TALE of 2 CITIES DEFIANT TOT: Newark Arena Closes Key Streets; Yards Next?

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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2007 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/18 pages • Vol. 30, No. 41 • Saturday, Oct. 20, 2007 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO GRAFFITI GIRL GALORE TALE OF 2 CITIES DEFIANT TOT: Newark arena closes key streets; Yards next?

By Mike McLaughlin scenario will likely happen in the the Council of Brooklyn Neigh- The Brooklyn Paper heart of Brooklyn. borhoods. “We cannot allow the I’ll TAG AGAIN! The Frank Gehry-designed arena security questions about the arena Three days after Newark resi- that is a part of Bruce Ratner’s $4- to continue unanswered.” et’s hear it for the girl! Natalie Shea, the 6- dents learned that two streets billion mega-project bears striking Like the Prudential Center, year-old who became an international media around that city’s new glass- similarities to Newark’s Prudential Gehry’s “Barclays Center” sits at Lcelebrity after the city sent her a warning let- walled sports arena would be Center — similarities that oppo- a major public transportation hub. ter about the chalk “graffiti” on her front stoop, sealed off on game nights, resi- nents seized on at Sunday’s And like the future home of the defiantly scribbled more drawings this week after dents near the Atlantic Yards walkathon against the project. New Jersey Devils, the future Saturday’s rainstorm washed away the evidence footprint called on state officials “The Prudential arena is a Brooklyn Nets arena is lined on all of her original “crime.” to admit that the same frustrating wake-up call,” said Jim Vogel of sides with glass — which Newark “We just think the whole thing is ridiculous, officials have concluded makes it and we’re show- so tempting a terror target that ing it,” said Na- THE BROOKLYN they’ll need to close two streets talie’s mom, Jen around the arena when games are Pepperman, who, By Gersh ANGLE Kuntzman being played. as the entire If the same security protocol world knows now, IWILLFOLLOW was put in place at Atlantic Yards, received the city Dean Street — and parts of At- warning letter last week after a neighbor called lantic and Flatbush avenues, 311 to rat out Natalie’s use of sidewalk chalk — which also face the arena’s glass chalk! — to make the now-infamous drawing. walls — would be closed, causing After The Brooklyn Paper put Natalie, her art major traffic disruptions. and the warning letter on the front page last week, “It’s common sense that when the story went global. All the local TV stations the chief of police in Newark picked up the story, as did the Daily News, the [closes] down two abutting streets BBC and the omnipresent Drudge Report. specifically for terrorism, the par- “This created more controversy than the Bush allels are clear … complete or par- / Julie Rosenberg wiretapping,” said Natalie’s father, George Shea, tial street closures are likely out- a public-relations expert. “The uproar has prompt- William Perlman / The Star-Ledger comes [in Brooklyn],” said Daniel ed me to suggest that she switch to scratchiti, Newark officials decided in secret to close streets around their glass-walled Prudential Center (left) to thwart a car- Goldstein, a spokesman for De- which is a far more durable art form.” bombing. The move has opponents of Bruce Ratner’s proposed glass-walled basketball arena (right) suspecting velop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. As a result of this attention, The Brooklyn Pa- that similar street closings — in this case parts of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues — will occur in Brooklyn. per Web site received several hundred thousand See SECURITY on page 4 The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn hits and hundreds of comments under the original Natalie Shea’s life has been a whirlwind since story (which you can see at http://www.brooklyn- The Brooklyn Paper told the world about paper.com/stories/30/40/30_40graffitigirl.html). how she received a city warning letter for Virtually every commenter backed Natalie’s right "graffiti" on her front stoop. See GIRL on page 4 SPOILED FRUIT Yes, but is it art? Rossman’s hit for stiffing workers By Gersh Kuntzman ment, they discovered that the fruit store did not The Brooklyn Paper keep accurate records of its employees’ hours. Federal law requires non-professional workers One of Brooklyn’s best-kept secrets for to be paid time-and-a-half for all hours above 40 cheap fruits and vegetables may be forced to per week, but there was no evidence that Ross- raise its stunning low prices after the Labor man Farm was doing that. Department ordered it to pay nearly $700,000 “Now we know why they were able to charge in back wages to workers who were not paid such low prices!” said one regular Rossman’s / Julie Rosenberg minimum wage and overtime. shopper, a Park Slope resident who declined to Rossman Fruit and Vegetable, a warehouse- give her name because she says she intends to priced produce stand under the Brooklyn-Queens keep shopping at the store “despite the moral Expressway that attracts produce-hungry resi- problem I have with them stiffing their workers.” dents from Sunset Park as well as bargain-hun- Labor Department spokesman John Chavez

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn gry Park Slopers, has already begun paying would neither confirm nor deny a link between $675,000 in back wages and interest to 222 em- the low prices and the low wages, saying only The Brooklyn Paper sharp-eyed appraisal. which would be appropriate at ployees, the Labor De- that Rossman’s owner, Lost in the debate over the le- Look out, Natalie, the critics her age. Graffiti is really some- partment said this week. Nitzan Rozman, was up galities of Natalie Shea’s side- are gunning for you! thing that often has social con- According to the 2004 to date on his installment walk chalk “graffiti” is the larg- “Her ‘graffiti’ is exactly how tent to it — either internally or lawsuit, employees at VEGETARIAN WEEK payments. er question of art and free children draw, especially with externally coming from where it Rossman Farm, which is Special Section A man answering the expression. To help us deter- chalk on sidewalks,” said is placed. Calling this child a at Third Avenue and 22nd phone at Rossman’s told mine the quality of Shea’s skill Moran. “She has a nice sense of graffiti artist is really pushing it.” Street, were overworked Eat your heart out a Brooklyn Paper re- as an artist, we asked Donna color and line, but it is impossi- There you have it, folks: Na- and underpaid — and around the boro! porter that the owner was Moran, chairperson of Fine Arts ble to tell if she is doing this talie Shea ain’t no artist. when federal officials Starting on p.11 out of the country and at the Pratt Institute, for her with intent or just doing it, — Gersh Kuntzman questioned the manage- could not be reached. / Tom Callan / Tom Gibran founder asks to run school

By Dana Rubinstein read a prepared statement and refused to well known to mean the Palestinian up- “They should have said that the attacks Paper The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Paper answer questions — Almontaser’s attor- rising against Israel — literally means upon me were utterly baseless,” said Al- The founder and former principal of ney said she might sue. “shaking off.” montaser. “Instead, they forced me to issue But her job application is going “That is the root word if you look it up an apology. And when the storm of hate Buttoned up the city’s first Arabic language and cul- straight into the circular file, an Educa- in Arabic,” she said. “I think it’s pretty continued, they forced me to resign.” (Read Vicki Rovere shows her colors at the anti-war rally ture academy — who resigned over her tion official said. much an opportunity for girls to express the full text at www.BrooklynPaper.com.) at Borough Hall on Saturday, Oct. 13. failure to immediately condemn a T- “In August, Ms. Almontaser said she that they are part of New York City soci- The “Intifada NYC” T-shirts were shirt bearing the slogan “Intifada NYC” resigned as principal … to protect the sta- ety … and shaking off oppression.” made by a women’s arts organization that — will not get her job back, the De- bility of the school and give it ‘the full The comment earned Almontaser in- leased office space from a group on partment of Education said this week. opportunity to flourish,’” said Education tense criticism — and put an unwanted whose board Almontaser sits. Debbie Almontaser, who created the spokesman David Cantor. “The Chancel- spotlight on the school, one of dozens of Almontaser eventually issued a more

/ Tom Callan / Tom Khalil Gibran International Academy, lor agreed with her decision, accepted her foreign-language academies in the city. explicit condemnation of the T-shirt, but said on Tuesday that she had submitted resignation, and now considers the matter In her statement on Tuesday, Al- not before the teachers union and news- GOBBLE UP her application for the position of princi- closed.” montaser claimed the city threatened to paper columnists blasted her for her re- pal, which was filled on an interim basis Before her resignation, Almontaser ig- kill the Gibran school, which she had marks. Within days, she resigned. following her resignation. nited a firestorm after telling the New worked on for two years, unless she In her statement on Tuesday, Al- At a press conference — where she York Post that the word “intifada” — stepped down. The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn See GIBRAN on page 4 BIG TURKEY Everyone loves Thanksgiving — except for the person who has to roast the turkey, boil the cranberries, bake the pecan pie and worry about the seating arrangements. We can’t help you with the last one (except to advise you to separate your divorced friends’ new spouses), but thanks He is the walrus (Akituusaq, that is) to our first-ever “Big Turkey” contest, The Brooklyn Paper can help you get the meal to the table. Just send us your By Gersh Kuntzman “We did it to get the public in- Reagan-Mondale numbers. Since making his debut on Sept. 27, most-hilarious, most-disastrous, most- The Brooklyn Paper volved,” said Aquarium spokeswoman Utumek (“Earth”) and Ukiivak (“King the baby walrus (right) has porked up traumatic, most-exciting Thanks- Fran Hackett. “Since this is New Island”) finished third and fourth. to 276 pounds and remains joined at giving story (strictly true stories, The public has spoken and it has York’s first walrus baby, we wanted to Hackett did make it clear that the hip with his mom, Kulusiq. In- said a mouthful: Akituusaq. please!). We’ll pick four win- get everyone talking about him. Aquarium staffers would have pre- deed, he still has had no contact with ners, each of whom will re- That’s the new name of the baby The name Akituusaq means “a gift ferred the other names, but are willing his famously self-flagellating father, ceive a turkey dinner for 10 walrus at the New York Aquarium, as given in return” in the Yupik language to abide by the results of the election Ayveq, who would regard him as (with all the trimmings) from selected by the 9,400 people who vot- (which the walrus doesn’t speak, by (unlike the Supreme Court in 2000). competition for the ladies. Jive Turkey in Fort Greene, six ed on the “Today” show Web site. the way). It was chosen from a list of “We would have loved an easier The good news: as The Brooklyn Pa- bottles of wine (the good stuff!) Is this any way to pick the name for five names put forward by the Aquari- name to pronounce, like Utvak, but per reported exclusively two weeks ago, from Greene Grape in Fort Greene, the first son of Ayveq, the aquarium’s um. It beat out Utvak (“ice cube”) by Akituusaq is fine. We’re calling him Ayveq is still a prodigious self-abuser and a pie from Baked in Red Hook. famously masturbating walrus? a vote of 4,322 to 2,042. Those are Aki for short.” — to the delight of Aquarium visitors.

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And as a recent convert back to “This is our way of giving Other beneficiaries of the the dark omnivore side, I can still back, so that people under- Coen Brothers’ generosity in- remember how mouth-watering a stand that we’re not taking clude the HOPE Program, a serving of tofurkey and mashed advantage,” said Amanda Fo- Smith Street charity that helps sweet potatoes can be. Especially in ley, location manager for disadvantaged and chronical- comparison to yet another plate of Ethan and Joel Coen’s mys- ly unemployed people find Tired of being TRICKED into paying full spaghetti and tomato sauce — a tery, “Burn After Reading,” jobs (which got $2,000); the which brought George Cloo- St. Francis College scholar- price for printer cartridges ? common defacto restaurant meal. Juliana Bunim The most-recent blow to the ney, Brad Pitt, John Mal- ship fund ($1,000); PS 8 Get a TREAT of an additional 13% off neighborhood’s vegetarian community was when Greens kovich, Frances McDormand ($1,000); and the State Street Restaurant on Montague and Henry Streets — known for its and other stars to Clark, Hicks Block Association ($1,000). our already low prices!! and State streets. Foley said the production unique mishmash of Chinese, kosher and vegetarian fare — / Anne Smyth Visit Cartridge World on any Friday during the month closed this summer. The Brooklyn Heights As- also wanted to send $1,000 to sociation got the biggest hunk Community Board 2, but the of October or on Halloween and receive an additional The restaurant dished up the perfect fix for “meat”-craving 13% off any refilled or remanufactured cartridge!! vegetarians, with creative choices like spicy shredded Szechuan of largesse, taking in $10,000 board would rather pass that soy protein and red “snapper.” from the big-screen brothers. along to a deserving charity Call 718 554-1203, go to www.cwdbklyn.com or “It was a family restaurant and the father did a lot of cook- “When movies and film — so they’re trying to decide visit us at 224A Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn ing,” said Allison Nichols, general manager of Perelandra, a crews come to Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn who will get their gift. One man’s set is another neighborhood’s block. But now the health food market on Remsen Street between Clinton and Heights they don’t always The film is set in George- Court streets. “He got too sick, so the family had to hand it reach out to us, so it was nice Coen Brothers are paying local groups for the privlege of turn- town, yet it crowded Heights over.” that ‘Burn After Reading’ ing Brooklyn Heights into a backlot. streets for two weeks. Nichols said its replacement, the Singapore Grill, is intending to serve a hearty proportion of vegetables. But it won’t recreate the faux meat treats of the Greens. Without a sole vegetarian option, people are forced to turn to the next best thing. Siggy’s Good Food, on Henry Street near Soul food to Gage & Tollner site ON OUR OTHER Cranberry Street, is geared towards organic, healthy options, but also By Adam F. Hutton And Michael Vann, chief operating officer to nubbly corn pudding, pan-fried catfish stoop serves turkey and one The Brooklyn Paper and general manager for the Morning Star and she-crab soup. PAGES Restaurant Group, was pleased about that. The Amy Ruth’s menu — which features hell of a steak sandwich. Amy Ruth’s, a Harlem soul food restau- PARK SLOPE Not a bad thing, per se, “We believe the historical landmark dishes named after black political, social and rant known for a fried chicken-and-waf- matches what we do in Harlem perfectly,” church leaders — is not the only thing that Planters pruned! just not as appealing to fles dish named after Al Sharpton, will devout grass grazers. Vann told The Brooklyn Paper. will make it successful where T.G.I. Friday’s RED HOOK open a second location at the landmark Amy Ruth’s has been eyeballing Gage & was not, said Joe Chan, president of the Bar robber caught “I go to Siggy’s when Gage & Tollner site on the Fulton Mall. I want to eat out,” said Tollner since T.G.I. Friday’s closed about a Downtown Brooklyn Partnership. GREENPOINT LeAnn Wong, a vegan The Harlem restaurant has only been year ago, said Robert F. Hebron IV, who “Success will be a cinch [for] Amy Don’t leave your New ferries coming who dreams of more up- around for nine years, but it will be moving brokered the lease between the restaurant Ruth’s,” said Chan. “The mall attracts into a space that was occupied by the cele- BAY RIDGE scale options. “That’s and the owner of the building, which is be- 100,000 shoppers a day in an area with Leveled Victorians pretty sad.” brated Gage & Tollner from the 1890s until tween Smith and Pearl streets. 100,000 office workers … and 225,000 resi- What’s sadder is the it closed in 2004. “I believed very passionately in the rela- dents.” online at BrooklynPaper.com vegetarian options at most The building’s exterior and its magnifi- tionship between the restaurant and that The plans for the Brooklyn Amy Ruth’s On the way restaurants. cent dining room, with its mahogany tables, site,” Hebron said. “It’s almost a renaissance are under wraps, but Hebron did promise “It’s just ridiculous that everyone assumes vegetarians cherry-framed mirrors and 19th-century gas of what used to be.” that the Rev. Al Sharpton’s favorite dish to the should be fine eating nuts, hard beans and salad all the time,” lamps, are protected city landmarks. Even Indeed, when Edna Lewis, a celebrated would be on the menu on Fulton Street. said Laurin Ginsberg, a vegetarian of 14 years. “Well-prepared T.G.I. Friday’s, which briefly occupied the southern cook, took over the Gage & Toll- “You’ll be able to get fried chicken and vegetarian food is actually flavorful. But most people aren’t in- space after Gage & Tollner closed, did not ner kitchen in the late 1980s, she put soul waffles and all the other things you can get terested.” dramatically alter the historic surroundings. food front and center, introducing customers at Amy Ruth’s in Harlem,” the broker said. The lack of dining options has forced Ginsberg to buy the Without calling majority of her meals at Perelandra. Court Express for a “For people who eat soy and meat alternatives, we have so much stuff, like deli slices, roasts, un-chicken wraps and kabob skewers,” said Nichols, adding that Perelandra serves several hundred people — not all of them vegetarians, of course — every day from their deli. The Great Green Way in DUMBO “Everything is made from scratch. They eat it simply because it’s good,” she said. and unusual puppeteers. And isn’t food being “good” the whole point? By Adam F. Hutton “In Williamsburg, we’ve had But what about the poor vegetarian who has already eaten the The Brooklyn Paper to add commercial program- red quinoa tabouli from Siggy’s 5,000 times? “I’m going into Galapagos Art Space — ming, like DJs and bands that Manhattan more and more to go out to eat,” said Nichols. “And that hipster haven that has play until 2 am, just to sustain I wish I didn’t have to.” been Williamsburg’s home for ourselves,” Galapagos Director Court Express Juliana Bunim is a writer living in Brooklyn Heights. outsider performance art since Robert Elmes told The Brook- 718-237-8888 2003 — is moving to DUM- Car Service THE KITCHEN SINK lyn Paper. 24 Hour • 7 Day Dispatch BO next year, and when it “By building a green and en- Broadway braggadocio Mario Cantone was filming the other does, it’s going green.

/ Julie Rosenberg ergy-efficient building, we can day near the A/C station at High Street and smiled at our Senior Its new location on Main produce more of the kind of Editor Vince DiMiceli. Keep your meathooks off, Mario — Street will be the first perform- non-commercial work that oth- DiMiceli’s married! … Head to Cadman Plaza Park on Sat- ing arts space in the nation rec- erwise wouldn’t be able to find urday, Oct. 20 for “It’s Our Park Day.” With a free concert by ognized by the Green Building a home in New York City be- the Deedle Deedle Dees, an opportunity to plant bulbs, rake Council for its energy efficient, cause we’ll be saving so much leaves and enjoy a free lunch, there’s no better way to celebrate environmental friendly design. Paper The Brooklyn on our energy costs.” the neighborhood (short of showing tourists how to get from Natural gas will power the The new home of Galapagos Art Space, on Main Street in Elmes said the art space the unmarked Brooklyn Bridge footpath to the unmarked spotlights, the sound system and DUMBO, will be green. started looking for new digs Promenade). … It looks like DUMBO’s first true pharmacy the rest of the electrical appli- earlier this year. Before they — long a dream of neighborhood real-estate titan David Wa- ances in the building. That means be transformed into an urban apartment building at 184 Kent found a spot at 16 Main St., just lentas — will actually open in the non-Walentas J Condo it will be off the city’s electrical meadow with trees, local grass- Ave. in Williamsburg and the down the block from St. Ann’s building on Jay Street between Front and York streets. Our spy grid entirely (though fossil fuel, es and flowers. NYPD impound lot at the Navy Warehouse and powerHouse not only noticed that the “Bridge Apothecary” sign is finally albeit the cleaner-burning natural More than 50 Brooklyn proj- Yard. arena, they were ready to quit up, but the shelves are stocked. … Grab your furriest friends gas, will still be used). ects — including 15 buildings Going green will save on the the city — and the country — and most outlandish costumes and head to the Hillside dog Recycled rainwater will in the Atlantic Yards project — space’s energy costs, reduce its altogether. Tired of the usual park’s Doggie Halloween Costume Parade Contest Extrava- flush through the building’s toi- have registered for the Green impact on the environment and “We were half-packed to go ganza on Oct. 28. The parade will begin at the Remsen Street lets and flow through its sinks Building Council’s Leadership allow it to produce more of the to Berlin,” Elmes told The entrance to the Promenade. Dogs must be registered in advance (though drinking water, fortu- in Energy and Environmental work Galapagos has become fa- Brooklyn Paper. “We didn’t see lunchtime fare? at Perfect Paws on Hicks and Pineapple streets. nately, will still come from city Design certification, including a mous for, like a ukulele quartet, how we could survive in New E-mail us at [email protected]. pipes). And the roof itself will planned 358-unit, market-rate a hula-hoop burlesque show, York.” Fine Japanese cuisine, plus full sushi bar, IF SID'S DOESN'T HAVE IT, '-"54$3&&/57Q for lunch or dinner. YOU DON'T NEED IT! American Housewares is now Celebrating Our 75th Anniversary! carrying a select line of new FLAT SCREEN HDTVs... c27,000 sq.ft. c Hardware cLicensed Locksmith Stop in today, and have Superstore Holiday Decorations Lumber Cut-to-size c c a new TV in time for cCustom Orders cHome Center cPaint FOOTBALL SUNDAY! SID'S HARDWARE 345 Jay Street SAVE ® 85 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn (Between Tillary & Willoughby Streets) (at Clinton Street) 15% OFF "«iÊÇÊ >ÞÃÊÊ7iiÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓ{Îän{{ 162 Montague Street Downtown Brooklyn with this -ÕLÜ>Þ\Ê]Ê ]Ê]Ê ]Ê ]Ê,]ÊÓ]ÊÎ]Ê{]Êx Brooklyn Heights · 718-522-5555 (718) 875-2259 coupon! 10% OFF Open 7 Days a Week Open 7 Days -- We Deliver AMERICAN ALL STORE MERCHANDISE Over 30 Years in Business WITH THIS AD Fast, Free Delivery · HOUSEWARES Featuring Home Delivery within Brooklyn WWW.SIDSHARDWARE.COM Read your local stoop here. Read them all at BrooklynPaper.com

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On Monday, around the 3 am closing time at the Bait and Tackle, the man police identified as Ro- Callan driguez and a woman entered and or- m dered shots of tequila and lime. / To Tired of being TRICKED into paying full Regulars — and there were a price for printer cartridges ? handful around the U-shaped bar Ariella Cohen with the taxidermy horse head — Get a TREAT of an additional 13% off were uneasy, but it took a second before they realized why: Ro- our already low prices!! driguez bore an uncanny resemblance to the “Wanted” poster hang- Paper The Brooklyn ing near the bar — a warning sign that referred to Rodriguez’s al- Ouch (times two): The Jikishinkan Dojo is about to be evicted from its Smith Street home of 20 years. 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The bar’s customers breathed hard as Rodriguez made for the By Mike McLaughlin stopped by two German tourists with a Za- “He’s making it clear that he has to get door, wondering if he was carrying a weapon again, like the time he The Brooklyn Paper gat guide asking me for directions to the to economic reality with that rent,” said Grocery,” said Stewart Johnson, president of Johnson, who said he was not angry about allegedly robbed this very A 15-year-old martial arts school is be- same drinking establish- the dojo’s board of directors the rent hike. ing forced out of its Smith Street location ON OUR OTHER ment. Jikishinkan lasted this long in the new But forced to choose between raising Indeed, he looked like by the end of the year, because its small Cobble Hill with the help of its supportive prices for its 55 members and looking for he was carrying some- operation can no longer afford one of landlord, Vincent Mazzone, who kept it new space, the board opted for the latter. stoop thing under his shirt, my Brooklyn’s hottest commercial corridors. afloat for years by charging far less than The good news is that the dojo will run PAGES friend said. No one could have imagined being priced the market rate for the space at 211 Smith its classes in a nearby school, although the PARK SLOPE In that instant, he out of Smith Street in 1992, when Jik- St., which is between Baltic and Butler exact site remains to be determined. And, Planters pruned! looked around and won- ishinkan Akido Dojo opened. In those days, streets. eventually, Johnson hopes to find a new dered what he could grab there was a real need for a black belt on But Mazzone, a local figure who owns a home for his school and its 55 dues-paying FORT GREENE Smith Street, but today, with gritty old Halloween queen to defend himself, or any- hardware store on Court Street that recent- members. one else, in case he need- Smith all spruced up with restaurants and ly win a “good service” award from Time For Josh Paul, a member for several GREENPOINT ed to. shops, a tour book is indispensable instead. Out New York, informed the board of di- years, the location is irrelevant. New ferries coming With Rodriguez out- “I knew the neighborhood had changed rectors that he would have to double their “This is home, no matter where it is,” he BAY RIDGE side, my friend and a few when I was going to the dojo and I got rent beginning on Jan. 1. said. Leveled Victorians customers pulled down Don’t leave your the bar’s metal gate and online at BrooklynPaper.com called cops again. They wanted to keep the bar safe from violence they suspected could break out at any moment. Police finally caught Rodriguez a short while later, hiding under On the way a parked car on desolate Imlay Street a block from the Van Brunt Two Trees: All win with our bldg to the Street watering hole. Warning barks from the guard dogs that watch over the street’s vacant warehouses had helped lead the police to the By Mike McLaughlin suspect. A second suspect in the armed robberies remains at large, police The Brooklyn Paper said. Neighborhood enhance- Without calling The police, however, aren’t the only people who can fight crime ment or a precedent-setting for a in Red Hook. The man who robbed the Bait and Tackle and Moon- event that could destroy Court Express shine did so because he knew the neighborhood’s sparsely populat- decades’ worth of historic ed, dark streets could shield him. If we want crime to subside on our preservation — you decide: streets, the number of people here must grow. Of course, that’s a Two Trees Management, a Catch-22 in a neighborhood that’s constantly trying to bridge its DUMBO-based development gritty past and glitzy future. company, has asked the city to Which vision will win out? The jury — ours and Rodriguez’s — bend local zoning rules to allow it is still out. Ariella Cohen is a freelance writer. to construct a building on Atlantic Avenue that is 10 feet taller than THE KITCHEN SINK the current zoning in the Cobble After 10 years of waiting, PS 261 on Pacific Street has a new Hill Historic District. playground that is open for romping around. It’s between Smith and The resulting building, Court Express Hoyt streets. … Our pals at South Brooklyn Legal Services which is on the south side of 718-237-8888 have been defending victims of housing discrimination for years — Atlantic Avenue between Court Car Service 24 Hour • 7 Day Dispatch and now they’ve won a federal grant that’ll keep them fighting on. and Henry streets, would also

