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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2018 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Sunset Park, Williamsburg & Greenpoint 20 pages • Vol. 41, No. 36 • September 7–13, 2018 • FREE TROLLEY DODGERS Feds to mayor: Don’t count on our money for your big transit plan
By Julianne Cuba Brooklyn Paper HELLO, TROLLEY! Mayor DeBlasio shouldn’t count on getting the federal cash he needs THE STREETCAR PLAN to roll out his beloved Brooklyn– Queens waterfront trolley line — cerns in transportation deserts, but which he said on Aug. 30 will now as with everything, the devil is in cost more money, include fewer the details,” she said. “I would need stops, and take years longer to more information about the traffic, build — the city’s lone Repub- neighborhood and environmental lican congressman said. impacts of the plan.” “We have many more viable And even if the city does man- projects that need federal funding age to score funds from the Feds, a — if I was the mayor, I wouldn’t File photo by Georgine Benvenuto File photo by Stefano Giovannini Photo courtesy Nydia Velazquez slew of other projects — including be holding my breath,” said Bay Representatives Dan Donovan, Carolyn Maloney, and Nydia Velazquez all agree: Congress improving bus service and ensur- Ridge Rep. Dan Donovan, a pal of won’t be financing the mayor’s ambitious trolley plan any time soon. ing enough alternative-transpor- DeBlasio critic President Trump, tation options are in place before who would need to sign off on ised an infrastructure package, but only change to the light-rail plan car — whose new route to Queens the L train’s Brooklyn–Manhat- any future federal budget. “Try- we haven’t seen it yet,” said Rep. following the study’s release. The through Red Hook, Gowanus, tan tube closes for 15 months next ing to kick the costs to the fed- Carolyn Maloney. city announced its original 14-mile Brooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill, April — deserve the money before eral government appears to be a DeBlasio first announced plans track would shrink to 11 miles, Downtown, Williamsburg, and the streetcar, according to a spokes- last-ditch attempt to revive a dy- for the Brooklyn Queens Connector skipping Dumbo entirely, and ter- Greenpoint often mirrors that of man for Maloney’s Democratic ing project.” streetcar in 2016 , claiming that its minating in Red Hook instead of the below-ground G train — show it colleague Rep. Nydia Velázquez, Along with the commander then $2.5-billion price tag would Sunset Park — likely a relief to may require overhead cables to help whose district includes many of the in chief, Donovan and his fellow be funded entirely by tax reve- the neighborhood’s Councilman power it, after previous iterations de- trolley’s Brooklyn stops. House Republicans, as well as their nue generated by increased de- Carlos Menchaca, who panned the picted a rail-only system. But may- “The congresswoman is focused counterparts in the Senate, would velopment along its original 14- project due to fears it would accel- oral spokeswoman Jane Meyer said on addressing immediate transpor- dictate spending in a future budget mile track, after a consortium of erate displacement in the already the city has “always explored” the tation challenges, like establishing given their majority. But Hizzon- builders put together an initial pro- gentrifying enclave . overhead-cable option. an enhanced B71 bus route that helps er’s Brooklyn Queens Connector posal for the scheme. Construction of the infrastruc- Maloney, who helped secure Red Hook, and expanding alter- streetcar isn’t likely to get federal But last week the city’s Eco- ture is now slated to begin in 2024 $670 million to replace the old Ko- natives for commuters affected green even if a blue wave hits Con- nomic Development Corporation — the year it was initially meant to sciuszko Bridge and $700 million by the L train closure,” said Alex
gress this November, according to revealed the project’s cost had shot be up-and-running — and wrap in to fix the L train, said she won’t Haurek. Photo by Jason Speakman a Democratic Williamsburg pol, up to $2.73 billion, and that local 2029, meaning work would almost be pushing for cash for the trol- The city plans to begin an envi- who noted how Trump has yet to officials want the Feds to kick in certainly overlap with looming re- ley until she gets more details that ronmental review for the Brook- fulfill his promise of passing a more than $1 billion towards the pairs to the Brooklyn–Queens Ex- convince her of its benefit. lyn Queens Connector project Look, ma, no hands massive infrastructure bill even trolley after a much-anticipated pressway’s triple cantilever, which “Clearly people living in the por- this winter, ahead of sending the A cyclist pedaled his one-wheeler across the Brooklyn with his party in control. study of the financial model re- are set to take place between 2021 tions of Brooklyn and Queens that scheme through the Uniform Land Bridge during the ninth-annual New York City Unicycle “Securing federal funding is vealed a surge in construction alone and 2026 and alone will cause mas- I represent need more transpor- Use Review Procedure in 2020, one Festival, which drew fans of the quixotic contraption to much harder under this adminis- won’t fully subsidize it. sive headaches for commuters . tation alternatives, and the BQX year before DeBlasio concludes the borough for a 13-mile ride from the span to Coney tration, which has repeatedly prom- The new price tag wasn’t the And new renderings of the street- could alleviate some of the con- his second term as mayor. Island on Aug. 31. A cultural cornucopia! Costumes, cuisine delight crowd at annual Caribbean parade
