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Brooklyn Paper and indigestion. New Yorkers will “Wear Red And a critical concern with and Give” today to spread the women’s health problems is that message that cardiovascular dis- they can go untreated longer, be- ease is the number one killer of cause women may downplay their women in the U.S. discomfort, according to Brodyn. The American Heart Association “Women typically don’t complain is uniting with communities across medically, and they might downplay the city to “Go Red and Give” on this their indigestion or fatigue as some- special day to raise awareness about thing else,” he said, adding that it’s heart disease and stroke, which cause important women take caution when

one in three deaths among women they do have symptoms. “If you used Wouters Marc each year. Association statistics also to walk five blocks to the grocery A Brooklyn Heights architect’s plan calls for constructing a temporary highway along the hilly berms in show that despite an abundance of store to get your newspaper, and now Brooklyn Bridge Park in order to spare the Promenade from becoming a speedway. public-awareness campaigns, 90 per- you are driving to the store because cent of women have one or more risk you are exhausted, there’s probably factors for heart disease or stroke. a reason. Be suspicious.” It’s especially important for The most important thing a women to recognize possible signs woman can do to manage her heart of heart disease because it can pres- health is see her doctor for an annual ent itself differently than it does checkup, and if something doesn’t seem right, be proactive and get it BERM NOTICE in men, according to a doctor at Coney Island Hospital. checked out, Brodyn said. “Just because you don’t have Participate in National Wear Red Architect: Sending trafﬁ c over park can ﬁ x BQE faster chest pain doesn’t mean some- Day today by donating to the Go thing isn’t wrong,” said Dr. Nich- Symptoms can show dif- Red For Women campaign and By Julianne Cuba olas Brodyn, chief of cardiology at ferently, but typically include chest taking steps to better understand Brooklyn Paper your heart health. the medical center. pain, exhaustion, weakness, vomiting, The architect who late last year proposed a third way to fix the Brooklyn– Queens Expressway’s triple cantilever unveiled more details for the scheme Why we’re going red this week that proposes sending traffic down a By Victoria Schneps-Yunis selves and our loved ones from the Awareness is so critical toward temporary roadway Brooklyn Paper “silent killer.” stopping the “silent killer” from strik- near Brooklyn Bridge We are proud to present a unique Heart disease should be a personal ing you or someone you love. Heart Park. way to call attention to what is known issue for us all. We all know someone disease has many symptoms — short- Diverting cars and FIXING as the “silent killer.” in our lives who lives with the compli- ness of breath, sudden fatigue, dizzi- trucks along an in- the BQE One in three deaths among women cations day in and day out. But many ness upon standing, even indigestion. terim road built closer in the United States each year is a others have the symptoms of heart If you or a loved one experiences any to the meadow will allow the critical job direct result of heart disease. This disease and do not know it. of these symptoms frequently, seek to wrap faster than either of the city’s medical help immediately! killer delivers a fatal blow to more Last year, Jennifer Goodstein, for- two options, and spare the Brooklyn Tangram 3DS women in this country than all cancers mer publisher of this newspaper, wrote Make sure you visit your doctor Heights Promenade from becoming a A rendering released by opponents of the city’s plan to turn the Prom- at least once a year for a physical. If combined, according to the Ameri- about her diagnosis with hypertro- speedway in some residents’ backyards, your doctor refers you to a cardiologist enade into an elevated highway shows that roadway would block views can Heart Association. phic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a ge- the urban planner said. of Manhattan as it crosses over the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge. netic disease that causes the thick- for additional tests, follow through “We’re really thinking this is going The situation calls for everyone and get checked out. If you’re pre- to be alert, which is why the Ameri- ening and scarring of heart muscle. to be a much shorter duration. When scribed medication to treat your ail- we take all traffic and put it to the side man-made hilly berms along part of mains completely active and open,” he can Heart Association designated the She had to undergo open heart sur- ments, take your doses as required. Furman Street, some of which might said. “It seems like a place where you first Friday of February as “Go Red gery to have it treated. on a temporary highway, it means that Above all, take care of yourself. it should be easier to rebuild the old need to be hacked down to accommo- could put a temporary highway and not For Women Day.” It’s also why we’re Like so many others, Jennifer lived Eat right. Exercise regularly. Don’t date it. But building the interim high- really do any harm to the park.” a very healthy life before her diag- triple cantilever,” Marc Wouters, who “going red” — as we seek to make ev- sit at your desk or on your couch all lives in Brooklyn Heights, told this way there would leave all of the water- Meadow stewards with the semi-pri- nosis — exercised regularly, never eryone aware of the dangers of heart day; every so often, get up and move newspaper. front park’s pathways and play spaces vate Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, disease, and the importance of pay- smoked, no major illnesses. your legs and feet. Avoid smoking — Wouters’s proposal, which the city untouched, and only minimally affect however, said they have questions and ing attention to our bodies. Jennifer sought help from a cardiol- and if you’re a smoker, find a way to is now analyzing, calls for erecting a some of the meadow’s parking lots and concerns about how Wouters’s design Why red? It’s not just because our ogist at NYU Langone, Dr. Mark Sher- kick the habit. two-tiered roadway that features three service buildings, according to Wouters, may affect the green space, and plan blood is red. The color is often asso- rid, who reassured her that the condi- You only have one life — live it to lanes for Bay Ridge–bound vehicles on who created the plan at the request of to share those with officials as the city ciated with power, passion, determi- tion is “highly treatable” as long as the fullest and the healthiest! one level, and another three lanes for leaders of local civic group the Brook- continues to weigh it. nation, strength, love — all qualities it’s “recognized and treated appro- Victoria Schneps-Yunis is the presi- Queens-bound traffic on the other. lyn Heights Association. The architect’s plan calls for repair- that we need in order to protect our- priately.” dent and publisher of Brooklyn Paper. The temporary structure would rise “We love the park, everybody we talk ing the 1.5-mile stretch of expressway right behind Brooklyn Bridge Park’s to wants to make certain the park re- See BQE on page 3

10:45 pm on Fridays until 5 am on Mondays. Full L train service will also be suspended on Monday, Feb. L 18, President’s Day, as part of the Pay dirt Oh, no! line’s closure that weekend. Straphangers displaced by the subway’s weeknight and weekend Heights land is MTA suspending weeknight closures can alternatively take the A, F, J, or M lines, or hop on any most expensive service on line for eight weeks of the five shuttle buses that will run when the subway is not. in the country! By Julianne Cuba reduced frequency throughout the Two of the buses will run on Brooklyn Paper repairs to the superstorm Sandy– weeknights, with one making stops By Julianne Cuba damaged Tube, requires workers No hope in L. It’s L-pocalypse now — the at every L train station between Brooklyn Paper to spend nights and weekends re- Broadway Junction and Lorimer sequel! It’s not dirt cheap! Late-night commuters en- pairing the infrastructure’s two tun- critical sections of the L line, and Street, and then connecting rid- Dirt in Brooklyn Heights is more tered fresh L on Jan. nels one at a time. preparing key switches and sig- ers with the J train at Marcy Ave- expensive than that found most any- 21, when state trans- But in order to pre- nals. For you, this means our track nue station, and the other running a portation leaders pare for those fixes, will be safer and trains will run loop between the Marcy Avenue and where else in the country, accord- stopped the subway’s the state-run transit faster and smoother, and that we’ll Hewes Street J stations, the Broad- ing to a new report in the Washing- weeknight service be- agency must do some have the right signals to run the way and Lorimer Street–Metropoli- ton Post. tween Bushwick and extra work on the tracks one-track operation come April,” tan Avenue G stations, and the Bed- An acre of land in America’s first Manhattan for eight ahead of time, requiring read a press release the Authority ford Avenue L station. suburb, known for its charming weeks straight. nightly L-train service issued on Jan. 25. “This work re- And three more will run dur- Brownstone-lined streets and sweep- The Metropolitan RIVER OF TEARS between the Broadway quires full track access because of ing the weekend closures, with one ing views of the Manhattan skyline, Transportation Au- Junction station on the how the track installation and sig- shuttling riders between Broad- costs a whopping $41,160,300, com- thority’s announcement of the Bushwick–Cypress Hills border nal work is implemented.” way Junction and the M train at the pared to a like-sized plot in Brook- suspended service came about a and Manhattan to stop on Mon- In addition to the weeknight Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenue station, lyn, Iowa which commands a measly week after its leaders formally can- days through Fridays between 10:45 closures, previously announced the second running between Myr- $55,700 price tag, the Post reported celled the long-promised shutdown pm and 5 am, from Jan. 28 through mini-shutdowns will stop full L- tle-Wyckoff Avenue and the Lo- citing a federal analysis of average of the L train’s East River–span- March 18. train service on seven weekends rimer Street–Metropolitan Avenue neighborhood land values across all ning Canarsie Tube, in favor of a “As part of the revised L project, in February and March — includ- G station, and the third stopping 50 states from 2012 to 2017. plan Gov. Cuomo abruptly revealed we’re still moving forward on the ing Feb. 1–4, Feb. 8–11, Feb. 15– at the Marcy Avenue and Hewes The Heights — where house- just months before that closure was long-term reliability improvement 19, Feb. 22–25, March 1–4, March Street J and M stations, the Broad- holds’ median income hovers around set to kick off on April 27. work we had originally planned. 