Congrats to the gang. … The Gowanus Chorale is looking for a be wider and deeper than cur- ent few good voices. Stop by their rehearsal at 7:30 pm on Tuesday and rent codes allow. m sing your heart out at the Gowanus Community Center (420 In exchange, the rental Baltic St., between Hoyt and Bond streets). … Gowanus and “fresh apartments in the proposed produce” were three words we never thought would attract a crowd, building would give Two Trees

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same impression. would not reveal the alien Callan / Tom “We can’t turn up the heat,” said Howard. “Albany has to.” ship’s mission, citing state se- Everyone (including the building’s own management!) crecy. But she did promise that seemed to be under the mistaken impression that, because the before long, its purpose would On the way Energy Research and Development Authority helped install an be as clear as the cornea of a gouged-out eyeball. to the

energy-efficient boiler and heat sensors in all of the apartments, Paper The Brooklyn some omnipotent environmental consultant up in Albany was Hyten has used the parlor monitoring the heat levels. floor and front yard of the five- draws countless more. kitty called Bob. wouldn’t reveal its exact pur- Sal Graven, an agency spokesman, cleared that up. story white Victorian mansion Hyten, who gave two re- “My mom and dad’s house pose. She would only refer “The authority has no control over the delivery of the heat,” between Lafayette and DeKalb porters a tour of her apartment was the scariest one on the cryptically to the likes of Brit- Without calling he said. And after a few phone calls, Howard arrived at the same avenues as a stage from which on the condition that they re- block,” said Hyten. “My mom ney Spears, Lindsay Lohan and conclusion. to scare the tuna salad out of veal next to nothing about the was a hermit with a BB gun, Paris Hilton. Court Express for a Howard said that the heat was at one point monitored by an en- her friends and neighbors since preparations they saw inside, and she didn’t like visitors. For Hyten is not alone in her ob- ergy consultant in Long Island City, but admitted that that contract 1994. said her love of Halloween is me, this big extravaganza is the session with Halloween. She’s expired in 2005 and since then, PACC has screwed up the heat. Her Halloween observances rooted in her childhood. exact opposite of what I grew infected about a dozen of her “We are aware of the problem of inadequate heat in the build- have since grown more ambi- “I grew up on a very dark up with.” friends with her enthusiasm, ing, which has been a frustration for us as well as the tenants,” tious, though they retain their street in rural Florida,” said There are no flying BBs, but each of whom is charged with said Howard. original form: one part private Hyten, who now shares the it is the scariest house on the tasks ranging from scriptwrit- This week, Howard said the former Long Island City consult- bash, one part public spectacle. home she’s dubbed Chateau de block. Take, for example, the ing and lighting to music and ant would visit and show PACC how to monitor the heat levels. These days, her party attracts Chat Noir with her husband, mock skeleton with its cranium tombstones. “We will address this situation before the heating season be- about 500 people, and her in- daughter, a deaf and blind black sliced in two atop an autopsy Yes, tombstones: the grave- gins,” promised Howard. creasingly elaborate front yard cat Tattoo and a plump black table covered in blood. Hyten markers that sprout up every The head of the tenants association, which was formed this year from the oddly fertile summer to get the jump on the colder weather, hopes that grass on Hyten’s front lawn. Court Express Howard follows through. The epitaphs change with the 718-237-8888 “The principal reason we got together in the summer was be- season. In recent memory, the Car Service 24 Hour • 7 Day Dispatch cause the lack of heat in the winter was so bad for us,” said Por- Thar she blows at the Navy Yard cemetery has memorialized tia Adams, who stays warm in the winter by leaving her oven Christian Slater, Mike Tyson, door open and turning on a space heater. “It’s a shame. And I and Bob Dole. hope we get enough attention so we get heat this winter.” The Brooklyn Paper 89,000-square-foot, industrial building. The tur- “Tombstone epitaphs fly Maybe then, Howard and her staff can install a new lock on Apparently, Brooklyn will soon have the bines will power some of common areas in the the front door. Adams says it hasn’t worked in months. honor of being home to the first building in the building, allowing the Yard to suck less electricity back and forth on email,” said Claudia Howard, Hyten’s up- Dana Rubinstein is a staff writer at The Brooklyn Paper. city to use wind turbines to harvest energy. from the power grid. This is the latest in a series of green develop- stairs neighbor, who is the head The three-story industrial building, to be erect- writer. Indeed, only one tomb- THE KITCHEN SINK ed in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, will be topped by ments to bloom like weeds from the Navy Yard’s stone epitaph has survived un- a series of small wind turbines that convert the industrial soil. Back in April, the Yard heralded the Local kid rock sensation Audra Tsanos, and her band Au- changed: the stone above the kinetic energy of a stiff breeze into electricity. arrival of two solar-powered, waste-compacting draRox, will entertain the kiddie set at a PS 11 school benefit on trash cans. The Yard is also transitioning to all hy- grave of the National Rifle As- Nov. 3. We loved her with , but we really “Supposedly, there are no other wind turbines Music for Aardvarks brid vehicles, and is looking to add solar power. sociation. hope she’ll play “(I got a) Sugar High!” PS 11 is at 419 Waverly on buildings in New York City,” said Andrew Kimball, president of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Kimball cautioned that the wind turbine devel- “It’s all in good fun,” said Ave., between Greene and Gates avenues. The show is at 4 pm. Hyten. “It’s not meant to of- For tickets, visit www.ps11brooklyn.org. … Sometimes, we wish Development Corporation, the quasi-governmen- opment is “absolutely experimental.” tal agency that facilitates development in the yard. “A lot of the sustainable energy initiatives are fend. Well, it is meant to offend we had an office dog, just so we could dress him up as a paper boy some people.” and enter him in the Ninth Annual Great Pupkin Dog Costume “This will be the first.” still shaking out, as far as whether they are viable The half-dozen turbines that will top the new in the long run,” said Kimball. Halloween festivities at Le Tired of the usual Contest on Oct. 27, hosted by the Fort Greene Pups dog owners Chateau de Chat Noir, (313 association. Even if your mongrel doesn’t have an outfit yet, head building bare little resemblance to those stat- Whether or not the turbines are viable should uesque towers that seem to cover Europe. These be determined as early as next year. The building Clinton Ave., between DeKalb lunchtime fare? to the contest in Fort Greene Park (at the top of the hill) at 11:30 and Lafayette avenues in Clin- pm. 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PROSPECT HEIGHTS, SUNSET PARK stoopWINDSOR TERRACE, KENSINGTON PARK SLOPE They all want me dead now n Tuesday, I biked home for the last time this season. I could PS ... Ochalk it up to the early sunsets, I LOVE YOU which make it difficult to bike safely. Or I could chalk it up to the real reason: every driver (and some of my fellow bikers) wants me dead. Most of the time, I stay safe by avoiding rush hour because I head for work early and leave the office late (don’t worry, boss; I’m pulling 70 hour weeks just for the easy ride home, I assure you). I can’t stand pedaling during rush hour, when everyone is speeding like madmen to get home, so I usually leave the office at 6:30. But as the sunsets come earlier, I have to leave a bit sooner to / Julie Rosenberg avoid biking in pitch darkness. And Gersh Kuntzman when it’s dark out, drivers get even crazier, because their brains are tricking them into thinking they’re later than they really are. But drivers aren’t the only nuts out there. I was biking on Jay Paper The Brooklyn Street alongside another biker on Tuesday when all of a sudden, his IS YOUR PLANTER NEXT? The Department of Transportation has ordered several of these planters on Union Street to cellphone rings. be removed. Now, remember: this is rush hour on Jay Street — which is 100% Recycled about as safe as driving a Dodge Dart at the Indy 500 — and this & FSC Papers guy pulls out his cellphone! Vegetable Inks So I gave a friendly reminder: “On your left,” I said — but he with Low VOCs pulled out the phone anyway and veered to the left! “On your left!” I yelled out again. We Print Stuff Chemical-Free “I know, geez!” he yelled back at me, though he finally veered City set to prune back CTP Production away. Printed with It was then that I realized we all need to follow a few simple Wind Power rules of the road: 1. When operating a vehicle of any kind, do not use a cellphone. Anyone who spends any time on a bike knows that nine times SPMMJOH!QSFTT Brochures out of 10, the crazy driver turning the wrong way down Smith Union Street planters an environmentally-friendly Postcards Street is yakking on a cellphone. And only one time in 1,000 does boutique print house he get a ticket. By Adam F. Hutton Koch Administration, and every But locals aren’t buying that. And who’s a better expert Catalogs 2. Stop speeding up to cut off a bicyclist. year, the city has renewed our The Brooklyn Paper “They’re not the most beauti- than Scott Dahlie, who takes the Magazines Drivers, it’s much easier for you to see ahead of you than it is for permit,” Kotsonis said. “Now ful things in the world, but I also B71 all the time? the biker to see behind himself, so why not let the biker get around The city has ordered 10 they say we have to get rid of don’t think that they’re obstruct- “I’ve never really noticed Marketing that double-parked car rather than speed up to cut him off abruptly? planters to be removed from 718 625 6800 T them.” ing anything,” said Fiona Bone- them before, let alone been ob- Collateral 3. Do not run red lights. Union Street — part of a crack- 718 625 0669 F That had Peg Patterson ham, who has lived in Park Slope structed by them, while I’m Drivers: Running through a red light in New York is idiotic. With down on thousands of micro www.rollingpress.com Etc. scratching her head, too. for more than 20 years. waiting for the bus,” he said. staggered lights, you’re only running one red to get to another. cement parks citywide, The “It seems like a waste of Bikers: It’s illegal to Brooklyn Paper has learned. everyone’s time and money to run red lights, of course, “We are reviewing all (per- remove them,” said Patterson, ON OUR OTHER but at many intersections, mits) for planters to ensure they it’s actually dangerous be- who has lived in Park Slope for cause as you’re looking comply with city regulations and 15 years. stoop right to see if there’s on- the terms of the (permit),” trans- The city is taking a closer PAGES coming traffic speeding portation spokesman Ted Tim- look at all planter permits, but BAY RIDGE through its green light, bers told The Brooklyn Paper. the cement cylinders on Union Victorians leveled! there are pedestrians The citywide review hits Street attracted inspectors’ at- heading across the street home with Nick Kotsonis, who tention because of their proxim- RED HOOK found out that his planters be- Bar robber caught from both corners. My ity to two B71 bus stops near rule is to slow down to a tween Sixth and Seventh avenues the corner of Seventh Avenue. W’MSBURG safe stopping distance be- would get the boot last month. “In this case, the planters A loan rate New ferries coming fore heading illegally “We’ve owned and main- were blocking passengers at a FORT GREENE across the intersection. tained those planters since the bus stop,” said Timbers said. Halloween queen And by “safe stopping distance,” I mean the abil- online at BrooklynPaper.com ity to stop on a dime and say, “Sorry” to the pedes- this good won’t trian, not the skill to whiz by him and then hurl epithets at him for crossing with the light when you were planning to run it. Time for a change 4. Respect bike lanes. Drivers: Stop parking in bike lanes or treating them like they’re By Dana Rubinstein your passing lane. And if the double-parked car is in your lane and The Brooklyn Paper a biker is in the bike lane, you have to slow down, not the biker. last forever. Bikers: If there’s a bike lane, use it; don’t weave through traffic. Flatbush Avenue’s two Victorian-style street-clocks will tick- And don’t go the wrong way down a bike lane, as this confuses bik- tock-tick again by the end of October. ers (not my real name) who are going the correct way. Memo to The free-standing, 12-foot clock towers — originally hoisted in those guys heading down Third Street on Tuesday as I was huffing 1982 where Flatbush intersects with Sterling and puffing up: That lane ain’t big enough for the both of us. I have Place and Sixth Avenue — have had one right of way, so get out. bad stroke of luck after another. The good news is that, at least for the winter, I’m off the roads. I At 3:11 on a still-undetermined day in 10-YEAR FIXED-RATE made it through another biking season without having -to publish 2004, the clock Sterling Place clocked that obit in my office computer. stopped ticking. The hands of time remained HOME EQUITY LOAN Gersh Kuntzman is the editor of The Brooklyn Paper frozen — telling the right time just twice a and a Park Slope resident. day! — until repairs were made in July, 2005. Five months later, a bad driver knocked it THE KITCHEN SINK over. So much for the repairs. Meanwhile,

/ Julie Rosenberg 99 The feud goes on: Former Rep. Major Owens put out a press the sister clock at Sixth Avenue had also re- belled against the passage of time, refusing % release this week touting his endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for the presidency — months after his successor (and political rival) to mark another minute. Yvette Clarke (D–Park Slope) endorsed Sen. Hillary Clinton for Fortunately, North Flatbush Business Im- the same office. Can’t these old enemies agree on anything? … provement District Executive Director

What’s with that guy who tried to sell sweat socks during goulash Paper The Brooklyn Dawn Torres has made it her mission to wind up these beloved clocks again. By 6. night at Café Steinhof on Monday night? Our spy said he was en- APR* joying a bowl of $6 goulash ($6 goulash, Jerry!) when an old man June, the clock at Sixth Avenue (above) was again ticking. came in trying to sell socks. Don’t we have street fairs for that kind At the same time, Torres had lined up $15,000 to resurrect the of thing? … Our pal, Tom Rooney, a lifelong Carlton Avenue res- car-destroyed clock at Sterling Place — mostly by finally getting the ident, chief usher at St. Augustine’s Roman Catholic Church, driver’s insurance company to pay up. By the end of October, that and stalwart Atlantic Yards opponent, was found dead in his home clock should also be running. on Oct. 14. The Bishop Laughlin HS graduate, who spoke Gaelic That’s good for Murat Uyaroglu, owner of Prospect Perk coffee WHY WAIT? and played a mean Irish fiddle, was beloved in Prospect Heights for shop — though not because he needs help keeping time. his generosity, warmth, and involvement in the community. Our “It’s going to be a good landmark for my business,” said APPLY TODAY. condolences to his family and his countless friends. Uyaroglu. “Let’s say you want to meet someone; you can meet him E-mail us at [email protected]. under the clock, right near my shop.”

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That was, of course, before last week when the company Paper The Brooklyn demolished all three — which is when this dust-up pre- All that’s left of three Victorians on 74th Street between Third and Fourth avenues is a vacant lot. dictably went nuclear. Mushroom clouds sprouted all over city blogs, many pre- dicting doom. “A community that isn’t organized enough to make a stink is what killed these Victorians, plain and simple,” posted one Townhouses KO Ridge Victorians blogger on Curbed, a real-estate site. “The neighborhood will continue to be prey until the residents get together and pester the elected officials to get some protection placed on the area.” By Matthew Lysiak “The townhouses should be done by the the demolition of the three Victorians. A call was out for government intervention. The Brooklyn Paper summer of 2008,” said Basile spokesman “They were totally beautiful and charming John Longardo. “There is a real demand for homes that the community is going to miss,” But while residents were busy pointing the finger at greedy Talk about an extreme makeover! developers, buyers, sellers and local pols, one community of- housing in Bay Ridge.” said local preservationist Victoria Hofmo. “Res- Three elegant Victorian homes on 74th When asked about the design of the new idents are absolutely devastated and have been ficial blamed something Street between Third and Fourth avenues, else — that pesky little buildings, Longardo said similar townhouses coming up to me all the time asking why these beloved by locals for their simple beauty, can be found on 90th Street between Third homes had to be torn down. It is a shame.” ON OUR OTHER document called the Constitution. have been reduced to rubble — and will be and Fourth avenues. Basile is building “as-of-right” and does “A lot of people replaced by ﬁve three-family townhouses, ac- Given Bay Ridge’s strong — though not not need city variances. As a result, the com- stoop called and were angry cording to the Basile Builders Group, which always successful — impulse towards preser- pany did not need to see local community PAGES that we weren’t doing owns the property. vation, not everyone was happy to hear about board or City Council approval. PARK SLOPE something to stop the Planters pruned demolition,” said Com- RED HOOK munity Board 10 Dis- Bar robber caught trict Manager Josephine Beckmann. “But we W’MSBURG checked that the owners New ferries coming [got] the proper per- Lowen’s FORT GREENE mits, so there isn’t any- Halloween queen thing else we can do because it is private online at BrooklynPaper.com raided– property.” What a concept! That’s right, private property gives owners the right to destroy their own property, even if we really really don’t want again! them to. This law even applies in Bay Ridge, where anti-development attitudes still rule. That’s why this columnist finds reason to gloat in a rare Grab steroids case where the mob loses and freedom wins. It’s not that Yellow Hooker is a heartless monster or that he and hormones; gets satisfaction out of other people’s misery (seriously, I don’t). But I do happen to believe that property rights are cops, ballplayers more important than almost any other freedom. / Matthew Lysiak It is also noteworthy that the vast majority of residents who under scrutiny oppose development are the ones who already own property. By Matthew Lysiak This means they are the ones who stand to gain financially by curbing the housing supply. The Brooklyn Paper

Meanwhile, renters and those looking to own — the two Paper The Brooklyn Five months after drug groups with little power in such matters — have learned the enforcement authorities painful lesson of economics: the less housing available, the raided Lowen’s, the popu- higher the prices for it. Bleeding for Victory lar pharmacy at the corner The good news is not that the Victorians are gone, but that More than 150 hospital staffers rallied in support of Victory Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, of Third Avenue and 69th more housing will rise from their rubble. That’s progress. hoping to stave off a state recommendation that the medical center close. Of immediate con- Street, state investigators Matthew Lysiak is a writer living in Bay Ridge. Please send your cern is the Victory ER, which is at 104 percent capacity. “We are not going to stop fighting until pounded down the doors inevitable hate mail to [email protected]. we know this emergency room is going to remain open,” said state Sen. Marty Golden (R–Bay again on Tuesday, this time seizing enough raw THE KITCHEN SINK Ridge). On Thursday, New York Lawyers for the Public Interest urged the state Department of Health to accept a SUNY Downstate proposal to take over Victory’s emergency room. powder to make nearly a CB10 has approved a co-naming of the corner of 13th Av- million doses of human enue and 77th Street after firefighter Joey Graffagnino, who growth hormone. died in the Deutsche Bank blaze. The corner was chosen be- And cops arrested one cause it is near the Salty Dog pub where Graffagnino used to worker at the pharmacy, ac- bartend. Rep. Vito Fossella supported the co-naming and put cording to NYPD spokes- out the first press release on the issue: “No words or actions Rogue sidewalk sale woe man Paul Browne. can ease the pain felt by his family, but this street naming will ESPN magazine reported provide an eternal reminder of his heroism, bravery, and sacri- The Brooklyn Paper that investigators found 90 fice,” Fossella said. … More from Vito! Fossella, in partner- grams of raw human ship with the merchants of 18th Avenue, has arranged for Two local merchants are growth hormone, worth an a mammogram van. Free breast cancer screenings for women under scrutiny for the “dis- estimated $7.2 million, in age 40 will be offered all day on Oct. 30. Pre-register by call- gusting” display in front of the Tuesday raid. They also ing (800) 564-6868. … A Sink welcome to Councilman their stores — they’re using found quantities of three OPEN Vince Gentile’s new spokesman, Kwame Patterson, who the sidewalk as part of the popular steroids, testos- VEGAS 7 DAYS is filling the big shoes of Eric Kuo. We have two pieces of ad- selling floor, officials say. terone, nandrolone and vice for the newcomer: a) Always return our calls, and b) Community Board 10 Dis- stanazolol. AUTO SPA 7AM-10PM Convince your boss to ditch the red ties. He’s a Democrat, for trict Manager Josephine Beck- One of the 20 boxes Kitchen Sink! Kuo now works for mann said her office has been hauled away by officers Councilman Simcha “Platinum” Express Car Wash Felder, who is expected to run for citywide office in 2009. in touch with law enforcement contained prescription re- / Matthew Lysiak Includes: … Earlier this month, Marchese bakery, at Third Avenue and and the Department of Sanita- quests from the Palm Beach UÊ i>Ê7 iiÃ THE UÊ ÕLiL`ÞÊ >Ì UÊ>`Ê/ÜiÊ ÀÞ $ 77 Life Extension Clinic, 7/ 71st Street, closed. The owner better watch out, the Italian tion in its struggle against After UÊFREEÊ1`iÀÊ >ÀÀ>}iÊ >ÃÌ "1*" where the New York Daily *1-Ê/8 Not to be combined with any other offers. Expires2 12/31/2007 cookies were a hit with Tony Sirico, who played tough guy School Rules, on the corner of Paulie Walnuts on the Sopranos. … Anyone else notice the 88th Street and Fifth Avenue, News reported that St. CHEAPEST Louis Cardinals star Rick unmarked blimps roaming

