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By Jotham Sederstrom The Brooklyn Papers The county of Kings is poised to add pres- idents, prime ministers and diplomats to its roster. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report he issued Tuesday that the United Nations — looking for a temporary home while its iconic glass-and- steel headquarters on the East River gets a long- overdue renovation — may have found commer- cial space in Downtown Brooklyn that could serve its Secretariat and General Assembly needs. The United Nations has a staff of nearly 3,000 and its General Assembly meetings requires a con- ference hall big enough to seat 1,800. But far from languishing, as plans to expand in Manhattan have, the interest from the United Na- tions could help spur new development in Down- town Brooklyn, which passed a major rezoning ini- tiative in August but has failed so far to see much new construction sprout forth. “It’s going to be a reminder to a lot of people that Downtown Brooklyn is successful and a real downtown,” said Kenneth Adams, president of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce. “Even if it’s only temporary, it puts Brooklyn on the internation- al stage. Think of it — Geneva, the Hague, Brus- sels and now Downtown Brooklyn. It’s in the com- pany of classic European cities.” The report assessed where things stand with plans to renovate the U.N. Secretariat building, which was considered modern when it was con- structed 50 years ago but now violates most New York City fire and safety codes. The 38-story tower has no sprinkler system, is packed with asbestos and leaks about 25 percent of the heat pumped into it in the winter. Annan said a search of more than 100 properties in Manhattan turned up nothing that satisfied its

/ Richard Drew / Richard needs for both office and conference space. One pos- sibility that planners looked at was 7 World Trade Cen- ter, which is expected to open next year, officials said. A major issue is figuring out where to hold the annual General Assembly debate when world lead- Associated Press ers descend on New York for several days. The Brooklyn space, likely within the boundaries of the new zoning plan, could fit the bill, Annan’s re- Will the world port indicated. The report estimated that the Brook- lyn site would cost the United Nations between $211 million and $220 million and would include needed come to Brooklyn? conference space. A Midtown Manhattan location, Brooklyn is America’s melting pot, with an abundant rep- on the other hand, would cost between $221 million resentation of the world’s races, religions and cultures. and $230 million, plus another $45 million for con- Soon, the borough may take an even larger spot on the ference space, according to the report. world’s stage, if U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s The Downtown Brooklyn Plan adopted last Au- suggestion comes to pass and Downtown Brooklyn hosts gust hopes to encourage more than 6 million square the United Nations — including its staff of nearly 3,000 feet of office development and 1 million square and an 1,800-seat auditorium for General Assembly / David Karp feet of retail and residential development — in part meetings — during the several years the international by allowing buildings to rise up to 400 feet — and body’s eastside Manhattan headquarters (right) are ren- thus help retain back-office space in the city and ovated. Above, President Bush addresses the 58th Gen- keep corporations from fleeing to New Jersey. eral Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Sept. 23, 2003. Associated Press See U.N. on page 12 Civil libertarians Don’t overdevelop delay cyber law By Jotham Sederstrom A spokesman for the New York Civil us, ’Hurst tells Marty The Brooklyn Papers Liberties Union said on Wednesday that Following criticism from civil the legislation, as is, would unfairly bar liberties advocates, the City Council kids from entering the Internet-access By Jotham Sederstrom businesses during school hours without The Brooklyn Papers postponed a vote Wednesday on parental guidance or proof that they had legislation seeking to place sig- already graduated high school. At first glance, the media-savvy nificant restrictions on Internet Owners of the so-called cyber cafes, activists of Prospect Heights and the cafes, which while comparative- meanwhile, say that the proposed amend- working-class families of Benson- ly free of trouble in Manhattan ment to the city’s administrative code hurst seem the dictionary definition of have been marred by violence in misses the point, in part by limiting penal- “odd couple.” Brooklyn and Queens. See CYBER on page 4 But faced with a rash of what they de- scribe as predatory development, nearly a hundred homeowners and other residents turned out for a town hall meeting spon- sored by Borough President Marty Marko- / Tom Callan / Tom witz and saw past their differences. Norwegian birthday The majority of attendees in the audito- rium of Seth Low Intermediate School, on Avenue P at West 11th Street Tuesday

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn night called upon elected politicians to parade on Sunday quash out-of-character new construction in both the brownstone-dominated neighbor- The Brooklyn Papers once bursting Scandinavian roots. Unveiled hoods of Prospect Heights and Park Slope

Like a Viking to water, thou- That’s not to say there isn’t still Callan / Tom “Beacon,” the 25-foot-tall, 5,500-pound and the detached and semi-detached land- sands of people of Norwegian de- a strong Norwegian presence in scapes of Bay Ridge and Bensonhurst. scent who planted roots in Brook- monument to Brooklyn’s victims of the the neighborhood. terrorist attacks on the World Trade Cen- [The next overdevelopment meeting, ac- lyn before moving elsewhere will “No doubt about it, this is a very big ter, was installed on the 69th Street Pier in cording to Markowitz’s Web site, is sched- return this weekend for the city’s month for all of us,” said Kenneth Bay Ridge last week in anticipation of its uled for May 31 at 6 pm. It will be held at 54th Annual Norwegian Constitu- Johnson, general chairman of the pa- official unveiling on May 16, at 10:30 am. a public school in Marine Park, at 1925 Papers The Brooklyn tion Day Parade, an event that each rade committee. Artist Robert Ressler created the depic- Stuart St. at Fillmore Avenue.] “When God takes me home, that’s when I’m leaving,” said Angelo Ripillino, May reunites Bay Ridge with its See NORWAY on page 4 tion of a firefighter’s bugle laid on its bell. See DON’T DEVELOP on page 12 who lives in the Mapleton section of Borough Park, at Tuesday’s town hall. “Every secondcounts.”

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By Jotham Sederstrom problem.” comprised of its own members, Army !VAILABLEFROM!MERICAS,EADING(OME%QUITY,ENDER The Brooklyn Papers The tour comes two months after Fos- Corps representatives, the state and city /NE UPPINGOFNEIGHBOR NOEXTRACHARGE sella announced that Army Corps engi- departments of transportation, the city De- The Army Corps of Engineers neers had agreed to inspect the severity of partment of Parks and Recreation and the determined this week that the rapid 3TOPBYANYBRANCH CALL   ,/!. the deterioration, which over the span of a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, ORVISITCHASECOM deterioration consuming the Shore decade has riddled the path with thigh- which oversees the drainage pipes below Parkway bike path, once as flawless high sinkholes that bicyclists and pedestri- the seawall. as the view it provides of the Statue ans say pose safety hazards. The Parks Department, the lead agency of Liberty and Verazzano-Narrows Fossella has also submitted a request for the bike path, allocated $700,000 for Bridge, could soon spread to the Belt for $16 million in federal funding to re- repairs several years ago, according to Parkway if a significant reconstruc- build the crumbling seawall and restore a Julius Spiegel, the agency’s borough com- tion doesn’t begin soon. four-mile stretch of bike path between missioner for Brooklyn. 79th and 95th street that have been among A representative from Fossella’s office Previously isolated to portions of the the most plagued. would fill out that task force, said Don- 13-mile stretch of bike path that traces The 13-mile stretch of asphalt, con- ner. Brooklyn’s coast, colossal sinkholes are structed along the waterfront in the 1940s, “This has been a Community Board 10 now growing larger, say the engineers, traces the Belt Parkway from 69th Street capital priority for 10 years now,” said who fear that cracks could one day extend to Bay Parkway, near Caesar’s Bay. Al- Beckmann. “It can no longer be a tempo- to the Belt Parkway and jeopardize thou- though the span extends into Bensonhurst, rary fix. 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B”H Live DJ Music on Saturday ISRAEL AND THE WAR ON TERRORISM EVENT DATES: Lunch with Fri., May 20 and Sat., May 21, 2005 NORWAY… Continued from page 1 Seth Lipsky between 38 & 39 Streets “It’s a celebration, absolutely.” 882 5th Avenue Long considered the pride of Bay Ridge, the parade this Sun- President and Editor of BROOKLYN, NY day, May 15, is expected to draw as many as 10,000 marchers and 100,000 spectators to Fifth Avenue, where participants will gather near 88th Street at 1:30 pm. From there, police and fire- fighters, local clergy, area students and scores of elected officials Celebrando will lead and trail more than a dozen floats, 21 blocks north to el Primer Aniversario 67th Street. Accompanied by brass bands, including Norway’s own Arendal Veteran’s Band, the parade will then head east for another block, culminating at Leif Ericson Park. ************************* GRATIS Along the way, say organizers, onlookers can expect the offi- SATURDAY, MAY 21, 1PM Sándwich de 6” gratis cial crowning of this year’s Miss Norway, 23-year-old Karen con la compra de una soda mediana Freely, of Dyker Heights, and a speech from the parade’s guest ************************* Galletas Gratis, Cupones de Descuento of honor, Jan Egeland, the United Nations emergency relief coor- Música y Regalos dinator, who raised millions in financial aid for victims of last year’s Indian Ocean tsunami. Congregation B’nai Avraham Cuando Despite an inflammatory remark made by Egeland that the Viernes 20 de May y sábado 21 de mayo United States’ initial contribution to that tragedy was “stingy,” or- 117 Remsen St. (bet. Clinton & Henry Sts.) Lugar: 882 5ta Avenida ganizers believe that, like always, the event will remain among To reserve: (718) 596-4840 Ext.18 the most peaceful of the city’s innumerable parades. Entre calles 38 y 39, Brooklyn, NY “The police department likes us because we don’t make any www.bnaiavraham.com noise or fuss,” said Ted Thorsen, co-chairman of the parade’s 75- year-old Sons of Norway committee, one of three divisions of marchers in the parade. “We got all the bad stuff out of our sys- tem during the Viking age. We’re pussycats now.” Before Sunday’s parade, however, expatriates of Norway and Sweden will gather at Owl’s Head Park, on 68th Street at Colo- nial Road, on Saturday, from noon until 5 pm, for the Viking Fest, a prelude that has bolstered Bay Ridge for years. The two days of festivities mark the enactment of Norway’s constitution, signed in 1814, and considered Europe’s oldest. Each year, the parade is held on the weekend closest to May 17, the date the constitution was signed. For history buffs, however, this year’s parade is particularly spe- cial. The theme, after all, is Norway’s independence from Sweden. “Of course, it’s special,” said Victoria Hofmo, who spearhead- ed the Viking Fest. “It’s the 100th anniversary of Norway’s inde- pendence. So, yeah, it’s a pretty big event.” —Jotham Sederstrom

