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By Jaime Lutz ment banker Stephen Berger, who was nity, where many residents probably get The Brooklyn Paper appointed by Gov. Cuomo to oversee the their care across the river,” he said. The state wanted to save Long Island study, said his report was wrong. In 2011 — when the state first ac- College Hospital and kill another be- “[There] wasn’t very much business quired Long Island College Hospi- leaguered medical institution in Flat- to move to LICH and there were vari- tal — Berger and State University bush — before it approved the exact ous obstacles in moving, frankly, any spokesman Robert Bellafiore were opposite. business at all to LICH, which is, af- more hopeful. ter all, in a completely different mar- “They acquired it in the hopes of
Photo by Stefano Giovannini A 2011 state study of Brooklyn’s Where will P.J. Hanley’s regular Sal Berritto go if the borough’s ailing health care system, colloquially ket,” Berger said in a letter to univer- making it work,” Bellafiore said. “It’s oldest bar does not remain a bar? known as the “ Berger Report ,” rec- sity chairman H. Carl McCall. unfortunate and sad that it didn’t turn ommended SUNY Downstate Medi- Long Island College Hospital’s lo- out better.” cal Center be absorbed into its newly cation simply isn’t working, Berger The university bought the struggling acquired Long Island College Hospital added, writing that since the 2011 re- hospital for a little more than $205 mil-
because the Central Brooklyn facility, port, fewer Cobble Hill residents have lion when the medical center owed $170 Photo by Stefano Giovannini P. J. Ha n ley ’s which is located across the street from been going to the Brownstone Brook- million and was worth just $143 mil- Activists wonder why Long Is- the mammoth, city-run Kings County lyn medical center. lion, not counting its ample real estate land College Hospital must close Hospital, is “small and outdated.” “This is a very difficult trend to re- assets, according to an audit released and SUNY Downstate Medical on the rocks But by early February 2013, invest- verse, particularly in an upscale commu- See LICH on page 11 Center will survive. Bankruptcy hits boro’s oldest bar Lyceum in trouble By Danielle Furfaro McGown claims he has received The Brooklyn Paper several offers to purchase Hanley’s, Quirky Slope venue faces foreclosure Brooklyn’s oldest watering hole some from entrepreneurs who hope to could go the way of the trolley car after continue the pub’s 139-year run, and By Danielle Furfaro The Lyceum’s Eric Rich- development site. it is sold at auction next month. some from would-be buyers who would The Brooklyn Paper mond says he will be forced The case started more than P.J. Hanley’s owner James McGown do what even Prohibition couldn’t and The Brooklyn Lyceum will to pull the plug on the venue five years ago , when Richmond filed for corporate bankruptcy last turn the Court Street storefront into a shut down next week if the pro- if he loses a lengthy court bat- says he took out a $500,000 week and plans to sell all of the his- retail space that doesn’t serve beer. prietor of the Fourth Avenue tle against his former archi- loan from Miele and tempo- toric Carroll Gardens bar’s assets in- “We’ve gotten a lot of offers to turn venue can’t halt foreclosure tect Jean Miele that will de- rarily handed over the deed to cluding the business’s lease, equip- the place into something else,” said proceedings against the bath termine which man owns the the next-door vacant lot as he ment, and booze to the highest bidders McGown, whose Chapter 11 bank- Photo by Stefano Giovannini house–turned–performance landmarked building and an ad- tried to raise cash to pay off on March 18. See BAR on page 4 The Brooklyn Lyceum is facing imminent foreclosure. space. jacent lot that could be a prime See LYCEUM on page 11 Flea jumps to East River State Park By Danielle Furfaro N. Sixth and N. Seventh streets “If they sold it in July and we a-brac vendors of the Brooklyn That’s mainly because most The Brooklyn Paper to the parkland between N. Sev- didn’t have another place to go, Flea will set up their stalls from park-goers treat the open space as The Brooklyn Flea and its enth and N. Eighth streets starting we’d be in trouble,” said Butler. 10 am to 5 pm on Sundays. the borough’s answer to the Nile, Smorgasburg food bazaar will in April because their home of “A lot of small businesses depend A concert series that brought with the majority of visitors opt- move to East River State Park two seasons, a development site on this market.” crowds to East River State Park ing to congregate on the banks of in a one-block shift that will trans- currently owned by Edge-build- Smorgasburg will bring food sparked the ire of some neighbors the river rather than spend time form a waterside green space into ers Douglaston Development, is sellers to a narrow concrete strip in recent years due to noise and in the sweltering interior. an artisan shopping mecca on Sat- on the market and could inter- that takes up about 15 percent crowds, but neighborhood parks “I don’t see a ton of people us- urdays and Sundays. rupt the shopping season if sold, of the park on Saturdays from advocates are confident the week- ing those platforms,” said Ryan File photo by John Barclay The hugely popular markets Brooklyn Flea co-owner Jona- 11 am to 6 pm, while the handi- end-long shop-a-thon won’t inter- Kuonen, an organizer of Neigh- This summer, the views won’t be the only attraction at East will relocate from a lot between than Butler said. craft, clothing, furniture, and bric- fere with other park uses. See FLEA on page 11 River State Park. P’Heights dog & god show How a church’s pet shop could be new bar’s liquor loophole
By Eli Rosenberg is not a church,” said Hall, who The Brooklyn Paper also owns Milk Bar on Vander- It’s the separation of church bilt Avenue. “We’re just saying — and real estate! that as per SLA’s rules, we’re en- The restaurateur behind a sleek titled to get a liquor license be- new Prospect Heights eatery says cause it’s not solely and wholly he is exempt from a law banning a place of worship.” the sale of hard liquor less than But for the folks at the Taber- 200 feet from a church because nacle Free Church, the operative the house of worship across the term is “building.” street is also a pet store. The church owns a corner prop- Alexander Hall says his cock- erty at Washington Avenue and tail-centric eatery Sunshine Co. Sterling Place, welcoming parish- can escape byzantine blue laws ioners at 745 Washington Ave., and thanks to a loophole in the State leasing a small contiguous store- Liquor Authority’s code that bars front at 470 Sterling Pl. to Fanci Photo by Ken Yapelli bars near a “building occupied Pooches and Purrs Spa Boutique Brooklyn Science and Art Museum organizers Brandon Rigoli, Graciela Flores, and exclusively as a school, church, Concierge Service. Darrick Borowski want to bring a cultural hub to North Brooklyn. synagogue or other place of wor- Both addresses are a part of the
ship.” Photo by Stefano Giovannini same parcel according to the De- The key word, for Hall, is “ex- Critics say this restaurant shouldn’t get a liquor license be- partment of Buildings, and both clusively.” cause it’s so close to a church, but the restaurateur claims he are classified and taxed as reli- A museum start-up “We are not saying that church has the right because the church also operates a business. See CHURCH on page 12 Science & art hub proposed for waterfront By Danielle Furfaro could host a world-class facil- ter, and scientists in residence. Parking rate hike The Brooklyn Paper ity on the scale of Manhattan’s “We’re looking for scientists Eureka! American Museum of Natural who are interested in art and art- A North Brooklyn commu- History or the New York Hall of ists who are interested in sci- Proposed rise on Atlantic, Court, Smith nity group has come up with a Science in Queens in the next ence,” said Borowski. “We want grand idea to open the Brook- six years. to highlight the intersection be- By Natalie Musumeci spot-hogging drivers. tion’s pilot program gets off lyn Science and Art Museum — “We want this to be one of the tween those two.” The Brooklyn Paper The fees at muni-meters the ground this spring. an institution merging the ab- things on the list when you are a It’s still too early to tell how Finding parking in Cob- will increase after 30 minutes The initiative, dubbed Park stract pursuit of aesthetics with visitor to New York City,” said much the ambitious project will ble Hill, Boerum Hill, and on Atlantic Avenue between Smart, banks on the prem- the concrete study of the natu- co-organizer Darrick Borowski. cost, how it will be funded, ex- Brooklyn Heights will get Hicks Street and Fourth Ave- ise that motorists park with ral world. “We want you to cross the East actly where it will be located, or Community Newspaper Group / Natalie Musumeci more expensive — and hope- nue, and on Court and Smith their wallets: drivers would Town Square Inc. is look- River to come here.” when it will be completed. Fares for metered parking along At- fully easier — under a city streets between Atlantic Av- pay $1.50 for an hour rather ing for a waterfront site in Wil- The museum will have interac- “It’s an embryonic idea yet,” lantic Avenue, Court Street, and Smith proposal that calls for jack- enue and Sackett Street if the than $1, $2.50 for 90 minutes liamsburg or Greenpoint that tive exhibits, an educational cen- See MUSEUM on page 12 Street might increase. ing up meter rates to curb Department of Transporta- See PARKING on page 11 Al fresco feast Grisly discovery New eateries for Bklyn Bridge Park By Jaime Lutz der five-year leases with three one-year on Clinton Street The Brooklyn Paper option renewals, said David Lowin, Attention foodies: Brooklyn Bridge Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation Wife’s death an accident, husband says Park will be stuffed with dining op- vice president of real estate. tions this summer. The casual eateries will pay a min- By Natalie Musumeci Paper that Elizabeth Borst, his wife Four new eateries — all familiar imum of $90,000 for the space in the The Brooklyn Paper of 27 years, suffered from an autoim- names to gourmands — are coming first year, or eight percent of No. 7 A Carroll Gardens woman who died mune blood-clotting disease called an- to Pier 5, Pier 6, and the Fulton Ferry Sub’s sales and six percent of Luke’s Saturday after she was found bloody tiphospholipid syndrome that left her Landing sections of the park. sales, Lowin said. and unconscious in her Clinton Street in severely poor health in the days be-
