April 14–20, 2017 Including Brooklyn Courier, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Courier, Brooklyn Heights Courier, & Williamsburg Courier FREE ALSO SERVING PROSPECT HEIGHTS, WINDSOR TERRACE, KENSINGTON, AND GOWANUS CB6 HEAD ARRESTED District manager charged with allegedly stalking ex-girlfriend
BY COLIN MIXSON to trail her to a Broadway hotel near Long-time Community Board 6 dis- DeKalb Avenue on March 27, where trict manager Craig Hammerman Hammerman allegedly called the was arrested twice in one week on front desk numerous times using misdemeanor charges related to al- different aliases. legedly stalking his ex-girlfriend. At one point, Hammerman called The community board’s civic posing as a relative of the victim, guru is accused of using his ex’s asking for her room number and Uber account to track her to a Bed- leaving a message stating, “she can ford-Stuyvesant hotel, where he al- come home anytime,” court docu- legedly lurked outside spying on her, ments show. and then later violated a restraining The district manager also called order by pursuing her into a Park claiming to be the Uber driver who Slope watering hole — according to had dropped the victim off the previ- a complaint filed by the Brooklyn ous night, saying she had left prop- District Attorney’s office. erty in his cab and that he wanted The victim claims Hammerman to drop it off for her, according to HAMMER OF JUSTICE: Community Board 6 district manager and poker fan Craig Hammer- downloaded the popular ride-hail- prosecutors with the district attor- man was arrested twice in one week for charges related to stalking his ex-girlfriend. ing app and then hacked her account Continued on page 10 File photo by Tom Callan Hold your horses! City steps in to bid for troubled P’Park stables
BY COLIN MIXSON Another potential buyer wants a seat at the stable. The city has now entered negotia- tions with the owner of the bankrupt Kensington Stables to purchase its ag- ing Caton Place barn, with an eye to- ward keeping Brooklyn’s last remain- ing stables in the horse business. “[The Parks Department] is inter- ested in keeping the property to oper- ate stables serving Prospect Park,” said Marc Yaverbaum, the agent represent- ing the Blankinship family in the sale Evening crush of 55 Caton Place. The barn was put up for auction ear- A motorist destroyed his car and left his passenger with serious injuries after he lost control of the vehicle on the Prospect Park lier this year after the Blankinships Expressway on April 8 and smashed into a divider near the Fourth Avenue exit, shearing the front passenger-side tire from the fell behind on their tax payments and vehicle and sending the car into a 180-degree spin, police sources said. Photo by Paul Martinka ran up a debt they couldn’t pay off , ac- Continued on page 6
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NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D The wall of fame: Sideshow impresario and Coney Island’s unofficial mayor Dick Zigun will unveil the Sideshow Hall of Fame plaque at the Congress of Curious Peoples opening event on April 21. Photo by Georgine Benvenuto Super freaks! Sideshow Hall of Fame honors carnie history By Caroline Spivack USA. “We take it very seriously. People are the Ringling Brothers at some point in their This year, the lucky few will be immor- ake a deep drink of sideshow his- extremely knowledgeable, but by the end of career, as a nod to the recent closing of the talized with a Sideshow Hall of Fame tory! the night people are stinking drunk — it’s brothers’ circus, said Zigun. plaque mounted at the Freak Bar for all T Some of history’s greatest sword good fun.” Two nominees will duke it out in each to see, which Zigun hopes will become a swallowers, fire eaters, and sideshow odd- The Sideshow Hall of Fame has five category, and panelists will try to sway the destination in and of itself. balls will finally receive their due next categories: Born Different, Self Inflicted audience in favor of their sideshow sensa- “It will become a weirdo tourist attrac- weekend at the Sideshow Hall of Fame (those who alter their body with tattoos tion. After the advocates have made their tion,” he said. “For 10 years, we’ve been induction ceremony in Coney Island. At or piercings, for instance), Working Acts pitches, the crowd puts it to a vote. holding this event and have not had an the event, which kicks off the 10th annual (sideshow performers such as knife throw- Each winner will receive a celebratory actual iconic, physical hall of fame. So this “Congress of Curious Peoples” festival run- ers and sword swallowers), Show Folk (the toast while the crowd chants “Gooble gob- will give it a home.” ning April 21–30 at various Coney ven- producers and talent behind the sideshow) ble, we accept you! One of us, one of us!” The 10-day Congress of Curious Peoples ues, audience members and aficionados and Attractions, bizarre non-living items — loosely quoting the 1932 film “Freaks.” will also feature “Superfreak Weekend” on will drunkenly deliberate on which curi- that drew visitors, such as electric chairs, Voters then down their drinks in a single April 22–23, an extravaganza of exotic side- ous characters will be immortalized in the blade boxes, and the fake medicine of snake gulp — or as much as they can stomach — show performers including Koko the Killer Sideshow Hall of Fame. The crowd will also oil salesmen. all in the name of academia. Clown, Dr. Claw, and Nati The Patchwork get a thorough education on some of the This year’s Born Different nominees are “Remember, we’re seriously discussing Girl, along with a slew of lectures and panel world’s premiere oddities, but they might the Doll Family — a quartet of dwarfs who people who can turn their heads backwards, discussions on sideshow and circus culture. not remember the details the next morning, dazzled with song and dance routines — swallow coins, people who’ve covered Sideshow Hall of Fame induction cer- said one organizer. versus Martin Laurello, the “Human Owl” themselves in tattoos,” said Zigun. “But as emony at Coney Island USA (1208 Surf Ave. “It’s like the show ‘Drunk History,’ ” who could twist his noggin 180 degrees. the evening goes on the audience and the at W. 12th Street in Coney Island, www. said Dick Zigun, who runs Coney Island Each of this year’s nominees worked with scholars get incredibly drunk.” coneyisland.com). April 21 at 7 pm. $10. LOCAL LEGEND: (Left) Brothers Jack and Roy Vanasco outside their Myrtle Avenue appliance repair store they are now closing after 60 years of Your entertainment business. The store served as a museum of sorts, (right) displaying photos and a sign Roy once used to run for Assembly. Photos by Stefano Giovannini guide Page 19 Police Blotter ...... 8 Standing O ...... 12 Letters ...... 16 Tom Allon ...... 17 The end of an era Rhymes with Crazy ...... 18 Sports ...... 27 Brothers close appliance repair business after 60 years BY LAUREN GILL For decades, a hand- loaded with spare parts into becoming the M train. On a sidewalk outside an old painted sign advertising their cars and going out on Roy proudly pointed to appliance repair shop on Myr- “Parts” for refrigerators and service calls for which they a proclamation on the wall tle Avenue in Clinton Hill, washing machines, with a charged $75 each. The edu- given to him by former Bor- a man takes a break from phone number drawn next cation the brothers received ough President Abe Stark — his afternoon walk to comb to the words, hung over the from Manual Training High who helped put together the through a box of screws, nuts, shop’s door. But well-known School — now known as John fi rst community boards — HOW TO REACH US and bolts, labeled “Please New York-based artist Steve Jay High School — in Park commending him for his civic take.” Inside the shop, two Powers bought the sign last Slope armed them with all the work. It hangs next to a photo Mail: white-haired men wearing week for $500, leaving behind know-how they needed to re- of him and his wife, Rhoda, Courier Life caps emblazoned with the a blank sheet of rusted metal. vive ailing refrigerators and posed with Nancy and Ron- Publications, Inc., declaration “WORLD WAR Decades ago, the now-si- other appliances. ald Reagan at a swanky Man- 1 Metrotech Center North II VETERAN” are remov- lent phones in the shop rang During decades of running hattan party, dressed in suits 10th Floor, Brooklyn, ing frames from a wall plas- incessantly with callers’ a popular local business, Roy and glitzy ball gowns. tered with photographs and complaints about failed ap- rose to become the head of the On another wall of the N.Y. 11201 news articles. A sign reading pliances, their voices occa- Myrtle Avenue Merchants As- shop hangs a photo of Roy as a General Phone: “Elect Roy G. Vanasco” lies sionally drowned out by the sociation. Later, he became boy playing basketball on an (718) 260-2500 on the fl oor nearby. near-deafening noise of el- the inaugural chairman of 88th Precinct Police Athletic News Fax: The two men are brothers, evated Myrtle Avenue line Brooklyn Community Board League team. He went on to (718) 260-2592 and after operating the shop trains rumbling overhead. 2, as well as chairman of its become president of the pre- for 60 years, today is their last “This was the neighbor- transportation committee. cinct’s Community Advisory News E-Mail: day in business. But they’ve hood store,” says Roy, a life- His fi rst order of business Council, which serves as a li- [email protected] got a lot of work to do by to- long Brooklynite who was upon achieving infl uential aison between residents and Display Ad Phone: morrow to make way for a born just a few blocks away Board 2 status was to lobby local authorities. (718) 260-8302 developer’s demolition crew on Clermont Avenue. aggressively to have the Myr- Roy left the community Display Ad E-Mail: coming to raze the three- He started the business tle Avenue El — which he’d board in 2012, but continued [email protected] story brick structure. Soon, a after returning home from hated since he was a boy — civic activism, pushing for seven-story apartment build- World War II, during which torn down. the reopening of the World Display Ad Fax: ing will stand in its place. he served aboard the USS Os- “When you were 10 years War II Memorial on Cad- (718) 260-2579 Rocco “Roy” Vanasco, terhaus, a destroyer that es- old, you’d cry, ‘Ahhh! Is the man Plaza, which has been Classified Phone: 91, and his brother Jack, 89, corted Navy vessels and pro- train going to fall down?’ It shuttered pending upgrades (718) 260-2555 bought the building in the tected them from submarine was ugly, it was noisy, and it to bring it into compliance Classified Fax: late 1950s for $15,000. They and air attacks in the South was falling down,” he said. He with the American Disabil- (718) 260-2549 purchased the lot next door Pacifi c. got his wish in 1969, when the ities Act. Last month, the for $5,000 through a city pro- Once back in Clinton Hill, overhead tracks were razed city announced plans to fi- Classified E-Mail: gram that sold property at he and Jack threw themselves and replaced with what is now nally renovate and reopen [email protected] low cost to those willing to re- into the appliance repair B54 city bus service, with the the memorial. habilitate decrepit land. business, heaving milk crates remainder of the subway line Continued on page 6 :FLI@ GL9C@J? 2 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 14–20, 2017 DT A TRADITION OF FUN Coney Island’s amusement district kicks off another season BY CAROLINE SPIVACK said one thrill seeker. It’s game-on at the People’s “It was a gorgeous sight up Playground! there,” said Coney Islander Jo- Coney Island roared to life seph Lipinski, who dangled in on April 9 with the opening of one of the ride’s swinging cars Luna Park and Deno’s Won- with his wife. “You could see der Wheel Amusement Park. all of Coney Island up there Revelers enjoyed new rides and even Staten Island. Clear and old favorites, and noshed blue skies as far as the eye can on classic Coney fair to chris- see.” ten the start of the season. Adrenaline junkies zipped The opening weekend visit on the newly refurbished Cy- was a rite of passage for young clone — which turns 90 this Brooklynites, said one Sunset year — fought for survival in a Parker who came out with his virtual reality zombie shooter , family for the festivities. and took a literal spin on the “It’s a family tradition to high-fl ying tilt-a-whirl, the COASTER FORCE ONE: (Above) come out here with the kids,” Endeavor, among other rides. After Borough President Adams said Osorio Perez, who waited Those who prefer their feet christened the