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FAIR Fab on Fifth The Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair returns to Park Slope on Sunday, May 15. From 11 am to 6 pm, you can saunter up and down Fifth Avenue — between Sterling Place and 12th Street — to shop for crafts, apparel, gifts or to enjoy al fresco dining, kiddy rides and live music. “Unlike similar events, the Fabulous Fifth Avenue Fair focuses especially on local artists, craftspeople, performers and restaurants,” says Judi Pheiffer of Bob & Judi’s Coolectibles and president of the Park Slope Fifth Avenue Mer- chant Association. “We also offer a wide variety (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings May 14, 2005 of fun aimed particularly at families and children.” Among the musicians performing on the Park Slope Reader Stage (between Carroll and President streets) is singer-guitarist Jessica Star (pictured) at 3:45 pm. Additional stages will be set up at The Gate (at the corner of Third Street) and at Southpaw (between St. Johns and Sterling places), where DJ Johnny Real will kick off the festivities at noon. Also on Southpaw’s stage, Baba Israel will perform live between 1 pm and 4:30 pm, with DJ Kool Kear and special guests. And, of course, there are all of the many “fabulous,” tempting boutiques on this stretch of Fifth Avenue — the hosts of the fair — which are delicious entertain- ment in their own right. The fair will be held rain or shine. — Lisa J. Curtis / Jori Klein BOOKS The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Garden Trail On Thursday, May 19, green thumbs and those who want to grow one can meet Toronto’s hip gar- den guru Gayla Trail in person in Boerum Hill. Trail will be celebrating the publication of her new book, “You Grow Girl” (Fireside, $15), which was preceded by the cultivation of her Web site www.YouGrowGirl.com, founded in 2000. Pillow Trail, whose true surname is Sanders, has urban gardening how-tos for every Brooklynite in one chic, illustrated, easy- to-use volume. The author is an advocate of organic gardening for the fun of it — read cheaply and easily. She intro- duces her book by talk stating, “This new style of gardening is about exploration, DUMBO’s Andrew Morgan excitement and a punk rock ap- proach to growing creates a ready-to-wear plants that takes the good stuff from tradition and tosses the rest into the composter.” In fact, in “You Grow Girl,” she’ll teach you how collection for your bedroom to make your own, in-house composter, complete / Jori Klein with red wrigglers. For those who require less ick when they’re getting dirty, she also includes instruc- By Ajla Grozdanic It comes as no surprise then that the center- tions on how to make a gardening tool belt (that’ll for The Brooklyn Papers piece in Morgan’s office is a queen-size bed, look cool with your low-rise jeans), irrigation sys- covered in designs for the upcoming fall sea- tems ranging from recycled plastic bottles to drums

peak into Brooklyn designer Andrew son. Morgan’s earthy autumn tones are more Papers The Brooklyn of rainwater, and putting together your own herbal Morgan’s storage room, down the hall subdued than his spring collection, but true to Bedroom eyes: Designer Andrew Morgan (above) says Mariah Carey, Kelsey Grammer and tea garden (as well as easy-to-sew tea bags). Afrom his office in DUMBO, is a treat for his signature style, he spices them up with Heather Graham are among the stars who sleep under his covers. (Top right) The “Cabin After you’ve gotten your container garden, win- the eyes. If you’re lucky enough to get an in- sporadic touches of bold orange or sunflower Fever” collection for fall. dow boxes or community garden underway, Trail sider’s look, you’ll never want to leave this yellow. also has a chapter on making a “garden memory oasis of color, hypnotized by the blinding mix “We take the tweeds and pop it with fun journal,” so you can record your accomplishments. of bright tones and intricate patterns of his de- color,” he said. it felt much more dimensional.” ket — he is ahead of the pack,” said Karin The U.S. book launch for “You Grow Girl” signs, stocked on shelves that cover every inch “Cabin Fever” (with fun ’50s-inspired ele- His line is American-made, in New Jersey, Craig, manager at the Nancy Koltes at Home takes place May 19, 6 pm to 9 pm at GRDN, 103 of the windowless room. ments) and “Winter Garden” (with gentler because he likes the convenience of producing fine linens boutique in SoHo, which has car- Hoyt St. between Atlantic and Pacific streets. For As your eye wanders from the hot pink, tones like taupe, gray, barley and purple) are quickly and being able to make last-minute ried the Andrew Morgan Collection for the more information, call (718) 797-3628 or visit lime and aqua, resting on the occasional the two essentials of his fall collection, which changes, if needed. Morgan said he imports past four years. www.grdnbklyn.com. — Lisa J. Curtis black, brown and ivory, your hands drown in combines rustic style with a hint of retro in a the finest European threads as well as hand- “Blankets and throws tend to be plain, but a sea of soft, sen- lighthearted contempo- work made in South America, which add an he gives it extra flavor,” said Craig, a Prospect sual fabrics. Cotton rary fashion — and a international flair to his collection. Heights resident. There’s enough variety in his is combined with HOME DECOR lot of wool. But Morgan is not alone in his craft. He designs, she said, that it would appeal to any- suede, merino wool “The cabin quality works in partnership with his live-in co-de- one, “even the conservative shopper.” ART with leather, sharp The Andrew Morgan Collection can be makes it something signer, his wife, Jane Morgan. Originally Morgan’s innovative pairings of color and purchased in Brooklyn at Living on Smith [289 geometric shapes Smith St. at Union Street in Carroll Gardens, you’re able to have in from Westchester County, Jane holds a de- pattern add a sense of fashion to items that are are enhanced with (718) 222-8546] and Living on Seventh [219 Sev- your mountain house,” gree from the Fashion Institute of Technolo- traditionally dull, said Andrew Sedlock, a gen- soft, flowery pat- enth Ave. at Fourth Street in Park Slope, (718) Morgan said. “It’s a gy and she has been designing and living in eral merchandise manager at Nancy Koltes. 788-1651]. For more information or to make an Slope artists terns, pastels are appointment, contact the DUMBO-based An- way of taking the sort Brooklyn for the past 20 years. This distinctive combination of comfort, placed against me- drew Morgan Collection at (718) 643-4155.] of cabin quality and The 40-something couple lives in Cobble luxury and style accounts for Morgan’s popu- Enjoy some fresh air and the fresh perspectives tallics, fluff against making it fun and con- Hill. larity. You can find his line in high-end depart- of emerging artists in the “Park Slope & Environs clean-cut lines. The temporary. “We each come to the table with ideas and ment stores and boutiques, such as Barney’s Open Studio Tour” on May 14 and May 15. contrasting colors, materials, textures and “I become very fickle,” said Morgan, noting inspiration that we found,” said Jane. While New York, Bloomingdale’s, Fred Segal, Baker This free, self-guided walking tour features the patterns work together to create a modern that he likes something new each season. his style is bold and Jane’s is subtler, “To- Furniture and Crate & Barrel, to name a few, works of 60 artists and is being held in conjunction look suitable for both fashionistas and less While last year, fluffy shag pillows were the gether we come up with something refined,” and in hotels like Sofitel, Shutters and 70 Park with the “Brooklyn Wa- fashion-forward folks. single most popular item from his collection, she said. And although her ideas might lean Avenue. terfront Artists Coali- But you might be disappointed to learn that right now, he said, bright colors take the cake. towards the feminine, Jane said they have Morgan’s creations have also been featured tion’s 25th Anniversary Andrew Morgan’s bright and sunny ready-to- But certain elements survive each season, like found common ground in their love of mod- on such television shows as “Sheila Bridges: Pier Show” in Red wear spring collection, which is on display in Morgan’s recognizable, wavy damask pattern. ern design. Designer Living” on the cable Fine Living Hook, where tourists some of New York’s most luxe stores, is not Inspired by creative underground magazines Morgan didn’t start out as a designer. He channel and in all three seasons of NBC’s can pick up their maps. meant for your body. in Europe, Morgan said he searches for things completed his undergraduate studies in psy- “The Apprentice,” featured in episodes as bed- Among the painters It’s for your bed. that are progressive rather than mainstream, chology at Bard College. It wasn’t until he ding, throws and living room pillows. Michael participating in the tour “I call it sportswear for the home,” Morgan but still with a sense of nostalgia. wrote his thesis on the psychology of clothing Smith, a well-known West Coast designer, is Eva Mihovich, whose told GO Brooklyn. “There’s always a ’50s or ’60s feel in all my and went to Italy, where he took design class- buys items from the Morgan Collection for his “Lotus Meditation” is Started only five years ago, the Andrew lines,” he said, adding that he draws on hip as- es, that he discovered his love. celebrity clients, said Craig. pictured. Morgan Collection is now found in bedrooms pects from different periods, like Miami Beach The nearly two decades he spent designing Look for his collection in Brooklyn at Liv- All of the artists in from New York to Los Angeles and is con- in the ’50s or Palm Springs, for example. clothes under the private-label company Au- ing on Smith, a furniture and accessories store the open studio tour have artwork featured in quering international territory from London to “There is also a quality of travel in what I gustus, for high-end department stores such as at 289 Smith St. in Carroll Gardens, and Liv- Madarts Studio’s exhibit, which is on display now Hong Kong — one bed at a time. do, because people look for travel as a sort of Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Bar- ing on Seventh, in Park Slope. through May 15. The studio is located at 255 18th Morgan counts among his fans such respite,” said Morgan, who grew up in Miami neys, Saks Fifth Avenue and Burberry, help Although Morgan’s prices, ranging from St. between Fifth and Sixth avenues in Sunset Park. celebrities as Mariah Carey, Kelsey Grammer Beach. explain Morgan’s unique ability to take the $100-$150 for pillows, $200-$450 for throws Tour hours are noon to 6 pm on Saturday and and Heather Graham. Morgan went from designing apparel to a technique, material and careful thought and $250-$500 for blankets, are on the luxury Sunday. Maps can be viewed at www.bwac.org In the world of home design, the 18-year home collection, because, he said, he wanted process used in clothing design and apply side, the designer said that he does not create or can be picked up at the BWAC Pier Show veteran of the apparel industry stands out by more avenues of expression. them to textiles for the home. The result is a with a select audience in mind. (499 Van Brunt St.). Free shuttle bus service to going beyond traditional home decor to create “The world of home design seemed so fashion-forward “ready-to-wear collection,” as “It’s a mindset that likes modern products, the pier show is offered from the F train’s Smith- style-conscious “clothes” for your most per- much bigger and much more personal,” Mor- Morgan puts it, for your home. not a particular group,” he said of his clientele. Ninth streets station. For more information, e- sonal quarters. gan said. “I could really play with textiles and “I haven’t seen anything like it on the mar- “It’s how one approaches life.” mail [email protected]. — Lisa J. Curtis The Kettle Black restaurant & bar