8–11, and March 15–18, when no way and Lorimer Street–Metro- Photo by Maya Harrison $109,472, according to 2016 federal The new plan, which will allow This includes installing brand new trains will run between Manhat- politan Avenue G stations, and the Brooklyn Paper intern Natallie Rocha shows off the Census Bureau data — is home to trains to run the line’s full length at rail in the tunnel and along other tan and Broadway Junction from Bedford Avenue L station. country’s most expensive dirt in Brooklyn Heights. See DIRT on page 6 This week’s special National Wear Red Day® issue sponsored by: 2 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 February 1–7, 2019 Unleash the Animal #FRIDAYNIGHTANIMAL IS COMING WATCH OUR INSTAGRAM FOR epic Animal news!

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who represents civic group the Cobble Hill Association on the Gowanus Community Advisory Group. Dollars down the drain Other residents, however, applauded the city’s about- face with the massive project City could waste millions if it builds water-storage — which is not dissimilar to Gov. Cuomo’s decision to call tunnel instead of long-planned tanks along canal off the long-promised partial L-train shutdown that many By Julianne Cuba locals uprooted their lives to Grow your funds Brooklyn Paper Cleaning the avoid three months before its planned start date. The city may flush mil- Gowanus Those Gowanusaurs lions of taxpayer dollars down praised the city for anticipating with peace of mind. the toilet if it moves forward the need for lasting storm-re- with scrapping a long in-the- who said the total cost for siliency infrastructure as wa- works plan to bury two mas- the tank scheme is just shy ter levels continue to rise at Now, earn guaranteed interest in just 10 months sive sewage tanks beneath of $1.2 billion, with the tun- the same time that Gowanus is 1 land along the Gowanus Ca- nel’s price tag coming in at poised for a residential upzon- with a 2.50% APY CD from First Republic Bank. nal, and instead build a giant $1.25 billion. ing, and for looking at ways to underground tunnel to collect And some of the prep work create more open space. Still, storm-water runoff in the cis- already done on the tanks is some questioned officials’ mo- terns’ place. applicable should the city tive for pivoting on the proj- Officials already spent move forward with the tun- ect so late in the game. roughly $30 million on de- nel, construction of which “I appreciate there is more sign work for the water-stor- would not wrap until 2030 % space,” said Andrea Parker, 1 age vessels — infrastructure — the same year officials ex- who leads the Gowanus Canal APY required as part of the Su- pected to finish installing the Conservancy. “I think there’s perfund site’s federally led Department of Environmental Protection 2.50 second tank, according to an- definitely some sentiment that cleanup — since announcing The Department of Environmental Protection used other Environmental Protec- there’s an ulterior motive here 10-Month CD Special they planned to install them this tunnel boring machine named “Nora” for an- tion Department rep. in announcing this right after back in 2013 . But a chunk of other project. “DEP continues work on the eminent domain. Essen- that change could go down the parallel tracks — already tially, the city is trying to sell drain if the city now chooses meeting every milestone to- off this valuable land.” Downtown NY, 225 Broadway, (212) 372-3088 four-million gallon tank. it’s easier to construct, there’s to scrap the tanks for the tun- wards construction of the But Clarke assured that the Park Avenue South nel first proposed last Novem- The tunnel would oper- less destruction impact,” he tanks while we have initiated land will only be used to cre- , 443 Park Avenue South, (212) 532-8882 ber, according to a municipal ate similarly to the tanks, said. “We do believe the head- detailed planning for the tun- ate the open space. Rockefeller Center engineer, who couldn’t im- by collecting storm-water house associated with the tunnel. Much of the work done The federal Environmen- , 1230 Avenue of the Americas, (212) 259-3626 and liquid-waste from local mediately confirm how much nel would be about the same to date for the tanks will be tal Protection Agency lead- 6th Avenue, 442 6th Avenue, (212) 253-8888 would be wasted. pipes — after that wet stuff size, but there will no longer directly transferable,” the ers spearheading the Gowanus “About $30 million,” De- is filtered through the head- be below-ground facilities be- rep said. Canal cleanse — who must partment of Environmental house — which would oth- neath the public space, and so But some locals wondered sign off on the tunnel plan — erwise flood the canal dur- Protection employee Kevin we can be more f lexible with if the job couldn’t be sped up if did not attend the meeting, be- 1 Annual Percentage Yield eective as of publication date. Limited-time oer subject to change Clarke said at Tuesday meeting heavy rains. the design.” officials are going to spend the cause it occurred when they without notice. $10,000 minimum balance. Penalty for early withdrawal. Fees may reduce ing of the local Gowanus But it could hold at least Plus, the costs for the two extra cash to change course. were still out of work due to earnings. Consumer accounts only. Oer cannot be combined with other promotions. Community Advisory Group. 16-million gallons — four projects are comparable, ac- “2030 to me is a little the government shutdown, Member FDIC. “I’d have to go back and get more than the tanks — and cording to the city engineer, scary,” said Jerry Armer, which ended on Jan. 25. you a more accurate number, could easily be extended fur- but it’s in that order.” ther to collect even more, ac- Council in April signed off cording to Clarke, who said on the use of eminent domain the city may extend the chute to seize neighboring Butler down Second Avenue or fur- and Nevins street lots along ther along the canal. the canal where the city may “There are several alter- still bury the larger, eight-mil- natives to extend the tunnel lion-gallon tank, which would further south down Second go beneath a new filtration fa- Avenue, or making a turn con- cility called a headhouse and tinuing to follow the align- open-air public space adja- ment of the canal,” he said. “It cent to it. provides additional volume, But if officials decide to and an additional storm-wa- nix the cisterns, they would ter outlet.” instead dig some 125–150 feet And the late-breaking below ground and bore a long change in plans would pro- tunnel along the path of the vide benefits to the commu- canal, with one end beneath nity beyond its increased stor- the headhouse and the other age capacity, including less beneath city-owned land at construction, and creating Fifth Street and Second Ave- more room for the public nue, where the Environmental space, Clarke said. Protection Department lead- “Benefits of the tunnel are ers may still bury the smaller, it increases storage capacity,

The architect’s scheme would still require tempo- BQE... rarily closing the parts of the Continued from page 1 Promenade that sit atop the between Atlantic Avenue and 70-year-old triple cantilever in Sands Street, which includes order to shore it up, work that the triple cantilever, in seg- the city accounted for in its so- ments. He has already de- called “traditional approach” signed a temporary roadway to repairing the road, which between Atlantic Avenue and calls for fixing the three-tiered the Brooklyn Bridge, which highway lane by lane over no would accommodate traf- fewer than eight years. fic while workers repair the But it would avoid shut- stretch of highway between tering the Promenade en- those points, and said that tirely and turning it into a roadway would be extended six-lane highway for at least as construction moves. six years as proposed under The segmented repairs the city’s so-called “innova- would allow some swathes tive approach” endorsed by of the expressway to reopen Mayor DeBlasio — and likely to traffic even as others are save lives in the process, by being fixed, pushing the job sparing locals from breath- forward while limiting the ing in toxic chemicals emit- need to reroute vehicles, ted by vehicles on that high- Wouters said. way constructed just feet from “Our plan can actually some area homes. be built in segments, you A Transportation Depart- can build a segment, finish ment rep previously told this 100 percent and be done, and newspaper that the Prome- then build another segment,” nade-turned-highway would he said. run from Congress to Adams Wouters does not yet have streets, and renderings re- a full cost estimate or time- leased yesterday by opponents line for his fix, but said it of the innovative plan show could take at least six years the elevated roadway would — roughly the same amount block views of the Manhattan of time as the quicker of the skyline as it crosses over the city’s two plans — and come foot of the Brooklyn Bridge in cheaper than either of the near Adams Street. Department of Transporta- City leaders said they hope tion’s two proposals, which to kick off repairs as soon as at nearly $4 billion, are now 2020 — roughly six years be- more than twice the price ini- fore experts warn the triple tially estimated for the job. cantilever could start to col- “We know that some com- lapse under the weight of the ponents are less expensive,” trucks that rumble along it he said. daily.

