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BY LAUREN GILL The city will to go ahead with a controversial plan to ex- pand a Vinegar Hill elemen- tary school zone next year to New include students from Dumbo, Photo by Louise Wateridge after a panel of public school FOOD SWAP: Locals are concerned parents voted last Tuesday to Year’s that this Key Foods at Fifth Avenue approve the scheme. will go the way of the dodo. Members of the local com- munity education council voted 6–3 in favor, despite ob- blasts! Grocery for jections from families in both neighborhoods that the educa- tion department is rushing in without considering what will new Slope happen when it pushes a bunch of wealthy white kids into a school that serves mostly mi- Key Food nority students — concerns “yes” voters said were moti- vated by fear, not what’s best complex for the kids. “When our kids go to BY COLIN MIXSON school, they’re not thinking It is almost a lock. about whether or not Johnny A developer that plans on or Shaniqua has two different erecting a new building on color skins, they’re thinking the site of Park Slope’s beloved about learning and playing,” Fifth Avenue Key Food will al- said panel member Vascilla most certainly install another Caldeira, whose kids attend grocery store in the new com- PS 20 in Fort Greene. “We have plex, according to a person the issue, we need to let go and close the project. actually let our children grow “It’s 99.9 percent certain in this environment.” to have a grocery store,” said The decision comes at the the source, who spoke to this end of four months of heated paper on condition of anonym- city-wide debate over school Jay Silverman brought his girlfriend Isabel Hanson to Coney Island for the fi rst time on New Year’s ity. segregation , sparked by the de- Eve and said it was the happiest New Year’s they have had together. For more, see page 2. This should come as wel- partment’s abrupt announce- Photo by Jordan Rathkopf come news to many locals, Continued on page 21 who have been rallying to save the market since word got out late last month that real-estate fi rm Avery Hall Investments had inked a deal to purchase Bid your Christmas tree ‘mulch’ adieu the site at Baltic Street, where it plans to build a residential BY LAUREN GILL old Christmas trees into plant food — “There are countless ways we can and commercial property. The Yuletide season is behind us, but kicks off this week. And it isn’t just a care for our parks, and Mulch Fest is one Devoted customers say the Brooklyn’s most beloved holiday tradi- great excuse to say fi r-well to your saggy of the simplest and most fun,” said parks 33-year-old Key Food is one of tion is just beginning! seasonal sapling, says a parks honcho — commissioner Mitchell Silver. the last grocery stores in the Mulch Fest — that magical time of the the 20-year-old tradition is also an easy You can donate your timber at one increasingly expensive nabe year when the parks department grinds way for you to help spruce up the city. Continued on page 13 Continued on page 13
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:FLI@ GL9C@J? 2 COURIER LIFE, JAN. 8–14, 2016 DT NRA takes aim at local pols Bullets for Persaud, Simon ON THE HOOK: The Van Brunt Street property where a developer plans on building a hotel. Photo by Louise Wateridge TOO ON-TARGET: Critics say this photo the National Rifl e Association published is a threat against Brooklyn pols Roxanne Persaud, left, and Jo Anne Simon. America’s 1st Freedom BY MAX JAEGER lowing the posting. Van Brunt suite! Talk about a powder-keg situ- Councilman Jumaane ation. Williams (D–Canarsie) The National Rifl e Associ- tweeted “The absurdity is Developer plans new hotel for Red Hook ation took aim at two Brook- insane,” and Councilman lyn politicians on Jan. 4 — re- Brad Lander (D–Park Slope) BY LAUREN GILL and a rooftop terrace, plus Atlantic Basin — where lux- sponding to the pols’ calls to called the tactic “beyond out- A seaside getaway is just a B61 medical offi ces on the second ury cruise liners often dock limit bulk ammunition sales rageous.” bus-ride away! fl oor, according to the still- for a spell — and the site of by posting photos implying Persaud and Simon an- A developer plans on build- pending application. a massive waterfront offi ce violence against them. The nounced draft legislation ing a 19-key hotel near the Out-of-towners may need and retail complex an Italian picture, which accompanies last month to limit the num- Red Hook waterfront, accord- to avail themselves of an Uber developer plans on building a screed from association- ber of bullets a person can ing to plans fi led with the city — the hotel plans only call for between Coffey and Wolcott backed America’s First Free- purchase over a 90-day pe- last week. The transit-starved eight parking spaces, and it is streets. dom magazine editor Mark riod to two magazines per nabe may not be the most ob- a long hike to the nearest sub- Leser seems to be a fan of Chesnut, depicts Polaroid gun owned. vious location for a boutique way station — though a ferry car-free living — the devel- photos of State Sen. Roxanne Chesnut claimed the pols lodging, but some people will stop and 12 Citi Bike stations oper angered Bensonhurst Persaud (D–Canarsie) and don’t know enough about gun pay good money to vacation are coming to the neighbor- residents earlier this year af- Assemblywoman Jo Anne ownership to legislate it, but in a secluded coastal hamlet, hood in 2017. ter fi ling plans for a 13-build- Simon (D–Boerum Hill) sur- Simon called the writer clue- notes one real estate insider. But who needs to cross the ing apartment complex on the rounded by bullets. The ri- less. “This could be a weekend Gowanus Expressway when site of the old Maple Lanes fl e association lowered itself “First of all, he doesn’t destination,” said one broker you can spend your time bowling alley with zero park- to base bullying to try to get know anything about what who asked not to be named. strolling the sleepy streets ing spaces. its message across, Persaud we know,” she said. “I think if they did something sampling regional delicacies Current zoning would al- said. The proposal doesn’t aim sort of cool and interesting it and shopping for local handi- low him to build his lodg- “They are using intimi- to limit constitutional rights, could work.” crafts ? ing without going through a dation and fear in the same rather it is meant to protect Borough Park real-estate “I think it’s a fun place to lengthy public review process manner that mass shooters constituents from increasing mogul Abraham Leser wants visit because of the scale of it, or getting approval from Coun- are using guns and ammuni- gun violence, Persaud said. to erect a fi ve-story inn on Van because it’s not really devel- cil. But the clock is ticking — tion to create an atmosphere “In portions of the dis- Brunt Street between Beard oped, and the waterfront is so the land is in one of the city’s of fear,” she said. trict that I represent, there and Van Dyke streets, as fi rst amazing,” said the real-estate so-called Industrial Business Mayor DeBlasio and a is senseless killing, and over- reported by New York Yimby . guru. Zones, where Mayor DeBlasio slew of Brooklyn politicians all, gun violence is on the The building would include a Notably, the location is will soon make it much harder and activists decried the Na- rise,” she said. dining room, recreation area, also ambling distance from to open hotels . tional Rifl e Association fol- Indeed, police tallied 65 shootings in East New York’s 75th Precinct, which Persaud partially represents, out of a total 1,130 shootings citywide Cops: Guy with ‘Team USA’ tattoo in 2015 — more than any other Brooklyn command, law enforcement data shows. had a masturbation marathon The law would also bar people from buying ammuni- BY RUTH BROWN ulating his penis” while staring straight at a tion for weapons they are not Police arrested a man with “Team U.S.A.” tat- 29-year-old woman, according to a report. legally allowed to possess. tooed on his forehead, who they say mastur- The lady snapped a photo of the alleged Earlier this year, police bated on a subway train while ogling a female self-starter, which shows “Team U.S.A.” busted a Canarsie man they straphanger on the afternoon of Dec. 27. printed prominently on his forehead, police say smuggled more than The guy got on the Manhattan-bound 2 said. 100 high-powered guns into train in Crown Heights at around 4 pm, then Cops arrested the suspect and charged him Kings County over the course allegedly spent more than 30 minutes “manip- on Dec. 30, authorities said. of a year. DT COURIER LIFE, JAN. 8–14, 2016 3 Mountain do! She trains for Kilimanjaro on Bridge BY COLIN MIXSON responsible for raising $10,000 peratures ranging from -20 to Talk about peak condition! for the cause — although a 100 degrees, but the most har- A Red Hook woman is lug- few have raised as much as rowing leg of the climb will be ging a 20-pound pack over the $30,000, and the team to date the short fi nal ascent to the Brooklyn Bridge during her has amassed $200,000, accord- peak, Slater said. daily hike to work, training to ing to Slater. To reach the top, the team scale Mount Kilimanjaro on She hopes the climb will will awake at around mid- Jan. 16. show those suffering from the night — when winds are ex- “I’m pretty determined to potentially fatal cancer that pected to be at their most mild make the climb,” said 41-year- there is a light at the end of — and trudge to the top guided old Jamie Slater, who is tack- the tunnel, and that not only by lamp light as they suck at ling the mountain to raise is recovery possible, but that the thin air that only contains funds for research into multi- survivors can go on to accom- about half the amount of oxy- ple myeloma — a form of can- plish incredible feats of ath- gen at sea level. cer that kills more than 11,000 letic prowess. The climbers will only be people in the United States per “We’re letting people know able to spend about 15 min- year. who think this is a death card utes at the peak before head- The graphic design artist is that there are people not just ing down the other side of joining a nine-day trek up and living with it, but they’re able Kilimanjaro, or they risk suf- down Africa’s tallest peak — to create and do these amazing fering serious illnesses re- the height of more than 13 Em- feats, like climbing Mount Kil- lated to lack of oxygen. WORK OUT: As part of her training to ready herself for the more than pire State Buildings at 19,431 imanjaro,” said Slater. “And “Your body isn’t meant to 19,000-foot ascent up Mount Kilimanjaro, Red Hook local Jamie Slater feet — alongside a team of 16 their ability to do that is a di- be in that level of altitude,” walks to work in Downtown Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge wearing other Americans hailing from rect result of research for new said Slater, who did some alti- her full pack of gear, weighing about 20 pounds, every day. across the country, including medications, and that’s what tude training in Rocky Moun- Photo by Jason Speakman four survivors of the deadly we’re raising money for.” tain National Park. disease. Slater is taking part The party will spend seven- The 17 Americans will be 25-pounds worth of gear — rica’s tallest peak. in honor of an old work buddy, and-a-half days ascending up accompanied by a support including one unlucky fel- “We’re going to be a small who is also a survivor. the mountain and one-and-a- crew of no fewer than 80 por- low whose task is to haul the city moving up the mountain,” Each member of the team is half-days going down in tem- ters, each carrying about group’s toilet up and down Af- said Slater. 