The converted Smokestack Build- Pier 6 will host another outpost of brownstone fell and hit her head on the fore her death. Community Newspaper Group / Natalie Musumeci ing, under the Brooklyn Bridge near Fornino: The Art and Science of Pizza File photo by Stefano Giovannini kitchen floor because she was weak from “I feared every day that this would Elizabeth Borst was found bloody Water Street, will house outposts of — complete with a rooftop beer gar- Ample Hills Creamery is coming illness, according to her husband. happen,” said Lisco, who was taken in and unconscious inside this Clin- Luke’s Lobster and No. 7 Sub, both un- See PARK on page 11 to Brooklyn Bridge Park. Gaetano Lisco told The Brooklyn See CLINTON on page 4 ton Street home on Saturday. 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 March 1–7, 2013
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pocket before fleeing. purveyor on Johnson Ave- ing the turnstile inside the cards, cellphone, and her keys acing, and marijuana pos- 90TH PRECINCT No exit plan nue on Feb. 18. station on Fourth Avenue at vanished at around the same session. The owner of the machin- 11:20 pm when the first ski time from behind the bar. Southside–Bushwick Police arrested a man POLICE BLOTTER — Natalie Musumeci Police arrested two men ery told police he came into cap-clad suspect asked him Now you see it who allegedly broke into his business between Bush- who they say got into an ar- Find more online every Wednesday at for the time. When the vic- A robber looted a woman’s 88TH PRECINCT gument in a store on Vander- an apartment building on wick Place and White Street tim pulled out his Samsung Johnson Avenue on Feb. 23 BrooklynPaper.com/blotter leather bag while she was pe- Fort Greene–Clinton Hill voort Avenue on Feb. 21 that at 8:30 am to find one of his cellphone the thug whipped rusing the aisles in an Atlan- escalated into a knife-vs.- — and then got trapped in forklifts and some gas tanks out a knife. the backyard. tic Avenue department store Three threats shovel battle. missing. The victim guessed tions and found that there was Hoyt Street at 2:50 pm when “Give me your phone or A building resident called on Feb. 21. Trios of perps tried to rob The brawlers told police that the thief got into an un- a charge of $57.80 that had the suspect grabbed her bag. I’ll cut you,” the assailant de- cops after she returned from The 35-year-old victim pedestrians in two separate they were in the business be- locked door and then cut the been used at a Smith Street The victim struggled to get manded. walking her dog at 8:42 am told cops that she placed her incidents on Feb. 19 — but tween Maspeth Avenue and lock on the gate where the diner. When he viewed the it back until the suspect was The second thief came up and said a stranger followed bag holding a $350 electronic both victims managed to es- Rewe Street at noon when a forklifts are stored. The busi- club’s security tape, he saw subdued, cops said. from behind the victim and her into the building, which dictionary, $120, a monthly cape unscathed, according to dispute got ugly. ness does have cameras, but his co-worker snatching his Hungry for cash snatched $100 from his front MetroCard, an English text- police reports: Cops cuffed a 44-year-old is between Graham Avenue they weren’t working at the belongings, police said. pocket, while the third sus- and Humboldt Street. She told An armed assailant robbed book, makeup, bank cards, • A treacherous triumvi- man for allegedly slashing time. — Danielle Furfaro pect grabbed the phone out and keys, underneath her rate tried to rob a man on his 50-year-old rival with a police she rushed to her door, a sandwich shop in Metro- of the victim’s hand. locked herself in her apart- Tech Center on Feb. 23, po- shopping cart at 6:30 pm Fort Greene Place. knife. Officers also arrested The 30-year-old victim ment, and looked through the 94TH PRECINCT 84TH PRECINCT lice said. Big time heist when she was in the store the older suspect for purport- told cops he was at DeKalb peephole to see the man run Greenpoint–Northside Employees at the business Police cuffed a man who near Flatbush Avenue. edly beating the other man Brooklyn Heights– She realized her bag was Avenue at 7:38 pm when with a gardening tool. out to the back lot area. Fake cousin DUMBO–Boerum Hill– near Willoughyby Street say allegedly shoplifted 36 a man walked up to the cash watches from inside a Flat- gone 30 minutes later, po- the three thugs approached When the man realized he A cruel con artist Downtown him. Afternoon mug was stuck in the backyard, register attendant with a knife bush Avenue department lice say. Two punks assaulted and scammed $5,000 from an el- Sun robbed store on Feb. 19. — Natalie Musumeci “Give me all you got or I he pulled out a screwdriver derly woman by pretending in his hand at 4:15 pm. robbed a woman on Hum- A thief raided Brooklyn “I’m going to kill you An employee at the store shoot you,” said one of them, and tried to pry open the back to be her cousin from Poland according to the cops. boldt Street on Feb. 23. door. The woman called po- Bridge Park and made off and I got a gun in my left near Atlantic Avenue told 76TH PRECINCT The victim told police that at her Newel Avenue home with a valuable solar equip- cops that the thief swiped The victim ran to safety lice, who arrived to find the on Feb. 14. pocket as well,” the perpe- Carroll Gardens-Cobble she was near Boerum Street ment earlier this year. the hoard of watches at 10:45 inside a building. man still working on the back The victim told police that trator said. Hill–Red Hook on her way home at 4:20 pm The crook snatched the pm and left the store with- • Another threesome at- door, cops said. He tried to she received four phone calls After taking $370, the when two men threw her to costly power-generating ma- out paying. Attack duo tempted to rob a man on run away, and then fought from a man who said he was man fled toward Willoughby the ground and tried to grab terials from the playground The suspect faces a top Police arrested a 33-year- Carlton Avenue. back when police arrested her cousin from Poland. He Street, police said. her handbag while kicking on Pier 5 at 12:01 am on Jan. charge of grand larceny, ac- old woman and a 49-year- The 25-year-old victim him, cops reported. told her that he had been in an Violation her in the head. 6, and park officials reported cording to a police report. old man who allegedly at- told cops he was at Cumber- Folk lift stolen accident and asked her to send Someone stole a wom- land Street at 7:30 pm when The teens couldn’t wres- the theft to police on Feb. 19, Show stopper tacked a woman inside a tle her purse away, but they A constructive burglar him $20,000 cash for bail. He according to investigators. an’s wallet and phone from Clinton Street apartment the jerks approached him and did take her iPhone from her stole a forklift from a stone instructed her to give money a desk at a probation office A thief grabbed a woman’s on Feb. 23. demanded his phone. to his son, who he was going Hair careless on Jay Street on Feb. 20, po- belongings while she was at “We have a gun and we A 20-year-old woman The duo punched and to send to her house. lice said. Atlantic Avenue’s new enter- struck the victim in the head will shoot you,” said one of Cops say the phony cous- tried to bite and scratch her The victim said she no- tainment and sports mecca them, according to cops. way out of an arrest when re- and body with a metal ash- in’s fraudulent son came to ticed her wallet missing from on Feb. 16. tray inside the home between The victim ran away. her house between Driggs tailers caught her shoplifting the office, located near John- The 27-year-old victim, hair accessories from a store Mill Street and Centre Mall Scary mugging and Nassau avenues at 2:50 son Street, at 11:30 am. Police who was at the arena near at 1:32 am, investigators and on Court Street on Feb. 22, Police arrested a 16-year- pm, and she handed over found that her credit card was Flatbush Avenue for a con- witnesses say. police claim. old who they say beat up a $5,000. Afterward, she called used to make a purchase at cert, told police that she left The victim was so badly FRESH her actual cousin in Poland, Workers at the store near her wallet and iPhone on the woman on Washington Park Crown Fried Chicken. hurt that she sustained several on Feb. 22. who said he hadn’t called and Atlantic Avenue told police Tough economy seat when she got up to go broken ribs