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! # & 4 & Locals: Ninth St. no safer with bike lanes By Colin Mixson with a representative for Bor- “I’m afraid of getting out ment, was let’s make it safe Brooklyn Paper ough President Adams at Sev- MEAN of my car, and I’m afraid of and take parking spaces with- enth Avenue’s All Saints Epis- my son getting out of the car,” out any regard to the peo- A stretch of Ninth Street in Streets $ copal Church to share their Brooklyn’s said Jeff Raheb. ple living here,” said Ninth / 1,500 Park Slope where a driver hit concerns about the infra- boulevard Last year, some Slopers SAVINGS and killed two children last battle lines Street resident the Hon. Ber- . ! " year is now more dangerous structure. warned the city that rede- nard Graham, who serves as ) 1233 2 &, &8 # to pedestrians than ever, fol- An organizer of the meet- Another Ninth Street resi- signing Ninth Street would a judge on the Kings County $ 8 5: 9*8 9 $ % && '! ing told its roughly two dozen do little to protect pedestrians ()'*$!)'+ lowing a redesign that brought dent told the room his 13-year- Supreme Court. attendees that her neighbor, if officials did not simultane- new protected bike lanes to old son was skateboarding to Safe-street advocates also ;;;4<=4/; 0 , & - the road, locals alleged. whom she described as a ously crack down on truck- turned up for the meeting, one # school in one of the protected !"# $%%! % !&' The new bike lanes — 93-year-old World War II ers who illegally use the local of whom did his best to sow % ! ! ! ! ( $ 1233)'4,563 bike lanes in December, when % $ ! )*+,)-. #/01223456./0167+8++,3* ! $9! 37 $ 8)5'9 which run on either side of veteran, nearly died when a street as a thoroughfare into //0 /0: /0 /0! a truck driver turning onto chaos among the Ninth Street- Ninth Street between Pros- bicyclist almost hit him as he Southern Brooklyn. ers by interrupting them as pect Park West and Third Av- recently attempted to cross Sixth Avenue struck him. And And those predictions are that incident, coupled with the they spoke, and at one point enue, and are separated from one of the bike lanes. coming true, according to a accusing Manning of pulling “There’s a deep concern invitation to speed the lanes traffic by a parking lane — crossing guard for Sixth Av- information “out of her a--,” a FIND YOUR WORLD ONLINE embolden cyclists to speed, about safety, and that’s the give cyclists, has cast serious enue’s PS 39 between Eighth comment that almost induced BROOKLYNPAPER.COM according to Ninth Street res- reason we’re here tonight,” doubts on the infrastructure’s and Ninth streets, who said idents, who on Jan. 24 met said Myra Manning. efficacy, said the local. a fist fight with Raheb. truckers that used Ninth Street Other proponents of the as an illicit shortcut now drive lanes, however, argued their even closer to the school down points more civilly and effec- Eighth Street, because the re- tively, citing city studies that design of Ninth Street nar- rowed its driving lanes, re- show how dedicated paths re- " duce injuries and fatalities. Only at 3 Guys from Brooklyn! sulting in more traffic. )694(30.$300,-9/%0. “I have huge trucks coming “These protected bike lanes really in every case have been 0&. 9*$+40/1&,*5&18/.1*9 /13"-*,3/.+689 /,,/6/412/$*",-&%*"'/1%"*,8%&",2 down, making wide turns. It’s inconvenient and it’s danger- proven to protect the safety ous,” said the crossing guard, of not just bicyclists, but ev- ./!)*3& &&%,&22",*'/1.*" 731""1(& 4*$8 who only gave her name as eryone, including pedestrians, 1(".*$ ; #6-+(-08'3 #7'-3#/)'4 '&'11'34 '.0/4 Liz. “It’s not just my life, I’m and drivers too,” said William #/#/#4 ; there for the kids.” Farrell, a traffic engineer who -$ Other locals, of course, lives in Boerum Hill. (03 blasted the Department of And most in the room -#3)'*'#& (03 -$ Transportation for removing praised Adams for being the 26 Ninth Street parking spaces only elected official willing to to accommodate the redesign, entertain their complaints, af- claiming the agency scheme ter Park Slope’s Councilman 1(".*$ to make the street safer came Brad Lander and Assembly- #-#11-'4 at car owners’ expense. man Robert Carroll declined “The DOT overkill, with- to attend the meeting, accord- -$$#) out any community involve- ing to Manning. "1%*0& &7*$". 731"".$8 !"2)*.(3/.1&-*4- -6.!0.#50'4 #4470%#&04 3''/ 26#4* '&'-+%+064 lion deal to buy a penthouse ; ; ; ; inside the luxury Quay ! DIRT... Tower rising nearby at Pier -$ '# -$ -$ Continued from page 1 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, &33/."1-2 #4*'84 several celebrities, including which would smash the re- +45#%*+04 couple John Krasinski and Em- cord set by Damon — and -$ ily Blunt, and fellow A-lister only add to the value of the neighborhood’s soil. ",3&% .2",3&% Matt Damon , all of whom re- portedly recently inked deals Brooklyn Heights isn’t on condos inside the The Kings County’s only enclave sitting on golden ground, how- Standish, a swanky building &02* "#1" 1*&.%2)*0 "#1" on Columbia Heights. ever — the parts of Park Slope 1*3/"82 0(53+/,4 6..64 0633'#. 6#%#.0-' Damon allegedly paid closest to Prospect Park boast 03+504 $16.75 million for his pad in the second-priciest dirt in the (03 the Heights — much of which country, at $34,690,200 per (03 (03 (03 constitutes the city’s first acre, according to the report, 0: 0: 22/13&% which named soil in other parts landmarked historic district 0: -+5'3 0: — setting record sale price of the Slope the eighth-most for a piece of Kings County expensive, at $25,884,800 SALE STARTS 30 31 01 02 03 04 residential real estate. per acre, and land in Gow- 1/30 7AM -2/04 7PM !&% )41 1* "3 4. /. 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At “The Swindler of Brooklyn Heights,” at the Brook- lyn Historical Society on Feb. 7, author and histo- rian Geoffrey Ward will reveal how his forefather took a fortune from for- Geoffrey Ward mer President Ulysses Grant, and helped to prompt the economic Panic of 1884 — all to score some real estate in Amer- ica’s first suburb, according to Ward. “He loved Brooklyn Heights — he saw the lovely streets and how rich everyone was, and he was determined to be one of them,” Ward said of (718) 260–2500 Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings February 1–7, 2019 his great-grandfather, Ferdinand Ward. Ferdinand met the former commander-in-chief and convinced him to be a partner in what turned out to be a pyramid scheme. But less than five years later, the city’s banks began collapsing — partly because so many people had invested in Ward and Grant’s flimsy firm — and the police sent him to Sing Sing. Geoffrey Ward at the Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights, www.brooklynhistory.org). Second Feb. 7 at 6:30 pm. $5. — Julianne McShane AMERICA Game on! It’s a whole new ball game! With the New York Giants long knocked out story of competition, Brooklyn does not have any skin in the 53rd annual Super Bowl game. But for those who wish to root against the hated New England Patriots (or in favor of the Gritty Hank’s Saloon re-opens Los Angeles Rams), here are two new spots in town where you can watch Super Bowl LIII on above Downtown food hall Feb. 3. Kick-off is scheduled for 6:30 pm. By Julianne Cuba The new Dekalb Stage, Brooklyn Paper NIGHTLIFE which opened this week beneath City Point Down- ank’s for stopping by! Hank’s at Hill Country Food Park town, will host its first Su- Fans of the century-old honky- [345 Adams St. near Willoughby Street per Bowl viewing party on tonk dive bar Hank’s Saloon cele- Downtown, (718) 885–2427, www.hc- Sunday. The giant space fits 250 H foodpark.com/hanks]. Open Sun–Wed; people, and will project the game onto a 15-foot brated its revival on Monday night, as it 4 pm–midnight; Thu–Sat, 4 pm–2 am. quietly re-opened on the second floor of Grand opening on Feb. 2 at 9 pm. $10. screen, with more televisions scattered around Downtown’s Texas eatery Hill Country the space. Tickets include one drink and an un- Food Park. But the watering hole will re- limited buffet with food from Dekalb Market ally kick off at its grand opening on Feb. play, according to Ipcar. vendors, including Likkle More Jerk Chicken, 2, featuring the new spot’s first live mu- “It’s a larger capacity than the original sandwich spot Lioni Heroes, and donut dealer sic, from the New York Fowl Harmonic. Hank’s, which is really nice,” she said. Cuzin’s Duzin. The bar’s owner is eager to see how the Monday was a “soft opening” for Ip- Dekalb Stage (445 Albee Square West, base- bar fits into its new home, just a month car to test out the new space and neigh- ment, between Fulton and Willoughby streets after closing the original Hank’s on Third borhood, but the bar will eventually be Downtown, www.dekalbmarkethall.com). 5–10 Avenue. open every day, she said. pm. $40 ( $35 in advance ). “We’re just trying to see what the neigh- “I’ve been meeting a lot of people, look- Another new spot is just a few blocks away. borhood wants, how we can make it bet- ing forward to who is gonna come in and Fulton Hall, a beer bar that opened at one end ter for everyone in a new neighborhood,” watch some shows,” said Ipcar. of the Gotham Market at Ashland last summer, said Julie Ipcar. “It’s gonna be really in- About 40 longtime regulars stopped by has televisions on each wall, so each one of its teresting and really fun to do it again. I’m on Monday evening, many cracking jokes Photo by Julianne Cuba 150 seats will have a view of the sporting con- sure we will have some of the regulars in about the contrast between the run-down test. All day long, the space will offer $1 buf- here from the old place.” former dive bar and the shiny new spot. falo wings and $15 pitchers of beer (the latter The new iteration of the bar boasts some “It doesn’t smell … I’m not sticking offer is limited to Coors and Miller High Life, memorabilia from its past life, including to the seat — that’s different!” said one so you might want to start with some of the bar’s the old cash register behind the bar and visitor. 20 craft beers first). Groups of six or more can some of the stools, said Ipcar. “Don’t worry, that’ll change,” quipped reserve a booth or table by emailing party@ “It’s a nice little walk down memory another. fultonhall.com lane,” she said. “Some Hank’s memora- Patrons can enter the saloon through Fulton Hall [250 Ashland Pl. at Fulton Street bilia in there.” the Texas-inspired food hall, or through a in Fort Greene, (718) 301–8480, www.fultonhall. Band stickers notoriously plastered the separate entrance on Adams street, once com]. Open 11 am–midnight. Free. walls of the old location, and Ipcar hopes the hall closes at 8 pm. — Bill Roundy that new bands coming through will rec- The new location, tucked away inside reate that tradition. Hill Country, is more of a blessing than a “Feel free to put your stickers every- curse, said Ipcar, because locals love se- where,” she said. “I have a bunch saved from crets spots like hideaways and speakeasies, BOOKS the past six months, a big pile of them, but I and the lack of residential neighbors means Photo by Julianne Cuba File photo by Stefano Giovannini want it to be more organic than me putting that bands can rock out all night. Raising the bar: Hank’s Saloon owner Julie Ipcar stands behind the bar at its new it up, so bands can come and do that.” “You can’t just walk in. But New York- location, above the Hill Country Food Park Downtown. The watering hole now (left) The new Hank’s Saloon on Adams ers love the idea of secret locations, and has twice the space of its old location on Third Avenue (right). ‘After’ words Street can pack 150 people inside — it’s also really nice that it’s kind of a com- nearly double the crowd that could fit in mercial zone not really disturbing anyone food hall, but they will soon have another “We are going to have a little kitchen She wrote from the bottom of her heart. the Third Avenue haunt — which will around you either,” she said. option for bar food each night after the with a really cute menu within the next A Jamaican-American actress from Browns- be a plus when bigger bands come to Visitors can bring meals up from the hall closes, Ipcar said. couple weeks,” she said. ville will celebrate her new book with a Valentine’s Day–themed launch party in Greenpoint on Feb. 9. First-time author Jacinth Headlam said that her memoir “Love After…” reflects her survival of childhood abuse and a messy divorce. COMICS “This book came from a time in my life where I was at rock bottom and I was broken,” Black Comix Festival at BAM Peter Jay Sharp Building [30 she said. Lafayette Ave., at St. Felix Street Headlam, best known in the United States for in Fort Greene, (718) 636–4100, her role in the indie film “Diary of a Badman,” Hometown heroes www.bam.org]. Feb. 10; 11 am–5 was a married mother of pm. Free. two when she learned that her husband had cheated Local creator joins Black Comix Fest at BAM white backgrounds have increasingly on her, and was expect- been able to find their own stories re- ing a child with the other By Kevin Duggan flected in comics, a trend amplified woman. Devastated, she Brooklyn Paper in recent years by the release of the took the kids and moved into her mother’s attic,

