The fi rst Meeker Avenue in Williamsburg, survey on the East Coast of the art- (718) 609–0484], www.myspace. ist’s early career. $12 (suggested). com/unionpool. 11 am–6 pm. Brooklyn Museum MUSIC, SOPHIE, LEE BANNON, Clear Healthy Skin [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington DUBBEL DUTCH: $10. 11:30 pm. Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) Glasslands (289 Kent Ave. at S. Sec- 638–5000], www.brooklynmuseum. ond Street in Williamsburg), www. isn’t it time you call? org. glasslands.com. ART, “AI WEIWEI: According to ART, “SACRED SITES” OPEN HOUSE What?”: The fi rst North Ameri- WEEKEND: Culturally important Medical Services we accept: can survey of the work of the pro- religious open to share their re- GHI, HIP, 1199, AETNA, CIGNA, UNITED, OXFORD, vocative Chinese conceptual artist, markable art and architecture with sculptor, photographer, fi lmmaker, the public. See Landmarks website HORIZON, HEALTHNET, MEDICARE, BLUE CROSS, and activist. $12 (suggested). 11 for a list of participating sites and am–6 pm. Brooklyn Museum [200 MAGNACARE, AMERICHOICE, ELDERPLAN hours. Free. Various locations, see Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Av- website, (212) 995–5260, www.ny- enue in Prospect Heights, (718) landmarks.org. Cosmetic Services Botox, Restylane, 638–5000], www.brooklynmuseum. org. Photo by Stefano Giovannini VIKING FEST: The East Coast Scan- Juvederm, Radiesse, Sculptra, Laser Hair Removal, dinavian hosts this annual event ART, “STARGAZING”: Group show Sword on the street: John Estep, a member of the Society for featuring a Viking Fillage, half-size Laser Tattoo Removal, Laser Vein Removal, Torn featuring work from Regina Bogat, Creative Anachronism, will be on hand in traditional Viking garb replica of a Viking ship and crew. Earlobe Repair, Keloid Surgery… Catherine Cullen, Craig Olson, and at the Viking Fest in Owl’s Head Park on May 17. Free. 10 am–5 pm. Owl’s Head Park Mary Schrilio. Free. 11 am–6 pm. [68th St. and Narrows Avenue in Trestle Gallery [168 7th St. between Trim Fat, No Needles, No Downtime Bay Ridge, (718) 748–5950]. Coolsculpting Second and Third avenues in Gow- liamsburg, (718) 599–1000], www. daughter. $26 ($21 students under TALK, (SHEEP) FLEECE FESTIVAL: anus, (718) 858–9069], www.trestle- thetrashbar.com. 25, seniors; $5 teens). 3 pm. Our The Zoo’s sheep lose their wooly 254 Prospect Park West, Park Slope gallery.org. MUSIC, BOOTBLACKS, MERCI LA Lady of Perpetual Help School winter coats at the hands of a mas- THEATER, “THE SEEDS OF ABRA- NUIT, UNUR, WITH DJS MARBAR [5902 Sixth Avenue in Bay Ridge, ter sheep shearer. Live music, fl eecy 136 West 17th Street, NYC HAM: Part Two of the Prophet’s AND SHENAN FRAGUADAS: $10. (718) 439–8067], www.olphschool- fun crafts, barn animal demonstra- Cycle”: Family drama for teens 9 pm. Union Pool [484 Union Ave. brooklyn.org. tions and keeper talks. Free. 11 and up, written by Angelica Chéri. at Meeker Avenue in Williamsburg, MUSIC, “THE WOMEN GATHER”: am–5 pm. Prospect Park Zoo [450 Javier Zelaya, MD $15–$25 (children and seniors (718) 609–0484], www.myspace. Women’s drumming group Grace Flatbush Ave. at Ocean Avenue Verna Broughton, PA $12–$15). 8 pm. Billie Holiday The- com/unionpool. Drums performs in the African tradi- in Prospect Park, (718) 399–7339], 718.832.3313 atre [1368 Fulton St. between Marcy MUSIC, SARA BOUCHARD & THE tion and beyond. $20 ($15 students, www.prospectparkzoo.com. and Brooklyn avenues in Bedford- SALT PARADE WITH THE ALEX seniors). 