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By Natalie O’Neill a space about the size of a large of- the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway on The Brooklyn Paper fice cubicle. one side and hot new businesses such A Bronx-based company wants to Experts in the field say roughly one- as the much-buzzed-about eatery But- open a 170-bed homeless shelter on a third of the building — which was orig- termilk Channel on the other. residential block of Carroll Gardens inally designed as a condo development “This end of Carroll Gardens has — but neighbors fear a cramped fa- — will likely go toward common ar- just recently started to improve with cility will encourage troubled folks to eas, sparking fears among neighbors new shops and restaurants opening — that cramped personal quarters could loiter nearby. [the shelter] negatively impacts this ar- push shelter dwellers outside, and with Aguila Incorporated plans to offer ea’s ability to continue to improve,” them panhandling and drug use. neighbor Janet Zimmerman wrote on single adults housing in a five-story “It’s a little scary if they end up roam- building on West Ninth and Court streets a petition. Photo by Katia Savchuk ing the streets,” said neighbor and fa- Aguila’s chief executive officer Rob- Dee Dee Maucher thinks mud balls like this one can help clean the to “help less fortunate individuals find ther James Dimoca. “I know this sounds ert Hess — a former New York City De- Gowanus Canal. a better quality of life,” according to selfish — but there are an awful lot of a letter the group submitted to Com- young families around here.” partment of Homeless Services community Board 6. Other residents and business own- missioner — didn’t return two calls

But residents contend the proposal ers, some of whom are circulating a pe- Community Newspaper Group / Natalie O’Neill seeking comment on Monday. is unsafe and unfit for the family-cen- tition to protest the plan, suspect the A five-story condo building in But homeless advocacy groups not tied tric neighborhood, partly because the shelter will become a stain on the newly Carroll Gardens could soon be- to the project say the amount of planned Mudslinging shelter will likely allocate each dweller cleaned-up area, which is just steps from come a homeless shelter. See SHELTER on page 4 muckrakers! ZONE DEFENSE Dirt balls could clean Gowanus New elementary school zoning map By Katia Savchuk for The Brooklyn Paper promises big changes in Park Slope Throwing mud into the Gowanus Cleaning the By Natalie O’Neill ers on the other side fearful they the kid-friendly neighborhood Canal is the secret to cleaning the dirty waterway, environmental ac- The Brooklyn Paper might not make the cut. just so their progeny get guar- Gowanus The city is considering cre- anteed seats. tivists say. A proposed zoning change at Mud balls packed with microbes two beloved Park Slope schools ating new maps that deter- The new plan would shrink that eat toxins and secrete nutrients according to the Masters of Succes- is drawing a thick line across mine which students get cov- the areas zoned for each of the can reduce pollution from raw sew- sion Collective. File photo by Sebastian Kahnert the neighborhood — leaving eted spots at PS 321 and PS 107 top-notch grade schools to re- age and make heavy metals less harm- If the group gets its way, hundreds Park Slope parents are split on plan to change the parents on one side celebrating — two perennially packed el- duce classroom crowding. ful, allowing native plants and an- of volunteers will lob thousands of mi- maps that determine which students get coveted less crowded classrooms, and ementary schools that are so A Department of Education imals to return to the putrid inlet, See GOWANUS on page 9 seats at the crowded PS 107 and PS 321 (pictured). moms, dads, and property own- popular many parents move to See ZONING on page 9 Domino site gets a new sugar daddy By Danielle Furfaro quiring the massive real estate company famous for its game- tion Corporation Resources Inc. build 2,200 apartments — 660 $120-million loan, the ambi- The Brooklyn Paper gem but not yet revealing whether changing work in DUMBO, for $185 million. of them charging below market- tious plan fell through — leav- Real estate powerhouse Two it will stick to the original contro- sealed the deal last Friday, Community Preservation rate rents — on waterfront land ing the would-be builders look-

File photo by Andy Campbell Trees Management Company has versial redevelopment blueprint taking the former sugar plant Corporation bought the site in that had sat largely vacant since ing to offload the property despite The development company closed on its purchase of the for- or draft something new. off of the hands of the belea- 2004 for $55.8 million and won the late 1990s. the efforts of investment part- Two Trees now owns this. mer Domino Sugar factory, ac- Two Trees, the development guered Community Preserva- a hard-fought approval for a plan But after defaulting on a See DOMINO on page 10 Cobble Park squabble After ticket blitz, residents want later closing By Natalie O’Neill of dollars of fines. The Brooklyn Paper “I was surprised to learn the Neighbors want to push back tickets were $250 — people have the closing time of Cobble Hill come forward to say it’s ridicu- Park following a crackdown lous,” said of the Glenn Kelly of that left late-night visitors fac- Community Board 6, which re- ing costly summonses. cently met with members of the Cobble Hill residents are fight- Cobble Hill Association to dis- ing to move the park’s curfew cuss the issue. from 9 pm to 10 pm amid com- The later hours will likely de- plaints that cops are issuing tick- crease the number of summonses ets for harmless after-hours ac- written, Kelly said. tivities in the greenspace, which After years of conflict over is bounded by Congress, Clin- curfews in Cobble Hill Park, Photo by Stefano Giovannini ton, and Henry streets and Ve- neighbors requested increased DUMBO’s Judd Ehrlich is making a documentary about randah Place. enforcement inside the green- the sci-fi script fictionalized in “Argo,” the new Holly- Civic leaders say the proposed space following a knife attack wood flick directed by a bearded Ben Affleck (below). rule change will ensure neigh- outside the park in August and

bors aren’t penalized for using File photo Callan by Tom complaints about drug deals and a park path as a shortcut home Residents want the city to occasional public sex inside it. or tossing a bag of dog poop in a push back the closing time of Officers at the 76 Precinct say park trash can after 9 pm — ac- Cobble Hill Park — a propos- they are working to find the sweet Photo by Stefano Giovannini Double take McKenzie Santiago used to have a line of products for tions that reportedly left at least al they say would spare them spot between too much enforce- Brooklyn ﬁ lmmaker’s movie two neighbors footing hundreds the risk of costly tickets. See PARK on page 4 women, but found mustache wax to be a bigger seller. tells true story behind ‘Argo’ LIP SERVICE By Eli Rosenberg The Brooklyn Paper Sweet charity In Hollywood, it’s based on Bushwick entrepreneur sells a true story. In Brooklyn, it is a true story. Bridge Park bike philanthropist mustache wax for hipsters A DUMBO filmmaker is By Danielle Furfaro of mustache waxes. working on a documentary about will also bring arts to Gowanus The Brooklyn Paper “A lot of guys are into buying the real-life events that inspired the Ben Affleck blockbuster By Natalie O’Neill street cred as Brooklyn’s cool- To make it in this borough, mustache wax these days,” said “Argo” — a miraculous story The Brooklyn Paper est benefactor. you need a stiff upper lip — and Santiago, who also makes facial about a science fiction script The philanthropist funding a Joshua Rechnitz — who car- thankfully McKenzie Santiago serum and tattoo balm under the used by the CIA in a ploy to res- $40-million athletic facility full ries the wallet behind Brooklyn Courtesy NYC Fieldhouse is here to help with that. name Brooklyn Grooming. cue six Americans in Iran during of fixed-gear bikes in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s headline-grabbing Bike-boosting philanthro- The 29-year-old Bushwick en- The mustache mousse was the 1979 hostage crisis. Bridge Park is now throwing indoor bike track project — now pist Josh Rechnitz will fund trepreneur keeps the borough’s originally a spin-off from her And unlike the Affleck ver- money at an innovative arts proj- wants to turn a sprawling indus- a multi-million-dollar arts hirsute men furry and itch-free women’s line called Pretty Mon-

See ARGO on page 10 Associated Press / Warner Bros., Claire Folger ect in Gowanus — earning him See RECHNITZ on page 9 center in Gowanus. with her Brooklyn-centric line See WAX on page 4 Park Slope’s missing pink Neighborhood landmark will soon lose its gaudy hue By Anthony Smith the rest of the block. the 95-year-old who painted (and even re- for The Brooklyn Paper “There are a lot of mixed emotions painted) the home pink — said the color Park Slope’s famous pink brown- about the decision to paint the townhouse didn’t stand in the way of the sale. stone will lose its Pepto-Bismol hue, brown,” said Landmarks Commission “It’s such a beautiful house with city officials decided on Monday. spokeswoman Lisi De Bourbon. “We such a great location, so the color is The new owners won approval to add [considered] whether those changes will really not a problem,” said Rachel Ay- a coat of brown paint to the landmarked be consistent with the color of the build- lward of Brenton Realty. Garfield Place home, which has been an ings around it, and whether the changes It’s certainly eye-catching, — and that Photo by Melanie Fidler icon of Park Slope quirkiness since 1971, will be consistent with the history and was a good thing, some Slopers say. when the city included the rosy residence the architecture of the building.” “I didn’t exactly like it — but I ap-

