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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2016 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Greenpoint AWP/12 pages • Vol. 39, No. 30 • July 22–28, 2016 • FREE THE BLAME GAME Locals fi nger Bridge Park ‘basketballers’ for crime uptick
By Lauren Gill Brooklyn Paper Members of a Brooklyn Heights civic group stormed Brooklyn Bridge Park’s community meeting last Tuesday night, demanding officials do something to stop the criminals they claim are plagu- ing their once-quiet neighborhood while Photo by Jordan Rathkopf going to and from the green space, with Some Brooklyn Heights residents say park-bound foot traffic on Jora- one attendee hurling racially charged lemon Street is bringing crime to their neighborhood. remarks about the park-goers. The speaker, who refused to give his ble at the basketball courts, which are full name, insisted the best way to fix the ALSO IN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS on Pier 2. Police have closed the courts problem is to tear down the basketball six times since April due to fights courts and grills at the bottom of Jora- WHO IS STEALING amongst teens there, including one lemon Street — often, but by no means ‘BLACK LIVES MATTER’ where a 20-year-old man pulled out exclusively, used by people of color — a gun and opened fire — though he and replace them with amenities that BANNERS? didn’t hit anyone. will attract a different crowd. SEE PAGE 3 Players acknowledge there have been “They need to get rid of the basketball a few fights, but say the competition courts and replace them with tennis or and atmosphere is generally friendly badminton and get rid of the grills,” said fear of the incident happening again — — which locals would know if they’d the Willow Place resident, who identi- and another longtime resident claimed just come down to say “hi” instead of fied himself as Jonathan. “The crimi- the influx of foot traffic keeps her hiding judging from afar. nals will go away.” indoors once the sun goes down. “If they took the time to come out Jonathan insisted his idea was “crim- “There are people screaming for here and see us play ball and see how inal profiling,” not racial profiling, but their lives,” said one 43-year resident. much fun we have they won’t always also that anyone could recognize the “I don’t feel safe walking outside after get that idea that it’s all crime,” said bad guys based on looks alone. dark with my two children.” Bedford-Stuyvesant resident Aaron “Look at the tennis courts and see who Crime data doesn’t really back up their Heron, who plays at the park twice a is playing, look at the basketball courts claims — it shows seven more larce- week. “But to them, they see a whole Community News Group / Lauren Gill nies on Joralemon Street this year com- and see who is playing,” he said. Bedford-Stuyvesant resident and basketball enthusiast Aaron Heron says he doesn’t see much trouble at bunch of thugs, a whole bunch of mean- pared with the same period in 2015, but And he isn’t the first local to sug- Brooklyn Bridge Park’s courts and locals should come down to meet the players for themselves. looking faces.” gest demolishing the basketball court two fewer burglaries, one less car theft, Other basketballers say the courts in response to a perceived crime prob- and the same number of assaults. Stats actually keep teens out of trouble by lem — others have proposed it at po- Members of the Willowtown Asso- Furman streets — claimed crime on Jo- One 90-year-old woman said that on vandalism and general harassment giving them something to do. lice precinct community council meet- ciation — which covers the south-west ralemon Street has skyrocketed in the someone threw a rock through her cen- are not available on the Police Depart- “To knock down basketball courts ings and on local blogs, according to a pocket of the nabe, bounded by Atlan- past few months as park-goers commute tury-old glass door — which she will ment’s online database , however. would probably increase crime because Gothamist report . tic Avenue and Joralemon, Hicks, and through their brownstone blocks. now only replace with Plexiglas out of There definitely has been some trou- See BASKETBALL on page 4 Kayak mystery solved Police launch waterfront manhunt — owner found in pizzeria By Lauren Gill Brooklyn Paper Authorities launched a mas- sive manhunt for a missing person after locals discovered an empty kayak and life jacket on the rocks off Dumbo last Wednesday, but it turned out the vessel’s out-of- towner occupant was safe and dry all along — he had just ducked into the neighborhood for a slice. “I wanted a piece of pizza from Brooklyn,” said Tyler Jor- dan, who travelled from Virginia to kayak 38 miles around New York. “I hadn’t had a good slice in a long time.” Around 30 officers from the po-
Photo by Elizabeth Graham lice, fire, and parks departments The Squibb Bridge has been closed for years, but Brooklyn Bridge Park honchos say it swarmed the waterfront adjacent will be back in 2017. to Main and Plymouth streets with four boats and several ambulances, searching for the kayak’s owner after receiving a dozen calls from people worried about the aban- doned kayak, which also contained Bridge scared stiff! energy bars, a water bottle, and an empty container of trail mix, according to Jordan. Squibb back next year with far less bounce But it was much ado about noth- ing, Jordan says — he had just By Lauren Gill lion suit against it for creating wrap up on the controversial Pier- docked his ride there at around 1 Brooklyn Paper an “inherently flawed” design house condominium complex — pm so he could sate his craving for This’ll take some spring out that became so deformed after which is rising on either side of an authentic Kings County slice of your step. it opened in March 2013, they the Squibb — though park big- at Dumbo’s best pie joint , Front Brooklyn Bridge Park hon- had to close the bridge in Au- wigs have long denied specula- Street Pizza. chos claim they will finally re- gust 2014. tion that there is any connection In fact, the pizzeria is such open the long-shuttered Squibb The zig-zagging pathway — between the bridge’s closure and a neighborhood institution, it Park Bridge — the famously designed by celebrated bridge its proximity to the private de- should have been the first place bouncy walkway that connected brainiac Ted Zoli — then stayed velopment. the cops looked, according to the the green-space to the Brooklyn off-limits for 17 months while The park will still have to se- proprietor. Heights Promenade until it be- the semi-private organization that lect a construction manager — “The cops should have just came dangerously unstable two runs the park refused to tell cit- which will then go before its come here to find him!” said piz- years ago — next spring, but with izens what was wrong with it, board of directors for approval zaiolo Larry Leonardi (nee Leon- Photos by Paul Martinka and missed multiple reopening — and then put out a request for (Top) Kayaker Tyler Jordan far less bounce this time. ardo). “We were very happy to left his kayak on some rocks And locals are happy to finally deadlines, before it pointed the proposals from interested con- have him here and we’re satisfied finger at HNTB in January for struction firms, according to a he chose us to have pizza.” as