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By Ariella Cohen The Brooklyn Papers Atlantic Yards will cost more to build and benefit the public less than Bruce Ratner said it would — and carry with it environmental Yards impacts that can not be mitigated, a state analysis disclosed this week. But the state’s development czar said the publicly subsidized mega-de- velopment would be worth the price because it advances the Manhat- tanizaion of Brooklyn. protest “We are a city of skyscrapers,” said Charles Gargano, chairman of the Em- pire State Development Corporation, which released the project’s Draft Envi- ronmental Impact Statement on Tuesday. “We are a city of towers.” Now, he says, it’s time the towers came to Brooklyn. Gargano promised that if signif- rallies icant environmental impacts of the MORE INSIDE 16-skyscraper, 18,000-seat arena, NEWS P5 • EDITORIAL P4 residential, hotel, retail and office complex can’t be mitigated, the benefit, calling the state’s calcula- state “will respond.” tions “conservative.” 2,000 Coinciding with Tuesday’s re- In addition to the shrinking pub- lease of the 2,000-page analysis, lic benefit, the project’s costs are By Ariella Cohen Gargano’s ESDC formally en- ballooning. Now Ratner’s project The Brooklyn Papers dorsed the project. would cost at least $4.2 billion, up The action begins a 66-day peri- from an initial $2.5-billion pricetag, More than 2,000 people — all hot of public “review.” and bothered by Bruce Ratner’s plan to itself inflated to a more-recent Beyond the project’s size and $3.5-billion figure. build 16 skyscrapers and a 18,000-seat scale, the DEIS revealed the fuzzy basketball arena in Prospect Heights — Stuckey said the cost of the / Joshua Janke math behind Atlantic Yards. decade-long construction project has assembled Sunday at Grand Army Instead of generating $2.1 billion jumped due to “a general increase in Plaza in the largest opposition rally in tax revenue over the next 30 prices,” and an “incredible amount since Ratner’s Atlantic Yards proposal years, as Ratner promised in pro- of design work” by Frank Gehry. was unveiled three years ago. motional materials and press releas- “Now we have a better idea of The protestors — toting bicycles, dogs, ba- es, the plan certified Tuesday shows what the project will cost,” he said, bies in stylish papooses, and skyscraper-em- Papers The Brooklyn that the project would gross just Umbrella group: More than 2,000 opponents of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project — including these bumbershoot-toting adding that Ratner paid more than blazoned signs furnished by Develop Don’t over $1.9 billion — $1.1 billion for anticipated for homes, businesses activists, who fear the project’s shadows — rallied at Grand Army Plaza on Sunday, July 16. Destroy Brooklyn — crowded around a the state and $845.5 million for the and shops within the footprint. makeshift stage at the entrance to Prospect city — over the next 40 years. Stuckey declined to reveal the Park and cheered Atlantic Yards foes who “do the right thing.” “Do the math,” Barron told The Brook- communities. After subtracting $500 million company’s projected profits from ranged from the elected to the absurd. “Jay-Z needs to slow down a bit and lyn Papers after coming down from the Most of the support that Atlantic Yards in subsidies already committed by the project. In the latter category, Reverend Billy and look at what it is really being proposed,” stage. “The economic formula for this de- has, after all, has come from blacks (and the state and city, the overall bene- Forest City Ratner has main- his Stop Shopping Gospel Choir compared Perez said after stepping off the stage. velopment means that 90 percent of the elected officials whose districts are far from fit to the public drops to $1.4 bil- tained that the project’s mammoth Bruce Ratner to the Devil. “[Ratner needs to] build a better plan be- people moving in are going to be white.” the mega-project). lion over those 40 years — $35 size — which the New York Ob- Somewhere in the middle were actors cause this one isn’t benefiting the poor,” the It was clear from the anti-project crowd Noticeably absent from last week’s rally million a year split between the server reported Wednesday would Steve Buscemi and Rosie Perez. Buscemi, millionaire movie star added. that surrounded Barron that the area is get- were many of the very people caught in the state and city. be the most densely populated area a fixture on the anti-Ratner circuit, began And among the elected officials, City ting whiter and will likely continue to do so middle: the rent-stabilized tenants who live “[The tax revenue shortfall] is in the United States — was neces- his speech with the first-ever airing of an Councilman Charles Barron (D–Canarsie) as more luxury development is built. in Ratner-owned buildings in the Prospect big, it’s not a small difference,” sary in order for the company to unnamed political poem that began, “Roses stood out, calling the project “instant gentri- Though most of the speakers selected by Heights footprint that the developer will said Evan Thies, a spokesman for make a reasonable profit, provide are red/I like William Shatner/But I am op- fication,” bringing up concerns that the “su- DDDB were black, the majority of their au- soon tear down. City Councilman David Yassky affordable housing and build public posed/to the Atlantic Yards project.” permall” would be super-white and drown dience wasn’t, again demonstrating the or- The tenants have been offered help find- (D-Brooklyn Heights). space. For her part, Perez implored her pal, rap- out political support for black leaders who ganization’s difficulties in tapping into ac- ing new apartments and have been guaran- Forest City Ratner Vice Presi- No members of the ESDC board per and Atlantic Yards investor Jay-Z, to have traditionally ruled at the polls there. tivist networks in the area’s minority See PROTEST on page 5 dent Jim Stuckey downplayed the raised any objections to the project’s discrepancy in projected public See TOWERS on page 5 Four-faced liar Borough’s top clock slow on the uptick

The Brooklyn Papers ing its landmark property. The four-sided clock atop the Time — the right time — healed all Williamsburgh Savings Bank — wounds. But then the clock slowed easily Brooklyn’s most-recogniza- down again. ble building — is broken. And only “When we bought the building, we time will tell when it will be back in were told that the clock would be the biggest headache and that’s turning out business. right,” said Andrew MacArthur, a Not only are all four faces studded spokesman for the Dermot Company, with burnt-out lightbulbs, but the hands which is converting the landmark into all display different times. luxury condominiums. On a recent Wednesday night at MacArthur blames the problem on 10:31, the clock’s south side read 11:55, its eastern face read 9:30, its north face “gear stuff,” refuting a popular local read 2:10 and the western face couldn’t myth that the high winds atop the tower even be read because the bulbs on one throw off the clock’s hands. hand were completely extinguished. Not everyone is upset at the clock, Mechanically, there’s no excuse for seeing its quirkiness as a symbol of an such problems, because the clock fea- off-beat borough. / Tom Callan / Tom tures a single motor with four axles that “When you see two different faces it J.L. Maher / WCS run the hands. is like seeing two different paintings,” It’s not the first time that the clock has said Robert Goldstrom, an artist who has been down for the count. It didn’t work chronicled the clocktower in more than He knows how to cool it! for most of the 1970s and 1980s — a fit- 50 watercolor paintings.

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn ting symbol of Brooklyn’s decline, some “I have an affection for its current Ayveq, the famously frisky walrus at the New York Aquarium in Coney Island, found a nice way to beat the heat The Williamsburgh Savings Bank tower and its said — until then-owner Republic Na- state of misoperation,” he said. this week, playing with one of his balls in a nice, cool bath. A spokeswoman for the Aquarium said that all the famously incorrect clocks. tional Bank sunk millions into renovat- — Ariella Cohen animals get toys to play with — “though Ayveq has another toy he loves to play with.”

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Brooklyn Papers composite Brooklyn has $233,800 available to spend — not that he thinks he needs it. “David needs money because RELIGIOUS he’s the least known in the dis- trict,” Andrews said. “I’ve been in SERVICES Vet lawmaker Connor challenges the district for 25 years.” He added that “all but eight Union blocks of my [Senate] district is within the 11th,” giving him high Temple upstart opponent Diamondstone name-recognition. 5th Avenue Cat Clinic Park Slope’s Friendliest Reform Congregation Owens trailed the pack, raising SHABBAT SERVICES: By Gersh Kuntzman would focus his energies in the courtroom rather than $64,771. • Laser Surgery First Friday monthly Owens’s fundraising figure followed by Potluck Dinner 6:30 p.m. The Brooklyn Papers on the needs of his constituents.” Other insiders suggested that Connor has to pull prompted many to ask the • Boarding All other Friday evenings 8:15 p.m. Veteran state Sen. Martin Connor — who $64,000 question — would he cater to Saturday mornings 10:30 a.m. out whatever tools are available, given that he’s in We with a View hasn’t been challenged in years — moved a real fight for the first time since facing his last drop out of the race? Free Fecal 17 Eastern Parkway “I’m in it to stay,” said Owens, • No Barking at Grand Army Plaza quickly to knock his opponent off the bal- Democratic primary in 1992. Evaluation for lot this week, drawing charges that the Connor defeated Luis Osorio by a 61-39 per- who has less than $20,000 cash Cats • Stress Free 638-7600 on hand. New Patients Rabbi Dr. Linda Henry Goodman Brooklyn Heights lawmaker is undermining cent vote that time, but now he has just $28,000 A43 democracy. in hand. Including his loan, Diamondstone has “We’ve put our emphasis on only Connor, who has been in office since 1978, filed nearly 10 times that amount to spend. building a strong base of volun- Congregation a general challenge to the candidacy of Community Connor did raise $37,000 in the first six months teers, who will be there whether Kol Israel Board 2 member Ken Diamondstone, who is putting up of 2006, but Diamondstone raised $129,000, which we have money or not.” Located in Prospect Heights his campaign said proves the depth of his support. But Andrews dismissed Owens since 1924 more than $200,000 of his own money in an effort to un- seat the longtime incumbent. Diamondstone has also picked up the endorsements of and Clarke’s chances. 603 St. Johns Place “I don’t recall a congressional bet. Classon & Franklin Technically speaking, it was Connor’s son, also named Mar- some groups that had previously endorsed Connor, such seat that’s been won with less 638-6583 tin, who filed the challenge with the Board of Elections. The as Lambda Independent Democrats and the Working Mon-Th: 10am-8pm 225 5th Ave. (at President St.) Rabbi Elkanah Schwartz challenge allows the Connor campaign to sift through the 6,100 Families Party. than $100,000 on hand,” he said. Fri-Sun: 10am-5pm Fri. at Sunset • Sat. 10:30am Owens is the son of the retiring W34/37/52 signatures Diamondstone collected in order to get on the ballot. “Am I worried?” Connor asked. “No. But I am raising (718) 398-1187 money.” congressman. First A.M.E. Zion Only 1,000 signatures are required for a state Senate race, but most candidates collect at least three times that amount because Church arcane rules make it easy to knock off hundreds of signatures. 54 MacDonough St. Connor said his challenge had nothing to do with the signa- (bet. Tompkin & Marcy Ave.) tures, but with the “constitutional qualifications” of Diamond- BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN Sunday School 9:45 am stone’s candidacy. Morning Worship 11:00 am “I’m not going to pick at his signatures and say, ‘This guy Wednesday Midweek didn’t dot the T or this guy doesn’t live in the district,’” Connor Service/Bible Study 6:30 pm said. “But I do have to make sure he [Diamondstone] is constitu- (718) 638-3343 tionally qualified to run.” Dr. Daran H. Mitchell, Pastor LM30-17 Connor — once the Democrat’s top man in the Republican- controlled state Senate, but now a lower-profile figure — re- Congregation mained cryptic, saying merely “Stay tuned.” But later an aide said the campaign was investigating whether Mount Sinai Diamondstone has lived in the district for the required amount of 250 Cadman Plaza W. The U.S. Department Conservative/Egalitarian time. A House for Prayer / A Home for People Candidates must live in the district a full year prior to Election 718-875-9124 Day. of Agriculture’s Asian Friday Eve Services 6:30pm Diamondstone’s campaign scoffed at the notion that the candi- Saturday Morning 10:00am Rabbi Joseph Potasnik date has not resided at 200 Clinton St. long enough. Longhorned Beetle A29-41 “He moved there more than a year ago,” said campaign PARK SLOPE spokesman Matthew Welch. “Martin Connor is playing games Cooperative Eradication Program JEWISH CENTER with democracy. 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OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT Gargano to B’klyn: Get big HE MANHATTANIZATION of tellingly. “We are a city of towers.” Atlantic Yards is following the same narra- Brooklyn is now official state policy. From his Albany aerie, Charles Gargano tive arc. The community around the Prospect T That’s what Empire State Develop- has decided that the very thing that makes Heights rail yards where Ratner would build ment Corporation Chairman Charles Gar- Brooklyn unique — its neighborhood scale — does indeed want the area developed. Area gano said this week, as his agency re- is the very thing that must change. leaders offered a sensible plan to connect leased a disheartening draft environmental Of course, that’s Gargano’s modus operan- Prospect Heights to Fort Greene with medi- impact statement for Bruce Ratner’s di. His agency cares little for the concerns of um-scale housing and open space, but Atlantic Yards project. locals in the communities it would plunder, Gargano rejected it in favor of Manhattan sky- choosing to side with the big-time real-estate scrapers that would overpower communities The 2,000 pages of detailed analysis shows developers who give so generously to law- on all sides. that the development is out of scale with its makers’ political campaigns. With a population of 15,000-18,000 living neighbors, would enshroud large areas in ESDC, after all, is also in charge of the so- on 22 acres, Atlantic Yards would be the most- shadows, would tax an already-overburdened called Brooklyn Bridge Park, which is not a densely populated Census tract in the country. traffic and transit system, would create an in- park at all, but an 85-acre boondoggle crafted Yet even in light of his own agency’s analy- timidating superblock, and would require the to enrich select developers. A decade ago, the sis, Gargano ignores local concern about the city to spend untold millions to build schools, community had a perfectly good plan for a project’s mammoth scale. We live here — and provide for more cops and add fire service. park — but Gargano & Co. tossed it in favor Gargano does not. Is it too much to ask that he That’s progress, Gargano said. of a scheme that would throw open the prime listen to the area’s reasonable concerns and “We are a city of skyscrapers,” he said, waterfront land for luxury condos. downsize Atlantic Yards?

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Kevin Sweeney, Fort Greene nesses and the jobs they provide. we’ve been home delivering Papers muter congressman has a narrow this art? Where’s the dung?” (June 3). One issue that I didn’t read about, throughout Brownstone Brooklyn. focus of ideas and culture, like a You call the Blessed Mother, whom however, was that of affordable housing. Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications Inc. Our unique system limits deliveries mouse in a cage, but nothing — Catholics revere, a “grand dame” and The GCCDC plan calls for residen- at 55 Washington St, Ste 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201 to two Papers per building (elimi- Drivers diss bikers not books, photos, videos or vis- state that she looked great splattered with To the editor: tial development within the so-called Phone (718) 834-9350 nating the kind of clutter caused by dung. I imagine you fancy yourself very “North District,” roughly from Third Established 1978. 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It’s neither daring nor profound, and on the East River bridges, too! as a community, we accept a large- copyright purposes, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Publisher prior [email protected] your petulant-child schtick will work scale re-zoning that rewards develop- to publication. All submitted material becomes the property of The Brooklyn and frantic moments that politicians Eugene Carrington, Bedford-Stuyvesant Papers which may edit, publish and assign the material for use in any medi- All letters must be signed and and their families face. just as well without it. ers and allows them to build residen- um now known or later developed. Submissions will not be returned and may include the writer’s home address Travel and tourism is a good thing. 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“Roses are red, I like William Shatner but I am opposed, to the Atlantic Yards project. Affordable housing, STATE DOCS SHOW but eminent domain? I play a lot of crazies, but that sounds insane.”