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PARK DAY: Brooklyn Bridge Park filmmakers. 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Long Pastries & Espresso? Conservancy hosts “It’s My Pak Day.” Island University, Flatbush and DeKalb ISRAEL’SWAR ON TERRORISM: Con- Visit our Volunteers are needed to help avenues. (718) 625-0080. Free. gregation B’nai Avraham of Brooklyn spruce up Brooklyn Bridge Park. 9 LECTURE: Positive Focus offers a talk Heights presents New York Sun Pub- Pastry Shoppe! am to 3 pm. (718) 802-0603. Free. with photo editor Barbara Koppel- lisher Seth Lipsky who will speak dur- man titled “Smart Start to Stock: ing a shabbat lunch and lecture. Lipsky BIKE TOUR: Brooklyn Center for the is an expert on Israeli affairs who was Urban Environment hosts a Sustain- How to Find Your Place in an Increasingly Complex World.” $15, founding editor of the English lan- able Brooklyn Bike Tour. Learn how guage Forward newspaper before residents of Brooklyn are using ener- $10 members. 7 pm to 9 pm. 111 Front St. (718) 854-4639. launching the New York Sun. For gy conservation techniques in their lunch, $30, $15 senior citizens and stu- RESTAURANT homes and workspaces. $11, $9 REAL ESTATE: Lion in the Sun presents Michael’s real estate expert David Marangio of dents; lecture is free. 117 Remsen St. members, $8 seniors and students. 1 Corcoran Real Estate to demystify (718) 596-4840 ext 18. (at Nostrand Ave.) pm to 5 pm. Meet at corner of Jay 2929 Avenue R • (718) 998-7851 and York streets. (718) 788-8500. the Park Slope real estate market. 7 FILMS: Brooklyn Arts Council hosts the pm to 8 pm. 463 Fourth St. (718) Independent Film and Video Artists www.michaelsofbrooklyn.com • GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Cemetery 369-4006. Free. festival. Included in museum admis- historian Jeff Richman leads a tour. sion of $6, free for members. Noon $15, $10 members. 1 pm. Meet at BARNES AND NOBLE: Reading by author Helene Stapinski from her to 6 pm. Call. Brooklyn Museum, 200 main entrance, Fifth Avenue and Eastern Parkway. (718) 625-0080. 25th Street. (718) 768-7300. book “Five-Finger Discount, a mem- oir of growing up in a family of small BULBS IN THE GARDEN: Floyd Bennett DOWNTOWN TOUR: Mauricio Lorence time thieves.” 7 pm. 106 Court St. Gardens Association offers a talk on leads a tour of historic sites of Fort (718) 246-4996. Free. how to plant reliable bulbs. 2 pm. Greene and Clinton Hill. $26. 2 pm An Exceptional meal. LIBRARY EVENT: Brooklyn Public Ryan Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett to 5 pm. Marriott Hotel, 333 Adams Field. (718) 338-3799. St. (718) 789-0430. Library, Central branch, presents “Hungry Hearts: 350 Years of Jewish BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Once OPEN STUDIO TOUR: in Park Slope, American Lives in Fiction and Upon a Time: Sergio Leone.” Today: Every time. hosted by the Brooklyn Waterfront Memoir.” 7 pm. Grand Army Plaza. “Once Upon a Time in America” Artists Coalition. Call. (718) 596-2507. (718) 230-2100. Free. (1983). $10, $7 students, $6 mem- PERFORMANCE WINE TASTING: A Cook’s Companion bers. 2 pm and 7 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert offers a class — “Trust Your features a program of Haydn, Saint- Importer.” $50. 7 pm. 197 Atlantic READING: Spiral Thought Magazine Saens and Schumann. $35. 7:30 pm. Ave. (718) 852-6901. hosts a reading. 6 pm to 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. YOGA: Learn restorative yoga at Shakespeare’s Sister, 270 Court St. (718) 832-2310. Free. CHORAL MUSIC: Grace Choral Society Noodle Yoga. $16. 8:15 pm to 9:15 performs. $12, $10 seniors and stu- pm. 31 Washington St. (718) 624- BROOKLYN LYCEUM: The Brooklyn dents. 8 pm. Old First Reformed 5525. Underground Film Festival hosts an Church, Seventh Avenue at Carroll BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert evening of short films. $12. 8 pm. Street. (718) 707-1411. features a program of Scriabin, Medt- 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. MUSICAL: Brooklyn College Depart- ner, Prokofiev and Rachmaninov. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) ment of Theater presents Brecht and SUN, MAY 22 Weill’s modern musical “The Three- 624-2083. penny Opera.” $15, $10 seniors, $5 BARNES AND NOBLE: presents a dis- students. 2 pm and 8 pm. Gershwin cussion with the author of “The Girl OUTDOORS AND TOURS Theater, Brooklyn College, one block Guide to Starting Your Own GARDEN PARTY: Narrows Botanical from the intersection of Flatbush and Business.” 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Gardens celebrates its 10th anniver- Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500 Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. sary with “Chefs in the Garden.” $50 GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “The Full includes refreshments from many Bay Monty.” $15, $12 seniors. 8 pm. 199 Ridge restaurants. 4 pm to 7 pm. 14th St. (718) 595-0547. FRI, MAY 20 (718) 748-9848. CONCERT: Plymouth Church presents SENIOR CINEMA: BAM and Oxford BIRD WATCHING: at Green-Wood “Our Voices Win Freedom,” a con- Health Plans offers a matinee movie Cemetery. 9 am. Meet at main cert with the NYC Gay Men’s Chorus. Covenant Dance Theater performs its ballet “Fool’s Gold” at Kings- series for seniors. Today, “Stormy entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th $15. 8 pm. 75 Hicks St. (212) 242-1777. borough Community College on May 21. Weather” (1943). 10 am. Brooklyn Street. (718) 768-7300. Free. BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: pres- Academy of Music, Rose Cinemas, 30 FIGHT CANCER: The Brooklyn Cyclones ents Dance Performance Workshop, Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4129. Free. and the American Cancer Society a year-end concert of students, ages host a fundraiser. Walk takes partici- demy. Call for time. 2025 79th St. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Metrotech 9 and up. $8, $5 students. 8 pm. 421 SUN, MAY 15 Center hosts a concert on the pants down the Coney Island board- Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. (866) 99-ASTHMA. Free. walk. 10 am. Register at Keyspan MOVIE NIGHT: Cafe Steinhof presents Commons. Today: music with Bill Marco Polo PAPER MOON PLAYERS: presents the Saxton Quartet. Noon to 2 pm. (718) Park, Surf Avenue at West 16th Street romantic comedy “Remember Me?” OUTDOORS AND TOURS Alfred Hitchcok’s “Rope” (1948). Call in Coney Island. (718) 449-8497. RISTORANTE for time. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) 369- 467-1527. Free. $9. 8 pm. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, NORWEGIAN DAY PARADE: 54th MUSIC: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music WALKING TOUR: Brooklyn Center for Pioneer of the fine restaurant movement in Brooklyn 2635 E. 23rd St. (718) 848-2837. annual Norwegian Constitution Day 7776. Free. the Urban Environment hosts a tour ART SHOW: Brooklyn Waterfront Artists presents New Music Collective, a MUSICAL: Kingsborough Performing Parade. 12:30 pm. Fifth Avenue and performance featuring compositions of Clinton Hill and the art scene in Arts Society presents “Guys and 88th Street. (718) 745-6653. Free. Coalition. 12 to 6 pm. See Sat., May 14. Fort Greene. $11, $9 members, $8 (at Union Street) by New York-based composers. $10. 345 Court Street 718-852-5015 Dolls.” 8 pm. 2001 Oriental Blvd. BIRD WATCHING: at Green-Wood OPEN STUDIO: hosted by Pier Glass 7 pm. 58 Seventh Ave. (718) 622- seniors and students. 1 pm to 3 pm. Open 7 days for lunch and dinner • Free Valet Parking • Call for ticket info. (718) 368-4770. Cemetery. 9 am. Meet at main and O’Dell Designs. Noon to 5 pm. 3300. Meet at Fulton Street and South HIGH SCHOOL SHOW: New Utrecht entrance at Fifth Avenue and 25th See Sat., May 14. Elliott Place. (718) 788-8500. Visit our website www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert High School presents the musical Street. (718) 768-7300. Free. features a program of Scriabin, WALKING TOUR: Brooklyn Historical “Into the Woods.” $10, $8 students NAVY YARD TOUR: Brooklyn Historical Medtner, Prokofiev and Society presents “Brooklyn Baseball and seniors. 8 pm. 1601 80th St. Society and the Municipal Art Society MON, MAY 16 Rachmaninov. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton History, Part 2.” Tour J.J. Byrne Park, (718) 232-2500, ext. 585. take a tour around the Brooklyn Navy Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. the site of the first baseball field of BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Paul the 19th century, which served as JAZZ: Violinist, vocalist and composer Yard and Vinegar Hill. Tour by bus CARD PARTY: at Saint Saviour’s Church. Tia Imani Hanna performs. $15, $10 and on foot. $45, $35 members. Pre- Robeson Speaks!” Today: “Jericho” the Brooklyn Dodgers original (1937). $10, $7 students, $6 mem- $10. 7 pm. Corner of Eighth Avenue home. Guided by Thomas Gilbert, students and seniors. 7:30 pm. payment reservations necessary. 10 and Sixth Street. (718) 768-4055. Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 am to 2 pm. (718) 222-4111. bers. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:30 pm. author of a dozen books on baseball 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. GALLERY PLAYERS: “The Full Monty.” history. $15, $10 members, $5 chil- al Seventh Ave. (718) 638-9648. ORIENTEERING 101: Urban Park Rangers See Sat., May 21. C a BARBES FILM: “Los Olvidados” (1950). dren 12 years and under. 2 pm. Meet a m JEWISH STORY TELLING: Six Jewish spir- hosts a basic course on orienteering. s Compasses provided. 11 am. Meet at 7 pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. BROOKLYN LYCEUM: Evening of short at Fifth Avenue and Third Street. a itual storytellers tell their best tales. a films. 8 pm. See Sat., May 21. (718) 222-4111. r the Prospect Park Audubon Center. WRITING WORKSHOP: Four-week Refreshments served. Congregation i HIGH SCHOOL SHOW: “Into the C of Bath Avenue B’nai Avraham of Brooklyn Heights, Call 311 for reservations. Free. workshop open to anyone who wants GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Tour this Family owned and operated 117 Remsen St. Beginning at 9:30 pm. HOUSE TOUR: Park Slope Civic Council to unblock, learn about themselves Woods.” 8 pm. See Sat., May 21. Victorian city of the dead. $10, $5 (718) 624-2452. Free. hosts its 46th annual self-guided and use creativity for healing. $75. 7 members. 1 pm. Meet at Fort Brooklyn’s Finest Brick Oven Pizza event. Noon to 5 pm. $20. Day-of- pm to 8:30 pm. Creative Arts Studio, Hamilton Parkway Gate off DANCE: Cynthia King Dance Studio AT AY hosts a program of ballet, hip hop, tour tickets sold at Montauk Club. 310 Atlantic Ave. (917) 208-7067. S , M 21 McDonald Avenue. (718) 768-7300. jazz, tap and modern dances. $20. (718) 832-8227. JEWISH SINGLES: Munch and mingle BIG ONION TOURS: Take a walk Call for time. Flatbush Tompkins GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Tour this prior to Rabbi Raskin’s weekly class. OUTDOORS AND TOURS through Green-Wood Cemetery and LUNCH 7:30 pm. Congregation B’nai Avrah- learn about the history, architecture Concert Hall, East 18th Street and Victorian city of the dead. $10, $5 BENEFIT WALK: Kidney Urology SPECIAL Dorchester Road. (718) 437-0101. members. 1 pm. Meet at main am of Brooklyn Heights, 117 Remsen and people who rest here. $15, $12 St. (718) 596-4840 ext 18. Free. Foundation of America hosts a three- seniors, $10 students. 1 pm. Meet at entrance, Fifth Avenue and 25th mile Find a Cure Walk. Sign up at $5.95 CHILDREN Street. (718) 768-7300. HOLOCAUST STUDIES: The David Berg Fifth Avenue and 25th Street. (212) 9:30 am; walk begins at 11 am. 439-1090. Club Sandwich SEASHORE SCIENCE: NY Aquarium Lecture Series, featuring Rabbi Aaron Prospect Park, 15th Street and (choice of 4) hosts a hands-on program on the PERFORMANCE Raskin, presents a four-week discussion Prospect Park West. (212) 981-5264. PERFORMANCE Soup, Salad & Soda beach. Ages 9 to 12 welcome. $25, CHAMBER MUSIC: St. Luke’s Chamber of “diplomats of uncommon courage” who performed remarkably during the WALK IN THE PARK: Walk to raise SYNAGOGUE MUSIC: East Midwood $20 members. 