he went to go charge his take a walk on the mild side — phone and grab some pizza, one area mom said traversing the creating a crummy design then spokeswoman. Jordan indulged in two hard- old wobbly walkway used to leave failing to fix it. But some park-goers say of- earned pepperoni slices, but sadly but came back to find an all- her tot trembling. The park then recruited en- ficials should have stepped in to missed out on tasting the Gersh out police search over the “That will be a good thing,” gineering outfit Arup Group to fix the bridge years ago, instead — an inexplicable combination of empty vessel. said Kathryn Ali, who has lived in devise a way tame the Squibb, of keeping residents without an- chicken parmigiana and spinach Brooklyn Heights for three years. which it says will involve using swers or an easy route from the named for former Brooklyn Paper noticed his kayak parking spot lyn Bridge,” he said. “I saw tons He said he was happy that peo- “I have a 3-year-old son who used clamps and steel pins to subdue Promenade to Pier 1. editor Gersh Kuntzman. had turned into a crime scene. of people there and thought, ‘Uh- ple came to his rescue, but didn’t to be terrified to use it.” the shaky span. “I just wish they could have He then walked over the Brook- He thought perhaps someone had oh, maybe they’re actually look- regret a second of his excursion News of the bridge’s re- The firm told the Times it will gotten it repaired sooner,” said lyn Bridge to check out the 9–11 gotten into his boat and acciden- ing for me’ ” to Front Street Pizza. turn date — first reported by be a “relatively simple” repair, a recent visitor to the park, who memorial, planning to make tally injured themselves — only Jordan spoke to officers at the “I thought it was good citizenry, the New York Times — comes though it will nevertheless be identified herself as a Brooklyn it back within an hour-and-15 to find that he was the man they scene — who eventually saw the people were concerned,” he said. seven months after park leaders at least eight months before it is Heights resident named Lolly, minute-window before the tide were searching for. funny side of the incident — for “But it was definitely worth it.” announced that they were firing back in action — or inaction, as but refused to give her last name. rose. “I saw all of the lights, all of the about 20 minutes before climb- A Police Department spokes- the bridge’s creator , engineering the case may be. “There’s so many people here now But as he was walking back trucks and boats swirling around ing back into his kayak to com- woman said it had no record of firm HNTB, and filing a $3-mil- That is after construction will who would like to use it.” over the Brooklyn Bridge, Jordan while I was going over the Brook- plete his journey. the search. 2 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 July 22–28, 2016
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ON THE RADIO Sarsour’s promise An Arab American will run for Council!
By Vince DiMiceli No Arab American has on hardscrabble reporter Brooklyn Paper ever sat on the Council. Lauren Gill to discuss her An Arab American will run Sarsour came on the show report on the perceived up- for Bay Ridge’s soon-to-be- to discuss the reasonable dis- tick in crime in and around open Council seat, Muslim ac- course happening live on Brooklyn Bridge Park, where tivist Linda Sarsour revealed BrooklynPaper.com over a some Brooklyn Heights res- to hosts Gersh Kuntman and story The Paper broke about a idents demanded basketball Vince DiMiceli during the lat- Bay Ridge Muslim woman’s courts inside the park be re- est edition of Brooklyn Pa- line of “modest” clothing that place with tennis courts . per Radio. some commentators claimed And finally, again, it Sarsour, who is rumored was the sign of the oppression wouldn’t be Brooklyn Pa- to be running for the seat, of Muslim women . per Radio without a men- said she is yet to decide if But Sarsour said nowhere tion of “Murder at the Food she will go for it herself, but is it written that female prac- Co-op!” claimed that one member of titioners of Islam must cover All in all, it was a great the growing population in the up, let alone wear a face-cov- show, completely worth your Photo by Georgine Benvenuto Georgine by Photo time! neighborhood would step up ering hijab. “No one tells me to cover Arab-American Associa- Brooklyn Paper radio is to the plate. recorded and podcast live “Our community is having my hair, no father, no mother, tion of New York’s Linda Sarsour. every Thursday at 4:45 pm our own personal conversa- no nothing,” she said. “It ne- — for your convenience — tion about it,” she said of the gates the purpose of wear- from our studio in Ameri- seat that will be vacated by ing it if you are forced to pleted at MCU Park — and ca’s Downtown and can be Vincent Gentile. “Someone wear it.” even replayed their live call found, as always, on Brook- who is Arab American is def- Gersh and Vince also of the game for the first time lynPaper.com, on iTunes , initely running in 2017. That talked about the recent tri- ever. on Mixlr , and of course, on is a fact.” ple-play the Cyclones com- Finally, the boys brought Stitcher . Signs of trouble in Heights Thieves steal a church’s ‘Black Lives Matter’ banners By Lauren Gill put the back-up banner out Brooklyn Paper on July 10 — using zip-ties They shall not be to make it more secure — moved! but it was gone the next day, Thieves stole “Black she said. Lives Matter” banners from Losak said she hasn’t re- a Brooklyn Heights church on ported the theft to police two separate occasions last because she isn’t convinced month, church leaders claim, they could do much to find but members of the flock say the filcher — even she ad- & ! !"%#!' # " "# %# !" they won’t be censored, and mits she can’t be sure whether will keep putting the signs the crimes were racially mo- First Unitarian Congregational Sociaty ""# # " "# %# ! up as fast as the burglars can The Black Lives Matter banner before it vanished. tivated or just the work of take them down. knuckleheads who want the “If you’re going to take signs for themselves. (##!'# # $# ! '!" our banner, you’re silencing The church bought the ban- the church’s fence on June The members of First Uni- us on religious and political ners for $100 apiece with do- 19 — a holiday celebrating tarian have now printed out 25 grounds,” said Garnett Losak, nations from its congregants the emancipation of black smaller “Black Lives Matter” who is the director of congre- last month, after they voted slaves in 1865 — and some- cards and have tied them to gational life at First Unitarian to support the movement one pinched it sometime be- the fence in place of the miss- church on Pierrepont Street that protests police vio- tween June 26 and June 28, ing signs — and Losak says Bill de Blasio, Mayor and Monroe Place. “But we lence against black people, according to Losak. they’ll just keep printing them will not be silenced.” and wanted a way to display The parishioners had an- out again and again. Rick D. Chandler, P.E., Commissioner News of the theft was their solidarity with the ac- ticipated something like that “If anything gets stolen, first reported by the Daily tivists, Losak said. happening — that’s what the it will be replaced and we’ll Eagle. They put the first sign on second sign was for. So they keep going,” she said.
