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/ Tom Callan / Tom Atlantic Yards critic gets call An advocacy telephone poll promoting Brook- lyn’s biggest potential development project collided with the project’s fiercest opponent while canvassing the borough’s telephone lines promoting Nets agenda this week. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Patti Hagan, an outspoken oppo- EXCLUSIVE nent of developer Excerpts from Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards the pollster’s plan, said she re- phone call: p.5 ceived a phone call on Sunday at 6:30 pm from a pollster asking about her political inclinations and thoughts on the project and its supporters. Hagan, who has had the same phone number at her St. Mark’s Avenue brownstone for 26 years, gave the pollster an earful. “He started laughing at a certain point,” she said, after she repeated her strong opposition following long, explanatory and leading questions. Forest City Ratner Companies, when asked if they

commissioned Pacific Crest Research to perform the Callan / Tom study regarding their plans to build a 19,000-seat Nets basketball arena and 17 high-rises with more than 4,500 new units of housing and office space to Prospect Heights, declined to answer the question.

“We don’t discuss our internal research,” said Papers The Brooklyn spokesman Barry Baum. Prospect Heights resident Patti Hagan makes a point to Forest City Ratner President and CEO Pacific Crest Research was not listed in the area Bruce Ratner outside Junior’s Restaurant on Flatbush Avenue Extension in 2003. / Tom Callan / Tom / Tom Callan / Tom code or city provided by the pollster to Hagan, however, searches on the Internet found the firm to be connected with political and investment research. “Supporters of this project say [it] will bring of a revitalized Brooklyn. It would be a striking Hagan, who has spoken out against Atlantic Yards great benefit to Brooklyn. The project will create symbol of the borough’s re-emergence,” said the since she first heard of Ratner’s plans for the mega- thousands of jobs and provide some badly needed questioner, before stating that “opponents say [it] development just blocks from her home, said several housing space for people from all different income will cost as much as $200 million in taxpayers’ The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn of the questions featured “leading” or inaccurate and levels in Brooklyn. It will bring in hundreds of mil- money,” using a reference to funds publicly com- biased language, a key feature of “push polling.” lions of dollars in extra tax revenue each year that mitted by the mayor and governor two weeks ago. Push polling attempts to influence — rather than could be used for schools and other vital services,” On March 4, city and state officials signed an Pluck of the Irish measure — public opinion — by using questions the pollster read to Hagan from what she perceived agreement with each promising — from taxpayer The wet weather didn’t dampen spirits at the Brooklyn Irish-American Parade on Park Slope’s worded in a manner intended to spread information to be a prepared script. [Hagan taped the call; ex- funds — $100 million towards the developer’s infra- Prospect Park West Sunday. Brightening up the scene were (clockwise from top left) an that is often incorrect about people and positions that cerpts from the transcript appear on page 5.] structure and acquisition costs. unidentified green-bearded man, Alexandra Graham, 11, and Delia Murphy, 2. run counter to the position of the poll’s client. “The new arena would serve as the centerpiece See POLLSTERS on page 4 ‘Oracle’ pops the question A decent proposal on Flatbush — and the answer is ‘Yes!’ By Jotham Sederstrom gonna be in the NBA?” ask- Prospect Heights man whose the Oracle recorded its first But Dehner, thinking he was and hours on end. The Brooklyn Papers ed by a high school student, bedroom window faces the marriage proposal since be- insincere, told him to stop. It So for three months, pass- The electronic billboard the board answered, “Maybe. billboard across the avenue at coming Flatbush Avenue’s was only then that she saw ersby on the busy intersection As a fan.” Bergen Street in Park Slope honorary sage. the glaring red sign looming near the entrance to the 2 and 3 above the Pintchik hard- When another asked for enlisted help in seeing through “We’ve gotten 10 or 12 behind her. She was ecstatic. line subway station were greet- ware store on Flatbush help dealing with cancer, the a marriage proposal to his phone calls asking that we “I’ve never thought of ed with an ode to the borough’s Avenue has answered hun- board — whose operator is ru- longtime girlfriend, Rachael keep them posted,” said the myself as terribly romantic, biggest cheerleader. dreds of tiny questions mored to be writer Jonathan Dehner. hardware store’s owner, so this I’m proud of,” said “Borough President Marty since being turned over to Safran Foer, but is commonly “Rachael Dehner, will you Matthew Pintchik, of the an- Philbin, who said that a wed- Markowitz loves Brooklyn a local writer more than a known as the Oracle — coaxed marry me? Yes, this is real. swer to Philbin’s proposal on ding date had not been set. and Brooklyn loves Borough year ago and used to dis- the woman to keep positive by No, this is not a joke. Just March 18. Once devoted solely to President Marty Markowitz.” pense predictions, advice getting fresh air and exercise. say yes,” read the LED tick- “So, we put up a congrat- hawking Pintchik’s wares Following a long hiatus, and even the occasional But last Friday evening, the er as cars raced by on Flat- ulations message so that peo- (trash bins in back; pesticides the Oracle will return this vaudevillian one-liner. Oracle was the one asking the bush Avenue last weekend. ple who have been following up front), the 12-year-old, red summer with a couple of To the question, “Am I questions after Peter Philbin, a “Yes,” said Dehner, and along knew what happened.” LED sign overlooking Flat- new tricks up his sleeve. Philbin, 31, said that he had bush Avenue malfunctioned And while he’s garnered a been planning to propose to last summer and forced own- reputation for dipping his ad- Dehner, his girlfriend of two er Pintchik to choose only one vice and answers in acerbic, and a half years, but had hit a message to be repeated days sometimes vitriolic wit, snag trying to come up with a Pintchik hinted that Brook- clever way of posing the PAGE 7 lynites might see a kinder Booster: Put school question. Friends suggested and gentler Oracle. Among that he make it public, per- the new plans, he said, is an / Tom Callan / Tom haps on a sports arena score- Oracle dating service. EXCLUSIVE board or in an advertisement. But with the Oracle set to in new park “But the more I thought become a matchmaker, one about it, I realized that there last question begged to be was a perfectly good sign asked. By Jess Wisloski week that many park advocates have dis- right outside of our apart- “Divorces are out of the Papers The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers cussed with enthusiasm the idea for a school ment,” said Philbin, a Bear Chitter-Chatter question,” said Pintchik. Peter Philbin drops to one knee to recreate his marriage proposal to that could serve Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Stearns futures investor who with Liam “The Oracle doesn’t be- his fiance, Rachel Dehner, in front of the Pintchik hardware store’s Aprominent advocate of plans to build Vinegar Hill and Cobble Hill. moved to New York seven lieve in them.” “Oracle” sign at the corner of Bergen Street and Flatbush Avenue. Brooklyn Bridge Park would like to see a “One of the things that people are very in- years ago from Vermont. middle school added to the 1.3-mile terested in doing is putting a middle school in The evening began simply waterfront development. the middle of the park and creating a commu- enough. Dehner, 28, a Marianna Koval, executive director of the nity and education center,” said Koval. lawyer in Manhattan, had to Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, said this See SCHOOL on page 5 work late, so the pair skipped dinner and headed to Times Square to catch a showing of Avenue Q, the CB6er wants state review Tony-winning puppet show on Broadway. The couple loved it, and then headed Two Brooklyn Catholic back to Brooklyn immediately afterward. of Ikea’s Red Hook site In the cab, Dehner asked about their engagement, a By Jess Wisloski ment of Environmental Conserva- trol Board is expected to rule on schools spared the ax subject the two had been dis- The Brooklyn Papers tion (DEC) without board ap- whether Ikea was at fault in releas- cussing, without realizing proval. ing the asbestos and what if any By Jotham Sederstrom dens, and St. Finbar’s School, at 1825 Bath that a proposal was coming Amotion by a member of The Swedish furniture giant’s fines should be levied, at a public sooner than she realized. The Brooklyn Papers Ave., in Bath Beach, would remain open next Community Board 6 to have a development of a mammoth store hearing April 1. year. St. Virgilius, in Queens, was the other “I was kind of giving her state environmental agency with additional retail space on a Sones’ motion to have the board The Brooklyn diocese announced school saved. a hard time,” said Philbin. “I Wednesday that two of the 17 schools it evaluate property slated for an shipping and graving dock on the draft a letter asking the DEC to “We are feeling fantastic,” said a shaken En- ended up baiting her a little Ikea home furnishings store in threatened to shutter in Brooklyn would rico Bruzzese, the father of two boys at St. Fin- bit, so she got perturbed with Red Hook waterfront that includes test for further contaminants was remain open following successful busi- bar, hours after receiving the word. “It’s great me.” Red Hook was rejected and several Civil War-era buildings, rejected, said the board’s manager,

ness plans submitted by supporters of the news. It was delayed, so we were a little wor- When the cab neared their sent back to committee. / Jess Wisloski has already been issued 19 viola- because it would be redundant. Bath Beach and Carroll Gardens schools. ried. It still hasn’t sunk in completely. The apartment, Philbin had the The vote, at the March 9 full tions by the city Department of “That would be effectively the Another, in Queens, was also spared. teachers were crying, the parents were crying. driver stop short. In front of board meeting, came after Chair- Environmental Protection, includ- board asking the agency to uphold Michael Hardiman, vicar for education for Everyone is just so happy.” Gino’s Pizza, on Flatbush man Jerry Armer told Red Hook ing a new one this week, releasing the law that they’re required to the Diocese of Brooklyn, said in a statement Hardiman said that both schools submitted Avenue at Bergen Street, board member Lou Sones that a asbestos into the air by way of ille- file,” said CB6 District Manager successful five-year business models that gave Philbin kneeled on the side-

that both the Sacred Heart-St. Stephen’s letter requesting review of the site Papers The Brooklyn gal demolition of buildings. Craig Hammerman. School, at 135 Summit St., in Carroll Gar- See AX on page 18 walk and began to propose. could be sent to the state Depart- Lou Sones The DEP’s Environmental Con- See IKEA on page 16

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Yards project has been harshly criticized by area Daughtry, as outspoken in favor of the proj- residents and some elected officials for its re- ect as Hagan is against it, is pastor of the liance on the state’s condemnation of up to 10 House of the Lord Church on Atlantic Avenue eager bicyclist gets ticket acres of private residential and commercial in Boerum Hill, a few blocks from the poten- property, which would be turned over to Ratner. tial arena site. Additionally, opponents including Develop- “I thought it was bizarre that of all the public By Jess Wisloski Don’t Destroy Brooklyn (DDDB), of which figures you’re going to have an opinion of — The Brooklyn Papers Hagan is a member, have said the project the Rev. Herbert Daughtry? That really tips it could cost taxpayers as much as $1.3 billion. off,” said Hagan, who had to correct the poll- Plans for a pedestrian DDDB and Hagan’s own group, the Prospect ster’s mispronunciation of the minister’s name. and bike path along Heights Action Coalition, as well as local “He’s not running for any office that I Brooklyn’s waterfront — Councilwoman Letitia James and state Sen. know of,” she said. “He’s the only black per- known as the Greenway Velmanette Montgomery, believe the Metro- son in that whole poll, and he has given his al- — have been boosted by politan Transportation Authority should solicit legiance 110 percent to Ratner’s project. an infusion of greenbacks competitive bids for development rights over “Could it be they were trying to gauge if from state and private fun- the roughly 11 acres of rail yards it owns that they had a black reverend supporting them it ders. Ratner needs for his project. helped them?” she asked rhetorically, and Funding announced by In this week’s poll, after the introductory in- pointed out, “Rev. Herbert Daughtry is not an Rep. Nydia Velazquez last formation, Hagan was asked if she was “much elected official, he’s not running for office and week as part of the Trans- more likely” to support the project, “more like- he lives in New Jersey.” portation Equity Act allocates ly” or felt the same about $8.25 million for the Green- her support for the project. way stretch from Greenpoint “From the way the down to Red Hook. whole thing is structured An additional $10 million it’s obvious they are hop- was granted to the Sunset ing to appeal to people by DERMATOLOGY Park Bush Terminal Access [making them feel] educat- Improvement Project in CB 7, ed: ‘Supporters say this … which includes the stretch of knowing this information, COSMETIC SKIN PROBLEMS Greenway along that portion does that change your Laser Hair Removal Acne • Herpes / Tom Callan / Tom opinion?’” Hagan said. of the waterfront. Chemical Peels Warts • Genital Warts “Securing funding for these This format, according projects will enable us to im- to the book, “The Polling Botox • Collagen Moles • STD’s/VD prove public access to our wa- and The Public,” by Her- Spider Veins Skin Cancer terfronts, enhance our streets bert Asher, is “a telemar- Liposuction Blemishes and bike paths with green Papers The Brooklyn keting technique in which landscaping for pollution miti- Bicyclist Alan Mukamal, of Red Hook, was ticketed by police for riding on this sidewalk along Columbia Street — a side- telephone calls are used to canvas potential voters, gation, and make pedestrian walk he thought was part of initial efforts to create a waterfront Greenway. SKIN • HAIR • NAILS crosswalks safer and easier feeding them false or mis- while calming traffic,” said leading ‘information’ about Day & Evening Hours Velazquez, adding that she Greenway. no interim Greenway route Markowitz. run from Atlantic Avenue to a candidate under the pre- hoped the projects would help “Their support has enabled … yet. “On these tours we rode DeGraw Street, with a 5-foot tense of taking a poll to Most Insurances and Credit Cards Accepted “relieve traffic congestion, us to increase the visibility of Mukamel mistook the Jer- this exact stretch of sidewalk passageway in each direction, see how this ‘information’ while at the same time open the project,” said Puryear. sey barriers — freestanding on which I was stopped and creating a 10-foot-wide path. affects voter preferences. ALAN R. KLING, M.D. up our waterfronts, enhance But the visibility, or pre- wooden fence-like posts — as ticketed,” he said. “On the The route will remain off the “The intent is to dissem- BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGIST economic development and sumed presence of the project cordoning off a section of ride, participants were regaled street as it turns the corner at inate campaign propagan- da under the guise of con- improve the quality of life.” is exactly what landed bicy- street for his evening bike by pledges from all the elected Degraw Street and follows 27 8th Avenue 1000 Park Avenue At a Feb. 21 meeting on the clist Alan Mukamal a ticket ride. In fact, the space is part officials of the importance of down Van Brunt Street to ducting a legitimate public Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, recently. of the DOT’s Columbia Street this project for the develop- Sackett Street where it widens opinion poll,” wrote Asher. (corner Lincoln Place) (at 84th Street) Director of Planning Milton “I was riding my bike home reconstruction project. ment of Brooklyn and the im- to 11 feet. Along Van Brunt The National Council Park Slope, Brooklyn New York City, NY Puryear announced that im- from work,” said Mukamel, As a result, Mukamel is portance of establishing an in- Street from Sackett Street to on Public Polls warns (718) 636-0425 (212) 288-1300 plementation of an interim which is part of his daily com- fuming that he was stopped terim route,” he said. Hamilton Avenue, said DOT that such push polls are bike path could occur as soon mute from Bowling Green, in and ticketed by officers for While the reconstruction spokesman Craig Chin, the used not to collect infor- as early April, pending a right Manhattan, to his home in “riding on the sidewalk.” does provide for an interim path moves onto the roadway mation, but to “spread ru- of way granted by the Depart- Red Hook. His typical Mukamel said he’d thought bike route, a spokesman for with two separate lanes. mors and even outright ment of Transportation. southerly route moves down it was part of the interim path the DOT said construction of Brian McCormick, chair- lies about opponents. Do you need legal help? Coinciding with the fund- Furman Street onto Columbia ever since he’d done bike the Greenway route on Co- man of the Greenway initia- “These efforts are not ing windfall to the project Street where, he said, “I often tours promoting the Greenway lumbia Street is not expected tive, said they definitely polls, but political manip- We can came an award of $20,000 make use of the interim to elected officials, including to begin until this fall. weren’t Greenway barriers. ulation trying to hide be- from the J.M. 