coaster by smash- outside the gates of Luna Park fi rmly planted on the ground ing an egg cream over the fi rst car, with his two daughters an explored Sodom by the Sea’s hour early to get fi rst crack past at the Coney Island His- (right) he and Brooklyn’s bravest at the rides. “My dad brought tory Project, sampled egg pols took the fi rst spin before the me here, his dad brought him creams, and sunk their teeth ride was opened up to the public. here, now I bring my girls. You into the original Feltman’s of Photos by Georgine Benvenuto can’t be a Brooklyn kid and Coney Island hot dogs — which not love coming here — who opened a kiosk as a preview to “I come for the opening needs Six Flags when you’ve its Memorial Day grand open- every year because it makes got Coney Island?” ing on Surf Avenue. me feel like a kid again,” said The Cyclone took off on Coney Island’s annual Bensonhurster Rhoda Sotto. its fi rst run of the season af- opening shindig is nothing “There’s something magical ter Borough President Ad- short of magic, said one rev- about being here when it all ams smashed a customary eler. gets going.” egg cream over the coaster. And Wonder Wheel owners — brothers Dennis and Steve Vourderis — offi ciated the an- ‘Cyclone Seven’ return for 1st ride of the season nual “Blessing of the Rides,” before the fi rst 97 revelers BY CAROLINE SPIVACK “I grew up with the Cyclone — took took a free spin on the won- They just can’t get enough! my fi rst ride when I was seven years drous wheel in honor of its 97 A group of Cyclone diehards who old. I just love it,” said Erik Knapp, who glorious years. were stranded on the Coney Island is known as “Mr. Cyclone” for his dedi- And the views were to die coaster after it malfunctioned on cation to scoring the fi rst spot in line. for on the balmy spring day, opening day in 2015 have made a tra- “And today we’re bombarded with all dition of lining up together each year this technology, so I say, ‘Let’s take a to snag the fi rst seats of the season. step back and enjoy this thing that’s Now being at the front of the queue still going after 90 years — one of the is less about scoring the coveted fi rst world’s oldest roller coasters is in our ride, and more about reveling in their backyard.’ ” fanatical love for the Cyclone, said one In fact, it was Knapp’s enthusiasm thrill seeker. that inspired one of the Cyclone Seven “It’s no longer about who is number COASTER CREW: Four of the so-called “Cy- to come out for the fi rst day of the sea- one,” said Bensonhurster David Zubin, clone Seven” camped out for the fi rst ride son back in 2015. who has come out for the coaster’s sea- and bonded over their shared love of Coney. “This guy got me hooked on this,” son opener for more than a decade and Photo by Georgine Benvenuto said Long Island resident Adam Mey- is one of the stalwarts who call them- ers, referring to Mr. Cyclone. “I saw selves the Cyclone Seven. “It’s about the didn’t stop them from making the most him on TV doing this and it made me camaraderie. Ever since we got stuck of the morning by swapping Cyclone want to join him. Now I plan on doing up on there, we’ve tried to make it a tra- stories and ordering breakfast from a this until I die.” dition of coming together.” nearby iHop. For another rider, it’s about carry- After getting stuck, the seven riders The majority of the club’s mem- ing on the family torch. fi rst met up a week later to prove to crit- bers staked out a spot at roughly 3 am “Eighty years ago, my grandmother ics that one bout of bad luck wouldn’t — nine hours before the fi rst ride. One was skipping class to ride the Cyclone. stop fans from coming out for the Cy- loyal fan even camped out starting at 9 She was born and raised in Coney Is- clone. Now the group, which has mem- am the day before to ensure the pack’s land, so my whole family grew up rid- bers from Brooklyn, Long Island, and place on the wooden throne. ing it,” said Diana Elsener, who em- STILL NUMBER 1!: Cyclone diehard upstate New York, has begun meeting It’s a tradition that commemorates barked on a nearly three hour car trip Erik Knapp, also known as “Mr. Cy- annually. the Cyclone’s role in riders’ lives as well from upstate New York to make it. “My clone,” was yet again fi rst in line to This year, only four of the seven as in history, said another Cyclone dis- cousin put it as being a way of carrying take a ride on Coney Island’s iconic could make it on opening day. But that ciple. on the family tradition.” coaster. Photo by Georgine Benvenuto DT COURIER LIFE, APRIL 14–20, 2017 3 Driving safety home City installs new stop sign to keep tourists safe BY LAUREN GILL where federal authorities have Call it a turn for the better! blocked off a stretch in front of A new stop sign on Cadman the United States Eastern Dis- Plaza East and Red Cross Place trict courthouse to accommo- in Downtown will keep drivers date parking for judges. ON THE MOVE?: Restaurateur Alex Pincus is opening a schooner res- from fl ying around an inter- Howald said cars that are section routinely choked with forced to turn left at that point taurant, like his Grand Banks restaurant on the Sherman Zwicker in pedestrians searching for the often speed around the bend Manhattan, at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6. Brooklyn Bridge, says the ad- into an area near the High vocate who petitioned the city Street subway station often for the red octagon. crowded with walkers bound “There’s a lot of pedestrian for the bridge, parks and Floating eatery traffi c, and to me the most im- sights of Brooklyn Heights and portant thing to do was reduce Dumbo. speeds of the vehicles that “People are always crossing SAFETY FIRST: Brian Howald sub- would blow around the cor- at that intersection and drivers sailing to Pier 6 ner at 20 miles per hour,” said are making a left, not looking mitted a request for the transpor- Brian Howald, a member of at crossing traffi c,” he said. tation department to install this BY LAUREN GILL to unanimously approve the Community Board 2’s trans- Now, with the new stop stop sign at a busy pedestrian All stomachs on deck! license. portation committee, who sub- sign, motorists will need to crossing Downtown. An upscale fl oating res- He promised the commit- mitted a request to the Depart- brake before rounding that Photo by Caleb Caldwell taurant on an historic schoo- tee that people wouldn’t be ment of Transportation for the curve and pedestrians have ner is coming to Brooklyn running around drunk after stop sign in September. dedicated spaces to cross on little bit of pedestrian safety Bridge Park’s Pier 6, re- they got off the vessel, saying The agency installed the newly-painted crosswalks. counts. vealed its owner at Commu- that Pilot will be classy, un- sign and street markings in There haven’t been any in- “In its own little small-town nity Board 2’s liquor license like an infamous Manhattan March, after determining that juries or fatalities at the in- way it feels pretty empower- committee meeting on April bar that is also on a boat. one was needed at the location, tersection this year, but there ing,” he said. “It’s good to know 5. “We run more of an up- a spokeswoman said. have been four vehicular colli- that when you spot a defi ciency Restaurateur Alex Pincus scale atmosphere than places Previously, motorists trav- sions, according to city data . in how the city is protecting pe- said his eatery’s menu will be like the Frying Pan where eling into Downtown from Meanwhile, Howald is destrians and point out the er- seafood-focused, but offered it’s more of a beer garden Dumbo encountered bar- pumped about getting the stop ror that they’ll come and fi x it few details beyond that be- free-for-all,” he said. ricades at the intersection, sign installed, saying that each sometimes.” fore the advisory panel voted Continued on page 5 Great rates like ours are always in season. 24-Month CD 36-Month CD % % 1.60 APY1 1.90 APY1 $5,000 minimum deposit $5,000 minimum deposit To qualify you must have or open any Flushing Bank Complete Checking account.2 Get the complete access and control you desire with a competitive interest rate and banking on-the-go with our Flushing Bank Mobile3 app. For more information and to find out about our other great offers, visit your local Flushing Bank branch, call 800.581.2889 or visit www.FlushingBank.com. 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Locked out Cops busted a man for allegedly Return to sender beating a woman with a lock on Some fi lcher lifted a postal work- Eighth Avenue on April 1. er’s purse from her vehicle when she The victim told police that she was delivering packages on Clinton was between 14th and 15th streets Avenue on April 8. at 12:22 pm when the suspect bashed weapon, cops said. ferer lifted the deliveries from the The woman told cops she was her in the head with the lock. — Colin Mixson building by Hoyt Street with a $1,550 dropping off the parcels near Wil- The victim was later rushed to vintage sapphire ring and a $50 dog loughby Avenue at 2:20 pm when Methodist Hospital, where she re- collar and leash. the lout took her bag containing her ceived treatment for her injuries, 84TH PRECINCT phone, cards, and postal identifi ca- tion, according to a report. cops said. BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO–BOERUM Stroll and snatch — Lauren Gill HILL–DOWNTOWN A louse beat up a guy and stole Plaza perp his cash as he was walking on At- Offi cers have given up the chase All that for chips lantic Avenue on April 7. 68TH PRECINCT for the burglar who looted a man’s The victim was headed towards A trio of villains bashed a guy BAY RIDGE—DYKER HEIGHTS vehicle parked on Grand Army with their fi sts and a chair after he Fourth Avenue when the scoundrel Plaza on March 28. tried to stop them from taking chips punched him in the right eye and The victim told police he left his and soda from a Court Street sand- reached into his pocket and took Close call car near Flatbush Avenue at 6 am, wich shop on March 7. $60, according to authorities. Three villains mugged a woman and returned later that evening to The nogoodniks attempted to at knifepoint on 79th Street on April fi nd one of his windows smashed, steal three bags of Lays potato chips 3. and his laptop, tools, and radio sto- and two Coke bottles from the store 88TH PRECINCT The woman told police she was walking between Fifth and Sixth len. near Livingston Street at 4:30 pm. FORT GREENE–CLINTON HILL When the man stepped in to inter- avenues at 10:30 pm when three men Drunk bust vene, the brutes struck him in the Emergency bash surrounded her. nose, breaking it, and hit him with One man snatched the wom- A man was arrested for allegedly A punk punched an emergency causing a drunken car collision on a chair, cops said. an’s necklace and purse as another medical technician in an ambu- pressed a knife to her throat, ac- 13th Street on March 30. lance while he was being trans- The arresting offi cer reported cording to a police report. Declined ported to the hospital on DeKalb Av- The trio fl ed in a black car to- that he was responding to a radio Police arrested a guy who be- enue on April 8. call of a dispute between Fifth and ward Sixth Avenue, offi cials said. came irate after his suspicious card The jerk was riding in the emer- Sixth avenues at 1:30 am when he was declined and he threatened to gency vehicle near Ashland Place found the suspect involved in the Big haul hurt a worker at an Adams Street on the way to Brooklyn Hospital at accident. A man stole more than $1,000 eatery on April 2. 