Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper

BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2008 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN–NORTH BROOKLYN AWP/18 pages • Vol. 31, No. 15 • Saturday, April 12, 2008 • FREE INCLUDING CARROLL GARDENS, COBBLE HILL, BOERUM HILL, FORT GREENE, CLINTON HILL, DUMBO, WILLIAMSBURG AND GREENPOINT TO SAVE HIS DEAD ATLANTIC YARDS, RATNER SEEKS… MORE TAX DOLLARS Hopes government pals will bail him out

By Gersh Kuntzman the eight acres of public space — is cur- The Brooklyn Paper MORE INSIDE rently off the table. But even in that context, the comment Atlantic Yards developer Bruce Ratner WITH THE PROTESTERS, p14 by FCE President Chuck Ratner (Bruce’s is poised to ask city and state officials for JAMIE’S MAD GRAB, p14 cousin) in the April 2 conference call with more public subsidies to keep afloat his investors and analysts still came as a sur- faltering mega-project — but at least two Ratner has not yet made any public re- prise. councilmen are just as ready to stop the quest for more taxpayer dollars, but last In the exchanger, Chuck Ratner first money grab. month, he told the New York Times that the congratulated himself and Forest City Rat- After the president and CEO of Ratner’s current economic downturn had made it ner President Joanne Minieri for getting parent company, Forest City Enterprises, impossible for him to build the entire 16- “various governmental agencies in New told industry analysts that “we still need skyscraper, 6,800-unit, arena, office space York to increase their commitments to At- / Adrian Kinloch more” subsidies to build Atlantic Yards, and hotel project. lantic Yards by $105 million on top of the Councilmen David Yassky (D–Brooklyn In the same interview, Ratner said the $200 million they had committed.” Heights) and Bill DeBlasio (D–Park Slope) project has been downsized to just the are- Then he dropped the bombshell: “We said that the already-committed $1 billion na and two or three smaller residential still need more.”

in public underwriting is enough. buildings alongside it. The rest of Atlantic The conference call was first reported by Paper The Brooklyn “My head spins in astonishment that Yards — which contained the bulk of the the New York Observer, though the Atlantic Atlantic Yards foe (and Brooklyn Mu- they would want more,” said Yassky. 2,250 units of affordable housing and all of See MONEY on page 14 seum member) Clem Labine protests. Gehry to Paper: Miss Brooklyn lives

By Gersh Kuntzman Gehry admitted that Atlantic ketball arena and 6,800 units of tenant for Miss Brooklyn, telling ments to the Times two weeks / Tom Callan / Tom ago, in which the developer The Brooklyn Paper Yards developer Bruce Ratner has housing, but has since been the New York Times that he can’t struggled to find an anchor tenant trimmed back to two or three build — and indeed “won’t claimed that he cannot build the Atlantic Yards architect Frank for the iconic, shimmering glass- buildings, the arena and hundreds build” — the tower without one. bulk of Atlantic Yards because of Gehry says reports of the death walled skyscraper. But he quickly of apartments. But if Ratner gets a tenant, the current economic downturn. of “Miss Brooklyn” have been added: “Bruce will have a tenant Whatever shape Miss Brook- Gehry said he’s ready. “The de- “He really does want to build it greatly exaggerated. [all]” Gehry said. “But he can’t The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn soon — and then he’ll begin con- lyn finally takes, it will no longer sign is better than ever,” he said. In an exclusive interview with struction.” include a hotel or residential com- “We’ve made some adjust- get the financing. I don’t know The Brooklyn Paper at last Thurs- The Miss Brooklyn tower, pro- ponent, Gehry said: “It’s all office ments that people will absolutely why he would tell the papers that, day’s Brooklyn Museum gala, the posed for the corner of Atlantic now.” love,” he added. “This is the part but it is true.” McCain in B’klyn starchitect said that the 511-foot and Flatbush avenues, would be The Los Angeles–based archi- of the process I enjoy — tinker- Gehry spoke with The Paper Sen. John McCain, with Bay Ridge Republican state Sen. Marty Golden in tower will be built — and it will the gateway to Ratner’s ailing At- tect’s comments come two weeks ing, making things better.” during the cocktail hour at the Mu- tow, talks with reporters during a campaign swing in Brooklyn on Thursday “look better than anyone imag- lantic Yards project, which once after Ratner admitted that he was Gehry suggested that he was seum’s annual gala, where 1,000 afternoon. For the story, see page 15. ines.” called for 16 skyscrapers, a bas- having trouble finding an anchor disappointed by Ratner’s com- See GEHRY on page 14

Not a drop to drink .7

Gowanus Canal, Newtown Creek vie for filth ‘honor’ BEGINS ON P

By Mike McLaughlin The Brooklyn Paper The Gowanus Canal has the prom- ise of big-bucks development, the star A tale of two creeks power of its own movie, “Lavender History has long regarded both the Newtown Creek and the Gowanus Canal as a con- Lake,” and is eligible to be on the Na- venient sewer. But how do these fetid corpses of water compare to each other. Here’s tional Register for Historic Places, but The Brooklyn Paper’s first-ever waterway smackdown: — Mike McLaughlin Newtown Creek is finally ready to surpass its rival in the malodorous spotlight. That much was clear last month when the state doled out cleanup grants to both dumping grounds — and the Creek trounced the Canal, $625,000 to $275,000. The grant gap has emboldened creek advocates (yes, the Newtown Creek has / Jack Vartoogian advocates, just like the canal) to make it known that when it comes to environ- mental waste, government intractability and down-and-dirty funk, nothing beats the watery border between Brooklyn and NEWTOWN CREEK GOWANUS CANAL Row Photos Front Queens. And in The Brooklyn Paper’s first-ever corpse of water smackdown Four miles Length 1.5 miles (right), the Newtown Creek reigns Brooklyn’s gala week 2.7 billion gallons per year Raw sewage 300 million gallons per year supreme (supremely disgusting, that is). Paul Simon (performing at BAM on Wednesday night, above) put an exclama- Every year, the city’s problematic into waterway sewer system dumps 2.7 billion gallons tion mark on gala week that started last Thursday with Kanye West at the of raw sewage into the four-mile-long Lord Cornwallis and the Revolutionary George Washington and the Brooklyn Museum (below right). At BAM, rocker David Byrne (below center) creek, which divides Greenpoint from Redcoats were stationed there history rebel army retreated to safety joined Simon, while celebrity chef Mario Batali just enjoyed the show. the boondocks of Queens. before invading Manhattan. across the canal during the Bat- On top of that, there’s 17 million gal- tle of Brooklyn. lons of oil in the mix — a spill bigger than the Exxon Valdez tanker disaster that The pirate Captain Kidd, Famous visitors Henry Hudson, has been leaking into the water since an John D. Rockefeller Giovanni da Verrazzano underground explosion in 1950. Standard Oil Famous polluters Independent refineries and And, oh yeah, there’s a garden vari- manufacturers ety of chemicals and hazardous sub- stances lurking from more than 150 Halfway point of NYC High water mark Flushing tunnel turned on in years of industrial production that in- marathon, visible during 1911 to pump fresh water cludes Standard Oil’s first refineries. the burial of Don Corleone in through canal. And sometimes, / Jack Vartoogian “A boat trip up the creek is a journey “The Godfather.” it works. / Jamie Cabreza into the heart of darkness,” said the en- vironmentalist group Riverkeeper in a Discovery of 17 million gallon Low water mark Bouts with gonorrhea, typhoid report. oil spill in 1978 and cholera. (All were discov- Louis Vuitton Louis Vuitton Front Row Photos Front Compared to that, going to the ered in canal’s water.) Elena Olivo See FILTH on page 18 Red Hook will be Brooklyn’s Napa

By Mike McLaughlin But what could have lured Schoener Hudson Valley will be on the shelves. He gled idea — a barrel of sauce was ferment- from the bucolic vineyards of the Napa Val- has not come up with a name yet, but he’s ing in the basement of nearly every Carroll The Brooklyn Paper ley to post-industrial Brooklyn? so enamored with the area that it will defi- Gardens household in the early 1900s. Bordeaux. Napa. Chianti. Red Hook? “I was flabbergasted by the area, the nitely pay homage to local history. But in recent years, several winemakers Brooklyn may never be mentioned in the beautiful buildings,” said Schoener, whose Tipplers think there’s lucrative potential have brought their commercial operations same breath as such formidable winemak- company is called Scholium Project. “It for an Empire State wine branded with a to the Big Apple — Brooklyn has two oth- ing regions, but for now, borough oeno- was the workspace and neighborhood that Brooklyn name. ers, Brooklyn Oenology in Greenpoint and / Jeff Bachner / Jeff philes are buzzed about the arrival of a win- drew me in.” “New York’s wine reputation is growing Bridge Vineyards in Williamsburg. ery in Red Hook. Schoener says he’ll only use New York slowly. It’s having nice, steady growth,” Wineries are urbanizing because the California winemaker Abe Schoener will varietals, but he’s more drunk on his new said Adam Goldstein, co-owner of the Red, biggest sales segment of the market come in crush, ferment, age and bottle New York location than on any particular grape the White & Bubbly wine shop on Fifth Av- the tasting room rather than the liquor store, grapes in a factory on Beard Street, near the state’s vineyards have to offer. enue in Park Slope, which sells its own experts say. Schoener says that played a role.

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Fairway supermarket, starting this summer, “I’m not even a great student of New “Brooklyn Wine Company” blends. “New York is my most important wine This Civil War–era warehouse at the foot of Beard Street in Red Hook will soon the third urban winery to open in Brooklyn York wines,” Schoener confessed. Pairing wine with the borough’s prestige market. Right now, sommeliers have to get house a winery. No, silly, the grapes won’t be grown there, but they will be since 2005. The story was first cracked open A year from now, Schoener’s first wines could pay off, he added. on a plane, so it’s wonderful that [Red crushed, fermented, aged and bottled there. by Dr. Vino, a seminal wine world blog. from Long Island’s North Fork and the Citified winemaking is hardly a newfan- Hook] is accessible to the city.” 2 AWP / Ê ,""9 Ê*
* ,ÊUÊ777° ,""9 *
* ,° " ÊUÊ­Ç£n®ÊnÎ{‡™Îxä April 12, 2008

American Leather Atlantico De La Espada BDI Blue Dot Calligaris DellaRobbia Ekornes Fontana Arte 372 & 384 atlantic bklyn 718 797 2077 Gus Maria Yee Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Robert Abbey Surya Rugs TEMA Thayer Coggin Rated Best Sofas New York Magazine’s shoprico.com 2007 Best of New York RETAIL + TRADE + DESIGN MILO BAUGHMAN AND GUY HILL FOR THAYER COGGIN

BUSINESS BRIEFS Shops Compiled by Mariel Cohn Brooklyn  
   The Brooklyn Paper’s Guide to Local Services & Merchants Art Gallery Computer Health Clubs Medical Services Real Estate Shipping 

  2
8,)
,)%68
3*
633/0=2
)-+,87
Yoga PeopleB7
7)6)2) Mac Support Store 211 Court St. (718) 625-3700 UPS Store (Montague St.) 789(-3
3**)67
'0%77)7
%2(
;36/7,347
83
789()287
;-8,
%00
&3(= Brooklyn’s first Apple authorized repair Over 100 group fitness classes (yoga, Mailboxes, packing and moving shop is up & running. Flat fee for data pilates, spinning , cardio kickboxing, supplies, mailing and Shipping. 8=4)7
%2(
0):)07
3*
%&-0-8=
#-8,
7)%732)(
%2(
()(-'%8)(
-2 recovery, classes. New & used products. boot camp sculpting, salsa dance ... Open 7 days ~ www.uspstore.com 506 Sixth St. (718) 499-CARE Restaurants 7869'8367
$3+%
)340)
463:-()7
-87
789()287
;-8,
%2
-28-1%8) 221A Court St. (718) 330-0343 168 Seventh St. (718) 312-8341 191 15th St. (718) 965-6200 93 Montague St. (718) 802-0900 %2(
'314%77-32%8) =3+%
'31192-8= "%/)
4%68
-2
8,)-6 Auto Care Crafts Health Food NY Blood Center Spa & Salon 46-0
!46-2+
0)%27) 81 Willoughby St. (718)797-7800 ;36/7,34
@ 338
"3 Park West Auto Body Perelandra Natural Foods -7)
",)
3;)6
* 576 Union Street (718) 875-2495 175 Remsen St. (718) 855-6068 6+%2-'
2)6+=A
% Park Slope Family Dentistry Buffalo Wild Wings 8;3(%=
):)28
?
32 Home Décor Drs. Warshaw & Rosenwein 139 Flatbush Ave. (718) 943-9453 !%896(%=
46-0
 Vegas Auto Spa 245 Fifth Ave (718) 789-5700 *631

83

41
%2( Brooklyn’s highest quality car wash Body by Brooklyn 555 Seventh Ave. (718) 768-9274 The Artful Place BoConcept Urban Design !92(%=
46-0
 171 Fifth Avenue (718) 399-8199 275 Park Ave. (718) 923-9400 *631
 
83
  79 Front St. (718) 415-5652 Preferred Health Partners 41
?
8%9+,8
&=
8,) 10 locations throughout Brooklyn 789(-3B7
1378
4349 Baby Clothing Fencing Haystack 71 Carroll St. (718) 797-9797 Cynergy Spa 0%6
-27869'8367 130 Clinton St. (718) 246-2510 Meals you’d cook yourself, 87 Fort Greene Pl. (718) 403-9242 @ 338
"3
-7)A Olá Baby if you weren’t too busy. Brooklyn Fencing Center Slope Dental 60 Henry St. (718) 624-3182 -7
()7-+2)(
83
)1 315 Court Street (718) 422-1978 62 Fourth Street (718) 522-5822 Kitchenology, LLC D’Mai Urban Spa Ronald Teichman, DDS 157 Fifth Ave. (718) 398-2100 &3(=
8,)
6,=8,1
3* ...creating a perfect kitchen. 357 Seventh Ave. (718) 768-1111 !46-2+
%2(
83 Balloons 4212 Third Ave. (718) 965-4900 ',%6+)
'0)%27)
%2( Florist Il Camelion Salon 6).9:)2%8)
8,)
&3(= Jeff C. Strachan, DDS 326 Seventh Ave. (718) 788-1700 %2(
1-2(
3*
)%', Spring Cleaning for the mind and body. Dentistry 789()28
00
8=4)7
3* 189 Montague St. (718) 783-0504 Storage 789()287
;,)8,)6
&)+-22)6
36
%(:%2')(
%6)
;)0'31)
83
%8 International Restaurant 8)2(
%8

4)6
7)77-32
36
 
*36
&38, NYC’s largest lighting showroom has Dominican Yoga People, 157 Remsen St., between Court and Clinton Floral Heights been the secret of America’s top University Orthopedic Assocs 4408 Fifth Ave. (718) 438-2009 Storage USA streets, Call (718) 522-9642, or visit www.yoga-people.com Unique Ballons 107-109 Atlantic Ave. decorators for 30 years. 33 Prospect Park W. (718) 270-2045 41 Flatbush Ave. (718) 596-4060 1073 39th St. (718) 436-2207 8402 18th Ave. (718) 331-9005 (718) 625-2066 Laura’s Bistro Movie Theater Italian Summer Camps Books Framing 1235 Prospect Ave. (718) 436-3715    BAX 6-(%=
46-0
8,
1%6/7
8,)
6%2(
4)2-2+
3*
8,)
New Brooklyn Heights Pavilion 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 823-0018 70 Henry St. (718) 596-5095 Le Petit Marche York Kids Club
",)
')0)&6%8-32
;-00
-2'09()
)<'-8-2+
'0%77 Dedicated to a fresh modern aesthetic. ()132786%8-327
%2(
%'8-:-8-)7
*36
',-0(6)2

1328,7
83
Rico offers art furnishings, lighting & French Bistro =)%67
-2
78%8)3*8,)%68
+=1
%2(
'0%776331
*%'-0-8-)7
",) decor in a seamless environment. 46 Henry St. (718) 858-9605 372 Atlantic Ave. (718) 797-2077 Nail Salon ):)28
*631
 
83
 
41
;-00
-2'09()
'3140-1)28%6= Bookmark Shoppe 274 Garfield Pl. (718) 768-3814 The bookmark shoppe, Brooklyn Frame Works for all your reading needs. Housewares Clinton Nails 6906 11th Ave. (718) 680-3680 142 Fifth Ave. (718) 399-6613 400 Fifth Ave. (718) 369-3103 Jewish Sports Academy 117 Remsen St. (718) 928-4192 American Housewares Bowling Full line of quality paints, supplies &...

85 Court St. (718) 243-0844 Chinese Restaurant Maple Lanes Seventh Ave. Framing 162 Montague St. (718) 522-5566 1570 60th St. (718) 331-9000 Custom framing for all your art, plus Jewelry ready-made frames, posters, print & art supplies. 374 7th Ave. (718) 832-0655 Car Service Casale Jewelers 88 Atlantic Ave. (347) 844-9034 306 Court St. (718) 852-6344 Park Slope (718) 768-6419

Pam Wolf Court Express Gardening NYKidsClub founder Pam Wolf and her children: Joshua, Jessica, 534 Court Street (718) 237-8888 Jewels by Satnick Office Supplies Marco Polo Ristorante Park Explorers Jarred and Jenna. Chelsea Garden Center Brooklyn’s most trusted jeweler... Formal Italian Park Slope (718) 788-3620 345 Court St. (718) 852-5015 444 Van Brunt St. (212) 727-3434 187 State St. (718) 852-1421 ;-2)
&))6
,367
(B3)9:6)7
%2(
86)%87
*36
8,)
/-(7
%2(
*)%896)
% 46)7)28%8-32
&=
8,)
3'/%%&=
&%2( )7)6:%8-327
%6)
%
1978
%00
 
 Lodging Mitchell’s Bar & Grill Myrtle Car & Limo Service 259 Flatbush Ave. (718) 484-4114 339 Eighth St. (718) 788-7732 New York Kids Club, 182 Henry St., second floor, at the cor- Door to door service to local and long Office supplies and machines, school ner of Montague and Henry streets. (entrance on Henry). Open distance destinations, airports, Comfort Inn & computer supplies, office furniture, Dig Garden Center notary public, copy center, invitations, Call (718) 228-0800, or Visit www.nykidsclub.com. medical pick-ups and drop-offs. 3218 Emmons Ave. (718) 368-3334 fountain pens. Plymouth Day Camp 525 Myrtle Ave. (718) 230-8100 In addition to helping you design & 75 Hicks St. (718) 624-4743 maintain your garden, Dig has lots of 44 Court St. (718) 625-5771 pots, containers, plants & more. Harbor Motor Inn 479 Atlantic Ave. (646) 489-5121 Carpet 1730 Shore Pkwy. (718) 946-9200 Pets 
 The Nascent Cafe Still Hip -7
%
+%8,)6-2+
40%')
*36
+)280=
97)(
',-0(6)2B7 Mill Lane Nursery Martial Arts Coffee & Pastry '038,-2+
83=7
+)%6
&33/7
%7
;)00
%7
*36
/-(B7
197-'
%2( 129 Louisiana Ave (917) 682-6088 143 Nevins St. (718) 246-3715 13:)1)28
'0%77)7
%2(
*%1-0=
):)287
%
*92/=
6)7%0)
7,34
8,%8 -7
833
*%&90397
83
6)7-78 WAREHOUSE Poly Prep BrooklynPaper.com 9216 Seventh Ave. (718) 836-9800 $39B00
*-2(
'038,-2+
&=
>98%23
(3+;33( 71%00
4%90
%2( Boro Rug & Brooklyn Dog House offers 2 huge dog 1-1-
1%8)62-8=
%7
;)00
%7
'%66-)67
40%=1%87
%2(
&3378)6
7)%87 Carpet Warehouse playgrounds with over 1500 sq.ft. exclusively for play and exercise. 162 Montague St. (718) 522-5555 ",)
7836)
;)0'31)7
*6-)2(0=
)2:-6321)28%00=
'327'-)2') 1141 37th Ave. (718) 853-3600 Gifts Tanning 4)340)
;,3
,%2+ 327 Douglass St. (718) 222-4900 398
%2(
',%8
%&398 517 Henry St. (718) 585-6876 ;,%8B7
+3-2+
32
-2 Cell Phones Bob & Judi’s Coolectibles 8,)
2)-+,&36,33( 217 Fifth Ave. (718) 638-5770 ;,-0)
+)88-2+
% Cobble Hill Wireless Meats +33(
()%0
32
-8)17 495 Henry St. (718) 243-0844 RePop 95% Recycled Six Ave Animal Clinic %8
8,)
7%1)
8-1)
66 Washington Ave. (718) 260-8032 Los Paisanos Meat Market Veterinary services, including vaccina- tions, Hill’s prescriptions diets, skin Artisanal pizza !8-00
-4
-7
%' 162 Smith St. (718) 855-2641 348 Court St. (718) 935-0088 ')48-2+
!46-2+
%2( Chocolate disorders, microchip implants, dental... 60 Henry St. (718) 237-8720 Hair Care 207 Sixth Ave. (718) 789-7170 !911)6
-8)17
-2 Medical Services +)280=
97)(
83
2); Thrift Shop Still Hip in Clinton HIll. '32(-8-327
634
3** Allegria Hair Salon 335 Adams St. (718) 875-5500 Izabella Belenkiy, DDS Pharmacy ,3967
%6)

83

41 2917 Avenue R (718) 375-1277 Goodwill Industries ):)6=
",967(%=
%2(
;-8,
%(:%2')
238-')
=39
1%=
1%/)
% Dentistry 1 Hoyt St. (718) 246-4894 (634
3**
32
!92(%=
833
9136397
32)7-)7
%2(
;33()2
83=7 Hardware 10 Plaza St. (718) 622-8020 %6)
)<%140)7
3*
+33(
-8)17
83
&6-2+
-2
Cleaners Greek Trading Cards Still Hip, 283 Grand Ave., open Tuesday through Saturday Clinton Hill Hardware Murray Fryd, DDS 791 Washington Ave. (718) 857-5475 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday 11 to 6, (718) 398-0008, Visa and Mas- Bridgestone Cleaners 452 Myrtle Ave. (718) 237-7827 Dentistry tercard are accepted. Visit www.stillhipbrooklyn.com, or email Customer service for all your Baseball Card Dugout 109 Front Street (718) 222-9958 578 Fifth Ave. (718) 788-3290 nutritional, pharmaceutical, and home [email protected]. health care needs come first. Sport & Pokemon cards, comics & more! Jack Irwin, DDS 104 Jay St. (718) 246-4100 453 Court St. (718) 624-2527 Dentistry   
  Clothing 414 Seventh Ave. (718)768-8372 Wines & Liquors Harbor FitnessB 8;3
03'%8-327
-2
%6/
!034)
%2(
%= Luce on the Hook Sid’s Hardware Artisanal Sandwiches Steven Katz, LCSW Dermer Pharmacy & Surgical 254 Fifth Ave. (718) 636-8899 Mei Chi Liquor -(+)
,%:)
8,)
0%8)78
'%6(-3
%2(
786)2+8,
86%-2-2+
)59-41)28 281 Van Brunt St. (718) 852-1345 345 Jay St. (718) 875-2259 391 Flatbush Ave. (718) 622-1403 -2(-:-(9%0
;36/3987
%2(
%
:%6-)8=
3*
'0%77)7
*631
/-'/&3<-2+ Solution based psychotherapy Retail pharmacy & surgical supply %2(
74-22-2+
83
=3+%
%2(
4-0%8)7
4)2

,3967
%
(%=
(96 Park Slope (917) 922-4983 store with scooters, power wheel chairs, Coffee Health Clubs seatlift chairs, stairlifts, bathroom ... -2+
8,)
;))/
=39B6)
+9%6%28))(
83
,%:)
%
+33(
8-1)
)<)6'-7 2064 Flatbush Ave. (718) 377-4900 -2+
%8
)-8,)6
03'%8-32 Alan R. Kling MD %6&36
-82)77
%073
3**)67
*6))
',-0('%6)
83
)2796)
=39
'%2 Dermatology *3'97
32
=396
;36/398
83
8,)
*900)78 27 Eighth Ave. (718) 636-0425 Printing New each month: $10 Best Buys, %6&36
-82)77
-7
%073
:)6=
73'-%00=
'327'-397
2
%6', Continental American Dicovery Wines, Cellar Selections 8,)=
6%-7)(
3:)6
 
*36
)%68!,%6)
91%2
!)6:-')7B Eastern Athletic 66 Water St. (718) 625-9352 & Spirt of the Month. 98-71
63+6%17

)-+,&367
+%8,)6)(
-2
8,)
)**368
83
*-+,8 Full service, state-of-the art facility Court Street Graphics 211 5th Ave. (718) 636-9463 offering weight rooms, sports condition- %2(
6%-7)
%;%6)2)77
3*
98-71
%2(
0-8)6%00=
498
8,)-6
7;)%8 ing, free weight, cardio, spinning... 44 Court St. (718) 625-5771 -283
8,)
'%97)
&=
8%/-2+
32)
3*
1%2=
*-82)77
'0%77)7
309 Court Street (718) 875-5403 43 Clark St. (718) 625-0500 Riding Gear Yoga Harbor Fitness, is located at 9215 Fourth Ave. (near 92nd Street) in Bay Ridge, (718) 238-9400, and at 191 15th St, off Rolling Press 4802 Tenth Ave. (888) MMC-DOCS An eco-friendly print house focused... Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 965-6200. Visa, Mastercard BrooklynPaper.com Body Elite Debbie’s Reins & Things Dahn Yoga and American Express are accepted. For more info, visit 348 Court St. (718) 935-0088 15 Denton Pl. (718) 625-6800 332 Douglass St. (718) 797-5288 130 Clinton St. (718) 254-8833 www.harborfitness.com. April 12, 2008 / Ê ,""9 Ê*
* ,ÊUÊ777° ,""9 *
* ,° " ÊUÊ­Ç£n®ÊnÎ{‡™Îxä DTZ, NBZ 3 CONGREGATION MOUNT SINAI THE PASSOVER COMMUNITY SEDER

Sunday, April 20 at 6:30 pm Congregation Mt. Sinai stoop 250 Cadman Plaza West NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT Reservations must be made by Tuesday, April 15

FORT GREENE GOWANUS Please contact the synagogue for details: CONGREGATION $BOBM
JT
OFX
IPUFM
DSB[F MT. SINAI By Mike McLaughlin out the notion that the market The Brooklyn Paper could become glutted, driving (718) 875-9124 / Noelle D’Arrigo / Noelle D’Arrigo 5IF
JOO
DSPXE BUTLER1 ST down prices. [email protected] Yet another would-be hotel “It’s competitive, yes, but it’s is set to rise in what has a draw,” said Robert Gaeta, gen- turned out to be very fertile DOUGLASS ST eral manager of the sleek Hotel soil around the messy Gow- Le Bleu, who reports that busi-

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn anus Canal. 2 ness is “brisk,” with occupancy Spike Lee has moved out of his converted firehouse on Four hotels are being built or DEGRAW S averaging more than 80 percent DeKalb Avenue and into a building he owns around the are already planned for a six- in recent weeks. block area around the old indus- T “The more that open, the corner on South Elliot Place. The culprit? Rising rents. SACKETT ST trial sluice — in addition to the NS ST more people that come. The ATLANTIC CITY

Hotel LeBleu, Comfort Inn and NEVI competition raises everybody Holiday Inn Express that al- up,” Gaeta said, comparing the ready receive guests nearby. UNION ST hotels to the seemingly bound- ★ ★ CASINOS ★ ★ “They’re clustering in that less number of restaurants that *5¤4
"
83"1
area because it’s between the PRESIDENT ST THIRD AVE have opened on Fifth Avenue. restaurant rows of Smith Street 3 That competition has oddly Filmmaker Spike Lee’s and Fifth Avenue and it’s close TH AVE hit an absolute equilibrium in CARROLL ST 4 to Downtown,” said Carolyn FOUR room prices, if only temporar- Fort Greene HQ for sale Greer, director of public events, 5 ily. Last week, travelers could ROUND special projects and tourism for 6 check into Le Bleu for $235 a $ By Mike McLaughlin Borough President Markowitz. night and the Holiday Inn for Greer added that subway ser- $239. Both hotels said prices TRIP The Brooklyn Paper 33 vice on Fourth Avenue makes it fluctuate day-to-day and can to Atlantic City Casinos You know development is out of control when even ac- a logical location, too. quickly hit $350 per night. from Downtown Brooklyn claimed local filmmaker Spike Lee feels squeezed by rising The most-recent addition to FIRST Part of the reason Le Bleu’s rents. the mushrooming tourist zone prices are not higher is be- S 7 ★★★★★★★★★ ★★★★★★★★★ The director who sprung to nationwide attention 20 years will be a 124-room Fairfield THIRD T cause the hotel is a work in PLUS ago with the seminal film, “Do the Right Thing,” fell victim Inn, part of the Marriott chain, ST progress. It opened in Novem- $20 in Bonus Casino Money slotted for Third Avenue, ac- ber, but it will be several more to skyrocketing rent in Fort Greene, compelling him to vacate ★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★ the converted DeKalb Avenue firehouse he had rented for his cording to Brownstoner, a real- weeks before its eighth-floor estate Web site. restaurant is ready for diners production company since the mid-1980s. 1 Comfort Inn, 4 Unidentified hotel, “Got priced out, the rent raise was insane,” Lee told The The very existence of a 279 Butler St. Third Ave. and President St and even longer before revelers Brooklyn Paper. “Gowanus Canal Hotel District” can party in the hotly antici- 2 Fairfield Inn, 5 6 New Generation Hospitality, Instead of being bamboozled by his landlord, the auteur is mostly due to the low prices 181 Third Ave. 529 and 551 President St. pated rooftop bar. GO GREYHOUND and leave the driving to us! moved his 40 Acres and a Mule Filmworks to a mo’ better for old industrial land — land Developers say Brooklyn is on which hotels, unlike other 3 Holiday Inn Express, 7 Hotel Le Bleu, ripe for hotel projects as the homestead around the corner on South Elliot Place. 625 Union St. 370 Fourth Ave. GREYHOUND The “For Sale” sign at 124 DeKalb Ave. was reminiscent residential units, can be built borough becomes more of a of the 1997 shuttering of Spike’s Joint, a store selling Lee film without costly zoning changes. tourist destination in and of it- 228 Livingston St. memorabilia, that fanned neighborhood fears that “Mars On the other hand, the dis- A similar scene played out That will change, business self, and also, as an affordable (Between Bond & Nevins) Blackmon” had checked out of Kings County. trict is still largely industrial, at Hotel Le Bleu. Its 48 luxuri- experts say. option to Manhattan rates. The director, who gave Brooklyn the starring role in films which disorients some tourists ous rooms of high-thread- If all the proposed hotels “It’s the right time to build,” 718-222-8470 like “Crooklyn” and “Jungle Fever,” affirmed that he still had who don’t feel connected to count linens and flat-screen get built, there would be about said Raj Bhagai, of New Gen- www.GreyHound.com a working and personal relationship with the borough. the picturesque and thriving televisions are on a block of 700 rooms clinging to the Park eration Hospitality, which is “Still in Fort Greene,” said Lee, obviously referring only to brownstone communities to Fourth Avenue shared by a Slope side of the canal — up planning to raze two ware- his film company, as he now lives in Manhattan (oy!). “Forty their east and west. taxi garage, dialysis clinic and from about 300. This will help houses on President Street to Acres moved to a building we already owned” on South Elliot “We got out of the subway a Pep Boys auto parts store and trigger entrepreneurs to open make room for a “mid-brand Place between Lafayette and DeKalb. and I was wondering if we were repair center. places where travelers “can get hotel” and one affiliated with 
 


  
  Lee might be gone from the three-story building overlook- in the wrong place, because I “We were sort of surprised a bite to eat, pick up the paper the Marriott, itself one of the 

   Atlantic City, ing Fort Greene Park, but his presence there won’t be easily have a friend that told me Park when we got here,” said Shel- and buy your everyday sundry borough’s great hotel success Foxwood and stories. After opening in 1998, forgotten by its next inhabitants. Citi-Habitats, the broker sell- Slope was really nice and up- ley McCabe, who was in town items,” said Carl Hum, presi- 
  
 


 Mohegan Sun the 376-room inn soon out- ing the property for $6 million, advertises that “it has been scale,” said Mike Powell, stay- to visit her parents. “You go up dent of the Brooklyn Chamber Casinos leased to a celebrated film maker for the past 22 years as a ing at the Holiday Inn Express a couple avenues and its so of Commerce. grew its capacity and opened a production studio.” on Union Street between Third nice up there. Down here, it’s a In spite of the growth on the 280-room annex in 2006. There are two duplex residential units in the building. and Fourth avenues. little bit strip mall-ish.” horizon, innkeepers have ruled — with Emily Lavin

CARROLL GARDENS BKLYN HEIGHTS Car & Limo Service )VOH
KVSZ
PO
QMBOT
GPS
$PVSU
4U By Mike McLaughlin The Brooklyn Paper A developer’s plan to build one of the tallest buildings on / Noelle D’Arrigo 24 Hour Door-to-Door Service Court Street in Carroll Gar- dens was assailed last week for clashing with the neigh- borhood’s low-rise architec-

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn (718) 230-8100 tural landscape. Months of anxiety by citi- www.myrtlecarservice.com zens and elected officials cul- minated last Thursday over A rendering of a proposed seven-story building on Court Street that was put out by a community group last week (left) bears little resemblance to the actual rendering that was (SJTUFEFT
QIBSNBDZ
finally unveiled by the Clarett Group this week (right). We Bring Italy what the Clarett Group plans 29-unit, seven-story building ground-floor retail to add life SFPQFOT
BGUFS
GJSF I’ll be your to build on the former medical of gray cement on the bottom to the street. And Clarett Vice for The Brooklyn Paper To You! center for card-carrying long- floors and glass walls on the President Dan Hollander The word is that the Almighty created the heavens and the shoremen, between Sackett upper levels that will replace promised not to sign a lease HOME OF THE ORIGINAL bridge from earth in six days — but an even greater miracle has occurred NEAPOLITAN PIZZA and Union streets. the dockworkers’ union build- with a fast food joint. on Henry Street: the pharmacy at the Gristedes supermarket Clarett, which designed the ing, itself an anomalous bun- The project, which would re-opened just three days after an electrical fire almost com- 30-story Forte building in Fort ker in the otherwise brown- NOW SERVING where you are be erected by the end of 2009, pletely destroyed the store. BEER & WINE! Greene, said months ago that it stone-heavy area. also calls for townhouse-style Makeshift shelving holds drinks and some staples — pasta, intended to build a 70-foot Residents derided the ren- units on the side streets. These crackers and energy bars — from the supermarket, which is now to where you tower at 340 Court St., rather derings. Luna dwellings would be the same separated from the pharmacy by a thin plastic curtain that failed Ros than the maximum height zon- “[The longshoremen’s build- height as their neighbors’ and to muffle the sounds of the reconstruction already underway. a want to be ing allows — about 170 feet. ing] is one of my least-favorite have front gardens, too, like “It was important for us to get some part of the store re- But some community activ- buildings on Court Street, but traditional Carroll Gardens opened,” said one employee, who didn’t want his name used. BRICK OVEN PIZZA ists were not appeased, and this was a little disappointing,” rowhouses. “A lot of people around here depend on us, so we want to work Carroll Gardens · 552 Court St. (at West 9th St) called for a 50-foot ceiling on said Gary Reilly. “It feels a little Some called them “bland,” as hard as we can for them until the store is back on its feet.” 1 block from Smith/9th Subway Stop new construction in Carroll cold and industrial.” but others gave the ultimate The April 1 blaze started in the deli department and caused 718-875-1384 · Open Tues. - Sun. Gardens. The Department of Another resident was more compliment. an estimated $5 million in damage. It is unclear when the rest of City Planning is studying this blunt. “That looks like Carroll the store will re-open, but then again, but miracles never cease. option, but a decision is not ex- “It looks like a mausoleum,” Gardens,” said one man. — Emily Lavin pected soon. said Katia Kelly. With new zoning restric- Clarett officials said their tions a distant possibility, Clar- building will be just the oppo- DOWNTOWN ett showed renderings for a site — indeed, it will include GARDENING · BBQ GRILLS BROOKLYN Now Open in Brooklyn. OUTDOOR FURNITURE PAINT SUPPLY ELLEN The Mac Support Store HEADQUARTERS $"" *!%
$%&
## 
'&"$+
#$
"# 10% OFF GOTTLIEB ® 27,000 sq.ft. SUPERSTORE!!! ALL STORE MERCHANDISE “House of a million items” WITH THIS AD AMERICAN SID'S HARDWARE 345 Jay Street SAVE HOUSEWARES (Between Tillary & Willoughby Streets) 15% OFF 85 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn 211 Court St., Bklyn Downtown Brooklyn Ê"«i˜ÊÇÊ >ÞÃÊ
Ê7iiŽÊUÊ ÊUÊ­Ç£n®ÊÓ{·än{{ ,

!
"
#$
,
&
"($*
,
)
%
"$
% 
, with this 917.797.1351 (718) 875-2259 coupon! 718.625.3700 Ext. 112 
&
&$&
!
$
(!'
$"" *!