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Another One of the other causes of only a few days later than the “We do plan another opera- these large trucks going down step up enforcement on ille- thing is people don’t keep in- the increased truck traffic was one that fell through, though tion, which will be confiden- their neighborhood streets. gal truck traffic on Smith ventories, and so again, you new construction around the Sferrazza added that it was tial,” he said. “We’re not going Every place I go the trucks Street, Atlantic Avenue and see even more truck traffic,” downtown area, he added. smaller than they’d hoped. to publicize it until after the are,” he said. “They’re going BARNEY’S will REOPEN on surrounding side streets. said the captain. “They’re putting up build- “We wound up doing an op- fact. It’s not like we’re going everywhere. The people who Court St. near State St. in Spring 2005!! Captain Philip Sferrazza told The precinct’s Sgt. John ings all over the place. That re- eration that week with the to abandon the situation — we own houses complain that it’s community members of the Gillen, said cargo as heavy as ally adds to the truck traffic. Brooklyn North Task Force,” did it initially because the cracking the foundations.” He Barney’s Smoke Shop now open at: new initiatives at the precinct 12,000 pounds could be trans- Seven years ago you didn’t Sferrazza told The Brooklyn council president urged us to said it didn’t help traffic con- community council meeting ported in a box truck without have this truck problem that Papers. He also mentioned an- do it. So we said, ‘Let’s start gestion either. 66 Schermerhorn St. • (718) 875-8355 March 15 at the YWCA on requiring the driver to have a you have today,” he said, re- other recent initiative to train doing something up there,’ and Sferrazza added that he (at Gamesman Barber Shop) Third Avenue at Atlantic Av- commercial driver’s license. porting that last year the patrol officers in spotting ille- we are going to do it.” hoped to strike a balance with enue in Boerum Hill. “So you have somebody in enforcement in quality of life n one of these boxes that’s not an [Last month, police blamed issues, and the revitalization sm Frank Councilman David Yassky for really trained to drive a truck, efforts. “My thing is, try to me is thwarting an enforcement ac- taking the corners too tight school full of children to the accommodate the business Ga hop BACK tion by holding a press confer- and hitting parked cars,” he waterfront park, housing and people and make sure they get r SSh ence to announce the get- said, wreaking havoc on commercial development. their deliveries, but respect the rbe tough-on-trucks policy.] streets not designed to accom- SCHOOL… “Good middle schools are people who live here,” Sfer- Ba The finest haircuts Sferrazza said his traffic and modate them, and blocking a Continued from page 1 uses instead of year-round. not convenient to get to,” said razza told The Papers. in Downtown Brooklyn patrol officers, who protect and smaller street by double-park- Afeature that was removed “The school could bring ac- Judy Stanton, executive director Lewis said seeing enforce- HOT shaves and manicures serve Downtown Brooklyn, ing to make deliveries. in the recently unveiled re- tivity and eyes on the park in of the Brooklyn Heights Asso- ment out in droves would put PLUS DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, Brook- The precinct had requested drawn park plans — an educa- the exact seasons when the ciation, who cited JHS 113, on the community at ease. The lowest prices on lyn Heights and Boerum Hill, truck route signs from the De- tional or visitor’s center — park is least likely to be used Adelphi Street in Fort Greene, “It will make the Down- Nexxus Hair products would perform the truck stings. partment of Transportation, “to could be somewhat satisfied by and most likely to have a sort as the closest school she could town Brooklyn community With Smith Street and At- let drivers know which streets the building of a school to “ad- of empty feeling,” said Webster. think of, but said she didn’t happy,” he said, adding, “for a 66 Schermerhorn St. (718) 596-1696 dress a very strongly felt As currently proposed, the know how welcomed a water- brief period.” need,” Koval said, for better in- park, stretching from just past front school would really be. termediate schooling options in the Manhattan Bridge to Pier Although the BHA is active- TOO MUCH STUFF??? the neighborhoods through 6 at Atlantic Avenue, would ly pursuing a location where PS which the park would run. consist of largely green space 8 could be expanded to include “I think there are a number and water paths in the middle a middle school program, she of people who feel it would be with a hotel and four high-rise said nobody has given the park a great idea to activate the co-op or condominium apart- idea their blessing. middle of the park in a very ment buildings at either end, “We’re just going to look around somewhere in the public way, and create an op- one at Atlantic Avenue rising 170 Hicks Street, Brooklyn Heights Turn clutter into cash the eBay way! portunity for middle school more than 30 stories. neighborhood for a middle Bring your items to us and we’ll handle the rest children to have a direct Councilman Bill DeBlasio, school — nobody in the BHA hands-on experience to have a who along with fellow council has blessed the idea of [a = wildlife habitat,” said Koval. members Letitia James, David school in] the park. 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[The pollster also asked how favor- received at her home on March 20, 6:30 pm. ably Hagan supports a roster of elected officials including Mayor Pollster: As you may know there be built along Atlantic Avenue be- Michael Bloomberg, District Attor- is talk of moving the Nets basket- tween Sixth Avenue and Vanderbilt ney Charles Hynes, Senators Hillary ball team from New York to Avenue and part of the project, six Clinton and Charles Schumer, Gov. Brooklyn. The new owner of the acres of land in and around the site, George Pataki, Public Advocate Bet- team is proposing … would be landscaped and made into sy Gotbaum, and also Gotbaum’s po- Hagan: No, from New Jersey. I public open space. tential opponent, Norman Siegel, the believe it’s from New Jersey … Having heard more information, noted civil liberties lawyer represent- Pollster: Yeah, New Jersey. I’m do you favor or oppose plans to ing arena opponents in their fight sorry ma’am. Yeah, New Jersey. build a sports arena for the Nets against eminent domain.] The new owner of the team is pro- basketball team and a commercial Pollster: OK. Now that you have posing to build a sports and enter- and residential development at this heard this important information, let tainment arena for the Nets in site in Brooklyn? me get your final opinion. Would Downtown Brooklyn at the inter- Hagan: I absolutely oppose the you strongly favor, somewhat favor, section of Flatbush and Atlantic av- whole damn thing! somewhat oppose or strongly oppose enues. Pollster: OK. the new sports arena for the Nets bas- Generally speaking, are you in- Hagan: And by the way, that [in- ketball team and commercial and res- clined to favor or oppose plans to formation being read] doesn’t say idential development at the site? build a sports team for the Nets that they’re going to destroy the Hagan: Strongly oppose! With basketball team at this site in homes and offices and businesses every breath, every day I’m fighting Brooklyn? of more than a thousand people, this thing and by the way, it doesn’t Hagan: OK, could you start that and just kick them out of this say it’s 17 skyscrapers in a low-rise question again? Because you sort neighborhood. They don’t say that. residential neighborhood. And it of messed up on it. Pollster: OK, now let me read doesn’t say that one of them is 60 (The pollster repeats the question.) you some different opinions about stories tall. And that the whole thing Hagan: I absolutely oppose it! this project. Supporters of this proj- is totally out of scale and out of And I am the leader of the opposi- ect say that the basketball arena place and out of sync with our tion. I started the fight to stop this and the surrounding office and res- neighborhoods. It doesn’t say that boondoggle. idential complex will bring great it’s gonna cut off three big roads, benefit to Brooklyn. The project Pollster: OK. There has also been Geary make traffic even worse than it is will create thousands of jobs and here now. talk of building a new football sta- A model of the proposed Nets arena Bruce Ratner hopes to build at the crossroads of Atlantic Avenue and Flatbush Avenue. dium for the New York Jets at a site provide some badly needed hous- Pollster: OK. The main person on the West Side of Manhattan ing space for people from all differ- behind the efforts to bring the Nets near the Javits Convention Center. ent income levels in Brooklyn. It and commercial and residential de- bit of information that I have about the arena project, somewhat more subsidized housing can happen be- basketball team to Brooklyn and Generally speaking, are you in- will bring in hundreds of millions velopment at this site in Brooklyn? it. I have facts about it. This devel- likely to support it, or does it not cause the city doesn’t have the mon- build this arena complex is a man of dollars in extra tax revenue each clined to favor or oppose plans to Hagan: Strongly oppose! oper is looking for more than $1.3 change your opinion of the project? ey to support that level of subsidy. named Ratner and his firm is called year that could be used for schools build a football stadium for the Jets billion in public subsidies. It’s ab- Hagan: It does not change my opin- It’s not gonna happen — it’s just talk. Forest City Ratner. Were you and other vital services. Pollster: Supporters of the project at the site in Manhattan? solutely outrageous! ion because I don’t believe any of aware that Bruce Ratner and Forest And the new arena would serve say that no taxpayer money will be Pollster: OK. The developer of the Hagan: I oppose that also. It is a used to build the arena or the sur- Pollster: OK. Supporters of the that because I’ve read enough books project has also agreed to enter into City Ratner were involved in the as the centerpiece of a revitalized effort to bring the Nets to Brook- waste of public money. Brooklyn. It would be a striking rounding complex. The only taxpay- project also say that it will bring in about how this bankrupts and kills what’s known as a community ben- lyn? Or is this the first time you’ve Pollster: That’s “strongly op- symbol of the borough’s re-emer- er money involved will be to cover much more new tax revenue than it the small businesses in the area and efits agreement, after negotiating heard mention of him? pose,” right ma’am? gence. OK? the cost — what are known as infra- will cost. Having a professional as far as bringing in tax money, that’s with local community leaders. This Hagan: Strongly. I testify against Opponents say that the project structure improvements — which basketball team and sports arena in just a crock. The developer gets tax voluntary agreement is the first of Hagan: [laughing] I’ve been it every chance I have. The next will cost as much as $200 million are things like fixing roads, improv- Brooklyn will bring in hundreds of exemptions for 25 years and more. its kind in New York and is legally aware since July 23, 2003, when I time will be on Thursday. in taxpayers’ money, which could ing subway stations and putting new millions of dollars in extra tax rev- Pollster: The developer of this binding. It sets out the level of jobs, first read about it in a newspaper Pollster: OK, next, turning back to be better used for schools, police sewer lines in and around the arena enues for the borough each year. It project is negotiating an agreement job training and affordable housing article and I got alarmed. the proposed basketball arena in and housing and other things that complex. The cost of the arena and would also create tens of thousands with a community housing organi- in this development that the project Pollster: OK. Generally speaking, Brooklyn. This arena would be the are more important than bringing a the other buildings themselves will of well-paying jobs, many of which zation to set aside 50 percent of the will provide with the local commu- do you have a very favorable, favor- centerpiece of a large commercial sports team in Brooklyn. They also be entirely funded by the developers would go to Brooklyn residents. housing units in the residential nity. Does hearing this information able, unfavorable or very unfavor- and residential complex that would say the project is too big, will cre- of this project and would not require In addition, economic studies complex for low- and moderate-in- make you more likely to support able impression of Bruce Ratner? be built on the same site. It would inate too much traffic and that some any taxpayer money. show that a major sports arena in the come families. the arena project? Hagan: The most unfavorable im- clude retail stores, office space and people could lose their homes or Does hearing this information Downtown area will provide wide- If the developer did go ahead Hagan: Does not change my nega- pression one can have. The guy more than 4,000 units of housing for jobs because of the project. make you more likely to support spread benefits to the surrounding with this agreement would it make tive — absolutely negative — opin- lies. He buys off people. He de- all levels of income and needs. With this in mind, do you this arena project, somewhat more community and generate sharp in- you more likely to support the are- ion at all. He’s only met with hand- stroys neighborhoods. This is The retail stores and office build- strongly favor, somewhat favor, likely to support it, or does it not creases in business at local stores, na project? picked groups, some of which he predatory, imperialistic develop- ings would be located adjacent to somewhat oppose, oppose or change your opinion of the project? restaurants and other businesses. Hagan: It does not change my nega- started and funded, and many of the ment and it’s basically targeted at the arena at Flatbush and Atlantic strongly oppose building a team Hagan: That is a damn lie! The Does hearing this information tive opinion at all because it is all community groups most impacted communities of color; poor, work- avenues. The residential units would arena for the Nets basketball team whole thing. It doesn’t change one make you more likely to support lies. Three is no way that 50-percent by what he [developer Bruce Rat- ing-poor communities.