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Ensemble performs a program of funds for Kidney Urology Foundation. Mon-Fri, 11-3 Surf Avenue and West Eighth Street. holocaust. 8 pm. Congregation B’nai Jewish Center presents “Ascent: The (Eat-in Only) Baroque favorites. Music of Bach, 9:30 am sign-in; walk begins at 11 (718) 265-FISH. Galliard and Telemann. $25, $18 Avraham of Brooklyn Heights, 117 Synagogue Music of Salamone Remsen St. (718) 596-4840 ext 18. Free. am. Prospect Park, enter at Bartell- Rossi.” $25, $20 seniors and stu- BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Stories and Art members. 2 pm. Brooklyn Museum, Pritchard Circle Parking Lot. (212) presents “Inside/ Outside.” $6, $3 200 Eastern Parkway. (212) 594-6100. SUPPORT: St. Francis Xavier Parish in dents. 4 pm. 1625 Ocean Ave. (718) Visit us to experience the finest taste of gourmet Pizza, 981-5219. 338-3800. seniors and students, free for chil- CONCERT: Rebecca Pechefsky, harpsi- Park Slope hosts “Talking About which only a wood burning oven can bring. Cancer.” The sharing of experiences LEAF LITTER: Find out what is living in RECITAL: Union Church of Bay Ridge dren under 12. 11 am and 2 pm. 200 chordist, performs. $10. 3:30 pm. piles of dead leaves. Urban Park Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 encouraged. 7:15 pm to 9 pm. 763 presents a recital of three centuries of • Italian and Seafood Specialities President St. (718) 638-1880. Free. Rangers hosts. 1 pm. Salt Marsh works for trumpet and organ. 4 pm. BAM FAMILY: Brooklyn Academy of Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. Nature Center, 3302 Ave. U. Call 311 Music hosts its Family Series with BARNES AND NOBLE: presents author 8101 Ridge Blvd. (718) 745-0438. • Gourmet Catering! BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert for info. Free. “Brooklyn Ballyhoo,” a family music features a program of Haydn, Saint- Nicole Krauss. She reads from her Communions, Confirmations Graduations “The History of Love.” 7:30 pm. 267 DOWNTOWN TOUR: Mauricio Lorence CHORAL MUSIC: Plymouth Church party with Dan Zanes. $12. 11 am Saens and Schumann. $35. 4 pm. leads a tour of historic sites of Fort Hot Catering – excellent quality, reasonably priced and 2 pm. Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. presents five local choirs in a per- Greene and Clinton Hill. $26. 2 pm to formance. 4 pm. Orange Street Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. DANCE CONCERT: at Greenwood 5 pm. Marriott Hotel, 333 Adams St. 3-6 Foot Subs – $9.50 per ft, salads incl. PUPPETWORKS: presents the adven- between Henry and Hicks streets. Baptist Church. 4 pm. Seventh TUES, MAY 17 (718) 789-0430. (718) 624-4743. Free. • Live Weekend Entertainment ture story “Around the World in 80 Avenue between Fifth and Sixth BOAT TOUR: Brooklyn Historical Society Days.” $8, $7 children. 12:30 pm and streets. (718) 768-2488. Free. BROADWAY MUSIC: Congregation FASHION ON FULTON: 14 Brooklyn hosts a tour titled “Brooklyn Working Mount Sinai hosts “Broadway Comes Broadway Night, Hawaiian Luau, Disco Night, 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Ave. Reservations DANCE: Brooklyn Friends School pres- Waterfront.” $20, $18 members, $12 suggested. (718) 965-3391. designers showcase their fashions to to Brooklyn.” $25, $10 children 12 Doo-Wop Night ents Up Bring Dance Company’s benefit Brooklyn Community Housing children of members ages 12 and IMPACT THEATER: presents “Polly and under. 4 pm. 250 Cadman Plaza fourth annual end of year show. $10, and Services. Show includes designs under. 11:05 am at Fulton Ferry West. (718) 875-9124. Princess and the Penniless Fry $7 kids under 10. 5 pm. 375 Pearl St. Landing. (718) 222-4111. seen in publications and on television BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert 1801 Bath Ave. corner of 18th Ave. Cook,” a spin on the classic tale of (917) 753-3291. shows. 6 pm. Call for ticket informa- “The Princess and the Pauper.” $10 PERFORMANCE features a program of Dvorak, Haydn BRICK THEATER: “Absence of Magic,” tion. Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern and Brahms. $35. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry www.CasaCalamari.biz • 718-234-7060 adults, $7 children 12 and under, free a comedy about clowns. $10. 7 pm. Parkway. (718) 625-4545. DANCE: Covenant Dance Theater per- for children 3 and under. 3 pm. 190 Landing. (718) 624-2083. Open 7 days from 11am to 11pm / Corporate accounts available 575 Metropolitan Ave. (718) 907-3457. FILM TALK: Brooklyn Arts Council hosts forms its ballet “Fool’s Gold.” $15 Underhill Ave. (718) 783-1348. seniors and children 12 and under. 1 GALLERY PLAYERS: “The Full Monty.” MUSICAL: “The Threepenny Opera.” 2 a panel of filmmakers who discuss See Sat., May 21. Please remember . . . Autism Awareness ABDUCTION PREVENTION: Tiger pm. See Sat, May 14. uses of cinematic technique in the pm and 7 pm. Kingsborough Schulmann Karate offers an abduc- fields of fine arts, education, politics, Community College, 2001 Oriental PAPER MOON PLAYERS: “Remember tion prevention seminar for children. GALLERY PLAYERS: “The Full Monty.” Boulevard. (718) 891-6199. Me?” 3:30 pm. See Sat., May 21. See Sat., May 14. community development and more. 3 pm to 4 pm. 8501 New Utrecht 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Long Island BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert BRICK THEATER: presents a comedy Ave. Call. (718) 234-8443. PAPER MOON PLAYERS: “Remember features a program of Dvorak, about clowns “Absence of Magic.” Me?” 3:30 pm. See Sat., May 14. University, Flatbush and DeKalb CALLING ALL BRIDES: Bridal designer avenues. (718) 625-0080. Free. Haydn, Brahms. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton $10. 7 pm. 575 Metropolitan Ave. Anne Barge at Kleinfeld’s. 9:30 am to CHORAL MUSIC: Grace Choral Society Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. (718) 907-3457. performs. 4 pm. See Sat., May 14. BARNES AND NOBLE: Discussion with 6 pm. Appointments recommended. Barbara La Rocca, author of “Coastal GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “The Full CHILDREN 8206 Fifth Ave. (718) 765-8500. CHILDREN New York City,” a Zagat-like source- Monty.” $15, $12 seniors. 8 pm. 199 FLEA MARKET: at Holy Trinity Lutheran 14th St. (718) 595-0547. BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Perform- JAZZ CONCERT: Brooklyn Conservatory book about fun by the water. 7 pm. Church of Flatbush. 10 am to 4 pm. 106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free. CONCERT: Fading Ad Gallery presents ing Arts presents Hudson Vagabond of Music presents jazz clarinetist Perry Players’ “The Mammoth Folies.” For 4118 Ave. R. (718) 677-1519. FILM SERIES: Brooklyn Public Library singer, composer and instrumentalist FASHION MARKET: Brooklyn Robinson in a program of music for ages 4 to 10. $15. 2 pm. Walt Whitman children. $15, $5 children. 3 pm. 58 concludes its “Dance on Camera” Pan Morigan. 8 pm. 679 Myrtle Ave. Designers Showcase features emerg- Call for ticket info. (718) 254-9300. Theater at Brooklyn College, one block Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. series with “Bomba.” 7 pm. Grand from the intersection of Flatbush and ing designers of handcrafted mer- BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: pres- PUPPETWORKS: “Around the World in Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. chandise. 10:30 am to 3 pm. 157 ents Theater Performance Workshop. 80 Days.” 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. See READING: Book Court presents Bill PUPPETWORKS: “Around the World in Montague St. (718) 763-7654. Gordon, author of “Mary After All.” 7 $8, $5 students. 8 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. MEETING: Older Women’s League. Sat., May 21. (718) 832-0018. 80 Days.” 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. pm. 163 Court St. (718) 875-3677. Free. See Sat., May 21. 10:30 am. Brooklyn College, New In- OTHER BAMCINEMATEK: “Paul Robeson Speaks!” JAMAICAN MUSIC: Oliver Samuels gersoll Hall, room 432, one block from FLEA MARKET: PS 295 PTA hosts a huge FAMILY HEALTH FEST: Information on Today: “Sanders of the River. (1935). stars in “Ras Noah and the Hawk.” the intersection of Flatbush and Nos- $36 to $45. 8 pm. Brooklyn College. sale. 10 am to 2:30 pm. 18th Street obesity, health insurance, nutrition, $10, $7 students, $6 members. 7:30 and Sixth Avenue. (718) 469-4084. trand avenues. (718) 891-2490. Free. pm. Paul Robeson Jr. is guest speaker. Call ahead. (718) 941-1879. blood pressure screenings and more. DOGGY MASSAGE: Learn how to mas- HEALTH FAIR: Brooklyn Public Library 11 am to 4 pm. Sunset Park, 44th 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. PAPER MOON PLAYERS: presents the hosts a health fair featuring screen- romantic comedy “Remember Me? sage your dog for better health, Street entrance between Fifth and mobility and spirit. Bring your dog. ings, demos, exhibits, gifts and Sixth avenues. (888) 809-8009. Free. $9. 8 pm. Emmanuel Episcopal Church, informative brochures covering a EDS AY 2635 E. 23rd St. (718) 848-2837. $50 includes instructional video. 10 CARD PARTY: at Our Lady of Angels W , M 18 am to noon. 405 Fifth Ave. (718) 832- wide array of medical issues. 11 am HIGH SCHOOL SHOW: New Utrecht to 5 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) School. $15. 12:30 pm to 4:30 pm. 2030. 337 74th St. (718) 238-5045. LUNCHTIME TOUR: Brooklyn Historical High School presents the musical 230-2100. Free. Society offers a tour of its landmarked “Into the Woods.” $10, $8 students LECTURE: Positive Focus offers a talk OPEN STUDIO: Pier Glass and O’Dell CITIZEN CANINE: Kings County Kennel building. $6, $4 students and seniors. with Thomas Werner, commercial Club hosts a good citizen test for and seniors. 8 pm. 1601 80th St. Designs hosts an open studio day Meet at 12:30 pm. 128 Pierrepont St. (718) 232-2500, ext. 585. photographer. $15, $10 members. 11 featuring gallery-quality studio sam- dogs. $10. Entries taken from 10 am; (718) 222-4111. am to 1 pm. 111 Front St. (718) 854- ples for sale. Noon to 5 pm. 499 Van judging at 12:30 pm. Wollman Rink, CHILDREN 4639. Prospect Park. (718) 258-7229. MOVIE NIGHT: Brooklyn Historical Brunt St., #2A. (718) 237-2073. Society in conjunction with the WORLD TURTLE DAY: New York LIFE AND ETHICS: Brooklyn Society for ART SHOW: Brooklyn Waterfront BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Once Brooklyn International Film Festival Aquarium hosts a special event fea- Ethical Culture offers a talk “Making Artists Coalition hosts its 25th annual Upon a Time: Sergio Leone.” Today: presents The Dodgers Symphony. $6, turing turtles. Crafts, storytelling and Music While Creating Family spring show. Noon to 6 pm. Red “Fistful of Dollars” (1964). $10, $7 $4 seniors and students. 6:30 pm. 128 keeper chats. $11, $7 children ages 2 Traditions.” $10. 1 pm to 3 pm. 53 Hook Pier, 499 Van Brunt St. (718) students, $6 members. 2 pm, 4:30 Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111. to 12 and seniors. Opens at 10 am. Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. 596-2507. Free. pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Chinese dances at 1 pm and 3 pm; POETIC MUSINGS: A Touch of Folklore Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. READING: Book Court presents Ayun LUNCHEON: Deborah Hospital Halliday, author of “Job Hopper.” 7 pm. storytelling at 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm and More presents “Moving On: 139 Montague Street • 718.858.5592 Foundation hosts its spring event. NY TRANSIT MUSEUM: hosts a lecture 163 Court St. (718) 875-3677. Free. and 4:30 pm. Call for listings. Surf Listen, Words are Clear.” $17. 