File photo Callan by Tom in a historic district — effectively set- The new buyers, who acquired the preciated it because it stood out and it Pups on parade The famous pink brownstone ting the color choice in stone. home for $2.2 million, did not return was bold,” said artist Jonathan Blum. Japanese chins Thor, Lola, and Pearl dressed as characters from “Lit- on Garfield Place is going to be That is, until its buyers requested repeated requests for comment. But the “Painting a brownstone? No one does tle Red Riding Hood” at the annual Harvest Festival at the Narrows brown again. permission to make the building match broker who represented Bernie Henry — that!” — with Natalie O’Neill Botanical Gardens on Oct. 14. 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 October 19–25, 2012 DOWN SWING City axes Williamsburg’s beloved Swinging Sixties Senior Center

By Danielle Furfaro The Brooklyn Paper Associated Press / Evan Agostini The city will stop funding Williamsburg’s Swinging Sixties Senior Center, har- kening the demise of a gath- ering place for the bingo set, Babs hits a popular upstairs day-care center, and a hub for North Brooklyn neighborhood ac- tivism since 1974. The Ainslie Street senior Brooklyn center and the attached Small World day care didn’t make the cut for public money next year after the city adopted Streisand ﬁ lls up Barclays a more stringent applica- tion process, according to for ﬁ rst-ever show in boro Swinging Sixties director John Pelle, who fears seniors By Danielle Furfaro changes with aplomb — the will lose their connection to The Brooklyn Paper eight-time Grammy Award- the outside world once fund- Photo by Elizabeth Graham Brooklyn’s native son winner belted out tunes such ing runs up in January. (Above) Agnes DiGruc- opened the Barclays Cen- as “The Way We Were” and “I think a lot of them will cio, director of Small ter — and the borough’s fa- a medley of “Rose’s Turn,” stay at home and be reclu- World day care, and vorite daughter made it feel “Some People,” and “Every- sive,” said Pelle. “Or they’ll John Pelle, director of like home. thing’s Coming Up Roses.” wander the McDonalds or the the Swinging Sixties Se- Barbra Streisand made And the former Williams- grocery store.” nior Center, hope they a triumphant return to the burger and East Flatbusher Pelle said the Conselyea will be able to keep their borough where she was born proved she still knows her Block Association — a group programs open next on Oct. 11 and 13, waltz- way around the borough with that runs the seniors center year. (Left) If the senior ing through a crowd-pleas- a rendition of “You’re The and the day care — sent in center closes, Filomena ing mix of pop classics and Top” rewritten to include the requests for funding for Scelta, 96, with no lon- show tunes in her first-ever plenty of Brooklyn refer- both programs just as it had ger be able to practice show in Brooklyn. ences. every year since 1974. her moves with dance There was schmaltz, The 70-year-old icon made But this time, the Depart- instructor Herb Alicea. glitz, and plenty of Brook- three costume changes — ment for the Aging and the lyn moxie as an older legion showing off a black sequined Administration for Chil- of fans filled the arena to see skirt, vest, and blazer; a black dren’s Services rejected both tition in that district.” A spokeswoman for the the Funny Girl, who became sequined cape emblazoned bids, imperiling the programs the second superstar to head- with “Brooklyn” on the front and the long-time home of Administration for Children’s Services says the decision to line the new arena following and “Streisand” and the num- Community Board 1 meet- ber 24 on the back; and a red

Photo by Elizabeth Graham rapper Jay-Z. ings and other Williamsburg reject the day care’s bid came after the agency evaluated all With guest stars includ- empress number. civic functions. for the day-care through ing teen opera trio Il Volo, And she wasn’t the only Swinging Sixties accom- June, but her staff says the budget proposals “using an objective set of criteria.” trumpeter Chris Botti, and superstar in the house. modates between 90 and 110 city must be more pragmatic Streisand’s son, the film- The Barclays Center was seniors daily, offering free Williamsburg activists are when it comes to budgeting maker and singer Jason a feast of celebrity sightings, Associated Press / Evan Agostini oatmeal and $1.50-lunches launching a fight to win the for the community’s seniors Gould — plus the back- with stars like Regis Philbin, Barbra Streisand belts out a tune during her homecoming concert at the and a safe environment where cash back, led by CB1 mem- and kids. ing of a dynamic orchestra Sting, and Ralph Lauren Barclays Center on Thursday night. (Top left) Fans line up outside the Bar- they can play bingo and pool ber Jan Peterson, who spent “The city is emphasizing that handled the many style checking out the concert. clays Center before Streisand’s concert. with their friends, or get help competitiveness and cost- the late ’60s and early ’70s navigating the labyrinthine efficiency over community working to open the seniors world of health insurance and roots and experience work- center. social security benefits. ing with the elderly and chil- “This is the living room Those services, plus rent, dren,” said Reyna spokesman of the community,” said Pe- add up to $550,000 per year Malcolm Sanborn-Hum. terson. “This is a vulnera- — all of it coming from the The Department for the ble senior population. They Stabbing in stalled condo city. Aging says the Swinging Six- want to save money, but is Much of the $920,000-bud- ties Senior Center lost out in a this cost-effective?” By Danielle Furfaro on the second story of the names of “Harley” or “Nini” overpass in the mornings and invites trouble. get at the Small World day- legally required bidding com- Sonny Scali — a regu- The Brooklyn Paper construction site at Bed- and was a day laborer who wait to get picked up for jobs, Williamsburger Car- care comes from the city, petition intended to maintain lar for the past seven years A man lost his life after a ford Avenue and S. Fourth frequently squatted in the said Rafael Duran. rington Morris said work — said he was shocked to though parents of the 160- high-quality content at city- grisly stabbing in an unfin- Street. building. “I never knew him by began on the building in some students who attend hear his favorite hangout The man was taken to the “He came in here all the funded programs. ished Williamsburg condo name, but I saw him here the late aughts, but quickly pre-school and after-school “Like all the proposals will close. hospital, where he was pro- time,” said Juan Rodriguez, all the time,” Duran said. came to a halt. building on Tuesday morn- programming contribute submitted, Swinging Six- “I feel very depressed,” nounced dead on arrival, ac- who runs the Los Sures Deli Neighbors wondered how “When the economy some cash by paying on a ties’s proposal was reviewed the 75-year-old said. “This ing, investigators say. cording to police. across the street. “He was a something like this could crashed, all the bulldozers sliding scale based on their by an independent panel,” is only two blocks from my Firefighters responded to While investigators would nice guy. He kept to himself. happen in a community were up, and they were sud- income. said spokeswoman Jeanette house. To go to another cen- a call at 8:30 am and found not release the victim’s name, He never stole anything.” that has seen far less crime denly just frozen like dino- Councilwoman Diana Reed. “The result was that ter, I’ll have to take a bus or an unresponsive Hispanic friends in the neighborhood Harley was one of many in recent years, but they all saurs,” she said. “It’s been Reyna (D–Williamsburg) the agency did not win an two. My legs don’t keep me man in his mid-30s with said the man, who was from men who would stand un- agreed that the seemingly sitting here like this ever managed to secure funding award based on the compe- up any more.” a stab wound to his neck Honduras, went by the nick- der the Williamsburg Bridge abandoned condo project since.” K?<9IFFBCPE98:BJKFIP 9IFL>?KKFPFL9P :K?<E<@>?9FI?FF;JF=K?<9FIFL>?F=B@E>J Flatbush Once a rural outpost, now a vital corridor of commerce

By Shavana Abruzzo across the East River. The Brooklyn Paper Flatbush, one of the original Flatbush has been sliced and six towns of Brooklyn, remained diced more than a Thanksgiv- a rural outpost in the years before ing turkey, but despite the ever- the American Revolution, with changing names of its multiple a population of less than 1,000. neighborhoods — from Ditmas The farming families of Lef- Park and Fiske Terrace to Bev- ferts, Vanderveers, Martenses, erley Square West and Prospect Van Ditmarsens, and Wickoffs Lefferts Gardens — it has been a dominated the region and made it unilateral force in shaping Brook- a national trading post, accumu- lyn’s destiny. lating their wealth largely on the Flatbush Avenue, one of backs of enslaved African Amer- America’s oldest streets, was icans who labored in their homes originally a country lane built and tilled their fields. over an Native American foot- The Lefferts were the descen- path — a future critical trans- dants of Pieter Janse Hagewout, borough corridor inhabited by a farmer and cobbler who ar- Irish, Italians, Jews, West Indi- rived aboard the Spotted Cow ans, Southeast Asians, Chinese, in the early 1660s. ex-Soviets, and other immigrants Twenty years later, his son seeking a better life. Leffert Pieterse bought land in The thoroughfare reaches wa- the neighborhood known today ter in either direction today, but as Prospect Lefferts Gardens, it was landlocked in the 1600s, and built the original Lefferts its rural residents hard-pressed Homestead. The house and its to imagine that it would become fields were destroyed by Amer- essential to the borough’s devel- ican troops during the Ameri- opment, decay, and renewal for can Revolution to prevent their the next 400 years. seizure by the British. Early farmers called the area Those Redcoats strode along Midwout, and later renamed it Flatbush Avenue during the Bat- Vlackebos, Dutch for “wooden tle of Brooklyn to Battle Pass at plain.” The pioneers grew abun- present-day Prospect Park, where dant crops in its fertile wood- the rebuilt homestead now oper- lands, and built homes with cres- ates as a historic museum. cent-shaped openings to admit The Van Ditmarsens were also light, and tin spouts poking out local notables — Johannes Dit- to catch the rainfall. marse was a town supervisor in They cultivated barley for the Flatbush, and John Ditmas estab- malt liquors that were a regional lished the Flatbush Trust Com- staple, and supplied wheat, rye, pany. The Vanderveers oper- and other grains to the city of ated the Red Mill half a mile New York, hauling their goods south of New Lots Road at Flat- several miles to the town of Photo by Steve Solomonson lands Avenue, near present-day Brooklyn before ferrying them ACADEMIC GEM: Brooklyn College opened its doors in 1930. E. 109th Street.

