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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2011 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/14 pages • Vol. 34, No. 6 • February 11–17, 2011 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO BEDBUG-FREE ZONE Pavilion Cinema manager tries to exterminate persistent rumors By Andy Campbell which is on Prospectt backbba as late 2008. bugs. … If bedbugs were ever to Six people have posted com- The Brooklyn Paper Park West at 14th Street “Let us begin by be discovered in the theater, we plaints on the Bedbug Registry, a The Park Slope Pavilion movie — sent the missive to sincerelys apologizing would not sit idly by. The theater website for complaints and sight- theater finally bit back to exter- the Park Slope Parents for the current state of would temporarily close while we ings that may or may not be ac- website this week, ad- thet Pavilion Theater — rectify the situation.” curate, since August, 2008. Doz- minate years of bed-bug rumors, mitting that the Pa- specificallys for the bro- It’s unclear who would need ens of sightings have been posted sending out an extraordinary let- vilion is run down, butt kenke seats and the heating to “discover” the bedbugs before on the Park Slope Parents listserv ter in hopes of reassuring par- denying dozens of blog een-n- problems,”prob wrote General managers would spring into ac- since 2009. And dozens more sup-

Community Newspaper Group / Julie Rosenberg ents and film lovers that it is not tries , website comments , and Manager Ross Brunetti. “Re- tion, because the alleged sight- posed victims have complained The managers of the Pavilion Cinema say that they do not, a mite-filled multiplex. apparent “first-hand accounts” garding the bedbug rumors — there ings published online are seem- on the message board of Brook- repeat do not, have bedbugs. A manager at the theater — documenting the scourge as far is no evidence that we have bed- ingly endless. See BUGS on page 6 MARTY ROLLS ON Beep’s State of the Borough tackles bikes, more

By Alex Rush The Brooklyn Paper Borough President Markowitz knows how to But what about ride a bike — and he obvi- ously knows how to ride a the pole dancer? city agency. The Beep, who famously By Alex Rush opposed the Prospect Park The Brooklyn Paper West bike lane on the grounds The pole dancing cli- that it is anti-car, rode a tri- max to Borough Presi- cycle into his annual State dent Markowitz’s State of the Borough address last of the Borough address night at Sunset Park HS. didn’t go over so well “As you can see, I’ve taken advantage of the De- — and some critics are partment of Transportation’s saying that Markow- Photo by Stefano Giovannini Photo by Stefano Giovannini itz’s objectification of Boerum Hill residents Howard Kolins and Sarah Wikenczy are upset at how fast cars travel through newest bike lane,” Markowitz Marty Markowitz makes joked about his government women can no longer the intersection of Bond and Pacific streets in Boerum Hill. foe at the start of a 90-min- his entrance. be ignored. ute speech to a full-house “I just didn’t think of lawmakers, community cent developments. Markow- it was necessary,” said leaders and his buddies. “Of itz touted gains like the re- Chinita Pointer, who

course, I can tell it’s still un- vitalization of Downtown, was honored at the Feb. Photo by Stefano Giovannini der construction, because the the Coney Island amuse- 4 speech for running the Markowitz’s invitation to ment district and Brooklyn Slow them down D.O.T. hasn’t yet removed all non-profit music pro- pole dancer Stephanie the seats in the auditorium Bridge Park. gram, the Noel Pointer Mancuso raised more to make room for it!” As usual, he promised See POLE on page 5 than just heart rates. Activists urge speed limit trim in Boerum Hill But aside from his brief to promote the borough as mention of the city’s sup- a major tourist destination By Gary Buiso and The Department of Transportation go slower,” said Howard Kolins, pres- posed pro-cyclist, anti-mo- and focus on the problem enough. the borough generally stayed Michelle Manetti is considering including the neighbor- ident of the Boerum Hill Association, torist policies, Markowitz that’s on everyone’s minds: “We need more jobs, jobs, on the bright side. Markow- The Brooklyn Paper hood in a preliminary traffic-calm- which along with Councilman Steve steered clear of polarizing the economy. Brooklyn actu- jobs right here, right now,” itz glossed over the stuff that Boerum Hill residents are pushing ing program in hopes of deterring cars Levin (D–Brooklyn Heights), formed statements. Instead, he spoke ally added more than 14,000 he proclaimed. “Jobs should bums out Brooklynites, like the city to slam the brakes on reckless and trucks from using the area as a a traffic task force to help the issue as if he were a proud parent jobs last year, according to be ‘job one.’ ” public transportation cuts, drivers by cutting the speed limit to short cut to and from the East River gain traction. at Brooklyn’s bar mitzvah, Crain’s New York Business, But aside from his frank public school closures and 20 miles per hour in their exclusive bridges. The zone — which would shave raving about the borough’s re- but Markowitz said that’s not economic outlook, the state of See MARTY on page 5 brownstone enclave. “We need to encourage people to See SLOW on page 6 Ladies who lunch CLONES ♥ — on dog food! CHRISTINA Offer diva second chance Hook duo puts its mouth where its money is By Laura Gottesdiener By Gary Buiso for The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Cyclones are offering disgraced singer Two Red Hook women are so BUT HOW DOES IT TASTE? Christina Aguilera the ultimate convinced their dog food is the OUR COLUMNIST EATS DOG FOOD, PAGE 6 chance at redemption — invit- cat’s meow that they’ll dine on the ing the fabled Genie in a Bottle stuff for an entire month. to reprise the National Anthem, Evermore Pet Food owners ery doggone meal on their website, pair said. www.evermorepetfood.com . Wiener, a chef by training, said this time with the right lyrics, Hanna Mandelbaum, 30, and Ali- Canines and humans have dif- when the women aren’t eating at a game this summer. son Wiener, 38, are vowing to eat ferent nutritional requirements, dog food, they’ll be eating se- Aguilera famously flubbed the chicken- and beef-filled vari- with the former species requiring lect ingredients of the food, in- our nation’s best-loved (and eties at least once a day to prove more protein, she noted. cluding kale, yams, blueberries, worst-performed) song at that what’s good for the greyhound “We couldn’t eat this non- and dandelion greens. Photo by Noah Devereaux the Super Bowl on Sunday, is good enough for them. Hanna Mandelbaum (left) and Alison Wiener make dog singing, “What so proudly stop,” Wiener conceded. The food comes frozen, costs food that’s good enough for humans to eat (which makes “A lot of pet foods claim to The food, which looks like between $12 and $14, and is avail- we watched at the twilight’s be human grade, but none of a cross between chili and pâté, able in over 30 stores citywide. their best friend Connor not too happy). last reaming” instead of the those companies put their mouth is organic, and free of antibiot- Like revenge, it can be eaten hot actual lyrics, “O’er the ram-

where there money is,” said Man- ics and hormones. The chicken or cold. The president of Kal Kan Pet Food sank investor confidence. And it parts we watch’d, were so gal- Associated Press / Charlie Krupa delbaum. “Just taking a bite on and cows are raised on the same “It really doesn’t taste that was said to eat a can of his dog appears that a generation of dog lantly streaming.” Christina Aguilera at camera doesn’t cut it.” ranches where gourmet specialty bad,” Wiener said. food at shareholders’ meetings; food eaters are posting their culi- See CLONES on page 5 the Super Bowl. The pair plans to document ev- markets source their meat, the The stunt is certainly not new. it is not clear if this bolstered or See DOGS on page 6 These buses Coney Island in Colorado are on track Frankly speaking, this hot dog diner should be in Brooklyn By Gary Buiso “I would love to see it in Co- By Natalie O’Neill And unlike the B63, the The Brooklyn Paper ney Island,” said Ron Aigner, who The Brooklyn Paper system works flawlessly. The Coney Island Board- said he was compelled to sell after Slowest bus in the bor- When The Brooklyn Pa- walk diner — the one in Col- run-ins with local authorities. “I ough? There’s an app for per used the system, called orado, we mean — could fi- can’t see why Colorado deserves it anymore.” that. Bustime, in front of a stop nally move to the place where on Fifth Avenue and Dean Aigner said he’s already re- Phone-wielding B63 strap- it truly belongs. Street, our cellphone told us The 1950s-style roadside at- ceived two offers — but would hangers can now track their exactly where the bus was, al- traction, and pride of the small wait to hear from interested par- snail-like bus along its Bay lowing commuters to know if Rocky Mountain town of Bai- ties Back East before settling on Ridge-to-Brooklyn Heights they had time to grab a cup of ley, is up for sale for a cool a deal. route, thanks to a satellite- coffee or whether they should Community Newspaper Group / Andy Campbell $499,000, and the owner says “The first person with cash in

guided system unveiled on pack it in and walk. Transit reporter Natalie O’Neill got that Coney Island — the one in Community Newspaper Group / Gary Buiso their hand gets it,” he said. Wednesday by the Metro- “It makes sense,” said Lau- to work on time (for once) thanks to Brooklyn, we mean — is the HOT DOG! The Coney Island Boardwalk diner is out of Coney legends are champing politan Transportation Au- rence Beauvais, a tourist from the MTA’s new bus schedule appli- perfect fit for his 43-foot, 18- place in Bailey, Colorado. But it’s for sale — and we can at the bit. thority. See BUS on page 5 cation for the iPhone. ton wiener- shaped eatery. think of at least one place it should relocate. See CONEY on page 6 Need an Expert Physician in Brooklyn? s Over 170 leading expert s State-of-the-art diagnostic s Electronic Health Records physicians imaging and technology s Most major insurances 1-866-791-0993 s All Specialty and Primary Care s Affiliations with leading accepted Services available hospitals in Brooklyn www.brooklyndocs.com 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 February 11–17, 2011

LETTERS OUR OPINION Even Kuntzman’s dad Save Pierre! eet Pierre, a new Canada goose in Wednesday’s New York Times followed our takes issue with him Prospect Park. Just don’t get too last November exclusive about the goosi- M attached to him — he’ll likely be cide — and made it clear that authorities To the editor, line op-ed, Jan. 14). dead this summer. are again drooling over such a large num- I just read your editorial about He claimed, “About 90 percent DOE dunce cap That’s right — despite months of outrage ber of waterfowl. Assemblyman Vito Lopez (“Vi- of the bicyclists killed in this city To the editor, over the federal government’s massacre of The federal Department of Agriculture, to’s latest scandal,” Dec. 23). If I died, in part, because they were I’m a PS 9 parent, fighting more than 250 Canada geese in Prospect the newspaper reported, “is gearing up for not following the rules of the road. didn’t know the editor personally, against the Department of Edu- Park last summer, authorities are already another round of goose removals this year, They were either on roads with- I would think he was a flaming cation’s proposal for changes in sharpening their figurative knives for an- using new capturing techniques … and ex- out bike lanes...” member of the Tea Party. District 13. other round of bloodletting in the name of tending the hunt beyond the birds’ molt- In reality, it is not — and has Maybe he has changed his poli- The Department of Educa- aviation security. ing season.” never been — against the law to tics and has seen the light and gone tion has decided to relocate the Yet never has this killing been justified New techniques? The mind reels in hor- ride on a street without a bike lane. conservative. I can only hope. Brooklyn East Collegiate Char- by the people running the slaughterhouse. ror at what is about to take place in Pros- Any implication to the contrary Ron Kuntzman, ter School (a middle school) into First, authorities said they needed a five- pect Park. is nonsensical. It would make it Rye Brook, N.Y. our building at 80 Underhill Ave. mile bird-free ring around the city airports. Make no mistake, air passengers should illegal to ride a bike for nearly The writer is the editor’s father. while it phases out the existing Then, our investigation revealed that it was be safe. But we find it simply incomprehen- any trip around the city, because the Bloomberg Administration that pushed sible that birds more than seven miles away