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b) Greenpoint HS. a) San Francisco St. Paper The Brooklyn c) Eastern District HS. b) Oakland St. d) Josiah Green Academy. c) Sacramento St. 4. Councilman Yass- d) Hollywood St. ky’s predecessor was: 15. McGolrick Park is WIN DINNER FOR 10! a) Victor Robles. named for: This is a tree falling in Brooklyn Enter our b) Abe Gerges. a) the first captain of the c) Meade Esposito. USS Monitor. lined with notoriously frail not just for his constituents, but “Within five or 10 years, d) Ken Fisher. b) an 18th-century tavern By Neil Munshi BIG TURKEY for The Brooklyn Paper Bradford pear trees, which, for the Parks Department, too. there won’t be any of those 5. The city’s largest sew- owner who sold to minors. though beautiful to the eye, Bradford pear trees (above) contest! age treatment plant is: c) a pastor of St. Cecilia’s It’s not unusual to see tree trees left,” he said. “They have have become a nuisance. “have weak branch connec- met, or are meeting, the end of a) Newtown Creek Water RC Church. limbs littering the street after a “They’re pretty outrageous,” tions,” said Brooklyn Forestry See page 11 Treatment Plant. d) a local boxing champion. big rainstorm, but Graham said Community Board 1 Dis- Director Andy Rabb, in an e- their life span.” b) Hunts Point Water Treat- 16. McCarren Park is Avenue loses its foliage even trict Manager Gerald Esposito, mail that Esposito shared with At which point, locals will ment Plant. named for: on a clear day. who said the trees were a con- The Brooklyn Paper. “Even probably start pining for them c) Red Hook Water Treat- a) state Sen. and political That’s because the avenue is stant source of frustration — with moderate winds, we get a again. ment Plant. boss Patrick Henry McCarren. lot of pear trees falling apart.” d) North River Water Treat- b) real-estate developer Jer- According to the 2005-06 ment Plant. ry McCarren. “NYC Street Tree Census,” 6. Newtown Creek c) Brooklyn Parks Commis- Callery Pear trees, of which sewage plant is in: sioner Augustus McCarren. Bradfords are a type, are the a) Newtown. d) kickball inventor “Chip” city’s third-most-common species. b) Red Hook. McCarren. The Parks Department, which 17.The Kosciusz- is responsible for inspecting ko bridge is nam- trees and removing fallen limbs, ON OUR OTHER ed for: could not give specific data, but a) Polish patriot a spokesperson said the depart- / Tom Callan / Tom Tadeusz Kosciuszko. ment is fully committed to the stoop b) mustard magnate city’s 600,000 street trees. PAGES Recycling one Stanley Koscuiszko. Of the 46 tree pits between PARK SLOPE c) polka legend Jim- Meeker Avenue and Grand Planters pruned! my Koscuiszko. Street, six held cracked Brad-

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn fords, three of which were RED HOOK d) General Casimir tagged for removal; two held sol- aluminum can Bar robber caught Pulaski. id Bradfords; nine held Bradford GREENPOINT 18. Harrison Aven- stumps; and one was empty. New ferries coming ue, Ross Street, “We no longer plant this type Lynch Street, CB1 to Navy Yard: BAY RIDGE of tree, and replace with a vari- saves enough Leveled Victorians Middleton Street ety of different species,” said and Lee Avenue Parks spokesperson Jesslyn Tiao. online at BrooklynPaper.com were all named But Frank Marino, 37, the for: Make ship shape! owner of Doers Video, who energy to c) Williamsburg. a) Pro-American members raised the issue at a recent com- d) Greenpoint. of the English Parliament. By Adam F. Hutton munity board meeting, said reg- b) signers of the Declara- 7. As an amenity to The Brooklyn Paper ular inspections don’t always the North River Water tion of Independence. help because the trees can break Treatment Plant, c) 18th-century Brooklyn The district manager of Williamsburg’s community board feels randomly. run a TV for Harlem received: farmers. “utmost disgust” about the junked cars and giant pile of salt that “They came in July and a) a 28-acre park including d) principals of IS 318. are visible at the Brooklyn Navy Yard along Kent Avenue be- deemed the tree safe,” said a swimming pool, ice skating 19. Keap Street gets tween Keap and Rush streets. Marino. “And three weeks later, rink, theater, restaurant and its name from: Community Board 1’s Gerald Esposito says the cars, which are it lost more limbs.” three hours. athletic complex. a) a town in Ireland. sold at auction by the city’s Department of Citywide Administrative The branches fell on a clear b) Fairway. b) a misreading of the name Services, and the salt, which is used by the Department of Sanita- day, said Marino, who has “a c) a bike path. “McKean.” tion to clear city streets of snow and ice in the winter, are unsightly sheet-load of complaints to 311.” d) Yankees season tickets. c) a shipyard owner. and pose an environmental hazard for the surrounding area. Marino said the Parks De- 8. As an amenity for d) Aaron Burr’s dog. Indeed, from Kent Avenue, it is difficult for passersby not to no- partment usually remove trees the expansion of the 20. The real name of tice the three-story salt pile covered by a cone-shaped shell and the quickly. But that didn’t satisfy Newtown Creek Wa- rapper Jay–Z, a gradu- disembodied auto parts among the skeletal remains of cars in vari- CB1’s Esposito, who wants all ter Treatment Plant, ate of Williamsburg’s ous states of disrepair. remaining Bradfords removed Greenpoint received: IS 318, is: Esposito wrote to the Navy Yard Development Corporation last month — though the city won’t re- a) a 28-acre park including a) Lionel Jefferson. to “voice our utmost disgust,” at the eyesores and “request that you move any healthy tree until it pool, ice skating rink, theater, b) John Smith. take immediate action to remove this junkyard and sanitation facility, completely falls. restaurant and athletic complex. c) Shawn Carter. or provide fencing that will not display this blight to our community.” Rabb agreed that the trees b) a soapy smell. d) John Galvin. In the meantime, Navy Yard President and CEO Andrew Kimball can be frail, but also pointed out c) new barbed wire for the 21. Greenpoint is men- told The Brooklyn Paper that Esposito’s complaints may be moot: that homeowners often request McCarren Park pool. tioned in which film? the Navy Yard is redeveloping the six-acre site on the outskirts of Bradfords because of their re- d) an interactive nature the yards, though it could be a year before it seeks out developers. siliency and the “clouds of a) 12 Angry Men. The plan calls for industrial, commercial and retail space on the white flowers in the spring walk along one of the city’s b) On the Waterfront. most polluted waterways. site after the salt pile and auction lot are relocated. which are much enjoyed by c) White Chicks. Esposito said he spoke with Kimball on Monday and was pleased neighborhood residents.” 9. The World Champ- d) The Departed. ions of baseball in that the lines of communication were now open. Eliot Foulds, a historical 22. Vince Lombardi “I believe that we will move forward in a spirit of cooperation,” landscape architect with the Na- 1862 were: and Joe Torre both at- a) the Brooklyn Atlantics. Esposito said. “We finally have a dialogue going. I don’t know what tional Parks Service, said time tended what Williams- kind of fruit that is going to yield, but at least we have that much.” will heal this crisis. b) the Greenpoint Eckfords. burg school? c) the Brooklyn Dodgers. a) Our Lady of Mount Carmel. d) the New York Mets. b) St. Francis Prep. 10. Which celebrity has c) Eastern District HS. never lived in Williams- d) PS 110. burg or Greenpoint? 23. Which is NOT the a) Nora Jones. name of a new North b) Geraldo Rivera. Brooklyn development? c) Nancy Reagan. a) Northside Piers. For the BEST local coverage of d) Mae West. b) Aqua. 11. Which of the fol- c) Subprime Towers. lowing has been land- d) Schaefer Landing. marked by the city? 24. The East River is: a) McCarren pool lockers. a) a fjord. WILLIAMSBURG, GREENPOINT & BUSHWICK b) the Austin, Nichols b) a river. warehouse. c) a tidal estuary. c) the Domino sign. d) Robert Moses’ last project. d) Bamonte’s restaurant. 25. Which one was 12. In TV’s “The Bull- made in Greenpoint? winkle Show,” King a) the Statue of Liberty. Bushwick ruled: b) the Iwo Jima monument. read a) Billyburg. c) the bronze figures atop b) New Greenpernt. the Grand Army Plaza arch. c) The Nort Side. d) the New York Public Li- d) The Eastern District. brary’s stone lions. 13. In Italian, “giglio” Tom Gilbert is a writer and his- to ADVERTISE call Howard Swengler: (718) 834-9350 means: torian who lives in Greenpoint. a) tower. He got 100 percent on this b) lily. quiz. Rent-stabilized tenants 4 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 October 20, 2007 (below right). According to the Newark Star-Ledger, police will close off some streets around the glass-fronted arena to ward off a potential terror fail in anti-A’Yards bid Nerves of glass attack. Bruce Ratner’s proposed Atlantic Yards arena (below left) is also Opponents of Atlantic Yards seized on new concerns raised by Newark, N.J. glass-walled — and activists say that Ratner and state officials have never Under those laws, according to Locker, a land- By Dana Rubinstein police about security at the soon-to-open Prudential Center hockey arena openly discussed the possibility of closing additional streets to traffic. The Brooklyn Paper lord who wants to cancel rent-stabilized leases must go through a process overseen by the New A group of rent-stabilized residents in the York State Division of Housing and Community Atlantic Yards footprint has lost a battle in the Renewal. war to save their homes. BROOKLYN, NY MARKET ST NEWARK, NJ But Ratner did not need to go through the FLATBUSH AVE In a two-paragraph decision, a state appellate time-consuming process, according to the Em- court dismissed the tenants’ appeal of a case that pire State Development Corporation, which is argues that developer Forest City Ratner and the overseeing the development of Atlantic Yards, state improperly canceled their leases. because his plan is to transfer the buildings to BARRIERS But the 13 tenants, who live in two, Ratner- the state, which will then condemn the property owned rent-stabilized buildings at 473 Dean St. and turn it back over to Ratner. and 634 Pacific St., are holding out hope that the Locker claims the tactic sped up the removal of PA CIFIC ATLANTIC AVE fight could go on; the ruling said the tenants his clients from their homes by “at least two years.” ST EDISON PL should re-file their case in a different jurisdiction. The Locker case is separate from a larger law- Their lawyer, George Locker, said he might suit that challenges the state’s right to seize proper- BROAD ST do just that, arguing that “Ratner is doing an DE ty. That case, which was heard in federal appeals A end-run around the state rent-stabilization laws.” court last week, is pending. N ST ARENA FOURTH AVE LAFA ARENA YETTE ST BERG EN HAMILTON ST Meanwhile, Almontaser con- ST MULBERRY ST tinues to earn about $120,000 a year, while she works on cur- ST M DEAN ST LAFAYETTE ST GIBRAN… riculum development at the De- GREEN ARKS PL Continued from page 1 otherwise act against her partment of Education’s Tweed ST monstaser said that “because will,” Cantor said. Courthouse headquarters near the T-shirts had nothing to do After a controversy sur- City Hall. Twenty-five educators have with me or [the school], I saw rounding the school’s initial FIFTH AVE applied for Almontaser’s old no reason to discuss the issue placement inside Park Slope’s SIXTH AVE job, which has been filled in the with the media. I agreed to an PS 282, it was relocated to a Boerum Hill building that al- interim by Danielle Salzberg, a interview with a reporter from Jewish teacher who does not ready housed a middle school the Post at the [Department’s] speak Arabic. insistence.” and high school. The city ap- would need to close streets to and that neither the Empire Salzberg’s appointment was traffic on game days. That’s not State Development Corporation As a result, her coming peased skeptical parents there itself controversial, prompting lawsuit will claim that her with promises of long-needed acceptable to Yards opponents. nor the NYPD will discuss their former Mayor Ed Koch to call SECURITY… current security plans. “In Brooklyn we don’t want forced resignation violated capital improvements to the it akin to “spitting in [the] eye” Almontaser’s First Amend- building. Continued from page 1 goods and people in the vicinity to play catch-up and we must That’s why Goldstein, Vogel of New York’s Arab-American and Councilmember Letitia ment rights, her lawyer said. The school’s three sixth- The Atlantic Yards Environ- of the project site,” said the learn the lesson from Newark,” population. James (D–Prospect Heights) The Department of Educa- grade classes began without mental Impact Statement did document, which was written said Goldstein. Education officials said that it demanded hearings about secu- incident in September. Even- not draw the same conclusions last year — long before Opponents also seized on the tion’s Cantor countered that will take at least a month for the rity plans at Atlantic Yards. as Goldstein. fact that Newark officials made the agency would fight such a tually, the school, which will city to find a permanent principal. Newark’s security decision be- That call came on Sunday suit. “Ms. Almontaser was encompass grades six 12, will It’s unclear whether Salzberg, a “Security measures are not came public. their street-closing decision in afternoon in front of the anti- never forced to speak to re- get its own building, Educa- veteran Department of Education anticipated to affect traffic flow, Indeed, Newark officials con- secret — until it was revealed Ratner hotbed, Freddy’s Bar, on porters, make statements, or tion officials said. official, has also applied. parking, or the movement of cluded just the opposite — they last week in the Star-Ledger — Dean Street, before a walkathon to benefit Develop Don’t De- stroy Brooklyn’s ongoing legal battle against Atlantic Yards. About 200 people marched through Park Slope and Pros- pect Heights in a show of support. [The walkathon raised New Yorkers Take Little Steps and Save Big $50,000, according to Develop Don’t Destroy.] After the rally, Michael Bal- “The average New York household really 3. Upgrade your decorative or holiday boni, who is Gov. Spitzer’s deputy secretary for public Callan / Tom can make a positive impact on the lighting with energy-efficient Light safety in the state’s Office of NYSERDA environment simply by using energy Emitting Diode (LED) holiday lighting Homeland Security, said he is willing to meet with communi- offers residents tips to save wisely,” said NYSERDA President and strands. LED holiday lighting strands ty groups. CEO Paul D. Tonko. “We sometimes last up to 11 holiday seasons, rarely But no matter how good the Paper The Brooklyn energy and the environment Brooklyn security plan is, ex- Mrs. Brooklyn?: A protest- think our individual actions don’ t make burn out, and will save you up to $100 perts dislike the secrecy sur- er at Sunday’s walkathon. a big impact, but collectively, they do.” per year on your energy bill! rounding it “There is a reasonable ex- pectation on the part of the pub- The NYPD, the state and NYSERDA uses innovation and lic that they be informed,” said Forest City Ratner would not Robert McCrie, a security man- comment for this story, leaving Albany, NY – For New Yorkers who want technology to solve some of New York’s agement professor at John Jay opponents to wonder whether to join the fight against climate change, most difficult energy and environmental College the only thing worse than driv- “If the public is going to be in- ing down Atlantic Avenue dur- there’ s no better place to start than at problems in ways that improve the convenienced, they should know, ing a Nets home game might be in advance, what is anticipated — not being able to drive down home. That’ s because the energy used in State’s economy. and that they have an opportunity Atlantic Avenue at all during a homes often comes from the burning of to voice their feelings.” Nets home game. fossil fuels at power plants, which 1. Replace your five most used contributes to smog, acid rain and global incandescent light bulbs to ENERGY STAR® qualified compact fluorescent warming. So the less energy a home uses, Visit RELIGIOUS light bulbs (CFLs) and save the less air pollution that home www.GetEnergySmart.org GIRL SERVICES generates. approximately $60 annually. CFLs use Shabbat Shalom! of call 1-877-NY-SMART Continued from page 1 75 % less energy and last ten times Presented by (1-877-697-6278) to learn more to draw on her own front stoop. B’nai Avraham The New York State Energy Research and longer. “Chalk on a walkway IN- of Brooklyn Heights ways to save energy. SIDE HER FENCE?” said a ££ÇÊ,iÃiÊ-Ì°ÊUÊxÈ{n{ä Development Authority (NYSERDA) is poster who identified himself as Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin providing simple and cost-effective tips to 2. Use electronics that have earned the Whiner. “How can ANYONE www.bnaiavraham.com help homeowners reduce their energy bill ENERGY STAR and use up to 60% seriously think there’s ANY- Candle THING wrong with that?” Lighting and help the environment at the same less energy than other electronics. Set Of course, this being the In- ternet, plenty of people took ad- time. computers and laptops to the Shabbat Lech-Lecha energysaver mode. Plug all home Fri., Oct. 19, before 5:53 pm electronics to a power strip and turn Shabbat Vayeira off the power strip when you leave to Fri., Oct. 26, before 5:43 pm save even more! St. John–St. Matthew–Emanuel Lutheran Church Park Slope 283 Prospect Ave (5th and 6th Aves.) (718) 768–0528 www.stjme.org ELCA — Reconciling in Christ Sunday Worship 11:00 Rev. David C. Parsons A31- 28 Brown Memorial Baptist Church The Daily News mocks the 484 Washington Ave., Ft. Greene Sunday School 9:15am city in its take on our story. Morning Worship 8:00am & 11:00am Wed. Bible Study 1:00pm & 7:15pm What if vantage of the discussion to 718-638-6121 ridicule the “Nanny State,” Rev. Clinton M. Miller - Pastor complain about liberals, rail LM31-12 against conservatives and, natu- Cong. B’nai Jacob everybody did it? rally, condemn New York City. Park Slope Synagogue “I hate New York,” wrote 401 9th Str. btw 6th & 7th Ave. Help New York save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by taking “Moron Joe.” “You all live in 718-832-1266 the to purchase ENERGY STAR filth and think it is cool. What a Services: 7:15 Morning Minyan Shabbat: Fri Sundown Sat 9:30am qualified lighting. Together, we can achieve big savings when we take little pathetic existence.” CLASSES/EVENTS/HOLIDAYS steps to save energy and help protect the environment. Another poster, Mary, added, www.parkslopeshul.org “That is why no one should live LM30-34 in a city — everyone policing everything. Kids need freedom Congregation to play and explore, not regula- Mount Sinai tions. 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Log on to building owner’s permission. Please join us! to take the ENERGY STAR Change a Light Pledge and learn That said, Pepperman still has Shabbat evening service a week to respond to the city every Friday at 6:30 pm about more ways to take little steps that add up to big savings warning letter, which explains Torah study on energy use and for the environment. that she must remove the graffiti every Saturday at 9:30 am or ask the city to do so. A51 A Sanitation spokeswoman said last week that if Pepperman PARK SLOPE JEWISH CENTER does not respond to the letter, the 8th Avenue at 14th St. Fri. nights at 6:30 pm city could issue a $300 ticket if Sat. mornings at 10:00 am the graffiti is still there. Adult Ed Hebrew School Little Steps. Big Savings. 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–––––– Heights Vision Center –––––– By Harry Cheadle “have it your way” didn’t have and Ariella Cohen its way on Oct. 9, as three men held up the Fulton Street fran- 132 Montague St. • Brooklyn Heights • (718) 852-1149 The Brooklyn Paper chise at gunpoint. www.doctorstuartfriedman.com The three men — two of 84th Precinct whom were in jogging jackets — entered the restaurant, near A woman who followed Pearl Street, around 10 pm. Nancy Reagan’s famous advice “Be calm and cool,” one perp to “just say no” to drugs ended said, according to police. “Now up being robbed of $4,400 in give me all your money and put Callan / Tom jewelry early on Oct. 12. your hands in your pocket and The 27-year-old victim was just stand there.” walking home at 1 am when two The employee complied, and men approached her at the cor- the thieves escaped with $2,100

ner of Atlantic Avenue and Court out of the register. Paper The Brooklyn Street, and one asked, “Do you McWhipped want to buy a joint?” A perp who, oddly enough, The woman said no and used a whip as his weapon, stole Not again added, “I’m good,” and contin- Recycling one a cellphone from a 14-year-old ued to walk, but the pair fol- Someone scrawled a swastika on the Independence Bank at the corner of Atlantic Avenue in the bathroom of a billion-sell- lowed her and one of the men and Court Street this week, but it could not be removed quickly because solvants could ing burger chain on Oct. 9. put what felt like a gun against damage the landmark building (which is soon to house a Trader Joe’s market). The boy had stopped at the her back. aluminum can fast food joint, on the corner of The victim froze, and the Tillary and Gold streets, around 3 crooks took $3,500 in diamond pm. He went to the bathroom and younger teens, but the police talking, punching the kid to the stolen from the car, which was rings, along with a $600 watch was followed by a largish man and a $300 pair of earrings. caught one of the pint-sized perps ground and giving him a black parked in a private lot on Union saves enough who grabbed the victim from be- and returned the stolen property. eye in the process. Street between Court and Clin- Fulton filch hind and threatened, “Just hand The duo started by assaulting Apparently, the perp was sat- ton Street. It’s safe to say she didn’t win over your stuff. I got a whip. I a 13-year-old girl as she walked isfied by simply punching the Police said the thief broke the employee of the month. don’t want to take it out.” home from school at around 3:40 kid out, and departed without rear window of the gray car. energy to A worker at a popular Fulton The boy noticed that a second pm. As she reached the corner of taking the cellphone. Doorstopped Mall department store was dis- man was blocking the door, so Clermont and DeKalb avenues, Dorm drama Two thugs were schooled in covered giving away merchan- he gave away $10 and his Side- one of the thugs put her in a dise on Oct. 13, and admitted to kick cellphone. Students at a world-renowned the art of home field advantage chokehold and grabbed her art school lost laptop thefts from when a woman they were trying run a TV for stealing an additional $1,500 phone. from customers’ credit cards, 88th Precinct their dorm rooms on Oct. 11, but to rob fought them off her De- Evidently pleased with the re- cops later collared the alleged perp. graw Street doorstep. cops said. sults of their first caper, they The 23-year-old cashier was The 19-year-old thief proba- The 27-year-old woman was Lost his bread moved a few blocks away, to the bly entered the dorm — located walking on Degraw Street to her ringing up a customer around 4 A routine stop for a man de- intersection of Vanderbilt and three hours. pm when her suspicious behav- on Willoughby Avenue near home between Hoyt and Bond livering baked goods to a Myrtle Lafayette avenues, where they Emerson Place — at around 6 streets on Oct 15 at 7:20 pm ior — she was removing security Avenue supermarket turned into similarly attacked a 13-year-old tags from the clothing and put- pm. He targeted the third floor of when the wannabe muggers be- an armed robbery on Oct. 8. boy around 4 pm, cops said. the converted apartment build- ting $825 worth of stuff into gan to trail her, police said. The man pulled up near the They used the same tactics, placing, taking two laptops from two bags without taking any money She was nearly inside her store, near Washington Park, at ing the youngster in a chokehold different rooms. He was noticed from the customer — was ob- door when one of them asked around 3 pm. He was getting while one kept watch. This time, by as many as five witnesses, served by a fellow employee. her the time. When she stopped ready to cart the bread to the however, the cops came by, and who informed security and the to respond, the other man Out the window store when a pair of men with the dead-end kids fled in differ- police, who placed the man un- pounced. The attacker tried to A sneaky burglar broke into a their faces hidden by black ent directions. der arrest around 11 pm. grab her purse, while his partner DUMBO man’s Plymouth Street hoodies entered the truck and The cops caught the boy who It was unclear how the perp blocked her from going inside apartment through an unlocked forced him into the back. had done the choking and found had gotten into the dorm in the her house. window and made off with a One of the men pulled out a both cellphones on him, police first place, but he didn’t get out. Unfortunately for them, the fancy flat-screen TV on Oct. 10. handgun, ordered the victim to said. woman wasn’t willing to give up The man left his second-story the ground, and pressed the gun Do-gooder shot 76th Precinct her belongings without a fight. apartment, near Pearl Street, against the his side while the sec- A man who intervened in a After a few moments of struggle, around 7:30 am and came back ond perp stood lookout. robbery on Oct. 7 was rewarded Pretty criminal the hoods fled empty-handed. “Where’s the money?” the One of the attackers wore his at 4:30 pm. If he was looking with a shot in the leg. A truck driver learned the forward to unwinding in front of first crook hissed, and the man, The 53-year-old Good Samar- hair in a buzz cut and the other terrified for his life, handed over hard way never to trust a flirt had on a black jogging jacket, his high-definition television, he itan noticed a woman being ac- when a younger woman offered was quickly disappointed. $1,500. costed by three teens on the cor- police said. Not satisfied, the hood took to share a drink with him — then Hamburgled ner of Lafayette Avenue and stole a computer from his parked 40 cases & cop the man’s gold necklace before Fulton Street around 6 pm. He A fast-food establishment fleeing. rig before the first sip was taken. Officer Darnell Simon arrest- famed for inviting customers to chased the hoodlums off and The 25-year-old con woman ed a 19-year-old man that he said Tennis thief during the scuffle he heard a made her move on Oct. 11 at he caught stealing 40 cases of A wallet-snatcher may have “firecracker-like sound.” 7:30 pm, police said. After her soft drinks from the back of a de- attempted to return the stolen He felt a pain in his ankle and initial overture to the 47-year- livery truck parked on Hamilton property — minus two credit assumed he had been kicked, but old driver, who was parked on Avenue near Van Brunt Street on cards — but the wallet’s owner then he looked down to find that Bush Street near Clinton Street, Oct. 15, police said. is still suspicious. there was a hole in his jeans and he left the truck to go buy their The heist was stopped at The incident started on Oct. 7 blood running down his leg — a drinks. She told him she was go- around 3 am when the truck around 10 am, when a man set wound from a pellet lodged in ing to get cigarettes while he driver flagged down a police car. down his wallet to play tennis at his leg. was gone. Simon said he caught the teen a court near the corner of Adel- The teens fled empty-handed, When he returned to the before he could flee, and all 40 phi and DeKalb avenues. The thanks to the wounded hero, who truck, his date had vanished and cases were returned to the truck. wallet was gone when the man was taken to the hospital, where so had his $3,600 Dell laptop. Glint finished his game, but a couple the projectile was removed. The tricky thief was dressed A knife-wielding woman of days later, a dreadlocked man Intimidation in a black jacket, jeans and white came to the victim’s house with robbed a 15-year-old girl walk- A 6-foot-1, 150-pound mug- sneakers. All of her jewelry was the wallet in hand, claiming that ing alone in broad daylight on ger didn’t bother to pick on black and her short hair was he had found it at a Popeye’s in Oct 5, cops said. someone his own size on Oct. 9, brushed straight, police said. Downtown Brooklyn. The holdup happened at 3:15 punching a 13-year-old boy, The man took his wallet back, Stolen pm, on Hoyt Street, between but remembered seeing the perp though failing to rob him of his A thief broke into a parked Baltic and Warren streets. Bran- hanging out nearby when he was phone. BMW and stole 20 pairs of $170 dishing a shiny, silver blade, the playing tennis. The perp approached the boy jeans sometime during the night robber demanded that her prey at the corner of Lafayette Avenue of Oct. 9, police said. hand over her cellphone. Kid criminals and Adelphi Street at around The pile of designer denims, Before the 15-year-old could A pair of 15-year-olds went on 3:30 pm and said, “Give me made by the chic designer brand react, the other woman grabbed a mini crime spree on Oct. 9, your cell.” When the boy said 7 For All Mankind, is worth her Sidekick and ran. The phone stealing the cellphones of two no, the man let his fist do the $3,400. Another $50 was also was worth $300, police said.