and a deep lacer- hadn’t sent anyone to pick the woman came in at 12:21 to the bathroom. The 35-year-old victim ation to the head. She was in told cops she was at the corner Happy Passover up money. pm and put the accessories A scheming trickster en- When she returned shortly such severe pain that she had of Myrtle Avenue at 11:45 pm in her purse. As the woman tered a Willoughby Street dry after, her cellular device, Denim deviants to be taken to a hospital to have when a kid started punching tried to escape the store, cleaning business, asked if debit card, MetroCard, and Police arrested two men her head stapled, according to her and tried to take money VISIT OUR EXPANDED she bit and scratched one they were hiring, and then green card were missing. who they say strong-armed 22 returned later to rob the documents from the District from her pocket. employee who tried to stop A phone-tracking device Attorney’s Office. pairs of denim jeans from a her and scratched and hit an- business on Feb. 20, po- Hammer time fashionable store on N. Sixth found the cell’s SIM card in other, cops reported. lice said. the trashcan in the venue. Knife threat A goon struck his co- PASSOVER Street on Feb. 19. Employees at the business Cops cuffed an 18-year- Clerks at the shop between Ups and downs Terrible guest worker in the face with a near Jay Street say the sus- old man who allegedly hammer on Clinton Avenue Berry Street and Wythe Ave- Someone tried to rob pect entered the store once Cops suspect a sly ban- threatened to cut another nue told police that one of the a woman as she exited an on Feb. 22, police say. to inquire about work and dit stole handbags from two man for his phone inside a The 29-year-old victim SECTION suspects came in at 7:40 pm apartment building eleva- then came back at noon pre- different women attending Second Place apartment on told cops he was arguing and grabbed 22 pairs of jeans, tor on Sands Street on Feb. tending to have a weapon in the same private party at a Feb. 20. dodged workers who tried to 22, police said. with a co-worker between We have (or will get you) his pocket. Seventh Street art studio on “Either I’ll stab you or give Fulton Street and Atlantic stop him, and got into a black The victim said she was “Open the register and Feb. 24. me your phone,” said the as- vehicle that drove off. walking out of the elevator Avenue at 3:02 pm when everything you need for give me the money,” he said, One 22-year-old victim sailant, who approached the the perp struck him in the Bad job on the 11th floor of the com- before taking $100 dollars told cops that she left her bag victim inside the residence be- plex between Gold and Navy face with the tool. your Seder Table. Police cuffed a Wythe Av- and fleeing. containing $45, her wallet, tween Court and Smith streets streets at 12:05 am when the — Jaime Lutz driver’s license, credit card, at 3:54 pm while acting like The ‘hey’ train enue hotel worker after his suspect tried to remove her colleague accused him of and health insurance card be- he had a knife in his pocket, A crook took a woman’s “We’re not just Matzo” cellphone and money by hind the bar at the venue be- investigators claim. phone as the Q train pulled into stealing and using his credit punching her in the face. 78TH PRECINCT card on Feb. 15. tween Second and Third av- The arresting officer the Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Park Slope The victim told police he Bag grab enues at 1:15 am, and it was found a quantity of mari- Center station on Jan. 27. Pick Quick Key Food was on his shift as a server at A 47-year-old woman Trio of thugs gone when she went to get juana in the suspect’s jacket The 35-year-old victim told the hotel between N. 11th and snatched another woman’s A knife-wielding brute it within minutes. pocket, according to docu- cops the train arrived at 10:15 5th Avenue/Corner Baltic St. N. 12th streets until 12:45 am. purse in the elevator of a and his two partners in crime Another 31-year-old vic- ments from the District At- pm, and the thief yanked her When he finished, he found department store at Ful- mugged a man when he was tim, who filed a separate po- torney’s Office. phone from her grasp and ran that $120 in cash and his debit ton Street on Feb. 22, po- inside the Union Street R lice report, told cops that her The suspect faces charges as the doors opened. * Plenty of Free Parking * card were missing from in- lice said. train station on Feb. 21. bag containing $90, bank- of attempted robbery, men- — Eli Rosenberg side his coat. He asked the The victim told police she The 25-year-old victim bank for a copy of his transac- was shopping at the store near told police he was approach- are sky-high right now, but we can’t.” BAR... Hanley said the lease stip- ulates that the tin ceilings and Continued from page 1 repairs that escalated into the antique bar itself cannot ruptcy filing states the busi- court proceedings. be removed or altered, but she “The landlords are up- ness has $1,250,000 in assets acknowledges that the space set that I’m paying $6,000 “I couldn’t pick up and $450,000 in debt. could host a different kind of The bar now known as P.J. a month here,” said McGown. “They know they can get business, depending on who Hanley’s opened in 1874 as wins the auction. Ryan’s, and managed to sur- much more than that, so they don’t want to acknowledge If the space ceases to oper- my daughter.” vive Prohibition as a speak- ate as a watering hole, she says the lease.” easy with shuttered windows she will be heartbroken. and escape routes. John Han- Deborah Hanley, one of McGown’s landlords and a “Hanley’s has been around ley bought the pub in the ’50s forever. We’ve always had and ran it until he sold it to his former P.J. Hanley’s owner Back pain can be debilitating, but we can help. who chose to sell when the giant Saint Patty’s Day par- nieces in 1995. They kept the pressures of raising small ties,” said Hanley. “It’s hard The New York Methodist Back and Neck Pain bar going for nine years before children made the day-to- to see your name associated the business went to McGown day operations too much with something like bank- Center is dedicated to providing patients with in 2005, but they have held to handle, denies she has ruptcy. Hopefully, it will re- onto the building. attempted to void the bar- main a bar.” the best possible treatment for disorders of the McGown — who filed man’s lease and says there Neighbors, many of whom for bankruptcy last year for is nothing she wants more have frequented the neigh- spine. Using methods that may include physical his pie chain South Brook- than a bar in the space. borhood hangout for decades, lyn Pizza — listed multiple “He’s making a stink about agree. therapy, medication, or even acupuncture, our explanations for his bar’s something that’s totally fabri- “You always feel terrible financial woes in his bank- cated,” said Hanley. “He has when something that’s been team of specialists can help relieve back pain, no ruptcy filing, including thiev- a lease that’s up in 2020, and around for so long goes away,” ing managers who allegedly there’s no way we can raise said Larry Love, who has been matter how intense. And if surgery is necessary, gave too many free drinks to the rent. We’d love to get more drinking at P.J. Hanley’s for patrons, and disputes with rent for that space, because more than 40 years. “It’s a part minimally invasive techniques are used whenever his landlords over building rents in the neighborhood of the neighborhood.” possible—letting you return to what’s really died at 4:30 am. important. Your life. “She died with her beauti- CLINTON... ful eyes open still looking at me,” said Lisco as he broke Continued from page 1 unlocked so neighbors and down in tears. “I’m devas- for questioning and released Valentino could check on tated.” without charges by cops at his wife at his request. “She Cops are still investigating the 76th Precinct on Saturday was most likely lying there the case to determine if Borst night. “Sometimes I would in a coma for five hours and was the victim of a murder. We fixed that. come home and I would find lost a lot of blood.” An initial autopsy con- that she fell on the floor un- Valentino didn’t know if ducted by the Medical Exam- able to stand up.” Borst was conscious, so Lisco iner’s Office came back in- Back and Neck Pain Center Lisco, an actor and waiter, claims he called a tenant in conclusive, a spokeswoman claims his 55-year-old wife, the building for help. said. A toxicologist will ex- a former New York Post as- Tenants in Lisco’s build- amine blood and take tissue sistant editorial page editor, ing did not answer their doors samples to determine a cause was in such bad shape that he on Sunday, and the bodega of death, which may not be had to help her up when she worker was not at his store known for another two weeks, fell earlier last Friday before on Monday, but a worker at she said. he left for his shift at a Man- the shop said employees have Neighbors were shocked hattan restaurant. been delivering groceries to when they heard the news “She’s been suffering for the home for ten years. and saw their low-key street many years,” said Lisco, add- Police responded to a 911 turn into a taped-off crime ing that Borst — who he de- call from a tenant in Lisco’s scene. scribed as a heavy drinker on building and found Borst with “This is a very quiet neigh- anti-anxiety drugs and med- a severe head wound. Emer- borhood,” said longtime Clin- ication to reduce the risk of gency workers on the scene ton Street resident Al Sirico. blood clotting — barely ate rushed Borst to Long Island “It looked like a scene out of during her last three days. College Hospital, where she ‘Law and Order.’ ” “She was extremely weak over the last two weeks.” Lisco, 51, claims he last Affordable Family Dentistry spoke to Borst when he called in modern pleasant surroundings her at about 4 pm on Friday, and grew frantic when she State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) didn’t pick up multiple times Emergencies treated promptly later that night. 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ART Town on fire Take a walk on the warm side. A photography exhibit shows art-goers one man’s journey through a ravaged coal-mining town that’s had a fire burning underneath it since 1962 — and is expected to continue for centuries. Artist Travis Roozee and his wife ventured into the ghost town — the subject of numer- ous literary and musi- cal works — and they found access to Centra- lia was surprisingly lax despite the town being hazardous. “There were warn- ing signs indicating dangerous conditions, otherwise, I was able Photo by Lauren Payne to freely walk around (718) 260–2500 what remains of the town,” said Roozée. The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings March 1–7, 2013 “I encountered other ‘tourists’ who had come to see Centralia, but there are neither fences nor security to prevent anyone from getting as close as possible to the most concentrated heat.” Nevertheless, with an active fire burning un- der his feet, he tread with care. “I was cautious about getting too close to areas that were active, and presumably, more dangerous.” But despite the notoriety of the place, Roozée’s photographs of the abandoned site aren’t as dev- astating as one might imagine. On the contrary, This scrub’s they are strikingly beautiful in an eerie yet en- ticing way. Scenes partially obscured by rising smoke gives the town an aura of mystery. “Much of [the foliage] has been burned away, but there are spots where the heat is sufficient, but not too intense, to support unique ecosys- tems,” said Roozée, who spotted reddish-orange- green moss that grows year round because of the abnormal warmth. on you On the other hand, fauna seem to have taken the hint. “The smell of sulphur and chemicals is intense. I imagine animals would stay away,” he said. Soap-maker offers lessons on The most dramatic shot in the series is that of Route 61, Centralia’s main road. The highway is split down the middle and steam issues from how to craft an organic bar a deep crack caused by severe heat. “It concisely illustrates how subterranean ac- By Natalie Musumeci tivity affects the surface,” said Roozée. The Brooklyn Paper SOAP Centralia is currently on view at 0.00143 Acres gallery in Cobble Hill, accessible through the ake your own soap from scratch Organic soap making class at Skin- ‘Once Again Thrift Store.’ Curator Veronica nyskinny’s workshop [182A 26th St. like the early pioneers did — plain, between Third and Fourth avenues in Mijelshon leans towards exhibiting social po- M unadulterated, and not loaded with Greenwood Heights, (718) 366–2201, litical art. phony fragrances. skinnyskinny.myshopify.com]. March “Centralia” at 0.00156 Acres [114 Smith St. A soap expert will lead an upcoming 21, 6:30–9:30 pm, $160. between Pacific and Dean streets in Cobble bar-making class where all ingredients used Hill, (917) 428–3810, www.acresbrooklyn.org] are of certified organic. is called “the cold process,” which differs Through April 7. Open Sat. and Sun. 2–6 pm. Organic bars of soap and conventional from the common hot process method in — Samantha Lim bars of soap don’t differ in how they clean, that the raw soap base is not actually cooked, but organic soaps are much healthier for the although it is heated. All participants in the skin as opposed to conventional soap bars intimate, hands-on class will not only cre- that are laden with chemicals in the form of ate their own customized 60-ounce block MUSIC artificial scents and colors, said Clara Wil- of handmade soap, but also get schooled in liams, founder of the Williamsburg-based the history of soap-making, learn the basics soap brand Skinnyskinny and host of the of scent blending and the properties of dif- workshop on March 21 at her Greenwood ferent oils, and get a glimpse of the many Time music Heights workshop. different soap-making methods. “In the same way that if you wanted to “Soap-making is a blend between sci- Some songs are perfect for the car stereo — make a salad dressing you wouldn’t use a ence and art,” said Williams, who has honed but this Brooklyn band performs music meant really low grade of olive oil because extra her craft for over 10 years. to be blasted in a time machine. virgin would have a lot more nutrients and Attendees of the $160 class, which in- With its collection of classic instruments and be a lot healthier, so it would be the same cludes all of the materials, supplies, and in- old-timey clothing, Eli August and the Aban- thing for the soap making,” said the sea- gredients needed to make a soap batch, will Photo by Stefano Giovannini doned Buildings are soned soap connoisseur. act like chemists and mix different blends It’s a wash: Clara Williams, a soap-making expert and owner of Williamsburg- vying to be one of the “I try to minimize the amount of chem- of oils such as extra virgin olive oil and based SkinnySkinny bath and body store, will host an upcoming hands-on organic darlings of Brooklyn’s ical exposure in any of the ingredients I organic virgin coconut oil with water and soap-making class at her Greenwood Heights workshop on March 21. era-bending steam- purchase.” add a highly acidic substance to the mix- punk scene — but The essential vegetable oils and herb in- ture called lye that can burn skin on con- gloves and offer a safety rundown. “Peo- to toss into their batches. They can even mix the band sings songs gredients used to make the organic batches tact, but is essential to make soap. ple can get totally messy and not have to in oatmeal for exfoliating purposes. about flower pet- of soap are all top of the line, said Wil- “People do get really scared of lye. It could worry about any hazards.” The end product will need about three als, ghosts, and river liams. be frightening, but once you know the ba- Out of harms way, students will have the to four weeks to cure so that all of the lye bends. To make good use of the organic ingre- sic safety precautions for it then you’re to- option to choose from a vast array of all-nat- can neutralize. Then it’s ready to be sliced “We’ve earned a dients, students of the three-hour preserva- tally fine,” said Williams who will provide ural scented herbs and spices including lav- into 15 individual bars, which Williams niche in the steam- tive-free soap making course will learn what students with goggles, work aprons, and ender, rosemary, vanilla, clove, and ginger estimates will last a year. punk scene even Photo by Stefano Giovannini though we don’t write about air ships and scien- tists,” said upright bass player Mike Darnell. bread and beer — or “brood” and “bier.” Eli August and the Abandoned Buildings Then, as now, home-brewing was boom- formed four years ago, when Darnell reunited with ing in the borough, but without modern- August, who had both moved to East Coast after day wonders like Kumbucha and vegan playing in a band together in Madison, Wisc. Bloody Marys, the colonist’s slightly less Little by little, they brought in other members Let’s go Dutch alcoholic beer flowed three meals a day they met at steampunk shows or at anachronis- for both adults and kids. tic bar the Way Station in Prospect Heights. In “Each outlying area of Dutch settlement fact, a handful of the members of Eli August and — like Breuckelen — would have had its the Abandoned Buildings are also members of Learn to make bier, brood own brewer,” said Van Kirk. “Most every- the Waysties, who are not so much the Way Sta- thing had alcohol in it because the com- tion’s house band as a group of bar devotees who By Eli Rosenberg mon fear of drinking water.” formed a band named after the bar where they The Brooklyn Paper DINING Participants at the event will get to hang out and jam. drink beer and make some bread in a tra- Now, Eli August and the Abandoned Build- urns out hipsters are not the first Brook- Bread and brew at the Wyckoff House ditional method cooked in a Dutch oven ings is releasing its first album, “To The Weak Museum [5816 Clarendon Rd. between lyn foodies. Ralph Avenue and E. 59th Street in V’Lacke on a coal pit. and the Weary,” which wavers between drone T The borough’s obsession with all Bos (718) 629-5400]. Mar. 9, 4 pm. $20, 21 As the museum points out, they’ve lucked and catchy bombast. things food and drink-related began hun- and over. Reservation required. out that the passion of modern Brooklynites In addition to upright bass and guitar, the band dreds of years ago, according to a couple have come to resemble those of the bor- also has a cellist, a clarinetist, a percussionist, of historians who are giving modern-day been genetically modified or polluted with ough’s first gentrifiers. and a glockenspiel player. foodies a chance to eat like the old-school pesticides and were probably healthier than “A lot of what we’re interested in to- “I was in a symphony when I was in college Dutch in Brooklyn — who may have eaten our system.” day was present 300 to 400 years ago,” and I wanted it to be like that,” said Darnell. “We a little better than us. The Wyckoff House, which dates to 1652, said Melissa Branfman, the director of ed- tried it out on the porch and it worked.” “Without getting too political, I would making it the oldest house in the city, will ucation at the house. “Brooklyn has cer- Eli August and the Abandoned Buildings Photo by Steve Solomonson say that we probably eat worse [than they host an event dedicated to the edible history tainly changed, but people are interested at Brooklyn Fireproof East [119 Ingraham St. Bread winner: Jason Gaspar of the Wyckoff did],” said Joshua Van Kirk, the executive of Breuckelen’s first European inhabitants, in things like farming and sustainability (347) 223–4211, between Porter and Knicker- House says it’s time to make like our borough’s director of the historic Wyckoff House. who were invested in two staples still criti- and eating local. That’s what the Wyckoff bocker avenues in Bushwick, eliaugust.com], forefathers — with beer and bread. “The heirloom seeds they used hadn’t cal to many modern Brooklynites as well: family was doing.” March 9, 8 pm, free. — Danielle Furfaro