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of the Seventh Avenue eat- day as the alleged crime, ery where he works. and then nabbed a 34-year- The driver told police he old woman between Centre left his ride with the key in Mall and Bush Street on July Bag thieves hit Brooklyn Bridge Park the ignition outside the res- 15, according to authorities. taurant between Carroll Street ball around at Pier 5 at the taken, a report said. er’s-side door and took a black Red thumb 84TH PRECINCT and Garfield Place at 8:24 pm foot of Joralemon Street on Come unzipped Free Wheel Fritz two-wheeler while rushing in to pick up Police on July 12 cuffed July 10. with white rims, according to a guy for assaulting a man Brooklyn Heights– A lout stole a man’s cell- POLICE BLOTTER some deliveries. The athlete told authorities a police report. at a Hicks Street construc- Dumbo–Boerum Hill– phone from his backpack But in the meantime, a pa- he put his bag on the ground tion site. Downtown as he was hanging out in a Find more online every Wednesday at — Lauren Gill tron slipped out of the estab- at 9 pm and went to go play, The suspect cut the guy’s crowded Smith Street bar on lishment and seated himself Kicking it but when he returned, it was BrooklynPaper.com/blotter thumb between Pacific and July 10. 78TH PRECINCT behind the wheel, then put his Thieves are scoring more nowhere to be found. Atlantic streets at 12:35 am on The man was having a few ill-gotten pedal to the metal, than goals in Brooklyn • Then, a crook stole an- gin and arm with an uniden- an’s phone on Classon Ave- Park Slope July 6, and the gash required cold ones in the bar near Dean cops said. Bridge Park! Filchers stole other footy fan’s bag — which tified glass object. She went nue on July 12. No shelter stitches, police said. two men’s bags as they were Street at 6 pm when he went Tough break was filled with two phones, to Brooklyn Hospital Center The woman was meander- Cops cuffed a woman who — Julianne Cuba playing soccer in the green to make a call and noticed Some goon tried to break sneakers, clothing, and credit for her injuries. ing with her friends near Myr- they say threatened to cut an- space in separate incidents his cellphone was missing, into a man’s 1997 Toyota, af- cards — from the same spot tle Avenue at 10 pm when the other lady’s throat with a pen 68TH PRECINCT this week. on July 13. authorities said. nogoodnik reached into her ter he parked it on Seventh He told police he had his 88TH PRECINCT inside an Eighth Avenue wom- Avenue near Ninth Street on Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights • First, some snake stole The victim left his bag right back pocket, took her en’s shelter on July 9. a guy’s bag — containing on the grass, played some phone in his backpack and Fort Greene–Clinton Hill phone, and ran, cops said. June 28. Vicious attack never took it off, but discov- The victim told police she his iPhone and credit cards soccer, and returned to find The victim told police A bunch of louts beat up ered that the zipper was open, Sax crimes Mom issues was inside the refuge between — while he was kicking the that his belongings had been that he woke up at around 9 a guy, robbed him, and tried according to a report. A Washington Avenue An irate reprobate robbed 14th and 15th streets at 2:55 am to find his ride sporting to steal his car on 14th Av- man is playing the blues af- a man on Flatbush Avenue am when the suspect became dents around the windows, Wheeled away ter a fiend stole his saxophone on July 13 after accusing abusive and began making enue on July 11, according A weasel crept into a Dean as though some fiend had at- to police. Affordable Family Dentistry on July 7. him of being unfaithful to threats. tempted to force his way in. Street residence through a fire The victim was sitting in in modern pleasant surroundings A report said the brass- his mom. At one point the suspect access door and stole a man’s hole was staying at the vic- The victim told police he bashed the victim with a chair, Self-service his car with his wife near 62nd Street around 4:20 am when State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) bicycle on July 12. tim’s apartment near Flush- was near Fulton Street at 2 before pressing the writing A fiend made off with a Emergencies treated promptly The victim told authorities ing Avenue, but made off with pm when the lout came up implement to her throat, cops package that had been left in a guy came up and asked for that he had stored his Cervelo the instrument and its case at to him and growled, “You’re said. front of a man’s Fourth Street a cigarette. Special care for children & anxious patients R5 blue, white, and black two- apartment on July 1, while The victim refused, so the around 7 am. doing my mom dirty, I’m No Triumph WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD wheeler in the apartment near The blow hard was last seen gonna break your jaw. You the resident was off on va- guy asked him for his car keys Fourth Avenue. When he went got 10 minutes to hand over A bandit rode off with a cation. instead. He again refused and • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) wearing a black fedora, po- to go check on it at 2 pm, it lice said. your stuff or I’m gonna de- man’s Triumph motorcycle af- The victim returned from the rogue started to punch him • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, was nowhere to be seen, said ter he parked it on 14th Street the getaway to his home be- in the face through the win- Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) stroy you.” police. Struck out The victim then handed on July 6. tween Seventh and Eighth ave- dow. • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment A brute walloped a teen on The victim told cops he left nues at around 1:44 pm to find The driver got out to de- • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings Cut in over his wallet, phone, and the arm with a baseball bat on his ride between Seventh and the $99 parcel he was expect- fend himself, but two of the • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) A brute bashed a woman gold ruby ring, according to • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) Tillary Street on July 15. a report. Eighth avenues at 8:30 pm, and ing gone, authorities said. nogoodnik’s buddies jumped in the head and slashed her Authorities said the returned to find himself short Soap dope him from behind, the police arm with glass as she was sit- 19-year-old victim was stroll- Bike bilk one two-wheeled cruiser. report said. One of them Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer ting on a Schermerhorn Street A rogue stole a man’s fixed- A dirty crook nabbed bar 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens ing near Prince Street at 5 pm Dine and dash soap and body wash from a grabbed his wallet — with sidewalk on July 17. when the lout smacked her on gear bicycle from his car, $300 in it — in the chaos 624-5554 s 624-7055 The woman was resting which was parked on DeKalb An opportunistic diner Ninth Street pharmacy on Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking the left arm with the bat. July 3. and the three of them split, on the pavement near Bond Avenue on July 15. sped off with a delivery guy’s cops said. and insurance plans accommodated Street at 5:15 