Steve Buscemi, actor and Park Slope resident

“Something that is MASSIVE IMPACT making me a little The Brooklyn Papers seven new acres of greenspace, according to intersections, aging sewers and hundreds of see the entire document, go to http:// uneasy is that we have a new state study — but the $4.2-billion, 16- residents who just want to see the sun. www.empire.state.ny.us/AtlanticYards/DEIS. this Devil, this Devil Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega-devel- skyscraper, hotel, residential and office space Below is The Brooklyn Papers’ analysis asp — where it is presented in a fairly obtuse by the name of Bruce opment would “transform a blighted area Ratner...” into a vibrant mixed-use community,” with complex would also put a significant strain of the project’s just-released, 2,000-page format, so be prepared for hours of download- affordable housing, a basketball arena and on the public school system, already-choked Draft Environmental Impact Statement (to ing). A print version was not made available. The Rev. Billy, Performance Artist

“As a person born and bred Irreparable adverse impacts in Brooklyn, without too much bread, this plan is Traffic, transit Some impacts of the Atlantic some of Ratner’s skyscrapers to slightly different loca- insulting to poor people Yards mega-project simply can tions — and the state admitted that such rejiggering could and we deserve better ... not be fixed while still allowing do the trick. Seriously, do the right thing.” Bruce Ratner to make a reason- “To avoid significant adverse impacts on views…the and pedestrians able profit and build affordable project site would need to avoid the construction of tall Rose Perez, housing — but the developer buildings on Flatbush Avenue,” the study said, before dis- actress and Brooklyn resident missing the notion as incompatible with “the project’s The Atlantic Yards project would have a massive effect on car will buy air-conditioners for goals.” traffic, pedestrian flow and subway service, a new state docu- everyone who wants one, state • “Significant noise” on Dean Street between Flatbush ment revealed this week. documents reveal. and Vanderbilt avenues. But the good news is that Bruce “I’d rather be on my front According to the draft environmental impact statement released on “Adverse impacts would remain in the areas of cultur- Ratner will buy everyone in the area extra-thick windows steps playing mandolin Tuesday, 68 intersections around the project’s epicenter — Flatbush and al resources, urban design, shadows, traffic, noise and and air-conditioners, the document reveals. … but for too long we Atlantic avenues — would have “significant adverse impacts” from the construction [that] cannot be mitigated while still allow- Operators are not yet standing by, but state officials are have been complacent project. ing the project to meet its stated purpose and needs,” the urging everyone to take advantage of the generous offer: about a development “Peak hour vehicular traffic through this intersection would increase by state’s draft environmental impact statement said. “[If] owners elect not to take advantage…the proposed proj- that could destroy our four to 15 percent,” the report states. The irreparable harm consists of: ect would have unmitigated significant [noise] impacts.” neighborhoods.” That’s bad news, considering that 57 of 87 signalized intersections • The demolition of the Ward Bread Bakery, on Pacific • Massive shadows. But, again, reducing the height of around the project are already congest- Street between Carlton and Vanderbilt avenues, and the some buildings would be “inconsistent with the goal to Dan Zanes, kiddie rock star ed at least once a day. former Long Island Rail Road stables on Atlantic Avenue establish a high-density, mixed-use project.” When the project is completed in between Sixth and Carlton avenues. • Intense traffic. By the time the project is fully built in 2016, the same chokepoints would still The DEIS called the demolition of these 100-year-old 2016, 68 of the already-congested 93 intersections stud- “I apologize for being late, be choked, but for many more hours structures “a significant adverse impact on historic re- ied by state planners would see worse traffic. but I was in church and every day. sources,” but concluded that retaining the structures The document says the number could drop to 39 inter- whenever I go to church I At Flatbush Avenue and Dean Street, would “constrain the goals” of Ratner’s “master plan.” sections — but only with physical improvements to exist- get inspired to fight. ARE for example, traffic would be deemed • Obstructed views of the Williamsburgh Savings Bank ing infrastructure, “demand management strategies,” cops YOU FIRED UP?” bad all day long, as opposed to only tower, which the state calls the “most visible historic on overtime to help keep traffic moving, improved transit from 7-8 pm now. The same is true for the intersection of Fourth and Flat- structure in Brooklyn since its construction” in 1929. and better signals — only some of which, by the way, Councilwoman Letitia James bush avenues, which would clear up only after 10 pm, the study shows. The Municipal Art Society had recommended shifting would be paid for by Bruce Ratner. — Gersh Kuntzman (D-Prospect Heights) The DEIS also reveals that: • The project would add more than 7,300 cars to the streets — and near- ly 8,640 subway passengers underground — on days when the relocated New Jersey Nets have a home game. The hotel, residential, commercial and retail components of project will add more than 6,000 cars and more than 31,000 subway riders to the area every weekday. TOWERS… • Close to 38 percent of Nets fans will arrive by car and 52 percent will Socio- arrive by subway or bus — but state analysts also admit that the Transit Continued from page 1 Authority has not committed to adding trains or busses on game day. vast scale or environmental impact before unanimously certifying Shadows Only 2.7 percent will walk, the document said. economic the project plan and the DEIS on Tuesday. • Some crosswalks with little congestion would become jam-packed. worst during But according to the DEIS, the project will bring a school’s The corners of Dean Street and Sixth Avenue and Dean Street and Carlton The 16 towers of the the cold winter worth of new children, thousands of new cars and significant Avenue — currently classified as “unrestricted” would fall to “severely re- Atlantic Yards project will months. noise to the residential streets closest to the project. stricted,” to use the state’s jargon. enshroud the playground at the impacts In addition, large segments of Fort Greene and Boerum Atlantic Terminal Houses in The study • Every subway in Brooklyn would carry hundreds of more passengers also showed that: Hill will be left in shadows, views of the historic Williams- during rush hour. Fort Greene in shadows all Atlantic Yards burgh Savings Bank building will be lost, more than 600 resi- day, every day, during the win- • By 2016, when the proposed probably won’t ex- The congestion will be most acute on Brooklyn-bound trains during the Atlantic Yards would be fully built dents of the site area will be forced to move, subways will be evening rush. Each sardine can on the 2, 3, 4 and D lines would have to ter, and place the northern por- acerbate the gentrifi- jam-packed, especially on game days (see sidebars, right). out, the lawn of the Atlantic Termi- hold roughly four more passengers. When a reporter asked Gargano if the project could be tion of Prospect Heights in the nal will also be in shadows from cation that’s already State planners say such traffic and transit impacts will be fixed by scaled down to reduce effects on roads, infrastructure and lo- same gloom every morning 8:30 am to 4:29 pm in the early taking place in Pros- changing the timing of many stoplights, implementing some parking re- cal quality of life, yet still give Ratner a reasonable profit, he until noon all year long, spring. pect Heights and replied, “I don’t think it can be.” strictions, repainting some streets to eliminate or create turn lanes, shut- according to the state study That’s a particular irony, consid- Fort Greene, according to a “You aren’t going to get developers to build if they lose mon- tling basketball fans to the arena from remote parking lots, underwriting released this week. ering Ratner also built that site. new state report on the impact ey,” said Gargano, a Park Slope native. transit discounts for Nets ticket-holders, and adding NYPD officers to As The Brooklyn Papers report- • The brand-new South Oxford of the project on local socioe- Gargano’s off-the-cuff response reflected the state’s com- keep traffic moving. ed in June, Bruce Ratner’s sky- Park in Fort Greene will spend conomics. The cost of the last three mitigations would be passed along to Ratner, fort with the enormity of the project — which would occupy scrapers will cast shadows on the several hours a day in shadows State planners made that con- the document said. almost eight city blocks, would add 15,000 new residents to area bordered by DeKalb Avenue most of the year. clusion based on Census data the area, and would include a building, Miss Brooklyn, that is Even with the mitigations, 39 intersections will still have significant Douglass Street, Grand Avenue The state study offered little showing that the number of “at- 108-feet higher than the Williamsburgh, currently the bor- congestion at some point during the day, and two subway corridors will and Bond Street. mitigation for the shadow impacts. risk” households in the area has ough’s tallest tower. experience a “complete breakdown in traffic flow” from 7-8 pm. The shadows would be at their — Dana Rubinstein been declining for years — even Opponents, predictably, said the pricetag was just too high. — Kuntzman before Bruce Ratner dreamed up

“This is the most-expensive arena in the history of the Illustrations by Sylvan Migdal Atlantic Yards. country and clearly the negative impacts outweigh the bene- The project would displace an fits to the city and state,” said City Councilwoman Letitia estimated 410 residents and 27 James (D-Prospect Heights). businesses from its 22-acre foot- But the developer and his state allies still said the project print, plus the residents of 144 would achieve its goals of both revitalizing an area they say homes already purchased by the is blighted, adding 2,250 affordable units to Brooklyn’s hous- developer. ing market, building seven acres of open space and returning Facilities and infrastructure And there could be more dis- a nifty profit for the builder. placement just outside the foot- “It’s an opportunity for people of all income levels” to The ESDC says that But don’t bet on it residents. DEIS stated. print. make a home in an “underutilized” area, Gargano said. Bruce Ratner’s be- actually happening. “NYPD would continue to evaluate Even the biggest optimist at the Em- The state’s draft environmen- “What is important is the public benefit and the fact that hemoth project will not “Building 5 [in At- its staffing needs and assign personnel pire State Development Corporation tal impact statement admits that the [city and state] will receive $1.4 billion for its invest- significantly affect lantic Yards] has been based on … demographics, calls for would have to admit that there will be replacing the existing LIRR ment,” he said. Brooklyn’s existing identified as a possible service, and crime conditions,” the crime at Atlantic Yards. — Rubinstein yards with a landscape of curvy, The City Council, Borough President Markowitz and state location for a school,” Frank Gehry-designed buildings legislators all said they would do a new analysis — after al- infrastructure — but its own documents the document said. could inflate area land values, ready backing the project. “But there has been no leading to permanent displace- A spokesman for Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno (R- show that the project commitment by the Department of Ed- ment of some nearby residents. Brunswick), who has supported the project, admitted this would cause overcrowded schools, ucation at this time.” “Further analysis is needed to week that his boss hadn’t closely examined the project’s fi- create new challenges to police In other nuts-and-bolts issues: Make yourself heard fully address the indirect dis- nances, but would do so in the future. and fire coverage, and cause more • The East River would see placement concern,” the docu- Bruno, along with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D- sewage to flow into the East River. 700,000 more gallons of overflow a Set your calendars — the emailed to atlanticyards@empire. ment said. Manhattan) and Governor Pataki, would be asked to approve By the time the 6,860-unit project year, thanks to further stresses on the state’s public hearing on the At- state.ny.us or snail-mailed to Maria And although the DEIS fre- the project following the pro forma 66-day public comment pe- is completed in 2016, nearby elemen- city’s aging sewer system. lantic Yards Draft Environmental Mooney, ESDC, 633 Third Avenue, quently calls the Prospect riod that began on Tuesday. tary schools would surge to 32 per- At the same time, the Gowanus Impact Statement will be on New York, NY 10017. Feel free to Heights development site cent overcapacity, thanks to 1,873 Canal, which is inundated with raw Wednesday, Aug. 23. send a copy to Newsroom@Brook- “blighted,” the document does new, elementary-age children, accord- sewage during heavy rainfall, would In advance of the sure-to-be- lynPapers.com, so we know what’s admit that the neighborhood ing to the Atlantic Yards draft envi- actually experience an 1.8-million- packed meeting, the Empire State on your mind, too. ranks among the wealthiest near ronmental impact statement released gallon decrease in sewer overflows, Development Corporation is encour- The agency claims written the proposed basketball arena this week. thanks to an innovative water-reten- aging the public to pick apart the comments, which are due by Sept. that is Atlantic Yards’ center- PROTEST… In all, the project would put 3,020 tion feature of Atlantic Yards, as well DEIS (which can be viewed, with 22, “will be afforded the same piece. extra students into the public school as proposed infrastructure improve- some difficulty, at http://www. em- weight as oral testimony” at the The median income in the Continued from page 1 system. ments paid for by the city. pire.state.ny.us/AtlanticYards/DEIS public hearing, which will take supposedly blighted neighbor- teed a unit in the development — which Ratner is required to The state proposes fixing the prob- • The city would have to provide .asp). — at your local library. place at 4:30 at NYC Technical hood is $43,333 — just behind do by law — but some said they feel alienated from both lem by building a new school within more cops and firefighters to serve Written comments may be College, 285 Jay St. Park Slope and Boerum Hill. sides of the debate. Atlantic Yards project. the development’s anticipated 14,000 — Ariella Cohen “This is my life,” said one man, who did not attend the Sunday rally. “I am sick of hearing people talk about it who are not really facing any of the consequences.” Jennifer Levy, whose South Brooklyn Legal Services rep- resents five of the tenants, said Ratner’s relocation offer for- bade tenants from talking about any agreements with the de- veloper — a controversial gag order similar to other Culture, neighborhood character, urban design agreements that have stifled discussion of dozens of real-es- tate deals Ratner has made within the development’s 22 acres. The Grand Army Plaza rally — which came two days be- New York State planners Atlantic Yards, It is unclear how a masses clad in glass, metal panels, “marginally acceptable” to “marginal- fore the state gave Atlantic Yards a preliminary nod — was admitted that the 16-skyscrapers the document said, “gateway” project at and masonry, which would contrast to ly unacceptable.” the largest event DDDB has held since Ratner unveiled his of the Atlantic Yards project are would serve as a the confluence of four classical designs of the brownstones” On the plus side, Atlantic Yards first model at Borough Hall in 2003. significantly larger than the sur- “gateway” linking neighborhoods can nearby. would: Prospect Heights, also be in the “back- “We think the development is too big,” said first-time pro- rounding neighborhoods — but • Flashy signs affixed to the pro- • Create landscaped greenspace testor Marty Goldin, a Park Slope resident and real-estate de- Fort Greene, Boer- ground” of each one posed basketball arena would be un- that would “allow people to cross concluded that the project’s size um Hill and Park at the same time. avoidable “along the Atlantic and Flat- through the site and would connect, veloper. is a good thing. “I have asthma,” added Grace Shannon, a Clinton Hill res- Slope, long divided The DEIS also bush Avenue corridors.” And the signs for the first time in a century, the ident. “Now that I’ve heard how much pollution this thing is “The proposed project would by the “blighted” indicated that: will be “brighter on event nights.” neighborhoods north of Atlantic Av- going to bring, I am fighting for my life.” change the character of the project LIRR yard near the intersection of At- • The project would “be of a larger • Dean Street “would change from enue with Prospect Heights, to the But the throngs of demonstrators — most came from site, and for the better,” the state’s lantic and Flatbush avenues. scale and height than the buildings lo- a quiet, mixed-use former industrial south.” close-by neighborhoods like Park Slope, Prospect Heights, draft environmental impact statement But the document was somewhat cated in the immediately surrounding street to an active street with a mix of • Include a glass-walled public Fort Greene and Clinton Hill — scared off at least one poten- said. contradictory on that claim, saying historic districts, including the Brook- uses.” space called the Urban Room, which tial supporter, an agoraphobic jogger. “The new taller buildings of the that adverse impacts from the pro- lyn Academy of Music, Fort Greene, • Noise — which is already the sin- would include café kiosks, new sub- “I don’t like crowds, period, not at an arena and not at a proposed project would have a posi- ject’s scale, design and traffic would and Prospect Heights historic dis- gle-biggest complaint of city residents way access and sitting areas. Atop it demonstration,” said the Fort Greene resident who declined tive effect by serving as new way- merely be “background conditions” tricts.” — would increase significantly in would be a 620-foot tower — Brook- to give his name. finders in the Brooklyn skyline.” in those four neighborhoods. • Its design would “asymmetrical some surrounding areas, going from lyn’s tallest. — Kuntzman 6 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 July 22, 2006 Wal-Mart and Brooklyn? Fuhgedaboudit! Editor’s Note: Our recent editorial on a large, “Wal-Mart’s ‘unbeatable’ low-prices are the result “Let’s keep Brooklyn, Brooklyn. Wal-Mart does boarded up. New York City, and Brooklyn most of laws. Let Wal-Mart demonstrate its willingness to Arkansas-based big-box retailer’s suitability for of slave labor overseas and outsourced manufactur- not hold nor project the values of Brooklyn. all, may be the last bastion of true neighborhoods, change, by offering fair wages and benefits to its cur- Downtown (“Wal-Mart and Brooklyn: Perfect ing to Third World countries. Mom and Pop shops “Brooklyn has been built on small-business ac- the walking communities that planners across the rent workforce, before we even think of letting them Together,” July 1/8) generated, oh, how should give neighborhoods character, so every neighborhood tivity, and city government has a fiduciary respon- nation seek to emulate. Brooklyn is thriving with- into Brooklyn.” Shirley Ranz, Gerritsen Beach we put it?, a fair amount of hostility towards the doesn’t look like a suburban mall. If you want to live sibility to protect these businesses. It is not good out Wal-Mart. New Yorkers don’t need to feed this “Your editorial is great news for consumers. editorial board. Since many of the in a mall go ahead! I moved to New enough that Wal-Mart could work, as you put it, in greedy and dangerous monopolist Once opened, Wal-Mart offers em- dozens of letters we received York to get away from suburbia. Brooklyn. What we have now is a thriving and monster.” Brian Ketcham, Cobble Hill ployment opportunities for many made the same points — with dif- Wal-Mart “Wal-Mart refuses to pay its work- valuable small business atmosphere; unique and Wal-Mart is workers. Students, housewives, sen- fering expletives, of course — we growing in value. Why would we want to give this “Wal-Mart is not good for Brook- ers a living wage and your money lyn, or anywhere else, for that matter! ior citizens and ordinary people out thought we’d present excerpts in needs and mine pays their healthcare and up? Say no to Wal-Mart in Brooklyn, forever.” not good Do not be bamboozled: Their sales of work could find employment lo- a concise, readable format. For childcare costs. And they have Charles W. McMellon Jr., Park Slope personnel are trained to steer cus- cally without having to travel one to those of you who detest Wal- Brooklyn stopped every major bill to make our for Brooklyn, “OK, guys, you have lost it. I have read your tomers to the higher-priced models. two hours elsewhere. All of these Mart, enjoy. ports more secure because higher more than disparaging reviews of Bruce Ratner and others, They take advantage of government or companies and their employees are costs for overseas shipping would cut “Your editorial was hard to be- but Bruce is a New Yorker. I am shocked you have benefits by not giving their employ- our neighbors. Starting pay is be- we need into their bottom line.” anywhere lieve. You gotta think outside the endorsed Wal-Mart. I guess trailer parks are next. ees appropriate benefits. Don’t fool tween $7.15 $10.30 per hour for BIG BOX brother! Most people the overfed Michele Smith, Park Slope There is nothing good that comes from Wal-Mart yourself that they will let Brook- else, for new employees. Promotional op- know that Wal-Mart burdens tax- “Wal-Mart needs Brooklyn a lot except tacky over consumption. If your paper was lynites change their employment portunities including training for payers, doesn’t pay a living wage, retailer. more than Brooklynites need the not free, I would not bother to read it.” practices. They do not deserve to lo- that matter. higher paying managerial positions busts unions and mistreats women, overfed retailer. The company has Tracy Tucker, DUMBO cate here in Brooklyn. I shop at the are common. They also offer health fills the shelves with sweatshop saturated the market in its rural and “A year ago I wrote in The Papers that if Wal- discount stores in my wonderful care and other benefits. Wal-Mart products and kills independent shops that make exurban base and desperately needs a presence in Mart had to come to Brooklyn, it should come to neighborhood.” Karen Ranney, Kensington may actually pay higher salaries and offer more healthy neighborhoods.” urban markets in order to maintain its Gremlin-like Downtown, rather than to a remote, auto-depend- benefits than some of its competitors. The free en- Bill Talen, Windsor Terrace “Wal-Mart has met fierce opposition in Queens The writer is a performance artist growth and keep its shareholders happy. Why not ent mall — but do we really want Wal-Mart at all? terprise system made our nation great. Economic known as the Reverend Billy offer Wal-Mart a challenge? Come to Brooklyn un- “Less publicized are its monopolistic business and Staten Island, and rightly so. When workers in growth and the creation of wealth come from busi- “A new Wal-Mart in Downtown Brooklyn would der the following condition: That its workers will practices — driving thousands of suppliers into Quebec succeeded, despite intimidation, in organiz- nesses — small and large. Consumers shopping at not generate new business for the area. Rather, like be allowed to unionize. One of the so-called bankruptcy and beating their 61,000 remaining ing a union, Wal-Mart closed the store. Despite the Wal-Mart get a better bang for the buck. most other big-box stores, it would capture business bedrock values of Wal-Mart, enshrined by its suppliers in collusive manipulation of entire indus- largest class-action suit by 1.6 million female em- “The silent majority of New Yorkers defies its from the retailers already in the area, draining prof- founder Sam Walton, was ‘respect for the individ- tries. To serve Wal-Mart’s pricing demands, busi- ployees for sex-discrimination, and several other elected officials and wants Wal-Mart in New York. its from the local economy and funneling them into ual.’ Well, why not respect an individual’s right to nesses cut employees and benefits or just move the class-action suits charging racial discrimination and Many New Yorkers — poor, working class, single what is already the largest corporation in the world. collective bargaining?” jobs overseas. refusal to allow meal breaks and non-payment of household and fellow middle class people — need We’d be much better off focusing on home-grown John Dicker, Denver (via Cobble Hill) “Wal-Mart’s predatory pricing has forced tens of overtime, there has been no improvement in worker the great prices and quality merchandise that Wal- businesses with stronger ethics and ties to the com- The writer is author of thousands of small businesses across America to benefits. In Inglewood, California, Wal-Mart tried to Mart offers. Consumers have voted with their feet munity.” Gwen Kash, Bushwick “The United States of Wal-Mart” (Penguin) close down. Thousands of small towns have been exempt itself from environmental, traffic and zoning all over America.” Larry Penner, Great Neck