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They then use the city- plant-monster serial “Swamp machine to try to prevent a Thing” — so we had to check huge crisis coming down the in with the writer to see what pipe. It’s basically a love let- he has in store for the world’s ter to this amazing city. most articulate shrubbery. So, if I like this crazy place Colin Mixson: Where you enough to write a book like a fan of Swamp Thing be- that, I think it’s a given that fore you took over the series? if I can, I’ll bring the Swamp Photos by Stefano Giovannini Can you talk about any pre- Thing to the city. I think Ja- Spoiler alert!: Marlow Riley, Heidi Vanderlee, and Liam McEneaney are be- vious Swamp Thing scribes maica Bay’s a good bet, but hind a Park Slope comedic reading series tackling the riveting novelizations you admire? Prospect Park is hard to beat. of movies so popular that fans will be entranced even they already know Charles Soule: Without a My local is Fort Greene Park, what happens at the end. doubt. Swamp Thing’s role in so perhaps an appearance comics history is absolutely there? Or maybe down in huge. The big shrub has ap- Greenwood Cemetery? Seems peared in hundreds upon hun- like some spooky stuff could dreds of comic book issues, happen in one of Brooklyn’s TV shows, movies, you name largest graveyards. it. Lots of comic characters CM: Swamp Thing and have a long publishing his- Abigail have been an item The book isn’t tory, though. What I think for a while now, but do you makes Swamp Thing stand think Swamp Thing could out is that it’s always been ever have any interest in an- a book about ideas. Swamp other woman? One would Thing’s best writers have been think the lovely Poison Ivy able to take the simple, every- would, at the very least, be day concept of a man who worth a second thought. always better turns into a giant, walking CS: Poison Ivy is always plant and turn out stories that worth thinking about — ignore address deep questions of hu- her at your peril! While I don’t man existence. want to get into too many de- Reading series highlights [When] Alan Moore took tails about specific plot points over the title, and brought in just yet, I have plans to intro- incredibly deep and far-rang- duce several new female char- silly movie novelizations ing ideas — it was certainly acters to the title, and I think still a book capable of ter- there’s a good chance we might By Jaime Lutz great idea does — bored on “It’s told through mul- rifying stories, but it had a see the occasional plant-lady The Brooklyn Paper a Sunday morning, mess- tiple viewpoints,” he said spiritual side to it that was make-out session. I mean, ing around on Facebook,” of the literarily insignifi- pretty amazing. that’s what the audience de- hey might be movie said Liam McEneaney, a cant book. CM: You’re taking up mands, right? classics — but liter- comedian who along with “The author clearly tried Swamp Thing with issue num- You bring up a larger point, T ary masterpieces they friends Marlow Riley and to turn it into a well-writ- ber 19 as part of the charac- though, which is that Swamp ain’t. Heidi Vanderlee organized ten novel, which it is not.” ter’s reboot in an overhaul of Photo courtesy of DC Entertainment Thing has been brought into Comedians are hold- the event on March 6 at Most of the books in all of DC’s iconic superhe- Mucking around: Brooklyn’s own Charles Soule has taken over as lead writer the fold of the larger DC Uni- ing a series of readings of Union Hall. the series are bound to roes. What manner of swamp for Swamp Thing — the world’s most beloved plant hero. verse — for a lot of his pre- books you might find at According to McE- have a healthy following creature are we dealing with vious run, he was in his own junk shops. You know the neaney, he and Riley ex- already. here? put it mildly, and while Alec There’s a great gag that the corner of the DC publishing kind: “based on the origi- changed meaningful com- For the next show, McE- CS: Well, I’m picking up is a committed hero, he has a COMICS DC version of Earth is like 20 line called Vertigo, which had nal motion picture” novel- muniques leading to the neaney is reading from the directly where Scott Snyder ways to go before he totally percent bigger than the regu- its own stable of characters izations commissioned by reading series. suerfluous novelization leaves the character at the understands what he’s gotten “Swamp Thing #19” at lar one — it has to be bigger, that rarely interacted with the studios looking to make an Riley posted a picture of the Mel Brooks classic Bergen Street Comics end of number 18. Without himself in for. Lots of battles, [470 Bergen St. between to fit in all the extra cities like DC mainstays like Superman, easy buck (full disclosure: of the “Grease 2” noveliza- “Spaceballs.” spoiling anything, we’ve al- internal and external. It’ll be Flatbush and Fifth av- Metropolis, Gotham, and so Batman and Wonder Woman. this reporter ravenously de- tion on the profile of a mu- And if that doesn’t trig- ready seen in the first year a fun ride. enues in Park Slope, on. In other words, DC defi- Because Swamp Thing’s now voured novelizations of “My tual friend and upon seeing ger feelings of nostalgia, and a half of Scott’s run that CM: As a Brooklyn-based (718) 230–5600, www. nitely has a New York! running around in the same Girl” and “The Babysitters the picture, McEneaney re- readers will be interested bergenstreetcomics. [Swamp Thing] is a super- writer, can readers expect com]. April. I’ve lived in NYC for about world as the rest of DC’s great Club Movie” when she was sponded by posting a picture to know the book was writ- natural hero whose job it is to to see any references to the sixteen years (six of that in lineup, I can put him into sit- a preteen with questionable of himself with the original ten by a pre-Goosebumps protect the world from various County of Kings in Swamp Brooklyn), and it’s one of my uations where he’s interact- taste). Grease novelization, which R.L. Stine. insane threats, and more par- Thing’s journeys? If Swamp gee? I understand its swampy favorite places in all the world. ing with other superpowered The show is a revival of he bought on a whim for “The Second Noveliza- ticularly as the Avatar of the Thing were to find his way down there. I put references to the city in characters — in some cases a relic from a time before 25 cents. tion” at Union Hall [702 Green, sort of a knight who’s to Brooklyn, do you think CS: All of the “regular” my stuff whenever I can — for the first time. Many pos- movie rentals — or Netflix Then McEneaney actu- Union St. at Fifth Avenue in supposed to advance the inter- he would prefer Prospect, cities in the world exist in the I actually have another book sibilities for great stories, and — but its beginnings were ally read the book and ended Park Slope, (718) 638–4400, ests of the plant kingdom on or Marine Park? Maybe the DC Universe right alongside hitting right around the same I’m going to do what I can to decidedly modern. up liking it — purely for unionhallny.com]. March 6, earth. That’s a weird gig, to Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refu- their fictional counterparts. time as my first Swamp Thing tell a few! “It started like every kitsch value. doors 7:30 pm, $7. 