pm when the Pickpocket The scoundrel broke into Acura on July 4, which the The scoundrel waltzed into goon struck her in the nog- Some sneak stole a wom- the vehicle through the driv- employee left idling in front the drug store between Fifth Mid-day heist and Sixth avenues at 10 pm, A burglar barged his way when he proceeded to stuff into a woman’s 72nd Street the cleaning products into a apartment on July 14 and brown paper bag before run- ran off with her jewelry, po- ning off, cops said. lice said. — Colin Mixson She left her apartment near Fort Hamilton Park- 76TH PRECINCT way around 10:30 am and came back around 6 pm to Carroll Gardens– find her once-locked bedroom Cobble Hill–Red Hook door kicked in, cops said. Cleaned out Her room was ransacked Police cuffed a 46-year- and she discovered her jewelry old guy who they say stole — including three diamond a bunch of soap from a Van rings, a pearl ring, and pearl Brunt Street market on July earrings — were nowhere to 18. be found. The manager of the store Not cool near Reed Street told cops he saw the suspect leave with the A jewel thief also hit a stolen suds at 11 am. Third Avenue apartment The suspect then admitted on July 16, according to po- he pinched the toiletries and lice. cops arrested him for petty The homeowner left her larceny, police said. place near 100th Street around 7:25 pm and returned a few High and low hours later only to discover Cops collared a guy after that someone had entered her they say they spotted him bedroom by pushing in her smoking weed and then dis- air-conditioning unit and cut- covered he had a knife on him ting her screen open. on Henry Street on July 14. The good-for-nothing Authorities first eyed the grabbed diamond jewelry, suspect near Lorraine Street police said. at 10:48 pm with the blunt in hand, and officials also had Cash grab active warrants for him, ac- A housebreaker trashed cording to a report. and robbed a 93rd Street home on July 11, according Gotta go to police. Officers arrested a 24-year- The victim came home old guy who they say peed and saw the front door was in public on Carroll Street unlocked and the apartment on July 16. completely turned over, po- Cops saw the guy urinat- lice said. ing on the sidewalk near Hicks The freebooter got away Street at 11 am, police said. with $300. The suspect also had three other active warrants, accord- Heavy haul ing to authorities. A looter broke into a guy’s work van parked on Marine Phoning it in Avenue and swiped more than Police slapped a teen in two dozen tools and materials irons for stealing a pair of sometime overnight on July headphones from a Court 15, law enforcement offi- Street store on July 15. cials said. Cops claim the 18-year-old The victim parked his car swiped the Sony headphones around 8 pm and returned at from the store at 10:58 am, 10 am the next day and saw before officers chased him his stuff was missing. to Clinton Street. There were no visible signs Finished the job of a break-in, police noted, but Cops arrested the second the thief managed to steal a of two perps who they say voltage tester, hammer drill, threw a lady to the ground and band saw. and stole her cellphone and The crook also took the credit card on Hicks Street guy’s Ray Ban sunglasses on July 10. and reading glasses, police Police had already arrested said. — Dennis Lynch a 47-year-old man the same BASKETBALL... Continued from page 1 this park stands for,” she said what would they do besides in a statement. come here and play basket- The 84th Precinct has ball?” said Anthony Sayles, boosted the number of offi- who travels from the Bronx to cers stationed in the park this play in the park three times summer from two to 25, but a week — something he said residents were not satisfied he wouldn’t do if the courts and demanded the park pay were riddled with crime. “It to put cameras on Joralemon keeps people outside, people Street to scare off and catch exercising, it’s a good envi- lawbreakers. ronment, I don’t have bad ex- Myer promised to look into periences.” getting cameras installed at Park president Regina Myer acknowledged there the corner of Joralemon and has been issues at the courts, Furman streets. but said removing the basket- In the meantime, she en- ball courts would violate the couraged the residents at park’s commitment to being the meeting to call the local “a space for everyone.” precinct and Department of “Getting rid of some the Transportation to air their most popular basketball grievances, as she lacks the courts in the city is decidedly power to immediately pro- not the solution, and would vide a solution to their com- fly in the face of everything plaints. TALK Sweet talk They are the cream of the crop! A group of four ice cream experts will dis- cuss the history of the tasty treat at the Brook- lyn Historical Society on July 28. The foodie- in-chief of the “Brooklyn Screams for Ice Cream!” panel says that audiences can expect to get the in- side scoop on the bor- ough’s best frozen dairy creators of the past and the present. “What I really like to do is weave history in with the modern per- spective,” said food his- Photo by Stefano Giovannini torian Sarah Lohman. “We’re going to learn about what’s important about making ice cream, its texture, its flavors, and what makes the ice cream makers tick.” Lohman will moderate the discussion with ice (718) 260–2500 Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings July 22–28, 2016 cream historian Laura Weiss and representatives from Van Leeuwen and Ample Hills, two of the borough’s hottest cool treat vendors. The frozen dairy delights have always held a special place in Brooklyn, said Lohman. In the early 19th century, ice cream only cost a nickel, and people from all backgrounds could afford a scoop. “People would buy ice cream if they had five cents to spare, or if they were on Wall Street,” she said. “It was a uniting factor in New York.” Brian Smith, the owner of Ample Hills, will speak at the event and also bring samples of his history-inspired flavor “The Commodore,” a combination of salted honey ice cream, hon- eycomb candy, and chocolate covered potato chips. Smith named the delectable treat after Cornelius Vanderbilt, a ferry captain on the East River who allegedly invented the potato chip when he demanded his cook cut his po- tatoes thinner. Ample Hills has become a Brooklyhn institu- tion over the last few years, with shops in Pros- pect Heights and in Gowanus. Smith — whose favorite flavor is a take on a deconstructed rice krispie treat — says that his secret is design- ing “fun, playful flavors that don’t take them- selves too seriously.” Smith said that, no matter what the time pe- riod, ice cream brings joy to . “It’s one of those rare foods that sort of tran- scends culture and time and place,” he said. “It’s hard to be unhappy in an ice cream shop.” “Brooklyn Screams for Ice Cream!” at Brook- lyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St. at Clin- ton Street in Brooklyn Heights, www.brooklyn- history.org). July 28 at 7 pm. $12. — Lauren Gill
