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Twin Towers that killed her File photo by Hugh Crawford husband, Dave Fontana. “He loves the guitar, plays music not the only victim of Sept. 11 Marian Fontana, too, has and writes songs. He still men- whose dreams were dramati- changed since the day that her tions being a firefighter, and cally altered by that day. The husband, a member of Park has a great respect for the job, legions of people changed for- Slope’s elite Squad 1 on Union Parade ‘racial’ outrage but I don’t think he’ll choose ever by 9-11 are as near as the Street, died with 11 members that life.” house next door and as far away of his team as they ran into the Williams: Cops wouldn’t have cuffed me if I was white Aiden Fontana is, of course, as Afghanistan and Iraq. See FONTANA on page 2 By Thomas Tracy the parade incident. “They should and demanded to know why they The Brooklyn Paper just say that they committed an were inside a “frozen zone.” Councilman Jumaane Wil- error and were going to correct it. The duo claimed they flashed liams is lashing out at cops who They should not insult our intel- their identification and said that New app brings WTC back handcuffed and detained him dur- ligence. Just because we’re black an NYPD supervisor gave them ing the West Indian Parade on doesn’t mean we’re dumb.” permission to enter the blocked- By Kate Briquelet to someone who’d never seen Monday, claiming that they are Williams and Kirsten John- off area, but the officers wouldn’t The Brooklyn Paper them.” lying about the incident, and that Foy, who is an aide to Public Ad- hear it. The ghosts of Sept. 11 are Called 110 Stories, the free it wouldn’t have happened if he vocate Bill DeBlasio, were walk- One officer knocked John-Foy still with us. And now you program is scheduled for re- was white. ing down an empty, cordoned-off to the sidewalk and both were can get two more — the Twin lease in Apple’s App Store on “[The police] should cease and sidewalk as they made their way handcuffed before they were Wednesday. Towers themselves — on your desist with the lies,” Williams to a luncheon at the Brooklyn Mu- Photo Tracy by Tom taken to the Union Temple, a iPhone. The app works by using aug- (D–Flatbush) said on Tuesday, seum at 1:30 pm on Monday when synagogue across the street on mented reality, the latest smart- Councilman Jumaane Wil- Greenpoint resident Brian his first public comments since several officers stopped the pair liams on Tuesday. See PARADE on page 6 August has created a mobile phone technology that fuses app that superimposes silhou- computer-generated content ettes of the World Trade Cen- and real-world views. ter’s iconic towers onto photos First, the software uses a of the New York skyline — global positioning system to from any point in the city. identify where users are with As a native New Yorker sci-fi precision — determining Horsing around who grew up in awe of Lower their latitude, longitude and Manhattan skyscrapers, Au- the angle at which they’d see gust wanted to memorialize the the towers. Walentas opens her DUMBO carousel bygone towers and show them Then it directs them to the to younger generations. Photo by Paul Martinka best position to snap a photo. By Kate Briquelet “It’s the real experience Brian August has created Within seconds, two imper- The Brooklyn Paper — as much as I can give it an iPhone app that will fect, but scale models of the It’s been a long ride, but Jane’s Carousel to someone,” August said. “I recreate the Twin Tow- towers appear on the screen — will finally open in Brooklyn Bridge Park was obsessed with the fact that ers when you point your exactly where they would have next week — an instant waterfront icon for they were missing and thought phone at Lower Manhat- been on Sept. 10, 2001. kids of all ages. about how I could explain them tan from anywhere. See APP on page 15 Jane Walentas, an artist and wife of DUMBO mega-developer David Walentas, restored the classic 1920s-era carousel and will unveil it to the public on Sept. 16, in its permanent, Jean Nouvel–designed home on Rep. Grimm: Make the East River. Photo by Alice Proujansky The carousel will shine in its waterfront “It’s a thrill to see it here on the river- pavilion designed by Jean Nouvel. front,” Walentas said on Friday, as the horses waited to be installed. “It’s now in the place cross a 9-11 icon we bought it for, in this spectacular build- cast silhouettes across the river. By Dan MacLeod icon in a federally funded mu- ing, in this spectacular park.” Once called the Idora Park Merry-Go- The Brooklyn Paper seum violates the First Amend- The merry-go-round shines inside its Round, the beloved wooden ride was in use ment’s block on government- Photo by Alice Proujansky $9-million acrylic pavilion with 26-foot-tall until a fire ravaged the struggling park and the Rep. Michael Grimm wants city was forced to shut it down in 1984. to turn the ultimate 9-11 sym- sponsored religion. Jane Walentas’s restored carousel fi- retractable walls that open during the day. The Walentases bought the historic ride bol of Christianity into a na- The American Atheists nally has a permanent home in Brook- At night, shades drop over the glassy shelter tional monument. sued the Port Authority and lyn Bridge Park. and every hour on the hour, revolving horses See CAROUSEL on page 17 Grimm (R–Bay Ridge) the World Trade Center Me- plans to introduce legislation morial Foundation, among oth- this week to enshrine a cross- ers, in July after the Founda- shaped relic uncovered in the tion moved the cross from a rubble of the World Trade Cen- nearby church to the site of

AP / Mark Lennihan ANOTHER CYCLIST DEATH ter so that it can be installed the museum, which will open Rep. Michael Grimm is at the new museum at Ground on Sept. 11. By Aaron Short ing eastbound with a friend on through the street and there was scene after the accident and he f i g h t i n g t o m a ke t h i s c r o s s Zero. The museum was built The Brooklyn Paper Borinquen Place and was about “blood everywhere.” was not charged. — which was discovered The freshman congressman partially with federal funds Another cyclist was killed by to turn left onto Rodney Street at Djandji was found unconscious The gruesome cycling fa- during the search and re- says that only federal protec- — and, as such, the atheists’ a motor vehicle in Williamsburg 8:25 pm, when a black Toyota trav- at the scene and he was dead on tality is the second in the past covery efforts around the tion can thwart a lawsuit from suit contends that installing the this weekend — the third fatality eling in the other direction struck arrival at Woodhull Hospital. week and the third in the past World Trade Center — a an atheist group that claims cross there endorses one reli- in the past two months and the him in the intersection. Police determined that the cy- two months. national monument. that displaying the Christian See GRIMM on page 15 10th in the city so far this year. A witness told the New York clist ran a red light at Rodney Last Tuesday, a car ran over Nicholas Djandji, 24, was rid- Post that the car dragged him Street. The driver stayed on the See CYCLIST on page 6

pressive in his Cyclone debut, pitching six innings of shutout ball, yield- ing just five hits and striking out Cyclones make playoffs six. Cyclones 11 By Gersh Kuntzman dates. In the meantime, sit back and The Brooklyn Paper enjoy our coverage of the sweep of Yankees 4 Sept. 3 at Staten Island These mini-Mets really are the Baby Bombers. amazin’! Cyclones 4 Staten Island scored first, but the Clones scored four in the third After playing mediocre ball most Yankees 0 on three singles, two walks and a of the season, the Brooklyn Cyclones Sept. 2 at MCU Park passed ball. turned it on, earning the New York– The Cyclones got all they needed The Yankees got a run back in the Penn League’s wild-card slot in their with two runs in the third. T.J. Ri- last series of the season. vera led off with a single, and Dan- bottom of the inning on a homer by And it couldn’t have happened at a iel Muno sent him to third with his Dante Bichette, the son of the for- sweeter time, beginning a three-game 23rd double of the year. Rivera scored mer major leaguer. sweep of the hated Staten Island Yan- on a groundout and Muno came in on The Cyclones got two more in kees — who are not only the Cyclones’ Javier Rodriguez’s 22nd two-bagger the fifth on Nelfi Zapata’s two-run rivals in life, but also in the first round of the year. blast. of the playoffs, which were set to be- Another run came in during the third Brandon Brown drove in a run Photo by Paul Martinka gin on Wednesday night. after Travis Taijeron doubled and later in the seventh, and the Cyclones

The Cyclones were 9–5 against the Photo Callan by Tom scored on Rivera’s sac fly. added four more in the ninth. The Yankees during the regular season. The Cyclones celebrate their The final run scored in the seventh big blow was Brian Harrison’s three- They’re on parade Check back every day at Brooklyn- playoff-clinching victory on Fri- on Richard Lucas’s single. run blast. A triumvirate followed the dress code of the day at the West Indian Paper.com for all your playoff up- day night. Newcomer Domingo Tapia was im- See CYCLONES on page 5 Parade on Monday, wearing sparkles, spangles and scanty costumes.

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New York is that kind of city; when By Gersh Kuntzman terror strikes, you just start walk- The Brooklyn Paper ing. Subways, which are as constant e hated those damn towers. in our lives as running water, sud- They were boxy, kind of denly become potential deathtraps, W ugly, and out of scale even places filled with black smoke and within Lower Manhattan’s riot of burning plastic. skyscrapers. I looked up at the famous bridge, Yet we are even now unable to and the Manhattan Bridge just to its accept that our skyline and our city north. Both were f lattening from the Guestbook Signing will never be the same. stress of the tens of thousands of peo- Online & Onsite On television, the talking heads ple making their way across. Leave a personal message are saying that the terrorists who “Could you just tell me where I can www.dignitymemorial.com/911 masterminded the attack wanted to get a taxi, son,” 71-year-old Ben Sohn, “strike at the symbols of American a clerical worker, asked me. Remembrance Blessing power,” but when you live in Brook- Sohn was covered in soot from the 11:45 AM on Sunday, Sept. 11 lyn, the Twin Towers are not sym- explosions and needed help standing. in front of Joseph G. Duffy bols. They are omnipresent facts, He offered all the outward signs of Funeral Home. Mass to follow at visible from everywhere, as unavoid- St. Thomas Aquinas Church at 12 PM shellshock, unable to comprehend able as germs in a daycare center or what had happened two blocks from a speck of dandruff on a just-cleaned his office, before his body had some- The 9/11 Memorial Wall interview suit. how made the 45-minute walk across Displayed on the lawn of George Willig, who climbed one the bridge. I got him some water and Joseph G. Duffy Funeral Home of the towers in 1977 as a stunt before made him promise that he would sit Sept. 8-11th such things were actually popular, in the shade for a half-hour before once told me that the reason he did trying to get home to Midwood — it was because the buildings were so which was inaccessible anyway. ugly that they taunted him. Nearby, a man was walking with Visitors from out of town would his two kids, their fluorescent school look out the window of my Park Slope File photo by Aaron McLamb apartment — which has (make that backpacks slung around his neck. erful sway over this corner of Brook- an empty house. “had”) an enviable view of the World He told me he lived a few blocks lyn, just a mile across the river from “Every kid in this neighborhood Trade Center — and be in awe. from the Twin Towers and that he’d “Wow, what a view,” they would Lower Manhattan. is going to be traumatized,” Neal jumped on the first subway he could inevitably always say, “except for When I got there, residents told Weinstock, a parent told me as he — it hadn’t been shut down yet — so those towers.” me that they were only nervous be- bought two boxes of masks. “At the he could get to his daughters, who And when they wanted to get a cause their son, daughter, husband school, the teachers pulled down the go to school in Brooklyn. The sub- panoramic view, we’d always send or wife hadn’t yet come home from shades when the buildings were hit. way let him off at the Manhattan them to the Observation Deck at 2 “the city.” The kids were scared. Those build- side of the Brooklyn Bridge, so he World Trade Center rather than the And then the buildings collapsed. ings are like their friends.” jogged across. Now he was walk- Empire State Building — the logic We didn’t hear it, but knew it because Outside the store, people were ing his daughters back across the being that if you were standing on suddenly the debris changed. The gathering on stoops with transistor great bridge. top of the World Trade Center, the neighborhood was quickly engulfed radios, just as if they were listening “I know 40 people who work in World Trade Center wasn’t ruining in ash. A local paint store started to a news story from the 1960s or that building on the 106th floor,” he the view. selling — not giving out, but selling a daylight World Series game from said. “I mean, I used to. They’re just And then they collapsed. Feeling — ventilation masks, cheap models the old days. New Yorkers were ac- not there anymore.” terrified quickly gave way to feeling for 27 cents all the way up to a de- tually talking to each other on the “Daddy,” said one of his daugh- humbled — like the schoolyard bully luxe version for $2.37. Teachers and street, something that only happens ters. “Mommy works in the World had picked a fight with us, but this parents from local schools swarmed in this deeply impersonal city dur- Trade Center.” Joseph G. Duffy Funeral Home time the bully actually won. into the store to get the masks for the ing really big snowstorms or situa- He had no answer for his daughter, I headed for Carroll Gardens. The kids, who were being kept in classes tions like, well, like the 1993 World but looked at me and said, “Please 255 Ninth Street Twin Towers hold an especially pow- rather than dismissed to go home to Trade Center attack. say a prayer.” Brooklyn, NY 11215 (718) 499-8700 back into the dating world each date with an open heart Especially when she gets www.JosephGDuffy.com under otherworldly circum- and a lot of faith, but it’s not a reminder of her late hus- FONTANA... stances. an easy road. band every day — thanks This ﬁrm is owned and operated by a subsidiary of Service Corporation International, 1929 Allen Parkway, Houston, TX 77019 (713) 522-5141 The one thing she’s learned “When I think about Dave, to Aiden. Continued from page 1 “A Widow’s Walk: A Memoir is that the only constant in it’s definitely not as painful “He’s built just like him,” crumbling towers to rescue of 9-11,” which she saw as a life is change. as it used to be,” she added. she said. “He’s even sur- civilians. testament of that tragic day and “I’m dating, and I’ve been “I’ve tried to move forward. passed Dave by an inch al- She moved to Staten Island the year that followed. involved in a couple of rela- I don’t like the phrase ‘mov- ready. And his expressions GET MORE AT a few years after the terror at- And now she’s completed tionships,” she said. “I was ing on.’ I think about Dave are very sincere and compas- tack, then turned tragedy into her second book, “The Mid- even engaged once, but I all the time and I try to live a sionate, like Dave. I just wish BROOKLYNPAPER.COM triumph, channeling the raw dle of the Bed,” a memoir on can’t say that I found ‘The happy life, but sometimes do- Dave was here to see it and emotions she felt into her book, single parenting and jumping One.’ You try to approach ing both can be tricky.” experience it with me.”