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CINEMA Hare’s Johnny As part of the “Best of The Ottawa Animation Festival 2004” at BAMcinematek on March 30, Jennifer Shiman’s “The Shining in 30 Seconds, Re- Enacted by Bunnies” will be screened. In Shiman’s exceed- ingly short movie, she deftly spoofs the plot of Stanley Kubrick’s cult- classic film and our own fear upon first watching it in 1980. Somehow a bunny just isn’t as terrorizing as an ax-wielding Jack Ni- cholson reducing a bathroom door to splin- ters with the tongue-in- (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings March 26, 2005 cheek announcement, “Heeere’s Johnny!” (See the wife, Wendy bunny, quivering above.) The films, which were culled from 111 that were screened in the competition held Sept. 22-26, 2004 in Ottawa, Ontario, will be shown at 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm at the Brooklyn Academy of Music (30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greene). The animation is showcased in a variety of forms: music videos, animated shorts, TV series and com- mercials, Internet series and more. Tickets are $10. For more information, visit www.bam.org or call (718) 636-4100. — Lisa J. Curtis

ART Last chance The exhibit “I Wanna Be Loved by You: Pho- 1 tographs of Marilyn Monroe” has been extended through April 3 at the Brooklyn Museum. Richard Termine Richard Among the works on display in the show, which features 200 photographs by 39 photographers, is Bert Stern’s “Pulling Beads” from the portfolio “The Last Sitting,” taken just a few weeks before her death in 1962 at age Bourne 36 (detail at right). Other / Greg Mango / Greg photographers whose works are featured are 2 Eve Arnold, Ri- chard Avedon, Hen- The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn ri Cartier-Bresson and Oh what a night: BAM’s Spring Gala Tom Kelly, whose nude pho- to dance on March 15 featured (1) Sam Archer, tograph of Monroe was used as the centerfold for Ewan Wardrop and Richard Winsor in the the first issue of “Playboy” magazine. role of Anthony and Michela Meazza, An- The exhibition was curated by the museum’s Stars come out for lauded jali Mehra and Emily Piercy as his fiancee own Marilyn Kushner and Matthew Yokobosky. Glenda in a scene from “Play Without Admission is free on Saturday, April 2 from 5 pm to 11 pm. The Brooklyn Museum is located at 200 Words” at the BAM Harvey Theater; / Greg Mango / Greg / Greg Mango / Greg Eastern Parkway at Washington Avenue in Prospect ‘Play Without Words’ at BAM (2) guests Kevin Kline and Liam Neeson; Heights. For museum hours and admission informa- (3) actor Philip Seymour Hoffman; (4) tion, call (718) 638-5000 or visit the Web site at By Lisa J. Curtis him and is seduced and dumped by his maid. choreographer-director Matthew Bourne; www.brooklynmuseum.org. — Lisa J. Curtis GO Brooklyn Editor In stark contrast to “Lost Objects,” the only 3 4 (5) Bourne’s dancers Winsor, Wardrop, The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn thing redundant about “Play Without Words” Papers The Brooklyn Alan Vincent and Neil Penlington. his year’s BAM Spring Gala — featur- was the consistently superb score by Terry ing the U.S. premiere of choreographer- Davies and the relentless sexuality of cigarette- ART Tdirector Matthew Bourne’s “Play smoking, scantily-clad dancers against a back- Without Words” at the effortlessly chic BAM drop of swinging ‘60s London, attempting (not Harvey Theater — was a welcome relief to so successfully) to control their urges. (The all who attended. show runs through April 3.) There’s little doubt that Respected actors Philip patrons must have been Seymour Hoffman (“Along holding their breath (and Came Polly”), Liam Nee- crossing their fingers!) CHITTER son (“Kinsey”) and Kevin after being eyewitnesses Kline (“De-Lovely”) ar-

to last fall’s premiere of rived at the pre-show Mango / Greg Bang on a Can’s “Lost Ob- CHATTER cocktail hour and mixed jects.” That world premiere Brooklyn Academy of and mingled through the ended with an ominous si- Music Spring Gala gala dinner that followed in a lence, when the baffled audi- loft-like space on the 28th floor 5 March 15, 2005 ence, whose senses were no- of the new tower at 330 Jay St. in Papers The Brooklyn doubt dulled by a monotonous Downtown Brooklyn. show plagued by production snafus, Hoffman said he initially heard I dating myself?” and dated Madonna before dying in 1988 at forgot to applaud. about “Play Without Words” in a recent article At the dinner, chaired by John Lipsky and the age of 27. JPMorgan Chase is the sponsor Still, that debacle raised $600,000 for the and that piqued his interest in attending. Zsuzsanna Karasz, guests were surrounded of the national tour of Basquiat, which will Brooklyn Academy of Music, according to “I love the Harvey theater,” said Hoffman, by the spectacular view of Brooklyn and Man- travel to Los Angeles and Houston after clos- DUMBO ‘Hop’ BAM President Karen Brooks Hopkins. who canoodled with Mimi O’Donnell at the hattan from the enormous windows. Bruce ing in Prospect Heights on June 5. This year’s wonderful Spring Gala, set in the cocktail reception. “And I love to support Ratner, principal owner of Forest City Ratner Dinner and dancing in the Beaux-Arts If you’ve been wishing that you could see the comparatively intimate Harvey Theater, raised BAM, too. Companies, who is desperately trying to bring Court will follow the cocktail reception. works at 10 DUMBO art galleries in just two hours, over $300,000. “[‘Play Without Words’] tells a story the Nets to Brooklyn, was a gala vice chair Tickets to the event, co-chaired by Ste- Two Trees Management has a plan for you. Bourne’s “Play Without Words” was an through movement and sensuality, and that and provided the dinner location. Other VIPs phanie Ingrassia, Carol Hochman and While DUMBO does have its annual, weekend- ironic choice for a fundraiser intended for an intrigued me,” he said. “It’s something I’m in- included composer Philip Glass and film- Cristina Enriquez-Bocobo, are $350- long celebration of performing and visual arts, the audience of well-heeled donors, as it is the sto- terested in as an artist.” maker Michael Almereyda (“Aliens”). $1500. Proceeds will support the Museum’s DUMBO Art Center’s “Art Under the Bridge Festi- ry of a wealthy young man, coddled by his Neeson said he was invited to the show. Qool DJ Marv, who spins in Manhattan public and education programs. For more in- val,” each fall, this month’s bite-size gallery tour is butler, who soon becomes manipulated by “I’m a guest of Mr. Giorgio Armani,” and London, successfully eroded the reluc- formation, call (718) 501-6423 or e-mail spe- another welcome event to lure fine arts aficionados said the endearingly polite, tance of the gala-goers (perhaps intimidated by [email protected]. back to the neighborhood nestled around the Man- tall, dashing Irishman to the fancy footwork of that evening’s perform- hattan Bridge overpass. GO Brooklyn as we nearly ers) to shake and shimmy on the dance floor. Sofia’s the choice On March 31, the galleries at 111 Front St. at succumbed to visions of The BAM Next Wave Gala, on Oct. 25, At long last, Xaverian High School in Bay Washington Street will throw open their doors from Neeson in “Michael Collins” will feature a performance by Brazil’s contem- Ridge is honoring a woman at its annual Joe 6 pm to 8 pm, so visitors can participate in the dancing in our heads. “I’m a porary dance troupe Grupo Corpo. Tickets be- DiMaggio gala on June 23. And what an hon- “Gallery Hop.” big fan of [Bourne’s] work, gin at $350 per couple. For reservations or oree she is: Oscar-winning filmmaker Sofia Among the works on display will be photographs especially ‘Swan Lake.’” more information, call (718) 636-4182. Coppola. by Manuel Geerinck at 5+5 Gallery (pictured); as Kline was also a guest of Each year, Xaverian’s fundraiser is a jaw- well as works inspired by that other artist-rich Armani and when asked if ‘Basquiat’ & dancing dropping celebrity-infused event, chaired by neighborhood, Williamsburg, at Safe-T-Gallery; that meant he was wearing On April 21, the Brooklyn Museum will Xaverian alum Dr. Rock Positano. In 2004, paintings by Andre Martinez at Henry Gregg / Greg Mango / Greg an Armani suit to go with his honor JPMorgan Chase at its annual Brooklyn the school, with fellow beneficiary Loyola Gallery; photographs by Richard Avedon at Howard distinguished, gray beard, Ball. Vice Chairman David A. Coulter will High School in Manhattan, paid tribute to Schickler Fine Art and more. the actor quipped, “What? accept the Museum’s Augustus Graham singer-songwriter Paul Simon. Stars from the Two Trees, which is hosting the tour, is one of the Do you think I’m stupid?” Medal on the company’s behalf. stage and screen turned out for that soiree, and largest property owners in DUMBO and landlord to Kline said that he’s a In addition to the cocktail hour, attendees it’s certain this year’s party will also be a all of the galleries on the tour (also to The Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn “big fan of BAM” and has will have the opportunity to view the newly home run for the celestially starved. Papers). Rock ‘n’ Paul: In 2004, Xaverian High School presented been coming to BAM pro- opened exhibit “Basquiat,” featuring the work Tickets for this year’s fundraiser will benefit The reception will be catered by DUMBO’s own its Joe DiMaggio Award to Paul Simon (left) at its annu- ductions for “25 to 30 of Jean-Michel Basquiat, the Fort Greene the scholarship programs of Loyola and Xaverian. 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Anytime 93 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue, (718) 218-7272 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $4-$14. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Creme brulee at 3 am? No problem for the chefs at Mango / Greg Anytime — the swank, recently renovated It’s about tine: On Saturdays, chef Williamsburg eatery that caters to the neighbor- Jesus Serrano (peeking through the hood’s nocturnal crowd. Here, diners can find a mix- ture of culinary masterpieces and sensible diner kitchen door, above) serves up the fare, literally anytime. / Greg Mango / Greg soup “posole estilo Guerrero” (left), The menu is a selection of “American, European Papers The Brooklyn with hominy and shredded chicken, and Middle Eastern dishes,” says owner Yoni Margulies. Try their pan-seared salmon in a sauce of in his Red Hook restaurant, El Huipil. pureed spinach and white wine at 4 am or the homemade chicken fingers with mozzarella sticks in the afternoon. Dessert is also offered any time of tender, like a tiny dumpling. Sitting in the day. Customers can top off their night with a luxuri- Papers The Brooklyn center of the soup is a pile of juicy, shred- ous chocolate mousse or slice of key lime pie while Panko crusted black cod with cumin ded chicken. You add a sprinkle of dried admiring the sleek modern decor, complete with cole slaw and french fries at Spike Hill. stainless steel banquettes and designer light fix- oregano, chunks of ripe avocado, sharp tures. Work off the extra calories while playing shuf- chopped onion, crumbled tostado and fleboard. Where else could you find a place like this weekends; kitchen closes half an hour before clos- pieces of fried pork rind that add a rich, but in Billyburg? The storefront is open weekdays ing. Open daily for lunch and dinner. The real thing salty note. The dish is finished with a from 5:30 pm to 2 am and weekends from 10 am to 6 am. Free delivery is available daily from 11 am to squeeze of fresh lime. Posole is extreme- 5:30 am. Spike Hill ly filling and just as comforting as any 184 Bedford Ave. at North Seventh Street, (718) 218- El Huipil restaurant’s mother-son team grandma’s chicken soup. Oznot’s Dish 9737 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8.75-$17. The restaurant’s signature dish is the 79 Berry St. at North Ninth Street, (718) 599- Named after the owners’ family property in Ireland, “mole de pollo” — chicken bathed in a 6596 (MC, Visa) Entrees: $11-$16. Spike Hill serves up burgers, grilled steak, chicken brings cuisine of Guerrero to Red Hook stew, and Irish fry-up-blood sausage (bacon and rich mole sauce. And that sauce! It’s the Built by owner Eric Baum’s own two hands, Oznot’s baked beans topped with poached eggs). Or try color of one of its ingredients — bitter- Dish creates ambience with lots of curves, tiles and Chef Brett Ackerman’s daily changing specials. mirrors. The restaurant, which opened in 1993, Desserts include the warm chocolate brownie with By Tina Barry chopped and scattered to brighten sauces, chilies and tomatillos (a tart, tomato-like sweet chocolate — and it has layers of serves Pan-Mediterranean cuisine, which means it’s chocolate whipped cream and caramelized apple for The Brooklyn Papers and chilies — both fresh and dried — vegetable), and the other a red salsa with flavors of toasted almonds and sesame a bit more flavorful for the American palate with cobbler. Spike Hill also boasts a beer, single malt the heat of arbol chilies. The guacamole seeds, three different red chilies, garlic, touches of lemon, truffle oil, cardamom and za’atar add depth and an underlying heat. With a Scotch and Irish whiskey collection. Weekend ince mid-October, a Mexican chef cold beer (El Huipil offers 10 domestic on its own may be under-seasoned for sweet plantains and about 50 other fresh- from North Africa. brunch served from 11 am to 5 pm. Open for lunch One of the most popular dishes is the chicken and dinner daily. and his mother have been turning and Mexican brands), a well-prepared some palates; stir in a spoonful of either ly ground and pan-toasted spices. It is breast stuffed with figs and goat cheese. For more Sout the kind of authentic dishes meal in Mexico can be transcendent. sauce, or both, and it’s like adding color smoky, licorishy, sweet and tart-wonder- variety, opt for the combination mezze platter, a that are a rarity in the New York area. The food at El Huipil is based on the to the outlines of a drawing — the avoca- ful. The chicken leg over which it is vegetarian-friendly twist of Middle Eastern favorites St. Helen Cafe like stuffed grape leaves, olive mix, pickles and baba 150 Wythe Ave. at North Seventh Street, (718) The chef is Jesus Serrano; his mother, dishes from the mountainous state of dos taste nuttier, the onions sharper, the served (you can substitute pork) is moist, ganouj, all house-made, to which carnivores can add 302-1197 (Cash only) Coffee: $2-$4; sandwiches: who originated the recipes, is Heleodora Guerrero, where the Serrano family cilantro clean and bright. and sides of yellow rice and black beans sumac chicken or hot Moroccan spiced steak or turn $6-$9. “Lolita” Vivar. “The food reflects the soul lived before moving to Red Hook. Un- Finger foods, like tostadas, the crisp are simply seasoned so nothing competes it into a seafood extravaganza with house salmon, Named after Washington State’s Mount St. Helen, of Lolita and my like Tex-Mex dish- tortilla with different toppings, as well as with that sauce. A basket of warm tortillas grilled shrimp and mussels. Salads, eggs, crepes where owners Noel Hennessy, Sean McNanney and and sandwiches are on the lunch menu, and Jeremy McMilleon say coffee is “made the right way,” husband,” says Je- es that are heavy soft tacos and crisply fried quesadillas, is served with the entrees. desserts include sticky walnut date cake or the pear this cozy neighborhood cafe-shop offers up smooth sus’ wife, Megan DINING on cheese, the Ser- come with a variety of savory toppings I liked the “pipian de pollo” almost as bread pudding with “Amaretto anglaise.” Brunch is and creamy alternatives to coffee mega-grinders like Serrano, who ranos prefer a light and fillings. The tostada stays crisp be- much. The sage-green sauce, served atop served on weekends from 10 am to 4:30 pm. Open Starbucks. Homemade baked goods round out the daily for lunch and dinner. works the front El Huipil (116A Sullivan St. between sprinkling of “que- neath a stew of tender, shredded chicken a chicken leg or pork, is made from menu with seasonal fruit cobblers and glazed crois- Van Brunt and Conover streets in Red sants. The cafe also sells bags of raw granola, a blend of the house on Hook) accepts cash only. Entrees: $7.25- so cotija,” a mild, given a delightful smokiness with chipo- ground pumpkin seeds and “hoja santa,” Peter Luger Steak of herbs, nuts and oils prepared by naturalist Veronica weekends. $8.95. The restaurant serves breakfast, white Mexican tle peppers and dabs of black beans, sour a subtly spiced chili. The dish lacks the Schwartz. Brunch is also available Saturdays and This soulful lunch and dinner until 8 pm weeknights cheese. The two cream and “queso cotija.” I also tried the “Wow” factor of the mole, but its delica- House Sundays when Billyburg residents can curl up with a spot is El Huipil and 10 pm on weekends. Delivery avail- Tex-Mex additions soft taco with a filling of buttery beef cy is appealing. Like the “mole,” the 178 Broadway at Driggs Avenue, (718) 387-7400, cup of Belgian hot cocoa and nibble on baked eggs able to surrounding neighborhoods. For www.peterluger.com. (Cash only) Entrees: $19.95- with fresh rosemary and goat cheese. Open daily. (which is Spanish more information, call (718) 855-4548. are burritos, says tongue, and that quesadilla — with its chicken’s sides are simple yellow rice and $29.95. for a woven shirt), Megan, “because crisp pastry shell-like coating and creamy black beans. This legendary Williamsburg steakhouse, at the foot Williamsburgh Cafe an intimate restau- customers expect potatoes and spicy chorizo on the inside At present there are no desserts being of the