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this is just an extension of tensions and supplements to that. I don’t think that any- books. body would argue that text And there is a growing list Libraries lure kids with literacy is the end point [for of video games that have been libraries].” turned into books . Here in Brooklyn, the But not everyone is en- Cortelyou branch is joined tirely sold on the idea. by the Bushwick and Clar- “I think libraries do have PlayStations, Nintendo endon branches, which have a quasi-educational pur- Wii programs, in addition pose,” said Harold Augen- By Eli Rosenberg Evidently it’s working; the to branches in Coney Is- baum, the executive director The Brooklyn Paper weekly “PlayStation Gam- land [1901 Mermaid Ave. of the National Book Asso- Forget Don Quixote, how But do they learn? ing Hour” is the Cortelyou near W. 19th Street], Sun- ciation. “Books and video library’s most popular weekly set Park [5108 Fourth Ave. at games are different narra- about Donkey Kong? Some say video games aren’t just a time-suck — The Brooklyn Public Li- program for children, librar- 51st Street], Bay Ridge [7223 tive systems. Book learning they’re educational. The Brooklyn Public Library ians said. Ridge Blvd. at 73rd Street], has been around two or three brary is luring kids to its offers these titles, and we offer our analysis: branches with more than ink And the kids were loving it Mapleton [1702 60th St. at thousand years, but with and paper these days by invit- on a recent Wednesday after- 17th Avenue], as well as the video games there’s still ing tech-savvy teens to play GAME SKILLS LEARNED noon, when nearly two dozen Central Library [10 Grand a ways to go to use them video games. put their names on a list to Army Pl. at Flatbush Ave- effectively for educational More than a third of the Wii Sports How to play baseball with- play “Guitar Hero” and pa- nue], which all have regu- purposes.” library’s 60 branches now out using your legs. tiently waited their turn in lar video game programs Library representatives host gaming programs for a book-free area where they for kids. argued the video game pro- kids, even though experts Super Mario Introductory plumbing, watched other kids get their “We’re hoping to get a gram is part of that mission say video games are a cause Galaxy rudimentary Italian. game on. Wii,” said Lamonea, whose to bring libraries up to speed of the decline in reading and Funding for many of the branch only has a PlaySta- in the modern age. book culture . Just Dance Stomping. gaming programs comes tion right now. “Libraries are “Today’s teens are so con- But Library officials say thanks to a two-year New about both education and en- nected to technology and it’s just by getting kids through Rock Band Power balladry, perfect York State Family Literacy tertainment.” important that we offer pro- the doors, it’s winning a ma- Meat Loaf pitch. grant that hands over more Libraries aren’t the only grams that relate to them,” jor battle. than $80,000 to the library bibliophiles trying to entice said Jason Carey, a spokes- “I don’t know if ‘Guitar Sing4 How to overcome Karaoke — $39,800 for the first year, Photo by Steve Solomonson kids with video games. man for the Library. “These Angel Tochimani, 11, gets his video game on at the Hero’ is going to get kids to stage fright. and $45,000 for the second, Publishers have for years programs attract youth who read Dickens, but that’s not expiring in June. Cortelyou branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, been trying to attract chil- might not otherwise not visit where pixels share space with ink. the purpose of it,” said Ste- Disney Guilty Party How to make your middle And it’s becoming par for dren — 97 percent of whom the library.” ven Lamonea, a librarian and school’s mock trial team. the course for libraries in the aged 12–17 play some type The Library sticks mostly supervisor at the Cortelyou modern age. Jenny Levine, a strategist at ital age, called the Shifted of electronic game, accord- to sports games and others branch. “It’s about maintain- Family Feud 2012 Cooperation; advanced TV “It’s somewhat com- the American Library As- Librarian . “Most libraries ing to some studies — to the like Guitar Hero, avoiding ing a connection to the li- game show strategies. mon, though I wouldn’t say sociation who runs a blog have had things like chess reading world by releasing more violent fare, accord- brary.” every library has it,” said about librarians in the dig- for decades, so in many ways video games that serve as ex- ing to Lamonea.

and Marco Venezia, who otherwise obscure party were sentenced to 40 and 24 election. months in prison respectively Olechowski had Lopez’s Gun-running cops over the summer. Olechowski beats backing, but the neighbor- According to court doc- hood activist tried to dis- uments, Goris — an active- tance himself from the As- duty cop — shuttled weap- semblyman after his alleged headed to prison ons from New Jersey to New actions came to light, calling York between October, 2010 Restler in recount them “reprehensible.” and October, 2011 and stole Both candidates posi- Feds say Ridge ofﬁ cers going away 270 cases of cigarettes during tioned themselves as agents a heist in Virginia — ciga- 19-vote victory in district leader race of change in North Brook- rettes he later brought to New lyn, with Restler touting his By Will Bredderman By Danielle Furfaro The Brooklyn Paper York. The court estimated accomplishments in helping that Goris was paid $30,000 The Brooklyn Paper secure parkland and commu- Three Bay Ridge cops Williamsburg Democratic who sidelined as gun run- for his services nity gardens in the neigh- district leader Lincoln Res- ners will be spending the Melnik, who is retired, borhood — and his big en- tler has met his match. next two years in a prison joined Goris’s crew in De- dorsements from Rep. Nydia cell, federal prosecutors an- cember, 2010, bulking his A hand recount in the tight Velazquez (D–Williams- nounced last week. pension by $10,500, federal election for the little-known burg), Borough President A Brooklyn federal court officials claim. Melnik said party position came to an Markowitz, and state Sen. judge sent former cops Rich- he helped Goris transport the end on Tuesday night, when Daniel Squadron (D–Brook- ard Melnik and John Ma- stolen cigarettes, counterfeit the Board of Elections cer- lyn Heights). honey to 21 months and a day merchandise, and several sto- tified Community Board 1 Olechowski framed him- in prison as he handed down len slot machines from Atlan- chairman Chris Olechowski self as a warrior fighting

tic City to New York. as the winner by a margin photos File against the forces of gen- his sentencing on Oct. 9. File photo by Paul Martinka of just 19 votes. A day later, co-conspira- A federal judge sentenced three Bay Ridge cops Court papers show that Newcomer Chris Olechowski (left) has defeated trification. tor and fellow brother-in-blue Mahoney was still on the Judges ruled that incumbent Lincoln Restler (right) to become Wil- Neither Restler nor accused of smuggling guns across state lines to Olechowski received 6,037 Eddie Goris was sentenced to 21 months in prison. job when he started helping liamsburg’s Democratic district leader. Olechowski returned calls three years behind bars. transport the smokes and the votes to the incumbent’s for comment on Wednesday Federal investigators one-armed bandits, and got 6,018 — and 48 ballots were afternoon. nabbed eight active and re- taxed cigarettes and slot ings are sad occasions in a nice bonus of $4,500 for tossed out as invalid. over 200 votes on election taking down former Dem- Voters haven’t necessar- tired cops from the 68th machines into New York. the history of the finest po- his work. The candidates were neck- night , but that total fell af- ocratic party boss and As- ily seen the last of Restler and 71st precincts and the Seven of the officers ar- lice department in the coun- All three men will be put and-neck after the Sept. 13 ter absentee ballots backing semblyman Vito Lopez (D– when it comes to the race. Brooklyn South Task Force rested pleaded guilty. try,” Manhattan U.S. Attor- on supervised release when primary, triggering a man- Restler were counted. Bushwick). He has the right to take the last year for smuggling more Federal prosecutors said ney Preet Bahara said in a they finish their prison sen- ual recount because they Restler — who took office That call that took on ur- final count to court, where than $1-million worth of fire- the sentences will help the statement. tences, and will be required finished less than half of two years ago in a narrow gency when Lopez staffers lawyers could discuss the in- arms — including M-16 ri- city move away from the The three convicted cops to pay back the money they one percent apart in an au- victory that also required accused the influential poli- valid ballots, as well as any fles, 16 handguns, and a crime. will follow 68th Precinct were paid, federal officials tomatic tally. a recount — painted him- tician of sexual harassment, they deemed controversial shotgun — as well as un- “These three sentenc- veterans Joseph Trischitta said. Olechowski had a lead of self as a “reformer” bent on putting the spotlight on the during the recount.