NYSCAS a division of Touro College September 9–15, 2011 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 3 REMEMBERING 9-11 Minute by minute The legacy of words of an infamous day By Tina Chang making phone calls to loved CONSOLATION Ten years after Sept. 11, we still re- into the World Trade Center. member every second of that tragic 9:14 am — Bush is moved to an ad- for The Brooklyn Paper ones, and then I sat for hours By Perveen Shakir without sound. day. Here is a brief timeline on the jacent holding room at the elementary As a writer, words began nightmare that changed New York. But a friend had a project, Now, that I have closed school. He speaks to then-Gov. Pataki to fail me after 9-11. Theey and FBI Director Robert Mueller from seemed flighty, ephemeral, an anthology called “Lan- the doors 5:45 am — Hijackers guage for a New Century,” of the city of love Mohammed Atta and Ab- there. opaque, misleading, and ul- — Guiliani arrives at an emer- which gathered poets from upon myself dulaziz al-Omari board a 9:20 am timately powerless. gency command post on West street. Approaching my art form the Middle East and some and have thrown the key shuttle flight from a Maine of each gate airport to Boston. 9:30 am — Tower 7 across the street after the loss of so many lives from the United States. Ed- from the World Trade Center is evacu- felt like an impossible task. iting it took almost 10 years into the jade-eyed sea of 7:59 am — American oblivion, Airlines flight 11, a Boeing ated after Secret Service warns of ad- Journalists sought just the — but it was necessary to get this little timorous 767, takes off from Boston with 76 pas- ditional hijacked planes believed to be right vocabulary to guide and me to believe in words again: heading for New York. their meaning, their signifi- feeling sengers and 11 crew members on board. nurture the country, but I was is so consoling. 9:37 am cance, and their sheer power. It is en route to Los Angeles. unable to comprehend how — American 11 is hijacked — Flight 77 All the struggles between re- 8:14 am grammar, syntax, or how the Beyond the forbidding and rerouted towards Manhattan. At the crashes in the use of stanzas or line break ality and imagination played walls of the prison, same time, United Airlines flight 175, a Pentagon’s would do their larger job. itself out on the pages as I in a small lane Boeing 767, takes off from Boston bound western fa- What was the role of po- read poems of outrage, re- of the old walled city, for Los Angeles, with 51 passengers and cade, killing etry? How could my words demption and, yes, love. there is a little window 9 crew members on board. 125 military matter now? We live within a shared still open in my name. 8:19 am — The crew aboard American and civilian personnel. I closed my books. I put my experience, but I also real- Flight 11 alerts ground personnel about 9:42 am — The FAA grounds all pens away. I placed my writ- ize there are losses I cannot Tina Chang is the poet the hijacking and report that several flight flights in the continental United States. ing journals in storage boxes. comprehend though poetry. laureate of Brooklyn and attendants have been stabbed. 9:45 am — The White House and I even stopped reading. I wan- Our humanity which, like author of “Half-Lit Houses” 8:20 am — American Airlines f light U.S. Capitol are evacuated. File photo Callan by Tom dered my apartment looking the word, is as resilient as and the forthcoming, “Of 77, a Boeing 757, takes off from Washing- 9:55 am — Air Force One takes off The towers of light mark the anniversary. out the window, occasionally it ever was. Gods & Strangers.” ton Dulles International Airport bound from Florida, and heads towards Barks- for Los Angeles, with 53 passengers, and dale Air Force base in Louisiana. six crew members on board. 9:57 am — Six passengers on United Academy of Music [651 Fulton St. at 8:37 am — Air traffic controller flight 93 learn about the attacks on the Ashland Place in Fort Greene, (718) Peter Zalewski warns the Northeast Air Twin Towers. It is be- 636-4100], Sept. 21-24. Tickets $20- Defense Sector of the American 11 hi- lieved that the passen- Art world offers its solace $50. For info, visit www.bam.org. jacking; Air National Guard pilots are gers fought back against the hijackers. By Meredith Deliso Day of Remembrance at the ern Parkway in Grand Army Plaza in scrambled. ART 8:42 am — United Airlines flight 9:59 am — The South for The Brooklyn Paper Brooklyn Conservatory [58 Sev- Park Slope, (718) 230-2100], Sept. Tower collapses. enth Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park 11 at 1:30 pm. Free. For info, visit Ten years later 93, a Boeing 757, takes off from New- As the 10th anniversary of the at- 10 am — After the Slope, (718) 622-3300]; Communi- www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org. The Brooklyn Museum offers “Ten ark bound for to San Fransisco, after a tacks on 9-11 approaches, our bor- long delay. South Tower collapses, ough’s institutions, artists and com- ty Bookstore [143 Seventh Ave. at Years Later: Ground Zero Remem- Community concert 8:45 am — United 175 is hijacked Giuliani and other offi- munity organizations have taken this Garfield Place in Park Slope, (718) bered,” a multi-layered exhibition. 783-3075]; and Congregation Beth Irondale brings together a bevy “Ten Years Later: Ground Zero and rerouted towards Manhattan. cials evacuate, going through the base- opportunity to remember through of groups — String Orchestra of 8:46 am — American 11 crashes into ment into a neighboring building on music, song and dance. Elohim [274 Garfield Pl. at Eighth Remembered” at the Brooklyn Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 768- Brooklyn, American Opera Proj- Museum [200 Eastern Pkwy. at the World Trade Center’s North Tower Church Street. 3814], Sept. 11 from noon to 6:15 ects, Spoke The Hub Dance, The Washington Avenue in Prospect at 466 mph. 10:03 am FILM pm. Free. For info, visit bqcm.org. Brooklyn Music School — and ac- Heights, (718) 638-5000], Sept. 8:47 am — Mayor Giuliani is informed — U n i t e d f l i g h t claimed pianist Anton Batagov for a 93 is deliber- Object art Holy sanctuary 7-Oct. 30. Closed Mondays and of the flight 11 crash while having break- The Brooklyn Museum screens community concert. The concert ac- Tuesdays. fast at the Peninsula Hotel. ately crashed by St. Ann’s was a refuge for peo- companies a permanent exhibition, hijackers into a “Objects and Memory,” an hour- ple fleeing across the Manhat- 8:50 am — White House Chief of “Pieces of Paper Project,” which hon- Powerhouse works Staff Andrew Card in- field in Pennslyvania. long film by Brian Danitz and Jon- tan and Brooklyn Bridges, and for DUMBO’s powerHouse Arena ors the grassroots efforts respond- forms President Bush 10:28 am — The North Tower col- athan Fein about individuals who those grieving many days after. The scoured the photography field to ing to the events of 9-11. during a book reading lapses. have preserved meaningful objects Brooklyn Heights church will host document changes felt around the in the attacks’ aftermath. The af- Community Concert at the Iron- in an elementary school 10:57 am — Pataki closes all state several music groups, including the world since the attacks. government offices. ternoon will also feature three an- Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra, the dale Center [85 S. Oxford St. near in Florida that a plane Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene, “Ten Years After Nine/Eleven: 11:02 am — Giuliani calls for evac- imated shorts based on moving in- String Orchestra of Brooklyn, and has hit the World Trade (718) 488-9233], Sept. 11 at 4 pm. Searching for a 21st Century Land- uation of Lower Manhattan. Giuliani ad- terviews with those who have lost St. Ann’s Choir, as well as authors, scape” at powerHouse Arena [37 Center. loved ones on 9-11. Free. Info at www.irondale.org. 8:54 am — Flight 77 is hijacked and dresses the city via NY1. faith leaders and first responders in Main St. at Water Street in DUM- 12:16 pm — The last commercial Brooklyn Museum [200 Eastern “Sanctuary Still,” a community re- Musical awakening BO, (718) 666-3049], now through rerouted towards Washington, DC. Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in 8:55 am — A public address system in flight above the continental United States membrance. The much-lauded Kronos Quar- Sept. 16, with a reception on Sept. is grounded. Prospect Heights, (718) 638-5000], “Sanctuary Still” at St. Ann and tet and the Brooklyn Youth Chorus 10 at 7 pm. Free. For info, visit the South Tower of the World Trade Center Sept. 11 at 2 pm. Admission $10 announces, “Building 2 is secure. There 1:30 pm — Air Force One heads for the Holy Trinity Church [Clinton join forces for what’s sure to be a www.powerhousearena.com. Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska. (suggested). For info, visit www. and Montague streets in Brooklyn powerful meditation on 9-11. “Awak- is no need to evacuate Building 2. If you brooklynmuseum.org. Rethinking memorials are in the midst of evacuation, you may 3:06 pm — Bush is taken to an un- Heights, 718-875-6960], Sept. 11 ening” runs at the Brooklyn Acad- Ten artists will create interactive derground bunker at the base and strate- at 3 pm. Free. For info, visit www. emy of Music a few weeks after the use the re-entry doors and the elevators memorials in the neighborhood on to return to your office. Repeat. Build- gizes with the cabinet. MUSIC saintannandtheholytrinity.org. proper anniversary, so it has the ad- Sept. 10, from Legacy Russell’s “ed- ing 2 is secure.” 5:20 pm — Build- vantage of not competing for your Community effort Somber chamber concert ible effigies” to a decorated doorway 9:03 am — F l i g h t ing 7 collapses. The Brooklyn Conservatory, Com- The Sherman Ensemble will play attention. The two groups will per- that can be walked through and then 175 crashes World 7 pm — Bush ar- munity Bookstore, and Congregation elegies by Faure and Rachmaninoff, form 12 pieces from 11 countries, shut to provide literal “closure.” Trade Center’s South rives in Washington Beth Elohim join forces for a Day of as well as Smetana’s “Trio in G Mi- including selections from composer “Rethinking Memorial” be- Tower. DC. Remembrance with the Brooklyn Art nor (Op. 15),” at the Brooklyn Pub- Michael Gordon’s “The Sad Park,” gins at Pearl Street Triangle (Pearl 9:05 am — Card 8:30 pm — Bush Song Society, Dancewave, sermons, lic Library. which incorporates voice samples of Street between Front and Water informs Bush that a addresses the nation. Jewish prayers, and a performance Sherman Ensemble at the young children who witnessed the streets in DUMBO), Sept. 10 from second plane crashed — Alfred Ng of “America the Beautiful” by the Brooklyn Public Library’s central events at Ground Zero. 11 am to 5 pm. For info, visit www. Conservatory Orchestra. branch [Flatbush Avenue at East- “Awakening” at the Brooklyn brooklynartscouncil.org.