4:30 pm when he bashed the medic Upon questioning the man, the worth of cosmetics from a Third Av- The employee of the restaurant in the shoulder and kicked his left offi cer discovered the man reeking enue department store on April 3. near Willoughby Street told cops knee several times, causing sub- of booze and his eyes watery, and A worker at the store between the suspect racked up a bill of $139 stantial pain, according to a report. later found he had a blood-alcohol and attempted to pay with a Citi 93rd and 94th streets confronted the content over the legal limit, accord- Amex card, which was declined, thief at 10:30 am and the pair strug- ing to police. and didn’t match his last name. Tied up gled as the man tried to fl ee, accord- The guy refused to hand over Some sneak stole a guy’s expen- ing to a police report. But the bad- Two-wheeled thief cash for the meal and became loud, sive ties and body perfume while he die managed to escape with his loot, was moving on Grand Avenue on Police are hunting the bike- threatening the worker with bodily police said. March 10. borne bandit who snatched a bag harm if she did not return his card, The victim left his Marinella ties from a man’s car as he fueled up on according to a report. Bad move and cologne unattended while mov- Fourth Avenue on March 29. An opportunist stole boxes of ing from the apartment near Park The victim told police that he clothing while a man was moving Cut below the rest Avenue at 2:30 pm and returned an was gassing up his ride at a depot be- into his Ovington Avenue apart- Some violent sneak attempted to hour later to fi nd that they had been tween Sackett and Union streets at ment on March 23. steal $114 worth of deodorant and taken, a report said. 11:45 pm when, after paying for the toothpaste from a Flatbush Avenue Family and friends helped the juice, he returned to his vehicle to shop on April 4, but handed them man move into his new place be- fi nd that a bag containing his pass- back to a worker after his bid to use Subway snatch tween Sixth and Seventh avenues, port and cellphone was missing. a kitchen knife to intimidate him A snake snatched a guy’s phone said police. Investigators later turned over proved unsuccessful. from his hands as the Coney Island- But it wasn’t until weeks later on speedway camera footage that The worker saw the weasel tak- bound B train he was riding was April 2 that the man noticed several showed the bicyclist pedal over to ing 14 sticks of deodorant and two leaving Flatbush Avenue station on items missing, and he reported the victim’s car while he wasn’t look- tubes of toothpaste from a shelf of April 3. theft at 9 am, offi cials noted. ing, cops said. the store near Livingston Street The victim told police he was sit- and confronted him, a police report ting on the orange bullet at 9:15 pm, High-end heist Sharp crook said. and just as it was about leave the A burglar busted into a woman’s Cops busted a man who they say The man then pulled out a station near Atlantic Avenue, the Mackay Place apartment on March threatened a guy with a knife on kitchen knife, but it was not enough thief grabbed his iPhone 7 from his 24 and made off with more than Flatbush Avenue on March 31. to threaten the employee, who was hand and fl ed just before the train $7,000 worth of goods. The victim told police that he able to get the items back, according door closed. The woman told police she left was near Plaza Street East at 11:14 to authorities. her abode between Narrows Avenue am when he was engaged in an ar- Bumped and Colonial Road earlier that day. gument with the suspect, who sud- Dejeweled A weasel stole a woman’s wallet But when she arrived home at 3 pm denly pulled a blade on him. A package thief stole two boxes on Clermont Avenue on March 8. she discovered someone had broke When police busted the man, from a Dean Street apartment, one The lady was strolling near Park into her home and made off with they found not only the sharp tool, of which contained a rare jewel, be- Avenue at 12:55 am with her wal- jewels, electronics, and other items, but a BB gun, too, and charged tween March 17 and March 30. let under her arm when a creep according to a police report. him with criminal possession of a A resident told police that a pil- bumped into her, police said. She — Caroline Spivack 8 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 14–20, 2017 DT ADVERTORIAL SAFETY NOT JUST DRIVERS’ RESPONSIBILITY Safety should be a top pri- drive on the correct side of s -AINTAIN YOUR BIKE SO THAT s $O NOT RIDE YOUR BIKE ON THE WALKING ON A LEASH SO YOURE ority for everyone sharing the road. it is safe to ride. SIDEWALK WHERE YOU COULD not pulled out into traffic. the road, including cyclists, s 7ATCH OUT FOR PARKED CARS s $O NOT CARRY OTHERS ON injure pedestrians. s 5SE CAUTION AT BUS STOPS drivers and pedestrians. The Oftentimes, drivers exit their YOUR BIKE SUCH AS A FRIEND OR -ANY INJURIES OCCUR FROM PE- following are a few tips each VEHICLES AND DO NOT CHECK a child) if it is not designed Pedestrians destrians running to catch of those groups of travelers for oncoming traffic or cy- to do so. Riding on the han- s !LWAYS USE SIDEWALKS AND a bus or stepping out into can employ to ensure the clists. You can be hit by a dlebars or behind the cyclist CROSSWALKS WHEN AVAILABLE traffic after exiting a bus. roads stay safe for every- swinging car door. can be dangerous. )F NO SIDEWALK IS PRESENT BE Remember, there will be one. s -AKE YOURSELF AS NOTICE- s !VOID THE USE OF EAR BUDS SURE TO WALK AGAINST THE DI- another bus behind the one able as possible. This could or headphones while cycling. rection of traffic. you’re chasing and safety is Cyclists include using a light or horn You want all of your senses s 5SE TRAFFIC SIGNALS AS YOUR more important. s "ICYCLISTS MUST FOLLOW THE ON THE BIKE TO SIGNAL YOUR to be available to avoid ac- GUIDE (OWEVER MAKE SURE s 7EAR BRIGHTLY COLORED OR same traffic rules as auto- presence to drivers. cidents. all traffic has stopped before REFLECTIVE CLOTHING IF WALKING mobile drivers. Stop for red s !LWAYS WEAR A HELMET s #YCLE OUT OF THE WAY OF crossing the road or step- at night. lights and stop signs, signal and other applicable safety drivers’ blind spots so you’ll PING OFF OF THE SIDEWALK s $O NOT CROSS HIGHWAYS OR lane changes or turns, and equipment. be more visible. s +EEP CONTROL OF PETS WHEN interstates on foot. DT COURIER LIFE, APRIL 14–20, 2017 9 Serving the Dental Needs for the Carrol Gardens violating the court order. ARREST An attorney for Hammerman, and beyond for over 30 years! Joyce David, painted a very differ- Continued from cover ent picture, however, calling the s #OSMETIC $ENTISTRY 0ORCELAIN ,AMINATES Plus "ONDING #ROWNS AND "RIDGES ney’s office. charges leveled against her client s :OOM (OUR 4OOTH 7HITENING Autoclave State-of-the-art The victim also says caught Ham- “100-percent false.” s 'UM 4REATMENTS Sterilization merman lurking outside the hotel as David claims Hammerman’s ex- s 0AINLESS .ON 3URGICAL 4REATMENT she ate breakfast, and claims he fled girlfriend is emotionally unstable, FOR 'UM $ISEASE Special Attention after she spotted him through a win- and has been known to make false s $ENTURES s 2OOT #ANAL Most Dental Plans To Nervous & Anxious dow. allegations in order to damage the s 0REVENTIVE $ENTISTRY Accepted Hammerman later texted the civil servant’s reputation. s !NALGESIA 3WEET !IR Patients woman, saying he wanted her to at- “This is a woman with a history tend couples therapy with him, to of erratic behavior,” said Hammer- Children Treated With Tender Loving Care which she replied, “A bunny does man’s lawyer. not go with a mountain lion.” She furthermore said that the Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer In response, Hammerman al- victim, who also works as a crimi- #OURT 3TREET (Corner W. 9th St.), #ARROLL 'ARDENS legedly sent her a video clip from nal defense lawyer, texted threat- %VENING 3ATURDAY (OURS !VAILABLE s 0ARKING !VAILABLE “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” ening messages to Hammerman af- 624-5554 s 624-7055 of the killer rabbit being destroyed ter the court order of protection was by the Holy Hand Grenade of Anti- in place and, after the district man- och . ager refused to respond, intention- Hammerman was arrested on ally waited inside the Fifth Avenue Attention stalking and harassment charges on bar that Hammerman is known to April 2, and was thereafter barred frequent, thereby luring him into a from contacting his ex-girlfriend by compromising position. LANDLORDS a court order of protection. “She intentionally tried to get But then on April 7, the woman him to violate the order of protection alleges Hammerman followed her and, when he wouldn’t, she showed !RE 9OUR 4ENANTS #REATING ! .UISANCE s $O 4HEY /WE 9OU 2ENT into The Gate on Park Slope’s Fifth up where she knew he would be,” Da- .EED 4HEM %VICTED s #OMMERCIAL 2ESIDENTIAL Avenue, where he sat down next to vid said. her and stated that he was follow- Hammerman has worked for OVER 35 YEARS EXPERIENCE ing her “for her safety,” according to Community Board 6 since 1990, and court documents. earns an annual salary of $112,000. For A FREE Consultation, Call 718-788-5052 Hammerman was arrested again Community Board 6 Chair Sayar that night, and arraigned Saturday Lonial did not immediately return HAGAN, COURY & Associates on charges of criminal contempt for calls for comment. 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The honor was bestowed on April 5 at the MANHATTAN BEACH Empire State Plaza in Albany, by uni- versity chancellor Nancy Zimpher. Beyond green Cheers to Kingsborough Community College alum and Class of 2016 chemistry major Kate Maziarz, who was recently featured in the Beyond Benign International Day of Women and Girls in Science cam- paign. Beyond Benign is dedicated to providing future and current PASSING THE REINS: Outgoing president Gene Brody welcomes incoming president scientists, educators, and citizens Anthony Grigos at the annual shareholder’s meeting of the Bay Ridge Credit Union. with the tools to teach and learn about green chemistry to create a Photo by Georgine Benvenuto The honor is presented to students sustainable future. who have best demonstrated the in- Dr. Amy Cannon, executive tegration of academic excellence director at Beyond Benign, had with accomplishments in the areas You say goodbye, we say hello! an opportunity to speak with of leadership, athletics, community took to the podium to announce Kate about her passion for sci- service, creative and performing BENSONHURST the change of command and step ence, green chemistry, and sus- arts, campus involvement, or career down he said, ‘it’s time to pass the tainability, and discussed the achievement. Stop the presses — longtime reins.’ ” importance of teaching green “It is my honor to celebrate the president of the Bay Ridge Federal “I watched with pride as Gene chemistry to college and high achievements of students who have Credit Union Gene Brody stepped stepped back and Anthony, who school students. Kate, who is now surpassed SUNY’s highest standards down on April 5 at the annual share- has been with the union since 2013, a junior at Mt. Holyoke College, of academic excellence and leadership holder’s meeting on April 5 and wel- stepped forward,” she added. “I responded, “If we do not start ed- both on and off campus,” Chancellor comed executive vice president An- am so honored and blessed to have ucating chemistry students early Zimpher said. “Every student recog- thony Grigos to the position. worked with two such men of ster- on in science education, then we nized today has demonstrated a strong Elected offi cials, Bay Ridge com- ling character and wish both men will never build a sustainable commitment to their degree program, munity leaders, staff, and invited well.” future. The most exciting part home campus, greater community, guests, including Helena Brody, As Grigos accepted the honor he about learning green chemistry and much more.” Maria Grigos, realtor Basil Ca- said, “You [Gene] are a role model is the overall challenge.” Sarah, who hails from Midwood, petanakis and wife Angelina, and mentor to me and the entire While at Kingsborough, Kate has been on the Dean’s List since her Judges Jerry Eisenberg and Matt credit union staff and it is with presented at several conferences fi rst semester at college. She divides D’Emic, attorney Robert Howe honor and great responsibility, I am with Professor Barcena, includ- her time between serving as a teacher’s and wife Diana, and board director eager to take this opportunity to the ing the City University of New assistant for two upper-level classes, John Abi-Habib and wife Sonia, next level.” York Research Scholars Program developing research experiments, and gathered at the Bay Ridge Manor Standing O wishes Mr. Brody a and the American Chemical So- working at Footsteps, an organization to welcome in the new president. very happy retirement, and Mr. Gri- ciety, and also individually pre- in Manhattan that assists former ul- Administrative assistant Maria gos a successful tenure. sented her work at a conference tra-Orthodox Jews. As vice president Rando explained that Brody has Bay Ridge Federal Credit Union in Belgium — the only under- of the Psychology Club, she has helped been with the neighborhood instit- [1750 86th St. and 18th Avenue in graduate student to do so. grow the budget and get more students tion since 1987, adding, “when Gene Bensonhurst, (718) 680–2121]. “Kate is one of the most in- engaged. She won the Outstanding Ju- quisitive students I have taught,” nior in Psychology award and became said Prof. Barcena. “I am proud a mentor in bystander intervention, to all its customers. vide a full day of complimentary care that she is one of Kingsborough’s teaching incoming students how to re- So come on down, meet with Lava- to locals in the community. Proce- success stories.” spond in crisis situations. sia Peterson, branch manager, or as- dures include fi llings, extractions, and Kate was also the receipient of Standing O wishes Sarah good luck sistant manager H. Cesar Merilus, cleanings. the 2016 Jack Kent Cooke Foun- in her future studies. open an account, and see how far your “It is important for me to give back dation Undergraduate Trans- money can grow. to the community that has so many fer Scholarship award, through FORT GREENE Gold Coast Bank (176 Myrtle Ave. at wonderful patients,” said the doc. which she received up to $40,000 Ashland Place in Fort Greene). The offi ce will open at 10 am on a year to complete her bachelor’s It’s here! April 19 and stay open until 5 pm. Dr. degree. Kate was Kingsborough’s Finally, it has arrived — the Long SHEEPSHEAD BAY Umanoff will serve as many as possi- fourth awardee in three years. Island saving institution Gold Coast ble. Standing O wishes Kate a very Bank will be swinging open its golden Save the date “Treatment will be on a fi rst-come, green future. doors at the new Brooklyn location on Dr. Leonard Umanoff, a dentist fi rst-served basis,” he said. Kingsborough Community April 14. with a heart of gold, is hosting his Dr. Leonard Umanoff [2277 College [2001 Oriental Blvd. at The branch is located in the ultra- third annual Dentistry from the Homecrest Ave. and Gravesend Neck Quentin Street in Manhattan chic building The Giovanni, and Heart charity event. He and his team Road in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 382– Beach, (718) 368–5000]. promises to provide top-notch service of dedicated dental assistants will pro- 3444]. 