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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2016 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Greenpoint AWP/14 pages • Vol. 39, No. 40 • September 30–October 6, 2016 • FREE FENCES MAKE BAD NEIGHBORS Residents war over Cobble Hill Park enclosures
By Lauren Gill Brooklyn Paper Mr. DeBlasio, tear down that fence! Wire fences in Cobble Hill Park are dividing more than just plants and park- goers’ feet — they’re driving a wedge between local volunteer gardeners who insist they’re vital for protecting baby shrubs from dog poop and people’s boots, and residents who are demand- ing the city rip out the unsightly rail- ings so they can enjoy more of the ver- dant green space. “It’s really ugly and it makes me an- gry every time I see it — it makes me feel alienated from my local park,” said Nancie Katz, who started a petition that has amassed 100 signatures demanding that the city remove the fences. “I un- derstand they want to protect certain flowered areas, but even so, are people really going to trample in there? Please, it’s Cobble Hill.” Some Cobble Hill residents want the Parks Department to tear down The Parks Department first started in- the wire fences protecting plantings in Cobble Hill Park so it’s more stalling knee- and shoulder-high fences in accessible to the public. the park at Clinton and Congress streets to protect newly-planted vegetation from feet, feces, and vandals about five years system was getting vandalized, so that But Parks Department officials are ago, when the garden was in dire need needed protection too.” ultimately the ones who decide whether of a makeover, according to the leader But now the rampant enclosure erec- to install the fences or not, the stewards of the park’s advocacy group. tions are out of control, the critics charge, say, and besides — the meadow was and are effectively blocking off most of never designed to entertain large num- “The fences are there because the Photos by Caleb Caldwell last few years we’ve been working re- the park from visitors and their dogs. bers of humans and animals, because Nancie Katz is leading the charge to nix the fences, which she thinks are ugly and unnecessary in a consid- ally hard to restore the vegetation,” said The Friends of Cobble Hill Park have the city has designated it as a “passive erate community like Cobble Hill. Barbara Krongel of Friends of Cobble gone power-mad planting and protecting sitting park.” Hill Park, a collective of local green new posies, they claim, and are using the If residents have a problem with the thumbs that has tended the small park public park as their own garden. barricades, one member said, they should “It’s easy to point fingers and say claims she spent up to 40 hours a week ally upset with these fences?” for almost 30 years. “There wasn’t much “People want to treat it as a botanic get their hands dirty and experience first- you’re doing this wrong,” said June Ne- watering plants there. “Why don’t those A Parks spokeswoman would not say grass, bushes were dead and the plant- garden — and this ain’t no botanic gar- hand just how hard it is keeping the park grycz, who ran the Friends group be- people come in and work in the dog s--- if the agency would entertain the de- ings weren’t protected. The sprinkler den,” said local Aaron Raskin. looking pretty without them. fore Krongel, during which time she and plant the plants if they’re so visu- mands to take the fences down. BKLYN SAYS NIMBY TO CITI BIKE Hook: Don’t tell us what we need By Lauren Gill The city has made an effort to Brooklyn Paper get New York City Housing Au- New Citi Bike stations outside thority residents on the bikes — the Red Hook Houses are steal- tenants only have to pay $5 per ing much-needed parking spaces month to rent them, versus $15 for from residents who rely on their other citizens. Meanwhile, Red Hook Houses
cars to get to and from the transit- Photo by Jason Speakman starved nabe, claim tenant leaders residents are only renting out 47 of Boerum Hill resident Bill Harris is outraged that the city — and it’s just the latest example the 116 spaces in the complex’s pri- installed new Citi Bike racks in the nabe without telling of the city telling public-housing vate parking lot, which costs $60– locals first. residents what they need instead $75 a year, according to a New York
Photos by Stefano Giovannini of listening to what they actually City Housing Authority spokes- Francine Darko scored a second-hand typewriter at the Atlantic Antic street fair on Sept. want, they say. woman. 25, which she plans to use to type up her teenage love letters. “I don’t see how the stations ben- But another tenant leader says DOT to Boerum Hill: efit people who live in public hous- there is a dearth of free parking ing,” said Frances Brown, president options for the 98 percent of res- of the Red Hook East Houses Ten- idents who she claims own cars, The Antic road show ant Association. “We’re tired of all and the few who cycle already own Sorry, but they stay these Citi Bikes and people mak- their own bikes. ing decisions for us like we’re lit- “We don’t have enough space By Lauren Gill that doesn’t exist yet.” Bargains and bingeing at Atlantic Avenue fair tle children.” to park as is,” said Red Hook West Brooklyn Paper The city quietly rolled out five The Department of Transporta- Houses Tenant Association presi- We made our bed — and now of the bike-rental berths in the By Ruth Brown tion recently installed four stations dent Lillie Marshall, who says the you have to bike in it! nabe over the past month, aug- Brooklyn Paper around the 2,891-unit public housing city didn’t even bother to engage The Department of Transpor- menting the ones it added in 2013 This street festival was just complex — at W. Ninth and Colum- her in the discussion. “People in tation messed up by not consult- to Community Board 2’s district her type! bia streets, Lorraine and Columbia the community have cars and their ing Boerum Hill residents about — which encompasses Brook- Hundreds of thousands of rev- streets, Clinton and Centre streets, children have bikes so what are we where to install new Citi Bike lyn Heights, Dumbo, Downtown, ellers mined the treasure trove of and Wolcott and Dwight streets — going to do with all these bikes? No- stations in their neighborhood, and Fort Greene — and were also food, games, and entertainment as part of a broader rollout of the body is renting these bikes, they’re officials admitted last Tuesday, met with protests. on offer at the Atlantic Antic fair blue-bike bays around Community just parked there.” but they said the agency has no The agency held public on Sunday, but one bargain hunter Board 6 over the past month. Mayor DeBlasio also singled out plans to take locals’ advice now workshops and consulted lo- really hit the jackpot when she The agency held several pub- the Red Hook Houses residents as by relocating the hated docks to cals about the locations back stumbled upon a vintage type- lic workshops during the planning the lucky recipients of a new neigh- sites they’d prefer, as it could just then, but this time around it writer at one of the strip’s famed period and met with Brown twice, borhood ferry stop and his forth- make things worse. made the unorthodox move of antique stores after weeks of scour- but she said the pow-wows seemed coming streetcar . “There is a challenge to going straight to the board’s ing the city for just such a writ- pointless and she got the impression A Department of Transporta- moving stations around,” district manager and asking ing device. transportation honchos had already tion spokeswoman refused to an- said agency spokesman John only him which sites he thought “It’s not like I go to a fair to get decided where it was placing the swer specific questions about its Frost. “The station that’s on the the community would prefer an antique, but I saw an old leather docks before they spoke to her. meetings with Red Hook Houses ground right now, people know — enraging residents who say bag and I picked it up and the type- “When they came to me and leaders, saying only that it takes what they don’t like about it, it is just typical of the way of- writer fell out,” said Francine Sweethearts Ian Leidner and Rachel Trenchard share a spoke to me they had already made community input seriously when but don’t know what they don’t ficials so often ignore the tiny See ANTIC on page 6 sandwich from Atlantic Avenue eatery French Louis. up their minds,” she said. deciding on rack locations. like about the hypothetical one See BIKES on page 3
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• Tooth Bleaching (whitening) By Lauren Gill who says city and race offi- are far quieter than their gas- • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Brooklyn Paper cials should have consulted guzzling Formula 1 counter- Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) The cars aren’t the only residents about bringing the parts and will not be racing • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment things keeping quiet in this massive event to their sleepy on any public streets — they • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings race! burg before making the de- will zoom along a route that • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) The city made the surprise cision. snakes past the Cruise Termi- • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) announcement last week that “There’s been no outreach nal and hooks around Atlan- Red Hook’s Brooklyn Cruise to us directly, nor as we could tic Basin, going to the edge of Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer Terminal will host a leg of in- tell, any outreach to the Red Pioneer and Conover streets, 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens ternational electric-car racing Hook community,” said Com- then running parallel to Im- 624-5554 s 624-7055 series Formula E Champion- munity Board 6 district man- lay Street. Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking ship on July 29 and 30 next ager Craig Hammerman. Still, Formula E events and insurance plans accommodated year, but it was an unwelcome “Frankly, for them to assume typically draw tens of thou- Photo by Paul Martinka shock for one local leader, the event is happening before sands of spectators, and Ham- Battery-powered racers these conversations take place merman said the organiza- like this one will hit the shows a certain degree of ig- tion and city honchos really waterfront track when norance or arrogance.” should sit down with com- Formula E comes to Red To add insult to injury, munity members to work out Hook next July. Hammerman claims the Eco- how they can minimize the nomic Development Corpora- impact on the area. tion — the city agency work- At least one local business claimed, though details of ex- ing with Formula E on the owner is thrilled to have big actly where those entrances event — called him the day crowds headed to the neigh- will be haven’t been decided before the announcement and borhood, though. yet. The agency will discuss invited him to publicly sup- “It would be insane to think them with community lead- port the race, even though it it’s not fantastic because it will ers before making any final couldn’t give him any details bring people here,” said Trici- decisions, he pledged. about it. ann Botta, who owns Italian The waterfront hamlet “The day before the press wine store Botta di Vino on Formula E is notoriously subway-free, conference, EDC called to let Van Brunt Street. “It would be us know as a courtesy and great if somehow they knew munity board — though the over the next 10 months of though the city is opening a asked us if we could be there that I have their celebratory panel’s Transportation Com- planning. new ferry stop right inside as supporters,” said Hammer- champagne over here.” mittee co-chair Eric McClure The city will only have Atlantic Basin next year, and man. “It wouldn’t make sense Economic Development confirmed he also hadn’t to close a few nearby blocks Hogrebe said Formula E hon- to be seen as supporting the Corporation spokesman An- heard a thing — as well as for attendee entrances be- chos are interested in using event when we had no infor- thony Hogrebe claimed the with local pols, and said the cause the race will be con- the boats to transport as many mation about it.” agency did have conversations commission and Formula E tained inside the Cruise Ter- people as possible to and from The battery-powered cars about the race with the com- plan to work with them all minal and an adjacent lot, he the race.