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A jerk snatched a film Pizza perp Find more online every Wednesday at The victim was near Sc- The driver parked near for all projector from a commu- A creep stole a wallet BrooklynPaper.com/blotter holes Street at 10:50 am when Union Avenue at 5:30 pm, nity center on Third Street from a woman at a pizza the perp approached and bit but when he returned at 3 new on Aug. 27. joint on Seventh Avenue on Computer take from behind and yanked the woman’s hand. am, the bike was gone. A worker at the Old Stone Aug. 30. her phone. She dropped her phone, — Aaron Short House near Fifth Avenue told The 24-year-old customer A jerk stole a laptop from and the perp snatched it and patients! an apartment on Park Place Wreck center cops that she left the center at told cops that she had set ran away. 94TH PRECINCT 2:45 pm, then came back the down her brown purse on a ta- on Aug. 30. A rotten jock broke into Amped up The 38-year-old victim a fellow gym rat’s locker at Greenpoint–Northside next day at 1:30 pm. That’s ble at Pino’s near First Street A thief stole two sets of told cops that she forgot to Planet Fitness on Aug. 30, PARK SLOPE when she discovered a door at 2:20 pm, then left for two speakers and an amplifier Sexual assault lock her apartment, which the latest in a long series of open and the $800 movie pro- minutes to order some grub. from a Maujer Street church A thug sexually assaulted VETERINARY CENTER jector gone — along with That was enough time for the is near Vanderbilt Avenue, crimes at the Duffield Street a woman on N. Eighth Street when she left at 8 am. She overnight on Aug. 29. two Dell laptops and $108 jerk to snatch the bag and the health club. 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A reckless building owner The fence-building neigh- in Prospect Heights destroyed bor in question — Frankie Photo by Cassi Alexandra an adjoining community gar- John, who owns the build- Community members, (from left) Matthew Smith, Eliza Loring, Patti Hagan, Missy den on Vanderbilt Avenue by ing at 586 Vanderbilt Ave. LoPorto, 1-year-old Ada Rose LoPorto, and 3-year-old Levi Glazer are outraged dumping a giant mound of — admitted to tossing dirt that someone has destroyed their beloved community garden by dumping dirt dirt and rocks on top of veg- on the garden that occupies and rocks on it. (Top left) Smith shows the damage that has been done. etables and plants to build a his backyard and the back- wall between his land and yard of several of his neigh- would host such a fiery dis- of the “Greenest Block in lege professor who gardens the greenspace. bors, but said he didn’t real- pute: The quiet green nook Brooklyn” contest. there. “It’s a really special “It’s just disgusting,” said ize there were flowers and has long offered neighbors That’s why green-thumbed place — and one of those Patti Hagan, who manages veggies there. peaceful island of refuge residents — who spent hours things that makes Brook- the Prospect Heights Com- “I cleaned it up — what amid a sea of concrete. toiling over landscaping, lyn great.” munity Garden. “It’s tres- else can I do?” he said, and The land, owned by the nurturing plants and haul- Smith, who has since con- passing, illegal dumping then denied that he had been Trust for Public Land, was ing bricks to build a pathway sulted a lawyer, said that and no way to treat a neigh- drinking or hurling obscen- once a rat-infested dump — say the huge dirt moun- cops should take the con- bor.” ities. “She’s the one getting that neighbors rejuvenated tain is as much an affront to flict, which he called a case Hagan said she confronted all rude and nasty.” in the 1970s. Last month, it the hood as it is a straight- of criminal mischief, more the dirt-flinger — whom she It’s odd that the pretty pub- even won second place in up assault on beauty. seriously. Officials at the 77th also photographed drinking lic garden, which is gated- the “Best Community Gar- “It’s unbelievable,” said Precinct did not return calls beer in the garden — but off near St. Marks Avenue, den Streetscape” category Matthew Noah Smith, a col- by press time. PARADE... Continued from page 1 how the police deal with city Eastern Parkway, where they minorities. WELCOME BACK! were held until their identi- He also contended that ties were confirmed, accord- cop’s version of the events ing to Williams. was a “bald-faced lie.” “I was backing up and “I defy the police to show moving away with my ID one shred of evidence that a in my hand, but that wasn’t fight broke out at that mo- enough for them,” John- ment,” he said. “You cannot Foy remembered. “One cop punch a police captain in the grabbed me by the back of face and not get arrested.” the neck and tried to push me Yet cops say they have the to the ground, but when that evidence: Captain Charles didn’t work he did some kind Girvan, the executive offi- of judo leg sweep, bringing cer of the 68th Precinct in me down. It’s a surreal ex- Bay Ridge, was struck on perience until your spitting the right side of the face by grass out of your mouth. That an unknown assailant at the makes it very real.” same time Williams was ar- Police verified that the rested, although an NYPD two had been detained, but spokesman would not say just cops say that they only hand- where the attack took place. cuffed and moved them when Nor would he say if there were a brawl broke out nearby any arrests. where a police captain was “No one said Councilmem- punched. ber Williams witnessed or Williams and John-Foy was aware of the captain contend that the cops soon being punched, but the fact released them. remains that it did happen,” In the hours after the inci- NYPD Deputy Commis- dent, some — including As- sioner Paul Browne said in semblyman Hakeem Jeffries a statement. 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COMEDY Drunken riot It’s hammered time! The fourth annual Eugene Mirman Com- edy Festival will feature a talent show during which performers are encouraged to get totally smashed. “Anything can happen on stage,” said comedian and co-host Kevin Town- ley, who also runs talent shows every month at Littlefield in Gowanus. “We’ll be doing drinking games, throwing out challenges and just running by the seat of our pants.” Intoxicated par- ticipants in this month’s “The Drunk Show” (718) 260-2500260-2500 September 9–15, 2011 at The Bell House will include humorist Jon TheThe BBrooklynrooklyn Paper’s esessentialsential guiguidede ttoo the Borough of Kings Hodgman, radio personality Ira Glass and of course, Park Slope funnyman Eugene Mir- man, whose self-named extravaganza has a reputation for wacky humor. “This comedy festival is supposed to be way more out-of-the-box than any other comedy event going on,” Mirman said. “That was always my vision for it.” Case in point, Mirman is setting up a petting zoo and “awkward party bus” in front of the festival’s Bell House and Union Hall shows. “Let’s just say there will be some very uncom- fortable surprises on the bus,” Mirman said. Other highlights of the four-day series are “An Evening of Science,” a panel discussion with stars from “The Daily Show” and astro- physicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, and a variety show hosted by the cast of the television show, “Archer,” an animated spy-thriller satire on FX. But the crème de la crème of the festival is the Sunday night caviar-eating contest. “We want to see how much caviar comedians can consume in two-and-a-half hours,” Mirman said. But spectators at “Gastro-Lengthy Time: A Food Comedy Event” will get to do more than just watch the semi-famous consumer copious amounts of a Russian delicacy. The $20 Bell House exhibition will also include free food (though no free caviar) and cooking demonstrations by Brooklyn chefs. “The whole festival gives comedians the chance to experiment and push the envelope,” Spring into Fall! said Aisha Tyler, one of the stars of “Archer.” Eugene Mirman Comedy Festival at the Bell House [149 Seventh St. between Second and Third avenues in Gowanus, (718) 643-6510]; Union Hall [702 Union St. near Fifth Avenue Summer was fun, but autumn is when Brooklyn gets serious in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400], Sept 15-18. For schedule, visit www.eugenemirmanfestival. By Meredith Deliso com. — Alex Rush for The Brooklyn Paper he days may be getting shorter, but that doesn’t mean there’s any less to MUSIC T do. From music and art to theater and food, Brooklyn has some of the best culture has to offer this fall. But we’re not going to leave you clueless — here’s our guide to spending the coming months right. Swedish fish THEATER Talk about up close and personal. Ride the ‘Wave’ The hot Swedish indie rock band, Peter If it’s the fall, that means it’s the Bjorn and John, has one request for its fans Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn Acad- at next Monday’s show at Brooklyn Bowl: emy of Music. The three-month long art storm the stage! feast features more than a dozen new works. The big time, 1960s-pop–influenced band has These are not to be missed: played the big shows • “Awakening: A Musical Meditation like Lollapalooza on the Anniversary of 9/11” (Sept. 21-24) and Coachella, but by the Kronos Quartet, with the Brook- on this tour, the trio lyn Youth Chorus. The 12 compositions wanted to be closer feature works that violinist David Har- to its rabid fans. And we mean re- rington calls “equilibrium in the midst of Photo by Sean Pecknold ally close. imbalance.” Sounds very fitting. A busy autumn: Lady J (pictured left) will sing the • Director Robert Wilson’s bewitching “I hope from play- roof off the Galapagos Art Space on Oct. 3. (Top) ing at a small venue interpretation of “The Threepenny Opera” The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Chili Fiesta returns (Oct. 4-8), which doesn’t abandon its Ger- that the people will men Expressionist roots one bit. on Oct. 1, bringing the heat. (Above) Fleet Foxes feel closer to us and join us on stage,” said • Renowned choreographer William For- brings its sweet, sweet harmonies to the Williams- John Eriksson, the band’s singing drummer. sythe’s “I don’t believe in outer space” burg Waterfront on Sept. 24. “It happens too seldom. Please do it.” (Oct. 26-29), a funny, startling, moving Fans won’t need much prompting, given exploration of, in a nutshell, life. pieces” at ClockWorks Puppet Theatre Yeah, yeah, yeah The Gallery Players brings the rocking that PB&J — as the band is known — plays • “Brooklyn Babylon” (Nov. 9-12) — [196 Columbia St. between Degraw and Singer Karen O has been at work on a doo-wop and Motown score by Howard an infectious brand of power pop, from its because it wouldn’t be the Next Wave Fes- Sackett streets in the Columba Water- non-Yeah Yeah Yeahs endeavor — a “psy- Ashman, which includes “Suddenly, Sey- seminal 2006 hit single, “Young Folks” (the tival without a piece about our fair bor- front District, (212) 614-0001], Sept. 8-16, cho-opera” about youth called “Stop the mour,” “Skid Row (Downtown),” and, of whistling song, remember? ) to this year’s LP, ough. This one comes courtesy of Darcy Thursday through Saturday at 8 pm, and Virgens,” directed by Adam Rapp and course, the catchy title track, to its Park “Gimme Some.” James Argue’s jazz big band Secret So- Sept. 17 at 9 pm. Tickets $25; $50 for the featuring members of her band and the Slope space for more horrors. The small-venue approach is a conscious ciety, among others. Sept. 17 show and reception. For info, Greenhorns and Raconteurs, as well as “Little Shop of Horrors” at the Gallery change of pace, Eriksson said. • “Krapp’s Last Tape” (Dec. 6-18), a one- visit www.cosmicibicycle.com. actress Lili Taylor, keyboardist Money Players [199 14th St. between Fourth and “We’re going to venues smaller than we act play starring one actor, a tape recorder Mark. The piece opens the last season Fifth avenue in Park Slope, (718) 832- should be playing,” he said. “We want to be and bananas. Hey, it’s Beckett. Comic possibilities of St. Ann’s at its DUMBO warehouse, if 0617], Oct. 22-Nov. 13. Tickets $18, $14 closer to the audience at seven small venues Next Wave Festival at the Brooklyn The hit of the Comic Book Theater Fes- you needed another reason to go. for children 12 and under and seniors. instead of just one big show.” Academy of Music [30 Lafayette Ave. tival, “Action Philosophers!” returns to the “Stop the Virgens” at St. Ann’s Ware- For info, visit www.galleryplayers.com. And there’ll be a great meal afterwards. near St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, (718) Brick in Williamsburg for two weeks. The house [38 Water St. between Dock and The trio’s tour is called “All You Can Eat” for 636-4100], Sept. 21–Dec. 18. For info, smart and silly adaptation of the comic Main streets in DUMBO, (718) 834-8794], MUSIC a reason: in conjunction with food blog Eater, visit www.bam.org. book series by the same name creates cari- Oct. 12-22. Tickets $45-$75. For info, visit Spin the wheel the band will give away free meals at secret catures of major thinkers, from Plato (you www.stannswarehouse.org. It’s one big weekend of opening cel- food trucks at the venue. Miniature matters know, the Greek wrestling superstar) to ebrations for Roulette, a long-time Man- The location of the truck — and the se- The newish ClockWorks Puppet The- Ayn Rand, and her many love affairs. You Feed me, Seymour hattan-based experimental performance cret password — is delivered before the show atre on Columbia Street is thinking big read that right. This show is one mean, green mother. venue that now has a home on Atlantic Av- via twitter. (sort of) for its first legit season. “An Eve- “Action Philosophers!” at the Brick “Little Shop of Horrors,” that campy classic enue. Baring some liquor license disputes , Kids today. ning of Miniature Masterpieces” features [575 Metropolitan Ave. between Union about a bloodthirsty plant, a nerdy florist the venue gets things started on Sept. 15, Peter Bjorn and John at Brooklyn Bowl a trio of works that explore such big ideas Avenue and Lorimer Street in Williams- and the woman he loves, has seen multiple with Henry Threadgill’s Zooid Ensemble, [61 Wythe Ave. between N. 11th and N. 12th as time, space, death and even lust. It’s burg, (718) 907-6189], Thursday–Sunday, theatrical and film productions, the lat- Kaija Saariaho and Margaret Leng Tan, fol- streets in Williamsburg, (718) 963-3369], Sept. philosophy, through puppets. Oct. 6-16. Tickets $18. For info, visit www. ter including Rick Moranis as, of course, 12, 9 pm. Tickets, $15-$17. For info, visit www. “An Evening of Miniature Master- bricktheater.com. the nerd. The incarnations continue, as See JUMP on page 12 brooklynbowl.com. — Alfred Ng