BOOKS Reading picks Word’s pick — “Trying to Float” by Nicolaia Rips Teenage author Nicolaia Rips has written a delightful, fond narrative of her “it takes a vil- lage” upbringing in the Chelsea Hotel, which Photo by Stefano Giovannini Head crusher: “Got A Girl Crush” editor-in-chief Meg Wachter with the latest issue of her polished zine, up for sale at Pete’s Mini Zine Fest in Williamsburg on July 30. is filled with every kind of New York character you can imagine. Among the whimsical stories of Halloweens gone wrong are truly anxiety-induc- ing tales of bullying and educational mishaps, but Rips wears her experi- ences at the Chelsea Ho- tel like armor — and if you read this book, so can you. Crushing it — Hannah Oliver Depp, Word [126 Franklin St. at Milton Street in Greenpoint, (718) 383–0096, www.wordbrook- ‘Got a Girl Crush’ zine puts a spotlight on bad-ass ladies lyn.com ]. Community Bookstore’s pick — By Dennis Lynch “Carpenter’s Gothic” by William Gaddis Brooklyn Paper ics — it’s got its own little scene,” William Gaddis was an absolutely towering Kelly said. figure in American letters, but somewhere in he sisters are doing it for Zines the last decade, we started mistaking his shadow themselves. Jowy Romano for the author’s absence. T A group of Brooklyn At the Fest, Jowy Romano will “The Recognitions,” his women will showcase their fe- we’ve debut the fourth issue of “SubCul- monument to art forg- male-focused magazine “Got a ture,” a printed compilation of sub- ery, left an impression Girl Crush” at the Pete’s Mini way art he has found traveling to on postmodernists ev- Zine Festival in Williamsburg seen and fro on the city’s mass transit erywhere; and “JR,” a on July 30. The 95-page maga- system — mostly on the J train dur- monument to capital- zine, by and about women, may Brooklyn is still a powerful ing his commute from Bushwick to ism-run-amok, looms be slicker than the usual stapled draw for artists! Pete’s Mini the distant island of Manhattan. Ro- larger and larger with zines at the annual backyard Zine Festival embraces zines mano focuses on humorous alter- each passing financial disaster. “Carpenter’s gathering, but it started with of all kinds, including those ations, art, and graffiti, posting it the same do-it-yourself spirit, on his Subway Art Blog and then Gothic” is a nightmar- according to its founder and ed- composed of prose, poetry, compiling it into zines. ish little novel teeming itor-in-chief. and pictures. Here are four “Ninety percent of what I find is with religious huck- “We started the print maga- visual artists displaying their on my commute,” he said. “I post it sters, corrupt politicians, an attempted assas- zine mostly for me to have a per- on the blog as soon as I find it and sination, and a veritable apocalypse — all ren- sonal outlet to photograph peo- books at the fest, all of whom then I categorize it, sometimes pull dered through a fugue of dialogue that writer Bill RoundyBill ple and approach other women use the borough of Kings as Nguyen Jeremy it together for a book.” Cynthia Ozick likened to ritual: “The voices are I admired,” said Meg Wachter, their subject. Howdy, stranger: Jeremy Nguyen’s comic “Stranger than Bush- humanity seeping out, drop by drop, a gradual a Bedford-Stuyvesant photog- wick” (left) details the oddity of the hipster neighborhood. And Bill Roundy bloodletting.” rapher. the elusive “Bar Scrawl” comic looks at Brooklyn bars. Last, but definitely not least, is this — Hal Hlavinka, Community Bookstore [43 The latest issue of “Got a Girl Jeremy Nguyen newspaper’s own arts editor and bar- Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Gar- Crush” — its fourth — features This Bushwickian examines the toonist, who has visited nearly every field Place in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075, www. interviews with 13 women, in- quirks and humor of living in the no shortage of inspiration. mal adventures of a spiritual sleuth tavern in the borough while creating commu nityb ookst ore.net ]. cluding former Daily Show cor- rapidly gentrifying nabe in his comic “I thought I would run out of ideas who inhabits a Brooklyn barista. In his increasingly-rare (and thus more respondent and comedian Jessica “Stranger Than Bushwick.” For out- and maybe do two or three, but it the latest issue, available at Pete’s valuable) “Bar Scrawl” cartoon re- Greenlight Bookstore’s pick — Williams, a taxidermist, and a siders it is glimpse into the exciting became a monster — every week Mini Zine Fest, the Night Watch- views. He will sell zines collecting his “Ms. Marvel, Volume One: No Normal” member of the Peace Corps, who and the mundane reality of living something comes up,” he said. man combats a villainous psychic ventures into seven neighborhoods — by G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphona in turn interviewed a Ugandan in this bustling nabe. For instance, café customer who is passing fake Bushwick, Greenpoint, North Wil- Meet Kamala Khan. She’s a 16-year-old, farmer and teacher. The only one comic chronicles all the items Dave Kelly bills and using mind control on a liamsburg, South and East Williams- Pakistani-American, Muslim teenager from rule to choosing subjects, said that might be disrupted by a clumsy Who is that frothing the milk at fellow barista. The artist says that burg, Carroll Gardens, Fort Greene, Jersey City. She’s also Wachter, is that they be inter- patron in a crowded Bushwick res- your regular coffee spot? An artist the fest offers a chance to reach out and Park Slope. When reached for a superhero. This comic esting and inspiring to her, her taurant, including a plate of dollar with a day job? Or a man possessed to a new audience. comment, the ever-humble Roundy just collects her first adven- contributors, and subjects. oysters, a meticulously composed In- by a ghostly detective? The comic “We see people at Pete’s that we said what we were all thinking. tures: discovering and “I always have a running list stagram photo, and Jason Schwartz- “Tales of The Night Watchman” by never see at other comic book fairs, “All my work is genius, and you learning how to con- in my head, with every issue be- man. For Nguyen, Bushwick offer Dave Kelly chronicles the paranor- maybe because it’s not just com- should definitely buy it,” he said. trol her weird super- fore we start we ask our previ- powers and protecting ous contributors and features, Jersey City when no one ‘Who are you really inspired by?’ and our we don’t have to cater to the expectations it’s handmade and in some cases literally “You can buy a zine, drink a beer, and else will, all while being circle expands every issue,” she said. of what’s cool.” hand-copied and hand-stapled.” relax — there’s certainly enough going on sort-of grounded by her “Got a Girl Crush” also exists as a blog , That devotion to the print format is a sta- In addition to the Girl Crush team, 24 to spend hours and hours there without strict parents. Read as but Wachter says that creating a print maga- ple of exhibitors at Pete’s Mini Zine Fest, other publishers of comics, art books, and feeling overwhelmed” she said. “It’s just Kamla comes to terms zine gives the interviews more impact. said the event’s co-founder. traditional zines will set up inside the bar and the right size for people to meet and have with who she really is, “There’s something to be said about hav- “It’s a lot like when you made a mix- in the backyard of Pete’s Candy Store. The conversations.” because in her case, “se- ing a tangible thing you can take with you tape on cassettes — it’s an opportunity to mood is laid back, and the annual “mini” “Pete’s Mini Zine Fest,” at Pete’s Candy cret identity” takes on multiple meanings. rather than sharing a link on Facebook that share something you made at a low cost. fest is big enough to give visitors plenty Store [709 Lorimer St. between Richard- — Jess Pane, Greenlight Bookstore [686 Ful- is easily forgotten tomorrow,” said Wa- People really appreciate the work you put to look at, and small enough that they can son and Frost streets in Williamsburg, (718) ton St. between S. Elliott Place and S. Portland chter. “And we’re able to focus on people into it,” said Andria Alefhi. “The value is get personal with publishers and fest-go- 302–3770, www.petescandystore.com]. Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246–0200, www. that aren’t really shared about online — that it’s in print — that’s the entire point, ers, Alefhi said. 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(Board- Bushwick), brooklynfi reproofstages. vs. Carl Frampton. $45–$399. on July 30. walk between W. 10th Street and com/screeningseries. 5 pm. Jones Walk in Coney Island), www. DANCE, “SWEAT AND TEARS”: A de- coneyislandtalentshow.com. vised physical theatre piece that asks FRI, AUG 5 DANCE, “SKINPIRE”: An evening of its performers to fi ght as men and to WED, AUG 3 contemporary choreographic fan- cry as women. $15. 8 pm. Jack (505 EVENT, HILLSONG CONFERENCE tasy. Starting at $35. 7 pm. Kumble Waverly Ave. between Fulton Street EVENT, HILLSONG CONFERENCE 2016: A conference of Christian Theater at Long Island University and Atlantic Avenue in Clinton Hill), 2016: A conference of Christian churches. $209. Times TBA. [DeKalb and Flatbush avenues in www.jackny.org. churches. $209. Times TBA. Downtown, (718) 488–1624], www. COMEDY, GARBAGE FARTS: The brooklyn.liu.edu/kumbletheater. 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By Julianne Cuba of the silver screen that shaped Brooklyn neighborhood has its Brooklyn Paper Gunter’s ambition for the future own story to tell, she said. — the first two “Ghostbusters” “Boerum Hill — a lot of weird ho you gonna call? Janice movie, she said. stuff going on there,” said Gunter. Gunter! “Of course that was a huge influ- “Prospect Park — a lot of suspi- W An eccentric expert in su- ence on me as a child. When I actu- cious activity that’s happened there pernatural phenomena is searching ally saw the films, at first I thought and bodies. One of the swans in the the streets of Bay Ridge for proof they were documentaries but then park is possessed by evil spirits — of the paranormal. In the upcom- my aunt explained to me this is ac- it’s a rumor. I have not been able to ing comedy series “Janice Gunter: tually actors,” said Gunter. pinpoint which one, but I’ve been Ghost Hunter” the main charac- The new series, which is shot by doing a lot of observation.” ter (played by actress and come- her “Ma,” is an attempt to capture Brooklyn is the best place to dian Elizabeth McDonough), hits her talents on film, so those without be for a ghost hunter, said Gunter, the streets the moment she clocks her powers can see the otherworldly because it is filled with hints of out of her day job, with her mother for themselves, she said. the afterlife. trailing close behind with a camera. “My passion is ghost hunting. “I feel so fortunate to live in Fine Japanese cuisine, Two episodes of the series will get Ma has helped me to pursue that New York because there are so $10 a preview screening at Videology and with ghosts you never know many people who have died here, plus full sushi bar, for FREE DELIVERY MIN in Williamsburg on July 28. what’s going to happen and some- almost like a cornucopia of dead lunch or dinner We chatted with the Bay Ridge times I never understand,” said people and ghosts,” she said. “I’m 162 Montague St, 2nd Fl, Brooklyn Heights character about her ability to see Gunter. “This is one of humani- already here, I’m already at my (718) 522-5555/58 Fax: (718) 522-7555 dead people, which has been pres- ty’s many mysteries but for some Mecca as a ghost hunter, every- ent since she was a kid. reason when you try to explain where there’s history and every- www.nanatori.com OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK “Ever since I was a little child to people what you’ve seen they where there’s ghosts.” I always used to see stuff that just don’t get it. We need some “Janice Gunter: Ghost Hunter” Photo by Jason Speakman other people didn’t see and I just kind of evidence here.” at Videology [308 Bedford Ave. She’s got a sixth sense: Bay Ridge ghost hunter Janice Gunter had a sort of ‘Sixth Sense.’ I can Gunter — who wears a hel- at S. First Street in Williamsburg, (Elizabeth McDonough) advertises her sleuthing skills, which she definitely relate to the movie,” met lined with tin foil while out (718) 782–3468, www.videology- demonstrates while her “Ma” films. Her new series gets a preview said Gunter. hunting — mostly navigates Bay barandcinema.com]. July 28 at 7 screening on July 28 in Williamsburg. But it was another glimpse Ridge for ghosts, but nearly every pm. Free. t '! ( #" $" $ # The wages of sing! t )*# &!(+ & ( t &! # ***! ( +*! Volunteers perform devilish opera By Carlo Bosticco noz. “It isn’t common to have the libretto by poets W. H. Auden and for Brooklyn Paper chance to hear it, and I think it is Chester Kallman. ,- Stravinsky’s best score.” The opera’s conductor lives in Ar- t’s a sinfully good show! The Faustian fairy tale follows izona, where he is the music direc- A Brooklyn orchestra is bring- a young anti-hero, Tom Rakewell, tor for the Phoenix Symphony, but I ing debauchery Bach with a pro- who abandons his well-to-do fian- the New York City native returns to duction of the sinful Stravinsky op- cée to embrace the pleasures of Lon- the city each year to work with the era “The Rake’s Progress” on July don’s underbelly. He is accompanied String Orchestra of Brooklyn. 23. The production by the String by Nick Shadow, the Devil in dis- “I am never around the city for Orchestra of Brooklyn is a rare op- guise, who tempts Rakewell further very long, but it is such a treat to Making Progress: Tito Munoz leads the String Orchestra of portunity to catch the devilish show, into self-destruction, as well as into work with them that we try to make Brooklyn in a rehearsal for “The Rake’s Progress,” an opera says its conductor. some comic misadventures involv- it happen!” said Munoz. “We do at about a young man on a slippery slope, playing on July 23. “The show was extremely popu- ing a bread-making machine and a least one project a year.” lar when it came out, but now it is marriage to a bearded lady. The orchestra is a group of volun- credible efforts. taking is just incredible.” !" # ## $ #%& not often done. 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THURS, JULY 28 FILM, “IT HAPPENED ONE 9 DAYS... NIGHT”: The classic fi lm be- Continued from page 6 gins at sunset. Free. 6 pm. Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier ters. Open hours. Free. 3–5 1 [Furman Street at Old Ful- pm. Brooklyn Bridge Park, ton Street in Dumbo, (718) Pier 6 [Atlantic Avenue at 222–9939], www.brooklyn- Furman Street in Brooklyn bridgepark.org. Heights, (718) 222–9939], READING, “LEAVING LUCY www.brooklynbridgepark. PEAR”: Park Slope author org. Anna Solomon reads from ART, “GODDESS HELD”: An her novel about families in A/D3C>B=& exhibition of readings, short Prohibition-era New Eng- fi lm, video, and visual art land. Free. 7 pm. Commu- by women. Free. 4–11 pm. nity Bookstore (143 Seventh The Living Gallery (1094 Ave. between Carroll Street Broadway between Lawton and Garfi eld Place in Park and Dodworth streets in Slope), www.community- Bushwick), www.the-living- bookstore.net. gallery.com. MUSIC, GREGORY PORTER, SPORTS, BROOKLYN CY- MARCUS STRICKLAND & :/AB CLONES VS. ABERDEEN TWI-LIFE: A night of jazz IRONBIRDS: Starting at music, as part of BRIC’s Cel- $10. 