7 PM. Kumble Theater at SPRING CARNIVAL: St. Saviour Cath- Stuyvesant, (718) 636–0918], www. MALLETT BAND: Free. 10 pm. Tea Long Island University [DeKalb and olic Academy’s spring party with thebillieholiday.org. Lounge [837 Union St. at Seventh Flatbush avenues in Downtown, live music, magic, soccer clinic, fi re THEATER, “RENT”: Impoverished Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 789– (718) 488–1624], www.brooklyn.liu. truck, rides games, and more. Free. young artists and musicians strug- 2762], www.tealoungeny.com. edu/KumbleTheater. Noon–5 pm. St. Saviour Catholic gle to survive in New York under the ART, “3 TO 1: An Artistic One Night Academy [701 Eighth Ave. in Park shadow of HIV/AIDS. $18 ($14 chil- Stand”: Visit three Brooklyn artists Slope, (718) 768–8000], www.stsav- dren under 12, seniors). 8 pm. Gal- SAT, MAY 17 as they spend 24 hours in a hotel iourschool.org. lery Players [199 14th St., between room collaborating for the fi rst time TALK, INTRO TO BIRD WATCHING: ART, EXHIBITION AND FUND- Fourth and Fifth avenues in Park on an interdisciplinary installation RAISER: Open house, installation, Slope, (212) 352–3101], galleryplay- Take a tour and learn about the 250 using dance, music, and video. species of birds that call Prospect talks, panels, party! Proceeds ben- ers.com. $8–$20. 7 pm. Nu Hotel Brook- efi t Arts Gowanus. $10 (suggested). THEATER, “WEST SIDE STORY”: Park home with Brooklyn Bird Club. lyn (85 Smith St. at State Street in Free. Noon–1 pm. Prospect Park Noon–11 pm. Gowanus Loft (61 9th Classic musical about two star- Downtown), thecreatorscollective. Street, #C8, near Smith Street in crossed-lovers caught between Audubon Center [Enter park at org/3to1. Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue Gowanus), www.artsgowanus.org. warring gangs in 1960s New York. MUSIC, MUSTARD PLUG, DEAL’S ART, BENEFIT: “100 Works on Paper”: $25 ($23 seniors, children under in Prospect Park, (718) 287–3400], GONE BAD, BUTCHER KNIVES, www.prospectpark.org/audubon. Kentler Gallery’s annual benefi t 18). 8 pm. Heights Players [26 Wil- THE FAD: $13-$15. 7:30 pm. featuring silent auctions and raffl es low Pl. between Joralemon and MUSIC, DYKER SINGERS: Concert Knitting Factory [361 Metropoli- for work from more than 100 artists State streets in Brooklyn Heights, - be there or be square - the best tan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in who have donated work. $200. 6 (718) 237–2752], www.heightsplay- vocals of the 50’s and 60’s. Free. 1 Williamsburg, (347) 529–6696], pm. Kentler International Drawing ers.org. pm. Dyker Library [8202 13th Ave. ny.knittingfactory.com. Space [353 Van Brunt St. between MUSIC, AIR FOR ANTS, THE KHAN at 82nd Street in Dyker Heights, MUSIC, PEELANDER-Z!, MATH THE Wolcott and Dikeman streets in Red MEN, SICOBONDI, THE HOOD- (718) 748–6261]. BAND, BLUEJAY: $10. 8 pm. Glass- Hook, (718) 875–2098], www.kent- RATS, RYAN COLE & THE PAPER THEATER, “RIGOLETTO”: A hunch- lands (289 Kent Ave. at S. Second lergallery.org. SOULS: $8. 8 pm. 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DiDio said wine ex- eru tige to the long-derided West perts sometimes get things Peru fric Coast wine scene. wildly wrong, especially in a ino i by D One judge from the Bor- blind test. , A on, ough Hall tasting said blind- “You always have the chance rati fold or no, the Brooklyn wines Photo by Alec Jacobson of making a fool of yourself,” Festiva to were evident. Professional tai-ster: Judge James Tai sips he said. esto e “They tasted very local,” said suds at the first Judgement of Brooklyn. “The Judgement of Brook- AM/R MAY 17—26 Tony DiDio, who has a nose for lyn” at Skylight One Hanson B vintages made from Long Island grapes. The Carroll Gardens oenophile said (One Hanson Pl. between Ashland o: B DANCE | MUSIC | FILM | ART | OUTDOOR BAZAARAAR “They’re