MS 571. This means that three Photo by Anne-Katrin Titze our bike lane grid is hardly com- schools will share the building for a seven-mile ring to avoid future pay- from JFK Airport needed to be rounded up prehensive. This banded goose showed up last Review review for three years. This plan will outs in airplane crash lawsuits. and gassed simply because other methods The study that Lewis seems week in Prospect Park. To the editor, severely harm the learning en- When we revealed that the lake in Pros- of control are less convenient or require to be citing, the Department of In your year-end round-up, I was vironment for PS 9’s elementary pect Park is actually outside the seven-mile more work on the part of humans. Health’s “Bicyclist Fatalities and amused to read a fanciful tale in- school students, and guarantees limit, authorities shrugged. They said they Prospect Park is an urban oasis — the the founder of his hometown back in Que- Serious Injuries in New York volving me on the final night of that our school cannot grow to hoped that humane methods of cutting bird kind of place that we take our kids so that bec — flying around with the blaze orange City, 1996-2005,” finds nothing Freddy’s Bar and Backroom (“2010: serve the needs of our growing populations — using dogs and destroying they can experience nature, even in a trun- tracking tag around his neck, evidence that of the sort. The Year In Review,” Dec. 30). neighborhood. just-laid eggs, for example — would obvi- cated, somewhat artificial way. Parents have his movements are being monitored very According to that study, only I was less amused to recog- This situation reflects a larger ate the need for another mass execution of already been barred from letting their chil- closely. 42 percent of bicycle fatalities nize that your newspaper has not trend of schools facing problems defenseless animals, who were rounded up dren feed the geese — a time-honored rite Today, we are encouraged by Park offi- covered some important Atlan- involved wrongdoing only by when the agency shoehorns char- in huge movable pens under cover of dark- that goes back, perhaps, to the very dawn cials to delight in his movements, his grace, tic Yards news, notably Forest the bicyclist involved. To more ter schools into their buildings. ness during the brief period when they shed of Mankind — in an effort to keep the bird his flight, yet in the weeks to come, the same City Ratner’s effort to raise $249 than double that statistic is com- Its building-use proposal irre- their flying feathers and cannot escape from population down. authorities will murder him as a pest no dif- million from immigrant investors pletely irresponsible on Lewis’s sponsibly restricts PS 9 access predators like man. Now those parents are going to have to ferent than a rat. It chills the very soul to seeking green cards. part. The real safety problem to the library, cafeteria, gym and Nature always finds a way. Today, the explain — again — why all of the bird- think that man’s need to dominate the world Brooklynites should care that is not with bikes, but with mo- schoolyard. The proposed sched- population of Canada geese in the park is ies are gone. will again lead to the slaughter of these de- Borough President Markowitz, in tor vehicles which kill hundreds ule cuts the school’s hours in the almost back to its pre-massacre level. And For now, you’ll see Pierre — named after fenseless, beautiful birds. a video message taped for poten- of times more city residents than gym by 48 percent each week, tial investors in China, claimed do bicyclists. allocating just under 10 hours that “Brooklyn is 1,000 percent be- Mike Epstein, Fort Greene for PS 9’s 29 classes. To com- seats in pre-kindergarten, a five- the broad needs of our growing Perhaps, your next editorial can on Bikes,” Jan. 21). hind Atlantic Yards.” Brooklynites • • • ply with state physical education fold rise in requests from just four community. expose the dishonorable role of However, I rode a bicycle while should care that tax money already To the editor, requirements, PS 9 will have to years ago. The past two Septem- On Jan. 24 (at 6 pm), a joint councilmembers who oppose the growing up in Worcester, M.A., committed to city and state agen- It is unconscionable that Les- hold more gym classes in the au- bers, PS 9 added a kindergarten public hearing about the proposal creation of jobs, good prices and during the 1950s, and a license cies is apparently being used to help lie Lewis would blame cyclists ditorium, where students must class to meet demand. The Census will be held at our school and tax revenues that would be cre- plate was required then to ride on calculate the jobs “created” by such for their own deaths. There’s (dangerously) run laps through Bureau found that the number of many PS 9 parents will be there to ated by Walmart. Walmart may city streets. The first thing you did investors. Brooklynites should care really no contest between 2,000 the aisles. Some adaptive phys- children under 5 rose 35 percent speak out against the plan. Prin- actually pay higher salaries and when given a bicycle was to reg- that the spirit, if not the letter, of pounds of steel and a human be- ical education classes are also from 2000 to 2007 throughout cipal D’Avilar will present her offer more benefits than some of ister it, obtain a plate and attach a federal immigration program is ing on a bike. forced to take place in inappro- brownstone Brooklyn, including proposals for the school at that their competitors, such as Target, it to the bike’s rear fender. being violated. Let’s not forget that just four priate spaces, such as on the au- much of PS 9’s district. Yet, the time. Michelle French, K-Mart, Costco and B.J.’s, which As I have watched bicycles Norman Oder, Park Slope percent of the nearly 76,000 ditorium stage! agency proposal caps our enroll- Prospect Heights are already here. passing by, my subconscious crashes on city streets in 2009 The plan also eliminates time ment at 650 students for at least Several hundred thousand New mind knew that something was involved a bicycle. Aspiring artist for cleaning the cafeteria between the next three years. It also re- Yorkers work off the books, full amiss. Thanks to your article, I Wheel shame Jasmine Herron, 23, was a fatal lunch shifts, and requires half of duces the capacity of our fifth Go Walmart! and part-time, with no benefits now know what. To the editor, victim of one of those crashes. PS 9’s students to eat lunch at grade, and requires that we turn To the editor, or insurance. Many existing re- It would not have occurred to It’s a shame that Leslie Lewis, Jasmine was riding her bike last 10:30 am — less than two hours away out-of-zone families who Walmart may never come to tailers pay minimum wage with me otherwise that bicycles do have president of the 84th Precinct Com- fall when she was thrown into the after they arrive! As one pre-K select our school, contradicting New York City until local elected no benefits. Public officials, who a license plate here. Such an ob- munity Council, resorted to lying path of a moving bus on Atlantic Av- teacher explained to me, her most the chancellor’s “children first” officials, including Comptroller oppose Walmart, never talk about vious requirement! about bikes in his anti-bike screed enue. She was killed after a woman productive hours with the stu- philosophy which celebrates pa- John Liu, Public Advocate Bill these abuses. Ray Howell, Carroll Gardens (“Crackdown will save lives,” on- driving with a suspended license dents are before lunch because rental school choice. DeBlasio, City Council Speaker It is time to allow Walmart the opened her car door into Herron’s after lunch, young students have As a rare barrier-free school Christine Quinn and many of her opportunity to compete in the city path without looking. trouble sitting still. with accessible playground facil- colleagues, get on board (“Wal- marketplace. “Politically correct” Wind energy Send a letter Two-thirds of the people killed As for the new Book Hive li- ities, PS 9 serves students with mart PR blitz,” Jan. 14). patrons don’t need to shop there, To the editor, in crashes on city streets die be- brary that our school commu- special needs and provides a Virtually all public opinion but they should give everyone else Thank you for your article By e-mail: cause of distracted drivers, speed- nity worked so hard to create, fertile environment for many polls reveal that New Yorkers a choice. Larry Penner, on truly natural gas production [email protected] ing and other routine traffic vi- the agency gives our classes only groups of learners. Principal San- would like the opportunity to shop Great Neck, L.I. (“Turn flatulence into fuel!” By mail: Letters, The Brook lyn olations. If our goal is to make four-and-a-half hours of access dra D’Avilar wants to expand on at Walmart. The retail, wholesale Jan. 21). Paper, One Metrotech Center, New Yorkers safer, and reduce the a week. With a quarter as many these successes by adding pre- department store and other unions I hope that this project will Suite 1001, Brooklyn, NY 11201. loss of life and limb, then our po- students, Brooklyn East Colle- K and special-needs classes, and who oppose it make campaign do- Pedal licenses serve as an inspiration for nation- All letters must be signed and lice department must focus on the giate will get two-thirds more launching a dual-language pro- nations, endorsements, run phone To the editor, wide production of clean fuel for include the writer’s home address behaviors that repeatedly cause time than PS 9! gram. The new charter middle banks and provide volunteers to I am not a bicyclist myself, heating and transportation. and phone number (only the writ- the most harm: driver inattention, The Department of Education’s school’s admission lottery doesn’t many of the same elected officials but a bicycle advocate. I never If this project could be adapted to er’s name and neighbor hood are speeding and failing to yield to published with the letter). Letters plan also ignores the communi- guarantee seats for District 13 who oppose it. To avoid the ap- thought about a license plate, nor utilize the waste from hog and poul- may be edited and will not be pedestrians in the crosswalk. ty’s growing needs for students students, and the school’s nar- pearance of conflicts of interest, noticed the absence of plates, not try producers, then we could really returned. The earlier in the week Paul Steely White, in pre-K through fifth grade. Last row focus and rigid philosophy they should have to return those owning a bicycle myself in New keep our waterways clean. you send your letter, the better. Park Slope year, 237 families applied for 54 is not inclusive enough to serve campaign contributions. York City (“Sloper wants plates Ed Temple, Park Slope

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Photo Callan by Tom hand in its transformation into what it used to be,” he said. Some snowed-in cars remained in position, even an Italian-style piazza. “Is this for tourists? Or is this though they were illegally parked as alternate- Second Place resident to have people come back to side-of-the-street parking returned on Monday. Kurt Andersen, the Peabody their old neighborhood?” Award-winning host of the Both, says Andersen, a National Public Radio show Nebraska-native who has “Studio 360” and the author spent the last 21 years in of the acclaimed novel, “Turn

