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By Gersh Kuntzman hadn’t even finished a sen- By Ben Muessig The Brooklyn Paper tence before Chief Judge Jon- The Brooklyn Paper If the seven judges of athan Lippman cut him off, Opponents of a planned high-rise near the foot New York State’s highest pointedly reminding Brinck- of the Brooklyn Bridge in DUMBO sued to stop court have any sympa- erhoff that state and federal the project this week on the grounds that the city thy towards a small courts have expanded colluded with the developer and allowed him to ex- group of landown- the use of eminent pand the perimeter of his project site to take advan- ers suing to block domain over the tage of zoning perks. the condemnation years to include The suit by the nascent DUMBO Neighborhood of their properties economic devel- Foundation names the Department of City Planning, so Bruce Ratner opment as a ra- the City Planning Commission, the City Council, (pictured) can tionale. the Department of Education, and the School Con- build a basketball But Brincker- struction Authority as guilty of improperly allow- arena, they had a hoff parried back ing the development company Two Trees Manage- funny way of show- that such a ruling ment to win a zoning change that paves the way ing it on Wednesday. has never reached the for a planned 17-story project that includes a pub- Almost half of the oral state’s highest court. lic middle school as a sweetener Callan Tom arguments before the Court “There are no opinions to seal the deal. of Appeals — whose ver- [by the Court of Appeals] “There was a concerted ef- dict will either pave the way that hold that economic de- fort to advance this project at for Atlantic Yards or send it velopment by itself is suffi- any cost,” said Gus Sheha, a back to the drawing board cient justification” to con- plaintiff in the case. “When — was consumed by a de- demn properties, he said. Lawyer Matt Brinckerhoff, seen here at an ear- you connect the dots, it’s appar- The Brooklyn Paper / bate over whether the prop- Brinckerhoff did appear lier hearing, made the case for Atlantic Yards ent that people didn’t do their Bernie Henry’s famous pink brownstone on Garfield Place erty owners missed a dead- See YARDS on page 11 opponents on Wednesday in Albany. due diligence for a reason: they is no longer on the market, as the 92-year-old owner bat- line for filing their appeal wanted to pass this.” tles his grandson — who allegedly forged title papers. in the first place. Coming just weeks after the And when they weren’t release of documents revealing that persistently questioning the development’s promised middle school may have plaintiffs’ lawyer Matt /FX:BSETTVJUªMFE failed to meet city standards when the project was PINK STINK Brinckerhoff on the issue By Gersh Kuntzman the NYPIRG/Straphangers Campaign approved earlier this year, the suit alleges that the of whether they should be The Brooklyn Paper and Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, city officials “failed to fulfill their respective obli- hearing the case at all, they gations to conduct a full, fair and objective exami- Row over rosé rowhouse One day before a climactic court seeks the annulment of that June deal peppered him with questions to sell the Vanderbilt rail yard near the nation of the appropriateness of including a middle about his central argument: hearing that could clear a major legal school as part of the Dock Street Project as well as By Gersh Kuntzman barrier for Bruce Ratner, opponents of intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic The Brooklyn Paper that the Empire State De- avenues with just a $20-million down to conduct a full, fair and objective comparison of velopment Corporation mis- the developer’s residential, retail, office alternative middle school sites.” Don’t believe everything you read: The famous “Pink House” of payment. used its condemnation power and arena mega-project filed another Garfield Place is not for sale. The original 2005 deal with the “All evidence points towards a pattern of coop- to transfer privately owned lawsuit this week, this time challeng- eration (if not collusion) between [the city] and Two Bloggers and even the Daily News were buzzing this week that ing the Metropolitan Transportation MTA gave Ratner control of the Van- properties to Ratner with a Trees,” continued the complaint, which also cited Bernie Henry, who famously painted his classic Park Slope brown- Authority’s mid-summer “sweetheart” derbilt Yards for $100 million, even stone salmon pink in the 1960s, was selling the empty nest and mov- flawed belief that the Atlan- the city’s flip flop over the need for a new middle tic Yards project will spur renegotiation with Ratner. though it had been appraised at more ing to a smaller place nearby. school in the neighborhood. economic development and, The suit, filed on Tuesday in state than $271 million. In the ensuing con- But the house is not on the market, a real-estate source told The therefore, has enough of a Supreme Court in Manhattan by a pan- troversy over that deal, the state passed The DUMBO group also accused the city of over- Brooklyn Paper, because Henry’s grandson is under investigation public benefit to justify the oply of state legislators, plus Council- the Public Authorities Accountability looking zoning regulations that could have halted de- for forging key documents that have put a cloud over who has legal use of eminent domain. woman Letitia James (D–Fort Greene), See SUIT on page 11 veloper Jed Walentas (pictured), whose project, op- ownership of the building. Indeed, Brinckerhoff See DOCK on page 11 The so-called “bubble gum brownstone” has been the talk of Park Slope for decades — but no more so than a month ago, when Henry put it up for sale with an asking price of $2.295 million, said Ger- aldine Griffin of Heights Berkeley Realty, which has removed the listing from its Web site. “It’s a good price for a four-story, three family brownstone,” she Finally! O’Hara beats Hynes! said. “People only know the outside, but there are wonderful Vic- torian details inside. It’ll need new kitchens and bathrooms, but the By Will Yakowicz pears, claims that the [Hynes’s — twice for City Council, three See PINK on page 11 The Brooklyn Paper political] machine went gun- times for Assembly — in the early It took 12 years, but John ning for him and pounced on 1990s. And he had also backed O’Hara finally beat District his change of residency calling candidates who took on Hynes Attorney Charles Hynes. it election fraud.” directly. In a scathing criticism of the O’Hara, who lives in Sun- The conviction was le- longtime DA, a state judicial set Park, was delighted gitimate — O’Hara freely 8IBU committee said last week that to be reinstated to a admits that in 1992 and O’Hara, the only man ever con- profession that he 1993 he did indeed vote has not be able to in his girlfriend’s dis- victed in New York for voting in practice since 1997, trict — making him the wrong election district, was when Hynes began the only person be- the victim of an unjustified, polit- UIF' his assault. sides suffragette Su- ically motivated prosecution be- “Starting over at san B. Anthony to be cause of his support for Hynes 48 feels great,” a bois- convicted of the obscure Train troubles opponents a decade ago. terous O’Hara said as fraud charge. He was dis- “The committee has grave he picked up the official barred, paid a $20,000 are trumpeted doubts that Mr. O’Hara did any- paperwork on Tuesday. fine and did 1,500 hours By Gersh Kuntzman Tom Callan Tom thing that justified his criminal Callan Tom “Great, great, it feels great.” of community service. prosecution,” said the final re- The reinstatement ends one Despite the Appellate Divi- The Brooklyn Paper port by the 25-member Com- of the most bizarre legal sagas sion’s ruling, that conviction The F train is slower, dirtier mittee on Character and Fitness, in state history. stands — and Hynes’s spokes- and less reliable than other lines whose finding was unanimously In 1997, Hynes prosecuted man Jerry Schmetterer was quick in the subway system, the Metro- approved by the state Supreme O’Hara for voting in a then- to point that out on Tuesday. politan Transportation Authority Court’s Appellate Division, The Brooklyn Paper / girlfriend’s election district. “The court upheld his con- finally admitted in a bombshell which reinstated O’Hara as a John O’Hara, the only man in New York State to ever be O’Hara believes he was targeted viction,” Schmetterer said. “We report released last Friday. The Brooklyn Paper file / lawyer on Oct. 6. found guilty of voting in the wrong election district, was by Hynes because he had run believe it, the court believes it, Bolstering what thousands of Finally, the MTA admits it “Mr. O’Hara, accurately it ap- finally reinstated as a lawyer five times against Hynes allies See O’HARA on page 11 See F-TRAIN on page 6 has an F-in problem 7JOUBHF8JMMJBNTCVSHXIJOF Some ’Burgers object to a fancy vino bar on Driggs Ave By Will Yakowicz Avenue tapas bar that has become Danny Hoch — persisted, saying that a mixed message in the form of a tie The Brooklyn Paper the focus of neighborhood ire. the bar will attract binge drinkers, vote — the only non-approval of a very A Williamsburg community board “Finally, experienced operators public urinators and gang violence, long night of rubber-stamping liquor approved a liquor license for a sur- are coming to the neighborhood,” but co-owner Stefan Mailvaganam, license applications. That brought the prisingly controversial upscale wine said board member Mieszko Kalita, who also co-owns Bar Carrera, a liquor license request to the full com- bar that an angry group of residents who chaired a raucous public safety tapas bar in Manhattan, brought in munity board on Wednesday night. has bitterly fought on the grounds committee meeting last Thursday supporters who questioned the op- The approval was conditioned on the that the party neighborhood is over- where dozen opponents clashed with ponents’ motives last week. bar closing at midnight on weekdays Yakowicz Will saturated with watering holes — even 30 supporters. “Custom American Wine Bar will and at 2 am on weekends. though the opponents were silent “We want to welcome them,” attract the opposite of gangs and frat The saga to get a license has con- when 19 other bars were rubber- he added. “With a bar like this, our boys,” said Yann de Rochefort, who sumed four months and $20,000, said stamped for the same licenses. streets are alive and not just closed owns Boqueria tapas bar in Manhat- Mailvaganam and his co-owner Dan
On Wednesday night, Commu- gates. These owners have six liquor tan. “The community board should Lathroum, who particularly objected The Brooklyn Paper / nity Board 1 voted 17–14 to recom- licenses in Manhattan without any encourage places like Stefan’s.” to opponents’ claim that “outsiders” SCUM AND VILLAINY: Dobrivoye Filipovich, landlord of 644 Driggs Ave, was mend a liquor license for Custom complaints.” The Public Safety Committee did have ruined Williamsburg because he removed from the meeting for calling a Brooklyn Paper reporter “scum” and a American Wine Bar — the Driggs Opponents — including actor not fully agree on Thursday, sending See WHINE on page 11 and aide to Diana Reyna “a drug dealer.” Which charge was true? Sloper teaches you how to weed it and eat! By Liz Day who teaches people to make such over there? That’s stinging nettle, shrubs just when the fruit is per- vores instead of mega-consuming for The Brooklyn Paper finds on their own. which can make a shampoo that fectly ripe,” Meredith said. “And omnivores, weeds are even more Epazote is a spiky, turpentine- Before class the other day, the could compete with a Frederic Fek- then there’s also the culinary de- appealing. “There is nothing more scented leaf that flavors Mexican 46-year-old Meredith, a more re- kai treatment. And those huge bur- light of flavors you can’t buy at local, organic and zero-carbon foot- black bean dishes. In a specialty fined version of famous urban for- dock leaves? Use them for burns any store. print than the edible weed grow- store, expect to pay $5.75 for a tiny ager “Wildman” Steve Brill, picked or mosquito bites. “In fact, many professional chefs ing near you. It didn’t need water- pack. wild specimens from cracks in the To Meredith, eating weeds isn’t are actually enthusiastic foragers,” ing, it didn’t need fertilizers.” “Or, you can just pick it out of the sidewalks during a walk through just for impoverished hillbillies. she added, though, thankfully, she Urban foraging is, alas, a lost art tree pit right in front of the store,” Park Slope. That limp green leaf? It’s nutritional and adventurous. did not name names. that Meredith hopes to revive. said Leda Meredith, an instructor It’s mugwort, which some believe “There’s the thrill of the hunt, In an age when more and more “Until very recently people, even at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden helps dreams. That prickly stalk like finding a stand of elderberry people want to be respectful loca- See WEED on page 11 2 FGCH / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓÈäÓxää October 16, 2009 #PPLTNBSUT Grant winner finally opens her Fort Greene tome outlet By Sabrina Jaszi for The Brooklyn Paper From winning a grant from the Brooklyn Public Library, to scouting locations and creating neighborhood buzz, the story of Greenlight Bookstore has been a page turner. Now, after more than two years, the independent bookseller will finally open on Saturday in the heart of Fort Greene. Jessica Stockton Bagnulo’s dream of opening a bookstore — yes, some people still have that dream, apparently — be- gan with a $15,000 grant from the library system in 2007, and has finally culminated in a bricks-and-mortar loca- tion on busy Ful- ton Street called Greenlight Book- store. Her location — in one of the borough’s most literary commu- nities, close to the Brooklyn Acad- emy of Music and far from any real competition, and with 10,000 titles in stock — could help her and co- owner Rebecca Tom Callan Tom Fitting defy the dour trend in bookstores. On one side of the large airy space at the busy