Photo by Kevin Duggan blockbuster movie “Black Panther” where she poured her e’s written about black powers. Kapow!: Bay Ridgite Jerome and Netflix’s “Luke Cage,” accord- A Bay Ridge comic book cre- ing to one of the organizers of the heart into her journal. Walford edited an anthology of “My journal is a big H ator will bring his graphic novels work by immigrant comics cre- Black Comix Expo. part of this book because it helped me come about a superpowered black cop to the ators, titled “Gwan.” “Comics play a big part, because Black Comix Expo at the Brooklyn for some readers they are the first vi- to a place of healing and I had feelings I didn’t Academy of Music on Feb. 10. The sual representations of some of these know I had,” said Headlam. “These were feel- writer and illustrator of “Nowhere and harassing black men in his neigh- ideas,” said Deirdre Hollman, the ings that pretty much laid dormant for years, but Man,” who will join about 20 other borhood. founder of the Black Comics Collec- were very necessary to my identity.” artists at the day-long celebration of Walford said that his protagonist tive, which co-hosts the event. Her memoir builds on those journal entries, comics creators of color, says he in- reflects the black experience in mod- Another recent factor, she said, chronicling her journey towards acceptance af- vented the heroic character because ern-day New York. has been the growth of the Afrofu- ter her separation and eventual divorce. While he wanted to read about someone he “In the context of relations between turism movement, which envisions writing about her feelings, Headlam realized that could identify with. the African-American community a future distinctly shaped by black dealing with her traumatic past was a necessary “When you look at successful and law enforcement, I wanted to culture and tradition. part of her journey. She had been the victim of characters in comic books, it’s of- create a character that would walk “It’s an affirmation that not only sexual assault in her childhood — memories that ten someone the author can relate to,” both lines and ‘Nowhere Man’ came do black people survive in the future she had worked hard to forget, she said. said Jerome Walford, who founded about organically,” he said. “We have but they bring with them the cultural “I had to revisit a place in my life that I didn’t Forward Comix in 2010. this scene where the chasers go into traditions that have sustained them want to, and I was struggling with the fact that I Walford was a big fan of comic the communities and use aggressive throughout time,” said Hollman. was molested as young child, because I blocked books growing up, but felt like the tactics to try and hunt down Jack. In addition to the comics creators, it out of my mind and was numb to it,” said Jerome Walford Jerome Headlam. classics that inspired him, including Action shot: Jack Maguire, a New York City cop, uses futuris- We see interactions, and we begin the Expo will feature several events Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” and the to realize that this looks very cur- inspired by Afrofuturism, includ- At the book launch, the actress and author Batman story “The Killing Joke,” tic technology to pass through a moving subway while on the rent and very relatable.” ing a virtual reality experience that will read excerpts from her book and screen a did not represent his experience. In run from paramilitary police forces in Walford’s comic “Nowhere Walford, who immigrated with his puts visitors in the body of a black short documentary film. high school, he invented the char- Man.” family from Jamaica during the 1980s, woman, and a panel discussion on “Love After…” book release at Stuart Cin- acter who developed into the star of also created the “Gwan Anthology” black women in science fiction and ema and Cafe [79 West St. between Milton “Nowhere Man” — Jack Maguire, a walk through walls, create blasts of sees the super-cop as a threat, and in 2016 to publish the stories of im- fantasy. The event will also include Street and Greenpoint Avenue in Greenpoint, black police detective who discovers energy, and hack communications, unleashes a paramilitary force to migrant comics creators. a superhero cosplay contest and an (347) 721–3777, www.stuartcinema.com]. Feb. 9 futuristic technology that lets him among other abilities. But the state hunt him down, racially profiling Writers and readers from non- art workshop for kids. at 7 pm. Free. — Alexandra Simon 8 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 February 1–7, 2019

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theinvisibledog.org. Foreign and Commonwealth Office ings by Enrico Riley that deal with sports, and parenting EVENT, ATTUNE TO GRATITUDE: A I give it an ayyyyyyyy-plus: The Fonz himself, Henry Winkler, will themes of historical and contem- gratitude ceremony, with offerings porary violence, martyrdom, grief, and Tibetan singing bowls. $35. 7 stop by the Brooklyn Public Library on Feb. 3 to discuss his latest and the middle passage. The artist in one package. pm. Anima Mundi Apothecary (31 children’s book “Here’s Hank: Everybody is Somebody,” co-written speaks at 6 pm. Free. 5–8 pm. Jen- Noble St. between West Street and with Lin Oliver, about a kid who has trouble reading. kins Johnson Projects [207 Ocean the water in Greenpoint), www.con- Ave. between Parkside Avenue and sciouscityguide.com. Lincoln Road in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, (212) 629–0707], www.jen- DANCE, “BACH AND GIRA”: Brazilian THEATER, FOUR SEASONS: A height- THEATER, “HARVEY”: The Heights kinsjohnsongallery.com. dance company Grupo Corpo pres- ON YOUR COMPUTER, ened language play in four acts, on Players perform the gentle comedy EVENT, BLACK HISTORY AT TARGET ents a kinetic kaleidoscope of clas- the pursuit of the ineffable. $7. 8 about a drunkard and his best friend, sical, contemporary, and traditional FIRST SATURDAY: Start Black His- pm. Triskelion Arts [106 Calyer St. a giant invisible rabbit. $20 ($18 se- tory Month with a celebration of the forms. $24–$75. 7:30 pm. BAM How- between Banker Street and Clifford niors and students). 8 pm. Heights PHONE, OR TABLET ard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafay- exhibition, “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power,” which ette Ave. between Ashland Place Place in Greenpoint, (718) 389– Players [26 Willow Pl. between Jora- 3473], www.triskelionarts.org. lemon and State streets in Brooklyn ends on Feb. 3. The free event will No one else covers and St. Felix Street in Fort Greene), have music, art-making, poetry, www.bam.org. THEATER, SECRETS OF GREEN- Heights, (718) 237–2752], www. heightsplayers.org. discussions, and ﬁ lms. Free. 5–10 COMEDY, WHIPLASH: Former Upright WOOD: A shadow-puppet show Brooklyn like about a woman who gets lost while ART, LITTLE SKIPS WINTER ART pm. Brooklyn Museum [200 Eastern Citizens Brigade Theatre show de- Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in buting at Union Hall, where it will trying to bury a secret in Green- SHOW: A exhibit of Brooklyn mul- BrooklynPaper.com. Wood Cemetery. 