 Open 7 Days -- We Deliver brooklynbridgerealty.com     9-6 weekdays, 10-4 Saturday / www.macsupportstore.com WWW.SIDSHARDWARE.COM BrooklynPaper.com April 12, 2008 / Ê ,""9 Ê*
* ,ÊUÊ777° ,""9 *
* ,° " ÊUÊ­Ç£n®ÊnÎ{‡™Îxä PSZ, BRZ 3

THE Visit our Expanded –––––––––––––––––––– PASSOVER SECTION stoop –––––––––––––––––––– NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT We have (or will get you) everything you need for your Seder Table. PARK SLOPE )PNFXPSL
“We’re not just Matzo” Pick Quick Key Food IBWPD
BU
IPNF 5IF
(PXBOVT
IPUFM
DSB[F 5th Avenue/Corner Baltic St. By Mike McLaughlin a bite to eat, pick up the paper t’s a typical scenario — beg- The Brooklyn Paper and buy your everyday sundry * Plenty of Free Parking * ging, pleading, yelling. The PS... 5)&
*//
$308% BUTLER1 ST items,” said Carl Hum, presi- * bedroom door slams, everyone I LOVE YOU Yet another would-be hotel dent of the Brooklyn Chamber is crying. A big fight between Mom is set to rise in what has of Commerce. and Dad? No, just homework. turned out to be very fertile DOUGLASS ST In spite of the growth on the “The weekends are just a blur soil around the messy Gow- horizon, innkeepers have ruled of homework. We’ve been work- anus Canal. 2 out the notion that the market ing from dawn to dusk. We have Four hotels are being built DEGRAW S could become glutted, driving or are already planned for a down prices. to make a schedule just to get it T six-block area around the old S ST “It’s competitive, yes, but all done. She’s only in the sixth SACKETT ST Harbor Motor Inn grade!” says Isabel Hill, a Park industrial sluice — in addition it’s a draw,” said Robert Gaeta, Slope mother and filmmaker to the Hotel LeBleu, Comfort NEVIN general manager of the sleek Inn and Holiday Inn Express Hotel Le Bleu, who reports whose daughter, Anna, attends UNION S Poly Prep Country Day School. that already receive guests that business is “brisk,” with nearby. T occupancy averaging more If I wasn’t also the parent of a Wendy Ponte P THIRD AVE “They’re clustering in that RESIDENT ST than 80 percent in recent school age child, I might have said 3 to Hill — hey what do you mean we — isn’t this her homework? area because it’s between the weeks. restaurant rows of Smith “The more that open, the But, sadly, I know better. When homework reaches those CARROLL ST 4 Street and Fifth Avenue and more people that come. The kinds of levels, there is just no way for parents to stay unin- 5 FOURTH AVE volved. For one thing, kindergartners and first-graders, never it’s close to Downtown,” said competition raises everybody Carolyn Greer, director of 6 up,” Gaeta said, comparing the mind sixth-graders, just can’t budget their time without help.

ZFBST
JO
CVTJOFTT
"NQMF
QBSLJOH
PO
QSFNJTFT And even kids who happen to be good at it are often wiped public events, special projects hotels to the seemingly bound- out after a full day at school. and tourism for Borough Pres- less number of restaurants that
$POWFOJFOU
MPDBUJPO

IPVS
TFDVSJUZ ident Markowitz. have opened on Fifth Avenue. Councilmember Peter Vallone Jr. feels the same way. Last


PGG
&YJU

PO
UIF
#FMU
1LXZ
&BTZ
5BYJ
$BC
"DDFTT fall, Vallone called for a maximum of 10 minutes per grade Greer added that subway ser- That competition has oddly per night through the eighth grade, with one night off per vice on Fourth Avenue makes it FIRST hit an absolute equilibrium in


#
CVT
TUPQT
JO
GSPOU
'PPE
%FMJWFSJFT a logical location, too. S room prices, if only temporar- week. So, in the case of a sixth-grader, that would be one hour, T 7 opening up a world of possibilities. The most-recent addition to THIRD ST ily. Anna could go back to her music, just for starters — or the mushrooming tourist zone Last week, travelers could have pizza with a friend, or invent stuff or play, which is how will be a 124-room Fairfield check into Le Bleu for $235 a Harbor Motor Inn Inn, part of the Marriott chain, night and the Holiday Inn for kids learn. And Vallone, who has two daughters himself, says 3HORE0ARKWAY that families could have more time together, and children slotted for Third Avenue, ac- 1 Comfort Inn, 4 Unidentified hotel, $239. Both hotels said prices would have time to get some badly needed exercise. cording to Brownstoner, a real- 279 Butler St. Third Ave. and President St fluctuate day-to-day and can BETWEEN"AY0ARKWAYTH!VENUE estate Web site. quickly hit $350 per night. 0HONE   Mayor Bloomberg has not been too sympathetic to Val- 2 Fairfield Inn, 5 6 New Generation Hospitality, lone’s idea, but Hizzoner should do his own homework: No The very existence of a 181 Third Ave. 529 and 551 President St. Developers say Brooklyn is &AX   studies prove that doing more homework equals doing better in “Gowanus Canal Hotel Dis- ripe for hotel projects as the 3 Holiday Inn Express, 7 Hotel Le Bleu, borough becomes more of a school, according to Sara Bennett and Nancy Kalish, the two trict” is mostly due to the low 625 Union St. 370 Fourth Ave. Slope-based writers of “The Case Against Homework: How prices for old industrial land tourist destination in and of it- Homework is Hurting Our Children and What We Can Do — land on which hotels, un- self, and also, as an affordable 
( About It.” In Finland, teenagers score higher than any other like other residential units, can and upscale,” said Mike Pow- when we got here,” said Shel- option to Manhattan rates. 

 "# “It’s the right time to build,” country in the world on tests, yet no more than 30 minutes per be built without costly zoning ell, staying at the Holiday Inn ley McCabe, who was in town $
# night of homework is assigned. changes. Express on Union Street be- to visit her parents. “You go up said Raj Bhagai, of New Gen- '$
'
 # Proponents of homework say that homework also teaches On the other hand, the dis- tween Third and Fourth ave- a couple avenues and its so eration Hospitality, which is planning to raze two ware- 
"$
$% "
kids responsibility and time management. But some parents trict is still largely industrial, nues. nice up there. Down here, it’s a 
" %$  are unconvinced. which disorients some tourists A similar scene played out little bit strip mall-ish.” houses on President Street to “I’d rather my kids learn responsibility from chores,” says who don’t feel connected to at Hotel Le Bleu. Its 48 luxuri- That will change, business make room for a “mid-brand "$
'$ Park Slope mom, Caroline Thaler, who has one child at PS the picturesque and thriving ous rooms of high-thread- experts say. hotel” and one affiliated with 
'" 321 and two at Poly Prep. “I can’t give them much responsi- brownstone communities to count linens and flat-screen If all the proposed hotels the Marriott, itself one of the bility around the house now because they have way too much their east and west. televisions are on a block of get built, there would be about borough’s great hotel success homework to do.” “We got out of the subway Fourth Avenue shared by a 700 rooms clinging to the Park stories. After opening in 1998, "  Wendy Ponte is a freelance writer who lives in Park Slope. the 376-room inn soon out- SPMMJOH!QSFTT and I was wondering if we taxi garage, dialysis clinic and Slope side of the canal — up 
&" $("(  !  were in the wrong place, be- a Pep Boys auto parts store and from about 300. This will help grew its capacity and opened  %$!%
"$
 %# THE KITCHEN SINK cause I have a friend that told repair center. trigger entrepreneurs to open a 280-room annex in 2006. ! me Park Slope was really nice “We were sort of surprised places where travelers “can get — with Emily Lavin $ Prospect Park: The Prospect Park Tennis Center is having a gala on April 17 to raise money for the junior tennis  ! 

 

 program. Tickets are steep — $200 — but that’s nothing com- BAY RIDGE !  pared to consigning kids to a tennis-free life. Call (718) 



 965-8988 or e-mail [email protected]. … Park Slope: ###    ! You gotta hand it to the bartenders at Alchemy on Fifth Ave- nue. They crafted a mix of pilsner and Bloody Mary mix that our Sixth Avenue pal Phil Marriott says is quite tasty. …  The door and the heated patio are now up and in place at Bar-  rio, the restaurant that will take over the Seventh Avenue site  from Tempo Presto (and Mojo Cafe before that).

Loose Bachner / Jeff  

Dentures? Paper The Brooklyn  

  GO AHEAD.... 
 
   Eat what you want! 2GNVHMF
SGDHQ
LDC@K 374 7th Avenue 
 

 Bay Ridge honored its cops last week, paying special trib- themselves,” said Deputy Inspector Eric Rodriguez, com- (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) Visit Dr. Tony Farha in the morning, 
  
 ute to 51 officers who performed outstanding police work manding officer. “It’s something we do every year to ac- have the “Mini-Implant System” 718-832-0655 in 2007. More than 150 people thanked the top cops from knowledge the great work that our police officers do, day placed in less than two hours, the 68th Precinct at “Medal Day” on April 3 in the audito- in and day out.” Honorees included officers Vito Viola and then go out and enjoy your rium of the Poly Prep Country Day School. “It’s for the cops Lance Sigman, who delivered a baby. — Ben Muessig favorite lunch. No more messy adhesive or pastes. As recently demonstrated by Dr. Tony on ABC & Fox News BENSONHURST

change from the city — and that may not be easy, given that the same city govern- 2
"#+
.' 
+0+, &
#+
 ))*(.  ment is battling him over his $1.5-billion 2
,
#+

one-step, non-surgical procedure. #JH
CPY
GPS
4IPSF
1LXZ plan to transform Coney Island into a 2
(
+-,-* +
'(*
,"
,0)#%
&(',"+
(
" %#'! By Ben Muessig 24-7-365 amusement Vegas-style Xanadu. 2
(
)#'
(*
#+(& (*, Bensonhurst officials, however, think The Brooklyn Paper 2
(*%
0& ',
%'+ the retail project won’t get stuck in the available and Insurance coverage) A discount wholesaler might give sand. Costco some competition when it opens “They’re presenting a good plan,” said Dr. Tony is recognized along Shore Parkway in Bensonhurst. Rob Hart, spokesman for Councilman as a Professor of the Mini Dental Implant. BJ’s Wholesale Club, a big-box store that Bachner / Jeff Domenic Recchia (D–Bensonhurst). “This Call today for your FREE Consultation offers members discounted prices on brand- project is one thing and the Coney Island *ONLY $495 name goods, signed a 20-year lease at the project is another.” FOR DENTURE! 718-833-6895 site of a bus depot near the former Nellie Sitt hopes to make fast work on a Limited Time Offer 461 77th St – Bay Ridge Bly Amusement Park and Dreier-Offerman $100-million development on the site he *with a puchase of MDI 1412 Richmond Rd – Staten Island Park. Paper The Brooklyn bought for $10 million in 2005. Construc- www.oraldentalcare.com But before developer Joe Sitt can put a This bus depot on Shore Parkway tion on BJ’s could start next year — pend- shovel in the ground, he’ll need a zoning could become a BJ’s Wholesale Club. ing that rezoning. Now Open in Brooklyn. LOOK GREAT, SEE GREAT! Specialists on Staff: The Mac Support Store Kevin S. Meyers, M.D., Ophthalmology Eric Colman, O.D., Optometry STAIR LIFTS $"" *!%
$%&
## 
'&"$+
#$
"# Tatyana Galinsky, O.D. %
!
$
# FREE Estimate %
 
 and in-home %
 
 consultation %
 

   

  %


    FREE Installation %
"
 
  FREE Delivery %
 
 
$ 
 
 



 

 

 
,

!
"
#$
,
&
"($*
,
)
%
"$
% 
, 




  


  
&
&$&
!
$
(!'
$"" *!

 9th Street Optical DERMER     PHARMACY & SURGICAL 



 9-6 weekdays, 10-4 Saturday / www.macsupportstore.com (718) (

# % &$"
'!
(
 
  



 965-2545 4 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 April 12, 2008

The “victim” told the man to go hopped off the train at the Flush- into his trunk to get the air pump, ing Avenue stop. The victim gave but while he was doing that, the chase through the station, but the thief took $100 from the man’s crook used his skateboard to jam car. — Michael Giardina the high-wheeled turnstile and Banks robbed two days apart get away with the popular phone. 68th Precinct Photo-graft The Brooklyn Paper Bay Ridge A man in a business suit stealthily made off with photo 84th Precinct POLICE BLOTTER NABBED! Abut a boy equipment during an April 1 shoot Burglars caught in Three men robbed a 13-year- at a wedding hall on Ross Street. Brooklyn Heights–DUMBO old boy as he walked on 76th The crook casually grabbed an Street on April 3. Boerum Hill–Downtown anyone. Put $5,000 in an enve- unattended bag containing a cam- that time, but assumed it was a The victim told cops he was era, three lenses and two flashes Thieves plundered two lope and keep your hands family member. the act on Flushing Avenue Downtown Brooklyn banks in coming home from school at 3 at around 9:50 pm, cops say. He where I can see them.” The pm when the suspects surround- separate incidents last week. teller protested, “I don’t have Psycho moment By Ben Muessig When cops arrived, they saw the two left the building, which is be- A man got hosed while tak- The Brooklyn Paper thieves attempting to escape by climbing the ed him at Colonial Road. tween Wythe and Bedford av- In the first case, a man held that kind of money.” She did, “Give me your iPod and up a Fulton Street bank on ing a shower at his Atlantic Av- scaffolding next door. One of the crooks made enues, before the photographer however, give him $400 — and Cops interrupted the burglary of a Flushing “a leap of faith” to the elevated J, M, Z train at your money!” the men demand- April 2 at around 2:15 pm. enue apartment on March 28. realized his equipment was miss- a dye-pack. Avenue sneaker store on April 1, arresting one the Broadway station, while the other fled ed, pushing the victim down. The thief told the bank teller He cracked open his window ing. — Ben Muessig half of a criminal team that was suspected of down Debevoise Street, cops say. “This is all I have,” said the in the Fulton Mall to “hurry Open door before going to the bathroom to robbing the shop of $40,000 of merchandise in Police chased the crook into the train sta- victim, handing over the device. up,” and passed a note that said, A woman’s unlocked Dean freshen up at 11:30 am. But 94th Precinct Street apartment was burgled on when he returned, the portal January. tion, but they emerged on the wrong side of the When the perps found no “Stacks of hundreds, stacks of In the latest crime, the crooks broke into the platform and the crook used the subway to money on the boy, one of the fifties. No alarm. Don’t be a April 3. was wide open and his digital Williamsburg–Greenpoint building at around 1:15 am, busting through a make his getaway. men punched him in the face hero.” The 46-year-old resident said camera and $55 were missing brick exterior wall from an adjacent construc- But the other burglar wasn’t as lucky. and broke his glasses before the School prey The employee complied, she was not home from 11:30 am from his residence, which is be- tion site, cops said. Once inside, they triggered Officers Wilfredo Castillo and Valerie Ba- group fled down the street with A teen mugger stole $35 giving the bandit $1,320, which to 12:30 pm, during which time tween Bond and Nevins streets. — Mike McLaughlin an alarm, alerting the owner of the shop, who ialardo arrested the suspect at the corner Hum- the iPod. from a 15-year-old student in a he calmly stuck in his pocket. someone took a laptop, Playsta- Bedford Avenue high school on tion and Xbox from the abode, called police. boldt Street. Unsafe The second robbery oc- 78th Precinct April 2, but he didn’t keep the curred on Montague Street near which is between Smith Street Perps forced their way into money for long. Court Street on April 4. and Boerum Place. Park Slope an 85th Street home during the The crook confronted the vic- This robber also passed a A neighbor said she saw a the ground and stole her cell- Cops say a police car was other case, the thief walked in day on April 3 and took cash tim at around 9 am while he was note that said, “Don’t signal man in the apartment during Beet down phone in a horrifying attack on speeding with its lights and siren and handed a note to the teller, and jewelry. on his way to breakfast in Auto- A customer at a trendy Thai Union Street on April 2. blaring when another car crashed who handed over $1,000. The 64-year-old owner of the motive HS, which is between restaurant on Seventh Avenue Police said that the 6-foot-2, into its side and kept on going. Both crimes were on a Friday house, between 12th and 13th av- North 12th and Lorimer streets. had her purse stolen off the 220-pound thief ran up to the 25- Cops said they did not get a afternoon, around 4 pm — and enues, said he left for work at The mugger grabbed the cash back of her chair when she year-old woman while she was good look at the other vehicle, but both crooks held their hands in 7:30 am. He returned 12 hours from the victim’s pocket and wasn’t looking on April 4. walking between Seventh and the good news is that no one was their pocket to simulate a gun. later to find his front door open fled — but cops arrested the sus- Cops say the thief entered Eighth avenues, and knocked her injured. — Chris Cascarano Also in both robberies, the thieves and some of his things missing. pect and retook the dough. the restaurant, which is be- to the ground. handed over similar notes and The suspects took cash, watch- Bicycle thief tween 10th and 11th streets, at While she nursed lacerations 62nd Precinct took in similar sums of money. es and credit cards, cops said. around 8 pm and grabbed the on her forehead, he ran off with Yet police were not ready to Lights off A pedal-pushing perp broke 27-year-old woman’s purse. into a Newel Street shed on her mobile phone. Bensonhurst say both incidents were related. Someone stole the head- In addition to her iPod and — Gersh Kuntzman April 3 and rode away on a $25, he got a credit card that he Bank rob Bedroom burg lights off a car parked in a 78th high-end bicycle. promptly used at a gas station 77th Precinct Two 86th Street banks were A thug cleaned out a Benson Street driveway on April 1. The crook got into the un- on Fourth Avenue and Union robbed within days of each other Avenue apartment on April 5. The 62-year-old victim left locked shed between 2 am and his 2006 Nissan Maxima in Street, cops said. Prospect Heights last week, and clues may link the The 30-year-old tenant re- 11 am and stole a green Bianchi two crimes to the same robber. turned to his apartment, which is front of his house, which is be- bicycle while the victim slept. Bad help B’berry bandits The first robbery was on near Bay 41st Street, at around tween Colonial Road and Ridge The crook biked away from the A worker got so angry at his A 24-year-old woman battled March 28 at a branch near Bay 10:30 am to discover that a perp Boulevard, at around 10 pm. apartment, which is between boss that he hurled a rock and three other women who were 29th Street. The thief entered at had come in through a second- When he checked on the car Nassau and Norman avenues, an electric drill battery at his attempting to rob her mobile de- around 4 pm and gave a note to floor rear window and somehow the next morning, he found the on the European cycle, which is employer on April 3. vices on Vanderbilt Avenue on the teller. bypassed the alarm system. car’s headlights missing, cops worth about $800. According to police, the em- April 6. “I have a gun,” it read. “Pass Once inside, he swiped elec- said. — Emily Lavin ployee, 29, got into a “dispute Apples a day Shortly after midnight, the me $100s and $50s. I don’t want tronics and jewelry, police said. about money” at around 7:45 Apple products are hot com- woman noticed she was being to shoot anyone.” 90th Precinct pm in front of a house on Sev- Flat funds modities for Northside crooks followed by the three women The teller complied, and A Good Samaritan had his enth Street between Eighth Av- near the corner of Park Place. Williamsburg–Bushwick again last week: enue and Prospect Park West. handed over $1,112 to the thief, cash and credit cards robbed as • Thieves broke into an She attempted to hail a cab, who stopped her before she he attempted to help a stranger SK8ER boy “I hate you, you piece of s—!” but failed to do so before the apartment on Herbert Street be- the man allegedly yelled before could throw in a dye pack, po- with a flat tire on 86th Street on A skateboarder snatched an tween Humboldt and North thieves caught up to her and lice said. The perp exited with becoming violent and tossing the March 28. iPhone on April 5 — then used See COPS on page 15 snatched her Blackberry and the cash and heading for the D But the flat tire was just a ruse his board to get away. items at his 24-year-old boss. purse. Cops later arrested him and train at Bay Parkway. in this dastardly crime at around The crook grabbed the phone But before the hoodlums could A week later, another bank, 1:30 pm near Bay 42nd Street. from a man on a Manhattan- charged him with assault, crim- get away, the woman wrestled inal mischief and menacing. this one near Bay Parkway, was The victim agreed to help the bound J train at around 3:25 pm. them to ground, attempting to re- robbed at around 4 pm. As in the man and his supposed flat tire. With the stolen phone in hand, he Eighth hell cover her belonging. RELIGIOUS A thief broke into an Eighth She failed, alas, and the Avenue apartment between thieves made off with her the SERVICES March 18 and 20, stealing a com- fancy cellphone. To advertise in this weekly puter and jewelry, cops said. Cruiser bruiser Beginning with Children Foundation, Inc. directory, call Laura at The 58-year-old resident of the It’s bad enough to side- building, at the corner of Fourth (718) 834-9350 ext 109 swiped a police cruiser — but Street, told police that the unit fleeing the scene of the crime is was unoccupied between those an especially bad idea. dates, when the thief apparently But that’s exactly what hap- Located in Prospect Heights broke in through a rear window. since 1924 pened at the intersection of Van- 603 St. Johns Place Knocked down derbilt and St. Marks avenues at bet. Classon & Franklin A thug knocked a woman to around 3 am on April 6. Always Our Children 638-6583 Rabbi Elkanah Schwartz Sat. 10:30 am L14 The BwCF Alumni Program nurtures BwCCS and CPCS graduates Congregation throughout their academic careers. Mount Sinai 250 Cadman Plaza W. Our program includes: Conservative/Egalitarian t
$PMMFHF
QSFQBSBUJPO
XPSLTIPQT
BOE
4"5
FYBN
QSFQBSBUJPO
DMBTTFT A House for Prayer / A Home for People 718-875-9124 t
4VNNFS
JOUFSOTIJQ
PQQPSUVOJUJFT
HPBM
TFUUJOH
BOE
DBSFFS
QMBOOJOH Friday Eve Services 6:30pm Saturday Morning 10:00am t
"DBEFNJD
BEWJTJOH
BOE
UVUPSJOH Rabbi Joseph Potasnik A42

Our results are powerful: Our alumni’s four-year high school graduation rate is PARK SLOPE JEWISH CENTER 8th Avenue at 14th St. 82% compared to 50% citywide. Fri. nights at 6:30 pm Sat. mornings at 10:00 am Adult Ed Hebrew School Rabbi Carie Carter Beginning with Children Charter School Community Partnership Charter School Park Slope's Egalitarian, Grades K-8 Grades K-5 Conservation Synagogue

Williamsburg, Brooklyn Clinton Hill, Brooklyn 768-1453 A31-26 718-388-8847 718-399-3824

To learn more about BwCF and our schools, please visit www.bwcf.org. Shabbat Shalom! Presented by B’nai Avraham Beginning with Children Foundation of Brooklyn Heights Richness - Rigor - Results ££ÇÊ,i“Ãi˜Ê-Ì°ÊUÊx™È‡{n{ä Rabbi Aaron L. Raskin www.bnaiavraham.com Candle Lighting Shabbat Metzorah Fri., April 11, before 7:13 pm Shabbat Hagadol Fri., April 18, before 7:21 pm

St. John–St. Matthew–Emanuel Alzheimer’s care begins with Lutheran Church Park Slope The waste we 283 Prospect Ave (5th and 6th Aves.) Recycling (718) 768–0528 www.stjme.org ELCA — Reconciling in Christ what’s been forgotten. Sunday Worship 11:00 process helps Rev. David C. Parsons four feet A31- 28 Each senior has a history that makes We do this in specially designed Brown Memorial them a unique individual. The best surroundings that are both safe and power over Baptist Church of paper 484 Washington Ave., Ft. Greene Sunday School 9:15am approach to Alzheimer’s care begins nurturing, where who they are is never Morning Worship 8:00am & 11:00am Wed. Bible Study 1:00pm & 7:15pm with understanding the stories and forgotten. savesone million one tree. 718-638-6121 Rev. Clinton M. Miller - Pastor details of a senior’s life. Visit or call Sunrise Senior Living today LM31-12 Knowing our seniors better means we for more information about Alzheimer’s homes. TEMPLE BETH can help them attain what we call disease and other forms of memory EMETH V’OHR Progressive Shaari Zedek “pleasant days” by finding activities impairment, as well as other senior 83 Marlborough Rd. (near Church Ave.) they can enjoy and be successful at. living options. Friday 8:30 pm · Saturday 11:15 am www.bethemeth.net W34 Zion Lutheran Church 125 Hernry St./Clark; Bklyn. Hts. Rev. Dr. George Muenich 718-625-2276 · www.ziongelc.org “Preaching Christ Crucified” Sun. 11:00 Holy Communion (9:30 German [Hl. Abendmahl)] Wed. 7:30 pm Evening Prayer Sunrise at Mill Basin 718-444-2600 5905 Strickland Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11234 LM32-10 Sunrise at Sheepshead Bay 718-616-1850 2211 Emmons Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11235

Application for assisted living/special needs certification pending WWW.CHRISTSCHURCHFORBROOKLYN.ORGNNN%:?I@JKJ:?LI:?=FI9IFFEBCPE%FI> *+.%.)(%,,*+ jle[Xp&&((Xd&&ZXjlXc GJ)-( For more information and a FREE online newsletter, visit *(+GXZ`ÔZJki\\k YknJd`k_?fpk www.sunriseseniorliving.com 9iffbcpe#EP(()'(% 8CC8I<N

BH HAPPY BIRTHDAY REBBE! RABBI MENACHEM M. SCHNEERSON

On Wednesday, the 11th day of Nissan, corresponding to the 16th of April, people from all around the world will be celebrating the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s 106th birthday. There are many ways to measure his leadership: If by numbers, you could count the more than 3,600 Chabad-Lubavitch institutions and centers established around the world. If by tradition, you could speak of the ever increasing return of Jews, from all walks of life, to the observance of Torah and traditions of their forefathers. If by spirituality, you could point to his recognition as the foremost Jewish spiritual leader in the world today and to his responsibility for the spiritual reawakening of Jews and non-Jews around the world. If by service, you could wend through the unending listing of educational, charitable, religious, and social programs inaugurated around the world. If by scholarship, you could study the more than 200 volumes of his published works. But today, the measure of the leadership of the Rebbe is the outpouring of love, of gratitude, of congratulations from millions of followers, admirers and benefi ciaries throughout the world. Mazal tov, Rebbe

CHABAD OF BROWNSTONE BROOKLYN WISHES YOU A HAPPY & HEALTHY PASSOVER FREE Hand-baked Shmurah Matzah for Brownstone Brooklyn Residents ~ Compliments of Chabad Lubavitch ~ For information on how to receive your complimentary hand-made Shmurah Matzah, log onto www.chabadbrownstonebrooklyn.com or www.heightschabad.com email: [email protected]

No Place for Seder? No worry! Join us at any of the communal seders listed below for a beautiful and meaningful evening exploring the eternal message of Haggada. Enjoy our handmade Shmurah Matzah, fi ne imported wines, and delicious gourmet Passover meal.

Chabad of Park Slope Chabad of Downtown Colleges Chabad of Prospect Heights Rabbi Shimon Hecht Rabbi Simcha Weinstein Rabbi Mendy Hecht 70 Prospect Park West (718) 596-4840 ext 15 569 Vanderbilt Ave. (718) 965-9836 Pratt Institue - Office of Campus Minstry (347) 622-3599 200 Willoughby Ave.