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Tickets $18, $15 in advance. Oct. 16. Free. For info, visit City Harvest fundraiser The For info, visit www.knitting- www.bwac.org. Brooklyn Local. Don’t for- FALL... factory.com. get your tote bag. FILM The Brooklyn Local at the Continued from page 9 Cuddly ‘Panda’ Checkmate Tobacco Warehouse [enter lowed by Marc Ribot’s Film Before there was Ani- Bobby Fischer is on Water Street at Dock Noir Project “Ethel” on Sept. mal Collective, that much- almost as synonymous with Street in DUMBO, (917) 351- 16, and Laurie Anderson, Lou loved, boundary-redefining Brooklyn as cheesecake and 8725], Sept. 17 from 11 am Reed and John Zorn Trio on electronica outfit, there was a certain bridge. And a new to 4 pm. Tickets $5. For info, Sept. 17. When Laurie and Panda Bear. Né Noah Len- documentary by director Liz visit www.cityharvest.org. Lou are in the house, you nox, he’s one of the band’s Garbus explores the life of the know it’s legit. founding members. On Oct. late, great chess master, who, Local flavor Roulette [509 Atlantic Ave. 2, he’ll go back to his roots despite his obscurity and re- More than 40 North at Third Avenue in Downtown, and go it solo at Brooklyn Ma- clusiveness towards the end of Brooklyn restaurants are at (212) 219-8242]. For info, visit sonic Temple. He also plays his life, will always be ours. your hungry fingertips during www.roulette.org. Webster Hall the day before, “Bobby Fischer Against TASTE Williamsburg Green- but why go into Manhattan the World” at the Brook- point, a fundraiser for the That indie spirit when you don’t have to? lyn Academy of Music [30 Northside Town Hall Com- Here’s another CMJ-in- Panda Bear at Brook- Lafayette Ave. at Ashland munity and Cultural Center spired music festival: The Inde- lyn Masonic Temple (317 Place in Fort Greene, (718) that has some pretty good pendent Music Festival lands at Clermont Ave. at Lafayette 636-4100], Sept. 12 at 7 pm. taste. While supporting the Littlefield for three days of lo- Avenue in Fort Greene, Tickets $12 ($7 for members). cause, feast on samples from cal talent. That includes drum- no phone), Oct. 2 at 8 pm. For info, visit bam.org. Brooklyn Brewery, Brooklyn bass duo Comandante Zero, Tickets $25. For info, visit Brine, Dressler, Dumont, Van

power pop’s Le Mood; and masonicboom.com. Photo by Dominik Mentzos Cinema in Coney Leeuwen Artisan Ice Cream Moby’s rock band side proj- This one’s sure to keep you and more. Come hungry. ect, The Little Death. Big star busy: More than 100 films TASTE Williamsburg Independent Music Fes- Sure, she’s from LA, but make up the annual Coney Greenpoint at the Williams- tival at Littlefield [622 De- Lady J is NYC through and Island Film Festival, whose burg Waterfront (N. Eighth graw St. between Third and through (though her breasts selections include plenty of Street and Kent Avenue Fourth avenues in Gow- are apparently made in Sil- Coney Island fare (“Shoot the in Williamsburg), Sept. 18 anus, (718) 855-3388], Sept. icon Valley). On that topic, Freak,” “Save Coney Island,” from 1 to 6 pm. Tickets $35- 16–18. Tickets $17-$55. For she’s presenting a new one- “Boys From Coney Island”) $150. For info, visit tastewg. info, visit bkindiefest.org. night-stand, “Sunshine and as well as intriguing titles wordpress.com. Silicone,” an evening of the like “Devil Town” and “An Perfect harmony songs that mock Hollywood Evening With My Comatose Meet your maker Seattle’s Fleet Foxes and its hills. But don’t focus Mother.” Because discovery’s The Brooklyn Historical makes music that will make on the cosmetic enhancements the name of the game. Society looks to the present you smile one minute, cry the — focus on the pipes! This Coney Island Film Fes- for its annual fundraiser with next. If you’re so inclined, get sultry Lady can sing gospel tival at Sideshows by the Brooklyn Bounty, a celebra- ready to do plenty of both like nobody’s business. Seashore [834 Surf Ave. tion of the borough’s local when the band plays the Wil- “Sunshine and Silicone” near W. Eighth Street in Co- food movement. The eve- liamsburg Waterfront in what at Galapagos Art Space [16 ney Island, (718) 372-5159], ning will feature a mozza- will be the last of the ven- Main St. at Water Street in Sept. 23–25. For info and rella-making demonstration ue’s shows this season. The DUMBO, (718) 222-8500], showtimes, visit www.co- by Chef Michael Ayoub of Walkman open, who’ll just Oct. 3, 8 pm. Tickets, neyislandfilmfestival.com. Fornino Pizza, cocktails want to make you shake your $20. For info, visit galapa- Photo by John Hurt Photo by Pieter M. van Hattem made with Brooklyn Gin, head and rock out. gosartspace.com. Fall up: Pictured clockwise — Anthony Woods stars in the one-man, one-act play “Krapp’s Last Tape,” com- Science non-fiction and tastings from Brooklyn Fleet Foxes at the Wil- ing to the Brooklyn Academy of Music this December. A new documentary screening at the Brooklyn Acad- The Bell House plays host growers chefs and purveyors. liamsburg Waterfront [N. BOOKS emy of Music on Sept. 12 examines the life of chess legend Bobby Fischer — its ups and, as we’re assuming to the Imagine Science Film To keep it historically rele- Eighth Street and Kent Av- Call it Booklyn here, downs. Famed choreographer William Forsythe (pictured right) returns to the Brooklyn Academy of Festival once again, which vant, there’ll also be a view- enue in Williamsburg, (718) It’s a literary who’s who as music this October with “I don’t believe in outer space.” And Pulitzer Prize winner Jennifer Egan is one of screens a night of shorts coming of old maps related to lo- 963-0830], Sept. 24 at 6:30 usual at the Brooklyn Book Fes- the highlights of this year‚Äôs Brooklyn Book Festival, returning to Borough Hall on Sept. 18. prised of real footage from cal food and agriculture, for pm. Tickets $39.50. For info, tival, as this year’s book bash experiments and laboratories, all you history buffs. visit osanb.org. features appearances by Pulit- as well as short films created Brooklyn Bounty at the zer Prize winner Jennifer Egan, the memorist details her fam- One” on the premise along — look in DUMBO during show, The Brooklyn Wa- by scientists. Leave your lab Brooklyn Historical Soci- Simply delightful Colson Whitehead, Jhumpa La- ily’s ruin at the hands of her a post-apocalyptic New York the DUMBO Arts Festival, terfront Artist Coalition coats at the door. ety [128 Pierrepont St. at It’ll be a hip hop flashback hiri, Jonathan Safran Foer and father’s unpublished novels is rebuilding from a pandemic there will surely be art, as doesn’t look too far for in- Imagine Science Film Clinton Street in Brooklyn at the Knitting Factory, when Joyce Carol Oates. This being and, stemming off of that, that’s turned people into zom- the neighborhood institu- spiration — “Tales of Breu- Festival at The Bell House Heights, (718) 222-4111], Wonder Mike and Master Gee, a book festival, autographs are her mother’s alcoholism, bies. The fact that it’s writ- tion brings performance kelen” features more than [149 Seventh St. between Sept. 21 at 6:30 pm. Tickets the MCs behind the ground- encouraged. and the author’s attempts to ten by one of the most pre- art and multi-media pieces 300 artists exhibiting more Second and Third avenues start at $150. For info, visit breaking single “Rapper’s De- The Brooklyn Book Fes- avoid both. It’s not all doom eminent writers of our time? to studios and galleries, as than 1,200 pieces that ex- in Gowanus, (718) 643- www.brooklynbounty.org. light” unite at the Williams- tival at Borough Hall [209 and gloom — Darst did wind Even better. well as storefronts, streets, plore the borough, from tran- 6510], Oct. 17 at 7:30 pm. burg venue. Shedding their old Joralemon St. between up writing about it, after all. Colson Whitehead at parks and even on the East quil scenes by the Brook- Free. For info, visit www. EVENTS name The Sugarhill Gang for Adams and Court streets in Jeanne Darst at Book- Greenlight Bookstore [686 River. Be mindful of what lyn Watercolor Society to thebellhouseny.com. Merry good news Rapper’s Delight, they’ll per- Downtown, (718) 802-3700], Court [163 Court St. be- Fulton St. between S. Elliott you touch. works by featured local art- It’s been several years in form that oft-covered track, Sept. 18. For info, visit www. tween Pacific and Dean Place and S. Portland Av- DUMBO Arts Festival ists photographer Richard FOOD AND DRINK the making, and this fall, and other favorites including brooklynbookfestival.org. streets in Cobble Hill, (718) enue in Fort Greene, (718) will run from Sept. 23–25 Capuozzo, printmaker Rich- Feeding frenzy Jane’s Carousel will finally the cowbell classic “Apache” 875-3677], Oct. 4 at 7 pm. 246-0200], Oct. 19 at 7:30 at several venues in the ard Lubell and wood sculp- The Tobacco Ware- be installed in DUMBO’s (jump on it!). Family feud Free. For info, visit www. pm. Free. For info, visit www. waterfront area. For places, tor Zane Treimanis. house becomes Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Bridge Park. The Rapper’s Delight at Knit- There are many ways to bookcourt.org. greenlightbookstore.com. times, and tickets visit www. “Tales of Breukelen” at artisanal food headquarters restored 1920s-era carousel ting Factory [361 Metropoli- measure failure, but for Jeanne dumboartsfestival.com. the Brooklyn Waterfront for one day, when more than has been given a second life tan Ave. at Havemeyer Av- Darst, it all points to unful- In the ‘Zone’ ART Artists Coalition [499 Van 75 vendors bring their local by artist Jane Walentas (wife enue in Williamsburg, (347) filled literary ambitions. In We’d pick up Colson Destination DUMBO Art of Breukelen Brunt St. near Reed Street, and specialty food items to of DUMBO developer Da- 529-6696], Sept. 28 at 8 pm. “Fiction Ruined My Family,” Whitehead’s new book, “Zone Almost everywhere you For its latest marathon (718) 569–2506], Sept. 17– the DUMBO spot for the vid), and will be housed inside a Jean Nouvel-designed Pavilion. Parents, don’t for- get to bring your cameras for this classic photo-op. Jane’s Carousel in Brook- lyn Bridge Park (enter at Water and Dock streets in DUMBO), opening Sept. 16 at 4 pm. Free. For info, visit www.janescarousel.com.

Roll the Dice Those with delicate sensi- bilities should stay far away from MCU Park when An- drew Dice Clay takes the stage in a homecoming concert. The Brooklyn-born- and-bred comedian has been foul-mouthed as long as we can remember, and we love him for it. Andrew Dice Clay at MCU Park [1904 Surf Ave. at W. 17th Street in Coney Island, (718) 507-8499]], Oct. 1 at 8 pm. Tickets $39.50. For info, visit www.dicein- brooklyn.com.