Photo by Bess Adler Carroll Gardens. of the Century,” wants the “Certainly, this connects city to do a 180 on how it en- Author Kurt Andersen to the ethnic heritage of the ‘Alternate’ (right) wants to trans- visions the space, located be- neighborhood of the last cen- tween Smith, Court, Carroll form Carroll Park into tury,” he said. “But to me, and President streets. an Italian-style piazza this is for everyone in the He told this newspaper that (which could make neighborhood,” he said. his notion is to annex the “un- sense, given the World The park started out as realities derused” western portion of War I memorial, above). a community garden, and the park near Court Street was acquired by the City of Snowbound Slopers mad for the piazza, setting up ta- he added. Brooklyn in 1852, making it bles, chairs and awnings — our third oldest green space. The next step will be to .EW-ACSAREALWAYSONSALEIN"ROOKLYN By Laura Gottesdiener a cosmopolitan space where meet with the Parks Depart- It is named after Charles Car- for The Brooklyn Paper area cafés could serve drinks ment to determine if the green roll, a Maryland planter who and food. was the last surviving signer The streets of Park Slope turned into a disaster zone on scheme is even feasible. Hart Shelby Thomas “When you see in Italy and of the Declaration of Inde- Monday morning when alternate-side-of-the-street parking But already, the city says The Mac Argentina plazas and piazzas chitecture and design critic pendence. The park was last resumed, forcing residents to dig out cars, battle for open it is willing to hear the plan spots and, in at least one case, slam into each other. really being used by all the for Time magazine and a co- redesigned in 1993. people of a neighborhood, out. founder of Spy magazine, con- Paying for the new plan Support Store By 10 am, snow banks and double-parked cars had “Several agencies and clogged the streets, making it almost impossible for it’s a wonderful part of urban ceded that basketball players could be tricky, but some resi- Authorized Reseller life,” Andersen said. planners would have to re- could be displaced by his plan, dents already have ideas. even the smallest compact to navigate. view it, but Parks is always Authorized Service Provider “This is the most stupid thing they have ever done!” ex- “It seems that rather than but ballers would have a read- “It needs a fountain for happy to consider and review claimed Phyllis Kwalwasser, who lives on First Street near being a mostly empty spot in ily available option nearby, as people to throw coins in,” NEWMACSsUSEDMACSsUPGRADESsBACKUPDRIVES the heart of Carroll Gardens, good ideas from the commu- PS 58 at Smith and First Place suggested Maria Pagano, Eighth Avenue. “Trying to get around all the double-parked I0HONECASESsLAPTOPCASESsBATTERIESsKEYBOARDS cars, I thought I was going to have an accident.” this is the kind of amenity nity,” said Borough Commis- has outdoor courts. the president of the Carroll in the neighborhood that a sioner Kevin Jeffrey. Some longtime residents Gardens Neighborhood As- MICEsPRINTERSsCABLESsSPEAKERSsHEADPHONES Street cleaning had been suspended since Jan. 27, CAMERASsADAPTERSsMICROPHONESsSOFTWARE when a massive snowstorm shut down public schools lot of people would enjoy,” Andersen, the former ar- were skeptical. sociation. and dumped 20 more inches on an already icy city. But SECURITYLOCKSsSURGEPROTECTORSsKEYBOARDCOVERS the weekend’s temperate weather encouraged city of- ficials to bring back normal parking rules. GREENPOINT “We were lucky enough on Saturday and Sunday to 718-312-8341 have above-freezing temperatures, a perfect time to have 168 7th St & 3rd Ave people start digging out their cars,” said Sanitation De- macsupportstore.com partment spokeswoman Kathy Dawkins. [email protected] Yet Park Slope residents were frustrated that they had ‘HELP’ no longer on the way to dig out for street sweeping, especially when there was not a Sanitation truck in sight. The only reminder about the promised cleaning was a Greenpoint homeless shelter plan falls apart handwritten, cardboard sign sticking out of a snow bank on Carroll Street by Polhemus Place imploring residents By Aaron Short The Manhattan-based transitional to move their cars so the street could be swept. The Brooklyn Paper housing nonprofit, run by Gov. Cuomo’s But the sign stood in vain. A controversial proposal for a new sister, first floated the idea to locate a “I haven’t seen any street sweepers,” said David Holmes, homeless shelter in Greenpoint has un- men’s assessment center in Greenpoint who lives on Carroll Street near Seventh Avenue. raveled. in August . The project would provide Dawkins said that the city had at least one truck out in HELP USA has quietly retreated on “comprehensive assessments, support Park Slope on Monday morning, although she said she Friday from its plan to develop a 200-bed services, and housing placement assis- certainly “didn’t expect trucks to get to every curb.” men’s center at a McGuinness Boulevard tance” to homeless clients referred by Many residents refused to move their snow-in cars de- warehouse in the wake of fierce opposi- the city but would stay at the site for no spite the scheduled cleaning, and many received tickets. tion from neighborhood residents. longer than a month. Custom Framing The city issued 3,205 summons across the borough, out of The organization’s president, Larry Neighborhood residents had been Ready-Made Frames a total 9,910 citywide, according to a NYPD spokesman. Belinsky, said HELP bailed on the cen- organizing against the shelter proposal 374 7th Avenue Posters & Prints because of their concerns about public (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) The figures were not broken down by neighborhood. ter because of its finances. Photo by Stefano Giovannini Friendly Service safety and the project’s failure to ad- And the morning mayhem cost one driver in the most “Unfortunately we were unable to HELP USA has bailed on its con- 718-832-0655 tangible way. reach an agreement regarding the op- dress Greenpoint’s homegrown home- troversial homeless shelter plan less population. A man sideswiped a nun’s ride on Carroll Street by erating budget for the project,” Belin- for McGuinness Boulevard. Polhemus Place, damaging the car’s body. sky wrote to the Department of Home- Greenpoint residents welcomed the Sister Francis McCool told police that she was stuck less Services and Community Board 1. news. waiting in the long line of unmoving traffic when an- “We are disappointed in this outcome, son behind the proposal’s failure . “This is fantastic news for all of us be- other car slammed into hers from the right side. but we do not believe that we could oper- “The community stood strong and cause all of us were fighting against the “This has been the worst day. First I had to get some- ate a quality assessment center program united in opposition to this proposal,” shelter,” said CB1 Public Safety Chairman one to dig out my car. Then there was all the traffic, and at the required budget rate.” said Levin. “I am proud to have worked Mieszko Kalita. “It would have been a di- now this accident. I don’t know what to do, go home But Councilman Steve Levin (D– closely with so many Greenpoint resi- saster if it happened. I’m glad they couldn’t HEALTH, and cry?” McCool said. Greenpoint) credited Greenpoint residents dents to stand up for our community’s find an agreement with the city.” Perhaps praying to a higher power — Mayor Bloomberg? who attended community meetings and right to have a say over what happens in The future of Greenpoint’s homegrown — would help. organized against the shelter as the rea- our neighborhood.” homeless population remains unclear. MIND & BODY CLINTON HILL