12 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 14–20, 2017 DT Never a dull car story in Downtown A new stop sign was installed last month at Cadman Plaza East and Red Cross Place in Downtown to keep motorists from speeding SOUND OFF TO THE EDITOR through the intersection, which is routinely crowded with pedestri- ans bound for the Brooklyn Bridge LETTERS AND COMMENTS FROM OUR READERS and Brooklyn Bridge Park, as well as other sights in Brooklyn Heights worth the headache. Andrew Porter where the speed limit was an appro- slower? To make it easier to run and Dumbo (City installs new from Brooklyn Heights priate 35 mph. It was lowered it to 30 across the street mid-block? Downtown stop sign to keep tour- mph because the city deemed 35 as TA believes everyone should bike, ists safe,” by Lauren Gill, online Mr. Porter, when did you last too dangerous. DOT Commissioner walk, or use mass transit. But the April 10). walk along Cadman Plaza East be- Polly Trottenberg stated at the time spillover of traffi c from Ocean Park- The city Department of Trans- tween Tillary Street and Red Cross that city engineers believed 30 mph way to Coney Island Avenue since the portation put up the red octagon Place, which is blocked off at both was an appropriate speed limit for speed limit was lowered on Ocean — and painted new crosswalks — ends to all without a permit that low- the street. A few months later, it was Parkway has also slowed buses. at a location where drivers travel- ers the barriers into the ground elec- lowered again to 25 mph. Why? Pres- White only cares about bicycles and ing into Downtown from Dumbo tronically? If you had in the last few sure from Transportation Alterna- pedestrians. I once heard him give a encounter barricades blocking years, you’d know that this stretch tives (TA) is the only possible expla- speech at a meeting in the summer. off a stretch of roadway outside of CPE is a parking area for court nation. TA is also the reason why He arrived on his bike, late, and a hot the United States Eastern District personnel. Pedestrians and bicy- traffi c lanes are being replaced with sweaty mess. Most of us prefer not to courthouse reserved for parking clists can pass the barriers on the bike lanes on major thoroughfares travel that way. for judges and other federal court sidewalks along Walt Whitman and all over the city when bikes belong on And as far as his petition signa- personnel. It was needed, said one Cadman Parks. the side streets. tures, probably most are from people civic activist, to slow down vehicles ujh from Downtown Brooklyn More bikes on the main roads outside the area and few of them drive. “that would blow around the cor- mean more bike accidents and fatal- If you do a survey of those who use ner at 20 miles per hour, not look- The DOT doing something practi- ities, but that doesn’t stop TA from Ocean Parkway you will fi nd most are ing at crossing traffi c.” cal is real news. The stop sign there is requesting additional bike lanes. in favor of Felder’s sensible proposed Several of our readers were a good idea. We’re used to the stupid But they use “safety” to advocate law, which needs to be extended to driven to comment: ideas the DOT is famous for like put- for fewer cars by making car travel other arterial roads where there is no ting bike docks in the street. Ironi- slower and more inconvenient. highway option. We need to vote out a You’re wrong when you state, “au- cally, the recently-installed kiosk just The notion that cars not be al- mayor who allows an outside group to thorities have blocked off a stretch south of the intersection of Cadman lowed to travel faster than bikes on dictate his transportation policy and in front of the United States Eastern Plaza West and Clinton Street is now city streets is absurd. Unlike the who consistently overrules the con- District courthouse to accommo- behind the fencing around the soon- other boroughs, Brooklyn has only cerns of the community. Allan Rosen date judges who like to park close to to-be-demolished library there. So it one real highway. We rely on arte- Sheepshead Bay work.” won’t be accessible for several years. rial roads. It is ridiculous that from In fact, there is no parking in Way to go, NYC Planning Dept.! Southern Brooklyn you can get to Truth seeker front of the court buildings. This is Montie from Clinton Hill New Jersey, Nassau County, Queens To the editor, a security measure. There are bol- and the Bronx in 45 minutes, when it The fool in the White House who lards embedded deep into the side- I hate to break this to some of you, takes longer than that to get to Bor- in my opinion is our make-believe walks, and a permanent security but the tourists wouldn’t be having ough Park. President, lied about his tax return. box at the corner of Cadman Plaza this issue if they bothered to look be- Paul Steely White (TA leader) He should release all his tax returns East and Tillary Street, plus other fore crossing, so this wouldn’t even talks about safety, saying injuries like all the other Commander-in- security devices. be an issue hence they are fl outing and deaths have been reduced by low- chiefs. It is time to get to the truth In the 1980s, the Puerto Rico Lib- laws as well. Tal Barzilai ering the speed limit on Ocean Park- about this information. eration Movement set off bombs in from Pleasantville, NY way. If that is true, does it mean the He lied about former President front of the Federal buildings then speed limit should be further reduced Obama hacking in Trump Towers. there, and the security measures Hey Montie, The bike docks aren’t to 20 or 10 mph, if that would further He lied about former Manhattan were put in after the bombing in “in the street,” they are in the park- reduce injuries and deaths? Where U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara when Oklahoma City. ing area... where vehicles park. How do we draw the line? Increased air he said he would keep him on. Anything the community has to many bikes fi t into the area where a pollution from increased traffi c con- Trump and the Republican Con- review involves the small in num- single car fi ts? And not to mention, gestion also kills. gress lied about healthcare. Why bers but very vocal group of people many of these docks are in places There isn’t proof that a correla- can’t we the people get the same who whine about any semblance of that provide “daylighting” at in- tion exists between a lower speed health care that Congressmen and change in their neighborhood. That tersections, improving pedestrian limit and fewer accidents. Queens Senators get? We the American tax- is why Park Slope has these and safety. Tyler from pps Boulevard is safer today because of payers are paying for Senator’s and Gowanus/Red Hook do not. It’s not fencing preventing jaywalking and Congressmens’ health insurance. Need more speed longer walk signals, not because of a Trump also lied about the Russian To the editor, frequently-violated lower speed limit. meddling into America election. Regarding your article “Five Ocean Parkway has better marked Trump’s Republican slaves (es- LET US HEAR FROM YOU For Fighting” (“Five for Fighting! crosswalks and longer walk signals. pecially House Speaker Paul Ryan, Submit letters to: Vince DiMiceli, Edi- Activists: Felder’s Ocean Parkway White says drivers need to expect who originally didn’t want Trump tor, Community Newspaper Group, 1 speed-limit hike will kill people” on- the unexpected. Well, if pedestri- to be President) should know bet- MetroTech Center North, Brooklyn, NY line March 31), Vision Zero initially ans didn’t cross the street when and ter. They should tell the truth that called for a default speed limit of 25 they in fact do not care about low 11201, or e-mail to editorial@cnglocal. where they shouldn’t, there wouldn’t mph. DeBlasio promised the speed be any “unexpected” with respect to and middle income people. They just com. Please include your address and limit would be higher on arterial pedestrian accidents. care about themselves and the very telephone number for so we can con- roadways where appropriate. How- So it doesn’t matter if cars are wealthy. Howard Katz fi rm you sent the letter. We reserve ever, due to pressure from Transpor- traveling at 25 or 30 mph, because Sheepshead Bay the right to edit all correspondence, tation Alternatives, he later decided when pedestrians should be cross- In last week’s edition, this letter was which becomes the property of that virtually no roads could have a ing, cars are traveling at zero mph. attributed in error to Robert W. Loben- Courier Life Publications. speed limit higher than 25 mph. Why inconvenience cars and cater stein. The actual writer is Howard Consider Queens Boulevard, to jaywalkers by having cars travel Katz. 16 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 14–20, 2017 DT =Xd\ÇXe[gfn\iÇXi\Õ\\k`e^ y first boss once told state in the nation and his White House. Is chief of yield a smoking gun at some me a story that illus- name was in the mix for a fu- staff Rance Preibus on his point. Dtrated the evanescence ture run for the Democratic way out? Will senior advisor So for all of those in our of power. presidential slot. Steve Bannon get pushed out country fretting about the When he was New York But then, all of a sud- because of his clashes with president and his adminis- City’s Planning Commis- den, a tawdry sex scandal Trump’s son-in-law, Jared tration, just remember that sioner in the 1950s, he was chopped down his political Kushner? since we are in a democracy, invited each year to an an- fortunes and he fell to earth There is only one thing there is a finite period of nual gala dinner hosted by as loudly as a redwood tree certain: the jobs of Preibus, leadership. No matter what, one of the city’s good govern- in the forest. From power- Bannon, Conway and oth- in less than four years, we ment groups. He sat proudly ful state leader to late-night ers around the president will have a chance to pick on the dais, seated to the im- punch line in days. How the are not nearly as secure as someone else. mediate left of the Mayor. mighty have fallen. Jared and Ivanka’s. It’s hard And like the many scan- The year after he stepped I’ve been thinking about to fathom why someone like dals in our political history down from his powerful post, this dynamic the last few Bannon, who has surely that have brought down however, he didn’t sit on the weeks as we watch the diz- watched “The Godfather” once-mighty leaders in New dais. In fact, he wasn’t even POLITICAL zying activity coming out of trilogy, would want to battle York like Spitzer, Shelly Sil- invited to the dinner. Washington, D.C. The cast of with “the family.” Don’t be ver, Dean Skelos, Anthony This illustrates the re- SPIN CYCLE characters orbiting the new surprised if Bannon finds a Weiner, and many others, volving door of power in president have been jockey- horse’s head in his bed one there is no guarantee that American political life: one Kfd8ccfe ing for power and already a night soon. elected office will last for year you’re up and on top few have fallen by the way- Then, of course, there full terms. of the world, and the next, breathing as the crusading side, like that shadowy fig- is always the remote pos- Does that make you feel you’re sitting at home alone, Attorney General, he was ure, Gen. Mike Flynn. He sibility that even the presi- any better? watching the high and elected Governor of New went from leading national dent or vice president could Tom Allon, president of mighty on television. York State with more than security advisor to prime be ousted at some point be- City & State NY, was a Re- Think of one of the most 80 percent of the vote in the Russian collusion suspect in fore their term ends. Many publican and Liberal Party- dramatic examples in recent Democratic primary. a nanosecond. pundits, particularly those backed mayoral candidate in New York history — former He was on a path to fame In the last week, we have on the left, think that the 2013 before he left to return to Governor Eliot Spitzer. In as a hard-charging governor heard rumblings of who is probe into Russian ties to the private sector. Reach him 2006, after eight years of fire of the third-most-populous up and who is down in the the Trump campaign will at [email protected]. K?