Hot stuff The weather may be cool- ing down, but things are heat- ing up at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. During the Chili Pep- per Fiesta, it’s all about raising temperatures, thanks to spicy sauces, fiery artisanal choco- late, and even hot tunes courtesy of Cajun band The Lost Bayou Ramblers. The beer, thankfully, will be cold. Chili Pepper Fiesta at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens [1000 Washington Ave. at Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, (718) 623-7220], Oct. 1, noon–6 pm. Admis- sion $10. For info, visit www. bbg.org. ' ` !"#$%"&'()&"*)+", #-./(&0 ',1""%'+)!*"2- '!"/ '3 4"4 FOLLOW ' " /5) -4)& $ 6" *7 #*8 #9/4 US ON '/4" /5) -4)& $ 6": #* 3"!6"8 #* #9: # TWITTER

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who makes casts based on human bodies and museum artifacts. “Brooklyn has so many terrific artists, so it’s great to see the museum’s AN OFFER format reflect that,” said Sanford Big- gers, who is putting on his own ex- YOU CAN’T Autumn culture hibit at the museum this fall. REFUSE This is the season where our local institution shines Biggers deal Make sure to learn to play “Chop- By Alex Rush Hear her roar sticks” before visiting this exhibit. for The Brooklyn Paper The multi-media installation “Mat- A collection of sculptures by artist thew Buckingham: The Spirit and the Sandford Biggers, “Sweet Funk — he Brooklyn Museum has nine Letter” (Sept. 3–Jan. 8) pays tribute to An Introspective” (Sept. 23- Jan. 8), new exhibitions this fall, and Mary Wollstonecraft, an 18th-century includes a piano that’s divided by a T the pieces are as diverse as writer who was audacious enough to wall. Museum visitors can play half the borough itself. Expect to see declare that women are equal to men. A the keyboard while an unseen person everything from casts made by video by artist Matthew Buckingham tickles the ivories on the other side. a Bushwick artist to a giant jig- includes spoken excerpts from Woll- “The concept of this piece was saw puzzle to classic paintings stonecraft’s essay, “A Vindication of to put on an anonymous duet,” Big- from the Roaring Twenties. Here’s the Rights of Women,” which paved the gers said. the list of what you need to see way for the feminist movement. Save 20% with this ad! to truly consider yourself a bor- Sexuality feeling ough art snob. Forever young A collection of portraits called Introducing La Piazza Pizzeria Talk about a hard-knock life! Ger- “Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire Modern family room man artist Eva Hesse escaped the Na- in American Portraiture” (Nov. 18- to Windsor Terrace Find out what living rooms zis, dealt with her mother’s suicide and Feb. 12, 2012) explores how sexual ROMAN STYLE PIZZA AT ITS BEST! looked like before IKEA! died of a brain tumor in 1970 at age 34. and gender identities are represented By the Slice, Half Pies (13” x 17”), The museum’s debut exhibit, The collection of Hesse’s self-portraits, in art. Works include multi-media and Full Pies (17” x 25”). “19th Century Modern” (Sept. “Eva Hesse Spectres 1960” (Sept. 16- reflections on the Stonewall riots in 2–April 1), features furniture Jan. 8), convey a range of emotions, 1969 and the AIDS epidemic. and trinkets that date back to the from devastation to aspiration. “It’s an important chronicle of

Jeff Evans LA PIAZZA PIZZERIA 1800s, when the Modernist move- a neglected dimension of Ameri- ment began in America and Europe. Hot stuff: The hot show, “Hide/Seek: Difference in Desire in Brooklyn in the house can art,” said museum director Ar- 229 Prospect Park West When you see items such as the American Portraiture,” can teach you a lot about sexual de- The borough’s largest art mu- nold Lehman. (near Windsor Place) Windsor Terrace silver candlestick holders — still sire, though Minor White’s 1948 photo, “Tom Murphy” (left), is seum is giving props to its home- All shows at Brooklyn Museum 718-499-0006 perfect for an ultra-fancy dinner pretty obvious. (Right) Artist Michael Richards made this sculp- grown artists. “Raw/Cooked” (Sept. [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington www.lapiazzapizzeria.com party — you realize the truth of ture, part of his “Tuskegee Airmen Series,” four years before 16-Sept. 9, 2012) will exhibit works Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) Eat In, Take Out, or Free Local Delivery to the old adage, “The more things he died in the World Trade Center attacks. His piece is being by five up-and-coming Brooklyn 638-5000]. Closed Mondays and change ….” shown as part of the museum’s 9-11 commemoration. creators, including a Bushwick guy Tuesdays. Park Slope & Windsor Terrace

Making Let’s say cheese! lunchtime Grilled sandwich truck hits Fort Greene healthy, delicious & By Kate Briquelet DINING In the end, she ordered two The Brooklyn Paper of the six specialty sandwiches: Food Freaks Grilled Cheese The Three Cheese, with Fonti- affordable! ne of the most historic spots [DeKalb Avenue near S. Port- nella, Gruyere and Gouda on in Brooklyn is now home land Avenue in Fort Greene, potato bread; and the Garden, to the most modern take on (347) 765-1664]. For info, visit a fusion of Italian sheep’s milk O www.foodfreaks.com. grilled cheese sandwiches. cheese, raw carrot and zucchini On Sunday, Fort Greene Park on wheat. $ 45 became home to a new food truck a recipe blog. But after Cusato The sandwiches start at run by three young chefs serv- discovering a tome of 50 grilled $5.75 and come with vegeta- & up ing up delectable twists on the cheese recipes three years ago, he ble chips. 7 American classic, including ver- vowed to open a food cart dedi- Dave Cusato, 30, once a chef 20 varieties sions with short ribs and black- cated to the childhood staple. at the Zagat-rated Yonkers eat- berry jam, zucchini salad and He got his chance in January, ery Xaviars on the Hudson, was of fresh sheep’s milk cheese, and one that when the Parks Department be- behind many of the gastronomi- oozes with avocado, bacon and gan seeking vendors to supplant cal combinations. His sandwich, salads for the cilantro cream that’s called “The the usual park fare of ice cream the Arthur Avenue, is a play on summer Fort Greene.” and pretzels. Cusato and Co. won Italian Easter Pie that’s packed ,5.#(30%#)!, “Everyone loves grilled cheese a five-year permit for the park’s with ricotta, mozzarella, Sop- — it makes people happy,” said DeKalb Avenue entrance. pressata, and a red pepper sweet 25-year-old Stephen Cusato, If opening day is any indica- and spicy jam. Then there’s the Z-7 Classic Diner who left his job in advertising tion, the trio is onto something Short Rib ($8.75), an amalgam Downtown Brooklyn’s to start the Food Freaks truck. big here. of beef, pickled red onions, wa- Newest Lunch Spot “We want to do food the old-fash- “They don’t use cheap cheese tercress and blackberry jam on #OURT3TREET ioned way. If you had a mom- — they’re not just lame ducks,” sourdough. (across from UA Movie Theater) and-pop store, you knew ev- said T.P. Carter, who grabbed a “We’re bringing the comfort CLASSIC eryone in town. That’s what we sample and left, but returned min- to comfort food without being DINER want to do.” utes later for more. too pretentious,” he said. “Some FREE DELIVERY! Photo by Elizabeth Graham Cusato originally launched the “These guys put effort into will argue that braised short ribs Melt with them: The men behind the new grilled cheese truck in venture with his brother Dave something so simple. It’s just a is pretentious, but I don’t care /PEN$AYSs4UESn3ATAMnAMs3UN-ONAMnPM Fort Greene Park are Stephen Cusato (left) and John Coppola. and their friend John Coppola as proper sandwich.” what they think.” TWO WAYS TO LOVE