corner of S. Port- The Brooklyn Paper file / land Avenue there Jessica Stockton Bagnulo (left) will be a section and Rebecca Fitting will open dedicated to the their bookstore at Fulton Street performing arts and S. Portland Avenue on Sat- — fitting for a urday. store that’s just five blocks from the BAM. A long, sunlit set of shelves at the front of the store will be dedicated to local authors, a group that has shown overwhelming support for the new independent store. One of them, Brooklyn literary ace Jonathan Lethem, called the store personally to request a reading for his newest novel, “Chronic City” (see interview in GO Brooklyn this week) — before Bagnulo and her crew even began shelving. The store’s fall roster is already filling with events like the Lethem reading, a panel of writers from the New York Re- view of Books on Nov. 18 and blogger/author pairings later in the month. It’s likely that book lovers will turn out in droves at such gatherings, but will they open their wallets? Bagnulo is optimistic. “In tough economic times, a book is a good small in- vestment for anyone,” she said. At least one person is interested in the bookstore’s open- ing. On Tuesday, while Bagnulo interrupted her shelve stocking to answer questions from a reporter, a stubbly man gazed longingly through the front window and asked, “Are you guys hiring?” An opening party will be held on Oct. 24 featuring events for kids at 10 am and an adults-only party at 7 pm at Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton St. at S. Portland Av- enue in Fort Greene, (718) 246-0200]. For info, visit www. greenlightbookstore.com. HEALTH, MIND & BODY DENTISTS Park Slope. FAMILY DENTISTRY 245 Fifth Avenue (between Carroll & Garfield) UÊ iÀ}iVÞÊ-iÀÛVi Dr. Andrew Warshaw UÊ«>ÌÊ,iÃÌÀ>Ìà Dr. Sari Rosenwein UÊ,ÌÊ >>Ê/ iÀ>«Þ Dr. Doug Pollack (Bd. Cert.) UÊ ÕiiÀéÊ*ÀVi>Ê6iiiÀà Pediatric Dentistry UÊ£ÊÕÀ]Ê"vvViÊ i>V } Hours by Appointment UÊ7 ÌiÊ}ÃÊÊUÊ `} UÊÕÀ`iÊUÊ-i>>ÌÃÊUÊ i>}à Sat. & Eve. Available UÊ ÀÜÃÊUÊ À`}iÃÊÊUÊ iÌÕÀià Free Consultation UÊ É-ÕÀ}V>ÊÕÊ >Ài 24 Hour Phone ÊÊÊ`iÃViÌÊqÊ`ÕÌ Service U Financing Available U Insurance Plans Welcomed 789-5700 www.ParkSlopeFamilyDentistry.com
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By Ben Muessig The Brooklyn Paper Park Slope residents claim that Fourth Avenue’s sky- high Vue Restaurant and Lounge isn’t just on the roof — its noise levels are through it! Neighbors say that noise coming from the bar atop Ho- tel Le Bleu is keeping them up past 2 am as often as four nights a week. “There’s the music, but you can also hear the crowd up there, yelling and screaming and singing,” said Steve Shep- ard, who has lived near the corner of Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street for five years. Over that time, Shepard said he has grown accustomed to roaring truck traffic on Fourth Avenue, but said that the “disco and house music” is “much more noticeable than the traffic, which on a normal night is a steady white noise.” When the rooftop bar — replete with panoramic views and flashing LED lights — opened this August, it was the first of its kind in a formerly industrial Park Slope corri- dor where businesses never had to worry about noise com- plaints. As a result, early reviews of the Vue were favorable, including one from Brooklyn Paper Señor Editor Vince DiMiceli, who dubbed it a “game changer for Brooklyn.” “Everything that you thought was, now isn’t. Every- thing that you wish could have been, has now become,” he said. Game changer or not, the bar has got to shush, accord- ing to Community Board 6 District Manager Craig Ham- merman. “People have had their lives disrupted by the noise there,” he said. “We need to see some change very quickly.” Domenic Tonaccio — the landlord for both Hotel Le Bleu and the Vue Restaurant — told The Brooklyn Paper that he hopes to make those changes within two weeks. “I don’t want to have a problem with my neighbors,” said Tonaccio, who added that workers will completely soundproof and enclose the rooftop venue. “We’re doing everything possible to make sure that we’re not getting any complaints from neighbors and that we’re not getting complaints from hotel guests.” But neighbors doubt that soundproofing can effectively muffle an outdoor space. “I don’t know how they expect it will help at all. It’s just a roof with open walls,” said Shepard. “It might shelter the patrons from rain, but it doesn’t do anything with noise.” HEALTH, MIND & BODY
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By Ben Muessig The Brooklyn Paper The answer to Brooklyn’s biggest question — whether a ubiquitous graffiti image depicts a chicken with a penis for a head, or a penis with a chicken for a body — might finally be revealed on Oct. 23. The prolific street artist Dick Chicken, whose tags and stencils of a creature that is part fowl and part phallus have popped up on countless walls and fences throughout North Brooklyn, will bring his art indoors for his first solo show at 3rd Ward’s new Williamsburg location. Though questions directed to a publicist representing the graffiti writer — yes, you read that right — were not answered, the street artist had this to say about his “Girls & Snacks” show, which runs until Nov. 1. “Is there a larger metaphor at work? Is this work social commentary?” he pondered among other questions on 3rd Ward’s Web site. “Maybe it is about whimsy, the idea that something can affect you on a base level. You can laugh and dance and play, without looking for meaning, like when you hear a good song. … Maybe it’s about none of those things.” A spokeswoman for 3rd Ward had a slightly more co- herent message about the artist’s iconic cock-faced cock. “He’s obviously re- ally hot right now,” said the spokeswoman, Nikki Bagli, whose gallery re- cently included an exhibit by equally hyped (and, some say, equally crim- inal) subway station art- ist Poster Boy. “For this show, he’s basi- cally going to show every-
one everything he’s capa- Phillippppp of Courtesy ble of doing. It’s a diverse FOWL PHALLUS: Dick Chick- show, with lots of versions en is having a retrospective of the Dick Chicken. You’ll at 3rd Ward. see it outfitted in many dif- ferent ways.” At the opening, art lovers will be able to wash down all that Dick Chicken with free cocktails and Colt 45. It’s the first mid-career retrospective for the “artist,” whose work is as omnipresent in North Brooklyn as used condoms are in the Gowanus. In fact, he’s already spawned an imitator (or, perhaps, a female admirer) in the form of Pussy Ham, a vaginal pork shank that is often re-tagged next to Dick Chicken’s trademark image. The man on the street — well, at least one man — seems to enjoy the whimsy of it all. “The [phallus] and the chicken really compliment each other,” said Dan Haller, as he passed a Dick Chicken work on Bayard Street between Lorimer Street and Union Ave- nue in Williamsburg. “It is art, but like any art that I might not like, it deserves to exist.” Others found the fowl foul. “It’s totally unimaginative,” said Di Mainstone. “Worse, it’s everywhere, like a brand, even on the door of the de- sign firm where I work in Chelsea.” Terrence Pugh added just one word for the feathered phallus: “Nasty.” In other news that involves 3rd Ward and chicken, the art center is about to launch an American restaurant out of a retrofitted trailer at the corner of Metropolitan Ave- nue and Lorimer Street. For now, the group is remaining tight-lipped about the plan — which was first reported on the venerable North Brooklyn culture blog Free Williamsburg. “We are bringing some life to a very good corner that’s been vacant for a while,” said Bagli. Dick Chicken’s “Girls & Snacks” at 3rd Ward [573 Met- ropolitan Ave. between Union Avenue and Lorimer Street in Williamsburg, (718) 715-4961] opens on Oct. 23, 7–10 pm. The exhibit runs until Nov. 1. Free. — with Sabrina Jaszi HEALTH, MIND & BODY DENTISTS Park Slope. FAMILY DENTISTRY 245 Fifth Avenue (between Carroll & Garfield) UÊ iÀ}iVÞÊ-iÀÛVi Dr. Andrew Warshaw UÊ«>ÌÊ,iÃÌÀ>Ìà Dr. Sari Rosenwein UÊ,ÌÊ >>Ê/ iÀ>«Þ Dr. Doug Pollack (Bd. Cert.) UÊ ÕiiÀéÊ*ÀVi>Ê6iiiÀà Pediatric Dentistry UÊ£ÊÕÀ]Ê"vvViÊ i>V } Hours by Appointment UÊ7 ÌiÊ}ÃÊÊUÊ `} UÊÕÀ`iÊUÊ-i>>ÌÃÊUÊ i>}à Sat. & Eve. Available UÊ ÀÜÃÊUÊ À`}iÃÊÊUÊ iÌÕÀià Free Consultation UÊ É-ÕÀ}V>ÊÕÊ >Ài 24 Hour Phone ÊÊÊ`iÃViÌÊqÊ`ÕÌ Service U Financing Available U Insurance Plans Welcomed 789-5700 www.ParkSlopeFamilyDentistry.com
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Katie Chao Katie York City Wine and Food Though Huebbe was an of a beautiful woman walk- Festival event when his unknown next to some of the ing through an art opening,” straight-forward burger — a famed chefs at the Burger he said during the summer. Actual size perfect combination boasting Bash, many attendees con- Though he didn’t win the an 80-percent ground beef, sidered his “P-Town Throw- Burger Bash, Huebbe said 20-percent fat patty topped down Burger” a favorite. that for one evening, he was The Brooklyn Paper / with cheddar, a special horse- “This is the best burger a cheeseburger in paradise. Our contest winner, Kyle radish sauce, and a garden I’ve had,” said Melissa Sny- “I’m not disappointed,” Huebbe, was defeated tomato atop a doughy Por- der, a burger aficionado who said Huebbe, who next wants at last week’s “Burger tuguese bun — came out on traveled to DUMBO from to host a much-needed buf- General Hearing Services Bash” in DUMBO. One top in The Paper’s first ever Ohio for the ground beef me- falo wing contest. “This was word: Sham. burger making contest. lee. “I’ve had Bobby Flay, the best night of my life.” & PECHEFSKY FOR CITY COUNCIL Audiology Affiliates are pleased to announce a special THE SPEAKER IS THE ISSUE ReSound Technology Event The most important decision Council Members are likely to make is how they vote for Council Speaker when they rst take of ce. During this 2-day event, we will be offering This is because the Speaker has a stranglehold the following Free Services: on power in the Council. 9$ /(,&0"/$$,(,& I believe those of us running for City Council should 9$+-,01/ 1(-,-%,$4'$ /(,&(,01/2+$,11$"',-*-&6 commit to a set of principles on their vote for Speaker. 9 4$$)1$01#/(3$
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Williamsburg–Bushwick The German journalist of Bushwick when two thugs cover her valuables — two POLICE BLOTTER The thief allegedly shoved In a crime that has become Two purse-snatchers found was walking on McKibbin approached from behind and cellphones, credit cards, cash the victim into a street lamp a regular staple of our po- a travelling target this week Street near McKibbin Court grabbed her bag. and her German press card. Find more online every Wednesday at at Livingston Street and lice blotter, the thief grabbed — a member of the foreign at around 10:15 pm on the last Her junket was setting off Date rob Boerum Place at around the charge cards between 7 #SPPLMZO1BQFSDPNCMPUUFS 5:50 pm and grabbed her gray pm and 7:30 pm and made Two desperate thugs were leather bag, which contained OF UNAUTHORIZED PUR- arrested for stealing a man’s Mitchell Gold IDs, debit cards, two cell- chases. +Bob Williams beer and condoms early on Truth hurts Smoke & slash phones and a red wallet. Oct. 10. ! CAR THIEF STOLE A "UICK But the perp didn’t get far Deadbolted on Oct. 6, along with all of ! BLADE TOTING BAD GUY The victim had just left a slashed a 22-year-old after — a court officer stopped Crooks forced their way Contemplating a couch? We’ve got one deli at Montrose and Graham the stuff inside it. the victim asked him for a the suspect at the corner of THROUGH A LOCKED #LINTON !V- avenues, where he’d gone to The victim told cops that with your name on it. cigarette on Oct. 6. Jay and Tillary streets and enue front door on Oct. 8 and get the libation and sexual he had parked his maroon se- found him in possession of The victim and the perp heisted a computer and video protection for later use with dan on S. Fifth Street near the victim’s purse. game. got into an argument on Court a lady friend who remained Rodney Street at around 1:30 — Ben Muessig The perps tampered with Street near Montague Street in the apartment. pm and was only gone