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We just want to Meanwhile, cops continue or else — in Heights next week The Brooklyn Paper find anyone who saw some- to fine cyclists in a ticket- thing that day.” ing blitz to enforce bike laws By Natalie O’Neill Garden Place, location man- they are not moved by Tues- A Fort Greene cyclist was mangled on Friday in Rio was unconscious for — yet most of the cases of The Brooklyn Paper agers for the movie said. day, Feb. 15 at 7 pm. most of the weekend, but her biker deaths in Brooklyn in “It’s a relationship com- Locals offered a mixed a brutal hit-and-run in Wil- Get ready for another Hol- friends say that she’s now the last year have been the edy, so there won’t be any car reaction. liamsburg — and now her lywood invasion! moving and talking at Bel- chases or explosions,” said “Parking is a premium friends are on the hunt for driver’s fault. Cinematic candy Sarah the merciless driver who left levue Hospital. Blakemore and Rio’s Jessica Parker and hunky Eric Myers, a publicist for here,” said Judy Stan- tton,on, of the Brooklyn her for dead. Sadly, Blakemore was boyfriend, Mikey Quack- Pierce Brosnan will lelensns right to say that driver and enboss, are now on a man- the big-screen ver- HHeightsei Association. Serena Rio, 21, was rid- ““ButBu there’s still an ing near S. Fourth Street and cyclist collisions happen all hunt while Rio recovers in sion of “I Don’t the time. Several cyclists Know How She eleelement of excitement Wythe Avenue at about 2:30 the hospital. Does It” next ffromro people who think pm when a car slammed into were injured by cars over They said that Rio can’t week in Brook- momovies are fun.” her and fled, leaving her ly- the weekend, one of whom remember any of the details lyn Heights — and And Brooklyn ing on the pavement with is clinging to life after a col- leading up to the collision, drivers will soon HHeights has long broken ribs, a punctured lision on Eighth Avenue in so it’s up to them — and now, surrender a swath bbeen Hollywood’s lung and missing teeth. Rio Manhattan . you — to find out who the of street parkingg leleading lady. Fa- miraculously survived. In Brooklyn, a handful hit-and-run driver is. to fancy produc-- bbled for its gorgeous “I’ve never seen any- of cyclists have been killed If anyone has any infor- tion trailers. aapartments, scenic body this demolished on a over the past year — two mation regarding Rio’s ac- The cast and creww sstreets and killer bike,” Rio’s friend, Addison were killed on one day in cident, contact Blakemore will take over at leastst views of Manhat- Blakemore, said on Monday. April — in a series of hit- at agblakemore@gmail. eight blocks near At-At- tan, America’s first Associated Press / Darla Khazei “These hit-and-runs happen and-run collisions. com. lantic Avenue andnd susuburbburb hhas been a backlot Actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Pierce Brosnan were Henry Street from 6 for Hollywood’s great mo- filming in Manhattan last week, but the mega-stars am to 11 pm on Feb. 16. the film. “Just a few inte- ments — think Cher kick- will be in Brooklyn Heights next week. Better move Filmmakers will shoot an rior shots.” ing a can down Cranberry your car because the crew from “I Don’t Know How indoor scene at a townhouse Bright yellow signs in the Street in “Moonstruck,” the She Does It” will be taking over eight blocks. on Willow Street and “walk- area of the filming warn that period street scenes in Mar- Rape suspect in and-talk” sidewalk shot on “vehicles will be towed” if tin Scorsese’s “The Age of Innocence,” and Jack Nich- The new film, which is olson entering 57 Montague based on a book by Allison St. in “Prizzi’s Honor.” Pearson, follows a female fi- Over the years, reac- nance executive — played tions to film crews have by “Sex and the City” star more attacks certainly been mixed. In Parker — while she finds a By Natalie O’Neill ner of New Utrecht Avenue button-down shirt. GENERAL COSMETIC 2007, some Heights driv- balance between home and and Thomas Tracy and 63rd Street in Benson- Cops soon connected the SKIN CARE SPECIALISTS ers griped when the crew work. of “Burn After Reading,” The movie is directed by The Brooklyn Paper hurst. He threw her against would-be assailant to a Jan. Botox, Juvederm, Radiesse a Coen Brothers film, took Douglas “Emma” McGrath The violent thug who a fence, slapped her and ex- 26 attack near the corner Chemical peels over an area near Cadman and features “Mad Men” tried to rape a young woman posed himself as he tried to of Fulton and Cumberland pull her panties down, but the Spider veins Plaza and Hicks Street. Non- bombshell Christina Hen- near the Brooklyn Academy streets. woman successfully fought During that attack, which Laser hair removal drivers were too star-struck dricks, “SNL” funnyman of Music on Jan. 19 and pos- to care. Seth Meyers, and Greg sibly another woman a week the fiend off. was first reported by the blog Acne. Herpes From time to time, neigh- “Little Miss Sunshine” later has now been linked Ten days later, the sus- Fort Greene Patch , the pred- Warts. Moles borhoods are granted hiatus Kinnear. to another, earlier attack in pect grabbed a 25-year-old ator grabbed a 24-year-old Blemish removal from the earpiece-wearing Exact locations of the film Bensonhurst. woman near the corner of woman, threw her against Keloids Hollywood types who tend shooting are not known, as Since police released a St. Felix Street and Hanson a fence and attempted to re- 718-636-0425 to take over whole areas at filmmakers are still filing sketch of the alleged Fort Place at 1:30 am. This time, move her underwear. 27 EIGHTH AVE (AT LINCOLN PL) a time, demanding, “Quiet paperwork, a city spokes- Greene attacker, the NYPD he grabbed his victim from “Don’t fight it,” the man PARK SLOPE, BKLYN on the set” and preventing woman said. revealed that the suspect behind and tried to rip off her said as he wrestled with his pedestrians from making “They might hold up is now wanted for at least clothes, police said. victim — a fight he quickly 212-288-1300 their rounds. traffic for a moment,” said three attempted rapes since But, again, the thug scam- abandoned after a witness 1000 PARK AVE (AT 84TH ST) pered away after his victim MANHATTAN, NY ALAN KLING, MD In 2009, Williamsburg re- Marybeth Ihle of the May- Jan. 9. saw what was happening ceived a film permit morato- or’s Office of Film, The- Police say the thug grabbed screamed, leaving her physi- and yelled for help. DAY AND EVENING HOURS Board-Certified Dermatologist rium, and DUMBO has also ater and Broadcasting. “But his first victim, a 28-year-old cally unharmed. At the time, Anyone with informa- PLEASE CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT RICHARD KRATZENBERG, PA INSURANCE ACCEPTED FOR MEDICAL SERVICES been periodically placed off- emergency lanes will stay woman, as she made her way the thug was wearing a dark tion should call NYPD limits to producers. open.” home at 2 am near the cor- pea coat with a light-colored, hotline at (800) 577-8447. UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT Car stolen — from cops! Montague Street POLICE BLOTTER NABBED! Robbery crew Find more online every Wednesday at BAGELS BrooklynPaper.com/blotter of them didn’t get away with strikes in Fort Greene 88TH PRECINCT the crime. Hot & Cold Catering By Thomas Tracy The thieves’ last heist was in Fort Greene, Fort Greene–Clinton Hill The 22-year-old suspect The Brooklyn Paper when they grabbed a woman as she entered A daring thief swiped was arrested shortly after the for All Occasions a Saab parked near the corner of S. Oxford a 1996 Mazda confiscated 5:45 pm robbery. His accom- A robbery team that’s cut a swath of Street and Atlantic Avenue on Jan. 24 . by 88th Precinct cops on plices ran off with the vic- terror across Brooklyn and Queens is ap- The victim had just gotten behind "2%!+&!34s,5.#(s$)..%2 Feb. 2. tim’s cellphone. parently now working in Fort Greene. the wheel at 11 pm when the two male Police said the car was im- Police say that since April, 2010, the Open 24 hours, 7 days a week Fire and ice thugs — two men and a woman — have thugs, who wore masks, threw open the pounded and left at the Clas- Two goons robbed a son Avenue stationhouse be- grabbed seven unsuspecting ladies as car door. 58-year-old man on Feb. 3 they entered their cars and robbed them “Stay, stay,” one of them ordered, To our valued customers: tween DeKalb and Lafayette after asking for a light at the avenues on Jan. 29 after the of their ATM cards. but the woman didn’t listen and instead corner of Prince Street and The thieves then hold the women hos- jumped out of the car and ran off. No Thank you for your patience during this transition owner was arrested on a mi- Myrtle Avenue. nor charge. tage as they drive around the area in their weapons were shown. period. We know it’s been a bit bumpy and we are The victim was nearing victim’s cars, looking for the nearest ATM. The thieves sped off in the woman’s The owner tried to get his the corner at 1:05 pm when working around the clock to give you the best possible car back on Feb. 2, but the Upon finding one, the female suspect is car, which has yet to be located. the suspects approached sent out to withdraw as much as she can It could have been worse, of course. The service. Please contact us with any feedback, concerns or police wouldn’t give it to him with their request. But as because his driver’s license from the victim’s account. 51-year-old victim was the “one who got they drew closer, one of the The crooks leave their victim penni- away,” according to police sources. requests. Your input is extremely valuable to us — was suspended. men accosted their victim, Yet the car disappeared a less, but unscathed, police said. In at last Cops are asking anyone with infor- we promise to get back to you! running off with an iPod one case, the victim was thrown in her mation regarding this robbery spree to few hours later — plucked and $962. Contact Joe or Carolyn at [email protected] right out from under the trunk before the thieves escaped. call (800) 577-8477. NYPD’s proverbial nose. Bag theft 917-681-1447 (after 10 am) A thief snagged a bag iPhone pluck from a 29-year-old during ployees were robbed last one had apparently picked Shop snatch s0RIVATE0ARTIESs#ORPORATE#ATERING Two knife-wielding punks a Feb. 6 visit to the Burl- week. 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After she off with the pricey smart around 12:45 pm. When she Seconds later, the thief her 2004 Honda Accord opened the store, she discov- phone and $750. returned, 35 minutes later, it 108 Montague Street grabbed the unattended bag near Third Avenue at 7 pm. ered her purse was gone. and fled. was gone. Inside was $45 and a li- (between Hicks & Henry streets) One down The thief later used one When she returned five hours Four thugs mugged a Smash-filled later, it was nowhere to be brary card. of her credit cards to buy a — Natalie O’Neill 27-year-old man at the cor- Several car break-ins Metrocard. found. 718-237-2512 ner of Fulton Street and Rock- were reported to the 88th • A jerk stole a laptop and Party crime well Place on Feb. 5, but one Precinct this week. Here’s 76TH PRECINCT cash from a Court Street firm A knife-wielding thug the rundown: on Jan. 29. Carroll Gardens-Cobble • Talk about flipping your stabbed a teenager on At- The 37-year-old victim lantic Avenue on Feb. 5. 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Police intercepted a narcotics team, which is Grand time Gamer CARE package filled investigating the location A perp broke into a Grand with 38 pounds of mari- near Ingraham Street — Street apartment near Hum- A video game addict broke juana from a Morgan Av- and the folks who mailed boldt Street on Feb. 3 and into a Metropolitan Avenue enue warehouse this morn- the stash. stole $6,610 worth of elec- home on Jan. 25 and stole a ing. “This is a huge find,” tronics and computers while gun, a TV, a Playstation 3 The box was shipped said Deputy Inspector Mi- its tenant was at work dur- and a Nintendo. from an out-of-state ad- chael Kemper, the pre- ing the day. 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Get a free tote bag!* Member FDIC 4 R: PS, BR The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 February 11–17, 2011 ‘Mystery shopping’ scam nets $15K Sixth Avenue, money or- 78TH PRECINCT ders totalling $14,689 and 77TH PRECINCT Park Slope told him to deposit them, POLICE BLOTTER Prospect Heights NABBED! A Chinese scammer keep $100 for the first as- Five wounded Robbery crew signment, and send back the tricked a 12th Street man Find more online every Wednesday at A crew of thugs sparked a rest of the money via West- out of nearly $15,000 in a BrooklynPaper.com/blotter bloody early morning brawl ern Union. “mystery shopping” In- on Underhill Avenue on Feb. But the money orders ternet swindle earlier this 6 — a fight that landed five turned out to be counterfeit strikes in Fort Greene month. wallet from a woman on Sev- ner that suggested he was men in the hospital. — and the man lost virtu- The victim told cops that enth Avenue on Feb. 5. on the job. Witnesses said an argu- By Thomas Tracy The thieves’ last heist was in Fort Greene, ally everything. he received an e-mail invi- The victim told cops that Burgville ment broke out between two The Brooklyn Paper when they grabbed a woman as she entered tation to become a “mystery In a related story, a Ni- she was near 10th Street at groups inside Club Status on a Saab parked near the corner of S. Oxford gerian prince offered sev- There were at least three A robbery team that’s cut a swath of shopper,” a secret customer around 2:20 pm when some- break-ins last week: Atlantic Avenue between Un- terror across Brooklyn and Queens is ap- Street and Atlantic Avenue on Jan. 24 . hired by many reputable eral other Park Slopers a one reached into her pocket derhill and Vanderbilt ave- The victim had just gotten behind chance to invest in oil-rich • A thief swiped two lap- parently now working in Fort Greene. companies to monitor their and picked out the billfold, tops, gift cards and $200 nues at 4:25 am. Police say that since April, 2010, the the wheel at 11 pm when the two male employees. land in the country’s delta which contained various The fight spilled outside thugs, who wore masks, threw open the region. from an apartment on First thugs — two men and a woman — have But in this case, the of- cards. Street near Fourth Avenue on and quickly turned bloody grabbed seven unsuspecting ladies as car door. fer was a scam. The fake Quick pick She didn’t get a good look Feb. 3. The victim said the when one of the combatants they entered their cars and robbed them “Stay, stay,” one of them ordered, employer sent the 45-year- A thief, possibly dressed at the young man, but said break-in must have occurred pulled a knife and jammed of their ATM cards. but the woman didn’t listen and instead old man, who lives near as a utility worker, snatched a he was dressed in a man- between 4 and 5 pm. it into his 28-year-old oppo- The thieves then hold the women hos- jumped out of the car and ran off. No • A would-be filmmaker nent’s groin. Another man, tage as they drive around the area in their weapons were shown. swiped thousands in camera 20, was stabbed in the chest victim’s cars, looking for the nearest ATM. The thieves sped off in the woman’s equipment from a President and arm. Upon finding one, the female suspect is car, which has yet to be located. Street production company The remaining victims sent out to withdraw as much as she can It could have been worse, of course. The on Feb. 4. included a 28-year-old who from the victim’s account. 51-year-old victim was the “one who got The victims told cops that suffered a broken jaw and a The crooks leave their victim penni- away,” according to police sources. two thugs entered shortly fourth man who was struck in less, but unscathed, police said. In at last Cops are asking anyone with infor- Vascular & Interventional Specialists after 11:15 am and grabbed the head with a hammer. The one case, the victim was thrown in her mation regarding this robbery spree to a fancy camera and acces- fifth victim was clobbered trunk before the thieves escaped. call (800) 577-8477. sories before jumping into with a parking cone — then a silver Ranger Rover and hit by a passing car when he fell into the street, stunned briefcase and cellphone on fleeing towards Third Av- Watch out 76TH PRECINCT enue. witnesses told police. the table before going on her Someone stole a Rolex Cops are hunting for the Wallet whisk 6 pm bathroom break, but watch from a 77th Street doc- Carroll Gardens-Cobble car, with a FDX-7339 plate, A crook snagged a wal- the thief found the iPhone tor’s office on Jan. 14. Hill–Red Hook and two men last seen wear- let from a straphanger in- more desirable — and eas- The victim told cops that Dollar dolt ing snorkel jackets. One man side the Eastern Parkway- ier to grab. he left his pricey accessory on Someone stole $2 from is 6-foot-2, 250 pounds, and Brooklyn Museum station Bergen’s 11 a desk in the office, which is a man on Hicks Street on the other is the same height, on Feb. 2, but gave up his Eleven people were ar- between Fourth and Fifth av- Feb. 5. why not be...fibroid free? but 30 pounds lighter (which prize when his victim began rested on Feb. 4 when an enues, at around 8 am. It was The 65-year-old vic- is nice for him). chasing him. NYPD search warrant at a gone when he returned several tim said he was near Baltic Are fibroids causing excessive bleeding and cramping? • A thief swiped electronic The 32-year-old woman Bergen Street address turned minutes later to retrieve it. Street at noon when the thug gizmos from a Fourth Ave- was standing by a MetroCard up a cache of guns and mar- Ft. Ham heist punched him in the face and Do you prefer to avoid major surgery (hysterectomy)? nue apartment on Feb. 6. The vending machine at 11:40 am ijuana. A thief scored big at a Fort snatched the cash. victim said she was not in when the thief ripped the wal- Police entered the apart- Hamilton Parkway apartment Copy fright the unit, which is between let from her hands. Do you prefer to have a quick recovery with fewer ment between Carlton and on Jan. 31, making off with jew- A contractor stole another Degraw and Sackett streets, He ran off, but quickly complications? Vanderbilt avenues at 4 am, elry, three computers, cards, an man’s camera after he was between 1:20 and 5:30 pm, tossed the wallet away when finding the drugs, packaging iPod and an iHome dock. videotaping him without per- when she returned to find a he realized his victim was at and distribution materials and The victim told cops that mission on Degraw Street on Do you prefer treatment in a private, comfortable camera, an iPod, a printer, a his heels. outpatient setting? two firearms. The 11 people he left his crib, which is be- Feb. 1. scanner and speakers miss- Car loot found inside the apartment, tween 85th and 86th streets, at The 47-year-old victim ing. FDA approved non-surgical treatment is available A crook swiped a wallet the oldest 62, the youngest 21, 10:30 am. When he returned said he was near Smith Street Wheel bad from a 2000 Chrysler on Feb. were all charged with drugs at noon, he saw that his front when the man became an- and covered by most insurances At least three cars were 4 as its owner dropped off and weapons possession. door was open even though gry at the sight of the cam- swiped: packages at a Flatbush Av- — Thomas Tracy he had locked it. The victim era, snatching it. Officer Call us for a consultation: 866.996.9729 • A 2005 Honda was taken enue bar. realized that the perp must Veronica Francis later ar- from Seventh Avenue near The owner of the car left 68TH PRECINCT have climbed up the fire rested the 47-year-old cam- Sterling Place between 7 and the door unlocked as she un- escape and through his un- era-shy jerk. Yvonne Dang, MD Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights 10 pm on Feb. 4. loaded it between Park and locked window to make off Columbia caper Interventional Radiologist Sterling places at 3:43 pm — with the major stash. • Who wants a 1996 Olds- Teen terror Someone burglarized Dr. Dang completed her fellowship in mobile? A thief did at the not knowing that a stranger A teenage girl swiped a Salty dog was lightening her pocket- a van on Columbia Street corner of 13th Street and diamond ring, watch and A sticky fingered perp Interventional Radiology at the Thomas book. sometime between Feb. 3 Jefferson University Hospital and holds Sixth Avenue overnight on $3,500 from an 84th Street swiped a purse from the and Feb. 4. Feb. 1, swiping the antedi- apartment on Jan. 27. a Certificate of Added Qualification in in Bathroom bilk Salty Dog bar on Third Av- The 26-year-old victim luvian wheels. When it comes to iPhones, The victim told cops that enue on Jan. 30. said he parked near Sack- Vascular and Interventional Radiology. • A thief had an easy time you can, and should, take his video surveillance shows The victim told cops that ett Street at 9 pm, and when She has participated in many fibroid stealing a 1994 GMC truck, them with you — even to an unknown, high school- she left her H&M bag on the he returned at noon the next research projects and conducted many thanks to a driver who left the bathroom. age girl slipping through the counter of the night spot, day, the white Ford’s passen- lectures on the subject. the keys on the floor of the A thief managed to palm unlocked door of the apart- which is between 75th and ger side window was shat- unlocked vehicle on Sackett a pricey smart phone from a ment, which is between Fifth 76th streets, while grabbing a tered, and a global position- 577 Prospect Avenue, Brooklyn, New York 11215 Street between Third Ave- restaurant table near the cor- and Sixth avenues, at around drink at around 3 am. It was ing device worth $250 was nue and Nevins Street at 8 ner of Park Place and Flat- 6:45 am. The five-foot-four, swiped within minutes. The missing, along with a spe- am on Jan. 31. The truck was bush Avenue on Feb. 2 as its pony tail-wearing kid made bag contained cash, checks, cialty seat cushion for se- AmericanFibroidCare.com gone two hours later. owner went to wash up. off with the goods a few min- cards and a cellphone. nior citizens. — Gersh Kuntzman The victim left both her utes later. — Alex Rush — Gary Buiso