bridge, has been rated No. 1 in Zagat’s for 170 Wythe Ave. at North Seventh Street, (718) 387- rant with wooden tables, Mexican folk art them, but they’re filled with authentic — which heat up the mouth. served. the last 20 years — and for good reason. New York’s 5855 (AmEx, DC, MC, Visa) Entrees: $10-$19. best steaks are served here in a German beer hall and a great jukebox. ingredients like shredded stewed chick- On Saturdays, the chefs serve There’s real charm in the idea of a setting — principally Peter Luger’s famous porter- The Williamsburgh Cafe offers a raw bar and a If you’ve been to Mexico and sampled en with chipotle peppers,” and a thick “posole,” a chicken and hominy corn mom and son cooking away in the house for two — juicy, tender and delicious. range of appetizers, such as fried calamari with dishes from the kitchen of a “fonda,” a version of guacamole, that differs from soup. Hominy is a large, dried white corn kitchen, with a wife and cousins working sesame seeds and chili orange sauce or squid with The restaurant also serves broiled salmon, lemon sole strawberry, fresh pea and lettuce salad in lemon tar- simple, family-style restaurant that El the more traditional thinner, sauce-like kernel, that after multiple soakings and the room. The truth is, it’s hard, hard and lamb chops, but if you’ve made it this far, go for ragon dressing. Chef Kleber Mendez serves up Huipil [pronounced wee-PEEL] emu- versions. the laborious removal of the “eye,” the lit- work to source and labor over the kind of the steak and their signature German fried potatoes! entrees like wild white salmon in red wine butter lates, then you’re one lucky so-and-so. In The dishes are not hot the way they tle nugget at the top of each kernel, is authentic dishes coming out of El Huip- Unless, of course, you come before 3 pm. Then you sauce with carrot zucchini slaw. Or try the roasted can try one of the best deals in the city — the organic half chicken served with pan gravy and your those small workspaces, cooks grind can be when too many peppers are boiled until fully opened — about twice il’s kitchen. With the second-rate, faux lunchtime-only Luger Burger (order it with Muenster choice of two sides. (But with such a multitude of fresh spices to be heated slowly atop thrown into the pot. Some are mild and the size of a piece of popped corn. The nonsense that passes for Mexican food in and the thick-cut bacon). One of the tastiest and juici- tasty options you might have trouble deciding.) small stoves and used to flavor complex can be given a kick with two freshly flavor is subtle, like the most delicate our neighborhoods, we need to support est around, it starts at just $7.95. Oh, and the bar Seasonal fruit cobblers are served for dessert. stocks a good selection of beers on tap and they Brunch is served on weekends from 11 am to 3:30 moles, meat and fish; fresh herbs are made sauces — a green one made of white summer corn, and they’re firm yet those who serve the real thing. make a mean martini. Open daily for lunch and dinner. pm with Gospel live performances on Sundays. Or listen to live jazz and blues musicians on Saturday S.E.A. Thai Bistro evenings. Open Tuesday-Sunday for lunch and dinner. Closed Mondays. 114 N. Sixth St. at Berry Street, (718) 384-8850 (MC, Visa) Entrees: $6-$13. Zipi Zape Reeling them in Zen meets disco in this Williamsburg eatery, owned by Kanda Vachirabayong. S.E.A. Thai Bistro offers 152 Metropolitan Ave. at Berry Street, (718) 599- serene views against an aural backdrop of pulsing 3027 (MC, Visa) Tapas: $1-$14. Do you enjoy visiting the New York heroes, calzones, burgers and fries and hot- club music, and center stage, a large pool presided Chef Diego Gonzalez offers tapas individually or in Aquarium in Coney Island, but find dogs. Order pizza and it will arrive at the over by a life-size golden Buddha with a small “tasting menus” of five or 10. Start with the yourself heading to Nathan’s for a hot- table fresh from the cafe’s new three-level wooden boat filled with lush floral arrangements “chipironcitos,” a traditional Spanish calamari from dog instead of a meal in their cafe? pizza oven. floating about his ankles. Two bars serve designer the Canary Islands, or the “croquetas” made with drinks to a clientele of young, hip partyers. Chef bechemal sauce. Or try the razor clams pan-grilled Now you can stay put. Parents can dive into platters from the Jeerachai “Tony” Rareongjai’s broad seafood, noo- in olive oil and garlic, or the roast loin of pork in a On March 10, the new Seaside Cafe “sustainable Seafood menu” with a clear dle and curry dish menu includes mussels in light, stew of chopped green peppers and white wine. clear lemongrass broth, jumbo shrimp in a clay pot, opened in the aquarium in a completely conscience. The Alaskan wild-caught Daily specials for both hot and cold tapas. For and seafood dumplings. All beautifully arranged. revamped space. To celebrate the grand salmon, hoki (a white fish) from New dessert, Gonzalez’s specialty is the chocolate souffle Bar stays open until 1 am on weekdays and 2 am on with raspberry coulis served over sauvignon and bal- opening the cafe hosted a chili cook-off Zealand, Pacific cod and albacore tuna are samic vinegar reduction sauce, or try the manchego between firemen, but the judges declared purchased from humane fisheries and none cheese with tart apple slices and quince paste. The a tie between the members of Engine 318 are on the list of endangered species. Cater- = Full review available at wine list includes red sangria and Spanish white wine. Sidewalk cafe open seasonally. Open for din- and Ladder 166 (from left) Billy Scanlan, ing is available and the lovely room can be ner Tuesday through Sunday. Closed Mondays. Ferry Robergeau, Danny Lind and Mark rented for special occasions. Gleason. Seaside Cafe at the New York Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants The new eatery now seats 130 (up from Aquarium (602 Surf Ave. at West

in the neighborhood. The list rotates, and it is not Mango / Greg 50) and the glittering beige tiles, fabulous Eighth Street in Coney Island) accepts comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to chandelier dripping with glass and coral MasterCard and Visa. Dishes: $2-$9. Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American www.brooklynpapers.com on the Web. If your Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, and laminated tables embossed with fish The cafe is open from 10 am to 5 pm Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via motifs lend the room a ’50s retro feel. daily. For more information, call (718) e-mail at [email protected]. Kids will find everything they crave on 265-FISH (3474) or visit www.ny-

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Sins.” But this woman on the (a singer) and Anna II (a this Euro-chanteuse whose bum of self-penned songs. phone, this other Ute, is an dancer). busy international touring- She’s also preparing for the Upper West Side mother of “It’s so special to be doing schedule did not initially June release of a live album two — a girl and boy, 8 and this in Brooklyn with the Phil- translate to her New York real- recorded during her recent run 10, respectively — with harmonic,” says Lemper. “The ity (she first moved here in at the Carlyle; it will be her workaday New York concerns story is a bit dated, the whole 1998 to play the vixen Velma first live release since 1987. ranging from the cost of the psychological split between Kelly in the long-running “This schedule is so re- city’s private education sys- the two Annas — the whole Broadway revival of “Chica- warding,” says Lemper, “be- tem to the cost of its real es- super-ego of Anna I imposing go”). cause it offers such a larger tate. the laws of capitalist society “This whole New York ex- variety for a performer than “I think those two personal- on her under-ego, Anna II, perience has finally kicked in just to be inside one Broad- ities — it’s an op- for me,” she says. “I was actu- way role.” position that needs ally waiting for this to happen There is one role, however, to exist for me,” MUSIC thinking, ‘OK, here I am tour- that Lemper will likely never says Lemper. ing. I’m in San Francisco, Los give up, and that is her unoffi- “There’s this very The Brooklyn Philharmonic presents Angeles, Washington, Boston, cial role as torch-carrier for a “Weill Goes Brooklyn” on March 26 at 8 certain era of European extravagant, sexual pm in the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s all over Europe, in Australia performance iden- Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 — what’s up with New cabaret repertoire. tity and the intelli- Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort York?’” “It suddenly dawned on me Greene. Vocal soloist Ute Lemper and gence and provo- conductor Carl St. Clair will participate in Lots, if the past year is any that there is a responsibility cation that goes a post-concert talk titled “For Good Mea- indication. In addition to her there,” says Lemper, who con- with it. And in or- sure.” Tickets are $20-$60. For more in- evolving recording career and tinues to bring songs by the formation, call (718) 636-4100 or visit der to let this live, www.brooklynphilharmonic.org. the upcoming BAM perform- likes of Weill, Piazolla, Eisler I need to have this ance, recent Gotham gigs in- and Brel to a contemporary center in my life, clude a show at Central Park audience. “At first, it just which is the com- SummerStage last summer, a seemed the most daring and plete down-to-earth life with who is subject to temptation. performance with Orpheus fun and meaty repertoire for the real worries.” It’s dated, but it’s still funny, Orchestra at Carnegie hall last me to explore. And then it was That’s how Ute the enthusi- and it captures the revolution- December, a two-month run at too many times that I read and 241 37th St. (across from Costco) astic, girlish mom, can cross ary spirit of the time.” the venerable Cafe Carlyle, a heard from people that I’m the Cabinet Fair the park to the Cafe Carlyle Musically, Weill’s superb, one-week run at Neue Gallery, true inheritor of this reper- and slip so easily into the skin lively score has a way of and a two-week stint at Joe’s toire.” 718.369.1402 • www.cabinetfair.com of the other Ute, whose jaded counteracting the mustiness of Pub. Lemper pauses, as if con- sexuality and knowing world- Brecht’s textual polemic. The Back in ’98, of course, it sidering the implications of See our ratings on www.franklinreport.com weariness is so perfectly at- BAM lineup will include was “Chicago” — which she this professional obligation for tuned to the European cabaret Hudson Shad, an internation- also performed on London’s the first time. repertoire she’s known for cel- ally renowned vocal ensemble West End, winning the 1998 “I’m very happy about this ebrating on the world stage. that will interpret Anna’s Olivier Award for Best Actress responsibility, and I treasure Lemper’s BAM performance “family,” and conductor Carl in a Musical — for eight it.” later this month will require a St. Clair, currently in his 14th shows a week. similar juggling act as she season as music director of “After ‘Chicago,’ I went Jeff Breithaupt is the co-au- takes on the role of Anna of Orange County’s Pacific Sym- straight back on the road with thor of “Precious and Few: “Seven Deadly Sins,” whose phony. my own stuff and got back to Pop Music in the Early ’70s” opposing halves were repre- The concert represents my own recordings,” she says. and “Night Moves: Pop Mu- Read online every week at sented by Weill and his libret- Lemper’s BAM debut and is Currently, Lemper’s in the sic in the Late ’70s” (St. Mar- tist Bertold Brecht as Anna I yet another door opening for studio working on her first al- tin’s Press).

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Mahler’s reputation is based on these 10 most popular symphonies after Mozart’s, compositions — he also wrote lieder and re- Beethoven’s or Brahms.’ Small communi- orchestrated a few operas — and the rela- ty orchestras have been playing them for tively compressed time period in which he years, which is amazing, considering the composed them probably led to how they amount of commitment.” sound, said Hurwitz. The book’s accompanying CD has ex- “His active life as a composer only lasted cerpts from four symphonies that the read- Hear this 20 years and he had very little time to write er will find useful. these works,” said the author, referring to “Mahler’s use of form isn’t as well his busy life as a conductor (including two known as it should be,” Hurwitz said. “His David Hurwitz’s practical guide years with the New York Philharmonic), style evolved from one work to the next, which forced Mahler to do most of his com- and I wanted to show that through his mu- to Gustav Mahler’s symphonies posing during the summer months. sic.” “These works are all related musically, Hurwitz thought about including an en- and each builds on the others,” he continues. tire symphony on the disc, then decided urges readers to listen closely “The fascinating thing was that his interests movements from different symphonies were eclectic — military marches, cheap would make his point more clearly. By Kevin Filipski Music” (Anchor/Doubleday, 1992), and a tavern music, Jew- “[It’s like] sam- for The Brooklyn Papers Web site, www.classicstoday.com, the No. ish music were all pling chapters [from 1 classical-music internet site — has writ- grist for his mill — BOOKS one author], which hen composer Gustav Mahler dis- ten “The Mahler Symphonies: An Own- but his personality “The Mahler Symphonies: An Owner’s would work better cussed his complex, groundbreaking er’s Manual,” which discusses the sym- was so strong that Manual” (Amadeus Press, $19.95) by David than reading one symphonies, he famously remarked phonies chronologically, with many the works share a lot Hurwitz is available at local bookstores, novella in an an- W through Music Dispatch (800) 637-2582 or that each of them should encompass “an en- examples of uniquely Mahlerian features of things, like musi- via the Web sites www.musicdispatch.com or thology,” he said. tire world,” which they do. He wrote 10 snaking their way through all his works. cal gestures that ap- www.amadeuspress.com. Will music lovers full-length symphonies — if you count his Even though whole volumes could be pear in all of them. understand Mah- massive song-cycle “The Song of the Earth” written about each symphony, Hurwitz So once you fill out ler’s music better — and began work on yet another, left un- doesn’t feel that he’s shortchanging Mahler the elements of his musical language, you after reading the book? finished when he died in 1911 at age 50. — or the reader — in any way. Cross / Gregory know all you need to: you’re always on fa- “I’d like readers to come away with this Musicians, composers, critics and audi- “They’re not really analyses. They’re miliar ground.” thought: there’s too much talking and not ences have grappled with the legacy of descriptions, which is different,” the au- That familiar ground is what Hurwitz enough listening,” said Hurwitz, who has Mahler’s symphonies for more than a cen- thor told GO Brooklyn. “Yes, these sym- explores in his “Owner’s Manual.” After two books on Mozart and one on Czech tury — in fact, entire books have been phonies are complex — a lot of work and all, even though the symphonies them- composer Antonin Dvorak being pub- written on their genesis, structure and mu- art has gone into each of them, but they’re Papers The Brooklyn selves seem daunting — the shortest are lished this year from Amadeus Press, pub- sical innovations. not difficult to understand, they didn’t be- Sounding off: Author David Hurwitz, at home in Williamsburg, includes ex- the first, fourth and fifth, each just under lisher of his Mahler book. Is the music world ready for another come popular because they were different cerpts from four of Gustav Mahler’s symphonies on a CD with his new book an hour, while the seventh and eighth usu- “That’s especially true with Mahler: book about these titanic works? Williams- or alienating to people. “The Mahler Symphonies: An Owner’s Manual.” ally surpass 90 minutes in performance — there’s too much dwelling on the biogra- burg resident David Hurwitz certainly “I’m giving people a sense of how [the they are, as Hurwitz notes, extremely pop- phical aspect of his music and not enough thinks so. symphonies are] working and what tical guides to Mahler’s music because since I was 12, and I’ve performed all of his ular. on the music itself, which requires that Hurwitz — who at age 43 has already Mahler tried to do in each work,” Hurwitz most of [the Mahler books] are technical symphonies except for the Eighth,” said “They’re the ultimate works of orches- people should sit down and listen to it,” had quite a career in classical music criti- said. “That’s why I called the book an or biographical.” Hurwitz, a percussionist. “So I know it inti- tration for a symphony orchestra, so logis- said Hurwitz. “My book relies on descrip- cism, including an earlier book, ‘owner’s manual.’ I fought hard for that ti- Hurwitz’s qualifications to write about mately. And some of the chapters are adapt- tically, they’re easy for most orchestras to tions with purely musical criteria because, “Beethoven or Bust: A Practical Guide to tle. I wanted it to be useful on its own Mahler are impeccable. ed from liner notes I’ve written for record- play,” he said. “Audiences of the past 50 ultimately, listeners will listen to it that Learning About and Listening to Great terms. There aren’t really that many prac- “I’ve been listening to [Mahler’s music] ings.” years think they’re terrific. They’re the way. It is what you hear.”