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What a ’tease! Maybe you have a Valentine, maybe you don’t, but when Shelly “the Sing- ing Siren” Watson is crooning love Fine Japanese cuisine, plus full songs while wearing a corset tighter FREE $10 Saving the date! than a hipster’s jeans, who cares? Join sushi bar, for lunch or dinner DELIVERY MIN Watson and other vixens, including Miss Coney Island 2019, Pearls Daily, at the “Filthy Gorgeous Burlesque 162 Montague St, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn Heights Activities to get you through V-Day Valentine’s Spectacular,” which fuses (718) 522-5555/58 Fax: (718) 522-7555 the art of striptease with big-tent cir- By Colin Mixson Littlefield (635 Sackett St. between ers are just $5 before 7 pm. cus routines that will make you for- www.nanatori.com OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK Brooklyn Paper Third and Fourth avenues in Gow- Find love at the Amarachi Lounge get your lonely heart — or your Val- anus, www.littlefieldnyc.com). Feb. 8 (189 Bridge St. between Nassau and entine! ove is in the air! at 10:30 pm. $10 ($7 in advance). Concord streets Downtown, ama- Do Valentine’s Day dirty at Brook- Everywhere you look around, rachi325.com). Feb. 12 at 7 pm. Free. lyn Bowl [61 Wythe St. between N. L you see the signs that Valentine’s Get the hook up! Register online at eventbrite.com. 11th and N. 12th streets in Williams- Day is coming soon. And if you’re be- Sketched out by dating apps, but burg, (718) 963–3369, www.brook- ing wise, you will have a plan for Feb. still want some help finding love? Jo Wine and dine lynbowl.com]. Feb. 14 at 7:30 pm. 14, whether you are happily paired up, Firestone and her band of comedian Brooklyn Winery will transform $22 ($50 VIP). on the prowl, or forever alone and de- matchmakers have you covered! At its classy Williamsburg booze determined to avoid sappy couples: the show “Friends of Single People,” pot into a guaranteed three-pointer Laugh at singles! the wisecracking love gurus will in- for dudes looking to win Valentine’s Comedian Lane Moore will swipe STAY INFORMED! Stupid Cupid! terview singles in the audience, and Day, and ensure at least a day or two right — into savagery — and roast Valentine’s Day is just a conspiracy then act on their behalf in a classic of domestic bliss. The evening fea- the desperate singles of Tinder before cooked up by chocolate companies and dating game. tures a three-course candlelit dinner a live audience at Littlefield (which Get daily updates on news in your Big Flower! Well, you’re not buying Get a date at Littlefield (see for $65, beneath the clear glass sky of is really going all-in on Valentine’s what Hallmark is selling! Valentine’s above). Feb. 10 at 8 pm. $10. the urban winery’s atrium, with the Day this year) on Feb. 16, where she Day is just an opportunity to embrace option to spend a little more — or a will project her touch-screen antics the bleak, existential nature of exis- Heart and Soul lot — on meal upgrades and custom on the big screen as she deconstructs neighborhood by signing up for our tence — with other people. Join other Soul Swipe, a Tinder-like dating wine pairings. Why overthink Valen- the shallow, sex-fueled universe of woke lonely-hearts at Littlefield for the app that markets itself as “black dat- tine’s Day, when you can reach into online dating. Funny people Jo Fire- concert venue’s annual “It’s Friday, ing, done right,” wants to hook you your pocket and guarantee victory? stone, Jean Grae, and Sam Grittner daily e-mail updates at I’m (Not) In Love” Anti-Valentine’s up with a date for Valentines Day! Go out to Brooklyn Winery [213 N. will join Moore for the improvised Day Party, where everyone wears bo- Its event, happening Downtown on Eighth St. between Driggs Avenue “Valentine’s Day Spectacular” edition hemian black, sings sad love songs, Feb. 12, will kick off with a two-hour and Roebling Street in Williamsburg, of her monthly comedy show. and partakes in the universal balm speed-dating round, followed by a (347) 763–1507, www.bkwinery.com]. Chuckle at the expense of love- for broken hearts — booze! mixer. Show up early for some liq- Feb. 14. Reserve a seat by emailing less singles at Littlefield (see first BrooklynPaper.com/updates Don’t celebrate Valentine’s Day at uid courage — drinks and appetiz- [email protected]. item). Feb. 16 at 8:30 pm. $15. 10 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 February 1–7, 2019

oneer Ernestus collaborates SLOPE: Chamber groups discussion screening of [149 Seventh St. at Third 6 pm. Old Stone House [336 with a revolving assembly of perform “The Swan (Car- “Tales from the Hood.” $15. Avenue in Gowanus, (718) Third St. between Fourth Senegalese sabar musicians nival of the Animals)” and 7 pm. BAM Rose Cinemas 643–6510], www.thebell- and Fifth avenues in Park 9 DAYS... to create a hybrid sound. Dvo ák’s Piano Quartet No. [30 Lafayette Ave. between houseny.com. Slope, (718) 768–3195], $40. 8 pm. Pioneer Works 2. $20 suggested donation. Lafayatte Avenue and Han- MUSIC, “WHO IS THIS RIT- www.theoldstonehouse. Continued from page 8 [159 Pioneer St. between 3 pm. St. John’s Episcopal son Place in Fort Greene, UAL FOR AND FROM?”: org. Army Plaza between East- Imlay and Conover streets in Church [139 St. John’s Pl. (718) 636–4100], www. Composer Anaïs Maviel COMEDY, UH-OH!: Stories ern Parkway and Flatbush Red Hook, (718) 596–3001], between Sixth and Seventh bam.org. offers a solo dance and From People Who Pooped Avenue in Prospect Heights, pioneerworks.org. avenues in Park Slope, (718) COMEDY, RESISTANCE IS music performance that Their Pants. Brought to you (718) 230–2100], www. 783–3928]. FERTILE: A monthly com- transitions into a duo set by Squatty potty. Free. 8 bklynlibrary.org. READING, HENRY WINKLER edy show of queer and with pianist Sam Yulsman. pm. Friends and Lovers (641 COMEDY, OH, SUCH A HUGE SUN, FEB. 3 AND LIN OLIVER: The female-identifying comics $25 ($18 in advance). 