Chabad of Brooklyn Heights Chabad of Windsor Terrace Chabad of Clinton Hill Rabbi Aaron Raskin Rabbi Moshe Hecht Rabbi Zali Abramowitz 117 Remsen St. 1266 Prospect Ave. 341 B Grand Ave. (718) 596-4840 ext 11 (718) 938-1435 (718) 974-9472 6 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 April 12, 2008

OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Cut Ratner off

ne of the details that Atlantic Yards now it’ll take $950 million of our money. in New York to increase their commit- supporters tend to ignore when • A $1-a-year lease on that arena when ments to Atlantic Yards.” Oticking off the alleged public ben- it’s done? That’ll save Ratner millions Then he added four words: “We still efits of Bruce Ratner’s mega-develop- more — plus, he gets to keep every dime need more.” ment is that New York taxpayers are of the $400-million deal with Barclays to More? More for what, exactly? New generously underwriting — and, in emblazon the bank’s name on an arena York taxpayers have already been far too that is owned (at least on paper!) by the generous in propping up this 16-sky- some cases, outright paying for — them. people of New York. scraper white elephant. • New infrastructure to accommodate All together, the financial assistance to And just as the economy starts to dip, Ratner’s proposed 6,800 units? No prob- Ratner is anywhere from $1 billion, ac- Bruce Ratner and cousin Chuck — who are lem. cording to City Councilman David always hailed by our elected enablers as • Direct cash grants to get the project Yassky, or more than $2 billion, accord- risk-taking visionaries — come to us asking going? Fifty-eight million of the prom- ing to the Atlantic Yards opposition for more money to underwrite their ideas. ised $200 million have already been group, Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. It must stop. At this point, only a few handed over. And now Ratner wants more. members of the City Council, most no- • Property tax exemptions and afford- In a conference call with industry an- tably Yassky (D–Brooklyn Heights) and able housing subsidies? On the way. alysts last week, Charles Ratner, presi- Letitia James (D–Fort Greene), are ques- • Development rights that were ap- dent and CEO of Forest City Enterpris- tioning what their colleagues obviously praised at $214 million? Sold to Ratner es, the parent company of his cousin believe is a done deal. for $100 million! Bruce’s Forest City Ratner Companies, But this deal is not done because Rat- • A publicly financed arena? First it was proudly reported that his company had ner keeps trying to change it. Let’s not let going to cost us $435 million to build — gotten “various governmental agencies him get away with it. Cristian Fleming

LETTERS Readers: What are kids doing in bars, anyway? To the editor, dren with their coddling parents in my gauge who they are as a person. of scientific method out the window and forts of a school)? While you amuse your- tures at the new Atlanta Aquarium. These Your story about parents who insist that midst. The bar owners should take a stand Animal rescue is a hard situation, and, instead play it for laughs — or so I have to self in this manner, the rest of us will con- sharks swim across tremendous ranges local bars allow them to bring their young and side with their regular patrons against yes, sometimes you have to be tough and assume after reading of your fundamental- tinue to seek alternatives to plastic waste each day and putting them in captivity is children and strollers into these establish- this invasive behavior. firm with people. The city needs more res- ly flawed “battery of experiments.” and toxins that are poisoning us, our chil- like putting an eagle in a parakeet cage. ments was disturbing to say the least Earl Cantos, Park Slope cues and shelters, and more people who Rather than testing the trays with a nor- dren, and our planet. I hope the Aquarium will forego any at- (“South Slope stroller spot,” March 29). care as much as Laurie Bleier obviously mal student lunch in a school cafeteria (in Chris Wallace, Carroll Gardens tempt to place more sharks in their pro- This demand is indicative of the “not- does. It certainly doesn’t need to put hun- the manner they are intended to be used), Editor’s note: Our “field test” was just that — an posed expansion. to-be-denied” attitude that permeates Dog soldier dreds of animals on death row because a you instead had a local restaurateur pile an experiment to see how each tray held up under ex- Wayne Johnson, Brooklyn Heights places like Park Slope. Parents routinely To the editor, few people didn’t like the answer they got. obscene amount of food on them, smother- treme conditions. The accompanying article report- Liza Eckert, DUMBO ing each tray with a mass of carbohydrates ed all of the statistics and information that the let- allow their toddlers to run around and I have worked at an animal shelter, and ter writer mentions above. make all the noise they want in restaurants I know both how hard and how rewarding that (as your own photo proves) would be Power to the people as if they were in their own living rooms. it can be (“Better off dead? Ban on Slope more than enough to feed several children. To the editor, Did it ever occur to them that other patrons group could mean death for pound dogs,” Be-trayed The article almost audibly snickers as I read your article on the rejection of To the editor, the grossly overloaded tray becomes flim- Across the park find this offensive? Is a drinking establish- March 15). To the editor, that power plant in Williamsburg (“Park ment the best place for young children to Nothing feels better than watching an I was dismayed to read your front-page sy “after a few minutes,” but then immedi- without plants,” April 5) and was upset. article comparing pressed-sugar-cane trays ately moves on to even grosser distortions. Thanks for the nice coverage of be exposed to? animal go to a loving new home. Unfortu- Prospect Lefferts Gardens (“Prospect Lef- Once again a neighborhood cheers a pow- If I frequented a bar, the last thing I nately, for every good experience there with Styrofoam trays (“Field test: It’s a tale You didn’t include actual numbers, but I’ll er plant’s denial. But I wonder: will these of two trays,” March 29). Rather than at- do you the favor: a Styrofoam tray lives in ferts Gardens gets big,” April 5)! If you’re would want to see is a bunch of small chil- will be a dozen bad ones. in the neighborhood again, try dinner at same people be cheering when the city Animals come in abused, sick, aggres- tempting an unbiased analysis of the costs our landfills for at least 10,000 years, calls for reducing power consumption and benefits of the two food trays, you steadily adding to the dump’s toxic leakage Cafe Enduro on Lincoln Road. It’s very sive, and neglected, some so unhealthy or warm and homey, and the food and drinks when the temps rise this summer or when ill tempered that they have to be eutha- chose to toss objectivity and any pretense until it finally decomposes. Ten thousand Con Ed reduces voltage? I think not. Send a letter years. The cane tray are pretty good as well. nized. A pet you thought was going home Judy Jones, Prospect Lefferts Gardens Look, I am no great lover of Con Ed, but By e-mail: [email protected] forever may be returned to the shelter by safely biodegrades give them a break. Every time they try to By mail: Letters, The Brooklyn Paper, an irresponsible owner. CORRECTION after 45 days. build a power plant, they are fought. Con 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY There are people who try to take advan- But hey, why R.I.P. Bertha Ed should tell the Gloomberg administra- 11201. tage of the shelters, sometimes financially. Our front-page article about at Fifth Street. It will not be an bother doing a real To the editor, tion that they cannot hook up any new pow- All letters must be signed and include People who do not meet pre-screening re- ground-floor retail construction ambulance parking garage, but comparison when Thanks to The Brooklyn Paper for er sources for any of the ridiculous building the writer’s home address and phone quirements will argue and cause a scene in on Fourth Avenue in Park an ambulatory, or outpatient, your apparent goal prominent mention of the passing of Bertha, boom (disaster) going on throughout the number (only the writer’s name and the middle of the shelter. There are many Slope (“Going Fourth,” April clinic treating cancer, neurolo- is to simply laugh at five boroughs, and that these greedy, mega- neighborhood are published with the let- the tiger shark from the New York Aquari- ter). Letters may be edited and will not who will treat you badly because you want 5) incorrectly identified the ten- gy and rheumatology patients. the idea (and by ex- um (“Circle of Life (Death),” April 5). developers, who always get their way, sup- be returned. The earlier in the week you to treat animals well. But seeing how ant in the ground floor of Shaya The Brooklyn Paper regrets tension dismiss the Bertha’s death follows on the heels of ply the power source for their own projects. send your letter, the better. someone treats an animal is the best way to Boymelgreen’s Novo building the error. forward-thinking ef- the death of four of these amazing crea- Richie Hecht, Bay Ridge INSIDE DINING | PERFORMING ARTS | NIGHTLIFE | BOOKS | CINEMA

SPA Say ‘spahhh’

Those suffering from dull complexions, aching mus- cles and tattered toenails should stop and make an ap- pointment — now. It’s Spa Week again, and 11 Brook- lyn pampering emporiums are offering several services for the rock-bottom price of 50 bucks, from April 14 through April 20. Among the partici- pating spas are Magnolia Beauty Spa in Williams- burg, which is offering an hour-long, mouth-wa- / Gregory P. Mango P. / Gregory tering blueberry scrub with body massage; Bruno Salon and Spa in Bay Ridge, promising to rid unwanted hair from underarms, chin or side- The Brooklyn Paper file The Brooklyn burns with laser hair re- moval; and Park Slope’s Element Beauty Lounge, (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings April 12, 2008 with an hour-long, green tea hot creme manicure and pedicure. Most of the spas are offering full-length services at the cut-rate price in order to entice first-time customers to give pampering a try. “We don’t want the public to be intimidated by luxury,” said Bruno Grillo, proprietor of Bruno Salon and Spa. “Our message is that you don’t have to be a millionaire to come in and get a treatment.” Knish upon a star Participating spas are taking reservations now. For a complete list, visit www.spaweek.org. — Lisa J. Curtis

Just in time for Passover, Park Sloper’s guide to Jewish food TV By Adam Rathe The Brooklyn Paper Eye ‘Candy’ “ iddish food is the Rodney Dangerfield BOOKS of cuisine,” said cookbook author and Y “Arthur Schwartz’s Jewish Home famed foodie Arthur Schwartz. “It does- Cooking” ($35, 10 Speed Press) is available For Jennifer Dziura, stand-up comedy is no joke. n’t get any respect.” at Sterling Place (363 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt After three years of running “Monday Night With the release of his newest book, “Arthur Street in Boerum Hill). Schwartz will read Stand-Up,” a live comedy show at Pete’s Candy Schwartz’s Jewish Home Cooking,” the Ma- from his book at 7 pm on April 30 at the Store in Williamsburg, she’s reaching even more Park Slope Barnes and Noble (267 Seventh rine Park native and Park Slope resident is Ave. at Sixth Street in Park Slope). For in- neighborhoods through television. Now, every Tues- hoping to change all that. A collection of formation, visit www.foodmaven.com. day at midnight the show recipes ranging from chocolate babka to “Chi- will air on BCAT.

nese roast meat on garlic bread with duck Bachner / Jeff “I also like to bring comedy sauce,” Schwartz’s book revisits the history of to people with no arms and Yiddish dishes and updates them for today’s legs,” said Dziura. “People palate. who can’t make it to Pete’s.” Some of the recipes are suitable for Pass- Each 28-minute episode is

over, which begins Saturday night, April 19, Paper The Brooklyn filmed live at Pete’s Candy while others are for the rest of year. Unleavened fun: Author Arthur Schwartz fries up a Store and then edited for con- “I love this food. It’s the food of my her- stack of matzoh meal latkes from a recipe found in tent and continuity, which itage, and the food I grew up eating,” his new book, “Jewish Home Cooking.” means there is a months-long Schwartz, 61, told GO Brooklyn. “It’s a very lag between the shows and the important cuisine. Millions of people were broadcast. However, Dziura (pictured) said it’s worth it. raised on it, and it’s very good. Jews somehow Whether it’s cabbage strudel at Crown “I tour nationally as a comedian and do play regular don’t give it the due it should get. I don’t think Restaurant [4909 13th Ave. at 49th Street in comedy clubs,” said Dziura, “but if I am in the Chuckle people realize that we’ve come full circle — Borough Park], kosher Italian food at Cafe Hut or the Laff Palace in the Midwest, I can’t do the ma- there are ingredients and an attitude that are Napoli [1636 Coney Island Ave. at Avenue M terial I want to do; I have to do what will make those more contemporary now.” in Midwood] or pastries from Mansoura’s Ori- people laugh. But when I am in Williamsburg, I can ex- From vegetarian takes on classics like ental Pastry [515 Kings Hwy. at East Third pect that people will be in the same [mindset] as me.” chopped liver and gravy to lightened versions Street in Gravesend], Brooklyn offers plenty of “Monday Night Stand-Up” is held at 7 pm on Mon- of traditionally heavy dishes, Schwartz has foodstuffs for the diner with a taste for Jewish days at Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer St. at Skillman culled some of the favorites from the kitchens food — and it might be the only part of town Avenue in Williamsburg). The televised version airs at of delis and grandmothers alike. that does. midnight on Tuesdays on BCAT, Channel 56. For in- “I took old recipes, and I tried to make them When he lived in Manhattan, Schwartz said formation, visit www.petescandystore.com. taste more contemporary. For instance, my his friends would rib him about his devotion to — Adam Rathe grandma made great potato kugel [pudding], eating in Brooklyn but I make that recipe now, and it’s way too “I lived in Manhattan, but I always felt like heavy,” said Schwartz. “I always think that a defector. When I would come back to Brook- / Jeff Bachner / Jeff most secular Jews make this food only for hol- lyn, which I always did, all my friends in Man- EXHIBIT idays, and when it’s all starches and a pickle is hattan would say, ‘Arthur’s going to the Holy your vegetable, of course it’s heavy! Land!’ It was worth the teasing, though, to “When you make the kugel that I devised stock up on the food that was becoming impos- for this book, with a piece of grilled meat and sible to get anywhere else. We have maybe the The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Doll house vegetables, it’s a contemporary meal with a best, and certainly the last, Jewish bakeries in Yiddish point of view.” traditional Jewish food without leaving the Schwartz. “I can go to four or five different the city in Brooklyn,” lamented Schwartz. Sometimes, though, even the most accom- borough. kosher shopping communities in Brooklyn. We His book has a whole chapter of Passover- In a small Prospect Heights community center, 31 plished cook gets too tired to make anything “Part of my research was to eat around, buy do have some excellent food stores — the best friendly recipes to make at home, ranging artists have come together to create a new neighbor- but reservations. But Schwartz can rustle up food and see what people were eating,” said in the world for kosher food.” from traditional “matzoh brie,” fried matzoh, hood — populated entirely by handmade dolls. to sweet cottage cheese “chremslach” (pan- “Doll Neighborhood” is comprised of more than 40 cakes), Passover apple cake [see recipe at left] dolls made from clay, leather, old socks and scraps of “Position an oven rack in the cen- half of the batter over the apples, and a dessert of wine-poached pears. fabric. There is even a ter of the oven. Preheat the oven to spreading it out to cover the apples. “You can eat an awful lot of good things on video component of the HAVE YOUR CAKE Passover, you just can’t eat bread,” said show featuring the fig- 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Lightly oil an Arrange the remaining apples on top Schwartz, who admitted a special weakness ures interacting. The This Passover, try a tasty dish from Arthur 8-inch square glass-baking dish. of the batter. Sprinkle evenly with the for matzoh brie. “There are a lot of recipes to dolls, according to cu- Schwartz’s “Jewish Home Cooking: Yiddish Recipes To prepare the topping, mix to- remaining topping mixture.

be used [since] it’s very difficult to eat out / Noelle D’Arrigo rator Ellie Balk, act as Revisited.” The Park Slope foodie has packed his gether the walnuts, sugar and cinna- Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes, or over Passover. I always go for the egg salad the “uninhibited child’s new cookbook with dozens of tempting dishes. Try mon in a small bowl; set aside. until the sides of the cake pull away on Passover or I have chopped eggs and voices coming from this one for “Passover Apple Cake,” which makes To prepare the cake batter, in a very slightly from the baking dish and onions. I also love matzoh meal pancakes — adult artists.” one 8-inch square cake. bowl, with a hand-held electric mixer, the topping has begun to caramelize. it’s something I make all year now.” Balk, a Clinton Hill

TOPPING CAKE beat the eggs on medium speed until (A cake tester is not reliable. It will not In addition to recipes, Schwartz’s book of- Paper The Brooklyn resident, pulled together 1/2-cup coarsely 3 eggs well mixed. Beat in the sugar, about 2 come out clean due to the moist rich- fers a peek at the dining establishments and artisans with varied ex- chopped walnuts tablespoons at a time, until the mix- ness of this cake.) Let sit in the baking traditions that have disappeared since the glo- perience, “from people who have been quilters to a 3/4-cup sugar ry days of Yiddish dining in New York. photographer who has never sewn in her life,” she told or pecans 1/3-cup vegetable oil ture is thick and foamy. Beat in the oil, dish for several hours until complete- adding it in a steady stream. Scrape ly cool before cutting into serving “I remember the Catskills and the borscht GO Brooklyn. The idea behind the project is the “spirit 3/4-cup sugar 3/4-cup matzoh cake meal down the bowl with a rubber spatula. portions. This cake is yet another Yid- belt and a lot of the old dairy restaurants,” said of collaboration,” said Balk. 1 tablespoon Schwartz. “I came in at the end of that era, but Her co-curator, Kristin Brenneman Eno, said the 5 medium apples, peeled, With the spatula, stir in the matzo dish food that improves with age. ground cinnamon cored, halved and cut into there were still plenty of them around, even project, “opened us up for the dolls to say things we or a combination 1/4-inch-thick slices (about cake meal, blending well. Keep the cake in its dish, covered of ground cinna- into the 1970s. There is a whole generation — would never say.” 5 cups), preferably Golden Pour half of the batter mixture into tightly with plastic, and the next day if I had children, they would be my children “Doll Neighborhood” continues through April 18 at mon, nutmeg, Delicious, Crispin (Mutzu), the prepared pan. Sprinkle about half the topping will have become a mace and ginger — who are interested in this, but don’t really the Renate Albertsen-Marton Space/Village @ Gureje or other apples that keep the topping mixture evenly over the moist, candy like coating.” know anything about it and would like to (886 Pacific St. between Washington and Underhill av- their shape when cooked batter. Top with half the apples and — from “Arthur Schwartz’s Jewish Home learn. The book is for them. It’s also for peo- enues in Prospect Heights). For information, call (718) 1/3-cup raisins (optional) all the raisins. Scrape the remaining Cooking: Yiddish Recipes Revisited.” ple my age and older who have great nostalgia 857-2522 or visit www.dollneighborhood.org. for it.” — Linnea Covington

MYSTeRY-FrEe MEAt.

How our meat is raised, naturally, makes all the difference.

In fact, all the meat we serve in New York – beef, chicken and pork – is free of antibiotics and added growth hormones, fed a vegetarian diet and raised humanely. We think that meat raised naturally is better.

Serving naturally raised meat is another step in our ongoing Food With Integrity journey – bringing you the best ingredients from the best sources. N0 ADdED HORMoNES OR ANTIBI0TiCS IN NEW Y0RK MEXICAN GRILl BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – MONTAGUE b/w COURT & CLINTON 8 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 April 12, 2008 WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS

Best Of SATURDAY SUNDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY April 12 April 13 April 16 April 17 April 19 Sofas March 12-19, 2007 shoprico.com Art mart O solo mio American Leather Sick of looking at bare On tour supporting his Baronet walls? The solution may first solo record, Colin BDI be hanging at the Brook- Meloy, the frontman for Calligaris lyn Academy of Music, indie sensation The DellaRobbia which is hosting the clos- Decemberists, will sing Fontana Arte ing reception for its for two nights at the Maria Yee BAMart auction with Music Hall of Williams- Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams Book it photographer Annie Lei- Fundraiser burg. Expect new Lotsa matzoh Robert Abbey bovitz (pictured) as guest songs, Decemberists Thayer Coggin Today, “Brooklyn Follies” If you think movies are Whether you’re reli- of honor. Pick up wallet- hits and covers of author and Park Slope expensive now, check gious or just carb con- 372 + 384 atlantic ave friendly pieces from the mopey masterpieces brooklyn 718 797 2077 art lighting furniture decor Grand Poobah Paul out the $15-per-ticket scious, Passover — the likes of Cindy Sherman like The Smiths’ “Ask.” Auster will grace the screening of Oscar-win- eight-day Jewish cele- and Jasper Johns. Brooklyn Public Library’s ning documentary short 8 pm at the Music Hall of bration that begins “Brooklyn Writers for 3 pm at the Brooklyn Aca- “Freeheld,” directed by Williamsburg (66 N. Sixth St. tonight — means no demy of Music (30 Lafayette at Wythe Avenue in Williams- leavened bread. Cele- Brooklyn Readers” Park Sloper Cynthia burg). $30. For information, call FREE Best-Selling Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort brate the first night with series, read from “Tra- Greene). Free. For informa- Wade (pictured), to- (718) 486-5400 or visit www. vels in the Scriptorium,” tion, call (718) 636-4100 or night at the Pavilion musichallofwilliamsburg.com. a traditional Seder like Author Series and answer questions visit www.bam.org. movie theater. All the those at the Chabad of Downtown Colleges, about his career in film dough is going to a @ Kingsborough Community College hosted by Rabbi Simcha and literature. good cause — the PTA at PS 107. Weinstein (pictured), 2 pm at the Brooklyn Public the Chabad of Park 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winner author Library’s Central branch on 7 pm at The Pavilion (188 Slope, and the Chabad Grand Army Plaza. Free. Prospect Park West at 14th of Brooklyn Heights. For information, call (718) Street in Park Slope). $15. Debby 230-2100 or visit For information, visit See page 11 for a listing Applegate www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org. www.ps107.org. of Seders. Wed., April 16 at 7pm The Most Famous Man in America: Henry Ward Beecher NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN A study of what happens Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay when religion, passion, and SAT, APRIL 12 0873. politics converge. STINKY CHEESE: Love pork?...learn about charcuterie. $55. 2 pm. Smith and Vine’s OUTDOORS AND TOURS Tasting Room, 268 Smith St. Reservations PARK SLOPE WALK: Walking tour of the required. (718) 522-7425. Park Slope and Prospect Park neighbor- POETRY: Brooklyn Public Library’s Central RESERVATIONS REQUIRED: 718-368-5051 hoods. $25, $15 kids (includes lunch). branch hosts a poetry salon with Jean Tour times are 10 am and 1:30 pm. Call Valentine and Gerald Stern. 4 pm. Grand Limit 2 FREE tickets per person for location. (212) 209-3370. Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. 68TH PRECINCT YOUTH COUNCIL BASE- EXHIBIT: “I Hate Women … By Women,” an BALL: Opening day ceremony and exhibit, based on observations at a day- KINGSBOROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE parade. Xaverian High School (Shore time talk show, by photographer Carlos Road at 71st Street in Bay Ridge), 10 am. Cook. 7 pm to 10 pm. Frank White Bar, 2001 Oriental Boulevard (Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn) Call (347) 408-7923 for info. 936 Atlantic Ave. (718) 622-0840. Free. 10 minutes from Belt Parkway / Free parking on campus CLEAN-UP: Community Board 11 spring- time Bensonhurst clean-up. Help reduce litter. 10 am. Meet at St. Finbar’s SUN, APRIL 13 Confraternity Center, Bay 20th Street and Bath Avenue. (718) 266-8800. MOONLIGHT RIDE: Time’s Up hosts a tour PERFORMANCE through Prospect Park for cyclists and BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing skaters. 9 pm. Grand Army Plaza. (212) Arts presents The Golden Dragon Acro- 802-8222. Free. bats. $20. 2 pm. Walt Whitman Theater, 2900 Campus Rd. (718) 951-4500. PERFORMANCE RECITAL: St. Ann and the Holy Trinity SHAKESPEARE: Brooklyn College Depart- Pioneer art: “Large Covered Wagon,” a bronze sculpture by artist Tom Otter- Church presents Carol Francescani in ment of Theater presents Joe Calarco’s ness, will be installed in DUMBO on April 15. “Open Your Heart,” songs of secular XOhhbOZY( play “Shakespeare’s R & J.” $5. 2 pm love and sacred longing. $20 donation. 3 and 7:30 pm. New Workshop Theater, pm. 157 Montague St. (718) 875-6960. 2900 Bedford Ave. (718) 951-4500. pm. 647 Fulton St. (718) 855-7882, ext. 53. SYMPOSIUM: Brooklyn Museum hosts “Love ROCK ‘N’ ROLL: The Rhapsody Players and Pop: Visual Cultures in Japan and MUSIC: Kingsborough Community College JAZZ: Brooklyn College Jazz Band per- Beyond.” Day-long event offers a look at hosts a program of Hungarian music and forms. 7:30 pm. New Utrecht Reformed host a musical featuring songs of the 1950s, ’60s and ’70s. $15. 8 pm. St. the work of Takashi Murakami through the dance with Eletfa. 3 pm. 2001 Oriental Church, 18th Avenue and 84th Street. voices of local graduate and undergradu- Blvd. (718) 368-5632. Free. (718) 256-7173. Free. John’s Parish Hall, 99th Street and Fort V]]¿\¸Wb( Hamilton Parkway. (718) 907-3490. ate students. Roland Kelts, author of BROOKLYN SINGS: Brooklyn Public BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents “Japanamerica,” is guest speaker. Also, Library’s Central branch hosts a jazz and The Baxter Theater Centre in “Sizwe Banzi DANCE: Leanne Schmidt and Company dance work explores relationships. $15, screening of an anime film. $8, $4 stu- gospel concert with Chanda Rule. 4 pm. Is Dead.” $25 to $60. 7:30 pm. BAM dents and seniors. Noon to 5 pm. 200 Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. Harvey Theater, 651 Fulton St. Also, “Paul $10 students, seniors. 8 pm. Triskelion Arts, 118 N. 11th St. (718) 599-3577. Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. SONGS OF SECULAR LOVE: Music by XOhhO\RbO^ Simon: Under African Skies.” Sold out. 8 SPAGHETTI DINNER: Bay Ridge Center Leonard Bernstein, Mario Blitzstein, David pm. Howard Gilman Opera House. Also, OTHER hosts a supper fundraiser. $10, $5 kids. 2 Diamond, Gregory Eaton, Gabriel Faure, BAM Talk: “Theater in South Africa: The FLEA MARKET: at Church of the Holy Spirit. 9 pm to 6 pm. Bethlehem Lutheran Church, and many others. $20. 3 pm. Church of St. New Millennium.” $10, $5 Friends of BAM. am to 4 pm. 8117 Bay Pkwy. (718) 837-0412. Fourth and Ovington avenues. (718) 748- Ann and the Holy Trinity, Montague and 3 pm. Hillman Attic Studio. (718) 636-4100. Clinton streets. (718) 875-6960. bVc`aROgO^`WZ %%(&(!^[ HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: Fort Hamilton BARGEMUSIC: Classical music program High School presents “Thoroughly Mo- presents a performance by Vertigo dern Millie.” $10. 7:30 pm. 85th Street Quartet. $40, $25 seniors and students. and Narrows Avenue. (718) 748-1537. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton 2O\QS`a6O`]ZRµAbc[^g¶ MUSICAL COMEDY: Bishop Kearney High CIVIC CALENDAR Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. School presents “Once Upon A Mattress,” SALON SERIES: Brave New World 1`][S`8O`SR5`W[Sa the comedic musical based upon “The SUNDAY, APRIL 13 presentation of crime reports. Brooklyn Borough Hall (209 Joralemon St. at Court Repertory Theater hosts. 12:30 pm =<:G  Princess and the Pea.” $13. 7:30 pm. Reser- Unity Showcase Festival, sponsored by brunch; 1 pm reading. See Sat., April 12. O\RAbS^VO\WS:O``WS`S vations required. (718) 236-6363, ext. 200. NYPD Brooklyn South. Entertainment, Street in Downtown Brooklyn), 7 pm. Call (718) 875-6850 for info. SHAKESPEARE: at Brooklyn College. 2 pm. LEGACY CONCERT: Concert in memory of food and games for children and adults. See Sat., April 12. aVO`SbVSaSQ`Sbab]bVSW` activists Charley Horwitz and Donna Bartel-Pritchard Circle (intersection of 88th Precinct Community Council. Roberts features music with Work o’ the Prospect Park West and Prospect Park Monthly meeting. 85 South Oxford St. BAM: “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead.” 3 pm. See ag\Q]^ObSRabS^aeWbV Weavers. $25. 7:30 pm. Park Slope Southwest), 11 am–5 pm. Call (718) 834- (between Lafayette and Greene avenues Sat., April 12. Also, “Paul Simon: Under Methodist Church, Sixth Avenue and 3207 for info. in Fort Greene), 7:30 pm. Call (718) 636- African Skies.” 8 pm. See April 12. []RS`Ob]`2`:SeWa Sixth Street. (718) 768-3093. 6511 for info. MUSICAL COMEDY: “Once Upon A THE BRICK: presents the preview of “Baby- MONDAY, APRIL 14 68th Precinct Community Council. Monthly Mattress.” 3 pm. See Sat., April 12. >]`bS`B]c`bVSVWab]`g]T lon Babylon,” a mix of Herodotus, Cecil 68th Precinct. Free ID number etchings meeting. 68th Precinct stationhouse (333 HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL: “Once Upon A bO^bV`]cUV`O`S¿Z[QZW^a B. DeMille, Kenneth Anger, Richard to protect cars from auto theft. 68th 65th St. between Third and Fourth avenues Mattress.” 3 pm. See Sat., April 12. Schechner and others. $5. 8 pm. 575 Precinct stationhouse (333 65th St., in Bay Ridge), 7:30 pm. Call (718) 439-4220. OTHER O\RObbVSS\R]TbVS Metropolitan Ave. (212) 352-3101. between Third and Fourth avenues), 9 62nd Precinct Community Council. Monthly SALON SERIES: Brave New World Reper- am–2 pm. Call (718) 439-3455. meeting. 62nd Precinct stationhouse BROOKLYN FLEA: Vendors of vintage furni- SdS\W\UZOQSc^g]c`bO^ tory Theater presents three new one-act Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Associa- (1925 Bath Ave., at Bay 22nd Street in ture, clothing and antiques join local comedies, performed by Brooklyn-based tion. Monthly meeting. St. Mary’s Star of Bensonhurst), 7 pm. Call (718) 236-2501. makers of everything from jewelry to tex- aV]SaT]`]c`VWUVÀgW\¸ Equity actors. $18 includes dinner. 7:30 the Sea residence (41 First St., between tiles. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High pm dinner; 8 pm reading. Seating is limit- Hoyt and Bond streets in Carroll Gardens), THURSDAY, APRIL 17 School, Lafayette Avenue between Cler- VWUVabS^^W\¸bO^XO[ ed. www.bravenewworldrep.org. 7 pm. E-mail info@carrollgardensbrook- Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood mont and Vanderbilt avenues. 10 am to BARGEMUSIC: Classical music program lyn.org for info. Association. On the agenda: Columbia 5 pm. www.brooklynflea.com. presents a performance by Vertigo and Van Brunt streets reconstruction. Jalopy FLEA MARKET: at Bay Ridge Jewish Center. Quartet. $40, $25 seniors and students. TUESDAY, APRIL 15 (315 Columbia St., between Woodhull 9 am to 4 pm. 81st Street and Fourth 7`S\S2WO[]\R 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton 84th Precinct Community Council. On and Rapeleye streets in Red Hook), 7 pm. Avenue. (718) 836-3103. Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. the agenda: Cop of the Month award and RSVP to [email protected]. AMERICAN JUDAISM TODAY: Congrega- 3RcQObW]\1S\bS` BRIC THEATER: presents the theater piece tion Beth Elohim presents Dr. Steven 4`SRS`WQY>@]aS6OZZ “Daughter’s Mother.” $12, $10 students. 8 To list an event in the Civic Calendar, e-mail [email protected] See 9 DAYS on page 11 6][S]T8Ohh Ob:W\Q]Z\1S\bS` 0`]OReOgOb$bVAb`SSb

Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper

Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Online at www.BrooklynPaper.com 55 Washington St, Ste 624, Brooklyn NY 11201 (718) 834-9350 Publisher of The Real-Estate Magazine for the Booming Borough PUBLISHERS ADVERTISING STAFF (ext 104) Celia Weintrob DISPLAY ADVERTISING SALES The Brooklyn Paper’s six zones incorporate the following newspapers: (ext 105) Ed Weintrob Lynn Mitchell (ext 110) DOWNTOWN Brooklyn Heights Paper, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper, Downtown News, EDITOR Eric Ross (ext 113) Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Paper. Gersh Kuntzman (ext 119) CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SALES PARK SLOPE Park Slope Paper, Sunset Park Paper, Windsor Terrace Paper. PRIME RETAIL NORTH BROOKLYN Bushwick Paper, Greenpoint Paper, Williamsburg Paper. Laura Cangiano (ext 109) SENIOR EDITOR/PROD MGR BAY RIDGE Bay Ridge Paper, Bensonhurst Paper. Vince DiMiceli (ext 125) FRONT OFFICE KENSINGTON-MIDWOOD Kensington Paper, Midwood Paper, Ocean Parkway Paper. GO BROOKLYN EDITOR Lisa Malwitz (ext 101) SOUTHERN AND EASTERN BROOKLYN Brooklyn View (published independently). Lisa J. Curtis (ext 116) PRODUCTION STAFF Copyright 2008 Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc. All content prepared by our staff, including ARTWORK, DESIGN and COPY, re- EDITORIAL STAFF ART DIRECTOR main the sole property of The Brooklyn Paper and may not be reproduced without the Publisher’s written permission. IN DUMBO EDITORIAL CONTRIBUTIONS: The Brooklyn Paper assumes no responsibility for unsolicited materials. Articles, story ideas, letters, Call Caroline Pardo or Louise Ehrmann 718_222_2500 Leah Mitch (ext 127) ASSOCIATE GO EDITOR photography, and all other materials delivered to The Brooklyn Paper, whether or not solicited by Publisher or Publisher’s agent Two Trees Management LLC www.dumbo-newyork.com Adam Rathe (ext 120) WEB DESIGNER and whether or not they contain or are otherwise accompanied by restrictions on publication or use, will be treated as uncon- STAFF REPORTERS Sylvan Migdal (ext 126) ditionally assigned to The Brooklyn Paper for publication and copyright purposes, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Publish- Mike McLaughlin (ext 122) AD DESIGNER er prior to publication. All submitted material becomes the property of The Brooklyn Paper which may edit, publish and assign the psf Dana Rubinstein (ext 123) Rick Gonzalez (ext 128) material for use in any medium now known or later developed. Submissions will not be returned and may not be acknowledged. $ ADVERTISING: Subject to Terms Governing Acceptance of Advertising published in our latest rate card. 45 INTERNS: Ricky Barlin, Linnea Covington, Emily Lavin, C.W. Thompson sf (Divisible) 6,600 E-mail news releases to [email protected] Member: HOW TO E-mail arts releases to [email protected] Listed: E-mail calendar listings to [email protected] 81 Front Street CONTACT E-mail nightlife listings to [email protected] THE PAPER To e-mail a staff member, use last name @BrooklynPaper.com DUMBO_come see what they see April 12, 2008 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 9

ing and makes his sons play a farce. He dresses them up as characters in the play he wrote. The one son is actually the much more masculine, alpha male son, and the actor, who is very hand- Cheryl’s y some and muscular, plays about four Global Soul Restaurant ‘Walworth’ our time women. To see this sort of man morph into a little old lady or a sexy temptress That cozy cafe around the way is a very funny thing. We’re seeing this very strange depiction of women on Cross-dressing aside, play’s U.S. premiere won’t be a drag stage through the eyes of this wild Breakfast & Brunch · Lunch · Irishman. Dinner · Catering Available By Adam Rathe GO: The show’s U.S. premiere is in The Brooklyn Paper Brooklyn. Is that something you’re Open Tues. - Fri. 10am - 10pm looking forward to? Where else will Sat. & Sun. 9am - 11pm hen GO Brooklyn reached play- it be showing? Wwright Enda Walsh, he was at EW: I’ve got mates who live in Brook- 236 Underhill Ave. (Prospect Heights) home in London and had just lyn Heights, so I was there a couple (1 block From the Brooklyn Botanical Gardens & Brooklyn Museum) finished watching an episode of “Curb years ago and know the neighborhood. 347-529-2855 · CherylsGlobalSoul.com Your Enthusiasm.” The 41-year-old It’s extraordinary and has such color Irishman is the author of “The Wal- and dynamism to it, as opposed to worth Farce,” which will make its U.S. Manhattan. Brooklyn feels more like debut at St. Ann’s Warehouse in DUM- London. This is the only engagement, BO on April 15, but despite being a se- and we’ll see how it goes — you put it AUTHENTIC DOMINICAN CUISINE rious playwright, he was still floored by out there and hope for the best. It Larry David’s antics. would be a sweet thing to bring it other “It’s so good,” he said. “That’s per- places, but it’s a tricky thing for a for- fect farce.” eign playwright to get work into Amer- “Coma Como en su Casa” Commissioned by the Druid Theatre ica. I’m just delighted that someone (eat like at home) Company of Galway, his play pre- saw it and liked it. My contemporaries miered at the Druid Festival in 2006, over here talk about New York theater Pepper Steak – $9.20 • Paella – $14.70 and recently won the “Fringe First” and that St. Ann’s is really embracing award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. European theater. It’s a real honor to be Lobstertail stuffed with crabmeat – $29.90 With its stateside premiere on the hori- showing there. zon, GO Brooklyn spoke to Walsh need to keep his sons or daughters safe. Private dining room for parties about the show, visiting Brooklyn, and My relationship with my father, GO: We’ve got a local delicacy — whether folks in the U.K. really do eat knowing that he was always trying to fried candy bars or Twinkies — at the fried Twinkies. do the best thing for us…from a son’s British-themed Chip Shop in Brook- point of view, you lyn Heights, Park GO Brooklyn: Where did the idea look at it and say Slope and Bay Serving the community for 20 years for ‘The Walworth Farce’ originate? ‘I don’t think you THEATER Ridge. Will you Enda Walsh: For this particular show, did that right,’ but be eating any to 4408 5th Ave. (bet. 44th & 45th Sts.) (718) 438-2009 Druid Theatre Company of Gal- remind you of its beginnings are in Irish immigrant Keith Pattison in retrospect, you Open 7 days, 6am-midnight • plays. As much as I dislike Irish immi- know he did a way’s production of “The Walworth home? Family affair: “The Walworth Farce,” written by Enda Walsh (far right), Farce” by Enda Walsh will be staged grant plays — because a lot of them are fine job. It’s that April 15 through May 4 at St. Ann’s EW: They do that dull and romantic — I really wanted to features actors Denis Conway and Garrett Lombard. The play makes its sort of conversa- Warehouse (38 Water St. between in Scotland, but tackle one. Inherent in every Irish per- U.S. premiere on April 15 in DUMBO. tion I want to have Dock and Main streets in DUMBO). not so much in son is a connection with the immigrant, with the audience; Tickets are $37.50. For more infor- Ireland. I saw a mation, call (718) 254-8779 or visit and you’re just aware of it. I spent my it’s theatrical but www.stannswarehouse.org. deep-fried Snick- Oven: the right idea college years working in bars in Lon- it seemed like a good construct to hang brother in a family. You’re brought up the sentiment is ers bar in Scot- don and meeting these Irish guys who things off of and would keep an audi- within a family, but the more you live simple. land, but I think went over there in the 1970s and built ence alert and excited. away from one another, the less of a in Scotland they of combining a wine bar houses but never actually got home, so connection you have. You think you GO: One of the characters performs batter everything. I went to a Scottish they romanticized about home and GO: ‘The Walworth Farce,’ like your know your family, but do you? At the in drag. How does that go over with buffet, and it was the most beige thing & designer pizza place; spent a lot of time in pubs. It’s always earlier works, focuses on a family. Is heart of it, this play is about a father try- his family? I’ve ever seen in my life, it was just a something I’ve carried around with me. the play at all autobiographical? ing to keep the family together in an ex- EW: Garrett Lombard is in drag — his table of battered goods. A Twinkie? a good move in The construction of a farce came EW: I don’t think so, but I’m very inter- traordinary, funny, ludicrous, cruel way. character is one of the sons. The play is My God, that sounds dangerous — about by accident, but I pursued it and ested in what it means to be a father or a I think any man will recognize the real about a father who gets up every morn- and perverted. Brooklyn Heights — Tina Barry, The Brooklyn Paper

60 Henry Street (at Cranberry Street) Catching 718.237.8720 www.ovennewyork.com the ‘Flea’ Lunch & dinner Tuesday through Saturday; dinner on Sunday Hundreds of shoppers flocked to the April 6 grand opening of the Brooklyn Flea — a 200-vendor gathering in the yard at Bishop Loughlin HS on Lafayette Avenue. Whether they were there to buy clothes, eat waffles or gawk at the spectacle , Brooklynites were out in force. GO Brooklyn was there and caught up with shoppers READ ONLINE to see what the Flea offered to scratch each shopper’s Shawn Taylor, Justin Jarboe, Ruth Malachi, Annette Gallo, Joe Piccirillo, itch. 27, Clinton Hill 25, Fort Greene 42, Park Slope 32, Fort Greene 31, Williamsburg EVERY WEEK AT The Brooklyn Flea is held Sundays from 10 am to 5 pm Favorite find: “A Favorite find: “Vintage Favorite find: “Great Favorite find: “I loved Favorite find: “The old on Lafayette Avenue, between Clermont and Vanderbilt [vintage] Marc Jacobs seltzer bottles.” deals on pocketbooks the antiques and the lo- mirrors salvaged from www.BrooklynPaper.com avenues in Fort Greene. — Adam Rathe dress.” and jewelry.” cal artwork.” houses.”

211 Fifth Avenue (between Union & President) Park Slope (718) 636-9463 www.redwhiteandbubbly.com Open Mon–Sat: 10am–10pm, Sun: 12pm–8pm

APRIL RECOMMENDATIONS

Discover these Great wines under $10 fabulous wines PASSOVER SELECTIONS Rocca dei Bottari, Trebbiano d’Abruzzo Villa Monte ‘Vibiano’ Seafood on the menu? Here’s your wine, a Bianco, Umbria $9.49 delicious, easy drinking white that is perfect Chardonnay & Sauvignon Break Free from the Manischewitz! for an after-work sip, this soft, dry charmer is just deli- $15.95 Blanc! For years, “wine These are not your cious! Shellfish, white-fleshed fish... almost anything experts” praised Italy’s red wines grandma’s kosher wines... that comes from the sea (a mermaid’s kiss?) is better and overlooked her whites. This wine with a glass of Trebbiano! has an intriguing nose of tropical We stock excellent wines all year long that just

fruit, incense, white flowers and happen to be Kosher, all hand selected by our Hob Nob Chardonnay caramel. Rich and smooth as velvet sommalier, Darrin Seigfried. Everything that we love about a good on the palate. An outstanding exam- $9.49 Chardonnay, except the high price! Grown in ple of what the new generation of the sunny Pays d’Oc, the land of the minstrels and of wine makers is doing in Umbria, and Here’s a list of some of the great wines courtly love, this wine delivers flavors of honey, toasty is not to be missed! available for your Passover seder: almonds, lemons, grapefruit and vanilla. Enchanting! Le Mas des Flauzières ‘le LAN ZUR Cabernet Sauvignon Lorca Monastrell Filon’ Vacqueyras 100 years of family tra- Mountain vineyards, planted by the Romans! $16.95 dition. This 50 - 50 Here’s a dark, ruby red wine to go with richer $9.49 TABOR blend of Grenache and Syrah from dishes. Plenty of flavors of black cherry and plum, with Merlot & Cabernet Sauvignon the south of France shows both heady, ripe aromas; a full-flavored wine that is big with- structure and layers of ripe fruit. On out being heavy. the nose, roasted coffee beans, BORGO REALE

cocoa, licorice, plums and wet slate. Moscato d’Asti, Montepulciano D‘Abruzzo Esser Merlot On the palate, well balanced, con- & Sangiovese Di Puglia This is why Merlot became so popular! Swirl $9.95 centrated and fleshy with a velvety and sniff: aromas of ripe fruit aromas with mouth-feel, a rich, smooth, long DALTON lots cherry and black plum. Rich flavors of mocha, lasting finish. This full flavored red blackberry, baked berries, mocha and licorice with a is just right with roasted or grilled meats, mushroom dishes, Barbera Red, Fume Blanc, Shiraz & Merlot finish that tastes like good Chinese black tea. So much stews, beans (Ahhh... Cassoulet!) and ripe cheeses. flavor here for the money! KINNERET Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot Buy the 4-pack and save 10% $34.58 Buy the 2-Pack and Save 10% $29.62 10 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM April 12, 2008 An Exceptional meal. FREE 1 LITER SODA WITH EVERY LARGE PIE ‘Hotel’ check in Eat in, or Free Delivery
Enjoy our famous brick oven pizza & Union Pool alums open sophisticated bar grilled pannini sandwiches. By Sarah McCormick We cater all occasions. for The Brooklyn Paper Come in with the family for a fun, quick ith its unconventional entrance — an and low-priced meal. Wunmarked door on a side street — and frosted front windows, you Eat in or take out! could easily pass by Hotel Delmano, the latest impossibly hip new bar to grace
Williamsburg. Open since January, Del- OUTDOOR PATIO OPENS SOON! mano (a collaboration of Zeb Stewart and Alyssa Abeyta — owners of Billyburg’s ever-popular Union Pool — and Michael Marco Polo Smart) adds a touch of class to the neigh- RISTORANTE borhood’s nightlife. Barflies, as well as folks snatching up the million-dollar water- Pioneer of the fine restaurant movement in Brooklyn Located at 347 Court Street front condos, have embraced it. between Union & President After opening Union Pool nearly eight 345 Court Street (at Union Street) 718-852-5015 (718) 243-1000 years ago, Stewart, now 36, decided it was Open 7 days for lunch and dinner • Free Valet Parking • Open Mon-Sat for lunch & dinner 11 am -9 pm time to bring some finesse to Williamsburg. Visit our website www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com So he developed Hotel Delmano (“by hand” in Spanish), a classy, European-inspired joint with a tasty cocktail list and quiet, por- trait-lined rooms where privacy comes easy for a close conversation, or a casual gather- ing of friends. “It’s got a kind Old World social club feel,” Stewart told GO Brooklyn. “It trans- Get Back To Your Life Faster. ports you to a different place. We want peo- ple to come out and talk about everything: life, sex, politics, war, whatever.” One topic that has been on everyone’s lips is Hotel Del- NIGHTLIFE mano’s cocktail list. Created by Jeff Hotel Delmano (82 Berry St. at North Hansen, a former Ninth Street in Williamsburg) accepts mixologist at the American Express, MasterCard and Visa. The bar is open Sunday through Thursday, Pencil Factory in from 5 pm to 2 am, and Fridays and Sat- Greenpoint and Din- urdays, from 5 pm to 3 am. For informa- er in Williamsburg, tion, call (718) 387-1945. the bar’s drinks run / Rachel Batya Alintoff from $9 to $14 and include “The Corpse Reviver No. 2,” a mix of gin, Cointreau, Lillet, lemon juice and pastis; a “Hemingway Daiquiri,” a blend of rum, maraschino liqueur, lime and grape- Paper The Brooklyn Romance on tap: Williamsburg’s Hotel Delmano offers quiet corners and an im- fruit; and “The Commandant’s Cocktail,” a combination of pear cognac, Cointreau, pressive cocktail list by mixologist Jeff Hansen. lemon juice and green chartreuse. The bar also stocks each table with dried pressive selection of wines and an obvious According to Stewart, once the weather fruit and nuts, a welcome change from the perk is the … free snacks.” warms, outside seating — as well as a menu junk food — or no food at all — that most So while the tiny spot is packed most of small plates — will be available. And to local watering holes offer. nights, chilly weather has kept it from be- make good on the bar’s name, one day, the Williamsburg resident Jennifer Krako coming overrun like so many bars before it. rooms upstairs will be for rent to weary — told GO Brooklyn, “The bar has a pretty im- Not for long, though. or perhaps just drunken — travelers. Lutheran Rehabilitation Network Innovative Care. Exceptional Results. 4HE!RTOFTHE3ANDWICH

Are you or someone you love struggling with changes because of a stroke? Has your life TH!VEBTWN#ARROLL'ARFIELD suffered because of these changes? Then, you should know about Lutheran Rehabilitation AMnPM DAYSAWEEK  Network’s Specialized Stroke Therapy Program offering a wide range of innovative therapies to get patients back to life faster – even if the stroke happened years ago. Here’s #ATERING!VAILABLE why we get better results: PERPERSONPERSONMINIMUM #HOOSEFROMAVARIETYOF • Highly skilled physical therapists, trained in the newest WERESTILLHERE ARTISANALSANDWICHES neurological treatments, working one-on-one SIDESALADSANDCOOKIES • More sessions that last longer – resulting in quicker results ANDWEDELIVER
TBOEXJDIFT
DVU
JOUP
RVBSUFST • Three distinct levels of care for each phase of recovery WWWTEMPOBROOKLYNCOM BOE
TFSWFE
PO
QMBUUFST • Four Brooklyn-based centers • Short and long-term rehabilitationation that “re-trains”s the brain – sometimes as muchh as sixsi years laterter ²5IJT
OFX
'SFODI
#JTUSP
The Lutheran Rehabilitation Network. Innovativee Care. ExceptionalExce al Results.Result JT
BMSFBEZ
CVTUMJOH
To Reach a Lutheran Specialized Stroke Rehabilitationtation Specialist, UIBOLT
UP
B
TPMJE
LJUDIFO
call 718-630-RXRX (7979). XBSN
EFDPS
BOE XFMDPNJOH
TFSWJDF³ - ZAGAT Lutheran Rehabilitation NetworkNetwo LE PETIT MARCHÉ www.LutheranHealthCare.orgorg 5IF
-JUUMF
'SFODI
#JTUSP
JO
#SPPLMZO
)FJHIUT 46 Henry Street (near Cranberry St.) Brooklyn Heights · 718-858-9605 · www.BkBistro.com

MITCHELL’S RESTAURANT Quality, Reliable Healthcare You Can Trust FRENCH AMERICAN CUISINE

Elite Comprehensive Medical Services offers quality healthcare for women in Brooklyn at a convenient location right in your neighborhood.

•Board Certified Physicians BUY ONE DINNER •Weekends and late hours available. GET ONE PRICE!! •Most major insurances accepted. SUNDAYS, MONDAY, TUESDAY •Same day appointments available. with mention or presentation of this ad. Expires April 30, 2008 •Multi-lingual staff Steaks and Ribs Our Specialty: s 21 Day dry aged prime beef, 22-24 oz. 71 Carroll Street s Angus prime beef steak s Baby back ribs (Between Columbia and Hicks s Rib eye steaks Street) Let us cater your party! Open 7 Days, Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Hours 7:00 am - Midnight Elite At Carroll Street • 1-718-797-9797 Sat. & Sun. Brunch 10:00 am - 3:00 pm 259 Flatbush Ave (bet. 6th & St. Mark’s Aves.) Pap Smears•Birth Control•Prenatal Care•STD Testing (718) 484-4114 April 12, 2008 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 11 Elena Olivo Elena Olivo Elena Olivo Elena Olivo Under Brooklyn skies: (From far left to right) Actresses Parker Posey, Su- san Sarandon and Cynthia Nixon visited the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Wednesday night to see Paul Simon (near left) perform his “Under African Skies” concert. (Above) Actor David Schwimmer (left) and chef Memory lane Mario Batali attended the gala dinner under a tent on Ashland Place. singing,” he said. Byrne had already being seven years old, in a little white gotten hoots and hollers for his vocals house in Louisiana, and singing ‘50 and adorably awkward dancing — Ways to Leave Your Lover,’ and just BAM’s gala, featuring Paul Simon, would the audience offer a standing O acting it out.” before the run of “Under African “How exactly does one do that?” Skies” ends on April 13? we asked. attracts nostalgic stars from TV, film “I think he has the charisma to “By myself in the yard. When that Jack Vartoogian make it happen,” predicted Melillo. would come on the radio — that And as far as his own Simon song, for whatever reason, I would By Adam Rathe friends including Ladysmith Black swer is secret, isn’t it?” asked the “Prin- ries,” revealed Batali. “But there are and over,” he said, inching away from memories go, Melillo recalled, just wait for it.” The Brooklyn Paper Mambazo, pregnant Brazilian singer cess Bride” star. “I wouldn’t tell you!” thousands because his music has us to go dig into the cod fritters that “When I was in graduate school in And what about these days? Does Luciana Souza and David Byrne — “Friends” star David Schwimmer spanned so much time and his records had arrived on the dinner tables. “Paul Washington, D.C., and I had a lot of Ms. Posey act out in our borough? he stars were all visible “Under whose cover of “Call Me Al” was one was equally coy, flashing a mischie- are so good. The first time I ever heard suggested the songs, and I was very marijuana and a lot of wine, I was lis- “I say I come to Brooklyn more, TAfrican Skies” on April 9, when of the night’s brightest moments — vous grin before telling us that the ‘Graceland,’ I’ll never forget that — flattered. I’ve been listening to Paul tening to his music and I just went to because it makes me sound cool, but the Brooklyn Academy of Music they shuffled across Fort Greene’s first concert he ever saw was Simon look, I’ve got goosebumps!” since I was a kid, so they’re kind of in another stratosphere.” the last time I was here was a couple hosted a gala to honor Paul Simon, Ashland Place into a tent to mingle and Garfunkel in Central Park. GO Brooklyn checked. He wasn’t here,” he said, pointing to his head. Speaking of another stratosphere weeks ago to see a friend and eat at who performed a concert by the same and munch an African-themed dinner. A bit less tightlipped was chef lying. But while Byrne played shy, BAM — and keeping in mind the stir that the Flatbush Farm. I love it here but name — part of a month-long series “We come all the way out to a Mario Batali. If Batali got goosebumps just think- Executive Producer Joe Melillo was Byrne’s performance caused — we don’t visit as much as I should.” entitled “Love in Hard Times.” strange borough to hear these songs,” “I would say that listening to ‘Me ing about the songs, what did Byrne — happy to Simon’s praises. can only imagine what would happen And while Simon himself wasn’t After a sold-out crowd watched Si- gushed actor Wallace Shawn, who and Julio Down by the Schoolyard’ who had to perform alongside his leg- “David Byrne, when I talked to him if Parker Posey got on stage. Push- feeling chatty, the singer was blowing mon perform hits like “Graceland” blushed when GO Brooklyn asked while I was getting ready to make out endary pal — do to prepare? tonight, told me in confidence that it ing flowers from her table’s center- kisses to the crowd as he and his wife, and “Diamonds on the Soles of Her what memories Simon’s songs trig- for the first time in my life would be “I listened to the record, and we had was his goal tomorrow to get his audi- piece behind her ears, the “Superman singer Edie Brickell, left the party, Shoes” with a rotating cast of famous gered for him. “I’m sure everyone’s an- one of my best Paul Simon memo- rehearsals, and I sang it to myself over ence standing on its feet when he’s Returns” star told us, “I remember surrounded by their large brood.

SCREENING: In conjunction with THE BRICK: Preview of “Babylon “Penny Dreadful, Episode 6.” PERFORMANCE OTHER required Also, Author Patricia the exhibit “Ethnographies of Babylon.” $25 includes open- $8. 10:30 pm. 575 Metropol- O’Brien discusses and signs her 9 DAYS... the future,” Screening of film ing night party. 8 pm. See Sat., itan Avenue. (718) 907-6189. CONCERT: Brooklyn Friends of BROOKLYN FLEA: Vendors of book: “Harriet and Isabella,” a and video works by Pedro April 19. OTHER Chamber Music presents The vintage furniture, clothing and novel about an American family Barateiro, Lene Berg, Nao Bus- MUSICAL COMEDY: “Once Upon Duo Prism in a concert of antiques join local makers of and their involvement in a lurid Continued from page 8 tamante and others. 7 pm. A Mattress.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., SEDERS: Celebrate the first night works by Beethoven, Brahms everything from jewelry to tex- scandal of the 19th century. BRIC Rotunda Gallery, 33 Clin- April 19. of Passover with a traditional and Cowell. $20, $10 students. tiles. Bishop Loughlin Memorial Historian Jeff Richman leads Cohen, a leading sociologist of 3 pm. Lafayette Avenue Pres- ton St. (718) 875-4047. Free. BAM: “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead.” 7:30 meal. Seders are being held at High School, Lafayette Avenue trolley tour after talk. $20 trol- American Judaism. He discuss- byterian Church, 85 S. Oxford AUTHOR SERIES: Kingsborough pm. See Sat., April 19. Chabad of Park Slope, 70 between Clermont and Vander- ley tour through cemetery. es what intermarriage means St. (718) 625-7515. bilt avenues. 10 am to 5 pm. Community College presents ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “The Prospect Park West, (718) 965- (718) 768-7300. to Jews and Judaism. $5 includes Pulitzer-Prize-author Debby 9836; Chabad of Brooklyn BARGEMUSIC: Classical music pro- www.brooklynflea.com. COMMUNITY SEDER: Bay Ridge bagels and coffee. 11 am. 274 Walworth Farce.” 8 pm. See Applegate. She discusses her Sat., April 19. Heights, 117 Remsen St., (718) gram features works by Cop- GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Jewish Center holds its annual Garfield Pl. (718) 768-3814. 596-4840 ext. 11; Chabad of land, Feld, Martin, Liebermann Author David Jones discusses biography of Henry Ward DRAMA: “Thistle Blossoms.” 8 Passover Seder. Traditional BOOK SIGNING: Park Slope Beecher. 7 pm. 2001 Oriental Downtown Colleges, 200 Wil- and others. The Clavier Trio per- pm. See Sat., April 19. and signs his book: “Two foods served. $36, $16. 7:30 Jewish Center presents Richard Blvd. (718) 368-5596. Free. loughby Ave., (718) 596-4840 forms. $35, $30 seniors and stu- Brothers: One North, One pm. 81st Street and Fourth and Liora Codor, authors/ illus- READING: Brooklyn Public DANCE: “Out of Space.” 8:30 ext. 15; Chabad of Windsor dents. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Land- South.” The book tells the story Avenue. Reservations required. trators of “The Joyous Hag- Library’s Central branch pres- pm. See Sat., April 19. Terrace, 1266 Prospect Ave., ing, Old Fulton Street at the of siblings who fought on (718) 836-3103. gadah.” 12:30 pm. 1320 Eighth ents “Countdown to Comic (718) 938-1435; Chabad of East River. (718) 624-2083. opposing sides in the Civil War, FILM: Cafe Steinhof presents Ave. (718) 832-4653. Free. Con,” with graphic novelists Prospect Heights, 569 Vander- ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “The and were buried side-by-side at “Altered States” (1980). 10:30 CARD PARTY: hosted by Xaverian who talk about drawing sto- SAT, APRIL 19 bilt Ave., (347) 622-3599; Walworth Farce.” 4 pm. See Green-Wood. $5 donation for pm. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) High School. Luxury prizes are ries. 7 pm. Grand Army Plaza. First Night of Passover Chabad of Clinton Hill, 341B Sat., April 19. talk. 1 pm. Reservations 369-7776. Free. part of the event. $50 admis- (718) 230-2100. Free. Grand Ave., (718) 974-9472. sion includes refreshments and BARGEMUSIC: Classical music OUTDOORS AND TOURS Call for information. a pack of raffle tickets. 7 pm to program to celebrate the BROOKLYN MUSUEM: hosts a 11 pm. 7100 Shore Rd. (718) 105th birthday of Gregor Home of the ‘Brave’: On PARK SLOPE WALK: Walking tour panel discussion: “Envisioning 836-7100, ext. 184. Piatigorsky. Selections include Monday, April 14, Pulitzer- of the Park Slope and Prospect Japan: Consuming Art in Japan/ Hampton Jitney is Back in Brooklyn! Park neighborhoods. $25, $15 BAM SILENT AUCTION: Brook- works by Brahms, Haydn, Prize-winning playwright and America.” Talk is in conjunction lyn Academy of Music hosts a Chopin, Piatigorsky and oth- kids (includes lunch). Tour times with the museum’s exhibits Service to the Hamptons & Long Island’s East End Resumes March 21st closing day reception for its ers. $35, $30 seniors and $20 Boerum Hill resident David are 10 am and 1:30 pm. Call for “Murakami” and “Utagawa: fourth annual 10-day event. students. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Lindsay-Abaire hosts a bene- location. (212) 209-3370. Masters of the Japanese Print.” Works by Jasper Johns, Louise $8, $4 students and seniors. 2 To East End* (Eastbound) Brooklyn Service Eastbound Pick-up Locations: 1 Trip on Landing, Old Fulton Street at fit for Brave New World PERFORMANCE 1) 4th Ave. @ 9th St. - East side of 4th between 8th and Lawler, John Baldessari, Christo the East River. (718) 624-2083. pm to 4 pm. Also, creative art- MONTAUK LINEFri NORTH Fri Fridays DRAMA: Ryan Repertory ¬ FORK LINE 9th Streets at the M, R & F subway station entrance in front of the and Jeanne-Claude and others DRAMA: Ryan Repertory Repertory Theater’s produc- making workshop: Manga Pop- READ DOWN PM PM Company presents “Thistle AM LIGHT PM BOLD Only Only Church of St. Thomas Aquinas. on display. Photographer Company presents “Thistle tion of “Fahrenheit 451.” Up Cards. Adults are invited to Annie Leibovitz is scheduled to Blossoms.” $12. 3 pm. 2445 explore the work of Takashi Park Slope - 4th Avenue & 9th Street 5:30 Park Slope 5:30 2) 4th Ave. @ Union St. - East side of 4th between Sackett and Union at the M, R & F Blossoms.” $12. 8 pm. 2445 subway station entrance in front of Maria’s Mexican Bistro, 209 4th Ave. across from the attend. 3 pm to 6 pm. Bid at Bath Ave. (718) 996-4800. Murakami by creating a three ARTING Park Slope - 4th Avenue & Union Street 5:35 Park Slope 5:35 Bath Ave. (718) 996-4800. Hess gas station.

www.bam.org/auction. 30 BAM: Brooklyn Academy of dimensional manga card. 200 DEP Boerum Hill - Atlantic Avenue & 3rd Avenue 5:45 Boerum Hill 5:45 COMEDY NIGHT: 8:30 pm. Pa- Walworth Farce.” 7:30 pm. B. Heights -Tillary St. between 6:00 B. Heights 6:00 3) Atlantic Ave. @ 3rd Ave. - North side of Atlantic at bus stop. Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4129. cific Standard Pub, 82 Fourth Music presents The Baxter Eastern Pkwy. (718) 638-5000. CAFE STEINHOF: Movie night: See Sat., April 19. Theater Centre in “Sizwe Banzi POETRY SALON: Brooklyn Public Cadman Plaza East & West 4) Tillary St. - Between Cadman Plaza East & West at H.J. sign near bus shelter. Ave. (718) 858-1951. Free. Brooklyn Service Westbound Drop-off Locations: “Body Heat” (1981). 10:30 pm. DRAMA: “Thistle Blossoms.” 8 Is Dead.” $25 to $60. 7:30 pm. Library’s Central branch hosts Manorville 7:50 Tanger Outlet 8:00 1 Trip on BAM: “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead.” 7:30 1) Cadman Plaza @ Clark St. - Bus stop shelter west side pm. See Sat., April 19. BAM Harvey Theater, 651 Southampton 8:15 Riverhead 8:05 Sundays 422 Seventh Ave. (718) 369- pm. See Sat., April 19. a poetry salon with John Ash- 7776. Free. THE BRICK: Preview of “Babylon Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. bery and Marcella Durand. 4 Water Mill 8:20 Aquebogue 8:10 of street (Subway). ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “The Babylon.” $5. 8 pm. See Sat., MUSICAL COMEDY: Bishop Kear- pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) Bridgehampton 8:30 Jamesport 8:15 2) Court St. @ Joralemon St. - At bus stop west side of street (Subway). Walworth Farce.” 8 pm. See April 19. ney HS presents “Once Upon 230-2100. Free. Wainscott 8:35 Laurel 8:20 3) Union St. @ 4th Ave. - At bus stop south side of street. Sat., April 19. 4) Prospect Park West & 2nd St. - At bus stop across from park entrance. MON, APRIL 14 A Mattress.” $13. 7:30 pm. GALLERY TALK: IOI Gallery hosts a East Hampton 8:45 Mattituck 8:25 5) 9th St. & 4th Ave. - Bus stop in front of St. Thomas Aquinas Church (249 9th Street.) 2202 60th St. (718) 236-6363. talk on its exhibit: “The Chicken ARRIVING Amagansett 8:55 Cutchogue 8:35 6) Tillary St. - Between Cadman Plaza East & West at H.J. sign near bus shelter. EVENING OF DRAMA: Fund- FRI, APRIL 18 BARGEMUSIC: Classical music Dinner, The Box: New Works by Napeague 9:10 Peconic 8:40 raiser to benefit Brave New THURS, APRIL 17 program features music by Max Yawney.” 7 pm. 85 Ft. Greene Montauk 9:15 Southold 8:45 * On select trips, passengers may be required to transfer in Manorville. World Repertory Theater’s pro- SENIOR CINEMA: Brooklyn Aca- Devienne, Brahms, Pulenc and Pl. (718) 673-0706. Free. Greenport 8:55 duction of “Fahrenheit 451.” JAMES BOND: Heights and Hill demy of Music hosts its film Community Council and the Tcherepnin. $35, $20 students. Pulitzer-Prize-winning play- series for seniors and presents 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Brooklyn Historical Society To Brooklyn* (Westbound) Need a Place to Stay? wright and author David “The Fortune Cookie” (1966). Old Fulton Street at the East SUN, APRIL 20 present municipal bondman MONTAUK LINE Fri Sun NORTH Sun For information on lodging and places Lindsay-Abaire is guest. Jack Lemmon and Walter River. (718) 624-2083. ¬ Scenes from his play “Rabbit Jim Lebenthal. 2 pm. Brooklyn READ DOWN PM PM FORK LINE PM to visit contact the North Fork Matthau star. 10 am. BAM THE BRICK: Preview of “Babylon Earth Day AM LIGHT Only Only Only Hole” are performed. $50 Historical Society, 128 Pierre- Rose Cinema, 30 Lafayette PM BOLD Promotion Council (northfork.org) or pont St. (718) 596-8789. Free. Babylon,” a mix of Herodotus, Second Night of Passover Greenport 5:40 general admission; $25 for par- Ave. (718) 636-4100. Free. the Southampton Chamber of Commerce LITERARY SERIES: Brooklyn Cecil B. DeMille, Kenneth Anger, Montauk — 5:00 Southold 5:50 (southamptonchamber.com). ticipants under 25. 7 pm to 10 BARGEMUSIC: Classical music Richard Schechner and others. OUTDOORS AND TOURS pm. BRIC Studio, 57 Rockwell Academy of Music hosts its Napeague — 5:05 Peconic 5:55 “Eat, Drink and Be Literary” program features works by $15. 8 pm. 575 Metropolitan BIKE RIDE AND ACTION: Time’s Amagansett — 5:20 Cutchogue 6:00