for a the deadbolt to get into the But before he could make few hours. Upon his return, at 10:45 am after the victim 78TH PRECINCT residence between 10 am and he discovered that the car was it back for his 1:15 am liaison, asked for a smoke. Park Slope 6:40 pm. Once inside the res- - two thugs stopped him and GONE AND WITH IT !FRI In the midst of the brawl, the idence, which between Lafay- can print drums, a printer, a Roller robs one said, “Give me all your culprit pulled out an unknown ette and Greene avenues, the s— or we will f— you up.” Coleman tent, a humidifier, weapon and cut the victim on Park Slope businesses— a cellphone, and worst of all, double-lock your gates! thieves heisted a laptop, a !LL HE HAD WAS THE SIX OF his face and left arm — leav- Playstation PSP, and $10. Corona, the French letters and HIS PRIZED AUTOGRAPHED COPY ing gashes that required treat- Hoods were wielding bolt of “Truth” by Jeff Beck. cutters last week: the hat on his head, which he ment at Bellevue Hospital. Laptops swiped Our Special Order Event Is On. Save 20%. turned over to the thugs. The man told cops that his s 4HIEVES BROKE INTO !MI- Thieves stole four laptop Alexa. Gloria. Gabriel. Luc. People love our named sofas, The two suspects were apartment was so small that Warrant Street gos Deli and Grocery at the COMPUTERS FROM AN !DELPHI nabbed by law enforcement he typically used his car as Three teenaged perps tried CORNER OF 4HIRD !VENUE AND Street home on Oct. 11. sleepers, sectionals, chairs and ottomans. And now through Ninth Street overnight on later that night. a storage unit. to mug a 16-year-old at gun- The crooks heisted two — Sabrina Jaszi Oct. 7. The crime was dis- 10/12, you can save 20% on a piece with your name on it. Stuff-less point as he walked home from Macs, a Gateway, and a school on Oct. 5. covered at 7 the next morn- Choose from hundreds of fabrics and frames, in styles ! HOUSEBREAKER CLEANED 84TH PRECINCT ing when the owner discov- Toshiba between 12:30 am and out an apartment on Marcy The trio surrounded the 8 am. The thieves also heisted Brooklyn Heights– teen at the corner of Warren ered that the roll-down gate designed to suit any taste from classic to contemporary. !VENUE NEAR 3OUTH 3ECOND and locks had been cut. In- a Blackberry cellphone and Street on Oct. 10. DUMBO–Boerum Hill– and Court streets at around And while you’re here, check out our clearance sale on Downtown side, there wasn’t much left blank checks from the resi- The victim, a Seattle na- 3 pm and demanded that he but potato chips; the thief had dence, which is between Park in-stock furniture, available for immediate delivery. tive, left the unit at around Atlantic panic hand over his belongings. taken a Lotto machine, the and Myrtle avenues. 4 pm to go shopping with !N ARMED THUG MUGGED “Run your pockets and cash register, $400, and 25 — Ben Muessig his mother, who was visiting A YEAR OLD WOMAN ON !T- bag,” ordered a perp in a Red Hours: Monday-Saturday 11-7, Sunday 12-5. Call for directions. from the Emerald City. When cartons of cigarettes. LANTIC !VENUE ON /CT Sox hat, who was carrying 68TH PRECINCT mother and son returned two The deviant pulled out a s !NOTHER THIEF GOT INTO hours later, they discovered black automatic handgun at a gun in the pocket of his Lin’s Garden Chinese res- Bay Ridge H A Y S T A C K that the rear window had been around 11:15 pm near the cor- black hooded sweatshirt. TAURANT ON &OURTH !VENUE AT Auto be a law shattered and their stuff had NER OF 4HIRD !VENUE AND DE- The other muggers pat- Degraw Street after it closed - 130 Clinton Street * Brooklyn NY 11201 been plundered. manded cash. ted down the victim, but fled for the night at 10 pm on !N EMPLOYEE FROM 'IUF The missing items in- “Bitch, give me your without taking anything. Oct. 8. The next morning, fre Kia was robbed of more 718.246.2510 cluded a pink Dell laptop, an money,” the perp said. the owner arrived to find his than $125,000 — as well as iPhone, a Kindle, a Bluetooth, The victim reached into her Bag snag nab locks and security gate cut his wheels — just as he was prescription drugs and $1,000 purse and handed over a white ! COURT OFFICER LOCKED open. This time, the bandits about to drop off the cash in travelers’ checks. envelope containing $325. up a 21-year-old suspected got just $50. and checks at the TD Bank Shades at night ON &IFTH !VENUE ON /CT officials said. ! SHOEGAZING STALKER STOLE a young woman’s handbag The 26-year-old employee while she was out for drinks told cops that he was head- on Oct. 6. ing towards the 82nd Street The victim was perched branch at around 5:515 pm on a bar stool at about 10 pm when two men confronted and had stowed her purse be- him, motioning to their shirts low her at the Bergen Street as if they had a handgun hid- establishment. She finished den underneath. her beverage and got up to One of the men yanked leave the bar, located near the deposit bag from un- &LATBUSH !VENUE BUT HER BAG der the victim’s left arm — had been snatched. THEN MADE AN EVEN CRAZIER !LONG WITH CREDIT CARDS demand. it contained two $300 pairs “You know what, give me of sunglasses. the car too,” the thief said as SAVE A PUMPKIN. — Sabrina Jaszi he snatched the keys to the VICTIMS (ONDA !CCORD 88TH PRECINCT from his hands. Fort Greene–Clinton Hill The victim ran off as the Beggar banquet second thief tried to take his CARVE THE ROAD. ! 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The terrible trio got away When victim reached into with the man’s his credit her purse to retrieve some cards and a debit card. cash, the perp grabbed the — Thomas Tracy handbag and attempted to tug IT AWAY !FTER STRUGGLING OVER 94TH PRECINCT the bag, the assailant stabbed Greenpoint– the senior’s hand, snatched Williamsburg the bag — which contained $88 — and fled into Fort Bar bum Greene Park. ! PERP SIDLED UP TO A woman and gallantly of- Moist marauder fered to escort her to a Meeker ! METROSEXUAL MARAUDER Street bar on Oct. 9 — then heisted facial creams and snatched her purse en route body powder from a home to the watering hole. near the corner of Emerson The 27-year-old was talk- 0LACE AND -YRTLE !VENUE ing on her iPhone at around home on Oct. 9. 2:45 am when the crook ap- The 37-year-old resident of the apartment awoke at proached her, made his of- around 4:40 am when she fer of taking her to Daddy’s heard noises coming from Bar, near Frost Street, and her living room. When she then grabbed the purse. went to investigate, she dis- The brave woman gave covered that her screen win- chase, but the perp he jumped dow had been removed and into a blue minivan — but not HER h2EJUVENATE !NEWv FACE before punching the victim. cream and “Sweet Honesty” Note taker body powder — which had ! SNEAKY THIEF BROKE INTO MINI of Manhattan invites you to MOTOR-TOBER, our month-long been placed by the window a van that had been parked — were gone. celebration of speed, style and value. Visit us at MININYC.COM to get The victim looked out the ON 'REENPOINT !VENUE NEAR window and spotted a slim West Street on Oct. 6. MOTOR-TOBER event details and limited-time fi nancing offers. All it man in a white sweater flee- The crafty crook had ing down the fire escape. popped the lock of back door sometime between 10:30 am takes is one test drive to become possessed with the spirit of MINI. Apple-jacked! to 3:40 pm, and stole three ! 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A spokesman PARK SLOPE CHELSEA “[The Superfund is] going $150 million plan to clean the fetid Gowanus Canal. for Environmental Javier Zelaya, MD Verna Broughton, PA to be an enormous boon for Protection Agency lawyers and the court system told The Brooklyn … but nothing is going to be overflow into the canal by Paper that the start of the Say goodbye to unwanted lines! done [to clean the canal] for a 34 percent by installing four city’s Gowanus Canal re- long time,” the mayor said at new pumps and constructing pairs will not have an im- a press conference at the head a mile-long sewage pipe that pact on the agency’s Super- FREE BOTOX of the putrid waterway. connects to the Red Hook fund decision. Bloomberg claimed that sewage plant. 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Secures big bucks for gay center .VTJD BSUBOEZPHBPQFO By Will Yakowicz The Brooklyn Paper IPVTFBU#FOE#MPPN Brooklyn’s wandering Join Bend & Bloom Yoga in celebrating its birth- gays are one step closer to day with a photo exhibit “In India” by Vanessa Lenz, realizing a long-held dream Indian-Latin fusion music by the Tollywood All- of opening a permanent com- stars, and a silent auction of private yoga classes, munity center in the borough, massages, and other indulgences to benefit the Lin- thanks to a new pot of cash eage Project, an organization that offers mindful- at the end of their rainbow. ness practices and yoga to incarcerated and at-risk Borough President Marko- youth. witz announced yesterday On Saturday October 17, kick off the night with that he and Council Speaker a live music flow yoga class with violin and South Christine Quinn had allo- Indian percussion from 5pm to 6:30pm. Pre-regis- cated $2 million in discre- tration required for the yoga class only. The other tionary funding towards the events take place from 7 to 10 pm. purchase of a still-unidenti- Bend & Bloom Yoga [708 Sackett St. between fied building that would soon Fourth and Fifth avenues in Park Slope, (347) 987- become the Brooklyn Com- 3162]. For info, visit www.bendandbloom.com. munity Pride Center. It’s the latest effort by Borough President Markowitz, long a champion of Markowitz to secure a home gay marriage and other LGBT issues, has secured for Brooklyn’s gay commu- funding for the borough’s first freestanding gay nity — the largest in the five community center. boroughs. Two years ago, Markowitz helped negoti- Bruce Ratner-owned building have to go to Manhattan like ate a deal that would’ve put Downtown, but the deal un- a second-class citizen to get help and support,” said Tom the community center in a raveled over the gay commu- nity’s opposition to Ratner’s Smith president of Brooklyn Atlantic Yards project. Community Pride Center. Markowitz strongly sup- Smith has not found a ports Atlantic Yards, but is building, or a neighborhood, PETS ARE BACK AUTO also the elected official in the but the $2 million will go a borough most staunchly in long way towards securing a VEGAS SPA support of gay marriage. As a brownstone or other appro- ON PINEAPPLE result, the Beep kept pushing priate community center. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT /PNPSFXJOFXIJOJOH e were pleased that Community #ARROLL 'ARDENS AFTER THE OWNER OF THE Board 1 rejected the complaints Here’s why Wednesday well-liked Black Mountain Wine Bar 8 of a misguided minority of Wil- night’s vote in favor of a new on the quiet corner of Union and Hoyt liamsburg residents on Wednesday night streets announced that he wanted to and recommended a liquor license for a bar in Williamsburg is good. open an oyster bar around the corner new wine bar on Driggs Avenue. ON EVEN QUIETER (OYT 3TREET And it’s not only because we love public safety committee last week. Just as in the current wine bar case, wine. Custom American would replace a va- neighbors claimed that the new oyster Indeed, the larger issue behind this lat- cant storefront, so residents’ complaints bar would be a menace to the community. est confrontation between residents and are misguided for two reasons: lifeless But what “community”? Black Moun- neighborhoods are breeding grounds for would-be bar owners is that, all too often, crime, and, more important, the site in TAIN 7INE "AR WITH ITS COZY FIREPLACE some community members want to halt good food and tidy, farmhouse exterior, QUESTION IS ZONED FOR SUCH ESTABLISHMENTS any changes to their areas on the grounds meaning that the teetotalers didn’t do is a welcome neighborhood destination that newcomers such as bars, restaurants their due diligence before they moved and part of the very community that and other businesses are “outsiders” who into the neighborhood themselves. blocked its owner’s equally neighbor- will destroy the neighborhood. It would be one thing if the owners hood-friendly expansion plan. But who are the outsiders? And what OF #USTOM !MERICAN NEEDED A ZONING More and more, Brooklyn neighbor- is a neighborhood anyway? change to operate, but it’s not up to the hoods are establishing their own night- In the case of Custom American Wine COMMUNITY BOARD OR THE 3TATE ,IQUOR !U- life scenes so that residents no longer Bar, one of the co-owners actually lives thority to stand in the way when long-va- have to rely on Manhattan for their en- a few blocks away. Worse, the opponents cant storefronts, or once-bustling neigh- TERTAINMENT 4HIS REVITALIZES DORMANT abandoned any attempt at objectivity, borhoods slowly spring back to life in commercial spaces, provides jobs in remaining oddly silent when 19 other defiance of those who moved there dur- Brooklyn, and gives people a chance bars in the party-hardy neighborhood ing a down cycle. to hang out with their neighbors with- were approved for liquor licenses at the We’ve seen this all before, of course. out leaving the neighborhood.