2 pm. “Era of Rebuilding: NYC Transit Bus Noon. Bay Ridge Manor. Call for tick- LECTURE: Bay Ridge Historical Society Avenue and West Eighth Street. Charles Moore Dance Theater, 397 www.latraviatatogo.com • Delivery in Brooklyn Heights only et info. (347) 513-1388. Operations, 1953-1960.” Talk is accom- offers a talk “The Forgotten Brooklyn (718) 265-FISH. Bridge St. (718) 254-0670. MEETING: AARP, Ovington Chapter, panied by a slide presentation by a Dodger Team,” as well as other BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Stories and Art BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Once meets. 1 pm. Bay Ridge Center for transit historian. $5, $3 seniors and chil- Brooklyn trivia. 7:30 pm. Shore Hill presents “Inside/Outside.” $6, $3 Upon a Time: Sergio Leone.” Today: Older Adults, 6935 Fourth Ave. (718) dren. 2 pm. Schermerhorn Street at Towers, 9000 Shore Road. (718) 745- seniors and students, free for mem- “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” 748-0650. Free. Boerum Place. (718) 694-1600. 5938. Free. bers and children under 12. 11 am (1966). $10, $7 students, $6 mem- FILM FEST: Brooklyn Arts Council hosts ART AUCTION: St. Mary, Mother of BARNES AND NOBLE: presents an and 2 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) bers. 4 pm and 8 pm. 30 Lafayette Rock Bottom TOBACCO its 39th International Film and Video Jesus School, hosts a wine and open mic with Liquid Language 638-5000. Ave. (718) 636-4100. Festival. Today: films and videos by cheese party followed by a silent auc- Poetry. 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. BARNES AND NOBLE: presents story MOVIE NIGHT: Cafe Steinhof presents Tax Free Cigarettes, Cigars & Snuff Brooklyn-based artists. 2 pm to 6 tion. $15 includes wine tasting. 3 pm. (718) 832-9066. Free. time with Phil Bildner, author of Alfred Hitchcok’s “North by North- pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. Call for 8401 23rd Ave. (718) 372-0025. “Shot Heard Round the World.” 7:30 west” (1959). Call for time. 422 Cigarettes from $9 ticket info. (718) 625-0080. ARTISTS TALK: Tabla Rasa Gallery pres- pm. 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Seventh Ave. (718) 369-7776. Don’t Delay, Call Today!!! ORGANIC GARDENING: Floyd Bennett ents artists whose work is featured in THURS, MAY 19 Gardening Association offers a work- the exhibit Project Diversity. 3 pm. shop on good and bad bugs. 2 pm. 224 48th St. (917) 880-8337. Free. SENIOR MOMENT: AARP of Bay Ridge 1-877-566-2666 Ryan Visitor Center, Floyd Bennett RECEPTION: Brooklyn Arts Exchange meets. 2:30 pm. Shore Hill Housing, ––––––––––––––– SPECIALS ––––––––––––––– Field. (718) 645-9469. Free. presents its fifth annual construction 9000 Shore Road. (718) 748-9114. workers art show called “Hands On!” LIST YOUR EVENT… MARLBORO: $24.25 • NEWPORT: $21.25 • SALEM: $20.75 SMALL BUSINESS TALK: Boricua MUSIC FROM CHINA: Hear traditional College Small Business Development 4 pm to 7 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) and contemporary Chinese music at To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send 832-0018. PARLIAMENT: $24.25 • VICEROY: $16.50 Center offers the talk “Low-Cost Brooklyn Public Library, New Utrecht your listing by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, SHORT FILM: Magnetic Field bar pres- branch. 3:30 pm. 1743 86th St. (718) You will receive an additional $5 off minimum 5 carton order. Health Insurance for Small Business, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space Employers and Employees.” 6 pm to ents a short film by Erik Satre 7:30 pm. 236-4086. Free. Ask about our FREE Carton Giveaway! 8 pm. 9 Bond St. Call for ticket info. 97 Atlantic Ave. (718) 834-0069. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Once available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. www.rockbottomtobacco.com (718) 596-4550. ASTHMA SCREENING: at Sinai Aca- Upon a Time: Sergio Leone.” Today: May 14, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP A I 9 M Y S PE C AL HAIRHAIR

days: DJ Chappy plays rock, hip-hop and funk, Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, 10:30 pm, FREE. 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix fixe dinner); Fridays: Southpaw Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park CUTSCUTS BROOKLYN Laila Lounge (with $50 prix fixe dinner); Sundays: Live Russian Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. music and dance show, 7 pm, FREE (with $50 May 14: Deke Dickerson and Ecco-phonics, 8 through May 31, 2005 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Wil- prix fixe dinner). pm, $8; May 17: Benefit for NYC War Resisters liamsburg, (718) 486-6791, www.lailalounge.com. Leaguer with Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Birthday Parties • Gifts • Kidz Haircuts Saturdays, Sundays, Thursdays and Fridays: Night of the Chris Brown & the Citizens’ Band, and special Live DJs, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke Mad- guests, 7:30 pm, $12 in advance, $15 day of the ness with the Corn-Fed Sisters, 10 pm, FREE; Cookers show; May 18: Valeze, The Debutantes, 8 pm, KIDZ GET IN THE ZONE! Tuesdays: Twin Peaks, 7 pm, Whiskey Breath 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in $7; May 19: Mice Parade, Boom Bip, David Nightlife with Rick Royale, Alexander Lowry, and guests, Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Grubbs, Home Video, 7:30 pm, $12; May 20: 9:30 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Live 3rd Annual New York Burlesque Festival, TIME Showcase, 8 pm, FREE; May 14: Roboto, 9 pm, music, noon, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, TBD, $10 in advance, $12 day of the show; May The Backroom Crossroads Saloon FREE, “No Koji,” audible edibles by DJ Spanky, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. 21: Stereophonics, Augustana, 9 pm, $20. (Inside Freddy’s Bar) 485 Dean St. at Sixth 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in 10:30 pm, FREE; May 15: Bloody’s & BBQ, 3 pm, Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. FREE; May 21: “No Koji,” audible edibles by DJ Northsix Spoken Words Cafe www.freddysbackroom.com. Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. Spanky, 10:30 pm, FREE. 226 Fourth Ave. at Union Street in Park Slope, May 14: Dirk Richardson, 8:30 pm, Chicken 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- burg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. (718) 783-1197. Teeth, 9:30 pm, Special tribute to Lee Houston, Europa Night Club Les Babouches May 14: Lalo, 8 pm, $TBD 10:30 pm, John Pinamonti, 11 pm, FREE; May May 15: (Downstairs) Hot Cross, Akimbo, The 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, 15: Knit Night, 8 pm, with The Struck Band, 9 Great Northern, Disnihil, 8 pm, $8; May 17: Joshua, Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, www.europa- (718) 833-1700. Orange Park, Taking Pictures, Balloons, Con Sputnik pm, FREE; May 16: Comedy Night, 9 pm, FREE; club.com. May 17: The Dekel Bor Trio, 9 pm, FREE; May Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahrazad, Amore, 8 pm, $8; May 18: Headphones, Crystal 262 Taafe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Bedford- Saturdays: “VIP Dance Party,” 10 pm, FREE 18: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE; May 19: The Kings 9 pm, FREE. Skulls, Pure Horsehair, 8 pm, $10; May 19: (Down- Stuyvesant, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Fridays: County Opry with Song Circle, 8:30 pm, The stairs) Avskum, Celebrity Murders, Thought Crime, May 18: Sounds of the Underground with Low Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE before 12th Street Playboys, 9:30 pm, B-Star, 10:30 pm, Deathcycle, 8 pm, $8, (Upstairs) The Appleseed Rent Carpenters/Chubaca, Flying Flying Flying, 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; May 15: Barry Liberty Heights FREE; May 20: Jeneen Terrana & the Howl Cast, Chin Up Chin Up, Rahim, 8 pm, $10; May 20: Archaeopteryx, DJ Jah Jah, TIME TBD, $TBD; Wallenstein, 7:30 pm, $10 (FREE before 8 pm Tap Room Michael Gira’s Angels of Light, Akron/Family, May 19: “Global Transmissions” with Tender- Brothers, 9:30 pm, Younger Sister, 10:30 pm, with student ID). Frank DeCarlo, 11:30 pm, FREE; May 21: Patty 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red Josephine Foster, 8 pm, $15; May 21: Deerhoof, head, 9:30 pm, Jahstix, 10:15 pm, The Uninter- Keough, 9:30 pm, Joss, 10:30 pm, Pocket Hook, (718) 246-8050, www.libertyheights- Warbler, One Long Lash, Nedelle, 8 pm, $10. rupted, 11 pm, D-Cent, 11:45 pm, $TBD; May 20: Monster, 11:30 pm, FREE. Five Spot taproom.com. “Oops” with DJ Londonbroil, TIME TBD, $TBD; 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in Thursdays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE; May 14: Parlor Jazz May 21: Tiffany Pfeiffer & The Discarnate Band, Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, www.fivespotsoul- Rockin’ Teens Showcase, 1 pm, FREE, Musicians 119 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Avenue in Clin- Israeli Warplane, In Petto, TIME TBD, $TBD. BAM Cafe food.com. Kidz Cut Zone 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Fight ALS Benefit, 5:30 pm, FREE; May 20: ton Hill, (718) 855-1981, www.parlorjazz.com. Saturdays: DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE, Riddim Nation, Spaghetti Eastern, 9:30 pm, Red Jacket, 10:30 May 21: “Art of the Trios” with Don Friedman, Stain Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. 10 pm, $5; Sundays: Resurrection Sunday, 2 pm, 447 6th Ave. bet. 9th & 10th Sts. pm, FREE; May 21: Benefit for Holy Name Drori Mondlak and Martin Wind, 9:30 pm, Lew 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- May 14: Source, 9 pm, $10 food/drink minimum; FREE, DJ Tek, 6 pm, FREE; Mondays: Open May 20: Fred Ho and the AfroAsian Music School in Windsor Terrace featuring Dry Heaves, Tabackin, Drori Mondlak and Martin Wind, 10:45 burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Mon-Sat: 10am-6:30pm turntables hosted by Marlon (bring your own The Shoes, Gutter Flower, 8:30 pm, $TBD. pm, $25. Sun: 11am-5pm • • 369-4700 Ensemble, 9 pm, $10 food/drink minimum; May needles and wax), 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: DJ Mondays: “Play Dirty,” 5 pm, FREE; Thursdays: 21: Bonga and the Vodou Drums of Haiti, 9 pm, Handspin Dinero, 6 pm, FREE, Hot Damn Benecio and the Del Toros, 10 pm, FREE; May 14: $10 food/drink minimum. Comedy Night with DJ Tommy Talkz, 9 pm, $5; Music & Comedy featuring Cold Duck Complex Wednesdays: Soul F’Real, an R&B open mic, and Superiority Complex, and stand-up from Barbes with JC & Company, 8 pm, $5; May 14: Shiffai, 9 Joke Mountain, 9 pm, $7; May 15: Sunday Salon, 7 pm, FREE; May 16: Bar Hoppers, 7:30 pm, $5; 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, pm, FREE, DJ C2, 9 pm, FREE; May 19: DJ Chris, 6 pm, $5, Spoken word and poetry, 9 pm, $10, May 17: Bar Hoppers, 7:30 pm, $5; May 20: Seniors: 15% Discount (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Freaky Funky Family, 8:30 pm, $3; May 21: Poetry Mondays: Las Rubias del Norte, 9:30 pm, FREE; DJ Tek, midnight, $5; May 20: Pasha, 9 pm, $5; every Tuesday night (dine-in only) May 21: A. Mays, 9 pm, FREE. & Rock featuring singer/songwriters Andrew Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, FREE, Slavic Jimenez and Rorie Kelly, poets Sliva and Chaka, Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Wednesdays: “Night of the followed by Eben Pariser, 9 pm, FREE. Ravished Limbs,” 9 pm, $8; Sundays: Stephane Frank’s Lounge Wrembel, 9 pm, FREE; May 14: Rare Bird Rum- 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort ba Ranch, 8 pm, Delta Dreambox, 10 pm, FREE; Greene, (718) 625-9339, www.frankscocktail- Trash Bar May 15: Roy Nathanson Quartet, 7 pm, FREE; lounge.com. 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- May 18: Matty Ehrlich and the Dark Woods Five, Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs Tyrone and burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. 