the man who punched him in fused to take a plea deal. the face, jabbed a thumb in his In June of this year, Patter- eye, and kicked him in the face son also filed a federal civil Guilty verdict as he lay on the ground was rights suit against the city, the same man who pulled off three of the police officers Man convicted of beating his sneaker and tossed it onto who were involved in the ini- the building. tial investigation, the five men Herskovic now faces a min- who were charged, a sixth al- gay, black man in W’burg imum sentence of three-and- leged attacker, the Williams- a-half years and up to 15 years burg Safety Patrol, and the By Duncan Osborne neighborhood patrol organized in prison. Shmira Volunteer Patrol. for Brooklyn Paper by the Hasidic Jewish Satmar Police originally charged In the lawsuit, Patterson A judge on Sept. 23 con- community, involved in the five men with the beating, but charges that the city and the victed Williamsburg man attack on Taj Patterson. The Herskovic is the only one fac- police department have long men pursued Patterson, now 59 HHicksicks SStreettreet Mayer Herskovic of bashing Taj Patterson after the ing jail time — two others, privileged these patrols and 25, along Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn, NY 11201 a gay, black man in the neigh- 2013 beating in Wil- Pinchas Braver and Abraham the Hasidic community. Po- cars and on foot, and once they HEATHERTHER THOMSONTHOMSON, DVMDVMV borhood’s Hasidic area in 2013, liamsburg. Winkler, agreed to plead guilty lice records show the 90th Pre- 718.624.1200 BETH BALSAM, DVM as part of a brutal group as- caught him, the brutes punched to unlawful imprisonment in cinct initially closed its inves- sault that left the victim blind and kicked him and jammed exchange for three years of tigation just an hour after the infobhvh59.com SUZY RYAN, DVM in one eye. a thumb in his eye. DNA on Patterson’s sneaker probation and 150 hours of attack. The department re- Herskovic was part of a No witness in the trial iden- — which they recovered from community service, while opened the case a week later A Sponsor of the Cutest Pet Contest bhvh59.com group of roughly 20 men — tified Herskovic as the ring- the roof of a nearby building charges against two others when its Hate Crimes Task some of whom belonged to a leader, but police found his — and Patterson testified that were dropped. Herskovic re- Force took over.
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@aarpny September 30–October 6, 2016 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 3 Now that’s a bad sign Ooops! City posts ‘Meserole Ave.’ on Meserole Street By Sarah Dougan The Brooklyn Paper What a mess-erole! The Department of Trans- portation installed a street sign bearing the name of Greenpoint’s Meserole Av- enue on Williamsburg’s Me- Adoption is BOO-tiful! serole Street this month, confounding locals who say commuters are already confused enough by the two Don’t be scared to take the first step. thoroughfares’ similar names and close proximity. “It’s always been such a Join us for a free informational meeting. mess,” said Daniel Perez, who has been living in the neigh- borhood for 35 years. “It’s just so confusing.” Tuesday, October 18th The agency installed the sign at Graham Avenue “ear- 6:00 PM lier this month,” according to a department spokeswoman, and a worker finally replaced
it with a correct post last Fri- Photo by Stefano Giovannini day afternoon — shortly af- ter this paper started asking Workers installed a “Me- questions about it. serole Avenue” sign on But it doesn’t really fix Meserole Street, then the underlying confusion be- took it down last week. tween the two streets, said one longtime neighbor — and he doesn’t think the city cares Meserole Street — which enough to change it. runs between Union and Scott “The city doesn’t give avenues in Williamsburg — a s---,” said a worker at and the avenue in Greenpoint a nearby bike shop, who — bookended by Franklin identified himself only as and N. Henry streets — are “Mike on a Bike.” “I’ve lived both named for the Meserole here 50 years, nothing has family, one of Greenpoint’s changed. The confusion is founding families , which the same.” moved to the area in 1663.
losing parking spaces within 261 on Pacific Street between a community board that typi- Smith and Hoyt streets. BIKES... cally votes in favor of bike in- Ikner promised she would frastructure over car storage. talk to Citi Bike officials Continued from page 1 ically doesn’t bring smaller rollouts to the community for Four of the five new racks took about the alternative site, neighborhood. the place of parking on Boerum but claimed stations outside “A great deal of space and consultation, but acknowl- Hill streets, where they say of schools are often trouble- Brooklyn, NY time and frustration has been edged the lack of outreach spent on these new locations was a mistake and promised space is already at a premium some — though didn’t ex- dropped miraculously into to consult the committee in since Downtown workers of- pand on why. Boerum Hill without any pro- the future. ten nab free spots. The city installed the cess,” said committee mem- “There has been some mis- “I support the Citi Bike pro- surprise Boerum Hill docks ber Bill Harris. “For parts of communication and some gram but it has to lie with the around the same time it Community Board 2 below lapses here on DOT’s part rest of the community and the launched the program in Atlantic Avenue, we’re sort so we have to own that a lit- rest of the community is losing neighboring Community Call or Visit Us Online to Register of like the red-headed step- tle bit,” said Borough Plan- parking,” said Boerum Hill Board 6 — which includes children.” ner Abigail Ikner at Commu- resident Sidney Meyer. Park Slope, Carroll Gardens, Following a presentation nity Board 2’s Transportation Members suggested the city and Red Hook. Those were www.AFTH.org Z610.991.7013 by a Citi Bike rep that Harris Committee meeting. move one recently installed presented to and approved by characterized as “glib sales- The majority of the commit- dock on the pavement of nar- that panel last year , though it men’s talk,” a transportation tee members said they support row Dean and Hoyt streets to has hardly stopped discontent honcho said the agency typ- Citi Bike, but they are sick of the wide sidewalk outside PS there, either.