8 pm. Classon Ave. between Dean SHOW, OH!: A stand- ART, “ESCHER” THE EXHIBI- Fonz and his co-author dis- (and one token man). With Roulette [509 Atlantic Ave. and Pacifi c streets in Crown up and sketch show with TION AND EXPERIENCE: cuss their children’s book Kareen Chee, Gabe Gon- at Third Avenue in Boerum Heights), www.fnlbk.com. Aparna Nancherla, Joe Final day of the exhibit. “Here’s Hank: Everybody zalez, Blair Dawson, and Hill, (917) 267–0363], www. THEATER, SHE HATES COF- Pera, Catherine Cohen, Jo 9 am–9 pm. See Friday, is Somebody.” Free. 4 pm. Claudia Cogan. Free. 7 pm. roulette.org. FEE: Dominicansoul Pro- Firestone, and more with Feb. 1. Brooklyn Public Library’s Pete’s Candy Store [709 COMEDY, AMBUSH COM- ductions presents a play all proceeds going to the Central branch [10 Grand Lorimer St. at Richardson EDY: A comedy show in about a man jilted at the BLOOD DRIVE: The Brooklyn Army Plaza between East- Street in Williamsburg, (718) Transgender Law Center. Bridge Rotary Club spon- the back of a pizza shop! altar who tries to fi nd ro- $20. 7 pm. Bell House [149 ern Parkway and Flatbush 302–3770], www.petescan- With hosts Lucas Connolly mance again. $47.50 ($62.50 sors a blood drive before Avenue in Prospect Heights, dystore.com. Seventh St. at Third Avenue Valentine’s Day. Donors will and David Piccolomini, VIP). 8 pm. Kumble Theater in Gowanus, (718) 643– (718) 230–2100], www. and free beer from 8–8:30 at Long Island Univer- receive snacks, a chocolate bklynlibrary.org. 6510], thebellhouseny.com. heart, Hershey’s kisses, and pm. Free. 8 pm. Two Boots sity [DeKalb and Flatbush COMEDY, RIMSHOT!: Stand- a Dunkin Donuts Gift Card. TUES, FEB. 5 Williamsburg [558 Driggs avenues in Downtown, Ave. between N. Sixth and (718) 488–1624], www.she- up comedy punctuated by Free. 9 am–1 pm. Con- MON, FEB. 4 TALK, MOBILE PHONE POD- a quick burst of incredibly gregation B’nai Avraham CASTING: Learn to use your N. Seventh streets in Wil- hatescoffee.com. stupid music. With Andy synagogue [117 Remsen TALK, “GRASSY GRASS- mobile device to record liamsburg, (718) 387–2668], Haynes, Kate Willet, Mike St. between Clinton and ROOTS — CITIZENS and edit podcasts. Free. twoboots.com/location/wil- NIGHTLIFE, “IT’S FRIDAY, Recine, and more. $7 (free Henry streets in Brooklyn CREATING PARKS”: A 3 pm. Dekalb Library [790 liamsburg. I’M (NOT) IN LOVE” ANTI- with RSVP). 7 pm. Friends Heights, (917) 723–4500], panel discussion on how Bushwick Ave. at Dekalb VALENTINE’S PARTY: Wear and Lovers (641 Classon www.BrooklynBridgeRota- everyday citizens can help Avenue in Bushwick, (718) black to this anti-Valentine’s Ave. between Dean and ryClub.org. bring vacant and unrealized 683–5653], https://www. WED, FEB. 6 party, where you can dance Pacifi c streets in Crown TALK, UNDERSTANDING landscapes into the public bricartsmedia.org/educa- BROOKLYN TRADITIONAL to songs of heartbreak and Heights), www.fnlbk.com. ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE realm. $5. 6:30 pm. Brook- tion-media-resources/me- SLOW JAM: Acoustic jam liberation, pose in the dark MUSIC, SHAMIR: With Sam- AND DEMENTIA: In-depth lyn Historical Society [128 dia-education-courses/mo- session focusing on Irish, photo booth, and salve your mus Peaer. $20 ($15 in workshops for families or Pierrepont St. at Clinton bile-phone-podcasting. English, New England Old Museum Brooklyn broken heart with booze. advance). 8 pm. Brooklyn individuals concerned with Street in Brooklyn Heights, COMEDY, NPR’S ASK ME time, French Canadian, and Art and soul: This 1971 painting of Angela Davis, by $7–$10. 10:30 pm. Littlefi eld Bazaar (150 Greenpoint memory loss. Free. 11:15 (718) 222–4111], www. ANOTHER: Special guests American Southern musical Wadsworth A. Jarrell, is part of the exhibit “Soul of (635 Sackett St. between Third and Fourth avenues Ave. between Manhattan am. Sacred Hearts & St Ste- brooklynhistory.org. Michael Ian Black and Es- traditions. $5. 7 pm. Old a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, 1963–1983,” Avenue and Franklin Street phen Church [125 Summit FILM, HORROR NOIRE AND ther Perel join puzzlemas- Stone House [336 Third St. in Gowanus), www.little- in Greenpoint), www.bkba- St. at Hicks Street in Carroll TALES FROM THE HOOD: ter Will Schortz and “Wait between Fourth and Fifth at the Brooklyn Museum, which closes on Feb. 3. Ad- fi eldnyc.com. zaar.com. Gardens, (718) 596–7750], A double bill featuring the Wait... Don’t Tell Me!” host avenues in Park Slope, (718) mission is free after 5 pm on Feb. 2 for the Target MUSIC, MARK ERNESTUS’S www.nymemorycenter.org/ new documentary about Peter Sagal for this hour- 768–3195], www.theold- First Saturday progam, and the Museum will host NDAGGA RHYTHM caregiver-programs. Black Americans in genre long public radio favorite. stonehouse.org. SAT, FEB. 9 FORCE: German techno pi- MUSIC, CONCERTS ON THE fi lms, followed by a panel $20. 7:30 pm. 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NARS Foundation [201 638–5000], www.brooklyn- kicks off her East Coast Banker Street and Clifford 46th St. at Second Avenue, tour “Estelle Experience” in museum.org. Place in Greenpoint, (718) fourth fl oor in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. $25. 8 pm. Baby’s TALK, WINTER WASSAIL: 389–3473], www.triskelion- (718) 768–2765], www.nars- All Right [146 Broadway be- arts.org. The fourth annual Winter tween Bedford and Driggs foundation.org. Wassail brings an evening COMEDY, STOKED: A free EXHIBITIONS AT A.I.R: Stra- avenues in Bushwick, (718) comedy show hosted by of love and revelry as Smith tus Lift by Carrie Johnson; Street Stage announces its 599–5800], www.babysall- Amber Rollo. Featuring %LEGANCEWITHOUT%XTRAVAGANCE right.com. Every 16 Hours by Kadie upcoming 10th season. $10. Jax Dell’Osso, Gianmarco Salfi ; Sol, ella y yo (Sol, her 6–9 pm. Smith Street Stage COMEDY, COMEDIANS YOU Soresi, Ariel Evans, and Critically Acclaimed Wine List SHOULD KNOW: The Chi- and I) by Isabella Cruz- (199 Carroll St., at Clinton more. Open mic at 7 pm, Chong. Free. 6 pm – 8 pm. street in Carroll Gardens, cago-style stand-up show- with the best comic getting case welcomes Matthew A.I.R. Gallery [155 Plymouth www.smithstreetstage.org). Broussard, Joyelle Johnson, a spot in “Stoked.” Free. St. between Pearl and Jay FILM, CARTOON CARNIVAL’S Now Accepting Reservations Sean Patton, and more. $10 8 pm. Mad Tropical (236 streets in Dumbo, (212) “BE MINE”: A Valentine’s ($5 in advance). 9 pm. The Troutman St Brooklyn, NY 255–6651], www.airgallery. Day theme of classic ani- for St. Valentine’s Day Gutter [200 N. 14th St. be- 11237 in Bushwick), bit.ly/ org. mated cartoons hosted by tween Wythe Avenue and Stoked2719. BOTANICAL DRINK & DRAW Tommy Jose Stathes. 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SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS Flushing Bank Hosts Grand Opening Reception for New Chinatown Location

Flushing Financial Corpo- ration (Nasdaq: FFIC), the par- ent holding company for Flush- ing Bank opened a new branch in Chinatown on January 23rd and hosted a Grand Opening Re- ception at the Canton Lounge in Chinatown to celebrate its new- est location at 183 Canal Street, New York, NY.

