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NOW ACCEPTING Minutes in Sports! on The Greatest 2 ne Call 201.436.2570 c OUT E om MERICA MER IC CA FOR people if a gust of wind rolls through. through. rolls ofwind ifagust people to isadanger say neighbors that water standing holding pales and bins, cans, loose 100 than more HOUSE OF CANS: old building —who did old building more-than-century- of the awindowpane. ing amiss- with askylight and scraps, loose rier, other and car- apet basket, laundry a crates, pails, planters, large, rusted cans, empty covered with more 100 than completely expanse tered saw aclut- and roof boring aneigh- to gotaccess paper head.” on the gethit we’ll by and walking by or mycerned children thatwith I’ll be avenues littered Eighth and walking will canisters. Seventh patio between and be herbackyard found cently whore- Spano, Rosemary neighbor next-door said “I’mblew into their backyards. debris other and cans ter con-peculiar open-air stash af- ofthe getwind neighbors did recently only but years, for eyesore trash-ridden a rowhouseStreet been has bors claim. neigh- worried ground, the on passersby to ahazard is run-down Park Slope home buckets above and a cans tin Slopers worried about container-covered roof NO ‘CAN’NO DO! BY NATALIE MUSUMECI Neighbors say the owner owner say the Neighbors news- for this A reporter is“This dangerous,” The landmarked First of collection A rooftop This Park Slope home on First Street between Seventh and Eighth avenues is full of isfull avenues Eighth and Seventh between Street First on home Slope Park This in the building alone ac- addressed.” be could then maybe that problem up there cans the she has ing. “If we understood why resident’sfor the well-be- fears and event ofablaze, hard for fi it make could roof cluttered the who worries Spano, for,” (the cans) uses said ofpartment Finance. De- the to according 1992, vine-covered building since the owned rightfully has safety the safety,for but their also of the residentworrisome.” is someone hurt potentially whoand anything that would block up this walks kid ery “Ev- street. the across lives said Marla Kessler, who day. each street running up and down the with students about —especially worried are neighbors that down from PS 321haul cans upward. to system pulley acrude as stoop trash-strewn the and betweendangling the roof abag and along string uses tempted door-knockings — multiple to at- not respond The resident, who resident, lives The “I have no idea what she fear notonly Residents is“This school block,” But it’s coming cans refi ghters in the Community Newspaper Group / Natalie Musumeci /Natalie Group Newspaper Community threatened by neglect.” comprised or potentially is integrity architectural and integrity structural only get involved when the Lisi De Bourbon. “We would Landmarks spokeswoman way,” any in damaged said structurally be to or appear down falling of danger in be to it appear doesn’t because jurisdiction our under fall tion of the building wouldn’t over.no control has Commission ervation Pres- Landmark’s the even condition, is something agency spokeswoman. an said residence, the about received any complaints not has Hygiene Mental partmentings website, and the De- to the Department of Build- according violations, ing time. of ofpress as comment for reached notbe could Health adults orharm.” at risk who are impaired mentally or and and/ for physically support forarranges services and management program that is a “state-mandated case which Services, Protective an opencording to neighbors, has case with Adult “Improving the condi- itscurrent in house, The nobuild- has house The dweller’s caseworker The DT 5 APR. 26-MAY 2, 2013, COURIER LIFE George George McDonald ibrooklyn.com Moderated by Host of NY1’s of NY1’s Host Errol Louis Errol ”Inside City Hall” Lhota Joseph J. 