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Festival featuring Nam, 9 pm, $10 food/drink mini- Dutch Kills will perform at Galapagos on March 31. Candy Store show of the day for $6.50. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: The mum; April 2: “Too Cool for Shul,” a tribute to Alicia Noon. Call for film info. 70 Wooster Group’s “House/ Svigals, 9 pm, $10 food/drink minimum. 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Henry St. (718) 596-5095. Lights,” from Gertrude Stein’s Rocksteady 7, 11 pm, $TBD; April 2: The Witches, 10 Street in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.petescandystore.com. BROOKLYN BRIDGE WALK: Big “Doctor Faustus Lights the Barbes pm, Grip Weeds, 11 pm, Outrageous Cherry, mid- Onion Tours takes a walk over Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE, Matty Lights.” $37. 8 pm. 38 Water night, $10. the bridge and through 376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) Charles and the Valentines, 10 pm, FREE; March 26: St. (718) 254-8779. Rescheduled from Jan. 23, Circo Comedia brings its mix 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Brooklyn Heights. $12, $10 stu- Hope and Anchor I Fell Tractor, 9 pm, Tiger Vomitt, 10 pm, So L’il, 11 BRICK THEATER: presents “Big of comedy and acrobatics to Brooklyn Center on April 2. Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, FREE, Slavic Soul pm, FREE; March 27: Steven Claire, 8:30 pm, FREE; dents and seniors. 1 pm. Meet Top Machine,” featuring act- Party, 9 pm, $8; Wednesdays: “Night of the 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Hook, March 28: Spelling Bee, 7:30 pm, Guignol, 9:30 pm, at southeast corner of ing, life-sized puppetry and (718) 237-0276. Ravished Limbs,” 9 pm, $8; Sundays: Stephane Cecil Dreeme, 10:30 pm, FREE; March 29: Bingo, 7 Broadway and Chambers theatrics. $10. 8 pm. 575 Wrembel, 9 pm, FREE; March 26: Dallam-Dougou, 8 Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke hosted pm, Low Water, 9 pm, Lord of the Yum-Yum, 10 pm, Street, lower Manhattan. (212) Metropolitan Ave. (718) 907- 142 Court St. (718) 855-2769. OTHER pm, $5, Banning Eyre, 10 pm, $5; March 27: The by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. Stereofan, 11 pm, FREE; March 30: Quizz-Off, 7:30 439-1090. 3457. Free. Four Bags, 7 pm, FREE; March 28: Mr. Wau Wa, 9:30 FLEA MARKET: at R.C. Church of pm, Jennifer Milich, 9:30 pm, Julian Velard (Duo), 10 JAZZ: Brooklyn Historical Society CONCERT: Brooklyn Conservatory MICRO MUSEUM: paintings by pm, $8; March 30: Christopher Irmer and Hans iO Restaurant pm, FREE; March 31: Orion Rigel Dommisse, 9 pm, St. Finbar. 9 am to 3 pm. Bath hosts bassist Bob Cunningham Community Orchestra per- Sandro Guerra Garcia. 6 pm. Tammen, 8 pm, $8, Chad Taylor’s Active Ingredients, 119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street in Williams- Marissa Nadler, 10 pm, Greg Weeks, 11 pm, FREE. and his trio. $6, $4 students Avenue and Bay 20th Street. 10 pm, $8; March 31: Shakers ‘n’ Bakers, 9 pm, forms. $5. 8 pm. Old First 123 Smith St. (718) 797-3116. burg, (718) 388-3320, www.iorestaurantand- and seniors. 6:30 pm to 8 pm. Church, Seventh Avenue and (718) 236-3312. FREE; April 1: Oscar Noriega, Chris Speed, and lounge.com. 128 Pierrepont St. (718) 222- Anthony Burr, 7 pm, FREE, Anthony Coleman, 8 pm, Rbar Carroll Street. (718) 622-3300. EXERCISE: Park Slope Fitness Saturdays: DJ spins salsa and house, 10 pm, FREE 4111. $8, The Wiyos, 10 pm, FREE; April 2: Glass Eye, 6 451 Meeker Ave. at Graham Avenue in FIRST WEEKEND: Brooklyn Arts Collective offers a Nia class. 11 ($5 after 11 pm); Fridays: DJ spins salsa and house, SUN, APRIL 3 pm, FREE, Sue Garner with Ted Reichman, 8 pm, Greenpoint, (718) 486-6116. SPRING DANCE: Big Band music am. 366 Seventh Ave. Call for 10 pm, FREE. Exchange hosts a new per- FREE, Andy Statman, 10 pm, $8. Saturdays: Live music featuring local artists, 10 pm, and dance contest. 7 pm to formance and discussion series cost. (718) 499-1849. FREE; Sundays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: midnight. 966 Fulton St. Call with Karen Bernard, Wendy PERFORMANCE BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Who’s Bembe Jazz 966 “Mikey’s Big Gay Pajama Party,” 10 pm, FREE; Wed- for ticket info. (718) 875-1016. Blum and Ursula Eagly. $15, BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Afraid of Mike Nichols?” film 966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill, nesdays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Comedy READING: Montauk Club pres- $10 members, $8 low-income. Performing Arts presents Ballet series. Today: “Angels in 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williamsburg, (718) 639-6910. Night, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Open Mic Night, 9 pm, (718) 387-5389, www.bembe.us. ents novelist Kaylie Jones read- 8 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832- Internationale. $35. 2 pm. Walt America” (2003). $10, $7 stu- April 1: “Swing Fever” with The Cliff Smalls 9-Piece FREE. Saturdays: Live DJs alongside live Latin percussion ing from her book “Speak 0018. Whitman Theater, one block dents, $6 members. 2 pm. Band featuring Tuliva Donna Cumberbatch, 8 pm, flavors, 9 pm, FREE; Sundays: “Universal Rhythms” Now.” 7 pm to 8 pm. 25 TWO BOOTS: Country music with from the junction of Flatbush Screening is preceded by a $10 suggested donation. with rotating DJs, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: “Cold Reign Bar & Lounge Eighth Ave. (718) 638-0800. Billy and the Bad Boys. No and Nostrand avenues. (718) BAM talk with Tony Kushner. 30 Hands” with DJ DiGilog, 9:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: 46 Washington Ave. at Park Avenue in Clinton Hill, Free. cover. 10 pm. 514 Second St. 951-4600. Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. The Jazz Spot (718) 643-7286, www.reignlounge.com. “Fiyah” with DJ Queen Majesty, 9 pm, FREE; BARGEMUSIC: Classical music (718) 499-3253. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music SUNDAYS AT SUNNY’S: Novelist Wednesdays: “Convalescence” with DJ Stefan 179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko Street in March 31: “The Ladies Lounge,” music series in concert features a program of Reed Farrel Coleman and oth- Andemicael, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: “Toque” with Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 453-7825, www.the- honor of Women’s History Month with a surprise CHILDREN concert features a program of Boccherini, Faure, DeFalla, Wolf, Verdi and Giannini. $35. 3 ers read from their works. $3. 3 DJ Busquelo, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: “Call to Drum,” jazz.8m.com. guest paying tribute to Mary J. Blige, 7 pm, $15 Gnattali and others. $35. 7:30 BROOKLYN MUSEUM: Arty pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) pm. Sunny’s, 253 Conover St. world beat flavors with DJ Miller Cruz, 9 pm, FREE. Mondays: Jam session, 8 pm, $5; March 26: Cathy general admission, $10 on guest list (ladies free pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) Facts, a story and art hour for (718) 625-8211. Harley Trio, 9 pm, $10; April 1: Charles Davis Quar- before 8 pm). 624-2083. 624-2083. kids, presents “2D/3D.” 11 am RECEPTION: Williamsburg Art Black Betty tet, 9 pm, $10; April 2: BC3 Trio with Bruce Cox on BAMCINEMATEK: presents and 2 pm. Also, Stories and Art OPERA: Regina Opera Company drums, 9 pm, $10. Sistas’ Place and Historical Center presents 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in “Who’s Afraid of Mike presents “Ish” with Peter Rey- hosts a concert. $8, $5 teens, “Six Expressions,” works which Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, www.blackbetty.net. 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in Nichols?” film series. Today: nolds. 4 pm. $6, $3 seniors and free for children. 4 pm. Regina incorporate Japanese aesthet- Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalamar, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: Kili Bar-Cafe Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 398-1766, www.sistas- “Who’s Afraid of Virginia students, free for members and Hall, corner of 65th Street and place.org. ics. $5. 4 pm to 6 pm. 135 Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand and DJ Greg 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, (718) Woolf?” (1966). $10, $7 stu- children younger than age 12. 12th Avenue. (718) 232-3555. Broadway. (718) 486-7372. Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, 10 pm, 855-5574. March 26: Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival featuring dents, $6 members. 7:30 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: the Andrew Lamb Group, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $20 in OPEN MIC: Brooklyn Library, FREE; Wednesdays: Electric Gypsy, a Balkan dance Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636- 638-5000. “House/ Lights.” $37. 4 pm. party, with DJs Shotnez and Tamir Muskat, 9 pm, Chappy plays rock, hip-hop and funk, 10:30 pm, FREE. advance, $25 day of the show. Central branch, hosts a poetry 4100. OTHER See Sat., April 2. reading session. 4 pm. Grand FREE; Thursdays: The Greenhouse with DJ TWO BOOTS: Ragtime guitar Monkone and DJ Emskee, 11 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ Laila Lounge Solomon’s Porch GARDENING TALK: Floyd BAM: “Play Without Words.” 3 Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Mihoko, 11 pm, FREE. music with Steve Shalit. Also, pm. See Sat., April 2. Free. 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in Bedford- Dem Brooklyn Bums. No cover. Bennett Gardens Association burg, (718) 486-6791, www.lailalounge.com. Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. 10 pm. 514 Second St. (718) hosts the talk “Square Foot Bread Stuy Saturdays, Sundays, Thursdays and Fridays: Live DJs, Saturdays and Wednesdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, $7 sug- 499-3253. Gardening and Irrigation.” 2 403 Lewis Ave. at Decatur Street in Bedford- 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke Madness with the gested donation; Sundays: Open mic, 6 pm, FREE. pm. The Ryan Visitor Center, Stuyvesant, (718) 771-0633, www.breadstuy.com. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: Floyd Bennett Field. (718) 338- Corn-Fed Sisters, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Whiskey “House/ Lights.” $30. 8 pm. Tuesdays: Chess Club, 5 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Jazz Breath with Rick Royale, Alexander Lowry and guests, Southpaw 3799. APRIL AT BSEC See Sat., April 2. Lounge with Gregory Porter, 6 pm, FREE. 9:30 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Show- 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, ARTIST TALK: Gwendolyn case, 8 pm, FREE; March 26: Williamsburg Jazz Festival (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. BAM: “Play Without Words.” 7:30 Redfern talks about her paint- April 3rd: 11 am pm. See Sat., April 2. Brooklyn Lyceum with TC3 Ensemble, Gerry Eastman Quintet, 8 pm, $7. March 26: Wasabassco Burlesque Review 2 hosted ings. 2 pm to 4 pm. Clinton “World Spiritual Wisdom: Can We Take What We Want 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park Slope, by Miss Saturn and starring Peekaboo Pointe, 9 pm, BRICK THEATER: “Big Top Ma- Hill Art Gallery, 154a (718) 857-4816, www.gowanus.com. Le Dakar Restaurant $15; March 30: Defalco presents Pencilgrass, chine.” 8 pm. See Sat., April 2. Vanderbilt Ave. (718) 852- And Leave The Rest?” March 26: Mavis, 8 pm, Spielerfrau, 9 pm, The 285 Grand Ave. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton Outernational, Damian Quiones, 8 pm, $8; March PIANO COMPETITION: NJ-based 0227. Free. Citizens, 10:15 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.dakarcafe.net 31: Fantastic Four, Robert Walter, Eric Krasno, Kean University invites pianists BAMCINEMATEK: presents April 3rd: 2 pm to 9 pm - Life & Ethics Series show, $8 with student ID. Tuesdays: Spoken word, 9 pm, FREE; March 28: Jazz Cheme Gastellum, Adam Deitch, The Party, 8 pm, in the 15 states along the “Who’s Afraid of Mike Night with Ulysses Slaughter and Bertha Hope, 7 pm, $12 in advance, $15 day of the show; April 1: Lyrics Eastern seaboard to enter a Nichols?” film series. Today: SELF CARE AND HEALING FAIR Cabaret Ovation FREE with 2-drink minimum. Born, Nuclear Family, God-des, 8:30 pm, $10; April competition. Deadline is May “Carnal Knowledge” (1971). 2: “The Rub” with DJ Ayres, Eleven and J-Smoke 9. Call. (718) 467-1348. $10, $7 students, $6 members. 860 Atlantic Ave. at Vanderbilt Avenue in Clinton (the Allies), TIME TBD, $5 ladies, $10 men. Hill, (718) 636-1400, www.cabaretovation.com. Les Babouches 2 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and bring harmony to your body mind and spirit Wednesdays: Karaoke with host Carol Williams, 6 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. Free entry - Featuring health-enhancing food, products and services pm, FREE. 833-1700. Stain SAT, APRIL 2 (718) 636-4100. Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahrazad, 9 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williamsburg, CURATOR TALK: co-curator (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Introductory Tai Chi, Yoga and Meditation classes @ $10 each pm, FREE. Franklin Sirmons discusses hip- Chocolate Monkey Mondays: “Play Dirty,” 5 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Mark OUTDOORS AND TOURS 329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in Park BAY RIDGE WALK: Brooklyn hop themes in “Basquiat.” $8, (see www.southerncomforts.com & bsec.org for more details) Growden, 10 pm, FREE; March 26: 100% Used, 10 $4 students and seniors, free Slope, (718) 813-1073. Liberty Heights Tap pm, Kevin Speicher, 11 pm, FREE; March 27: Atiquis, Center for the Urban Environ- April 10th: 4 pm Saturdays: Express a.k.a. Open Mic Poetry talent ment takes a walk though the for members. 2 pm. Brooklyn Room 8 pm, $TBD; March 31: “The Ends of March,” a toga Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway. showcase, 8 pm, $7, Sexy Lounge Party with DJ party, 8 pm, FREE. southern part of Bay Ridge. “Momenta String Quartet” ($10) Ozkar Fuller spinning house, classics and rare 34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red Hook, (718) 638-5000. (718) 246-8050. Take in waterfront vistas and grooves, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: “Krazy Nanny Sun- Sugarhill Supper streets rich in history. $11, $9 FIRST SATURDAY: Brooklyn April 17th: 11 am days” and karaoke with Lisa Love, 6 pm, FREE; Tues- Saturdays and Fridays: Live music, 10 pm, FREE. members, $8 seniors and stu- Museum hosts its monthly “Oral History: Strengthening Family Ties” days: Singles party, 5 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Club dents. 2 pm to 4 pm. Meet at event featuring art and enter- “Neo-Soul,” 7 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Sexy Thursdays Life Cafe 983 615 DeKalb Ave. at Nostrand Avenue in Bedford- Fourth Avenue and 86th tainment. Today, “Leaves of “Arts Play - Making Skits From Family Stories” (1 pm) After Work Party hosted by Sandy and Nicole, 6 pm, 983 Flushing Ave. at Central Avenue in Bushwick, Stuyvesant, (718) 797-1727. Street, street level of the R Grass at 150,” celebrates the Karaoke hosted by Lisa Smiles and Monique, 10 pm, (718) 386-1133, www.lifecafenyc.com. March 30: Central Brooklyn Jazz Festival Opening train. (718) 788-8500. 150th anniversary of Walt April 22nd: 11 am & 1 pm Panel FREE; Fridays: “Reggae After Work” with live DJ, 5 Tuesdays: Bingo for Beer, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Day Gala Event with Billy Bang/Curtis Fowles Whitman’s “Leaves of Grass.” “Wisdom of Native American Spirituality” pm, FREE, Live music and DJ, 9 pm, $5. Open Mic with Chuck, 10 pm, FREE. Quintet, 8 pm, $20. PERFORMANCE Also, stepping workshop for girls ages 9 and older. 5 pm to May 1st: 11 am Club Exit BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the The Lucky Cat Trash Bar Performing Arts presents 5:45 pm. Family jazz concert. 5 “Earth Charter” and PBS Film “Thirst” (1 pm) 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williamsburg, 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, Symythe and Saucier’s “Circo pm to 6:30 pm. More. 5 pm to Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, www.club-exit.com. (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. Comedia,” a one-ring circus in 11 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. “Silk Painting Workshop” (5-7 pm) April 1: Panache Magazine party with Lightening Tuesdays: Joe McGuinty’s Piano Parlor and karaoke, 10 March 26: Black Tie Revue, 9 pm, Ghetto Ways, 10 the tradition of Cirque du (718) 638-5000. Free. Bolt, DMBQ, Panthers, Titan, Shellshag, 8 pm, $10. pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hex! with DJ Jeremy, 10 pm, pm, Mondo Topless, 11 pm, Bamboo Kids, mid- Soleil. 2 pm. Walt Whitman RECEPTION: Belanthi Gallery 3rd Friday 6:30 pm: Leader’s Newcomer Supper FREE; Fridays: “Futurefunk Sessions” with DJ Sport night, Jesse Diamond, 1 am, $8; March 27: Zack Theater, Brooklyn College, one presents new paintings by Cornerstone Bar Casual, 10 pm, FREE; March 26: Electrajet, 9 pm, Orion, 9 pm, Diako Diakoff, 10 pm, Vizusa, 11 pm, block from the intersection of John Arruda. 