honest wines — unmanipu- he has a soft spot for Red Hook win- Place and Saint Felix Street in Fort Phot lated wines — not covered up with a lot ery’s Riesling. Greene, www.judgementofbrooklyn. of over-extraction or use of oak.” The May 17 event will allow the pub- com). May 17 at 7 pm. $55–$90. CelebratingCeleb Africa’s Bantaba Take a bite out of time Artistic Director Chuck Davis How Brooklyn helped pizza be NY’s favorite By Matthew Perlman bakeries and buildings with The Brooklyn Paper coal ovens and they became appetizing real estate for piz- lices are this guy’s zaiolos as the profile of their life. product rose. Today, many S Scott Wiener writes of the coal ovens are gone, about pizza, gives guided but the tradition of dough- pizza tours, and on May 21 twirling is as going strong he will lecture about the sa- in Kings County. cred edible form at the Brook- Wiener is about to launch a lyn Historical Society. Wie- pair of Brooklyn pizza tours, ner’s talk will explain how one in Williamsburg and one the cheesy finger-food be- in Cobble Hill. The tours in- came a staple of New York clude three or four stops and, BAM.ORG | 718.636.4100 fare and how his home bor- to simplify sharing, he tries to ough helped get it there. Photo by Elizabeth Graham keep his customers in groups TICKETS START AT $20 “It’s cheap, portable, fast, Chowing down: Scott Wiener pretty much sleeps, that are multiples of eight. and tasty,” said Wiener about eats, and breaths pizza. And you can see him talk “It’s all about pie divi- his mozzarella-topped muse. about Brooklyn’s part in the food’s history at the sion,” he said, explaining the “It fits in with the pace of Historical Society on May 21. need to keep butter knives New York.” out of the picture. BAMBAM 2014 Winter/Spring DanceAfrica 2014 Major support for Major support DanceAfrica 2014 is part of Diverse But pizza was not always “Pizza: The Brooklyn Season sponsor: is made possible by DanceAfrica 2014 for Global BAM Voices at BAM sponsored by: so ubiquitous an item. 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Free. 8 9 DAYS... OPEN MIC: Local bands, ers, gorge on doughnuts pm. Goodbye Blue Monday musicians, singers, artists, and Agent Cooper cock- “Eating Wildly: Forag- Continued from page 8 [1087 Broadway, between and poets ply their craft on tails, and play bingo! Free. Lawton and Dodworth ing for Life, Love and 8:30 pm. Videology (308 an open stage. Play or just streets in Bedford-Stuyve- the Perfect Meal” talk SUN, MAY 18 listen. Free. 8 pm. Good- Bedford Ave. at S. First at the Central Library bye Blue Monday [1087 Street in Williamsburg), sant, (718) 453–6343], [10 Grand Army Plaza OUTDOORS AND TOURS Broadway, between Law- www.videology.info. www.myspace.com/good- between Flatbush Ave. ton and Dodworth streets MUSIC, SPLIT SINGLE, DES- byebluemondayinc. and Eastern Pkwy in Park MUSIC, HAITIAN FLAG “SEL- EBRASYON”: Outdoor cel- in Bedford-Stuyvesant, ERT SHARKS, LEAPLING: Slope, (718) 230–2100, (718) 453–6343], www.mys- $10. 8:30 pm. Glasslands www.bklynlibrary.org]. ebration of Haitian culture with live music, crafts, food, pace.com/goodbyeblue- (289 Kent Ave. at S. Second FRI, MAY 23 May 18 at 1:30pm. Free. and dance workshops. mondayinc. Street in Williamsburg), www.glasslands.com. MUSIC, BRETT SAXON: Free. Noon–6 pm. Parkside Free. 9 pm. Tea Lounge Plaza [Ocean Ave. at Ocean Ave & Parkside Avenue WED, MAY 21 [837 Union St. at Seventh THURS, MAY 22 Avenue in Park Slope, (718) in Prospect Park, (347) TALK, TROLLEY TOUR: 565–4429], www.haiticul- 789–2762], www.tealoung- “Hidden Gems of Green- MUSIC, AFRICAN DANCE eny.com. turalx.org. Wood”: See Green-Wood’s PARTY: Sierra Leone’s THEATER, SWEENEY TODD: glacial ponds, hear the Refugee All Stars, Okayaf- Come see a ensemble pro- tragic story of Charlotte rica Electrafrique w/ Chief duction of famed musical Canda and visit her memo- Boima & DJ Underdog: SAT, MAY 24 “Sweeney Todd,” about rial and the graves of Louis Part of Bric/Brooklyn MUSIC, FERAL FOSTER RE- London’s legendary demon Moreau Gottschalk, “Bill Bridge Park’s summer barber, complete with CORD RELEASE SHOW: the Butcher,”Lola Mon- “Celebrate Brooklyn” With Naomi Shelton and chamber orchestra. $20. 