6 pm. MCU Park [1904 ebrate Brooklyn! Festival. Surf Ave. at W. 17th St. in Free. 7:30 pm. Prospect Coney Island, (718) 449– Park Band Shell [Prospect 8497], www.brooklyncy- Park West and Ninth Street clones.com. in Park Slope, (718) 965– 1/:: TALK, SUMMER STORIES AT 8900], www.bricartsmedia. THE CITY RELIQUARY: A org/cb. A/:3 night of comedic storytell- Soyez Vincent ing on the theme of music. This and hat: Bedford-Stuyvesant soul singer Greg- B63A/:3<3EG=@9E/7BA4=@ $5. 7 pm. The City Reliquary FRI, JULY 29 [370 Metropolitan Ave. ory Porter will show off his amazing pipes, witty between Havemeyer Street original songs, and snappy headwear at the Bric Cel- FILM, “PFFR — LEGACY IX”: and Marcy Avenue in Wil- ebrate Brooklyn! Festival on July 28. The Brooklyn Fire Proof liamsburg, (718) 782–4842], Summer Screening Series www.cityreliquary.org. presents a night of cult fi lms 7 pm. 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The Alley (119 Ingraham St. between Porter and Knick- 8KK?<M8CL<GI@:< FREE YOGA IN PROSPECT man Street in Dumbo, (718) redhookfl icks.com. erbocker avenues in Bush- PARK: Free summer 222–9939], www.brooklyn- COMEDY, “PEGASUS”: A yoga on Sunday morn- bridgepark.org. wick), brooklynfi reproof- solo sketch show written stages.com/screeningseries. ings in July from Yogas- COMEDY, SIDE PONYTAIL: and performed by Amanda > ;I K?<C8I> By Lauren Gill of wine made with honey in- been available,” said Arley late last month with his busi- Brooklyn Paper stead of grapes that was pop- Marks, co-owner of Honey’s ness partner Raphael Lyon, They feel the need — the ular in the Middle Ages — on Scott Avenue. “People who has been making mead need for mead. which they say will quench want it so we’re just trying under the name Enlighten- A bartender and a vint- a growing thirst for ye olde to give it to them along with a ment Wines since 2009. ner have opened a new Wil- beverage in the borough. nice place to hang out.” The drink has a reputa- liamsburg bar specializing in “I feel like it has caught Marks opened the bar and tion as a crude hooch served house-made mead — a type on but it just hasn’t really meadery at Randolph Street at Renaissance Faires, but the pair claim their own ar- tisanal brews — which are mostly dry, rather than cloy- ingly sweet, and are made It used to be cool... from local honey, fruit, herbs, and flowers — will shatter that stereotype. More medieval fun for hipster crowd “There aren’t a lot of good Medieval times are mead producers,” Marks back in Kings County! said. “A lot of them are stuck Photo by Louise Wateridge Williamsburgers are al- in the sort of Viking men- ready sporting beards tality and this was our at- Honey’s co-owners Arley Marks and Raphael Lyon say they’re making mead cool again. tempt at re-branding that.” like Henry VIII, and At Honey’s, Marks serves soon they’ll be drink- up the wines — which come ing flagons of artisanal in straight honey, blackcur- mead . Here are a few rant, herbal, and a sparkling Sweet deal: Free mead tasted other activities from variety made with cherry the Middle Ages hip- and cranberry juices, rose- By Lauren Gill the distiller’s Night Eyes drink amazing,” said associate lush sters could revive. hip, and sumac — on their Brooklyn Paper — made by fermenting apple, Max Jaeger. “You could go Leeches: Forget juice This is not your great, cranberry, and cherry juice anywhere to get a bottle of Pigs often had to stand trial in the middle ages. own, and mixed in with or colon cleanses, there’s cocktails. great, great, great, great, then infused with rosehip and Champagne that tastes pretty nothing quite as purify- Fans can also take home great, great, great, great sumac — as halfway between much like that.” ing than having a leech Animal trials: Folks in One-stop barber bottles of their brews — grandmother’s mead! a dry cider and the Italian Still, most agreed you could suck all the toxins — and medieval times sometimes shops: Hipster hair salons ranging from $25 to $50 The crack reporters of the sparking wine Prosecco. impress your friends at a din- your blood — out of your took animals to court for are now serving beer and — to drink at home. Brooklyn Paper Medieval Li- One drinker suggested that ner party by surprising them body. crimes such as eating their cocktails , but in olden times, quor Bureau sampled a spar- Photo by Louise Wateridge the light, crisp, carbonated with something that wasn’t The pair hope to eventu- Some of Honey’s meads. The grateful bread: crops or damaging their barbers also offered ampu- ally offer tours of their fa- kling spirit from Williams- hooch would work well in an beer or wine and subverted property. Now, Brooklyn tation and tooth extraction. Back in the day, bread in- cility, where visitors can see burg’s new artisanal meadery, Aperol spritz. Another wanted their expectations about a pets are mostly committing Many Millenials can’t afford advertently made with dis- how mead is made, from bar- Honey’s, coming away with and this is not that at all,” said to match its tart fruit finish drink most people associate crimes against fashion, and health insurance, anyway, so eased rye caused Dark rel to glass — a process that mixed feelings on its taste but deputy boozehound Ruth with an unctuous cheese. with the Dark Ages. someone needs to answer allowing a guy who has some Ages carb-loaders to hal- usually takes about a year. one common sentiment — it Brown. “It’s got a lot more But it was a little too much “It’s great to pick up on for those pugs in tutus. The sort of license to cut and pluck lucinate en masse. These Honey’s (91 Scott Ave. is a far cry from the one-note complexity than a lot of meads like bubbly for one whiskey the way to a party where you days, it sounds like an eco- punishment? Dogs have to things from the human body at Randolph Street in Wil- saccharine honey wine they’d — you can taste there’s a lot swigging journalist to be want to bring something other nomical, natural alterna- parade naked through the is surely better than no doc- liamsburg, instagram.com/ had in the past. of things going on, whether willing to shell out the $30 than wine — it’s a conversa- tive to acid. streets. tor or dentist at all? honeysbrooklyn). Open 5 “I think people associate you like it or not.” sticker price. tion starter,” said drunkard- pm–2 am. mead with being sickly sweet Several samplers likened “I don’t think it’s anything in-chief Bill Egbert. the game there yet! It is almost like there’s a par- allel universe out there: Game The sphincter Pokemon hysteria! players get points for finding Pokemon, and the warning- y now, even if you have class gets points for dreaming not yet played Pokemon up horror movie plots. But the factor returns B Go, you are more aware warners also get massive pub- of it than your own breathing. 