BROOKLYN BRIEFS BAM building is ‘cultured’ for The Brooklyn Papers $8.6-million facelift paid for by the The Brooklyn Academy of city, the state, and private donors. Music officially became a The restored terra-cotta cornice national cultural attraction last on the building’s façade — which week. deteriorated in the 1950s — im- pressed the officials who added BAM’s turn-of-the-century Beaux BAM to the Register. Arts building in Fort Greene — Brooklyn’s “The colors are just wildly vivid,” built in 1908 after a fire destroyed the original building on Montague said Sowatka. “That’s not true of Street — was named to the Nation- many other buildings of the era.” al Register of Historic Places BAM’s cultural importance is thanks to the “uniqueness” of its ar- more than just skin deep. Icons chitecture, and its “cultural contri- throughout history — including ‘Hi,’ Sierra Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt butions,” according to Sandy Sowatka, a spokesperson for BAM. and Amelia Earhart — have graced The Brooklyn Papers The building (right) has been a its stage since its first civil-war era city landmark since 1978, but the performance. The 750,000-member Sierra Club — which nor- BAM now joins the Brooklyn mally concerns itself with global warming and the new federal status will allow BAM to apply for special federal grants Bridge, Prospect Park’s Litchfield federal Clean Water Act — has backed a compara- for any repair or restoration of its Villa, and even the 15th Street F tively small local lawsuit claiming that the proposed historic features. train station among Brooklyn’s Brooklyn Bridge Park is actually a handout to real- The perk comes a bit too late — 132 entries on the esteemed federal estate developers. in 2004, the building underwent an registry. — Sara Vogel The Empire State Development Corporation’s 85-acre waterfront development — which calls for open space fi- nanced by on-site residential towers — has incited bitter controversy in Downtown Brooklyn. But Sierra Club officials, who submitted an amicus brief in support of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Defense Fund’s law- suit on Thursday, say this local issue has much-wider rami- Academic joins fight to save ‘Underground RR’ houses fications. “The Sierra Club’s interest concerns not only the con- for The Brooklyn Papers Railroad. once an extensive network of self-determination dates from Councilwoman Letitia James and historical heritage site or struction of residential units in Brooklyn Bridge Park, but An expert on the Under- She says they may not have houses and farms that shel- the earliest period of the (D-Prospect Heights), who corridor be created.” the ramifications nationwide if such private use and devel- ground Railroad has join- been — but that the city tered runaway slaves journey- American colonies and is a promptly made it public. Walters is one of many ex- opment is allowed on land conveyed for the public’s use as ed the crusade to save two should err on the side of cau- ing from bondage to Canada. continuing legacy that we “Duffield Street … provides perts who have called for a park,” the club said in its brief. Duffield Street houses that tion before tearing down a po- “African-Americans’ strug- must now preserve,” Walters such an opportunity. I strongly preservation of the houses. tentially historic site. gle for freedom, equality and wrote in a private letter to City support the idea that a cultural — Brendan Mysliwiec The suit alleges that the state’s plan violates law by in- are facing demolition by cluding private housing in a public park, fails to adequately the city. The city wants to bull- consider traffic impacts, and ignores an existing plan for a The expert, Delores Wal- doze the homes and build “community” park that would not include on-site develop- ters, was one of a number of a parking lot for a pro- ment. academics hired by a consult- posed hotel in Downtown “This is a test case impacting the future of all public ing firm to investigate local Brooklyn. parks,” warned Fund President Judi Francis. “If housing is claims that the houses, at 225 Opponents of the plan allowed to happen in this great park, it will run roughshod and 227 Duffield, were sta- say the city is ignoring the Every group hates traffic over the entire city, state and nation.” — Dana Rubinstein tions on the Underground remnants of what was for The Brooklyn Papers Hill Neighborhood Association enough, [but] we’ve done more dispel the notion that the com- A coalition of 28 com- — was received with some than anyone in recent memory munity groups are anti-devel- munity groups — span- confusion at City Hall, which to prepare against excessive opment. ning a wide swath from prides itself on its traffic and growth and to protect it where “We want Brooklyn to Bay Ridge to Greenpoint transit efforts. it’s appropriate,” said mayoral grow,” he said. “Brooklyn’s — are demanding that “People may be frustrated spokeswoman Sharon Fuchs. gotta grow. But it’s gotta grow that it’s not going quickly But Naparstek was quick to smart.” — Mysliwiec Mayor Bloomberg focus more attention on the traf- fic that is “blanketing our streets with cars and trucks.” CHECKIN’ IN WITH... The groups’ demands — contained in a July 13 letter to City Hall — come as traffic is increasingly perceived as a The Rappin’ Urban Planners leading quality-of-life prob- lem. Call them the rapping urban planners. But Devonne Knights and Kinani Burton From the opening of a Fair- rhyme a vision for Fulton Mall that could shake the doldrums off the 1970s-era way in Red Hook to develop- shopping strip. The two sharp-tongued planners — 11th graders at the Brooklyn ment in Williamsburg that has High School of Music and Theatre — participated in the Cooper-Hewitt National caused overcrowding of the L Design Museum “Design Your ‘Hood” program. Models of their future Fulton train to the failure to update Mall and, of course, copies of their “Fulton Mizzle” rap, will be on exhibit at the truck routes even though Brooklyn Historical Society through July 30. Knights and Burton checked in with many pass through booming Ariella Cohen last week. residential neighborhoods, residents of many communi- Q: So Devonne, you’re an aspiring shout out to Fulton’s shops — “We ties are screaming, “Enough!” rapper and aspiring city planner. Let’s got accessories for sale and they all hear you use both talents to explain / Joshua Janke “Traffic and transportation go for low prices/fashion for the styl- are huge issues and they … what you see when you visit Fulton ist, come here you got to buy this…” are not being addressed,” said Mall. But the Fulton Mall BID wants to Aaron Naparstek, community Knights: “The downfall of the mall is the bring new stores to the mall to at- organizer and Park Slope walls are all peeled. And the people ova’ tract new shoppers. Do you think there straight crowd the place…” changing up the retail mix is neces-

The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Civic Council member. Court Street lawyer Leo Kimmel in his law office on — where else? — Court Street. The traffic concerns are es- Q: You wrote that under your nom de sary? pecially acute, given the pace rap, “Metro T dot,” who represents Burton: There is a relationship between the of recent development, such Metrotech, while your other rap iden- stores and the [feel] of the mall, so it is im- as in Williamsburg and Green- tity, Fulton Mizzle, reps the mall it- portant, but I think the stores are good now. Proud to be a ‘Court Street lawyer’ point and along Fourth Av- self. So what would be Mizzle’s come- New stores could be good too, but the big enue, where upzoning has en- back to that shot from T dot? problem is cleaning up the streets and giving couraged rapid growth. for The Brooklyn Papers boisterous, energetic man. But revisiting People still get into accidents, still get Knights: Here goes: “Yeah, you got mad people nice places to sit down when they And hanging like a specter his career reveals a man who’s not only divorced, still dispute contracts, still steal trees, but you’re here for no reason/The area aren’t shopping. There’s a certain notoriety behind over central Brooklyn is the term “Court Street lawyer.” witnessed, but also been a part of, from each other and still, occasionally, got land, but it ain’t got a plan/’Cause you Q: According to Metro T dot, shop- Brooklyn legal history. get caught. Bruce Ratner’s nearly 7,000- got a use so I don’t understand/And the peo- Who else would you find hanging out apartment, 18,000-seat basket- pers “get what they want, then they Kimmel became a lawyer in 1966, And the judge they see was probably ple like me, but you don’t got no fans.” across the street from the courthouse but and went to work at the Brooklyn Dis- ball arena proposed for rave and flaunt. And then they drop a bunch of, as Leo Kimmel puts it, “low- schooled by Leo Kimmel. Prospect Heights. Q: Ouch. What did you think about all the trash, grab the bags and trict Attorney’s office, where he was an “I’ve been in this business a long level hustlers and ambulance chasers”? ADA alongside future DAs Robert Keat- The letter — signed by a the mall when you first began this dash.” How do you fix that? In a good way. time,” he said. “Many of the judges over veritable United Nations of project? Burton: I designed an open plaza with big ing and Charles Hynes. here I trained when they were first pri- “We’re the people’s lawyers,” said After a stint in the state Welfare De- groups, such as the Bay Ridge Knights: I like it and I go there all the time, stairs to sit on and look at the historic build- Kimmel, who has been practicing law on partment’s Inspector General’s Office, he vate lawyers. Even in the DA’s office, Community Council, the but the streets are all broken up and some of ings. People need places to sit and have a Court Street — with pride — for 40 years. returned to Court Street in 1975 and nev- when they sent new guys up, I’d train Gowanus Community Stake- the windows are all boarded up. There is no drink or a snack and look at all the buildings “I mean, where do people go? They er left. them. A lot of them moved up pretty fast holder Group, the Polish Slavic place to relax. that made the place what it is. don’t go to Manhattan and those fancy Things have changed considerably since to the Supreme Court.” Center Community Services, Burton: It was just a place to buy shoes and Q: What should we do to make that law firms. When you have an accident, Kimmel opened his first office. The neigh- When he appears before such judges South Midwood Residents’As- today, he doesn’t get a break, he said. pants or a suit, but it appealed to a lot of happen? get arrested, have marital problems, you borhoods are different, attitudes have shift- sociation, United Jewish Orga- people. come to Court Street.” ed — but some things never change. “When I don’t like what they do, they nization of Williamsburg, Unit- Knights and Burton (in unison): Listen to The Brooklyn-born father of four — “The same kinds of people are still say, ‘What are you talking about? You ed Puerto Rican Organization Q: Mizzle opens the rap battle with a us! who turned 70 on July 10 — remains a getting into trouble,” he said. trained me!’ ” — Jim Knipfel of Sunset Park and the Vinegar July 22, 2006 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 7

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By Dana Rubinstein The Brooklyn Papers CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS ALONG FOURTH AVENUE “Kill the 12-story mon- ster,” read a hand-painted sign sprouting up amid weeds and abandoned toys First St 15th St 14th St 13th St 12th St 11th St 10th St in a lot on Fourth Avenue Fifth St Sixth St Third St Third Ninth St Union St Eighth St Fourth St and 12th Street. St Carroll Second St Garfield Pl “Monster” referred to a res- Seventh St CON ED idential tower destined for an- BUILDING St President other vacant lot across the street. It also advertised a June Fourth Ave 13 meeting, which attracted Renovated Brooklyn 81 residents troubled about the Lyceum pace of development. The Park Slope South Com- munity — an incipient group borne from the meeting — is manning the barricades in what has become Brooklyn’s latest KEY: TOWER BUILDING FOR SALE EMPTY LOT RENOVATIONS GOING ON divisive battle: one faction wants to develop a neighbor- hood, another unites to protect that neighborhood’s “character.” 11th Street, a block of meticu- on the other side supposedly Neither Yang nor develop- Retailers on Seventh Avenue • • • Both sides can’t win, can lously maintained rowhouses. sold for even more. er Isaac Katan wants to let — a much more established Development — and over- they? A number of them date to the And that’s peanuts com- the opportunity pass. Katan and pedestrian-friendly com- development — have become Tall buildings are rising on late 1800s and have been in pared to the price tags on has 200 units under construc- mercial sector — pay up- the issue of the day in Brook- Fourth Avenue thanks to the the same family for genera- some nearby homes. tion in towers at Fifth and wards of $75 per square foot. lyn, and given the statistics, 2003 rezoning of Park Slope, tions. A three-story building at Second streets — and in the “Fourth Avenue would ap- it’s no surprise. which protected low-rise resi- While many of her neigh- 488 Fourth Ave. that sold last next five months, he’ll start pear to be coming of age,” Forty-two percent of New dential streets from developers’ bors have sold their houses to October for $1.38 million is excavation on another 200. said Ken Adams, president of Yorkers earn less than plans, while turning commer- developers for astronomical now selling for $2.1 million. In total, there are 12 new the Brooklyn Chamber of $32,000 a year. In 2002, they cial thoroughfares, particularly profits, Striano is holding onto Across the street, a four-story buildings rising between Commerce. “It’s certainly had access to 1.2 million Fourth Avenue between Union her home of 37 years. building is selling for $2.15 Union and 15th streets, ac- not a retail backwater any- rental units. By 2005, the and 15th streets, into blank can- Striano, 83, grew up around million. Tellingly, both are cording to Community Board more.” number was down to 985,000 vases for redevelopment. the corner. Her husband Sal, listed by Massey Knakal — 6 District Manager Craig • • • units, according to an NYU The zoning regulations now to whom she’s been married the real-estate behemoth — as Hammerman. Most notably, Development in Park Slope study, which also concluded allow developers to build as for 64 years, was born down “development sites.” there are two Shaya Boymel- has been proceeding in fits that rents have increased 8 high as 120 feet and to extend the block. A development site is “a green towers going up — one and starts for years. percent citywide in just three those buildings 100 feet down “I thought our next stop place where you would build near the Old Stone House at In the early 1990s, Park years. side streets. would be Green-Wood Ceme- a new building,” said Massey Fourth Street and another Slope north of Union Street Further exacerbating the The more-permissive zon- tery,” said Striano. “I never Knakal agent Kenneth Free- nearby. was rezoned to protect the housing crunch on Fourth Av- ing has already spurred a flur- thought I’d be asked to man. “The Fourth Avenue It’s not just the condo and character of the neighborhood. enue is the fact that afford- ry of development. Now move.” market right now has tremen- coop market that’s booming. The success of that rezon- able housing provisions were Fourth Avenue — once a But she was. Striano says dous upside. It’s not there yet, Urban View Realty was ing led its 2003 extension not included in the 2003 re- place to get your flat fixed — she’s been repeatedly pres- but I have every reason to be- showing two, two-bedroom south to 15th Street. zoning. aspires to become a true part sured by developer Bailing lieve it will be there.” rentals on Fourth Avenue for Fourth Avenue — a wide • • • of gentrified Park Slope. Yang to sell. Freeman says that the con- $2,000 a piece. street well-served by public Development along Fourth “Any piece of land that can Yang has already snatched dos being built up and down “These went in a week or transportation — was recon- Avenue may be unavoidable, be gotten there and developed is up the houses on either side of Fourth Avenue offer attractive two — so fast,” said Olivia ceived as the “Park Avenue of but residents are taking a being bought up,” said Roslyn Striano and has bought prop- amenities to the flood of peo- Prudhomme, an agent. The Brooklyn.” stand. Huebener, a longtime real-estate erties around the corner on ple coursing into Brooklyn — neighborhood’s so hot that “Fourth Avenue [is seen] as Striano and another neigh- broker in the neighborhood. Fourth Avenue, including the the well-regarded PS 321, an some apartments are rented a safety valve,” said Hammer- bor’s refusal to sell their hous- But with growth comes Laundromat. easy commute to Manhattan, the same day they are listed. man. “Some of the market es makes it impossible for growing pains. And what is a “I don’t care what you offer and relative proximity to And with new residents, pressures on the rest of neigh- Yang to carry out her plan on boon for some — apartment me,” said Striano. “I want my Prospect Park. / Joshua Janke comes retail. borhood can be released onto Fourth Avenue. buyers and the developers house.” He’s not alone. “[Now] you can charge up to a wide street that could better “For a while I was quite who court them — is a The offers are getting hard- “[Fourth Avenue] is a nice $60 a foot on Fourth Avenue support housing density. positive I was doing some- tragedy for others. er and harder to refuse. street,” said Yang. “It has an for retail,” marveled Katan. “At the time, one would thing,” said Yang. “But there • • • The three-story house next island in the middle, and it can “Nobody was thinking or have been hard-pressed to find have been some changes of