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Where will your family be on Thieving trio lifts 30 pairs of pants Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur? One of the crooks flashed a acing,” cops said. 84TH PRECINCT knife and attempted to take — Colin Mixson Brooklyn Heights– the worker’s backpack, but POLICE BLOTTER Dumbo–Boerum Hill– he managed to get away, au- 76TH PRECINCT Downtown thorities said. Find more online every Wednesday at Union Temple A trio of thieves stole 30 Carroll Gardens– Airball BrooklynPaper.com/blotter Cobble Hill–Red Hook pairs of pants from a Fulton Some worm stole a 13-year- A Reform Jewish Congregation Street store on Sept. 14. old boy’s cellphone and $45 Schoolyard fight a man if he didn’t hand over back, and the lout pulled out a An employee of the cloth- by threatening to shoot him Cops arrested a 19-year- ing shop near Hoyt Street his money and phone on N. sharp object and slashed him old guy who they say kicked a as he played basketball in Elliott Walk on Sept. 22. in the middle of the forehead, told police the three bad- McLaughlin Park on Jay teenage girl in the head when Tots’ Services dies entered the store at The victim told police he then fled, according to a re- an argument turned violent Street on Sept. 23. was walking with his friend port. 5:11 pm, lifted the trousers, The kid told cops he was at school on Baltic Street on and fled. near Park Avenue at 4:45 pm Bad hangover Sept. 26. shooting hoops in the park when the suspect walked up Children’s Services A pickpocket purloined a The 17-year-old victim Bad sport near Tillary Street at 5:10 pm to him and said, “Give me drunk guy’s wallet while he told police she and the sus- A filcher swiped a man’s when a brute showed his gun your money or I’ll shoot you,” was passed out on DeKalb pect got into a verbal argu- Adult Services bag while the victim was spik- and snarled, “If you say any- while simulating a gun in his Avenue on Sept. 18. ment in the school between ing points at the volleyball thing, I’m gonna blast you.” waistband. The heavy-swigging vic- Smith and Hoyt streets at court in Brooklyn Bridge Park The teenager then handed The victim then reached tim told police he fell alseep 12:30 pm and then he kicked on Sept. 20. over his iPhone and money, into his backpack and pulled near Ashland Place at 5 am. her in the head, causing her The athlete told cops he according to a report. out $1, and in the process re- At some point, he was taken face to swell, according to FREE FOR left his bag containing his vealing his cellphone to the Cut to Brooklyn Hospital, and authorities. wedding ring, MacBook suspect. The guy then hissed, A rogue ripped off razors when he came to, he noticed Sweet-tooth Pro, phone, pants, shoes, “Give me your cellphone or and over-the-counter medi- his wallet was missing from pocketknife, headphones, I’ll shoot,” and began to count A cur tried to steal a cart- EVERYONE! cations from a Henry Street his pants, said authorities. ful of candies and other goods and $200 on the ground and down from five, according to store on Sept. 25. He checked his bank ac- went to play volleyball near a report. from a Court Street store on The lout entered the shop count and noticed some thief Sept. 24, police said. October 2-3 & October 11-12 Furman Street at 7 pm. But near Love Lane at 1:47 pm when he returned he discov- Botched had made three unauthor- The sweet-toothed scoff- empty-handed, according to A villain slashed a man ized charges on his credit law almost left the store be- ered his belongings had van- the employee on duty at the For details and schedule: ished, cops said. on the forehead in a mug- card. tween W. Ninth and Gar- time. But minutes later, he ging gone wrong on Lafay- Purse snatching net streets at 10:11 am with Morning bash walked out with a bag contain- ette Avenue on Sept. 24. seven bottles of shampoo, A snake snatched a wom- HHD.union-temple.org Two goons attacked a guy ing the shaving utensils, Pre- The victim was near Cum- two boxes of Pop Tarts, six an’s purse as she was walk- and attempted to rob him on vacid, and Nexium, accord- berland Avenue at 12:45 am Colgate toothpastes, four ing on Willoughby Street on Fulton Street on Sept. 21, but ing to a report. when the punk approached bars of soap, three bottles Sept. 19. 718-638-7600 he got away before the punks him and told him to hand of mouthwash, two pack- The woman was headed could snatch his bag. over whatever he had on ages of Sour Patch kids, one 88TH PRECINCT home near St. Edwards Street Union Temple The victim was strolling him. But the victim instead packet of Swedish Fish, Re- Fort Greene–Clinton Hill at 9 pm when a nogoodnik to work by Gellatin Place at walked away, so the baddie eses Pieces, and M and M’s, 17 Eastern Parkway walked up and grabbed her 5:20 am when the jerks came Trigger happy tried to attack him from be- and one bar of Hershey’s milk pocketbook — containing Brooklyn, NY 11238 up from behind and punched Police arrested a guy who hind, said cops. chocolate — but he dropped her phone, keys, cigarettes, him in the head, said a report. they say threatened to shoot The victim began to fight it all and ran off when a guy and debit card — out of her stopped him, according to a hand and fled, according to police report. a report. Bye, bye, bike Gone missing A nogoodnik stole a guy’s A sneaky straphanger stole motorcycle after he left it a man’s wallet while he was parked on Hoyt Street some- riding the B55 bus on Myrtle time between Sept. 21 and 22, Avenue on Sept. 24. police said. The victim told cops he got The victim told police he on the bus near Steuben Street chained his 2016 gray Yamaha at 3:15 pm with his wallet on YZFR6 to a light post between him, but when he got off, he Baltic and Douglass streets at discovered that it was miss- 11 pm and when he returned ing. — Lauren Gill the next day at 6 pm to get it, the chain was severed and his 78TH PRECINCT ride was gone, according to Park Slope authorities. Sharp thief Night thief A knife-wielding shop- A crook stole a boy’s bi- lifter cut his way out of an cyle from outside of his Atlantic Avenue supermar- Henry Street house some- ket on Sept. 20. time overnight on Sept. 25, Store security told police police said. they spotted the suspect stuff- The father told police his ing goods from the market son’s bike — a cherry red near Fort Greene Place into Mongoose BMX bike with his pockets at 9:20 am, so a black seat — was left out- they stopped him and took side between W. Ninth and the items. Huntington streets from 7:30 But once security officers pm to 8 am the next day, and tried to get the would-be thief when he went to get it, it was into their office, he pulled a gone. knife and shouted, “I don’t Guitar blues want go to jail,” causing secu- A pirate plundered a guy’s rity to back up a pace or two, guitar after he left it in the and giving the man room to hallway of a building on Bal- flee, cops said. tic Street on Sept. 22, police Hog wash said. A thief rode off with a The guy told police he left his mini Spreiter six string in man’s motorcycle after he its black case in the hallway of parked it on Sterling Place the building between Clinton on Sept. 17. and Court streets at 1:45 pm The victim told police he while he went to get coffee left his 2008 Yamaha between and when he got back, it was Seventh and Flatbush avenues gone, officials said. at 5:30 pm, and returned the next morning to find it had — Julianne Cuba vanished. There were no security 68TH PRECINCT cameras on the scene, and de- Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights tectives at the 78th