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Join a whole. as life of quality and www.ibrooklyn.com/events visit register, To A FULL BAR AND MENU MENU AND BAR FULL A { { ea mar- ea FEATURING rst time one one time rst Photo by Stefano Giovannini “You can ask that“You anyone not the fi It’s Greenpoint residents has been to our that events drunk in result not do they he said.revelers,” “Rather mar- crafts and arts an it’s people where areket stroll- while shopping around ing shop- local with interacting but fun, pers. Having a glass of wine the to adds beer or it’s very civilized.” ample bicycle parking bicycle ample and hired security and staff to clean the up streets around the nightly. site and politicians prevented prevented politicians and from bazaar proposed his neighbor- thier to coming hood two years ago. kets has caused an outcry. of Broudo’s pop-up fl This late-night, fl ea-market-style ea-market-style This late-night, fl GASTROPUB THEATER Broudo, who has who Broudo, hosted Broudo’s bazaar, in- bazaar, Broudo’s past marketplaceshouse in Williamsburg and at a wareat the - Dekalb Market Down- town, installed have would spired by popular night night popular by spired markets found in Asian cit- ies, run would have from 6 pm through midnight and boasted an array of food beer a merchants, vendors, and wine garden, mini golf, tennis,table a rock climb- ing wall, petanque, Chinese tea, per- andmusic live tent dome-like a in formed on the city-block-sized lot between Smith Street and the canal that could up hold shoppers. 1,000 to tion wrote in the April 9 e- mail. FESTIVUS FOR NONE OF US: OF NONE FOR FESTIVUS festival, dubbed the Brooklyn will not Night come the to Bazaar, banks of the Gowanus Canal. ine, the the ine, RERUNTHEATER.COM ea-market–style fes- ea-market–style WWW. ea market, has which “If want we any control, In a recent e-mail urg- e-mail recent a In “We are “We pursuing a dif- Market impresario impresario Market The creator of Brooklyn BY NATALIE MUSUMECI NATALIE BY RERUN How bazaar? How Gowanus nighttime market gets cancelled gets market nighttime Gowanus before it began,” the Coali- the began,” it before If not our summer is over we have to make noise now. now. noise make to have we trail. sleepless nights their on sleepless fun, leaving their trash and ing, yelling and looking for for looking and yelling ing, step all night long, drink- “spill out on your door- your on out “spill of bazaar patrons would dens wrote that thousands thousands that wrote dens Coalition Carroll for Gar- since been taken offl the fl the Change.org petition against against petition Change.org ing residents to sign the mation. not disclose any other infor- mer,” said Broudo, who did said who Broudo, mer,” ferent location for this for location sum-ferent nighttime noise. nighttime the concerns market over of an online petition protested protested petition online an scrapped the proposal after September. But he abruptly But September. day night from June through run every Friday and Satur- tainment space that would would that space tainment bustling shopping and enter- and shopping bustling on Huntington Street into a convert an industrial site site industrial an convert Jr. that would allowJr. him to crete titan John Quadrozzi to sign a contract with con- with contract a sign to Aaron Broudo was ready Garden neighbors. neighbors. Garden opposition by some Carroll Canal this summer amid amid summer this Canal the banks the of Gowanus tival and concert series to tival and concert series night, fl night, of his plan to bring a late- of his Night Bazaar has backed out 6 DT COURIER LIFE, APR. 26-MAY 2, 2013 * You’ll about: learn Brooklyn, NewYork 228 Duffield Street New York Hotel* Sheraton Brooklyn 9:00am –2:00pm Saturday, May11 buyer’s seminar! free home Union fora Municipal Credit Come join F m Directions H ederall ote tg y Financial LiteracyandMore from ExperiencedIndustryExperts Down PaymentAssistanceInformation Understanding Your Credit Today’s MortgageMarket l insured b par @ ki : nymcu.org to R ng y B NCUA y i train: A/C/F/N/R to Ja s ava il a Free MCU Home bl th e. e. , 2013 , 2013 11201 Buying Seminar Buying y St.–MetroTech or2/3 to Ho S VP by May 6 y t St. t h . 7 APR. 26-MAY 2, 2013, COURIER LIFE DT Rogers Marvel Architects PLLC Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Brooklyn in Church Ann’s Heights, to moved a ware- Streethouse on Water near Dock Street in DUMBO,is in now and a temporary home Streeton Jay between John and Plymouth streets. Turning the Warehouse historic Turning into Tobacco 718.832.3313 The new venue willThe venue new be SMOKE-FREE ZONE: SMOKE-FREE this as shell, building the of top on roof a putting means theater a rendering resented Community to Board 2 shows. unroofed section will turn into a triangular birch tree grove that will be open to the duringpublic park hours. 