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BY ALLEGRA HOBBS Come see your shiny new gym. It is the Borough of Churches no more! Greenpoint’s historic Church of the Ascension has sold its parish hall to a developer, which will turn the Java Street building into apartments — just BLINK BOERUM HILL the latest in a long line of Brooklyn holy houses to lose their religion as 97 Boerum Place (at Atlantic Avenue) parishioner numbers decline and de- mand for housing increases. Brooklynites may not like worship- ping in churches anymore — but sure do love living in them, says one devel- oper. “I think people are drawn towards ASCENSION: The Church of the Ascension in old churches,” said Chris Horrigan Greenpoint sold its neighboring parish hall of Horrigan Development, which will — which will become apartments — to fund transform the 19th-century Java Street much-needed repairs on the main sanctuary parish hall into residential units. and clergy housing. Photo by Louise Wateridge The church’s landmarked Kent Street sanctuary, part of the Green- point Historic District, will remain Saints Peter and Paul untouched as a place of worship while Catholic Church the connected event space will get a fa- The Williamsburg church will cade makeover — though part of the lease a large chunk of its property on original brick will remain intact — Wythe Avenue, between S. Second and and will gain two stories to make room S. Third streets, to developer Water- for 18 residential units, Horrigan said. mark Capital, which plans on build- The church decided to sell the ing a 19-story, 130-unit building there. largely unused building — only the But the Catholic parish ensured its ground-fl oor of the old three-story holy ground was in good hands before structure was still safe for habitation it sealed the deal — the developer has — to help pay for much-needed repairs agreed not to use the space for any sac- to the main sanctuary and clergy hous- rilegious activities involving abortion, ing, said a church leader. pornography, or euthanasia, accord- “The size of our congregation and ing to a DNA Info report . the economic capacity of our congre- gation would make it an enormous Saint Luke’s Evangelical challenge to attempt to fi x any one of Lutheran Church our three properties,” said Rev. 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CARROLL GARDENS-COBBLE HILL– RED HOOK 94TH PRECINCT No gun for you GREENPOINT–NORTHSIDE Quick-thinking cops nabbed an armed man after spotting him with New Year’s bash a gun tucked into his waistband on A troublemaker bashed a bar pa- Columbia Street on Jan 1, police re- tron with a glass at a popular Frost ported. his bike missing. — Dennis Lynch Street watering hole in the early Offi cials say the suspect was Day blow morning hours of New Year’s Day. standing near the corner of Lor- A couple of goons snatched a la- The victim told cops she was out raine Street around 2:10 am when 84TH PRECINCT dy’s purse at knifepoint on Mon- with friends at the bar near Lorimer offi cers on patrol caught a glimpse BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DUMBO– trose Avenue in broad daylight on Street at 1:30 am when a woman got of the pistol. Jan. 3. BOERUM HILL–DOWNTOWN into a verbal spat with her friend. The guy made like the wind The victim was near Humboldt The victim said she told the lady to when he saw police had spotted Subway snatch Street at 3:50 pm when the scoun- calm down, and the scamp bashed him, but the offi cers apprehended drels approached from behind, and her in the head with a drinking Some sneak stole a guy’s wallet him around the corner on Bush one of them pulled a knife when the glass, authorities said. when he was on a crowded F train Street and confi scated a .38 caliber lady turned around, police said. The victim had a minor cut on revolver he carried, according to leaving Manhattan on Dec. 27. The knife-wielder grabbed the her forehead after the altercation, police. The victim told police he took victim’s bag and she let him take it, and the glass-tosser left in an un- cops said. The perps fl ed down Hum- out his wallet, swiped his Metro- known direction, according to a po- boldt Street towards Johnson Ave- Shopping spree Card, and boarded a packed Brook- lice report. Some young thieves stole clothes lyn-bound F train at 34th Street in nue, according to a police report. from a hip clothing store on Atlan- that other borough. When the train Construction heist tic Avenue on Dec. 30, cops said. stopped at the Jay Street station at Wild night Cops cuffed a duo who they say They walked into the store near 7:15 pm, he realized his wallet had Cops cuffed a group of teens who they caught red-handed burglariz- Clinton Street around 1:40 pm. They been snatched at some point during they say tried to run over someone ing a Guernsey Street construction grabbed hats, pants, jeans, under- the ride. in a car at high speed, then brutally site on Jan. 1. wear, and sweatshirts all together He returned home to discover beat another victim on Boerum Police who learned about the worth $400 and ran out the front that two unauthorized charges had Street in the early morning hours of burglary via radio showed up at door towards Court Street with the been made, and he cancelled his lost New Year’s Day. the construction site between Nor- goods, according to police. cards. The arresting offi cer saw the suspects barrel into the sidewalk of man and Nassau Avenues at 3:30 pm Hospital trip Bike blunder a city housing building near Hum- and peered through a hole in the boldt Street at 3:45 am, police said. wall to see the alleged crooks rifl ing Police arrested a woman who Cops cuffed a man who they said around the site for things to steal. they say sent a man to the hospital The victim told cops the alleged as- tried unsuccessfully to nick a bike The two suspects tried to fl ee on during a fi ght outside a Smith Street sailants tried to run him over with on Furman Street on Dec. 26. foot when they saw the cops coming bar on Jan. 3, police said. the car, then punched him in the A witness told police he spot- over the fence of the site, police said. The two got into a spat outside the face, according to a police report. ted the unskilled suspect trying to One of the alleged perps hoofed it bar on the corner of Butler Street af- A second victim told cops the remove a bike in Brooklyn Bridge and hopped a bunch of fences, but ter last call, or around 4:30 am, ac- suspects beat him up by kicking the cops managed to collar him a cording to police. Park with tools at 9:55 pm, offi cials and punching, then throwing him few blocks from the site, according At one point during the alterca- stated. to the ground, leaving him bruised tion, the woman grabbed a heavy Police say that the man was also and bleeding, authorities said. to a police report. object and whacked the man across in possession of a stolen Citi Bike. Police arrested fi ve teens for the The other alleged perp never the head, slicing such a gash in his crime, and believe the suspects are made it out of the construction site head that police called paramedics Unhappy New Year affi liated with a gang, according to and cops arrested him as he spon- taneously confessed to stealing a to bring him to New York Methodist A fi end stabbed a man celebrat- a police report. cellphone from the site, authorities Hospital for treatment. ing the new year on York Street on said. Dec. 31. Mug way Fight leads to arrest The victim told police he was A punk held up a Bushwick Av- Police cuffed two men who they drunk and on the way to visit his enue sandwich shop at gunpoint on Lock and block say beat up a teen on the platform girlfriend near Gold Street at 10:06 Dec. 29 and ran off with a wad of Some rogue changed the locks to of the Smith Street-Ninth Street G pm when someone snuck up from be- cash. a woman’s N. Eighth Street apart- train subway station on Dec. 30. hind and knifed him several times. The low-life barged into the ment and tossed some of her stuff The two men, age 21 and 40, got — Lauren Gill shop near Grand Street at 9 pm and out while she was away on vacation into a fi ght with the kid at around pointed a gun at an employee, de- sometime before Dec. 24. 2:34 am at the station near Smith manding all the money in the regis- The victim told cops on Dec. 28 and Ninth streets, police said. They 90TH PRECINCT ter, according to a police report. that she had returned to her apart- allegedly gave the youngster some The store employee forked over ment near Roebling Street at around cuts and bruises to his face and SOUTHSIDE–BUSHWICK $350 from the register and the bad- 6 pm on Christmas Eve to fi nd her body, but emergency responders die fl ed down Bushwick Avenue to- locks had been changed, according patched him up on the scene. Slasher wards Maujer Street, authorities to a police report. A brute slashed a man with a ra- said. The victim said that her super Bike bandit zor blade at the corner of Grand and had texted one of her roommates Someone stole a man’s bike left Catherine Streets on the night of Auto crime earlier in the month saying the on Court Street on Dec. 29 while he Jan. 2. Some scalawag broke into a guy’s lease holder wants the victim out of was shopping at a grocery store, po- The victim was drinking alcohol car at the corner of Grand Street the apartment, but that she had al- lice said. at the intersection at 10:20 pm when and Driggs Avenue and snatched up ready paid rent for the month, cops The man told police he locked his he got into an argument with a pass- some pricey electronics and clothes said. bike up with a metal chain near At- ing stranger, according to a police on Dec. 29. Police said whoever it was stole lantic Avenue at 12:30 pm. He was report. The lout then pulled a razor The victim left his parked car at the victim’s laptop and cellphone in the store for about an hour and blade and sliced the guy across the 10 am, then returned at 1:50 pm to during the sketchy eviction. came out to fi nd both the chain and stomach, cops said. fi nd his driver’s-side door damaged — Allegra Hobbs 8 COURIER LIFE, JAN. 8–14, 2016 DT JED WALENTAS AND TWO TREES CHOSE PROFITS AND FELONS...... INSTEAD OF SAFETY AND GOOD-PAYING LOCAL JOBS. AND USED OUR TAX DOLLARS TO PAY FOR IT. Jed Walentas just hired nonunion contractor RNC Industries for the Domino Sugar project. Domino And he used the taxpayer-funded 421a Sugar program to help pay for it. RNC has been charged with failing to pay overtime wages. And RNC’s owner just got out of jail for federal tax fraud.* Walentas’ choice means nearly 100 Brooklyn carpenters are going to lose good-paying jobs with health benefits. BROOKLYN * Source: US District Court, 11.27.13 CALL JED WALENTAS AT 718.222.2500. 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But not at Cou- This year’s resolution: rier Life, where we hold Kings THERESA SCAVO The exact same thing, but County’s movers and shakers Chairwoman, CB15 more. to account for the vague prom- Last year’s resolution: To “It’s to move forward,” he ises they made to themselves, eat better. said. “We’ve reorganized and but were foolish enough to The follow through: She’s reconstituted the Unity Task share with us. doing great. Force, which has members of We checked in with last “It’s been going excellent,” different religious and ethnic year’s promise-makers, and said Scavo. “I feel great, and communities, and it’s looking ROCK-SOLID RESOLVE: (Clockwise added a few new faces who I’m going to keep up my walk- to host activities that would from above) Community Board 15 will be forced to follow up in 12 ing and my dieting.” promote the type of commu- chairwoman Theresa Scavo aims months. This year’s resolution: nity we have, which is a multi- to keep eating healthy. Coney Is- To keep it up. ethnic and religious commu- land USA founder Dick Zigun has ALAN MAISEL “You get to a certain age, nity. So that goes in line with Councilman (D–Marine Park) you got to watch what you eat, that resolution.” resolved to save the Shore Theater. Last year’s resolution: or you become a whale,” said Councilman Vincent Gentile said he Lose weight. Scavo. “I’m not going to let DICK ZIGUN still has work to do to ease racial The follow through: Mai- that happen.” Mayor, Coney Island tensions in Bay Ridge. File photos sel didn’t lose any weight. It’s Last year’s resolution: To unclear if he gained weight. VINCENT GENTILE enjoy the sweet, sublime plea- Zigun did, however, lose 15 “I’m not doing well,” he Councilman (D–Bay Ridge) sure of central air and indoor pounds. said. Last year’s resolution: heating at his Coney Island This year’s resolution: This year’s resolution: To leverage his constituency’s USA arts center. 