Precinct have closed their investigation Busting in of the theft, cops said. A thief busted through a front door and swiped $2,000 The wrong path from a Third Avenue home on Cops nabbed an alleged Sept. 22, said police. Citi Bike thief after a patrol- The burglar broke down man spotted the suspect rid- the front door of the apart- ing in the wrong lane on Fort ment between Ovington Av- Greene Place on Sept. 10. enue and 72nd Street at 1:30 The police officer said he pm, ransacked several rooms, saw the suspect cycling near swiped the cash, and fled on Atlantic Avenue in the wrong foot, said authorities. lane at 1:20 am and stopped the man. Crafty bandit The patrolman then con- A bandit stole clothes, tacted a Citi Bike employee books, and toiletries from a and discovered the two- woman’s car parked on Ridge wheeler had been stolen, Boulevard on Sept. 21, said cops said. police. The victim told police she Totally trucked left the items inside her silver A bandit looted a speaker Hyundai at 81st Street, and from a man’s truck parked on when she returned at 10 pm Second Street on Sept. 30. the items were gone. The victim was outside When officers found the his vehicle parked near Sev- stolen belongings and thief enth Avenue at 9:30 am when that night, the man stated, the thief dashed into the un- “I took it from a silver car, locked truck and grabbed the I needed the money,” before speaker, cops said. he fled on foot, according to Menace a police report. Police collared a 24-year- Grab and run old man for allegedly threat- A pilferer ran up behind ening a woman with a knife on a man, grabbed his iPhone, Fifth Avenue on Sept. 12. and sped off in a getaway car A witness told a patrolman on Fifth Avenue on Sept. 28, at the scene between Eighth said police. and Ninth streets that the sus- The victim told police he pect had threatened a pass- was between 86th and 87th erby with the black serrated streets at 9:30 pm when an blade at 4:20 pm. unknown woman ran up to The arresting officer re- him and snatched the phone portedly didn’t find the blade out of his hand. on the suspect, but did find The woman ran to a dou- him in possession of a bag of bled-parked car and sped off weed, and promptly arrested with the goods, cops said. the man on charges of “men- — Caroline Spivack September 30–October 6, 2016 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 5 VICTORY! The Prospect Park West bike lane lawsuit is dead
By Colin Mixson Brooklyn Paper MEAN 3/@:G4/:: A/D3C>B= The years-long fight over Streets the world’s most controver- Brooklyn’s sial bike lane is finally over, boulevard after the cadre of politically battle lines connected Park Slopers that has been trying to kill the by which we believe it was two-way protected pedaling installed, the Prospect Park path along Prospect Park West West bike lane is here to stay,” dropped its lawsuit against the litigants said in a state- the lane on Sept. 21. ment. =44 The high-powered neigh- The litigious locals did find bors — whose ranks origi- some vindication when city D/:C3>@713 nally included former Trans- data released as part of the suit $ portation Commissioner and showed the number of car-on- current wife to Sen. Chuck car crashes actually increased A:7;47BD3AB32AC7BA A/:3 " ''!4=@ %# Schumer (D–Park Slope) slightly in the two years after Iris Weinshall, former Dep- the lane’s installation, though uty Mayor Norman Steisel, it also found drivers hit few and former Brooklyn Col- cyclists even as bike traffic lege dean Louise Hainline — tripled, speeding went down, balked at what they saw as and bikers stopped riding on 9LP(JL@K the city shoving the 19-block sidewalks. Photo by Stefano Giovannini bike lane down their throats While it lasted, the court Bike lover Eric McClure is delighted that the pow- 8KK?<M8CL<GI@:< six years ago, and sued ar- battle was huge news, with erful Park Slope residents have finally ended their guing officials installed the former Department of Trans- five-year crusade to kill the Prospect Park West bike passage on a trial basis then portation Commissioner Ja- lane — though he kind of wishes they’d lost instead >
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MKT 16.172 MUSIC Bow wonder Call him Yo Yo Shaw! Nine-year-old cellist Shaw Edwards will take a bow in Red Hook this weekend, playing a short solo show of Baroque tunes at the Brook- lyn Waterfront Arts Coalition on Oct. 2. The pint-size performer from Sunset Park — who has already played Carnegie Hall three times — will play Johann Bach’s four cello suites during his half-hour performance. The fifth-grader says that he loves the smooth, deep sounds of his instrument, and being able to perform Photo by Jon Farina for an audience. “I like playing the cello because I love the sound that it makes, and it rings a lot,” said Shaw Edwards. “People smile when I play.” A student at PS 230 in Kensington, Shaw picked (718) 260–2500 Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings September 30–October 6, 2016 up a bow for the first time about five years ago, when instructors at the Brooklyn College Con- servatory let him pluck the strings of a few dif- ferent instruments. The larger string instrument had him at “cello,” according to his father. “They shoved an instrument in his hand — a violin and a cello,” said TJ Edwards. “He tried the cello and that was it — we started cello les- sons there. He took to it right away.” Lawful image See BOW on page 10 Williamsburg painter shows off brush with the police BOOKS
By Caroline Spivack Brooklyn Paper Reading picks ushwick Open Studios is burning! Word’s pick — “The Lesser Bohemians” A selection of eerie paintings of riots, by Eimear McBride B burning cars, and heavily armed police How Eimear McBride wrote a love story that will get a moment in the helicopter spotlight is both believable and defies reason is beyond me. this weekend, as part of the 11th annual Bush- I read this book in two sit- wick Open Studios festival. The creator of tings; enthralled both by her the series “I Love A Man In A Uniform,” prose and by the mind of its showing at Brooklyn Fire Proof Stages on heroine, a young college stu- Oct. 1–2, hopes that her brightly colored oil dent who falls for an older paintings can call attention to the way that man. McBride spares you police have recently been militarized. neither the pain nor the joy “The way that the cops are heavily ar- of learning and loving an- mored, particularly in New York City, I other person while discov- think this is a thing that can easily slip ering yourself. into the background and is something we — Hannah Oliver don’t really think about,” said Sharilyn Depp, Word [126 Frank- Neidhardt (pictured far right). “And with Photos by Stefano Giovannini lin St. at Milton Street in these paintings I’m hoping to bring it back The stories made her want to focus her art Greenpoint, (718) 383–0096, www.wordbrook- up to the surface.” closer to home. lyn.com ]. Her paintings are stylized depictions “I guess I was naïve, but I was really of actual conf licts captured by photojour- shocked at the police being violent towards Community Bookstore’s pick — “Cassan- nalists across the country. It is crucial to people who were obviously non-violent pro- dra at the Wedding” by Dorothy Baker Neidhardt’s work that the images are an- testors,” said Neidhardt. “I said, ‘Wait a This 1962 novel masterfully depicts the com- chored in reality, she said. minute, this is not something that happens plicated relationship between twin sisters Cassan- “I want to be specific and show something all over the world, this is happening to peo- dra and Judith. Author Dorothy that’s really happening — it’s maybe a pho- ple I know. In my city.’ ” Baker portrays the California tojournalistic impulse,” she said. “I want to Neidhardt’s show is one of hundreds of setting in vivid and beautiful talk about something that I’m not imagining, events at Bushwick Open Studios — a week- fashion, but the writing really it’s a bit more of a documentary.” end-long art crawl during which creative shines in her deft character- The East Williamsburg artist was inspired A brush with the law: Sharilyn Neidhardt will show her painting series “I types in the nabe open their doors to visitors ization of the Edwards clan. to create the project while sifting through Love A Man In A Uniform” during Bushwick Open Studios. and fill the streets with their work. In no more than a page or two wire service images during her day job as “I Love a Man in a Uniform” at Brook- she creates characters so real a photo editor, said Neidhardt. often wearing heavy riot gear. Why are cops police across the globe, but during the Oc- lyn Fire Proof Stages [119 Ingraham St. at and complex that you’d swear “I started stopping on these images of in Times Square with what appear to be cupy Wall Street movement, she began hear- Porter Avenue in Bushwick, (718) 456– they were in your own family. the police being so heavily armored,” said AK-47s? What are they waiting for?” ing tales of police harassment from pho- 7571, www.artsinbushwick.org]. Oct. 1–2, The novel is consistently hilar- Neidhardt. “I think that’s striking, they’re She first planned to include images of tographers covering the protest movement. noon–6 pm. Free. ious and entertaining, which is especially impressive considering the anxiety and tribulations the characters (and the reader) are put through. Highly recommended.. — Michael Bender, Community Bookstore [43 Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Garfield Place in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075, Not coming up roses www.commu nityb ookst ore.net ]. Greenlight Bookstore’s pick — “The Ballad of Black Tom” by Victor LaValle Do not let this ‘Gypsy’ entertain you Literary genre wiz Victor LaValle is deeply engaged with the legacy of H. P. Lovecraft, one of matic child Baby Louise into the enter- fus, the production is redeemed by the 20th century’s founda- The Butcher of tainment industry. Ultimately, Louise’s strong performances from Victoria tional horror writers. In this Flatbush Ave. career takes an unexpected turn when Bundonis as Rose and Dave Konig reworking of Lovecraft’s she finds success in burlesque. as Herbie. Their chemistry is appar- short story “The Horror at Extension The musical is larger-than-life, ent throughout the show, especially Red Hook” (set in Brook- but the Gallery Players theater is during their tender and romantic lyn’s own waterfront nabe), s the song says, “you gotta get small, and the creative team’s am- scenes. Bundonis’s acting chops are LaValle takes on the insid- a gimmick, if you want to get bitious but unfitting decision to use remarkable, but her singing skills ious and vile racism pres- A ahead,” and the production of Broadway-styled set designs and or- cannot soar to the same level, and ent in Lovecraft’s work, “Gypsy,” running through Oct. 9 at nate costuming just makes the show the show’s powerhouse ballads, such which turns out to be in- the Gallery Players in Park Slope, re- seem overstuffed. The the produc- as “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” Muccari Bella tertwined with the nasty ally needs a gimmick of its own. tion’s orchestrations similarly try too and “Rose’s Turn” fall flat. Ironically A Rose is a rose is a rose: In the Gallery Players production of eldritch forces pushing for The beloved 1959 musical, with a hard — the show could easily have enough, Emma Berardelli’s perfor- “Gypsy,” the strong performances by Victoria Bundonis as Rose the end of the world, in of- book by Arthur Laurents and music and functioned with merely a pianist and mance of the timid Baby Louise that and Dave Konig at Herbie are the best thing about the show. ten surprising ways. Read it and be entertained, lyrics from Jule Styne and Stephen Sond- drummer, and the additional karaoke stands out. 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DISCOVER THE SOUND OF WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS FRIDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY Sept. 30 Oct. 2 Oct. 4 Oct. 5 Oct. 6 Beer in Deutsche space dishes In the future, we You may have noticed won’t mess with malt a theme to the listings and hops — instead this week. Yes, Okto- we’ll sip the smooth berfest has turned our Drink & blue beverage Romu- thoughts to beer, but drawings lan Ale! Learn about Brew crew the German festival is Gold medal the weird world of about more than that! Kick off Bushwick Ever wanted to make Brooklyn’s biggest fantasy intoxicants in Learn to cook tradi- Open Studios at the your own beer? Get brewery was once the lecture “Star Trek tional dishes like “Brooklyn Comics the inside scoop on Rheingold, which — Space Juice,” by schnitzel, bratwurst, and Illustrators” home-brewing from a hosted a wildly popu- professor Lucy and sauerkraut at the opening, featuring panel of local beer lar “Miss Rheingold Hunter, hosted by talk “How to Prepare borough-centric com- experts at “It’s Brewing Beauty Contest” mead tasting room a German Feast” at ics including Jermey in Brooklyn,” including from 1941–1964 to Honey’s. Before the the Brooklyn Brewery Nguyen’s “Stranger Jason Sahler (pictured) select a face for its talk, you can get a — where you can also Than Bushwick,” Tony of Strong Rope Brew- ads. Learn all about it tour of the adjoining sip the brewery’s Wolf’s “Greenpoint ery, Justin Israelson at “Beauty and the meadery and a sam- Oktoberfest pilsner. Tune in to our new radio of View,” and Lucio from Threes Brewing, Beer,” a documen- ple of its products, Zago’s “Williamsburg and John La Polla of 8 pm at Brooklyn Brewery tary about the annual starting at 6 pm. Shorts” (pictured), the Bitter & Esters (79 N. 11th St. between competition, directed Berry Street and Wythe among others, along 7 pm at Honey’s (93 Scott brew shop. There will and produced by a Avenue in Williamsburg), with an open bar Ave. at Randolph Street in station every week! also be a beer tasting a www.brooklynbrewery. former contestant. Bushwick), www.enlight- from Lagunitas. food pairings. com. $10. enmentwines.com. One 7 pm at the Brooklyn 6:30–10 pm at Kave Event drink minimum. 7 pm at BRIC Arts Media Museum [200 Eastern WITH Space [1087 Flushing Ave. House [647 Fulton St. at Pkwy. at Washington between Knickerbocker Rockwell Place in Fort Avenue in Prospect and Porter avenues in Greene, (718) 683–5621], Heights, (718) 638–5000], Bushwick, www.artsin- www.bricartsmedia.org. www.brooklynmuseum. bushwick.org]. Free. Free. org. Free.
NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN FRI, SEPT. 30 MUSIC, BREAK OF REALITY CELLO ROCK: $20–$30. 6 pm. The Hall at MP [470 Driggs Ave. between N. 10th and N. 11th streets in Williams- burg, (718) 387–4001], www.thehall- Find lots more listings online at VINCE DIMICELI GERSH KUNTZMAN brooklyn.com. BrooklynPaper.com/Events MUSIC, “SONGS OF LEAR”: A dra- matic song-cycle that distills the ORCHESTRA: The group performs plot, characters, and themes of A Tribe Called Quest retrospective. King Lear into a non-linear musical Free. 9 pm. BAM Cafe (30 Lafayette The Community News Group is proud to journey. $25. 7:30 pm. BAM Fisher Ave. between Ashland Place and St. (321 Ashland Pl. between Hansen Felix Street in Fort Greene), www. introduce Brooklyn Paper Radio. Join Brooklyn Place and Lafayette Avenue in Fort bam.org/programs/bamcafe-live. Greene), www.bam.org. EVENT, CHILE PEPPER FESTIVAL: Paper Editor-in-Chief Vince DiMiceli and the THEATER, “BATTLEFIELD”: Direc- tor Peter Brook revisits Indian epic New York’s hottest fall tradition New York Daily News’ Gersh Kuntzman every the Mahabharata to tell a story of features blazing bands, burn- warriors grappling with a Pyrrhic ing hot sauces, chile-chocolatiers, victory. $30–$110. 7:30 pm. BAM and performances by fi re breath- Thursday at 4:45 pm for an hour of talk on topics Harvey Theater [651 Fulton St. at ers, sword swallowers, and more. Rockwell Place in Fort Greene, (718) $20 ($15 students and seniors). 10 Brooklynites hold dear. 636–4100], www.bam.org. am–6 pm. Brooklyn Botanic Garden [1000 Washington Ave., at Eastern CONTRASHOCK!: A night of contra Associated Press / Kathy Willens Parkway in Crown Heights, (718) dancing, with live music from the 623–7220], www.bbg.org. Each show, featuring in-studio guests and call- Mean Lids and Barefoot. All are wel- Get thee behind me!: The New York Islanders will do battle FAMILY, I AM ART NYC KIDS PA- come, no experience or partner nec- with the fiendish New Jersey Devils at Barclays Center on out segments, can be listened to live or played essary. $20. 7:30 pm. Camp Friend- VILION: A two-day event with ship [339 Eighth St. between Fifth Oct. 3. instructor-led arts and crafts ac- anytime at your convenience. and Sixth avenues in Park Slope, tivities, creative storytelling, canvas (718) 965–3695], campfriendship- free-paint, face and fi nger painting, brooklyn.com. COMING SOON TO and a performance from metal band THEATER, “OLD SCHOOL ANIMA- Unlocking the Truth on Oct. 1. $20 TION”: A theater performance ($11 teens, kids free). Noon–4 pm. about a harrowing night out in BARCLAYS CENTER Industry City [220 36th St. between Brooklyn, presented by Peter Mills Second and Third avenues in Sunset Weiss and Julia Mounsey. 8 pm. Jack Park, (718) 965–6540], www.indus- (505 Waverly Ave. between Fulton SAT, OCT 1 TUE, OCT 4 trycity.com. OKTOBERFEST!: The church cel- Street and Atlantic Avenue in Clinton SPORTS, ESL ONE NEW YORK: E- SPORTS, PRE-SEASON, NEW Hill), www.jackny.org. ebrates German culture with food, sports tournament: $49. 11 am. YORK ISLANDERS VS NEW MUSIC, RYAN O’NEIL: The singer- YORK RANGERS: $15–$700. live music, dancing, children’s ac- songwriter premieres the video for 7 pm. tivities and more! Free (dinner $20). his song “Sunday Morning.” Mama 3:30–8 pm. Zion German Evanglical Juke and Billy Conahan also per- SUN, OCT 2 Lutheran Church [125 Henry St. be- form. $5. 9 pm. Unit J (338 Moffat St. WED, OCT 5 tween Clark and Pierrepont streets between Irving and Knickerbocker SPORTS, ESL ONE NEW YORK: E- in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 852–2453], avenues; Unit J in Bushwick), www. sports tournament. $49. 11am. MUSIC, EROS RAMAZZOTTI: www.ziongelc.org. unitjbushwick.com. $104–$200. 8 pm. FUNDRAISER, NEW HEIGHTS GALA: An evening benefi tting St. Ann & MON, OCT 3 the Holy Trinity Church, featur- SAT, OCT. 1 THU, OCT 6 ing food, drink, a silent auction, Who will be on next? SPORTS, PRE-SEASON, NEW a performance by the All Univer- SPORTS, PRE-SEASON, BROOK- THEATER, “ALICE IN WONDER- YORK ISLANDERS VS NEW JER- sity Gospel Choir from NYU, and LAND”: The Brooklyn Theatre Club LYN NETS VS DETROIT PIS- SEY DEVILS: $15–$700. 7 pm. TONS: $25–$275. 7 pm. the presentation of the “Spirit and Each week Brooklyn Paper Radio features your casts the audience as Alice in its Service” awards. $100–$500. 6 pm. interactive adaptation of the Lewis Brooklyn Historical Society [128 Pier- Carroll classic. $18 ($15 in advance). neighbors, repre sentatives in govern ment, and, 620 Atlantic Ave. at Pacifi c Street in Prospect Heights repont St. at Clinton Street in Brook- 6 pm. Muchmore’s (2 Havemeyer St. lyn Heights, (718) 222–4111], www. at N. 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By Lauren Gill Brooklyn Paper e’re keeping you prost-ed! Oktoberfest, Germany’s an- W nual celebration of beer and OKTOBERFEST gluttony, just wrapped up in the Fa- therland, and now it’s Brooklyn’s turn! Here are five places to don your dirndl September 17 - or lederhosen, hoist your stein, and say “Prost!” — that’s German for “cheers!” — across Kings County. October 1 Dream day Enjoy the last of the warm weather at Grand Prospect Hall’s lush out- Saturdays: 9/17, 9/24, & 10/1 door Bavarian Biergarten, which will make your Oktoberfest dreams • Celebratory keg tappings come true through games, giveaways, Deutschland delicacies, and plenty of • Pig roasts German beer on tap. Bavarian Biergarten (265 Prospect • Mug holding competitions Ave. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, • Live brass bands www.brooklynbavarianbiergarten. com). Now through Oct. 3 from Photo by Stefano Giovannini noon to 1 am. Free. Into the woods Tuesdays: 9/13, 9/20, & 9/27 Play to gewinnen Fort Greene’s Black Forest bar — • Oktoberfest beer tastings The party at Park Slope’s Kings named for the mountainous region of Beer Hall — formerly Die Koelner Germany where its owners grew up Bierhalle — will culminate with a — will bring a competitive edge to Thursdays: 9/22 & 9/29 day-drinking Olympics, in which beer its Oktoberfest celebration. Revelers buffs will face off in games of beer can battle to win $100 drink cards pong, boat racing, quarters, and corn by entering a stein-hoisting compe- German Craft Beer Celebration hole. And anyone who buys a liter of tition — in which contestants must Beer Tastings and Keg Tapping Oktoberfest beer will receive a com- keep an arm straight while holding plimentary beer boot — the traditional a giant, full beer mug — or a Ger- drinking vessel in the shape of foot- man-garb costume contest. All of wear – so they can keep the celebra- this will go down as Balkan brass tion going long past October. band Slavic Soul Party provides some Kings Beer Hall (84 St. Marks Pl. at raucous — if not particularly Ger- Fourth Avenue in Park Slope, www. man — tunes. thekbh.com). Oct. 1 at 2 pm. Free. Black Forest Brooklyn (733 Fulton St. at S. Elliot Place in Fort Greene, Arch nein! www.blackforestbrooklyn.com). Oct. Gather under the Manhattan Bridge 8 at 8 pm. $10. archway — Brooklyn’s answer to the Brandenburg Gate (if you don’t count Southern style Grand Army Plaza) — for Dumbo’s first Traditional Teutonic band Die ever Oktoberfest fair. The Dumbo Busi- Spitzbaum will bring some oompah ness Improvement District will trans- and oomph to Aviator Sports and form the popular gathering into a Ger- Events Center’s annual Oktober- man beer hall for three straight nights, fest shindig. The festival also in- with the Lighthouse-shaped bar there cludes a stein-hoisting competition serving up steins and brats while polka Black Forest Brooklyn and German grub including soft pret- band Melina and the Oompahs and DJ Getting mugged: (Pictured top to bottom) Grand Prospect Hall’s zels and brats. 113 N 3rd Street, Brooklyn Holzmeister provide the music. Bavarian Biergarten will serve up one-liter steins of Germany’s Aviator Sports and Events Cen- The Manhattan Bridge Archway finest beer during its Oktoberfest celebration. And Black Forest ter (3159 Flatbush Ave. near Avia- 718-963-3973 (57 Pearl St. at Water Street in Dum- Brooklyn owners Tobias and Anya Holler say that drinkers will be tion Road in Marine Park, www. bo, www.dumbo.is). Oct. 6 and 7, dancing on the tables by the end of their competitive Oktoberfest aviatorsports.com). Oct. 9, noon–4 radegasthall.com 6–10 pm; Oct. 8, 3–10 pm. Free. party on Oct. 8. pm. $30.