Pl. (718) 855-7882. ARTING series. Tonight’s guest is poet Mozart, Mendelssohn, Ellen Ave. (212) 352-3101. Up hosts an Earth Day bike/ East Hampton — 5:30 Mattituck 6:05 Taaffe Zwilich and others. $35, Wainscott — 5:40 Laurel 6:10 Charles Simic. $48 includes DANCE: BRIC Studio presents skate event. 1 pm. Meet at DEP $30 seniors and $20 students. Danspace “Out of Space.” Bridgehampton — 5:50 Jamesport 6:15 TUES, APRIL 15 dinner, wine, dessert, coffee park by the Brooklyn side of and talk. 6:30 pm. Music per- 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, $12, $10 students. 8:30 pm. the Williamsburg Bridge bike Water Mill — 6:05 Aquebogue 6:20 formed at dinner by Stephen Old Fulton Street at the East 647 Fulton St. (718) 855-7882. path. (212) 802-8222. Free. Southampton 2:00 6:15 Riverhead 6:25 SPECIAL NEEDS: Resources for River. (718) 624-2083. Saperstein, pianist. 30 Lafa- ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: pres- GREEN-WOOD WALK: Big Onion Manorville — 6:40 Tanger Outlet 6:30 Children with Special Needs GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Third hosts a talk, “Turning 5: Transi- yette Ave. (718) 636-4100. ents The Druid Theater Com- Tours takes a hike around the B. Heights - Cadman Pl. & Clark St. 4:10 8:30 B. Heights 8:30 FINANCIAL LITERACY: Session Friday with the Park Slope pany of Galway in “The Wal- cemetery and offers and intro- B. Heights - Tillary St. ——B. Heights — 631-283-4600 tion to School Age.” 10 am to Food Co-op presents Bev 1 pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s on “Home Buying.” 6:30 pm worth Farce.” $37.50. 8 pm. duction to the history, architec- B. Heights - Court St. & Joralemon St. 4:15 8:35 B. Heights 8:35 Grant and the Dissident Central branch at Grand Army to 8:30 pm. Lafayette Avenue 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. ture and people buried there. Park Slope - Union St. & 4th Ave. 4:25 8:45 Park Slope 8:45 212-362-8400 Plaza. (212) 677-4650. Free. Presbyterian Church, 85 S. Ox- Daughters. $10, $6 kids. 8 pm. THEATER SERIES: Brick Theater $15, $12 seniors, $10 students. ARRIVING Park Slope - Prospect Park W. & 2nd St. 4:30 8:50 Park Slope 8:50 ford St. (718) 625-7515. Free. 53 Prospect Park West at and Third Lows Productions 1 pm. Fifth Avenue and 25th Park Slope - 9th St. & 4th Ave. 4:35 8:55 Park Slope 8:55 www.hamptonjitney.com CONCERT: Brooklyn Public Second Street. (718) 768-2972. Library’s Brooklyn Heights AWARDS CEREMONY: Long hosts the horror mystery series Street. (212) 439-1090. branch hosts a classical guitar Island University and African concert, “Music for Springtime,” Voices Magazine pay tribute to with Don Witter, Jr. 6:30 pm to song stylist and storyteller 7:30 pm. 280 Cadman Plaza Nancy Wilson. $150 includes West. (718) 623-7100. Free. private reception at 5:30 pm; BAM: Brooklyn Academy of $100 ceremony at 7 pm. De- Music presents The Baxter Kalb and Flatbush avenues. Theater Centre in “Sizwe Banzi (718) 488-1624. Is Dead.” $25 to $60. 7:30 pm. PILLOW TALK: New parents will BAM Harvey Theater, 651 be soothed and educated at Fulton St. (718) 636-4100. Families First’s “Your Sleeping SALSA CLASS: Cynthia King Dance Baby” workshop. $25 per per- Studio serves up salsa. 7:30 pm. son, $15 for members. 7 pm Beginners welcome. 1256 Pros- to 8:30 pm. 250 Baltic St. (718) pect Ave. (718) 437-0101. Free. 237-1862. BUTCHER FOR A DAY: Brooklyn BOOKCOURT: presents a reading Kitchen teaches a class on how with Nathaniel Rich and the to carve a pig, and offers cook- Mayor’s Tongue. 7 pm. 163 ing tips. $75 includes six pounds Court St. (718) 875-3677. Free. of meat to take home. 6:30 pm. TENNIS EVERYONE: Prospect 616 Lorimer St. (718) 389-2982. Park Alliance hosts a fundraiser FICTION NIGHT: Samantha Hunt to add tennis benefits for chil- and Alex Rose read. 7 pm. Pa- dren who are wheelchair cific Standard Pub, 82 Fourth bound. Evening features cock- Ave. (718) 858-1951. Free. tails, dinner, raffles and enter- tainment. $200 and up. 7 pm. BOOKCOURT: presents a reading Festive attire. (718) 965-8988. with Tim Brown, Walking Man and Paul McComas, Planet of BOOK DISCUSSION: Freebird’s the Dates. 7 pm. 163 Court St. Post-Apocalyptic reading series (718) 875-3677. Free. continues with a discussion of “A Canticle For Leibowitz,” ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: pres- Walter Miller’s 1960 novel of a ents The Druid Theater Com- world depopulated by nuclear pany of Galway in “The Wal- war. 7:30 pm. 147 Columbia worth Farce.” $37.50. 8 pm. St. (718) 643-8484. Free. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779. JAZZ AT BARGEMUSIC: The PUBLIC ART: Artist Tom Otter- Judy Carmichael Trio plays ness’s “Large Covered Wagon,” jazz. $35, $30 seniors, $20 stu- a bronze statue, is unveiled. 5:30 dents. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry pm. Prospect and Washington Landing, Old Fulton Street at streets in DUMBO. Free. the East River. (718) 624-2083. THE BRICK: Preview of “Babylon EDS PRIL Babylon,” a mix of Herodotus, W , A 16 Cecil B. DeMille, Kenneth Anger, CHORAL MUSIC: As part of Richard Schechner and others. Immigrant Heritage Week, the $15. 8 pm. 575 Metropolitan Brooklyn Women’s Chorus per- Ave. (212) 352-3101. forms “Mother of Exiles,” a MUSIC: PS 261 benefit event at multi-media concert about Hank’s Saloon. Chuck and Sue immigration. 6:20 pm to 8:20 Rock, a blues-based rock pm. Brooklyn College Library, band, performs. $5. 8:30 pm. Tanger Auditorium, one block 46 Third Ave. (718) 625-8003. from the intersection of BAM: “Sizwe Banzi Is Dead.” Flatbush and Nostrand 7:30 pm. See Sat., April 19. avenues. (718) 788-3741. Free. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: “The LIST YOUR EVENT…

To list your event in Nine Days In Brooklyn, please give us two weeks notice or more. Send your listing by e-mail: [email protected]; by mail: GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Paper, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 12 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 April 12, 2008

after 10:30 pm; April 13: Fatality, She is a Liar, We are RED HOOK Monkey Town Spike Hill Tavern BROOKLYN Romans, Anyone but You, 6 58 N. Third St. at Kent Avenue in Williams- 184 Bedford Ave. at North Seventh Street in pm, $10; April 15: Mink, Jalopy burg, (718) 384-1369, Williamsburg, (718) 218-9737, Daisy Grenades, The Dagger, 315 Columbia St. at Woodhull Street in Red www.monkeytownhq.com. www.myspace.com/spikehillnyc. 6 pm, $8; April 16: Punk Hook, (718) 395-3214, www.jalopy.biz. April 12: Silent Films and Unique Instruments April 13: Jeff Desira, 7 pm, Tim Noyes, 8 pm, Bunny, Poingly, 8 pm, $8. Wednesdays: Roots ‘n’ Ruckus, a night of folk, Festival featuring “Phantom of the Opera” and FREE with two-drink minimum; April 14: old-time, and blues, 9:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Jay Wasco, 7:30 pm, 10 pm, $10 and $10-drink Basement Magic, 8 pm, FREE with two-drink Studio B Country Blues Jam, 9:30 pm, FREE; April 12: minimum; April 13: Silent Films and Unique minimum; April 17: Underbelly, 9 pm, C Phineas, Instruments Festival featuring “Battleship 10 pm, East West Quintet, 11 pm, FREE with 259 Banker St. at Calyer Street Red State Swing Band, 9 pm, Parrish Ellis and in Greenpoint, (718) 389- Cory Seznec, 10:30 pm, $10, Midnight Movie Potemkin” score by Pet Shop Boys, 7:30 pm, two-drink minimum. Nightlife FREE with $10-drink minimum, “Metropolis” 1880, www.clubstudiob.com. Madness “Thief of Bagdad,” Midnight, $TBD; score by Giorgio Moroder, 10 pm, FREE with Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan April 12: “Fixed” with DJs April 18: The Otis Brothers and special guests, 9 Stain $10-drink minimum; April 14: Samson Young Jona, JDH and Dave P, and pm, $TBD. 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- and Matrix Music Collaborators, 8 pm, $5 and Clinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, special guest Gui Boratto, 10 burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. $10-drink minimum; April 15: HiFi New Music BAY RIDGE www.fivespotsoulfood.com. pm, $10 in advance, $12 day Mondays: “PAINTstain,” 6:30 pm, FREE; WILLIAMSBURG Festival “Monkey Solo!,” 8 pm, $5 and $10-drink Saturdays: DJ Aki, 7 pm, FREE; Mondays: RPM- of the show; April 16: Yacht, Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open mic The Wicked Monk minimum; April 16: HiFi New Music Festival Open Turntables hosted by DJ Copa (bring your Parts & Labor, 8 pm, $10 in Black Betty hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE. 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, own needles and vinyl), 8 pm, FREE; Wednes- “audioVision2,” 8 pm, $5 and $10-drink mini- advance, $12 day of the show. 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. days: Open mic with Nate Jones and Da Feel, 9 mum; April 17: Jeremiah Cymerman “In in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, Trash Bar April 12: Pajama Party featuring live music by pm, $5 ($10 after 10 pm); April 12: DJ Kenny Memory of Labyrinth System” Tzadik CD release www.blackbetty.net. party, 8 pm, $10 and $10-drink minimum; April 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- Holla Back, 11 pm, $5 suggested donation; April Parker, Midnight, $5. PARK SLOPE burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. 13: Karen (acoustic), 9 pm, $5; April 18: Catalyst, Saturdays: DJ Emskee and G Man the MC pres- 18: Shades of Jazz on Noir with live soundtrack April 12: Urbansonora, 8 pm, Wolfe & The Way- 11 pm, $5. Barbes ent the “Make Love, Not War” party, 10 pm, from the Freak Lip Kill Band, 7:30 pm, 10 pm, $5 Parlor Jazz side, 9 pm, The Suburban Sky, 10 pm, Swinger 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue FREE; Sundays: “Brazilian Beat Brooklyn” with and $10-drink minimum. 119 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Street in Clinton DJ Sean Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 9 pm, Eight, 11 pm, The Glorious Veins, Midnight, $7; Hill, (718) 855-1981, www.parlorjazz.com. in Park Slope, (718) 965-9177, April 13: The Gentz, 9 pm, Comma, 10 pm, BEDFORD-STUYVESANT www.barbesbrooklyn.com. FREE; Mondays: Rev. Vince Anderson and his Music Hall of April 12: Marilyn & her Fabulous Trio, 9 pm, Empty Shapes, 11 pm, Freedom Hawk, Mid- Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: “Satur- Sista’s Place 10:30 pm, $20 (includes both sets, open wine day Night Tuesdays,” 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Williamsburg night, $6; April 14: Project 27, 10 pm, Johnnie 3, bar, and snacks all evening). pm, $10; April 12: Lambic, 8 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in 11 pm, The Challenged, Midnight, $6; April 15: 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in pm, $10 suggested donation, “What is Soul?” with DJs Adrian Hibbs, 9 pm, Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 398-1766, FREE; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ Williamsburg, (718) 486-5400, Puppetbox, 8 pm, From The Museums, 9 pm, Zemog el Gallo Bueno, 10 www.musichallofwilliamsburg.com. The Trembling Turncoats, 10 pm, Eveneye, 11 www.sistasplace.org. FLATBUSH pm, $10 suggested donation; MonkOne and DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 April 12: Charles Tolliver, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $20. pm, FREE; April 15: Live music, 10 pm, FREE. April 16: Colin Meloy, Laura Gibson, 8 pm, $30 pm, Lupen Crook, Midnight, $6; April 16: DJ April 13: Reuben Radding’s in advance; April 17: Colin Meloy, Laura Gibson, Mojo presents Spencer Casey, 8 pm, Ric String Quartet, 7 pm, $10 sug- Vox Po p 8 pm, $30 in advance; April 18: Dead Meadow, Leichtung, 9 pm, The Dead of Night, 10 pm, gested donation, Kamikaze Death by Audio BOERUM HILL 1022 Cortelyou Rd. at Stratford Road in Flat- Rumspringa, The Shirks, 10 pm, $13 in advance, Marques Oliver, 11 pm, The White Papers, Ground Crew, 9 pm, $10 sug- 49 S. Second St. at Wythe Avenue in bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. $15 day of the show. Midnight, $6; April 17: Blue Sun, 8 pm, Williamsburg, No phone. Hank’s Saloon Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE with two- gested donation; April 14: Planeside, 9 pm, Schocholautte, 10 pm, Jesus Mavrothi Kontanis, 7 pm, $10 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, drink/snack minimum; April 12: Alona tent. By April 16: Casiotone for the Painfully Alone, Clue Pete’s Candy Store Speed, 11 pm, Eyes Sewn Shut, Midnight, $6; (718) 625-8003, www.exitfive.com/hankssaloon. AS, 7 pm, donation suggested, Paul Claro, 9 pm, suggested donation, Chicha to Kalo, 8 pm, $TBD. April 18: A Hero Next Door, 8 pm, The Libre, 9:30 pm, $10 suggested 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Sundays: Jam Band Sundays, 5 pm, FREE, Sean donation suggested; April 15: “A to Z Emcee” Thickness, 8:45 pm, Tough Luck, 9:30 pm, The donation; April 16: Miguel ‘Ivy’ grows in Brooklyn: On April 17, Williams- Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, hosted by Tah Phrum Duh, 7:30 pm, $3 ($10 to Galapagos Blame, 10:15 pm, One Last Shot, 11 pm, The Frasconi, 8 pm, $10 suggested www.petescandystore.com. FREE; Mondays: Live band kuntry karaoke, 10 compete); April 16: Bill and Mike’s Excellent burg-based band This is Ivy League will per- 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Wretched Ones, 11:45 pm, $7. donation, Christopher Hoff- Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, Matty Charles, pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hank’s Country Bluegrass Adventures, 8:30 pm, donation suggested; April Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, man’s Sad Companion, 10 pm, form at the Sound Fix Lounge to celebrate the 8:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Bingo, 7 pm, FREE; Jam, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Live band 18: Pete Sinjin, 8 pm, donation suggested. www.galapagosartspace.com. $10 suggested donation; April Wednesdays: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, FREE; April Union Pool “Rockstar Karaoke,” 9:30 pm, FREE; April 12: release of its self-titled debut album. Saturdays: (Backroom) Larry Tee presents 17: Marta Topferova, 8 pm, 12: Justin Shorey, 9 pm, Andrew Gregory, 10 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in Lewinsky, The Inbreeds, 9 pm, FREE; April 17: “Dizzy” with Earl Dax and Kevin Graves, 11 pm, FORT GREENE $10 suggested donation, pm, Andy Zipf, 11 pm, FREE; April 13: AAAA Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, PS 261 Benefit with Sue & Chuck Rock & The $5; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; www.myspace.com/unionpool. Matt Munisteri, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; Locksmith, 9:30 pm, Kilometers, 10:30 pm, Siamese Connection, 9 pm, $5); April 18: Jon BAMCafe Tea Lounge April 12: (Both rooms) Le Poisson d’Avril – The FREE; April 14: Spelling Bee, 7:30 pm, TBD, April 12: Tommy Guerrero, Bing Ji Ling and Itkin, Lonesome Prarie Dogs, The Difibulators, 9 April 18: Polka Madre y La Comezon, 8 pm, $10 Ball of Fools featuring live music, bodypainting 30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort suggested donation, Las Rubias del Norte, 10 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, 9:30 pm, Elam Blackman, 10:30 pm, FREE; April more, 8 pm, $TBD; April 13: Julia Haltigan & pm, FREE. (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. and showcases of art by local artists, 7 pm, $15 15: Royal Pine, 9 pm, Adron, 10 pm, Jason The Hooligans, The Woes, Rusty Belle, 8 pm, Greene, (718) 636-4100, www.bam.org. pm, $10. in advance, $20 day of the show; April 13: (Front April 12: Malika Zarra, 9 pm, FREE; April 18: Mondays: Monday Nights with Lambic and spe- Frederick, 11 pm, FREE; April 16: Jason $TBD; April 16: Jolie Holland, Jan Bell & The room) DJs Micky Schiff & Darren Weiss, 10 pm, Anderson, 10 pm, FREE; April 17: Andrew Cheap Dates, 8 pm, $12; April 18: The Figgs BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Liquid Sound Lounge featuring DJ Jeannie Good Coffeehouse cial guests, 8 pm, $5 suggested donation; April FREE; April 14: (Front room) Monday Night Hopper, 8 pm, FREE. 14: Percy Jones, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation; Vladeck, 9 pm, The Izzy’s, 10 pm, Trash Rock All- and more, 8 pm, $TBD. Music Parlor Burlesque presents “Sugar Shack Burlesque,” Stars, 11 pm, FREE; April 18: Sasha Dobson, 9 Last Exit Bar and April 17: The In-Betweens Expanded featuring 9:30 pm, $5; April 16: (Front room) Face Improv, Madiba Restaurant (At The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) George Garzone, 9:30 pm, $5 suggested dona- pm, The Wilkie Family Singers, 10 pm, Exit Clov, Zebulon Lounge 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in 8 pm, Spiritual Rez, 10 pm, FREE; April 17: 11 pm, FREE. 195 DeKalb Ave. at Carlton Avenue in Fort tion; April 18: Tom Swafford’s String Power, 9:30 (Backroom) Chief Magazine Party, 10 pm, FREE; 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in 136 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, Greene, (718) 855-9190, pm, $5 suggested donation. April 18: (Front room) AVZ Electro Global Heights, (718) 222-9198, www.lastexitbar.com. April 18: Third Friday with The Park Slope Food Sound Fix Lounge www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Saturdays: “Kayo’s Knockout,” DJ Kayo’s booty- www.madibarestaurant.com. Co-op featuring Bev Grant & the Dissident Discotek, 9 pm, FREE. Thursdays: “Meet Me at Madiba,” speed-net- Union Hall 110 Bedford Ave. at North 11th Street in April 12: Dub is the Weapon, 10 pm, FREE; April shakin’, jam-jumpin’, all night get down party, 10 Daughters, 8 pm, $10 adults, $6 children. Williamsburg, (718) 388-8090, 13: Cooper Moore Quartet, 7:30 pm, Geoff working with Mark Henegan, 5 pm, $TBD; April (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth The Lucky Cat pm, FREE; April 17: DJs Red Head Terror www.soundfixrecords.com. Man, Eternal Buzz, 10 pm, FREE; April 14: 12: Paul Simon after-party, 10 pm, FREE; April Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, League, 9 pm, FREE; April 18: DJ Defender, 9 The Royale 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- April 14: JezebelMusic.com presents “Song- Magnets for Teeth, 10 pm, FREE; April 15: Matt 13: Paul Simon after-party, 10 pm, FREE. www.unionhallny.com. pm, FREE. 506 Fifth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. fair,” an open mic, 6:30 pm, FREE; April 15: Bauder and Michael Attias presents …, 9 pm, (718) 840-0089, www.royalebrooklyn.com. April 12: Wye Oak, Deer Tick, Musee Me- Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, 10 Music Trivia Tuesdays, 8 pm, FREE; April 16: The FREE; April 16: Bee’s Nest Collective, 10 pm, canique, 8 pm, $10; April 14: Cat Martino, Marla pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic BUSHWICK GOWANUS April 12: “Brooklyn Bridges” with resident DJs Bump, 8 pm, FREE; April 17: This is Ivy League, FREE; April 17: Pogo in Togo, 10 pm, FREE; Chris Annibell and Amon, 11 pm, FREE; April 14: Hansen, Sharon Van Etten, 7:30 pm, $7; April Night hosted by Ed Gorch, 7 pm, FREE, You 8 pm, FREE; April 18: Dissensous from Raven April 18: Tribe of the Sun, 9 pm, The Super Market Hotel Issue Project Room “Kiss the SKY” featuring resident DJ OBaH, 10 15: “Mother Tongue,” a spelling and grammar Need a Band, 10 pm, FREE; April 18: Get in the Sings the Blues, 10 pm, FREE. Powers, 10 pm, FREE. 232 Third St. at Third Avenue in Gowanus, pm, FREE. bee for adults hosted by David Witt, 7:30 pm, Groove featuring resident DJs Leah Lugosi & 957 Broadway at Myrtle Avenue (enter on FREE; April 16: Sudden Death Game Show host- The Honeydripper and guests, 10 pm, FREE. Myrtle Avenue) in Bushwick, No phone. (718) 330-0313, www.issueprojectroom.org. April 12: David Weinstein, 8 pm, $10; April 13: Southpaw ed by Dick Swizzle and friends, 7:30 pm, FREE to More Nightlife listings at www.BrooklynPaper.com. April 18: High Places, Ecstatic Sunshine, Cex, watch, $5 to play; April 17: Cloud Cult, The Luna Lounge Evangelista, Zs, 9:30 pm, $8. Greg Pope, 7 pm, $10; April 17: Luke DuBois, 8 125 Fifth Ave. at St. Johns Place in Park pm, $10; April 18: Bruce Tovsky, Zach Layton, 8 Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Forms, Arms, 7:30 pm, $15; April 18: The All- 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street Ridgewood Temple pm, $10. April 12: Antibalas Afrobeat Orchestra, Nickode- Night Brooklyn Soul Party with The Sweet in Williamsburg, (718) 260-2323, mus, 9 pm, $20 in advance, $25 day of the show; Divines, The Dirty Bugaloo, DJ Chairman Mao, 8 www.lunalounge.com. TALK TO US… 1054 Bushwick Ave. at Gates Avenue in April 13: Gotham Girls Roller Derby presents pm, $10. April 12: Ruby on the Vine, 8 pm, Wild Bushwick, No phone. GREENPOINT “Derbytuant Ball” and season kickoff fundraiser Carnation, 9 pm, Glenn Mercer, 10 pm, $10 in April 17: The Ed Schrader Show, Dan Deacon featuring DJ Mikey Palms and friends, 7:30 pm, advance, $12 day of the show; April 13: Magic To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. and more, 8 pm, $TBD. Club Europa $14 in advance, $18 day of the show; April 14: PROSPECT HEIGHTS Robot, 7:30 pm, Severe Severe, 8:30 pm, Dead Include name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Tally Hall, The Republic Tigers, Jukebox the Muse, 9:30 pm, Hogg, 10:30 pm, $8; April 16: Web site address, dates, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color The Backroom photos of performers via e-mail to [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834- CLINTON HILL Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, Ghost, 8 pm, $12; April 16: “Yamaha Tenori” an Paddy Casey, 9 pm, Jason Collett, 10 pm, $15; www.europaclub.com or www.europalive.net. event featuring Pole, Robert Lippok, I am Robot (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue April 17: Amplify, 7:30 pm, Dared the Knot, 8:30 9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take Five Spot Saturdays: VIP dance party, 10 pm, FREE before and Proud, Nathan Michel, Sutekh, Safety Scis- in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, pm, Motel Creeps, 9:30 pm, Hollis, 10:30 pm, listings over the phone. 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tuesdays: Kara- sors, 8 pm, FREE; April 17: Two Dark Birds and www.freddysbackroom.com. $8; April 18: Passafire, 7:30 pm, Astronaut The listings are correct as of press time. Contact the venue before you go to confirm Restaurant oke night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sexy progressive guests, 8 pm, $8; April 18: The Old Nationals, April 15: Minimalist Brooklyn Chick Jazz, 9 pm, Down, 8:30 pm, Arch Baddies, 9:30 pm, Smite, event details. 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in dance party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 Cold River, Kansas State Flower, 8 pm, $12. FREE; April 17: Kings County Opry, 8 pm, FREE. 10:30 pm, Red Calvary, 11:30 pm, $8.

COUNSELING DENTISTS DENTISTS NY Methodist SOLUTION - FOCUSED GENERAL & IMPLANT DENTISTRY PSYCHOTHERAPY WE CAN Root Canals offers multiple ADULTS · CHILDREN · ADOLESCENTS · COUPLES · FAMILIES Crowns & Bridges Á Gentle and Caring Psychotherapy Cosmetic Dentistry Á Focus on Personal Strengths, Goals and Solutions. Effective for GIVE YOU Bleaching / Zoom 2 sclerosis relief all types of emotional, behavioral and relationship challenges. Oral Surgery / Implants QUICK RESULTS · COMPLETELY CONFIDENTIAL · MORNING, AFTERNOON & EVENING HRS New York Methodist Hospital she was diagnosed with MS, she CONVENIENT PARK SLOPE LOCATION Treatment of Gum Disease found that yoga was very effec- A GREAT Fixed & Removable Bridges According to the National STEVEN KATZ, LCSW 917-922-4983 Multiple Sclerosis Society, ap- tive at mitigating her symptoms. Periodontics / Prosthodontics proximately 400,000 Americans “Yoga has improved my bal- 25 Years of Counseling Experience [email protected] ance and decreased my leg http://therapist.psychologytoday.com/53810 Emergencies Seen SAME DAY have multiple sclerosis (MS), a L27 SMILE! chronic autoimmune disorder cramps,” she said. www.strachandds.com that affects the central nervous “Qigong” instructor Michael %S
+FGG
$
4USBDIBO

%S
#FFSFO
(BKKBS system. While symptoms differ McComiskey introduced an an- cient Chinese technique, con- 189 Montague St. #800A, Brooklyn Heights from person to person and can DENTISTS sisting of slow, gentle repetitive Dr. Rosen brings you office: (718) 783-0504 /emergency: (917) 753-3314 change over time, MS can result quality care you can afford in loss of balance, compromised movement that can allow MS Hours: Mon, Tues, Wed, Fri: 8am-6pm / Saturdays: Appointment Only coordination, tremors, numbness, patients to let go of stress and feel more energized. extreme fatigue, difficulty con- We’ve Moved! “Qigong is the art and sci- s General Dentistry s Invisalign centrating or remembering ence of feeling well whenever Exams, Cleanings, s Bridges things, paralysis, blurred vision you want to,” he said. PARK SLOPE FAMILY Fillings s Gum Treatment or blindness. Acupuncture was another s Implants s Bleaching In order to help patients with Quality Dentistry Chinese technique that was dis- s Crowns s Porcelain Veneers MS learn about different types of cussed during the lecture. Ming DENTISTRY Root Canals Cosmetic Dentistry Gentle care in our ultra-modern office treatments, New York Methodist s s Liang Jiang, L.A.c., an acupunc- –– 245 Fifth Avenue –– Hospital recently hosted a sym- s Cosmetic Dentistry s Cosmetic Laminates turist who provides treatments at between Carroll & Garfield posium titled, “A Comprehensive Walk-ins & Children Welcome s Reconstructive & Bonding the Brooklyn Spine & Arthritis Approach to Improving Your • Emergency Service Insurance Accepted Dentistry s Advanced Sterilization Center at NYM, explained that Dr. Andrew Warshaw Well-Being: For Patients With • Pediatric Dentistry s Gums & Implants s Behavior Modification this technique can prevent pain Dr. Sari Rosenwein MS and Their Caregivers.” The • Root Canal Therapy Dr. Doug Pollack CARROLL GARDENS DENTAL ASSOC. s Bleaching s Sealants signals from reaching the brain, • Implant Restorations event featured Alexa Degenhardt, which helps relieve discomfort. • Laminates • Bleaching Hours by Appointment DR. RICHARD A. ROSEN s Nitrous Oxide s Fluoride M.D., M.M.Sc., director of the Sat. & Eve. Available Sarah Waxse, L.C.S.W., director • White Fillings • Bonding (Sweet Air) s0REVENTATIVE$ENTISTRY Multiple Sclerosis Center at • Fluoride • Sealants of HealthOutreach at NYM, end- Free Consultation 718-834-1446 · 402 Court Street (near 1st Place) • Cleanings • Crowns NYM, along with special guest 24 Hr Phone Service ed the session with a guided • Bridges • Dentures Monday to Saturday Hours RONALD I. TEICHMAN, DDS speakers who talked about vari- stress reduction technique that • Non/Surgical Gum Care Saturday & Evening Hours ous complementary treatments, patients can use. Financing Available 357 Seventh Avenue at 10th Street including physical therapy, yoga, “A variety of complementary Insurance Plans Welcomed 789-5700 “qigong,” acupuncture, and stress treatments can help people with slopedental.com · 768-1111 reduction. MS stay healthy—both physical- Now in Park Slope! Dr. Degenhardt opened the ly and psychologically—and discussion with a brief descrip- cope with the many difficult as- tion of the disease and updates pects of a chronic disease,” said on research being conducted on Dr. Degenhardt. “Through this its causes and treatments. event, NYM wanted to show pa- DERMATOLOGY “There is a link between the tients and their caregivers a vari- S OPE brain, the body, and one’s ety of supplemental therapies that health,” she said. “Today, we’re they can add to their current going to concentrate on the medical treatments.” non-medical and supplemental

com The Multiple Sclerosis Center therapies for MS that can posi- DENTAL . DERMATOLOGY at NYM offers compassionate FINEST DENTAL CARE tively impact one’s health.” multidisciplinary care and is SLOPEDENTAL.COM Superior Services for Adults & Children Holly Millheiser, assistant headed by Dr. Degenhardt, a neu- chief of physical therapy at Ronald I. Teichman, DDS New! Periodontist (gum specialist) on premises. COSMETIC SKIN PROBLEMS rologist who is trained in the most NYM, talked about how physi- advanced MS treatments and 10 Plaza St. East, Suite 1F Laser Hair Removal !CNEs(ERPES cal therapy is one of the many clinical research. The team care Most tools that is available for the Evening (bet. Flatbush & Vanderbilt Aves) Chemical Peels 7ARTSs'ENITAL7ARTS offered to patients may include a Insurance management of the disease. Affordable Family Dentistry appointments accepted "OTOXs2ESTYLANE -OLESs34$S6$ rehabilitation specialist, physical available. (718) 622-8020 She explained that physical and occupational therapists, uro- in Modern Pleasant Surroundings 3PIDER6EINS 3KIN#ANCER therapists work with each pa- gynecologists, urologists, psychi- State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) ,IPOSUCTION Blemishes tient on an individual basis in atrists, opthalmologists, and so- Emergencies treated promptly order to tailor the program to cial services. Treatment options ROOT CANAL GENERAL & COSMETIC the patient’s specific needs. Special care for children & anxious patients include inpatient and home infu- EXTRACTIONS 3+).s(!)2s.!),3 “We’re deeply involved in sions, immunomodulatory thera- WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD DENTISTRY working with you to set and PERIODONTAL WORK Advanced sterilization and infection control pies, chemotherapy, spasticity • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) $AY%VENING(OURS reach your goals, whether they management, and alternative • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Jack Irwin, D.D.S. -OST)NSURANCESAND#REDIT#ARDS!CCEPTED include energy conservation or therapies such as acupuncture, Bonding Crowns & Bridges (Capping) CROWNS 414 Seventh Avenue neuromuscular training,” Ms. “qigong” and yoga. • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment bet. 13th & 14th Sts. Millheiser said to the patients To learn more about services • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings BRIDGES www.jackirwindds.com ALAN R. KLING, M.D. in the audience. for MS patients at New York • Impant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) PORCELAIN VENEERS (718) 768-8372 BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST Yoga instructor Larissa Methodist, please call (718) 246- • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) Evening Hours Mon-Fri Nusser-Meany said that after 8818. BLEACHING Most Insurance & Union Plans Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer accepted as full or partial payment. 27 8th Avenue 1000 Park Avenue (corner Lincoln Place) (at 84th Street) 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens DENTURES MetLife, UFT, DC37, PBA, Delta, Blue Cross, Aetna, CIGNA, Unicare, Guardian, Healthplex, Park Slope, Brooklyn New York City, NY Call to advertise — in print and online 624-5554 624-7055 LAMINATES Mgmt. Bfts. Fund, United Concordia, Dentemax. Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking (718) 636-0425 (212) 288-1300 (718) 834-9350 and insurance plans accommodated April 12, 2008 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 13 THE Family, Food & Fun

KIDS • SCHOOL • STYLE • TEENS • CAMPS • MUSIC SPOT PARENT themoxiespot.com Quality Food For Kids & Grown-Ups 718-923-9710 Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner 81 Atlantic Ave (@ Hicks)