8 pm, 10 pm, $8; May 19: Jim Pugliese’s Phase Infinite, 9 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Tuesday Night Live, May 14: Imaginary Bill, Mytvs, Divine Minds, III, 8 pm, $8, Pablo Aslan and Octavio Brunetti, 9 pm, 2-drink minimum; Wednesdays: Karaoke Faces on Film, The Prids, 9 pm, $TBD; May 15: 10 pm, $5; May 20: Mavrothis Kontanis & with Davey B, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Lonnie Upright Citizen’s Brigade, 8 pm, The Butcherings, Timothy Quigley, 7 pm, FREE, Beth Bahia Cohen Youngblood & The Blood Brothers, 8 pm, FREE; 9 pm, Sick as Monday, 10 pm, Mahi/Mahi, 11 pm, D • E • L • I • C • I • O • U • S & friends, 8 pm, $8, The Wiyos, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: Ffun Dance Party, 10 pm, $5. John Carpenter, midnight, $6; May 17: Chris May 21: Sophie Auster, 8 pm, Bill Carney’s Jug Keene, 8 pm, Those Who Wait, 9 pm, Van a Chinese Cuisine & Vegetarian Nutrition Addicts, 10 pm, FREE. Galapagos Primer, 10 pm, Back to Blonde, 11 pm, $6; May 18: Ensemble Theater Fundraiser Show with The 162 Montague Street 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- Casual Nukes, 8:30 pm, Eisenhower, 9:30 pm, • Fast Free Delivery Bembe burg, (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosart- B-Star Acoustic joins the Kings County Opry at The Backroom May 19. Plastic East, 10:30 pm, Cameron Hull, 11:30 pm, Brooklyn Heights 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williamsburg, space.com. $TBD; May 19: Steve Blush & Eric 13 present (718) 387-5389, www.bembe.us. Sundays: Sid and Buddy Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; • Open 7 Days a Week (718) 522-5565/66 “The Thursday Night Rock n’ Roll Party” with fax (718) 522-1205 (24hr) Saturdays: Live DJs alongside live Latin percus- Tuesdays: New Rock Weekly, 8 pm, $6; Fridays: Pistola, The Shape, Devola, Bettie After Midnight, sion flavors, 9 pm, FREE; Sundays: “Groove VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; May 14: Life Cafe 983 Peggy O’Neills Brother Earth, 8:30 pm, $8; May 20: OTB, Year of • Party Orders Welcome Mon - Thurs 11:30am - 10:00pm Organic” with Selectors Trevor GoOdchiLde and Hotels present an evening of electronics inflect- Fri - Sat 11:30 am - 11:00pm 983 Flushing Ave. at Central Avenue in Bush- Two locations the Mule, Ded Electric, Higgins, 8:30 pm, $TBD; DJ Kofi Obafemi, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: “Cold ed rock and roll with Declipse, Goodnight wick, (718) 386-1133, www.lifecafenyc.com. May 21: Horse Ass Music presents The Angelis We Only Use Vegetable Oil Sunday 2:00pm - 10:00pm Hands” with DJ DiGilog, 9:30 pm, FREE; Tues- Gunfight, Gym Class, Hotels, Stay Fucked, 9 pm, 8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay Ridge, Tuesdays: Bingo for Beer, 8 pm, FREE; Wednes- Bombs, Tommy Lombardozzi, Kierstin Gray, Pete Natural Cooking $7.00 days: “Fresh Directions” with DJ N-Ron Hub- $8; May 16: SMUT presenting Jane Ormerod, days: Open Mic with Chuck, 10 pm, FREE. (718) 748-1400, www.peggyoneills.com. List, Bongo Jones, 8:30 pm, $TBD. FREE bard, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: “Conva- Jon Friedman, and Christine Hamm, 8 pm, FREE, Fridays: DJ Richie, 10 pm, FREE; May 21: Live and Fresh Vegetables DELIVERY min. lescence” with DJ Stefan Andemicael, 9 pm, Monday Night Burlesque with Swis X, 10 pm, music, 10 pm, $TBD. FREE; Thursdays: “Toque” with DJ Nat, 9 pm, FREE; May 17: 4Play, an evening of arousing The Lucky Cat Two Boots FREE; Fridays: “Call to Drum,” world beat fla- performance, 7:30 pm, $5, Meat, Becky & 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- 1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in Coney 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park vors, 9 pm, FREEE. Noelle, Stickerbook, TIME TBD, $5; May 18: MK burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. Island, (718) 449-3200, www.peggyoneills.com. Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrook- Groove Orchestra, 7 pm, FREE, Citigrass, 10 pm, Tuesdays: Joe McGuinty’s Piano Parlor and key- May 14: Squirrels from Hell, Good Grief, lyn.com. Black Betty FREE; May 19: Groove House, Urban Sun, 7 pm, board karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hex! Bumblefoot, Ruptio, Ghost of Lester Bangs, May 14: Memphis Traine, 10 pm, FREE; May 20: $7, The Psychasthenia Society, 10 pm, FREE; with DJ Jeremy, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: “Fu- 11:11 Theory, Honest to a Fault, Al Scharff, The Chuck Mackinnon Sextet, 10 pm, FREE. 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in May 20: TownsSquare, Inc. presents “A Night of turefunk Sessions” with DJ Sport Casual, 10 pm, Triple 7’s, and The Nerve, 2 pm, $TBD. Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, www.black- Music and Fun,” 6 pm, $10; May 21: Jezebel FREE; May 14: The Zs, Coptic Light, The Fugue, 200 Fifth betty.net. Music presents The Animators with Charles Aire Guitar Magazine and Goblin City, 7 pm, $7, Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalimar, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- Pete’s Candy Store 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in Park Slope, Zerner, 8 pm, FREE, Acoustic Blowout in Saturday Night Dead with DJsLisSsa and The (718) 638-2925. days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand and Brooklyn with The Avett Brothers, Langhorne PWCA, midnight, FREE; May 15: Fulminate Quar- 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and hip- DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: The Rev- Slim, Just About to Burn, 10 pm, $7. tet with The Hall/Buetow/Lijoi Trio, 8 pm, FREE; Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.petes- hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10; Fridays: Friday erend Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 May 16: The Wrecking Ball, 8 pm, FREE; May 17: candystore.com. Night Salsa with a live salsa band and DJs Blazer pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Susan Cagle Band, 8 pm, FREE; May 18: Mambo Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE, Matty ALL YOU CAN Good Coffeehouse One and Big Will spinning salsa, reggae, hip- Thursdays: The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne, Mantis, 8 pm, FREE; May 18: Tom Rossi with Brian Charles and the Valentines, 10 pm, FREE; May hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10. LUNCH SPECIAL EAT SUSHI 11 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ Mihoko, 11 pm, FREE. Music Parlor Bonz, 8 pm, FREE; May 21: “Saturday Night 14: Hear Now Festival, a benefit show for East (At The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) Stomp” with Dangerville, Devil Spades, 9 pm, $5. Village Radio with America’s Sweetheart, 6 pm, $ 95 $ 95 Bread Stuy 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in Male Room, 7 pm, The Fire Ups, 8 pm, Jealous Vox Po p per 403 Lewis Ave. at Decatur Street in Bedford- Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. The LuLu Lounge Girlfriends, 9 pm, Antonius Block, 10 pm, The 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in & up person Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. 4 17 Stuyvesant, (718) 771-0633, www.breadstuy.com. May 20: The Love Handles, 8 pm, $10 adults, $6 (Under TacuTacu) 134 N. Sixth St. at Bedford Pill, 11 pm, $7; May 15: Mary Kate O’Neil, 8:30 children. Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE. – OVER 50 DIFFERENT TYPES OF SUSHI – Tuesdays: Chess Club, 5 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218-7889, pm, FREE; May 16: Pete’s Big Salmon, 7:30 pm, TATAMI ROOM AVAILABLE Jazz Lounge with Gregory Porter, 6 pm, FREE. www.ricerepublic.com. 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Read online every week at 10 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM May 14, 2005 Condo plan makes it Kensington Stable By Jotham Sederstrom The Brooklyn Papers The 19th-century Kensington Stables was evict- ed earlier this month from one of the two stables just off the southwest corner of Prospect Park that house its 45 riding ponies. A draw for the borough’s children since the days of horse-drawn wagons, the stables, on Caton Place between Dahill Road and McDonald Avenue, will now have to consolidate its collection of ponies into one remaining sta- ble, a complication that threatens to slash tours and other programs. “It’s a unique part of the community,” said Jeremy Laufer, district manager of Community Board 7. “I don’t know any other community in Brooklyn where there are horse stables, and that just adds to uniqueness of the neighborhood — and it’s an amenity to Prospect Park.” Fran Levy, a stable manager, said that the property was sold to a developer who plans to build an eight-story, 108- unit condominium complex on the site. As a result, said Levy, all 45 horses, at one time divid-

ed between the two stables, are now being consolidated in Mango / Greg just one. That leaves horses parked on either side of the stable, leaving little room for walking tours, a program that had always been popular with youngsters. Levy said the fear is that a horse might suddenly kick its legs out

while children walked the narrow path between them. Papers The Brooklyn Although the stables still offer up to 500 rides each Fran Levy, manager of the Kensington Stables, stands with one week at The Shoe and Breeze Hill in the center of of the ponies on Caton Avenue, where the stables have lost their Prospect Park, Levy expects that the closure will sap the lease on one of two buildings. business of up to 15 percent of its profits. “You can’t do the tours anymore because if you drop your eyes for even a second when you’re in between the horses ganize against this kind of development,” said Laufer. “If, in the it’s dangerous,” said Levy. “I consider this a direct threat.” end, they aren’t satisfied with what’s happening at the stables, The replacement of the stable has also enraged nearby home- there are other projects [to oppose].” owners. Rather than the cozy homes typical of Windsor Terrace In the meantime, Levy said that she and Kensington Stables and Kensington, which the stables straddle, residents say the proj- owner Walter Blankinship are appealing for affordable legal help, ect is simply too tall. Laufer said that because the area is already and Levy said that ideally the remaining stable would be granted zoned for buildings like the one proposed, the board would not a zoning variance in order to build upward. That way, she said, a have a say in the matter. Still, he said, board members expect to second stable could be added, in addition to a rooftop riding ring tour the area on May 22 and he hopes that the attention the sta- for the horses. She put the cost for such a venture at around bles are receiving will inspire neighbors to take a look at other $500,000. projects currently being proposed in the area. “Everyone is upset right now,” said Levy. “But what can we “We’ve been trying to encourage folks in the community to or- do? They’re allowed to build.” Gowanus farewell to Bond Street stable By Jess Wisloski The Brooklyn Papers It’s the beginning of the end for a 19th-century stable house in Gowanus, one of the last of its kind still stand- ing in the wake of rising property values and rapid resi- dential development in the canal-centered neighborhood, the owner said this week. Jim Plotkin, the owner of the building and the man responsible for The Mill, a recent condo renovation on President Street, said demolition of the four contiguous properties owned by his company, 340 Bond Street LLC, which includes 340, 346, 350 and 352 Bond, between Carroll and President streets, began this week. The city Department of Buildings issued a permit on April 20 al- lowing the demolition. “It will probably be down by the time this story runs. I’m not sure what they’re working on now, but they began this week,” he said Tuesday. Plotkin said it was still up in the air what would be developed on the property — high-end luxury condos like The Mill, rentals or commercial property. “All that’s still being discussed,” he said. But in the meantime, area residents have been discussing the beauty of the empty stable’s decrepit facade online, and many were happy to discuss with The Brooklyn Papers the loss of the old build- ing. “This is yet another example of the kind of houses that we’re los- ing for no apparent reason,” said Simeon Bankoff, executive direc- Callan / Tom tor of the Historic Districts Council. He said the Gowanus area is overlooked due to its less-than- glamorous industrial working-class history. “That area of the world, the area right around there, has been kind