lege opened in the next decade, with an illustrious faculty to follow. Oscar-winning actor F. Abraham Murray, beat poet Allen FLATBUSH LIFE Ginsberg, and world-renowned violinist Itzhak Perlman would teach theater, verse, and music Five things you need to know there in the coming years. Flatbush of the 1940s ran be- about this nabe’s history tween Ocean Parkway and Ocean Avenue in one direction, and between Kings Highway and Ave- nue I in the other, its blocks oc- cupied mostly by Italians, Irish, FAMOUS and Jews — many of its streets FACULTY: Beat still rustic. poet Allen “Flatbush looked very differ- Ginsberg once ent at that time, there was a farm- taught verse house near the playground where at Brooklyn we used to play on E. 17th Street College. right off Avenue M, the small AP / Mark Lennihan farm had animals that we liked to look at on the way to the playground,” recalls Shlomo Neu- mann in the Hebrew language FAMOUS STRAIN: newspaper Hamodia. Virtuoso and The proliferation of apartment Grammy Award- houses and congested streets rat- winner Itzhak tled some stalwarts, though. Perlman is a former “If one of the ancient Dutch faculty member at burghers should visit Flatbush Brooklyn College. today, he could never be made AP Scott / Dr. M. Lieberman to believe that this is the same spot where he was born, worked, prayed, loved, suffered, and died, his dear old Midwout is gone, to COLLEGE STAR: all intents and purposes wiped Brooklyn College off the face of the earth,” wrote students learned FLATBUSH FROLICS: Revelers ham it up during one of the area’s many seasonal street fairs. John Snyder in his 1945 “Tales of Old Flatbush.” acting from the best — Oscar-winning That foundry played an inte- and veggies in market gardens, Other landmark fixtures lie Knicks’ founder Ned Irish, and These days, the Flatbush gral role in the scandalous Draft making Kings County the sec- nearby: the Flatbush Town Hall baseball Hall of Famer Waite where actress Mary Tyler Moore actor F. Murray Abraham. Riots of 1863. New York’s work- ond-largest provider of produce at 35 Snyder Ave., between Flat- Charles Hoyt. and “Tom and Jerry” co-anima- AP / Charles Sykes ing classes responded violently to in the nation. bush and Bedford avenues, is a America’s favorite pastime tor Joseph Barbera grew up is a law calling for a $300 commu- One of the region’s most eye- former courthouse and the orig- injected Flatbush with new ex- a flourishing Caribbean and tation fee to sidestep the Union popping enclaves emerged in the inal site of the 67th Precinct. citement in the early 1900s, af- African diasporan community, sprinkled with Indians Army draft by venting their frus- late 1800s, when Flatbush merged The Flatbush Dutch Reformed ter an impresario named Charlie LANDMARK: The trations on black New Yorkers with the rest of the city. Church at Flatbush and Church Ebbets bought the block encir- and Pakistanis, and a growing who fled across the East River Victorian Flatbush, named af- Avenues was built by the early cled by Bedford Avenue, Sulli- population of young white ur- Revolutionary to seek refuge at the Vander- ter its architectural style, was settlers. And adjacent Erasmus van Place, McKeever Place, and banites, many of whose relatives War-era Lefferts veer mill. erected by real estate devel- Hall Academy, the oldest school Montgomery Street — the site left in the mass exodus of the Homestead operates Gertrude Lefferts Vanderbilt oper Dean Alvord who bought structure in New York, was built of a former garbage dump called late 1970s and early 1980s that these days as a recorded the unrest 30 years later the land south of Church Avenue, with funds contributed by Alex- Pigtown — and turned it into a blighted the locale. history museum at in an essay chronicling the “vin- now known as historic Prospect ander Hamilton and Aaron Burr baseball stadium. “There are way more Cauca- Prospect Park. dictive and malignant spirit of Park South, and transformed it before their famous duel. Ebbets Field opened in 1913 as sians in the area than there used Prospect Alliance Park the mob” and its assault on “the into a suburb for “people of in- Today, Erasmus is home to the storied home of the Brooklyn to be, they’re the grandchildren most helpless class of the com- telligence and good breeding.” four separate schools on the orig- Dodgers, but was demolished and of the people who used to live munity.” He built detached homes sep- inal campus, but its alumni is replaced with apartment build- here,” says Zenobia McNally, Flatbush adjusted its agri- arated by fences, and hedges, a glittering who’s who — from ings after Dem Bums left for a small business owner and ac- FREEDOM OR DEATH: cultural vision soon after the and planted Norway maples and Barbra Streisand, Neil Dia- Los Angeles. tivist who has lived in Flatbush Brooklyn marchers opening of the Erie Canal. Nine- Carolina poplars, while renam- mond, and Grammy-winning The Roaring Twenties arrived for more than 40 years. “Go to celebrate Liberty teenth-century farmers, unable ing its numbered streets Albe- record producer Clive Davis, like a lion, and Flatbush bustled Stop and Shop on Tilden Ave- Weekend to mark the to compete with grain growers marle, Rugby, Buckingham, and to Black Enterprise Magazine with tea rooms, theaters, restau- nue, and you see the integration Battle of Brooklyn, which in the Midwest, cultivated fruits Westminster. publisher Earl Graves, New York rants, and shops. Brooklyn Col- reoccurring.” saw heavy fighting in Flatbush. NEXT WEEK, WE CELEBRATE MARINE PARK AND MILL BASIN