Visit Web to Sign Up for Spring Music & Yoga Classes Smartmom outsmarts Skenazy Free Storytime (Mon. 11:30, Wed. 1:00. Fri. 11:30) Games, Toys, and Arts & Crafts All Day martmom had never And the sub- Things really changed in So, it’s no surprise that Available for Birthday Parties read Lenore Skenazy’s ways weren’t New York after that. when Skenazy let her 9-year- S column in the New SMART just for going to Patz was the first missing old do something on his own, York Sun before Tuesday, school. child to be featured on a milk it freaked out a lot of parents. when Dumb Editor told her On week- carton. And that milk carton Clearly, if a New York City kid that Skenazy had become Par- mom ends, Smart- was the beginning of the end is going to have a learning ex- of carefree childhood for New ent Enemy Number 1 by let- By Louise Crawford mom and her perience, mom and dad better ting her 9-year old take the friend, Best and York kids. be close by (or at least con- Physically Active, subway home from Bloom- Oldest, would No more riding your bike in nected by cellphone). ingdale’s to an unrevealed subway by herself?” Dumb take the subway down to the Central Park without your par- Smartmom has even heard Manhattan neighborhood. Editor asked (now you know Village to buy leather jackets ents. No more trips to FAO about parents who take their Nature Oriented, Schwartz, Wollman Rink, even By himself. how he got his name). and velvet coats at vintage cloth- kids to college for the first time Bloomingdale’s, without your “Long story short: My son Of course she doesn’t! The ing emporiums like Royal Rags and actually hang out. Some- parents helicoptering over you. got home, ecstatic with inde- on East Fourth Street and Ridge “L” for Lenore! times for days. Even weeks. Outdoor 11-year-old OSFO just started No more 9-year-olds on the pendence,” Skanazy wrote. walking to and from school by Furs on West Eighth Street. Boy, that’s a far cry from “Long story longer: Half the subway. herself last September and It was fun, wild and free to driven to be as good at parent- when my parents dropped people I’ve told this episode to It’s a shame because New Traveling Day Camp they live right around the cor- be a kid in New York City in York is a great city to be a kid ing as they were at, well, Smartmom off at SUNY Bing- now want to turn me in for Swimming at a lake, pool and the ner from PS 321. the ’60s and ’70s. All the in and part of being a kid is everything else. hamton and drove away. See Daily Trips to: child abuse. As if keeping kids Smartmom knows that grown ups were having a good doing things all by yourself. Sure, this may have been a ya later. Bye bye. beach. Weekly hikes and trips to under lock and key and helmet OSFO could probably take the time so why not the 9-, 10-, Sounds like Skenazy’s kid Museums, Zoos, Playgrounds, The Aquarium, Liberty It’s how you learn how to be a reaction to the laissez-faire and cellphone and nanny and subway by herself, but she’s and 11-year-olds? New Yorker — and how you parenting of the 1970s, but we was dying for a childhood ad- Science Center, Bowling and a special trip to Sesame Place surveillance is the right way to not sure if she really wants to. y, have things chang- learn to spread your wings and turned out all right, didn’t we? venture away from his mom rear kids. It’s not. It’s debilitat- First off, where would she go? ed. When Skenazy re- fly. (Dumb Editor note: We did?) and dad. If he lived in the ing — for us and for them.” It’s not like it’s 1967 when O vealed in her article The strange thing is this: With this drive to be the country, he’d be running UÊ Ý«iÀˆi˜Vi`]Ê The ensuing hysteria landed Smartmom was 9 and her par- that she let her son take a sub- New York is safer now than it best parents in history, came around the woods or making a >ÀivՏÞÊ œÃi˜]Ê Skenazy on all the talk shows ents let her take two city buses way and a bus home (without was in 1979. It’s nowhere near the narcissistic belief that chil- house out of a refrigerator box.
`ՏÌÊ-Ì>vv defending her seemingly inde- to school every morning. a cellphone), she was accused the most dangerous city in dren are completely created by Kids need to feel like Uʏi݈LiÊ-V i`Տi\Ê fensible position. She let her Sure, she got mugged every of being the world’s worst America anymore. The crime their parents. That means kids they’re free. little baby — just a few years now and again. On the subway mom. Ê 3]Ê{]ÊxʜÀÊÈÊÜiiŽÃ rate has been falling for years. need to be with their parents o, you’re probably won- out of Mommy and Me class- and on the street. But that was That’s because, even though Although New York is safer 24/7 whether playing educa- dering, when is Smart- Ê 3]Ê4ʜÀÊ5Ê`>ÞÃÊ>Ê es! — ride the big bad subway. de rigeur. Kids were frequently New York is safer than ever, than ever, other things have tional games, doing home- mom going to let OSFO ÜiiŽ S She must be chastised! She’s having their bus passes parents are more protective changed. For one, parenting work, eating in restaurants, take the subway by herself? UÊ >ÀÞÊ`Àœ«‡œvvÊ worse than that woman who whisked out of their hands than ever — and more judg- was invented (didn’t you hear? even hanging out at Union By herself?! You’ve got to ­n>“®Ê>˜`ʏ>ÌiÊ drowned her kids in the tub! back in those days. But Smart- mental. The Yuppies invented it in Hall. be skenazy! Smartmom won’t «ˆVŽÊÕ«Ê­È«“®Ê Dumb Editor wanted to mom was a pro — and she It all started with Etan Patz, 1984). Now parenting is a neu- Likewise, parents don’t ever let OSFO take the subway >Û>ˆ>Li know what Smartmom thought was pretty blase when it hap- the 6-year-old boy who left his rotic national obsession. From want their kids to do anything alone. of all this. pened. Soho home for school one ½ “What to Expect When You’re without them. They can’t fath- Louise Crawford also writes UÊ
}iÃÊ4 Ê̜ʣ£Ê “Do you, for example, let It was barely worth a men- morning in 1979 and was nev- Expecting” to Baby Einstein om the loss of control and “Only the Blog Knows Brook- Þi>Àà the Oh So Feisty One take the tion to her parents. er heard from again. videos, New Yorkers are now they’re just too darn scared. lyn,” a Web site. Park SlopeÊUÊ(718) 768-6419 28 years of operation *
,Ê-"* ÊUÊ7 -",Ê/ ,,
ÊUÊ
9Ê,  ÊUÊ - /" FAMILY CALENDAR GIRLS HAPPY NIGHT Compiled by Susan Rosenthal Jay HOUR OUT SATURDAY, APRIL 12 Prospect Park YMCA (357 Ninth 10 am: Bay Ridge Little League St., between Fifth and Sixth opening day parade. Starts at avenues in Park Slope). Free. Call Xaverian HS (Shore Road at 71st (718) 789-8170 for info. Street) and goes to the Frank 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: Schnurr Fields (Shore Road at 83rd “Cinderella.” See Saturday, April Street). Call (718) (347) 408-7923 12. for info. 3 pm: “Aesop’s Foibles.” See 11:30 am-2 pm: Book brunch with Saturday, April 12. author Brian Selznick. Brooklyn Academy of Music (30 Lafayette WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16 Ave., at Ashland Place in Fort 4 pm: Storybook reading. Brooklyn Greene). $20, $15 children 15 and Lyceum (227 Fourth Ave., at younger. Call (718) 636-4100 for President Street in Park Slope). info. Free for first session; $20 for each "ÕÀÊ >“« subsequent session. Appropriate 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm: for ages 5 to 9. Call (347) 663-4157 UÊ6>ÀˆiÌÞʜvÊ«Àœ}À>“ÃÊvœÀÊV>“«iÀÃÊ “Cinderella.” Puppetworks (338 for info. >}iÊΠ̜ʣx Sixth Ave., at Fourth Street in Park Spring Mini Camp Slope). $8, $7 kids. Call (718) 965- FRIDAY, APRIL 18 UÊ->vi]Êv՘]ÊÃ̈“Տ>̈˜}Ê April 21-25 3391 for info. 7 pm: Original plays by Red Hook i˜ÛˆÀœ˜“i˜Ì Five days of trips and activities 1 pm and 3 pm: “Aesop’s kids. Patrick Daly School (71 UÊ6iÀÞÊvi݈LiÊÀi}ˆÃÌÀ>̈œ˜ÆÊ based in Park Slope Foibles.” Impact Theater (190 Sullivan St., at Van Brunt Street in >VVœ““œ`>̈˜}ʙÊÜiiŽÊ Underhill Ave., at Sterling Place in Red Hook). Free. Call (718) 395- Ãi>ܘ Open House for Prospect Heights). $10, $7 children 3218 for info. 12 and younger, free for children 3 UÊÀiiʓœÀ˜ˆ˜}ÊÌÀ>˜Ã«œÀÌ>̈œ˜Ê Summer Camp and younger. Call (845) 797-1320 SATURDAY, APRIL 19 vÀœ“Ê“œÃÌÊ >ÞÊ,ˆ`}iÊ>˜`Ê Sundays, April 6 & 13 for info. 11:30 am: Tot Shabbat. Union ÀœÜ˜Ã̜˜iÊ ÀœœŽÞ˜Ê>Ài>à presentations at 2 and 3 pm Temple (17 Eastern Pkwy., at Plaza 339 8 St. Just below 6 Ave. SUNDAY, APRIL 13 Street East in Prospect Heights). UÊ ÃÌ>LˆÃ i`Ê£™™Ó 2 pm: Concert with Randy Kaplan, Free. Call (718) 638-7600 for info. the Deedle Deedle Dees and other 1 pm: Mariachi music. Brooklyn kid stars, sponsored by Park Slope Public Library Central Branch 718-788‡*- ÊÊ(7732) · www.ParkSlopeDayCamp.com Parents. Southpaw (125 Fifth Ave., (Grand Army Plaza at Flatbush between Sterling and St. Johns Avenue). Free. Call (718) 230-2100 places), $10. Call (718) 230-0236 for info. Paper file The Brooklyn for info. 3 pm: Red Hook plays. See Friday, Little Leaguers from Bay Ridge will get in on the act Entertainment 2 pm-4 pm: Blogging workshop. April 18. with their own parade this Saturday, much like their Park Slope brethren last week (above). To list your event, e-mail information to [email protected]. Family Rico the Clown Magician & Comical Nerd Birthday parties and special occasions — Adults & Kids. Comedy, Classifieds Magic, Balloon Sculpting, Puppets, Games, M.C., Comic Roastings. Day “University Professor of Speech & Communications” Acupuncture 718-434-9697 BROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOL 917-318-9092 School, L44 Inc. Want Relief of Host A Student Back Pain · Headaches · A fully licensed and certified preschool Migraines · Musculoskeletal EARN $200 A WEEK Disorders · Asthma & Allergies · Gynecological Disorders · HOSTING INT'L STUDENTS NEW! 2-year Olds Class. Spaces Available Anxiety, Depression & If you have an empty bedroom, near Many Other Conditions subway, good neighborhood. N 2-4 year old programs N 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, afternoons Call to schedule an appt. today! Email: [email protected] N Licensed teachers or full days HEIDI BOTNICK, L.AC. Licensed Acupuncturist or call Josh (646) 674-1621 N Optimal educational equipment N Spacious Classrooms 718-306-9152 L21 N Exclusive outdoor facilities N Enriched Curriculum 218 Dekalb Ave. (btwn Adelphi & Clermont) Indoor Gym facilities Caring, loving environment N N ACU BROOKLYN.com L20 New York City's source Summer Programs for Children for natural healing Summer Program Available! Makeup Artist  2 12 375 PEARL STREET THINGS TO DO ages to ONE BLOCK FROM BOROUGH HALL Child Care Available >\ÊÓÎä‡xÓxxÊUÊÇÈÎÊ*ÀiÈ`i˜ÌÊ-ÌÀiiÌÊÊ­LiÌ°ÊÈÌ ÊEÊÇÌ Ê
Ûið® WITH FRIENDS: - LOOK FLAWLESS - Expert make-up Artist w/Over 15 years Hip-Hop Childcare Available Experience with Brides · Bridal Parties · Sweet 16's · Proms or Any Special Occasion BROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOL summer programs Experienced mature woman Rock n’ Roll will care for you child in your 10% OFF Bridal Party of 4 or More! Swimming take the best of the school year experience and make home. References available. Call Cerene (718) 309-0079 [email protected] Hands-on Science that light shine even brighter! Every day brings new Call Mary L25 opportunities for children to grow, to learn, and to (718) 232-2194 Tennis W15 Photography Dance develop their talents and interests. SUMMER CAMP for Film & Digital/Beginners & Advanced 2 to 8 year olds and for 8 to 12 year Computer Repair Woodworking SUMMER ARTS PHOTOGRAPHY WORKSHOP olds are distinguished by their outstanding faculty and A safe haven to explore your personal vision. JUNE 30 - AUGUST 14 Wearable Art DATAWAY COMPUTERS INC. Next Workshop Begins April 2 at 7pm in Peter's favorable teacher-student ratio. The experience for kids Soho Studio. Five weekly sessions / $300 · Swimming · Judaic Study · Dramatics Sculpture Go to site and click on Workshops (917) 494-5434 · Trips · Soccer · Crafts Music Video is fun and energizing, just as summer should be. Professional $40 Field Service [email protected] www.PeterAngeloSimon.com L14 2 two-week sessions: 1st session (6/30-7/11) Cel Animation Computer Maintenance & Repair Free Phone Consultation 2nd session(7/14-7/25) Cost: $500 per session Ph: 646-326-2676 · www.dattaway.com Theater FULL OR PARTIAL SESSIONS FROM Summer Rental 3rd session three-week session (7/28-8/14) Cost: 800 L26 Hours: 9am-3pm · Extended care 8am-9am and 3-6pm Cost: 300 per session Painting June 18th to August 1st BUNGALOW RENTALS NY GEEK GIRLS, INC FAMILY FRIENDLY · 1 TO 4 WEEKS Drawing COMPUTER SERVICES AT CONGREGATION B’NAI AVRAHAM Lake Huntington Summer Community · CALL OR E-MAIL FOR A BROCHURE PC & Mac · Residential or Business · Cooperative Property · Pool (with Lifeguards) · Printmaking On-site or Pick-up/Drop-off Basketball · Tennis · Ball Field 117 Remsen Street, Brooklyn Heights 718.852.1029 X 228 NYC Field Trips Reasonable Rates · References Lake · Near Delaware River [email protected] 100 Miles from NYC in the Catskills Contact Michoel Goldin (718) 928-4192 347-351-3031 · [email protected] [email protected] · www.jewishsportsacademy.org Call Agnes Faireye (212) 362-3919 www.NYGeekGirls.com L26 [email protected] L21 14 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 April 12, 2008

ATLANTIC YARDS NOW IT IS JUST NETS Protesters call Bruce’s honor a ‘dung deal’ By Gersh Kuntzman fice complex when The Brooklyn Paper More pictures and action at she was chief of staff to former Borough Dozens of opponents of Bruce Rat- BrooklynPaper.com President Howard ner’s Atlantic Yards mega-development Golden. rallied outside the Brooklyn Museum’s “As someone with gala last Thursday to protest the art insti- divisive character, and I had to protest this a long history in government, there are tute’s decision to honor the controversial decision by the museum.” things about this project that are upset- developer. Labine, who is not related to the late, ting,” said Gelber, who lives on Dean The protesters — some dressed in fan- great Brooklyn Dodger pitcher of the Street in Boerum Hill. “It did not undergo ciful attire to mock the smartly clad gala same name, held a sign reading, “Brook- a proper public review. Maybe that sounds attendees inside, others merely holding lyn Museum Sold Out Brooklyn’s Com- weird and wimpy, but major land-use signs reading “Con Artist” — manned a munities.” changes and the use of public money police pen less than 50 yards from the Nearby, another man held a placard means going through the city’s [land-use glass-walled Museum entrance, where that read, “Dung Deal,” a cheeky refer- review process].” 1,000 people gathered for a dinner with / Adrian Kinloch ence to the Museum’s 1999 controversy Given Gelber’s connections and long Ratner and Japanese artist Takashi Mu- over its “Sensation” exhibition, which fea- support for the Museum, she could have rakami. tured a painting of the Virgin Mary been inside eating tuna martini, miso filet of “I heard about [the Ratner honor] a adorned with elephant dung. beef and pineapple pillows for dessert rather couple of weeks ago, and I couldn’t be- Joining the protesters was Marilyn Gel- than on the hustings, with the other Atlantic

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Yards foes. lieve it,’’ said Clem Labine, 70, who was ber — a former city Department of Envi- “I’m a big supporter of the Museum and dressed in robber-baron style: a black “George Bush” was one of many protesters who greeted Museum patrons as ronmental Protection commissioner who have enormous affection for [Executive Di- bowler and black tie. “Ratner is a totally they arrived for last Thursday’s gala to honor developer Bruce Ratner. worked with Ratner on the Metrotech of- rector] Arnold Lehman. I was invited to be inside, but I told Arnold that given my views of Atlantic Yards, I’d rather be out- side.” money that Yassky thinks should be giv- For his part, Ratner said he’d rather be en back. inside, telling a Bloomberg News reporter MONEY… “They’ve gotten $58 million for a that the protesters didn’t bother him. project that they’re not going to build,” “One of the terrific things about this city Continued from page 1 A Ratner spokesman declined to com- he said. and country is that people are allowed to ex- Yards Report, a Web site, uncovered Rat- ment for this story. Daniel Goldstein, a spokesman for the press their views, and I respect that,’’ he ner’s need for more subsidies. Given the apparent collapse of Atlantic anti-Yards group Develop Don’t Destroy said. “Obviously, I don’t agree with them, It is unclear what additional subsides Yards, Yassky called on city and state of- Brooklyn, echoed Yassky. and the Museum doesn’t agree with them.’’ the company would seek. But it is clear ficials to renegotiate their deal with Rat- “If Ratner can’t build his project — Lehman added that Ratner was being that Ratner will have a fight on his hands. ner. with over $300 million in direct cash sub- honored for “his terrific patronage over a “I cannot approve of more subsidies “Whether you think the original deal sidy, over $2 billion in government- very long period of time.” / Gersh Kuntzman when the only thing that’s certain is a sta- was good or bad — and I think it was a backed financing, a blank city check for “We’re not involved in the politics that / Adrian Kinloch dium,” said DeBlasio, who called for “a bad deal — the project that he agreed to ‘extraordinary infrastructure costs,’ free seems to be swirling around us,” Lehman timeline for the full project, especially build is not being built,” Yassky said. “So land from the city, a below-market rail added. with respect to the affordable housing.” we need to renegotiate.” yard purchase price, and the windfall Opponents pounced on Lehman’s appar- He also demanded to know “exactly Fifty-eight-million dollars of the city benefits of eminent domain condemna- ent surprise that politics were “swirling around” the Museum. Indeed, those politics The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn why the additional subsidies are needed and state’s initial $305-million contribu- tion — he should not be rewarded with Paper The Brooklyn are quite inside the institution. and what they would be used for.” tion have already been given to Ratner — yet more taxpayer funds,” Goldstein said. Bruce Ratner at the gala. Many protesters donned garb suitable for One of its board members, Joanne Minieri, is the president and chief operating a museum gala. officer of Forest City Ratner. Another board member, Robert Rubin, is an investor in ‘the politics that seem to be swirling around’ Continued from page 1 spokeswoman said. ceremonial proclamation. “The Ratner’s New Jersey Nets. you, [in fact] next door to you,” Daniel Gold- miso-marinated cod and spicy Ratner was given the Muse- renaissance of Brooklyn, in so In addition, the team’s CEO, Brett Yor- stein of Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn said in GEHRY… taro with caviar. Meanwhile, hun- um’s Augustus Graham Medal, many ways, is due to you, Bruce mark; rapper Jay-Z, another Nets investor; a statement this week. dreds of Atlantic Yards protestors an award that honors a patron. Ratner, so I now proclaim this and Barclays Capital (which paid Ratner In addition to the symbolic fight, a number of heckled Museum supporters out- Gehry introduced his own pa- ‘Bruce Ratner recognition and $400 million to emblazon its name on the protesters have asked the Internal Revenue Ser- side the Eastern Parkway edifice, tron — Ratner — to the gala crowd. celebration day’ in Brooklyn. publicly built arena), were members of the vice to investigate whether the Museum has vio- condemning the Museum for “Bruce and I share a love of Enjoy your dinner.” committee that put together the April 3 gala. lated its own conflict of interests policy — and, honoring Ratner (see story food — and sex,” Gehry said, in a In his acceptance speech later, And the Brooklyn Museum can hardly therefore comprised its non-profit status — by above). rambling introduction in which he Ratner did not mention Atlantic feign ignorance of the controversy. The Mu- having board members who are so closely affili- bemoaned the gala’s lack of latkes, But the spirited rally did noth- Yards, but merely said that he seum hosted the January, 2007 press confer- ated with the Nets. ing to curtail the gala, which fea- a Jewish delicacy, and, apparently, was honored to accept an award ence to announce the $400-million deal Goldstein also continued to condemn the mu- tured a decidedly un-Brooklyn the lack of sexual activity. with the slavery- and Apartheid-linked seum on a personal level. crowd that included designer Then, perhaps referring to the that “represents the essence” of British banking behemoth — an announce- “It’s just poor judgment to honor this devel- Marc Jacobs, Vogue editrix protesters outside, he added, what he does as a developer, ment that, like the April 3 gala, drew pro- oper who is in the midst of a huge fight in the Anna Wintour, supermodel Eva “[Bruce] asked me to do a proj- namely, building with “a social testers. community that surrounds the museum,” said Herzigova, tennis legend John ect in Brooklyn and I had no purpose and responsibility.” “Mr. Lehman, with all due respect, when Goldstein, whose Pacific Street home would be McEnroe, Kirsten Davis from idea what I was getting into. But By the time he started speak- you decided to honor and celebrate Bruce torn down to make way for the arena. “He’s tak- “Sex & the City,” and artist Ju- I loved him then and I love him ing, at around 10:15 pm, there Ratner in the midst of an ongoing epic com- ing away people’s homes. He’s taking away my lian Schnabel. even more now. When Brooklyn were no protesters left out front. munity fight, you’ve involved yourself in home.” The evening also marked the is finished, you’ll be proud opening of artist Takashi Mu- of us.” rakami’s exhibition, but the gala Earlier, Borough Presi- centered around Ratner, whose dent Markowitz praised Rat- foundation has given at least ner as “a boychik from / Gersh Kuntzman $200,000 to the Museum in the Cleveland who fell in love past two years and whose exec- with Brooklyn, U.S.A.” utives bought many of the “During the most-chal- $1,000 plates and encouraged lenging times, instead of friends and business associates running, he invested here The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn to buy many more. because he understood the IT’S YOUR CHANCE TO Artist Julian Schnabel (left) pals around with his buddy In all, the gala raised $1.5 promise of Brooklyn,” Mar- Frank Gehry, the architect of Atlantic Yards. million for the Museum, a kowitz added, brandishing a CHANGE YOUR SCHOOL Jamie is queen of swag

The Brooklyn Paper And the funny thing is, nothing Bruce Ratner got the award, could be closer to the truth. but Borough President Marko- “It’s a little true,” Markowitz witz’s wife got the goods. admitted to the Daily News on Sunday. In the waning moments of last Thursday’s Brooklyn Museum Later, her red-faced husband gala, which honored Ratner, explained that there had been a Jamie Markowitz scooped up misunderstanding and that five of eight placemats designed by the six remaining placemats — Japanese artist Takashi Murakami Markowitz’s wife gave away two and intended as parting gifts for placemats before leaving the gala, the 1,000 Museum patrons in at- a Borough Hall spokesman said tendance. — would be auctioned to raise One to a customer, not eight. money for the borough presi- “Without a doubt, the person dent’s Camp Brooklyn charity. Our principal and teachers who got the most out of [the] “These were gifts for guests opening was Jamie,” quipped and there was no discussion of took it seriously. It had a their value,” the Beep said. “If “ Radar Online, which broke the story last week. The Web site / Gersh Kuntzman they’re really worth what the real impact. claimed that the limited-addition Radar blogger claims — $1,000 candy-colored placemats have each — we will make five avail- Karen Rose and her daughter Makeya, “fetched up to $1,000 on eBay af- able at this year’s Camp Brooklyn a kindergartener at PS 121,” the Bronx ter similar events” and suggested fundraising event, and, if they sell, that Markowitz had snatched Paper The Brooklyn that means 10 more low-income them because she was “perhaps Brooklyn’s first lady, Jamie Markowitz, took too many kids can go to camp.” sensing a business opportunity.” placemats from last Thursday’s gala. — Gersh Kuntzman Pepper and Potter site to become hotel By Ben Muessig the best location for a hotel because it’s at The Brooklyn Paper the entryway to the borough,” he said. Fill out a Learning Environment “It’s a more dramatic entrance to Brook- A defunct auto dealership that has lyn than the Brooklyn Bridge.” Survey – and remember to mail it greeted Brooklyn drivers as they re- At least it will be in the near future. in! For more information, contact turned over the Manhattan Bridge Despite an economic downturn, Flat- might start greeting tourists as a hotel. bush Avenue Extension, from the Man- your school or call 311. The former Pepper and Potter Buick hattan Bridge to Fulton Street, remains dealership at the intersection of Flat- a boom town. bush Avenue Extension and Tillary Directly behind the Pepper and Potter Street — closed since 2003 — sold to site (pictured), the Oro condo tower is al- the development company MB-Flat- most ready to welcome its first residents. bush for $10.8 million this week, ac- And a block away, two projects — the / Noelle D’Arrigo cording to Ingram and Hebron Realty. 38-story Toren residential tower and the Early reports indicated that a Hamp- 70-story City Point office building — are ton Inn might rise from the lot, but the rising, just a small part of an ongoing $9- hotel chain and the development com- billion building spree. Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor I Joel I. Klein, Chancellor pany told The Brooklyn Paper that no To spruce up this gateway, the www.nyc.gov/schools or call 311 The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn decision had been made. Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is The Pepper and Potter car dealership site Robert Potter, who sold his family’s working to add public art and planted has finally been sold. shuttered dealership, thinks “it would be medians. April 12, 2008 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 15 PRE-KINDERGARTEN McCain walks the walk ADMISSIONS 2008-2009 in a Bay Ridge drop by By Ben Muessig not endorsed a candidate, The Brooklyn Paper though he recently appeared with Illinois Sen. Barack Oba- Sen. John McCain made a ma, the likely Democratic campaign stop in Bay Ridge nominee, in Manhattan. on Thursday — but residents The small-business round- Pre-Kindergarten directories and public school of the borough’s Republican table was moderated by former stronghold can’t figure out Deputy Mayor Rudy Washing- applications for the 2008-2009 school year are why he stopped where he did. ton and former Hewlett- The likely GOP presidential Packard CEO Carly Fiorina,

nominee — with Mayor Callan / Tom now a Republican National now available at public elementary schools, Bloomberg at his side — Committee leader who is also stopped by Windows We Are, talked about as a McCain vice community school district offices and borough a glass supply company at presidential pick. Fifth Avenue and 91st Street to McCain took questions speak to reporters and local The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn from six local entrepreneurs, enrollment offices. Republicans including state including David Masoud, co- Sen. Marty Golden, about the owner of Damascus Bakery on sub-prime mortgage crisis, the the corner of Gold and Ply- rising cost of oil and the loss of mouth streets in DUMBO. You can also find the application online at: American jobs. “It’s good he’s talking about Later, he presided over a working issues, especially roundtable of small business here,” said Butch Ford of Car- http://schools.nyc.gov/ owners. roll Gardens, who helped in- The hastily scheduled event stall lighting at the speech. surprised even the Windows “This is a working man’s blue-

ChoicesEnrollment/PreK Callan / Tom We Are owners, who weren’t collar neighborhood.” informed that the Arizona sen- After the speech and discus- ator — who is unlikely to win sion, McCain did some retail New York State, but could win campaigning at Verrazano Piz- The deadline to submit public school the presidency — until two za on Fourth Avenue and 91st days ago. Paper The Brooklyn Street, grabbing a slice of pre-Kindergarten applications by mail is “I think they wanted to Bay Ridge’s Windows We Are glass factory hosted likely Re- white pizza with pepperoni show a good example of what publican presidential nominee John McCain (above, cen- — the shop’s biggest seller. Friday, April 18, 2008. a small Bay Ridge family- ter). Later, McCain campaigned with Mayor Bloomberg on “It’s great he’s here,” said Vito owned business is,” said Scott the streets of the borough’s Republican stronghold. Bruno, who ate a slice before Turnbull, manager of the 35- McCain arrived. “Chatting with year-old shop. people is how you get votes.” Of course, there were other “But we can’t figure out for the campaign tricks that That was true for Windows For more information, call theories. “People are politically why he’d speak at a window McCain taught him, he never We Are Manager Turnbull. He active in Bay Ridge, so it’s no store and not at the school would have won the nation’s said that before McCain’s ap- surprise that’s he here,” said across the street.” second most-important job. pearance, he was undecided. 311 or visit Tania Lazala, who gawked at Bloomberg introduced Mc- “I got elected because of “I’m a McCain supporter http://schools.nyc.gov/ the media gawking at McCain. Cain, stating that if it weren’t you,” said Bloomberg, who has now,” he said. ChoicesEnrollment/PreK two men to the cold pavement. leggings on April 4 because she 88th Precinct Details are still murky, but had some brawny backup. police responded to reports of The worker confronted the COPS Fort Greene-Clinton Hill gunfire at 3:10 am between woman outside of the shop, be- Continued from page 4 Concrete jungle Flushing and Park avenues and tween Butler and Douglass streets Henry streets on March 30, Ten young men and women found two victims. at 5:50 pm. In her companion’s snatching two Apple laptops roughed up and robbed a man on Both men were taken to Belle- waistband was a gun, which the while the victim was at work the corner of Washington and vue Hospital, where they were in man displayed before telling the worker, “Don’t think about it.” — sometime between 3 pm and Greene avenues on March 31. stable condition, except for their midnight, cops said. Bandits struck the 36-year-old lips, which were sealed about the Hail of gunfire • A Wythe Avenue apartment victim in the face and knocked shooting. — Mike McLaughlin A man fired a salvo of bullets was burglarized on April 4,while him to the ground at 5:15 pm, at a woman on Baltic Street on the victim slept between 3 and 4 then stole his cellphone. 76th Precinct April 2. The 42-year-old gun- am. Once inside the apartment, Police arrested one suspect, a slinger fired erratically, hitting the 19-year-old man, and recovered Carroll Gardens–Cobble Hill between Metropolitan Avenue victim twice in her leg at 12:45 the victim’s missing glasses. and North Third Street, thieves She’s got legs am. She was taken from the snatched a black Apple laptop Men down! An employee at a retailer on scene, between Hoyt and Bond and a Sony digital camera. Shots rang out in the early Smith Street couldn’t stop a streets, to Lutheran Medical Cen- — Ben Muessig morning of April 6, dropping woman from stealing a pair of ter. — Mike McLaughlin