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Attention all Police Blotter readers! Almost every week, we have an item about someone having her bag stolen from under a table or chair at a bar or restaurant. This week, we have three! • A woman who slipped out of the popular Fifth Avenue caffeine joint, Gorilla Coffee, on Oct. 9 returned to find that her purse was missing from under a table. The 21-year-old — a Canadian citizen who lives on Bergen Street — told cops the theft occurred at 8 pm, when she left the shop for “three minutes.” The bag contained $250 and various cards. • An upstate man having a drink, possibly one of the famous Mar- garitas, at Lobo on Fifth Avenue left the bar at around 1 am on Oct. 8 to discover that his cellphone had been taken from his jacket pocket. The 23-year-old Tarrytown man told cops that by the time he called his cellphone service provider, the phone had been used repeatedly. Cops advise victims of this type of crime to not deactivate the cellphone service, allowing cops to better track the thief. • A senior citizen who put her bag on a table inside a legendary men’s club at the corner of Eighth Avenue and Lincoln Place at around 11:45 on Oct. 13 told cops that when she returned to the bag an hour later, it was gone. The bag contained $400 and various credit cards. Burgs in the burg At least two apartments were broken into last week, including: • On Oct. 12, a thief broke into a Berkeley Place apartment at around 4:30 pm and was almost caught by the housekeeper. The cleaning woman told cops that she heard noises when the thief broke in, but by the time she figured out what was going on, all she saw was the thief jumping into a black two-door sedan and speeding away from the building, which is between Sixth and Sev- enth avenues. The perp got away with a laptop, a VCR, a TV, $1,250, and a safe filled with $11,000 in jewelry. • An apartment on 12th Street between Fifth and Sixth avenues was broken into on Oct. 9 at around 7:30 am, but the thieves didn’t take anything, cops said. On his case A man was robbed of thousands of dollars in jewelry and cash by a gunman who followed him on Oct. 9. Cops say the victim had been sitting in the back of a car parked on Fifth Avenue between Eighth and Ninth streets at around 5 am when the gunman came over to the window, showed off a large place firearm, and said, “Give it up.” The victim handed over a gold bracelet and chain, plus $140 and a cellphone, but then got out of the car to confront his thief. That didn’t sit well with the gunman, who shoved the man to the ground and brandished the pistol before getting into a silver Nissan and speeding away. Food fiends A deliveryman for the popular Fifth Avenue restaurant Bogota was mugged for his bag of food and his bike on Oct. 8. Cops say the two perps followed the man from the restaurant, which is at St. Johns Place, and then pounced when he was on a quiet block of President Street between Eighth Avenue and Prospect Park West at around 9 pm.

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The Diary of Ann Castello Our pal Ann Castello, a.k.a. the Bensonhurst Bubba, shared with us the diaries she started keeping when she was 11 years old in 1947. The other day, she sent us this unedited entry from her 12th birthday on June 6, 1948. Reading it, we were immediately transported back to a simpler day — one that we wanted to share with our readers. So take it away, Ann (age 12): Today is my 12th birthday. I went to the Marlboro [Theater] with Margaret to see “If You Knew Susie” starring Eddie Can- tor. Margaret treated. It was 40 cents each. When we came out, Sam the Ice Cream Man was there and we each got a vanilla cone for 10 cents. Margaret paid again. Nice birthday!!! We walked back to her house and played two games of jacks. I lost both games. I think Margaret cheated. Her parents were going to the J [Bensonhurst Jewish Community Cen- ter] and asked us to walk with them. We watched two innings of basketball and I went home alone. Grandma was at my house and they all sang “Happy Birthday.” I had cake and Pepsi. Grandma gave me two silver dollars and mom gave me the blue twin sweater set I had wanted. I did homework for a half hour and went to sleep. Good-bye, birthday, Your loyal subject and author-extraordinaire, Ann LOWEN’S… Continued from page 3 tually owned by Julius Nasso, who was sentenced to prison in 2003 for conspiring with Gambino crime family members to extort money from the actor Steven Segal. The quiet image of the store was shattered back in May, when state investigators made their first raid and hauled out $200,000 in steroids and growth hormones, The Brooklyn Paper reported. Residents expressed shock — again — that Bay Ridge could be at the heart of a Major League Baseball and NYPD steroid investigation. “Steroids coming out of Bay Ridge and going to cheating Major Leaguers — are you kidding me?” asked baseball fan Chad Nar- dine. “I have always liked Lowen’s, but this is getting quite strange” It’ll get even stranger for customers. On Wednesday morning, Lowen’s was closed with only a sign posted on the door reading: “Due to mechanical problems, we are temporarily closed.”

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By Adam F. Hutton EDC spokeswoman Janel Patterson. “We but the city is offering some incentives, in- The Brooklyn Paper [solicited proposals] and got a good re- cluding building “ferry landings and related sponse.” infrastructure,” according to the EDC re- The city is sifting through several pro- Water taxi companies are chomping at quest for proposals. posals from ferry operators to shuttle com- the bit to cash in on the population explo- The city identified three locations in the muters between Manhattan and at least sion in Williamsburg and Greenpoint, the area where new landings might be built: two three stops in Williamsburg and Green- city says. More than 27,500 new housing in Greenpoint, one on Green Street and the point, an effort that the city hopes will re- units will be developed by 2013 — all other on Greenpoint Avenue; and another in duce congestion on the roads and also on “within easy walking distance from existing North Williamsburg on the site of the planned the overloaded G and L trains. or potential new ferry landing sites,” accord- Northside Piers development, which will in- / Tom Callan / Tom Last year, the city asked ferry companies ing to the document the city sent out to the clude luxury housing along the waterfront be- for bids to provide year-round service to ferry companies. tween North Fourth and North Fifth streets. commuters who would rather avoid streets The year-round ferry service would make There is an existing ferry station at the and subways. at least one round-trip every half hour dur- Schaefer Landing development a few blocks “The Bloomberg Administration is coming morning and evening rush hours, with south of the Williamsburg Bridge. That ferry mitted to alternative methods of transporta- less-frequent service during off-peak hours would be walking distance from the Domi-

The Brooklyn Paper file The Brooklyn tion, including additional ferry routes, to re- and on the weekends. Most of the cost no Sugar Plant, where a developer is plan- The city would like to see ferries like this one shuttle people from three new stops in Williamsburg and Greenpoint. duce traffic congestion in the city,” said would be borne by the private companies, ning 2,200 units. Maujer Street break-in sends senior to hospital

By Adam F. Hutton A passerby told the victim The Brooklyn Paper that he had seen two men in POLICE BLOTTER their 30s push the bike toward a 90th Precinct known chop-shop earlier that afternoon. A hooligan scared an 80- about 20 feet from the station enue. Police found the bike stashed year-old woman so badly that when two men approached The victim told police the there early the next morning. she needed an ambulance after him, brandished a silver hand- burglar probably used the back Brutal rob the 16-year-old suspect broke gun and said, “Take off your door to get into the apartment, chain.” since the lock no longer works. A 57-year-old man was beat- into her apartment in the middle en unconscious and robbed by of the day on Oct. 15. The victim said the robbers The burglar got away with took his $1,500 Cuban link rings, pendants and chains, in- four men in a stairwell the Mar- The victim, who lives on cy Houses on Oct. 10, cops Maujer Street between Bush- chain with an angel medallion cluding a black pearl ring/pen- attached, his video iPod, and dant set worth $2,000. said. wick Avenue and Humboldt The victim told police he his Sanyo cellphone. / Julie Rosenberg Street, was at home with her Cell grab was walking down the stairs at 57-year-old son at about 2 pm Rooftop burgs Two thugs snatched a 5:30 pm when four men at- when the suspect broke the side A clever thug broke through woman’s cellphone right out of tacked him, beat him until he window and crawled in to her the roofs of two Morgan Av- her hand while she was making passed out, took his cellphone bedroom. enue businesses after dark on a call on Meserole Street on and $20 and left him in the

The suspect ran off when he Oct. 14 and walked off with al- Oct. 15. The 25-year-old stairwell. Paper The Brooklyn realized his victim was at home, most $20,000 for the night’s woman said she was between When he regained con- The new home of Galapagos Art Space, on Main Street in DUMBO, will be green. but the son saw him and later work. Humboldt Street and Bushwick sciousness about an hour later, identified him to police, who Cops say the suspect took Avenue when the thief struck. he walked to Woodhull Hospi- arrested him the same day. one business for $500. But the She gave only a vague descrip- tal, where he stayed overnight. An emergency medical tech- burglar hit the jackpot at the tion of the two robbers. He reported the robbery the nician was called to calm down second store, between Meserole Stolen cycle next day. Galapagos’s Great Green Way the old lady. and Scholes streets, where he A couple of thieves with an Chain gang got $19,200 from the safe. appreciation for German engi- By Adam F. Hutton Recycled rainwater will flush through the “In Williamsburg, we’ve had to add A 21-year-old McKibbin Powers that be neering stole a BMW motorcy- The Brooklyn Paper building’s toilets and flow through its sinks commercial programming, like DJs and Court man was robbed at gun- A burglar made off with cle that had been parked on (though drinking water, fortunately, will still bands that play until 2 am, just to sustain point on the corner of Bush- more than $4,000 in jewelry Boerum Street between Man- Galapagos Art Space — that hipster come from city pipes). And the roof itself ourselves,” Galapagos Director Robert wick Avenue and Seigel Street from a Powers Street apartment hattan and Graham Avenues on haven on North Sixth Street that has been will be transformed into an urban meadow Elmes told The Brooklyn Paper. on his way home from the sub- on Oct. 15, cops said. Oct. 15. Williamsburg’s home to outsider perform- with trees, local grasses and flowers. “By building a green and energy-effi- way on Oct. 15. The 42-year-old victim dis- The 34-year-old victim, a tat- ance art since 2003 — is moving to More than 50 Brooklyn projects — includ- cient building, we can produce more of the The victim told police he had covered the robbery at 7 pm, too artist, told police he parked DUMBO next year, and when it does, it’s ing 15 buildings in the Atlantic Yards project kind of non-commercial work that other- just gotten off the L train at the when she returned to the build- his $10,000 bike at 2 pm and it going green. — have registered for the Green Building wise wouldn’t be able to find a home in Montrose Avenue stop at ing, which is between Hum- was gone when he returned at BIG TURKEY! P. 1 1 Its new location on Main Street will be Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environ- New York City because we’ll be saving so around 1:15 am and had walked boldt Street and Bushwick Av- 5:45 pm. the first performing arts space in the nation mental Design certification, including a much on our energy costs.” recognized by the Green Building Council planned 358-unit, market-rate apartment Elmes said the art space started looking for its energy efficient, environmental building at 184 Kent Ave. in Williamsburg and for new digs earlier this year. Before they friendly design. the NYPD impound lot at the Navy Yard. found a spot at 16 Main St., just down the Natural gas will power the spotlights, the Going green will save on the space’s en- block from St. Ann’s Warehouse and pow- sound system and the rest of the electrical ap- ergy costs, reduce its impact on the envi- erHouse arena, they were ready to quit the pliances in the building. That means it will be ronment and allow it to produce more of city — and the country — altogether. off the city’s electrical grid entirely (though the work Galapagos has become famous “We were half-packed to go to Berlin,” fossil fuel, albeit the cleaner-burning natural for, like a ukulele quartet, a hula-hoop bur- Elmes told The Brooklyn Paper. “We didn’t gas, will still be used). lesque show, and unusual puppeteers. see how we could survive in New York.” It’s Hollywood magic! Movie crew tosses dough around Brooklyn By Adam F. Hutton The Brooklyn Paper Who said Hollywood types are heartless: after turning Brooklyn Heights into their own back lot, the Coen Brothers have started spreading some major green throughout the neighborhood. “This is our way of giving back, so that people understand that we’re not taking advantage,” said Amanda Foley, location manager for Ethan and Joel Coen’s mystery, “Burn After Reading,” which brought George Cloo- ney, Brad Pitt, John Malkovich, Frances Mc- Dormand and other stars to Clark, Hicks and State streets. The Brooklyn Heights Association got the biggest hunk of largesse, taking in $10,000 from the big-screen brothers. “When movies and film crews come to Brooklyn Heights they don’t always reach out to us, so it was nice that ‘Burn After Reading’ came to us first. We’re grateful for their generous gift,” said Brooklyn Heights Association Executive Director Judy Stanton. Stanton said the board might decide to use a portion of the gift to expand and update its guide to the Brooklyn Heights Historic District. Other beneficiaries of the Coen Brothers’ generosity include the HOPE Program, a Smith Street charity that helps disadvantaged and chronically unemployed people find jobs / Anne Smyth (which got $2,000); the St. Francis College scholarship fund ($1,000); PS 8 ($1,000); and the State Street Block Association ($1,000). Foley said the production also wanted to

send $1,000 to Community Board 2, but the Paper The Brooklyn board would rather pass that along to a deserv- One man’s set is another neighborhood’s block. But now the Coen Brothers ing charity — so they’re trying to decide who are paying local groups for the privilege of turning Brooklyn Heights into a will get their gift. backlot. Answers to neighborhood quiz:

1) b 3) c 5) a 7) a 9) b 11) a 13) b 15) c 17) a 19) b 21) b 23) c 2) a 4) d 6) d 8) d 10) c 12) b 14) b 16) a 18) b 20) c 22) b 24) c 25) b Key: If you got: 0–5 questions correct: Go back to art school, you 16–20 questions correct: You belong on the community wannabe. board. 6–10 questions correct: You probably think Peter Luger’s is kosher. 20–25 questions correct: You don’t need our congratula- 11–15 questions correct: Your neighbors will start saying tions. You’re probably already the mayor of some Green- hello to you in a year or two. point or Williamsburg block October 20, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 9 Game over: Park Slope is B’klyn’s best nabe By Adam F. Hutton pointed to Park Slope as a great “I hope the APA comes back next who had been in the neighborhood NPR-listening ultraliberals who are The Brooklyn Paper place to live and work. year and takes a closer look at Fort for one day when he decided that all willing to get into a war over a gen- Of course, awards always wind up Greene,” Hegewisch said. those breeders have ruined the Tea der pronoun. But deep down, is there Take that, Slope-haters: for the tasting a bit like sour grapes for the The association should visit The Lounge, which he described as his any other place you can imagine be- second time in as many years, the contenders who don’t win them. Smoke Joint on South Elliott Place “Beautiful new café-ofﬁce.” ing an adult in this city? The only neighborhood you love to hate has Community leaders in other for some barbecue then bop over to • Gothamist gave plenty of space reason left to hate Park Slope is that been named one of the best in the Brooklyn neighborhoods were gra- Frank’s Lounge for some live jazz, to a woman whose “beef” with Park you’re jealous of the people who can country. cious when discussing Park Slope’s and head over to Cake Man Raven’s Slope seemed limited to her concern afford to live there.” Like it or not, the American Plan- honor with The Brooklyn Paper. But for dessert, she said. They might also that members of the neighborhood’s • Curbed.com gleefully recounted ning Association honored Park Slope they were also eager to describe why consider Fort Greene’s great schools members-only food co-op are “cut a story “from the land of the upscale for its greatness two weeks ago and the quality of life in their neighbor- like Brooklyn Tech and The Brook- off” from “the truly urban experience stroller” involving a mother who got Natural Home magazine named it hoods deserves recognition as well. lyn Music and Arts Program, of going to the deli.” cut off by a car and then hurled a can one of America’s 10 best neighbor- “I think Park Slope is wonderful, Hegewisch added. Fort Greene’s cul- • Gawker, a bastion of Slope-hat- of beans at its rear window. hoods last year. but Clinton Hill is fantastic, too,” tural institutions like BAM and the ing, recently puzzled over why locals “So, were they organic vegetarian “Park Slope is a testament to the said Sharon Barnes, chair of the Museum of Contemporary African weren’t thrilled with the idea of more beans from the Food Co-op?” Curbed value of economic, architectural and landmarks committee for the Society Diasporian Arts also can’t be over- condos in the neighborhood, even if commented. cultural diversity,” said APA Execu- for Clinton Hill. “We have a strong looked, she said. they will replace a former hot sheet There it was, the tired old canard tive Director Paul Farmer. representation of artists, writers and But no matter how many national hotel. “Can’t figure these Slopers linking organic food and elitism, said The APA identified the cream of entrepreneurs that gives us an atmos- magazines and associations point out out,” the Web site whined. “Neigh- Roslyn Huebener who has been sell- the crop by using criteria including phere of creativity. the superiority of the Slope over oth- borhood hookers trigger nostalgia?” ing real estate for 20 years. Ferri

“architectural features, accessibility, “We have gorgeous brownstones, er neighborhoods, there will always • In another Gawker post titled, m “Blogs are snarky, hateful and

functionality, and community in- fantastic stand-alone mansions and be critics who aren’t as kind. In fact, “Why Hating Park Slope Just Makes / Sa cruel just because they can be. Park volvement.” Natural Living looked some wonderful industrial buildings the more honors it receives, the more Us Look Bad,” one writer confessed Slopers are just carving out the best at indicators such as parks, farmers that are architecturally interesting.” haters it attracts. Examples include: that the obsession is really rooted in lifestyles they can for themselves. markets, community gardens, access Fort Greene ain’t chopped liver • The Brooklyn Rail recently ran a jealousy. “Brownstone Brooklyn is I’ve never seen a smug parent com- to mass transit, locally owned busi- either said Ursula Hegewisch, chair column, “Invasion of the Stroller- pretentious and prohibitively expen- ing out of the health-food store on

nesses and liberal activism when it of the Fort Greene Association. Fiends,” by a former Manhattanite sive and full of self-righteous smug Paper The Brooklyn Seventh Avenue.”