IN PRINT ON THE WEB Pick up The Brooklyn Yo u r No one else — no blog, no website, no “news Neighborhood BrooklynPaper.co — Yo u r News® m3 (718) 260 2500 3Brooklyn, NY 3 ©2011 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS ( –DOWNTOWN EDITION Park Slope merchants object to new monthly truck rally AWP/14 pages Paper every Friday 3Vol. 34, No. 24 aggregator” — covers our neighborhoods with 3 /*#2 By Sarah Zorn 3 for The Brooklyn Paper Grand Army Plaza’s food $ ® $ "# truck rally has become a food $Vol. 34, No. 28 — Yo ufight. r News AWP/14 pages Neighborhood The Prospect Park Alliance’s MSBURG & BAY RIDGE decision to expand its one- NSTONE BROOKLYN, WILLIA parked right outside my time festival SERVING into a monthly BROW NY$©2011 door on most days,” she 2500$Brooklyn, event — to be held on the said. “The fact that the exploration of — the neighbor- $(718) 260 third Sunday of every community is supporting hood around it.” BrooklynPaper.com month until Oct. 16 — these non-local vendors is Pullicio hungrily dis- has inflamed many lo- beyond ignorant.” agrees. cal business owners. across Greenpoint, The Park Slope Civic “All the trucks do for us is the intensity of BrooklynPaper.com. The award- “This neighborhood is being Council and the Fifth Av- leave a mess for the Sanitation exploited by a fad,” fumed Jan- enue Business Improv Department to clean up with ice Pullicio, owner of Naidre’s ment District have also taxpayer dollars. S café on Seventh Avenue near Do trucks like these hurt local businesses? Some mer- e- to swoop in out of nowhere and 12th Street. “We pay rent and chants in Park Slope think so, and are objecting to a lodged complaints with o for them steal away our business in the taxes in the Park Slope com- new monthly Faithful,“Food Truck Rally” in bishop,Prospect Park. at oddsthe Alliance. over same-sex marriage height of our season is beyond munity. Considering the eco- But Alliance spokesman sh infuriating.” nomic hardship of the past few supporting, not hinderBy Daniel Bu Eugene Patron said that the t Bishop Nicholas years, Prospect Park should be cal businesses.” The Brooklyn Paper lic food truck confab will acrossben- BrooklynSusan Povich, had to who say plans abou to arriage from Theing, majority lo- of Catho efit the community.ishioners from makeials whoher popular voted Redfor same-sexHook m Melissa Murphy, owner of SeventhBrooklyn Avenue we nearHere’s First what par n state officLobster Pound truck a regular churchgoers in “There are concerns every Sweet Melissa Patisserie on Street,ree with agreed. Bishop DiMarzio’stime decision there is a big to change ba ,” said at the rallies, bristles at spoke to disag “I am payingt to banso mu participatingPatron. in church“But we and strongly school be- functions:accusations. Nicholas DiMarzio’s edic these ono votedrent, andfor same-there is cha moneytruck lieve that having something so politicians wh “We are all responsible busi- @=;;/97<5=447 exciting happening at the park ness owners. We clean up after Williamsburg, A3F;/@@7/534 at church events only increases interest in — and ourselves, accrue our fair share winning site is cial appearances ns from any of expenses and between us, and to decline donatioproves of gay politician who ap See FOOD Themarriage. ‘digital divide’on page 11 op Catho- The borough’s t lines last week lic grabbed head “I’m proud of the Mayor’swhen park-Wi-Fi he made the proclamationslature’s plan cuts off most of “Churchesboro don’t following the state legi bishop. [His posi- ::=EA/;3 A3F “Everybody have to be in- By Aaron Short67AB=@71D=B3B=/ be able to tion] is perfect.” rry. “I completely should volved in politics. Cantone, The Brooklyn Paper couples to ma ock disagree [with the Maureen get married, no I don’t think that Carroll Gardens Southern Brooklyn isBut on thenot allwrong members ofstance his fl that bishop]. Relation- matter who it is.” David Palmer and Susannah Bortner just want son Donovan’s agree with the bishop the church should ger-beatingside of the skills!digital divide. in the coffin” of ships should be Richard Martinez, beloved teddy bear back unharmed. Someone responded to the law is a “nail be saying these Mayor Bloomb hat would based on love — Dyker Heights things.” their “Lost” poster by posting a ransom note below it. elet (right) can match Beverly Bradley’s mug the city an traditional marriage t ez, erg announced that most important don’t mix religion said Bloomberg, who made hisHumberto fortune Chav Downtown, Not even reporter Kate Briqu wireless servicesd AT&T in would20 parks,destroy provide includ- “the free single updated several man history.” and politics.” building technology to help the finan- Sunset Park ing Prospect Park, McCarreninstitution Park, and in hu my Kim Belk,cial industry. Brooklyn Bridge Park. “I take what I need from Williamsburg rish school in Wil- ore what I don’t “We’re digitally behind — there’s Carmel’s pa hol- But none of those locationsreligion are south and ign ll Gardens already little bandwid A3F;/@@7/53 B of 15th Street — leaving residentsagree fromwith,” said Carro 5/:7H7<5A/;3 liamsburg returned a $50mblyman sc acciola, who at- thephone [bishop] service is terrible,” said sRenee and schools to Windsor Terrace to Sheepsheadresident Bay Amy C “I don’t think that ngs,” advised parisheth here and the arship check from illiamsburg),Asse a Hearts & Giordano, executive director of the Sun- or honors from Joe Lentol (D–W refuse any awards " KARATE CHOPfeeling digitally duped. tends mass at Sacred should be saying thesesetz, Park thia mem- BID. “We need to bringo free supported the‘Kidnappers’ r. want $10,000 in on Summit gay nups supporte Bloomberg defended the programSt. Stephen Church said Humberto Chave state officials wh l position also A city program to bring wireless oll Street. “He’s a Wi-Fi toal theHelp commercial strip andd barred Sun- them from The controversia Internet into the parks will only in a weekly radio address, sayingStreet itat Carr ber of Our Lady of Perpetuset ’tPark, think and the bring measure, the community an up events suchcupcakes fromfor marriage toddler’s darling Sensei teaches self-defensewould classes give New Yorkers a reasonbit out to of touch.” in Sunset Park. “I don appearing at special from sparked an outcry benefit the ultra-hip northern DiMarzio to par withd in pol- other neighborhoods.” equality advocates, many of whom “get outside and enjoy our beautifulOther critics said church should be involve as graduations, thoughvices. not By Daniel Ng lebration at Bor- part of the borough, where Wi-Fi k belt hrust the church A Parks Department spokesman said are planning a ce is practically everywhere already.Bedford-St parks,”uyvesant while also blac doing their shouldwork not have t itics.” that AT&T’s his wireless attending contract religious does not ser oclamationfor The Brooklyn Paper on page 11 in crime-plagued Fortsnap-kick Greene to includePark self-de- te that en- Shortly after his pr See CATHOLICS women to strike and who instarted them. into the center of a deba DiMarzio announcedprecluder Gov. the An-city from expanding Wi- of Mt. t her body- — and capti- was released, Our Lady A beloved stuffed animal lost by Susannah Bortner isn’t willing to Kate Briquele any attacker who comes their way fense moves“And on in a allnice of su “These gulfed lawmakers edict two daysFi afte to otherhe parksbill le- through other arrange- a traumatized 2-year-old in a Cob- l arts classes held simply no better place in the world,” Jennifer Aguirrie can enjoy Wi-Fi take that chance. Brownstone Brooklyn The Brooklyn Paper —with martia toning classes in March.mmerave day, there’svated thein public Brooklyn — for Bridge much of Park, drew thanks Cuomo signedments, butt there are no plans to do so ble Hill playground last month is times every es! ce itself. things make me crazy. You h last month. “I would gladly bake 10,000 cup- Sayonara, thiev in the greenspa ” said to an initiative to get 20 city at this time. facing torture and a painful death cakes,” Bortner said, thinking of master is so KARATE on page 11 — unless the tot’s horrified mother A local karate “Enough is enough!year-old See parks outfitted this summer. As a result, the digital chasm between her toddler, Donovan, and his lost gings in Fort Beverly Bradley, a 42- North and Southern Brooklyn could meets the “kidnapper’s” demand for bear, Mr. Bear. “There is a part of fed up with mug he’s teaching % Greene Park that s widen. Studies have shown that individ- $10,000 worth of cupcakes. me wishing this is real.” By J.J. Despain and Gluten- and peanut-free, no Alas, it likely is not. !" less. See Aaron Short WI-FI on page 11 But there are a million stories in The Brooklyn Paper It might just be a joke — but $ the naked city — few more grip- lic officials, including Mayor ping, heart-rending and less-plau- New York Waterway launched Bloomberg, cut a ceremonial ' "he BQE on-ramp. ribbon and boarded a 76-foot tic Avenue at t its much-anticipated ferry fleet “The new ferry service will 7::031@3/B32 lso no longer makeSee catamaran in Williamsburg to K<3E1@=AAE/:9E The B63 bus will a f Atlantic Ave- BEAR on page 11 on Monday, shuttling Manhat- augment growth of Brooklyn ! $and the park entrance tan-bound commuters across celebrate the ship’s maidenPanel voy- neighborhoods approves and make it eas- more Columbiapedestrian-friendly Street. at Atlantic Ave entrancea U-turn at the basetorerouted o park onto park age to Midtown — the result of bound traffic on =Fulton Ferry Landing walking along the. Pier 7 fence more point every 20 to 30 minutes for r” since Brook- room to navigate This time around, New York ing a gamein DUMBO, of “Frogge Schaefer6 opened Landing last 14 hours a day. Waterway CEO Paul Goodman lyn Bridgeand Northside Park’s Pier Pierlike thein Williams- pedestri- The ferry is free until June 24, said the city’s support, two new year — and it looks The “Yogi Berra,” part of the new East River ferry fleet, when water commuters will pay piers,$' and the frequency of ferry ans have won. of Transportation’s docks at Brooklyn Bridge Park in DUMBO. $4 for a single ride or $140 for a service would keep their com- % !!% The Department monthly pass. There’s a $1 sur- pany afloat. plan — to be built out later this sum- cate much less road- charge for bikes. “The city’s subsidizing our mer — will dedi to # &( uch more space The last company to ferry pas- service allows us to offer rush way to cars and m yclists. sengers across the East River hour frequency which is differ- pedestrians and bic pulled up anchor two years ago and Furman ent than any previous attempt to At Atlantic Avenue rectly to Flatbush Ave- d and westbound be able to get di provide commuter service,”- said Street, the eastboun om 40 feet wide tic avenues meet across nue. Instead, cars headedSee toward cen Each print edition lanes will be reduced fr Fourth and Atlan right onto Pacific fresh news, arts ound lanes on FERRY sh orest City Ratner’s tral Brooklyn can turn on page 11 to 20 feet. 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OUR OPINION OP–ART Nix the 9-11 cross ay Ridge’s Republican Rep. Mi- gion over another — or even over the chael Grimm is fighting a princi- The so-called ‘9-11 cross’ public’s right to not believe in any de- B pled battle to allow a religious icon has no business being the ity at all. — the so-called “9-11 cross” — to be- In the case of the “9-11” cross, there come the centerpiece of the World Trade centerpiece of a national is no argument that the relic has given Center memorial museum. memorial to the World Trade comfort to thousands of people. As such, Trouble is, Grimm is arguing the Center’s thousands of victims Grimm has argued that in the context wrong principles. of the terror attack, these seemingly The freshman congressman is pitch- — Muslims, Jews, Buddhist, heaven-sent crossbeams are not a re- ing legislation that would enshrine as a atheists and, yes, Christians ligious symbol, but a symbol of “hope national monument a cross-shaped piece among them. and freedom” to everyone. of rubble that was recovered from the On this he is wrong. The relic is, in wreckage of the Twin Towers. fact, a Christian cross. As such, it has The legislation is an attempt to sub- Well, we don’t believe it is a “waste” no business being the centerpiece of a vert a lawsuit by a group of atheists that of time to debate our government’s role national memorial to the World Trade argues that installing such a cross in a in religious matters. Indeed, it gets to the Center’s thousands of victims — Mus- government-funded museum on gov- very core of our democracy and our ad- lims, Jews, Buddhist, atheists and, yes, ernment property amounts to a govern- herance to our nation’s highest values. Christians among them. ment sponsorship of a religion, specif- Our beef, of course, is not with the Grimm’s bill is not without irony, of ically Christianity. cross. Christians are — and should be course. The World Trade Center was “This is a country that was founded — free to display their religious sym- destroyed by Islamic terrorists in the on a belief in God, period,” Grimm told bols without government intrusion. But name of their God. With his bill, Grimm us this week. “Anyone that wants to dis- the flip side of that First Amendment would debase the Trade Center memo- pute that, I wouldn’t waste my time with protection is that government cannot rial by using “our” God as a counter- Photo by Stefano Giovannini them.” abuse its power by trumpting one reli- argument to that fanaticism. Red Hook, Sunday, Aug. 28.

LETTERS Thank you, Brooklyn Paper, for bollard work To the editor, cil and Borough President serve our park wild life by put- ter so far. He is trying anything lum has swung so far in the di- that relationship complicated, if You guys deserve a lot of credit Markowitz, in addition to ting up fences all over the place and everything to leave behind a rection of cyclists (“More bike not downright treacherous. for taking a stand against those hid- more than $1 million in — a move contradicted by the proud legacy, but unfortunately help in Grand Army Plaza,” But I remember your prior col- eous coffins in front of the Long federal funding. At the sanctioned murder of 500 park people will remember him for be- Sept. 2) — and I’m sick of how umnist, Smartmom. A good deal Island Rail Road’s Atlantic Termi- end of the day, that’s an geese. My personal favorite bloop ing an intrusive egomaniac, who you consistently ignore the high- of her considerable skill laid in nal — and then getting the LIRR estimated $60 million is building a bike lane on the out- thinks he doesn’t have to answer handed manner in which the De- her ability to share private situ- to actually remove them (“Tomb dollars! side of the park and then allow- to anyone — for anything. partment of Transportation op- ations without making readers raiders,” Sept. 2). Why has all this at- ing cars to drive inside the park! His statistics on crime are way erates in this town. fear that members of her family In this post-9-11 age, it took tention and money been Also, how about those notices on under-reported, the school sys- It’s not enough that Grand had been betrayed (Teen Spirit guts to take a stand against our given to two ice-skating the trees in English and Spanish tem is failing and his appoint- Army Plaza will soon be cleaved and the Oh So Feisty One may nation’s knee-jerk capitulation to rinks and some manicured that tell you not to dump your ments for commissioners have with more bike lanes. But why disagree). the paranoia over security. Yes, landscape in a park that charcoal too close to the trees been abysmal, yet he stands by must you keep ordering up sto- Thompson’s stories are not public facilities should be safe and has so many unattended because they might be harmed, his poor decisions. ries to make bike lane foes look only hurtful, but feel unpro- well-protected, but hiding a rail- issues, including drainage while allowing you to set up your He blew it with the blizzard like silly old ladies? cessed. One does not want to way terminal — which your col- problems, neglected bridal grill below one. earlier this year, and he over-re- There is a real legal issue at read much more about her sad umnist rightly pointed out is sup- paths for horses and un- Where is the common sense acted with Hurricane Irene to try stake in the lawsuit over the Pros- situation, and I hope The Brook- posed to be a symbol of openness finished overpasses by the that is needed in this city? compensate for the way the bliz- pect Park West bike lane, namely lyn Paper will act accordingly and and freedom — behind a massive Nethermead. How about I am reminded of a remark zard was handled. He wants to that the city should not have the find a better columnist. wall only tells the terrorists that File photo by Barry Shifrin cleaning up the notorious once made by Mayor LaGuar- put us on diets and tell us what right to decide — by fiat — how Jeffrey Jones, we’re scared. The infamous bollards Vale of Cashmere area? dia to one of his aides: “If you to eat, and his support of bicy- our streetscape should be man- Prospect Lefferts Gardens And the more we keep doing Yes, it’s the city’s usual were any dumber, I would make cle lanes and pedestrian plazas aged. that, the more we’ll eventually be- backwards approach to you a commissioner!” in the city is a joke. The city acted improperly on lieve it. my walk through Prospect Park, I solving its problems. Michael Mastrogiacomo, He also covered for ex-Deputy Prospect Park West. Tell your Architecture, like words, paint, came across the ongoing construc- Let’s look at the new smoking Park Slope Mayor Stephen Goldsmith because editor! Send a letter marble, pixels or any other artis- tion site for the new ice skating ban in our parks, which I have no he didn’t think it was anybody’s Ronald Means, Park Slope By e-mail: tic medium, is supposed to appeal rinks which will be part of the so- objection to, but take any sum- business that he was arrested for [email protected] to our loftiest goals. If our coun- called Lakeside project (“Anne- mer day in Prospect Park and you Mayor BOO-berg domestic abuse. Oh, really? By mail: Letters, The Brook lyn try stands for anything, it is free- Katrin is PO’d,” online, Op-Ed, will find enough charcoal lighter To the editor, I believe Bloomberg suffers from TMI! Paper, One Metrotech Center, dom, not fright; democracy, not Aug. 20). fluid in the air to give everyone I voted for Mayor Bloomberg a Napoleonic complex and is grossly To the editor, Suite 1001, Brooklyn, NY 11201. defeat. Rafael Lopez, As I stood there, looking within a five-mile area a blinding because I believed that he was overpaid at a dollar a year. Ouch! Stephanie Thomp- All letters must be signed and Brooklyn Heights through the fence at the edge of the headache, not to mention the car- a straight-shooting billionaire Michael Rocky, South Slope son’s “Fearless Parenting” col- include the writer’s home ad dress site, I wondered what was wrong cinogens we are all breathing in. who couldn’t be bought. It never umn makes for painful reading and phone number (only the writ- with the old skating rink. So what does the city do? Does dawned on me that he thought he sometimes. er’s name and neighbor hood are Park it it put a stop on barbecues as in Bike pains published with the letter). Letters More than $25 million has could do whatever he wanted to As anyone partnered to a may be edited and will not be To the editor, been committed to this project Central Park? No! without an explanation. To the editor, writer soon learns, “Everything returned. The earlier in the week The other day, while taking by Mayor Bloomberg, the Coun- Then, there’s the drive to pre- His third term has been a disas- I am sick of how the pendu- is material” — and that makes you send your letter, the better.