4 tez, and other notewor- dance party series. Free. 7 the Gospel Queens. $10. pm. Fourth Avenue Presby- thy Brooklynites. $15 ($10 pm. Brooklyn Bridge Park, terian Church [6753 Fourth members). 1 pm. Green- Harbor View Lawn (Enter at 8:30 pm. Jalopy (315 Co- Ave, at the corner of 68th Wood Cemetery [Fifth Old Fulton St. near Furman lumbia St. between Hamil- Street in Bay Ridge, (917) Avenue and 25th Street in Street in Dumbo). www. ton Avenue and Woodhull 406–3481]. Greenwood Heights, (718) brooklynbridgepark.org Street in Red Hook). (718) MUSIC, KETTLE MUSIC COL- 768–7300], www.green- COMEDY, FREESTANDING 395–3214, www.jalopy.biz. LECTIVE: $10 (suggested). 6 pm. Ibeam Music Studio (168 Seventh St. between Second and Third avenues in Gowanus), ibeambrook- lyn.com. By Bill Roundy Photo by Alec Jacobson BAR SCRAWL MUSIC, “SPLIT’N LANES & Leaf it to me: Ava Chin, author of “Eating Wildly,” leads a foraging class in Fort Greene Park. DODGIN’ GUTTERS: Clas- sic Motorcycle Show”: First annual biker bash, Norton Records DJ set. Free. 9 pm. Brooklyn Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. between N. 11th and N. 12th streets in Williams- burg, (718) 963–3369], www.brooklynbowl.com. ART, BROOKLYN MINI Free urban lunch! MARKET: Renegade Craft Fair hosts pop-up brunch and local design market Foraging book gives meaning to ‘street food’ with shopping, games, and photo booth. Free. 11 By Sarah Iannone “There aren’t a lot of cars that nec- am–5 pm. Brooklyn Night for The Brooklyn Paper essarily go through there, and there are Bazaar (165 Banker St. at certain hours of the day that cars don’t Norman Avenue in Green- point), bkbazaar.com. va Chin is after feast of drive through the park,” said Chin. NORWEGIAN CONSTITU- mind. “Your chances of finding more pris- TION DAY PARADE: A Chin’s upcoming memoir tine wild edibles are grander.” Celebrate the 62nd annual “Eating Wildly: Foraging for Life, Prospect Park has some of the city’s event - this year Norway’s history celebrates 200 Love and the Perfect Meal” talks best wild edibles, such as mulberries, years of the signing of the about how she started her serious mushrooms and day lilies, Chin said. its Constitution. Free. 1:30 foraging habit to take her attention The untrained eye passes over them, but pm. Kick off [Third Ave. at off a hard breakup, channelling her these leafy delicacies flourish through- 81st Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 745–6653], www.may- energy into learning about plants out the park’s grounds, from just off 17paradeny.com. and how to find wild edible weeds of the jogging paths to the un-land- in the most unlikely places. scaped edges of ponds, she said. Chin grew up in Queens, where her Along the borough’s sidewalks, MON, MAY 19 first foraging discovery as a young Chin practices and teaches what she SPORTS, DOUBLES SHUF- child was field garlic, which reminded calls “guerrilla foraging” or “street FLEBOARD TOURNA- MENT: Eight teams to her of the scallions and the Chinese foraging” — trawling tree planters compete for a cash prize of chives that her grandfather used to and cracks in the pavement for nat- $100. $6 (RSVP required). cook