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(Center) Bay Ridge Democrats honcho Justin Brannan wants to lose of the best community board websites in Brooklyn, if not of all community some weight and will buy you a coffee if you see him eating a pastry and knock it out of boards throughout the universe. his hand — no joke! (Right) Borough President Adams will do anything to ensure a Brooklyn “I’d really love to get the resources team wins a championship. File photos together to fi nally update the commu- nity board’s website,” said Hammer- road ahead to make streets safer.” his cat to use the New York City tran- nan. “So if you run into me around the man. “We were one for the fi rst web- This year’s resolution: To clear sit system, so he can visit Fathelbab at neighborhood and you see me eating sites when we launched in 2001, and we the more than 19,000 e-mails currently work. a bagel, feel free to knock it out of my have a plan for the improvements we languishing in his inbox. “Already bought him an unlimited hands, I won’t be mad. I may even buy want to make for the website, it’s just MetroCard,” he said. you a cup of coffee to say thanks. With a matter of cobbling the resources to- JOHN QUADROZZI JR. skim milk of course!” gether to get it.” Red Hook businessman JUSTIN BRANNAN This year’s resolution: To hang Founder, Bay Ridge Democrats ERIC ADAMS ERIC MCCLURE out with nice folks, and stop hanging This year’s resolution: To lose Borough President CB6 Transportation Committee out with jerks. weight, and to buy coffee for rascals This year’s resolution: To be- Last year’s resolution: To encour- “Spend less time on those that look who steal his bagels. come a professional athlete and lead a age the people and the city of New York out for themselves and more time on “I’m offi cially too old to play de- Brooklyn sports franchise to victory to reduce traffi c fatalities. those that look out for others,” he said. fensive line for the Giants, so it’s time on a national scale. The follow through: McClure said to give it up. And when you’re over- “I resolve to do everything in my that fatalities are down since last year, MO FATHELBAB weight, your wife fi nding poppy seeds power — including putting on a uni- but people still continue to die in traf- Experiment Comedy Gallery owner in the car is worse than her fi nding form myself — to deliver Brooklyn a fi c-related accidents so there is “a long This year’s resolution: To train stripper glitter on your tie,” said Bran- championship team!” Adams said. How does THE BROOKLYN PAPER sound? Hear it Mondays 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 WITH Monday at 4 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. 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Photo by Georgine Benvenuto Coffey Park (Dwight and Verona MULCH streets in Red Hook) PLAN Continued from cover Gowanus Canal Conservancy of nine drop-off locations throughout (Fifth Street and Second Avenue in Brooklyn from now through Jan. 10 or Gowanus) ONLINE? leave it on your curb for pick-up from Green-Wood Cemetery (25th Street Jan. 4 to 15. and Fifth Avenue in Greenwood But to truly get into the Mulch Fest Heights) spirit, haul your arbor to one of eight Green Space (222 Fifth Ave. at Presi- wood-chippers around the borough on dent Street in Park Slope) Jan. 9 and 10, where you will get to see Prospect Heights Community Farm your pine pulverized before your very (254 St. Marks Ave. at Vanderbilt Av- eyes — and then take home a bag of the enue in Prospect Heights) bark chips to nourish your own garden. Brooklynites chipped in 10,042 Chipping locations — trees last year out of a city-wide 29,475 Jan. 9 and 10 — and Silver has even higher hopes for Cobble Hill Park (Clinton Street and the festival’s platinum incarnation. Verandah Place in Cobble Hill) “We hope to create more mulch in Fort Greene Park (Washington Park 2016 than ever before,” he said. and Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene) Here are a handful of this year’s Maria Hernandez Park (Suydam Brooklyn locations: Street and Knickerbocker Avenue in Bushwick) Drop-off locations — Prospect Park (Third Street and Jan. 2–10 Prospect Park West) Amazing Garden (261 Columbia St. Prospect Park (Park Circle at Park- WHERE at Caroll Street in Cobble Hill) side Avenue in Windsor Terrace) Brower Park (Brooklyn Avenue at See nycgovparks.org/highlights/fes- Prospect Place in Crown Heights) tivals/mulchfest for more info. DO I has not fi led plans for the new building KEY FOOD and would not confi rm that a grocery CLICK? Continued from cover store would be a part of it, but said it is taking the residents’ demands into that sells good food at prices they can consideration. afford. “The Avery Hall team is commit- “We’re losing all our decent su- ted to creating a project that is a ben- HEALTH PLANS FOR $0 OR $20 PER MONTH permarkets that are affordable,” said efi t to the community as a whole and Carla Held, who lives nearby in Car- takes seriously the interest expressed roll Gardens, and is one of almost 500 by community members in including people who have signed an online pe- a grocery store as part of the project,” tition demanding local pols step in to the company said in a statement. keep the store — or something like it The fi rm’s plans comply with ex- — in the new building. isting zoning for the property, accord- But it remains unclear what form ing to a spokesman, so it won’t need to the new grocery store would take, and put them through a public review. But whether it will have a selection or price the developer nevertheless intends to tags comparable to the current mid- present its eventual plans to the local range emporium — which is presently community board, where community offering boneless chicken breasts for members will be able to offer their two $1.99 and .75 cents off Kraft Singles. cents, said the rep. And it is unlikely any new store If the Fifth Avenue Key Food disap- would retain the current one’s mas- pears, it will join the 12th Street Path- sive parking lot, which Held says is a mark in Gowanus, which shut earlier big draw for Brooklynites of a certain this year, and the Smith Street Met age like herself. 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DT COURIER LIFE, JAN. 8–14, 2016 15 Brooklyn’s Biggest Booster STANDING by Joanna DelBuono There is new leadership in town CARROLL GARDENS DOWNTOWN Standing O is putting out the wel- come mat for attorney Robert Shull You gotta have heart! on his appointment as new president Cheers and kudos to the Py- of the Brooklyn Stake of the The thian Sisters of New York for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- donating $3,000 to the Heart- Day Saints (Mormons). The reli- Share School in Bensonhurst gious group held for children with autism. its conference Cindy Nathanson, the 2015 on Dec. 5 and Grand Chief of the New York Py- inducted a new thian Sisters, works at local com- leadership in pany Bruce Supply and knows Brooklyn. thoroughly about HeartShare Elder Ron- through company president ald A. Ras- Bruce Wexler. She chose Heart- band, one of the Share as her charity during her Twelve Apostles year-long leadership role for the of the Church of non-denominational women’s Jesus Christ of civic organization. Latter-Day Saints, presided over the “It’s my pleasure to bring meeting, attended by Kristin Poliz- awareness to this important pro- zotto, David Glick, Amylynne Shull, gram,” she said. MAZEL TOV: JJ Kats accepts a plaque from Henna White, chairwoman of the Board Gerardo Herrera, and Thelma Her- Cindy’s proud parents, Abe rera. of Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, and Dr. Kurt Kodroff, chief executive offi cer of and Florence Goldberg, also Jeff Nelson, an attorney from Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center. Pythian members, were present Park Slope who has been serving as as their daughter handed over the the president of the Brooklyn Stake for Hatz off to Hatzolah & Arna gelt last December. Receiving the the past nine years, was relieved from check was HeartShare school Di- his capacity as a lay-minister and ad- PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS Rabbi Michoel Chazan, director rector Sharon Toledo and Heart- ministrator of the stake, while Robert of Chaplaincy Services; J.J. Katz Share president of Education and Shull was welcomed in. Congratulations to Hatzolah from Hatzolah; and Councilwoman Services Carol Verdi. Our pal Robert will serve the com- Ambulance Service and Arna Darlene Mealy (D–Prospect Lef- “HeartShare’s autism ser- munity along with his counselors, Ge- Lipkind, district manager of the ferts Gardens). vices, including The HeartShare rardo Herrera from Midwood, and New York City Council — proud Standing O pal Henna offered School, have become a very David Glick from Staten Island. honorees at the Kingsbrook Jew- sentiments of how important the strong resource for parents who “I look forward to working with the ish Medical Center’s annual Ha- holiday is to the Jewish community, often have nowhere else to turn,” diverse religious community that ex- nukkah breakfast. as Rabbi Michoel Chazan shared his noted HeartShare Developmental ists in Brooklyn and to helping them The ceremonies were held at the thoughts about its spiritual mean- Disabilities Services Executive to see that no matter our differences, hospital synagogue with Henna ing, and Rabbi Kalman Sodden dis- Director Linda Tempel. “Find- we are all brothers and sisters who White, chairwoman of the board cussed the 90-year-plus history of ing out that your child may have can help this great community,” Rob- at Kingsbrook, acting as emcee. the hospital. a developmental delay initially ert said. Also present were Ruvain Lip- Standing O offers a mazel tov to often is a very daunting and over- All members of the Mormon clergy kind; Dr. Sibtey Burney, senior the honorees. whelming experience.” are unpaid and serve voluntarily veep and chief medical offi cer at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Cen- Standing O is giving a great to meet the spiritual and temporal Kingsbrook; Dr. Kurt Kodroff, ter [585 Schenectady Ave. at East big shout-out to the Pythian Sis- needs of church-members and the chief executive offi cer at Kings- 49th Street in Prospect Lefferts Gar- ters for all their charitable en- communities in which they live. The brook; Rabbi Kalman Sodden; dens, (718) 604–5000]. deavors. Brooklyn Stake has more than 1,200 HeartShare Human Services members in 11 congregations, includ- of New York [12 MetroTech Cen- ing four Spanish- and one Mandarin- said Dr. Eric M. Genden, the Isidore but all other appointments and follow- ter, (718) 422–4200, www.heart- speaking across Brooklyn and Staten Friesner professor chairman of the up visits can be made at the Bay Ridge share.org]. Island. Department of Otolaryngology-Head offi ce. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- and Neck Surgery at the Mount Si- Mount Sinai Head and Neck Insti- Day Saints, Brooklyn Stake [339–343 nai Health System. “Mount Sinai will tute [9020 Fifth Ave. at 90th Street in top teachers in the city. Court St. at Union Street in Carroll meet an unmet need in this commu- Bay Ridge, (718) 951–9007]. Dieudone Egotanda teaches calcu- Gardens, (800) 453–3860]. nity, as well as the neighboring com- lus, geometry, pre-calculus, and alge- munities of Staten Island, Queens, and BOROUGH WIDE bra. He was raised in the former Bel- BAY RIDGE Long Island.” gian Congo and has taught at New Physicians at the new facility in- Sloan recipients Utrecht High School since 2002. With More welcomes clude Dr. Daniel Buchbinder, Dr. The Fund for the City of New his palpable compassion and care for Say “hey” to the new Mount Si- Raymond Chai, Dr. Boris Cherno- York announced this year’s recipients students, he has helped many students nai Head and Neck Institute in Bay bilsky, Dr. Anthony Del Signore, of the Sloan Awards for Excellence who have struggled with math. Ridge. The practice offers comprehen- and Dr. Ilya Likhterov. in Teaching Science and Mathe- Fred Galli teaches calculus, geome- sive head-and-neck cancer care, and The institute provides treatment of matics. The accolade recognizes ex- try, algebra, and math analysis, and had skull-base tumors, as well as salivary, all types and stages of head and neck ceptionally dedicated and creative a successful background in engineering thyroid, and parathyroid diseases. cancers; various oral and maxillofa- teachers who have achieved outstand- and software development. “The opening of this Institute in cial conditions; sleep apnea; and sinus, ing results. Dieudone Egotanda of He brings a wealth of mathematical central Brooklyn represents a new thyroid, and salivary diseases. Surgi- New Utrecht High School and Fred and professional knowledge to his stu- standard of personalized specialty cal procedures take place at Mount Si- Galli of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, dents and has created the school’s math care for each patient’s unique needs,” nai Beth Israel in lower Manhattan, were chose chosen as part of the seven team. 16 COURIER LIFE, JAN. 8–14, 2016 DT ISLANDERS FAN OF THE WEEK IN THE ZONE: Kids from Dumbo will now hear PS 307 in Vinegar Hill starting in the next school year. Photo by Jason Speakman Many critics on both side say they INTEGRATION don’t object to the rezoning in the long- run, just making such a big change on Continued from cover such a short time frame. ment in September that it wants to ex- “I don’t see an urgency,” said panel pand Vinegar Hill’s under-capacity PS member and PS 307 parent Benjamin 307 — which has until now only served Greene, one of three who voted against kids from part of the Farrugat public the plan. “I think this proposal needs houses and others who come in via a work on it.” magnet program — as a way to combat The city had already pushed back chronic overcrowding at popular PS Tuesday’s vote by two months for that 8 in Brooklyn Heights, where Dumbo very reason, resulting in a concession youngsters are currently assigned. that it will set aside 50 percent of the PS 307 families immediately seats in each class to low-income kids slammed the scheme, saying the city — but only if pupils in the new zone concocted it with only tony PS 8’s needs don’t take them fi rst, which critics say in mind, and that a sudden infl ux of will not do enough to keep the school kiddies from the borough’s wealthiest diverse given how many more wealthy neighborhood could push them out of kids live in the booming area. the school, which the tight-knit com- “I know that number is way too munity has worked hard to turn into a low,” said Councilwoman Laurie Photo by Arthur De Gaeta haven for local kids. Cumbo (D–Fort Greene), who supports “I’m tired of better things being the rezoning but wants the seat quota brought into the community and com- bumped up to 60–65 percent. Edwin James Santiago munity members being denied those But with so much media attention better things,” said Farrugut Houses focused on the rezoning and Tuesday’s native Debra Stuart. vote, proponents argued it was better College Point, Queens Parents of soon-to-be Dumbo schol- to move forward now and iron out the ars say they were also blindsided by issues in the future, rather than spend “I like the Islanders because they’re the best the announcement — which would another school year bickering. place their kids in a school that earns “We have what it takes to move team. I also like their aggressive plays.” far lower test scores than the high- boldly forward into the uncharted ter- achieving PS 8. ritory of bringing our distinct commu- “The DOE did not even attempt to nities together to support great schools Get spotted in your NY Islanders gear by our photographers, engage with the Dumbo community,” for all children,” said panel president said local Doreen Gallo, reading a David Goldsmith. “Voting ‘yes’ doesn’t and we’ll put your picture in the paper! statement on behalf of many parents mean that we are blind to the fact that from the neighborhood. we have very big work to do.” ■ TRADITION’S NEW HOME Call 800.745.3000 OR visit islanders.nhl.com to Brooklyn’s Premier Entertainment Guide purchase tickets to the next New York Islanders game! 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Proky nets Barclays and the Nets New Nets and Barclays Cen- ter owner Mikhail Prok- horov promises to be a big sport and stick with the SOUND OFF TO THE EDITOR arena’s old community-bet- terment programs, but skep- LETTERS AND COMMENTS FROM OUR READERS tical neighbors wondered if the globe-trotting Russian Is that so? Why did they just an- the residents of Brooklyn. favor of Forest City on this. Overall, billionaire — a high roller nounce that the new uniforms will Neighbor from Atlantic Ave. when the promises aren’t met all I be “red”? Gail Tompkins can just say is this, “Don’t look at me, who spends $19,000 on lunch So-called. Formerly known as. I was against this project.” One other and is the 39th richest man Barclays Center is an asset and This project was a debacle and Forest thing, I will always see Barclays Cen- in the world — will be their point of pride for all of Brooklyn. City Ratner Companies lived up to its ter along with the rest of the Atlan- point guard for tackling Good luck to Mr. Prokhorov on this. promise. Take the money and run. tic Yards (now Pacifi c Park) as noth- humble quality of life is- Phantom from Bay Ridge Mom from Clinton Hill ing but a product of eminent domain sues, such as noise, trash, abuse and corporate welfare. Billionaire oligarchs are about I understand that the old Brook- Tal Barzilai and rowdy fans wizzing on as far from communism as it gets. lynites hold the Barclay’s arena near from Pleasantville, N.Y. sidewalks (“Prokhorov buys Trollerskates from to their hearts. When I moved here Barclays and Nets — neigh- Moving Target last year, all the old timers were go- In Russia, the rich are rich by per- bors hope he plays ball,” on- ing there and thrilled with their lo- mission from the government. How- line Dec. 28, 2015). It doesn’t matter who is owning cal teams. However you old timers ever Proky is on public record oppos- the Nets or Barclays Center because need to understand that there are ing the government of Putin. Hard to Our trusty commentariat it doesn’t change what happened in new people coming to town, and we tell if he is a proxy for the Russian dribbled the topic online: getting it built. Everyone still knows are going to make our mark. We’ll re- government, which is less than dem- that the Nets were nothing more than spect your Barclays’ traditions, but ocratic. Charles from Bklyn And they say the Constitution pro- Ratner’s Trojan Horse into just hav- with are new, Eastern twist on them. vides the government the power of ing more space for his property. The Audra McDonald from DUMBO The fact is that both the Chinese eminent domain against those land- only reason it got built was because government and the Russian oli- owners (here the former Atlantic he had great friends in high places And where’s the money now? garch benefi t from Ratner’s theft of Yards’ land owners) the government just to bypass such laws. If he had to That’s what I want to know! I think taxpayer dollars in his sleazy heist. wants for the good of all. Now we can use Uniform Land Use Review Proce- we’re all asking that. The money is What a disgrace. add non-citizens to the list of this ex- dure rather than the State Environ- somewhere! Is it in the bank, or did F.M. from Ft. Greene panded Constitutional benefi t to de- mental Quality Review, it would have they just toss it around like cheap velopers. This ownership transfer is been a failure to launch because his candy? Mom from Clinton Hill NYPD blues perverse, given the promises made to idea was against such city zoning To the editor, the community at the beginning by laws. What really saved him was The damage was done the day Rat- This morning I watched in tears the now previous owner. Affordable having the Empire State Develop- ner got his eminent domain ruling. as the little 4-year-old son of NYPD housing promises broken, misrepre- ment Corporation place it on life sup- New owners can’t make it any better. Detective Joseph Lemm, who was one sentation in mandatory disclosure to port, otherwise it would have died Barclays Center is a blight that de- of six soldiers murdered in Afghani- the public and state agencies, failed out long ago. To quote what Frank stroyed a neighborhood and a point of stan, was carried into St. Patrick’s construction, local business gone to Grimes said to Homer Simpson on embarrassment for all Brooklynites. Cathedral wearing his father’s police make way for gentrifi cation, less than how he survives on what he believes And, if you weren’t born in Brook- cap and badge. To grow up knowing promised jobs, and a fairly great sta- to be life support: “If you had to live lyn, you are not, and can never be, a that Muslim terrorists killed his dad dium that runs well (Go Nets!). The in any other country, you would have Brooklynite, and your opinion on the will be hard to bear. new Brooklyn. Thanks Ratner for all starved to death long ago.” On a side subject does not matter. This scene and the all-too-many the memories. Charles from Bklyn note, the Nets aren’t even doing that Sean F. from Bensonhurst military funerals over the past half good this season and neither are the century are a direct result of the pall It was a wasteland for decades be- Islanders, which means that “Hello The only place in that area that of political correctness and the lack fore Barclays. If people want quiet Brooklyn” fl avor must of worn out, was even considered blight was the of fi rm leadership from the White neighborhoods, they’re in the wrong making them feeling like the same rail yard, not the rest of it. The op- House on down. Since Korea, poli- place. Enrique from Sunset Park teams just wearing a different uni- position was against development ticians have tied the hands of our form. As for Enrique from Sunset on the rail yards, they did support brave troops and have half-heartedly So now it’s owned by a commu- Park, that area wasn’t a waste land, an alternative plan known as Unity, supported actions against the enemy. nist? Wilma McHooters there were many people living there which was to be built by Extell De- The resulting failures in our mili- and the neighborhood would have velopment. Despite offering triple tary actions from Korea, Vietnam, had a good boon if Ratner didn’t pull the bid that Forest City Ratner Com- and the Middle East have made us I assure you he is far from a com- strings by the state to use eminent do- panies gave, they weren’t even al- the laughing stock of the world. munist! hb from fort greene main to get it all razed. I know what lowed to meet with