same meeting of Community Board 1’s ,AST YEAR A SIMILAR FIGHT BROKE OUT IN We think this is a good thing. Fleming Cristian LETTERS WEB CHATTER 4DIPPMTVTPO4UBUF 8FCSFBEFSTBQQMBVE:BSETMBXTVJU Our lightning-fast post parent way to encourage devel- )F ,ETITIA *AMES VOTED AGAINST market rate value based on the opment? anything, it’s because her finan- economy and the current real To the editor, 3TREET ADJACENT TO THE PROPOSED can pop up from nowhere and be about a new lawsuit against I have always appreciated site and many or most were un- granted attention, support and re- Atlantic Yards on Tuesday Of all the suits that the com- cial fat cat benefactors wanted estate market.” and enjoyed The Brooklyn Pa- aware of all the specifics and is- sources. There appears to be no morning filled our comment MUNITY HAS BROUGHT AGAINST 2AT- her to. ) HOPE YOU REMEMBER THAT 2AT- ner, this is the one that deserves per, so I was dismayed to read sues concerning the site. formal process about how orga- field all day (“New Yards suit None of these politicians are ner originally bid $50 million, your unfair and inaccurate arti- Even the headmaster, Michael — one day before the old the full support of anyone who for the people; they are for whom- but because Develop Don’t De- NIZATIONS ARE SELECTED TO RECEIVE rides the subways or anyone who CLE ABOUT THE "ROOKLYN &RIENDS Nill, acknowledged that the traf- capital funding. Yards suit,” online, Oct. 13). ever donates enough to get them stroy Brooklyn found another de- benefits from a well run transpor- 3CHOOLS PLANS FOR A NEW FACILITY fic issues and problems have not Laurie Cumbo, Fort Greene Here’s what our online read- elected. veloper, Extell, to bid $150 mil- ON 3TATE 3TREET h1UAKER 6ALUES been properly thought through. ers were saying: tation system. I am very proud Politics is a dirty business and LION 2ATNER WAS FORCED TO RAISE The writer is founder and that someone is standing up to tested,” Oct. 9). To portray the opponents as executive director of the Mu- to believe that there are honor- his bid to $100 million. That’s ,ETITIA *AMES HAS hTHE RIGHT TO the MTA’s backroom deals. !S A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF 3TATE “angry” and “enraged” is just not seum of Contemporary African able clean candidates who can still under the appraised value BE A SLEAZEBAGv BUT SHE ALSO Raul, Prospect Heights get elected into office anywhere 3TREET BETWEEN 3MITH AND (OYT a true portrait of went on. Diasporan Arts in Fort Greene. has the “right to remain silent.” of $217 million. without owing lots of favors is streets, I am deeply familiar with Kate Perry, Boerum Hill 3HE SHOULD EXERCISE that right. 3AM AND !L YOU BOGGLE MY 2ATNER IS GETTING A SWEET DEAL right up there with believing no matter how you cut it. Prospect the site, its history and the cur- Sam Jacoby, Williamsburg mind! rent dispute. $ISJTUJBOT ,ETITIA *AMES IS THE only pol- IN THE %ASTER "UNNY AND 3ANTA Heights real estate is one of the I know, usually politicians are Claus. Al, Park Slope few bright spots in New York, There is no petition in support 4IF¤TOPUHBZ To the editor, itician in all of New York who for progress. I guess she gets had the courage to oppose Bum- even though the area owned by of the school that has been signed To the editor, In your recent coverage of the Those fools must like that by 200 residents of “the block” as more campaign contributions berg’s term limits, and to oppose 2ATNER HAS BEEN LEFT TO ROT After reading your online Westboro Baptist Church pro- from that develop and destroy dump of an area and the big was stated. There was a petition, story about Borough President THE TAXPAYERS GIVEAWAY TO 2AT- hole in the ground for the last Al, if you’re so angry about but many of its signers were not TESTERS h+ANSAS HOMOPHOBES group than from the Brooklynites -ARKOWITZS DECISION TO FUND A NER !ND YOU PUT HER DOWN 3HE 60 years. dirty politicians, then why not ANTI 3EMITES FALL FLAT v /CT FOR A 3TADIUM GROUP ,ETS BE REAL is the best! RESIDENTS OF EITHER BLOCK OF 3TATE GAY COMMUNITY CENTER h-ARTY you referred to these protesters Al Pankin, Downtown direct your rage at the MTA and about what this is truly about! HappyLeader, New York the state government that bent is king of queens as Beep secures as Christians. But this does a dis- Al, Park Slope )N FACT ,ETITIA *AMES VOTED big bucks for gay center,” online, service to the many peace-lov- Well, considering that the land over backwards to give away the This suit distills how the state against the interest of the party public’s land for a song? Send a letter Oct. 9), I felt that this is a very bi- ing Christians in the world who deal was trying to get done when that gave her the council seat. ZARRE SYSTEM FOR THE ALLOCATION OF follow precepts of tolerance, love IS BENDING OVER TO HELP 2ATNER AT the real estate market was hot, Harriet, Brooklyn By e-mail: the expense of New Yorkers. The 7ORKING &AMILIES WAS IN FAVOR ,ETITIA *AMES MADE IT CLEAR capital funding and resources. and giving. Develop and Destroy has delayed and yet she, for her reasons, voted [email protected] VERY GENEROUS TERMS OF THE 6AN- - during her [re-election] cam- It appears strange at best that an Perhaps we can just refer to THE DEAL FOR SO LONG 2ATNER AP against it. By mail: Letters, The Brook lyn derbilt Yards sale hurt the New pears to be getting the land at paign that she was unequivo- hORGANIZATIONv SUCH AS THIS WOULD them as fundamentalists, a reli- You really need to get out Paper, One Metrotech Center, be allocated $2 million in capital York economy because it makes the current fair market rate value cally opposed to the Atlantic gious sect, so-called Christian, more. Sid, Boerum Hill Suite 1001, Brooklyn, NY 11201. resources with no track record of fringe group, or some other ad- the MTA’s cash-flow problems based on the economy and the Yards project. ÊiÌÌiÀÃÊÕÃÌÊLiÊÃ}i` and success or accomplishment. And jective-noun combination which worse, increasing the likelihood current real estate market. 3AYS !L h7ELL CONSIDERING 3HE WON IN A LANDSLIDE SO ITS include the writer’s home address they don’t even have a space. does not debase Christ. of fare hikes and service cuts. And secondly, every politician that the land deal was trying to wrong to say she’s betraying the and phone number (only the writ- All of the capital request pa- Michael King, Gowanus ,ETS SAY THAT THE 2ATNER PRO- is full of s— in that they are all get done when the real estate interests of her constituents or er’s name and neighbor hood are posal deserves public subsidies. beholden to whomever they are market was hot, Develop and De- beholden to special interests. published with the letter). Letters perwork that I have been pre- Editor’s note: The Westboro protest- >ÞÊLiÊi`ÌÊi`Ê>`ÊÜÊÌÊLiÊ sented with require you to have ers said they were rallying in defense Why give him those subsidies getting their money from and stroy has delayed the deal for so +NOW WHAT YOURE TALKING ÀiÌÕÀÊi`°Ê/ iÊi>ÀiÀÊÊÌ iÊÜiiÊ ALL THREE IN PLACE )T IS AMAZING of Christian values debased by Jews, through a reduced sale price? their spin is basically who they LONG 2ATNER APPEARS TO BE GET- about before you speak, Al. ÞÕÊÃi`ÊÞÕÀÊiÌÌiÀ]ÊÌ iÊLiÌÌiÀ° HOW IN "ROOKLYN ORGANIZATIONS gays and other Brooklynites. Isn’t there a better, more trans- are protecting. ting the land at the current fair Jim, Park Slope
provements.” the signal system. s 2EVIEW hSCHEDULES x TO That last one is easier said assess potential operational than paid for. A plan to mod- A NEW SEASON. F-TRAIN… and service changes.” ERNIZE SIGNALS ALONG PORTIONS Continued from page 1 accountability over multiple s 'ET MORE NEW CARS OF THE & LINE IS INCLUDED IN riders mutter to themselves disciplines.” s -ODIFY hDELAY MANAGE- the still-unapproved part of every day, the MTA report s %STABLISH A hTASK FORCE ment strategies to reduce reli- the next MTA capital plan. A NEW EXCITEMENT. specified just how bad the of senior managers to re- ance on skipping stations.” It calls for spending $1.6 bil- line operates: During May VIEW & LINE OPERATIONS AND s 2ENEW AGING INFRASTRUC- LION THATS BILLION ON & and June, for example, week- develop strategies for im- TURE INCLUDING MODERNIZING line signals through 2019. day on-time performance was 22 to 29 percent worse than systemwide average. The MTA’s investigation of itself also showed that: A NEW ERA s 4HE & LINES SCHEDULE has not been adjusted since 2001, despite ridership that IN REAL ESTATE has increased every year ex- cept 2004–5. Population is 45 DAY LISTING TERM booming in the Windsor Ter- race-to-DUMBO portion of 2% COMMISSION the line, causing an eight- percent increase in ridership 'VMMTFSWJDFt0WFSUSBOTBDUJPOTt4FSWJOH#SPXOTUPOF#SPPLMZO that has not been mitigated (2009 Crain’s NY Business) by increased service. /:$4GBTUFTUHSPXJOHSFBMFTUBUFmSN s 3TATIONS ARE SKIPPED DUE to overcrowding during rush hours at a higher rate than on JESSE TEMPLE OTHER LINES IN THE SYSTEM 3TA- Senior Vice President tions north of Church Ave- Jesse Temple & Associates nue experienced 16 percent OF ALL & LINE SKIPS BETWEEN CHARLES RUTENBERG REAL ESTATE March and June. KUFNQMF!SVUFOCFSHSFBMUZOZDPN s 4EN PERCENT OF ALL MORN- t ing rush hour trains get to "ERGEN 3TREET IN #ARROLL 'AR- XXXSVUFOCFSHSFBMUZOZDPN dens already over the MTA’s standard for capacity. And in the evening rush, 12 percent of the Coney Island-bound TRAINS GET TO *AY 3TREET ABOVE %!$"+$ ! "#!& ("#$ %$ the sardine-can standard. )N OTHER WORDS THE & “ranks near the bottom for all lines,” the report said. The Annual Over 15 Restaurants Over 12 Bars Over 26 Shops s )N CASE ALL THAT WASNT and Nightclubs ENOUGH THE & IS PERCENT dirtier than the systemwide Founders Day Lecture average. The report is the result of a four-month line analysis re- $ * QUESTED BY STATE 3EN $ANIEL ) ! % To book your special 59 room rate 3QUADRON $n#ARROLL 'AR- dens), whose office was in- %# % ! #! $%#! ! (* undated with complaints in today, call 1-800-345-8767 or visit us March and April about the little engine that can’t. online at www.tropicana.net. /N 3UNDAY 3QUADRON told The Brooklyn Paper Dava Sobel that he considered the find- ings “breathtaking,” but was &%!#! pleased that the MTA had un- dertaken the line review. “This kind of thing has never been done before — a Monday, publicly released review of October 26, 2009 line performance and a com- mitment to make it better,” 4:30 p.m. 3QUADRON SAID h4HE -4! should be applauded for that. &!( & %!# & But now we need to hold their feet to the fire.” %! ' & 1-800-THE TROP | TROPICANA.NET The report did include #!! ( some recommendations for BRIGHTON & THE BOARDWALK, ATLANTIC CITY, NJ 08401 fixing the troubled line — though many riders will won- der why a four-month anal- *Room valid Sunday – Thursday now through November 30. Rates are based on availability and do not include 14% tax and $10 occupancy fee per night. Must be 21. Valid for Standard room only. Certain restrictions apply. ysis was needed to come up !# !# !# % ! with a “to-do” list: " $ 718.940.5584 s 2EORGANIZE LINE MAN- agement “to provide greater */4*%& %*/*/(] 1&3'03.*/("354] /*()5-*'&]#00,4] $*/&."