Lillian Striano lives within door sold for $860,000 in have trees. It can become like Papers The Brooklyn dreaming a few years ago to any opponents to the plan,” he plans.” 100 feet of Fourth Avenue on April, and the two-story house Park Avenue of Manhattan.” Construction of a new apartment tower on Fourth Avenue. get even $30 a foot.” added. Striano has held off the de- Lights! Camera! Action! Cablecast Your Own TV Show on BCAT for FREE

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The Brooklyn Papers av WHERE CRIMES TOOK PLACE gold Allah medallion. the bedroom, where a 20-year- l No arrests were made. old man was sleeping. Ice Cream 68th Precinct F s • 68 PRECINCT Doors off Two masked men held the e A 29-year-old man who had three victims at gunpoint while c everage Four firearms are now the others rifled through the res- I B s in criminal hands after a parked his Sahara Jeep in front • ★ of his house on Narrows Av- idents’ property. The thieves es ★ Dyker Heights man’s arse- fled in a car with the goods, ac- k ★ ★ enue and 72nd Street on July 12 a nal was raided on July 12. returned to his car the next day cording to one witness. h It was late afternoon when S our Un to find that the Jeep was miss- Stroller scheme 75ALL y c the 67th Street resident dis- ing some very important ap- Fortunately, they are not 75 ’ l s e o ? covered that someone had pendages — its doors. OCCASION h stealing babies, but thieves have CAKES broken into his basement and The two doors are worth an been looting baby strollers. ting at $35 star W stolen his Remington .30-cal- estimated $3,000. No arrests One of the latest in the string iber bolt-action rifle, an Ithaca have been made. of stroller robberies happened ★ hammerless 16-gauge shot- when a 29-year-old woman left Deli robbed gun, a British .303 bolt-action Would you like money with her purse dangling on her baby seven-shot rifle, and a J. that? carriage at a Laundromat on Stevens Co. 22-gauge single- Adeli owner was opening McDonald Avenue, near action rifle. shop at 6:15 am on July 12 Quentin Road, on July 14. She Charles Saccardi, 76, inher- when he noticed an open win- turned to the washing machines ited the guns from his father in dow on the side of his establish- to do her laundry and when she the 1970s — they haven’t ment, at 92nd Street and Gel- turned back, her purse was been used since. ston Avenue. gone. “The only reason I keep Upon further inspection, the The stealthy perpetrator left them is they’re sentimental,” unfortunate 35-year-old propri- no trace, and police have no said Saccardi. “I wouldn’t buy etor discovered that he had leads. 7722 5th Avenue • (718) 238-2229 a gun today. You gotta be been robbed of $2,000. No ar- Unchained heart rests have been made. Mon-Thurs: noon - 10pm, Fri, Sat, Sun: noon - 11pm crazy. You need gun control. 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MUSIC Summer lovin’ Julio Iglesias is inviting Brooklynites to spend a romantic evening with him on the beach. The Grammy award winner will perform “Enjoy the Romance” at Coney Island’s Asser Levy Sea- side Park on July 27 as part of the 28th annual Sea- side Summer Concert Series. Fans might hear se- lections from Iglesias’s new album, “Romantic Classics,” which is due out in stores Sept. 19. The album includes Iglesias’s versions of classic 1960s, ’70s and ’80s love songs by artists like Willie Nel- son, George Michael (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings July 22, 2006 and the Bee Gees. The Seaside Sum- mer Concert Series is hosted by Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz. “Enjoy the Romance: An Evening with Julio Iglesias” begins at 7:30 pm on July 27 at Asser Levy Park (West Fifth Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island). This performance is free and open to the public. For more information, call (718) 469-1912 or visit www.brooklynconcerts.com. — Jovana Rizzo

BOOKS Wordplay One of the Brooklyn Public Library’s current ex- hibitions features work by a designer who literally makes art from words. And while that artist’s name may not be a house- hold world, the name of the novelist whom he has collaborated with, Dan Brown, certainly is. In fact, Brown named his “DaVinci Code” character, Robert Langdon, for John Langdon, who designed “ambigrams”

Drew Reynolds Drew for Brown’s previous novel, “Angels & Demons.” The Central Library is now show- ing those ambigrams — words that can be read from multiple vantage points — that he designed for “Angels & Demons.” These works are characterized by 180-de- gree rotational symmetry. Splish splash They “read the same when turned upside down,” ex- plains Langdon. Also on display are ambi- Defunct McCarren Pool is the unlikely venue for concert series grams that Langdon created for the opening credits of By Eleazer Gorenstein put on a dance performance at the pool. The Making waves: Live Nation presents “The DaVinci Code” (pictured), which were not for The Brooklyn Papers department believed that public interest in NIGHTLIFE seven concerts in Williamsburg’s McCar- used in the film. These designs, known as totem the pool would be the first step in gaining the ren Park Pool, beginning with Bloc Party ambigrams, are vertical in structure and have bilat- his summer, Brooklynites will again be necessary awareness for donations to raise Live Nation will present seven shows at Mc- (above left) on July 29 and ending with eral symmetry. diving into the old McCarren Park Pool money for its repair. Carren Park Pool (at Lorimer Street, Driggs Av- “The Langdons in Dan Brown’s Novels: Words enue and Bayard Street in Williamsburg) begin- Gov’t Mule (above right) on Sept. 9. Tfor fun, but they won’t be getting wet. In return for the privilege of hosting per- ning July 29. Tickets for the July 29 show, with in Pop Fiction” is on display now through Aug. The Williamsburg pool, which was origi- formances at the pool, two groups donated a Bloc Party, Secret Machines and Mew, are $35. 12 in the Brooklyn Public Library’s Central branch Doors open at 5 pm. nally built in 1936 by the Works Progress total of $250,000 to the Parks department to The Aug. 11 and 12 shows, featuring Sonic the pool to the pool’s basin. The entire (in the balcony cases on the second floor) in Administration, held just under 7,000 people renovate the site for short-term use of the ven- Youth and Yeah Yeah Yeahs will also include perimeter of the McCarren Park Pool looks Grand Army Plaza. For more information, includ- in its heyday. It was shut down in 1984 due ue. Lafrance’s dance company gave $50,000, Blood on the Wall on Aug. 11 and Awesome like a castle, according to Kinken. ing library hours, call (718) 230-2100 or visit the Color on Aug. 12. Advance tickets are $36 and to its derelict condition, according to Parks and Live Nation gave $200,000, and earned $41 on the day of the show. Doors open at 5 pm. “It’s fort-like from the outside,” he said. On Web site www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org. The ex- Department spokesman Phil Abramson. But the right to host 10 performances this sum- On Aug. 17, Iron & Wine and Low will per- the way inside, spectators will pass under a hibit is free and open to the public. now, the city of New York is looking to re- mer. They chose to host seven. form. Advance tickets are $33.50 and $36 on large brick arch and see the ground level stage. — Lisa J. Curtis the day of the show. Doors open at 5 pm. store the 50,000-square-foot giant back to its Following the opening performance on On Aug. 23, The Shins with J. Mascis Ad- “That’s why this makes so much sense,” natural aquatic state. July 29, there will be more indie rock per- vance will perform. Tickets are $26 on the day of Kinken said. “The stage is already set up, and To start the process, the pool will play host formances on Aug. 11 with Williamsburg’s the show and in advance. Doors open at 5 pm. the pool is so big it will appear like you are to a series of concerts this summer, all organ- own Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Sonic Youth and On Aug. 24, Neko Case will play with Joan- just watching a show at a regular concert ven- na Newsom and Martha Wainwright. Advance CINEMA ized by promoter Live Nation, to raise Blood on the Wall, while on Aug. 12 the Yeah tickets are $33.50 and are $36 on the day of the ue. Out of all of the potential places in the city awareness of the McCarren Park Pool. The Yeah Yeahs and Sonic Youth will be joined show. Doors open at 5 pm. to start something like this in the last 10 years, On Sept. 9, Gov’t Mule, Wolfmother and music series will begin July 29 with British by Awesome Color. Two Gallants perform. Advance tickets are this has garnered more interest than any of indie rock band Bloc Party, performing with The fourth performance in the series will $39.50 and are $45 on the day of the show. them, to get this place back on its feet.” the Secret Machines and Mew. be on Aug. 17, when the indie folk group Iron Doors open at 4 pm. However, in spite of the seemingly perfect All tickets are general admission, standing Scary movie “There has been an interest by many in the and Wine will perform, with special guest room only. Tickets are available at all Ticket- concert setting and overwhelming desire by community and many city officials in restor- Low. Aug. 23 will feature indie group The master outlets and charge-by-phone (212) city officials and the community to restore the If you think of Patrick Lussier’s film, “Dracula ing the pool,” said Abramson. “But to do Shins with J. Mascis, and Aug. 24 will have 307-7171. For information, call (212) 777- pool, there has been some concern about the 2000,” or Francis Ford Coppola’s 1992 “Dracula” 6800 or (212) 777-1224, or visit the Web sites: that, we need funds, so that we can make the indie country singer Neko Case perform www.ticketmaster.com and www.livenation.com. Live Nation concert series. when you hear the word “vampire,” it’s time you area safe for public access.” along with Joanna Newsom and Martha “People are upset about this, and Live Na- got a horror movie history lesson. For scary movie The required funds that the city would Wainwright. tion has drawn a lot of criticism,” Kinken buffs, Tod Browning’s need to restore the pool would likely exceed The series will conclude on Sept. 9 with years, and it’s depressing to go by everyday said. “A lot of people are just afraid of 1931 classic “Dracula” $40 million. The pool walls are covered in jam band Gov’t Mule with special guest and see this eyesore to the public. What better change. Hopefully, people will be able to see — starring Bela Lugosi graffiti, there are broken bricks and chipped Wolfmother and Two Gallants. way to help the community out and present that this is something good that hasn’t been — is must-see home- paint around the pavilion, and greenery has “The whole goal of this is to have the pool shows in an incredible, eclectic space?” done before. When’s the last time you heard work. And Celebrate overtaken the pool floor, Abramson said. become a pool again,” said Sam Kinken, vice The pool is 4-feet-deep all around. The au- someone asking you to see a show in a pool? Brooklyn is offering an Last year, choreographer Noemie Lafrance president of clubs and theaters for Live Na- dience will enter the pool at the southeast end, I hope they’ll realize that it’s for a good cause opportunity to see the persuaded the Parks Department to let her tion. “I’ve lived in Williamsburg for five where there is a gentle slope from the lip of in the end.” film on its big screen on July 27. On Thursday, the film will be accompa- GO Brooklyn recently talked to the 60- nied by the Kronos year-old “Animal House” and “Stripes” di- Quartet, which will per- rector about his latest flick, a romantic come- form Philip Glass’s dy about Matt, a nice, normal New Yorker score live. (While (Luke Wilson), who incurs the wrath of his Browning’s film is a gorgeous, super-powered lover, G-Girl (Uma “talkie,” it was not set to King of comedy Thurman), when he tries to break up with her music.) Based on Bram Stoker’s novel, Browning’s because she is too needy and possessive. version brings to life all of those familiar kooky Ivan Reitman shoots ‘My Super “Scary Movie” alum Anna Faris plays characters: Mina Harker (Helen Chandler), Lucy Matt’s new love interest, while “The Office” Weston (Frances Dade), Renfield (Dwight Frye) star Rainn Wilson plays his creepy best and Professor Van Helsing (Edward Van Sloan). Ex-Girlfriend’ in Brooklyn studios friend and British comedian Eddie Izzard The screening of “Dracula” will be preceded by plays G-Girl’s nemesis. music from Slavic Soul Party. By Karen Butler burning questions — and more about the dat- “I wanted to do a romantic comedy and, Celebrate Brooklyn presents “Dracula,” with for The Brooklyn Papers ing habits of the high-flying, world-saving set you know, it’s really hard to do an original Philip Glass’s score performed live by the Kronos — in his new big-screen comedy, “My Super one, to find some new twist on the girl and Quartet, on July 27 at 7:30 pm at the Prospect an a superhero have a healthy, happy re- Ex-Girlfriend,” shot in Brooklyn’s Steiner Stu- boy story,” Reitman explained. “This has all Park band shell (Ninth Street at Prospect Park lationship with a mere mortal? And, if it dios. And, as one might deduce from the title, the elements of a classic romantic comedy; West in Park Slope). Suggested donation is $3. Myles Aronowitz Cdoesn’t work out, could he/she be he comes to the conclusion that courting except it has one sci-fi element, and that’s that For more information, call (718) 855-7882 ext. 45 Ivan the great: Director Ivan Reitman (left) and actor Luke counted on to bow out gracefully? someone with extraordinary powers isn’t nec- one character has these special powers and or visit the Web site www.celebratebrooklyn.org. Wilson on the set of “My Super Ex-Girlfriend.” Filmmaker Ivan Reitman addresses those essarily all it’s cracked up to be. See SUPER on page 12 — LJC

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BROOKLYN Neighborhood Walking Bites Dining Guide This week: &talking MYRTLE AVENUE Fairway dinner and lecture Five Spot 459-461 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue, encourages better health — (718) 852-0202, www.fivespotsoulfood.com (Disc, MC, V) Entrees: $10-$15. / Tom Callan / Tom A 60-foot bar, hardwood floors and an intricate- and mood — through diet ly patterned tin ceiling decorate Five Spot’s din- ing room, while exposed brick, crushed red vel- By Tina Barry the highest antioxidant value of any vet and a wood-burning fireplace adorn the walls for The Brooklyn Papers food?” she asked. where co-owners Malik and Kim Armstead have been serving down-home cooking since 1996. We didn’t. The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn Southern fried chicken and hickory-smoked n Monday, I spent a delightful None of us realized that the blueber- spare ribs are just two of their popular dishes, Sharing a whole rottiserie chicken with evening in a supermarket. ry helped increase math and memory and they’re now serving 100-percent pure beef tomatillo sauce at Los Pollitos III. With a group of about 15 oth- skills either. and turkey burgers, as well as veggie burgers. O Five Spot offers a takeout and dine-in daily lunch ers, I attended the first “Nutritional “People are put off by the ugly kiwi special for $6.95 that includes meat or fish and to follow, but a hefty slice of the rich peanut but- Walking Tour and Dinner,” held in Red fruit,” said Mittler, but warned us not two side orders; in-house diners get half-off their ter pie stands its ground — and then some. Or try Hook’s Fairway Market. to be swayed by its hairy, dun skin. lunch platters. Side dishes range from black- the Key lime pie. Weekend brunch is served 10 Fairway, which opened in May to the “Not only can the fruit help to regulate Greenhood / Aaron eyed peas and collard greens to macaroni and am to 4 pm. Daily happy hours run from 4:30 pm cheese and candied yams. Homemade corn- to 7:30 pm. Open Sunday through Thursday, from profound joy of the borough’s respiratory illness, but it can be used in bread is served with all dinner entrees. 10 am to 11 pm; Fridays and Saturdays, 10 am to chowhounds, is, as place of a baby For dessert, try Five Spot’s individual pecan pie midnight. we know, like no aspirin as a blood or peach cobbler, or opt for the red velvet cake. ordinary market. DINING thinner,” she said.