FEEDBACK America speaks: Graffiti Girl proves NY stinks The Brooklyn Paper received more e-mails and comments regarding its front page dealt with appropriately by the authorities, no story on 6-year-old “graffiti” vandal Natalie Shea (left) than on any story in its 29-year matter the age of the offender. Children like history (“New face of vandalism,” Oct. 13). True, the ease of Internet communication her need to learn a lesson about common de- Delivery Opt out and the nature of modern blogging played a role, but there’s no question that Shea’s cency and not to mar our sidewalks with un- Every week, we deliver copies of The story touched people in ways in which they are not usually touched. Here’s a sampling: sightly drawings and child’s games. This is no Brooklyn Paper to homes in designated different than not cleaning up after one’s dog! neighborhoods. Our unique system limits To the editor, on a windy day. Homeland Security and the police are deliveries to just a few papers per building OK, this is retarded. Calling the cops just Here is a case of some family deciding the busy enough dealing with terrorist threats (eliminating the kind of clutter caused by circular and menu delivery services). We because she was drawing on the sidewalk 6-year-old needed an early start with the me- without having to deal with out-of-control hope everyone appreciates our free home with chalk is retarded and those people dia. Next week, it will be the same child in a teens! Lara Kawchinski delivery, but realize that there will be ex- need to grow up! detention center and the next year in jail. ceptions. So, if you’ve received The Paper To the editor, The neighbors should be minding their Give us a break you creeps! Richard W at home and no longer want this free ser- own business. If drawing on the sidewalk The neighbor who called in Natalie’s vice, we’ve made it easy for you to “opt was a crime, the the company should have To the editor, “crime” is the Wicked Witch of the East! out” of home delivery. You can also report any delivery problem (including missed de- never made the chalk. I would LOVE to send this little girl a That’s about the only person who would be huge bucket of chalk, with every color they livery, or too many papers being delivered). Sarah Loeffler, Stafford, England bothered by that kind of art! Jenny Bea, Fairfield, Conn. To “opt out,” please go to: make! Natalie’s neighbors should rise up against www.BrooklynPaper.com/about/opt-out/ To the editor, the person who made the call to 311. If I lived (We will do our best to honor your request Are you freakin’ kidding us? Please say To the editor, I’ve listened to Editor Gersh Kuntzman on on the block, I would report them for every- within two weeks.) you’re kidding, right? What’s next? Ticket- thing until they got the message! For other home delivery problems, go to: ing a little innocent girl or boy for not doing the BBC a few times in the past and I do hope BrooklynPaper.com/about/problems/ he’ll bring up the case of the 6-year old graffi- Kids have it tough enough in today’s his or her chores on time? That’s it — let’s world and these kids should be encouraged all give up. Throw in the towel. We are now ti artist next time he’s on Radio Five’s “New York Hour” (“New face of vandalism,” Oct. to continue their creative activities. fully prepared for ripping up our once val- Let’s channel our energy toward things in 13). We have equally stupid laws over here, Send a letter ued Constitution to live free without preju- our neighborhoods that really matter! The com- too. Tony Draper, Liverpool dice in this once great country, and bow to plainant needs to get a life and stop the petti- By e-mail: [email protected] the New World. Web comment: ness! Larry Kalteich, Battle Ground, WA By mail: Letters, The Brooklyn Paper, God bless America. I think a ton of people should go to the 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201. Web comment: Ken Walker, Northern California neighborhood with chalk and make pretty By fax: (718) 834-9278. People care too much about the letter of drawings. See that neighbor’s face when All letters must be signed and include / Julie Rosenberg Web comment: the law and not its spirit. Anyone with com- everyone is doing it. It washes away with a the writer’s home address and phone How disgusting. Juvenile names usually mon sense can see that the girl is doing no little water. So ban together and start draw- number (only the writer’s name and don’t appear in the paper unless it is desired wrong. If I were the girl’s parents, I would ing. PropHet neighborhood are published with the let- by a parent. You newspaper people and the just throw that notice in the trash and if the ter). Letters may be edited and will not people you promote (tart stars) are pathetic Web comment: city tried to make a stink about it, tell them be returned. The earlier in the week you

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn and more transparent than Windex on glass This absolutely is graffiti and should be to shove it. Andrew send your letter, the better. LETTERS The best lung care is only a breath away. GAPco leader demands: Take me to your editor! To the editor, those working for or doing business with the That move eliminated NYU’s deficits, The Grand Army Plaza Coalition is city? but also eliminated the word “Brooklyn” pleased that The Brooklyn Paper recognizes The appearance of a conflict of interest is from Poly’s name. both the significance of the city’s ongoing obvious. How ironic that in 2007, NYU seeks to modifications to Grand Army Plaza, and Log on to the Web site of the Campaign re-acquire the Engineering School it sent also GAPCo’s contributions to the conver- Finance Board (it’s www.nyccfb.info). The packing to Brooklyn in 1973. sation (“Island paradise,” Oct. 6). The arti- contributors and campaign expenditures for Carlton Gordon, Downtown cle was well reported, entertainingly writ- Quinn, and her term-limited colleagues run- ten, and a contribution to the public’s ning for higher office in 2009 will illustrate awareness of the pertinent issues. However, who is making investments today in return Cat lover in order to keep the record straight, we feel for future favors at taxpayers’ expense to- To the editor, compelled to offer a few corrections: morrow. Larry Penner, Great Neck A feral cat is unsocialized and generally GAPCo (an umbrella organization avoids human contact. Pet cats who are forced for community stakeholders, neighborhood to fend for themselves because they are aban- groups and local institutions focused on im- NY-Youse doned or accidentally lost can become feral. If proving the public experience of the Plaza) To the editor, outdoor cats are not sterilized, more feral kit- is not dictating any one vision or set of so- Your recent report that New York Uni- tens are born and the cycles continue. lutions. Rather, GAPCo is a facilitating an versity may seek a merger with Polytechnic In your story (“It’s a catfight! Prospect ongoing, iterative discussion whereby the (“NYU eyes Brooklyn,” Aug. 18) recalls a Heights kitties caught, left in Queens,” Sept. stakeholders can create a consensus vision bit of forgotten history. In addition to the 29), the Ponds did the right thing by having for a Plaza that works better for all users — well-known Washington Square location of the four kittens trapped, neutered, and re- pedestrians, motorists and cyclists. We have NYU, the school also had a University turned to their outdoor home. But now that not endorsed any of the specific changes Heights campus in the West Bronx from the cats have been removed, a vacuum has mentioned, although each of them is cer- 1898 to 1973. been created and new, unsterilized, cats can tainly “on the table.” That campus contained the University easily move in and begin breeding. We did think your characterization of De- College of Arts and Sciences and the School Trap-Neuter-Return is a comprehensive partment of Transportation Downtown Brook- of Engineering, both full, four-year colleges. community plan where entire feral cat lyn Coordinator Chris Hrones’s role in this In the 1960s, NYU decided to take advan- colonies are humanely trapped, vaccinated, process was glib and unfair. Hrones is a tage of that era’s engineering boom by greatly and neutered by veterinarians. Socialized Prospect Heights resident and professional ur- expanding the Engineering School. But that kittens and cats who can be adopted are ban planner. Prior to accepting his job at DOT, school suffered massive losses when that placed in good homes. The feral cats are he lent his expertise to GAPCo, conducting boom went bust — and as a result, NYU as a then returned to their familiar habitat to live “I choose New York Methodist” our 2006 walk-through and writing the subse- whole had deficits in the millions. under the watchful care of volunteers. quent report on the numerous problems and In 1971, NYU put the University Heights For information on starting a nonlethal opportunities for improvement. This hardly campus on the block, selling it to City Uni- feline management program, visit: Arthur Sung, M.D., Director of Interventional Pulmonology makes him “radical” or an “agitator”; rather versity as a home for Bronx Community www.alleycat.org. we find him a model citizen and public servant College. In 1974, the NYU School of Engi- Elizabeth Parowski , Bethesda, MD committed to the betterment of his communi- neering merged with what was then called The writer is program manager of “Our Institute for Asthma and Lung Disease offers comprehensive ty. We would hate to think that your dramati- “Brooklyn Polytechnic.” Alley Cat Allies. care and a variety of treatments for all lung and breathing disorders, zation of his role might bring his integrity into question. including asthma, sleep disorders, coughing, and more. Plus we're As always, any information on GAPCo the only hospital in Brooklyn offering the most advanced minimally can found at GrandArmyPlaza.org. The letter was signed by GAPco Coordinator invasive care for managing lung cancer. If you’ve been living with a Rob Witherwax and steering committee persistent cough or shortness of breath, our lung specialists will members Michael Cairl and Aaron Naparstek Is your editor an idiot? help find the right treatment for you.” To the editor, Your editorial about the Atlantic Yards case was wrong (“A’Yards case is strong,” Pay to play Oct. 13). To find the doctor that’s best for you, call To the editor, Of course, plaintiff’s lawyer Matthew Brinckheroff did not “reargue” Kelo, as you 718-499-CARE Your recent article about the port put it. As we now know, the scenario in the Kelo case was exactly the same as At- or visit nym.org. shenanigans in Red Hook is nothing new lantic Yards: the developer approached government, and suggested the “redevelop- (“Money muddies port support,” Oct. 13). ment.” Past reports released by the Campaign Fi- I discuss this revelation in my book, “The Eminent Domain Revolt: Changing Per- nance Board should be must reading for all ceptions in a New Constitutional Epoch” (Algora, 2006). intelligent voters. The reports document the Actually, it’s clear that everyone on the Supreme Court knew [New London’s ar- relationship between campaign contributors gument] was a lie and a scam. So why didn’t the Institute for Justice press it at the tri- and candidates running for office. al level? Because they’re a right-wing, crypto-fascist organization and didn’t do their Independent government observers know homework when Kelo was at the trial stage. THE FINEST PHYSICIANS... there is a political quid pro quo expected by So your conclusion — namely, that “New London did not take the private property those who represent various special interest to benefit the private developer who would build the Pfizer plant; indeed, the identity THE FINEST HEALTH CARE. groups in exchange for campaign donations. of the developer was determined only after a proper bidding process” — is simply not This is known as “pay for play” around City true at all. 506 Sixth Street, Park Slope, Brooklyn Hall. How can Council Speaker Christine Whoever wrote that editorial is a complete uninformed idiot. Quinn — or any other 2009 citywide candi- Member John Ryskamp NewYork-Presbyterian Healthcare System date — represent the interest of taxpayers Editor’s note: We differ with Ryskamp’s reading of the case. when accepting campaign contributions from Affiliate: Weill Medical College of Cornell University 10 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 October 20, 2007 Travel to the Hamptons and Long Island’s Wine Country with Hampton Jitney

To East End* (Eastbound) Brooklyn Service Eastbound Pick-up Locations: 1 Trip on 1) 4th Ave. @ 9th St. - East side of 4th between 8th and MONTAUK LINEFri NORTH Fri Fridays ¬ 9th Streets at the M, R & F subway station entrance in front of the READ DOWN PMFORK LINE PM AM LIGHT PM BOLD Only Only Church of St. Thomas Aquinas. ‘HISTORY’ REWRITES ITSELF Park Slope - 4th Avenue & 9th Street 5:30 Park Slope 5:30 2) 4th Ave. @ Union St. - East side of 4th between Sackett and Union at the M, R & F Park Slope - 4th Avenue & Union Street 5:35 Park Slope 5:35 subway station entrance in front of Maria’s Mexican Bistro, 209 4th Ave. across from the Hess gas station.

DEPARTING Boerum Hill - Atlantic Avenue & 3rd Avenue 5:45 Boerum Hill 5:45 B. Heights -Tillary St. between 6:00 B. Heights 6:00 3) Atlantic Ave. @ 3rd Ave. - North side of Atlantic at bus stop. On Wikipedia, DeBlasio’s bio keeps changing Cadman Plaza East & West 4) Tillary St. - Between Cadman Plaza East & West at H.J. sign near bus shelter. Manorville 7:50 Tanger Outlet 8:00 Brooklyn Service Westbound Drop-off Locations: 1 Trip on 1) Cadman Plaza @ Clark St. - Bus stop shelter west side Southampton 8:15 Riverhead 8:05 Sundays Who’s changing it, on hot-button issues. But unlike paragraph is not part of DeBla- oper and will have a detrimen- Water Mill 8:20 Aquebogue 8:10 of street (Subway). 2) Court St. @ Joralemon St. - At bus stop west side of street (Subway). the memory holes of Orwell’s sio’s entry. tal impact upon the neighbor- Bridgehampton 8:30 Jamesport 8:15 and why does Bill Wainscott 8:35 Laurel 8:20 3) Union St. @ 4th Ave. - At bus stop south side of street. dystopia, Wikipedia edits leave A spokesman for the city De- hood” — was politically purged East Hampton 8:45 Mattituck 8:25 4) Prospect Park West & 2nd St. - At bus stop across from park entrance. DeBlasio even have a “paper” trail, making it possi- partment of Information Tech- to become, “DeBlasio is a sup- RRIVING 5) 9th St. & 4th Ave. - Bus stop in front of St. Thomas Aquinas Church (249 9th Street.) A Amagansett 8:55 Cutchogue 8:35 ble to view a record of all nology and Telecommunication 6) Tillary St. - Between Cadman Plaza East & West at H.J. sign near bus shelter. porter of the generally popular Napeague 9:10 Peconic 8:40 a Wikipedia page? changes made to any listing. said the agency could not easily Montauk 9:15 Southold 8:45 * On select trips, passengers may be required to transfer in Manorville. Atlantic Yards development, The most-recent changes, determine which city computer Greenport 8:55 By Mike McLaughlin which is a major mixed-income first reported on the blog, Par- system — whose IP address is housing, retail, office and sports To Brooklyn* (Westbound) Need a Place to Stay? The Brooklyn Paper don Me For Asking, have in- recorded whenever edits are complex.” (See box.) MONTAUK LINE Fri Sun NORTH Sun For information on lodging and places ¬ It’s Wiki-history! volved the insertion and dele- made — is being used to alter Another time, the person at READ DOWN PM PM FORK LINE PM to visit contact the North Fork AM LIGHT PM BOLD Only Only Only Promotion Council (northfork.org) or An online encyclopedia list- tion of a paragraph about DeBlasio’s Wikipedia page be- the city computer added this Greenport 5:40 the Southampton Chamber of Commerce ing for a Brooklyn councilman whether DeBlasio is in tune cause so many individual com- anti-DeBlasio sentence: “He is Montauk — 5:00 Southold 5:50 (southamptonchamber.com). with his constituents. puters have the same IP address. Napeague — 5:05 Peconic 5:55 is being repeatedly edited by a a highly controversial figure, Amagansett — 5:20 Cutchogue 6:00 city employee to emphasize One version began: “DeBlasio But this much is clear: Seven known for his alliances with East Hampton — 5:30 Mattituck 6:05 (and hide) the councilman’s po- has recently been criticized by his times between June 28 and July anti-development and NIMBY EPARTING Wainscott — 5:40 Laurel 6:10 D sition on two controversial de- constituents for his continued 2, that same city computer sys- homeowners and has been ac- Bridgehampton — 5:50 Jamesport 6:15 velopment projects. support of large scale real-estate tem changed DeBlasio’s page Water Mill — 6:05 Aquebogue 6:20 Councilman Bill DeBlasio cused of grandstanding on de- Southampton 2:00 6:15 Riverhead 6:25 In a twist reminiscent of the projects being built in Brooklyn. — sometimes to burnish his im- velopment issues.” The back- Manorville — 6:40 Tanger Outlet 6:30 memory hole in “1984,” some- Despite widespread opposition by age, other times to diminish it. and-forth from the same city although one culprit is known to B. Heights - Cadman Pl. & Clark St. 4:10 8:30 B. Heights 8:30 631-283-4600 one is tailoring Councilman Bill neighborhood groups, DeBlasio The most-recent edit from computer indicates that more B. Heights - Tillary St. ——B. Heights — DeBlasio’s entry in the online be working from a city govern- continues to promote unpopular the city computer was a pro-De- B. Heights - Court St. & Joralemon St. 4:15 8:35 B. Heights 8:35 212-362-8400 ment Internet connection. than one person may be logging Park Slope - Union St. & 4th Ave. 4:25 8:45 Park Slope 8:45 encyclopedia Wikipedia for po- developments that are excessive Blasio change: The original on to flog and praise DeBlasio.

ARRIVING Like most other members of Park Slope - Prospect Park W. & 2nd St. 4:30 8:50 Park Slope 8:50 litical purposes. But who’s doing in size and not in the context of paragraph — “DeBlasio is also Wiki-wars flare up frequent- Park Slope - 9th St. & 4th Ave. 4:35 8:55 Park Slope 8:55 www.hamptonjitney.com it? It’s almost impossible to say, the Council, DeBlasio (D–Park the surrounding neighborhoods.” a supporter of the generally un- Slope) has a page on Wikipedia, ly. Earlier this year, Capitol Hill On several occasions, the popular Atlantic Yards develop- staffers were found to be ma- the popular encyclopedia that paragraph — and others like it ment, which critics contend will allows anyone — whether he or nipulating Wikipedia entries for — have been edited out, and be excessive in size, provide members of Congress. she has expertise or not — to then restored. Currently, the major tax subsidies to the devel- create and edit articles. And two years ago, a The strength of the system is Wikipedia hoaxer posted that in its numbers. Unlike a stan- journalist John Seigenthaler dard encyclopedia, Wikipedia was involved in the assassina- has hundreds of thousands of tion of John F. Kennedy. The writers and editors. Its founder Wiki war wages error was quickly fixed (and claims that those sheer numbers It’s easy to change history by editing someone’s Wikipedia now the whole affair has its Why isn’t Congress make it impossible for mistakes page. Here’s how someone has altering reality by changing own Wikipedia page!). For now, at least, the DeBla- to last very long before some- Councilman Bill DeBlasio’s Wikipedia entry. moving to secure one finds the error and tosses it sio camp says it is not con- down the memory hole. BEFORE AFTER cerned by what appears on Wikipedia. Since June, numerous revi- “DeBlasio is also a support- “DeBlasio is a supporter of our borders? sions have been made to De- “Anyone who is an intelligent er of the generally unpopu- the generally popular At- persons knows that Wikipedia is Blasio’s entry regarding his po- lar Atlantic Yards develop- lantic Yards development, sition on Atlantic Yards and the not reliable because anyone can go ment, which critics contend which is a major mixed-in- on to say anything about anyone,” coming Trader Joe’s supermar- will be excessive in size, come housing, retail, office ket at the corner of Atlantic Av- said Jean Weinberg, DeBlasio’s provide major tax subsidies and sports complex.” press secretary. “That’s OK. It’s a enue and Court Street. to the developer and will President In fact, DeBlasio’s Wikipe- public page. But they’re not facts.” Mike Ricatto have a detrimental impact dia page has been in a near con- Weinberg also denies that upon the neighborhood.” BetterLeadershipAmerica.org stant state of flux, with several Source: Wikipedia anyone working in DeBlasio’s people taking aim at his stance office made the edits. ADVERTISER RESULTS PROVE Cake Man OUR YELLOW PAGES DELIVER is bakin’ MAJOR RETURN ON INVESTMENT good in NEW the ’hood

By Gersh Kuntzman in Fort Greene to check on the The Brooklyn Paper quality of his product. NASSAU That location is directly One of Brooklyn’s celebrity across the street from Junior’s, bakers will soon start selling which Applebee’s has been bat- his beloved red velvet cake at tling for years. Signing Raven, DIRECTORIES your local Applebee’s, a chain said Apple-Metro CEO Zane restaurant most famous for its Tankel, supercharges the rivalry. riblets. “From now on, “ he Cake Man Raven, said, “people won’t OUT who has been riding a just be flocking to wave of fame ever since downtown Brook- he created a huge red vel- lyn for cheese- vet cake shaped like cake.” THIS SUMMER Borough Hall to com- Raven has owned memorate Marty his own store since Markowitz’s first relocating from Har- inauguration lem in 2000, but it in 2002, has was that inaugural inked a deal cake that made his with Apple- reputation. Since Metro, then, he has which oper- shipped cakes ates 25 Ap- all over the plebee’s, globe and two Chevy’s served his Fresh Mex confections at restaurants the Grammy and a Za- Awards, the ES- naro’s Italian PYs, and the Rock restaurant in the New York area. and Roll Hall of Fame. But don’t call it a sell-out for He said the deal with Apple- Cake Man, also known as Raven Metro would allow him to ex- Patrick De Sean Dennis III. pand his operation from 10 full- “Nothing will be different time employees to 30. between these cakes at Apple- “This is what we have to do bee’s and the cakes I sell at my to go to the next level,” he said. store” at 708 Fulton St. in Fort Of course, the food world is Greene, Raven assured The littered with the soiled toques of Brooklyn Paper this week, chefs who tried to go to the next hours before he was set to fly to level too quickly (Soup Nazi, Trinidad to bake a red velvet anyone?). cake for a politician there. But Raven said his cakes “This won’t be a frozen would not decline in quality be- BROOKLYN EDITION product. It won’t be manufac- cause he is contractually obli- tured at the Applebee’s restau- gated to remain hands-on. rant. It will be from our bakery “I’m going to train all the in East New York.” waiters and waitresses to know A spokesman for Apple- that the cake can’t be served if CLOSING Metro added that Raven will be it’s too dry,” he added. “The making “frequent personal, in- whole goal is to maintain the store visits” at the Applebee’s at quality.” SOON! Flatbush and DeKalb avenues And take on Junior’s. Featuring: Japanese, Chinese, and Thai

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EVENT Grave rave As a kid, I tried to hold my breath whenever we drove past Green-wood Cemetery. Doing so, in combination with crossing my fingers and hoisting my feet off of the floor, was supposed to keep any lingering ghosts from being able to attack me. I never quite outgrew the habit. So, when I heard about Green-wood’s Halloween tours, I was already frightened. “It’s fundamentally a historic tour,” said tour guide Jeff Rich- man. “But we do have murders and mayhem and things that pertain (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings October 20, 2007 to Halloween.” Over the course of the two-and-a-half-hour tour, there are plenty of spooky spots. Richman will take visitors to see / Gregory P. Mango P. / Gregory Mabel Douglass, known as “the petrified woman” because her corpse was preserved in Lake Placid until it was

y p Paper file The Brooklyn found 25 years after her Mind our tem eh death, as well as the famous Fox family, whose daughters tricked the world with their tales of spirits and communication V-Spot sibs hope boro-wide celebration appeals to veggie virgins from beyond the grave. And if the above ground action isn’t enough for By Tina Barry you, Richman leads his groups into the cemetery’s for The Brooklyn Paper DINING catacombs, an underground chamber where 30 families are buried. arnivores be advised: October is “World For a complete list of restaurants partici- Richman said that while it might sound scary, pating in the “First Annual Vegetarian Restau- Vegetarian Month.” To celebrate the veg- rant Week,” Oct. 21-27, call (347) 241-5058 or he’s never experienced anything out of the ordinary etarian and vegan lifestyle, “Brooklyn visit www.brooklyngoesveg.com. at the cemetery. But beware — there’s always a C The V-Spot Cafe (156 Fifth Ave., between Goes Veg!” is sponsoring a month-long series first time. Douglass and DeGraw streets, in Park Slope) of raffles, talks and the “First Annual Vegetari- accepts American Express, MasterCard and “Halloween at Green-wood” begins at 1 pm an Restaurant Week,” Visa. Entrees: $14-$18. The cafe’s “restaurant on Oct. 27 and 28 at Green-wood Cemetery (en- week” offer is a three-course $28 prix-fixe Oct. 21-27. menu. V-Spot serves dinner on Monday ter on Fifth Avenue at 25th Street in Greenwood Participating in the evenings and is open 11 am-10 pm Tuesday Heights). Admission is $20. For information, call weeklong affair are eight BKLYN VEGETARIAN through Sunday. Brunch is available on week- (718) 768-7300 or visit www.green-wood.com. ends, 11 am-4 pm. Subway: R to Union Street. eateries throughout the www.thevspotcafe.com. For more information, — Adam Rathe borough that specialize in SPECIAL call (718) 622-2275. meatless fare, including Veggie dining listings: p.12 Park Slope’s The V-Spot. Q&A with Brooklyn Vegan: p.13 V-Spot, which claims “There’s no meat products on the menu at to be the Slope’s only ve- all,” said Alex. What diners will find on the ART gan restaurant, kicked off the “First Annual roundup is a variety of soy and wheat-based Vegetarian Restaurant Week” on Thursday ingredients meant more to resemble than with a raffle and giveaway of 100 free meals. mimic the real thing. From Oct. 21-27, V-Spot’s owners, brothers “We can’t really make the ingredients Alex and Dan Carabano, are offering a three- taste like meat, but we can offer meals with course, $28 prix-fixe dinner that includes an plenty of flavor and texture that will satisfy appetizer, entree, dessert and non-alcoholic our customers,” said Alex. A small selection beverage. of mostly organic wines from international “Anything that promotes vegetarians and / Daniel Krieger vineyards is available to complement the vegans is something I want to be a part of,” cuisine. said Dan. Order a “chicken cutlet” for instance, and “Brooklyn Goes Veg!” is a project of Hol- the cafe’s cooks, working from the brothers’ Go Gowanus Life Industries, founded by Melissa Haile, a and a few of their Colombian-born father’s Bedford-Stuyvesant-based holistic health Paper The Brooklyn recipes, will blend ground tempeh (ferment- The Gowanus Canal is home to a whole lot more counselor who “helps people trying to make Where’s the beef?: As part of the First Annual Vegetarian Restaurant Week, V-Spot ed soybean cake) with lentils, black beans, that just its famous green sludge. Next weekend, the transition from meat-eating to a plant-based co-owner Dan Carabano invites the borough to enjoy a three-course, $28 prix-fixe carrots and peas. The cutlet is then seasoned over 140 visual artists who work in the area sur- diet,” according to the organization’s Web site. dinner at his Park Slope restaurant. with a mix of “secret” herbs and spices and rounding the canal will be showcasing their ceram- Its purpose is to “promote and increase aware- then grilled. The smoky taste of the grill and ics, paintings, sculptures, clothing, jewelry and ness of plant-based diets for healthier living.” 2006. Neither had restaurant experience, but the area for a meal. We realized there was no toppings such as guacamole and grilled red more in the 11th annual Gowanus Artists Studio The V-Spot proprietors also enjoy extolling hunger drove them to open V-Spot. place catering just to vegetarians or vegans in peppers may not please a hard-core carni- Tour (AGAST). the virtues of vegetarianism. The Sunset Park “We really like the neighborhood and en- Park Slope,” said Alex, who became a vege- vore, but anyone with a little flexibility The up-and-coming nabe has plenty to crow siblings have been changing the minds of veg- joy eating here, but Dan [a vegan for six tarian two years ago. would be happy. about. There are more artists participating than ever curious diners since their opening in July years] had a hard time finding restaurants in “Our goal is to break negative stereotypes Who frequents the place? Alex described before and, accord- the public may have about vegan cuisine,” he his clientele as “a young crowd, hipsters with ing to AGAST Pres- added. lots of tattoos who are really nice people.” ident David Lantow, Their first swing at demolishing the hemp- Among them are those who adhere to a strict- their work is some curtained vegan restaurant stereotype: create ly vegan diet, vegetarians and meat-eaters. of the tour’s best an environment that is as comfortably so- “Veganism can be a little extreme for ever. phisticated as any bistro along Fifth Avenue. some people,” Alex said of those who seek “More and more The brothers placed expansive windows in to exclude the use of animal-derived prod- artists are moving to the front of the dining room; the tables are ucts from food and clothing. “But we’re see- this area. They’re y dark wood; and the brick walls, where ing more diners in the Slope looking for moving from [neigh- Never sa diet painter Martine Silva’s abstract canvases healthy options.” borhoods such as] hang, serve as a gallery for local artists. The brothers hope that “World Vegetarian DUMBO at this At first glance, the cafe’s menu reads like Month” and “Brooklyn Goes Veg!” will en- point,” said Lantow. Writer attempts to shed pounds & detox that of any casual bistro with “Buffalo chick- tice people who have shied away from veg- “One thing the tour en,” “burgers” and a “BLT club”; however, an cooking to stop in for a meal. does is give a com- with star advisor’s cleansing liquid diet anything on the roundup that sounds like Said Alex, “When diners give our food a munity feel; you’re meat isn’t. try, they’re surprised and impressed.” not just an individ- By Jessica Grose svelte celebs like Tom Cruise, ual working alone in a studio. And this is a more for The Brooklyn Paper Nicole Kidman and Drew Bar- mature group of artists, meaning that the work is a rymore. wheat meat” by insiders, seitan is made from the gluten few notches up from many tours.” efore raw foods guru Jill At 5-foot-7 and 128 pounds, found in wheat dough. It’s known for its firm texture Artists — including Tamara Thomsen, whose “A Pettijohn opened her latest I’m not desperate to lose Coming to terms and as one of the only soy-free meat replacements. Ruched Life” (pictured in inset), is made of pil- vegan cafe a block away weight. For the most part, I’ve Soy: These days you can get just about anything lows, and Lantow himself (his “UL4” is at top) — B Vegetarian dining has evolved way beyond derived from the soybean including milk, yogurt, from my apartment on Court come to terms with my not- tofu, but really, how many of us even under- burgers and chicken nuggets. The following are a few will open their studios to an expected crowd of Street in Cobble Hill, I had al- size-zero frame. stand what that is? To help you decode the lin- of soy’s offspring that you might sink your teeth into: 3,000 visitors. ready heard about the transfor- But a small part of me wants go, we’ve assembled some key terms. Tempeh: [pronounced TEM-peh] Known for its nutty In hopes of drawing more, AGAST will offer mative powers of her five day to get back to the 10 months flavor, high protein content and nougat-like texture. prizes like dinners at local restaurants and art to Gluten: [pronounced GLEW-tin] A protein found in “nutritional cleanse.” / Daniel Krieger that I was at my skinniest: fol- rye, wheat and barley, gluten is what makes bread Tofu: [pronounced TO-fu] It might not sound delish, visitors who get “passports” stamped at four of sev- A brief write-up in New York lowing a break-up and a bout of stretchy and chewy. but tofu is made from curdled soymilk. The curds are en spots throughout the tour. then pressed into those nice little cubes. Magazine last year said that Pet- food poisoning, I dropped to Quinoa: [pronounced KEEN–wah] Quinoa might be “The 11th annual Gowanus Artists Studio tijohn’s $410 solid-food-free 118, and stayed there for nearly used as a grain when cooking, but it’s actually the Textured Vegetable Protein (TVP): Derived from Tour” will take place from 1 to 6 pm on Oct. 20 cleanse helped to kick-start a year. Pettijohn’s cleanse is not seed of an herb plant. It’s light, fluffy and easy to soy flour, TVP is commonly used in vegetarian and 21. Pick up a map at Sheep Station (149