I paid $3 for this coffee! CHECKIN’ Daniel Radosh inally, a place to get a $3 cup out having to crane your neck. IN WITH... Christian culture chronicler of coffee on Fourth Avenue! THE BROOKLYN Here’s what happens: You place your order (and your FWe all know that the long-run- By Gersh down speedway between Atlantic ANGLE Kuntzman spouse chides you for spending Windsor Terrace writer Daniel Radosh is a good Jew — so in a Avenue and 16th Street has been $3 on a cup of coffee); the sense, he was the perfect person to write “Rapture Ready! Ad- changing rapidly, but I thought it barista grinds the precise ventures in the Parallel Universe of Christian Pop Culture” (Scrib- would take a few more years — cause I’m always suspended, would- amount of beans (30 grams for a Yir- ner). Being a liberal by nature gave him the open mind to really n’t you know?) and buy a package and a few more 12-story condo gacheffe Biloya); then she pours the explore whether Christian rock music, for example, was any of Peruvian shade-grown organic towers — before I would be pay- ground coffee onto a round disc at worse than the stuff we New Yorkers hear on the radio every blueberries — which are so good, the center of the Clover; next, it ing Manhattan prices to drink a cup they taste like strawberries! day. And being a noted journalist — Radosh has had stints at The of joe next to an auto-body shop silently descends into the machine Week and written for The New Yorker, the New York Times, Es- But I digress (which is the point while a tap releases water at the per- and a vacant lot. of buying a $3 cup of coffee, I sup- quire and GQ — gave him the objectivity to explore the vast Of course, this isn’t just any old fect temperature (206 degrees for the pose). The excitement of the sensitive Yirgacheffe Biloya); while world beyond the Old Testament. On the eve of the April 8 pub- cup of coffee. This is coffee freshly grande price for the small coffee is lication date and an April 17 reading at the Park Slope Barnes & brewed, one cup at a time, in a ma- the coffee is brewing (38 seconds is, that Root Hill is one of few places I’m told, ideal for Yirgacheffe Noble, Radosh checked in with Editor Gersh Kuntzman. chine that costs $11,000. in Brooklyn that has the $11,000 Yes, the coffee maker at the Biloya), the barista gives it a few Clover machine — and the last Q: You weren’t just a fish out of water by tred and oppression of my people for cen- Root Hill Café — across from the gentle whisks; and, finally, your cof- place in the borough to get one be- fee is served (and your spouse is now being Jewish, but also being a New York- turies. It was tough to take, so while everyone auto-body shop on Fourth Avenue fore Starbucks bought the compa- your ex-spouse). er. At one point, in fact, a supposedly was demanding crucifixion, I broke with the — costs more than the auto being ny and will no longer sell the ma- The result? No blueberries for good Christian hears that you’re from crowd of Jews and said, “Maybe a flogging is repaired at the auto-body shop on chines to anyone but Starbucks. me, but a great cup of coffee — New York and says, I hope joking, “Get a enough.” I did my best. I hung my head in Fourth Avenue. That’s one of the reasons why richer, thicker and creamier (even rope!” Did being such an outsider to shame. I really hammed it up. Of course, no / Adrian Kinloch “Did you taste the blueberries?” the Clover gets prime space at black) than normal coffee. Christian culture make it harder or easier one in the audience could hear me, because all Maria Bowen, co-owner asked me Root Hill. Not only is it front and It’s about as far from $1 diner to write the book? the dialogue is pre-recorded. But I felt I had after I had downed my first cup of center on the countertop, but coffee as, well, Fourth Avenue is A: I was an outsider, but people were very sent a message! Ethiopia Natural Yirgacheffe Bowen and her partners Michelle from Prospect Park West. open. American culture does get into their Q: Like that Passion play, you said you Biloya. and Andrew Giancola have in- Make that “was.” bubble, so they were all intrigued to meet a found other elements of Christian culture Blueberries? No. When I want stalled a mirror above the machine Root Hill Café (262 Fourth Ave., at Paper The Brooklyn New Yorker. They felt like they had seen New “repugnant.” blueberries, I go to the Park Slope so you can watch it go through its Carroll Street) is open until 7 pm on Our man enjoys a cup of Yirgacheffe brewed in Yorkers on “Seinfeld” and wanted to see if it was real. A: The “Left Behind” books are a good exam- Food Co-op, work a double shift (be- multi-phase brewing process with- weeknights. a machine that costs more than a car. ple. They take a modern scenario and lay on a Q: For me, your book was like a radical right wing agenda — yet make Dale Earnhardt moment. Re- it sound fun and excit- member when he died in 2001, ing for Christians. It’s the New York Times was round- very divisive for the ly criticized for basically ignor- country, and, worse, ing the death of this NASCAR it’s a distortion of what Evicted artists return legend. But his death was a many Christians be- huge thing to millions of lieve. The vast majority Americans. Your book was believes abortion is fun- the same way for me — this damentally wrong, but notion that something is hap- most are not obsessed from ‘matzoh brawl’ pening outside our main- with this issue. They don’t stream that has far more think it’s the core of their consumers than we’re even The artists have still not been allowed back identity. That is what is By Caroline Jackson aware of. I don’t even changing in the next gener- for The Brooklyn Paper into the building, though more than 4,000 people know what the “Left Be- ation and the reason that we After three months of sleeping on their have signed petitions in support of the residents. hind” books are, for in- on the outside should be friends’ couches, the evicted artists of 475 One of those supporters was a curator at the stance. paying attention. If you no- Queens Museum, who offered Masters the op- A: In the book, I used the tice what kids listen to at fes- Kent Ave. are finally back to doing what they portunity to put on an exhibition in that distant do best: putting on an art show. terms “mainstream culture” tivals or the magazines young borough. Excited, Masters and fellow 475 Kent and “Christian culture,” but I Christians are reading, you’ll Roughly two dozen of the more than 200 artists resident Lisa Mordhurst, who has also spent did it reluctantly because in a lot of ways, find that many are opposed to and residents who were kicked out of the illegal months crashing on floors, solicited new work Christian culture is mainstream. The “Left Be- Jesus being hijacked by conser- loft building in January are participat- from their fellow refugees. hind” books sold 65 million and “The Pur- vatives for a political agenda. The look at the ing in a group show, “475 Kent That’s not so easy when most pose-Driven Life” sold 25 million copies. This Religious Right and think, “That’s not me.” is a world that’s extremely important to a vast Lives,” which opened last night in of the would-be participants have Q: Is that why you recently defended the Queens. been studio-less. number of Americans, yet it is off so many people’s radar. position, “Christian rock doesn’t suck” at “I don’t have a lot of stuff [to “I didn’t know what I could a debate? How could you do that? show] because I haven’t been able to do because of the evacuation,” Q: Some Christian culture is quite hip (like A: The better bands are more open minded. work for three months,” said artist said Simon Lee. Fortunately, Lee “Modest is hottest” T-shirts), but some is The problem is that the gatekeepers at the ra- Deborah Masters. “None of us has had a piece “that was very much quite regressive and scary, like the Passion dio stations, who tend to be more conserva- been in the building, so we haven’t about 475,” so he contributed it. play in which you performed. That was tive, only play songs with high “Jesus per been making art.” Lee said the months of sleep- one of my favorite parts of the book. Did minute” counts. But non-Christians should Making art has been a distant concern com- ing on friends’ couches without privacy, a you really try to have your character save Jesus’s life? give this stuff a chance. It would strengthen pared to crashing on her air mattress at a dozen kitchen or a place to work has taken its toll. this part of Christian culture and help the con- friends’ houses while she looked for a better liv- “I think people are beginning to break down,” A: They gave me a set of robes (I had to bring servative fundamentalist strain to wither away. / Jeff Bachner / Jeff ing situation (she eventually convinced her my own sandals) and I found myself in the an- he said. Indeed, some residents have moved out gry mob calling for Jesus’s crucifixion, a scene Q: You hope. acupuncturist to let her stay at his Fort Greene of the building permanently, but Masters says the that has been used as a justification for the ha- A: We live in hope. Didn’t you read the book? apartment while he moved in with his girlfriend). core group is “still 200 strong.” Her vagabone life began on Jan. 20, when the “We still believe in it,” she said. building’s tenants were evacuated by the FDNY “475 Kent Lives” Queens Museum of Art at Daniel Radosh will be reading from his book, “Rapture Ready: Adventures in the Parallel Uni-

The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn verse of Christian Pop Culture,” on Thursday, April 17 at the Barnes and Noble (267 Seventh because an illegal matzo factory was operating in Bulova Corporate Center (75-20 Astoria Blvd., Ave., at Sixth Street in Park Slope), 7:30 pm. Call (718) 832-9066 for info. Deborah Masters is one of the evicted artists of 475 Kent the basement. Closer inspection revealed faulty between 77th Street and the BQE in Astoria), Ave. who are putting on an art show. sprinklers and other violations. April 9–July 13. Free. Call (718) 592-9700 for info. 16 AWP / Ê ,""9 Ê*
* ,ÊUÊ777° ,""9 *
* ,° " ÊUÊ­Ç£n®ÊnÎ{‡™Îxä April 12, 2008 HOME EMPLOYMENT REAL ESTATE NATIONAL IMPROVEMENT CONTINUED FROM BACK PAGE Help Wanted Help Wanted MORTGAGES CLASSIFIEDS INNOVATIVE SPECIAL Rubbish Removal College Aides Reader Advisory: National Trade Associations to which we belong have purchased EDUCATION PRESCHOOL The NYC Department of Buildings the following classifieds. We urge readers to independently verify the value of any Downtown Brooklyn has several paid positions avail- 5.375% MORTGAGE RATE service or product that is advertised below. Note that some advertisers do not able for matriculating college offer “employment” but rather supply manuals, directories and other materials FIVE STAR CARTING INC Serving Children Ages 3-5 years 400,000 Loan = 2,240 per month designed to help establish mail order selling and other businesses at home. Under has opening for bilingual (Spanish) students who are looking to gain NO circumstance should you send any money in advance or give the advertiser RESIDENTIAL & Serving All teachers aide. Prior experience/or valuable work experience. Our (30 year fixed rate) 5.75 APR your checking, license ID, or credit card numbers over the phone. Note that if a College Aides are paid $7.90 - to lower your monthly payments, consolidate your debts, credit repair company does business only over the phone it’s illegal to request any COMMERCIAL of NYC some college credits a +. money before delivering its service. Fax or email resume at $17.93 per hour, depending on 1 fixed rate payment for 30 years. Get out of your adjustable rate. matriculating status and we offer Mortgage Lates ok, lowest fixed rates in 50 Yrs, L31-38 718-624-9739 · [email protected] 
 

  
  flexible hours to accommodate Kingsley School class schedules as well as the 
 



  L18 Reverse Mortgages No Payments Ever possibility of promotion to full- Rates subject to change daily. Monthly payment of 5.36 per 1000.00 borrowed. 
  
  time employment upon gradua- Registered mortgage broker NYS Banking Dept. All loans through 3rd party providers. 
 
 
  The Brooklyn Lab School tion. Responsibilities range from basic clerical tasks to innovative L26 CADNET ADS is seeking teachers and staff in a FAST FREE technical projects, depending on CALL NOW APPLY ONLINE SERVICE ESTIMATE variety of certification areas to begin 718 349-7555 the unit and assignment. All (718) 236-3544 ADVMORTGAGE.COM Adoption Financial September 2008. Visit applicants must be enrolled in an Mention Brooklyn Papers For Special Service Rates In Your Area http://brooklynlabschool.wordpress.com accredited college or university PREGNANT? Consider adoption.YOU choose ERASE BAD CREDIT. See dramatic results in for more information and to apply. and matriculating towards a your baby’s family! Receive pictures/ informa- 60 days! Call now for Free Consultation. APARTMENTS HOUSES tion. Financial assistance. 1-866-236-7638. 1-866-916-8449. L16 degree. To apply, email a cover 24/7. Lic#123021. letter and resume, with JVN # $$$ACCESS LAWSUIT CASH NOW!! Injury PREGNANT? CONSIDERING ADOPTION? Lawsuit dragging? Need $500 - $500,000++ 810-08-001 in the subject line, to For Rent   
 PART TIME New Jersey Talk with caring agency specializing in match- within 48 hours? Call 1-877-386-3692, [email protected]. ing birthmothers with families nationwide. www.casepay.com LIVING EXPENSES PAID. Call 24/7. Abby’s  
  DENTAL ASSISTANT EOE One True Gift Adoptions. 866-910-5610. CW15 CROWN HEIGHTS COLTS NECK Saturdays a must. Health & Fitness Santa Claus Wanted LIMESTONE · 2 FAMILY HOME Country Estate Home on 2.25 Acres Position available ASAP. Call Donna 5 bedroom, 4.5 bath, in ground Automotive   Naturally bearded (Own growth. May be 2 bedroom with Den, Kitchen/ VIAGRA/CIALIS, VIAGRA/CIALIS. 40 for pool with cabana, every amenity $99.00; 40 for $99.00. (718) 622-5144 bleached) for Local Mall. 6–7 week Bath like new, Skylights. HONDAS FROM $500! Police Impounds for www.WESAVEONDRUGS.COM 
L15 possible. A must see! Call for a sale! Many makes/models available. For list- 888-942-2262. promotion. Will train. Must Love No pets. $1450 virtual tour. Zellers Realty. ings call 1-800-706-1759 x 6461 FOOD PREP HELPER Children! Excellent pay. Call owners: 718-858-1423 Maria Green (908) 770-7488 $500 POLICE IMPOUNDS. Cars / Trucks from     L16 $500! For listings 1-800-706-1759 x 6445. Needed for Bensonhurst Dianne or Karen 1-800-969-2440 L18 Income Opportnities
      (Please reference 40 in call) $500! POLICE IMPOUNDS! Cars from $500! pizzeria. Clean up work also. L17 Freehold Township Hondas, Chevys & More! For Listings call EARN UP TO $500 weekly assembling angel         Full time, weekends 800-706-1759 ext.6211 pins at home. No experience required. SEASONAL TENNIS $445,000. Cape, 4 Bdrm, 2 Bath 817-230-4879, www.angelpin.net     
    necessary. Call Apartments & Rooms Direct from Owners! WANTED JAPANESE MOTORCYCLES
  
 126 Robertsville Rd. & Freehold KAWASAKI,1970-1980, Z1-900, KZ900, $$$HELP WANTED$$$ EXTRA INCOME COACHES WANTED No Brokers Fees! Browse & List Open Houses KZ1000, H2-750, H1-500, S1-250, S2-250, assembling CD cases from home. Call our live (718) 621-1260 Free! All Brooklyn and NY Areas. S2-350, S3-400. CASH PAID. 1-800-772-1142. operators NOW. 1-800-267-3944, Ext.5010 W16 NY Junior Tennis League seeks tennis Studios; 4/6, 4/12, 4/20, 4/26 — 1-4pm 1-310-721-0726. www.easywork-greatpay.com players or coaches to work with our chil- 1 or 2 Bd. Rms. $800-$2000 www.FSBD.com/106605 EXPERIENCED CNC WICKLESS CANDLE Company seeking con- dren's programs in 5 boroughs. These are Visit www.Sublet.com For directions (732) 431-0649 sultants nationwide. Low start up, FREE Info 
  CW31-23     MACHINE OPERATORS or call 1-877-367-7368 L17 Business Opportunities pack www.matchlesscandles.com Convenient Brooklyn Army Termi- paid part-time jobs. Spring after school & L31-50 nal Location. Competitive Salary. Summer full day. If you love kids and love Absolutely All Cash! Do you earn $800/day? POST OFFICE NOW HIRING. Avg. $20/hr. Vending route. 30 machines + candy. $9,995. $57K/yr. including Fed. Benefits, OT, placed In Business since 1944. tennis. Fax (718-786-7635) or E-mail 1-800-807-6485. (Void/SD,CT,MD) by Ad Source, not aff.w/USPS who hires. .336##*4) 1-866-483-1057    Fax Resume to (718) 439-4464 ([email protected]) your tennis resume attn: HOUSES PARKING NOW HIRING HOME TYPISTS. $5000 guaran- or Email to: NYJTL HR. teed in 30 days. Apply online: GET PAID $10 TO $40 PER HOUR! Take wiggbyprecision.prodigy.net W15 www.Job861.com Surveys Online. FREE. No charge. No Sign Up Tree Service L15 For Sale Brooklyn Fee! Start Today! www.FastFreeSurveys.com FREE CASH GRANTS/PROGRAMS! $700 - Cleaning Volunteers Needed $800,000++ **2008** NEVER REPAY! for organization that donates service for cancer Personal/Medical Bills, Business, School/ L32-12 Vendors Wanted CANARSIE 3 BR DUPLEX MONTHLY PARKING House. Almost Everyone qualifies! Live Miscellaneous GREEN LEAF Park Slope Flea Market. victims. Background check & drug free. Operators! AVOID DEADLINES! Listings, Semi-detached · Quiet Neighborhood 1-800-270-1213, Ext. 279 (718) 383-0875 L22 CARS & TRUCKS MEMORY FOAM Thera-Peutic NASA High traffic area. Near Shopping · Schools Mattress: Q-$399, K-$499. Free Delivery. TREE REMOVAL $300,000 Lot access 7 days a week. Warranty. 1-888-287-5337. (60 night trial) 88 Ninth Street To advertise on www.mattressdr.com & LANDSCAPING Call Glenda for a private appointment. 88 9th St. (near Smith St.) COMPUTERS this page, call FREE Magic Poster. Space Images, Stars, s Exotic Shrubs s Tree Care (718) 788-0880 Caviar Real Estate A NEW COMPUTER NOW. Brand new Galaxies appear only at night. Stars twinkle Trees/Evergreens Tree Removal L16 (718) 834-9350 ext 109 718-788-0880 PC-LAPTOP. Bad or NO credit - OK. Low pay- and glimmer. Galactic Illusion. s s ments 1-800-624-1557. s Rock Gardens s Stump Grinding- (718) 855-4874 ER36 L15 www.CosmicCathedrals.com s New Lawns, Pruning BRAND NEW COMPUTER. BAD or NO Credit. WIN $5000 just for your opinion! Tell compa- No problem. Brand Name laptops & desk- nies what you think of their products & you Seeding & Sod s Complete Garden tops. Smallest weekly payments available. It’s can win $5000! Go to www.doasurvey.now. s Top Soil Center yours NOW. 800-932-4501 com AGENTS & BROKERS NOW! s Lot Cleaning DELL LAPTOPS and VIZIO HDTVs, NO CREDIT PROFESSIONAL CHECK, NO GIMMICKS, Guaranteed approv- $$CASH$$ - Immediate cash for structured FREE ESTIMATES LICENSED & INSURED al. Low payments. 800-376-9763 Settlements, Annuities, Lawsuits, Inheritances, Brooklyn Mortgage Notes & Cash Flows. J.G. 718 - CUTTREE | 718-451-1300 Wentworth #1. 1-800-794-7310. SERVICES We Know Brooklyn Best Education High School Diploma! Graduate in 4 weeks! Real Estate Rubbish Removal Upholstery CALL TOLL FREE NOW! 1-866-308-2165, All Points Real Estate Ext.503 www.southeasternHS.com HOMES FROM $10,000! Foreclosures for sale! Accounting / Tax Service A full-service brokerage matching property owners 1-4 bedrooms available! For listings call HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA! Fast, affordable, 800-706-1762 ext.6887 GREG’S EXPRESS 1&3'&$5
506$) with prospective tenants and buyers accredited. FREE brochure. Call now! 1-800-532-6546, ext. 532 RUBBISH REMOVAL %&$03"5034 Specializing in Brooklyn’s Brownstone Neighborhoods. www.continentalacademy.com TEXAS LAND LIQUIDATION! 20-acres Near We Do All The Loading & Clean-Up Booming El Paso. Good road access. ONLY $14,900, $200/down, $145 per mo. Money Old Furniture & Appliances ÊÊÊU ÀœœŽÞ˜Êiˆ} ÌÃÊ ÊU >ÀÀœÊ>À`i˜ÃÊ U*>ÀŽÊ-œ«i Back Guarantee. No credit checks. Office, Home & Yard Clean-Ups 30 yrs experience U Serving the 5 Boros Taxes 1st Hour FREE ÊÊÊU œÀiՓʈÊ ÊU*ÀœÃ«iVÌÊiˆ} ÌÃÊ UœÀÌÊÀii˜i Financial 1-800-755-8953, www.sunsetranches.com Construction & Renovation Debris ~ Free Estimates ~ ANY FINANCIAL OR TAX CONSULTATION Single Items To Multiple Truckloads ÊÊÊU œLLiʈÊÊ ÊU ˆ˜Ìœ˜ÊˆÊ U i`‡-ÌÕÞ VACATION RENTALS Adirondack Lakefront BURIED IN CREDIT CARD DEBT. We can save • On-Time Service • Up-Front Rates Uʈۈ˜}Àœœ“ÊÕÀ˜ˆÌÕÀi ÊÊÊU >ÃÌÊ7ˆˆ>“ÃLÕÀ}É Õà ܈VŽ° Cabin! May special! Boat, great fishing, hiking, • Clean, Shiny Trucks E-file & get your refund direct deposited in 2 weeks you thousands & lower your monthly pay- fireplace, 4/days- $395! Weeks available, • Friendly, Uniformed Drivers UʈÌV i˜ÊEÊ ˆ˜ˆ˜}ÊÊÊ ments! Call the Debt Relief Hotline for your www.shelteredlakes.com, or call FREE consultation. 800-399-2410. Commercial Stores Welcome! ÊÊ >ˆÀÃÊ · Personal Service · E-file · Income Tax · Partnerships Check out our inventory: ALLPOINTSRE.COM 727-937-0712 Demolition UÊ iÜÊœ>“Ê Õà ˆœ˜Ã · Corporate Taxes · 20 + Yrs. Experience DO YOU OWE the IRS more than $10,000? All Size Containers UÊ-ˆ«VœÛiÀà All Points Real Estate Our aggressive IRS negotiations save clients MILLIONS of dollars. NATIONS TAX RELIEF - Serving the Community UÊ7ˆ˜`œÜÊ/Ài>̓i˜Ìà 80 Livingston St. (near Court Street) A less taxing life! 800-897-7417: Wanted to Buy Member Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce ÊÊÊEÊ6iÀ̈V>Ã J. ORLANDO & CO. www.nationstaxrelief.com (718) 858-6100 WANTED! OLD GIBSON LES PAUL GUITARS! Prompt & Professional • 24hr - 7 days UÊ/>LiÊ*>`à E31-18 CONSOLIDATE BILLS. Good/Bad Credit Especially 1950’s models! Fender, Gibson, (800) MR-RUBBISH ACCOUNTANT Welcome. $2500-$200,000. No application Martin, Gretsch, D’Angelico, Rickenbacker, fees. Save Money Now! Solutions for all your Stromberg, Ephiphone. (1900- 1970’s) TOP (800) 677-8224 (718) 263-8383 financial needs. 1-866-677-2455. DOLLAR PAID! Old FENDER AMPS! It’s easy. CELL 917-416-8322 L31-36 Call (718) 288-2292 www.PaylessSolutions.com Call toll free 1-866-433-8277 CALL TODAY. Lic: BIC-1180 Fully Insured 10th year with The Brooklyn Papers By appointment, at your home or office L15 CW31-25 Tree Service Storage Attorneys Eladia Realty EVERGREEN TREE & Specializing in the Purchases and Sales of Residential Property SHRUB INC. CLASSIFIED AVE NEED EXTRA SPACE? Tree removal, topping, prun- Brooklyn man falls from ladder ning, trimming, stump removal, grinding. Bucket truck. $1.6 million verdict! FULTON STREET CLINTON HILL Lic./Insur. Comm/resid. Bronx man recovers $3 million Autos Income Oportunities Private Storage Free estimates. LUXURY CONDOS LUXURY CONDOS s for injuries in construction accident! $500! POLICE IMPOUNDS! Cars/Trucks/SUVS $334 DAILY: Data entry positions available Rooms in Every Call Carlos 888-727-3235 1-2 Br. from 390K Lr. 1-2 Br. from 449K from $500! Hondas, Chevys, Jeeps, Fords and now. Internet access needed. Income is guar- Size! WM 31-20 more! For Listings Call 800-706-1759 ext. anteed. No experience required. Apply Today. Miller & Campson 6181 www.datahomeworker.com s Unbeatable Prices! Excellent Loc. Excellent Loc. s Free Moving! Windows DONATE YOUR CAR to SPECIAL KIDS FUND. SECRET SHOPPERS NEEDED For Store Call 1-866-MY FIRM 1 Help Disabled Children With Camp and Evaluations. Get paid to shop. Local Stores, s Unlimited FREE Education. Non-Runners OK. Quickest Free Restaurants & Theaters. Training Provided, Access! Personal injury attorneys Towing. Free Cruise/Hotel Voucher. Flexible Hours. 1-800-585-9024 ext 6600 BOERUM HILL PROSPECT PARK Tax Deductible. Call 1-866-448-3254. (Void in Maryland) s Open 7 Days a Week! Simon’s 377 Broadway, 8th Floor NY, NY 10013 s Rooms Start at $7/Month! POST OFFICE NOW HIRING! Avg. Pay $20/ Window Cleaning Co. 1-212-941-0792 LUXURY CONDOS LUXURY CONDOS hour or $57K/yr. including Fed. Benefits and FULLY INSURED Business Opportunities OT. Placed by adSource, not Aff. w/ USPS who 160 John St. in DUMBO www.millercampson.com 1-2 Br. from 499K 1-2 Br. from 339K hires. 1-866-497-0989 10 years of experience ****$700.-$800,000 FREE CASH GRANTS/ (718) 519-8282 W31-28 ASSEMBLE MAGNETS & CRAFTS FROM Free in-house estimates Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome PROGRAMS!-2008! Never Repay! Personal Tax Abated/Low CC Tax Abated/Low CC HOME! Year-round Work! Excellent Pay! No www.tuckitaway.com Apartments and houses bills, School, Business/Housing. AS SEEN ON L20 Experience! Top US Company! Glue Gun, Professional, spotless job T.V. Live Operators. Listings 1-800-274-5086 Painting, Jewelry & More! TOLL FREE Ext. 240 Tidiness and thoroughness 1-866-844-5091, code 2 BROKER'S FEE ALL CASH CANDY ROUTE Do you earn $800 SLOPE STORAGE SERVING ALL 5 BOROUGHS Trusts, Estates, Wills, Proxies ON ALL EXCLUSIVE LISTINGS Drivers: A Nat’l Company is now accepting 4% in a day? Your own local candy route. Includes applications for Class “A” drivers. No Exp. 88 9TH ST. Tel: 917-251-4450 30 Machines and Candy. All for $9,995 Needed. Training Available! 1-866-619-6081. 800-893-1185 VOID IN SD AD#3160 12 month contract, get one month Fax: 347-374-4514 L31-22 Free Consultation Available at 254 Flatbush Avenue (between St. Marks & Prospect Pl.) FREE!! Safe, secure storage units with EARN LARGE PROFITS Pre-settlement lawsuit *LIFETIME INCOME* No investment. Not get 24 hr watchmen. (718) 230-7560 · (718) 230-7563 FAX funding industry. Resourceful Entrepreneur! rich quick. Credit Card processor seeking QUALITY Great Business pportunity, 2-day Seminar professional “Outside Sales” individuals. P.O. Boxes Available LAW OFFICES OF Peter G. Gray, P.C. EMAIL: [email protected] Dates, Locations, Syllabus. AmericanLFI.com, Unlimited residual commission. $17billion L31-42 800-431-0364 American Lawsuit Funding Inst.

GRAND OPENING industry. 1-866-474-4144 businessopp@veri- REPLACEMENT Seminar Investment- $5,995 transllc.com www.veritransllc.com (718) 788-0880 L15 WINDOWS & REPAIRS Advertise your product or service nationwide Cool Travel Job!!! One Month paid Training! Repair ALL TYPES of or by region in up to 14 million households in $500 Sign on Bonus. Must be free to travel & (718) 237-2023 North America’s best suburbs! Place your clas- Start Today. 1-800-735-7409 windows, insulated glass, Fort Greene sified ad in over 1000 suburban newspapers ADS WORK! just like this one. Call Classified Avenue at Elderlaw • Probate • Estate Litigation • Deed Transfers Help Wanted Earn Extra Income, assembling balances, locks and screens. 888-486-2466 or go to SAVE CUSTOM WINDOW Knowledgeable. 25 + years experience. Discretion. If you are CD cases from home. Start immediately, No Place your classified Medicaid Planning • Home and Hospital Visits Available www.classifiedavenue.net experience necessary. 1-800-341-6573 ext advertisement today and ENERGY INSTALLATION buying or selling in Fort Greene & Clinton Hill, I can smooth 1395 www.easywork-greatpay.com Fully licensed & Insured 189 Montague Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201 RUN YOUR OWN BIZ, Pt time earn $100k+, watch your business grow. the bumps, avoid obstacles and get to the close on time. Training & Support, Start-up $4k, Earn up to $500 weeky assembling our angel Call (718) 834-9350 Reasonable Rates L31-37 877.239.0361 pins in the comfort of your own home. No experience required. Call 1-813-944-2940 or Call 718-227-8787 Brand NEW COMPUTER Bad or NO Credit - visit www.angelpin.net L31-34 No Problem. Brand name laptops and desk- Kathryn Lilly tops. Smallest weekly payments avail. It’s LEGAL NOTICES Yours Now Call 1-800-961-7754 Associate Broker Miscellaneous Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 28th ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS! HOW TO day of March, 2008, bearing Index Number N00275/2008, a copy of which may be examined Prudential Douglas Elliman GET UNSECURED BUSINESS LINES OF CREDIT! $50,000-$500,000 “Underwriting GET A NEW COMPUTER Brand Name laptops LEGAL NOTICES at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, 156 Montague Street & desktops Bad or NO Credit - No Problem Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me the right to assume the name of Secrets” Book $59.99 Sale: $34.95 (Code Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 21st 718-780-8174 5K942) “Do it Yourself Guide” or We’ll Find smallest weekly payments avail. its yours day of March, 2008, bearing Index Number N00251/2007, a copy of which may be examined Demetrace Edwards. My present name is Female McKinney, aka Demetrace Edwards. My you Funding! JTB Associates, LLC Your NOW- Call 1-800-618-3765 at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, present address is 1148 Rogers Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11226. My place of birth is Tucson, cell 718-614-5542 fax 917-369-2503 Funding Solutions Provider 1-800-450-1652 MEMORY FOAM THERA-PEUTIC NASA- Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me the right to assume the name of Arizona. My date of birth is December 17, 1974. [email protected] www.JTBAssociates.com FGCH15 [email protected] VISCO MATTRESSES WHOLESALE! As Seen Antoinette Clark. My present name is Female Clark, a/k/a Antoinette Clark. My present www.elliman.com/kal On TV. Twin $299, Full $349, Queen- $399, address is 1483 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY 11213. My place of birth is Brooklyn, NY. My King $499. All sizes available! Dormia- date of birth is June 13, 1960. BP15 Notice of formation of LKPETECO LLC. Arts. of Org. Comfortaire Electric adjustables $799.00 FREE A31-19 Education & Training DELIVERY. 25-Year Warranty. 60 night Trial. Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 12th filed w/SSNY 11/08/07. Location Kings County. 1-800-ATSLEEP (1-800-287-5337) day of March, 2007, bearing Index Number N500208/2008, a copy of which may be exam- www.mattressdr.com Purpose: any lawful activity. SSNY designated as MEDICAL ASSISTANTS - Earn Medical ined at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Florida Management Associate degree Online from A NEW COMPUTER NOW! Brand Name Bad Street, Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me the right to assume the name of agent of LLC upon whom process against it shall be Home. Job placement assistance. Computer or NO Credit- No Problem Smallest weekly Najuma Talibah Burke. My present name is Najuma Talibah Sparkes, a/k/a Najuma Talibah available. Financial Aid if qualified. Call payments avail. Call NOW 1-800-317-7891 866-858-2121 www.onlineTidewaterTech.com Burke. My present address is 305 Martense St., Apt. 1E, Brooklyn, NY 11226. My place of served. SSNY shall mail a copy of any process to: 408 $125+ CASH & $1000 GROCERY COUPONS birth is Brooklyn, NY. My date of birth is October 22, 1985. BP15 If you’ve been waiting, the time is now... AIRLINES ARE HIRING- Train for high paying for unwanted cars. Tax Receipt available, No St. Johns Place, 2C, Brooklyn, NY 11238. BP10-15 Aviation Maintenance Career. FAA approved Papers OK ESPANOL 1-888-899-5176 Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 7th program. Financial aid if qualified- Job place- day of April, 2008, bearing Index Number N00298/2008, a copy of which may be examined SUMMONS. Supreme Court of the State of New York - County of Kings -Index No. 3169/07 File Date - FLORIDA IS ON SALE! ment assistance. Call Aviation Institute of Maintenance (888)349-5387 at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, 1/26/07. State Farm Insurance Company (Plaintiff) against MILEIKA BELL, JOFFRE GREGORY, TWO Real Estate Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me the right to assume the name of Zari BROTHERS SERVICE, JULES CELESTIN, WINFLEN BUNN and DAVID THORTON (Defendants). To The Esaian. My present name is Kimberly Esaian. My present address is 187 Franklin Ave., Above Named Defendants: You are hereby summoned to answer the Complaint of this action and to serve www.nyfraninflorida.com a copy of your Answer, or if the Complaint is not served with this Summons to serve a Notice of 5bd 2ba Home only $35,000! Payments from Brooklyn, NY 11205. My place of birth is Queens, NY. My date of birth is February 22, Financial $199/mo! More 1-4bd Foreclosed Homes Appearance, on the plaintiff’s attorney within twenty (20) days and in case of your failure to appear or 1980. Available from $199mo! For Listings & Info OP15 answer, a judgment will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the Complaint. To The Fran Rizzuto, Realtor CREDIT REPORT PROBLEMS 800-505-3077 800-482-9126 Above Named Defendants: The foregoing Summons is served upon you by publication pursuant to an Permanently Improve Your Credit Reports Notice is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 25th Order of Sylvia O. Hinds-Raddix, a Justice of Supreme Court, Kings County and other papers in the Kings Even After Bankruptcy FREE CONSULTATION 1-4BD HOMES FROM $199/MO! 3bd 2ba day of March, 2008, bearing Index Number N00215/2008, a copy of which may be examined Prudential Florida WCI Realty 800-505-3077 Home only $300mo! 2bd 1ba Home only County Clerk’s Office, Brooklyn, New York. The action seeks a judicial determination that State Farm is not at the Office of the Clerk, located at CIVIL COURT, KINGS COUNTY, 141 Livingston Street, $200/mo! 5%dn, 20yrs @8%APR. For Litings & obligated to provide a defense and/or indemnification to defendants, MILEIKA BELL, WINFLEN BUNN and Wellington/West Palm Beach **FREE CASH GRANTS/PROGRAMS** Info 800-482-9126 Brooklyn, New York 11201, in room 007, grants me the right to assume the name of Lorie DAVID THORTON, or to pay any sums, monies, damages, awards and/or benefits to any of the defendants $25,000++ **2008** NEVER REPAY! Personal, Ellen Ryan. My present name is Lorie Ellen Sevara, a/k/a Lorie Ellen Kancal, a/k/a Lorie Ellen arising from automobile accident on May 11, 2004. Dated: March 21, 2008. Nicolini, Paradise, Ferretti & (561) 307-0471 Medical Bills, Business, School/House. Almost Got A Foreclosure? Sleep Well Tonight & Save everyone qualifies! Live Operators. Avoid Ozel. My present address is 8646 Ft. Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11209. My place of Sabella. 114 Old Country Road, Suite 500. Mineola, New York 11501 (516) 741-6355 Your Credit! www.GotaForeclosure.com BP 14-17 Deadlines! Listings 1-800-785-9615 Ext. 239 800-940-5438 24 hours birth is Binghampton, NY. My date of birth is October 14, 1962. BR15 email: [email protected] L20 $$$ ACCESS LAWSUIT CASH NOW!!! AS seen Tennessee- Affordable lake properties on pris- Notice of Formation of Erma Realty, LLC; Arts., of on TV. Injury Lawsuit Dragging? Need tine 34,000 acre Norris Lake. Over 800 miles Notice of Formation of MLVM Washing LLC; Arts $500-$500,000++ within 48/hrs? Low rates. of shoreline. Call Lakeside Realty TODAY! Org., filed with NY Sec. of State (“SSNY”) APPLY NOW BY PHONE! 1-888-271-0463 888-291-5253 or visit www.lakesiderealty-tn.com Org., filed with NY Sec. of State ("SSNY") www.cash-for-cases.com 05/20/2002. Office in Kings County; SSNY desig- Over 100 Services on our 9/04/2007. Office in Kings County; SSNY desig- nated agent for service of process with copy Wanted To Buy nated agent for service of process with copy Classified & Home Income Oportunities mailed to E. Robert Goodkind, Esq., c/o Pryor ********WANTED- COMIC BOOK ORIGINAL mailed to The LLC, 1274 49th Street, PMB #302, Improvement Sections GOVERNMENT JOBS $12-$48/hr Full ART...!!! Private collector looking to purchase Cashman LLP, 410 Park Avenue, 10th Fl., New Benefits/Paid Training. Work available in areas original hand-drawn black and white artwork like Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, used to produce comic books and strips (DC, Brooklyn, NY 11219, All lawful business purposes. York, NY 10022, All lawful business purposes. 100 Wildlife and more! 1-800-320-9353 ext 2002 Marvel,etc)...CASH PAID! (631)-848-5647 BP11-16 BP 10-15 17 AWP / Ê ,""9 Ê*
* ,ÊUÊ777° ,""9 *
* ,° " ÊUÊ­Ç£n®ÊnÎ{‡™Îxä April 12, 2008 HOME IMPROVEMENT Architects Carpentry Cleaning Services Contractors Demolition Exterminator Movers (Licensed)

est. AWARD WINNING / LICENSED General Cleaning Services Carpentry Plus Ready, Willing & Able 1994 AFEDERAL EXTERMINATING, LTD. Homes · Offices ARCHITECT & UÊ œÃiÌÃÊUʈÌV i˜ÃÊUÊ- iiÌÊ,œVŽÊ Home Improvement, Inc. ANT TERMITEL INTERIOR DESIGNER 7>ÃÊUÊ/>«ˆ˜}Ê̜Êvˆ˜ˆÃ ÊUÊ*>ˆ˜Ìˆ˜}ÊUÊ Floor Stripping & Waxing “No Job Too Big or Too Small” & EXCAVATION MOVING YOUR WAY · From Conception to Completion >À`ܜœ`ʏœœÀÃÊUÊ7>Ê1˜ˆÌÃÊ Carpet Shampooing · Windows Residential, Commercial, Manufacturing Kitchens, Baths, Basements, UÊ7ˆ˜`œÜʘÃÌ>>̈œ˜ÊUÊ/ˆiÊ7œÀŽ Hassle Free Rubbish Removal RESIDENTIAL & Alterations & New Buildings Special Recession Pricing Steel Entry Doors, Sheetrock, COMMERCIAL · Realistic Estimates & Time Schedules Dependable with references ZYPHERSON CORP. Windows, Painting, Siding, Licensed Bonded & insured Moving co T33315 584 6th Av · Construction Management - Kevin (718) 331-9251 (516) 523-3925 Since 1969 Father & Son A31-28 L26 Extensions, Roofing & More FREE ESTIMATES!! General Contracting Owned and Operated LICENSED/ INSURED · Expediting Approvals & Permits (718) 236-9466 www.NMDemolition.com COMPLETE PEST CONTROL Departing of Buildings & Landmarks Lic. # FREE ESTIMATES Insured Difficult Termite Problems Est. 1980 · Zoning Analysis & Property Potential Cleaning Services 1266064 Office: 6419 Bay Parkway (718) 965-8024 – Our Specialty “Old Fashioned Irish Cleaning” Te 718-788-4920 L31-37 A31_18  
"