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Free. 7–9 pm. Open Source Fourth avenues in Gowanus, (718) 643–6510], www.the- Gallery [306 17th St. at Sixth (718) 522–2110], www. MON, OCT. 3 bellhouseny.com. Avenue in Park Slope, (646) threesbrewing.com. RELIGION, BECAUSE JEW- MUSIC, BROOKLYN ART 9 DAYS... 279–3969], www.open- MUSIC, KRIS DAVIS AND ISH: A Rosh Hashanah ser- SONG SOCIETY: A lecture source-gallery.org. and performance of works Continued from page 8 CRAIG TABORN: An eve- vice that uses music, study, ning of original composi- and community to create a who epitomize the opulence ART, “FALLING IN” OPENING tions and improvisations heightened spiritual experi- and of late German Roman- ticism. $25. 7 pm. Brooklyn RECEPTION: An exhibition SUN, OCT. 2 from two of jazz’s most ence. Includes lunch. $80 of paintings, sculptures, and ($40 kids). 10 am. Brooklyn Historical Society [128 Pier- MUSIC, RONNIE BURRAGE celebrated contempo- repont St. at Clinton Street drawings inspired by the “JUMP OFF” SERIES: Bur- rary pianists. $25 ($20 in Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. be- Gowanus Canal. Free. 7–9 tween N. 11th and N. 12th in Brooklyn Heights, (718) rage and special guests play advance). 8 pm. Roulette 222–4111], www.brooklyn- pm. Trestle Projects [400 jazzy tunes in the afternoon. [509 Atlantic Ave. at Third streets in Williamsburg, Third Ave. at Sixth Street in (718) 963–3369], www. history.org. Free. 4–7 pm. Huckleberry Avenue in Boerum Hill, (917) ART, “WHAT YOU DON’T Gowanus, (718) 858–9069], Bar [588 Grand St. between brooklynbowl.com. www.trestlegallery.org. 267–0363], www.roulette. KNOW MAKES YOU Lorimer and Leonard streets org. TALK, SHOPTALK — QUEER- ART, “BREAKING THROUGH ING THEATER: Theater HAPPY” OPENING RECEP- in Williamsburg, (718) FILM, “THE PRODUC- TION: Dan Efram exhibits THE CANVAS”: Annika 218–8555], www.huckleber- professionals discuss the Moller presents a combi- ERS” AND “BLAZING experiences, struggles, and his photos of horses, pan- rybar.com. das, and carnival characters. nation of visual and per- SADDLES”: The Way Sta- victories of gay and gender MUSIC, BUILT TO SPILL: With tion screens two of Gene Free. 7–9 pm. Dub Pies (211 formance art. Free. 7 pm. opening acts Hop Along non-conforming people Prospect Park West at 16th Wilder’s best movies. Free. in theater. $14 ($10 in ad- Castle Braid Artist Studio and Alex G. $30. 8 pm. Mitty Lizbeth Street in Windsor Terrace), [114 Troutman St. between Brooklyn Bowl [61 Wythe 4 pm. The Way Station [683 vance). 7:30 pm. BRIC Arts Washington Ave. between Looks like a super fun site!: Lizbeth Mitty’s giant oil painting “Boating” will be www.eframphotography. Central and Evergreen Ave. between N. 11th and Media House [647 Fulton com. St. Marks Avenue and St. at Rockwell Place in Fort on display at the “Falling In” exhibit of work inspired by the Gowanus Canal, avenues in Bushwick, (917) N. 12th streets in Williams- COMEDY, DAVE HILL’S 494–6310], www.annikamo- burg, (718) 963–3369], Prospect Place in Prospect Greene, (718) 683–5621], opening at Trestle Projects on Oct. 1. Heights, (718) 627–4949], www.bricartsmedia.org. SUPER HORNY NIGHT llerart.com. www.brooklynbowl.com. OF COMEDY: With special www.waystationbk.com. MUSIC, SXIP’S HOUR OF ART, “ONCE UPON UNFOLD- MUSIC, OCEAN MUSIC, book artists. Free. 7 pm. www.brooklynhistory.org. makers. $100. 6:30–9:30 guests Julio Torres, Ana ING TIMES” OPENING FUSILIER: Free. 8–10 pm. ART, “BREAKING THROUGH CHARM: A night of absurdly Fabrega, and Joe Pera, and beautiful sounds inspired by Ouchi Gallery [107 Tillary THEATER, “NEITHER”: World pm. Industry City [233 37th RECEPTION: A hypnotic Threes Brewing [333 Doug- THE CANVAS”: 7 pm. See St., suite 105, between Jay St. between Second and an extended jam of “Dave’s tour through a fi ctional city. lass St. between Third and Saturday, Oct. 1. thoughts of Amelia Earhart premiere with the Shen Street and Flatbush Av- Wei Dance Arts, music by Third avenues in Sunset Erotic Short Stories.” $10 and David Bowie, featuring ($8 in advance). 8 pm. Union puppetry by Basil Twist, a enue in Downtown, (347) Morton Feldman, libretto by Park, (347) 473–7454], do- 987–4606], www.ouchigal- Samuel Beckett. $20. 7:30 adbko2016.splashthat.com. Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth glass harmonica, and music Avenue in Park Slope, (718) created by a series of cell lery.com. pm. BAM Howard Gilman MUSIC, THE HORSE-EYED THEATER, “MILES FOR Opera House (30 Lafayette MEN: The band plays the 638–4400], www.union- phones calling each other. hallny.com. $35 ($30 in advance). 8 pm. MARY”: A bittersweet play Ave. between Ashland Place “B-Side” television show. National Sawdust (80 N. about high school students and St. Felix Street in Fort Free. 7:30 pm. BRIC Arts Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in in 1988 planning a telethon. Greene), www.bam.org. Media House [647 Fulton SAT, OCT. 8 Il Sogno $18. 8 pm. Bushwick Starr THEATER, THE MOTH STO- St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Il Sogno Williamsburg), www.nation- alsawdust.org. (207 Starr St. between Ir- RYSLAM: A story telling Greene, (718) 683–5621], THEATER, KAIJU BIG BAT- MUSIC, ISAAC GILLESPIE ving and Wykoff avenues in competitions where the www.bricartsmedia.org. TEL: Costumed fi gures do AND THE DUE DILI- Bushwick), www.thebush- stage is open to any and all MUSIC, IAN HUNTER AND battle in the arena. Who will comes to GENCE: The band plays wickstarr.org. with a story to tell on the THE RANT BAND: With save the helpless humans with the Shivers, Ben MUSIC, BELLE MARE: The evening’s theme. Hosted Ivan Julian. $35 ($30 in ad- from total ruin? $15 ($30 Seretan, and Aaron Roche, duo debuts its album by Peter Aguero. $10. 8 pm. vance). 8:30 pm. Bell House VIP). 7:30 pm. Bell House with shadow puppetry by “Heaven Forget.” $12. 8 Bell House [149 Seventh St. [149 Seventh St. at Third [149 Seventh St. at Third Park Slope! pm. Rough Trade NYC [64 at Third Avenue in Gow- Avenue in Gowanus, (718) Avenue in Gowanus, (718) Rosalind Lilly, and light projections by A Clockface N. Ninth St. between Kent anus, (718) 643–6510], www. 643–6510], www.thebell- 643–6510], www.thebell- Orange. $10 suggested and Wythe avenues in Wil- thebellhouseny.com. houseny.com. houseny.com. donation. 8–11 pm. Threes liamsburg, (718) 388–4111], MUSIC, SIGUR ROS: Starting MUSIC, “THE LIGHT (FOR Brewing [333 Douglass St. www.roughtradenyc.com. at $75. 8 pm. Kings The- DAVID)”: Guitarist Glenn between Third and Fourth MUSIC, ROBU TRIO JAM SES- THURS, OCT. 6 atre (1027 Flatbush Ave. Branca premieres a new Italian & Peruvian avenues in Gowanus, (718) SIONS: Instrumentalists, between Beverly Road and work written for David TALK, “MEDIA + TECH: Bowie. $35 ($30 in advance). 522–2110], www.threes- singers, artists, and dancers Where The Jobs Are”: A Tilden Avenue in Flatbush), brewing.com. are welcome to collaborate www.kingstheatre.com. 8 pm. Roulette [509 Atlan- panel of recruiters from tic Ave. at Third Avenue with the band at this late- leading media and tech FUSION night jam session. $10 ($4 in Boerum Hill, (917) 267– companies discuss the TUES, OCT. 4 for performers). 11 pm–2 FRI, OCT. 7 0363], www.roulette.org. “Elegant, Romantic, Relaxed” exciting opportunities avail- MUSIC, MAGIC SWORD: $10. am. The Five Spot [459 able in the booming media MARKET, “DESIGN ON A ART, “NEXT WAVE ART” Myrtle Ave. at Washington 11:30 pm. Knitting Factory OPENING RECEPTION: and tech sector and share DIME BROOKLYN”: An in- Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) [361 Metropolitan Ave. at BAM’s campus hosts a insight on the skills needed terior design event benefi t- 852–0202], www.fi vespot- Havemeyer Street in Wil- collection of site-specifi c to land a position. Free. ing Housing Works, with 20 soulfood.com. liamsburg, (347) 529–6696], works created to dialogue 6:30 pm. Kumble Theater rooms created by local inte- bk.knittingfactory.com. with BAM’s architectural at Long Island University rior designers and makers. FILM, DAN SAVAGE’S HUMP! elements and spaces. Free. WED, OCT. 5 [DeKalb and Flatbush av- Shop for furniture, art, and FILM FEST: A collection of 6–8 pm. BAM Fisher (321 enues in Downtown, (718) home décor at steep dis- short amateur porn fi lms — Ashland Pl. between Han- TALK, “BLOCK BY BLOCK — 488–1624], www.brooklyn. counts. Free. Noon–5 pm. each less than fi ve minutes sen Place and Lafayette Av- EXPLORING BROOKLYN”: liu.edu/kumbletheater. Industry City [233 37th St. — representing a cornuco- enue in Fort Greene), www. Bill Helmreich discusses “DESIGN ON A DIME between Second and Third pia of body types, shapes, bam.org. his book “The Brooklyn BROOKLYN OUTPOST” avenues in Sunset Park, ages, colors, sexualities, ART, “TINY GARDENS” AND Nobody Knows: An Urban OPENING NIGHT: The (347) 473–7454], https://do- genders, kinks, and fetishes. 