with. ural items to nosh. 8:30 pm. The Diamond [43 Franklin St. near Cayler “My mother wouldn’t want me to On these jaunts, Chin explains Street in Greenpoint, (718) eat it but I would always eat it,” she she isn’t actually collecting things 383–5030], www.thedia- said. to eat, but rather is inspecting what mondbrooklyn.com. She began her Brooklyn gathering snacks are growing from block to COMEDY, “ED SULLIVAN in Clinton Hill and Park Slope. At first, block. ON ACID”: Free. 9 pm. Freddy’s Bar [627 Fifth though, she didn’t think of the area as If she had to pick one place in Brook- “It’s to kind of sharpen my forag- Ave. between 17th and a place where nature thrived. lyn to treat as a wild supermarket, ing skills,” she said. 18th streets in Greenwood “I was a little nervous when I first Chin said she would have to go with Chin shows others how to play these Heights, (718) 768–0131], started out, but as I started forging I Prospect Park. hunger games so that they might hone www.freddysbar.com. realized there were actually plenty of “There are so many great areas their edible-spotting skills for use in wild edibles to find,” Chin said. that are a little more wooded and se- less grimy climes. TUES, MAY 20 She soon started writing about her cluded,” she said. “If they find themselves in an area COMEDY, “THE FANCY plant-seeking adventures for a local Brooklyn’s backyard offers a for- that’s a little bit more rural or a little fur- SHOW”: Producers Mi- section of the New York Times fo- ager an escape from the urban pollu- ther away from pollution they’ll already chael Joyce, Langston Ker- cused on Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, tion afflicting much of the borough, be trained to see it,” said Chin. man, Lane Pieschel, Sim- mons McDavid and Jenny and Prospect Park and, after a year of according to Chin, with many areas Chin’s memoir comes out this Zigrino share the stage Royal Palms Shuffleboard Club [514 Union St. between Nevins Street and Third that, Chin expanded her range into a that are more elevated and further away month. with local talent. Free. Avenue in Gowanus, (347) 223–4410,www.royalpalmsshuffle.com]. 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Bove — both of whom Paint by letters lyn setting, delicious food, drinks and hors d’oeuvres be- have been with the medical At-risk youngsters painted this mural chronicling the history of Greenpoint great entertainment, and dis- fore a dinner and awards cer- center for more than two de- and depicting its future as the city’s capital for film production. The kids tinguished honorees — not emony. Hospital movers and cades — for their leadership worked under the guidance of the community group Groundswell and to mention 650 elegant and shakers closed out the eve- and direction, Hill said. Photos by Stefano Giovannini showed off the completed painting at Broadway Stages on May 7. Artists enthusiastic attendees — all ning dancing to tunes by the The fund-raiser garnered (Left) The Brooklyn Museum welcomed guests to Esteban DelValle and Angel Garcia oversaw the project and Assemblyman combined to create a spectac- Michael Hart Band. $500,000 for medical pro- New York Methodist Hospital’s annual Candlelight Joe Lentol (D–Greenpoint), center, and Councilman Steve Levin (D–Green- ular evening,” said Hospital The evening honored doc- grams, new equipment, and Gala, on May 10. (Above) Pediatrician Pramod Narula point), middle right in suit, showed up for the grand unveiling. spokeswoman Lyn Hill. tors Anthony G. Saleh and Jo- research, she said. and wife Kelly grab a bite during the gala. BRIDGE... 