Donna Karan’s 35-pound weight Paper The Brooklyn designed specifically for weight digest, and higher in protein than any other grain. restaurants as a substitute for ground beef. Fourth Ave. at Douglass Street in Gowanus). loss, and Pettijohn’s own litera- Colin Carew serves up “Daily loss — its goals are cleansing, Seitan: [pronounced SAY-tan] Called the “vegetarian — Juliana Bunim For studio locations and information, visit ture touts her work with other Green” at Jill’s Cafe. See CLEANSE on page 14 www.agastbrooklyn.com. — AR

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offerings. If soy’s not your cup of green tea, Paper The Brooklyn then go for the roti, an Indian flatbread rolled Making a mockery: At Williamsburg’s Foodswings, customer Marisa Butin of- very thin and filled with curry and potatoes. fers a piece of her mock meat dish, “Buffalo drumsticks.” Kate’s Brooklyn Joint Vegetarian Palate Wild Ginger Cafe 295 Berry St. at South Third Street, (718) 218- 258 Flatbush Ave. at Prospect Place, (718) 212 Bedford Ave. at North Fifth Street, (718) 7167, (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $12-$18. 623-8808 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5-$10. 218-8828 (MC, Visa) Entrees: $6-$11. What Kate’s Joint lacks in decor, it makes up If you love eating Chinese food leftovers, then Williamsburg’s pan-Asian vegan cafe offers a for in taste. Just past its graffiti-laden concrete this is the place to order a little extra. The slew of seitan preparations, including exterior lays some sophisticated vegetarian Peking “duck,” “lo mein” and wonton soup — smoked teriyaki and orange, but according fare. While most mock meat tends to lean filled with soy protein, are local favorites. And to manager Mary Limbu, the most popular more towards faux than food, burgers at this considering they deliver, you can start eating dish at Wild Ginger is the black pepper sei- Williamsburg Joint are substantial and tex- directly out of the container right from the get tan. If seitan isn’t your style, dive into a steam- tured. You can see actual vegetables, rather go. The extensive menu offers something for ing bowl of stir-fried soba noodles, curry stew than the usual soy mash. But don’t just go by everyone, including the picky kid crowd. It’s or pad Thai. If spicy entices you, Limbu said us; word from the staff is the popular items on not just Chinese food at Park Slope’s Vege- General Tso’s soy protein is precisely the fix. Kate’s menu are the Buffalo un-chicken wings, tarian Palate; with tater tots, “turkey” sand- Pair it with a mint-iced tea for the perfect hot the McKate burger — made with a beef soy wiches and banana splits on the menu, you can and cool combination. The pineapple-fried substitute, the un-turkey club and the seitan bring your own tots for a kid-friendly meal. rice is also a hit, and an especially good po’ boy. choice for those looking for a more tradition- al Asian side. Veggie Castle 2242 Church Ave. at Flatbush Boulevard, = Full review available at Editor’s note: These are a sampling of vege- (718) 703-1275 (Cash only) Entrees: $6-$11.50. Free Seminar : College Savings www.BrooklynPaper.com tarian restaurants. The list rotates, and it is not With a full juice bar and a seriously indulgent comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American choice of vegan baked goods, it’s easy to fill up www.brooklynpaper.com on the Web. If your Plan now for a brighter future tomorrow. Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover here without even tasting the entrees. Juices restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card can be combined to treat a long list of ailments, please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via from stomachaches to impotence; we’ve never e-mail at [email protected]. Join us for an informative seminar on Financing Education Expenses AUTHENTIC DOMINICAN CUISINE at these Carver Federal Savings Bank locations BROOKLYN HARLEM “Coma Como en su Casa” Monday, October 29, 2007 Thursday, November 1, 2007 (eat like at home) 7 p.m. 7 p.m. Carver Federal Savings Bank Carver Federal Savings Bank Pepper Steak – $9.20 • Paella – $14.70 4 Hanson Place 142 Malcolm X Boulevard Lobstertail stuffed with crabmeat – $29.90 at St. Felix Street at 117th Street Private dining room for parties Please call (888) 494-3940 to reserve your seat or to learn more. `iÀÊUÊ>ÌiÊL>ÀÊUÊLÀÕV LiÊLiivÊLÕÀ}iÀÊUÊÃÌi> ÕÃiÊÃ«iV>ÃÊUÊvÀiÃ ÊÃi>v` i>Ì ÞÊÛi}iÌ>À>ÊUÊL>ÀÊiÕÊUÊÃ}>ÌÕÀiÊVVÌ>ÃÊUÊviÊÜi Ã«iÊÞiÌÊÃ« ÃÌV>Ìi`Êv`Ê>ÌÊÌÃÊLiÃÌ Serving the community for 20 years Carver Federal Savings Bank and its affiliates are not registered broker-dealers. Brokerage iÜÊiÀV>Ê Ài>ÌÛiÊ >ÌÃ services and nondeposit investment products are provided solely by Merrill Lynch. `iÀÊx££«]ÊL>ÀÊvÀÉÃ>ÌÊ££Ó>]ÊLÀÕV ÊÃ>ÌÉÃÕÊ££>{« 4408 5th Ave. (bet. 44th & 45th Sts.) (718) 438-2009 {{äÊLiÀ}iÊÃÌÀiiÌÊxÌ Ê>ÛiÉv>ÌLÕÃ ® Open 7 days, 6am-midnight • Investment products sold by Merrill Lynch are not deposits insured by the Federal Deposit Ç£n°ÓÎä°xÓx Insurance Corporation (FDIC), are not insured or guaranteed by Carver Federal Savings Bank or by any agency of the U.S. government, and are subject to investment risk and may lose value, including principal. Carver Federal Savings Bank and Merrill Lynch are not affiliated. chilled wednesdays An Exceptional meal. live music by PHISHBACHER

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CHEESE 101: Stinky Brooklyn hosts a talk help their child’s fine motor skills. through the National Registered HAUNTED MAZE: Micro Museum cele- BIG ONION TOUR: Learn about the his- on “All That is Cow.” Explore how and Strategies to improve handwriting District of Sunset Park. Learn about the brates Halloween with a maze featur- tory, architecture and people of the why the cow has become the most abilities will be taught by pediatric diverse ethnic groups that have made ing “22 Evil Clowns.” $2. Noon to 7 landmarked Green-Wood Cemetery. 9 DAYS... famous dairy animal. $55 per person. 7 occupational and physical therapists. this area their home. Tour ends at pm. 123 Smith St. (718) 797-3116. Stops include the graves of DeWitt pm. Private tasting room at Smith and 10 am to 11 am. Lotus Therapy, 136 Brooklyn’s Chinatown. $13, $10 mem- HALLOWEEN COSTUME CONTEST: Clinton, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Leonard Continued from page 2 Vine, 268 Smith St. (718) 243-2864. Ft. Greene Pl., suite B. Pre-registra- bers, $8 seniors and students. 11 am. Fort Greene Park and Pets Society Bernstein and others. $15, $12 sen- BARNES AND NOBLE: presents twins tion required. (917) 334-6837. Free. Meet at the northeast corner of 43rd hosts its ninth annual “Great Pupkin” iors, $10 students and members. 1 Park band shell, 15th Street and Paula Bernstein and Elyse Schein. CASINO NIGHT: Montauk Club Texas Street and Fourth Avenue, 45th Street dog costume contest. $5. Registration pm. Meet at main gate at Fifth Aven- Prospect Park West. (800) ACS-2345. They read from their book “Identical Hold ‘Em Tournament benefits Park train station. (718) 788-8500, ext. 208. begins at 11:30 am. Judging at noon. ue and 25th Street. (212) 439-1090. CLOSING PARTY: 717 Studio hosts a Strangers.” 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Slope Geriatric Day Center. Prizes. 6 LULLWATER EXPLORATION: Enjoy a Parade from noon to 1 pm. Top of party for its exhibit “Fall In.” 2 pm. Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. pm to 10 pm. 25 Eighth Ave. Call for boat tour detailing Prospect Park’s hill, near monument in Fort Greene PERFORMANCE 717 Manhattan Ave., 2A, between DANCE FEST: White Wave presents ticket info. (718) 499-7701, ext. 103. aquatic habitat. Binoculars provided. Park. www.fortgreenepups.org. CHAMBER MUSIC: Brooklyn Friends of Norman and Meserole avenues. (347) Wave Rising Series performance of HAUNTED HOTEL: Ninth annual $10, $6 kids. Noon to 12:45 pm. GIFTS BY THE SEA: New York Creates, Chamber Music presents pianists Sara 223-4665. Free. “Gala Two.” $20. 7:30 pm. John Ryan “Gravesend Inn: A Haunted Hotel” Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean serving craft artisans, hosts a new out- Davis Buechner and Jane Coop in a RECEPTION: Gallery on Dean presents Theater, 25 Jay St. (212) 868-4444. hosted by the Department of Enter- Avenue. (718) 287-3400. door crafts festival along the historic program of piano sonatas for two Michael O’Rourke’s digital prints hands and four hands by Mozart. $20, BARGEMUSIC: “Here and Now: American tainment Technology at NYC College GREEN-WOOD TOUR: Halloween tour Red Hook Pier. 1 pm to 6 pm. 499 “Constellations.” 4 pm to 6 pm. 755 $10 students. 3 pm. Lafayette Avenue Contemporary Music Series” includes of Technology and Theatreworks. $6, with historian Jeff Richman. Hear Van Brunt St. www.nycreates.com. Dean St. (718) 638-3326. Free. $4 children 12 and younger. 6 pm to thrilling and chilling tales of some of Presbyterian Church, 85 S. Oxford St. works by Francis, Moravec, Jalbert, BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Adult program: (718) 625-7515. 9 pm. 186 Jay St., (718) 260-5592. history’s most notorious New Yorkers. “Infinite Island Discussion Series: Nishina, Berio and Barber. $35, $30 MUSIC: The Rhapsody Players present seniors, $20 students. 8 pm. Fulton FRIGHT NIGHT: Brooklyn One Theater Popular tour; arrive early. $20, $10 Understanding Syncretic Practices, MON, OCT 22 at St. John’s presents a reading of students and members. 1 pm. Meet Beliefs and Religions in the “Magic Moments,” songs of the Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at 1950s and ’60s. $15, $10 students the East River. (718) 624-2083. scary stories and poetry. 7 pm. 461 at main gate at Fifth Avenue and 25th Caribbean.” Included in museum LECTURE: St. Francis College offers a 99th St. (718) 496-2030. Free. Street. (631) 549-4891. and seniors. 3 pm. St. Patrick’s audito- admission charge of $8, $4 students rium, 97st and Fourth Avenue. (718) concert “The Art of the Black Art DANCE FEST: White Wave presents Wave BIRDWATCHING CRUISE: Learn about and seniors. Free to members and Song.” 12:30 pm. 180 Remsen St. 236-0124. www.rhapsodyplayers.org. THURS, OCT 25 Rising Series performance of “Silent the history of Prospect Park, from pre- children under 12 accompanied by an (718) 489-5200. Free. River.” $20. 7:30 pm. John Ryan historic times to the present day, adults. 2 pm to 4 pm. 200 Eastern OPERA: Brooklyn Repertory Opera pres- KABBALAH: Congregation B’nai Avra- OPEN HOUSE: Bay Ridge Senior Center Theater, 25 Jay St. (212) 868-4444. while touring one of Prospect Park’s Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. ents a production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio,” performed with full orches- ham series: “Alef-Beit: Numerology invites senior members to bring a BARGEMUSIC: classical music concert most scenic habitats. $10, $6 kids. HAUNTED HOTEL: Ninth annual and Kabbalah of the 22 Letters of the non-member for lunch. Noon. 411 with works by Mozart, Ravel, Chopin 1:15 pm to 2 pm. Enter park at tra. Beethoven’s only opera was a “Gravesend Inn: A Haunted Hotel” commentary on current events in Hebrew Alphabet.” Rabbi Raskin leads Ovington Ave. (718) 748-0873. Free. and Goetz. $35, $30 seniors, $20 stu- Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. hosted by the Department of Enter- discussion. 8 pm to 9 pm. 117 Remsen Europe in his time. $20, $10 seniors BARNES AND NOBLE: Brooklyn Poetry dents. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, (718) 287-3400. tainment Technology at NYC College St. (718) 596-4840, ext. 18. Free. Old Fulton Street at the East River. and students. 4 pm. Brooklyn Lyceum, Outreach Open Mic Series. 6:30 pm. PERFORMANCE of Technology and Theatreworks. $6, 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. (718) 624-2083. $4 children 12 and younger. 6 pm to 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. PAPER MOON PLAYERS: presents DANCE FEST: White Wave presents Wave BEER TASTING: For its 11th anniversary, GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Ragtime guitar 9 pm. 186 Jay St., (718) 260-5592. TUES, OCT 23 with David Laibman. $10, $6 kids. 8 pm. “Music of the Night,” a five-person Rising Series performance of “The HE’BREW Beer proprietor Jeremy musical revue. Production includes Mentalist” and “Strange Regime.” 4 Cowan and the Shmaltz Brewing team Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 NETWORKING: Professionals meet for Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. songs from Broadway shows. $12. pm. Also, “Silent River” at 7:30 pm. an evening of networking, socializing, offer Coney Island Lager and its limit- 3:30 pm and 8 pm. Emmanuel SUN, OCT 28 $20 per performance. John Ryan ed edition craft beer list, including NEXT WAVE: Brooklyn Academy of Music complimentary hors d’oeuvres, drinks presents “New Voices From Spain” Episcopal Church, 2635 E. 23rd St., Theater, 25 Jay St. (212) 868-4444. and raffle prizes. $20 in advance. 6 winter seasonals from previous years between Voorhies Avenue and OUTDOORS AND TOURS ORGAN CONCERT: Organist Michael and 2007’s Jewbelation Eleven with with singer Concha Buika. $20, $25. 8 pm to 9 pm. Gallery at Rebar, 147 Avenue Z. (718) 377-1342. KAYAKING: Gowanus Dredgers offers a Xavier Lundy presents a pops pro- 11 percent alcohol. No cover. Cash pm. Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Front St. Register at www.rebarnyc.com DANCE FEST: White Wave presents 20-minute cruise in Red Hook by gram of music from the movies “ET” bar. 7 pm. Barcade, 388 Union Ave. in Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. BARNES AND NOBLE: presents Charles Wave Rising Series performance of kayak. 10 am to 2 pm. Louis Valentino and “Harry Potter” as well as themes Williamsburg. (718) 302-6464. COSTUME PARTY: Park Slope cover London, author of “One Day the “Silent River.” 4 pm. Also, “The Men- Jr. Park, Coffey and Ferris streets. from “Carmen” and “Carnival of the DANCE FEST: White Wave presents band Anthem celebrates its 20th an- Soldiers Came.” 7:30 pm. 267 niversary with a benefit for the Car- talist” and “Strange Regime” at 7:30 (917) 676-6458. For info, visit Animals.” $20, $10 students and sen- Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. 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Joan Emerson, PhD · (718) 499-0373 shock you. Last year, lying on the green Of course, Dan’s She and the Oh So Feisty leather couch on Thursday family isn’t really Licensed Psychologist & Couples Specialist nights watching a cast of sexy mom One were big fans of “The middle class, they’re www.joanemerson.com actors including, Peter Gal- O.C.,” the now-cancelled night- By Louise Crawford just FUNKY Brook- lagher (swoon), Adam Brody (tepid swoon), Benjamin Mc- lyn folk with more than enough moolah. Kenzie (triple swoon), Rachel Supposedly “middle class,” Brooklyn Dan is the coolest, Bilson and Micha Barton, was a Dan and his family live in high point of their week — and a groovy Williamsburg. His dad, smartest, and most ethical char- Day great time for mother-daughter a former rocker, now owns a acter in the show (sort of the bonding and beyatching. trendy art gallery and wants to Seth of this show in “O.C.”- School, Some parents might think send his kids to the best private speak). Unlike the rich, Manhat- school his new money can buy. tan kids, who go to the best col- “The O.C.” is a strange show to The cast of “Gossip Girl.” Seen ‘em around? watch with a 9-year-old. And Dan’s dad, who is handsome leges on the legacy plan, he Inc. Smartmom would have to in a New York artist sort of really reads books and THINKS. A fully licensed and certified preschool agree. Teen sex, drugs, and way, also has tons of back-story Yay, Brooklyn. tend. A snooty cocktail party nights between 9 and 10 pm. nasty behavior are woven into with the mother of Serena, the “Gossip Girl” has class war- scene was also filmed there (it They’ll be watching “Gossip show’s social butterfly. Her fare up the wazoo as Dan is of- looks really nice by the way). Girl” and they don’t want to ■ ■ just about every episode. 2-4 year old programs 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, But hey, it offered Smart- mom is a snotty beyatch who ten picked on for his outer-bor- So, who says Brooklyn ain’t miss a minute of it. afternoons or full days mom many opportunities for was once a rock groupie. ough roots. as classy as the Upper East Louise Crawford also writes ■ Licensed teachers OSFO-appropriate sex and drug Best of all is the show’s de- Therein lies the biggest irony Side? The only prominent Man- the Web site, “Only the Blog piction of Dan’s Brooklyn of all: the show is being filmed hattan location one week was Knows Brooklyn.” ■ Spacious Classrooms education. ■ Optimal educational equipment “Too much information,” lifestyle. The sprawling loft he in Brooklyn Heights (a poor the Bethesda Fountain in Cen- OSFO would say when Smart- lives in with his family has man’s Upper East Side) and tral Park. brick walls, art haphazardly DUMBO (a rich man’s Wil- Addictive script. Class war- ■ Exclusive outdoor facilities ■ Enriched Curriculum mom went into too much detail about … hung, electric guitars and furni- liamsburg). fare. Silly, sexy characters and a ture from Design Within Reach Last week’s episode used Brooklyn subplot. What’s not to FAMILY ■ ■ While the show may not be Indoor Gym facilities Caring, loving environment recommended viewing for a 9- and West Elm. It looks just like Packer Collegiate, on Mon- love? year-old, Smartmom knows Smartmom’s apartment except tague Street, as a stand in for So you better not call Smart- CLASSIFIED quite a few Park Slope moms, she doesn’t live in a sprawling, the private school the kids at- mom or OSFO on Wednesday Call: 230-5255 • 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) who make time for shows like To advertise, call “The O.C.,” “Gossip Girl” and - “Desperate Housewives.” Sev- (718) 834 9350 enth Avenue Mom told Smart- mom: “I can’t watch TV any- FAMILY CALENDAR more and the news is so Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay Entertainment depressing.” She explained that shows like “The O.C.” are a SATURDAY, OCT. 20 nice break from real life — and 11 am: Raggedy Ann reading. Barnes and Noble (106 Court St., at State Street in Downtown the reality of current events. Brooklyn). Free. Call (718) 246-4996 for info. When the show was can- “Quality Magic At Affordable Prices” 11:15 am: Kid’s Shabbat services. Prospect Park’s Magicians • Clowns • Jugglers celled, Smartmom and OSFO North Meadow, near the Grand Army Plaza. Free. Facepaint • Cotton Candy • Bounce Tents pined. In the weeks after, they Call (646) 228-4151 for info. Shows Starting @ $99 www.MagicalEntertainmentPlus.com even rented DVDs of the first 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Puppet show. “The Prince two seasons. and The Magic Flute.” Puppetworks (338 Sixth Ave., 718.308.6060 at Fourth Street in park Slope). $8, $7 kids. Reser- So when they heard that Josh vations suggested. Call (718) 965-3391 for info. A39 Schwartz, the creator of “The 1 pm and 3 pm: Kid’s musical. “Polly Princess and Rico the Clown O.C.” was working on a new the Penniless Fry.” Impact theater (190 Underhill Magician & Comical Nerd series, sort of an “O.C.” about Ave., at Sterling Place in Prospect Heights). $10, $7 kids. Call (718) 783-1348 for info. Birthday parties and special the Upper East Side private- occasions — Adults & Kids. Comedy, 3 pm: Comedy workshop. Brooklyn Arts Exchange Magic, Balloon Sculpting, Puppets, school crowd, they were, to say (421 Fifth Ave., at Eighth Street in Park Slope). $15. the least, ecstatic. Call (718) 832-0018 for info. Games, M.C., Comic Roastings. Last summer was not really “University Professor of Speech & Communications” a summer so much as a count- SUNDAY, OCT. 21 718-434-9697 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Puppet show. See Satur- 917-318-9092 down until the beginning of day, Oct. 20. A45 “Gossip Girl” or “GG” as 3 pm: Kid’s musical. See Saturday, Oct. 20. OSFO likes to call it. inally, on Sept. 24, “GG” MONDAY, OCT. 22 Music lessons 4–5 pm: Art and video class. Prospect Park YMCA made its debut. Sad to (809 Union St., at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope). Call Singer Randy Kaplan will perform at the expect F say, the first episode did (718) 768-7100, ext. 115 for info. not deliver the goods. They BAX festival on Oct. 27. TUESDAY, OCT. 23 found themselves wishing that 2:30 pm: Kid’s ghost stories with storyteller Robin the writers had just transported Bady. Brooklyn Public Library’s New Utrecht branch Noon–4 pm: 78th Precinct haunted house. See more Ryan, Marissa, Kirsten, Sandy (1743 86th St., at Bay 17th Street in Bensonhurst). Friday, Oct. 26. Free. Call (718) 236-4086 for info. and Seth to the Upper East Noon–3 pm: Haunted Walk. Prospect Park (enter Side. It was hard to get used to park at Prospect Park Southwest and 16th Street WEDNESDAY, OCT. 24 W45 Come visit! a bunch of new, good-looking 3:30 pm: Kid’s author (and actress) Julianne Moore. entrance). Free. Call (718) 965-8960 for info. actors bopping around the city Barnes and Noble (267 Seventh Ave., at Sixth Street Noon–4 pm: Halloween Festival. Fort Greene Park Find out what makes Berkeley Carroll Join us this fall. in Park Slope). Free. Call (718) 832-9066 for info. (enter Park at DeKlab Avenue and Washington in yellow cabs rather than going Park. Free. Sorry, no contact phone. Photography a place where you can expect more. PreK Open Houses 4 pm: Halloween activities. Barnes and Noble (106 to the beach in swanky sports Court St., at State Street in Downtown Brooklyn). Noon–4 pm: Pumpkin hunt and decorating. St. Marks Start at 712 Carroll Street cars. Free. Call (718) 246-4996 for info. Residence (839 St. Marks Avenue at Brooklyn Avenue —Challenging academics with strong RSVP: 718-789-6060 x 6608 Smartmom is glad to report, in Crown Heights). Call (718) 857-1769 for info. FRIDAY, OCT. 26 commitment to arts and athletics K–4 Open Houses however, that by episode three, 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Puppet show. See Satur- she and OSFO are beginning to 6–10 pm: 78th Precinct haunted house. 78th Pre- day, Oct. 20. Start at 701 Carroll Street cinct stationhouse (65 Sixth Ave., between Bergen —Dedicated faculty characterized by grow attached to the upper- and Dean streets in Prospect Heights). Call (718) 1 pm and 3 pm: Kid’s musical. See Saturday, Oct. 20. warmth, energy, and passion for their RSVP: 718-789-6060 x 6608 crusty, Upper East Siders. They 636-6411 for info. 1–6 pm: Haunted Halloween Carnival. Middle School 51 (Fifth Avenue and Fourth Street in Park students and subjects Grades 5–12 Open Houses love the fact that the show’s un- SATURDAY, OCT. 27 Slope). Free. Call (718) 768-3703 for info. seen narrator is a blogger. Start at 181 Lincoln Place 10 am: Halloween Parade. Pierrepont Playground 6–10 pm: 78th Precinct haunted house. See Friday, —Dynamic and diverse community (Dumb Editor note: Bloggers?! (Columbia Heights and Pierrepont Street in Brooklyn Oct. 26. of students, teachers and parents RSVP: 718-789-6060 x 6527 How about a show about cool, Heights). Free. Visit www.bhsplaygrounds.org for info. SUNDAY, OCT. 28 committed to learning hip, sexy young newspaper edi- 11 am: Kid’s storytime. Barnes and Noble (106 3 pm: Kid’s theater. “Lumpy Bumpy Pumpkin: A tors? After all, TV is fantasy- Court St., at State Street in Downtown Brooklyn). Halloween Tale.” Brooklyn Music School Playhouse land anyway.) Free. Call (718) 246-4996 for info. (126 St. Felix St., at Lafayette Avenue in Fort But even more fun is that the 11:30 am–6 pm: Family festival. Brooklyn Arts Ex- Green). Call (212) 724-0677 for info. coolest characters, Dan and his change (421 Fifth Ave., at Eighth Street in Park Slope). 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Puppet show. See sister, take the subway to school $45 for family pass. Call (718) 832-0018 for info. Saturday, Oct 20. Call for Holiday Packages 718.369.0244 nikibistudio.com WWW.BERKELEYCARROLL.ORG and they don’t fit in. To list your event, e-mail information to [email protected]. And they live in Brooklyn. A43 October 20, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM AWP 13 VEG’ING OUT with the Brooklyn Vegan