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Tobacco a par- Warehouse tial roof, housing a theater and a room community for original the with meetings, brick walls left exposed. The . “If the go conversions com- long have Critics “Doesn’t mean they should lovely a is this through, should they said. Janner it,” for design mean “Doesn’t de- a lovely be there, it’s but sign.” over handing that plained theTobacco Warehouse to theater a private com- person and a member of its Land Use Committee. Mount Sinai physicians Sinai physicians Mount certified in board medicine family Monday–Friday 1 to 9 pm hours coming soon Weekend plans insurance Many accepted needed appointments No for urgent care rst vice chair- vice rst The plans new stage’s de- Rogers Marvel Architects PLLC ALL THE In the WORLD’S far left STAGE: A of this rendering of the area theater the that clear is it playhouse proposed the of exterior will take up a small portion of the building buted this week in front of of front in week this buted Community Board 2 — the panelcivic that St. Ann’s court, trying to eagerly is recom- good a that knowing mendation from the board can go far presents it when its plan to the Landmarks Preservation Commission, according to Irene Janner, the board’s fi in Brooklyn Heights in Brooklyn .UrgentCareBklyn.org ess open space into BY JAIME LUTZ JAIME BY www 929-210-6300 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn, 300 Cadman Plaza West, 18th Floor 300 Cadman Plaza West, Urgent Care Urgent “This design the for To- But planners, who must must planners,But who St. Warehouse is Ann’s Drama isreturning to Smoke ’em if you got ’em got you if ’em Smoke rst, the say latest incarna- Park planners release latest plans to make Tobacco warehouse a theater warehouse Tobacco make to plans latest release planners Park thankful.” very hopeful and extremely artistic director. “We’re “We’re director. artistic san Feldman, the theater’s bers, said and Su- visitors,” — as artists, audience mem- and the park all year long people to enjoy thepeople building to enjoy so many possibilities for for possibilities many so bacco Warehouse opens up tion. should get a standing ova- a state-of-the-art theater the roofl the tion of the proposal to turn turn to proposal the of tion fi gain city and stateapproval Court . Court off stage the District by U.S. original attempt was booed original attempt was nearly two years after its Park into a playhouse— playhouse— a into Park house in house Brooklyn Bridge the historic Tobacco Ware- once again trying to convert trying again convert to once Water Street. 8 DT COURIER LIFE, APR. 26-MAY 2, 2013 cording to a police report. apolice to cording failed to and body his comply under arms his by keeping with offi cleaner. avacuum removed and at am about screwdriver 11:50 the with Avenue Fourth near apartment Street roll Car- ofthe door front the open he pried –as afelony –who now faces charge inal sit Authority vending machine. vending sit Authority Tran- for at $113 made aMetropolitan was herjacket. from missing —was license drivers and cards, hercredit $100, —containing her wallet pm. at 8:30 chair onanearby ner pocket in- the in wallet Vuitton herLouis holding Avenue hercoat Flatbush sheleft near and pub at the friends with sitting she was 19. April Avenue Marks on aSt. bar inside a chair on of awoman’s hanging was jacket that doors. front onthe pulled and ings suspiciously went 17. onApril a screwdriver up to with apartment Street numerous aCarroll broke into build- missing. was driver’s license his and cards, credit different four $400, holding wallet leather brown his later at 11 pm. leaving before eatery ble ofthe ta- it onthe left mistakenly and wallet, his credit placed card, his credit back card in nearafter he fi Sterling 15. on April wallet left inside Place a Flatbush Avenue diner he paid usingof Union Street. corner at the Avenue him nabbed cops and hisbery — fl phone. cell her and $60 containing her pocketbook with off made and ribs the herin punched scoundrel 52-year-old when the am 5:30 about at Street Butler near eating and ting Avenue 18. onThird onApril purse stole her and ribs the in awoman punched stole her wallet inside a Fourth Avenue aFourth inside stole herwallet he after face the in awoman punched edly Couple of screws of Couple loose Apprehended attacker The perp refused to be handcuffed handcuffed be to refused perp The The victim told police that realized later, hour woman the An that a charge that