the Metropoli- My heart goes out to the families that neighborhood was like because tan Transportation Authority at all and children of our forces needlessly I actually went there, plus I actually because then Gov. George Pataki killed in action while the government met with Daniel Goldstein and the didn’t want it to be built. Let’s not for- dilly-dallies in its attempt to not get LET US HEAR FROM YOU rest of Develop Don’t Destroy Brook- get that Forest City promised a lot of the enemy too mad at us. Submit letters to: Vince DiMiceli, Edi- lyn in person, compared to those who housing and jobs, but many of them Heaven forbid if we bolstered the tor, Community Newspaper Group, 1 just attack him behind a faceless mes- have still yet to come. More impor- Marines, the Army, and the Navy to MetroTech Center North, Brooklyn, NY sage board and will never see some- tantly, I’m so tired of those who keep the full pride and integrity of World on blaming the opposition, especially War II levels, heading into battle to 11201, or e-mail to editorial@cnglocal. one like him in real life. Tal Barzilai Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, for fl atten whatever got in our way to ac- com. Please include your address and from Pleasantville, N.Y. delays when so many of them weren’t tually win a war. telephone number for so we can con- even linked with such a group at all, May God bless Detective Joseph fi rm you sent the letter. We reserve Now can Marion Phillips and Joe thanks to actual studies from Nor- Lemm’s son and daughter, and all of the right to edit all correspondence, Chan from Empire State Develop- man Oder with the Atlantic Yards the children of our brave service men which becomes the property of ment be fi red? You couldn’t fi nd two Report. He is telling us what really and women. Courier Life Publications. more unqualifi ed hacks. They truly happened, unlike professional jour- Robert W. Lobenstein are a disservice on a daily basis to nalists that seem to always write in Marine Park 24 COURIER LIFE, JAN. 8–14, 2016 DT IXZ\]fiGi\j`[\ek`jJlg\i9fncf]\c\Zk`fej hen I was growing up nominee and then electrified was against the calamitous gorilla of the campaign so far. on the Upper West Side, the country with his eloquent Iraq War, unlike Hillary, and For more than six months now, N I was a huge sports fan, call for change and a more his ability to lift the country reports of his death have been my mood fluctuating with thoughtful America. through his soaring rhetoric greatly exaggerated. The feisty the fortunes of the Mets and The horse race between Ba- was a welcome change from and fast-talking developer Knicks. On days that one of rack Obama and Hillary Clin- the English-challenged Bush. from Queens has sucked all the my teams was playing, I had ton was mesmerizing. The And now, oh boy, we have oxygen out of the race and has a frisson of anticipation lift- first African-American pres- the 2016 primary season about made himself the focus of a tsu- ing my already youthful opti- ident was perhaps the only to kick off in Iowa. There is nami of media attention. mism. thing that could jettison Hil- something for everyone who Like many in America As someone who now lary’s path back to the White has any interest in politics and these past few months, I can’t might delicately be called mid- House. Like many Americans, in the future of public policy. stop watching Trump. He’s a dle age, I often lament having I was moved by Obama’s back- On the Democratic side, walking train wreck, an enter- lost that long-ago feeling of ex- story as the peripatetic son of you’ve got the presumptive taining (and offensive) trash uberance and wonder at some- an African man and a Kansas frontrunner, Hillary Clinton, talker, and a showman like thing so seemingly trivial as a City woman, whose drive and the link to the centrist Dems we’ve never seen on the na- New York Mets day game. POLITICAL sheer intelligence vaulted him of the 1990s. She doesn’t scare tional stage. He is so unpredict- It occurs to me that being to Columbia and then Har- Wall Street, wants to help able that I think I sometimes a sports fan combines a lot of SPIN CYCLE vard Law School and then the Main Street, and will be an- watch him just to see what out- things that make life more in- U.S. Senate. other historic figure if she be- rageous and crazy statement he teresting: hero worship, pa- Kfd8ccfe Many people say that each comes the first woman leader will make next. It’s like watch- rochial rooting for one’s city, presidential election is a direct of the Free World. ing Philip Petit on the high and a view of the world that response to America’s frus- The Republicans offer a wire; just when you think he’s clearly separates the winners of the televised debates, I vo- trations with the previous oc- lot of (less than optimal) op- about to fall and crash to earth, from the losers. raciously read the newspapers cupant of the Oval office. Bill tions, from the new guard of he manages to find his balance If only life were so simple. and websites devoted to poli- Clinton’s youthful idealism the GOP (Rubio and Cruz), to and marches forward. Thankfully, Presidential tics, and I have that youthful and Horatio Alger story was an the dynastic (Jeb!), to the mod- Like the kid who couldn’t elections feel like the Super feeling of unmitigated excite- antidote to the stale and failed erate Midwesterner (Kasich). wait for the next game, I’m Bowl all the time. The stakes ment rising in my system. ideas of George Bush senior, New Jersey Gov. Chris Chris- now counting the days to the are extremely high, the candi- 2016 promises to be an elec- who was born on third base to tie, who was left for dead just debates and primaries of 2016 dates ideally the best in their tion season like no other. I re- a waspy Connecticut patrician a month ago, looks revived — it’s going to be a wild ride. profession, and we have only call being entranced by 2008, who was a U.S. Senator. because of the endorsement Tom Allon, the president of one winner. as a long-shot from Chicago Barack Obama was the an- of New Hampshire’s largest City & State NY, was a candi- As the 2016 presidential came out of nowhere to eclipse tithesis of George W. Bush: daily newspaper. date for mayor in 2013. He can campaign kicks into high the Democratic coronation of a very smart, deliberate, ar- But then, of course, there is be reached at tallon@cityand- gear. I rarely miss a moment the first female presidential ticulate, cool liberal. 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I remember trying desk standing, since sitting is s¬0RESIDENTS¬ $AY¬ IS¬ A¬ HOLI- excuse that, “I get my best healthy and positive! yoga once so long ago, it was be- the new smoking. day too, you know. I’ll just say, work done right after a satis- s¬0OSITIVE¬ )¬ NEED¬ MORE¬ BUT- fore some cynical yogi came up s¬/R¬MAYBE¬)¬JUST¬WONT¬START¬ “Happy Presidents Day” on fying breakfast!” ter-slathered toast. with the idea of yoga mats — smoking. Or even vape. Because them. It’s my personal toast to s¬"UT¬ x¬ BUTTERY¬ TOAST¬ s¬.O¬0OSITIVE¬ABOUT¬LIFE¬!ND¬ something you have to buy to do vaping is the new smoking, too, our presidents. Mmm... health! And exercise! Like, I something that about a billion except no one can agree if it’s s¬4/!34 s¬.O ¬ NO ¬ NO¬ 4HEY¬ SAY¬ THAT¬ am positively glad I just joined people do every day who live going to kill you or just make Lenore Skenazy is a key- after you do something for 30 the gym for a full year start- on lentils. 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The concert marks a return of sorts for the bandleader of acclaimed Latin band Sonido Isleño, who organized a series of concerts at the Center a few years ago. “We did a jazz series a few years ago. It was good, but it was just five concerts,” said Ben Lapidus, a member of the Jewish Center. “It’s a full-time job to promote them.” This time around, the Midwood guitar player will just be performing with his six-piece band, leaving the organiz- ing to fellow musician and Center member Hagai Kamil. “He really knows what he’s doing,” said Lapidus. “He’s done a lot to create a space that’s really conducive to per- forming.” The Center’s 300-person capacity Grand Ballroom has been restored over the last few months, receiving an updated stage and sound system. “It’s 90 percent there,” said Kamil, who organized the renovations. “There are some visual things I want to do to make it even better, but it’s a really professional set-up.” Kamil, who owns the Brooklyn Music School in Park Slope, started the music series after noticing a lack of local family-friendly events. Several of his students had moved with their families to the Midwood and Ditmas Park neigh- borhood, and were lacking in places to hear music, he said. “The students that I have — they’re looking for events,” said Kamil. “They’re moving into the neighborhood and realize there’s nothing to do here. We have the Brooklyn Center [For the Performing Arts] nearby, but that’s a bigger venue, and much more expensive.” Kamil used his contacts in the local music community to book bands, lining up monthly performers for the next several concerts and looking for performers who will appeal to the entire local community, not just the regulars at the Jewish Center. “This is not for Jewish people — this is for everybody,” said Kamil. “I’m trying to get out of just depending on the synagogue crowd. We want to appeal to the community Latin launch: Ben Lapidus, of as a whole.” the Latin jazz band Sonido The Latin jazz band playing on Jan. 9 is part of that Isleño, will perform with goal. Sonido Isleño have been drawing crowds for almost the rest of the six-piece on Jan. 9, in the recently- 20 years, have recorded five albums of blended Latin jazz restored Grand Ballroom of and Carribbean music, and toured across the U.S., Europe, the East Midwood Jewish and South America. Lapidus says he is looking forward to Center. Photo by Steve Schnibbe taking the Center’s stage. “It’s great to be from Brooklyn, and play in Brooklyn and have opportunities in Brooklyn that are not just in res- taurants or bars,” he said. “It’s a great facility and a great community.” Ben Lapidus and Sonido Isleño at the East Midwood Jewish Center [1625 Ocean Ave. between Avenues K and L in Midwood, (718) 338–3800, www.emjc.org]. Jan. 9 at 6:30 pm. $25 ($20 seniors, children free). 