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Open 7 Days from 7am-10pm: Breakfast, Lunch & Sunday Brunch 3EVENTH!VENUEs0ARK3LOPEs   February 11–17, 2011 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 5 Freddy’s still the same ook, I may have gentri- ing to make it. I thing that made it Freddy’s in kept the so-called “chains of fied Greenpoint when know this, be- Campbell’s the first place: the same dark justice,” a symbol of the bar’s “We get so L I moved to Brooklyn, cause I’ve seen wood bar, the same wacky fight to stay at the corner of and I may have pushed some the positive side Soup video montages by co-owner Dean Street and Sixth Ave- yuppies out. of gentrification Donald O’Finn, the same old By Andy Campbell nue, a losing battle thanks These things happen. Per- — the scorned barflies, the same feel of a to the state’s unquestioned fectly good Brooklynites get Freddy’s bar, great tavern. eminent domain power. The the shaft, and they have to which reopened in Park Slope come of bad. As a tribute to its former chains are there, but now the many calls from find a new place to make last week after torn down to Yes, the Prohibition-era location — soon to be court- only reason to chain oneself roost. make way for Atlantic Yards, tavern has a new location, but side seats at the Barclays Cen- to them is to prevent the in- But Brooklyn, you’re go- proved that good can truly still pays homage to every- ter — O’Finn and the gang evitable drunken fall from a stool. Freddy’s opening night proved that the bar still has our ads that…” BAR SCRAWL the same character. This time, By Bill Roundy though, there were a whole We sent our nightlife cartoonist to Freddy’s opening party as well. lot more people. Like, hun- dreds more. Given all the familiar faces that night — resident country music legend Andy Friedman and anti-Atlantic Yards ac- tivist Steve de Seve, to name a few — I had to ask, will Slopers living near the new dive at Fifth Avenue and 17th Street pack out the bar once the hype wears down? “It’s gonna blow up — I think it’ll be a destination location,” said O’Finn, who managed the old spot. “This area’s a whole lot like the old Park Slope. The people were pushed out to here, and they need this bar.” It certainly felt like they needed the bar, considering the standing room-only fa- cility that night and the live music blaring from a (heavily “…it’s quite important for us to soundproofed) backroom. The only real differences know in advance the exact day at this Freddy’s are the new location, the new sound sys- that our ads come out. The volume tem, the new owners and the memory of a Downtown fa- vorite that was bought out by of phone calls from our ads is so the man. The whiskey, the dim lights, and the cheers large, we’ve got to make sure we are all the same. Everybody partied hard, have enough people the answer to with little mention of the At- lantic Yards behemoth that phones when the calls hit. This year thought it had driven the for- mer watering hole into the ground. It was almost like was the largest spring enrollment Freddy’s was, well, Fred- dy’s. we have ever had.” “It definitely has the es- sence of our old dive,” said — Stephen Soiffer Slope resident Lexie Pregosin, who said that the new spot is Special Asst to the President still her classic spot. “We’ll be coming here again.” New York City College of Technology/CUNY So Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards rises where Freddy’s once stood. You could keep complaining, but I’ve chosen a different strategy — chug- To advertise in NYC’s ging whiskey at my new fa- vorite South Slope bar. best community papers, Freddy’s Bar [627 Fifth Ave. between 17th and call (718) 260-2500 18th streets in Park Slope, (718) 768-8131].

him and Beyonce, and a photo lyn characters,” who also of him with Brooklyn Decker, included national texting MARTY… Esquire Magazine’s “sexiest champ Brianna Hendrick- woman alive.” son and Det. Feris Jones, Continued from page 1 rific.” “I am the perfect size for who was off-duty when she didn’t even mention the can- Even Mayor Bloomberg her if she needs an arm rest,” busted a gun-wielding robber cerous Gowanus or the fed- showed up to praise Markow- Markowitz said. at a Bed-Stuy hair salon. eral slaughter of hundreds of itz, saying that “Brooklyn has DUMBO resident Decker The extravaganza con- geese in Prospect Park . arrived — and it’s very much The crowd, however, due to Marty.” may not have schlepped cluded with a performance by didn’t seem to mind sitting And in true Markowitz down to Sunset Park for the another woman who gets the through a 90-minute puff fashion, the State of the Bor- speech, but another Brooklyn Beep’s heart beeping — Bay piece. ough address had plenty of beauty did make an appear- Ridge strip-tease and exercise “He didn’t miss a beat!” bells and whistles. The Beep’s ance: this year’s Miss Brook- teacher Stephanie Mancuso. & said Saul Katz, a Kingsbor- nostalgic look back at 2010 lyn, Christina Moore. It was likely the first and only ough Community College even featured a photo mon- Moore was one of more time someone pole danced on a dean. “The speech was ter- tage that included a shot of than 20 honored “Brook- public high school stage.

ceremony in March, which nicknamed a female former was attended by her hubby, press secretary “Tinkerbell” the rapper Jay-Z. The Beep for leaving various items present POLE… spent several minutes wav- scattered about Borough Continued from page 1 Brooklyn.” ing a picture of Beyonce kiss- Hall like “pixie dust.” Foundation. “I love Marty, Karen from Ditmas Park ing him on the cheek, a photo But The Beep insists that but this was over-the-top.” added, “Marty is a total taken at a joint appearance he meant nothing insulting Bay Ridge pole-dancing schmuck. What a mysog- earlier in the year. about his possibly demean- A FREE SATURDAY and exercise teacher Stepha- inist, too!” “If I had met her before ing characterization and that nie Mancuso was one of sev- “Seriously,” added Su- you, I could have been a con- his office is not an immature eral leading borough women san from Windsor Terrace, tender,” Markowitz told Jay- boy’s club. to receive a shout-out from “a pole dancer at a speech Z while members of the audi- Markowitz and his staff The Beep. But Markowitz’s held at a PUBLIC HIGH ence rolled their eyes. also stand behind the State ACADEMY enjoyment of Mancuso’s con- SCHOOL?” And at last year’s State of the Borough’s grand strip- tribution to Brooklyn culture Commenters may also of the Borough address, tease finale, saying that they For 6th - 12th grade students interested in American history went far beyond a mere “att- have been reacting to other Markowitz discussed his lust were highlighting a unique agirl.” Instead, Markowitz portions of the speech, in for actress Vanessa Williams, form of exercise that is being ended his annual assess- which Markowitz couldn’t whom he met while she was taught by one of the borough’s HISTORY WITH HANDS: ment of the borough’s pres- resist showing off photos of filming at Borough Hall. “great characters.” Exploring Brooklyn history through art-making ent condition by yielding the him with glittery celebrities “I think she was a little in- “Strip-tease is not the ap- stage at Sunset Park HS to the Beyonce, Brooklyn Decker terested in me!” Markowitz propriate term — this studio tight-leotard-clad Mancuso, and Christy Turlington, who exclaimed. teaches fitness and, in fact, who proceeded to gyrate sug- were included in the speech Markowitz’s loose lips it is a growing form of fit- SAT/AP U.S. History Review gestively up and down (and for eye candy. are not limited to the occa- ness and even has its own backwards and forwards) on “Tall women have a thing sional bad joke. In fact, he’s regional and national com- a stripper pole. for short, chubby guys,” still in legal hot water result- petitions,” said Markowitz’s The next day, the blogs and cracked Markowitz. ing from a sex discrimina- spokesman Mark Zustovich. our own website were filled The joke was anything but tion lawsuit against him by “As for the performance, we Classes held Saturday mornings in March and April with negative reactions. isolated to this one speech. ex-staffer Regina Weiss in have received positive feed- “Marty is a putz,” wrote Markowitz also made 2007, alleging that Markow- back from attendees, who en- beginning March 5th one commenter who signed some frat house-groaners itz runs an office that toler- joyed the show and called this as Morris from Sunset Park. about Beyonce at the Atlan- ates chauvinist remarks. The year’s State of the Borough “He’s an embarrassment to tic Yards ground-breaking suit even claims Markowitz one of our best.” at the Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn) Application Deadline: Extended until February 25! CLONES… BUS… Enrollment ends when classes are filled. Continued from page 1 Nonetheless, Cyclones of- Continued from page 1 six-digit code displayed at She was pilloried around ficials are skeptical that the Canada, where such tech- each bus stop and receive the nation, but Cyclones Gen- Staten Island native Aguilera nology is already popular. a message back about the For applications and more information, visit: eral Manager Steve Cohen of- will accept the invitation (per- “We could be waiting in- whereabouts of the bus. fered the kind of sympathy haps she’s a Yankee fan). side a Starbucks instead of The MTA said it chose that could only be offered by “I can’t imagine that it’s out here.” the B63 not brooklynhistory.org/ because it is a man who has heard the na- something that she would The pilot program — always on the tional anthem sung by am- get involved in,” said Cy- education/saturday.html which cost the list of the slow- clones spokesman Billy ateurs more than 350 times MTA $500,000 est buses in the or call (718) 222-4111 ext. 228 over the past 10 years. Harner. “But if she would — uses a com- borough, but “We’ve all made mis- consider it, we would love puter chip because the takes,” said Cohen, who hosts to have her.” planted inside agency “wanted annual “auditions” to find Aguilera declined to com- the buses to a route with a new performers before ev- ment on the Cyclones’ offer help commut- good amount of ery season. “But when most — but did wish to remind ers gauge when ridership” and of us make mistakes, it’s not her fellow Americans of her to show up at buses that are in front of 100 million peo- feelings about the good ol’ the stops. already compat- ple watching in every cor- US of A. Users can download the ible with the tracking soft- ner of the world.” “I can only hope that ev- free app at bustime.mta. ware, said agency spokes- The typical Cyclone game eryone could feel my love for info (inset). person Judie Glave. draws 8,500 people — and this country and that the true The less technologically If successful, the pro- they’ve proven to be a mostly spirit of its anthem still came advanced passengers can gram will be expanded appreciative crowd. through,” Aguilera said. also text the MTA with a across the city. 6 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 February 11–17, 2011 Ladies blight Man sues to halt drink special for women, claims it’s discrimination By Natalie O’Neill treat men like “the dispos- lehead,” said Greg Yerman, The Brooklyn Paper able sex.” general manager of Burrito Nightclub owners in Hollander first filed a Bar and Kitchen on Flatbush Brooklyn have a message class-action suit in 2007 Avenue in Prospect Heights, for an antifeminist Manhat- claiming that his rights un- whose surfer-themed ladies’ tan lawyer who claims that der the 14th Amendment — night on Thursday is better Can you shoot the “3”? “ladies’ night” discounts dis- which guarantees equal pro- attended by neighborhood criminate against men: You’re tection — are being trashed gay chicks than single men out of your mind, sir. because girls get reduced bar looking to score. After all, bar owners say, prices while he and his male “It’s just one of those It’s time to prove it! ladies’ night discounts are cohorts must pay full price things that bars do for — uh, duh! — designed for for the same product. women,” Yerman said, tout- men, too. Sure, they may not “Men these days get ing the half-priced drinks benefit from reduced prices treated like second-class cit- for drinkers from the dis- 1ST ANNUAL CITY-WIDE on booze, but they invariably izens,” he told The Brook- taff side. “Guys get other benefit from the way women lyn Paper. “Even a dog has perks. Life’s not fair.” behave when they have taken more rights.” And don’t get the females Photo by Celeste Hunt 3-Point Shootout advantage of reduced prices A federal judge tossed at those bars started on the Roy Den Hollander is upset at bars that offer la- on booze. out his case — no doubt be- subject of nightlife sexism. dies’ night because they’re unfair to men (he says). “It’s common sense,” cause part of Den Holland- “Girls still make 70 cents We shot Den Hollander at The Brazen Head on said Junior, a manager at er’s argument is that femi- to every man’s dollar; we de- Atlantic Avenue, but not on a ladies’ night, when Contest Club Temptations, a Carib- nism is “a religion” — and serve a freaking Budweiser,” women get Happy Hour prices all night long. bean club on Church Ave- a couple weeks ago, the Su- said Laura Rogers, co-owner nue in Flatbush. “If there are preme Court refused to hear of Daddy’s in Williamsburg, cent chilly night. instead. NBA-style 3-point contest open to all! women at a club, it’s good the appeal. which does a mock ladies’ In total, there were three “He’s thinking too much,” That put Brooklyn club night on Sundays. for guys.” females at the bar and, even said David Whitmer, who owners in unfamiliar terri- The vibe at her cozy February 18—20, 2011 That argument appears so, conversation was flow- usually avoids gimmicky to be lost on Roy Den Hol- tory — toasting a bunch of Christmas light-illuminated ing faster than those micro- nightlife events because he lander, a Manhattanite who judges in Washington. bar was anything but seri- Age Divisions: Adult (18+), Teens (15-17), Juniors (12–14) keeps filing discrimination Den Hollander is an “at- ous when this reporter — a brew IPAs. prefers quiet, little bars. suits claiming that the events tention seeker” and “a knuck- lady — swung by on a re- “This lawyer sounds like But Den Hollander isn’t For rules and details, visit www.bsc1.com a bit of a prick,” said Sophie the only bloke who has been Wright, a 21-year-old Aus- perturbed by nightlife privi- tralia-to-Williamsburg trans- leges for the opposite sex. In plant whose curly blond hair 1998, a drinker named Da- Where the perks are was pulled into a tidy bun vid Gillespie alleged sex dis- as she sipped her half-price crimination at a beachside By Natalie O’Neill Ave. at Frost Street in Wil- St. at Wythe Avenue in Wil- red wine. “He’s certainly not restaurant in New Jersey be- The Brooklyn Paper liamsburg, (718) 609-6388]. liamsburg, (718) 782-4955]. helping himself get women. cause owners charged him a 1540 Van Siclen Avenue, Brooklyn 11239 We’ll let you in on a secret: Wait, is he gay?” (No, but $5 entrance fee while letting Ladies’ nights were created The Brazen Head Crossroads more on his love life later.) women in free. 718-642-2721 more for men than women. The party gets started early Ladies skirt the $25 cover A thin fellow sitting next After reviewing the case But in this contrary bor- here, where a crowd of law- at this floating monthly night to her introduced himself as — for six long years — the ough — where gender roles yer-types drink happy hour- of hip hop for “urban black “Nick,” took a sip from a hot state court banned ladies’ are as fluid as those sticky priced wine and cocktails all professionals.” toddy and explained that la- nights as discriminatory. pink drinks — these bargain night on Wednesdays. Crossroads [402 Third dies’ nights are fun when Then-Gov. James McGreevey nights are anything but tradi- Brazen Head [228 At- Ave. at Sixth Street in Gow- they’re set up like a novelty. later denounced the ruling as tional. Here’s our guide the lantic Ave. at Court Street anus, (718) 596-7623]. “I don’t go out ‘hunting,’” “bureaucratic nonsense.” best in town: in Boerum Hill, (718) 488- he said, gesturing towards Den Hollander doesn’t Brooklyn Heights 0430]. Burrito Bar his female friend. “[But] think so. The lawyer, who Daddy’s A swinging-’60s, surfer- here we are, and she’s get- said he grew disillusioned At this neighborhood wa- The Woods themed night attracts more ting free drinks. I’m actually with women after accidently tering hole, women finangle It’s a hipster-feminist right lesbians friends than straight quite happy for her.” marrying a Russian prosti- two-for-one drinks while a DJ of passage on Wednesdays at folks looking to score. Across the bar, two tute, is still trying. 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the managers had to dispel a a bunch of people talking,” not physically connected to rumor without any evidence said Carolyn Demoss. ours, and no bedbugs have BUGS… that there’s a real problem. If there were bedbugs, been sited at CNG). “Yeah yeah, I’ve heard — the theater would join an That said, there is no pic- Continued from page 1 its], I had bed bug bites on but we’ve been going here for- exploding list of Brooklyn ture, no video, no visual proof lynian.com. my legs.” ever and we haven’t seen any- spots hit by the bloodsuck- of bedbugs at the theater. And “We were told they han- Heck, searching for the Pa- thing,” said Garrett Palardy, ers. The pesky mites seem to it would be impossible to ver- dled the infestation,” wrote vilion on Yelp.com — a res- who’d just seen “True Grit.” have a taste for Downtown, ify if a bedbug victim picked one commenter on the Bed- taurant and business review “It’s a crappy theater, but no- as they’ve hit the District At- up the mite at the Pavilion or bug Registry after returning site — brings up so many body’s getting bitten.” torney’s office, the Legal Aid elsewhere. The Brooklyn Pa- from a film. “Later, sitting complaints that bedbug exter- But another Slope resident Society on Livingston Street, per staff has gone to movies in my robe [at home], a bed- minators actually advertise said she’d never go again af- and even National Grid’s of- undercover on several occa- bug was spotted walking on on the Pavilion’s page! ter hearing about the alleged fice in the Community News- sions, simply trying to watch the collar. EWW!” Last week, local moviego- bedbug siege. paper Group building in a film and get bitten by a bed- Another commenter ers were disgusted — either by “They should post fli- Metrotech (full disclosure: bug. But no luck (the movie added: “On both [my vis- the theater, or by the fact that ers outside even if it’s just the energy giant’s offices are was lousy, too).