'*-. #FTUQJDUVSFT Photofest What film received the New York Film Crit- ics Circle top award in 1962? Was it “Shoot the Piano Player,” “Whatever Happened to Baby Jane,” “The Man who Shot Liberty Va- lance,” “Jules and Jim,” or “Lawrence of Ara- bia” (above)? In fact, it was none of the above. That year — widely considered to be one of the best in the history of cinema — a newspaper strike ( ) 718 260-2500 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings October 16, 2009 prevented the critics circle from picking a favorite. So next week, the Brooklyn Academy of Music will try to re-write that wrong with a retrospective on the year itself: “1962: New York Photofest Film Critics Circle.” -PWFIJN -FUIFN It was a notable year for movies because French New Wave films that had been sweep- ing Europe for years were finally released — in one big bunch — to American cineastes. The Bard of Boerum Hill As a result, New Yorkers saw Jacques De- my’s “Lola,” the dark cabaret tale that was the director’s American debut; plus two Truffaut films — “Shoot the Piano Player” and “Jules meets us on Bond Street and Jim” (which will be introduced on Nov. 6 by the New York Post’s Kyle Smith!) — as well as Agnes Varda’s ode to winding Paris By Ben Muessig bubble of luxury that is strangely detached streets, “Cléo from 5 to 7.” The Brooklyn Paper from reality,” said Lethem, evoking the Meanwhile, in Hollywood, directors were iconic New Yorker cover that depicted pumping out epics like “The Man Who Shot he bard of Boerum Hill has turned his Manhattan as the center of the world. Liberty Valance,” “Lawrence of Arabia” and attention to the Upper East Side. Though the setting is new, Lethem — “Hatari!” 5 After penning the legendary Brook- who critics have dubbed a “genre bender” And there were great weird films like “The lyn-centric novels “Motherless Brooklyn for his style-fusing prose — feels that Chapman Report” (buns with ball, above). and “Fortress of Solitude,” Jonathan Le- “Chronic City” is no more of a depar- Which would have won Best Picture? You them set his eighth novel “Chronic City” ture than his previous works. decide. almost entirely in Manhattan. But the “I think they are all departures,” he “We welcome the opportunity to learn and 45-year-old scribe insists the new book said. “I try to reinvent the work I’m do- revise film history,” said Critics Circle Chair- — which hit shelves on Tuesday — comes ing so it seems worth doing. man Armond White, who co-curated the se- from a Kings County perspective. “I’m very proud of this book,” he added. ries. “It’s deeply grounded in a Brooklynite’s “I’ve put more of what I feel into it. I “1962: New York Film Critics Circle runs view of Manhattan,” said Lethem between found a form that merges my interest in Oct. 23–Nov. 9 at BAM [30 Lafayette Ave. sips of seltzer in the back room of Build- realism and surrealism more completely, at Ashland Place in Fort Greene, (718) 636- ing on Bond, a restaurant near his Dean more naturally, more matter-of-factly than 4100]. For schedule, visit www.bam.org. Street home. “It’s a state of being. I wear it ever before.” — Sabrina Jaszi as a skin. I don’t have any alternative.” Lethem balanced the real and the imag- So it should come inary in the comic- as no surprise that #00,4 tinged “Fortress of Lethem’s Brook- Solitude,” but the in- .64*$ lyn-honed prose Jonathan Lethem will read from terplay is both more cuts through the “Chronic City” at BookCourt [163 Court constant and more St. between Pacific and Dean streets excesses of the Up- in Cobble Hill, (718) 875-3677 on Oct. casual in “Chronic per East Side’s soi- 20; Greenlight Books [686 Fulton St. at City,” where charac- ree society while South Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, ters worry about ob- Muessig Ben 4JOHJOHBMPOH (718) 246-0200] on Nov. 5; Spoonbill commemorating and Sugartown [218 Bedford Ave. at scure ceramics and the nabe’s few re- North Fifth Street in Williamsburg, rare Marlon Brando If you ever wanted a pop singer to write maining Bohemi- (718) 387-7322] on Nov. 17; and again films while remain- and record and album all for you, it’ll only ans. at BookCourt on Dec. 4. ing consciously aloof cost you $5,000. “Chronic City” of the fact a tiger is That’s just one fundraising scheme being tells the story of ravaging Manhattan The Brooklyn Paper / offered by Greta Gertler, an Australian singer- Chase Insteadman, a faded child star and a constant fog has descended on Wall Wonder boy: Jonathan Lethem, best known for “The Fortress of Solitude,” has a songwriter who lives in Ditmas Park. Gertler whose astronaut lover is marooned in a Street. new book out, “Chronic City,” about how lame Manhattan is. Cool. is currently working on her latest album, “The space station behind a layer of Chinese Harkening back to the Tourette’s-af- Universal Thump,” an orchestral pop record, mines. Living off of the residuals from his flicted detective Lionel Essrog, who starred music criticism and essays. He is already “It’s still complicated for me to see how but recording doesn’t come cheap, so she’s long-canceled sitcom, Chase waits for the in his breakthrough “Motherless Brook- at work on his ninth novel, which he re- fashionable my old precinct has become. I following musicians such as Jill Sobule and unlikely return of his “lostronaut” while lyn,” Lethem’s “Chronic City” is also in- vealed — exclusively! — to The Brooklyn guess I thrive on that,” said Lethem, who asking the public for donations. navigating the Upper East Side as a mild- habited with characters who struggle to Paper, will take place mainly in Queens in the past 12 years since his return from “I need to raise $15,000 so I can pay all the mannered, heartbroken neighborhood fix- communicate. and Greenwich Village. a stint in Berkeley has watched new es- ture — until he falls in with a mayoral “I see us all cursed with the fate of That would make three novels in a row tablishments like Building on Bond and fixer and a manic cultural critic who sub- knowing or sensing more than we can starting with “You Don’t Love Me Yet” Blue Marble Ice Cream replace the bo- sists only on cheeseburgers, coffee and say,” he said. — his exploration of California’s rock- degas he “commemorated” in “Fortress high-grade marijuana. Luckily for readers, Lethem doesn’t and-roll scene — that scarcely address of Solitude.” It’s a book that Lethem describes as seem to have that problem himself. In the Brooklyn. “I get to have it both ways,” he said. “I “very satirically open.” past 15 years, he has released eight novels, But that doesn’t mean the Brooklyn get to have my suspicions and enjoy my “There is something about Manhattan’s as well as dozens of short stories, pieces of native isn’t inspired by his hometown. ice cream.” Carol Lipnik Carol -FUIFN¤T.BOIBUUBO musicians,” said Gertler, who has come up with just $1,785 so far. “And mastering and Esteemed Brooklyn scribe Jonathan Le- other, the chaotic intricacy with which realms “Money has been here so long it’s a little de- mixing also costs a lot.” them’s new book is all about Manhattan, but interleave, like those lines of television cable crepit. If one of money’s laws is that it can Online donations get various returns. For it’s not just any part of that god-forsaken bor- and fresh water and steam heat and outgoing never buy taste, here is where it went after it example, $15 buys you a copy of the finished ough — it’s about the Upper East Side! sewage and telephone wire and whatever else failed, and here’s what it bought instead. album, while $50 gets you an autographed But before you worry that Lethem — who which cohabit in the same intestinal holes that UÊ"ÊLi}Ê>ÊÕÌÃ`iÀÊÌÊ > >ÌÌ>\ copy and a songbook. cut his teeth exposing Brooklyn’s seedy un- pavement-demolishing workmen periodically “I had barely a chance to dwell on the dismay- And for that $5,000, Gertler will compose derbelly in “Motherless Brooklyn” and cap- wrench open to the daylight and to our pass- ing cityscape as the train soared above ground, a song each for you and 10 family members turing its rapid gentrification in “Fortress of ing, disturbed glances. We only pretend to live the slate-brown monolithic prewar tenements, — and record those songs into an album. Solitude” — made a mistake by framing his on something as orderly as a grid.” the rusted Coca-Cola–sponsored bodega signs, “I can make them quite catchy so people can much-anticipated eighth novel “Chronic City” UÊ"ÊÌ iÊ1««iÀÊ >ÃÌÊ-`iÊ>ÃÊvÀâiÊÊ the glass-strewn lots full of twisted ailanthus sing all along with each other’s songs around around such a staid nabe, consider this: It’s Ìi\ “The secret of this place is its quarantine shrubs, before we’d abandoned the elevated the dinner table,” she said. a satire of Manhattan, not a tribute! from the boom-and-bust of Manhattan’s trends views and descended to that unfriendly map Gertler said that if she doesn’t meet her Here’s how Lethem views Manhattan, and fashions. Maybe someday, if the rumors ourselves. I felt a little overwhelmed, being one $15,000 goal by Dec. 9, the money will be at least in “Chronic City”: are true, they’ll build a Second Avenue sub- who flinches from any wider world but pre- refunded. UÊ"Ê > >ÌÌ>½ÃÊ`ÃÀ`iÀ\Ê“To live way line and all of this will change. For now, fers to feel at home in Manhattan, to glimpse “Whatever happens,” Gertler said, “I will in Manhattan is to be persistently amazed what’s here is entrenched and immutable.” the island’s own provinces and badlands, its try to get the record out. But it might take a at the worlds squirreled inside one an- UÊ"Ê1««iÀÊ >ÃÌÊ-`iÊÌ>ÃÌiiÃÃiÃÃ\Ê margins.” — Ben Muessig long time.” For info on how to donate to the cause, visit www.kickstarter.com. — David Chiu
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Rick Moody and squatter camps (pictured), author of are messy, danger- Oh, Christ “The Ice Storm” and ous and difficult to other tension-filled access. Our pal, pho- James Tissot was liv- Connecticut stories, tographer Nate ing the high life as a reads from an unfin- 0]f=TTWQS 3\b`O\QS Kensinger, tramps to successful painter of Oct-over 0`]OReOgOb$ bV ished book. After- the darkest and socialites in Paris and wards, skip over to fest most forlorn corners London when he BookCourt where 1S\bS`1VO`US Oktoberfest is long Pry proudly of the city (pictured) experienced a reli- $""# ³% ³$# Jon athan Lethem over, but free beer Today is the one day so that you don’t gious vision, and will retort with a ! " '#( keeps flowing! This XOZQ ]`U a year when you can have to. Tonight, dropped his mes- chunk of his new % &) *! afternoon The Syca- shamelessly look he’ll show his slides. dames and mes- novel “Chronic City.” inside people’s more has Sixpoint 7:30 pm. “Pretty, Vacant sieurs. His new pas- 4:30 pm. St. Francis homes in Prospect — A Slideshow of Aban- sion was Christ, and Craft Ales’ new College [180 Remsen St., Heights. And since doned New York” at Oktoberfest brew an exhibit of 124 of between Court and Pete’s Candy Store [709 the neighborhood his detail-perfect Clinton streets in on tap. The beer will /`b0ZOYSg Lorimer St. at Richardson was just declared a Brooklyn Heights]; 7 pm. be accompanied by >V]b]Q]c`bSag]TbVS Street in Williamsburg, watercolor illustra- 4`O\Y2`WUUa1]ZZSQbW]\ historic district, BookCourt [163 Court St. (718) 302-3770]. tions for the New good-old American between Pacific and ogling these Italian- Testament opens BBQ and folk rock, ate and Neo-Grec Dean streets in Cobble today at the Brook- Hill, (718) 875-3677]. with not a pair of rowhouses is not just lyn Museum. lederhosen in sight. voyeurism — it’s >@343@@321/@2=4 Runs through Jan. 23 at 2 pm. Sycamore [1118 8/HH/B:7<1=:<13 NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN FRI, OCT. 16 MUSIC, FRICTION FARM AND ANATH: $10 ($6 children). 7:30 pm. Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture [53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in Park Slope, (718) 768- Find lots more listings online at 2972], www.gchmusic.org. BrooklynPaper.com/events ART, GROUP SHOW: The best emerg- ing photographers — with free beer. wood Heights, (347) 596-9614], Talk to the experts. Free. 7:30 pm. 3rd Ward [195 Mor- www.brooklynfleamarket.com. gan Ave. at Stagg Street in Bush- BROOKLYN FLEA: Free. 10 am–5 pm. Call to schedule your wick, (718) 715-4961], www.3rdward. Bishop Loughlin HS (357 Clermont NEW YORK UNIVERSITY com/groupshowcurrent. Ave. at Lafayette Avenue in Fort free consultation: THEATER, “IMAGINARY CITY”: A Greene), www.brownstoner.com/ COLLEGE of DENTISTRY multimedia work that explores the brooklynflea. perspectives of urban environ- ARTISTS AND FLEAS: Free. 11 am–6 345 East 24th Street ments. $20-$35. 