Tickets on sale now To purchase tickets barclayscenter.com, ticketmaster.com or 800.745.3000 barclayscenter.com The Who Bob Dylan and His Band with November 14 ecial est ark noer 7:30pm November 21 - 7:30pm 4 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 October 19–25, 2012 18-year-old stabbed inside Third Ave. bar The 41-year-old victim back four days later, and dis- arrest, and tried to kick out at an employee. grabbed a woman’s purse on 78TH PRECINCT told cops he left his home covered it gone with no sign the cop car’s windows. The victim told police Harrison Avenue on Oct. 9 Park Slope near Flatbush Avenue, went of broken glass. POLICE BLOTTER Bullied the crook entered the store — getting away with $1,150 to Florida, then came back at 2:22 om and asked if he in cash inside the bag. Cops say a knife-wield- Jewelry jacked A rough trio attacked a two days later. That’s when he had any of the new iPad. The The victim said she was ing perp stabbed a bar-goer A perp snatched some jew- Find more online every Wednesday at 17-year-old on Lorimer Street discovered his $6,500 Moun- clerk brought some out and near Wallabout Street at 1:50 at a sorority party on Third elry from an apartment on on Oct. 12 after he refused to tain Cycles bike missing from BrooklynPaper.com/blotter the customer put them in his Avenue on Oct. 13. 11th Street on Oct. 12. hand over his cellphone. pm when she realized two his living room and a win- briefcase, saying “I just want A 20-year-old witness told The victim told cops he The victim said he was boys were following her on police someone swiped her dow unlocked. at 4:20 pm when the jerks Car muscled to see if they fit.” He then a red bicycle. They snatched left his home near Fifth Av- near Bedford Avenue at asked for two cases for the purse at bar near 12th Street Civic swiped enue at 9:15 am, then came walked up to him and said, A crook stole a car from 10:20 pm when the three the bag — valued at more at 1 am — and a fight then “I want to make a call, give gadgets, which he also put in than $800 — and and rode A thief stole a car parked back and discovered his base- Clinton Avenue on Oct. 9. thugs demanded his phone. his bag when the clerk pre- broke out, prompting the jerk on Carroll Street sometime ment window — which he me your phone.” Representatives from the When he refused, one of the off toward Flushing Avenue, to slash a fellow bar-goer. After the victim refused, sented them. At that point, he police reported. between Oct. 4 and Oct. 8. had jury-rigged shut with company that owned the car men punched him in the face, opened his coat to show the An 18-year-old victim also The 36-year-old victim weights — ajar and a fancy the brutes punched him in the told cops that they had left causing bruising to his left Moore blade told police her leather purse back of the head and fled. firearm, police said. told cops she parked her red watch, earrings, and locket the car between Myrtle and eye. “I’m not trying to hurt any- A knife-wielding fiend was stollen on the same night 2009 Honda Civic near Sixth gone. — Natalie O’Neill Phone play Willoughby avenues at 2 pm, The boys continued to threatened a man on Moore at the same bar. body. Back off!” he said, and Avenue at noon, then came Two jerks took a teenager’s returning three hours later punch him until he was on ran out of the store. The to- Street on Oct. 10, then Stress case back four days later and dis- 88TH PRECINCT cellphone on Fulton Street to find the Ford van gone. the ground, then stole his tal value of the stolen goods grabbed the man’s wallet covered it gone. Cops said they found the car backpack. and fled. Cops arrested a man who Fort Greene–Clinton Hill on Oct. 9. is $1,279. they say beat up a security iBandit The 14-year-old victim in Queens the next day. Apple pickin’ The victim said he was guard at a pharmacy on Ninth iPhone switch told cops he was at Clermont — Eli Rosenberg Bad argument on between White and Bog- A jerk snatched a cell- A thief stole gadgets and A man punched his cousin Street on Oct. 9. phone from a woman on Police arrested a man who Avenue at 2:35 pm when the cash from a Green Street art streets at midnight on his A guard told cops a suspi- they say stole a man’s cell- duo grabbed him and took in the face after an argument way home when the villain Eighth Avenue on Oct. 10. 94TH PRECINCT apartment on Oct. 10. in an apartment on Scholes cious man tried to steal ulcer The 35-year-old victim phone and some cash in the his smartphone. The victim said he re- pointed a kitchen knife at him medication at the pharmacy Lafayette C train station on Greenpoint–Northside Street on Oct. 8 — and helped and said, “Give me your wal- told cops a crook grabbed Criminal turned to his home between himself to his unconscious near Sixth Avenue at 1:30 pm an iPhone from her hand Oct. 8. Man attacked West and Franklin streets at let, give me everything.” The 31-year-old man told A flock of teenagers kin’s cash. He then grabbed the $100 — so he confronted the perp, while she was texting at 10 robbed a man on S. Oxford Three thugs attacked and 2 pm to find someone had who then whacked him in the cops he was on the Brook- The victim said he was wallet, which contained $50 in pm near Lincoln Place. Street on Oct. 12 — getting robbed a man on Bedford Av- broken in via his rear win- arguing with his cousin in face and choked him. lyn-bound platform at 3:30 enue on Oct. 6. dow and left with his Mac- cash, ID, and a MetroCard. Cart caper pm when two men asked him away with $335 in cash. the abode between Union Police arrested a 30-year- The 19-year-old victim The victim told police he Book, iPod, a gift card, and — Danielle Furfaro A crook swiped a wallet what time it was. They then Avenue and Lorimer Street old suspect the same day. told cops he was at DeKalb was near N. Fourth Street at 9 cash. from a shopper on Flatbush asked to see his cellphone and at 1 am when the brute sud- Avenue at 1:55 pm when pm when one of the men said, 68TH PRECINCT Key to theft Avenue on Oct. 14. when he showed it to them, Jewel thieves denly punched him in the five jerks came up to him “Give me your phone.” A jerk jacked a car from The 26-year-old victim one of them snatched it. Two thieves clad in black face, knocking him out. After Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights and asked him for money. That’s when one goon a valet on 14th Street on told cops she set her yellow After the victim asked for robbed a Bedford Avenue waking up sometime later the When he refused to hand hit the victim in the head, Purse snatcher Oct. 8. leather wallet in a shopping it back, one of the men sim- jewelry store on Oct. 13. victim told police he remem- it over, they attacked him, sending him to the ground. A jerk ripped away a wom- The 26-year-old driver told cart at the store near Atlan- ulated a gun under his shirt A witness told police he bered his cousin going into punching him in the face be- The trio hit him several an’s bag while she was walk- cops he left his 2012 Toyota tic Avenue at noon, looked and demanded the victim’s heard a loud crash coming his pockets, and later found fore ransacking his pockets more times, bruising his ing down 65th Street on Oct. Corolla unlocked — with a away for about an hour — from the store between N. $20 and keys missing. money, which he handed over and grabbing the money. back, head, and arms, and 10, police report. key inside — near Prospect then discovered it gone. to him. Cops say they found Fourth and N. Fifth streets at Jogger robbed The victim told cops she Park West at 5:15 pm, came Doused cutting his right eye. They 6:10 am, and when he looked Free ride one of the suspects with the also stole his phone and the Police arrested two teens was between 11th and 12th back a couple hours later, and help of an app. A thief stole a man’s lap- out his window that looks A thief stole a car parked watch off of his wrist. The who they say attacked and avenues on her way home at discovered his ride gone. top from an apartment on onto the store, he saw two on Carlton Avenue sometime Beat down victim was taken to Wood- robbed a jogger on the Wil- 10 pm when the punk snuck S. Oxford Street on Oct. 9 men dressed in black coming Bad trip hull Hospital. liamsburg Bridge footpath up on her from behind and between Oct. 4 and Oct. 8. Two ruffians beat up a — while the guy was in the out of the store and running A thief stole an expensive on Oct. 8. pulled her pocketbook — The victim told cops she man on DeKalb Avenue on shower. Collateral damage toward Berry Street. bike from an apartment on The victim told cops he with her iTouch, cellphone, parked and locked her blue Oct. 9. The 30-year-old victim A cabbie drove off with a The owner later told po- Sterling Place sometime be- 2008 Honda Fit near Pros- The victim told cops he was on the path between Roe- and $170 in cash inside — told cops he was in the shower man’s belongings he left as lice many items had indeed bling Street and Driggs Ave- away. tween Oct. 9 and Oct. 11. pect Place at 7:30 am, came was at Flatbush Avenue been stolen, and the cameras at his place between Greene collateral after explaining he nue at 7:25 pm when someone The perp escaped without showed that the thieves were and Lafayette avenues at 1:30 needed to enter his apartment knocked him to the ground, the woman getting a good in the store for about 10 min- ADVERTISEMENT pm, and got out a half-hour on Humboldt Avenue to get kicked him in the face, and look at him. later to find his iPhone and money on Oct. 4. utes that morning. stole his iPhone. Police ar- MacBook gone. The victim said he took the rested a 14 and 16 year old No cell, no tell Car player cab to his home between Frost 90TH PRECINCT and charged them with rob- A gun-toting thug held up and Withers streets from bery. a man on Fort Hamilton Park- A crook looted a car of Southside–Bushwick way for his cash and iPhone gadgets and a designer belt Manhattan at 2 am. When MetroGrabbed on Oct. 7, police say. on S. Portland Avenue on they got to the apartment, Suspect shot Someone stole a 15-year- The victim reported that Oct. 8. he explained he needed to A man driving a stole car old boy’s MetroCard on he was near 62nd Street at The 22-year-old vic- go upstairs to get his money. down Havemeyer Street on He left his MacBook, wal- Oct. 11 opened fire on police Grand Street on Oct. 5. 9:30 pm when the perp ap- tim told cops he left his car The teen told police he parked at DeKalb Avenue at let, and various software as officers when he realized he proached him holding a han- collateral. was surrounded, say police was near Bushwick Avenue at darm. 12:30 pm, returning at 2:50 3:30 pm when someone came pm to find his MacBook, When he got back, the cab- who charged the man with “Give me your money, bie was gone, and the victim attempted homicide. up behind him, put his hand don’t look at my face, and Cannon camera, and Ver- in his pocket, and snatched sace belt gone. did not know the license or Police say they were chas- don’t call the police,” the his transit pass. goon ordered as he stripped City Tech Open House Scheduled Gentleman thief medallion number. ing the suspect at 11:30 pm No punching when he jumped out of the car Break-in the man of his mobile device A well-dressed thief and ran toward Division Ave- A crook stole several gad- and $80. for October 28, 1 p.m. robbed a man on Clinton Police arrested a 21-year- old man who they say nue and S. Ninth Street. gets — worth $970 all to- Off the rim Avenue on Oct. 9. When the 29-year-old man gether — from a S. Fourth The 24-year-old victim punched a woman on Man- A creep stripped the Brooklyn, NY -- October 10, 2012 -- New York City College of hattan Avenue on Oct. 9 when realized he was surrounded Street apartment on Oct. 7. wheels of a car on Shore told cops he was entering a by police, he opened fire, The victim said she re- Technology’s (City Tech’s) Fall 2012 Open House for prospective stu- building between Greene and she wouldn’t give him money Road of its treads and rims to buy alcohol. so police shot back, strik- turned to her home between — a $1,600 value — some- dents and their families will be held on Sunday, October 28, from 1 to Gates avenues at 9 pm, when ing the man several times, Havemeyer and Roebling the dapper Dillinger, who The victim said she was time between Oct. 1 and Oct. 4 p.m., in the Klitgord Center Auditorium, 285 Jay Street (at Tillary), near Huron Street at 3 pm reported officials. He was streets at 11 pm and found 9, according to cops. was wearing a blue blazer, taken to Woodhull Hospi- someone broke in through her Downtown Brooklyn. slacks, and a nametag that when a man who appeared The owner said she left drunk asked her for money tal, and is expected to sur- bedroom window, which is the vehicle between 94th and The open house will feature campus tours and a chance to meet fac- said “Kofi,” snatched his vive his wounds. accessible from the roof of iPhone from his hand and to buy booze. When she re- 95th streets at 3 pm and came fused, he punched her in the iPad scheme the adjoining building, and back eight days later to find ulty, students and staff. Participants will learn all about admissions, fi- fled. stole her MacBook laptop, chin and took $10 out of her A thief stole two iPads that somebody had jacked nancial aid and the College’s full range of student support services. All iPod, and Shuffle iPod. My car! purse, she said. from a Radio Shack on Gra- both the tires and the cus- prospective students, including high school seniors or graduates, trans- A crook stole from a car on When cops arrested him, ham Avenue on Oct. 13 — Purse snatched tom shiny add-ons. Washington Avenue on Oct. they say he struggled, resisted and flashed a black handgun Two bike-riding boys — Will Bredderman fer students, and returning adults and their families are welcome. 12 — while its owner watched The college of technology of The City University of New York (CUNY), from a block away. City Tech is the largest such public college in the Northeast. Sixty-two The 21-year-old victim Affordable Family Dentistry told cops that she parked her degree and specialized certificate programs and an outstanding fac- ride at Park Avenue at 2:13 in modern pleasant surroundings SHELTER... ulty prepare students for careers in rapidly growing 21st century tech- am. She was a block away State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) when she turned around and Emergencies treated promptly Continued from page 1 functioned fine, he said. nologies and related fields. saw the crook open the pas- It helped that he made use Special care for children & anxious patients per-person space — about 100 City Tech prepares students for today and tomorrow’s careers in the senger-side door and remove square feet per inhabitant not of bunk beds, new walls, and technologies of architecture, advertising and communication design, her iPod and credit cards. WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD counting common areas — is curfews, which he claims • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) livable, so long as Aguila uses helped eliminate potential business and marketing, computer-related fields, engineering, enter- For a ride • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Bonding Someone stole a car Crowns & Bridges (Capping) smart spatial planning. loitering problems. • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment tainment, graphic arts, healthcare, hospitality, human services, the law- parked on DeKalb Avenue “If [residents are] not com- “You need a game plan,” • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings Donovan said. related professions, and career and technology teacher education. At on Oct. 9. • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) fortable they’re going to leave at all times during day and Councilman Brad Lander City Tech, students receive the best education available at any price The 52-year-old victim • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) told cops he had left his car Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer night,” said Neil Donovan of (D–Carroll Gardens) echoed and at an affordable tuition. between S. Oxford Street and the National Coalition for the that idea, saying the problem 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens Homeless. “But some of that with Aguila’s is in the details For travel instructions and other information, call 877-NYC-TECH S. Portland Avenue at 8:45 624-5554 U 624-7055 am, returning at 10 am to can be relieved by the physi- — or lack thereof. or visit: www.citytech.cuny.edu/OpenHouse. 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COMEDY Pot topics Some people watch Star Trek reruns when they smoke marijuana, but not this comedic trio — they monologue. Comedians steeped in stoner experiences are coming to Gowanus with a show that’s inspired by the stool-and-story for- mat, if not the more seri- ous content, of the “Va- gina Monologues.” “We start the same way they do, but instead of saying ‘vagina, vagina, vagine,’ we say ‘marijuana, marijuana, marijuana,’ ” said writer Tony Photo courtesy of Camin Tony Carmin. “Marijuana-Logues” may have enough laughs to pack a 12-foot-tall bong, but that doesn’t mean the show is — like the herb — without its seri- ous side. (718) 260-2500 October 19–25, 2012 “It’s mostly humor, but Rob Cantrell, he has The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings a great story about being arrested in New York City and spending the weekend in jail,” said Car- min. “It lets you know, you can still go to jail for marijuana, so people on the West Coast are surprised, they can’t believe, they think they’re sav- ages out there. “ “Marijuana-Logues” at the Littlefield (622 Degraw St. between Fourth and Third Av- enues, www.littlefieldnyc.com). Oct. 22, 7:30 pm, $5–$8. — Colin Mixson