told cops victim 22-year-old The out wallet the slipped thief A sneaky Offi Cops followed the who allegedly a man perp collared Police on foot as he When he came back just fi that told police victim 32-year-old The aman’s swiped crook opportunistic An ofarob- acharge —who faces perp The sit- shewas that told police victim The who allegedly aman cuffed Cops Police arrested a miscreant who alleg- Vicious perpbusted Unlucky customerUnlucky cers observed the 43-year-old crim- Stealthy steal ed the scene on foot down Third Third down onfoot scene the ed nished eating in the restaurant 78TH PRECINCT 78TH PARK SLOPE PARK ac- cer’s orders, ve minutes minutes ve the scene. fl and euros, in $50 and cards, credit and debit his holding wallet, remove his ets, jacket pock- his through rummage perp am. 7:10 for atAvenue donation off items dropping Sixth near establishment at the he was Avenue 19. on Fourth ity on April facil- rental at when atruck hewas pocket jacket his in unattended left was let that gone. was ride $3,000 his 11 am, around avenues at 9pm. Fifth and Fourth between street the on Yamaha blue his left 18. 17 April and April tween be- sometime Place Marks onSt. parked off. ran at pmand about 2:40 West Street ofPlaza corner onthe she was the thug snatched the cellular device when 16. gotawayenue and onApril Av- onFlatbush out ofherhand hone right missing. were Pros MacBook two and heriPad and door herfront to damage shehad noticed pm. 1:40 avenues at about goout to for awalk Fifth and Fourth between herabode she left 19. onApril ofelectronics worth $3,500 gotaway about and with apartment Place out. him pointed victim the after suspect the busted Cops mark. ared causing face, the herin punched heallegedly and leaving report. apolice to according him, fl to who crook attempted alleged 44-year-old at about 3pm. backpack out ofher herwallet took criminal the 14th streets and 13th between building the offi the cleaning shewas while building on April 18. ee the scene after the woman confronted confronted woman the after scene the ee About fi that told police victim 39-year-old The aman’s with wal- off made A bandit When he returned he that told cops victim 29-year-old The the aman’s jacked motorcycle A thief next day at that told police victim 26-year-old The awoman’s iP- grabbed crook A hooded later, hours two she shereturned When that told police victim 34-year-old The Marks aSt. burglarized A criminal The woman tried to stop the him from from him the stop to tried woman The “I didn’t take your money,” that told cops victim 53-year-old The said the Walk out, break in Pickpocketer hesaw the later ve minutes Nightrider MyPhone — Natalie Musumeci Musumeci — Natalie ces inside ces ee down. down. beat- unusual the after herhead in staples getsix to had victim The cops. to cording ac- but wasn’t am nabbed, at about 2:35 lice said. po- streets, Garnet and ofClinton section 14 inter- at onApril the object unknown an and abroom with someone assaulting ments. docu- court to according Street, Rivington Columbia Street near the intersection of incident on for the possession marijuana ofmarijuana. a bag holding —while 20 onApril am about 4:30 at face the in awoman punching legedly she called 911, but noone responded. she called told police woman The street. the down off ran meneventually the and it tightly to pull it tried and woman’s the purse grabbed frombers of her rob- oneofthe ablock, about ahalf After arm. She her. following held15 when menstarted two onto onApril am at 9:20 streets Whipple and Avenue Bartlett onThroop between ing walk- shewas that told police victim The herpurse. steal to tried when they arm vehicle. the scribe notde- hecould Hetold police head. of the withtal swelling and bleeding on the back hospi- the to himself took cyclist The head. ofthe back the in rider the smacked and ofacar side window passenger rear right out a leaned savage 18when the April Varick and Avenue onFlushing between eastbound Porter avenues atAvenue. 