3IZNFTXJUI licity, because nothings sells You have read that the app has like kids in peril — even if moves too fast. It’s the core of been more downloaded than they aren’t. (Can I remind us Diamond both Berrios and Tiberi’s prob- any other app, ever, and that all here that stranger-danger is lems, but they each have other $3";: it has actually convinced kids the least likely of crimes?) Dave’s obstacles in front of them as to leave the house to go play By Lenore Skenazy So the other morning I Cyclones Report well, according to the skip- was walking around my bus- per. outside — a miracle! By David Russell But you have probably tling neighborhood, Jackson Gamboa believes respect in their heads: Reports CBS where your kids are going Heights, when I saw one mom rooklyn’s batters have for the opposition is good, but also heard about the player New York, “there are worries when playing with the app” who stumbled upon a dead showing another mom the app. struggled as of late, giv- added that Berrios seems in- that sex offenders might use and “set limits” — as if par- The explainer had her 10-year- ing the Coney Island body, and the two guys who the app to lure children.” And, ents couldn’t possibly fig- timidated by the New York- Cyclones Brooklyn old son with her. “Can he go B walked off a cliff (but lived), faithful flashbacks to the Penn League. He has struggled Cyclones skipper Tom Gamboa says Arnaldo Ber- says NBC New York, the app ure this out for themselves. out on his own to play?” I (a and the 15-year-old who didn’t As if this whole “kids going 2015 season and that team’s at the plate and was doubled off rios has to get the bat off his shoulder. “could potentially put young stranger!) asked. collective tightening of a cer- second base in a crucial mo- look up and got hit by a car. people at risk.” outside” thing is just so new “Oh no, no, no,” she said, tain muscle . ment during the Cyclones 4– 0 (She’s alive, too.) And then Note to news editors: Wor- and crazy. as if I’d queried, “Would you Yes, folks, the sphincter loss to Lowell on July 16. most comfortable on the di- they should have a shark-like there were those four guys ar- ries are not the same as “re- The ’Frisco fear-mongers bathe your child in acid?” The factor is back. “He’s acting like this is the amond. mentality. rested in a black BMW some- alities.” What’s more, pretty also published this Pokemon other mom agreed: No way. It is a team-wide epidemic, big leagues and he doesn’t Second baseman Nick Brooklyn has been streaky where in Missouri for waiting much anything can “poten- Go Safety Tip: “Know your “What age do you think but manager Tom Gamboa said belong here,” Gamboa said. Sergakis has been an emo- at best this summer, but the in a secluded area and rob- tially” put young people at surroundings and pay atten- you’ll let them play on their the two players with the tight- “He’s giving the league way tional sparkplug for the Cy- squad is confident things can bing the Pokemon players who risk, including eating din- tion to where you’re going and own?” est derrieres are third baseman too much credit for being better clones this season, but Gam- still turn around. stopped by. ner (they could choke!), play- who is around you. Slow car Answered Mom #1, grimly Blake Tiberi and outfielder Ar- than him, and he’s playing very boa said he’s noticed the “The majority of our So if you are part of the vast ing baseball (they could get paralleling a person on foot laughing: “28.” naldo Berrios. scared and very intimidated 23rd-round pick has strug- team is coming around and web of Very Concerned Adults hit by a bat!) and attending might be a sign it’s a get- The Pokemon game is so “There’s people like Ber- and I don’t know why.” gled to maintain his focus becoming sharks ,” Bryk Jr. whose life’s purpose seems to school (what if they fall off away car.” fun, so simple, so sharable, it is rios and Tiberi that are squeez- Tiberi, meanwhile, is try- at the plate. said. “We have a thing here, be dreaming up terrible things the stage during a production Um, yeah. Except that with as if the company invented the ing the sawdust out of the bat, ing to get used to the profes- “One of the things that we don’t want guys being a that can happen to kids any- of “Annie”?). literally 15,000,000 people 21st century equivalent of the they’re pressing so bad. And sional game. all the coaches were try- goldfish and we have a lit- time they venture beyond the As delightful as Pokemon playing this game across the ball — a toy kids can play with that makes it virtually impos- “He had a great year in col- ing to get Nick to do is to tle symbol with our hands kitchen, you can relax. You’ve Go is to play — I love it and entire country for the past on their own, or in a group, or sible to get a hit,” Gamby said. lege at the University of Louis- get more on an even-keel,” where they’re like a goldfish. got your stranger-danger sto- I’ve never played video games week, we have that one BMW when they’re walking down “So they’re going to have to ville and nobody has struggled Gamboa said. “Because he’s And then the next step is a ries. Phew! Now you can re- before — it almost seems to be in Missouri to point to as an the street. find a way to just, as we say, on our team from game one to an emotional type player. He turtle. But we want every- mind us that anytime people more exciting to the authori- actual menace. But the ball came of age be- loosen up the sphincter factor game 27 more than Tiberi,” plays with a lot of passion body to come together and are headed outside, especially ties who can spit out a new set Meantime, over in Eng- fore the warning industry, in- so that their ability can come Gamboa said. “And now it’s and we’ve got to get him off be sharks . Because sharks kids, they had better think long of warnings faster than you land, which you’d think has deed before the dawn of his- through.” to the point where he’s just the roller-coaster and just in the ocean, those are the and hard first. can say, “Air time.” bigger problems to freak out tory, so kids simply got to go The sphincter factor — ac- pressing so bad.” level off a little bit.” cream of the crop. They’re Following this incredibly And so all the way across about, the authorities are outside and play with it. Imag- cording to Gamboa — is when Despite all the stats and in- Any players struggling the top of the food chain so predictable script, a bunch of the country, the San Fran- warning that the app could ine that. a player tightens his sphincter formation available, much of for confidence can look to we want to make sure ev- our local television stations are cisco Police Department took be used to make children “eas- Lenore Skenazy is author so much because of the pres- the game is mental and suc- pitching coach Billy Bryk Jr, erybody in our locker room solemnly warning us about it upon itself to tell moms and ily accessible to criminals” and founder of the book sure to succeed that the game cess comes to those who feel who reminds the team that are sharks .” scenarios they have made up dads that they should “know — and they don’t even have and blog Free-Range Kids. 10 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 July 22–28, 2016 July 22–28, 2016 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 11 12 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 July 22–28, 2016 Welcome to the Brooklyn Bavarian Biergarten Rain or Shine, We’re Open! 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