<D<;@:8C;@I<:KFIP=FI9IFFBCPE 8L;@FCF>P @EK DT COURIER LIFE, APRIL 14–20, 2017 17 :_`c[ËjgcXp_\cgjb`[jY\Zfd\X[lckj very day after school, connected to better sleeping ence of making something The seeds of innovation. and all day on weekends, and eating habits. Researchers happen. To get a game going, And this is the first gen- < kids run outside … to in Germany found a signifi- even a game of “I’m the prin- eration to be deprived of the get to their soccer league, or cant correlation between am- cess, you’re the frog,” you chance to just hang out with ballet lesson, or origami boot ple free time [in childhood] and need to convince someone else their buddies. camp. It’s all good, but here’s adult social success.” to play with you. This involves “Only a quarter of our kids what it isn’t. What’s the connection? all sorts of social skills, said 6 to 15 are getting 60 minutes Play. Nancy Schulman, former head Leslie Bushara, deputy di- of play a day,” said Kim Mc- Playing is something else of the 92nd Street Y’s pre-K rector of guest services at the Call, executive director of New entirely, a chance for kids to program and now head of the Museum: “You’re negotiating, York/New Jersey Playworks, make up games, run around, Early Learning Center at the you’re listening.” And if what an organization that sends paint a rock or climb a tree. Avenues school, put it bluntly: you hear is that your friend play instructors into schools And it is this kind of open- “Everything about play bene- doesn’t want to be the frog, to teach kids the playground ended, unstructured “just fits kids. Curiosity, inventive- you have to absorb that and games their older siblings no goofing around” that is not RHYMES ness, self-esteem, and resil- adjust or you may not be able longer teach them. And, she only pleasant, but absolutely ience are the four things that to play at all. So you come up said, many schools take even critical to healthy child de- WITH CRAZY kids really get through play.” with a workable solution: Let’s the meager 20-minute recess velopment. If we want kids to Think about what you see both be princesses. away from kids as a punish- become problem-solving, so- C\efi\Jb\eXqp when you watch a kid playing: In the workplace, Bushara ment, when recess is probably cialized, self-controlled people “They will try something over added, this is called “leader- what those kids need the most. — and we do — we can’t keep and over and over again and ship.” How can we give kids back filling all their free time with Manhattan, moderated by the keep failing but keep trying In Little League or hip- their right to play when par- adult-led activities. former editor of Parents Mag- because they are setting the hop class, kids learn certain ents and schools face so many Why not? Because when azine, Dana Points. agenda,” said Schulman. technical skills and team- time constraints and fears? adults lead an activity, kids be- While many parents think They want to make the cat’s work, but they are not mak- Actually, it’s surprisingly come followers. But when kids of play time as empty calo- cradle, or kick the ball harder. ing something happen. What’s easy: After school, just keep lead an activity, they get prac- ries and believe that even pre- That’s the kind of intense focus more, they are being judged, the gym or playground open tice becoming adults. Leaders. schoolers should spend more they will need in school — and so they’re not totally free to for free play. Maybe have an Doers. time being instructed on math life — but the classroom is a make up a new game or dance. adult in the corner, for insur- That’s the idea behind the and reading skills, Points said, tough place to breed it. When Free play doesn’t have an au- ance reasons. But otherwise, “Genius of Play,” an initia- “More play time at age 3 is di- kids are self-motivated, as they thority watching and grading, just throw out some balls, tive of the Toy Industry Asso- rectly related to better vocabu- are in play, they get the experi- which means kids get to use jump ropes and cardboard ciation to raise awareness of lary in kindergarten.” What’s ence of hard work and practic- their imaginations. You can’t boxes, and let the kids at it. play’s importance, and it was more, she added, “Active play ing without balking at, well, run the bases backwards at Lenore Skenazy is founder the topic of a panel discussion not only helps develop coordi- the hard work and practicing. Little League, but you can if of the book and blog Free- at the Children’s Museum of nation and motor skills, it’s also They also get the experi- you’re “just” playing. Voila: Range Kids. How does the BROOKLYN PAPER sound? Hear it Tuesdays The Community News Group is proud to introduce Brooklyn Paper Radio. Join Brooklyn Paper Editor-in-Chief Vince DiMiceli and the New York Daily News’ Gersh Kuntzman every Tuesday WITH at 2:00 pm for an hour of talk on topics Brooklynites hold dear. Each show, featuring in-studio guests and call-out segments, can be listened to live or played anytime at your convenience. SPONSORED BY JOSEPH LICHTER, D.D.S. VINCE DIMICELI GERSH KUNTZMAN Listen every Tuesday at 2:00pm on BrooklynPaper.com/radio 18 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 14–20, 2017 DT WWW.BROOKLYNDAILY.COM PUBLISHED BY CNG • 1 METROTECH CENTER NORTH • 10TH FLOOR • BROOKLYN, NY 11201 The wall of fame: Sideshow impresario and Coney Island’s unofficial mayor Dick Zigun will unveil the Sideshow Hall of Fame plaque at the Congress of Curious Peoples opening event on April 21. Photo by Georgine Benvenuto Super freaks! Sideshow Hall of Fame honors carnie history By Caroline Spivack USA. “We take it very seriously. People are the Ringling Brothers at some point in their This year, the lucky few will be immor- ake a deep drink of sideshow his- extremely knowledgeable, but by the end of career, as a nod to the recent closing of the talized with a Sideshow Hall of Fame tory! the night people are stinking drunk — it’s brothers’ circus, said Zigun. plaque mounted at the Freak Bar for all T Some of history’s greatest sword good fun.” Two nominees will duke it out in each to see, which Zigun hopes will become a swallowers, fire eaters, and sideshow odd- The Sideshow Hall of Fame has five category, and panelists will try to sway the destination in and of itself. balls will finally receive their due next categories: Born Different, Self Inflicted audience in favor of their sideshow sensa- “It will become a weirdo tourist attrac- weekend at the Sideshow Hall of Fame (those who alter their body with tattoos tion. After the advocates have made their tion,” he said. “For 10 years, we’ve been induction ceremony in Coney Island. At or piercings, for instance), Working Acts pitches, the crowd puts it to a vote. holding this event and have not had an the event, which kicks off the 10th annual (sideshow performers such as knife throw- Each winner will receive a celebratory actual iconic, physical hall of fame. So this “Congress of Curious Peoples” festival run- ers and sword swallowers), Show Folk (the toast while the crowd chants “Gooble gob- will give it a home.” ning April 21–30 at various Coney ven- producers and talent behind the sideshow) ble, we accept you! One of us, one of us!” The 10-day Congress of Curious Peoples ues, audience members and aficionados and Attractions, bizarre non-living items — loosely quoting the 1932 film “Freaks.” will also feature “Superfreak Weekend” on will drunkenly deliberate on which curi- that drew visitors, such as electric chairs, Voters then down their drinks in a single April 22–23, an extravaganza of exotic side- ous characters will be immortalized in the blade boxes, and the fake medicine of snake gulp — or as much as they can stomach — show performers including Koko the Killer Sideshow Hall of Fame. The crowd will also oil salesmen. all in the name of academia. Clown, Dr. Claw, and Nati The Patchwork get a thorough education on some of the This year’s Born Different nominees are “Remember, we’re seriously discussing Girl, along with a slew of lectures and panel world’s premiere oddities, but they might the Doll Family — a quartet of dwarfs who people who can turn their heads backwards, discussions on sideshow and circus culture. not remember the details the next morning, dazzled with song and dance routines — swallow coins, people who’ve covered Sideshow Hall of Fame induction cer- said one organizer. versus Martin Laurello, the “Human Owl” themselves in tattoos,” said Zigun. “But as emony at Coney Island USA (1208 Surf Ave. “It’s like the show ‘Drunk History,’ ” who could twist his noggin 180 degrees. the evening goes on the audience and the at W. 12th Street in Coney Island, www. said Dick Zigun, who runs Coney Island Each of this year’s nominees worked with scholars get incredibly drunk.” coneyisland.com). April 21 at 7 pm. $10. 24-7 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 7-13, 2017 19 HOPPY HOLIDAY! Your eggs-clusive guide to Easter egg hunts By the Brooklyn Egg-Hiding Committee he borough of churches will have an eggs-traordinay Surround sound!: The day before the music venue Brooklyn Steel opened, we array of Easter egg hunts T took a look inside. Photo by Stefano Giovannini this weekend. So if you want to discover the Easter Bunny’s secret stash in your neighborhood, grab your basket and consult this guide: Steel the show Farm and fresh A look at Williamsburg’s Get away from the city at the Green Meadows Farm Easter Egg newest spot for live music Hunt at Aviator Center in Marine Park! In addition to hunting for By Julianne Cuba From every angle, there is a colorful eggs filled with treasure, rooklyn’s music scene is clear view of the stage, and the kids can enjoy pony rides, run getting big! floor rakes downwards towards through a fun house, pose with B Brooklyn’s newest the stage so that no one gets Whiskers the Easter Bunny, and music venue — the 1,800-per- stuck staring at someone’s bob- then chill out with a relaxing hay son spot Brooklyn Steel in bing head, said Magrew. And ride. Williamsburg — opened last even for shows that haven’t sold Green Meadows Farm Easter week with some of the best out, the space will feel packed Egg Hunt at Aviator Sports and sounds and sightlines in the with fans. A movable stage Events Center [3159 Flatbush Ave. borough. The former steel fab- allows the venue to shrink to a in Floyd Bennett Field in Marine rication plant on Frost Street 1,200-person space, or grow to Park, (718) 470–0224, www.avia- has already sold out some of its its full 1,800 capacity as needed. torsports.com]. April 13–16, 10 shows through October, which Revelers can purchase beer am–4 pm. $9. makes it clear that Brooklyn and mixed drinks from any of needed another large venue, said the venue’s three bars — one Hoppy trails a partner at Bowery Presents, in the lobby just as you enter, Hunt for eggs, plays some the company that owns and another on the second floor, games, and listen to music among operates Brooklyn Steel. and a third in the back of the the trees of Shore Road Park at this “Certainly the next couple main space, under the balcony. annual Easter event sponsored by months, looks like we made a In a nod to the legacy of the state Sen. Marty Golden. Hopping into spring: The Easter Bunny will be out hiding eggs (and posing with kids) good bet. It’s pretty exciting. I warehouse, the front of each Easter Egg Hunt at Shore Road in Marine Park on