And area historians are hotel, a giant orange-shaped up a fight — even though the keen on the idea, too. juice stand, and the Inexhaust- diner was at one time in its “Vernacular architecture ible Cow, a life-sized wooden storied history considered an CONEY… is a perfect fit for Coney Is- cow that dispensed milk from “eyesore” according to Aign- Continued from page 1 ing body of all stomach-cen- land,” said Charles Denson, its bronzed udders. er’s former business partner “It’s very simple: this be- tric sports and the sponsor of executive director of the Co- “A giant hot dog would Diane Wiescamp. longs back in Coney Island, the annual Nathan’s hot dog- ney Island History Project, a be a great fit for the Board- “We Coloradans should even though it has never been eating contest. “This is its museum. walk, although a giant po- rally to save one of our great- here before,” declared George home. As a community, we And there’s certainly prec- tato knish might be fun, too,” est culinary landmarks, a most Shea, the chairman of Major owe it to ourselves to bring it edent. Coney Island was once Denson said. delicious morsel of pop road- League Eating, the govern- to Brooklyn.” home to an elephant-shaped But Coloradoans may put side art. … Don’t let the Coney Island die,” Thomas Noel, a professor at the University of Fourth avenues has spread, from 2005 to 2009. Colorado told the blog, Amus- turning intersections such “Even 10 miles per hour ing the Zillion. as Dean Street and Boerum too fast can mean the differ- The diner was built in 1966 SLOW… and originally located in Den- Place into danger zones, lo- ence between life and death,” Continued from page 1 dent Beth Marchese. “I have a cals said. Transportation Commis- ver. Aigner bought and re- 10 mph from the city stan- baby, and it’s like no one ever “The people who speed sioner Janette Sadik-Khan stored the 10-seat restaurant dard — would cover a large stops. There are so many kids don’t live here,” said Sarah said in December. in 2006, and said it is well area bounded by Court Street, here, it’s Baby Central.” Wikenczy, the civic associ- For now, 20 mph zones are worth the asking price. Fourth Avenue, Pacific Street Kolins suggested the ation’s traffic czar. “It’s not limited to areas near schools “It’s one of the last vestiges and Baltic Street, according Boerum Hill plan could em- their kids they will run over, and hospitals. of 1950s roadside art,” Aigner to Levin spokeswoman Hope ulate England’s “20 is Plenty” so they don’t care. They are But if the Bronx data is said. It’s an antique that can Reichbach, who grew up in program, which includes better just trying to get from Point promising, some 75 new produce a lot of profit.” Boerum Hill, and said the signage and physical barriers A to Point B.” zones citywide could be cre- One caveat: if the joint is area has become a victim of to make speeding more diffi- Transportation officials ated, officials said. moved, its unique menu will its own success. cult. The program, started in did not provide comment For residents, that’s prom- have to come with it. “Traffic has definitely got- 2001, is credited with reduc- in time for our Autobahn- ising news. That means the elk ja- ten worse,” she observed. ing traffic fatalities across the quick deadline. “They should change it, lapeno bratwurst — a top And along with the num- country. The city is planning to test Angelina Olmo said as she seller — must come along ber of cars, residents have The prospect of a speeding a 20 mph pilot program on surveyed the scene at Warren for the ride. also multiplied — another ticket, which can range in price some Bronx streets , after a and Smith streets. “There is “If someone wants to reason locals support the go- between $45 to $300, is already city safety study found that so much traffic here, espe- move it, the Western tradi- slow zone. an incentive to slow down, yet pedestrians made up more cially on the weekends, peo- tions would have to follow,” “It’s a good idea,” said resi- speeding along Atlantic and than half of all traffic deaths ple are all over the place.” Aigner insisted. INSIDE DINING | PERFORMING ARTS | NIGHTLIFE | BOOKS | CINEMA