Flower MUSIC Shock band It takes a lot of volts for music this wired. House of Blondes is a New York-based indie- synth band whose show consists of Chris Pace rotating between two synthesizers and a digital multi-track, Bryan McNamara trading off electric power bass and synth, and John Blonde playing two ad- ditional synths along with providing vocals. If you weren’t counting, that’s nearly twice as many synths as band members — affording them plenty of possibilities. Like a 1960s jam band or a jazz ensemble, the group treats its prere- corded material merely Photo by Kristina Bumphrey as a point from which to improvise. Each member creates and responds to the off-the-cuffs riffing of the others to form a singular experience. “It’s a commitment to nothing being sacred. Photos by Stefano Giovannini Even if you work on something for two years it doesn’t mean you have to stick with it,” said Pace.“It’s about interpreting these decisions Brooklyn’s trend-setting shops ﬁ nd proﬁ ts in petals live.” House of Blondes at the Rock Shop [249 By Eli Rosenberg to look at the flowers, and then Fourth Ave. at President Street (718) 230– The Brooklyn Paper they’ll see the gallery. So it bal- 5740, www.therockshopny.com]. Nov. 2, 7:30 ances it out.” pm, $10. — Eric Dryden shop without roses wouldn’t Still, the flower business smell as sweet — at least in isn’t exactly a stroll through the A Brooklyn. park. Hip stores combining flowers On top of the financial invest- BOOKS with other non-flora related wares ment they make, f lorists have to are cropping up around the bor- take the time to frequent mar- ough like wildflowers — and the kets to find new sourcers — but new store owners say their flower they agree that once you put in operations are making their en- the effort, the economic niche Hipster hues tire business bloom. is there. “The idea was to open a skate “When we started we tried to Chances are, you were into crayons before shop with a little flower shop but come up with what store would go they were cool. within the first year we realized well with a bar,” said Justin Israel- Ryan Hunter and Taige Jensen — the pair that we had to be a florist with a son, the owner of Sycamore Bar behind the popular 2007 video “Hipster Olym- little skate shop inside, not the other and Flower shop in Ditmas Park, pics” — have come out with “Coloring for way around,” said Michael Sclafani, which showcases live music and Grown-Ups,” an ac- the proprietor of Park Delicates- foodie and microbrew events in tivity book for peo- sen, a flower-skateboard store near addition to its flora business. ple with a college de- the border of Prospect and Crown “We realized that there wasn’t gree (or two) who just Heights that opened in March. a flower shop in the neighbor- want to color inside the Scalfani says his flowers, hood.” lines. which he arranges for local busi- The trend even extends to Jensen said the pair applied the same snarky nesses and private parties in ad- Downtown, where hurried office Hunter Ryan Courtesy of dition to selling straight out of lunchers and students flock to sense of humor to the his shop, now supports the skateboard Metro Cafe — a Jay Street pizzeria that’s activity book that they showed off in their and apparel side of his business. upstairs from a neon-lit flower shop. short films. And he’s not the only one. But perhaps the real reason behind the “We came up with the idea for a coloring The owners of Saffron, a flower shop-art new hybrid petal vendors popping up is sim- book that would take some jabs at being an gallery hybrid in Fort Greene say selling ple — flowers make everything better. adult in a crude manner,” said Jensen. flowers gave them the economic autonomy “We’ve definitely had people come out And so Jensen and Hunter called up their to sell and display art, too — which is a from the bar to the flower shop after ar- long-dormant illustrating skills and designed venture involving high overhead. guments with significant others and walk puzzles and coloring pages that any twenty- “You obviously need a lot of money out with a bouquet,” said Israelson. something could relate to, including an “Es- and connections usually to start up some- “We joked about how it’s the perfect cape the Toxic Relationship” maze, a “Who thing like a gallery,” said Kana Togashi, spot, ‘I’m gonna go to the flowershop, Farted in the Elevator” drawing that encour- the co-owner of the place. and you get a few pints.’ ” ages readers to shade the culprit in red, and a “I wasn’t really interested in having to Park Delicatessen [533 Park Pl. at blank mirror with instructions to “Draw the depend too much on other people.” Classon Avenue in Prospect Heights, Person You Thought You Would Be Before Togashi said the flower arrangements (718) 789–8889, parkdelibk.com]. Saf- You Abandoned All Your Hopes and Dreams,” are considered an art form in places like fron [31 Hanson Pl. between St. Felix — along with several other activities which Japan, and even though she and her partner Street and Fort Greene Place in Fort are not suitable to mention in a family publi- had no prior flower experience, they’ve Greene, (718) 852–6053, saffron-brook- cation such as our own. been able learn to make attractive ar- Skates, spades, and suds: (From top to bottom) Michael Sclafani and lyn.com]. Sycamore Bar and Flowershop Ryan Hunter and Taige Jensen present rangements. Valentine Leung are florist who sell skateboards, tie-dye shirts, beanies, [1118 Cortelyou Rd. between Westmin- “Coloring for Grown-Ups” at powerHouse “The flowers are like a daily thing greeting cards, and of course, flowers — all in their Park Delicatessen (left). ster Road and East 11th Street in Ditmas Arena [37 Main St., at Water Street, (718) 666– that people kind of come here for,” she Jillian Fletcher is a regular at Sycamore’s bar and its flower shop, which are Park (347) 240–5850, www.sycamore- 3049, powerhousearena.com]. Nov. 2, 6 pm. said. “They will come in as customers both conveniently housed under the same roof in Ditmas Park (right). brooklyn.com]. Free. — Will Bredderman