Saturday. Photo by Steve Solomonson think we’re going to bring great drink station is covered with re- Park (Shore Road at 79th Street in music,” said Jim Glancy. “And purposed steel, and industrial Bay Ridge). April 15 at 2 pm. Free. Bunny bounce Evergreen Easter hopefully people discover a part fans spin above the lobby bar. Trinity Grace Church in Crown You can hunt for eggs over of Brooklyn they haven’t seen Just like Barclays Center, Greene fields Heights welcomes everyone their dead bodies! The Evergreens before.” Brooklyn Steel comes topped Head to Fort Greene Park to an Easter Festival with mul- Cemetery in Bushwick will host Local rock band LCD with its own green roof and for an afternoon of music, face tiple bounce houses, games, music, an “Easter Eggstravangza” on Soundsystem opened the space padded insulation so the sound painting, a magic show, readings, crafts, and more. Saturday afternoon, complete with with five sold-out shows, and stays inside the venue, said and an Easter egg hunt, hosted Easter Festival at PS 705 (443 an egg hunt, a visit from the Easter a bunch of other big names, Magrew. by Councilwoman Laurie Cumbo. St. Marks Ave. between Grand Bunny, a petting zoo, and more fun including the Decemberists and “We can crank up these Bring a basket — the egg hunt and Classon avenues in Prospect activities. P.J. Harvey, have fully booked speakers, we’ve got wall insu- starts at 12:30 pm! Heights, www.tgccrownheights. Easter Eggstravangza at shows in the near future. For lation and insulation layers in District 35 Easter Egg Hunt at com). April 15, noon–2 pm. Free. Evergreens Cemetery (1629 those looking to get in soon, the the walls so that as we turn up Fort Greene Park Northwest Plaza Bushwick Ave. at Conway Street in Squirrel Nut Zippers still have the volume, the neighbors do (Myrtle Avenue at N. Portland East-ARRR eggs! Bushwick, www.theevergreenscem- spots available for its swinging not hear it and it keeps all the Avenue in Fort Greene). April 15, The pirate-themed mini-golf etery.com). April 15, 2–4 pm. Free. April 21 show! sound in,” he said. “The sound 11 am–2 pm. Free. spot Shipwrecked will send kids The concert company trans- is fantastic.” searching for eggs along its 18-hole Eggs on ’point formed the active warehouse The other Bowery Presents course on Saturday morning, and Grab your basket and a into a two-floor venue, with venues in Brooklyn — Rough the Easter Bunny will be around ticket and head to Greenpoint’s a small section of the balcony Trade and Music Hall of for photos! McGolrick Park for the borough’s and a private “Ludlow Room” Williamsburg — only hold a Shipwrecked Miniature Golf most organized egg hunt! Kids reserved for VIP access. But few hundred people, so the new [621 Court St., Second Floor, will set off in groups of 10 to track the rest of the vast factory-like space allows the company to between Halleck and Bay streets in down eggs, and while waiting for space is general admission, and bring bigger acts to the bor- Red Hook, (718) 852–4653, www. your slot (determined by your tick- no matter where you grab a ough, said Glancy. shipwreckednyc.com]. $5 with a et) you can pose with the Easter spot, every view feels close to “It felt like with all that’s round of golf ($13, $10 kids). Bunny, or groove to music from the stage, said the head of mar- going on with people living Baby DJ School, Laura Dayan, keting at Bowery Presents. and working and socializing in Coffey and eggs Rock’N Lolo, and children’s band “We built this all up from Brooklyn, there was an oppor- Redemption Church Red Hook Thunder & Sunshine. scratch — the sight lines have tunity for a larger size venue,” will host its second annual Easter Egg Hunt 2017 at the Center all been designed so that no he said. egg hunt on Saturday in Coffey Pavilion of McGolrick Park matter where you are there’s Brooklyn Steel (319 Frost St. Park, with food, games, and music. (Humboldt Street at Driggs Avenue a really a great view,” said between Morgan and Debevoise Easter Egg Hunt at Coffey Park in Greenpoint, www.townsquare- Charley Magrew. “There’s real- avenues in Williamsburg, www. The hunt is on: Kids will hunt for Easter (Dwight Street between Verona and inc.com/egg-hunt). April 15, noon–3 ly not a lot of obstructions in bowerypresents.com/brooklyn- eggs all over Brooklyn this weekend! King streets in Red Hook). April 15 pm. $20 ($15 in advance, parents your way.” steel). Photo by Steve Solomonson at noon. Free. free). 20 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 7-13, 2017 24-7 M.A.S. Swing M.A.S. Swing will perform music from the Great American Songbook which includes songs by Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey, Benny Goodman and Glenn Miller 3UNDAY ª!PRILª ªªsªPM - 5PM Tamaqua Bar and Marina 84 Ebony Ct. (located at the end of Channel Ave. off Gerritsen Ave.) 'ERRITSENª"EACH ª"ROOKLYN ª.9ªªsª Tickets $25.00 per person will include a hot buffet (ANDICAPªACCESSIBLEªsª,ARGEªDANCEªmªOORªsª#ASHª"ARª 0ARKINGªONªTHEªPREMISEªsª#ASUALªDRESS 0LEASEªCALLªFORªRESERVATIONSª-ARIEª3TACKª www.mariestack.com Last chance to see CAGNEY in New York A NEW PLAY BYBY at the Westside Theatre - Closing May 28 PAULA VOGEL DIRECTED BY REBECCA TAICHMAN The A provocative new play with music about Musical a moment of great change in American history and a group of passionate actors who risked everything for their art “A SUPERBLY REALIZED, REMARKABLY POWERFUL ” NOTHING BUT JOY - AN AMAZING NEW PLAY. “ “ -THE NEW YORK TIMES AND PLENTY OF IT!” MUSICAL!” - Rex Reed, NY Observer - Steve Schonberg, WNBC-TV Telecharge.com / 212-239-6200 Groups of 10+ call 866-302-0995 IndecentBroadway.com th Telecharge.com 212-239-6200 Groups: 212-757-9117 CORT THEATRE 138 W 48 St, New York Westside Theatre 407 W 43rd St - CagneyTheMusical.com 24-7 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 7-13, 2017 21 A WAKE-UP CALL Show uses 1,500 coffee cups to fight waste By Lauren Gill heir cups runneth over! A dance performance fea- Tturing 1,500 coffee cups littered across its set will spill onto the stage of Greenpoint’s Triskelion Arts on April 20–22. The director of “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee” says that it aims to confront people with the amount of waste they produce by drinking out of disposable drink vessels. Rude-y Tuesday: Comedian Ian Lockwood hosts the Rude Comedy “People are so stressed out, they show every Tuesday at South Fourth Bar in Williamsburg. Photo by Caleb Caldwell don’t want to hear about it,” said Vangeline, a Gowanus resident. “Maybe one way to show people was to collect all of these cups, put them How Rude! onstage, and show you this is the amount of garbage you create.” New comedy night makes The Vangeline Theater company specializes in a type of Japanese the- up for the late Annoyance ater called butoh, an avant-garde dance form meant to startle the audience and By Bill Roundy bring them face-to-face with issues Can she get a flat white?: The butoh theater show “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee,” open- e’s a Rude dude! they would otherwise ignore, accord- ing April 20 in Greenpoint, warns of an ecological apocalypse if people do not stop using A new weekly comedy show in ing to the group’s founder. disposable cups. Michael Blase H Williamsburg is trying to fill the gap left by “It’s considered the dance of the they became a part of the set. of purpose and a plan to get rid of their recently closed comedy venue the Annoyance. The unconscious things that we don’t want The show originally premiered in wasteful coffee cup habits. host of Rude, happening each Tuesday at the South to look at,” said Vangeline. 2015, but — shockingly — the avant- “I hope that people who come to the Fourth Bar, says that the title of his four-shows-in- The show features a topic that many garde dance piece had little effect on show will get a mug and stop consum- one comedy extravaganza is an oblique homage to the have closed their eyes to — global the city’s garbage consumption. So ing these coffee cups that end up in shuttered improv spot. climate change. Dancers will wade Vangeline decided to bring the piece landfills. I hope it empowers people “The name — besides just being a fun name that through a sea of coffee cups as they act back in order to make her case again. who feel like they can’t take action, I like — is kind of a nod to the Annoyance, where a out a story set a few years in the future, “Things haven’t changed — I walk that they can take a small action in lot of the performers come from,” said Williamsburg when global warming has become so down the street and see garbage over- daily life,” she said. comedian Ian Lockwood. “We are inspired by the serious that mankind is on the verge flowing with cups,” she said. “I sort of “Wake Up and Smell the Coffee” Annoyance, but we are a completely different entity. of extinction. feel like I’m going to be doing this until at Triskelion Arts (106 Calyer St. at They might be annoying, but we’re a little bit rude.” Vangeline and her dancers collected I’m blue in the face.” Banker Street in Greenpoint, (718) Many of the shows feature some amount of audi- the coffee cups from trash cans around This time, she hopes that audiences 389–3473, www.vangeline.com). April ence participation, said Lockwood — a factor that the city, washing them in a sink before will walk away with a newfound sense 20–22 at 8 pm. $16. lets them take advantage of the many comedians in the audience. “The truth is, the people who come out to comedy shows every night are largely comedians themselves,” he said. “So we want to have a few slots for the audi- Bay Ridge Nights and rights! ence to come up and join the show.” Anyone who tosses their name into the hat might By Caroline Spivack know-how at a tenant’s rights work- join the stage, but Lockwood is not worried about a tick it to the Man, Bay Ridge! shop put on by Fight Back Bay Ridge few amateurs spoiling the show. The hub of Brooklyn night life at the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian “The performers at Rude are pretty talented, and Sis swapping pints for protests this Church (6753 Fourth Ave. between they can handle it,” he said. week. And whether you are red, blue, Senator and 68th streets) on Tuesday at Each evening includes an improv performance, or purple, there are plenty of opportu- 6:30 pm. Learn about rent stabilization, followed by three more shows, which lean towards nities to make your voice heard. senior citizen rent increase exceptions, experimental and absurd comedy, said Lockwood. But first, get into the spirit of social how to file a housing complaint, and “You won’t see a standard five-minute stand-up rebellion on Saturday with some ’60s more. To get the most out of the night, set,” he said. “You’re more likely to see a weird char- rock from local cover band Out of the come with questions for the reps from acter or a bizarre sketch.” Blue, at all-American bar Red, White, the Metropolitan Council of Housing. Each Tuesday has a different line-up, but there and Brew (8910 Fifth Ave. between And on Wednesday, engage with are two recurring segments. One is “Sponsored 89th and 90th streets) at 4 pm. Then your neighbors at the “NY 11 Town By,” where hosts Sophie Zucker and Justin Linville keep the party — and the nod to the Hall” at the Bay Ridge Manor (476 pay over-the-top tribute to sponsor New Belgium past — going at No Quarter with 76th St. between Fourth and Fifth ave- Brewing, the makers of Fat Tire Amber Ale. The classic rock cover band Time Warp nues) for residents of New York’s 11th second is Lockwood’s own sketch group Fiona, at 9 pm. congressional district, which includes which starts with loose plots but uses completely Then start your crusade for a better Southern Brooklyn and Staten Island. improvised dialogue, so the stories often go off the world on Tuesday — the deadline day The 7:30 pm gathering will feature rails. for filing your taxes — by heading experts from nearly a dozen local and “It can get pretty wild, and anything can happen,” to the Peace Action Bay Ridge pro- filling up the moon-sized craters on city-wide groups discussing educa- he said. test of military spending at the Fort Shore Road, this is the venue to vent tion, health care, immigration, and Rude Comedy at South Fourth Bar and Cafe [90 Hamilton Post Office (8801 Fifth Ave. your frustrations. The rally gets going more — although it will not feature S. Fourth St. at Berry Street in Williamsburg, (718) between 88th and 89th streets). If you at 8:30 am and will taper off at noon. Congressman Dan Donovan, who pre- 218–7478, www.south4thbar.com]. Tuesday nights at 7:30 are fed-up with your hard-earned tax Once you have revved up your civi- fers an electronic town hall to appear- pm. Free. dollars going to anything other than cally engaged engine, arm yourself with ing in public . 