24-7 COURIER LIFE, JAN. 8-14, 2016 27 DOCTOR’S NOTES New musical needles health-care industry By Colin Mixson urn your head and laugh. A new musical com- Tedy belting its way onto a Williamsburg stage will poke fun at the American health care system with songs and a healthy dose of satire. The title character in “Dr. Glassheart,” opening on Jan. 14 at A bit horny: Raya Brass Band will put on two high-energy perfor- the Brick Theater, is a thinly-veiled mances at the Golden Festival on Jan. 15 and 16. April Renae caricature of prominent snake oil salesmen, says the show’s writer. “It started off as a musical expose about being able to laugh All about at our health-care system through the point of view of this doctor, and he’s sort of a Doctor Oz meets Gary Null meets Sanjay Gupta,” that brass said Bushwick playwright Jason Trachtenburg. “He’s clean, he’s well presented, but he does offer some Raya Brass Band to shine questionable medical advice.” The play follows the unorthodox The quack and the dead: “Dr. Glassheart,” a musical comedy about an incompetent doc- at Balkan music festival career of the titular Dr. Glassheart as tor, will start at the Brick Theater on Jan. 14. Photo by Stefano Giovannini he romances his nurse and provides realizes he must solve his own prob- with his family in the indie-rock act By Lauren Gill posing their own original unsound medical advice to his hap- lems, a message Trachtenburg hopes the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow his band is Balkan tunes in the Balkan style. less patients, including one “Rico rubs off on his audience. Players, but decided to take a more up! They still play eight to 12 from Puerto Rico,” who seeks treat- “That’s the message of all mes- traditional musical approach for the T Park Slope’s wedding a year and meet ment for shell shock following tours sages, it’s up to us to heal our- play’s 10 songs. ornate Grand Prospect plenty of colorful characters in Vietnam and the Persian Gulf. selves,” he said. “They’re very show tune-y Hall will shake with the along the way, said Fass. Rico soon finds that Dr. Glassheart That said, “heal thyself” is not in a Cole Porter, Rodgers and rollicking sounds of the “The people who hire a offers only bad medicine. a serious prescription for audience Hammerstein kind of way,” said Balkans on Jan. 15 and 16. roving Balkan brass band “The doctor has no advice what- members with a medical emergency. Trachtenburg. “And I know that’s a Brooklyn’s own Raya Brass for their wedding are going soever to offer Rico,” said the play- “We’ll put a disclaimer on the big market in New York City, I don’t Band will be among the to be interesting people,” wright. “He’s losing touch with program that this show is not a sub- care what anybody says.” 60 vibrant outfits perform- he said. reality. He’s having flashbacks to stitute for actual medical help, and “Dr. Glassheart” at the Brick ing on the four stages of The lively group will his internship, he dreams of being we cannot be held responsible for Theater [575 Metropolitan Ave. the Golden Festival, and the play on both Friday and a singer-songwriter, and he falls any medical advice given during the between Union Avenue and Lorimer band’s accordion player says Saturday nights of the festi- asleep during every session he has show,” said Trachtenburg. Street in Williamsburg, (718) 907- that six-piece is charged up val, which will also feature with Rico.” The author has performed with 6189, www.bricktheater.com]. Jan. 14 to play for its hometown acts from across the world, Soon, Rico from Puerto Rico the jazz band Pendulum Swings and at 8 pm and Jan. 16 at 11 pm. $18. audience. including Turkish band “It’s definitely one of the Dolunay, brass band Black more exciting gigs of the Masala and New Orleans- year for us because every- fusion outfit Blato Zato. one’s a fan and they know But the audience is the Get her to the geek us,” said Matthew “Max” most important part of the Fass, of Prospect Heights. event, said Fass, who claims By Allegra Hobbs comic book writer Fred Van Lente, This year marks the 31st that the hordes of dancers t is the romance of the nerds. and subsequently falling for the fun- incarnation of the festi- is what makes the music so A group of girl geeks will filled, ultra-inclusive world of comic val — a yearly institution special. Iunveil a collection of nerdy love book nerds. thrown by local band Zlatne “What I like about stories next week, telling tales of Among the book’s contributors Uste — and the seventh Balkan music is that it’s romance, sex, and dating from a pre- is famed sci-fi novelist Margaret time Raya Brass Band has more than just the music viously unheard female perspective Atwood, who contributed a hand- played the raucous gather- — it’s about communi- — women who pledge allegiance to drawn comic about discovering both ing. The group has played ty involvement,” he said. Tolkien, science-fiction shows, and comic books and boys at a young Golden Festival every year “Often when these Balkan- comic books. But the writers of “The age, plus a humorous take on her since it formed in 2008, style wedding bands are Secret Loves of Geek Girls,” which early misadventures in dating. The during a week of music, playing, many people know launches at Dumbo’s Powerhouse anthology’s collisions of romance and singing, and dancing les- the dances — and the danc- Arena on Jan. 11, say the anthology nerdom — told in both prose and Geek love: Writers Crystal Skillman and sons (and all-night extrava- ing and the music are very Kristen Gudsnuk will read from the new is also a love letter to fandom, and comic form, and spanning all ages ganzas) at a Balkan camp in strongly interlinked.” book about nerdy romance. April Renae the way it celebrates devotion to pop and orientations — include tales of the Catskills. Golden Festival at Grand culture. finding love at a gaming convention “I think it’s the kind of book that The brass, percussion, Prospect Hall [263 Prospect “Whatever you’re obsessed with and incorporating fan obsessions in you pick up and you don’t feel alone,” and accordion combo began Ave. between Fifth and Sixth is a good thing and is celebrated,” the bedroom. she said. as a pan-Balkan wedding avenues in Park Slope, (718) said Crystal Skillman, a Boerum Hill The collection — like the world “The Secret Loves of Geek Girls” and dance band, playing tra- 788–0777, www.grand- playwright who will speak at the of geeks itself — is a way for women book launch at Powerhouse Arena ditional music from across prospect.com]. Jan. 15, 7 book launch. “That’s what geek cul- who share niche interests to meet [37 Main St. between Water and southeastern Europe. About pm–12:30 am; $35. 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Rosemary grows upup hand-painted miniature models from feeling like Fern is her twinin Boundless Brooklyn will be on display sister and is devastatedd in the “Tat It Up” show at Grumpy when Fern becomes vio-- Bert, opening on Jan. 8. The show lent and is taken away.. gives the artists a rare chance to display Rosemary is affected their work in a gallery setting, said one by the experiment and of the show’s curators. has constant feelings of “I’m a big fan of tattoo art and we abandonment through- thought it would be cool to have tat- out her life. It is a highly too artists showcase their artistry on unusual and engaging novelovel — something other than on skin,” said In his element: Park Slope tattoo artist Cris Element painted a canvas and Boundless Brooklyn water tower for the “Tat It Up!” show at Grumpy Bert, along with more than a and the best book I read in 2015. Bushwick painter and curator Mary — Anna Will, Word [126 Franklin St. at Milton Street Damian. “When you look at their web- dozen other tattoo and graffiti artists. Photo by Louise Wateridge in Greenpoint, (718) 383–0096, www.wordbrooklyn. sites, they all have incredible paintings The owner of the Grumpy Bert Boundless Brooklyn before, including com]. and illustrations so we thought, ‘Let’s store and gallery, a long-term fan of a live painting session at the 2015 New give them a chance to showcase that.’ ” Boundless Brooklyn, said the show has York Comic-Con, and said the shows Greenlight Bookstore’s pick: “The The show is a homecoming of sorts been a long time coming. gave a major publicity boost to her and Turner House” by Angela Flournoy for Boundless Brooklyn, which pro- “We’ve been carrying their prod- the other artists involved. She hopes The Turner family home,ome, duces assemble-it-yourself model kits ucts since they first started,” said the Grumpy Bert show will do the of Brooklyn’s iconic skyline features, Grumpy Bert’s owner and namesake, same for this new crop of artists. on the east side of Detroit,roit, including water towers, billboards, Albert Chau. “We threw around the “[Shulman and Arjo] opened up a still stands. It is vacant aandnd and a mini-Kentile Floors sign . More idea of a show a lot but the timing lot for up-and-coming artists, so we the family’s 13 childrenren than 100 stores worldwide sell the was never right. So when it was, we wanted to give back and say thanks,” must decide what happensens kits, and some of the water towers decided to go for it.” she said. “The artists got really cre- to their former home. Theireir are visible on the set of “The Late Damian booked 14 ink-slinging ative and for those who don’t have the mother has moved to thehe Show with Stephen Colbert.” Founders artists for the show, most of them from same exposure as others, hopefully it’s suburbs to live with thee and Brooklynites David Shulman and Brooklyn, including “Ink Masters” their time to shine.” eldest child while thee Terance Arjo have held gallery shows reality show contestant and Park Slope “Tat It Up” at Grumpy Bert [82 youngest child has been of their decorated models in the city’s tattoo parlor owner Cris Element. Bond St. between State Street and evicted from her apart- other boroughs, as well as in Chicago, Each artist painted a small canvas and Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, (347) ment and returns to the Montreal, and Dublin, but the show at a Boundless Brooklyn model water 855–4849, www.grumpybert.com]. vacant house. “The Grumpy Bert will be the first in the tower or billboard. Opening on Jan. 8 at 7 pm. Free. Show Turner House” takes borough that inspired the business. Damian has done shows with runs through Jan. 31. up questions of physical, emo- tional, and cultural inheritance. — Jarrod Annis, Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton St. between S. Elliott Place and S. Portland Avenue in Chill out with classic rock in the Ridge Fort Greene, (718) 246–0200, www.greenlightbook- store.com ]. By Dennis Lynch Greenhouse serves dinner until mid- appy weekend, Bay Ridge! We night, but whether you cool your heels Community Bookstore’s pick: are hitting the ground running at the bar or grab a table, you can still “Vanishing Point” by David Markson Hin 2016. But in this new year, get a view of the band. Sophocles was killedd by some things are still the same — plenty Option two is further down Third a grape. T.S. Eliot hadad a of chances to catch live music! Avenue, where New Jersey cover band fear of cows. 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RESIDENCY: Three nights $5. 6:30 pm. Experiment 7:30 pm. of concerts featuring Comedy Gallery (20 Broad- experimental cellist Ok- a dance party for out-there sculptures of organic way at Kent Avenue in FRI, JAN 22 kyung Lee, featuring fellow folks that like to shake it fi gures by Molly Valen- Williamsburg), www.theex- MON, JAN 11 on the dance fl oor. With tine Dierks. Free. 6–10 SPORTS, BROOKLYN musicians Chris Corsano, comedy.com. Matty Beats and Horror- pm. Guddahl Gallery (362 SPORTS, BROOKLYN NETS VS. UTAH JAZZ: Ches Smith, Mat Maneri, FUND RAISER, BENEFIT FOR chata. $5. 11 pm. Littlefi eld Columbia St. between NETS VS. SAN ANTO- $20–$3,000. 7:30 pm. Stephan Crump as well as THE FAMILY OF TAMIR [622 Degraw St. between Seabring and Commerce NIO SPURS: $35– the dancer Michelle Boulé. RICE: A night of poetry, Fourth and Fifth avenues in streets in Red Hook), www. $4,000. 7:30 pm $15 ($12 in advance). 8 pm. music, dance, and visual Gowanus, (718) 855–3388], guddahlgallery.com. SAT, JAN 23 Jack (505 Waverly Ave. art, with benefi ts going to www.littlefi eldnyc.com. READING, MICHAEL IAN SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- between Fulton Street and the Tamir Rice Memorial TUE, JAN 12 BLACK: Actor and come- LANDERS VS. PHILA- Atlantic Avenue in Clinton FAMILY SHABBAT: An inter- Fund. $10–$30. 7 pm. Jack dian Michael Ian Black dis- SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- DELPHIA FLYERS: $90– Hill), www.jackny.org. active sermon using all fi ve (505 Waverly Ave. between senses to express the joy cusses his new book, a col- LANDERS VS. COLUM- $2,500. 7:30 pm. MUSIC, ‘NUF SAID: Free. 9 Fulton Street and Atlantic of Shabbat. With musical lection of personal essays, BUS BLUE JACKETS: pm. BAM Cafe (30 Lafay- Avenue in Clinton Hill), shakers for all. Free. 10 am. “Navel Gazing: True Tales $40–$1,250. 