John R. Buran, President and CEO of Flushing Bank, stated: “Our Grand Opening reception was well attended by community leaders, real estate develop- ers, business owners, and pro- fessionals from the Chinatown market. We have a long-standing relationship with the Asian community and this Chinatown location is a natural extension of our business footprint. Over the years, we have supported numerous local community, cultural, and charitable orga- nizations through financial sponsorships and employee par- ticipation. To demonstrate our commitment to this community, we presented a check to the Chi- natown Partnership at our reception. As a community bank, we believe it is important to J_fne`ek_\g_fkf ]ifdc\]kkfi`^_k 18cXeC`#Af_eJk\nXik#B\eep?lf#Af_e9liXe#Gi`jZ`ccX=l#Af_eJ`l#

Brooklyn Paper of experience to her new ap- Brooklyn’s new Surrogate’s pointment. Court Judge, Harriet Thomp- She ran her eponymous son, celebrated the start of her Fort Greene–based law firm, term with peers and politicos Harriet Thompson and Asso- during her official swearing-in ciates, LLP, for years before ceremony at Kings County Su- being elected to the Kings preme Court on Jan. 24. County Civil Court bench Voters elected Thompson in 2010. to the Surrogate’s Court bench last November, and she suc- The judge is also a member ceeds Judge Diana Johnson, of both the Brooklyn Bar As- who recently retired from the sociation and Brooklyn Wom- post overseeing cases that in- en’s Bar Association, as well Photos by Caroline Ourso clude matters involving wills, as a former treasurer for the Justice Harriet Thompson received her robe and a estates, and adoptions. Kings County Housing Court round of applause during her induction ceremony Thompson brings a trove Bar Association. at Kings County Supreme Court on Jan. 24. Compass 365 Parkside Ave. is set up as an owner’s duplex over a floor-through It’s Gage on at eatery garden apartment. The gaping living area (left), complete with fireplace and parquet floors, gets Restaurateurs ink lease for Gage and Tollner space tons of natural light. By Julianne Cuba hard at work breathing new Brooklyn Paper life into the space, using the The three restaurateurs $400,000 they raised and who last year announced plans another hefty check they re- Neo-Georgian with parking spot to revive Downtown’s ven- ceived from investors. erable chop house Gage and Any deep-pocketed sup- Tollner plan to open their sec- porters who have yet to pitch Prospect-Lefferts Gardens townhouse asks $1.875M ond-coming of the bistro this in still can, according to Fri- fall, after inking a lease on the zell, who said the trio will col- historic dining room. lect cash through Feb. 28 or Stephen Zacks The room has bookcases or possibly original with re- ing in front, according to the The trio previously until they rake in $500,000. Brownstoner built into either side of a bay placement slab doors. Some- listing, where a stoop might launched a fund-raising “That was our minimum Inside this three-story window and a beamed ceil- how the kitchen still has room have otherwise stood. drive to collect cash needed goal, $400,000,” he said. brick-and-limestone town- ing, all parqueted up through with all of the cabinets for a The row was built in 1914 to rent the space, and locking “Reaching our minimum al- house with a Neo-Georgian the double doors to the for- breakfast table and a combo during the infancy of Brook- in enough money to seal the lowed us to sign a lease.” facade and Arts & Crafts in- mal dining room. washer-dryer to serve the lyn’s Parkside Avenue, pre- deal on their plan was a sur- The restaurateurs plan to terior, frothy details like man- The ornate mantel in the three-bedroom duplex. viously known as Robinson real feeling, according to one serve up many of the iconic tels that resemble wedding latter features aristocratic A floor-through one- Street. of the entrepreneurs. bistro’s classic land and sea cakes vie with rugged sim- heads with powder wigs atop bedroom on the first floor Our own Suzanne Spellen “Oh my god, I’m so ex- Photo by Julianne Cuba dishes, but before they can plicity in other places, such as spear-decorated columns and is not pictured in the listing, (aka Montrose Morris) cited. It’s literally the chance From left, restaurateurs Ben Schenider, Sohui Kim, reopen the fabled dining the cut-stone and wood man- cross members dolled up with from Debra Bondy and Sally wrote about other houses of a lifetime, a dream come and St. John Frizell inside the landmarked Gage and room’s doors, the local com- tels in the living room. a lot of foliage. Marmet of Compass. on the block, largely de- true,” said St. John Frizell, Tollner restaurant, where they just signed a lease. munity board must review The spacious interior is There’s a coffered ceiling Designed by prolific veloped as duplexes be- the owner of Red Hook res- their plans, which also must unencumbered by hallways and wainscoting to match, as Brooklyn and Long Island tween the 1890s and 1914 by taurant Fort Defiance, whose tle soup opened in 1879, and food joint Arby’s , and most be signed off on by the Land- and a large stairwell, thanks well as French doors to a rear architect Benjamin Dreisler, William A.A. Brown. first name is pronounced closed in 2004, more than a recently, a costume jewelry marks Preservation Commis- to separate entrances for each balcony with stairs down to 365 Parkside Ave. belongs A study of the area, in- “sin-jun.” “I’ve been think- century after it moved to Ful- store until 2016 . sion due to the interiors’ pro- of the units. It’s set up as an the garden. to a row of 10 that, in the cluding this block, was done ing about and working on this ton Street between Pearl and But now, Frizell and his tected status. owner’s duplex over a floor- The dining room wall- fashion of the time, have in 2017 to determine the el- actively for 18 months, but I Jay streets in 1892. husband-and-wife partners Frizell, however, assured through garden apartment. paper was already there no stoops along the whole igibility of a Melrose Park never thought I would have Following the restaurant’s Ben Schenider — the owner of that he and his partners don’t In the duplex’s living when the current sellers stretch, possibly to accom- National Register Historic the opportunity to work on closure, the space — whose Red Hook eatery Good Fork, plan to change much, because room, a bench built into a bought the house in 2011 modate the new luxury item District. a project of this magnitude. cherry-wood and-mahogany who said the trio may name they want to ensure their ver- stair with Arts & Crafts new- for $960,000. of the time, the horseless car- The townhouse is now I’m just overjoyed.” interior with mirrored walls their revival something other sion of the eatery retains the ell caps, posts, and handrails Through the back of the riage — also known as the asking almost double its last The iconic Brooklyn eatery and chandeliers is a city than Gage and Tollner — and original’s spirit, which kept faces the aforementioned dining room, the kitchen has automobile. sale price eight years ago: known for its gas lighting and landmark — became a TGI Sohui Kim, who will run the customers coming back for stone mantel, emphasizing abundant cabinets that appear At any rate, this one has a $1.875 million. signature dishes such as tur- Fridays , an outpost of fast- new restaurant’s kitchen, are generations. the open proportions. to be vintage circa late 1930s, curb cut and room for park- What do you think?

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(3) Court Street Office OPEN A MYCHECKING 112 Court Street ACCOUNT AND EARN $ 350 Brooklyn, NY 11201 Mon. - Wed., Frid. 8:00am - 5:00pm Open a MyChecking, MyChecking 60+, or MyChecking Student(4) and maintain a $500 Thursday 8:00am - 6:00pm average monthly balance, have a recurring direct deposit of $500 or more, and perform Saturday 9:00am - 2:00pm 10 POS debit card transactions per month over the first 90 days to earn a $350 bonus(3). (718) 677-4400 | eNorthfield.com

(1) Annual Percentage Yield (APY) subject to change without notice. A minimum balance of $10.00 is required to open account. The account will be charged a minimum balance fee of $8.00 each statement cycle if the average daily balance for that cycle falls below $2,500. Fees can reduce earnings. Account balances between $0.01 and $999,998.99 earn 2.25% APY on the entire balance. Account balances $999,999.00 and over earn 0.90% APY on the entire balance. Transaction limitations apply. New money, defined as funds not currently on deposit at Northfield Bank, are required to open. (2) Annual Percentage Yield (APY) subject to change without notice. Minimum balance of $2,500 to open CD. All account balances above $0.01 will earn the stated APY. There is a substantial penalty for early withdrawals. Fees could reduce earnings. The maximum CD account balance is $225,000. (3) Bonus reward offer is available to new MyChecking, MyChecking 60+, or MyChecking Student customers who do not have an existing or prior Northfield checking account AND who meet the required qualifying criteria within 90 calendar days from account opening. Qualifying criteria is defined as maintaining a $500 average daily balance in the new account AND having a monthly recurring direct deposit of $500 or more, AND performing 10 point of sale debit card transactions per month. Qualifying direct deposits are recurring electronic deposits of your paycheck, pension, or government benefits. Person-to-person transfers between your Northfield account or accounts you have at other institutions do not qualify. Once the criteria is met, the reward will be credited to the new MyChecking account no later than 30 business days following the end of the 90 day period. Account must remain open through the qualifying period to receive bonus. Bonus will be reported as taxable income on a 1099-INT. One bonus per household and offer subject to change without notice. (4) MyChecking has no monthly service charge when you do one of the following each statement cycle: 1) maintain a minimum average daily balance of $500; OR, 2) have a recurring direct deposit totaling $500 or more; OR, 3) perform 10 POS debit card transactions. Otherwise, an $8.00 monthly service charge will apply. MyChecking Student and MyChecking 60+ have no monthly minimum balance requirements and no monthly service charge. Offers in effect as of 1/04/19, subject to change without notice, and only available at Court Street office. MEMBER FDIC