"
  Martin della Paolera ENLIGHTENED Specializing in: 
"

"
  ARCHITECT UÊ
Ê* >ÃiÃʜvÊ œ“iÃ̈VÊ-iÀۈVi  
"

"
  CLEANING SERVICE, INC. Free Estimate & Box Delivery 65 Saint Felix St. B'klyn NY 11217 UÊ,iÈ`i˜Ìˆ>Ê>˜`Ê œ““iÀVˆ> LICENSED & INSURED C Electricians TEL (718) 596-2379 omplete Cleaning Gift Certificates Available FREE ESTIMATES [email protected] Move Out/Move in Clean-up  L31-14    POSITIVELY LOWEST PRICES! WM31-20 259-8799 Office · Residential · General JOHN E. LONERGAN L34 “Let us maintain your hallways” SUPER CLEAN 718-573-4165 MAINTENANCE CORP    Licensed Electrician Roofing Bath Tile & Kitchen Bonded and Insured 

 

    Floor Maintenance L31-23 $99 Clean-out Specials (most homes)  $50 Gutter Cleaning Residential Remodeling (718) 875-6100 Richards Cleaning Service $4 Windows Cleaning Specialists John (212) 475-6100 Residential & Office Cleaning Yard & Leaf Clean-ups Complete Home Interior FREE Costelloe (516) 974-8488 and kitchen remodeling L31-20 Hardwood Floors Installation · Sanding · Refinishing Plumbing and Tile Work. Toilets, First 3 hrs. only $40 Licensed Insured License# 1207599 ESTIMATES L28 All work Guaranteed faucets and shower bodies replaced. View previous projects @ 718-265-2804 Exterminator Free Estimates Emergency Service Specializing in tile jobs – large and small. www.knockoutrenovation.com  
 

  
 [email protected] 718-972-1984 24 Hours John Costelloe (718) 768-7610 A31-15 718-745-0722 L31_37 L31-28L31-04 USA EXTERMINATORS Lic#1269932 Bonded L31-27 Tear Off Specialist RESIDENTIAL · COMMERCIAL Decks “Safest Methods Used” Hot Tar & Bathroom & Kitchen Tile Environmentally Responsible MASTER FLOORING · Termite · Flea Control · Roaches Hot Tar Coatings Cleaning Service INSTALLATION · SANDING · FINISHING · Rats · Bed Bugs · Wasps · Moths All kinds of Hardwood Floors & Lamination OUR MOTTO: Residential · Commercial · Bats · Hornets · Ticks · Bees · Rodent Why Replace When You Can Restore? Post Construction · Maid Service DECKS Wooden Stairs · Handrail “Get The Job Done Right Proofing · Squirrels · Termite Inspections Manufacturing · Installation Repairs REJUVENATE YOUR BATHROOM Building Maintenance · Carpet & Upholstery by Bart FHA, VA Inspections The 1st Time!” Move in-Move out Reasonable Pricing · Expert Refinishing of Bathrooms, Post-Construction Clean up TERMITE (646) 523-7084 L31-15 STORM DAMAGE Wall Tile, Sink & Floors EXPERTS We Will Deal With Your $25 OFF (718) 626-8750 Licensed & Insured · Refinished Like New & Ready to greenapplemaids.com Kells Insurance Company Use In Just 24 Hours 2//&s'!2$%.s4%22!#%  Any Service Insured ~ Bonded L32-01 Wood Floors Senior Citizen Discount Free Estimates Senior Citizen Discount · TAKES ONE DAY! Hardwood Floors Installed & Repaired 10% Off Call Bart: $15 OFF Any Initial Visit L23 UÊ->˜`ˆ˜}ÊEÊ,ivˆ˜ˆÃ ˆ˜} Flat Roofs · Shingles Clock Restoration 15+ years experience UÊ ÕÃ̜“Ê œœÀÃÊEÊ iÈ}˜Ã PREMIER BATHS, INC. ÀiiÊ Ã̈“>ÌiÃÊ  -1, Slate · Tile · Shakes Licensed , Insured Bonded We build year round Lic. # 0674181 1-866-399-8827 L31-14 Call Phillip (347) 531-6156 Gutters · Leaders · Copper CLOCK RESTORATION, LTD. Plan Ahead ADS WORK! [email protected] Place your classified L19 www.premierbathsinc.com for Special Savings Fine clocks and mechanical (718) 284-8053 advertisement today and antiques bought, sold and 800-YES-4-DECK repaired. Work guaranteed. watch your business grow. Gardening Design Assist./Archit. Enginr. Call (718) 834-9350 Cleaning Services References Available www.decksbybart.com Don Yule (718) 857-9831 W31-26 It’s Spring! 718-457-2864 CLEANGREENMAIDS [email protected] L21 Wake up your garden L21 Decks Garden Service BECAUSE LIFE IS FOR LIVING Contractors Annuals, perrennials, installations, Movers (Licensed) maintenance, general clean-up, Painting Brownstone, Terraces, Yards, Co-ops The 1st & only “Cleaning for a Reason” in the NYC area. TIMELESS CONSTRUCTION Licensed Bonded & Insured Environmentally safe cleaning practices. Premium earth - AND RESTORATION, INC. 718-753-9741 A-1 JAYS WAY MOVING people - pet friendly products. Consistently deep & W32-21 Family owned and operated for Continuing two generations of 3 generations. For the lowest detailed cleans. Personalized Cleaning Plans. fine craftsmanship in the rates and best quality moving Residential. downtown Brooklyn area. 1X · WEEKLY · BI-MONTHLY · CLEAN-INS/OUTS Handyman give us a call. Commercial. Interior. COMPLETE INTERIOR RENOVATIONS & RESTORATION Experienced & Reliable. · Complete Rehabs· Custom Work Exterior. 10% DISCOUNT-YEARLY CONTRACTS UÊ,œœvÊ iVŽÃ 2149 E. 72nd. St. DOT#32149 · Kitchens · Baths· Finished Basements UÊ iVŽÊ,iv>Vˆ˜} BIC, INC Includes 2 Detailed Green Deluxe Cleans (New Clients Only) · Painting · Plastering UÊ*œœÊ iVŽÃ You don't pay a dime until UÊ/ÀiÝÊ >ÃÞÊ >Ài 718-763-1435 L31-24 · All Floors & Tile· Finished Carpentry UÊ>À`i˜Ê iVŽÃ Windows · Doors · Painting Gift Certificates Available · L22 the job's complete. Over 20 yrs. with The Brooklyn Paper UÊ iVŽÊ,iÃ̜À>̈œ˜ UÊ
° °+°Ê*ˆ˜i License#HIC1099974 and Insured UÊ>À`ܜœ`à Brick Work · Concrete Call (718) 383-0875 UÊ*œÜiÀÊ7>à ˆ˜} Kitchens · Bathrooms Painting 718-858-8588 718-979-0913 L32_01 UÊ-ՎŽ> à UÊ*°6° °Ê iVŽˆ˜} ~ Ask for Bobby ~ 347-731-4464 L22 (718) 529-2244 Master Plasterer/Painter Call Anthony to schedule Contractors CUSTOM DECKS FROM START TO FINISH (917) 825-6357 www.1800983deck.com · 1-800-983-DECK · 718-227-2629 L25 Old Walls Saved your free estimate. E37A<3@ÂA Repair, Install, Moldings, Locally Owned & Operated FLOOR L31-46 CALL NED Skim Coats SANDING 7ÃÌiÀˆ˜}ÊUÊ- iiÌÀœVŽ Excellent References ALSO s Kitchen & iÀ>“ˆVÊ/ˆiÊUÊ >À«i˜ÌÀÞ Y&R Competitive PROFESSIONAL (718) 834-0470 Painting CONTRACTORS AVAILABLE Bathroom Tiles We understand how hard it is to find a i“i˜ÌÊ7œÀŽÊUÊ*>ˆ˜Ìˆ˜} L32/13 s General Construction 7>«>«iÀÊUÊFREE ESTIMATES ÕÃ̜“ÊܜÀŽÊUÊ*>ˆ˜Ìˆ˜}ÊUÊ >À«i˜ÌÀÞÊUÊÊ L31-39 great electrician who values your time. *>ÃÌiÀˆ˜}ÊUÊ,i“œ`iˆ˜}ÊU s Carpentry PRIDE & QUALITY 7>«>«iÀÊ >˜}ˆ˜}ÉÀi“œÛ> Broken or Missing 718-871-1504A31-30 s Painting ) We charge by the job, not by the hour PAINTING 21 Yrs in Business · Fully Insured Specializing in High End ) Our trucks are stocked with thousands of parts, (347) 729–0202 Balusters/Spindles so 90% of the work is done on the spot. KBM Handyman Services · Walls Restored · Ceilings Resurfaced (646) 220–6368 Tile Installation ) Technicians specializing in repair and upgrades >Ì Àœœ“ÃÊUÊ >À«i˜ÌÀÞ Mildew & Water Damage L18 Weak or Broken Steps /ˆˆ˜}ÊUÊ iVŽÃÊUÊ7ˆ˜`œÜà of older homes built before 1980 (Treads, Stringers or Risers) œœÀˆ˜}ÊUÊ,œœvˆ˜}ÊUÊ œœÀà - FREE ESTIMATES - 347-543-3450 Saturday appointments available. *>ˆ˜Ìˆ˜}ÊUÊ-Ì>ˆÀV>Ãià L21 ) *ˆ«ˆ˜}ÊUÊi>̈˜} (718) 701-3016 Plastering ) 100% money back guarantee. 6ˆœ>̈œ˜ÃÊ,i“œÛi` L18 Call: 718-893-4006 ) Mention this ad and save $25. FREE ESTIMATE Gaudioso (718) 763-0379 Expert Plastering Christopher John Call 718-389-9898 licensed and insured Contracting Inc. L20 Ornamental Plastering Electrical Inc. www.ChristJon.com #USTOM0AINTINGs&AUX&INISHES Complete Interior L32-01 All Your Handyman Needs 3TRIPPING2EFINISHINGOF&INE(ARDWOOD EAGLE CONTRACTORS Renovations Excellent References Painting · Plastering %STs&REE%STIMATES Licensed & Insured Gardening GENERAL RENOVATIONS Sheetrock · Doors · Etc. Demetrious You don't pay a dime Quality Work · Dependable Service (718) 783-4868 L32 ((Interior & Exterior (( until the job's complete. No Job Too Small ~ Free Estimates Carpentry · Kitchens · Bathrooms · Plastering Call Anthony Call Stan 347-623-1578 Plumbing L31-18 Painting · Roofing · Waterproofing 718-858-8588 Stucco · Brick & Concrete Work 347-731-4464 NEIGHBORHOOD Locally Owned & Operated Iron Works Sewer & Drain Cleaning License # L31-41 Plumbing 904813 FREE ESTIMATES Insured L31-16 IRON WORKS  
#
 
#
 
   L31-46   
#

  (718) 686-1100 L32-11 ADS WORK! Free Estimates SUNSHINE 
#
  "
 ! Place your classified Design, Installation and Maintenance Window Guards Gates 745-7727 or 848-5654 PAINTING RESTORATION 


 
 advertisement today and A31_29 L23 Urban Garden Specialists Cellar Doors & Repairs watch your business grow. COMPANY Call (718) 834-9350 (718) 922.2900 L31-26 718-602-2819 25 YEARS www.ironworkny.com CUSTOMIZED SERVICE Roofing [email protected] | CandCLandscape.com L31-39  / ,",ÊUÊ 8/ ,", CONSTRUCTION Licensed & Insured Kitchens (866) 748 –6990 DANNY’S YRS NO JOB TO SMALL OR TOO LARGE Custom Doors 15 EXP www.sunshinepaintingny.com ROOFING CORP · Bathroom · Kitchens · Attics · Finished Basements also online at brooklynpaper.com All types of roofing. Waterproofing. · Roofing · Plumbing · Electrical · Masonry Commercial/Residential · Fully Insured ...creating a perfect kitchen Call (718) 477-1777 718-321-1383 View our work at R.F.K. 718-490-8170 kitchenologyny.com Interior Finishes, LLC. or (917) 446-5555 Showroom at 4212 Third Avenue license #1086045 - Fully Insured L19 www.florioconstruction.net Drywall · Taping — WE DO IT ALL! — (718) 965-4900 L31-38 Skimcoats · Painting Commercial · Residential · Industrial (718) 855-4415 BENSON Locksmith Insured ROOFING CHRIS MULLINS Free Estimates Home Improvement · Specializing in Roofs · Rubberized Roof · SBS Cold Process GENERAL CONTRACTING LOCKSMITH · Shingle Roofs · New Roofs · Gutters · Leaders · Skylights · Roofing · Repair Roofing • Bathrooms • Kitchens Carpentry • Locks changed, installed, repaired L31-18 · Waterproofing · Free Estimates All Renovations • Brickwork • Dormers • Extensions • s Pick-proof, hi-security locks · All Work Guaranteed Windows • Waterproofing s Safes-combination changes John Haviaras · Fully Insured · Lic 115908 Specialist in: Painting & Handyman 1747 E. 3rd St., Brooklyn, NY 11223 FREE ESTIMATES, LICENSED & INSURED s Brownstone locks & doors No Job too small. Interior/ Tel 718-382-4449/Cell 917-535-3506 s Decorative hardware Exterior Painting L31-38 Complete Apt. & Home Renov. L37 718-276-8558 s Locks to fit odd-sized doors Affordable Prices STANDARD CONSTRUCTION & ROOFING CORP. +Õ>ˆÌÞÊ7œÀŽÊUÊÀiiÊ Ã̈“>Ìià Residential & Commercial · Fully Insured, Free Estimates CALL FRANK-KEY All Types Siding & Roofing Owner operated - 17 yrs in Brooklyn 718-921-6176 L31-27 L31-42 Rubberized Roofing - 12 Year Guarantee AVANTI (718) 447-8144 Hot & Cold Roofing · Skylights · Copper Gutters Shingles · Stucco & Concrete Work · Leaders · Repairs Commercial Lock, Inc. To advertise on Maintenance Programs - SERVING ALL 5 BOROUGHS HOME IMPROVEMENT INC Dept. of Consumer Affairs Loc#0790699 this page, call References upon request L26 (718) 761-7986 ask for Bruno INTERIOR EXTERIOR (718) 834-9350 ext 109 24 Hour Service. Cell (646) 824-1378 L22 ROOFING SPECIALIST UÊ >Ì Àœœ“à UÊ,œœvˆ˜} UÊ ÕÃ̜“ʈÌV i˜Ã Jobs are Owner Supervised UÊ-ˆ`ˆ˜} Movers (Licensed) Uʈ˜ˆÃ i`Ê >Ãi“i˜Ìà UÊ7ˆ˜`œÜà UÊ iÀ>“ˆVÊ/ˆi We have been UÊ ÕÃ̜“Ê iVŽÃ UÊ ÕÃ̜“Ê >À«i˜ÌÀÞ UÊ
``ˆÌˆœ˜Ã doing a great job 

  V ( UÊ ÀÞÊ7> UÊ œÀ“iÀà AMEX UÊ œœÀà for over ten years UÊ,œœvÊ,>ˆÃiÀà VER MORE UÊ*>ˆ˜Ìˆ˜} O S Insured M Lic# 1157104 718-375-8292 & Bonded We do last minute jobs! HOME IMROVEMENT Expert packers ! $
#)' "(
,
*""+
$(*' Over 100 Services on our '%#&)
,
%' " TOP HAT MOVERS Classified & Home 
'!
"
'%%!"+$

 L31-42 ON PAGE 16 Improvement Sections   
+
   100    L32-01 18 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 April 12, 2008 ‘Amber’ alert! Arts group sues city

By Dana Rubinstein of Fulton Street and Ashland Place result- OUR TRIPLE-THREAT CYCLONES COVERAGE: P.12 They’d even booked acts through the at the time. “The city is f—king us.” The Brooklyn Paper ed in their financial ruin. New Year. A spokesman for HPD had no com- Brooklyn’s Real Newspaper

BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2007 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/16 pages • Vol. 30, No. 34 • Saturday, Sept. 1, 2007 • FREE The plaintiffs had signed a 10-year INCLUDING DUMBO Then, on Aug. 21, the three men got a ment on the lawsuit. Three entrepreneurs who invested ART ATTACK lease for the three-story building in City: Evict art space for … art space! letter from Jack Hammer, the Brooklyn But according to the city’s “determi-

By Dana Rubinstein millions to turn a derelict Fort Greene The Brooklyn Paper EXCLUSIVE The city wants to use its power of eminent domain to push out an Aug. 21, when Jack Hammer, the almost-finished arts venue in Fort director of Brooklyn Planning for 2005, drawn to the location because it Greene to make way for a Man- the city’s Department of Housing director of the Department of Housing nation” to take the land, the acquisitions hattan-based dance troupe and Preservation and Development, in- / Julie Rosenberg 150 new housing units that com- formed the three partners that the prise the centerpiece of the so- agency wants to seize the site by called BAM Cultural District. eminent domain to make way for the Dancespace Project, a Manhat- “Our goal was to create a live tan-based dance group. music-and-arts venue,” said Todd “We were four weeks away from building into a music hall and art Paper The Brooklyn Triplett, one of the three friends be- completion, and we get this letter. hind the Amber Art and Music The city is f—king us,” said It’s still summer, ya know Space, which is being built in a for- Triplett, who has already gotten a was within the BAM Cultural District, a mer liquor store at Fulton Street and Preservation and Development, inform- will “result in an area of Downtown liquor license and booked musical Two Park Slope chums get in their last laps at the Double D pool in Boerum Hill, a few days before the city’s Ashland Place. acts into 2008. “I’ve never seen cement cisterns close for good on Labor Day. Meanwhile, Kerri Walsh set up partner Misty May-Trainor Lured by the promise of the bur- anything this egregious. This is in geoning “Lincoln Center of Brook- the tradition of Robert Moses.”

during their victory in the AVP volleyball final at Coney Island on Saturday. Tourney sponsor Bruce Ratner Callan / Tom sent over his Nets cheerleaders (below right) to make sure sports fans had other things to look at. lyn” that the city envisions for the The partners claim that no one area around BAM, Triplett and his — including the broker who se- space — only to be told that the build- partners invested more than $1 mil- cured them the space and the land- lion, and spent a year and a half lord, who let them sign a 10-year turning the run-down, three-story lease and has collected $200,000 in space into a performance venue, rent so far — informed them of the Paper The Brooklyn zone that the city is hoping to turn into city’s plans for the site. ing them of the agency’s intention to Brooklyn that is presently blighted and recording studio and an arts non- Todd Triplett, Shaun Jenkins and Philip McKenzie are just finishing profit. “We refinanced our homes to do up renovations on Amber Art & Music, which will soon be evicted ing would be demolished to make way That grand idea was shattered on See ART EVICT on page 6 to make way for other arts institutions in the BAM Cultural District. Brooklyn’s own Lincoln Center. Hynes reads them his writes seize the building to make way for a underutilized being transformed into an By Michael McLaughlin cide” can be a cautionary tale for all the pinned on him by crooked cops. It re- for The Brooklyn Paper rookies out on the beat. ceived good reviews this summer, but “My hope is someday a young cop sales have been modest. Brooklyn District Attorney Charles will walk up to me and say, ‘I read your No matter. Hynes said he felt com- / Tom Callan / Tom / Tom Callan / Tom “Joe” Hynes thinks he is wielding a book and it scared the hell out of me,’ ” pelled to write the cop story because of new, extra-legal deterrent against police Hynes said after reading a chapter at Red “how easily many [cops] were corrupted for a city-sponsored art space — have corruption — his debut novel. Hook’s new bar, Rocky Sullivan’s, on by chump change.” It took him 13 years to get it published Tuesday night. Not that he means it in a negative way, — far longer than it took him to get a “Triple Homicide” is the hardboiled of course. Hynes is apparently so con-

The men, who live in Fort Greene Paper The Brooklyn new home for the Manhattan-based area that will become a commercial cen- The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn conviction in the Howard Beach beatings story of a young NYPD sergeant’s fight cerned that his book might be considered in 1987 — but he thinks “Triple Homi- to clear his name after murder charges are See HYNES on page 14 sued the city for $10 million. Silicone B’klyn Legends of the fall Sept. 13 and Clinton Hill and have extensive ex- Jews and Muslims begin obser- Danspace and 187 residential units, half ter while maintaining the character of NYU-Polytech merger could vance of Rosh Hashanah and Ra- Sept. 20 Summer will end as fast as the splash of a cannonball in the Floating Pool. So to make sure madan, respectively. See, they have The DUMBO Improvement your autumn — arguably the best time of the year to live in Brooklyn — lasts as long as the so much in common! Maybe there District hosts a fundraiser that pits bring more techies D’Town line for the Floating Pool, we give you this, our annual Fall Preview. — Dana Rubinstein is hope for peace after all! classical musicians against hip-hop artists, break dancers versus mod- By Ariella Cohen an enormous amount of economic devel- Sept. 3 the first year of the controversial, Sept. 18 ern dancers, and artsy-fartsy types The Brooklyn Paper opment,” the pundit explained. “Right Boerum Hill-based Khalil Gibran against artsy-fartsy types. The final now, Polytechnic University is an incuba- It may still be hot as and mug- International Academy, the Arabic The politically astute head to act in the four-round “DUMBO The proposed merger between New tor for this growth, but with [NYU’s gy as monsoon in India (or sum- language and culture school that the polls to select candidates for a Fight Night: The Fight to Preserve In a lawsuit filed last Tuesday in Brook- York University and Polytechnic Univer- number of highly arcane offices, perience in business and arts administra- scale], there could be much more.” mer in Brooklyn), but this is your has sparked headlines from here to DUMBO” is an actual boxing of them affordable. the area’s residential.” sity could turn Downtown Brooklyn into Polytechnic President Jerry Hultin told last chance to swim in a city pool Jerusalem. Stay tuned. including the lucrative Kings match featuring athletes from Glea- the next Silicon Valley, a report suggests. The Brooklyn Paper this week that the until June 2008. So spread your Khalil Gibran International Acad- County Surrogate judgeship. That son’s Gym. “The merger could provide a critical school is already planning new research towel on the wet concrete, soak emy (345 Dean St., between Third race has garnered an unusual DUMBO Fight Night, St. Ann’s spark to the city’s long-standing, and facilities with offices or apartments on top. up the sun in your string bikini and Fourth Avenues). ARTS PREVIEW: P.7 amount press thanks to candidate Warehouse (38 Water St., at Dock largely frustrated, efforts to establish itself “I imagine scientists and engineers and dive in (jump, actually; diving ShawnDya Simpson, whom critics Street), 6 pm. Tickets: $50 or $100 as a vibrant center for technological inno- taking ideas and turning them into prod- is forbidden). beloved amusement district, gearing claim not only doesn’t live at her for families (do the math). For infor- vation,” David Hochman wrote in the re- ucts and services, new ways to down- Sept. 9 Brooklyn address, but is also con- mation, visit www.dumbonyc.org or For pool locations, visit nyc.gov/ Grandpa and Grandma aren’t the up for a conflict that could rival At- port, which was released on Tuesday by load music or see video,” he said. parks or call 311. lantic Yards in its ferocity. nected to disgraced and convicted call (718) 237-8700. the non-profit Center for an Urban Future. Hultin said the new building would only ones trying to make the most of former party boss Clarence Nor- lyn Supreme Court, Amber Art and Music their waning years. While Coney Is- Sea Life Sock Hop, New York tion, then spent a year and a half reno- The merger, Hochman said, would be similar to the Renzo Piano-designed Aquarium (602 Surf Ave., between man. As a result, Amber Art Space never The project acquisitions will also dis- Sept. 21 bring the cachet and capital necessary to Sept. 4 land celebrates Grandparents Day W. Fifth and W. Eighth streets), To find your polling place, go to tower that New York City College of Yom Kippur begins. Jews absolve spark the desired investment in research Technology is building at the corner of School opens for millions of with a “Sea Life Sock Hop,” local noon–4 pm. For information, call www.vote.nyc.ny.us or call (212) and business facilities. Jay and Tillary streets. The building will kids, including up to 60 attending activists fight off the demise of their (718) 220-5100. VOTE-NYC. See PREVIEW on page 14 Space founders Todd Triplett, Shaun Jenk- vating the three-story space into a music “Vigorous engineering programs drive include 625 apartments. opened. place Track Data Corp, a 20-year-old fi- Clarke stops by to give us the DC lowdown

The Brooklyn Paper In some cases, they’re Republican-light.” Surprise! Rep. Yvette Clarke is running for re- Hearing the term “Republican-light,” Brooklyn election. Paper Editor Gersh Kuntzman questioned Clarke on The first-term representative confirmed her quest her recent endorsement of Sen. Hillary Clinton, ins and Philip McKenzie say that the city’s hall, recording studio, art gallery and for a second two-year stint in Washington last week. whom rival Barack Obama once described with the “We were four weeks away from com- nancial information firm on Rockwell “Well, you got me,” she joked, after we “confront- same term. ed” her with the ultimate smoking gun: an invitation “We know she’s not ‘Republican-light,’” Clarke to an upcoming fundraiser. said. “Barack Obama is a very intelligent man. I’m “We were going to put out an official statement, Callan / Tom not taking anything away from him or the others, but but you figured it out,” she said. Hillary has much more practical experience that will FLASHBACKenable us to do more in this nation, to build bridges No one has announced a challenge to Clarke, who won the 11th district seat in a wild, racially divisive, much more quickly than any of the other candi- four-way race last year, but the congresswoman said dates.” she anticipated a challenger because so many elected Paper The Brooklyn Kuntzman questioned Clarke on Clinton’s bridge- plan to condemn the property at the corner arts non-profit. They got a liquor license. officials are facing term limits next year, including the building skills, recalling that many have criticized pletion, and we get this letter,” said Triplett Place. hdftdC il D idYk • She’s recovering nicely from surgery to remove impeached an initiative that landed her on The Clarke will stick with it “It’s a no brainer for me Clinton as someone who would fight some of her

Clones have fun with $

By Ricky Barlin for The Brooklyn Paper The current recession (or whatever you want to call it) has been a humiliating and em- barrassing time for the so- called Masters of the Universe — so the time has come for 0;^fTa more humiliation and more embarrassment, thanks to the Brooklyn Cyclones. No, money managers won’t be tarred and feathered, but on July 23, the Cyclones will mark the ecconomic downturn by poking fun at the financial community. For instance, accountants who spend most of their time balancing books will be invit- RPQ[TQX[[. ed on field to race while bal- ancing books on their heads. And Bear Stearns vets will participate in an on-field limbo game (the winner will need to go even lower than the compa- ny’s stock — if that’s possible!). There’ll even be a race of bull and bear mascots (the smart money is on the bear). All humiliation aside, this is a promotion that would even please that ultimate bean-count- er, Ebeneezer Scrooge — tickets to the game against the Vermont Lake Monsters are just $5 each for groups of 20 or more. As such, Cyclones General Manager Steve Cohen said the goal was to ease their pain. “It’s a tough time for money VdPaP]cTTS managers, so we’re going to create a night that will bring smiles to their faces,” said Co- hen. “We want them to know that we’re rooting for them just as hard as we do our favorite players, if not more!” FILTH Save up to  Continued from page 1 Gowanus Canal is a day at the beach (not a clean beach, of course, but you get the idea). each month with a two-year Sure, 300 million gallons of waste annually spill into the canal from overflowing sewers, and last year, the canal suffered Price Lock Guarantee. Spitzer-like humiliation after gonorrhea was discovered in water samples. But unlike the creek, the canal has some salubrious things working for it. First, it’s served by a flush- ing tunnel that pushes through “fresh” water from the Butter- milk Channel, keeping things Call & '$$%#($ to start saving. from going stagnant. Second, the city Department of Environmental Protection is inching forward on a $210-mil- lion cleanup that will make the canal safe for humans to boat on and for fish to breed in. There’s nothing comparable brewing for Newtown Creek, despite that $625,454 state grant. And advocates say their Rodney If we can’t show you how to Dangerfield of waterways needs more respect — now. “The scale is much more se- vere at Newtown [that in the save money Gowanus Canal],” said Basil on your cable bill, Seggos, chief investigator at Riverkeeper. “There are more toxic fields there.” FREE month of service. In perhaps more tangible we’ll give you a terms, the Gowanus’s water poses less of a direct threat to humans if they’re exposed to it. “I’ve heard stories about people falling in or going in and they lived to tell the tale,” said Bob Zuckerman, from the Gowanus Canal Community Development Corporation, he adding, “I wouldn’t recom- mend it.” Anyone who falls in the creek might not be so lucky. In- deed, a man whose car fell into the muck this week died before he could be pulled out. “It’s one of the most-pollut- ed bodies of water on the East Coast,” Katie Schmid of the Newtown Creek Alliance told The New York Times after the Tuesday accident. “That does- n’t mean, however, to my un- Offer expires 6/30/08. Only available to eligible Staten Island, Brooklyn, Queens, Mount Vernon, New Jersey and Hudson Valley Poughkeepsie & Newburgh residential customers in Time Warner Cable of NY and NJ serviceable areas who do not have a current Price Lock Guarantee and who sign a 1- or 2-year Price Lock Guarantee for a Triple Play package or a 2-year Price Lock Guarantee for a Single or Double Play package. This offer cannot be combined with other promotional or introductory offers. For a complete list of eligible services, log onto www.timewarnercable.com/nynj. Free month of service applies to current service level and recurring charges only. derstanding, that swimming in Basic only customers and customers in existing bulk agreements are excluded.Not all services are available in all areas. Prices are subject to change. Other restrictions apply. CAM.0408.008_April Price Lock Guarentee_AD_BKLYN_Paper the water would cause death immediately. It would cause ill- ness certainly — and even very serious illness.”