7:30 pm. BAM pm. (129 N. Sixth St. between Bed- (212) 998-9700 Harvey Theater [651 Fulton St. at ford Avenue and Berry Street in Wil- Rockwell Place in Fort Greene, liamsburg), www.artistsandfleas.com. (718) 636-4100], www.bam.org. *, " 9Ê-"** Ê*,/9\ EXHIBITION, “BROOKLYN UTO There will be jewelry makers, beauty PIAS”: Three-month exhibition on product vendors, and craftspeople, the search for a utopia in Brooklyn. plus a raffle, a DJ and drinks $15. 8 pm. Brooklyn Historical Society 3–8 pm. Denim Lounge [1223 Bed- [128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street ford Ave. at Halsey Street in Bed- in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 222-4111], Ê ` ÕÀÃÌ ford-Stuyvesant, (917) 586-7747]. www.brooklynhistory.org. ,ʼi\ LJ Lindhurst’s “Marbles #5” will be a key part of this THEATER, “BAUHAUS THE BAU weekend’s 13th annual Gowanus Artists Studio Tour. OTHER HAUS”: Ulimately not very good COBBLE HILL ASSOCIATION BOOK play about a 100-year-old architec- SWAP: Bring a book, get a book. tural movement. 8 pm. Brooklyn in Park Slope, (347) 987-3162], www. Or buy one for a $1 or less. Rain Lyceum [227 Fourth Ave. at Presi- SAT, OCT. 17 bendandbloom.com. date is Oct. 24. Long Island College dent Street in Park Slope, (718) THEATER, “IMAGINARY CITY”: See Hospital [339 Hicks St., near the 857-4816], www.nervetank.com. OUTDOORS AND TOURS Friday, Oct. 16. corner of Atlantic Avenue in Cobble THEATER, “TITUS ANDRONICUS”: BIKE IT: Transportation Alternatives THEATER, “BAUHAUS THE BAU Hill, (718) 855-3982], www.cobble- Retooled version of Shakespeare’s leads a bike ride starting in Brook- HAUS”: See Friday, Oct. 16. hillassociation.org. mini-classic. $18. 8 pm. Brick The- lyn and going through Queens, THEATER, “TITUS ANDRONICUS”: MEGA ART SHOW: More than 250 ater [575 Metropolitan Ave. at Lo- Manhattan and the Bronx. Free. See Friday, Oct. 16. artists from the worlds of art, music, rimer Street in Williamsburg, (718) 8:30 am-noon. Grand Army Plaza performance and word will be show- 907-6189], www.bricktheater.com. MUSIC, TIGER LILLIES: See Friday, (Under the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Oct. 16. cased in “The Words of Color”. MUSIC, BEAREATHER REDDY: Singer Arch in Park Slope), www.transalt. Free. 1–6 pm. Brooklyn Waterfront performs classic blues of Ma Rainey, org/summerstreets. CLASSICAL CONCERT: Daedalus Artists Coalition [499 Van Brunt St., Bessie Smith and others in a new Quartet performs works by Haydn near Reed Street in Red Hook, (917) show, Beareather Reddy’s “Big PERFORMANCE and Brahms. $40. 8 pm. Barge- 655-2980], www.bwac.org. Eyed Blues Show.” $15 donation. THEATER, “A NIGHTMARE ON music [Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street and Furman Street OKTOBERFEST: Music, BBQ and 8 and 10 pm. Jazz 966 [966 Fulton NORTH FIRST STREET”: A Hallow- more. Free. 2–6 pm. Sycamore '*d[[Vaa St. at St. James Place in Clinton Hill, een aerial circus benefit for SLAM’s in DUMBO, (718) 624-2083], www. [1118 Cortelyou Rd. between Strat- (718) 638-6910], www.illbrew.com. Kids In Control Program. Tickets bargemusic.org. ford and Westminster roads in MUSIC, TIGER LILLIES: $32–$42. 8 pm. are $20 (adults), $10 (children). 3, 7 SALES AND MARKETS Ditmas Park, (347) 240-5850], www. St. Ann’s Warehouse [38 Water St. at and 11 pm. STREB Lab for Action sycamorebrooklyn.com. NVc`ZZ8VcYaZh *-ÊÎÓ£Ê Ê , /\ Free. 9 am-5 Dock Street in DUMBO, (718) 254- Mechanics [51 N. First Street in Wil- ATLANTIC YARDS OPPOSITION 8779], www.stannswarehouse.org. liamsburg, (718)-384-6491], www. pm. PS 321 schoolyard (Seventh Av- GZhig^Xi^dchVeeanHZZhidgZ[dgYZiV^ah enue and First Street in Park Slope), WALKATHON: Annual march to CLASSICAL CONCERT: All Bach show. espanastrebtrapeze.org. raise money to fight Bruce Ratner’s $35. 8 pm. Bargemusic [Fulton Ferry MUSIC, TOLLYWOOD ALLSTARS: www.parkslopefleamarket.com. mega-project. Free. 2 pm. Brooklyn Landing, Old Fulton Street and Fur- Latin, jazz, and Indian classical fu- BROOKLYN FLEA MARKET: Free. 10 Borough Hall [209 Joralemon St., man Street in DUMBO, (718) 624- sion. Donations accepted. 7 pm. am-5 pm. [194 20th St., between between Adams and Court streets 2083], www.bargemusic.org. Bend & Bloom Yoga [708 Sackett St. Fourth and Fifth avenues in Green- in Downtown Brooklyn, (718) 362- Cinderella’s 4784], www.dddb.net/walkathon. ]ʺÓxÊ7//-»\ With a Q&A with St. at Third Avenue, (718) 875-6850]. producer Fernando Epstein. Part of CIVIC CALENDAR >``>ÌiÃÊvÀÕð Lambda Inde- the ¡Go Uruguay! retrospective. $11. pendent Democrats will host offices- 4 pm. Brooklyn Academy of Music 86G9H;DGA: [30 Lafayette Ave. near St. Felix MON, OCT. 19 TUES, OCT. 20 eekers including Bill DeBlasio (public Street in Fort Greene, (718) 636- ÕÌÞÊ >À`ÊÓÊ*>ÀÃÊ>`Ê ÕÌÞÊ >À`ÊÓÊ/À>ÃÊ«ÀÌ>ÌÊ advocate), Brad Lander and Diana 4100], www.bam.org. ,iVÀi>ÌÊ ÌÌii° Monthly >`Ê*ÕLVÊ->viÌÞÊ ÌÌii° Reyna (City Council), and John Liu meeting. 6 pm. Brooklyn Hospital Monthly meeting. 6 pm. St. Francis (comptroller). 7:30 pm. Camp Friend- PROSPECT PARK BALL: Annual fund- ,%.B6C=6II6C6K:CJ: raiser for the Prospect Park Alli- [121 DeKalb Ave. at St. Felix Street College (180 Remsen St., between ship [339 Eighth St., between Fifth ance. Cocktails, dancing and a silent CZVgCVhhVj6kZcjZ<igV^chiVi^dc in Fort Greene, (718) 596-5410]. Court and Clinton streets in Brooklyn and Sixth avenues in Park Slope, (646) Heights). auction. $350. 6:30 pm. Prospect ÕÌÞÊ >À`Ê£ä° Monthly full 729-3463], lidbrooklyn.blogspot.com. Park Carousel [450 Flatbush Avenue board meeting — plus a hearing on ÈnÌ Ê*ÀiVVÌÊ ÕÌÞÊ ÕV° between Empire Boulevard and ,&- (-.",)(, budget priorities. 7:15 pm. Knights Monthly meeting. 7:30 pm. 68th WED, OCT. 21 Eastern Parkway in Park Slope, (718) of Columbus [1305 86th St. in Ben- Precinct stationhouse [333 65th St. ÕÌÞÊ >À`ÊÓÊ >`Ê1ÃiÊ 965.8954], www.prospectpark.org. between Third and Fourth avenues DE:CBDC96NI=GDJ<=H6IJG96N;GDB.6BÄ,EB sonhurst, (718) 745-6827], www. ÌÌii° Monthly meeting. 6 ]ʺ/ Ê "Ê*"1 Ê Ê* , in Bay Ridge, (718) 439-4220]. bkcb10.org. pm. Long Island University [Flatbush , ,®»\ Part of the ¡Go Uruguay! Avenue at DeKalb Avenue in {Ì Ê*ÀiVVÌÊ ÕÌÞÊ ÕV° n{Ì Ê*ÀiVVÌÊ ÕÌÞÊ ÕV° retrospective. $11. 7 pm. Brooklyn LZXVggnVaVg\ZhZaZXi^dcd[WgVcYcVbZ Monthly meeting. 7:30 pm. Capital Monthly meeting. 7:30 pm. Bethel Downtown Brooklyn, (718) 596- Academy of Music [30 Lafayette Bank [807 Manhattan Ave. at Calyer Baptist Church [360 Schermerhorn 5410]. 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Brooklyn Academy of K Jarosz. Donations ac- Being on your co-op or condo ¡Go Uruguay! retrospec- Music [30 Lafayette Ave. cepted. 7 pm. Pheobe’s tive. $11. 4 pm. Brooklyn near St. Felix Street in Fort Cafe [323 Graham Ave. in WWW.HABITATMAG.COM board just got a whole lot easier %":4 Academy of Music [30 Greene, (718) 636-4100], Williamsburg, (718) 599- Continued from page 8 Lafayette Ave. near St. Felix www.bam.org. 3218], www.phoebescafe. bam.org. Street in Fort Greene, (718) com. 636-4100], www.bam.org. SUBSCRIBE NOW! EXHIBITION, “BROOKLYN MON, OCT. 19 READING, DAVID ELLIS FILM, “WHISKY”: Part of the DICKERSON: Author of UTOPIAS”: See Friday, CONCERT, “A DISTANT NYC’s Only Magazine Oct. 16. ¡Go Uruguay! retrospec- “House of Cards: Love, LOVE — SONGS OF Faith and Other Social FILM, “THE POPE’S TOILET tive. $11. 6:50 pm. Brooklyn For Co-op and Condo Board Academy of Music [30 JOHN AND ABIGAIL Expressions.” Free. 7:30 Ê !"Ê Ê**®»\ ADAMS”: Baritone Peter pm. Park Slope Barnes and Part of the ¡Go Uruguay! Lafayette Ave. near St. Felix Directors & Managers Street in Fort Greene, (718) Clark and soprano Eliza- Nobel [267 Seventh Ave. at retrospective. $11. 9:30 beth Dabney sing songs NT SURVEY 636-4100], www.bam.org. Sixth Street in Park Slope, THE 2009 MANAGEME pm. Brooklyn Academy of about the long-distance (718) 832-9066], www. Music [30 Lafayette Ave. READING, IVY POCHODA: SUBSCRIBE YOUR BOARD: The author of “The Art of love of John and Abigail bn.com/events. near St. Felix Street in Fort Adams. Free. 12:20 pm. St. Greene, (718) 636-4100], Disappearing.” Free. 7 pm. MUSIC, MEREDITH MONK’S http://bit.ly/HabitatSubscribe Francis College (180 Rem- Bakr’s dozen: Hasan Bakr will perform as part of “SONGS OF ASCEN www.bam.org. Freebird Bookstore [123 sen St., between Court and BOARD SUBSCRIPTION $65 includes 4 print and digital Columbia St. in Columbia the Fifth Avenue Business Improvement District’s SION”: See Wednesday, Clinton streets in Brooklyn Oct. 21. editions each month, FREE access to Street Waterfront, 718-858- Heights), www.snipurl.com/ SUN, OCT. 18 1983], freebirdbooks.com. Music in the Streets event on Oct. 22 and 29. READING, SEX WRITING Habitat’s Online Article Archives adistantlove. NIGHT: Featuring Mara FILM, “BATMAN”: Outdoor FILM, “DRACULA” AND OR CALL: 800-358-9116 OUTDOORS AND TOURS movie screening. Free. 8 pm. BookCourt [163 Court nepark.org. Altman, author of “Thanks “THE MUMMY”: Part of for Coming,” Dagmar Her- PROSPECT HEIGHTS HOUSE pm. Habana Outpost [757 St. between Pacific and HISTORICAL SLIDESHOW: TOUR: A self-guided tour the Hungarians in Holly- zog, author of “Sex in Cri- Fulton St. at S. Portland Av- wood retrospective. $11. Dean streets in Cobble Nate Kensinger leads, that includes 10 wonder- enue in Fort Greene, (718) Hill, (718) 875-3677], www. sis” and Tom Johansmeyer 6:30 and 9:30 pm. Brook- “Pretty, Vacant — A Slide- and Debbie Nathan. 7:30 ful homes. $25. Noon–5 858-9500], www.ecoeatery. bookcourt.org. show of Abandoned New pm. (600 Vanderbilt Ave. in lyn Academy of Music [30 pm. Word [126 Franklin St. com. Lafayette Ave. near St. Felix SKATE PARK FUNDRAISER: York.” 7:30 pm. Pete’s Prospect Heights). EXHIBITION, “BROOKLYN at Milton Street in Green- 3-Course Prix Fixe Street in Fort Greene, (718) Entry fee includes food and Candy Store [709 Lorimer St. point, (718) 383-0096], PERFORMANCE UTOPIAS”: See Friday, 636-4100], www.bam.org. drinks. $10. 7–9 pm. Build- at Richardson Street in Wil- SERVED DAILY EXCEPT SATURDAY Oct. 16. wordbrooklyn.wordpress. CHAMBER MUSIC CONCERT: READING, JOHN MANBECK: ing on Bond [Bond Street liamsburg, (718) 302-3770]. com. FILM, “KILL THEM ALL at Pacific Street in Boerum Stephanie Houtzeel, Marcy The former borough histo- READING, MEMOIRIST EXHIBITION, “BROOKLYN Celebrating 26 years in business! Rosen and Pei-Yao Wang /,ÊÊ/" "-®»\ rian shows historic photos Hill, (917) 868-5332], www. FERENTZ LAFARGUE UTOPIAS”: See Friday, perform. $20 (door). 3 pm. Part of the ¡Go Uruguay! of the Brooklyn Bridge. 7 friendsofdouglassgree- AND STORYTELLER/CO Oct. 16. MEDIAN SAURABH TAK: CHOICE OF APPETIZERS Lafayette Avenue THEATER, “TITUS ANDRONI Pres by terian Church [85 S. Writers talk about music Mozzarella con Pomodoro e Basilico and mayhem as part of CUS”: See Friday, Oct. 16. Oxford St. at Lafayette THEATER, “A VIEW FROM Insalata di Funghi t Carpaccio di Polipo Avenue in Fort Greene, the Franklin Park Reading (718) 855-3053], www. Series. 8 pm. Franklin Park THE BRIDGE”: An opera CHOICE OF ENTREES brooklynfriendsof- (618 St. Johns Pl. between based on Arthur Miller’s classic play. 8 pm. Vertical Gnocchi con Pomodoro e Basilico chambermusic.org. Classon and Franklin av- GENERAL COSMETIC enues. in Crown Heights), Repertory Theater [219 Risotto Frutta di Mare THEATER, “BAUHAUS THE Court St. in Cobble Hill, BAUHAUS”: 7 pm. See Fri- SKIN CARE SPECIALISTS franklinparkbrooklyn.com. Bigoli del Veneto t Filetto di Sogliola (800) 838-3006], www. day, Oct. 16. Botox vpropera.org. Pollo Scarpariello t Filetto Di Maialino THEATER, “TITUS ANDRONI Juvederm/Restylane TUES, OCT. 20 CUS”: See Friday, Oct. 17. CHOICE OF DESSERTS Chemical peels READING, RICK MOODY: FRI, OCT. 23 SALES AND MARKETS Author of “The Ice Storm” Seasonal Fruit Torte t House-made Gelato Laser hair removal and other novels reads FILM, “LOLA”: Part of BAM’s *-ÊÎÓ£Ê Ê , /\ See look back at 1962. $11. 2, Saturday, Oct. 17. Spider veins from an unfinished book. Scar and blemish removal 4:30 pm. St. Francis Col- 4:30, 6:50 and 9:30 pm. Lunch or Dinner: $20.09 BROOKLYN FLEA MARKET: lege (180 Remsen St., Brooklyn Academy of See Saturday, Oct. 17. Acne. Herpes between Court and Clin- Music [30 Lafayette Ave. FULTON FLEA: Weather per- Warts. Moles ton streets in Brooklyn near St. Felix Street in Fort mitting. 10 am. Brooklyn Heights). Greene, (718) 636-4100], Plaza Medical Center (650 Skin cancer screening MARCO POLO FREE DANCE CLASSES: Led www.bam.org. Fulton St. near Lafayette Keloid treatments ART OPENING: Daniel John Avenue in Fort Greene), by Carmine Santa Maria, Ristorante the Bensonhurst Bewil- Weiner’s “No Parking Fu- S T www.fultonflea.com. 718-636-0425 27 EIGHTH AVE (AT LINCOLN PL) derer. 