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Brooklyn, NY 11201 6:30 pm at Barclays 4:30 pm at Brooklyn College Student Union 7 pm at Knitting Factory Center [620 Atlantic Ave. Building (2705 Campus [361 Metropolitan Ave. at at Flatbush Avenue, (212) Rd. between E. 27th Havermeyer Street, (347) 359–6387, www.barclaysc Street and Campus 529–6696, www.knitting- enter.com]. Starting Road). Free. factory.com]. $12. $61.65. NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN FRI, OCT. 19 ENTERTAINMENT, GRAVESEND HAUNTED HOTEL: The Gravesend Inn, a high-tech haunted hotel, will be thrilling guests with its electronic pirate, bloody bathroom, grave- Find lots more listings online at yard, upside-down room, and more. BrooklynPaper.com/Events $6 general admission, $5 for students with ID and group sales. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., 6 to 9 p.m. New York Reading Series and reception. Free. City College of Technology Klitgord 6:30 pm. MoCADA [80 Hanson Pl. Center Auditorium [285 Jay St. at at South Portland Avenue in Fort Tillary Street in Downtown, (718) Greene, (718) 230–0952], www. 260–5102], www.citytech.cuny.edu. mocada.org. ART, SPIRITS OF BROOKLYN READING, STENCIL STYLE: Learn the HEIGHTS: Celebrate neighborhood latest in stenciling and DIY fashion greats on at St. Ann & the Holy with Ed Roth, author of Stencil Style Trinity Church. The festive gala, to 101, at this book release party. benefi t the landmark church’s tower Free. 7 pm. PowerHouse Arena [37 and organ restoration project, will Main St. at Water Street in DUMBO, honor legends of literature, art (718) 666–3049], www.powerhouse- and music with roots in Brooklyn arena.com. Heights who shaped a legacy for Brooklyn as a cultural center. $75. Table of 8 $500. 6 pm. St. Ann & the TUES, OCT. 23 Holy Trinity Church [157 Montague FUND-RAISER, BENEFIT CONCERT: St. in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 875– James Coyle (brother-in-law to 6960], www.stannholytrinity.org. Anders) is running the 2012 NYC Marathon on behalf of Team Hole in the Wall. Join him and his friends for SAT, OCT. 20 Terrifying vacany: Arg! Frights await at the haunted “Gravesend The Good Guys benefi t, a rock and Inn,” a high-tech freak fest at City Tech in Downtown, on Oct. 19. MUSIC, MONTREAL BANDS: RSVP roll fundraiser for the Hole in Wall for this Pop Montreal showcase. Gang Camp, a most worthy orga- Free drinks for the fi rst 100 guest. and search through a spooky fort NYRP’s MillionTreesNYC program nization founded by Paul Newman Free. 12 am. Cameo Gallery (96 N while tumbling and jumping. There to give away 150 trees to Brook- to support kids with debilitating ill- Sixth St. in Williamsburg), popmon- are treats too. $15 (members). 1:30– lyn residents this fall! Free. 11 am. nesses. free. 7pm. The Way Station [683 Washington Ave. in Prospect treal.com. 3:30 pm. Ms. J.s Gymnastics and Gowanus Canal Conservancy [2 Heights, (347) 627–4949], waysta- MUSIC, CMJ DURING THE DAY: Avan Dance [289 Kent Ave. in Williams- Second Ave. in Gowanus, (718) tionbk.blogspot.com. Lava, Strange Talk, Reptile Youth, burg, (718) 218–7065], http;//www. 725–8925], www.bignyc.org/100- Magmana and Arms throw down facebook.com/events. free-trees. at this day time set. Free. 12:15 FILMS, COMEDY SERIES SCREEN- WED, OCT. 24 pm. Spike Hill Tavern [184 Bedford ING: “Tramp Ass” is a brand new Ave. at N. Seventh Street in Wil- SUN, OCT. 21 comedy web series starring Fox FUND-RAISER, DOGTOBERFEST!: liamsburg, (718) 218–9737], www. This evening block party will begin MUSIC, FOOD FEST: Come out for (Jamie Matson) and Kelly (Michael spikehill.com. Canfi eld) two prostitutes living with beer specials running all night MUSIC, AFRO-CARIBBEAN, BRA- the Brooklyn Curry Experiment, long, amazing raffl e prizes from sponsored by Brooklyn Brewery. in the Big Apple, exploring this ZILIAN, AND JUDAIC: Eugene strange city and their strange the best local businesses, food and Marlow’s Heritage Ensemble will You’ll see it all: Curried shrimp, sweets all to honor you and your curry cupcakes, curried noodles, dynamic duo. Free. 7–10 pm. The best pal! All proceeds will go to- perform a free, audience interac- West Cafe [379 Union Ave. in Wil- tive concert at the Brooklyn Heights spicy hot curries and every curry wards TEAM ASPCA as they train experiment in between. If it has liamsburg, (718) 599–1704], www. to run the Walt Disney World Mara- Branch of the Brooklyn Public Li- thewestbrooklyn.com. brary. Free. 2 pm. Brooklyn Public curry, it can compete. We dare you thon this upcoming January! Free. Library’s Brooklyn Heights branch to create a curry dessert! $15. 1 pm. 6 pm. Brooklyn Tap House [590 [280 Cadman Plaza West at Tillary Public Assembly [70 N. Sixth St. MON, OCT. 22 Myrtle Ave. in Clinton Hill, (860) Street in Brooklyn Heights, (212) at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, 395–7570], brooklyntaphouse.com. 677–4650], www.brooklynpublicli- (718) 782–5188], www.publicassem- WORKSHOP, FREE WRITING WORK- TALK, UNITE NATIONS PANEL AND brary.org/branch_library_detail. blynyc.com. SHOPS: Join the NY Writers Co- RECEPTION: Global health experts jsp?branchpageid=117. 150 FREE TREES AT GOWANUS alition as they kick off 10 Days of panel to discuss women, children, MUSIC, JAZZ IN WILLIAMSBURG: CANAL CONSERVANCY!: Build It NYWC, ten days of free workshops, HIV/AIDS. Free. 7–9 pm. Long The ‘dissident swing’ Radio Noir Green!NYC and the Gowanus Canal readings, and more, with a power- Island University [DeKalb and Flat- quartet performs adaptations of Conservancy have partnered with ful installment of the Writing Aloud bush avenues in Downtown, (718) Bertolt Brecht/Hanns Eisler revolu- 488–1624], www.brooklyn.liu.edu. tionary songs as well as originals, free improv and more. $10 donation. 7 pm. 17 Frost Theatre of the THURS, OCT. 25 Arts (17 Frost St. in Williamsburg), CIVIC CALENDAR READING, JONATHAN DEE: The www.17frost.com. Community Board 1 office [435 author shares excerpts from his MUSIC, BACH IN BROOKLYN: The SAT, OCT. 20 literary prize winning book, “The OMNI Ensemble perform J.S. Community Board 8 Education Graham Ave. between Frost and Privileges”. Free. 4:30–6:30 pm. St. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos Committee. Monthly meeting. 7 Richardson streets in Williamsburg, Francis College [180 Remsen St., be- No 2 and 5. Also on the program pm. Center for Nursing and 718-389-0009], www.cb1brooklyn. tween Court and Clinton streets in is Allan Rawsthorne’s Concertante Rehabilitation [727 Classon Ave. at org. Brooklyn Heights, (718) 489–5200], Pastorale and other works. $15/$10. Park Place in Crown Heights, (718) https://www.sfc.edu. 8 pm. Brooklyn Conservatory of 46-5574], www.brooklyncb8.org. CB14 education committee. CB14’s committee on education, BROOKLYN BOUNTY: Brooklyn’s only Music [58 Seventh Ave. between food awards, with chef’s tastings of Lincoln Place and Seventh Avenue TUES, OCT. 23 libraries and cultural affairs meets. the fi nest food the borough has to in Park Slope, (718) 622–3300 or Community Board 1. Land Use, 7 pm. Community Board 14 Office offer. $15. 7 PM. Brooklyn Brewery email: [email protected]], www. ULURP, Landmarks. 6:30 p.m. (810 E. 16th St. in Midwood). [79 N. 11th Street in Williamsburg, bqcm.org. (718) 486–7422]. 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By Camille Sperrazza always know what they’re getting, and After 27 years, it’s still sizzlin’ at where it’s coming from. It just doesn’t Embers Steakhouse. get any better than this. The Bay Ridge staple recently It’s why the steaks at Embers are changed ownership, but it’s in excel- superb. There’s porterhouse and filet lent hands, all remodeled, and serving mignon — all wonderful. My per- tender steaks, expertly prepared. sonal favorite is the grilled rib-eye The new owners are no strangers — so flavorful, with a chipotle and to the restaurant business. Jose “Alex” roasted-garlic rub. Embers makes its Alejandro and his wife, Amy, own El own incredible dressings, such as the Parador, “the oldest Mexican restau- huajillo chile sauce, but the steaks are rant in Manhattan,” says Alejandro. so tasty, they are just as good, if not Embers’ previous owners enjoyed din- better, au natural. ing there, and in turn, the Alejandros The T-bone is another fine piece made their way to Brooklyn to eat at of meat, broiled to perfection, served Embers. A friendship developed. crisp on the outside, pink inside, “When you are ready to retire, let and buttery-soft. Order any of these me know,” Alejandro would tell them. steaks, and you’re in for one heck of “I would love to own a steakhouse.” a meal. They sealed the deal in July 2011. Bring a few friends and share some Embers was closed for six weeks, main courses, because there’s more renovated, and given its new look. than steak on the menu. The roasted double-cut pork chops are cooked with shallots, hot cherry peppers, and red wine. It’s another popular dish. Chicken piccata is prepared in a lemon and white wine sauce. Shrimp is presented scampi-style, with sliv- ers of roasted garlic, and a white wine and olive oil sauce. Embers’ signature side dish is the potato pie, a double-baked creamy- on-the-inside, crunchy-on-the-outside potato, cheese, and prosciutto piece of perfection. Sure, you could order (Above) There’s more than steak on the menu — Fernando Garcia recommends a baked potato on the side, but why the jumbo lump Maryland crab cake with garlic mayonnaise. (Right) Make sure would you? you save room for dessert — the peach melba is delicious. Likewise, glazed carrots are transformed into something extraordinary served on baby arugula, with sliced then there’s Embers’ cappuccino — because Embers takes the extra step cherry tomatoes. served with chocolate, so it’s sweet, a of bathing them in a wonderful dress- Alejandro is a graduate of the bit more like a hot cocoa than a cof- ing, then cooking them until they are French Culinary Institute, and al- fee. It’s presented in a tall, clear glass, just tender enough to bring out the though he’s not “hands on” anymore, and topped with whipped cream — a flavors. he knows how to run a good restaurant, wonderful way to end a fine meal. Embers Steakhouse is the authority The restaurant is noted for its fabu- on beef with its mouthwatering grilled and sees to it that food meets high stan- Embers has retained the same porterhouse steak for two. lous appetizers, too. Don’t miss the jum- dards of quality and craftsmanship. staff, many of whom, like this writer’s bo crab cake — pure seafood — served It’s Amy who spends some time in waiter, Danny, have worked there for with a side of garlic mayonnaise. the kitchen these days. She does all years. They are knowledgeable, can Abstract art — reminiscent of cutting Embers’ antipasto includes grilled the baking at the restaurant, creating offer suggestions, and make dining a boards — adorn the walls, as do black- eggplant, marinated artichokes, roast- homemade desserts such as pecan pies pleasure. and-white photos of early Brooklyn. ed pepper, provolone, bocconcini, that ooze with chocolate chips, served “We couldn’t do it without them,” There’s a huge mahogany-colored bar, prosciutto, olives, and more. Salads, warm, then topped with cold vanilla ice says Alejandro. a main dining area, and another room. fresh mozzarella and sliced tomato, cream. There’s also a luscious key lime Embers Steakhouse [9519 Third Ave. The furnishings are dark, giving the baked clams, fried calamari, and mus- pie, topped with a slice of lime and a between 95th and 96th streets in Bay place a real steakhouse feel. sels cooked in a tomato sauce or a dollop of whipped cream. Or, enjoy Ridge, (718) 745-3700]. Open Tues- The Alejandros also re-opened white wine sauce are other tantalizing peach melba, served with ice cream, or days through Saturdays, noon to 11 pm, the butcher shop next door — Vin- possibilities. chocolate pudding mousse. and Sundays, 2 to 9 pm. For more, visit nie’s. It’s where they dry-age the beef In addition, there are weekly spe- There’s traditional cappuccino; www.EmbersBayRidge.com. served at the restaurant, so customers cials such as the chilled half lobster, Photos by Bess Adler October 19–25, 2012 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 9