6 pm to 8 pm. EVERY FRIDAY 8 PM 1502 Cortelyou Road at Marlborough Road in “Sonic” with DJs Omega and Ultra V, 10 pm, FREE; $5; March 28: Face, 9 pm, We Versus the Shark, 10 Flatbush, (718) 940-9037. March 29: UV Avner and guests, 8 pm, FREE; March pm, Nakatomi Plaza, 11 pm, Knife Skills, midnight, GOOD COFFEEHOUSE MUSIC PARLOR Tuesdays and Thursdays: Open mic, 8 pm, FREE. 30: Kere, U, 7 pm, FREE; March 31: Zulu Lounge with Puttin’ on the Ritz, 1 am, $TBD; March 30: Billy DJs Dorian Gray and Kaysara, 10 pm, FREE; April 2: Anne Crews and the Jibbs, 8 pm, The States, 9 pm, CORRECTION: Crossroads Saloon Quagire, 10 pm, Frantic Eyes, 11 pm, “Proper” with TBD, 10 pm, Monumentals, 11 pm, Con Amore, Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture DJs Mad Jester and Johnny Royale featuring Magic midnight, $TBD; March 31: The Ladies Room fea- The address listed for the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music in 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in Zorillo, midnight, FREE. turing Suckerpunch, Fixer, Pennyroyals, Stellar “Brooklyn Nightlife” [GO Brooklyn, March 12, 2005] was incor- Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. 53 Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY 11215 Tuesday, The Situationalist, International, 9 pm, $5; rect. The correct address is 58 Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place in Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. The LuLu Lounge April 1: Jack Tung, 9 pm, Black Tongue, 10 pm, New Radio, 11 pm, Colin’s Karaoke, midnight, $7; April 2: Park Slope. We regret the error. 718 768 2972•718 783 2298 - bsec.org Elite Ark (Under TacuTacu) 134 N. Sixth St. at Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218-7889, Audio Dyslexia, 9 pm, Pillow Theory, 10 pm, The 73 Wortman Ave. at Georgia Avenue in East New www.ricerepublic.com. Wharton Tiers Ensemble, 11 pm, The Live Ones, York, (718) 649-6535. midnight, Thee Eyes, 1 am, $8. Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 8 pm, Thursdays: “Looking for Girl 6,” a model and FREE. designers showcase/fashion show, 8 pm, $TBD. Two Boots Brooklyn Magnetic Field 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Europa Night Club (718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. Public 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Library 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Green- Heights, (718) 834-0069, March 26: 12th Street Playboys, 10 pm, FREE; April point, (718) 383-5723, www.europaclub.com. www.magneticbrooklyn.com. 1: Steve Shalit, 9:30 pm, Dem Brooklyn Bums, 10 pm, FREE; April 2: Billy ‘n’ the Bad Boys, 10 pm, Saturdays: “VIP Dance Party,” 10 pm, FREE before Mondays: Rock ‘n’ Roll DJ Exchange, 9 pm, FREE; FREE. 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Fridays: Pro- March 26: Lungs of a Giant, The Collisions, Of the gressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, Between, 7:30 pm, $4, Dave the Spazz Record Party, $15 after 10:30 pm; March 27: Indofunk, 7:30 pm, 10 pm, FREE; March 31: Live band karaoke with host 200 Fifth $10 (FREE before 8 pm with student ID). Bunnie England, 9 pm, FREE; April 1: Chris Wash- 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in Park Slope, burne & The Syotos Band, 8 pm, $TBD, Magnetic (718) 638-2925. Five Spot Lounge, 10 pm, FREE; April 2: Drew Isleib & The Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and hip-hop, 459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in Clinton Long Shadows, Heston Rifle, 8 pm, $4. 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10; Fridays: Friday Night Hill, (718) 852-0202, www.fivespotsoulfood.com. Salsa with a live band and DJs Blazer One and Big Saturdays: DJ Aki, 6 pm, FREE, Super Lowery Bros M Shanghai Bistro Will spinning salsa, reggae, hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies Students! bring weekly live hip-hop and future jazz with DJ $5, men $10. Tetsu, 10 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Hot Damn Comedy & Den Night with DJ Tommy Talkz, 9 pm, $5; March 26: A. 129 Havemeyer St. at Grand Street in Williams- Vox Po p Mays, 6 pm, FREE; March 27: DJ Patrick, 6 pm, burg, (718) 384-9300, www.mshanghaiden.com. 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Researchers! FREE, Uhuru Movement’s Free da Mic, 9 pm, $5; Sundays: Hip-hop karaoke with Dynamic Damien Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. March 28: Open turntables hosted by Marlon, 8 pm, and DJ Harry Ballz, 10 pm, FREE; March 26: DJ Party Sundays: Open mic, 7 pm, FREE; March 28: Brian FREE; March 29: DJ Handspin Dinero, 6 pm, FREE; with Kill Whitie, 10 pm, FREE; March 31: Bret Mosley Sendrowitz, 8 pm, $4. March 30: DJ Copa, 6 pm, FREE, BR & Timebomb, and guests, 9 pm, FREE; April 1: DJ Party with Tony, 9 pm, $5; March 31: Selective Security with DJ Chris, 10 pm, FREE; April 2: M Shanghai String Band, 9 pm, Job seekers! 9 pm, $5, DJ Oliver with Black Attack, midnight, $5; 10:30 pm, midnight, $3 suggested donation. Waterfront Ale April 1: DJ Connect, 6 pm, FREE. House National Restaurant 155 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn BPL Offers a World of Information at Your Fingertips Frank’s Lounge 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Second Heights, (718) 522-3794, www.waterfrontale- 660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort Greene, Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225, house.com. New York Online Virtual Electronic Library (718) 625-9339, www.frankscocktaillounge.com. www.come2national.com. March 26: Melissa Shetler & Patty Carpenter with Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs Tyrone and Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 The Scott Shetler Band, 11 pm, FREE; April 1: April ACCE S S LY N Infinite, 9 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Tuesday Night Live, 9 pm, FREE (with $60 prix fixe dinner); Fridays and Fools First Friday Blues Show with Dmitri’s Black BROOK D pm, 2-drink minimum; Wednesdays: Karaoke with Sundays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, Coffee Blues Band, 11 pm, FREE; April 2: Rob CA R Davey B, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Lonnie Young- FREE (with $45 prix fixe dinner). Reddy’s Hit Factory, 11 pm, FREE. blood & The Blood Brothers, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Explore Brooklyn Public Library’s NOVEL Databases – your online gateway Ffun Dance Party, 10 pm, $5. Night of the Williamsburg Music to a world of information. It’s free! All you need is your ABC library card and an Galapagos Cookers Center 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Fort 367 Bedford Ave. at South Fifth Street in Internet connection. (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com. Greene, (718) 797-1197. Williamsburg, (718) 384-1654. Sundays: Sid and Buddy Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Mon- Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Live Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, $5; Fridays: Live vocals, days: “Tassel Twirling Fun,” 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: music, noon, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; 10 pm, $5. Just some of the information you can find: New Rock Weekly, 8 pm, $6; Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. Nights, 10 pm, FREE; March 26: Morex Optimo, Rene Zebulon Risque, Ad Frank, Melomane, 8 pm, $7, Nolej Records Northsix 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in • Consumer and professional health information and Full Stealth Films present Uncomun, 10 pm, $8; 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, Williamsburg, (718) 218-6939, www.zebulon- March 28: SMUT presents Taylor Mac, Desiree Burch, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. cafeconcert.com. • Global business information and more, 8 pm, FREE; March 30: Darmstadt featur- March 26: (Downstairs) Home, Lives of the Saints, March 26: Zemog, 10 pm, FREE; March 27: Michael ing Dafna, 10 pm, FREE; March 31: Green Home NYC Company, 8 pm, $6, (Upstairs) Matt Pond PA, Kevin Blake Quartet, 10 pm, FREE; March 28: Eivind presents Motico, New York, Dutch Kills, Kara Suzanne Devine, Soft, 8 pm, $10; March 27: (Downstairs) Opsvik Overseas, 10 pm, FREE; March 29: The • K-12 student resources Band, 6 pm, $10; April 2: Soundpainting and The Zombi, Titan, 8 pm, $8; March 30: (Downstairs) Jonathons with Kenny Wollesen and Jonathan Walter Thompson Orchestra, 6:30 pm, $7. Cursed, The Exelar, Anodyne, 8 pm, $8; March 31: Haffner, 10 pm, FREE; March 30: People Like Us, 11 • 150 national and regional newspapers Aqueduct, Say Hi to Your Mom, 8 pm, $10; April 1: pm, FREE; March 31: Spiritual Unity, 10 pm, FREE. Good Coffeehouse The Album Leaf, Bloodthirsty Lovers, Mar, 8 pm, $10; Music Parlor April 2: The Eternals, Red-Eyed Legends, No Things, —compiled by Chiara V. Cowan Log on to the Internet from your home, office, or any BPL library. (At The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in Park Visit our website: www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org and follow the electronic Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. resources link. The number on the back of your ABC library card is your April 1: Stephane Wrembel and his Hot Club of New York, 8 pm, $10 adults, $6 children. TALK TO US… passport to access BPL’s NOVEL databases. The Hook To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include name of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site address, dates, 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Hook, times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of performers via e-mail to (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com. [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a March 26: Wells, 9 pm, Pat Dinizio of The Smith- space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 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Avenue as a prison. The renovation of an East River jail barge and a Riker’s “It seemed like it was hard Island facility could force the for the community to view the Brooklyn House of Deten- building as something other tion’s reopening by 2007, Cor- than a jail,” said Arnold Che- rection Commissioner Martin ung, 21, of Sheepshead Bay, Horn said at a City Council who gestured at an elaborate, hearing last week. three-dimensional design that A Feb. 3 letter to the mayor featured black wall-like slats from city Comptroller William sandwiching a red hotel built Thompson urged that the jail be out of the structure of the orig- shut down and sold to a devel- inal prison, that would incor- oper. porate a performance hall, The building is earmarked restaurant-bar and art galleries for $18.4 million in renova- the Register today for NYC’s into the Boerum Hill site. tions according to the 2006 BerkeleyCarrolloll His attempt, he said, was a / Dave Sanders Fiscal Year budget, and has School premier arts program for way to visually confine the been decried as a wasteful and building’s new programs into detrimental eyesore by Marko- children ages 8 to 14. Call the space and conceal the old- witz, Rep. Major Owens, state Creative Arts Program er facade from the Atlantic Sen. Martin Connor, Assem- 718-534-6540, or e-mail Avenue corridor. The building 181 Lincoln Place, Park Slope, Brooklyn The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn blywoman Joan Millman, occupied the full frontage of [email protected]. Pratt Institute student Arnold Cheung, 21, shows his design for a re-envisioned Brooklyn Councilman David Yassky June 30th to July 29th, 2005 the avenue between Boerum and District Attorney Charles House of Detention building on Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill. Place and Smith Street Hynes. Cheung’s was just one of The dilapidated building many new ways to view the and a gas station across the the existing tower, and hinged with a non-denominational cost city taxpayers $30 million old prison that came out of an street, the stretch had for both at the corner of Atlantic house of worship and day in emergency renovations and elective seminar of fourth- decades been a desolate break Avenue and Boerum Place. A care. ongoing security within the Day year students at Pratt Univer- in the thriving avenue of middle school and library was Others, like Cecilia Davis, past year, according to sity, on Lafayette Avenue at shops, restaurants and bars on in one building behind it, and used broad strokes of the Thompson. St. James Place in Clinton Hill School, either side. a senior citizens housing com- imagination: She designed an “The potential for this site on March 17, guided by Man- Now, with the construction plex filled the original tower, aviary or zoo for rescued ani- is remarkable,” said Millman, hattan architect Frederick Biehle. a Pratt alumni who helped co- Inc. The charge was to envision of luxury apartments and a sitting over a street-level retail mals and an animal hospital in YMCA at Court Street, and a atrium. The idea, she said, the same building as a “Home ordinate the college project. the sore thumb at 275 Atlantic “The former House of Deten- A fully licensed and certified preschool Ave. into something that could plan for housing on a former came from her Staten Island for Little Wanderers,” or or- gas station and car wash at home. phanage with community cen- tion will be a welcomed eco- be an asset to the neighborhood. nomic boost for Brooklyn.” Boerum Place, the prison is “I live with my grandmoth- ter and daycare. “The stigma of its non-par- The designs will be un- ■ 2-4 year old programs ■ 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, the last remaining piece of er,” said Sommers, who noted Only Thomas Scibilia, 21, ticipatory neighborhood role veiled at Borough Hall at the ■ remains fixed by its razor-wire “the gap.” that she loved to know what stuck to the idea of keeping the end of the semester. Licensed teachers afternoons or full days Students were given free- was going on, who was doing jail a jail, in what Biehle called exterior,” wrote Biehle in his “The city should issue a re- ■ ■ introduction to the class dis- reign to design programs or what, and watch out the win- a “realistic compromise.” Sci- quest for proposals for the site, Optimal educational equipment Spacious Classrooms activities to take place within dow for her younger sister, bilia’s plan connects the House plays. with an eye toward developing ■ ■ The House of Detention, the buildings, but Biehle sug- who is 12. of Detention, which he would more affordable housing and Exclusive outdoor facilities Enriched Curriculum which the city emptied of pris- gested the design of a “hy- “It goes with the whole idea convert into offices for city creating a streetscape that will ■ ■ oners in 2003, makes up the brid” or model that included at of the older watching over the agencies and a partial jail while enhance this portion of Atlantic Indoor Gym facilities Caring, loving environment last real portion of what least three components, young,” she said. connecting to city courts across Avenue,” said Markowitz in a neighborhood activists have choosing from ideas such as Some, like the work of An- Boerum Place, with enclosed, prepared statement. 763 President Street (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) • (718) 230-5255 long decried as “the gap” an institution, residence, city dreas Tsavaris, of Long Island, translucent hallways. “I look forward to a con- along Atlantic Avenue be- agency, commercial compo- took a somber acceptance of Richard Berak, a represen- structive dialogue with the ad- tween Court and Smith streets. nent or recreational use. the tower’s existing cubed tative of Borough President ministration leading to the re- With the prison on one side, a Samantha Sommers, 22, spaces to create a shelter for Marty Markowitz, observing unification of Atlantic Avenue,” parking garage at Court Street built another building next to the transient and homeless, the presentations, noted that he said. 