With the launch of his Web site in GO: And what dish do you miss most 2004, the blogger known as the from your non-vegan days? Brooklyn Vegan — he prefers BV: Cheese. anonymity — has become a must-read for news about music and culture in GO: Where in the borough can you the borough. Having developed a score clothes that are vegan-friendly? strong local following, Brooklyn Vegan BV: I don’t buy much more than jeans has started throwing parties, and his and T-shirts in Brooklyn. Unfortunate- radio show, “Left of Center,” can be ly, for the hard stuff like non-leather heard every Tuesday night at 10 pm shoes and belts, I’m usually heading on Sirius Satellite Radio. over to Manhattan or ordering online. In honor of “Brooklyn Goes Veg!” [see GO page 11], GO Brooklyn’s GO: Does Brooklyn beat out other Adam Rathe caught up with Brooklyn boroughs in terms of being easy to ma- Vegan to get the lowdown on living a neuver for vegetarians and vegans? meat-free — not taste-free — lifestyle. BV: Williamsburg, Park Slope and the East Village are probably the best three GO Brooklyn: How long have you places for vegans to live in the world, I been vegan and what made you decide think. to give up animal products? Brooklyn Vegan: I’ve been vegan for GO: What are the strictest diet rules about 10 years. Giving up all animal you’ve come across, like those people products was a slow process that start- who only eats nuts? ed with just a feeling, and grew to an BV: I haven’t met anyone nutty like action, as I learned more about the ani- that, but sometimes I meet someone mal industry. Before I was vegan, I who only eats raw food. A raw diet is was vegetarian for about two years — vegan, but also excludes anything that meant I still ate a lot of pizza. cooked. I could never do that, and I’m not a fan of the creative creations they GO: What do you think the best vegan The Brooklyn Vegan likes vegetables, but not being photographed. come up with at raw food restaurants. dish at any Brooklyn restaurant is? Not surprisingly, most of them don’t BV: That’s a tough one. Does dessert stay open for very long. count? I’m a huge fan of the “Peanut and lately I’ve really been enjoying the tarian menu, and I think it’s the best Butter Bomb” cake made by “Vegan brunch at V-Spot. vegetarian Chinese food anywhere. GO: Are there any great secret vegan Treats” that’s available at many restau- There are also two non-vegan Veggie Castle in Flatbush — a [veg- specialties in Brooklyn? rants. Although I try to be as healthy as restaurants in Park Slope that I get re- etarian] Caribbean and soul-food BV: Thanks to Brooklyn’s ethnic diversi- possible, most of my favorites are ei- ally excited about. One is Pizza Plus restaurant housed in an old White Cas- ty, there’s no lack of accidental “vegan” ther dessert or fried. on Seventh Avenue, [that] recently re- tle — is probably my favorite restau- options. Falafel, hummus and spinach Vegan restaurants like Foodswings, V- opened after being wiped out by a fire. rant of all. That might be because I pies are staples in my diet. For those, try Spot, Vegetarian Palate and Red Bamboo They have the option of vegan soy rarely make the trek over there to ex- Sahadi’s or one of the many other Middle have no lack of fried, fake “insert your fa- cheese on your pizza, which is experience it, but nonetheless, there’s Eastern food places along Atlantic Av- vorite type of meat here” dishes, and tremely rare for a real New York pizza nothing else like it, except maybe Veg- enue. I also like Oasis — right outside the they’re all usually pretty good. place. Hunan Delight on Sixth Avenue gie Castle II in Queens, which I’ve L train on Bedford Avenue and North My favorite vegan meal is brunch, and Union Street has a separate vege- never been to. Seventh Street in Williamsburg.

his week we’re Congratulations to Zach Schul- saying hello to CHEWS man and Graham Kelly for taking T Lokal (905 Lori- home the grand prize at casserole mer St. at Bedford Av- BREAKING queen (and GO Brooklyn contribu- enue in Greenpoint), the show alum Josie slip that the beloved tor) Emily Farris’s third annual Mediterranean restaurant opening for Smith-Malave. Friends turkey meatloaf was on Casserole Party on Oct. 16. The boys drinks this weekend and dinner within and neighbors are already being its last legs. Replacing it will be won prizes from The Brooklyn the next week. It can’t be soon enough served her high-end comfort food and roasted turkey; it’s definitely nothing Kitchen and Word bookstore, and for Greenpointers who are sick of doors should be open to the public to turn your nose up at, but we’ll miss their “Cheese Love” casserole will crossing McCarren Park to try a new any day. the meatloaf nonetheless. grace the menu at Brooklyn Label restaurant. But onto each plate a little rain Farewell to long-time Park Slope (180 Franklin St. at Java Street in Also opening is Speakeasy (at must fall; while enjoying a hearty fall resident Beso. People say it was Greenpoint) for the next month. the corner of Waverly and Greene av- meal at Lodge (318 Grand St. at nothing special, but GO Brooklyn Got a hot dining tip? Drop us a enues in Fort Greene), the eatery be- Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg) knows the truth and will remember it line at BreakingChews@Brooklyn ing helmed by “Top Chef” reality last week, our waitress Molly let it fondly. Paper.com. — Adam Rathe 14 DTZ, PSZ, NBZ THE BROOKLYN PAPER WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM October 20, 2007

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“To Gillian on her 37th Birthday” will be performed at 5 pm on Oct. 20, 21 and 28 at the Bay Ridge Jewish Center (405 81st St. at Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge). Tickets are $18. For information, Haunted house call (718) 836-3103.

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Ridge Rep’s ‘Gillian’ is a great ghost story into her scenes. In fact, her character becomes like that proverbial onion, un- By Deirdre Donovan peeling the layers of her personality to for The Brooklyn Paper the core, and then literally vanishing into thin air in her final scene. Blake’s he secret is I’m dead. Very, very, character possesses the quintessential “ very dead.” magic of the play, and she rises to the T No one but Gillian, the title dramatic moment time and again in re- character in Michael Brady’s “To freshing ways. Gillian on Her 37th Birthday,” could Don’t expect to see a high-tech set speak those words with more resound- here, although the lighting design by ing authority. After all, she’s been dead Elliot Lanes brings just enough radi- two years when the play begins, having ance to the romantic scenes, and deftly died in a boating accident on her 35th tones down the quieter moments in the birthday. Returning now as a ghost, she play. The entire set has been culled must die once again (in the world of the from the attics and basements of the play) to jolt her surviving husband Bay Ridge community. (In fact, the au- David out of his funk and back to a dience member sitting directly in front meaningful life. of me declared that the genuine wood Sound eerie? Not as mounted in its Bachner / Jeff frame window on stage was from his current production by the Ridge Reper- Maine home.) While some sets insist tory Company at the Bay Ridge Jewish you notice their special effects, this in- Center. Gillian, as played by A’ndrea novative one invites you to accept its Blake, is a full-blooded ghost, onstage homespun value. The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn with upswept blonde hair and a full, I admit to enjoying this play more curvy figure. And David, aptly played ’Til death: Dee Beider’s Rachel, at left, and Fred Milani’s David in the Ridge than I expected. It was a no-frills pro- by Fred Milani, is the portrait of a faith- Repertory Company’s new production of “To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday.” duction on a shoestring budget, but the ful husband, looking at Gillian with the exuberance of the cast under Martinel- unblinking eyes of a spaniel. Both ac- wisp quality to its unfolding action. In deed Blake’s Gillian nicely registered li’s unswerving direction made the tors are willing to take bold chances fact, the plot is peppered with many the sea changes of her personality from show spring to life. After spending two here, and plunge into their roles where verbal circumlocutions, flashbacks (to has-been wife to first-rate ghost. She hours with these characters, I dare any- the natural and supernatural fuse seam- the boating accident), and seeming non- insinuates, rather than imposes herself, body not to take them to heart. lessly together. sequiturs. But make no This is a heaven-sent assignment for mistake, this author director James Martinelli, who suc- knows his dramatic ceeds in injecting it with fresh life and terrain; this is a well- verve. crafted play and no The miraculous thing about this in- scene is accidental. carnation at the Bay Ridge Jewish Cen- Even so, I feared WAITING IN THE WINGS ter is that Brady’s 1983 play still holds that the cast wouldn’t up. In spite of the fact that some of its be up to the psycholog- GO’s definitive guide to what’s next in local theater references to popular culture might not ical nuances of its Space Available chime with the younger generation parts. Not to worry, On Saturday, Oct. 20, Bish- rect in calling this a comedy. “Hamlet, Prince of Den- Caroline Thebaud 718.222.2505 (Ann Landers, anybody?), the play’s Milani’s David seemed op Ford High School in Wind- For information, call (718) mark” to an unlikely perform- Louise Ehrmann 718.222.2506 strength is its sympathetic characters. anchored in his role sor Terrace will stage “The 360-2510. … Beginning Oct. ance space, Jane’s Carousel in These characters are viable; people you from the get-go and Front Page,” the 1928 play 20 at DUMBO’s St. Ann’s DUMBO. Five live actors and Two Trees www.dumbo-newyork.com could meet in real life and care about. Blake as Gillian had about newspaper reporters. As Warehouse, the National The- an army of puppets will stage Because the plot involves frequent no vacuous apparition experts on newsroom drama, ater of Scotland imports its the Bard’s greatest tragedy as visits from Gillian, there’s a will-o-the- or stage gimmick; in- we sure hope that they’re cor- smash production “Black a musical. For information, Watch,” a look at the Scottish call (212) 868-4444. … Be- army’s experience in the Iraq ginning Nov. 2, the Narrows war. For information, visit Community Theater of Bay www.stannswarehouse.org. … Ridge will present a six-show CERT1NYC - Community Emergency Response Team Stages on the Sound, a non- run of “The Music Man” — profit theater company in now 50 years old! — directed Bay Ridge-Bensonhurst Parks Tasks Force Downtown Brooklyn will be by J. Michaels, who has worked presenting the first-ever per- extensively on and off Broad- The NYC Department of Parks & Recreation formance at St. James Cathe- way and is currently NCT’s act- dral Pavillion, William Shake- ing teacher and director. For in- speare’s “Comedy of Errors,” formation, call (718) 482-3173. State Senator Marty Golden through Oct. 28. For informa- Got a tip on an upcoming tion, call (212) 868-4444. … On show? We want to know! Drop Nov. 1, the Czechoslovak us a line at GOBrooklyn@ Presents American Marionette Theater BrooklynPaper.com. 2007 will bring its production of — Adam Rathe I ended up dribbling the verdant mixture down the front of my CLEANSE... shirt. “Maybe I’ll have better luck HALLOWEEN WALK & FAIR Continued from page 11 with the next juice,” I thought. detoxifying, rejuvenating and “Cherry Lemonade,” that healing — but I figured that los- sounds pleasant but the viscous ing a few pounds as a side-effect consistency and sour flavor of “detoxifying” would be a made it equally unpalatable. I welcome occurrence. tried to sweeten it with Splenda, I went to Jill’s Cafe, Petti- thinking I might be able to john’s Court Street restaurant, to down it that way (even though speak to her before I began my the artificial sweetener would be healing journey. She is a lithe completely against the rules). woman with flowing white hair But it still triggered my gag Wednesday, October 31st whose radiant skin makes her reflex. ageless. Clad in white linen, she It had only been three hours, quietly explained 3:30 to 8:30 the fast to me in her lilting New Zealand DINING accent. It would be Owl's Head Park a series of juices, six Jill Pettijohn’s five-day “Nutritional Cleanse” liquid diet is $410 and available 68th St. & Colonial Rd. each day for five through Jill’s Cafe (231 Court St. at Baltic days to be punctuat- Street in Cobble Hill). Jill’s Cafe accepts ed by large glasses American Express, Discover, MasterCard Haunted Walk - 4:30 to 6 pm & 7 to 8:30pm) and Visa. For more information, call (718) of water. 797-0330 or visit www.jillscafe.com. (Costume Contest 6pm to 7pm) “Are you a coffee drinker?” she in- quired. I’m a desperate caffeine and I was ready to call it a day. 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All proceeds and donations will go to CERT1NYC, the Community Emergency Response thick mixture that tasted like going well,” I replied. pureed celery with a tinge of And in a way, everything Team serving community boards 10 & 11. something more sinister and was going well. My inability oceanic as an aftertaste. to suffer in the name of losing In a word: inedible. weight made me realize that For the next hour, I tried to I’m finally content with my down smaller gulps, but my body. I’m unwilling to endure "A safe alternative to Trick-or-Treating" stomach rejected it. I ran to the five days of misery just for a bathroom at least twice, think- flat stomach. I’ll never experi- For information call 718-238-6044 ing I might lose my proverbial ence the transcendence and cookies. 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don’t own a suit,” Sean proudly pro- claimed), but they do worry that they may not be cool enough for their new surroundings. To remedy this, Sean is open to the idea of using the digital screens to display photogra- The meatheads cometh phy or other artwork. “Photography is my hobby, my obsession, my compulsion,” he said. Hipsters fret as Williamsburg welcomes its first sports bar “Sports pay the bills, but we like a lot of different stuff.” By Chris Varmus Still, locals are hesitant to put for The Brooklyn Paper down their cans of Pabst and bask in the glow of plasma televisions. n a recent Monday night, “Is this what I can attribute the Williamsburg’s newest sports growing number of cargo shorts and Obar was packed. Everyone in ball caps on the L train to?” won- Mulholland’s had one thing in com- dered Holly Morganelli, a neighbor- mon: a thirst for free beer. hood resident. “And does this mean Free beer may, in fact, be the only there will be sorority girls pounding explanation for beefy fraternity types Bloody Marys at the Lodge during in football jerseys and the neighbor- my brunch?” hood’s trademarked bespectacled Another neighborhood resident, hipster to be mingling; when I re- Michael Porsche, who fits the bill of Courtesy Melanie B. Charles turned the following Wednesday, the both emaciated hipster and sports bar had lost the grandeur of its open- fan, said he thought the place was ing and was nearly empty. great, and looked forward to watch- Lady sings Far from the energetic nightspots ing his beloved Boston Red Sox at that Billyburg is known for, Mulhol- Mulholland’s. Beginning on Oct. 25, Brooklyn will have the blues. land’s felt more like a bar in a strip “I’ve been waiting two years for a But if you ask Beareather Reddy, the organizer of the second mall. real sports bar to open up in “Big Eyed Blues Festival,” that’s not a bad thing. But Sean Mulholland, who owns Williamsburg,” he told us. “I hope “Blues doesn’t have to be sad,” Reddy told GO Brooklyn. the watering hole along with his they’re here for good.” “Blues is about life.” brother Bill, insisted that the neigh- That should be music to the ears Reddy’s festival, which began as a one-night event last year, borhood’s chic, young residents are of Sean Mulholland, who doesn’t has grown by leaps and bounds. Much like the Brooklyn blues really “closet sports fans.” have much patience for the neighbor- scene itself, the festival has added a slew of talent and clubs in The Mulholland brothers spent hood’s elitism. Bedford-Stuyvesant and Clinton Hill to its roster and will take years working in bars, clubs and “We serve drinks,” he said, “we place over four nights, each with its own theme. restaurants — most recently Eugene, / John N. Barclay don’t cure cancer.” Opening night features “Ladies Singing the Blues” with vocalist a glossy lounge in Man- Still, a user on the popular neigh- Reddy, performing alongside singers Pat Tandy and teen chanteuse hattan — and had been borhood message board Williams- Melanie B. Charles (pictured) at Bed-Stuy’s Petit Bassam. Addition- looking to buy their own board.com, posted “Mulholland’s ally, there will be musical history lessons on the roots of the blues spot for the past two NIGHTLIFE Law,” a set of posted rules the broth- and youth workshops for aspiring musicians; Reddy wants to ensure The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn years. Mulholland’s (312 Grand St. at Havemeyer ers intended to be quirkily irreverent another generation of blues artists is nurtured in this borough. Although they initially Street in Williamsburg) is open Monday through Suds ‘n’ buds: Forget the artists lofts. Some locals fear frat houses will (but which seems to have backfired). “I am a champion for the blues,” she said. “I wanted to create a looked at Manhattan’s Tuesday 4 pm-2 am, Wednesday though Saturday The board’s users called the spot, place for people who love the blues, so they don’t have to leave 4 pm-4 am, and Sundays noon-2 am. For informa- overtake Billyburg with the arrival of Mulholland’s, above, a sports bar Lower East Side, Wil- tion, call (718) 486-3473. that recently arrived in the heavily-trafficked Grand Street corridor. “where the Upper East Side goes to Brooklyn to hear it.” And, with only a year’s work, that’s exactly liamsburg’s cheaper rents get some street cred in Brooklyn.” what she’s done. and less commercial vibe As an olive branch of sorts, the “The Big Eyed Blues Festival” will begin at 7 pm on Oct. 25 won them over. sweet. It’s almost like there’s a Mid- his assertion that they’re akin to Mid- wider variety of nightlife options. bar will be offering free beer on at Petit Bassam (393 Lewis Ave. at Macdonough Street in Bed- “We just fell in love with the west feel, which we think is awe- westerners, but the Grand Street cor- The brothers have made it a life Mondays from 7 to 9 pm. The real ford-Stuyvesant). Tickets are $20 and include food. For a full neighborhood,” said Sean. “It’s like a some!” ridor is quickly becoming more high- goal to never have a job where they questions now is who will be there schedule and ticket information, call (718) 919-0697 or visit small town — everyone’s really Local residents might quibble with end, and therefore more open to a can’t wear jeans and T-shirts (“I enjoying it? www.bigeyedbluesfestival.com. — Adam Rathe