6 pm. Community neral Today.” Free. 7 pm. ARTISTS AND FLEAS: See Center at Seth Low IS 96 440 Gallery [440 Sixth Ave. 345 Court Street Saturday, Oct. 17. PARK SLOPE, BKLYN (at Union Street) [99 Avenue P. between W. in Park Slope, (718) 499- FARMERS MARKET: Free. 11 212-288-1300 11th and W. 12th streets 3844], www.nfbid.com. 718-852-5015 am–5 pm. J.J. Byrne Park 1000 PARK AVE (AT 84TH ST) in Bensonhurst, (718) 975- MUSIC, MEREDITH MONK’S (Fifth Avenue and Fourth 0307]. “SONGS OF ASCEN Open 7 days for lunch & dinner Street in Park Slope). MANHATTAN, NY ALAN KLING, MD Free Valet Parking Board-Certified Dermatologist READING, JONATHAN SION”: See Wednesday, OTHER DAY AND EVENING HOURS LETHEM: Beloved Brook- Oct. 21. PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT NICOLE DeVINCENTIS, PA lynite reads from his new MUSIC, THREE BANDS: www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com FILM, “STRANDED — I’VE INSURANCE ACCEPTED FOR MEDICAL SERVICES book, “Chronic City.” 7 pm. COME FROM A PLANE Casey Shea, Secondstar BookCourt [163 Court St. and Nick Jaina perform. between Pacific and Dean Free. 7:30 pm. Bar 4 [444 streets in Cobble Hill, (718) Seventh Ave. at 15th Street 875-3677], www.book- in Park Slope, (718) 832- court.org. 9800], www.myspace.com/ barfour. WED, OCT. 21 EXHIBITION, “BROOKLYN UTOPIAS”: See Friday, DINNER AND DANCE: Pratt Oct. 16. Area Community Council THEATER, “BAUHAUS THE celebrates 45 years of BAUHAUS”: See Friday, building community to- Oct. 16. gether. Free. 6-10 pm. Iron- THEATER, “TITUS ANDRONI dale Center [85 S. Oxford CUS”: See Friday, Oct. 16. St. at Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 522-2613 CHAMBER MUSIC CON X28], www.irondale.org. CERT: Featuring works by Prokofiev, Kreisler and RENT BROOKLYN FILM, “SOULS AT SEA”: Part Dvorak. $30. 8 pm. First of the Hungarians in Hol- Unitarian Church [Pier- lywood retrospective. $11. repont Street between 6:50 and 9:15 pm. Brooklyn Clinton Street and Monroe Academy of Music [30 Place in Brooklyn Heights, Lafayette Ave. near St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, (718) (718) 858-0718], www. …fi nd youtopia. 636-4100], www.bam.org. brooklynchambermusicso- ciety.org. FREE WINE: A weekly wine- tasting event featuring MUSIC, PIANIST DAVID complimentary “wine HOLZMAN: $25. 8 pm. flights” 7 pm. Enoteca on Bargemusic [Fulton Ferry Court [347 Court St. in Landing, Old Fulton Street Carroll Gardens, (718) 243- and Furman Street in 1000]. DUMBO, (718) 624-2083], www.bargemusic.org. READING, DANIEL NESTER AND JEFF MARTIN: Au- THEATER, “A VIEW FROM thors of “How to be Inap- THE BRIDGE”: See Thurs- propriate” and “My Dog day, Oct. 22. Kaleb, Apt. 41A Ate My Nobel Prize.” 7 pm. FILM, MERCE CUNNING BookCourt [163 Court St. HAM’S “SPLIT SIDES”: between Pacific and Dean Legendary choreographer Has more vintage records streets in Cobble Hill, (718) caught on film $5. 8:30 pm. 875-3677], www.book- Spoke the Hub [748 Union in his spacious closets than court.org. St. in Park Slope, (718) 408- READING, WARREN 3234], www.spokethehub. he does clothing. BERGER: Author of “Glim- org. mer: How Design Can IMPROV COMEDY, “GEN Transform Your Life and TRIFY BROOKLYN”: A Maybe Even the World.” weekly show. This week Liam, Apt. 34C Free. 7 pm. PowerHouse only at the Old Stone Arena [37 Main St. at Water House [336 Third St. be- Street in DUMBO, (718) tween Fourth and Fifth Loves the spectacular views 666-3049], www.power- avenues in Park Slope, (718) housearena.com. 768-3195]. Tickets, $5. of Manhattan. MUSIC, MEREDITH MONK’S FILM, “THE ROCKY HORROR “SONGS OF ASCEN PICTURE SHOW”: The SION”: Featuring Meredith ultimate participatory clas- Monk and Vocal Ensemble sic. $20. 11:59 pm. Brooklyn and the Todd Reynolds Lyceum [227 Fourth Ave. String Quartet. $20-$50. at President Street in Park 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey The- Slope, (718) 857-4816], Fiona, Apt. 32B ater [651 Fulton St. at Rock- www.brooklynlyceum.com. well Place in Fort Greene, (718) 636-4100], www. SAT, OCT. 24 Scoots out of the parking bam.org. THEATER, “TITUS ANDRONI OUTDOORS AND TOURS garage and onto the streets CUS”: See Friday, Oct. 16. BIKE IT: See Saturday, Oct. 17. of Brooklyn. THURS, OCT. 22 PERFORMANCE FARMERS MARKET: Lutheran THEATER, “TOP OF THE Hospital offers a greenmar- HEAP”: New musical ket. 8 am-5 pm. Lutheran steeped in Brooklyn history Noah, Apt. 27Q Hospital (100 55th St. by William Squier and Jef- between First and Second frey Lodin. $18. 2 pm and avenues in Sunset Park). 8 pm. Gallery Players [199 14th St., between Fourth Spends hours in his FILM, “PASSAGE TO MAR and Fifth avenues in Park SEILLE”: Part of the Slope, (212) 352-3101], gal- gourmet kitchen. Hungarians in Hollywood leryplayers.com. retrospective. $11. 4:30, 6:50 and 9:15 pm. Brook- MUSIC, MEREDITH MONK’S lyn Academy of Music [30 “SONGS OF ASCEN Lafayette Ave. near St. Felix SION”: See Wednesday, Street in Fort Greene, (718) Oct. 21. Niki, Apt. 23A 636-4100], www.bam.org. THEATER, “BAUHAUS THE FREE DANCE CLASSES: See BAUHAUS”: See Friday, Tuesday, Oct. 20. Oct. 16. Shops the local boutiques TALK, WOMEN AND DIA THEATER, “TITUS ANDRONI BETES: Michael Crismalli CUS”: See Friday, Oct. 16. with Coco, who’s always will speak. Free. 6 pm. Pre- CLASSICAL CONCERT: ferred Health Partners [447 Works by Copland, by her side. Atlantic Ave. in Boerum Beethoven and Dvorak Hill, (866) 791-0993], www. $35. 8 pm. Bargemusic brooklyndocs.com. [Fulton Ferry Landing, Old MUSIC IN THE STREETS: Fulton Street and Furman The Fifth Avenue Busi- Street in DUMBO, (718) ness Improvement District 624-2083], www.bargemu- sponsors live music on just sic.org. Chloe, Apt. 17C about every corner from THEATER, “A VIEW FROM Dean to 18th streets. Free. THE BRIDGE”: See Thurs- 6:30 pm. Fifth Avenue [200 day, Oct. 22. Enjoys waking up early to Fifth Ave. between Dean and 18th streets in Park SALES AND MARKETS work out at the state-of-the- Slope, (718) 637-1955]. *-ÊÎÓ£Ê Ê , /\ See art fi tness center. ]ʺ£äÓäÊpÊ-" / -Ê Saturday, Oct. 17. LIFE TAKES UNEXPECTED BROOKLYN FLEA MARKET: TURNS”: Terrisha Kearse See Saturday, Oct. 17. presents her movie, which BROOKLYN FLEA: See Satur- won an HBO award this day, Oct. 17. year. Free. 7 pm. St. Fran- ARTISTS AND FLEAS: See cis College (180 Remsen Saturday, Oct. 17. St., between Court and Clinton streets in Brooklyn OTHER Heights). ART OPENING: James Tis- READING, BEST AMERICAN sot’s “The Life of Christ.” COMICS: Michael Kupper- 10 am. Brooklyn Museum man, Gabrielle Bell, Jillian [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Tamaki, David Sandlin, Ben Washington Avenue in Katchor, Gary Panter will Prospect Heights, (718) read and perform. Free. 7 638-5000], www.brooklyn- pm. PowerHouse Arena [37 museum.org. Main St. at Water Street in OKTOBERFEST PARTY: Six- DUMBO, (718) 666-3049], point Craft Ales releases www.powerhousearena. its anticipated Oktoberfest Brand New Fort Greene Rentals! com. beer — with a BBQ and READING, INGRID ABRA live music. Free. 2-6 pm. MOVITCH: Author of Sycamore [1118 Cortelyou Call for Specials! “Restoring a House in the Rd. between Stratford and City.” 7 pm. BookCourt Westminster roads in Dit- [163 Court St. between mas Park, (347) 240-5850], Pacific and Dean streets www.sycamorebrooklyn. Rents Starting at $1,509* in Cobble Hill, (718) 875- com. 3677], www.bookcourt.org. FILM, “THE MAN WHO MUSIC, MARTIN MCQUADE: SHOT LIBERTY VA Bay Ridge’s favorite singer LANCE”: Part of BAM’s 866-399-9760 | www.avalonyoutopia.com performs the songs of the look back at 1962. $11. 6 1930s. 7 pm. Greenhouse and 9 pm. Brooklyn Acad- Cafe [7717 Third Ave. in emy of Music [30 Lafayette *Rents subject to change. Bay Ridge, (718) 833-8200], Ave. near St. Felix Street www.greenhousecafe.com. in Fort Greene, (718) 636- ACOUSTIC MUSIC: Scottish 4100], www.bam.org. October 16, 2009 / iÊ ÀÞÊ*>«iÀÊUÊÜÜÜ° ÀÞ*>«iÀ°VÊUÊÇ£n®ÊÓÈäÓxää AWP 11 Nardiello a fair hearing, so I but public service.” Verdict: He couldn’t give a position! did by giving him the Politi- Good Republican. “If it becomes law in New crasher Quiz: s 7HY DID YOU BECOME A York State, I will support it,” s 7HO DID HE VOTE FOR IN Republican? “I was a teenager he said. 8BMLPOUIFNJMETJEF 2008? McCain. “I voted for under Carter and the hostage Big deal; if Nardiello be- Republican Food Co-op member Joe Nardiello is different, but not enough McCain because my number crisis and the gas crisis really comes a councilman, his first one issue was protecting New got to me. So I was attracted act as a lawmaker is to swear You can say this for Re- lar monthly co-op shift, don- cart when Nardiello revealed York,” he said. Verdict: Bad to Reagan.” Then again, it was to uphold the laws of New publican Joe Nardiello — he ning that reflective vest to The his party affiliation. Republican. RFK, not Reagan whom Nar- York State. So I tried again. walks the walk. walk home his fellow mem- “A Republican? We seri- s 7HAT ARE YOUR PRIORITIES diello quoted most. “I want “It’s a simple question, Joe: Unfortunately, the walk bers and then bring the shop- 1PMJUJDSBTIFS ously considered moving to “Low taxes and helping small to moderate the Republican Should people be allowed to on one recent weeknight ping cart back to the Mother Co-op vote, allowing Lander Canada if McCain had won,” business — anything to avoid party.” Verdict: Mixed. marry whomever they want was not some show of polit- Ship on Union Street. to cruise to an easy victory. she said. slowing commerce,” he said. s /NE KEY LABOR INITIATIVE to marry?” ical bona-fides, but escorting Nardiello isn’t the only Co- On this night, Nardiello His third customer said “That’s why I hate this residen- “We’ve lost too many dock- “Right now, they can’t,” home members of the Park op member running against hoped to take advantage of from the outset, “I don’t vote tial permit parking idea. I call worker jobs on the waterfront he said. Gersh Kuntzman Slope Food Co-op, that au- heavily favored Democrat his long walks with his would- for Republicans, but I’ll listen it a street parking fee. More in Brooklyn.” Verdict: Loyal He hemmed some more gust (and extremely liberal) Brad Lander to represent be constituents, a fringe ben- to you,” before spending the than any issue, that’s what got machine Democrat. about his support for this cen- institution of which Nardiello Park Slope in the City Coun- efit of his job as a “walker.” entire 15 minutes never let- me into this race. Also, cars s 7HERE ARE YOU ON GAY MAR- tral civil right — because the is actually a member. cil. Green Party member Da- It was a tough night. ting Nardiello get a word in. need to be slowed down.” Ver- riage? It was a simple question, bottom line is that he does A Republican? In the Food vid Pechefsky is also a Co-op His first customer com- His fourth customer also dict: Good Republican. especially for a candidate who not support it. Verdict: Bad Co-op? Is that a safety vest member — prompting some plained about President Bush didn’t care about Nardiello’s s 7HAT KIND OF COUNCILMAN spent the previous hour say- Republican. The Brooklyn Paper / he wears or a target? in the members-only super- (he’s not on the ballot). positions. would you be? “I want to break ing he was a champion of civil So he may walk the walk Ê \ Joe Nardiello The other night, Nardiello market to joke that Nardiello His second customer, a “The older I get, the more the old status quo. People in rights for all. But on gay mar- at the Co-op, but as far as I’m (R–Park Slope Food Co- invited The Politicrasher to and Pechefsky will split the woman from Bay Ridge, liberal I get,” he said. public service should feel it riage, Nardiello danced like concerned, he only talks the op) speaks with voters. join him as he did his regu- all-important Park Slope Food nearly capsized her shopping Voters wouldn’t really give in their heart and do nothing Tom DeLay! It was uncanny. talk. FAMILY CALENDAR KIDS s SCHOOL s STYLE s TEENS s CAMPS s MUSIC PARENT Hepcat won’t take couch lying down o Smartmom popped they’d be on their way. The Zen was roomy in a soft chenille fabric this couch?” she called over the question by cell- Smartmom got to Room working. She with a classic modern form. to Hepcat. S phone. & Board right on time. Hep- just browsed. martmom tried lying “Not bad,” he said sitting “You wanna go look at cat didn’t. Great. Now he was Hepcat browsed. down on it — it was down. “It is very comfortable. couches?” she asked. going to make her wait. She didn’t ex- S perfect for napping. And I like the arms. They’re There was a long silence So friggin’ passive aggres- press any opin- She tried reading on it — it flat. You can put things down and then a big surprise. He sive, she thought. ions. He didn’t was perfect for perusing The on them.” Dan Kitrosser has adapted Washington Irving’s was all for it. They decided At 2:58 she considered express any New Yorker and The Brook- The longer they sat on the tale of the headless horseman and will perform opinions. They Townsend, the more they to meet at 2:30 at Room & leaving just to spite him. lyn Paper. it through Halloween at the Brooklyn Lyceum. Board on Wooster Street. Instead she decided to just By Louise Crawford quietly went Then she wondered what liked it. Smartmom kept her expec- be very Zen about the whole from couch to Diaper Diva, her sister the “Let’s sleep on it,” he tations very low. She figured thing. “Don’t