In the evenings, live music or DJs perform on Pillow Cafe & Lounge And being the spe- Thanks to Mit- Papers The Brooklyn stage. (Check the Brooklyn Nightlife listings for Fairway Market is located at 480- 372 Myrtle Ave. at Adelphi Street, (718) 246- cialty purveyor tler, we now Trying something new: Tara McBride, Fairway’s media and public rela- upcoming performers.) Open daily for lunch and 500 Van Brunt St. between Water and 2711, www.pillowcafenyc.com (Cash only) that it is, the Reed streets in Red Hook. For more in- know that goat dinner. Open for takeout from noon to midnight. tions specialist, serves up South African peppedews stuffed with goat Entrees: $3.95-$8.95. store’s manage- formation, call (718) 694-6868. cheese is lower in cheese to the participants of the Red Hook store’s first “Nutritional Walk- If you can’t seem to locate Pillow Cafe and The next educational tour is sched- Kum Kau ment created a po- uled for Sept. 18. The event is being fat than other ing Tour and Dinner” on July 17. Lounge — it does not have a sign above its sition that is held in conjunction with the American cheeses; high in 463 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue, (718) 638- entrance — just look for an inviting cluster of pil- Cancer Society and will focus on cancer calcium, protein 1850 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5.95-$12.75. lows in the window seat. The beige, brown and unique among the prevention through diet. Dinner will fol- At Kum Kau, anything is possible. “Customers red interior of the cafe also offers a bar with four four Fairway mar- low. For more information, including and vitamin A; it’s important to our health to control tant to take their first courses outside af- are free to customize their own dinners,” boasts barstools and four tables with comfortable kets, if not all food fees, for upcoming tours, contact Tara and a great energy what we can,” she said. Mittler sug- ter enduring a brutally hot day. Howev- manager Peter Cheng. While co-owners and chairs. Since its opening in March 2004, the food McBride at (631) 583-5085 or e-mail her retailers: “lifestyle at [email protected]. booster. She in- gested avoiding fruits and vegetables er, once we assembled beneath the um- chefs Jimmy and Amy Cheng make all of the has been made from familiar, but organic, ingre- facilitator.” formed the group with high “permeability levels and brella-topped tables on the store’s deck, sauces, other chefs divide duties depending on dients. their specialties. A favorite at Kum Kau is the “We make things that we all ate when we were The “lifestyle that calcium, in residues,” specifically strawberries. all was well. The air was cool and a crispy baked shrimp with mild spices and rice. little,” co-owner Biola Odunewu said. The menu facilitor” is Marlo the form of low- “The fruit’s delicate, porous skin calming breeze blew from the river. In On Wednesdays, Kum Kau offers an “all you can ranges from peanut butter and jelly sandwiches Mittler, a registered dietitian specializing fat cheeses, binds to fat cells, so it will absorb more pesticides than organ- the distance, the Statue of Liberty was eat” buffet lunch ($5.99) and dinner ($10.99) to smoked salmon salad. The most popular items in pediatrics, adolescents and family nu- functions as a weight loss aid. Who ic varietals and should always be eaten bathed in glamorous pink light. including almond cookies. Each week the buffet are the hummus and avocado sandwich, with trition. She refers to herself as “anti-res- knew cheese could do that? organic,” she said. Michael Romano of Romano Brand menu stays the same, allowing customers to cucumbers and tomatoes on pumpernickel enjoy traditional Chinese entrees. Kum Kau bread, rivaled by their avocado salad with fresh olution, anti-diet,” believing that a As Mittler talked, the group tasted After swiping crusty slices of bread Fine Wines, who supplied the drinks offers a special family menu for two or more spinach leaves and goat cheese. If you’re in the healthy diet is one that “sets a balance of tiny South African pickled red peppers in grape seed oil selected by Mittler for for the evening, poured a crisp, lemony people including soup, an appetizer, an entree, mood for some sweets, Pillow Cafe and Lounge carbohydrates, protein and fat” with an called peppedews filled with the its “protection of cardiovascular health Pinot Grigio that complimented our rice and dessert, all for $11.95 per person. has a selection of brownies and cookies that emphasis on fresh fruit and vegetables creamy cheese. and its promotion of good cholesterol,” appetizers, following it with a soft Takeout and private parties also available. Open varies from day to day. Open daily for breakfast, daily for lunch and dinner. lunch and dinner. for their antioxidant powers. One attendee was skeptical about we wandered over to the cafe where Merlot as the meal progressed. During the hour-long talk and walk, buying organic products. Fairway chef Alan Reisenburger had a three- As we nibbled on tiny spinach pies, Los Pollitos III Sapolo which also served as a fundraiser for stocks organic produce in abundance at course dinner prepared. filet mignon with horseradish cream, sea 499 Myrtle Ave. at Ryerson Street, (718) 636- the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, the prices higher than conventionally Reisenburger is the executive chef bass and a luscious wild mushroom 501 Myrtle Ave. at Ryerson Street, (718) 789- 6125 (MC, Visa) Entrees: $7.75-$11.95. 7788 (AmEx, Disc, MC, V) Entrees: $6-$10. energetic Mittler led the group grown crops but considerably lower for all four Fairway Markets. The meal strudel, the diners at my table chatted This Mexican restaurant, which opened on May At William San’s Sapolo restaurant, diners can throughout the vast store, stopping than you’ll find in other borough spe- he created reflected the store’s ap- about cooking at home and restaurants to 18, is the latest arrival on Myrtle Avenue. sample Chinese and Spanish food. The restau- briefly to offer nutritional tips. In front cialty markets. proach to healthy, balanced dining with visit. After a couple glasses of wine and Comfortable with a wood-furnished, brick-walled rant, which has been open since 2000, offers a of a pyramid of blueberry boxes, Mit- Mittler is pro-organic. plenty of nutritious ingredients and a a (small) serving of strawberry gelato, dining room and a sidewalk cafe, this is the third menu ranging from lobster chow mein to “carne tler expounded on the “optimal” fruit. “There are so many health risks out few indulgences. the sky was inky and only the lights of installment in the Los Pollitos restaurants. Like its de res con pimiento” (green pepper steak). predecessors Los Pollitos I and II (located in Park Chinese classics include General Tso’s chicken, “Did you know the blueberry has there with pesticides and pollution that Some of the participants were reluc- nearby boats aided our way back inside. Slope and Sunset Park), the new Pollitos serves spicy scallops in garlic sauce, and ham egg foo its renowned burnished birds, hot and juicy off young. Or go for Spanish dishes such as the the rotisserie. Other specialties include gua- “chicharrones de pollo sin hueso” (fried chicken camole, soft tacos and fajitas and one of owner cracklings), “chuelita frita” (fried pork chops) or Armando Zumba’s favorites, the fried plantains in paella. The daily lunch special (for $4.95-$6.15 garlic sauce. Open for lunch and dinner daily, depending on choice of entree) is served with with brunch served everyday, too, from 11:30 am your choice of egg drop, wonton or sweet-and- Father of to 4 pm. Delivery available daily. Happy hour is sour soup, as well as white or chicken-fried rice. everyday, from noon to 7 pm. Open Monday through Saturday for lunch and dinner, and for dinner only on Sundays. Maggie Brown invention 455 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue, (718) Zaytoons 643-7001 (Cash only) Entrees: $9-$18. Timothee Spitzer, a Parisian ex-pat, Neivert, formerly of Gramercy Tavern 472 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue, (718) waited patiently for someone in his in Manhattan, bakes the buttery crois- Maggie Brown, which opened in 2004, was 623-5522, www.zaytoonsrestaurant.com (AmEx, named after the 99-year-old grandmother of co- Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $4.50-$13.50. Greenpoint neighborhood to open the sants, brittle-crusted tarts and rich owner Chelsea Altman. And the restaurant does kind of patisserie that offered the fresh- quiches. bring international cuisine to the table grandma According to Zagat, co-owners and chefs Ahmad style. With a bit of Mexican here, and a bit of Samhan and Faried Assad, serve the best Middle- baked croissants and bread he loved Spitzer oversees the savory end of Italian there, and a whole lot of what chef and co- Eastern food in New York City. Tapestries and back home. the menu. He’s proud of the tuna owner, Johannes Sanzin, calls “Southern-influ- antique lamps adorn exposed brick and warm, When no one did, he opened Gri- nicoise, made with fresh fish, and the enced American gourmet comfort cuisine” in red walls, while brightly patterned fabric covers bouille (pronounced gri-boo-ee, the brunch menu that includes a dish of or- between, Maggie Brown’s menu has something comfy benches, couches and chairs. The chicken for everyone. “shawarma,” lemon-marinated chicken from the name’s French for “scribble,” and a tele- ganic eggs cooked in cream with wild rotisserie served with rice and salad and a choice vision cartoon character) in neighboring mushrooms and bacon. Specialties include grilled yellowfin tuna with fen- of hummus or “babaghanouj,” has been a cus- Williamsburg, a 24-seat patisserie and Wine and beer should be available nel salad and soy ginger vinaigrette; the red wine- tomer favorite since the restaurant opened in late braised short ribs; or the Southern fried chicken 2002. Another favorite among customers is their bistro with outdoor seating for 15. in August. with mashed potatoes with biscuits and gravy on variety of “pitzas,” a combination of pizza and “When we started in March,” says Gribouille (2 Hope St. at Roebling the side. Grandma’s hearty cookin’ is a tough act pita. (All of Zaytoons’s pita is made fresh to Spitzer (pictured at left with co-owner Street in Williamsburg) accepts Ameri- order.) Try the “lahmbajin pitza,” covered in Anthony Cottet, seated), “we just of- can Express, Discover, MasterCard lamb, beef, onions, tomatoes, parsley and spices. fered pastry, good coffee, salads and and Visa. Soups, salads and quiches: = Full review available at A belly dancer performs two shows every other Friday. (Reservations are recommended on those brunch. We now have dinner service $5.50-$8.50; omelets, tarts and sand- nights.) Open daily for lunch and dinner. with a three-course prix fixe menu.” wiches: $7.50-$12.50; pastry: $3.50- The self-confessed “antique freak” fills $5. Three-course, prix fixe lunch is his airy, window-lined space with vin- $12.95; three-course prix fixe dinner is Editor’s note: These are a sampling of restaurants

in the neighborhood. The list rotates, and it is not / Jori Klein tage pottery and kitchen utensils he’s $28.95. The patisserie is open from 8 comprehensive. For more restaurants, go to Abbreviation Key: AmEx= American collected over the years. am to 10 pm Tuesday through Sun- www.brooklynpapers.com on the Web. If your “It’s clean and bright in here, and old day. Closed Mondays. Brunch is Express, DC= Diner’s Club, Disc= Discover restaurant is not listed and you would like it to be, Card, MC= MasterCard, Visa= Visa Card please contact GO Brooklyn Editor Lisa Curtis via fashioned, too,” he says. served on the weekends, from 10 am e-mail at [email protected]. Surprisingly, the pastry chef at this to 4 pm. For more information, call

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Part 1 Chardonnay, California Style