Airwaves, 9 pm, FREE. Trixie Whitley, 10 pm, TBD, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Pete’s Big poetry, 7 pm, TBD, 9 pm, The BROOKLYN Death by Audio Mumbles, 10 pm, Krystle Warren, 11 pm, 49 S. Second St. at Wythe Avenue in FREE; Oct. 27: Nicholas Africano, 9 pm, Tiger Williamsburg, No phone. Saw featuring Cathy Cathodic, 10 pm, Oct. 20: Panache Party with AIDS Wolf, Marcellus Hall,11 pm, FREE. Health, Ruins, Sightings, Shellshag, Yip Yip, Made in Mexico, 8 pm, $TBD; Oct. 21: Mika Sound Fix Lounge Miko, Finally Punk, Veer Right Young Pastor, 8 110 Bedford Ave. at North 11th Street in pm, $TBD; Oct. 23: Showpaper Benefit Williamsburg, (718) 388-8090, Nightlife www.soundfixrecords.com. Microshow, 8 pm, $5; Oct. 25: Kyp Malone, Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Harry Merry, Sic Alps, Skeletons and the Kings Oct. 20: Merge Records presents Imperial of All Cities, 8 pm, $TBD. Teen, 1 pm, Broken West, 2 pm, The Rose- BAY RIDGE www.parlorjazz.com. buds, 3 pm, Oakley Hall, 4 pm, Ladybug Oct. 20: Michelle Walker and her Trio, 9 pm, Galapagos Transistor, 5 pm, Health, 6 pm, Camphor, 7 Goodfellas 10:30 pm, $20. 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in pm, Elk City, 8 pm, Sons and Daughters, 9 pm, Elizabeth Harper, 10 pm, $TBD; Oct. 21: 9606 Third Ave. at 96th Street in Bay Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com. Solied Mattress and the Springs, 5 pm, Finally Ridge, (718) 833-6200. DUMBO Punk, 6 pm, Mika Miko, 7 pm, FREE; Oct. 22: Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Closenuf, 9 pm, FREE with two-drink Sam Rosen, Ben and Bruno, and Bronze Float, Oct. 20: (Backroom) hometapes presents “Fire minimum. Five Front 5 pm, FREE; Oct. 24: Division Day, Soft, 8 pm, Island 2” featuring live bands and DJs, 1 pm, 5 Front St. at Old Fulton Street in FREE; Oct. 25: The Lodger, The Besties, Lil’ $5, ole/pornography presents Andy Rourke, The Salty Dog DUMBO, (718) 625-5559, Hospital, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Sean Smith, ElodieO, Double Ole, and more, 10 pm, $10, 7509 Third Ave. at 75th Street in Bay Ridge, www.fivefrontrestaurant.com. Bird by Snow, Garrett Devoe, 8 pm, FREE. (Front room) scenic propaganda presents (718) 238-9260, www.saltydogbar.com. Fridays: Live music, 8 pm, FREE. Rebecca Hart, 8 pm, Zhain, 9 pm, Dead Con- Wednesdays: Karaoke Night, 9 pm, FREE; federate, 10 pm, Meowskers, 11 pm, Arizona, Spike Hill Thursdays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE. FLATBUSH Midnight, The Cigarettes, 1 am, and DJs, 2 am, 184 Bedford Ave. at North Seventh Street $10; Oct. 22: (Front room) Monday Night in Williamsburg, (718) 218-9737, The Wicked Monk Vox Po p Burlesque presents Spooks, Giggles, Tricks & www.spikehill.com. 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, 1022 Cortelyou Rd. at Stratford Road in Treats, 9:30 pm, $5; Oct. 24: (Front room) Oct. 20: Low Water, Dreadful Yawns, 10 pm, (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, Hudson, Shakti, and Verbal kent, 9 pm, $10; $TBD. Oct. 20: Dog Voices, 9 pm, $5; Oct. 21: www.voxpopnet.net. Oct. 25: Readings by Joshua Cohen & Michael Rainbow Fresh, 9 pm, $5; Oct. 25: 24-Seven Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with two- Disend, 7 pm, $TBD; Oct. 26: (Backroom) The Stain (acoustic), 9 pm, $5; Oct. 26: The Krisp, 9 pm, drink/snack minimum; Oct. 20: Erika Von Bunker, Frivolous, 10 pm, $10, (Front room) 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in

$5; Oct. 27: Halloween Party with Holla Back Kleist, 8 pm, Paul Decoster, 9 pm, Elli Justin Borucki Crashin’ In presents Tentonic, Band Marino, Williamsburg, (718) 387-7840, and Shadows Lie, 8 pm, $5. Schriber and Mike Quirk of Axis II, 10 pm, Femme Generation, Brooks Chambers, 10 pm, www.stainbar.com. $TBD; Oct. 25: Ali Marcus, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. Death becomes them: Five-piece punk-tinged folk band O’Death hits The Yard in Gowanus on Oct. $8; Oct. 27: Halloween Hip Hop and Art Event Mondays: “Creative Juice,” 6:30 pm, FREE; BEDFORD-STUYVESANT 26: Anais Alonso, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: 20 at a CMJ showcase. Drop in to hear their Pixies covers (soon to be released on a single). hosted by Rolando Brown with DJ Strike and Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open Rocky Horror Picture Show Marathon with live performances by LOJ, Skyzoo, and AC, 10 mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, Food 4 Thought live open mic, music, food, and crazy cos- pm, $10, (Front room) Crooked Disco presents FREE; Oct. 21: Sunday Salon, 7 pm, FREE; “Crooked Halloween” featuring The RUB (DJs Oct. 26: Mipo monthly reading hosted by 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough tumes, 7 pm, FREE. 25: Filter Magazine & Union Hall present Le Living Room Magnolia Ayres and Cosmo Baker), Nanachill, and Jonny Amy King, 7 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: The Band of Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443- Switch, Division Day, Eulogies, Spirit Marines, of Eclectic Methods, 10 pm, $5 in costume, Black, 10 pm, FREE. 4160. Lounge 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, 7:30 pm, $8; Oct. 26: The Brunettes, Andrew FORT GREENE (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. $10 without costume. Saturdays: Open mic, 9 pm, $6; Tuesdays: 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Greenwood Thompson, The Wows, 7:30 pm, $10; Oct. Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Trash Bar Philosophically Phat Tuesdays, an open dis- BAMCafe Heights, (718) 499-1505, 27: The Lisps, The Psychics of Meaning, Le The Stingers, 9:30 pm, FREE. Concorde, 7:30 pm, $8. Laila Lounge 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in cussion, 8 pm, donation suggested; Wednes- 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort www.myspace.com/livingroombrooklyn. 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, days: Game Night (Cash Flow), 7 pm, FREE; Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. Saturdays: DJ Kurt, 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: Melt Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, www.thetrashbar.com. Fridays: Zodiac Lounge, 7 pm, FREE. Oct. 20: CMJ Music Marathon with Pillow Guitar Hero, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Open PROSPECT HEIGHTS 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park www.lailalounge.com. Oct. 20: CMJ Music Marathon featuring Oslo, Theory and The Smyrk, 9:30 pm, FREE; Oct. mic night, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: ’80s music, Slope, (718) 230-5925. Tuesdays: Bluegrass Tuesdays, 9 pm, FREE; 8 pm, Snmnmnmn, 9 pm, Project Jenny/Pro- 26: La Vita Williams Guitar Duo, 10 pm, FREE; 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Wasabassco Burlesque The Backroom BOERUM HILL Fridays: “Stuck in the ’80s” party featuring Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase with ject Jan, 10 pm, Action City Blackout, 11 pm, Oct. 27: JuCa, 10 pm, FREE. Show, 9 pm, $5. (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue DJs Paul EZ and Jan Cooley, 11 pm, FREE. an open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 20: RSSO $7; Oct. 21: The Criminal Bogies, 9 pm, Hank’s Saloon in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, Does Laila, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: Gluttony’s Dreamfox, 10 pm, Juan Profit Organization, 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Night of the PARK SLOPE Patio Lounge www.freddysbackroom.com. Tomfoolery Hoopla Comedy Show, 8 pm, 11 pm, Me Us You Them, Midnight, Make Up Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, Oct. 20: John Pinamonti and friends, FREE; FREE; Oct. 26: Friction Fridays, 10 pm, FREE; Break Up, 1 am, $6; Oct. 22: Cici & The Cookers 179 Fifth Ave. at Degraw Street in Park www.exitfive.com/hankssaloon. Bar4 Oct. 21: Knit Night, 6:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 22: Oct. 27: Boogaloo Junction, 10 pm, FREE. Rhythm, 8 pm, The Clear Heels, 9 pm, The 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Slope, (646) 810-1916, Brooklyn Writers Reading Space Series, 9 pm, Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park Anderson Council, 10 pm, The 1000 Year plan, Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. www.patiolounge.com. FREE; Oct. 23: Music from the New York Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Live band Slope, (718) 832-9800, The Lucky Cat 11 pm, $6; Oct. 23: The Chilling Details, 8 pm, Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Mondays: Laugh Out Loud Mondays, 8 pm, Underground, 9:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 24: Music kuntry karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: www.jamescarney.net/koncfs.htm. Kilifax, 9 pm, Newbreed, 10 pm, L.A. Cross, Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 FREE; Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays: Dance Trivia Quiz, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: The Atomic 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Mobscenity (live jazz), 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 20: Oct. 21: Dan Weiss, 8 pm, Ches Smith’s These 11 pm, $6; Oct. 24: Marianne Nowottny, 8 pm, FREE. Party, 9 pm, FREE. Grind Show, 9:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Brad Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, Stack Edwards Band, 9 pm, EDP, 10 pm, Arches, 9:30 pm, $5. www.theluckycat.com. pm, Darbi Cicci, 9 pm, Suzan Hurtuk, 10 pm, Faberman, 9 pm, Vanessa Boyd & Co., 10 pm, Jeremy Yocum & The Last Rounders, 11 pm, Klimpter, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. 23: Seth Kess Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, Southpaw Baby Daddy, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: Trape- Zachary Cale, Midnight, Barkus Born, 1 am, Country and Bluegrass Jam, 10 pm, FREE; GOWANUS 10 pm, FREE: Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Barbes 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park zoids, 9 pm, Soft Hammer Percussion, 10 pm, $6; Oct. 25: Wolfe & The Wayside, 8 pm, Oct. 25: Evan’s B.day Round-up with David Mic Night hosted by Ed Gorch, 7 pm, FREE; 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 230-0236, Wounded Buffalo Theory, 11 pm, FREE. Hollow Jones, 9 pm, 52 Boyfriends, 10 pm, LK Murphy, 9 pm, The Domestics, 10 pm, For The Yard Oct. 20: Dub Evolution, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. Slope, (718) 965-9177, www.spsounds.com. Alushus, 11 pm, The Specimen, Midnight, $6; Feather, 11 pm, FREE. 400 Carroll St. at Bond Street in Gowanus, 26: DJs Optic Nerve, Jumpy, and GirlSoul, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Oct. 20: CMJ Music Week featuring Kevin Oct. 26: Thing One, 8 pm, This Car Up, 9 pm, www.theyard.ws. RED HOOK 10:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: J-San & The Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $10 sug- Devine, Owen, and Andy Hull, 7:30 pm, $12; The New Lows, 10 pm, $8; Oct. 27: The Walk Oct. 20: After the Jump Fall Fest presents Analogue Sons, 9 pm, FREE. BRIGHTON BEACH gested donation, Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $10; Ons, 8 pm, Route .44, 9 pm, Sweetfist, 10 pm, O’Death, Old Time Relijun and more. Noon, Oct. 21: Echo, Arizona, Bryan Scary and the Hope and Anchor Oct. 20: Les Chauds Lapins, 8 pm, $10 sug- Shredding Tears, Dead Confederate, 8 pm, The Gulf of Michigan, 11 pm, Choirs of Titan, $5. 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red National gested donation, Monkey Farm, 10 pm, $10 $8; Oct. 25: Zombieville VI, War Canoes, J A Luna Lounge Midnight, $7. Hook, (718) 237-0276. suggested donation; Oct. 21: Opera on Tap C K, Anamanaguchi, 8 pm, $8; Oct. 26: 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Restaurant Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozz- GREENPOINT presents a special recital by Amberleigh Aller, KCRW presents RockFour, Black Taxi, Black Street in Williamsburg, (212) 260-2323, Union Pool 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton man, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: www.lunalounge.com. Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 5 pm, $10 suggested donation, Barbes Market Radio, 9 pm, $10; Oct. 27: Psycho 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in Karaoke hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 Oct. 20: CMJ Music Marathon with Tiffany 646-1225, www.come2national.com. Club Europa Classical featuring Jessica Lee, 7 pm, $10 sug- Beach Blowout Halloween Show with Detroit Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, pm, FREE. Anders, 6:45 pm, Downtown Harvest, 7:30 Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in gested donation, Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, Cobras, Sasquatch and the Sick-a-Billys, The www.myspace.com/unionpool. Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, $10 suggested donation; Oct. 22: Andy Tarantinos NYC, Ghoul A-Go-Go, DJ sets by pm, The Nillaz, 8:30 pm, Metermaids, 9:30 Oct. 20: CMJ Bloodshot BBQ with Centro- show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); Jalopy pm, The Kiss Off, 10:30 pm, $8, Praveen, Fridays: Live Russian music and dance show, www.europaclub.com. Biskin, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation, Chicha Rex and burlesque by Angie Pontani, 8 pm, Matic, Ha Ha Tonka, Scotland Yard Gospel Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE Libre, 9:30 pm, $10 suggested donation; Oct. $15 in advance, $18 day of the show. 315 Columbia St. at Woodhull Street in Midnight, Jimmy Edgar, 12:30 am, Machine- Choir, The Silos, Bone-Box, and more, 12 pm, 9 pm, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner); Red Hook, (718) 395-3214, www.jalopy.biz. drum, 1:30 am, $5; Oct. 21: CMJ Music Mara- Sundays: Live Russian music and dance show, before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tues- 23: Janine Nichols & The On-Time Arrivals, 7 $10 or CMJ Pass; Oct. 21: Exit Stencil Records days: Karaoke Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: pm, $10 suggested donation; Oct. 24: Adam Spoke the Hub Oct. 20: The Mad Jazz Hatters, 9 pm, $8; Oct. thon with Triclops, 3 pm, Free Moral Agents, 4 Post-CMJ BBQ with Home and Garden, The 7 pm, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). pm, Dragons of Zynth, 5 pm, $5, Urban Fetch, Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE Kolker Quartet, 8 pm, $10, Loren Stillman’s (at the Gowanus Art Building) 295 Doug- 24: X Groove Session featuring Big Chief Dreadful Yawns, Mystery of Two, Blake Miller, 7:30 pm, Bob Muir & The Enemy Below, 8:30 before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Oct. Organ 4, 10 pm, $10; Oct. 25: The Second lass St. at Third Avenue in Park Slope, Richard Bennett, 9:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: Old 2 pm, $5, Slim Cessna’s Auto Club, The pm, The Snow, 9:30 pm, Alushus, 10:30 pm, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 20: iheartcomix Party! featuring Totally Fiddles, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation, The (718) 408-3234, www.spokethehub.org. Time Jam, 9:30 pm, $TBD; Oct. 26: The Wrong Reasons, 10 pm, $8; Oct. 25: Fantasy Jessica Lurie Ensemble, 9 pm, Rob Reddy $5; Oct. 22: Analog Planet, 7:30 pm, Past Michael, The Toxic Avenger, Juiceboxxx, Brooklyn Playboys, 10 pm, $10 suggested Oct. 26: Digby Dance & Urban Juke Joint, 8 Mirrors, 8 pm, Man in Gray, 8:55 pm, Track Tenfold, 10:30 pm, $15; Oct. 27: BOObies, a Mistress, 9:30 pm, $8; Oct. 23: The Mirror Magnetic Field Dre Skull, Franki Chan, Hearts Revolution, donation; Oct. 26: The Will Holshouser Trio, 8 pm, $15 ($5 students and seniors); Oct. 27: Rabbit, 9:50 pm, Project Jenny, Project Jan, Halloween celebration of burlesque and bands Age, 7:30 pm, Des Roar, 8:30 pm, dAdA 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Flufftronix, Dreamburger (DJ set), Wyld pm, $10 suggested donation, The Moon- Digby Dance & Urban Juke Joint, 8 pm, $15 10:35 pm, $8; Oct. 26: Cout Niblett, Picastro, featuring SugarShack Burlesque, 9:30 pm, $8. YaKUza, 9:30 pm, $8; Oct. 24: Ultrafine, 7:30 Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, Stallonez (Japanther side project), 5:30 pm, lighters, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; ($5 students and seniors). Shellshag, 8 pm, $10, Tank Farm and Future www.magneticbrooklyn.com. $TBD; Oct. 23: Lo-Pan featuring Mother- Oct. 27: Marta Topferova, 8 pm, $10 sug- pm, Cortez the Killer, 8:30 pm, Jung-Fu Grip, Sounds Afterparty with DJs Shout out Loud 9:30 pm, $8; Oct. 25: God Fires Man, 8:30 Oct. 20: CMJ Music Marathon featuring The boar, John Wilkes Booth, National G, gested donation, One Ring Zero, 10 pm, $10 and Bjorn (of Peter, Bjorn, and John), Mid- Tea Lounge SHEEPSHEAD BAY pm, Vesper, 9:30 pm, The Assault, 10:30 pm, Ettes, Muck and The Mires, The Hard Wormsmeat, 8 pm, $10; Oct. 24: Buteo, suggested donation. night, FREE; Oct. 27: Champion Kickboxer, 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park $8; Oct. 26: Small Sins, 10:30 pm, $10; Oct. Lessons, 7:30 pm, $8; Oct. 22: Girl Friday TBD, 7:30 pm, $8; Oct. 25: Saxon Shore Imaginary Johnny, Afuche, 8 pm, $8. Slope, (718) 789-2762, Anyway Cafe 27: Crown the Invisible, 4 pm, Suzan Hurtuk, 5 presents The Silos, Pete Galub and The with My Best Fiend, The Art of Shooting, Bogota Latin www.tealoungeny.com. 1602 Gravesend Neck Rd. at East 16th pm, Minuments, 6 pm, Finian McKean, 7 pm, Annuals, 7:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 24: Talent LTD Epstein, 7 pm, $10; Oct. 26: Reuben Williamsburg Bistro Thursdays, Fridays: Live music, 8 pm, $5 sug- Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, Smyer, 8 pm, Squall & Caine, 9 pm, Thing presents Fun Dip, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: Live Butchart, Lumatic, Citizens, 7 pm, $8; Oct. www.anywaycafe.com. band karaoke, 8 pm, FREE; Oct. 26: Dead 141 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park gested donation; Oct. 22: Alexis Cuadrado One, 10 pm, The Shapes, 11 pm, Nova Clutch, Music Center 27: Agent Orange with special guests, 7 Saturdays: Michelle Walker, 8 om, FREE; Mon- Flowers presents The Grip Weeds, Wide Slope, (718) 230-3805, Puzzles Quartet, The Squid and the Whale, 8 11:55 pm, $5. 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in pm, $12. days: Violin and guitar, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Right, 8 pm, $7. www.bogotabistro.com. pm, $5 suggested donation; Oct. 24: Mostly Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. Karin Akada, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Grace Oct. 21: George Mel Trio, 7 pm, FREE; Oct. Other People do the Killing, 8 pm, $5 sug- Pete’s Candy Store Oct. 26: Steve Bloom Project, 10 pm, $5. Club Exit Garland, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Eric Nicholas, 24: Sonido Costeno, 7 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: gested donation; Oct. 25: Price, Krauss, 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Eve Carneleus, 9 pm, FREE. CLINTON HILL Dunn, Dmith, Burgon, Hasselbring, 8 pm, $5 Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, Angus Martin Trio with Josh Levin, 7 pm, Zebulon suggested donation; Oct. 26: Debbie Deane, www.petescandystore.com. Five Spot www.club-exit.com. FREE. 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in 8 pm, $5 suggested donation. Crossroads Saloon Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Tues- Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, Saturdays, Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, Restaurant 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway days: Bingo, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. $15 (ladies FREE until 11 pm). Brooklyn 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in Two Boots in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 20: Mixtape Oct. 20: Burnt Sugar, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 21: Conservatory of Fridays: Karaoke, 10:30 pm, FREE. Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, Studio B Brooklyn Reading Series, 7:30 pm, Joe Blevins, 9 pm, Daphna Mor, 9 pm, Edom, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. www.fivespotsoulfood.com. Music 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Sarah White & The Pearls, 10 pm, Andy 22: Great Lakes, 8 pm, Talibam, 9 pm, FREE; Saturdays: DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE; Mondays: 259 Banker St. at Calyer Street in Friedman & The Other Failures, 11 pm, FREE; Oct. 23: Mina Tindle, 8 pm, Sputnik Monroe, Greenpoint, (718) 389-1880, 58 Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park Slope, (718) 499-3253, WILLIAMSBURG RPM-Open Turntables hosted by DJ Copa Slope, (718) 622-3300, www.bqcm.org. www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. Oct. 21: Ko-Shin, 8:30 pm, Open, 9:30 pm, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 24: Bee’s Nest night with www.clubstudiob.com. Minipop, 10:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 22: Monday (bring your own needles and vinyl), 8 pm, Oct. 20: Doug Booth, 8 pm, $10 ($5 students Oct. 20: Jeremy Zmuda, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. Black Betty Imaginary People, Little Women, and DJ hire, FREE; Tuesdays: 5 for Funny Tuesdays hosted Oct. 20: Fixed with Erol Alkan and resident Evening Stand-Up, 7:30 pm, John Montagna, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 25: Finger Print, Erick DJs JDH and Dave P, 10 pm, $10 in advance, and seniors). 26: Hufflingnon, 10 pm, FREE; Oct. 27: 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer by Dave Lester, 10 pm, $5; Wednesdays: Heather & The Barbarians, 10 pm, FREE. 9:30 pm, Wisely, 10:30 pm, FREE; Oct. 23: Joy Deutsh Release Party, Toudrae Kemp, 9 pm, $12 day of the show; Oct. 26: Brooklyn Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, Open Mic with Nate Jones and Da Feel, 9 www.blackbetty.net. Dragland, 9 pm, Milton, 10 pm, Chris Kasper, FREE; Oct. 26: Amayo’s Fu-Arkist-Ra, 10 pm, Chainsaw Massacre featuring Jazzy Jay, DJ Cafe Steinhof 11 pm, FREE; Oct. 24: Howard Fishman, 10 FREE; Oct. 27: Fleuronia, 9 pm, Superpower pm, $5 ($10 after 10 pm. Saturdays: DJ Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sun- Funk, Team Facelift, The Bangers, Dances 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Union Hall pm, FREE; Oct. 25; The Roulette Sisters, 9 pm, Afro Beat Band, 10 pm, FREE. Grand Dakar Cafe with White Girls, Egg Foo Young, DJ Gravy, Slope, (718) 369-7776, (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand DJ Elle, Sujinho, DJ IXL, and Teddy King, www.cafesteinhof.com. Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: 285 Grand St. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Time TBD, $6.66 in advance, $12 day of the Oct. 24: River Alexander and his Mad Jazz www.unionhallny.com. Rev. Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.granddakar.com. show; Oct. 27: Made Event presents Lee Hatters, 10:30 pm, FREE. Oct. 20: CMJ Music Marathon featuring The pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Psychotic Reaction, 10 Saturdays: Rhonda Benet (funk, jazz, soul, Burridge, 10 pm, $20. Mugs, Beat Radio, Aeroplane Pageant and pm, FREE; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ TALK TO US… 80s, old school), 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: Live Good Coffeehouse Princeton, 7:30 pm, $8; Oct. 21: Tearing the MonkOne and DJs Emskee and MC G-man, reggae music, 7 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Don Veil of Maya, comedy with Eugene Mirman, 11 pm, FREE. To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include Juarez (Brazilian music), 8:30 pm, FREE; GREENWOOD HEIGHTS Music Parlor Aziz Ansari, Dave Hill and more, 7:30 pm, $7; name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site Thursdays: DJ Afro-Freaky, 8 pm, FREE; (At The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Cul- Oct. 22: Brooklyn Campfire, an evening of The Callbox address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of per- Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, FREE. Kitchen Bar ture) 53 Prospect Park West at Second music, film and art featuring art stuff by 148 Kingsland Ave. at Lombardy Street in formers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street in Street in Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, Shannon Brunette & Lana Vogestad and Williamsburg, (718) 384-0179, free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. Parlor Jazz Greenwood Heights, (718) 499-5623, www.bsec.org. music by Tracy Bonham, Mike Viola, Kirk www.thecallboxlounge.com. The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm 119 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Street in www.kitchenbarny.com. Oct. 26: David Laibman (ragtime guitar), 8 Cornelius, Annette Strean, 7:30 pm, $8; Oct. Fridays and Saturdays: Dance music all night, event details. 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