7 pm.. ette Ave. between Ashland www.jackny.org. SUN, JAN 24 Bay Ridge Jewish Center Bodies Mostly Mine.” Free. Place and St. Felix Street [8025 Fourth Ave. between 7 pm. BookCourt [163 COMEDY, LIAM MCE- SPORTS, BROOKLYN in Fort Greene), www.bam. WED, JAN 13 80th and 81st streets in Court St. between Pacifi c NEANEY ALBUM RE- NETS VS. OKLAHOMA org/programs/bamcafe- Bay Ridge, (718) 836– and Dean streets in Cob- CORDING: The comedian SPORTS, BROOKLYN CITY THUNDER: $45– live. 3103], www.brjc.org. ble Hill, (718) 875–3677], records his new album, NETS VS. NEW YORK $4,000. 3:30 pm. MUSIC, SEAN KERSHAW FORT GREENE COMMU- www.bookcourt.org. with appearances by Colin KNICKS: $45–$4,000. AND THE NEW JACK Jost and Dave Hill. $8. 7:30 7:30 pm. NITY RESOURCE FAIR: ART, “ANAMORPHOSIS” MON, JAN 25 RAMBLERS TRIBUTE TO Learn about the resources OPENING RECEPTION: A pm. Bell House [149 Sev- ELVIS: Sean Kershaw, available to Fort Greene psychogeographic video enth St. at Third Avenue in SPORTS, NEW YORK IS- THU, JAN 14 known as the Coney Island residents, including job and photo installation that Gowanus, (718) 643–6510], LANDERS VS. DETROIT Cowboy, and his New Jack opportunities, health ser- seeks to make visible the www.thebellhouseny.com. SPORTS, NEW YORK RED WINGS: $55– Ramblers pay tribute to vices, social services, and physical and social lines FILM, THE MUPPET VAULT ISLANDERS VS. NEW $1,500. 7 pm. the King on his birthday. domestic violence preven- that divide and connect a — STAR WARS: A screen- YORK RANGERS: $79– Suzette Sundae and the tion. Free. 11 am–3 pm. In- community. Free. 7–9 pm. ing of the “Star Wars” $3,000. 7 pm.. TUE, JAN 26 Lovelifes perform the gersoll Community Center Open Source Gallery [306 episode of the “Muppet opening set. Free. 9 pm– [177 Myrtle Ave. at Prince 17th St. at Sixth Avenue Show,” along with rare SPORTS, BROOKLYN midnight. Red Hook Bait & FRI, JAN 15 Street in Fort Greene, (212) in Park Slope, (646) 279– Sesame Street clips related NETS VS. MIAMI HEAT: Tackle [320 Van Brunt St. 788–2405], www.nyc.gov/ 3969], www.open-source- to the space opera. $8. SPORTS, BROOKLYN $25–$3,000. 7:30 pm. at Pioneer Street in Red domesticviolence. gallery.org. 7:30 pm. Union Hall [702 NETS VS. PORTLAND Hook, (718) 451–4665], SURVIVAL WORKSHOP: Union St. at Fifth Avenue TRAIL BLAZERS: $20– www.redhookbaitand- WED, JAN 27 Urban Park Rangers teach $3,000. 7:30 pm. tackle.com. SUN, JAN. 10 in Park Slope, (718) 638– outdoor skills like mak- MUSIC, MUSE: $45–$75. 4400], www.unionhallny. ing a fi re, building shelter, THEATER, “A BOOK OF com. SAT, JAN 16 7:30 pm. SAT, JAN. 9 and fi nding clean drinking HOURS”: This larger-than- water. Recommended for life story leads children SPORTS, DEONTAY MON, FEB 1 MUSIC, ENSEMBLE PAMP- children 8 and older. Free. through familiar daily MON, JAN. 11 WILDER VS. ARTUR SZ- LEMOUSSE: $15 ($10 in 1 pm. Park House [43rd events using favorite nurs- PILKA: A heavyweight SPORTS, BROOKLYN advance). 8 pm. Jack (505 COMEDY, “ASK ME AN- Street at Seventh Avenue ery rhymes and songs to OTHER” WITH GEORGE championship bout. NETS VS. DETROIT Waverly Ave. between Ful- tell the story, along with at E. 33rd Street in Sun- TAKEI: The “Star Trek” $29–$450. Time TBD. PISTONS: $45–$3,000. ton Street and Atlantic Av- set Park, (718) 421–2021], surprising treasures, pup- star is a guest on this radio 7:30 pm. enue in Clinton Hill), www. www.nycgovparks.og. pets, and discoveries. $15 trivia show hosted by Oph- jackny.org. ($12 for children). 10 am SUN, JAN 17 ART, “ROIL” AND “WHITE ira Eisenberg. $25 ($20 in DANCE, LOUD HOUND SHOES” OPENING RE- and 11:15 am. The Old SPORTS, NEW YORK TUE, FEB 2 advance). 7:30 pm. Bell MOVEMENT: The Brook- CEPTION: Two exhibits at Stone House [336 Third St. ISLANDERS VS. VAN- House [149 Seventh St. at SPORTS, NEW YORK lyn dance company the Smack Mellon gallery. between Fourth and Fifth COUVER CANUCKS: Third Avenue in Gowanus, ISLANDERS VS. MIN- performs as part of the “Roil” is a video projection avenues in Park Slope, $70–$1,750. 4 pm. 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Cafe (30 Lafayette Ave. ton Street in DUMBO, (718) Center (160 Schermerhorn from the best local and in- between Ashland Place 834–8761], www.smack- St. between Smith and ternational stand up come- and St. Felix Street in Fort mellon.org. Hoyt streets in Downtown), dians. $5. 8 pm. Littlefi eld 620 Atlantic Ave. at Pacifi c Street in Prospect Heights Greene), www.bam.org/ ART, “ISLANDS THAT AP- www.excognitodance.com. [622 Degraw St. between (917) 618–6100, www.barclaysc enter.com. programs/bamcafe-live. PROACH ALONE” OPEN- ART, “ISLANDS THAT AP- Fourth and Fifth avenues in NIGHTLIFE, BE CUTE ING RECEPTION: A solo PROACH ALONE”: A Gowanus, (718) 855–3388], BROOKLYN: “Be Cute” is exhibit of drawings and solo exhibit of drawings www.littlefi eldnyc.com. 32 COURIER LIFE, JAN. 8-14, 2016 24-7 course dinner and discus- A Boy’s Journey into Man- YOUNG PROFESSIONALS ette Ave. between Ashland WYCKOFF FARMHOUSE: TUES, JAN. 12 sion. $75. 7:30 pm. 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The program is COMEDY, “MORTIFIED”: Co- Ridge Jewish Center [8025 THEATER, “THE GLORY OF off House Museum [5816 free, but space is limited WED, JAN. 13 medians share their most Fourth Ave. between 80th THE WORLD”: This play Clarendon Rd. at E. 59th and registration is re- embarrassing childhood and 81st streets in Bay by Charles Mee observes Street in Canarsie, (718) quired. $10 per family. 2–4 THEATER, A DRINKING artifacts (journals, letters, Ridge, (718) 836–3103], as 17 male friends gather 629–5400]. pm. 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The after- Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Cafe (30 Lafayette Ave. Brooklyn Museum [200 discusess his career and PATRICIA ISASA — AN party will have beer from Place in Fort Greene, (718) between Ashland Place Eastern Pkwy. at Washing- role in “Brown v. Board of OPERA IN TWO ACTS: A the Bronx Brewery, trivia, 636–4129], www.bam.org. and St. Felix Street in Fort ton Avenue in Prospect Education.” $10. 6:30 pm. performed reading of this and prizes. $15. 9:30 pm. MUSIC, ONAJE ALLAN Greene), www.bam.org/ Heights, (718) 638–5000], Brooklyn Historical Soci- opera about Argentine Nitehawk Cinema [136 GUMBS’ TRIO PLUS: Free. programs/bamcafe-live. www.brooklynmuseum. ety [128 Pierrepont St. at architect and human rights Metropolitan Ave. be- 9 pm. BAM Cafe (30 Lafay- FREE FAMILY DAY AT org. 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Visit our website or call now to get practical health and wellness tips to provide even better care for those who once took care of you. We provide you information to give care and give back. aarp.org/caregiving 1-877-333-5885 34 COURIER LIFE, JAN. 8–14, 2016 DT • ‘What I saw was guys • ‘We had to pull taking steps towards the through … and we fight.’ didn’t.’ — Pirates coach Kevin Willard — Jordan Thomas on Loughlin loss on game turnaround Panthers left panting for a win BY STEPHEN ZITOLO three more on the bench. This Turn-around victories con- is a great experience for us. tinue to elude Bedford Acad- We are getting better and we emy. just have to keep competing.” The Panthers boys’ basket- The Panthers squad, which ball team is in its fi rst year has yet to win a league game, in the Public School Athletic came out of the gate fast in the League’s Brooklyn AA divi- fi rst quarter, going on a 7–0 sion — possibly the best in all run to take a fi ve-point lead New York City — after years of over Kennedy. But the Knights title contention in the A Divi- turned up the defensive pres- sion. The undersized team has sure in the quarter’s fi nal two been on the cusp of beating minutes, when coach Johnny divisional opponents such as Mathis switched to a press South Shore, Lincoln, Boys & that resulted in a 9–0 run and Girls, and Brooklyn Collegiate a 15–12 lead. this year, but it keeps fall- Bedford’s small size hurt ing short. And the trend con- it on the boards in the second tinued in a 76–65 loss to Ken- quarter — Kennedy consis- nedy at the Cardozo Classic tently snatched second-chance in Queens on Jan 2. The team opportunities off of offensive has to step up to keep pace in rebounds. The Panthers team a more competitive league, its made up for a lack in size in its coach said. transition game and took a 29– “We got to get a little 28 lead heading into halftime. tougher,” said Bedford head After the break, Kennedy coach Robert Phelps. “In the senior guard Justin Batiz con- A Division you might have tributed seven points to a 9–2 one or two good players. In the run. The team out-scored Bed- AA you have fi ve, plus two or TAKING FLIGHT: Bedford senior guard Anthony Munson soars to the hoop. Photo by William Thomas Continued on page 37 Comeback kids Loughlin can’t rally without stars BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI in its division. long-term health — even if it Bishop Loughlin has proven Guard Markquis Nowell meant potentially sacrifi cing it can rally a comeback win — (12 points) played just the fi rst a victory, the coach said. just not without its top players. fi ve minutes in the second half “He would have played,” The school’s boys’ basket- after spraining an already in- he said. “He would have fi n- ball team snatched last-min- jured ankle, and Keith Wil- ished it. He would have won ute victories from Long Island liams, who had 11 of his 14 the game, but I have to think Lutheran and Christ the King points in the fi rst half, fouled about him.” earlier this season, but Lough- out late in the fourth. And Williams, who sparked lin couldn’t pull a fast one on “We usually run off of a rally from 12 points down Archbishop Molloy with its them,” said sophomore guard in the fourth quarter against two best players on the bench Jordan Thomas, who scored Christ the King, didn’t play up for much of the game. The Li- 12 of his 13 points in the sec- to Gonzalez’s expectations. ons led by 12 in the fi rst quar- ond half. “They are our main “He’s supposed to step up ter, but the team could not players. It was hard to distrib- like he did the other day,” erase an eight-point defi cit in ute the ball. It was a lesson to Gonzalez said. “The other day the game’s fi nal three min- be learned.” he was phenomenal.” utes and gave up a 67–63 road Nowell, who has fought Gonzalez’s club roared to a loss to the Stanners in Brook- through injuries before, 14–2 lead in the fi rst quarter, lyn-Queens boys’ basketball wanted to stay in the game, but but turnovers led to Molloy TRAFFIC JAM: Bishop Loughlin’s Jeremy Betjoi tries to score on three on Dec. 5. The team missed a coach Ed Gonzalez decided to fast-break points. The Stan- defenders. Photo by Diana Colapietro chance to move into fi rst place pull him in the interest of his Continued on page 37 DT COURIER LIFE, JAN. 8-14, 2016 35 2015’s best in Brooklyn Brooklyn stars high-school sports powering Pirates The last 365 days have brought plenty of high- to a hot start lights, produced many stars and created mem- hey’re off to one Hall ories to last a lifetime. of a start. Courier Life Sports T Coaches picked the Editor Joseph Stasze- Seaton Hall’s men’s bas- wski takes a look back ketball team to fi nish sev- at the year in Brook- enth this year, but the 12–2 squad — led by Brooklyn lyn high school sports ballers Isaiah Whitehead and picks the best of and Desi Rodriguez (Lin- the best from 2015: coln) and Khadeen Car- rington (Bishop Lough- lin) is playing like the best Program of the Year team in the tri-state area. Grand Street The Pirates are 2–0 in the The Wolves have come a Big East and won seven long way in short time, and straight heading into a JOE the program once known match-up with defending mainly for baseball and wres- conference champion Vil- KNOWS tling stretched its wings in a lanova on Dec. 6. big way in 2015. The Grand The maturity and im- by Joe Staszewski Street football team won its provement Seton Hall’s all- fi rst public school city title at TOP BILLING: South