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CB1 member and land-use expert Ward Dennis said Two DOMINO... Trees will need to seek an- Clear Healthy Skin other rezoning if it plans to Continued from page 1 principal Jed Walentas. “This allocate anything less than isn’t it time you call? ner Isaac Katan, who filed a dialogue will help inform our 20 percent of its apartments handful of lawsuits to block decision whether to build the as “affordable” units — but Medical Services we accept: the sale. approved plan under the exist- he is cheered by talk of a re- The last of those suits was ing zoning, or to seek to im- GHI, HIP, 1199, AETNA, CIGNA, UNITED, OXFORD, design. thrown out last week. prove upon it through a new The old plan for the Domino site featured many “There is a lot that could HORIZON, HEALTHNET, MEDICARE, BLUE CROSS, Now, Two Trees says it will public process.” new buildings next to the original factory. be done better than the old MAGNACARE, AMERICHOICE, ELDERPLAN reach out to the community Two Trees appears bet- design,” said Dennis. “It’s en- before determining if it will ter prepared to actually de- green jobs,” said Levin. “We look forward to couraging that they are look- Cosmetic Services Botox, Restylane, stick to the initial proposal — velop the Domino site than the But there is one part of the working with them to make ing to make improvements Juvederm, Radiesse, Sculptra, Laser Hair Removal, which despite its guarantee of previous owners, according plan that Levin says must stay those commitments a real- with the open space and the Laser Tattoo Removal, Laser Vein Removal, Torn “affordable housing” was the to Councilman Steve Levin in place: the promised units of ity,” said Duran. urban design.” Earlobe Repair, Keloid Surgery… subject of vocal opposition and (D–Williamsburg) — and below market-rate housing. protests during the site’s con- after talks with representa- “When we do a rezoning Coolsculpting Trim Fat, No Needles, No Downtime tentious rezoning — or come tives from the company he like this, the developer makes up with something new. likes the ways they have sug- hundreds of millions of dol- 254 Prospect Park West, Park Slope “Over the coming months, gested deviating from the orig- lars overnight,” said Levin. 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Two Trees will be spending sig- inal plan. “That commitment needs to Continued from page 1 who got the short shrift in 136 West 17th Street, NYC nificant time in Williamsburg, “I think they have some be honored.” sion, director Judd Erhlich “Argo,” Ehrlich says. listening to and learning from ideas of things they’d like Community Board 1 says his movie will tell the “There’s a responsibility Javier Zelaya, MD the local residents and commu- to do differently, like having member and longtime Dom- truth and nothing but it. to make sure these people Verna Broughton, PA 718.832.3313 nity leaders who will be our more open space, more eco- ino opponent Esteban Du- “A lot of people go into a get the recognition they de- new neighbors,” said Two Trees nomic development, more ran agrees. film like ‘Argo’ thinking that serve,” Ehrlich said. it is based on a true story, but “Argo,” which has been it does have a lot of fictional- well-received by film critics, ized elements,” said Erhlich, features bold names includ- who is making “Science Fic- ing Affleck, who acted in and tion Land” through his Flat- directed the movie, Bryan Cr- bush Pictures studio on Jay anston, and John Goodman, Street. “But we’re not mak- and revolves around the dra- ing a political thriller.” matic elements of the Amer- Ehrlich’s story focuses icans’ escape. specifically on the script Ehrlich is more interested that CIA officer Tony Men- in the story behind the story dez used as part of a rouse to — such as how and why the spring the hostages. “Lord of Light” script and And it’s a tale screenwrit- theme park went bust. ers couldn’t make up if they “Some people have raised tried. the question of whether the With the help of makeup CIA was involved,” said guru John Chambers — who Ehrlich. “It’s understand- made disguises for the CIA able that a Hollywood film in addition to his Academy would not get into the com- Award-winning career work- plexities of the story, but we ing on productions such as have the ability to explore “Planet of the Apes” and things more deeply.” “Star Trek” — Mendez pro- The filmmaker has set up cured a big-budget script that a Kickstarter page to raise the had been scrapped (inciden- tally, a grandiose science fic- final $50,000 he says he needs tion production called “Lord to complete the picture. of Light” that involved some “Unless you’re Ken Burns, of Hollywood’s finest minds it’s the type of stuff you have and even inspired plans for a to do to make documenta- spin-off theme park in Colo- ries,” said Ehrlich. rado before collapsing spec- Ehrlich is not the first to tacularly amidst corruption tackle elements of the story probes). from a nonfictional per- By having the six trapped spective. hostages, who were hiding in Documentarian Errol the Canadian embassy, pose Morris did a piece on Tony as a crew of filmmakers work- Mendez for a series called ing on the script, Mendez was “First Person,” in 2000, and able to get them out safely. a 2007 story in Wired maga- But it’s the characters be- zine — which “Argo” even- hind this most improbable tually purchased the rights of scripts that Ehrlich wants to — depicted much of the to highlight — people like tale in narrative form. Jack Kirby , the legendary But he says his film tells an comic book illustrator who urgent and original story. brought to life such charac- “It goes back to the no- ters as the Fantastic Four, tion of a big Hollywood film the X-Men, and the Hulk, as opposed to a grassroots and did designs for the pro- effort,” he said. “When you duction, and Barry Geller, a dig into this story it really is young inventor who wrote stranger than anything that the screenplay based on a Hollywood could come up Roger Zelazny book. with. It’s like a true-life sci- Both were major players ence fiction film.” MARK IT. SCAN IT. VOTE.

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