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Yasuta has been coming to town Brooklyn streets.” design shows in New York for 10 years, and what struck him first about Brooklyn design- ers was their turning trash into treasure. “I was so impressed by the use of sustainable materials,” said Yasuta. “At the time, no one was doing that.” He likes the Brooklyn )# # design scene so much that he brought 10 young Japa- nese designers along on his trip this year so they could see what Kings County cre- ators are turning out. And $ *# work from Yasuta’s proteges is now being showcased at Bklyn Designs. + #', ' $ ' $ # # ' !)#$+ “We want to build a bridge between Dumbo and Japan,” - # # ' ' # *#, ( , #$" ) $ ' $ Yasuta said. Kiichiro Ogawa is one of ' '#$ # # $ ' '' # $'" ' , ' the Japanese designers at the show. He likes to save stuff ' ' # # $# ' ' # from ending up in a land- fill. , )" # # # ' *$' ," *%" He brought a chair con- structed of salvaged plywood and discarded manga comic books, and some raincoats made from old umbrellas. “It’s a waste of materials when these things get thrown away,” said Ogawa through a translator. “I want to use them.” Bklyn Designs took place in five locations around Dumbo, including Saint Ann’s Warehouse, Brook- lyn Roasting Company, and the Mark Jupiter Showroom. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, the 11th-an- nual design convention fea- tured furniture, lighting, and home accessories made by 60 Brooklyn designers, in ad- dition to the Japanese im- ports. The Chamber’s president Carlo Scissura said the guest creative types demonstrate how long the reach of the borough’s creative com- munity is. “Our friends from Osaka have taken the idea of Brook- lyn and integrated it into their own designs,” Scis- sura said. “It is a recogni- tion that Brooklyn has be- come a global brand that has cachet people not only want to be associated with, but are inspired by.” Yasuta is a huge fan of Brooklyn. His favorite neighborhood right now is Bushwick, be- cause so many young design- ers live there, but his affec- tions for the borough aren’t limited. “I love everywhere in Brooklyn,” he said. Yasuta comes to New York once a year, and spends all his time on this side of the East River, he said, claiming he has not gone to Manhattan in a half dozen years. “People here are very warm and friendly,” he said. “Not like Manhattan, where it’s cold.” 12 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 May 16–22, 2014 Looking for something while he’s in school? PARENT Keep that Mace handy! Something that will really few days ago, my tecting them, not but these messages subtly tell daughter called from responding to my girl that she is responsi- A college and asked for them, and not The ble if something bad happens connect you to your community? my male perspective on the prosecuting at- to her. It’s just another way young men with which she tackers. to blame the victim. goes to school. I was quite flat- This epi- Parents, administrators, tered she would turn to me, Dad demic is not police, professors, we are but found myself torn between about the high By Scott Sager all responsible for teaching painting a rosy picture of col- profile cases of our children right and wrong, lege boys and what kind, sensi- college athletes who seem to daughter when she’s trying that sexual violence is never tive, and caring creatures they escape punishment includ- to understand the behavior of okay, giving our daughters can be, or telling her the truth ing Heisman Trophy winner Joe Freshman down the hall and sons clear moral com- — that she should be cau- Jameis Winston, accused of or some guy she met in the passes to guide them in col- tious and wary, and keep a rape but uncharged after Flor- library or at