Shore’s Brianna Fraser, now at Maryland, was se- sophomore starting lineup the highest level and did so lected as the Brooklyn girls’ player of the year for 2015. has shown makes the team mer, the former McDon- without a single loss. a threat for the Big East ti- ald’s All-American worked Photo by Ken Maldonado The girls’ soccer team tle. with former Lincoln great garnered a division crown And it made that evi- Lance Stephenson and Ste- and reached the quarterfi - Best Male Athlete John’s. Ponds led Jefferson dent when it beat Wichita phen Curry, the regaining nals, and boys’ soccer and Shamorie Ponds, Thomas to a borough title and a trip State on Dec. 19, overcom- National Basketball As- girls’ basketball squads each Jefferson boys’ basketball to the city semifinals last ing a 13-point defi cit at the sociation’s most-valuable reached the city title game The senior worked his season. He started his final half — thanks in large part player. for the fi rst time — though way to becoming the face year averaging 26 points per to an 18-point second half The experience — and both fell short of the crown. of New York City, a top na- game and has already put from Rodriguez. having another year under There was success across the tional recruit, and the first out 41- and 32-point perfor- “In the past, we’ve been his belt in general — are board and a strong founda- big splash of Chris Mul- mances. knocked down and we’ve making him more comfort- tion for more to come. lin’s coaching tenure at St. Continued on page 37 run for the hills. [Wichita able in his point guard role. State] came out and knocks He is averaging 15.1 points us down, and for the fi rst a contest, has 65 assists to time, what I saw was guys 41 turnovers, and has made taking steps towards the 16 blocks. Whitehead had Boys and Girls fi ght,” Pirates coach Kevin 78 assists in 22 games last Willard told reporters af- season. The Coney Island ter the game. “That’s as im- native scored or assisted portant as anything.” on 10 of Seton Hall’s 14 fi eld Rodriguez’s improve- goals in the second half still growing ment is a big reason for his against DePaul on Jan. 2. team’s success. He went “He’s playing great and BY JOSEPH STASZEWSKI which hampered the strug- from averaging 5.6 points operating at a really high The Boys & Girls High School gling squad. and 4.6 rebounds per game level right now,” Willard girls’ basketball team has the “As a team, we have to hold as a freshman to 12.4 and said. “He’s letting the game talent, but not the maturity, it together,” said senior guard 4.4 respectively this sea- come to him, taking good and that’s irking its head coach Katheryn Kanhoye. son. Rodriguez made just shots, and being aggressive as the squad readies for this Boys & Girls never recov- one three-pointer all of last when he needs to be.” season’s diffi cult second half. ered after the Tigers scored year, but he has 16 already Carrington leads the “It’s frustrating when you the fi nal nine points of the fi rst this season. Rodriguez’s team in steals (24) and is know the girls have the abil- quarter to take a 24–9 lead. confi dence is key. its second-highest scorer ity to do it, but they just don’t The team got frustrated “At halftime, I just said at 13.9 points a game. come out and exude it,” said easily and squad members STILL LEARNING: Boys & Girls’ ‘Go do what you do really The Hall got off to a fast coach Laron Mapp. “That’s blew their opportunity to per- Kania Pollock is a strong guard, well — go run down the start last year but lost 12 of the frustrating part.” form well in front of college but sat out the fi rst quarter of the fl oor and dunk on some- its 15 games to fi nish with a Staten Island Academy coaches, Mapp said. game against Staten Island Acad- body,’ ” Willard said he thud. But this group is bet- — one of the city’s top clubs “I feel like our drive should emy. Photo by Louise Wateridge told Rodriguez in the latest ter prepared to deal with — stomped the Kangaroos at be so high,” he said. “These match-up. “He got a layup, the season’s ups and downs, the Play 4 Kay Hoops 4 Help young ladies should realize Boys & Girls (3–4) has the and that got him going.” Whitehead and Carrington showcase at Nazareth on Jan. there are so many opportuni- potential to be one of the best Whitehead is also be- said in the preseason. 3. Starting guards Lauren ties for them to better their team in the Public School Ath- ginning to hit his stride af- The team’s performance Seagers and Kania Pollock lives. This isn’t about winning letic League after going 7–8 a ter injuries set him back as in 2015–16 is a good reason couldn’t play the fi rst quar- — it’s about going to school for year ago. It lost to defending a freshman. Over the sum- to believe they’re right. ter for disciplinary reasons, free.” Continued on page 37 36 COURIER LIFE, JAN. 8-14, 2016 DT PANTHERS BEST OF 2015 Continued from page 35 Continued from page 36 ford 23–15 in the third to take a 51–44 Best Female Athlete lead into the fourth. Brianna Fraser, South Shore The Panthers were down heading girls’ basketball into the fourth quarter, but the squad The current Maryland freshman fi nally found its outside-shooting was the spearhead of history for stroke and went on a run, ultimately South Shore. Fraser, who averaged out-scoring the Knights 17–10 in the 17 points and 10 rebounds, was its quarter thanks to a 10-point perfor- fi rst player selected to the McDon- mance from sophomore guard Angelo ald’s All-American game and she Stuart. Regular time ended with the lived up to the billing. scored tied at 61. Fraser powered the Vikings to BRIGHT STAR: Jefferson hoops star But Batiz, who had been in foul the program’s fi rst public school Shamorie Ponds was selected as the Brook- trouble most of the afternoon, scored Class AA crown before the signature lyn boy’s high school player of the year. 11 of his 26 points in the extra period, game of her career ended in defeat in Photo by Arthur DeGaeta and the Panthers couldn’t keep up. Albany. Fraser scored a single-game The squad is struggling with fun- Federation tournament record 46 damental issues, but it is on the cusp points in a 71–67 loss to Christ the Best Clutch Performance of turning things around, one player King in the semifi nals. Christopher Karnbach, James said. Madison baseball “It’s been the little things like 50-50 Team of the Year In his last home game, the senior balls, offensive rebounds, free throws, Grand Street football left a trail of Karn-age as he single- and not giving up second-chance The Wolves were top-to-bottom handedly propelled Madison past shots,” Bedford senior guard Anthony the most talented team in the bor- defending champion Benjamin Car- Gibbs said. “We are right there, and ough in 2015. Grand Street delivered dozo and into the semifi nals for the hopefully we can work on those in the SUPER SOPH: Bedford’s Angelo Stuart on all its promises despite outside fi rst time since 2010. Karnbach al- second half of the season and start get- drives to the hoop against Kennedy. detractors, its starting quarter- lowed just one run on fi ve hits in 106 ting some wins.” Photo by William Thomas back’s early eligibility, the coach’s pitches over nine innings and de- suspension, and the starting run- livered a walk-off double in the bot- ning back’s arrest. The players stuck tom of the ninth to send the Knights by each other to win a historic city home happy. Kanhoye shared the sentiment, but championship. KANGAROOS said a lack of teamwork is holding the Game of the Year squad back. Coach of Year Nyontay Wissah’s three-point Continued from page 36 “We are at their level when we play Rosanne D’Augusta, Brooklyn play sends Xaverian to fi rst Cath- champion South Shore by just four as a team,” she said. Tech girls’ volleyball olic Intersectional title game points in its opener and to semifi nalist Mapp pleaded with his club to play “Welcome to the club” — that’s since 2005 Francis Lewis by six its next time out. harder and smarter against Staten Is- what D’Augusta was told after win- There was a different hero every It rattled off wins against Midwood land Academy. The Kangaroos have ning her fi rst public school Class night during the Clippers’ post-sea- and Kennedy before falling 79–61 to a trio of guards in Kanhoye, Seagers, A crown. It was a gradual build for son run. On this night, it was Wis- Grand Street, one of the city’s title fa- and Pollock that should allow it to D’Augusta, who is in her 11th season sah’s turn. His coast-to-coast layup vorites. The Kangaroos have non- compete with most teams, and junior coaching. for a three-point play put Xaverian league games against top teams such center Fatoumata Konare, who stands Tech lost in three straight semi- up four with 30 seconds left in the as Archbishop Molloy, Newark Tech, 6-foot-6, gives Boys & Girls unique fi nals, but the core continued to im- game — and it held on to beat Cardi- and Sachem East in January. weapon in the paint. prove on her watch. She meshed the nal Hayes 56–54. “I really feel like we have an op- Still, the team has to step up if it new players and new roles perfectly portunity to be there with the South hopes to knock off the elite teams. for the championship mix. Story of the Year Shores, the Francis Lewises, and the “As a whole team we have to be bet- Rahmel Ashby playing in the city Grand Streets, but it’s mental,” Mapp ter,” Kanhoye said. “Pick each other Best Newcomer title game after being jailed for said. up.” Zaria Dorsey, Bishop Loughlin gun possession girls’ basketball Police arrested the Wolves senior The freshman exploded onto the running back in April 2014 and again scene last season, helping the Lions in October 2015 on attempted mur- net wins over Christ the King and der and gun possession charges re- LOUGHLIN nationally ranked New Jersey team spectively. Ashby spent time in jail, Shabazz. but he was back in the fi eld shortly Continued from page 35 Loughlin placed second in Brook- after his release — a decision that ners closed the half on an 8–0 run and lyn and Queens thanks to the highly brought tons of media coverage. He went into the break tied at 36. recruited forward’s presence in the went on to carry the ball 24 times for Issac Grant helped Molloy (7–1, 1–0) paint. Dorsey, who battled through 116 yards in Grand Street’s city title take control of the game in the third a knee injury, averaged seven points victory. quarter by scoring nine of his 19 points and fi ve rebounds per match. in the frame. His layup in traffi c with Quote of the Year three minutes remaining tied the Best Upset “He’s just a nice kid. I told him, score at 46–46. A Cole Anthony layup Brooklyn Tech girls’ lacrosse ‘Listen brother, this is Brooklyn AA at the buzzer made it 53–46 for Molloy beats four-time defending cham- — nice guys fi nish last,’ ” said Jeffer- going to the fourth. pion Tottenville in the semifi nals son coach Lawrence “Bud” Pollard Loughlin (7–3, 3–1) brought its Monica Garlinska scored with when asked what he told forward fourth-quarter defi cit to 66–63 on a 1:41 to play in double overtime. The Isiah Deas after a poor performance three-point play by Thomas, but it did goal — her only in the game — gave against Lincoln. not score again on its next four posses- the Engineers a thrilling 6–5 victory Deas heeded the advice and was a sions and missed two free throws with over the host Pirates. The victory big reason the Orange Wave beat the 28 ticks left in the game. Khalid Moore, sent Brooklyn Tech, which won the Railsplitters in the Public School who led Molloy with 21 points, made Class B league last season, to its fi rst Athletic League’s Brooklyn Borough one of two free throws with 7.2 seconds A title game. fi nal. Deas scored 19 of his game-high remaining to put the game away. 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