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WE PROVIDE: • Academic enrichment through buildings landmarked exciting electives and performing arts OPENOPEN HOUSE HOUSE #1 • Weekly field trips to fun and cultural venues Thurs, January 27 - 6 pm • Outdoor pool: Instructional Swim MAY 2 & 19 • Daily lunch & snacks @ St. Francis College By Jess Wisloski two buildings in Down- and a neo-Classical limestone Both buildings dodged landmarking the buildings, • Mature, experienced, and licensed staff The Brooklyn Papers town Brooklyn. building 450-474 Fulton St., at what Brooklyn Heights Asso- Hamilton expressed concern that enjoy working with children 180 RemsenJUNE Street 2 &@ Court16 Street The Romanesque Revival the corner of Hoyt Street, ciation governor Meredith that the Downtown Brooklyn • A quality experience with affordable rates AttendCall for to locationget Early Birdinformation Discount The city Landmarks Pre- building at 505-513 Fulton St., which was built in 1924 as a Hamilton saw as a rapidly Council, which assisted her in Licensed by NYC Department of Health servation Commission an- which was built in 1890 by dry goods store, and later was closing window in light of the garnering support from own- 718-624-1992 ext. 20 + www.bkcenter.org nounced on March 15 the Henry Offerman as a ware- Namm’s department store, will Downtown Brooklyn Plan, ers, had since pulled back in Camp Main Office: 408 Jay Street @ Fulton Street landmark designation of house and department store, both be preserved. which seeks to replace many such efforts. of the older buildings with “I’m really worried there new skyscrapers. might be a bit of a slowdown, Since the plan was passed so I’m worried about the oth- Experienced Adult Staff in July, many landowners ers,” said Hamilton. whose buildings fall within “The Downtown Brooklyn Nature Oriented, Flexible Scheduling the 60-block area could stand Council has been trying to ed- to profit by selling or demol- ucate business owners down ishing their property to rede- there, because some of them Physically Active Day Camp In Memoriam velop rather than going to the are not happy about it,” she expensive lengths a landmark said. would require. As a result, the business ad- Daily Trips to: With the help of the Munic- vocacy council, which formu- ipal Art Society, a preserva- lated the Downtown Brooklyn Lakes, pools and beaches for swimming, tionist watchdog group, Plan with the Department of hikes, special playgrounds, Sesame Place, Hamilton got the Landmark City Planning, may have Emma A. Daniels Preservation Commission’s stepped on the brakes. Chinatown, amusement parks, museums stamp of approval. “It could be quite a while and more! President, The May Ellen and Gerald Ritter Foundation “We’re very pleased,” said until we see more landmarks MAS spokesman Brian Con- down there,” she said. Early drop-off and late pick up available nelly, who considered it a victo- Michael Burke, director of 1 1 Ages 5- /2 to 11- /2 years ry. “Downtown Brooklyn has the Downtown Brooklyn had a wonderful past and there’s Council, said that while he was every reason to believe that it aware of the apprehensions of Call Dan Moinester would have a wonderful future. the landowners, he thought de- The Board of Trustees, physicians and staff of “With rising rents else- veloping incentives would help Park Slope • 768-6419 where, Brooklyn can be a cen- ease the transition for owners of Lutheran Medical Center ter for business and residential landmarked buildings. offer their deepest condolences life and nightlife,” he said, “It’s a done deal,” said which is what landmarking Burke, of the two newest BH would help draw. landmarks but added that BROOKLYN HEIGHTS “You’re creating a 24-hour “buildings like Offerman’s neighborhood by giving peo- and Namm’s are not the type ple reasons to be there for 24 of buildings we’re most con- Jewish Sports Academy hours; places for people to eat, cerned with. What’s of most Ages: 5-9 June 27th - August 12th Kathryn S. Wylde, Chair work, sleep, shop, live their concern when you’re talking Wendy Z. Goldstein, President and CEO lives.” about Fulton Mall is a build- At: The Hannah Senesh School - 215 Pacific St. Hamilton, who was over- ing from the 19th century Francisco Siguenza, D.O., President, Medical and Dental Staff joyed, is still worried the fight where the facade is covered Specialists in Supervised & Instructional: to save many of Downtown’s by signs, and an upper floor is v Swimming, Soccer & Tennis r grander buildings is going to blocked off — there’s not become more difficult in the even a staircase. Dramatics • Ballet • Dance • Pony Riding • Trips • Crafts face of hesitant property own- “Landmarking a building, Judaic Study • Karate • Computers & Much, Much More!!! ers. in and of itself, does nothing “Its fabulous, it’s wonder- for Fulton Mall businesses,” Delicious & Nutritious Lunch Provided ful, they’re doing the right he said. “The answer is never Dates: Times & Fees thing,” she said of the two something as simple as ‘let’s new landmarks for which she landmark.’ Session 1: June 27 - July 8th, Session 2: July 11th - July 22nd Hours 9am-3pm. Cost $425 per session. had lobbied. “However, let’s “In order for the business Session 3: July 25th - Aug 5th, Session 4 (1 week only): Aug 8th - 12th Extended Session 8am-6pm. Extra $300 per session hope there’s some more.” community to support further Saying that property own- landmarking, the landmarking Contact: Simcha (718) 596-4840 Ext. 15 • [email protected] ers have been complaining has to be packaged with in- Checks made payable to Camp Gan Israel, 117 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Administration fee of $100 per child. Camp is closed July 4th about what they perceive as a centives and a wide, economic 10% discount early bird registration before April 1st threat to their livelihoods by development program.” March 26, 2005 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM AWP 15 PARENT Overcoming social difficulties Q: My 7-year-old son strug- adapt accordingly. about your child. Without realizing • Listen and accept your child’s are apt to be aggressive, impatient, Monitor your child for signs of gles socially at school. He is About 15 percent of at-risk chil- Parent-to-Parent it, is there some way your child feelings. Let your child know you’re critical or pleading in their strate- depression, and seek professional impulsive and somewhat im- dren encounter significant difficul- adds to his own rejection? an ally. gies. They may interrupt, grab guidance if necessary. mature for his age. He does ties in school beyond normal ups • Assess whether your child • Examine your own feelings. things, act bossy and whine. And Can you help? OK with kids at church and on and downs, and feel isolated and lacks some social skills that other Does your perception stem from when they sense rejection, they’re depressed, says psychologist Mich- children his age have. Is he too de- your own bad memories? unable to switch approaches, Guri- “My husband and I are struggling his sports teams, but he says ael Thompson, Ph.D., author of manding when he enters a group or • Get more information, then dean says on the Web site, and the cy- with how to teach our very passive 3 he’s left out when kids pair up “The Pressured Child: Helping babyish? Is he a tattletale? If he’s cide whether and to what degree cle of rejection perpetuates itself. 1/2 -year-old son what to do when he at school. — a mother Your Child Find Success in School socially clueless, see whether his you should get involved. To coach your child, parents gets pushed or hit by another child A: From preschool to high and Life” (Random House, 2004). school has a friendship skills class. Children who make friends easi- suggest: his age. He doesn’t have an aggres- school, kids deal with exclusion. There are ways to reduce social • Is your child’s feeling of rejec- ly have certain social skills, accord- • Provide your child with oppor- sive bone in his body, so when that Parents cannot shield their children, anxiety at school, Thompson says. tion a sign of an underlying emotion- ing to Gurian: tunities to play with peers. Set up happens, he just stands there or sits but they can coach them on social A teacher can control social group- al problem such as anxiety? Perhaps • They know how to break the playdates. down. In general, he’s not meek. Ob- skills. ings in the classroom by using seat he’d benefit from a social skills ice. They offer a greeting and invite •Volunteer in your son’s class to viously, it doesn’t send a good mes- Think about it: Does your im- lotteries to regularly mix up the group run by a mental health profes- participation. “Hi. What’s your plug into what’s going on. sage to tell him to shove the kid back. pulsive child insist on being first, children; kids aren’t able to pick sional. name? Would you like to play?” • Have fun with your child. He’ll But I also don’t want him to be the or disrupt what a group is already their own partners. • Maintain contact with relatives, • Once the ice has been broken, learn from playing with you if he easy target for a bully.” — a mother doing? Is he whiny and thin- One kindergarten teacher put up neighbors and church friends to en- the child maintains contact by nod- leads the way. If you have tips or a question, skinned? Does he hover and de- a sign in class: “You can’t say you hance your child’s possibilities for ding, looking at the other child, •Talk about friendships. call our toll-free hotline any time at mand: “Pick me”? can’t play.” That became a moral friendship. talking and expressing thanks or af- • Boost your son’s self-esteem (800) 827-1092 or e-mail us at Some children lack the ability to code of the class, according to Anita Gurian, Ph.D., is a clinical fection appropriately. by helping him find his strengths. [email protected]. read facial expressions and to sense Thompson, and it created the kind By Betsy Flagler assistant psychiatry professor and • Socially adept children manage His sports teams and church give Parents concerned about their when they’re invading the space of of climate he promotes in his work- editor of the New York University conflict well. They assert their him a broader range of support. children’s calorie intake can obtain others. They are socially clueless. shops at schools across the country. Social Lives of Children” (Random Child Study Center Web site, rights without being rejected, stand One mother’s poem about her a copy of the new Parent To Parent Research suggests that kids who Parents tend to either underreact House, 2002). To find a balance, he AboutOurKids.org, a good source up against unreasonable demands, second-grader’s lack of friends re- newsletter “Getting Over Overeat- are agreeable, enthusiastic and flex- or overreact to a child’s social diffi- suggests in the book: of information related to the mental and work out compromises. flects the pain some families face: ing” by sending a long, self-ad- ible are more likely to be accepted. culties, says Thompson, who also •Talk to your child’s teacher. Do health of children. 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R Call for a tour today: 718 596-4840 16 BWN THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM March 26, 2005 Yassky, Miller push DUMBO rezoning By Jess Wisloski past few years shifted from an hood of primarily eight- to 10- sis, some as tall as 30 stories. Buildings, a building at 100 will be more in the coming borhood development.” welcoming new development. The Brooklyn Papers artists enclave to a booming story buildings. In December, the City Plan- Jay St. at York Street will rise years. The neighborhood asso- City Planning officials “We’d like to see a contex- neighborhood of high-end ren- “Unfortunately, the city’s ning Commission approved to 337 feet once completed. ciation would very much like seemed to respond, said Thies. tual rezoning that maintains the A rezoning proposal for tals and condominium sales. zoning of the area has yet to plans by the Watchtower And the under-construction to have a comprehensive re- “They said they’re going to current scale of the buildings DUMBO that has been City Planning received a catch up with the progress of Bible and Tract Society to Beacon Tower, at 85 Adams zoning so that the residents consider it seriously, and and the densities that we have under consideration for more petition for comprehensive re- the community,” Yassky wrote build four 14- to 20-story dor- St. at York Street, will be 23 can have a seat at the table.” we’re sure that they will, and — the feel and the sense of than a year by the Depart- zoning in October 2003, at the in his letter to City Planning. mitories and living facilities stories tall. All of the new AYassky spokesman said we’re sure that in the very place you get,” said Webster. ment of City Planning re- behest of local residents, as Nancy Webster, president of on a massive, empty lot buildings will dwarf the neigh- the councilman was glad to near future we can begin dis- “We realize that when a ceived a boost from Coun- The Brooklyn Papers reported the DUMBO Neighborhood bounded by Bridge, York, borhood, whose tallest build- lend his support. cussion about the plan and neighborhood gets rezoned cilman David Yassky and at the time, but that effort Association, said Miller issued Front and Jay streets that sits ings stand 10 to 12 stories tall. “The community’s been what City Planning thinks is from manufacturing to resi- Council Speaker Gifford made little headway and ap- a similar letter to the agency. in both DUMBO and Vinegar “We’ve had some spot zon- discussing it for some time, the best way of re-mapping dential that people can be vul- Miller this week. pears to have languished in “We’re very happy that Hill. And according to filings ings, obviously,” said Webster, and in the past year we’ve had that area,” said Thies. “I don’t nerable in that,” she said. In a letter sent March 16, the borough office of City David and the speaker have by the city’s Department of “and we anticipate that there several projects that have test- think that’s something that’s “What we’d like to do is have Yassky, who represents DUM- Planning, according to Yassky. contacted City Planning on ed the boundaries of the cur- being considered yet.” some sort of affordable hous- BO, Brooklyn Heights and The letters from Yassky and our behalf,” said Webster. rent zoning,” said Yassky The next challenge, said ing requirement in any rezon- Downtown Brooklyn, urged Miller, however, may give a The importance of the re- spokesman Evan Thies. “It’s Webster, will be incorporating ing, but particularly one that City Planning officials to put swift kick in the pants to the design, she said, is to avoid best that we don’t do this the community’s desire to pre- gives preference to working forward a rezoning plan for agency to get a move on be- the proliferation of “spot zon- piecemeal approach to neigh- serve housing and history while artists.” the formerly industrial neigh- fore new high-rise developing” or variances approved by IKEA… borhood, which has over the ment overtakes the neighbor- the city on a case-by-case ba- Continued from page 1 they haven’t even come yet,” “Our chairperson said that Sones admonished. would be done,” he added, and While Armer insisted the mo- a letter would be drafted and tion should be referred to the Brooklyn Heights sent this week. board’s Health, Public Safety and The Art of Making Sones insisted it was not the Environment committee, another same thing. The difference, he board member interjected. said, is that rather than having “I’m assuming it’s on the Arthritis Associates the DEC review existing re- floor and I’m going to speak Legs Perfect ports filed by Ikea about site against it,” said William Blum, contaminants — reports that of Carroll Gardens. “It seems Arthritis Infusion Unit & Osteoporosis Center were proved false by the levels this agency is responsible to do – Veins of all sizes treated of asbestos found in the demo- whatever they’re supposed to – Varicosis and spiders treated lition — the DEC should do its do, and I’m not about to tell an Daniel D. Ricciardi, M.D., FACR own thorough examination. agency what to do.” – 20 years experience “The DEC has to do a full in- But land use committee co- Yusuf Yazici, M.D. vestigation and analysis of what chair Ernest Migliaccio pointed – Most work done in our office asbestos was there,” said Sones, out that since Ikea had applied Gina DeSciora, CDT who has been an ardent opponent for the state brownfields program of the plan to build the big box they’d be entitled to financial as- store on the Erie Basin at the end sistance in paying for remedia- SPECIALISTS IN TREATING: of Columbia Street since it was tion of the development site. • Rheumatoid Arthritis • Paget’s Diesease • Osteoporosis • Tendonistis/Bursitis first announced last year. “I don’t think this is simply a • Osteoarthritis • Behcet’s Disease • Muscle Disorders • Inflamatory Arthritis 21 “Because Ikea did their own matter of enforcement by the • Psoriatic Arthritis • Vasculitis • Back Pain • Lyme Disease study, and they knew there was DEP; Ikea has made certain • Lupus • Gout • Sciatica • Sports Injuries YEARS so much more asbestos than representations to the state to EXPERIENCE they claimed, we cannot trust get a certain amount of money. it,” he said. The fact that these applications All X-rays and Diagnostic Testing The board’s promise to issue may be falsified puts it squarely a letter, he said, missed the mark. into the matter of money, and Done on Premises “The point is not to have a that’s why it should go back to dialogue with the DEC or to ex- the committee,” Migliaccio said. Before press concern. It is to suggest it Though Armer suggested Are Your At Risk For Osteoporosis? 