DINING Winging it! The hardest thing in professional sports is repeating as Super Bowl champions — but it’s even harder to pull off a “two-peat” at the annual Best Wings in Brooklyn contest on Satur day at Red Star in Greenpoint. But Colette Burnett of Super Wings is not worried. “We’re coming with our best game,” said Burnett. “We’re ex- pecting to win.” The Caribbean-in- f luenced restaurant will have to contend with 20 other contestants for this year’s trophy, in- cluding Wheeler’s, the Sheepshead Bay bar that finished third last year. Judges include some of the most discern- ing palates in town, including Brooklyn Pa- per editor Gersh Kuntzman. (718) 260-2500 February 11–17, 2011 “I’m disappointed in how many wing entre- The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings preneurs don’t understand the delicate balance among spice, crispness and flavor,” Kuntz- man professed. “As such, I’ll be looking for those three things with an eager palate and a critical mind.” But you don’t need Kuntzman’s exper- tise to feast; entry is free and the portions are ample. Best Wings in Brooklyn at Red Star [37 Green point Ave. at West Street in Greenpoint, (718) 349-0162], Feb. 12 at 2 pm. Free. For info, Breast friends visit www.redstarny.com. — Alex Rush She paints women like they are — flawed and beautiful THEATER By Meredith Deliso The Brooklyn Paper eorgia O’Keeffe had flowers. Clar- Pirate land ity Haynes has breasts. Ahoy, maties! G Over the past 12 years, the Sunset The Irondale Center is battening down the Park-based artist has painted hundreds of hatches as it hosts “Treasure Island,” a new breast portraits — classical representations swashbuckling adaptation of Robert Louis Ste- of her realistically imperfect female subjects, venson’s coming-of-age story. done in miniature pieces, life-sized pastels Tony Award-winning and, more recently, giant oil paintings. director B.H. Barry has Tabla Rasa Gallery in Sunset Park will been working on this show off more than three dozen Haynes version for more than pieces starting on Feb. 12. a decade, finally per- “She’s a prolific artist, with remark- fecting the schooners, able skill and an exceptional talent for tropical islands and one- rendering human flesh and form,” said legged seamen to tell the gallery owner Audrey Anastasi. “This se- story right. ries epitomizes both the tenderness and “I started this 14 years power of her vision.” ago and have been im- Photo by Ken Howard The name of the show — “Radical Ac- proving ever since,” said Barry, whose swash- ceptance” — was inspired by something buckling, family-friendly show begins Feb. 17 said by one of Haynes’s models. at the Fort Greene space. “It can refer to people looking at the art The director has kept the language and mes- — it’s radical to accept something you’re sage of the original story, too, and the costumes not used to seeing,” said Haynes, referring are in 18th-century style to further bring the to the non-airbrushed, typically older repre- classic book to life. sentations of the female body. “But it’s really “Those characters are just going to spring about the models. It’s radical to realize you off the page,” said Barry. can change your feelings about your body “Treasure Island” at the Irondale Center and become powerful in your body.” [85 S. Oxford St. at Lafayette Avenue in Fort Haynes would know. The project started Greene. (718) 488-9233], Feb. 17-March 26. after she painted her own portrait when she Tickets $20-45. For info, visit www.irondale. was in her mid-20s in an attempt comes org. — Michelle Manetti to terms with her own thoughts about her body. Since then, she’s painted more than Photo by Stefano Giovannini 500 of these breast portraits, finding mod- Simply the breast: Clarity Haynes is not one for subtley. In her new show, “Radical Acceptance,” opening at Tabla Rasa on els at women’s festivals, by word-of mouth, CINEMA and even through Craigslist. Feb. 12, the Sunset Park artist confronts unrealistic ideals of female beauty by portraying real bodies in all their, um, glory. Lately, Haynes has taken to enlarging her portraits to larger-than-life proportions, said Haynes. to accept them as beautiful, too. “Radical Acceptance” at Tabla Rasa something she took inspiration from Geor- For Haynes, that means lovingly paint- “People may have an initial reaction Gallery [224 48th St. between Second Pot party gia O’Keeffe, who once said she painted ing blemishes most women would be of, ‘Oh no, that’s horrible, I don’t want and Third avenues in Sunset Park, (718) flowers big because, since they’re small, ashamed of — from stretch marks and to see that,’ ” said Haynes. “But what I’m 833-9100], Feb. 12-March 5, with a panel Nobody does lowbrow better than the highbrow no one has time to look at them. veins to such trauma as mastectomies. hoping is as they look, gradually, some- discussion on opening day. Open Thurs- folks at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. “By making them larger, I hope that Through the act of painting, she hopes thing else will come in, some sense of day-Saturday from noon-5 pm. Free. For Next week, as part of the suitably named people really see the beauty that I see,” her models — and viewers — will come peace and power.” info, visit www.tablarasagallery.com. “Grass and Ass” series, BAM will show “Cheech and Chong’s Nice Dreams” and “Porky’s.” “We do like to mix the high and low in our programming,” said Jake Perlin, assistant curator of BAM’s cin- ema series. “This is not g the first time we have shown films that are The ‘Beat’ oes on credit: PhotofestPhoto decidedly non-award- winning, and it won’t be the last.” Bushwick galleries, studios open up For now, on Feb. 15, you can enjoy “Nice Dreams” (pictured) — the “grass” portion of By Aaron Short Since 2007, a handful of galleries get in, but it’s going to look a lit- the equation — as a pre-Pee-Wee Paul Reubens, The Brooklyn Paper have sprung up in former factories, tle bit nicer in there,” said Curran. a young Sandra Bernhard and even Timothy empty storefronts, and living rooms “Initially doing these shows, it was Leary join that famous stoner duo, who are sell- atch some of the neighborhood’s of lofts near Flushing Avenue, the just people I know and immediate ing highly potent marijuana from an ice cream most exciting emerging art- main industrial strip that separates friends. This process is about branch- truck in this weed-fueled adventure. C ists when Bushwick’s elusive Bushwick from Williamsburg. ing from that.” The next night, “Porky’s” — the teen raunch art spaces open simultaneously for This month, three art spaces are fea- And at Famous Accountants, the comedy that’s spawned countless imitators — Bushwick Beat Nite on Feb. 18. turing openings, including the grand basement of a three-story row build- brings the “ass,” as the horny players of An- The Friday night event is Bush- reopening of Laundromat, which was ing on the border of Brooklyn and gel Beach High’s varsity basketball team en- wick-based curator Jason Andrew’s once on the fourth floor of a Boerum Queens, artist Meg Hitchcock has act revenge on the owner of local nudie bar attempt to coordinate the neighbor- Street building above — you guessed been affixing the walls of the space for throwing them out. Don’t miss Kim Cat- hood’s gallery scene, similar to Chel- it — a Laundromat. with a collage using words cut out trall in a sexed-up role that rivals anything sea’s Thursday openings or DUM- The space, which will feature of an English translation of the Ko- she’s done on “Sex and the City.” BO’s open studios nights. video works of artist Walsh Han- ran’s book of revelations. “Grass and Ass” at BAM [30 Lafayette “Bushwick has been around for sen and Alexa Hoyer’s performance “We’re probably going to get a few Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort Greene, (718) a while, but there are a lot of peo- piece of conversations she recorded letters about that,” said Famous Ac- 636-4100], with “Cheech and Chong’s Nice ple who don’t know what’s going on the subway, has moved to gal- countants founder Kevin Regan. Dreams” screening on Feb. 15 at 6:50 and Photo by Stefano Giovannini on out here,” said Andrew, who lery director Kevin Curran’s living Bushwick Beat Nite is at various 9:15 pm and “Porky’s” on Feb. 16 at 6:50 and Drawn to it: Kevin Curran and Amy Lincoln show off work at their has organized five Bushwick art room on Wyckoff Avenue. locations on Feb. 18, 6–10 pm. For 9:15 pm. Tickets $12 ($7 for members). For gallery, Laundromat, on Wyckoff Avenue. crawls so far. “You go through a rigmarole to info, visit www.nortemaar.org. info, visit www.bam.org. — Meredith Deliso

