BERM NOTICE in Men, According to a Doctor at Coney Island Hospital
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WE’RE CELEBRATING NATIONAL WEAR RED DAY – FEBRUARY 1, 2019 BROOKLYNPAPER.COM Since 1978 • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2019 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Williamsburg & Greenpoint 14 pages • Vol. 42, No. 5 • February 1–7, 2019 IT’S A RED ALERT Recognizing and preventing heart disease in women 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 pro- posed a third way to fix the Brooklyn– Queens Expressway’s triple cantilever unveiled more de- tails for the scheme Why we’re going red this week that proposes send- ing 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.