of discarded by the people of Brooklyn,” Bankoff lamented. “It’s got Papers The Brooklyn this terrible reputation, they’ve forgotten what the history is about. The former carriage house at 350 Bond St. is being torn “I refuse to believe that a sensitive and adequate read of a 19th- down to make room for condos. century building is a bad idea. I do not countenance the destruction of a 19th-century building without a full understanding of it,” Bankoff said, adding that he preferred the idea of a renovation that might be preserved, but near the Gowanus Canal area, it probably would include the original facade, or an adaptive re-use. wouldn’t be worth the effort from a landlord’s perspective. “We’re losing our history by doing this,” he said. “We don’t need “There’s no practicable way to use that stable, and it’s a real darn any more of these big, boxy, ugly things that are ruining the land- shame,” said Fortmeyer, who dated the Bond Street building back to scaping of Brooklyn. 1870. “Clinton Hill has a whole mess of carriage houses and they’ve “Renovating it would be hard,” he said. “When you start seeing done their best to rescue them and save them, they’ve even gone more like the mews-type arrangements, those little carriage houses through an attempt to contextually rezone to try and save them,” were designed more for human habitation, but [this] particular situa- added Bankoff. tion was designed just for horses. But Erik Fortmeyer, a Boerum Hill researcher who delights in the “It’s kind of hard to renovate that in an effective way that could neighborhood’s pre-Civil War history, said that given the condition be used for humans,” Fortmeyer said. of the old building, it was unlikely to be saved. “It’s just a terribly unfortunate tragedy that it has to go, but there’s “It’s a shame that that place is going,” he agreed. “It’s unfortunate no way to make it useful, unless the city owned it or a rich person that it’s located [outside a landmark district]. In another place, it owned it and could just write it off as a curiosity.” / Aaron Greenhood / Aaron The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn In the pink The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s annual Sakura Matsuri, a festival of Japanese culture that coincides with the peak of the cherry blossoms, drew crowds of visitors on May 1. May 14, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM BRZ 11 SUNDAY MAY 15TH 11a.m.- 6 p.m. Park Slope, Brooklyn between Sterling Pl. & 12th St.

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By Jess Wisloski es, which were faxed and e-mailed four skyscrapers — one reaching as northern and southern Brooklynites The Brooklyn Papers later that afternoon. high as 600 feet tall — and swallow who attended. [See story front page.] “Hopefully they will know about it four city street-beds. “Everybody in the room was in Borough President Marty in time to go to the meeting,” she said, Fort Greene-Prospect Heights agreement and supporting one anoth- Markowitz’s decision to hold a acknowledging that the notice was sent Councilwoman Letitia James, who er in our various development sites,” little-publicized meeting this out past the deadlines for every weekly fervently opposes the arena plan, said Koteen. “This is one Brooklyn, week addressing overdevelop- newspaper in the borough. said she was insulted Markowitz and we feel the same — Brooklyn is ment in southern Brooklyn — “If you didn’t read about it on our would overlook her area. an endangered species. which he called “suburban Web site, I’m sorry,” she said. “The project is the largest that this “I said to Marty [Markowitz], Brooklyn” in a recent newsletter [Although the Markowitz press borough has seen in over three ‘You’re talking about suburban release about Tuesday’s meeting decades,” she told The Brooklyn Pa- Brooklyn, what is it that we in Fort — incensed residents in made no reference to it, the next pers. “A project that is going to fun- Brownstone Brooklyn, who say Greene and Prospect Heights are, overdevelopment meeting, according damentally reshape the borough of ‘urban Brooklyn?’ Isn’t that some they are facing projects of a to his Web site, is scheduled for May Brooklyn and its landscape. sort of coded language?” greater scale. 31 at 6 pm. It will be held at a public “It’s further unfortunate that, ac- But residents who didn’t catch Residents who learned of the school in Marine Park, at 1925 Stu- cording to the borough president’s wind of the overdevelopment meet- May 10 meeting, held at a public art St. at Fillmore Avenue.] own newsletter, he wants to divide ing, from neighborhoods such as school in Bensonhurst, saw it listed In Markowitz’s April newsletter, Brooklyn in half — urban versus DUMBO, Downtown Brooklyn, on Markowitz’s Web site and titled “Brooklyn!!,” he touts efforts suburban — that this borough presi- Fulton Ferry and Brooklyn Heights, to rezone portions of Bensonhurst dent would want to protect ‘subur- spread the word by mouth and e- which have been concerned with and Bay Ridge, the latter of which he ban Brooklyn’ and not ‘urban Brook- mail around Prospect Heights, Fort height limitations and spot-zoning, calls, “the largest rezoning effort tak- lyn,’” James said, adding “Those are Greene and Park Slope. say they, too, are concerned that their Those neighborhoods include ing place in the Borough of Brook- his words, not mine. lyn today.” “It’s a civil war,” she fumed. low-rise neighborhoods will suffer. and border the site of developer The piece, headlined ‘Saving Patti Hagan, an outspoken mem- Judy Stanton, executive director Bruce Ratner’s proposed Atlantic Brooklyn’s Communities,” blames ber of the Prospect Heights Action of the Brooklyn Heights Association, Yards, on which he plans to build a “rapid, unplanned development in Coalition, which formed in opposi- was surprised this week to hear professional basketball arena for some of Brooklyn’s most suburban tion to the arena plans, called the about the meeting from a reporter his New Jersey Nets and 17 high- neighborhoods” for “changing the terms used by Markowitz to distin- and sounded almost amused to find it rises of housing and office space. character and scale of some commu- guish between the downtown-neigh- was in Bensonhurst. Markowitz has from the beginning nities,” and notes that the borough boring residential areas and those in “An overdevelopment hearing in been a champion of the project, president asked Mayor Michael Callan / Tom southern Brooklyn “a phony distinc- Bensonhurst!” she said. which relies on the state’s condem- Bloomberg to “make rezoning of tion.” “We are alarmed by the overde- nation of private property using its overdeveloped Brooklyn neighbor- “There is one Brooklyn, and its all velopment that we think is taking power of eminent domain. hoods and those facing overdevelop- very urban,” she said. “That [subur- place in DUMBO,” she said. Asked last Friday afternoon why ment a priority.” ban] Brooklyn doesn’t exist.” “People are coming here for hu- no notice had been sent to local me- The Ratner project, which will en- Lucy Koteen, a member of Devel- man scale. When people come to dia about the town hall-style meeting compass 24 acres and stretch from op-Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, another Brooklyn they want to see houses,” in Bensonhurst, Markowitz spokes- Atlantic and Flatbush avenues to Papers The Brooklyn group that opposes the Ratner plan, she said. “If they wanted to live in woman Jocelyn Aframe said she was Vanderbilt Avenue and Dean Street, At the town hall in Bensonhurst Tuesday, Prospect Heights activist Patti Hagan holds up a sign derid- said that Tuesday’s meeting actually Manhattan, they wouldn’t be coming working on sending out press releas- will host 17 high-rises and at least ing developer Bruce Ratner’s plan to build a basketball arena and 17 high-rises in her neighborhood. served to unite the roughly 100 here.” DON’T DEVELOP… Freddy calls Bloomy Continued from page 1 building has raised the ire of its been simmering on the minds of “I’ve been in city government neighbors, all owners of two-fami- many for a long time. From the for 30 years and I’ve never been so ly homes. placard-toting members of Devel- ashamed as right now to be a part Louis Powsner, another Benson- op-Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, who of it,” said Howard Feuer, district hurst resident who spoke at the lamented the eminent domain-de- manager of Community Board 11, meeting, echoed Feuer’s senti- pendent plans for a basketball are- na and office tower complex in who sat on the panel of officials at ments and added that at least five a Brooklyn nightmare four-story condos have sprouted Prospect Heights, to longtime Ben- the May 10 town hall. where developers knocked down sonhurst residents who charged “All you have to do is look right as many two-family homes on that developers were replacing around the corner to see what I’m West Sixth Street near Avenue P. two-family homes with garish six- Candidate Ferrer says public needs to know truth talking about,” Feuer said. “And they’re getting close to story condominiums, all had a sto- In particular, he and other my house,” Powsner added. ry to tell. homeowners in Bensonhurst point- Feuer was among more than Lorraine Lapetina, president of about Atlantic Yards, calls mayor wrong on piers ed to a swath of 65th Street near two dozen community members the group Gravesend-Bensonhurst Bay Parkway, where since late last who spoke on the topic, which, Quality of Life, said that even as a year a seven-story apartment judging from the response, has 120-block rezoning of her neigh- By Jess Wisloski borhood nears passage, developers The Brooklyn Papers continue to buy-up two-family Democratic mayoral candi- homes, the area’s predominant date Fernando Ferrer broke rank style of dwelling. with his rivals this week by Besides the larger condomini- addressing for the first time in ums erected in their place, remain- the campaign plans by develop- U.N.