worry about the couch. They sat. They looked. movie set decorator, and said. SAT, OCT. 17 FRI, OCT. 23 they’d look around, Hepcat Hepcat walked in at 3:05. Andre. Just look around, They moved on. Manhattan Granny, who “The couch?” Smartmom £äÊ>\ Chocolate Chip ££Ê>\ Dirk Wittenborn, Indeed, Room & Board likes Bauhaus, say? said. Chamber Music performs author of “PHARMAKON would feign disinterest, and “So where’s the couch?” see what you like.” “Genie with the Dark … or The Story of a Happy has many couches with many But Smartmom knew it “No. Let’s give it some Brown Cookies.” $10. Old Family.” $15. Gumbo [493 names and personalities. didn’t really matter; this was time. See how we feel next First Reformed Church Atlantic Ave. in Boerum There’s the Anson, which her and Hepcat’s decision. week,” he said. [729 Carroll St. at Seventh Hill, 718-855-7808]. && & & Hepcat thought looked like Besides, a couch is isn’t just “You wanna come back Avenue in Park Slope, (718) Passion Champions Science Research SAT, OCT. 24 the inside of a Lamborghini. about décor, it’s about comfort next week?” she asked 636-7414], www.chocolat- & & & echipmusic.org. £äÊ>qÇÊ«\ Bookstore Fine Arts Social Activism The Brooks is post-Modern, and family time. It’s about in- shocked that he’d actually opening day. Greenlight timacy and touch. It’s about do- return to a furniture store. ££Ê>Ê>`ʣʫ\ “The Friendship &&Spiritual Journey&Community while the Clarke is slightly Legend of Ichabod Crane”. Books finally opens. nautical. The Hahn is whim- ing something different, having Smartmom couldn’t wait Liberally adapted from the Greenlight Bookstore [686 & & & & sical, while the Melrose is something new. Together. for their next date at Room Washington Irving story Fulton St. at S. Portland Learning Supportive Ramaz Scholars & Board. and performed by Dan Ave. in Fort Greene, (718) very sleek. And the Kinsey “Hey what do you think of 246-0200], abookstorein- is, er, very 1950s. Kitrosser. $10. Brooklyn &Guidance &Sports & &Performing Arts Lyceum [227 Fourth Ave. brooklyn.blogspot.com. On the second floor, a BROOKLYN at President Street in Park £äÊ>q{Ê«\ Harvest rather friendly looking couch Slope, (718) 857-4816], festival. Fifth annual Red caught Smartmom’s eye — FENCING CENTER www.brooklynlyceum.com. Hook event, featuring food, folks and fun. Red DISCOVER THE DIFFERENCE the Town send. £qÇÊ«\ Fall festival. Hook Community Farm “I may not be as stylish Group Classes Performances, workshops [Columbia Street at Beard OF A beginner to advanced, 7 years to adults as the Andre or the Hutton,” and a pot-luck dinner in Street in Red Hook]. *ÀÛ>ÌiÊ iÃÃÃÊUÊ-ÕiÀÊ >«Ã this all-day open house. RAMAZ EDUCATION the Townsend seemed to say. Free. Irondale Center [85 ££Ê>Ê>`ʣʫ\ “The “But I’m very comfortable! S. Oxford St. at Lafayette Legend of Ichabod Crane.” WE DO FENCING BIRTHDAYS! See Saturday, Oct. 17. Great for watching TV and Parties up to 20 kids Avenue in Fort Greene, reading.” (718) 488-9233], www. ££Ê>q{Ê«\ Fall festival. irondale.org. PS 107’s annual event, with Smartmom was intrigued 62 Fourth St (corner of Hoyt) U (718) 522-5822 a chili contest officiated enough to sit down on the www.BrooklynFencing.com SUN, OCT. 18 by Gersh Kuntzman and a Townsend. It was low and ££Ê>Ê>`ʣʫ\ “The pie contest officiated by UPPER SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE Legend of Ichabod Crane.” Melissa Murphy of Sweet See Saturday, Oct. 17. Melissa Patisserie. PS 107 [1301 Eighth Ave. at 13th qxÊ«\ Harvest festi- Street in Park Slope]. val and crafts fair. 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To list your event, visit: BrooklynPaper.com/events/submit of his case, he cited the 1951 space, a partially renovated “But the majority of this ily be abused. citing it as evidence that the domain could not be used case of Denihan v. O’Dwyer rail yard and thousands of project is market-rate hous- “Is it the law of New York state must make an honest because Atlantic Yards had in which an insurance com- units of affordable housing. ing,” he said. that if I own a perfectly nice analysis of whether the pub- an insufficient “public ben- YARDS… efit.” pany wanted the state to use its The mention of affordable “It is a significant portion,” house in an area that the State lic benefit of a project like eminent domain power so the housing prompted Lippman Karmel replied, then focused of New York thinks could be Atlantic Yards is actually A ruling is “virtually cer- Continued from page 1 When Karmel said no, the company could build a park- to grill Karmel about Brinck- on the language of the clause more dynamic and econom- greater than the private ben- tain” to come down in No- to have the support of Judge judge persisted. “Suppose I’m ing lot and a small park. The erhoff’s reading of Article to suggest that in the constitu- ically vibrant, that is enough efit to the developer. vember, Brinckerhoff said. a developer and I want an area Robert Smith, who wondered court ruled against the taking 18, Section 6 of the state con- tion, the word “project” only to take the house?” No such analysis was how the state determined that is half blighted and half which area would be consid- not, and I go to government of private property because stitution — the one that bars refers to a low-income hous- “Yes,” Karmel said, cit- made in this case, he said. ered “blighted” so that prop- and say, ‘I want you to con- “the use is not ‘public’ where public money for the proj- ing project, not a mixed-use ing the experience when the The plaintiffs’ case erties could be condemned. demn this even though half the public benefit is only in- ect unless the housing cre- project like Atlantic Yards. World Trade Center was built against the use of eminent cidental to the private.” ated is entirely reserved for “That’s kind of a simplis- three decades ago. domain has not fared well WEED Smith asked whether many is not blighted.’ Is that suf- Continued from page 1 lots in the project site are not ficient?” Atlantic Yards, however, low-income tenants. tic view of it,” Lippman re- Sensing an opening, so far. In May, the Appel- actually blighted, but merely It depends, Karmel said, has a much larger public ben- Karmel argued that Article torted. Brinckerhoff used his brief late Division, the state’s sec- city people, had the survival considered as blight because on the reason for the develop- efit in the form of a publicly 18 does not apply, but Lipp- Later, he suggested that rebuttal allotment to bring ond-highest court, shot down knowledge of what they could larger buildings could be con- ment itself. To bolster that part owned arena, public open man wasn’t convinced. eminent domain can so eas- up the Denihan case as well, the argument that eminent garner from the field if they structed on them, but have needed to,” she said. “Dur- not been. ing World War II rationing, “Yes, any time that your tend to raze — namely, a parcel across the renegotiated deal with Rat- the plaintiffs, said, “We have British senior citizens turned home is not built out to the the street that currently houses the be- ner in June, the agency did not laws in this state that forbid to the fields for berries, roots and greens. That knowledge maximum [allowable] un- loved Galapagos Art Space. do so. these kinds of sweetheart deals. DOCK “The Galapagos Art Space is not SUIT… Instead, the MTA “capitu- and the security that comes der the zoning, it is subject With the Atlantic Yards, the with it is being lost.” to being declared blighted,” Continued from page 1 contiguous and it’s not coming down, Continued from page 1 lated to [Ratner’s] demand and MTA violated our legislation so it is not contributing to the new de- Meredith will lead a said Brinckerhoff, taking ad- ponents claim, will forever mar public Act of 2005. negotiated a disposition of the and the public trust. Their sale vantage of the judge’s soft- views of the Brooklyn Bridge, though a velopment,” said Sheha. Opponents argue that the Vanderbilt Yard on terms sig- four-hour class creating The suit goes on to contend that if of the Vanderbilt Yard to Rat- your own “Victory Garden” ball. “And that means it can Brooklyn Paper investigation revealed new law required the MTA nificantly more favorable to on Sunday, Oct. 18, noon– be taken and given to a pre- otherwise. the Galapagos plot — which is within “to obtain any appraisal of [Ratner] than were approved ner must be annulled.” A spokesman for the MTA, 4 pm at Brooklyn Botanic ferred developer.” The group contends that Dock Street 800 feet of the waterfront — is con- the current value of the yard in September, 2005,” the brief Garden [1000 Washington Brinckerhoff was so con- should not have qualified for as a “Gen- sidered part of the Dock Street devel- [and] entertain any competing states. Kevin Ortiz, said simply, “We Ave., at Eastern Parkway, sumed by answering the eral Large Scale Development” — a opment, then the entire project should proposal for the yard.” In a statement, state Sen. Vel- will not comment on pending (718) 623-7220]. For info, judges’ questions that he never jargony designation that gives develop- have been forced to comply with “wa- But when it rubber-stamped manette Montgomery, one of litigation.” visit www.bbg.org. even got to present the most ers of plots larger than 1-1/2 acres ad- terfront block” regulations, which were crucial portion of his argu- ditional flexibility “in order to achieve not studied throughout the city’s land ment, namely that a clause in a superior site plan.” But the key re- use review. called O’Hara’s reinstatement “a final in- rector Nick Cassavetes were boasting that the state Constitution forbids quirement is that all of the included Two Trees claimed the suit was dication of an outrageous prosecution, a they would bring the story to the big screen eminent domain on a project plots are “designated as a tract, all of bunk. O’HARA political persecution.” — with O’Hara’s friend Chris Noth (Mr. unless “the occupancy of any which is to be used, developed or en- “We complied with all of the legal “It never should have happened and the Big from “Sex & the City”) considering such project [is] restricted to larged as a unit.” and environmental requirements and Continued from page 1 committee agreed.” taking the role of Hynes. persons of low income.” The suit claims that in order to reach properly obtained all necessary approv- and the federal court believes it. He’s This may not be the last anyone hears Hynes, who has been district attorney That portion of the debate the 1-1/2–acre threshold, Two Trees als from the city,” the company said a felon and that’s the fact.” of the curious case of John O’Hara. Last since 1990, is running unopposed in next occurred during the time for included properties that it doesn’t in- in a statement. But O’Hara’s lawyer Ezra Glaser year, writer Christopher Ketchum and di- month’s election. oral arguments allotted to ESDC lawyer Philip Karmel, but he, too, was cut off by opponents find objectionable Wine Bar],” it said. “We can’t Wechter a “criminal.” questions about whether the about the wine bar. Last week, be distracted by the owners’ Later, his son, Greg Fil- site is truly blighted. WHINE… opponents would not talk on statements that they want to be ipovich, said that he trusts PINK… Karmel argued that half the record, but they did circu- a part of our community and the wine bar owners and, be- of the project site has been Continued from page 1 want to demonstrate that this is late an unsigned e-mail that improve it! We have the right sides, he needs a stable ten- Continued from page 1 Slopers think that would be declared blighted since the lives on N. Fourth Street, not a restaurant for everyone.” began, “The fight against the to chose what constitutes im- ant to fill his empty space. bones are fantastic.” a shame. 1960s. far from his proposed bar. Even in a party-hardy bars continues.” provement and livability.” “My taxes have doubled Griffin did not men- “It’s like anything else But Smith asked about the But on Wednesday, Mail- neighborhood like Williams- “The issue is not whether Last Thursday’s hearing from $20,000 to $40,000,” tion the home’s most im- in life,” said one resident of other half. vaganam was relieved. burg, liquor license contro- the bar owners are nice and was frequently heated, with he said. “If we can’t get this portant exterior feature the block, who didn’t want “Have you gerrymandered “The most important thing versies are extremely rare, willing to negotiate with the the owner of the building, Do- liquor license then I will have — the flushed finish that to be quoted. “At first, you the area to fit what the de- right now is to bring every- said Kalita. “This is the first community, but that there are brivoye Filipovich, getting to open a 24-hour bodega. Henry repainted to be even hate it because it’s new. 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