By Darrin Siegfried

( ) fifty years ago there were fewer than 500 acres of Don’t stop the presses ne of the current forms of wine snob- bery is to refer to yourself as a member Chardonnay planted in all of California. Today Johansson is over the top in her pursuit of serial killer ‘Scoop’ Oof “The ABC Club”: Anything But there are more than 100,000 acres, centered Chardonnay. When you press one of these peo- mainly in Napa, Sonoma and Monterrey By Karen Butler ple for an explanation and ask why they won’t Counties. for The Brooklyn Papers drink a Blanc de Blancs Champagne or a White Much of the credit for the explosive growth of Burgundy, both made from 100% Chardonnay, Chardonnay in California goes to the late coop” is not a great Woody Allen they’ll usually say: “Oh, not those. I mean Professor Harold P. Olmo. Dr. Olmo developed “ movie; it’s not a great reporter California Chardonnay.” more than 30 grape varieties and was responsible Smovie, either. But this good-na- Chardonnay from California can come in for improving many more. He came up with a tured confection is more likely to please many styles, levels of dryness and alcoholic clone of Chardonnay with a larger and tighter moviegoers than most other entries in strengths, and many of them are not to my taste bunch than was currently being planted, and this summer’s never-ending parade of or yours, but to write off all of the Chardonnay which produced better yields in warmer climates. high-octane blockbusters, most of which produced in California seems to show an arro- These grapes made a full flavored wine with high are re-treads of familiar material. gance that is not supported by the facts. alcohol content, and wine drinkers began to take A lightweight, fish-out-of-water Chardonnay is a member of the Vitis Vinifera notice. comedy written and directed by the family of grapes, which is believed to have Former Ambassador James Zellerbach and his Flatbush native, “Scoop” is about a evolved about 4,000 years ago in the area now wide-eyed, Brooklyn-born journalism wife, fans of the wines of Burgundy, planted their called Iran. The name Vitis Vinifera is Latin for first vineyard with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay student (Scarlett Johansson) who, while “the vine that bears wine”, and almost all of the visiting friends in London, has the good in 1953, establishing Hanzell Vineyards in wine made today is made from grapes of this fortune to stumble on the identity of a Sonoma. He imported new French oak barrels, Jack-the-Ripper-type serial killer, family. much to the amusement of many old timers who thanks to the ghost of a recently de- Chardonnay can be traced back to Burgundy, made their wines in huge redwood vats. He knew ceased newsman, played by “Dead- in France. record books dating back to the that the best wines from Burgundy were made in wood” star, Ian McShane. Middle Ages still survive for many of the vine- oak and spent time maturing in oak, taking on Since this is a Woody Allen film, yards there, chronicling the hundreds of years of some of the vanilla flavors from the wood. The viewers won’t be too surprised with experimentation with hundreds of vines. Over stony, mountainside soil, the low yields from the the silly conceit that the ghost makes time, the Burgundians came to realize that the vines and the use of oak brought out an excep- white grape that did best in their cool climate his scintillating revelation while the tional wine that attracted more and more atten- and made the best tasting wine was Chardonnay. girl is in a box helping a stage magi- tion. A model for the future was created. cian (Allen) perform a disappearing While its early bud break made it susceptible to Most winemakers who use Chardonnay in trick. Allen and Johansson then pose as late spring frosts, the high yield per acre, the rich California use oak in one form or another. New a father and daughter from Brooklyn flavor and the amount of alcohol in wine made French oak barrels can coast between $600 and and insinuate themselves into upper from Chardonnay made it the winner in the $700 each, which must be passed on to the con- crust English society in a clumsy at- “survival of the most fit” contest. Chardonnay tempt to identify the killer and launch sumer, driving up the price of the wine. Realizing Clive Coote spread farther north, to the chalky soil of that most wine drinkers who drink California the cub reporter’s nascent career. Fatherly advice: In his new film, “Scoop,” Flatbush native Woody Allen (far right) plays a magician, who’s pre- Champagne, where it is the only white grape that Of course, Allen’s character is im- is allowed by French Law. Chardonnay want the distinct taste of oak in mediately embraced by the Brits who tending to be the father of budding journalist (Scarlett Johansson), in order to help her reveal the identity of a their wine,many cost-conscious wineries actually serial killer. Hugh Jackman plays a British aristocrat smitten with Johansson. Chardonnay, at its best, is a vehicle for the find his American wit and old-fash- unique taste that a vineyard can give to grapes. flavor their wines with oak chips. However, that ioned card tricks endlessly amusing, Chablis tastes different from Puligny- toasty, vanilla aroma and flavor can, and often is, while Johansson’s “refreshingly” for- Over Broadway” and “Crimes and Mis- watch as bumbling, undercover re- directing her to go “bigger,” in which Montrachet, and even the next-door-neighbor used to mask inferior wine, and can end up ward demeanor snags her a dashing demeanors.” “Scoop” does not live up porters and one can’t help but be grate- case, the error is his because it doesn’t masking whatever sense of terroir there may have aristocrat, played by “X-Men” hero to those expectations and is more in the ful Allen doesn’t try to make Johansson work. vineyards of Le Montrachet and Bâtard Montrachet make wines that can be told apart by been in the wine. Hugh Jackman, sans his Wolverine vein of his recent, lesser works like his love interest in this film; in fact, he Although she definitely seems game The buttery, creamy notes that most blades. “Small-Time Crooks” and “Hollywood even pokes fun of the age difference for the role, Johansson comes across as an experienced palate. This is what the French “Scoop” would probably fare better Ending.” between the 21-year-old actress and manic and immature and it’s hard to call terroir: that sense of “place” that is unique to California Chardonnays share come from a sec- with critics and moviegoers if it hadn’t The film also does not offer the kind Jackman, her older leading man. believe that Jackman’s character would that particular piece of the earth, and is a vital ond fermentation, Malolactic Fermentation. been the auteur’s of acute observa- Which brings us to the biggest prob- be so enchanted by her or that a well- part of every great wine. Lower yields per acre Called “Malo” for short, this process uses bacte- follow-up to last tions about the dif- lem with the film: the casting of Jo- respected British newspaper would seem to make wine with more evidence of terroir, ria to convert Malic acid (from the Latin Malo year’s Oscar- CINEMA ferences between hansson as the ingénue. So good in take her seriously enough to print her rather than a fruity taste. for apple) into Lactic Acid, lower in overall acid- nominated dra- the British and “Match Point” as a seductive American story. It is not, however, difficult to be- California, like the rest of North America, ity. Warm climate Chardonnay takes well to this ma, “Match “Scoop” opens July 28 at the Cob- Americans that actress who wreaks havoc in the lives lieve she is somehow related to Allen’s does not share the long history of grape experi- step, much more so than Riesling or Chemin ble Hill Cinemas (265 Court St. at Dou- Point,” a razor- glass Street). For times and ticket prices, “Match Point” of a wealthy British family, Johansson character since they have such terrific mentation that Europe does, and many immi- Blanc, for example. sharp study of call (718) 596-9113. does, but to be fair, has shown she can hold her own with on-screen chemistry. grant grape growers simply planted what they Next week, we’ll talk more about Chardonnay, relationships be- it isn’t really meant film icons like Robert Redford and Another sticking point is that, dur- had grown back in the old country. As little as California Style. tween friends and to. “Scoop” is a John Travolta in dramas and has ing the course of the 96-minute film, lovers of different cultural heritages and completely different type of movie, shown a knack for subtle humor in she also sleeps with two of the subjects social classes. Like “Scoop,” “Match more concerned with entertaining us, comedies like “Lost in Translation” of her articles, a move that does not Point” was set in modern-day London, than offering social commentary. and “In Good Company.” convince us she is a serious journalist starred Johansson in a leading role and And, although it does have dozens of Unfortunately, from looking at — or a naïve young woman. 211 Fifth Avenue ended in murder. great lines, the Midwood High School “Scoop,” it is clear that Johansson’s All in all, “Scoop” is not the Woody (bet. 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Compiled ages 4 to 14, 10:30 am to PERFORMANCE 11:30 am. Sunset Park, 44th by Susan Street and Sixth Avenue. (718) SITE PERFORMANCE: “Sun- Rosenthal Jay 567-9620. Free. down,” a 7-hour site perform- RHYTHM AND BLUES: Brooklyn ance with seven dancers, seven Where to musicians and seven-foot cubes Academy of Music hosts its designed by Ralph Lee. $15, ages 12 and younger. 7 pm to dening program. $5. 11 am to annual outdoor lunchtime con- SAT, JULY 22 $10 seniors and students. 3 pm 8:30 pm. New York Water Taxi, noon. 1000 Richmond Terrace, cert series. Today: music with to 10 pm. Issue Project Room, South Street Seaport’s Pier 17, Staten Island. (718) 273-2060. The Spinners. Noon to 2 pm. 400 Carroll St. (718) 330-0313. OUTDOORS AND TOURS lower Manhattan. (212) 742- PROSPECT PARK CAROUSEL: Metro Tech Commons, corner of Flatbush and Myrtle MUSIC: Weeksville Heritage BIRD WATCHING CRUISE: Pros- 1969. $1.50 per ride. Noon to 5 pm. avenues. (718) 636-4100. Free. Center presents Billy Bang. 7 pect Park Audubon Center PERFORMANCE Flatbush and Ocean avenues. pm. 1698 Bergen St. hosts a cruise aboard the elec- (718) 282-7789. BAMCINEMATEK: presents Great CONCERT: Fulton Street Beat www.weeksvillesociety.org. tric boat Independence. Tour PUPPETWORKS: presents a Villains in Cinema. Today: “All (718) 756-5250. Free. presents James Reams and About Eve” (1950). $10, $7 the Lullwater, a scenic habitat marionette performance of BARGEMUSIC: presents Concerti for flora and fauna. $10, $6 The Barnstormers in a blue- “The Wizard of Oz.” $8, $7 children and seniors. 4:30 pm, grass performance. 1 pm. Also, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Concert, featuring a program kids. Binoculars provided. children. Recommended for by Haydn, Vivaldi, Bach and Noon to 12:40 pm. Enter park Renegade Band plays Reggae. ages 4 and older. 12:30 pm Lafayette Ave. www.bam.org. 2:30 pm. Also, Arturo O’Farrill (718) 777-FILM. Mozart. $50. 7:30 pm. Fulton at Lincoln Road and Ocean and 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Ave. at Ferry Landing, Old Fulton plays Latin Jazz. 4 pm. 4 Metro STRIKE OUT CHOLESTEROL: Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Tech Center. (718) 488-8200. Fourth Street. (718) 965-3391. Street at the East River. (718) BIRDING 101: Prospect Park TOY THEATER: The Great Baseball legend Jim Palmer is 624-2083. Free. guest of honor at the “Strike Audubon Center offers a guid- BARGEMUSIC: presents a per- Smallini Troupe presents a CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Per- ed tour. Noon to 1:30 pm. Enter magic show featuring the Out High Cholesterol Pro- formance of classical pieces by gram” at Keyspan Park. The forming arts festival hosts its park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Haydn, Bartok, Glass and Great Smallini and his suitcase annual summer season of Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Free. of wonders. 2 pm. Soldiers and Brooklyn Cyclones play Ma- Mozart. $35, $30 seniors, $20 honing Valley Scrappers. music, dance, word and film. GET ON THE WATER: The Urban students. 7:30 pm. Fulton Sailors Arch at Grand Army Today: Bud Light Latin Music Plaza. (718) 853-7350. Free. Tickets begin at $7. Gates Divers Estuary Conservancy Ferry Landing, Old Fulton open at 5:30 pm. 1904 Surf Series presents the Boricua hosts an urban river tour of the Street at the East River. (718) STORY HOUR: Storytelling adven- Ave. (718) 449-8497. Festival with Sonora Poncena Erie Basin in Red Hook. Call to tures at Imagination Play- and Joe Bataan. $3 donation. 624-2083. PLAYGROUND FUN: Brooklyn register and for time info. (718) OPERA: The Brooklyn-Queens ground, hosted by the Ezra 7:30 pm. Prospect Park band 802-9874. Free. Jack Keats Foundation. 2 pm to Heights Playground Committee shell, Ninth Street and Pros- Conservatory Opera Workshop presents an evening of arts and WALKING TOUR: Mauricio presents “Carmen” by Bizet. 3 pm. Enter Prospect Park at pect Park West. (718) 855- Ocean Avenue, between crafts. 6 pm to 8 pm. Best for 7882. Lorence hosts the Metro Tour $10. 8 pm. Old First Reformed kids ages 3 to 5. Parent or Service, taking a walk through Church, 136 Seventh Ave. Parkside Avenue and Lincoln OUTDOOR THEATER: Classical Road. (718) 965-8999. Free. caregiver must be present. Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and (718) 622-3300. Pierrepont Playground. Theater of Harlem presents “Macbeth.” 8 pm. Von King Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 pm to CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Per- WORLD MUSIC: Dora the Ex- www.bhplayground.org. Free. 5 pm. Meet at Marriott Hotel forming arts festival hosts its plorer’s Emmy-nominated Park, bordered by Lafayette Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. (718) composer, Steve Sandberg, MOVIES WITH A VIEW: Brooklyn Avenue, Marcy Avenue, annual summer season of music, Bridge Park’s series presents 789-0430. dance, word and film. Today: presents a program of melo- Inc. John Santanello/OvoWorks, Tompkins Avenue and Greene dies, chants, ambient sounds “Pee Wee’s Big Adventure,” Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant. INWOOD PARK TREK: Brooklyn Ronald K. Brown and Evidence Young punks: An exhibit of punk rock photographs by John Santanello, “Relapse,” will rated PG. Music at 6 pm; Center for the Urban Environ- perform modern dance. $3. 8 and world rhythms. 8 pm. (212) 307-7181. Free. Sideshow Gallery, 319 Bedford open at the Dollhaus Gallery in Williamsburg on July 22. (Above) The Dead Boys back- movie at sunset. Empire-Fulton ment hosts a 1.6 mile hike of pm. Prospect Park band shell, Ferry State Park, Water and CHILDREN Inwood Park with Sharon Seitz. Ninth Street and Prospect Park Ave. (718) 486-8180. Free. stage in CBGB's green room, 1978. New Dock streets in DUMBO. STORYTIME: Barnes and Noble Explore summer wildflowers West. (718) 855-7882. (718) 802-0603. Free. and several geologic curiosi- OTHER invites kids to enjoy “Olivia” ties, including rock caves used CHILDREN ART AND HEALING: Retreat at WEEKSVILLE FARMER’S MAR- pm to 7 pm. 499 Van Brunt St. BAMCINEMATEK: presents PARENTS FOR PEACE: Night of stories. 11 am. 106 Court St. as shelter and a glacial pot- FAMILY FUN FEST: Fulton- the NY Zen Center explores KET: New York-grown fruits (718) 596-2506. Free. Animation Around the World music and poetry for peace. (718) 246-4996. Free. $25. 7 pm to 10 pm. Food for hole. $11, $9 members, $8 Nostrand Revitalization Pro- spiritual healing and creative and vegetables for sale. 10 am BAMCINEMATEK: presents with “Animation Block Party.” SHOOTS & ROOTS: Staten Island seniors and students. 3 pm to jects celebrates its first annual expression. $60. 10 am to 4 pm. to 2 pm. 1698 Bergen St. (718) $10, $7 children and seniors. Thought Cafe, 445 Marcus Gar- Children’s Museum hosts an Great Villains in Cinema. vey Blvd. at McDonough Street. 5 pm. Meet at the Indian Bed-Stuy Gateway family event 500 State St. (718) 875-8229. 757-0106. Today: “A Clockwork Orange” 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 inter-generational gardening Road, 218th Street entrance to featuring carnival-style games Lafayette Ave. www.bam.org. www.brooklynpeace.org. (718) program. $5. 11 am to noon. DESIGNERS MARKET: Park SUMMER ART SHOW: Brooklyn (1971). $10, $7 children and 624-5921. Inwood Hill Park. (718) 788- and attractions, vendor booths Slope hosts an indie designer Waterfront Artists Coalition seniors. 3 pm, 6 pm and 9 pm. (718) 777-FILM. 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten 8500, ext. 208. selling arts and crafts, food market featuring apparel, hosts a new show: “Food for...A 30 Lafayette Ave. FICTION WRITING: Night and BARGEMUSIC: presents a concert Island. (718) 273-2060. SUNSET ECO-CRUISE: NYC and live entertainment. 11 am handbags, jewelry, clothing, Feast for The Eyes,” in honor of www.bam.org. (718) 777-FILM. Day Books hosts a fiction read- of classical pieces by Haydn, PROSPECT PARK CAROUSEL: Audubon Society offers a tour to 6 pm. 1360 Fulton St. (718) paper and lifestyle goods. 10 Red Hook’s new Fairway gro- ing event with faculty and stu- Beethoven, Kechley and Take a ride from noon to 5 pm. ROOFTOP FILMS: Animation Schoenfield. $35, $30 seniors, to get up close-and-personal 636-6910. am to 6 pm. Old Stone House, cery store. Festivities include a Block party. Music at 8:30 pm; dents from the Sackett Street $1.50 per ride. Flatbush and with some of the 3,000 herons SHOOTS AND ROOTS: Staten JJ Byrne Park, Fifth Avenue Meet-the-Artists reception and Writers’ Workshop. $7 food $20 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ocean avenues. (718) 282-7789. film at 9 pm. $8. 8:30 pm. Call Ferry Landing, Old Fulton nesting on islands around the Island Children’s Museum between Third and Fourth jazz performance by Broken for venue location. (718) 417- and drink minimum. 7 pm. 230 PUPPETWORKS: presents a mari- NYC harbor. $25, $10 children hosts an inter-generational gar- streets. (718) 768-3195. Saxophone Quartet at 3 pm. 1 Fifth Ave. (718) 399-2162. Street at the East River. (718) onette performance of “The 7362. 624-2083. LECTURE: The David Berg Lec- Wizard of Oz.” $8, $7 children. ART OPENING: Dollhaus gallery CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Per- presents “Relapse: A rare ture Series presents “Dis- Recommended for ages 4 and courses in Tanya,” the Chabad- forming arts festival hosts its older. 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. series of punk rock photo- annual summer season of Reign graphs by Jon Santanello.” Lubavitch school of Chassidic 338 Sixth Ave. at Fourth Street. thought. Today: “Vessels vs. music, dance, word and film. (718) 965-3391. 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Reception is 5 pm to 9 pm. Today: Princess Cruises Movies Nightlife... Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 643- Bittersweets, 37 Broadway. Lights.” 8 pm to 9 pm. Con- LEFFERTS HOUSE: Activities Under the Stars and Carnegie 7344. www.bittersweetny.com. (917) gregation B’nai Avraham, 117 include summer songs and sto- Remsen St. (718) 596-4840. Hall present the film “Dracula,” ries at 2 pm, colonial crafts at Continued from page 13... Saturdays: Sweet Saturdays with Da 609-3662. Free. with music by Philip Glass and Union’s DJ Snatch 1 “The Fireman” Free. 2:30 pm and games from the CONCERT SERIES: Martin Luther The Kronos Quartet. $3 dona- past at 3:30 pm. Children’s Hank’s Saloon and GMC’s own Country, 11 pm, tion. 7:30 pm. Also, Slavic Soul $TBD. SUN, JULY 23 King, Jr. series begins its 24th Corner, inside Prospect Park’s 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, season. Today, Gospel Night fea- Party follows. Prospect Park Willink entrance, at the inter- (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. Southpaw tures Mighty Clouds of Joy, Tye band shell, Ninth Street and section of Flatbush Avenue and Sundays: Shotgun Shack, 6 pm, Sean Kershaw and OUTDOORS AND TOURS Tribbett and Greater Anointing Prospect Park West. (718) 855- Empire Boulevard. (718) 789- 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place the New Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: TAKE A WALK, NY!: Alan Gins- Lexi. 7:30 pm. Wingate Field, 7882. 2822. Free. Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; July 22: The Anabolics, 10 in Park Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. berg leads a tour through Winthrop Street between Brook- TOY THEATER: The Great Smal- pm, Dirty Dick, 11 pm, FREE; July 27: The Sweetback lyn and Kingston avenues. Sisters, 10 pm, FREE; July 28: Fat Rat Promotions & July 22: American Underground Broad Channel to Rockaway. lini Troupe presents a magic 10:30 am. Meet at the Broad www.brooklynconcerts.com. FRI, JULY 28 show featuring the Great Hank’s Saloon present American Bar Fight, Blue presents Moisturizer, Roughstars, (718) 469-1912. Free. Suede Bombers, The Ojbanje, Full Blown Cherry, Six Apsci, Love Mas, 8 pm, $10; July Channel station. (212) 228- Smallini and his suitcase of 3126. Free. SEWING CLUB: Learn basic wonders. 2 pm. Soldiers and Gun Republic and Thompson, Matland & Shaw, 10 23: Jeremy Shoenfeld & Sarah- sewing techniques by starting a pm, FREE. GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Big Sailors Arch at Grand Army Jane, 7:30 pm, FREE; July 25: TUES, JULY 25 patchwork quilt. All levels wel- Plaza. (718) 853-7350. Free. Vicious 3rd Year Anniversary Party Onion Walking Tours offers an come. Drop-in between 1:30 introduction to the history, STORY HOUR: Storytelling The Hook featuring Trick & Heartstrings, The BAMCINEMATEK: presents Ani- pm to 3:30 pm. Lefferts His- Marina, The Kelly Affair, and more, architecture, and people toric House, inside Prospect adventures at Imagination Play- 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Hook, The lowdown: The Brought Low will perform as buried at Green-Wood. Stops mation Around the World with ground, hosted by the Ezra (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com. Time TBD, $TBD; July 26: Brook’s “Best of Animateka.” $10, $7 Park’s Willink entrance. Inter- part of “A Summer Rock ‘n’ Roll Barbecue Cele- Qawwali Party, 8:45 pm (two sets), include the graves of DeWitt section of Flatbush Avenue and Jack Keats Foundation. 2 pm July 22: True Metal America presents Victim of Pain, 8 Clinton, Louis Comfort Tiffany, children and seniors. 