… ing two-family homes are allowed er Bruce Ratner to build a bas- to expand beyond good sense, she ketball arena and high-rises Continued from page 1 said, thanks to the ease of obtain- emanating from Atlantic and Joseph Sitt, a developer who owns both an above-ground parking-lot ing zoning variances and the city Department of Building’s self-cer- Flatbush avenues. along Flatbush Avenue Extension and Willoughby Square and the adjoin- ing Gallery at Fulton Mall, told reporters that he had been contacted by tification policy for developers. Specifically, Ferrer attacked the “Bensonhurst is making its way process by which the Atlantic U.N. officials about the 1.2 million-square-foot office project he has in mind for that area. through the public review pro- Yards plan is being ushered cess,” said Markowitz in a brief through the public realm. The catch, he said, was that most banks insist on a 10-year-lease from major tenants and not the seven that the United Nations predicts it will opening statement at the meeting. “There is next to nothing being need while its old home is being renovated. “However, throughout much of discussed in the public domain That new tower would be just one of three city planners expect to flank southern and western Brooklyn, with respect to the Nets arena,” a 1.5-acre open space to be known as Willoughby Square. zoning does not closely match the Ferrer said outside Brooklyn Bor- The park will be created by the seizure of private property through the low-rise residential buildings that ough Hall on Monday. state’s power of eminent domain. As part of the total Downtown Plan ap- commonly exist there.” “The public has a right to know proximately 100 residential units and 130 businesses are slated for demoli- Then he, Councilman Domenic who will be displaced, how much tion. Recchia, Assemblyman William will it cost, what is the math of this “One commercial site has been found that would accommodate both of- Colton and Community Board 10 project?” he said. “To call that fice and conference space,” Annan wrote in the report. “It is part of a larger Chairman Craig Eaton turned the process not transparent is probably development in Downtown Brooklyn. It consists of both office space, floor over to residents, albeit limit- the understatement of the year.” some of which could be occupied as is, and space that the developer would ing them to three minutes each. Ferrer was joined at the Borough Callan / Tom build out to accommodate conferences. The advantage of this site is that While it seemed more an oppor- Hall fountain by Brooklyn Congress conference and office space would be together. tunity to vent about problems than members Nydia Velazquez, Major “The disadvantage is that the site would require additional travel for a means of solving them, a Owens and Ed Towns, who en- many staff and delegates,” Annan wrote. spokesman said Markowitz and his dorsed the former Bronx borough But besides a strain on pampered dignitaries, many of whom live in staff would reveiw the meeting president’s campaign. Manhattan, some Downtown Brooklynites say that relocating the United notes and survey the problems Nations there would be a nightmare on traffic and parking in the area. He also offered the first con- Papers The Brooklyn raised by audience members. demnation by a mayoral hopeful Vincent Batista, president of the Institute of Design and Construction, In Prospect Heights, plans are of the Bloomberg administration’s which narrowly averted being demolished under the new zoning plans, underway for a 17,000-seat basket- turning away of a billion-dollar said that civil servants already illegally park along a swath of Gold Street ball arena to house the New Jersey trade deal from Brooklyn’s last Open for business between Willoughby Street and Myrtle Avenue without the fear of reper- cussions. Nets, the centerpiece to a project shipping port. Mayor Michael Bloomberg (far left) joined Councilman Bill DeBlasio and Maimonides Medical Center that would also include 13 com- “When I am mayor, I’m not go- Similarly, say some who are less than enthusiastic about the prospect of President Pamela Brier at the May 5 opening of Maimonides’ first comprehensive cancer center. The a diplomat-filled downtown, the United Nations staff and dignitaries have mercial and residential towers. ing to walk away from the table Radiation Oncology Center is the newest addition to the $42 million Maimonides Cancer Center at “We are one Brooklyn,” said when it comes to jobs creation and raised the ire of city and state lawmakers by refusing to repay $220 billion 6300 Eighth Ave., about a mile from the hospital’s main campus. The city pitched in $5 million. in parking tickets. Patti Hagan, president of the training,” said Ferrer. “You talk about illegal parking now, well, this will be worse,” said Prospect Heights Action Coalition. “I’m not going to get distracted Batista. “At the U.N., they have diplomatic immunity, so if the civil ser- “And Brooklyn has become an en- by visiting dignitaries and sports vants that are already here aren’t paying up, you think they will?” dangered species.” teams,” he said, chastising the may- port businesses to structure leases to winning the Olympic bid. laying the scheduling of a hearing on The failure to repay parking violations, said state Sen. Marty Golden, is Hagan and others in Prospect or for failing to preserve the “hun- giving a competitive advantage to Despite the similarities between the plan, for which $50 million is al- one reason he spearheaded a successful campaign in the state Legislature Heights took the opportunity to dreds” of waterfront jobs while fa- New York City in bidding against the two sports-facility projects — located in the Fiscal Year 2006 to block legislation that would have allowed the United Nations to issue face down Markowitz, who they voring pet projects like the 2012 New Jersey and other container both the West Side stadium and Rat- budget proposed by Bloomberg last $600 million in bonds to fund construction of a 35-story skyscraper next to blame along with Mayor Michael Olympics. ports.” ner’s arena depend on city and state week. The council will vote on that its current headquarters. Bloomberg for allowing the At- He blasted the Bloomberg admin- As a parting shot he said that if infrastructure expenditures in the budget next month. Meanwhile, two The sticking point, Golden and other lawmakers say, centers on the fail- lantic Yards arena plan to flourish istration for turning away a $1.6 bil- the Red Hook waterfront was a des- hundreds of millions and on the sale of her Brooklyn colleagues in the ure of United Nations diplomats to repay parking tickets, refusal to cooper- in their neighborhood. If they lion trade deal with a German ship- ignated Olympic site, it would be of development rights to build over council, David Yassky and Diana ate with a congressional investigation into the so-called “oil-for-food” seemed out of place at the town ping company, which was first getting more attention from Deputy Metropolitan Transportation Author- Reyna, have endorsed Miller. scandal and refusal to back the United States in the Iraq war. hall meeting, which had been reported by The Brooklyn Papers. Mayor for Economic Development ity rail yards — Miller has been re- In news reports and a statement “In Brooklyn and Queens they really have no love for the United Na- planned to tackle development is- In a statement released after the Daniel Doctoroff, who has said the luctant to weigh in on the Brooklyn tions, and when you go further outside of the city there’s less love, and sues pertaining to southern Brook- released to the press, Bloomberg’s when you go to Ohio and Kansas they really wouldn’t give a rat’s ass if endorsement event, Ferrer vowed to administration’s priority for the piers arena except to say that he supports office has affirmed that the coming lyn, none in attendance seemed to “institute policies and provide the they left and went to Rwanda or France,” said Golden, a Bay Ridge Re- is the cruise industry. bringing “a major league team to of the cruise industry to Brooklyn mind. leadership needed to preserve and publican who believes that the interest in Brooklyn is simply a strategy to But responding to suggestions Until the Ferrer press conference, Brooklyn.” would be a boon to the waterfront expand the number and quality of Ratner’s plan to build a $430 mil- Miller’s campaign office declined wrangle a better deal in Manhattan. from some speakers that the De- jobs on the Brooklyn waterfront.” and the borough in general. U.N. officials say the chances of a move to Brooklyn are remote. But partment of City Planning should lion, 19,000-seat arena for his New The Brooklyn Papers’ requests for “Unemployment in Brooklyn is American Stevedoring Inc., Jersey Nets at the edge of Down- comment on the two Brooklyn is- even raising the option revealed just how difficult it has become for the create one comprehensive zoning down from 8.6 percent to 5.7 per- which employs 600 union workers town Brooklyn and 17 high-rises sues. world body to find a suitable place to stay during the headquarters over- plan for all of Brooklyn, Regina cent in the last year, and 18,000 on the piers loading and unloading with 4,500 housing units and office Fellow Democratic mayoral haul. Weiss, Markowitz’s communica- cargo, has said that without a lease and commercial space on adjacent hopefuls C. Virginia Fields, the more Brooklynites are working to- Even if Albany approves funding for the United Nations anytime soon, tions director, said that not all extension — and with the city plan- day,” said Bloomberg campaign the next-door skyscraper idea wouldn’t be ready until 2010, three years be- neighborhoods are the same. property stretching into Prospect Manhattan borough president, and hind schedule. Those delays would cost the United Nations $114 million, ning to take its most vital dock, Pier Heights, had not been raised as an is- Rep. Anthony Weiner, of Brooklyn spokesman Stu Loeser. “They’re here to express their “Freddy [Ferrer] opposes jobs on Annan said. passion,” said Weiss. “But there 10, for the cruise industry — it will sue in the campaign. and Queens, did not return calls In the report, Annan also recommended that the United Nations accept a be nearly impossible for it to operate The Ratner plan also relies on the seeking comment for this article. the West Side [and] jobs at Atlantic are significant differences. When Yards, and now 11,000 construction U.S. offer of a $1.2 billion loan, repayable over 30 years at an annual inter- there after its current lease expires in state’s authority to condemn private Last Thursday, in a press confer- est rate of 5.54 percent, to finance the renovation. The loan offer expires people want to compare West 2007. property for the developer under the ence outside City Hall, state Sena- and 600 permanent jobs in Green- Third Street and the corner of Flat- point-Williamsburg,” said Loeser, on Sept. 30. Ferrer said the city should be ne- power of eminent domain, which tors Velmanette Montgomery and Michael Burke, director of the Downtown Brooklyn Council, which bush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, gotiating leases to preserve both would displace both residents and Kevin Parker, and Assemblymen referring to the rezoning plan passed spearheaded the Downtown Brooklyn Plan, said that he had not spoken you’re comparing apples and or- “cruise ship and container industry businesses in Prospect Heights. James Brennan, Roger Green, Nick this week that will encourage resi- with U.N. officials about the possible relocation. Still, he believes that to anges.” on the waterfront and the high-pay- Council Speaker Gifford Miller Perry and Felix Ortiz — all of dential development along the north- do so, a temporary headquarters would need to be built from the ground ing jobs these sectors provide,” as has focused most of his Bloomberg Brooklyn — spoke out about the ern Brooklyn waterfront, which was up. The best place to do that, he said, is in the area owned by Sitt. well as “planning for new cruise line opposition to the plan for a new Jets lack of discussion of the Ratner are- formerly a manufacturing zone. “It would bring jobs and would spur additional businesses that would job creation.” football stadium on Manhattan’s na proposal in a public forum. “Freddy owes the voters a plan to serve the United Nations,” said Burke. “But think of the prestige of having Ferrer went on to say the city West Side, which the mayor Councilwoman Letitia James has create jobs and not just kill them,” an international headquarters in our community.” should “work in partnership with staunchly supports and touts as a key expressed her dismay at Miller’s de- he said. — with Associated Press reports May 14, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 15 Emergency plan called TRAVEL/ VACATIONS confusing, dangerous To advertise call (718) 834-9350 By Sara Kugler partment in charge at the scene follow the decisions that the lifesaving operations would su- CRYSTAL BROOK In Lee, Massachusetts Automotive Computers Associated Press of a chemical or biological at- mayor has made.” persede all other actions as long A Quintessential tack. 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