a party? Should lege where they often have small bottle of Mace in her ida State University and the I encourage her to join him their first taste of adult free- pocket whenever dudes are Tallahassee police botched for coffee? doms and relationships. present. their investigations. These Instead, I could take the In the end, I tell my daugh- This is not the caution of an alarmist tack and tell her ter that college life is just overprotective father. I know situations are terrible and wrong in every way. never to drink (alcohol is like growing up in Brook- dads like that, who swear they often involved in college lyn. There are all kinds of will chase away any suitor What I’m talking about, assaults), trust no one with guys she’ll meet. Be aware their daughter brings home though, is that guys on cam- a penis, don’t go to parties, of your surroundings, be pru- and can barely stand to see puses, not just athletes, not just never be alone with a man dent but enjoy, live fully, find their girls talking to a boy. fraternity brothers, are rou- — anywhere. I might as well good friends, go places. That’s not my issue. tinely assaulting their class- The incidence of sexual as- mates — most women know follow her around shouting But keep that can of Mace sault on college campuses is their attackers. Schools, and “Danger! Danger! Danger!” handy, just in case. horrifying. A White House to be fair, parents as well, panel released its report last fail to hold young men ac- *, Ê- "* ÊUÊ7 -",Ê/ ,, week estimating that one in countable for their behavior, 9Ê, ÊUÊ ,," Ê, - five female students will be sweeping it under the rug with assaulted during their univer- tired, phrases like, “misun- sity career. Across the coun- derstanding” and “boys will try, at large and small schools, be boys.” prestigious and not, there are The words we need to use You could be a local advertising rep for this newspaper, plus its protests and lawsuits alleg- are, “rape,” violence,” and ing colleges fail young women “assault.” websites, apps, and magazines. on their campuses by not pro- What should I tell my You’ll get to know every merchant in the community, meet loads of new neighbors, get the low-down on all the best local deals, SMOKING... Continued from page 1 A sergeant who guards the and discover the interesting places that are off the beaten path. across the street would still building said she did not know leave the smoker within the who put the signs up, which cite forbidden zone. a state law prohibiting smok- Training and support provided. A Department of Educa- ing within 50 feet of all en- tion rep said the sidewalk no- trances to state office build- No experience necessary. smoking zone is not the official ings, meaning facilities that policy of the building, and the house 100 or more employ- Full and part time/fl ex hours available. agency is trying to figure out ees of a state agency. Feinberg who put up the warnings. said the Court Street structure “It was created by some- is owned by the city, not the "ÕÀÊ >« Ê"* Ê"1- one in the building who state. UÊ6>ÀiÌÞÊvÊ«À}À>ÃÊvÀÊ ->ÌÕÀ`>Þ]Ê >ÞÊ£ÇÊ taped it to a window,” said A 40-year Department of V>«iÀÃÊ>}iÊÎ.5ÊÌÊ£{ £«ÊÊΫÊÊ*ÀëiVÌÊ*>ÀÊ spokeswoman Marge Fein- Education employee — and UÊ->vi]ÊvÕ]ÊÃÌÕ>Ì}Ê i `ÊÌ iÊ*VVÊÕÃi° berg, who would not give de- non-smoker — applauded the iÛÀiÌ 1ÃiÊÌ iÊxÌ Ê-ÌÀiiÌÊiÌÀ>ViÊÊ tails on the building’s actual initiative. UÊ6iÀÞÊviÝLiÊÀi}ÃÌÀ>ÌÆÊ *ÀëiVÌÊ*>ÀÊ7iÃÌÊEÊÜ>Ê smoking policy. “I think it’s probably a >VV`>Ì}ÊÜiiÊÃi>à >}Ã`iÊÌ iÊ>ÃÊÌÊÌ iÊ«>À°ÊÊ For more information, contact Publisher Celia Weintrob good idea to keep that smoke UÊÀiiÊÀ}ÊÌÀ>ëÀÌ>ÌÊ ÊV>ÃiÊvÊÀ>]Ê«>ÃiÊÊÕÃÊ>ÌÊ But others said they