6:50 pm to 3 pm. Enter Prospect Park at pm, Magus Beast, 9 pm, Elixir, 10 pm, Attacker, 11 pm, bration!” at Magnetic Field in Brooklyn Heights $8; July 27: Dot Dash Festival Year and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. Empire Boulevard. (718) 789- IV with The Dicks, Marked Men, Leonard Bernstein and John 2822. Ocean Avenue, between Halloween, Midnight, $10; July 25: Skies Bleed Black, on July 22. “The Soda Fountain King” (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. Parkside Avenue and Lincoln 8 pm, Falling Stars Burn Bright, 8:30 pm, The Empire, Carbonas, Pissed Jeans, Live Fast PLAYGROUND FUN: Brooklyn BAMCINEMATEK: presents Great Road. (718) 965-8999. Free. Dies, 8 pm, $17; July 28: Dot Dash Matthews. $15, $12 seniors, 9 pm, Tiger Stripes, 10 pm, 6-42 Nation, 10:30 pm, $10 students. 1 pm. Green- Heights Playground Commit- Villains in Cinema. Today: “The $TBD; July 27: Ambient Clatter, 8:30 pm, Vessel, 9 Festival Year IV with The Alarm tee presents an evening of arts Manchurian Candidate” (1962). OTHER (718) 399-2161, www.nightanddayrestaurant.com. Wood Cemetery Main En- pm, LOMF, 10 pm, The Hub, 10:30 pm, $8; July 28: Clocks, The Cynics, The Original Sins, The trance, 25th Street and Fifth and crafts. 6 pm to 8 pm. Best $10, $7 children and seniors. 2 RETREAT: at the Zen Center of Speed Assault, 10 pm, The Party Death, 10:30 pm, Sundays: John McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, $6 Hentchmen, Turpentine Brothers, 8 pm, $17; July 29: Avenue. (212) 439-1090. for kids ages 3 to 5. Parent or pm, 4:30 pm, 7 pm and 9:30 NY. Explore the relationship $TBD; July 29: Our Lady of the Highway, 10 pm, Buy and $7 food/drink minimum; Tuesdays: Songwriters Dot Dash Festival Year IV with Rocket from the caregiver must be present. pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. between poetry and spiritual Star Bombs, 11 pm, $TBD. Showcase hosted by Staci & Justin, 7 pm, FREE with Tombs, The Little Killers, DC Snipers, Angry Angles, SHEEPSHEAD BAY TOUR: www.bam.org. (718) 777-FILM. Brooklyn Center for the Urban Pierrepont Playground. practice. $60. 10 am to 4 pm. $7 food/drink minimum, Live jazz jam hosted by the Imaginary Icons, 8 pm, $20. www.bhplayground.org. Free. FRIDAY JAM: Brooklyn Children’s 500 State St. (718) 875-8229. Dan McCarthy Trio, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation and Environment hosts a walking Hope and Anchor WALKING TOUR: The Brooklyn Museum hosts “A History of BAMCINEMATEK: presents Great $7 food/drink minimum; July 22: Jerome Covington tour of Sheepshead Bay with 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Hook, Stain Francis Morrone. Learn about Bridge Park Development Swing.” Learn the multicultural Villains in Cinema. Today: “The (718) 237-0276. Trio, 7 pm, FREE with $7 drink minimum, Ayelet Rose 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williamsburg, the neighborhood’s architec- Corporation hosts a guided history of swing dancing. Clyde Godfather, Part II” (1974). $10, Gottlieb Group, 9 pm, $5 and $7 food/drink minimum; Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke hosted by (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. ture and history. $11, $9 mem- walking tour of the East River. Wilder and other dancers tell $7 children and seniors. 4 pm drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. July 26: Book release party for PPFF anthology pre- Mondays: Paint Stain, 5 pm (often accompanied by bers, $8 seniors and students. Learn about the site’s history, the story of how swing united and 8 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. sented by Starcherone Books and the Spuyten Duyvil the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; Wednesdays: 2 pm to 4 pm. Meet at current condition and the people in the USA. 5 pm and www.bam.org. (718) 777-FILM. Press, 7 pm, FREE with $7 food/drink minimum, 6:30 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. Jolie Restaurant JAMstain, an informal open mic hosted by Sheepshead Bay Road and design of the future park. 6:30 BOYS OF SUMMER: Brooklyn 320 Atlantic Ave. at Hoyt Street in Boerum Hill, C.O.M.B.O., a composer’s collective, 9 pm, $5 sug- singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; July 22: Launch East 16th Street. (718) 788- pm. Tours begin at 334 (718) 735-4400. Free. gested donation and $7 food/drink minimum; July 27: Cyclones play the Staten Island (718) 488-0777, www.jolierestaurant.com. party for Suitcase 2 magazine, 8 pm, FREE; July 23: 8500, ext. 208. Furman St., north of Atlantic SUNSET MUSIC SERIES: Live Yankees. Tickets are $7 to $14. Tuesdays: Bonne Ambiance Mardi Night featuring live Mikanic, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation and $7 Native, 8 pm, FREE; July 24: Josh Meyers Trio, 8:30 Avenue. Reservations neces- music along the waterfront 6 pm. Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf food/drink minimum; July 28: Pete Zimmer Quintet, 9 BIRD WATCHING CRUISE: host- sary. (212) 803-3826. Free. music with Peter Davenport, 9 pm, FREE. pm, FREE; July 25: Chelsea Labate, 9 pm, FREE; July ed by Prospect Park Audubon presents The Amazing Incredi- Ave. at West 19th Street. Call pm, $10; July 29: Andy Guthrie, 9 pm, $TBD and $7 26: The Wiggins Sisters, 8 pm, July 28: Mi Poesias, 7 CITY PARK CONCERT: Little bles at 8 pm. Also, Slambovian for info. (718) 507-TIXX. food/drink minimum. Center. Noon to 12:40 pm. Kili Bar-Cafe pm, Rob Mosher, 9 pm, FREE; July 29: Tom Wherret See Sat., July 22. Brother and Joell Ortiz per- Circus of Dreams at 9 pm. $10, $6 kids ages 12 and younger. SUMMER ART SHOW: Brooklyn 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, (718) Trio, 8 pm, Bolt Acoustic Quartet, 10 pm, FREE. form. 7 pm. Fort Greene Park, Waterfront Artists Coalition 855-5574. Night of the Cookers PERFORMANCE DeKalb Avenue and Washing- 7:30 pm. The Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge, hosts a new show: “Food Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Fort Tea Lounge CITY PARKS THEATER: presents ton Park Street. For informa- for...A Feast for The Eyes,” in Chappy plays rock, hip-hop and funk, 10:30 pm, FREE. Greene, (718) 797-1197. 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, tion, visit www.cityparksfoun- foot of Conover Street. (877) Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.” 238-5596. honor of Red Hook’s new Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Live (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. 2 pm. Von King Park, Lafayette dation.org. Free. Fairway grocery store. Special Laila Lounge jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. July 25: Blobish, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; July 27: Avenue at Marcy and Tomp- BOOK GROUP: Barnes and BARGEMUSIC: presents a concert event features artists cooking. Noble hosts a group that dis- of classical pieces by Haydn, 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams- Clare Muldaur & the Reasons, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; kins avenues in the Amphi- 1 pm to 7 pm. 499 Van Brunt burg, (718) 486-6791, www.lailalounge.com. Northsix July 28: Blue Rooster Pie Blues Band, 9 pm, 10:30 theater. (212) 765-7910. Free. cusses the book “Dream- Beethoven, Kechley and St. (718) 596-2506. Free. world,” by Jane Goldman. 7 Schoenfield. $35, $30 seniors, Sundays: Bloody’s, 4 pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke, 10 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, pm, FREE. MUSIC: Weeksville Heritage RECEPTION: DUMBO Arts pm. 106 Court St. (718) 246- $20 students. 7:30 pm. Fulton pm, FREE; Tuesdays: APA League, 7 pm, FREE; Wed- (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Center presents “Noel Pointer Center presents “Point of 4996. Free. Ferry Landing, Old Fulton nesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase with an open mic, July 22: Deli Magazine presents A Place to Bury Trash Bar Foundation: Sojourner Purchase,” an exhibit about MOVIES AL FRESCO: Brooklyn Street at the East River. (718) shopping. Photos, drawings, 7:30 pm, Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; July 22: SkEtChEd Strangers, Lions and Tigers, Jealous Girlfriends, 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, Strings.” 7 pm. 1698 Bergen 624-2083. OuT!!!, 10 pm, $TBD; July 28: Alichan’s Global Mix, Earlymay, Schwervon, Radio America, 9 pm, $10; (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. St. www.weeksvillesociety.org. Film Works presents “The sculptures, videos and installa- Long Goodbye,” directed by CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Per- 10 pm, $TBD; July 29: Kitty Cat, 10 pm, $TBD. July 23: Bible of the Devil, Villians, 9 pm, $8; July 27: July 22: Monster Eiffel Tower, 9 pm, Z02, 10 pm, Rock (718) 756-5250. Free. tions by 13 artists featured. 6 Robert Altman. 8:30 pm. The forming arts festival hosts its The Kid Crash, Consular, Coffin Dancer, Corpses City Morgue, 11 pm, Machine Equalizer, Midnight, OPERA: “Carmen.” 3 pm. See pm to 9 pm. 30 Washington St. Old Stone House, JJ Byrne annual summer season of (718) 694-0831. Free. Les Babouches Spring Flowers, 9 pm, $8; July 28: Silver Mt. Zion, $10; July 23: Spiderfighter, 8 pm, Syllian Rayle, 9 pm, Sat., July 22. Park, Fifth Avenue at Third music, dance, word and film. 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) Black Ox Orkestar, 9 pm, $12; July 29: No Trigger, Jonas Sees in Color, 10 pm, Kill Hands, 11 pm, Life’s BARGEMUSIC: 4 pm. See Sat., GOSPEL BOAT RIDE: Deeper Life Street. (718) 768-3195. Free. Today: Leela James, BFE World Outreach Ministries 833-1700. Polar Bear Club, Latterman, Dear Tonight, The New Only Lesson, Midnight, $6; July 24: Einstein’s Dream, July 22. Sound System aka Brooklyn Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahrazad, 8 pm, Dress, 9 pm, $7. 8 pm, Code Adam, 9 pm, $6; July 25: Shilo, 8 pm, hosts a boat ride on the Sher- CHILDREN Funk Essentials perform. $3 rell Princess. Includes concert FREE. The Ordinary, 9 pm, Space Bastard, 10 pm, $6; July WEDS, JULY 26 donation. 7:30 pm. Prospect The Perch Cafe 26: Lunar Beats, 9 pm, The Bosch, 10 pm, Fiasco, 11 PUPPETWORKS: “The Wizard of by The New Creation Band. Park band shell, Ninth Street $50 adults, $30 children ages The Lucky Cat 365 Fifth Ave. at Fifth Street in Park Slope, (718) pm, $6; July 27: The Tourettes, 8 pm, The Anabolics, Oz.” 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. DANCE CLASSES: Young and Prospect Park West. (718) 9 pm, Bebek, 10 pm, Scream & Scream Again, 11 pm, See Sat., July 22. 12 and younger. 6:30 pm. Boat 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williamsburg, 788-2830. Dancers In Repertory offers 855-7882. departs from Pier #8, Emmonds (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. Sundays and Thursdays: Live Jazz, 8:30 pm, $5 sug- Figurine Funeral, Midnight, $6; July 28: The dance classes for children, Sundresses, 9 pm, Chris Cubeta & the Liars Club, 10 OTHER OUTDOOR THEATER: Classical Avenue in Sheepshead Bay. Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Piano Parlor and keyboard gested donation; July 22: Cosmo D, 8:30 pm (two ages 4 to 14, from 10:30 am to Theater of Harlem presents (718) 753-4107. karaoke, 11 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Jezebel Music pm, Arizona, 11 pm, Indianburn, Midnight, After the TWINS & MULTIPLES DAY: 11:30 am. McKinley Park, 75th sets), $5 suggested donation; July 23: Michael “Macbeth.” 8 pm. See Sat., ROOFTOP FILMS: “Songbirds,” a Open Mic Night hosted by Dave Cuomo, 7 pm, Petrosino Trio, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested Fall, 1 am, $7; July 29: DJ Mojo presents Barkuna, 8 Astroland Amusement Park Street and Ft. Hamilton July 29. FREE, Fear of a Whack Planet, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: pm, Parlor Scouts, 9 pm, Bagzone, 10 pm, Tall Hands, hosts its fourth annual event. Parkway. (718) 567-9620. Free. documentary by Brian Hill. donation; July 27: Amy Cervini Quartet, 8:30 pm (two MUSIC DIRECTOR AUDITION: Music at 8:30 pm; film at 9 pm. Finger on the Pulse with live DJs, 11 pm, FREE; July sets), $5 suggested donation; July 28: Yoon Choi and 11 pm, The Muggabears, Midnight, $8. Twins and Multiples Day. $9.99 SPACE MONKEY: Friends of 22: Armed Citizens, Disassociate, Communion, and per wristband. Noon to 4 pm. Narrows Community Theater $8. 8:30 pm. Call for venue the E String Band, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested Sunset Park presents a per- hosts auditions for a musical location. (718) 417-7362. more, 9 pm, $7; July 25: Organ Grinder Tuesday with donation; July 29: Lily Maase and Combo, 8:30 pm Two Boots Brooklyn Coney Island. (718) 265-2100. formance of puppet theater Grave Disorder, The Ogbanje, 10 pm, $TBD; July 26: director for “Jekyll and Hyde.” (two sets), $5 suggested donation. 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, SUMMER ART SHOW: Brooklyn with Waka Waka Theater. Call to set up appointment. The Punk/Glam/Goth Party with DJ Nitro, 10 pm, (718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. Waterfront Artists Coalition Playground area, Sunset Park. (646) 938-6589. SUN, JULY 30 FREE; July 27: Sleepglue Music presents Soup Pete’s Candy Store July 22: M Shanghai String band, 10 pm, FREE; July hosts a new show: “Food 10:30 am. Call for info. (718) d’Etat, 9 pm, $TBD; July 28: Jeremy Wilms, 28: Sasha Dobson & Spastic Plaid, 10 pm, FREE; July for...A Feast for The Eyes,” in 437-1413. Free. Knee0Coal Beth, Micah Gaugh, 8 pm, $TBD, Finger 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Williams- honor of Red Hook’s new burg, (718) 302-3770, www.petescandystore.com. 29: Lone Vein, 10 pm, FREE. GOLF CLASSIC: Brooklyn Cham- SAT, JULY 29 PERFORMANCE on the Pulse, 11 pm, FREE; July 29: Ladyfingers and Fairway grocery store. Festivi- ber of Commerce hosts its more, 10 pm, $TBD. Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; July 22: BARGEMUSIC: presents Concerti Union Pool ties include a performance of annual golf and tennis event. Concert, featuring a program Deertick, 8 pm, The Shivers, 9 pm, Joe Moore, 10 pm, Shakespeare’s “As You Like It,” OUTDOORS AND TOURS Lucinda Black Bear, 11 pm, FREE; July 23: Kim 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in Williamsburg, $150 and up. 11:30 am to 9:30 by Haydn, Vivaldi, Bach and Magnetic Field by Communicable Arts. 1 pm pm. Bethpage State Park, Garrison, 8:30 pm, The Second Fiddles, 9:30 pm, (718) 609-0484. BIRD WATCHING CRUISE: Mozart. $50. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn July 25: TK Webb, Revival, 8 pm, $TBD; July 27: Da- to 7 pm. 499 Van Brunt St. Farmingdale, Long Island. Call Prospect Park Audubon Center Landing, Old Fulton Street at the Heights, (718) 834-0069, Matt Lydon, 10:30 pm, FREE; July 24: Spelling Bee, nava, Snow Foxxes, 8 pm, $TBD; July 29: Bodhisattva, (718) 596-2506. Free. for reservations. (718) 875- hosts a cruise aboard the elec- East River. (718) 624-2083. www.magneticbrooklyn.com. 7:30 pm, Hunter Nelson and Brian Scary, 9:30 pm, Bloody Panda, Stay F***ed, Motheater, 8 pm, $TBD. CEMETERY PLOTS: Green-Wood 1000, ext. 105. tric boat Independence. Tour July 22: Dead Flowers presents “A Summer Rock ‘n’ Jamie Robb, 10:30 pm, FREE; July 25: Bingo, 7 pm, SITE PERFORMANCE: “Sun- Cemetery offers a writing sem- BAMCINEMATEK: presents the Lullwater, a scenic habitat down.” 3 pm to 10 pm. See Roll Barbecue Celebration!,” with The Brought Low The Wailing Wall, 9 pm, The Morning Pages, 10 pm, inar taught by author and film- for flora and fauna. $10, $6 Invincible Hummingbirds, 11 pm, FREE; July 26: Vox Po p Great Villains in Cinema. Sat., July 29. and more, 3 pm, $8; July 27: Live Band Karaoke, 8 maker Alana Cash. Class Today: “Touch of Evil” (1958). kids. Binoculars provided. pm, FREE; July 28: Steve’s Indie Scrapbook, 11 pm, Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Matthew Hebert, 10 pm, Jon 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. includes a short tour through a $10, $7 children and seniors. Noon to 12:40 pm. Enter park CHILDREN FREE; July 29: Dot Dash presents Dot Dash Year IV Nolan, 11 pm, FREE; July 27: Goodbye Girl Friday, 8 part of Green-Wood and then 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 at Lincoln Road and Ocean BBQ with The Konks and Spider Bags, 4 pm, FREE. pm, Rad Unicorn, 9 pm, Nels Andrew, 10 pm, Tsui, 11 Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE with 2-drink/snack PUPPETWORKS: “The Wizard of a writing exercise based on an pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Oz.” 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. pm, FREE; July 28: Adam Levy’s Nice Place to Visit, minimum; July 22: Leo, Decoster, 8 pm, $5. assigned theme. Open to all www.bam.org. (718) 777-FILM. 6:30 pm, The Naysayer, 9 pm, Brown Bird, 10 pm, WALKING TOUR: Mauricio See Sat., July 29. Magnolia skill levels. $45. 1:30 pm to SEMINAR FOR THE ARTS: Lorence hosts the Metro Tour 486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, (718) Hula, 11 pm, FREE; July 29: Post-Pacino Spectacular The Waterfront 3:30 pm. Pre-registration nec- OTHER with Lumipad, 8 pm, The Feverview, 9 pm, The Brooklyn Arts Council offers a Service, taking a walk through 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. essary. 25th Street and Fifth Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Offering, 10 pm, So L’il, 11 pm, FREE. Museum town hall meeting: “Aging LECTURE: Brooklyn Historical Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE; July 28: Bob and (at The Showboat Barge) 290 Conover St. at Pier Avenue. (718) 768-7300. Visual Artists.” Learn about a Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 pm to Society hosts a talk on “Ap- Bronagh Batch, 9:30 pm, FREE. Prospect Park Band #44 in Red Hook, (718) 624-4719. BAMCINEMATEK: presents study that investigates how 5 pm. Meet at Marriott Hotel praisals: 101.” Personal proper- July 28: Sunset Music Series with The Amazing Great Villains in Cinema. artists are supported and inte- Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. (718) ty appraisers shed light on the Melt Shell Incredibles, 8 pm, Gandalf Murphy & the Slambovian Today: “Peeping Tom” (1960). grated within their communi- 789-0430. appraisal process. Learn how to $10, $7 children and seniors. 2 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) Prospect Park West and Ninth Street in Prospect Circus of Dreams, 9 pm, $10 adults, $6 children. ties. Open to artists ages 62 SUNSET ECO-CRUISE: NYC discover more about items you 230-5925. Park, (718) 855-7882, www.celebratebrooklyn.org. pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and and older. 6 pm to 8 pm. Sky- Audubon Society offers a tour own and hear tips on how to 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. light Gallery, Bedford Stuy- Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 pm, July 27: “Dracula” with Philip Glass & Kronos Weeksville Heritage to get up close-and-personal preserve and protect your FREE. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. vesant Restoration Plaza, 1368 Quartet/Slavic Soul Party, 7:30 pm, $3 suggested with some of the 3,000 herons antiques. Included in admission Center Fulton St. (718) 625-0080. Free. charge of $6, $4 seniors and donation; July 28: Leela James/BFE Soundsystem BOOK LAUNCH: for Kimiko nesting on islands around the 1698 Bergen St. between Rochester and Buffalo students. 2 pm. 128 Pierrepont National Restaurant aka Brooklyn Funk Essentials, 7:30 pm, $3 suggested Hahn “The Narrow Road to BUSINESS SEMINAR: St. Joseph’s NYC harbor. $25, $10 children avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 756-5250, St. (718) 222-4111. 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Second donation; July 29: Boricua Festival with La Sonora the Interior” and Harold College offers a talk, “How to ages 12 and younger. 7 pm to www.weeksvillesociety.org. Start Your Own Business.” 6:15 Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225, Ponceña, Joe Bataan, and more, 2 pm, $3 suggested Schechter “The Tell-Tale 8:30 pm. New York Water Taxi, BAMCINEMATEK: presents Great July 22: Sojourner Strings presented by The Noel pm to 7:45 pm. 245 Clinton www.come2national.com. donation. Corpse: An Edgar Allan Poe South Street Seaport’s Pier 17, Villains in Cinema. Today: “Apo- Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, Pointer Foundation, 7 pm, FREE; July 29: Billy Bang, 7 Mystery.” 6 pm. Night and Day Ave. (718) 636-6880. Free. lower Manhattan. (212) 742- calypse Now Redux” (1979). FREE (with $65 prix fixe dinner); Fridays: Live Russian Ray’s Comedy Club pm, FREE. Restaurant, 230 Fifth Ave. RELEASE PARTY: Starcherone 1969. $10, $7 children and seniors. 4 music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe (718) 399-2126. Free. Books and the Spuyten Duyvil GET ON THE WATER: The Urban pm and 8 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. dinner); Sundays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9807 Third Ave. at Marine Avenue in Bay Ridge, Wingate Field Press host an anthology Divers Estuary Conservancy www.bam.org. (718) 777-FILM. 7 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner). (718) 748-6400. Winthrop Street between Brooklyn and Kingston release party. $7 food and hosts an urban river tour of the SUMMER ART SHOW: Brooklyn July 22: From Showtime at the Apollo, Joe Recca with avenues in East Flatbush, (718) 469-1912, MON, JULY 24 drink minimum. 7 pm. Night historic and notorious Gowa- Waterfront Artists Coalition Night and Day Scarface’s Angel Salazar, 9 pm, $15 and 2-drink mini- www.brooklynconcerts.com. and Day Books, 230 Fifth Ave. nus Canal. Call to register and hosts a new show: “Food mum; July 26: The Return of Jackie Mason, 9 pm, $15 July 24: Annual Gospel Night with Mighty Clouds of NATURE BABIES: Prospect Park (718) 399-2162. for time info. (718) 802-9874. for...A Feast for The Eyes.” 1 Restaurant and 2-drink minimum; July 28 and July 29: Richie Joy, Tye Tribbett & Greater Anointing, Lexi, 7:30 pm, Audubon Center offers music, CITY PARKS CONCERTS: 17th Free. pm to 7 pm. See Sat., July 29. 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Slope, Byrne, 9 pm, $15 and 2-drink minimum. FREE. storytelling and crafts for 18- season of summer performanc- months to 3-year-old kids and es. Today, Felix Hernandez Zebulon their caregivers. $20 per ses- Rhythm Review. 7 pm. Brower 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in sion. 9:30 am to 11:30 am. Park, Brooklyn Avenue and Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, Prospect Park, enter the park Prospect Park Place. For more LIST YOUR EVENT… TALK TO US… www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. at Lincoln Road and Ocean information, www.cityparks- July 22: Konga-I, 10 pm, FREE; July 23: Young Avenue. (718) 287-3400. foundation.org. Free. To list your event in Where to GO, please give us two weeks notice or To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include name of Divorcees, 10 pm, FREE; July 24: Michael Wimberly SCIENCE AND MOVEMENT: more. 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ThePlay’s the Thing BROOKLYN CYCLONES COVERAGE