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If I partied, I wouldn’t be able to do this. But it is exhausting! I have to find ways to re- ally rest and take care of myself like Pepitone meditates on his hometown that. And my problem is that after the shows I get so wound up I have By Jaime Lutz the anxiety and anger that fuels your trouble sleeping sometimes — over- The Brooklyn Paper COMEDY comedy. When did this become such stimulation, all this stuff. a quest for you? JL: When you come back to New ddie Pepitone has struggled to “Eddie Pepitone and Friends“ EP: It’s really been organic. First York, are you surprised by how much at Bell House [149 Seventh St. find happiness his entire life. between Second and Third av- I got sober — I don’t smoke pot any- it’s changed? E Luckily for comedy fans, he enues in Gowanus, (718) 643– more. I used to be a big pothead and EP: It doesn’t seem like middle has struggled to superb, screaming 6510, www.thebellhouseny.com]. then I quit everything. And when you income or lower income people can March 6, doors 7:30 pm, show 8 effect — in front of audiences. We pm, $12. quit alcohol and drugs, you’re then live there anymore. spoke to this quintessential Brooklyn face to face with yourself because you JL: Has that changed the kind of comedian, who now lives in sunny don’t bury it anymore — although comedians who perform here? Los Angeles, about his childhood in played stickball and football on the you could bury it with food and other EP: I don’t really know that, be- New York, his upcoming show at the street. I remember my parents weren’t things (laughs) which I have to work cause I don’t live there, but I think co- Bell House, and the new documen- that happy, so it was not a great time on too — but I mean, once I got so- medians will always — it seems that tary about his career — “The Bitter emotionally. ber I started looking for ways to bring comics kind of don’t change because Buddha.” JL: Did it make you anxious? peace into my life. There are so many what they’re about is that insane, sick Jaime Lutz: You lived in Brook- EP: I wonder if that’s where my different things that one goes through need to make people laugh and that lyn until you were 9, right? anxiety came from, because I suffer to find to find some peace: medita- subversive personality doesn’t change. Eddie Pepitone: Yeah I lived in from all that crap! tion, and prayer, exercise, and all that I don’t think that changes — the city Brooklyn until I was 9. My dad is JL: I notice that when you come stuff is part of it. around them changes. from Marine Park. You know Brook- to New York, you perform at Brook- It’s hard for me, though. I’m an at- JL: As you’ve gotten older, have lyn a little bit? lyn venues — is that for sentimen- tention junkie — I love attention. And you noticed the kind of comedy that JL: Yeah, I live there. tal reasons? meditation is kind of letting go of the you do change? EP: You know Italians in Marine EP: No. Manhattan is too expensive ego. It’s very hard to do because as a EP: I think I’ve gotten more fear- Park? Garrison Beach, and Benson- and too boutique-y, and I think the Bell performer, the thing that drives you is less with what I talk about and I’m not hurst … so I lived in Brooklyn until House and Union Hall have become the seeking attention and reactions from afraid to explore certain things about I was 9 and then my dad moved us to hip places to play even though I don’t people. It’s been a struggle. I haven’t myself, just about how I feel and who the country — Staten Island. live there and I don’t know — (laughs) been meditating lately — I’ve been I am. When you’re younger, you really JL: Do you remember anything I’m not sure if I’m being correct! — too intensely involved in the movie want to look good, period, whether from that time? but that’s what I’ve heard. and all the stuff going on — reading you’re on stage or off stage. I think Photo by Mandee Johnson EP: I remember that it felt a little JL: The documentary that you’re reviews, you know? It’s probably when I’ve just gotten comfortable with not Smile!: Eddie Pepitone, a comedian and Brooklyn native, is known for his mix claustrophobic in Brooklyn. It was promoting, “The Bitter Buddha,” ex- I should meditate the most. looking good! Letting all the ugliness of Zen calm and manic anger — a seemingly impossible combination at the pretty intense, you know. What else plores your efforts to reach a measure JL: How are you feeling right now and the not-ugliness shine through. center of a new documentary about his career “Bitter Buddha.” — I had a bunch of friends — we of calm in your life in the middle of all going through this schedule? Excited Like here — here’s who I am. 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Dolphin dies Walgreens to share its new space with Key Food at Coney By Eli Rosenberg The Brooklyn Paper By Colin Mixson creature had attracted a small A new, smaller Key Food The Brooklyn Paper gaggle of curious onlookers. will open in the Prospect Av- Brooklyn — where dol- One animal-lover attempted to enue space where a beloved phins go to die. guide the dolphin back into the Key Food closed last sum- A baby dolphin was found frigid February waters. mer, marking a huge win washed up on the beach off “Someone walked past for Windsor Terrace activ- the Coney Island Boardwalk and then stripped down to ists who threatened to boy- Courtesy Walgreens of on Saturday, and despite the his boxing shorts and took the cott the incoming drugstore Walgreens unveiled plans for a Key Food beside the chain pharmacy. best efforts of a good samari- dolphin out doing the breast tenant if their grocery needs tan, the poor creature passed stroke,” said Woo. went unmet. away on the beach, accord- Unfortunately, the waves The pharmacy chain Wal- Neighbors are treating the The building will be mod- Politicians who organized ing to witnesses. pushed the sickly fish back greens announced it will compromise as a major vic- ified to fit the Key Food an- multiple town hall meetings “It was quite a find,” said onto the shore, this time look- share a section of the for- tory, considering their widely nex, with Walgreens occupy- in the convenience-store-vs.- Kent Woo, who was organiz- ing even worse than before. mer Key Food space at the circulated petition noted that ing two-thirds of the site, a grocery-store battle cheered Walgreens officials rejected store spokesman said. the news, as well. ing a boy scout event when “The dolphin was pushed corner of 11th Avenue with back onto shore and it wasn’t a grocery outpost following a request in June to “work The Key Foods, though “Congratulations to the he noticed the beached ma- Photo by Cassandra Giraldo rine mammal. moving by that time,” he months of petitions, rallies, with the property owner smaller than its predecessor, people of Windsor Terrace for A good Samaritan tried to swim this beached to reach an agreement that will offer glass-encased pro- making their voices heard,” Woo spotted the baby dol- said. and meetings by angry neigh- baby dolphin back out into the waters off of would expand the building duce section, a deli and pre- said Councilman Brad Lander phin on the beach near Still- Last month, a male dol- bors who raged against the Coney Island, according to witnesses, but the prospect of living in a super- and allow both a Walgreens pared foods section, a butcher, (D–Park Slope). well Avenue at around 8 am, phin died in the notoriously market-less “food desert.” and a full-service supermar- and a seafood counter as well Borough President and sick calf was washed back to shore the tide. where the apparently ill sea filthy Gowanus Canal. “Never underestimate ket on the site.” as the standard array of dry Windsor Terrace resident Windsor Terrace,” said Ryan The nation’s largest phar- goods, frozen foods, bever- Marty Markowitz said Wal- Lynch, whose group “Green macy chain admitted that ages, and snacks common at greens’s concession is an ex- Beans Not Walgreens” gath- community pressure made its other locations. ample of what makes this na- ered nearly 5,000 signatures the difference. Both outlets will open in tion great. Big BIDness in P’Heights in a petition against Wal- “This would not have hap- July or August, and accord- “In America, it’s possible, greens. “This is a big vic- pened if you guys didn’t voice ing to planners each will give if people organize against a tory for our community and your concerns,” said Wal- special consideration to for- major corporation, things can Washington Avenue merchants consider new tax a testament to everyone who greens representative Hien mer employees of the old Key happen!” he told the ener- worked on this.” Nguyen. Foods for hiring. gized crowd. By Eli Rosenberg ally evolving,” said Dana tax against Washington Av- til a neighborhood activist The Brooklyn Paper Ottey, the president of the enue landlords to cover the won him over with her pas- Merchants on a neglected Washington Avenue-Pros- services. sionate pleas. Prospect Heights avenue say pect Heights Merchants As- The BID’s bid requires “She has totally con- business will boom if the sociation and the owner of the support of more than vinced me to jump on street becomes more clean, Awedacity boutique on the half of the property own- board,” he said. Fatal crash lively, and organized — and strip. “But we need to let ers on the strip — and once Ottey says the corridor’s they want to start collecting people know that we’re here. more than enough landlords prime location — the first an annual fee from all land- It will be much more invit- sign off and the city coun- direct route between Atlan- lords on the thoroughfare to ing once it’s cleaned-up and cil gives it a greenlight, ev- tic Avenue and Eastern Park- make it happen. better lit.” ery property on the street way for traffic traveling east on Clinton A 10-block strip of Wash- The merchants associ- must pay in. — and proximity to high- ington Avenue between At- ation hopes the prospec- New taxes are seldom stature attractions like the lantic Avenue and Eastern tive BID — which recently a popular proposition, but Brooklyn Museum and Bo- Pedestrian killed when Parkway has witnessed the formed a steering committee some merchants say the fees tanic Garden make it ideal opening of many new stores — will provide the services — in the ballpark of $1,000 for an even more pronounced pickup truck jumps curb in the last four years, but to the block that the city does per year for every business, economic surge. is still plagued by 24 va- not: sweeping and cleaning Ottey estimates — will go “We are the gateway from By Natalie Musumeci Clinton Street’s Two for the cant storefronts that advo- up trash from sidewalks, far to better the avenue. Atlantic Avenue to Eastern The Brooklyn Paper Pot coffee shop. cates say could be improved stoops and tree pits, setting “A BID is primarily a city Parkway,” said Ottey, who by forming a business im- up