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and a Bible fused to a piece it will then somehow have of Trade Center steel would a better basis for inclusion GRIMM... also be included in the mu- in the museum,” Mathey seum’s display, but Kagin said. “Congress is simply Continued from page 1 the deadliest terrorist attack said the size of the cross just making one more law gion, Christianity, over other on American soil.” would overpower the other respecting a establishment faiths (and over the concept But the atheist group was artifacts. of religion.” 5772 that there is no deity). unswayed. “It overshadows every- In an interview last week, “The cross constitutes an “A cross that is installed thing else,” he said. Grimm suggested that he Reserve Your Free Tickets Now! unlawful attempt to promote on a government site using The establishment of a didn’t have a problem with a specific religion on gov- government money and re- national monument is a le- that. ernmental land, diminishing quires a Catholic ceremony gal protection typically re- “This is a country that was High Holy Day Services the civil rights, privileges or to be installed is primarily served for naturally occur- founded on a belief in God, Sept. 28 Rosh Hashanah Eve 8 p.m. capacities of Atheist Amer- a religious artifact, even as ring phenomena like Mount period. Anyone that wants icans, Agnostic Americans, a national monument,” said St. Helens or man-made na- to dispute that, I wouldn’t Sept. 29 Rosh Hashanah 10 a.m. Jewish Americans, Muslim Danielle Mathey, the group’s tional icons such as the Statue waste my time with them,” he Oct.7 Kol Nidre 8 p.m. New York lawyer, who said Community Newspaper Group / Dan MacLeod of Liberty or Mount Rush- told the Brooklyn press corps Americans, and all others Rep. Michael Grimm Oct. 8 Yom Kippur 10 a.m. who are not Christian,” the the law would only embolden more. on Thursday in his Dyker suit claims. its cause. There are no overtly reli- Heights office. “We are a Grimm countered that in The group said that the ror of 9-11 and using it to gious symbols currently pro- country that was based on the context of the 9-11 at- cross clearly favors the Chris- market a cross as represent- tected, though the Washing- Judeo-Christian beliefs.” Children’s Services tacks, the cross is not a reli- tian faith. And the group’s ing all religions, all suffer- ton Monument has religious At the same time, the Cath- - No tickets needed - inscriptions in the stairway olic Grimm offered a little gious icon, but rather a sym- national legal director said ing, all grief,” said Edwin Sept. 29 Rosh Hashanah 9 a.m. bol of “hope and freedom at 9-11 was being used as an ex- Kagin. and a plaque bearing the bit of catholic egalitarian- a time when New Yorkers cuse to establish a national Grimm pointed out that a words “Praise be to God” ism, saying that the 9-11 an- Oct. 8 Yom Kippur 9 a.m. were coping with loss and de- religion. Star of David cut from steel on its cap. And some nation- niversary ceremony on Sun- struction in the aftermath of “They’re taking the hor- from one of the buildings, ally recognized monument day should include religious sites have religious histories leaders from all faiths. for American Indians or for “There should be an imam UNION TEMPLE Spanish missionaries. there to say a prayer; I think But Grimm’s proposal there should be a rabbi there OF BROOKLYN .POUIMZ)FBMUI5JQT crosses a line, critics say. to say a prayer; I think there ,ivÀÊUÊ }>Ì>À>ÊUÊVÕÃÛi GSPN/FX:PSL.FUIPEJTU)PTQJUBM “What [Grimm] is trying should be a priest there to say £ÇÊ >ÃÌiÀÊ*>ÀÜ>Þ to do is give government en- a prayer and anyone else that Across from the Brooklyn Public dorsement of the World Trade wants to prayer in any lan- Center cross in the hopes that guage,” he said. Library at Grand Army Plaza 4USPLF&BSMZ%FUFDUJPO 718-638-7600 ÜÜÜ°1/i«i°À} $BO-FBEUP3FWFSTBM APP... 1/i«iJ1/i«i°À} By Michael J. Ayad, M.D., Division of Neurosurgery Continued from page 1 New York Methodist Hospital August deliberately made the towers similar to pencil troke is now the third-leading cause of clot-busting medication, known as tPA (tissue drawings, without details or Sdeath in the United States and a lead- plasminogen activator). When a patient with interiors, because otherwise Union Temple ing cause of disability, with almost 800,000 an ischemic stroke is taken to the emergency the images “would get too Americans experiencing a stroke every year. room within three hours of the stroke’s occur- creepy.” A stroke — which is actually a “brain attack” rence, tPA can be administered to the site of “This is an artist’s render- — comes in two forms: ischemic, caused by the clot either directly or intravenously. This ing of the buildings, a couple the blockage of a blood vessel supplying the medication may help to reverse the stroke by of paint strokes, and that’s OPEN HOUSE brain, and hemorrhagic, caused by bleeding breaking up the clot and allowing blood flow enough,” he said. into or around the brain. to reach the brain again, saving brain cells. The app creates a dark Eighty-three percent of strokes are ischemic Additional options for treatment of stroke, outline during the day and -Õ`>Þ]Ê-i«Ì°Ê£nÊUÊ£ä\ääÊ>°°ÊqÊ£Ê«°° strokes, which occur when blood clots or if the patient arrives at the emergency room a white contour at night and Experience the warmth of the Union Temple family. Discover our other particles block arteries to the brain and after three hours of the inception of stroke, in- works whether users are exciting programs for adults and kids. reduce blood flow, depriving the brain cells of clude a procedure utilizing the Penumbra Sys- across the street in Lower crucial oxygen and nutrients. Within minutes, tem, first approved by the FDA in 2009. This UÊ*ÀiÃV °Ê>`ÃÊV `ViÌiÀi`Êi>À}ÊvÀÊÌÜÃ]ÊÌ ÀiiÃÊ>`Ê Manhattan, at Fulton Ferry fours — for children of all faiths. cells may begin to die. Therefore, time is of procedure enables the neurosurgeon to re- Landing or on a rooftop in the essence when it comes to treatment of move blood clots through the femoral artery. ality engine. The program UÊ,i}ÕÃÊ-V °ÊiLÀiÜÊ>`ÊÕ`>V>ÊvÀÊ>Ê}À>ìÃ]Ê>ÊvÕÊ Williamsburg. has gained so much atten- stroke. 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We look forward to meeting you! procedures cannot help brain cells that have System, introduced in 2006, works similarly cide with a website, 110sto- Back then, he had a friend ries.com, which allows users been deprived of oxygen for a long time, so with a catheter inserted into the femoral ar- hold up the metal mold be- early diagnosis and treatment is vital. tery, but with a corkscrew-shaped device at- to share their photos and an- fore the skyline, took a photo ecdotes on the iconic build- Union Temple of Brooklyn Symptoms of a stroke include sudden numb- tached to the end used to physically spear and on his cellphone — and his ness or weakness, especially on one side of remove the blood clot. ings. idea was born. August said he’s hosting 17 Eastern Parkway the body; sudden confusion, trouble speaking Although these advanced, brain-saving “When we looked at it on or understanding speech; sudden difficulty procedures are available in a limited number a launch party the day be- the iPhone, we were blown fore Sept. 11 to begin col- Across from seeing in one or both eyes; sudden issues with of emergency departments (including that at away,” August said. “I knew it walking, dizziness, or loss of balance or coor- New York Methodist Hospital), it is important lecting people’s snapshots the Brooklyn Public Library needed to be an app, but then and stories. dination; or sudden severe headache with no to remember and be aware of the warning I wondered, ‘How the hell am at Grand Army Plaza known cause. If you or someone you know signs of stroke. Even with technology, stroke “We’re creating these I going to do this?’ ” beautiful agnostic views of experiences any of those symptoms, a trip to reversal is dependent on the amount of time He did it by quickly rais- that brain cells have been deprived of oxygen. the towers,” August said. the nearest emergency department with a full ing $25,000 this summer. A 718-638-7600 Awareness of stroke symptoms can enable “And now wherever people stroke program is imperative. Chicago-based developer de- There are many techniques that can help you to get yourself or your loved one to the are in New York, they can www.uniontemple.org signed the dream app and “reverse” stroke, one of which is the use of a hospital in time. see them again.” [email protected] a German company pro- For info, visit grammed the augmented re- www.110stories.com.

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housekeeping to brighten the colors of walls and has taken advantage of previously unused outdoor space, along Principal turns critics into converts with offering extended school programs like cooking, yoga By Natalie O’Neill parents — even while ad- Seventh Street, has brought are taking a good school and Parents repeatedly protested, Elohim Early Childhood and music. The Brooklyn Paper vocating forward-thinking openness to the traditional making it great.” saying things worked the way Center — tread lightly dur- It’s all meant to show The Park Slope principal philosophies with which they learning environment — Indeed, over two years, en- they were. After Lorenzen ing her first year, sometimes that her now-more-modern disagree. while championing the ben- rollment has grown from 366 was hired, they directed “holding [her] tongue” and who got caught in the cross- school is a place where every- Maura Lorenzen, who re- efits of technology and yoga, to 400 students — even as their venom at her, claim- doing a lot of listening. one should feel comfortable fire of a Catholic school con- placed a beloved administra- which the Pope himself has most Catholic schools in the ing she got the job through She initially took issue asking questions and speak- troversy has silenced the crit- tor at St. Saviour Elementary publicly poo-pooed. city have shrunk. connections. with a couple of the adminis- ing openly. ics and won the hearts of School on Eighth Avenue and Lorenzen initially came Much of that can be at- But now parents — even tration’s ideas about “product “There has absolutely under fire amid allegations tributed to Lorenzen, who those who initially bashed versus process”–based art — been a shift,” she said. “One that she got hired simply be- has implemented a shift away her — say she deserves some the difference between hand- big thing is my approach to cause she was pals with Rev. from stodgy classroom tra- credit, even if they don’t al- ing a kid a paintbrush and communication: I want chil- Daniel Murphy. But now par- ditions — like moving desks ways agree with her vision. saying, “Paint winter!” which dren to feel like they have a CAROUSEL... ents, many of whom initially out of rows and into group “You can talk to her; par- encourages creative thinking, voice and that they’re con- complained that Lorenzen seating — in order to encour- ents e-mail her all the time as opposed to teaching him, sidered.” Continued from page 1 who would enjoy the new was not suited for the posi- age teamwork and “cooper- — and that’s unburdening step by step, how to make a Plenty of parents are hail- later that year at a theme park merry-go-round. “It seems tion, now support her collab- ative learning.” for them,” said parent Cindy snowflake, which encourages ing that idea. auction in Youngstown, Ohio like an ego trip and inappro- orative classroom settings, The philosophical revamp Brolsma, who initially said structured thinking. “She’s done many things — then spent spent 22 years priate. It’s more about [the appreciation for secular di- comes after Murphy’s con- complained of cronyism. She initially believed that to make the school shine,” restoring it. Walentases] promoting them- versity and out-of-the-box ap- troversial 2009 decision not “She’s also very good at art was meant just to encour- said another mother who