liked Ì >Û>>LiÊvÀÊÃÌÊ >ÞÊ,`}iÊÊ ÎÎÊn Ê-ÌÀiiÌÊÊ the idea. The amount of smoke away,” said Staten Island res- *ÀiÃiÌ>ÌÃÊ>ÌÊ£ÊEÊÓ\Îä« that has been flooding into the ident Philip Wladessa. EÊ ÀÜÃÌiÊ ÀÞÊ>Ài>à (718) 260-4503 edifice is bothersome, accord- The signs came down soon UÊ ÃÌ>Là i`ÊÊ£Ó Children are always welcome. ing to a security guard. after this paper starting asking [email protected] “People are coming in questions, but the clean-air vig- Ç£nÇnn*- Ê(7732) and out of the building,” ilante could always print out www.parkslopedaycamp.com she said. more and post them again. 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When they arrived, identification papers miss- they found the suspect out ing. in the street shouting and screaming, police said. Counter down Officers said that when A lowlife lifted several they approached the accused Join us at one of our free Medicare seminars items from the stashed purse he punched a cop in the face of an employee of a Fifth Av- several times. The defen- to fi nd out how to enroll in enue store on May 8, author- dant also refused to be put ities said. in bracelets, they reported. The victim reported leav- When he arrived at the sta- a Medicare Savings Program! ing her bag behind the coun- tion house, the suspect al- ter of the business between legedly slammed and kicked 79th and 80th streets at 2 pm. the door for the bathroom, When she returned at 5:45 damaging it. The 22-year-old pm, she saw that her wal- was charged with assaulting QUINCY SENIOR RESIDENCES let — containing her state a police officer and resist- identification, credit cards, ing arrest. 625 Quincy Street and $50 — were all gone, Deli meat Brooklyn according to a report. A scalawag stabbed a man Bottom dollar who was standing outside of AM PM Two goons knocked out a Broadway deli on May 10, ! a man for his watch near a cops said. Fourth Avenue check cash- The victim reported he ing facility on May 8, po- was standing in front of the lice stated. grocery between Lorimer and CUMBERLAND D&TC The victim said he was at Leonard streets at 12:40 am the corner of 68th Street and when a lowlife in a brown Fourth Avenue — just a block leather coat ran up and started away from the paycheck place fighting with him for reasons Brooklyn — when the fiends walked he couldn’t figure out. up to him and demanded his The fiend then pulled a money. knife and shanked the victim ! AM “Hand over everything,” in the neck and chest, officers one of the brutes supposedly stated. The attacker ran away barked. and the victim was taken to The other lout then struck Woodhull Medical Center, the man over the head with a the authorities said. blunt object, rendering him Jailhouse sock unconscious, according to the An inmate attacked an- authorities. When he came other detainee at the 90th to a short time later, the das- Precinct station house on tardly duo had disappeared Union Avenue on May 10, For detailed location information with his timepiece, cops said. police reported. — Will Bredderman The 26-year-old jailbird and to RSVP, please call us at: was in a cell at the build- 94TH PRECINCT ing between Montrose Av- enue and Boerum Street at Greenpoint–Northside 1.866.986.0356 – TTY Users: 711 9:35 am when he punched Sweeping up the 52-year-old fellow pris- AM PM Cops cuffed a man who oner in the face several times, Hours of operation: Mon - Sat, 8 - 8 they say broke another man’s making his face swell up and car window with a broom and bleed, according law enforce- then used the broken pieces ment officials. www.metroplusmedicare.org of the handle to attack the The suspect was charged motorist on Bedford Avenue with assault. on May 6. —Danielle Furfaro