22 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 7-13, 2017 24-7 “POWERFUL, HUMOROUS, AND HIGHLY CONTEMPORARY.” BROOKLYN ACENTERRTSfor the PERFORMING AT BROOKLYN COLLEGE PATTI GRIPPING ENTERTAINMENT! “ Playwright Jason Odell Williams AUSTIN: is a postmodern Clifford Odets. SIMPLY SUPERB.” ELLA NOW AND THEN Top Ten 2016 Sat, Apr 22 at 8pm L.A. Theatre Productions Tickets: $36-$55 A Con Edison Music Masters Series Event New World Stages, 340 W 50th St (btwn 8th & 9th Aves. Telecharge.com 212-239-6200 - ChurchAndStateThePlay.com THE GOLDEN DRAGON ACROBATS Sun,S AApr 3300 att 33pm Tickets: $25 BrooklynCenter.org or 718-951-4500 Whitman Theatre at Brooklyn College 2 to Flatbush Avenue On-site paid parking available 24-7 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 7-13, 2017 23 Pan Donuts and acoustic FRI, APRIL 14 music. Free. 11 am to 1 DANCE, “MONOPOLY pm. Brooklyn Farmacy & — THE LANDLORD’S Soda Fountain (513 Henry GAME”: The board game St. at Sackett Street in Car- about ruthless capital- roll Gardens), brooklyn- ism gets re-imagined as farmacyandsodafountain. a dance piece. $18–$25. com. Mark Morris Dance Group CRAFT ROOM: Get creative [3 Lafayette Ave. between with a variety of Jewish Nostrand Avenue and themed crafts to choose Bedford Avenue in Fort from! Free with museum Greene, (718) 624–8400], admission. 12:30 pm to www.markmorrisdance- 2:30 pm. Jewish Children’s group.org. Museum [792 Eastern FAMILY, UNIVERSOUL CIR- Pkwy. at Kingston Avenue CUS: The soul circus fea- in Crown Heights, (718) tures human and animal 907–8833], www.jcm.mu- talent, including elephants, seum. Katt’s out of the bag: Comedian Katt Williams will stop at the Fresh Clownsss danc- OUTDOORS, SENSORY PER- Barclays Center on April 15 as part of his Great America tour. ers, motocross perform- CEPTION HIKE: Urban Park Ranger hiking guides Derek Blanks ers, and more. With a free shuttle bus from Brooklyn will introduce you to the College subway stop. hidden gems of New York COMING SOON TO $16–$45. 10:30 am and 7 City while you learn orien- pm. Aviator Sports and teering skills. 1 pm. Canar- BARCLAYS CENTER Events Center [3159 Flat- sie Park [East 88th St. and bush Ave. in Floyd Bennett Seaview Avenue in Canar- Field in Marine Park, (718) sie, (718) 421–2021]. FRI, APRIL 14 TUE, JUNE 6 758–7500]. UNIVERSOUL CIRCUS: 3:30 FAMILY, THROW AND TELL: pm and 6:30 pm. See Fri- SPORTS, JORDAN MUSIC, THE WEEKND: A high energy juggling day, April 14. BRAND CLASSIC: $15– $59–$521. 7:30 pm performance with Michael $75. 1 pm. Karas! $10 general admis- MON, APRIL 17 sion. 12:30 pm. Jewish WED, JUNE 7 Children’s Museum [792 READING, CHARLAMAGNE SAT, APRIL 15 Eastern Pkwy. at Kingston The wig is up!: Drag queen and violinist Thorgy Thor will join THA GOD: The co-host MUSIC, THE WEEKND: of Power 105.1’s The COMEDY, KATT WIL- Avenue in Crown Heights, comedian and singer Eliot Glaser at the “bad music made Breakfast Club shares his LIAMS GREAT AMER- $59–$521. 7:30 pm (718) 907–8833], www.jcm. good” showcase “Haunting Renditions” at the Bell House museum. unlikely success story and ICA TOUR: $57–$181. on April 20. discusses his new book, 8 pm. FILM, “LABYRINTH”: David FRI, JUNE 9 Bowie! Jennifer Connelly! “Black Privilege: Opportu- nity Comes to Those Who MUSIC, SOULFRITO Muppets! Experience the Myrtle Avenue and Wash- the heated outdoor tent. FRI, APRIL 21 dance magic dance while Create It.” $30 (includes ington Park in Fort Greene, $35-$45. 2–4 pm. Syca- book). 7 pm. PowerHouse URBAN LATIN MUSIC sipping an adult bever- MUSIC, RUFF RYDERS (718) 722–3218]. more [1118 Cortelyou Rd. Arena [28 Adams St. at FEST: With Meek Mill, age. $4. 7 and 11:30 pm. AND FRIENDS: With COMEDY, CONEY ISLAND between Stratford and Water Street in Dumbo, Fetty Wap, Young M.A, Syndicated BK (40 Bogart CIRCUS SIDESHOW: A Westminster roads in Dit- (718) 666–3049], www. Eve, DMX, Swizz Beatz, St. at Thames Street in Uncle Murda, and more. traditional ten-in-one cir- mas Park, (347) 240–5850], powerhousearena.com. The Lox, and Drag-On. Bushwick). $65–$166. 8 pm cus sideshow, with freaks, www.sycamorebrooklyn. TALK, NIGHT TRAIN WITH $40–$260. 7:30 pm. THEATER, “THE PANELS”: human curiosities, and com. WYATT CENAC: Brooklyn- This play envisions an amazing performances. MUSIC, “MUSIC IN MO- based comedy favorite America where the govern- SAT, APRIL 22 SAT, JUNE 10 Runs continuously all day. TION”: A free family con- Wyatt Cenac hosts the ment sends its teenagers $10 ($5 kids). 1–8 pm. cert on the fl oating barge, best local and international SPORTS, PREMIER BOX- MUSIC, 33RD NEW YORK to camps to undergo rigor- Coney Island USA (1208 followed by a discussion stand up comedians, musi- ING CHAMPIONS: ous education in sexual ex- SALSA FESTIVAL: With Surf Ave. at W. 12th Street with the artists. Free. 4 cians, local celebrities, and Andre Berto vs Shawn perience. $18. 8 pm. Jack Willie Colón, Eddie in Coney Island), www.co- pm. Bargemusic (Fulton the occasional surprise Porter. $107–$299. Time (505 Waverly Ave. between Palmieri, Tito Nieves, neyisland.com. Ferry Landing - (Brooklyn only found in Gowanus. Fulton Street and Atlantic tba. MUSIC, TINARIWEN, DEN- Bridge)), www. bargemu- $8 ($5 in advance). 8 pm. Eddie Santiago, and Avenue in Clinton Hill), GUE FEVER: $30 ($25 in sic.org. Littlefi eld [622 Degraw St. more. $70–$230. 8 pm www.jackny.org. advance). 8 pm. Brooklyn MUSIC, MASTERWORKS between Fourth and Fifth MON, APRIL 24 THEATER, “FRAGMENTED Bowl [61 Wythe Ave. be- SERIES: A classical concert avenues in Gowanus, (718) FRIDA”: This one-woman, MUSIC, CHRIS BROWN: tween N. 11th and N. 12th of Bach, Schubert, and 855–3388], www.little- SUN, JUNE 25 two-act play portrays Mex- With 50 Cent, Fabolous, streets in Williamsburg, more, on a fl oating barge. fi eldnyc.com. ican painter Frida Kahlo’s O.T. Genasis, and Kap SPORTS, BIG 3: Three-on- (718) 963–3369], www. $40 ($35 seniors, $20 stu- COMEDY, SIDE PONYTAIL determination to prove G. $20–$475. 7:30 pm. brooklynbowl.com. dent). Bargemusic (Fulton COMEDY: The Monday three basketball games herself to the world. $59– FAMILY, SPRING MIGRA- Ferry Landing - (Brooklyn night comedy show wel- with professional play- $79. 8 pm. 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An activity of the Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association. 26 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 14–20, 2017 DT • ‘I’m going to go for as • ‘I’m happy with how many points as I can competitive this possibly can every time.’ game was.’ — Hoops standout Zack Bruno on his drive for — Softball coach Frank Marinello on scoring for the Clippers every game. the Bonnies’ efforts during loss. Former St. John’s standout returns BY LAURA AMATO fender searching for a new He considers himself a pretty plan and a new spark of posi- positive person. tivity — on and off the fi eld. Cosmos defender Jimmy He found it with the Cos- Mulligan always knew he mos. Mulligan was contacted could play professional soc- by Cosmos coach Giovanni cer, but the standout and for- Savarese just after his tryout mer St. John’s star didn’t quite in Utah and it only took a few count on the long and winding conversations for the pair to road toward his dream or his realize it was the perfect part- roster spot with a professional nership. soccer team. It hasn’t been “Gio had been around this easy, but Mulligan is positive area and got to come to St. it’s going to be smooth sail- John’s games and saw me play ing on the pitch this season in a bunch of times and liked Brooklyn. me,” Mulligan said. “So he “It’s really nice, fi rst of all, brought me in on trial and I just getting back to playing went on trial for like a month soccer is amazing,” said Mul- before it offi cially worked out. ligan, who graduated from I’ve been with the team ever St. John’s in 2013. “This team since, so that’s been about and this staff is great and just four years.” being back in this area, in Mulligan relished every New York City, is incredible moment on the fi eld with the for me.” Cosmos — playing out his Mulligan was certain he’d dream just a few miles away be drafted out of college, but from his hometown in Med- his phone never rang and a BROOKLYN BOUND: Former St. John’s standout Jimmy Mulligan has found a professional home with the New ford, N.Y. But, as with most tryout with Real Salt Lake York Cosmos, thankful to get back on the pitch after the squad opened up its season in Brooklyn. things in his career, it wasn’t didn’t pan out. It left the de- New York Cosmos Continued on page 29 South Shore star on top after a dominant senior season BY LAURA AMATO “Honestly, I didn’t even ing at times. She was worried it wouldn’t think I could get this far,” “In the middle of the sea- work. Philoxy said. “I didn’t know son, it was tough,” she said. Selena Philoxy trans- if I’d be able to fi t in with ev- “I did think, I’m going to ferred into the South Shore erybody. But then the fi rst give up, but my teammates program two years ago with year we won and I knew we were by my side. That’s how a mind full of doubts, ques- could accomplish something. they’ve always been and they tions and hopes. The senior Then winning states, I’m just let me know we were going to forward — who previously happy to have my teammates win and we were going to do played at Television and by my side and do what we this.” Films — silenced every single could do.” Philoxy refocused her ef- question this season, leading Philoxy wasn’t the only forts down the stretch and the Lady Vikings to the pro- senior on the South Shore embraced the challenges of gram’s fi rst-ever Federation roster this season, but she being a leader. She hadn’t al- championship and emerging was the unquestioned leader ways been part of the South as a star on both sides of the of the group, looked upon to Shore hoops culture, but this ball. jumpstart her squad through- season Philoxy was an inte- Philoxy was a defensive out the year. But that wasn’t gral part of what the Lady Vi- force and an offensive spark always an easy task. kings were going to do. for South Shore and her suc- There were expectations Once she realized that, the DEFYING DOUBTERS: South Shore senior forward Selena Philoxy over- cess on the court is why she and stats she needed to rest was easy. came some middle-season doubts, leading the Lady Vikings to a city title is this year’s Courier Life post and Philoxy admits it Philoxy upped her defen- and a Federation championship. Photo by Robert Cole Player of the Year. got to be a bit overwhelm- Continued on page 29 DT COURIER LIFE, APRIL 14-20, 2017 27 Bonnies can’t break it open against Molloy BY LAURA AMATO Fontbonne Hall softball coach Frank Marinello stood in front of his team and told them they played well. They had, they just didn’t win the game. The Bonnies dropped a BACK ON TOP: South Shore's Desinty Philoxy was an offensive 1–0 matchup to Archbishop force to be reckoned with this season, leading the Lady Vikings to Molloy on April 10, a closely contested showdown that a third straight city title. File photo by Robert Cole Marinello couldn’t quite bring himself to be disap- pointed over. All-Brooklyn Girls’ “You know my line, right? If you blink you lose,” Marinello said. “We’re a young team. I’m very happy. Basketball Honors No one is happy losing, but I’m happy with how competi- BY LAURA AMATO over the Federation hump tive this game was.” It was a banner year for girls this winter, as South Shore Fontbonne came up on the basketball in Brooklyn. captured the program’s wrong end of a pitcher’s duel South Shore fi nally fi rst-ever state title with a as both squad’s starters bat- erased memories of late- lopsided victory over The tled in the circle. Arianna season disappointments, Mary Louis Academy in Heinsch led the charge for TWO-HIT MISCUE: Fontbonne pitcher Arianna Heinsch gave up just two clinching the New York Glens Falls. It was a domi- the Bonnies, while Molloy’s hits, but they were enough to hand the Bonnies a 1–0 loss against Arch- State Federation “AA” ti- nant season for Gladden Kelsey Carr set the tone for bishop Molloy on April 10. Photo by William Thomas tle after notching a third and his squad, sparked by a the Stanners. straight city champion- fi erce determination to not Heinsch — who had big fi eld and notched the game’s a half,” Marinello said. “I ship. James Madison also come up short again. shoes to fi ll this season, step- only run on a short single wouldn’t even call it two hits. went on an impressive post- ping into the circle after from Taylor Torres. It was a great game, though.” season run, capturing an First team Fontbonne graduated