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Yo u r Neighborhood — Yo u r News® BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2012 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn and Williamsburg AWP/12 pages • Vol. 35, No. 42 • October 19–25, 2012 • FREE SHELTER IN A STORM Carroll Gardens residents fi ght planned homeless housing 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 com- munity 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.
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