with Ed Shakespeare Clones take In the spirit of ‘The Brat’ Rover instructor Rick Patterson shows Stanky’s passion their show The Brooklyn Papers Rick Patterson, now a roving rectly. Patterson was ejected, Brooklyn the next close calls, instructor for the Mets. but came back for more argu- and inspiring his team for a When the Cyclones play- ing, making sure to get his win? ed Williamsport on July 14, Stanky “was like a Daddy UPs to me,” Patterson said. money’s worth. We never found out: Patter- old school Brooklyn Dodg- That was clear enough dur- The Cyclones got beneficial son was showered and heading on the road er fans had a connection to & ing the game. Patterson was in calls on the next two close to his next assignment when the Brooklyn’s baseball past. DOWNs the Cyclones dugout when an plays. last out of the game was record- UST WHEN IT LOOKED AS THOUGH THINGS Eddie “The Brat” Stanky ump made a controversial call So the question must be ed. couldn’t get worse for the 7-13 Cyclones, the team was a player who wasn’t high- against Brooklyn. He stormed asked: Would a disciple of Perhaps the ever-roving Jheaded out on a six-game road trip to the distant cities ly skilled in any area, yet out of the dugout, arms akim- Stanky purposely get himself coach just needed a way to get of Williamsport, Penn., and Burlington, Vt. could so often find a way to bo, red in the face, arguing tossed, saving manager George out of the dugout and into the Former Brooklyn Dodger As Dickens began his own tale of two cities, “It was the defeat the other team. University of South Alabama, that the umpires were not in Greer the trouble, intimidating showers so he’d make his bus. Eddie Stanky (above) during best of times, it was the worst of times,” so it was for the Stanky later coached at the where one of his players was position to make the call cor- a young umpire into giving — Ed Shakespeare his days with the White Sox. Cyclones. It was indeed the worst of times for the Brooklyns as they started the season with an Opening Day 18-0 loss to the Staten Island Yankees. This aforementioned record- setting game of futility was followed by six more losses. A week into the season and the Cyclones were 0-7, and in last place Take me out to the Ah, but despite a broken-down bus, a broken-down The curse of the bus driver and a few missed turns, the road turned out to be the best of times: The Brooks have just completed a TRIPLE-THREAT six-game road swing and won them all — giving them a … ah, nevermind COVERAGE seven-game winning streak as they returned to Brooklyn. The road trip began on July 12 with a 10 am bus de- aluminum bat parture from Keyspan Park prior to a 7 pm game that for The Brooklyn Papers stands, an ice cream stand, numer- night in Williamsport. Routine, right? Not so fast. Dick- Fans who headed to Keyspan ous pretzel and popcorn stands, The Brooklyn Papers There was a concern about the cost, but the two scouts ens knew that the routine was boring for his readers, but Park on July 18 must have felt and a 7-Up vending machine were Cyclones manager said that they would ask the Baseball Commissioner’s of- he wasn’t around to mess up this bus trip. He didn’t have all blown to the ground. fice pick up part of the cost. We realized it would be the like the Almighty was sending PAULY George Greer is to be. The two teams kept playing, but AN down a new block of plagues. KUNTZM part of group that greatest thing to ever happen to the Cape League and for Somewhere in the wilds of Pennsylvania, the bus got a the fans headed to exits. First, the stadium lights flickered Then the rains came in the ninth SHAKESPEARE engineered a revo- the advancement of these players.” flat tire. Changing the tire took the bus driver about as It was not only the batters who would benefit from long as it takes notoriously deliberate Mets starter Steve and turned off in the fifth inning, inning, delaying the game again. lutionary concept in the Cape wooden bats. Trachsel to pitch a half-inning. Watching the tire being suspending play for a half hour. Fans who were still there headed to- Cod League: wooden bats. changed may have been more exciting than seeing Trach- Then, two innings later, the blister- ward the dugouts for autographs. Of course, pine was the norm in amateur baseball for “You can evaluate pitchers better because they can sel, but it did add a half-hour onto the five-hour trip. ing hot air turned into 26 mile-per- Security guards danced to the music. about a century, but in the 1970s, amateur programs, in- pitch inside and pitch away and not have dinkers and Further into Pennsylvania, near Allenwood, the bus hour gusts, sending plastic bags, pa- Reliever Grady Hinchman scratched cluding colleges, began to switch to metal bats to save doinkers over the second baseman’s head,” explained driver became ill — not seriously, but too ill to drive the per napkins and aluminum foil trays a family of turtles in the dirt by the money. Greer. bus. Now, the Cyclones carry 14 pitchers, more than scattering all over the outfield grass. first-base dugout, and closer Joe The Cape Cod League is recognized as the premier One sixth of major league players have played in the A few minutes later, a member of enough for a 30-inning ball game, but they have no such “Iceman” Smith kept people from summer league for college players, and the decision in Cape Cod League. Those players certainly benefited from the grounds crew had to delay the stomping on them. 1985 to use wooden bats led other summer college depth in bus drivers. So Williamsport sent its own bus George Greer’s wooden bat revolution. company, and driver, to pick up the stranded Cyclones. game to close two doors in center The game finally resumed with leagues to follow. field. just 43 fans on hand to watch Luis “I was talking in the parking lot after a game with Most Cyclones, unfortunately, came up through the This took a mere three hours, so Brooklyn arrived ranks, where aluminum bats are favored — creating quite barely an hour before the game, fine for your softball But Mother Nature was just get- Rivera to pop out to end the game. [league Commissioner] Fred Everitt, my assistant coach- league, but somewhat disconcerting for the Brooks, since ting warmed up. Within the next 10 Plagues indeed: The Cyclones es and two scouts. an adjustment period, judging from the team’s paltry .212 the team barely had time for its pre-game warm-up at the minutes, a hot dog stand, two beer lost. — Nick Pauly “We said, ‘Wouldn’t it be great to have wooden bats?’ batting average. — Shakespeare ballpark. The Williamsport ballpark, Bowman Stadium, is con- sidered the second oldest in America — old school all the way. Nice old school. It has tall fences and tall grass in the infield, which combine for few homers, lots of grounders that get nabbed, and a great, slow surface on which to bunt. A week’s worth of wins for Clones In the first game of the Williamsport series, Jacob Ruckle, barely untwisted from his eight-hour bus ride, kept the ball low, made Williamsport hit grounders and The Brooklyn Papers clones scored in the fifth, when Dustin Martin surged back in the fifth, scoring two runs on a to seven and, most important, got their record won 4-1. He’s pitching marvelously so far this season. Cyclones 4 bunted home Daniel Cummins. The team added single by Tim Grogan (the team leader with 11 back to .500 at 13-13. Down 4-2 in the sixth, Brooklyn tied the In the second game of the series, Brooklyn again a run in the ninth to extend its win streak to RBIs). Crosscutters 1 three. — Kuntzman For the Cyclones, Eric Brown (1-0), just ar- score on a two-run single by Tim Grogan. played small ball and won 2-1. And in the series’ final July 12 at Williamsport riving from Hagerstown, took the win. Joe For the second straight night, the Cyclones game, the Cyclones used bunt after bunt to set up their 5- Cyclones 5 Smith, pitching the ninth, had his sixth save. took the lead in the ninth, again started by Jon 3 win. The Cyclones extended their winning streak Crosscutters 3 to two games, as starting pitcher Jake Ruckle — Ed Shakespeare Malo, who singled and moved to second on Je- FTER THE GAME, THE TEAM DEPARTED was superb as usual. Ruckle (2-1) allowed just July 14 at Williamsport Cyclones 5 remy Hambrice’s walk. Luis Rivera bunted around midnight for the 437-mile trip to Burling- How sweep it is! The Cyclones completed a them both over, setting up Dustin Martin’s two- one run on five hits over eight innings. He also Lake Monsters 4 A ton. With another driver sent from the Academy K’d six. Closer Joe Smith, who has been lights three-game romp in usually unfriendly run single. Bus Company, this one known as, “Fast — really fast,” by out as well, pitched a perfect ninth. Smith has Williamsport, starting off the eighth inning with July 16 at Burlington Jonathan Castillo (1-0) had the win in relief. Cyclones’ trainer Matt Hunter. not allowed a run since his first disastrous ap- a Jonathan Schemmel single. Schemmel later OK, it was ugly, but it’s six straight. With the — Shakespeare “I just shut my eyes, slept, and hoped we’d arrive safe- pearance in a Cyclone uniform. scored on Jason Jacobs’s forceout. Dustin Mar- game tied 4-4, the Cyclones scored a run in the Tigers 4 ly,” he said. Brooklyn started the scoring in the fourth tin, Joe Holden (whose two HRs lead the team) ninth on a walk, a bunt and an error. Reliever Grady Hinchman described bus riding: “We when Jeremy Hambrice, who had walked and and Jacob Eigsti (.300) each had two hits for the But hey, it’s a W. Cyclones 2 have a couple of pillows each, and they show movies, moved around the bases on an out, a wild pitch Cyclones. Reliever Timothy Haines (2-0) got Brooklyn opened the scoring with a three-run July 18 at Keyspan Park like ‘Caddyshack,’ most of which I watched. We try to and an error, scored on an Elvis Cruz sac fly. In the win, pitching 1 2/3 scoreless innings. Closer second that featured Joe Holden’s two-run sin- All good things must end: The Cyclones sev- sleep, and you can sleep some, but it’s cramped and it’s the fifth inning, Jonathan Sanchez doubled and Joseph “Iceman” Smith worked a perfect ninth gle. en-game winning streak was stopped in a weird hard to do.” Dan Cummins — both later scored on wild for his fifth save. — Kuntzman After Vermont scored a pair in the third, the loss to Oneonta. Just as there’s strategy in baseball, so too is there strat- pitches. Cyclones 6 Cyclones took a 4-2 lead in the fifth on a single The game was scoreless until the fifth when egy in bus driving. The driver decided to try a shortcut. In the eighth, the Clones got a real run when by Jonathan Sanchez. the park’s lighting went out, causing a half-hour “Things were good for awhile,” said Hinchman of the Jonathan “Country Boy” Schemmel drove in Lake Monsters 4 Vermont tied the score in the seventh, but the delay. Once they were back, the Tigers scored a shortcut route. “All of a sudden the road just ran out, and Joe Holden with an RBI single. July 15 at Burlington Lake Monsters turned chicken in the ninth. run. there were all these orange pylons ahead. There was a de- — Gersh Kuntzman The Cyclones won their fifth straight game, Grady Hinchman (2-0) had the win in relief. The Cyclones came back in the sixth when tour.” Cyclones 2 beginning the scoring in the first on Joe Hold- — Shakespeare Jon Malo singled and later scored on a single by “Once you hit one detour, that’s the end of a smooth en’s two-run homer. Cyclones 6 Jonathan Sanchez (.237). The pair combined Crosscutters 1 The Brooks increased their lead to 4-0 in the two innings later with the same run-scoring sce- trip,” said Hinchman. He was right. The bus arrived in Lake Monsters 4 Burlington two hours late — at 8:30 am. July 13 at Williamsport third when Jonathan Sanchez doubled and even- nario — but the Tigers kept scoring. The team won later that night — despite a rain delay. Starter Jorge Reyes, who has struggled all tually scored on a double-play. July 17 at Burlington Rip Warren (0-1) had the loss in relief for The Cyclones won the next night too, 5-4. year, finally lived up to his promise, scattering AVermont homer in the fourth pushed the The Cyclones swept their second straight Brooklyn, whose record fell to 13-14. Hinchman won in relief, and the lead run by the Cy- four hits over seven scoreless innings. The Cy- Lake Monsters to within a run, but Brooklyn three-game road series, ran their winning streak — Shakespeare clones came in the ninth on a Jon Malo walk, a sacrifice bunt by Jason Jacobs, and an error when the Vermont first baseman lost a ball in the lights. Brooklyn made a complete sweep of the road trip the next evening, winning 6-4, again scoring in the ninth, this time two runs, and again featuring a successful sacrifice bunt, this one by Luis Rivera to put Malo and Jeremy Hambrice in scoring position for Dustin Martin’s two RBI single. Suddenly, the Cyclones were 13-13. It’s not all good news, though. The team has only hit five homers this season, and the team batting average is only .212. But recently, when the money is on the line, the club gets runners on, gets them over and gets them in. The set-up men — Hinchman, Rip Warren, and Haines — have been solid, while closer Joe Smith is becoming lights out. The road trip was a tale of two cities — Williamsport and Burlington — conquered by a third — Brooklyn. OK, so it’s only a borough — but it’s a borough that’s back in the McNamara Division race.

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