holiday lights, augment- financier, but we fail to re- says the BID drive was in- A 48-year-old Brooklyn McGill said he did not im- Community Newspaper Group / Natalie Musumeci provement district to push ing street fairs, and making ceive appropriate city ser- spired by a successful group Heights woman died last mediately realize that Atwa- ter had been hit, and only Flowers mark the spot where Martha Atwater of the street in the right di- the block greener and more vices on this street,” said on Myrtle Avenue. “Why not Friday after a pickup truck Remsen Street was struck and killed by a truck as rection. plant-friendly. Jerry Walsh, the owner of arrange where we can con- slammed into her on a side- found out the severity of the crash after he ran out- she walked down Clinton Street near Atlantic Av- “Washington Avenue But that doesn’t come for Mayday Hardware, who was trol what’s happening in our walk on Clinton Street, ac- enue last Friday. is a lovely spot that is re- free: the group would levy a initially opposed the idea un- immediate area?” cording to police. side his shop. Remsen Street resident “She was partially under the car,” McGill said. “It was Martha Atwater was walk- “The fact of the matter is the street. cording to legendary broker park” style zoning of Long Is- ing in front of a coffee shop disturbing and it ended very that zero consideration has “Having two hospitals right Chris Havens. land College Hospital. near Atlantic Avenue at about unhappily.” LICH... been given to the real estate next door to each other and “It’s many more acres, but Activists filed suit in a 5:40 pm when a man driving Emergency responders factor of it,” he said. “It is so closing one in a place that has you’re not going to be doing bid to halt the shut-down, north on Clinton Street lost rushed Atwater to Long Is- Continued from page 1 planned to sell the land. cart before the horse, it’s not no others makes no sense to condos there or apartments,” winning a temporary re- control of his 2011 Honda land College Hospital, where in January. Bellafiore insists Down- even funny.” me,” said Cobble Hill resident he said. straining order that keeps Ridgeline and jumped the she died. The university told the state state has never considered But activists fighting to Roy Sloane. Selling and developing the the school from taking any curb, investigators said. The 53-year-old pickup comptroller that the deal was such a move, and that Long keep Long Island College Real estate insiders say the land at Downstate would take action to close the hospital Atwater was pinned un- truck driver remained on the better than it looked on paper Island College Hospital, which Hospital open claim it was a switch at LICH and Downstate years, Havens said, because — including talking with the derneath the truck, accord- scene of the collision, and po- because Long Island College is responsible for 40 percent real estate deal from the start, makes perfect sense — dol- of the variety of buildings on state Department of Health, ing to witnesses. lice made no arrests. Hospital’s prime Cobble Hill of Downstate’s $179-million because there is no other rea- lars and cents, that is. the property, and due to its the agency that will make “All I heard was a loud Mourners left bouquets land could be worth as much as debt, bleeds so much cash son to close the Atlantic Ave- The hospital facility in Flat- lower-scale residential zoning the final decision about crash and then I saw the truck of flowers on the side- $500 million, but Albany bean that the school might not nue branch and keep the Flat- bush would be a harder sell to — which allows a maximum whether the hospital can be right in front of my door,” walk shortly after the fa- counters called that figure ir- see a nickel of any real es- bush location open when there developers, not least because height of 40 feet — compared shuttered — until a March said John McGill, owner of tal crash. relevant — unless the state tate sale. is a rival medical center across of its untrendy location, ac- with the larger “tower in the 7 hearing. enue bid by the city,” said permanent fixture on Fifth rates are higher.” Steven Hart of Warren and Seventh avenues in Park The agency said that on PARKING... Street. “Raising the rates Slope since a similar pilot Park Slope’s Seventh Avenue will just drive traffic more program in 2010, and mer- the average duration a car Continued from page 1 hadi, owner of Atlantic Ave- frequently into the residen- chants say the parking prob- spent in a single spot dropped 2ACHEL´S up from $1.50, and $4 for two nue’s mainstay Sahadi’s Spe- tial blocks.” lem, though slightly allevi- from 71 minutes in 2009 to hours instead of $2. cialty and Fine Foods. The Department of Trans- ated, still exists. 55 minutes in 2010. “We want people to buy Sahadi said many shop- portation used time-lapse “By no means has this Park “That basically means BEAUTY just the right amount of keepers and their employ- photography to determine Smart program eliminated the that more different people time and we want to pre- ees feed the meter all day exactly how long people problem,” said Bob Kalb, were parking in the neigh- serve our rates for people long to park on the street, leave their cars, and the num- owner Seventh Avenue’s Park borhood and that’s a posi- who make short stays,” De- taking away valuable spaces ber of available spaces at any Slope Copy Center. “There tive,” said Blakely. partment of Transportation from customers — and he TATTOO SALON one instant. The agency also are simply too many cars for The agency needs the Park Smart manager Manzell hopes they will stop if the surveyed 100 business own- the amount of available spots, full approval of Commu- Blakely said Thursday at a rates are higher. Community Board 6 meet- “Would you rather not ers for feedback . but it does discourage people nity Boards 2 and 6 before ing, in which the transpor- have a parking space or Higher fee meters are a from staying longer when the moving forward. tation committee unani- would you rather pay a lit- mously voted in favor of tle more to park?” Sahadi the six month-long trial. said. ing for a scoop of our home- “It’s a compromise and we Under the new policy, made ice cream.” ON ANY OF OUR SERVICES WITH FLYER do think that this will really which comes after a re- PARK... Returning concession- aires include Calexico move the long-term parkers quest by the Atlantic Av- Continued from page 1 Day, with the exception of Carne Asada, Blue Marble to off-street solutions where enue Business Improve- Fornino, which still needs s Keratin Treatment s Permanent Makeup den. It will replace Bark Hot Ice Cream, and Brooklyn they exist.” ment District, all one-hour some construction and per- Dogs, paying a minimum of Bridge Wine Bar. Merchants on bustling parking meters will be ex- mitting, Lowin said. s Color s Tattoos $36,000 a year, or 10 percent Weekly food market Atlantic Avenue who have tended to two hours, truck- of sales, for a 10-year lease “Ample Hills Cream- Smorgasburg will return, Extensions been pushing local pols to re- only loading zones will be with one three-year option ery takes its name from s Body Piercings starting April 7. s form parking along the traf- installed at three locations, for renewal. Walt Whitman’s ‘Cross- s Hair Cuts fic-clogged strip for more and three no-parking areas Ample Hills Creamery ing Brooklyn Ferry,’ ” said Roy Sloane, a sometimes s & Much More than a year say the new pro- will be eliminated to free will run a new concession owner Brian Smith, in a critic of Brooklyn Bridge (For Men, Women & Kids) gram will stop drivers from up spaces. stand on Pier 5, with a lease statement. “We’re thrilled Park Corporation who is on monopolizing spots and in- But some neighbors are for the spring and summer to play a part in [Brook- the park’s community advi- 4( !6% s "2//+,9. .9 crease turnover rates, which skeptical, claiming the pro- and a minimum rent of $3,000 lyn Bridge Park’s] historic sory council, said even he is will be good for business. posed price hike is just a way per month. venture down by the river- happy about the additions. “The biggest problem our for the city to make an ex- The corporation expects front, where Whitman’s “You have to walk so long customers have is not being tra buck. the concessions to open spirit still thrives, watch- to get there — I want you to -/. 4(523 !- 0- s &2) 3!4 !