former The Bonnies were half-a- That was as much as Mol- “A” city title before coming Lynette Taitt, senior, standout Bianca Marletta — second away from making loy would get, but it was all up just short in the state Bishop Loughlin gave up just two hits in the the play at the plate, but the the Stanners would need as semifi nals. Grand Street The Lions’ long- bottom of the fourth, but they throw came just a moment too Carr continued to fan batters Campus added to the bor- time standout joined the both proved costly. late as Hickey slid into home. down the stretch. ough’s success in the Pub- 1,000-point club this season, Jessica Hickey connected “Ari threw 85 pitches The Molloy freshman lic Schools Athletic League, averaging 24.4 points per on a leadoff double into left and really gave up a hit and Continued on page 29 making it as far as the “AA” game. Taitt stepped into a semifi nals. more of a leadership role for Fontbonne Hall again the young Loughlin squad, dominated in the Catholic but found a way to pack her League, making yet another stat sheet while still helping Staying the course: Clippers “A” championship game ap - her teammates. She’s set to pearance, and while the Bon- take her talents to Manhat- nies fell short of a title, the tan College next season. squad was far from disap- Destiny Philoxy, ju- star is ready for next step pointed in its performance. nior, South Shore Meanwhile, St. Joseph The unquestioned leader BY LAURA AMATO and I wanted to stick with my made history in the “B” di- of the Lady Vikings’ offense, There wasn’t really a choice. program.” vision, winning a Brook- Philoxy was the squad’s gen- Xaverian senior basket- Bruno couldn’t spark a lyn-Queens title in the eral on the court, pushing ball standout Zack Bruno al- postseason run on his own, program’s fi rst season. Of the team back to another ways knew he was going to but he made sure his presence course, none of that success city title and its fi rst-ever spend his fi nal season with was known every single time would be possible without state championship. The the Clippers. He didn’t even he stepped onto the court. the players, and Brooklyn point guard, who commit- consider the possibility of He led the team with 21 boasted some of the top tal- ted to UMass during the sea- transferring, despite a hand- points per game and fi nished ent on the hardwood this son, tallied up the assists, ful of questions and concerns fourth in the Catholic High winter. Here’s who racked regularly setting up her about the young squad. He School Athletic Association up the victories and padded teammates as South Shore came to Xaverian for a very in scoring. Of course, there their stat lines this season: cruised to a perfect record simple reason — he loved it — was never much of a question against city competition. and one challenge wasn’t go- as to what Bruno’s on-court Player of the Year Ericka James, sopho- ing to change that. ATTACKING THE HOOP: Xaverian strengths were, either. He’s Selena Philoxy, senior, more, James Madison Bruno stayed and, while senior Zack Bruno was focused on always been a scorer. South Shore The Lady Golden the team failed to notch a scoring all season, priding himself “I love it,” Bruno said. Knights’ standout did a bit second-straight city title, the on his ability to rack up points. “That’s what I live for. I live Coach of the Year of everything this season, Clippers’ combo guard doesn’t Photo by William Thomas for scoring. When I was 8 Anwar Gladden, South leading her team to a city regret his decision. years old and I started play- Shore title and a solid showing “I’m a loyal person,” Bruno didn’t plan on leaving, no mat- ing basketball, my brother The Lady Vikings’ in the Federation tourna- said. “I decided to come to ter the circumstances. I’m a told me I was a scorer and leader helped his squad get Continued on page 29 Xaverian for a reason and I Xaverian guy, love Xaverian Continued on page 29 28 COURIER LIFE, APRIL 14-20, 2017 DT best to keep things as normal MULLIGAN as possible heading into its FONTBONNE April 1 home opener and Mul- Continued from page 27 Continued from page 28 ligan is confi dent in what his always easy and he spent last team can do throughout the racked up 16 strikeouts on season on loan with the Swope season. the day, giving up just two Park Rangers. “We came right back in hits and four walks. Mulligan was anxious to and things took off where we “I’m just trying to throw return to New York this year, left off,” he said. “It’s a great strikes,” Carr said of her ap- but the Cosmos’ uncertain fu- locker room, one of the best proach. “That’s pretty much ture left him with more ques- we’ve had and we were ready it. I’m just trying to get into tions than answers. He did and pumped and anxious to a rhythm.” his best to stay positive, but get the season going.” Fontbonne’s best chance that was sometimes easier He has to stop and pinch came in at top of the sixth in- said than done. himself every now and then, ning as Alexa Bertelle con- “It was tough. I really, re- always a bit stunned to fi nd nected on a leadoff single and ally wanted to play and I had himself living out his dream, Abigal Fogliano followed two an agent at the time who knew but Mulligan wouldn’t trade batters later with a walk. I could play,” Mulligan said. any of it — despite the ups The Bonnies, however, “And it was really just a wait- and downs of the last few sea- couldn’t take advantage. ing game and it was tough and sons. After all, being part of Natalie Lacognata hit into a SLIDING HOME: Molloy’s Jessica Hickey scores the game’s only run as really stressful. You just keep the Cosmos means he’s part fi elders choice, forcing Ber- the Stanners took down Fontbonne 1–0 in a league matchup on April 10. pushing yourself, you keep of soccer history. telle out at third, and a fl y out Photo by William Thomas driving and you hope things “It’s really crazy to think wrapped up the inning with- are going to work out.” about all the legends that have out a run crossing home. a little bit, we’ll be alright.” the season continues. Mulligan’s belief eventu- played for this team,” Mul- Fontbonne connected on It’s the second time Font- The players are young, but ally paid off and the Cosmos ligan said. “I was just happy its fi nal hit — a two-out sin- bonne has come up short they’re competing and, right were saved by Rocco Com- to be part of a professional gle from Sydney Lacognata against Molloy this season, now, that’s all Marinello misso, who purchased the team and to get to keep play- — in the seventh inning, but but the Bonnies aren’t dis- cares about. team last December and kept ing after college and be able the Bonnies offense failed to couraged yet. The squad is “It looks like we can play a familiar roster of experi- to learn from such amazing completely hit its stride. just as confi dent as ever, anx- with everybody right now,” enced players. professionals, it’s been unbe- “We’ve got to move the ious to prove itself sooner he said. “We’re going to live The squad did its collective lievable.” ball around a little bit,” rather than later and, most to see another day and I’m Marinello said. “I think if we importantly, certain it can sure we’ll see [Molloy] again start to move the ball around win another pitcher’s duel as down the road.” in the back court. HOOPS Meghan Glynn, senior, Fontbonne Hall me and people want me to do respect. Last season we lost Continued from page 28 A multi-year standout for PHILOXY certain things. I just had to in states by almost 20 and ment. James packed her stat the Bonnies, the forward was a do it and that was one of the we just wanted to come back Continued from page 27 sheet during the regular sea- big reason the squad returned hardest things for me to do.” and show everybody what son, averaging 20.5 points, 7.5 to the Brooklyn-Queens cham- sive intensity late in the sea- Philoxy came to South we’re really about.” rebounds and 3.5 assists per pionship game this year. son, shutting down opposing Shore for a reason — she Her two seasons in Ca- game. She was just as strong Glynn, who was also named scoring threats with her size wanted to make history. And narsie weren’t always easy, during the post season, aver- a team captain, averaged 10.1 and physicality on the block. she did, lifting the Lady Vi- but Philoxy wouldn’t change aging 15.2 points, 4.2 rebounds points and four rebounds per She also chipped in 9.4 points kings to a lopsided victory a moment of it and, now, and 2.6 assists per contest. game. and 7.8 rebounds per game over The Mary Louis Acad- she’s ready to take her game Asinae Johnson, junior, Kelly O’Donnell, senior, during the regular season emy in the Federation cham- to the next level. She’ll head Grand Street Campus St. Edmund Prep before taking it to another pionship. Even now, weeks to Seton Hall next season, A dominant two-way The forward was a scoring level in the playoffs, averag- removed from that matchup, determined to prove herself player, Johnson frequently let force to be reckoned with this ing 12 points per contest en Philoxy can’t quite wipe the all over again. her defense set up her offense. season, averaging a whopping route to another city title. smile off her face when she “The focus right now is She was a force to be reckoned 21.2 points per game and even “It defi nitely got challeng- talks about the game. on Seton Hall,” Philoxy said. with in transition play, push- notching a 34-point perfor- ing,” Philoxy said of her on- “It’s not like we won by “I’m just ready to meet new ing past opposing players with mance during the year. The St. court expectations. “Know- fi ve. We won by almost 30,” people and play and I can’t ease and averaging 15.4 points, Joseph college-bound O’Donnell ing that people look up to she said. “We just had to get wait.” 4.5 rebounds and 3.3 assists also joined the 1,000-point club during the season. this season and averaged 7.3 re- Alexis Sykes, senior, Naz- bounds per game. early playoff exit that stung some more options, but right areth Tshai Corbie, senior, BRUNO just a bit more than he ex- now I’m just working on my A team captain in her fi nal South Shore pected — but he showcased game. I want to be the best Continued from page 28 season on the squad, Sykes Corbie, who competed in his skills one fi nal time on player I can be.” did a bit of everything for the the Mayor’s Cup, was a big- from there on out, I just fo- April 2, competing in the The questions and the un- Lady Kingsmen. She averaged time shooting threat for the cused on that for the rest of Mayor’s Cup at Baruch Col- certainty of the future would 13 points, 6.6 rebounds, 2.9 as- Lady Vikings this season. my career.” lege. be enough to terrify even the sists and 2.3 steals per game, She connected on a handful of Bruno notched 13 different He packed his stat line most confi dent high-school keeping Nazareth focused clutch buckets throughout the 20-point performances dur- once more and he’s hoping senior, but Bruno isn’t wor- throughout a season that was season, but the Coppin State ing the season, and while he performances like that will ried. After all, he stayed at chock-full of ups and downs commit had her best game in was focused on being a leader help take his game to the Xaverian for a reason and and challenging matchups. the city fi nal, earning MVP for Xaverian this winter, next level. he knows his years with the honors for her performance. he’s quick to admit his fi rst Bruno was always certain Clippers have set him up for Second team Nia Bishop, junior, Boys thought was always to put the of his future at Xaverian, but just one thing — success. Shanice Graves, senior, and Girls ball in the basket. the fi nal stretch of his senior “There’s nothing to be Grand Street Campus The shooting guard lived “It’s just to attack,” Bruno year is still a bit up in the scared of,” Bruno said. “I A Mayor’s Cup partici- up to her position’s reputation said. “I’m a killer. I’m going air. There’s only one thing know how good I am and I pant, Graves was a leader for this season, leading Brooklyn to go for as many points as he’s positive of — he wants to know where I should be. I’m the Lady Wolves in her fi nal AA Group 1 in scoring. Bishop I possibly can every time I keep playing basketball. not there yet, but I made a season on the hardwood. She averaged 23 points per game step on the court. That’s re- “I’m just testing the wa- promise to my family and averaged 12.3 points and 2.45 during the regular season, in ally it.” ters,” Bruno said. “I might myself that I’m going to get rebounds during the regular addition to 9.6 rebounds and Bruno’s high-school ca- go to a prep school. I’m going to where I want to be. 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