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D16 xD28-5 R22 R18 18 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM March 26, 2005 Atlantic hub KO’d Not in Brooklyn anymore To the editor: home borough and immediate Van Valkenburgh was personally on Regarding your article, neighborhood improve, for the floor next to the model for hours by track fire “Ratner begins drilling at some years I’ve been follow- LETTERS — answering each and every ques- Yards” [March 19], it is hard ing (and recently financially tion, listening to each and every Associated Press hour but it took about two hours to reopen the to imagine being awakened by supporting) the progress of opinion and idea. I attended a house Asmoky subway track fire in Brooklyn subway lines, and some residual delays persisted. the tune of a super-sized drill Brooklyn Bridge Park. reasons I accept the placement private housing? Could rock- party this week where the BBPC’s slightly injured more than 30 people and Last Wednesday, a power failure disrupted the in one’s backyard, only to find First off, let me state un- of housing in the park. climbing walls be mounted on the Marianna Koval did an excellent snarled the morning commute for thousands on morning commute for thousands on the 4, 5 and 6 out that one’s apartment build- equivocally that I’m extremely •Height of building near sides of the MTA’s vent tunnel? job presenting the realities of the sit- March 22, the Fire Department said. trains along Lexington Avenue in Manhattan. Tran- ing now belongs to Bruce Rat- pleased at the general design Pier 6 Could a few additional world- uation along with balanced views of the controversies. Service was restored near the end of rush hour. sit officials said it appeared that water and salt had ner. Obviously Dean Street and direction of things. Van The proposed 30-story build- class, destination playgrounds be resident David Sheets knows They should both be acknowl- Most injured were treated at the scene, while seeped through a manhole into a tunnel roof near Valkenburgh Associates and ing on the uplands of Pier 6 is added? Even things as simple as that feeling all to well. edged for their recent efforts. four people were taken to Long Island College the 33rd Street station, damaging signal cables. the Brooklyn Bridge Park de- simply too tall. It blocks views, tetherball, bocce courts, bad- I wonder, is Ratnerville al- Hospital, on Atlantic Avenue in Cobble Hill, said On Jan. 23, the A and C subway lines were se- velopment Corp. have come it blocks light, it casts an ex- minton courts, or croquet greens — Peter Steinberg, verely impaired by a fire that destroyed a signal ready here… up with an excellent overall tremely long shadow, and con- would each have their surprising- Brooklyn Heights Fire Department spokesman Paul Iannizzotto. •when landlords who have The 7 am fire led to the evacuation of the At- room at the Chambers Street station in lower concept and financial plan that sidering there will likely never ly large niche constituencies in Manhattan. secretly sold out to Ratner seems to make the best of an be a nearby building remotely as Brooklyn that would make the Ticketed for lantic Avenue station and shut down the 2, 3, 4 and don’t even have the decency to 5 trains — which connect Brooklyn to both the east New York City Transit’s president later apolo- extremely difficult site. tall, no matter how skilled the park a regular destination. gized for upsetting commuters when he said it notify their tenants? That said, as you know, re- architecture, this building will •Access from public riding future and west sides of Manhattan. The Long Island Rail •when citizens find out that Road also suspended service at its terminal at At- would take up to five years to fully restore service cently released information always stick out like a sore transportation the state’s review process has about the park has caused a thumb (The Citibank Tower in Finally, I’d like to address Greenway lantic and Flatbush avenues for about 40 minutes. on the damaged lines. The revised estimate is six started only when the heavy The fire was brought under control in about an to nine months. good amount of controversy in Queens comes to mind.) the lack of public transporta- To the editor: equipment arrives? the surrounding communities. I understand that protected tion to the park. Without some On Feb 17, at 8 pm, I was rid- •when the city offers Rat- As a Brooklyn resident I’m sight lines from the promenade sort of public transit access, ing my bike home from work in ner acres of city land, side- writing this letter to express my and the weakened pier structures the park will be under-utilized Bowling Green to Red Hook, as I walks and streets for $1? position on these controversies: dramatically limit the placement on all but the nicest days of the do nearly every day, down Fur- Toto, I’ve a feeling that we’re •Housing in Park of buildings. I also understand year while at the same time the man Street and onto Columbia Mob charge for ex-cop not in Brooklyn anymore. I know that the community that height equals money. But I surrounding neighborhoods Street, heading south. — Lumi Michelle Rolley, was quite surprised that there think most stakeholders would would be crushed under traffic On Columbia Street, I often Associated Press documents came into Gambino’s possession,” the Park Slope would be housing in the park. agree they’d rather see more and overwhelmed with people make use of the interim Greenway Aformer city police detective charged in eight commissioner, Hugh H. Mo, wrote in a 1985 ruling A few points Personally, the housing is so acreage covered and a substan- searching for parking. route on the west side of Colum- gangland hits was accused more than 20 years clearing Eppolito. “The mere fact that the respon- small compared to the park as a tially shorter building. Solutions? Possibly opening bia Street. Police officers there ago of having ties to the mob but was cleared and dent was reportedly the last known person who had about B’klyn whole that I feel that it in and • Lack of athletic facilities up the tunnel from the Clark saw me and stopped me, ticketing stayed on the force. possession of those documents is certainly legally of itself adds or subtracts very With its off-the-beaten-path Street 2/3 subway station would me for riding on the sidewalk. insufficient to support the charge that he passed little from the general park ex- work, though I expect it’s a long The NYPD launched an internal investigation Bridge Park location, to be a true success If you can’t picture this area, it them to Gambino or some third party.” perience. I do know that there’s and somewhat unsafe walk. To the editor: the park needs the kind of ath- is a very wide sidewalk in front of of Louis Eppolito in 1984 after the FBI discov- Earlier this month, Eppolito and another for- a mandate that this park be fi- Much more enticing would I have been a Brooklyn letic facilities that people use the Port Authority. There are no ered his fingerprints on a police file recovered mer detective, Stephen Caracappa, were charged nancially self-sustaining. be a jitney or trolley system residential buildings on this side during a raid on the New Jersey home of a Mafia Heights resident since 1997 on a routine basis. I speak of with moonlighting for more than a decade as While I very much would things such as tennis, soccer, making a continuous loop from of the street and the sidewalk is associate, Rosario Gambino. Mafia hit men who kidnapped, killed and engi- and homeowner since 1999. Borough Hall, along the length More important, I expect to like to see the financial analy- softball and swimming. I know about 15 feet wide. It is ideal for a The department charged Eppolito with revealing neered the slayings of at least eight rival gangsters sis opened up for inspection to the weakened piers dramati- of the park and back to Bor- multi-use path and that is just secrets to organized crime and gave him a depart- for an underboss in the Luchese crime family, An- spend the rest of my life — ough Hall. Tied to the MTA’s hopefully many decades — in neighborhood groups such as cally limit their use and I also what the Brooklyn Greenway Ini- mental trial that could have resulted in his firing. thony “Gaspipe” Casso. The government says fare card system I’d expect this tiative and the Brooklyn Green- Brooklyn Heights. the Brooklyn Heights Associa- understand that there are few But a deputy police commissioner dismissed the they were paid thousands of dollars a month. to be a low-cost, possibly even way Taskforce have advocated for As a transplant from the tion, I take Van Valkenburgh sub-sites within the park large case, the New York Times reported Wednesday. The pair were arrested March 9 at a restaurant profitable, means of moving the more than six years. much greener Washington, Associates at their word when enough to hold such facilities. “This court cannot speculate as to how those in Las Vegas, where they both retired. people into the park. People I know, because I have helped D.C., and eager to see my they say that housing offers Nonetheless I encourage some the largest sum of money in creative thinking. scoff, but a return of trolley cars raise public awareness of Brook- exchange for the smallest pos- Would it be possible to put a to Brooklyn would be a tourist lyn’s need for a waterfront green- sible footprint. I also think that few tennis courts on the roof of attraction in and of itself. way that is similar in scope to housing will generate far less the maintenance building near • The presentation of Manhattan’s. automobile traffic than most Pier 2? Would it be possible to re- recent changes I have done this by assisting in EMPLOYMENT other potential commercial quire the inclusion of certain ath- Design issues aside, it seems clean-ups and in organizing annual AX… uses of the land. For all these letic facilities in the RFP for the to me that the release of informa- bike tours. In fact, on the bike Continued from page 1 tion related to these issues has tours, luminaries such as Marty been handled somewhat poorly. Markowitz, Nydia Velazquez, OPPORTUNITIES detailed information as to how I’m not big on assigning David Yassky and Bill DeBlasio they could sustain the schools. blame. Rather, I like to ac- have joined these tours. We rode To advertise call (718) 834-9350 Central to both, said Hardiman, knowledge mistakes, correct the this exact stretch of sidewalk on was the establishment of an ex- Send us a letter By mail: Letters Editor, Brooklyn Papers, error, and move forward. Stum- which I was stopped and ticketed. ecutive lay advisory board that On the ride, participants were re- X13 The YMCA of Greater New York is a community service 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY 11201 bling start aside, the Brooklyn What makes Maimonides would take responsibility for se- Bridge Park Conservancy has galed by pledges from all the elect- organization that promotes positive values through programs curing the stated financial and that build spirit, mind and body, welcoming all people with Fax: (718) 834-9278. done an excellent job of both ed officials of the importance of the best place to work? enrollment goals. a focus on youth...since 1852. We are currently offering By e-mail: [email protected] this project and the importance of “These lay committees knew making information available to the following excellent opportunities at our Dodge Branch THE PEOPLE establishing an interim route. On what is necessary for them to be All letters must be signed and include the writer’s home address the public as well as listening to located in Brooklyn, NY: and phone number (only the writer’s name and neighborhood people’s opinions. Columbia Street, the tour rode on DIVERSE COMMUNITY successful and they have accept- DIRECTOR OF AQUATICS are published with the letter). I attended the open house at the west side sidewalk. CARE ed a huge challenge,” said Hardi- You will lead the Aquatics Department while providing quality member man. “This is a time for them to Letters may be edited and will not be returned. St. Ann’s Warehouse where — Alan Mukamal, Red Hook service. Key responsibilities include: strategic planning, developing PROFESSIONAL EXCELLENCE programs, managing the budget, and recruiting, training, and supervising receive our prayerful support.” all aquatic volunteers and staff. To qualify, you must possess a Bachelor’s INNOVATION The list of schools, including Degree and 3-5 years of experience in an aquatic supervisory position. nine in Queens, had long been You must be certified in the following: CPR, Swim Lessons, and NYC We consider our team of professionals to considered at-risk, said a Pool Operations. You must also be trained in blood borne pathogens and be our best asset. Maimonides Medical spokesman for the diocese, Center is a 705-bed, world-class academic child abuse prevention. medical facility with 70 primary and Frank DeRosa, who cited the in- FRONT DESK CLERK specialty areas. Renowned for innovative creasing cost of operating the fa- technology and countless medical firsts, cilities and a shift in demograph- You will ensure that the day-to-day operations, policies and procedures we provide the best possible care for both REAL are adhered to. Key responsibilities include: swiping membership cards, our patients and our employees. ics throughout the city for the answering the telephone, ordering supplies, booking appointments, declining enrollment numbers. issuing various items to members and staff, and ensuring coverage of Nurse Practitioner DeRosa said that a study un- the desk and locker room at all times. To qualify, you must possess a As Nurse Practitioner, you will be dertaken by the diocese re- High School Diploma and one year of supervisory experience. You must working in our new ultra-modern vealed that over the last five Cancer Center; The Division of ESTATE be certified in CPR and basic first aid. Hematology/Oncology at Maimonides years, parochial schools in Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York. Brooklyn and Queens have GROUP EXERCISE INSTRUCTOR You will assess the health status of You will conduct safe, fun, dynamic and effective group exercise classes. patients, teach/counsel as needed and seen enrollment reduced by Key responsibilities include: creating and demonstrating choreography, work collaboratively with a physician 11,000 students. In addition, he modifying classes and routines according to the fitness level of class to diagnose and treat patients. Must said, the diocese has con- For Rent / Brooklyn For Rent / Brooklyn CONDOS have a Bachelor’s degree, NYS RN participants, and keeping abreast of current fitness programs and trends. tributed $7 million to schools APARTMENTS & CO-OPS license and current certification as a PARK SLOPE & VIC To qualify, you must possess a High School Diploma and be certified in Nurse Practitioner. 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Extra room can be used from F train & park. $1850 school’s principal, Rosina Kat- as computer room or eating nook. Many HOUSEHOLD HELP NO FEE, spacious 2BR. Parquet floors, monthly. Park Slope Help Wanted Help Wanted soulis. Several dozen parents and extra features. $1,050 (Neg.) Call Agent modern kitchen & bath. Walk to F & R - COUPLE children immediately began plan- (718) 623-2600. trains. Video intercom system. $1400- (718) 972-3552 Park Slope Prime – 1 blk. fr. Prospect Pk. $1600. Call owner @ R13 Carroll St. 4 sty Limestone Vacant 2 Mil. ning a new business model that BarcaleyEnterprise Realty D15 BROOKLYN’S REAL NEWS- We’re seeking a live-in couple South Slope BROOKLYN’S REAL would allow the school to survive (718) 788-5435 – Mcdonald Ave. One fam. NEWSPAPER have 3 PAPER company is seeking an to assist us in managing our X18 Starter Home – All New. 5 rm. Duplex home and grounds. The ideal on its own without being bailed Bushwick Room For Rent / Brooklyn plus fin. bsmt. $599k. editor’s “right hand” – a highly PARK SLOPE: 1 BR renovated – $1100; upcoming openings, out financially by the diocese. Nice, large 1 BR on Bushwick Ave. (near New Millennium R.E. organized individual to help candidates will be a flexible, 2 BR renovated – $1300 Bruzzese said that he and Cooper). Bright and sunny. HWD floors. Room for Rent created by staff retire- traffic incoming news leads hard working couple able to SUNSET PARK: 3 BR wood floor – www.7184992000.com four others devised a plan to Quiet bldg. $975. Call Agent (718) X14 ment and business and work as a sharp--eyed commit to a long term posi- $1550; 3 BR renovated – $1800 Park Slope area. In a beautiful brown- 623-2600. tion. The combined duties will keep the school open that was stone. $135-150 per wk. References expansion. copy editor and proofreader. A accepted by Hardiman, though Hot Homes Realty Sunset Park include housekeeping, grounds BarcaleyEnterprise Realty D15 required. Call owner. lively interest in local news is he did not have specific details NEWS REPORTER (f/t – est 50 keeping, gardening, light (718) 788-5435 2 Family Brick, move in condi- helpful. Please respond by reg- X18 (718) 638-6308 hours). You’ll have hard-news in of the plan by press time. Crown Heights X13 tion. Owner’s duplex with 3 BR ular mail with a letter express- maintenance of equipment Call Hot your blood and be unyielding in Angelique Badyna, a mother rental. Close to R train. ing your interest in and citing and automobiles, preparing of three boys attending the Beautiful, spacious 2.5 BR on St. Marks. Homes Realty for details. your pursuit of the truth your qualifications for this posi- some meals, cleaning, grocery Newly renovated. HDWD floor. New COMMERCIAL (whether it’s getting the name school and a fourth who she appliances. Many details. Quiet bldg. tion, a resume, and (optionally) shopping, laundry, chauffeur, SPACE (718) 788-5435 of a new baby spelled correctly plans to send there, said that $1,300. Call Agent (718) 623-2600. X18 clips of 2 to 4 published arti- care of four dogs, assistance or getting the numbers straight more than a school, St. Finbar BarcaleyEnterprise Realty cles. We are considering both with parties, as well as other D15 Lot For Sale / Brooklyn Avoid Foreclosure for a real estate development was a big family of just under full-time and part-time candi- duties necessary to maintain a story or a political investiga- 200 students. While one of its Call for a free 24 hour 16,000 square foot home, gar- tion). You’ll need to be quick, dates for this position. Please teachers had recorded 35 years Sunset Park recorded message. dens and lawns. 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