From the beginning, she selves and becoming part of proach to art instruction. Photo Callan by Tom renew the contract of Princi- bringing money to the school, age creativity, but has since criticized Lorenzen initially envisioned putting it on the the history of DUMBO.” “The transition was hard Maura Lorenzen took pal James Flanagan, a pop- which is important.” discovered both styles of — and who asked not to be water between the Manhat- Judi Francis, president of at first,” she said. “But com- over St. Saviour’s School ular administrator who had Lorenzen — a former di- teaching are of value. named now. “She’s taken tan and Brooklyn bridges. It the Brooklyn Bridge Park De- placency is the enemy: We under fire two years ago. been in charge for 25 years. rector at Congregation Beth She’s also done some good steps forward.” was supposed to go there a fense Fund, said the attrac- decade ago under her hus- tion is just another exam- band’s plans for a massive ple of the park turning into apartment-building, water- a stomping ground for the front hotel, and shopping wealthy. complex in what was then “If you have millions of Empire-Fulton Ferry State dollars, the mayor will listen Park. to you and heed your sugges- KIDS • SCHOOL • STYLE • TEENS • CAMPS • MUSIC The City Planning Com- tions,” she said, “but if you’re mission blocked the develop- if you’re like most people and PARENT ment for obliterating views just want to use the park for of the Manhattan Bridge and your children, for recreation, bringing too much traffic to you will have no voice.” the neighborhood. But Walentas said her car- So the couple temporarily ousel was only meant for the Dealing with Irene like a TV dad housed the carousel in a gal- benefit of the park. “I’m glad I didn’t give up,” lery at 56 Water St., where the s Hurricane Irene kind of macho, in a domes- coming in bands, my daugh- my daughters. Indeed, by sage, I kept my worries in- my family. The dads of the Walentas said. “There were a public could look at, but not broadcasting my fears and side, and felt manly doing it, last generation, my own fa- lot of forces against us and it plodded towards us tic sort of way. ters baked cookies, created a ride, the magnificent struc- then working through them, satisfied to be the rock of my ther, whose parenting I usu- took a lot to stay with it, but A and I went through I’ve never thought much wonderful dinner of home- ture. The space was too small my list of preparations, I of that old-school type of fa- made pasta — and left the my girls can learn something home. Don’t get me wrong, ally dismiss as an unworthy by city standards to allow it’s really paid off.” looked at my kids, embed- ther from the ’50s and ’60s kitchen a mess. useful. By sharing, I also get I like being a modern dad, model, probably did get some passengers to giddy-up . The carousel was work- able but dilapidated when ded in the sofa, eyes fixated — think of television dads I was up at 12:30 am, as some comfort and camara- engaged and involved with fulfillment from their but- But Walentas didn’t give derie. It’s nice to face a tem- my children. But for the first toned up family roles. the Walentases bought it. on the flat screen, and I nearly like Ward Cleaver in “Leave were my kids. They were up, promising to donate the glued to the screen again pest with people to cushion time I could see that there are I learned it can feel good ride to the park — and, more She hired a team 12 years lost it. I felt a compulsion to it to Beaver,” Jim Anderson ago to help her scrape away while I cleared the drain out- my concerns. other ways to be a father and to be stoic and tough — at important, pay for its protec- run around shrieking, “How in “Father Knows Best” or side the kitchen which was But through Irene’s pas- a man and give something to least for a weekend. tive structure. A group called many layers of varnish to can you watch reveal the horses’ original clogged with debris and be- Friends of Jane’s Carousel TV at a time like ginning to push water un- will maintain and operate the carvings and colors. Then this? The flood she used gold leaf and even The der the door. I got a garbage ride under a 30-year contract is coming! The can under a small roof leak, with Brooklyn Bridge Park. hired a Mercedes-Benz de- trees will blow tailer to draw decorations on saving the carpet. At 4 am I Any additional revenues from over. Wind, rain, the reigns and saddles. Dad plugged holes to keep more the $2 per-ride ticket price lightening, tor- The dusty old $385,000 water out of the basement will go to the park’s main- nadoes! Get off ride is now a work of art. By Scott Sager and adjusted the refrigera- tenance budget, said park your butts!” tor so it’d be really cold in Walentas said that after But I didn’t. spokeswoman Ellen Ryan. the carousel begins turning case we lost power. Even after the directors Instead, I did the fatherly Steve Douglas in “My Three Of course, by 9 am the a profit, a certain amount thing and quietly went about Sons.” They seemed too re- DAY SCHOOL, INC. of the new park accepted the will go to Brooklyn Bridge worst was over and my Walentases’ gift, some op- moving garbage cans and ty- moved and distant from their wife and I took the dog for A fully licensed and certified preschool Park. ing down the outdoor furni- children, watching always posed the carousel, citing a “This carousel is going to a long, leisurely walk while ture. In the face of the storm, at arms length. Yet in the lack of public-review process belong to the world, as a real the girls snoozed away. The 2-4 year old programs 2, 3, 4 or 5 mornings, I shed my modern, emo- end, they were always in and concerns that it would exciting destination,” Walen- biggest storm to hit Brook- Licensed teachers afternoons or full days tional honesty for a 1950s command, firmly but gen- obstruct views of the Brook- tas said. “Riding on this car- lyn in years, barely affected Optimal educational equipment Spacious Classrooms lyn Bridge. ousel at the foot of the Brook- father-face, the unflappa- tly, bringing stability to their them. Some neighbors are still ble, show-no-fear parental homes. My calm may have given Exclusive outdoor facilities Enriched Curriculum lyn Bridge, watching boats Indoor Gym facilities Caring, loving environment miffed over the project’s lack go by — it doesn’t get much facade, a model of calm to My girls did tape a cou- them a sense of security, my household. In some ways, ple of windows and help me of community input — no better than this.” but did I miss something LIMITED SPACES AVAILABLE FOR FALL matter how lovely the car- Jane’s Carousel will this was a very unsatisfying move one or two heavier by not sharing my anxi- ousel may be. open on Sept. 16 at Brook- role to play (and, in others, items, but they only made eties with them? Should I “I am startled that this is lyn Bridge Park [Dock and it was quite different from a token contribution to se- have looked at the radar im- Call: 230-5255 now in our beautiful land- Water streets in DUMBO, my parenting page counter- curing our abode. I was ages and shouted, “OH MY scape,” said DUMBO res- (718) 222-2502], 11 am to 7 part, “Fearless Parenting”). moving bicycles and fill- GOD, WHAT AN ENOR- 763 President St. (bet. 6th & 7th Aves.) ident Bella Hubert, who pm. For info, visit janescar- But in other ways, well, I ing pitchers with drinking MOUS STORM”? 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Grimm: I’ll take on GOP 1 2 over Irene relief funds By Dan MacLeod The Brooklyn Paper The borough’s lone Republican congressman is poised to battle his own party’s leadership — and put his budget-cutting credentials 3 4 on the line — to make sure that Brooklyn gets more Hurricane Irene relief money. Rep. Michael Grimm (R–Bay Ridge) told The Brooklyn Paper that he opposes a move by powerful House Majority Leader Eric Cantor to require that any new disaster funds be offset by cuts elsewhere in the federal budget. “I’m not going to pull any punches [but] I have a fight on my hands,” said Grimm, who added that he would vote against any bill that holds emergency expen- 5 6 ditures hostage to other budget reductions. “I believe that government should have a very limited role, but one of those roles [is] to make cuts, though he has criticized his sure that the community is rebuilt own party for being recalcitrant and it’s safe and built to certain during budget negotiations, call- standards,” he said. ing the Tea Party “the extreme The Federal Emergency Man- wing of the Republican Party,” agement Agency so far has released in March. funds for the city to remove de- “This is the first time he has bris and do initial repairs, but that been against something along excludes compensation for hom- these lines,” said Glenn Noc- eowners and businesses. Addi- era, president of the Brooklyn HOOK, LINE, SINKER: Follow the sequence after (1) Achilles showed up last Thurs- tional FEMA funding will be de- Young Republican Club. day morning with a hook in his (her?) mouth. Next (2) animal lover Ed Bahlman bated when the House returns to At the same time, bringing holds down Achilles as wildlife rehabilitator Anne-Katrin Titze prepares to extract session next week — with Can- home the bacon trumps party the hook. (3) Titze gives Achilles the Doolittle treatment. (4) Bahlman calms the tor dictating the terms of the de- principles. treated bird. (5) The newly freed Achilles gives a winged tribute to her (his?) rescu- bate for now. “It’s the same for every con- ers. (6) Yes, this was a hook in the bird’s mouth. The Virginia Republican has gressman,” said Nocera. “They’re said that any additional disaster going to try to get the money back relief — which could hit $7 bil- to their district.” lion for the East Coast — should be Some Democrats said that paid for with spending cuts. Martinka Paul by photos File Grimm’s stance against Cantor Birders save swan “Just like any family would op- The damage from “Hurricane” Irene is still causing pain. But simply proves that the freshman is erate when its stuck with disaster,” Republicans in Congress are trying to block storm aid until caught between two masters. Cantor told Fox News last Monday. other cuts are made to the federal budget — but this week, “It depends on which Michael “It finds the money it needs to take Rep. Mike Grimm (left) said that he would not join his party in Grimm you’re talking about — the care of a sick loved one and goes holding aid hostage to the ongoing budget debate. one who ran as a Tea Party can- in Prospect Park! without buying a new car or put didate, or the one that now slams a new addition on a house. We’re the Tea Party,” said one Demo- going to find the money — we’re expected, but damage from flood- have weakened Medicare by replac- cratic operative in Grimm’s dis- By Gersh Kuntzman his (her?) mouth. just going to need to make sure ing and downed trees in the bor- ing it with block grants to states; trict. “That all depends on which The Brooklyn Paper Fortunately, Titze is a trained wildlife re- that there are savings elsewhere ough are still being tallied. New and voting to defund NPR. He also way the wind is blowing on that Talk about an Achilles beak! habilitator — and she seems to always have to continue to do so.” York State has an estimated $1 bil- wanted to block Planned Parent- particular day.” Wildlife lovers Anne-Katrin Titze and Ed a pair of needle-nose pliers handy. Bay Ridge Democrats found lion in total damages. hood from getting federal funds. For at least this day, Grimm Bahlman, regulars in these pages, made a he- Within minutes, with Bahlman serving themselves in the awkward po- Grimm has had to walk a thin He also complained that bud- said the prevailing wind was one roic rescue of a beloved swan last Thursday as nurse, Titze had removed the pernicious sition of backing Grimm on the line as a rising Tea Party star elected get cuts agreed to by President of compassion. after the bird swallowed a fish hook. plug. issue. in a Democratic-leaning district, Obama and the House leadership “There’s no question that the Titze and Bahlman, who have long cru- “It was so deep into Achilles’s upper palate “Debating the budget is impor- and he tends to vote less with his after last month’s debate over the government should play a much saded against illegal fishing in the park, that Ed had to turn Achilles over so I could tant, but not when people’s lives are party leadership than most con- debt ceiling “did not go nearly more limited role in our lives than said they discovered the waterfowl — whom get a firm grip,” Titze told us. “The bird was at stake,” said Councilman Vince servatives in his party, according far enough.” it currently does,” he said. “But they’ve named Achilles after the almost-in- in a great deal of pain.” Gentile (D–Bay Ridge) “Federal to the website Govtrack. Brooklyn Republicans say this protecting life and property are destructable Greek mythological figure — Within minutes after the surgery, the bird disaster response is not and should But he has also toed the Republi- would be the first time Grimm the fundamental responsibilities at around 9 am. was back on her (his?) feet and flying away. not be a partisan issue.” can line on key votes his first year in has squared off with party leader- of government. If we were under The bird was unable to drink or feed be- “We watched in amazement” as Achilles Hurricane Irene did not wreak office, voting for the controversial ship over something as central to attack, we wouldn’t call a bud- cause of the hook, and attached line, inside flew off to fight another day, Titze said. as much havoc on Brooklyn as was Paul Ryan budget plan that would the Republican agenda as budget get meeting.” 20 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 9–15, 2011

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