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NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN FRI, FEB. 11 CRAFT FAIR: Handmade jewelry, cloth- ing, pottery, soaps, sweets and other treats at the Valentine event. Free. I hear our manicotti 11:30 am–6 pm. Brooklyn Historical Society [128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton Find lots more listings online at Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 222- BrooklynPaper.com/Events 4111], www.brooklynhistory.org. BONSAI TREE PARTY: Dinner to at Eastern Parkway in Grand Army is an aphrodisiac ... honor Japanese gastronomy and Plaza in Park Slope, (718) 230-2100]. horticulture. $75. 6:30–11 pm. Brooklyn Botanic Garden [1000 THEATER, “FROST/NIXON”: 8 pm. Washington Ave., at Eastern Park- See Friday, Feb. 11. way in Crown Heights, (718) 623- THEATER, “IN THE PONY PALACE/ just sayin’... 7220], www.bbg.org. FOOTBALL”: 8 pm. See Friday, FILM, “PRETTY BABY”: As part of the Feb. 11. 13-fi lm retrospective “The Susan MUSIC, CLASSICAL CONCERT: 8 pm. Sarandon Picture Show.” $12 (mem- See Friday, Feb. 11. bers $7). 6:50 pm. Brooklyn Acad- MUSIC, SALOME CHAMBER OR- NOW ACCEPTING RESERVATIONS emy of Music [30 Lafayette Ave. CHESTRA: Selections by Bach, near St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, Rossini and Schubert. $45. 8 pm. FOR VALENTINE’S DAY (718) 636-4100], www.bam.org. Bargemusic [Fulton Ferry Land- THEATER, “THE DIARY OF A MAD- Crooked Fingers play the Bell House on Feb. 19. ing, Old Fulton Street and Furman MAN”: Geoffrey Rush stars as the Street in DUMBO, (718) 624-2083], titular madman in an adaptation of www.bargemusic.org. Gogol’s darkly comic short story. MUSIC, KINGS COUNTY OPRY: $10. TURE SHOW”: As part of the 13- MUSIC, “BLACK BROOKLYN RE- $20-$95. 7:30 pm. BAM Harvey 8:30 pm. Jalopy [315 Columbia St. fi lm retrospective “The Susan Sara- NAISSANCE — THE NEW GENER- Theater [651 Fulton St. at Rockwell between Hamilton Avenue and ndon Picture Show.” $12 (members ATION”: 8 pm. See Friday, Feb. 11. Place in Fort Greene, (718) 636- Woodhull Street in Columbia Street $7). 11:30 pm. Brooklyn Academy MUSIC, “TELL THE WAY”: 8 pm. See 4100], www.bam.org. Waterfront, (718) 395-3214], www. of Music [30 Lafayette Ave. near St. Friday, Feb. 11. jalopy.biz. Felix Street in Fort Greene, (718) MUSIC, INDIE ROCK CONCERT: Die- 636-4100], www.bam.org. MUSIC, BLACK BROOKLYN RENAIS- hard annual covers night. $7. 8 pm. NERD NITE: Pre-Valentine’s Day SANCE: Singer Maya Azucena and Union Hall [702 Union St. at Fifth presentations about adult virgins, band, jazz pianist Enoch Smith, Jr., Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638- false memories and “Forgotten SAT, FEB. 12 emcee Tah Phrum, and dancer-cho- 4400], www.unionhallny.com. Founding Father” Thomas Paine. reographer Francine Ott, among THEATER, “THE DROWSY CHAPER- $10. 9 pm. Galapagos Art Space [16 others. Free. 9 pm. BAM Harvey ONE”: Gallery Players perform the Main St. at Water Street in DUMBO, PERFORMANCE Theater [651 Fulton St. at Rockwell Tony-winning musical. $18, $14 (se- (718) 222-8500], www.galapagos- READING AND TOUR, PATRICIA Place in Fort Greene, (718) 636- niors and children under 12). 8 pm. artspace.com. O’TOOLE: Author of ”The Valen- 4100], www.bam.org. Gallery Players [199 14th St., be- MUSIC, BLACK BROOKLYN RENAIS- tine’s Day That Changed America.” tween Fourth and Fifth avenues in SANCE: Percussionist Talu Green, Also includes a trolley tour. Free. 1 SALES AND MARKETS Minutes from Brooklyn ... right over the Verrazano Park Slope, (212) 352-3101], gallery- gospel octet Singers with a Testi- pm. Green-Wood Cemetery [25th FORT GREENE PARK GREENMAR- players.com. mony from Brown Memorial Baptist St. at Fifth Avenue in Green-Wood KET: 8 am–4 pm. [Washington Park THEATER, “FROST/NIXON”: Peter Church, and spoken word artist Heights, (718) 768-7300], www. between DeKalb and Willoughby Morgan’s revered play, based on Climbing Poetree, to name just a greenwoodcemetery.org. avenues in Fort Greene, (212) 788- the series of televised interviews few. Free. 9 pm. BAM Harvey [651 THEATER, “THE DROWSY CHAPER- 7476], www.grownyc.org. One Affair at a Time between former President Richard Fulton St. at Rockwell Place in Fort ONE”: 2 pm. See Friday, Feb. 11. BROOKLYN BOROUGH HALL Nixon and David Frost. $15, $13 Greene, (718) 636-4100], www. THEATER, “THE DIARY OF A MAD- GREENMARKET: 8 am–6 pm. for seniors and children under 13. bam.org. MAN”: 2 and 7:30 pm. See Friday, [Court and Montague streets in 8 pm. Heights Players [26 Willow FILM, “THE FRONT PAGE”: As part of Feb. 11. Brooklyn Heights, (212) 788-7476], Pl. between Joralemon and State the 13-fi lm retrospective “The Susan MUSIC, SONG BOOK OF LOVE: www.grownyc.org. streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) Sarandon Picture Show.” $12 (mem- Afternoon of literary love songs. ARTISTS AND FLEAS: 8 am–4 pm. [70 237-2752], www.heightsplayers.org. bers $7). 9:15 pm. Brooklyn Acad- Featuring Alyson Greenfi eld, Brook N. Seventh St. between Wythe and THEATER, “IN THE PONY PALACE/ emy of Music [30 Lafayette Ave. near Pridemore, Corn Mo, Dan Costello Kent avenues in Williamsburg, (917) FOOTBALL”: Gender roles get St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, (718) and Rachel Devlin and more. Free. 301-5765], artistsandfl eas.com. turned on their head in this new 636-4100], www.bam.org. 4 pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s GREENPOINT/MCCARREN PARK play about a high school girls foot- FILM, “THE ROCKY HORROR PIC- Central branch [Flatbush Avenue GREENMARKET: 8 am–4 pm. [Union ball team. $15. 8 pm. The Bushwick Avenue between Driggs Avenue and Starr (207 Starr St. between Wyck- N.12th Street in Greenpoint, (212) off and Irving avenues in Bushwick), 788-7476], www.grownyc.org. www.thebushwickstarr.org. PARK SLOPE GREENMARKET: Brook- MUSIC, CLASSICAL CONCERT: CIVIC CALENDAR lyn’s answer to Union Square. 9 Selections by Mozart, Schubert, am–4 pm. Grand Army Plaza [Union with Olga Vinokur, piano. $35 ($30 MON, FEB. 14 WED, FEB. 16 Street at Flatbush Avenue in Park senior, $15 student). 8 pm. Barge- Community Board 2 Parks and Community Board 2 Land Use Slope, (212) 788-7900], cenyc.org. music [Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Recreation Committee. Monthly Committee. Monthly meeting. 6 CRAFT FAIR: 10 am–5 pm. See Friday, Fulton Street and Furman Street meeting. 6 pm. Brooklyn Hospital pm. Polytechnic University [5 Feb. 11. in DUMBO, (718) 624-2083], www. [121 DeKalb Ave. at St. Felix Street Metro Tech in Downtown, (718) BROOKLYN FLEA: 100-plus vendors bargemusic.org. in Fort Greene, (718) 596-5410]. 596-5410]. on three fl oors. 10 am–6 pm. Sky- MUSIC, “BLACK BROOKLYN light One Hanson [1 Hanson Pl. at RENAIS SANCE — THE NEW GEN- TUES, FEB. 15 THURS, FEB. 17 Flatbush Avenue in Fort Greene, ERATION”: Free. 8 pm. BAM Cafe Community Board 2 Transporta- Town Hall meeting. Hosted by (718) 230-0400], www.brooklyn- [30 Layfayette Ave in Fort Greene, tion and Public Safety Coun cilman Vince Gentile. Repre- fl ea.com. (718) 625-0080], www.brooklyn- Committee. Monthly meeting. 6 sentatives from city agencies answer artscouncil.org. pm. St. Francis College [180 questions. 7:30 pm. 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HOW TO E-mail news and arts releases to [email protected] Member: Listed: E-mail calendar listings to [email protected] CONTACT E-mail nightlife listings to [email protected] twitter.com/Brooklyn_Paper THE PAPER To e-mail a staff member, use first initial last name @cnglocal.com February 11–17, 2011 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 9 Rush hour NEW IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Aussie star in BAM’s play, ‘The Diary of a Madman’ WOOD-BURNING By Meredith Deliso elaborate delusions as he yearns for OVEN PIZZA & The Brooklyn Paper a senior official’s daughter, a juicy ECLECTIC CUISINE theatrical treat that he originated in eoffrey Rush has a certain pen- his homeland in 1989. chant for playing men slightly “It’s a tour-de-force performance Sunday–Thursday Special: FREE Margherita Pizzetta G off their rockers — David Helf- by one of the finest contemporary with any entree or appetizer gott in “Shine,” the Marquis de Sade stage and screen actors — and current in “Quills,” the pirate Barbossa in Academy Award nominee [for “The VALENTINE’S DAY SPECIAL “Pirates of the Caribbean.” King’s Speech”] — making his BAM PER PERSON And now this month, the Aussie debut,” said Executive Producer Jo- 3 Course Prix-Fixe, $40 actor goes really nuts in a stage ad- seph Melillo. “It’s a thoroughly mes- Appetizer, entree, dessert & a FREE glass of Champagne aptation of Gogol’s darkly comic merizing theater experience.” short story, “The Diary of a Mad- “The Diary of a Madman” at 221 SMITH STREETs   man,” at the Brooklyn Academy of BAM Harvery [651 Fulton St. at Photo by Heidrun Lohr Music starting on Feb. 11. Rockwell Place in Fort Greene, Mad world: Geoffrey Rush stars as the titular madman in “Diary For Rush, it’s a return to the role of (718) 636- 4100], Feb. 11-March 12. of a Madman,” an adaptation of Gogol’s darkly comic short story poor Poprishchin, a civil servant in Tickets $20-$95. For info, visit www.   W Brooklyn Museum making its US premiere at BAM starting Feb. 11. 1830s St. Petersburg who is prone to bam.org.   !"   200 Eastern Parkway Saturday, February 26 at 2pm #    Jason Hewitt’s doesn’t lend itself to caricature. He does one two- armed “Victory” shot that’s obvi- ously played for laughs, but other than that, his Nixon embodies the brashness and gravitas of the man. Interview to a kill Jere Williams is appropriately goofy and showy as Frost, a toothy smile almost constantly planted on his Big talk in Heights Players’ ‘Frost/Nixon’ face, though he exudes depth and empathy. Despite these strong per- The Butcher of formances, the production Flatbush Ave. suffers at times from over- Extension acting and heavy-handedness, especially in the narration by BAROQUE one of the investigators, Jim he Heights Players prides itself Reston, played by Michael on its intimacy, and that couldn’t Nigro. And a particularly T be more evident in its current powerful moment from He- production of “Frost/Nixon.” witt, where Nixon drunkenly When the play opened on Broad- calls Frost on the night be- REWORKED way five years ago, its staging em- fore their last interview, was ployed dozens of TV screens to show the type of tour de force per- close-ups of the actor’s faces for au- formance better suited for a MUSIC BY BAROQUE MASTERS REVAMPED, dience members in the cheap seats. larger space, and would have Not here. The Players’ production re- been more effective turned REFRACTED AND REVIVED lies on the performances and intimate down a notch. The otherwise setting to bring swift show was also inter- the audience in. THEATER rupted by an intermission And though both added simply to sell con- have their mo- cessions, it seems. “Frost/Nixon” at the Heights ments, the end Players [26 Willow Pl. between The play’s ending should result is mixed. State and Joralemon streets in be no spoiler — Frost emerged Thanks to the Brooklyn Heights, (718) 237-2752], It’s tricky: Jason Hewitt, as Nixon, offers the money the victor, getting a confes-   strength of Peter through Feb. 20; Fridays–Satur- shot in the Heights Players’ production of “Frost/ sion from Nixon. As men-      days at 8 pm; Sundays at 2 pm. Nixon.” Morgan’s script, Tickets $15. For info, visit www. tioned earlier, this staging      “Frost/Nixon” heightsplayers.org. forgoes any props to aid the is a largely en- yearn to be ma- sidered that dynamic in his effec- story, instead relying on intimacy.  !     * ! #$ #  % joyable, at times jor players again, tive staging — it’s a boxing match Though as Reston’s narration high- $ %  %&#   ! ' gripping delight, even for non-politi- and their interview holds the key, without gloves. lights the look of defeat on Nixon’s cal junkies, though it’s often bogged if only for one man. In this David- In one corner, you have Nixon’s face and the “reductive power of the (%&%    ) down by the heavy-handed delivery and-Goliath setup, mere “talk show camp — the ex-president, his chief close-up” during this climatic mo-       of that material and one key pro- host” Frost appears to be the clear of staff, and smarmy agent. In the ment, I couldn’t tell you how pow- duction flaw. underdog to the seasoned Nixon, other, there’s Frost, his producer, erful that close-up was. With the au-    The play is a fictionalized account who had battled interviewers be- woman, and “crackpot” team of in- dience seated on all four sides of the of the 1977 showdown between Rich- fore on such subjects as divergent vestigators. Whether they’re at Nix- stage, I was unfortunate enough to ard Nixon, fresh off his pardon, and as Vietnam, Watergate, and a dog on’s California home or at the TV be seated behind Nixon, deprived British journalist David Frost. Af- named Checkers. studio, they never cross sides. of that catharsis. Intimacy wasn’t ter unique personal failures, both Director Steve Velardi clearly con- Like the best Nixon performances, enough. 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which makes its world pre- miere at St. Ann’s Warehouse from Feb. 10 to 12. Ave, 211 Fort DeKalb Greene Oskar, Chez At the heart of the multi- movement show, which is loosely based on medieval and colonial English travel The ‘It’ choir narratives, are three medita- $38 Prix Fixe Menu tive collaborations between Brooklyn Youth Chorus presents composer Nico Muhly and guitarist Bryce Dessner (of Valentine’s Day The National fame), sitarist its newest work, ‘Tell the Way’ Bishi and banjo/fiddle player Join us 12.31.2010 for a delicious Sam Amidon. An ensemble of $45 PRIXAmuse FIXE Bouche 4 COURSE / Appetizer MENU By Meredith Deliso strings, percussion, piano and DUET OF HOUSE-CURED FOIE GRAS The Brooklyn Paper flute will also accompany the Served with toast points 45-person choir in this propul- ROASTED TOMATO & CORN JUMBO RAVIOLI he Brooklyn Youth Cho- sive, genre-defying piece. Fresh basil tomato sauce & shaved asiago cheese or rus is, how you say, hav- “With ‘Tell the Way,’ the HEARTS OF PALM & BABY SPINACH SALAD T ing a moment. Brooklyn Youth Chorus seeks Ginger lime vinaigrette and spicy dried mango or In just the past few months, to challenge the common per- the Grammy Award-winning ception of the ‘angelic voice’ SOUP OF THE DAY group performed in Mark children’s chorus,” said Di- Les Plats / Main Course Morris’s “The Hard Nut” at anne Berkun, artistic director the Brooklyn Academy of Mu- of the chorus. “Muhly and St. ORGANIC CHICKEN POT PIE sic, held its own at the Ecstatic Ann’s are the perfect partners Mixed green salad & house vinaigrette or Music Festival, joined in the not only to help break the mold MINT PESTO CRUSTED LAMB TOP ROUND Leonard Bernstein tribute at of a traditional children’s cho- French beans, oil-cured olives & sauteed new potatoes, red wine sauce or Lincoln Center, and belted it rus, but also to help us evolve ROASTED COD FILET WRAPPED IN PROSCIUTTO (optional) out in a live accompaniment programmatically.” Flageolet beans & bok choy, whole grained mustard sauce or to “The Lord of the Rings” at As if those recent cre- MUSHROOM & PARMESAN REGGIANO CHEESE RISOTTO Radio City Music Hall. (And dentials haven’t done that Drizzled with truffl e oil let us not forget past collabo- already. Dessert rations with the likes of Lou “Tell the Way” at St. Reed, Elton John and Griz- Ann’s Warehouse [38 Wa- OSKAR’S FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE CAKE zly Bear.) ter St. between Dock and Warm fl ourless chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream or This week may trump them Main streets in DUMBO, UPSIDE DOWN PINEAPPLE CAKE all, though, as the group pres- (718) 254-8779]. Feb. 10 at 7 To RSVP:With coconut 718-852-6250 ice cream or ents its biggest undertaking yet pm and Feb. 11-12 at 8 pm. LAVENDER CREME BRULEE — the collaborative, commis- Sing out: The Brooklyn Youth Chorus will fill Tickets $35-50. For info, visit www.chezoskar.com to RSVP: 718-852-6250 www.chezoskar.com sioned work “Tell the Way,” DUMBO with song this weekend. www.stannswarehouse.org. 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Some of the specimens in the Gar- we wish all lovebirds, den’s spring exhibition, “Graceful Perse- verance,” have celebrated a centennial; one time-defying bonsai tree, the White young & old, Pine, is more than 300 years old. “Bonsai is about storytelling,” ex- plained Anita Jacobs, director of pub- single birds, Photo by Rebecca Bullene lic programs at Brooklyn Botanic Gar- Think small: Celebrate the bonsai, and all things Japanese, really, as den. “To design a tree takes many years big & small and usually they have been under the the Brooklyn Botantic Gardens hosts a night of food and dance on care of many generations. Each tree is Feb. 11 to mark its new bonsai exhibition, “Graceful Perseverance.” crafted so that its shape is unique to a happy valentine its original environment.” dance ensemble, and a DJ cranking out “Small Scale: An Evening of Japa- The Japanese-style reception also 1960s-style Japanese pop. nese Tapas, Sake, and the Art of Bon- includes a Brooklyn bonsai tour led by “It will be a warm, cozy evening sai” at Brooklyn Botanic Garden Palm For more information: Julian Velasco, who curates one of the where people can eat dinner under the House [900 Washington Avenue near world’s greatest collections of the min- stars in our giant glass greenhouse,” said Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, Chez Lola,Greene Fort Myrtle 387 Avenue, www.chezlolabrooklyn.com iature trees, a sake tasting, a meal of Jacobs. “Guests will be transported to (718) 623-7200], Feb. 11, 6-11 pm. 13 mini-plates of vegetarian Japanese a magical place but also let their hair Tickets $75. 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