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Flushing Bank is a registered trademark September 30–October 6, 2016 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 11 Talking fi tness Olympic medalist visits Flatbush school By Alexandra Simon ing from professional sports 1996 U.S. gymnastics team Brooklyn Paper two decades ago. And teach- — nicknamed the “Magnif- Olympic gold medal gym- ing youth about good living is icent Seven” — and became nast Dominique Dawes swung as much of a rush as competing the first black woman to win into PS 6 to talk to fifth-grad- on the world stage, the three- a gold medal in the sport. Her ers about health and exercise time Olympian said. rise started with eating right, on Sept. 21. “I’m so excited to be here,” she told kids. Roughly 150 students filled said Dawes. “I have an opportu- “Looking back at my life the Flatbush campus’s school- nity to travel around the nation and thinking about what yard to participate in fitness while educating and empow- helped me be successful — it activities and gorge on healthy- ering kids on the importance was really about moderation eating advice during a ques- of living a healthy lifestyle, and surrounding myself with Photo by Jordan Rathkopf tion-and-answer session with and the importance of phys- good people,” said Dawes, who Photo by Jordan Rathkopf Olympic gold medalist Dominique Dawes shows students at PS 6 a few of her the athlete, who has worked as ical activity.” came in part to tout a healthy Dawes spoke with the pupils about her Olympic fitness routines. a health advocate since retir- Dawes was a part of the snack company. journey as a gymnast. Sometimes, you just need a sick day am writing this from bed, 13-year-old is asleep down mind-over-matter strategies my dresser next to me the hall, afflicted with the I employ to keep us Thomp- I filled with the mugs and same condition. sons healthy. But my sys- tissues and other detritus of It has been years since tem has broken down, lit- Fearless some virus or another that has we’ve had a sick day in our erally and figuratively. The taken hold of my body. My house. I boast often of the steam-shower eucalyptus, tea- with-honey combo that usu- Parenting ally works has not. We are By Stephanie Thompson down for the count. I look in my Louise Hay The Mount Carmel Early Childhood Center is a book to find out what this stress. It was there, a sure- to try to finish renovations, means. 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Muslims and Jews con- The Jewish woman here the Fashion Institute of Tech- public. Photo by Caleb Caldwell R vened in lower Man- is Michelle Honig, a fash- nology. “So I’m trying to pro- The other speakers con- Hammy strutted for spectators at Rescue the hattan last week to discuss ion journalist who often 3IZNFTXJUI vide another world view” — curred. They don’t want to Runway on Sept. 24. an item of vital interest to writes about the intersec- the view that “sexuality is be thought of as sexless, just both: tion of fashion and mod- not a sort of public phenom- maybe excess-less. Reject- Head scarves. esty. She was wearing a $3";: enon.” ing a culture that reveals And long skirts. And high green striped sweater with Shafer herself converted too much. collars. And how much arm a white long-sleeve shirt un- By Lenore Skenazy to Islam and was covered ex- “Modest dress should not Dog stars one can expose. derneath, a slim dark skirt, cept for her face. be the ‘other’ choice, just an And whatever tension and long blonde hair — a But don’t think this made woman in “normal” clothes Tommy Hilfiger and DKNY equal choice,” said Malky may or may not exist be- wig that mostly, but not to- her — or any of the women Weichbrod, the observant Canines hit the catwalk tween the faiths on a politi- tally (she admitted) covers that just happen to cover the brought out a Ramadan col- on the panel — feel second knees and elbows. lection. Or even the fact that Jew behind the website, “My By Lauren Gill ple pet them and take pho- cal level vanished at a sym- her hair. Her shoes looked class. On the contrary, they Therapist Told Me to Write Brooklyn Paper tos of them.” posium on dressing modestly straight out of Vogue. Dian Pelangi, head de- Pelangi herself has 4.3 mil- spoke of the freedom and joy signer of the Indonesian fash- lion Twitter followers who a Fashion Blog.” They raised the woof! The show featured 14 ca- yet fashionably, organized by Admittedly, she said, the of dressing this way. And if ladies kick it up nines from three shelters, in- Daniel Cole of the NYU Cos- idea of a religiously obser- ion company that bears her look to her for advice on mod- In countries like Amer- Rescue dogs from local name, took the podium next, est styles. a notch by making it look shelters strutted the catwalk cluding Badass Animal Res- tume Studies department and vant Muslim, Jewish, or even ica, where women have the cue in Gowanus, who pawed opened by Nancy Deihl, the Christian woman “doesn’t looking regal in a stunning With 23 percent of the choice to dress any way they great, they’ve got the best of to wow potential new own- down the runway with fire- director of the program. bring to mind very fash- floor-length green cape with world’s population Islamic, please, “If women still choose both worlds. As Lyn Bakri, ers at the Rescue the Run- To give you an idea of how ionable women.” a black hood. “Hijab means catering to Muslim women’s to cover their bodies,” said founder of the modest fash- way show at Crown Heights’ fighters, police officers, and this topic cuts across religious But just because they are ‘to cover,’ ” she explained to fashion needs makes busi- Honig, they are not “victims” ion line Aneeqa, said, “You Berg’n Beer Hall last Satur- local leaders. lines, try to guess which of covering more of themselves half the audience that wasn’t ness sense. who need to be saved, they’re don’t have to show much skin day, putting on an impres- None of the 175 guests these statements was made by than your average secular lass already wearing one of these “For me,” said Pelangi, making a statement. “They to look beautiful and be con- sive show despite their rough adopted a dog at the ac- a Jewish woman, and which doesn’t mean they have to be Muslim headcoverings. “modest fashion is the next take pride in their modesty fident.” upbringings, according to tual event, since the rescue by a Muslim woman: dowdy. Honig goes shopping “There was a time when emerging market.” because it’s part of who they The women at NYU, in an organizer. groups need to do a thor- “I dress modestly because at popular stores, “browsing the hijab was considered And yet, for the women are.” their robes and scarves, wigs “We couldn’t have asked ough background check on God commanded me to, as through the racks, each piece weird, backwards and old- at this symposium, fashion Added Shafer, “It is of- and heels, were evidence of for a better group of rescue potential owners before a way to focus on my value going through some mental fashioned,” Pelangi said. meant more than just look- ten assumed that Muslim that. dogs,” said Marisa Grim- handing over the leash, as a person.” calculation of how to mod- But now it is “huge trend.” ing good. women who wear conserva- Lenore Skenazy is a key- shaw, co-executive director but Grimshaw said there “Why do women cover? est-ify it.” Witness the fact that a Ja- “The fashion world as it tive dress don’t have a rela- note speaker, author and of animal welfare group Mr. has been a huge amount of Sexuality is something that To do that, she usually adds karta designer showed the exists today is about very tionship to their bodies.” On founder of the book and Bones and Company. “They interest in all of the dogs belongs in the home.” layers, or maybe she’ll sew first “modest” fashion line public sexuality,” said Ann the contrary, “Islam is very blog Free-Range Kids, and were so social, so friendly, from those who attended Answer: Jew, Muslim. But up the slit of a slinky skirt. at New York Fashion Week Shafer, an art historian and open about sort of how to a contributor at Reason. and really excited to get on the event and watched on- they were both nodding along Voila: a fashionable young this year. And the fact both architect specializing in Is- treat your body as a sexual com. the runway and have peo- line. September 30–October 6, 2016 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 13 14 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 30–October 6, 2016 You found shoes in the freezer
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