5:40 am on Flushing down riding hewas as head the Hits cyclist with hand Another jerk also assaulted the victim victim the assaulted jerk also Another for arrested was woman A 33-year-old and assault with charged was man The for al- arrested was man A 21-year-old A couple of thirsty crooks snatched snatched crooks A couple of thirsty awoman’s injured ofpunks A pair The victim told police in acyclist bashed A vicious commuter he was riding SOUTHSIDE WILLIAMSBURG—BUSHWICK Wrestling match Soda streamed The BigSweep 90TH PRECINCT 76TH PRECINCT 76TH Pot punch Pot CARROLL GARDENS — Jaime Lutz — Jaime police were not able to track them down. down. them notable were track to police but Avenue house, Bushwick anearby into across run crooks the hewatched them told gone.Awitness were ofsoda cases the hesaw back, when hecame 15and on April am at 9:30 streets Boerum and McKibbin Avenue onBushwick parked car between police said. driver, adelivery from ofsoda bottles 144 bottle at her.bottle aliquor her. swung kicked four bully One other the and ground the herto pulled leader ring The attacked. gang when the 15 avenues pmonApril at 3:30 Manhattan and ofMeeker corner at the was daughter streetcorner. gang of fi the ruffi when 19 April on pm menacingly. him approached robber the 6:30 at avenues Driggs park near the cornerthe booty. of most returned but then Park, McCarren of Manhattan through walking man a34-year-old down and suspect. the not identify could but police bar at the pointed camera 17. asecurity ofApril was night There the during ATM sometime the and bar police that the crafty crook broke into the avenues told Driggs and Bedford between cash. in $2,340 steal ATM to an into drilled then and vestibule a bar, the broke into an’s phone, wallet. keys, and cell with robbery. Police recovered the wom- charged and arrested was son 20-year-old woman’s The it. with off ran and carrying shewas property the all grabbed He then hit herhead. herto causing ground, the April 16 whenwalk he suddenly of side- onthe herson with arguing she was Bushwick pushed her to Avenue report. phone, police cell keys, and wallet, at 8:46mother to the ground and stealing her pm on of his property before running away. running before property of his and then handed the victim back the rest keys. and wallet so the victim handed pocket, back out aweapon ofhis pull to over his cell going hewas like acted and again mand phone, away, de- the made then robber but the GREENPOINT—NORTHSIDE WILLIAMSBURG The delivery driver told police he left his The girl’s mother told police by a attacked was girl A 15-year-old that her “Give me everythingThe victim your told police pockets,” he shook mugger time night A brazen was in the Street on Grand bar ofthe owner The of gate front cutthe A patient burglar that toldpolice victim 51-year-old The his for pushing arrested was A man The robber took $20 out of the wallet wallet out ofthe $20 took robber The walk to tried and refused victim The Multi-step process an said. Gang assault Caring crook onaGreenpoint ve teenagers 94TH PRECINCT Family feud Family DT 9 APR. 26-MAY 2, 2013, COURIER LIFE Stillwell Avenue th W 15 Street th W 16 Street Boardwalk W Boardwalk MCU Branch th W 17 Street Coney Island th W 18 Street th W19 Street Mermaid Avenue Mermaid Surf Avenue Surf Neptune Avenue Neptune th W 20 Street th th Coney IslandConey –April 30 st –September 30 st MCU MCU reopened! has Branch 9am–4pm Mon–Fri October 1 WINTER HOURS: WINTER HOURS: 9am–3pm Saturday 9am–6pm Mon–Fri 9am–2pm Saturday May 1 SUMMER HOURS: SUMMER HOURS: Brooklyn, NY 11224 Brooklyn, NY 1904 Surf Avenue 1904 Surf Avenue Island Branch MCU Coney 10 DT COURIER LIFE, APR. 26-MAY 2, 2013 AND BANKRUPTCY: defenses available to the homeowner; homeowner; availabledefenses tothe David J. Doyaga, Esq. J.Doyaga, David a joint presentation with the Brooklyn To aSeat orfor Reserve More Information Contact: All members of the public are invited are public ofthe members All THE PROCESS, DEFENSES AND OPTIONS AND DEFENSES PROCESS, THE Association Volunteer Lawyer’s Project, Inc., and the Brooklyn Bar As- Bar Volunteer Inc., Lawyer’s theBrooklyn Project, Association and This Brooklyn Bar Association Foundation Law Committee program is program Foundation Committee Law Association Bar Brooklyn This The Brooklyn Bar Association’s Bar Boardroom Brooklyn The Well recognized practitioners speaking about speaking Well recognized practitioners CONSUMER DEBT April 30, 2013 – 6:00 - 8:00 P.M. -8:00 2013 30, April –6:00 mortgage foreclosure proceeding; foreclosure proceeding; mortgage to an informational attend lecture outlining the process of a typical process of atypical the outlining Reservations are recommended are Reservations CONSUMER DEBT ANDBANKRUPTCY Richard A. Klass Richard A. 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