- 0- able to park,” said Charlie Sa- “This is just another rev- sometime before Memorial ing the seagulls, and wait- be comfortable when you get there and I want you to stay CLOSED SUNDAY there for a while,” he said. “If I wanted to get a de- News of the pending fore- velopment loan for the orig- closure has caused some arts BUSINESS BROOKLYN STYLE LYCEUM... inal amount, I could easily groups to back out of their get that and keep the Lyceum rental agreements, anticipat- Continued from page 1 ing Richmond owing about open,” said Richmond. ing that the Lyceum will no the debt. $5 million. If Richmond loses, the Ly- longer be open when it’s time Business Trade Show But Richmond claims that Claiming there have been ceum and the next-door lot for their events. once he procured the funds, a number of improprieties in “will be condos and a Duane “Bust was supposed to Miele tacked on between the case, Richmond is trying Reade by next year,” he al- have their spring craft fair at Staples $600,000 and $800,000 of to get the foreclosure case leges. here, but they cancelled,” said bogus fees, sparking a legal brought back to square one Miele claims that Rich- Richmond. “They couldn’t bout that dragged on as fines — and the interest nixed mond has repeatedly failed risk it. They told me to get in Park Slope and interest accrued, leav- completely. to make payments on the in touch with them if every- sites and that there is no thing goes well.” Staples’ Park Slope store, at 348 Fourth Avenue, showcased a number of local way his claims will stand Many members of the Park up in court. Slope arts community say the businesses in a mini trade show on Monday afternoon, February 25. “Richmond is a really Lyceum will be missed if the Booths were displayed by Flushing Bank, Rapid Realty and the Brooklyn FLEA... nice guy and I really love historic structure is no lon- Chamber of Commerce. The trade show allowed Staples shoppers access to other Continued from page 1 State Parks spokesman him dearly but he is irre- ger used as a performance sponsible and doesn’t do the hall. business services that are available to them locally, enhancing their shopping bors Allied for Good Growth Dan Keefe said the Brook- things that he promises to do “Eric has brought a lot and a member of Community lyn Flea and Smorgasburg experience. in writing, as a result, he’s to the neighborhood,” said Board 1. “When the Rene- will pay $1,500 per day in a bad business risk,” Miele Old Stone House executive gade Craft Fair was here, I rent, plus expenses to set up told The Brooklyn Paper last director Kim Maier, whose didn’t see it being a burden shop in the park. Thursday. theater company Piper op- on the park.” That cash will be set aside Miele expects Richmond erates out of the Lyceum in Kuonen admits that rent- for maintenance and oper- will lose possession of the the summers. “We’ll proba- ing parks space to a private ations at East River State properties and hopes a future bly try to partner with other company isn’t ideal, but she is Park. owner will preserve the 1910 locations, but it won’t be the happy that the revenue raised The markets will be re- structure as arts venue after same.” could help add new ameni- sponsible for cleaning up conducting what he describes Bryce Norbitz, executive ties, or at least lessen the risk after themselves, and parks as necessary repairs. producer of Ugly Rhino Pro- of a park closure — a real staffers will stay on top of He wants to see a hotel ductions, which runs its Ten threat considering the state operators to make sure all rise on the lot next to the Minute Plays out of the Ly- shuttered the green space in trash is thrown away, Keefe Lyceum. ceum, said the space at the 2008 because it couldn’t af- said. Richmond purchased the former bathhouse is unique ford to pay staffers. The Brooklyn Flea will former public bath house and in the community. “It’s better to do it weekly still operate a Saturday mar- the L-shaped lot in 1994 and “We’ve put feelers out for Representatives from the Tyler Vanderbilt and LaGina Anderson than to have to schedule fes- ket in Fort Greene, and Smor- went on to renovate the ag- other venues, but the Lyceum Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, Ena Escallier of the Brooklyn of tivals,” said Kuonen. “I knew gasburg will continue luring ing building to host events, is so big and beautiful and Rapid Realty, Chamber of Commerce, and Flushing Bank. when the concerts left that we foodies to Brooklyn Bridge including concerts, theater, can hold so many people,” Flushing Bank and Staples. Michael McKenna of Staples. would see things like this.” Park on Sundays. and dog shows. said Norbitz. 12 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 March 1–7, 2013 MUSEUM... Continued from page 1 said Graciela Flores, a science writer who is also one of the main organizers. “And the partnerships we make KIDS • SCHOOL • STYLE • TEENS • CAMPS • MUSIC are going to be crucial.” PARENT The first step is conducting a feasibility study to deter- mine what museum-goers want to see — whether it’s dino- saur bones or murals by Diego Rivera, or maybe both. *, Ê- "* ÊUÊ7 -",Ê/ ,, “We’ve tossed around the idea of an iMax theater, 9Ê, ÊUÊ ,," Ê, - but we have to see if that’s what the people want,” said About kids, dogs, and Borowski. No matter what shape the museum ends up taking, the organizers say now is the time. “There are families moving into North Brooklyn and the demographics are shifting,” said Borowski. “We’ve letting go of the leash got a more well-rounded audience now and there is no cultural institution to match that.” To raise awareness and attract partnerships and monied eople keep telling me I of sway, considering they still sponsors, organizers are planning a series of pop-up exhi- can’t compare my dog rely on me for food and shel- bitions at storefronts and parks throughout the borough, P and my kids, but I se- Fearless ter, for electronics bills and with the first exhibit at the annual Go Green! Greenpoint riously disagree. birthday parties. festival hosted by Town Square Inc. on Earth Day. It is clear to me that I I guess I just see that my “We’re also going to try to organize regular talks and can learn a lot about rais- Parenting sway is more authentic if my a science cafe, maybe something where we meet over ing my boys from how I kids can differentiate between drinks and listen to a speaker,” said Flores, who lives handle dog. By Stephanie Thompson themselves and me, between in Williamsburg. I let Ginger toddle along what they really think and It won’t be the borough’s first world-class museum — unleashed down the sidewalk. tight are so much greater. this is not a public service want, and what it is that I there’s the massive Brooklyn Museum on Eastern Park- I say her name low and seri- So why is it so difficult to announcement for the Na- have to say about what they way, with its famed Egyptian collection. ous when she veers toward let my 11- and 9-year-olds do tional Ski Areas Associa- should think and want. Con- And this isn’t the first time North Brooklynites kicked the street. It’s a warning and the same? tion. Rather, it is a ringing trol is not my aim so much as around a plan to create a waterfront cultural hub: oppo- she heeds it because she trusts We recently took a drive endorsement for freedom, lib- collaboration. nents of a plan to turn the closed Domino Sugar factory me. She stays on the sidewalk, up to the Catskills to ski, and erty, and the pursuit of happi- Long-term, leashes don’t into a residential and commercial development proposed "ÕÀÊ >« stops on the curb, comes back I put myself to the test. ness for all children, outside provide much in the way turning the hulking industrial site into a museum that "«iÊÕÃi would rival London’s Tate Modern. UÊ6>ÀiÌÞÊvÊ«À}À>ÃÊvÀÊ ->ÌÕÀ`>Þ]Ê >ÀV Ê from inside the fenced-off ar- My boys skied while their their parents’ reign. of support. When the kids V>«iÀÃÊ>}iÊÎ.5ÊÌÊ£{ eas in Prospect Park when I friends snowboarded, some- That’s right. What I’m say- move beyond my grasp, as ÎÎÊnÌ Ê-ÌÀiiÌ]ÊÊ UÊ->vi]ÊvÕ]ÊÃÌÕ>Ì}Ê ÕÃÌÊLiÜÊÈÌ ÊÛiÕi call. She wags her tail hap- times with an adult, but mostly ing — and what I have to say they already do, every day, for iÛÀiÌ *ÀiÃiÌ>ÌÃÊ>ÌÊ£ÊEÊ pily and smiles big when we on their own. They were car- it to myself a million times a school, I have to trust that they UÊ6iÀÞÊviÝLiÊÀi}ÃÌÀ>ÌÆÊ Ó\Îä« head out the door. She knows. ried on chairs through the air day — is “back off.” can make their own way, that >VV`>Ì}ÊÜiiÊÃi>à Children are always She gets to be free, to make and careened down icy moun- Which, of course, isn’t easy they can trust themselves. CHURCH... UÊ/À>ëÀÌ>ÌÊ>Û>>LiÊvÀÊ welcome. "ÕÀÊÜ>À]ÊV>À}Ê herself happy, to do as she The risk of leashing any- ÃÌ>vvÊÜÊi>`Ê>ÊÛ>ÀiÌÞÊvÊ tainsides, on their own. They to do at the slopes as people Continued from page 1 ÃÌÊ >ÞÊ,`}iÊ>`Ê pleases, not as I please. one — animal or human — V>«Ê>VÌÛÌiÃÊÜ iÊÞÕÊ practiced “tricks” and jumps. I got carried down the moun- gious establishments, according to the city’s Department ÀÜÃÌiÊ ÀÞÊ>Ài>à >ÌÌi`ÊÕÀÊ >«Ê ÀiVÌÀ½ÃÊ Are there dangers? Could was nowhere to be found. tain in stretchers. is that you very literally hold «ÀiÃiÌ>Ì. of Finance — but the church says the pet shop is an en- UÊ ÃÌ>Là i`ÊÊ£Ó she get into a dogfight or them back. They came back to Brook- But I say it to myself any- tirely different edifice. run into the street? Yes, and lyn new people, more inde- way, knowing that they will And then you are to (7732) “That’s a separate building,” said associate pastor Ç£nÇnn*- Ê yes. There are risks to let- pendent, more capable, and thrive under their own guid- blame. German Cayetano, who acknowledges the matter will www.parkslopedaycamp.com ting go. more inspired. ance. That’s why I let go — of be decided by a power second only to god: the State Li- But the risks of holding on Now, skiing is great, but Besides, I still hold plenty my dog and my boys. quor Authority. “We abide by the rules and regulations of the state — the Thursdays are FUN! only time we wouldn’t is whenever what the state requires Concert & Balloon Twisting 4-6p, $15/family suggstd is in contradiction to what god instructs,” he said. The state will rule on the liquor license bid on Feb. 27. The hearing comes after months of uncertainty for Hall, THE Come Together with Family & Friends who opened with lunch-service in December in anticipation of his liquor license, and claims he barely managed to stay in business until Feb. 2, when the state granted him permis- sion to serve beer and wine. The restaurant now serves beer, wine, and cocktails made with low-proof spirits like sherry, DAY SCHOOL, INC. SPOT framboise, and Cocchi Americano — but could really thrive, 2 blocks from B. 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