By Alexandra Simon including Gov. Cuomo and Mayor Brooklyn Paper DeBlasio. This parade packed tons of Ca- “Sometimes we would yell ribbean flavor! ‘break!’ and start dancing for a Millions of revelers queued up while,” Warner said. “And our cus- along Eastern Parkway on Mon- tomers would dance with us.” day for the 51st-annual West In- The first marchers in the West dian Day Parade, which offered Indian Day Parade began stepping spectators a feast for the eyes — around 11 am, but many revelers and stomachs, according to a ven- hit the streets far earlier for the an- dor who peddled homemade cui- nual J’Ouvert parade, which kicked sine along the route. off as dawn broke at 6 am under “We were selling faster than we heightened security that returned could make some of the food,” said this year after the strict measures Carol Warner. implemented in 2017 prevented fa- Warner and her sister Ramona talities that plagued previous cel- Warner Alexander hawked delica- ebrations. cies from their native St. Kitts — The beefed-up police presence led including fish cakes, a sausage dish to no deadly incidents along the pa- of black pudding, and a savory “goat rade’s zig-zagging route from Flat- water” stew — that the cooks spent bush Avenue to Midwood Street for Photo by Paul Martinka hours preparing for the affair’s more Celebrants young and old waved the national flag of Gre- the second-straight year, but did not than three-million expected attend- nada at the West Indian Day Parade. stop violent behavior entirely. ees, many of whom came out looking A shooter fired a bullet into the for a taste of home, she said. buttock of a 25-year-old man on “Some of these recipes are te- ing it as observers and sometime Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Nostrand Avenue between Pros- dious, but a lot of people don’t make marchers with the mas-and-steel And although business boomed pect Place and St. Marks Avenue it back a lot, so we wanted to bring bands that process along the route, throughout the hours-long festivi- blocks from the festivities around that to them,” Warner said. which runs along Eastern Park- ties, the vendors made a point to 7:30 am, according to cops, who
Photo by Paul Martinka The sisters said they took their way from Schenectady Avenue to step out from behind their cart and said the victim was taken to Kings Some masqueraders donned larger-than-life costumes that needed the support of culinary turn at the parade five Grand Army Plaza, where it pro- into the carnival celebration itself, County Hospital for treatment and wheels. years ago, after regularly attend- ceeds on Flatbush Avenue towards which featured appearances by pols is in stable condition.
seems reasonable to me,” Levin said public-private lot, he said. after a meeting with the developer on Levin previously accused the De- Aug. 27. partment of Education of forcing him The pol recommended axing the com- to make a Sophie’s Choice between the Take a little off the top plex’s commercial space as a way to re- schools and the polarizing towers they duce its density while keeping as many would sit inside, blasting the agency for of its planned public benefits — which not being more proactive in bringing Boerum Hill pol: 80 Flatbush tower must shrink by a third include a new 350-seat elementary school more desks to his overcrowded district and much-needed new classrooms for during his eight years in office. By Julianne Cuba newly built 986- and 560-foot towers relative to the size of the land it is on high schoolers enrolled at the Khalil But following the pol’s critique, Mayor Brooklyn Paper along with three rehabilitated build- — from 6.5 to 18. Gibran International Academy, whose DeBlasio, whose administration supports The developer asking the city to re- ings on a swath of land bounded by And Levin, who at a Council hear- current crumbling building is on the the 80 Flatbush project, said it’s more im- zone a swath of land in Boerum Hill to Flatbush and Third avenues and State ing this month told Alloy reps that the 80 Flatbush lot and would be restored portant to build the complex as proposed make way for its five-building 80 Flat- and Schermerhorn streets. Together, lot “ought to be transitional” between for another use as part of Alloy’s orig- and alleviate that overcrowding problem bush complex must reduce the size of the structures would hold some 900 Downtown’s skyscrapers and Boerum inal scheme. than bicker over what led to it. the massive project by a third in order apartments, 200 of which would be Hill’s Brownstones, is urging the devel- “What I would like to see is a smaller “If something wasn’t built in the to gain the critical vote of the council- below-market-rate, along with two oper to redesign its scheme with a max- project, potentially eliminate commer- past, I don’t have a time machine. I’ve man whose district it would rise in, the new schools, and cultural and com- imum far of 12 — the citywide cap for cial,” Levin said. “I’ve encouraged ev- got to deal with today,” Hizzoner said pol told the Brooklyn Paper. mercial space. buildings with so-called affordable hous- erybody to think about prioritizing the during a sit-down with local media on “Right now I would like to see the But in order for Alloy to break ground, ing — during closed-door discussions benefits.” Aug. 23.
scale of the project be decreased,” the city must green-light an upzoning following the hearing, echoing modi- Alloy Development / Luxigon The councilman also asked both city A rep for Alloy declined to comment Boerum Hill Councilman Stephen that would nearly triple the plot’s allow- fications that a local civic group previ- Councilman Stephen Levin said Al- officials and Alloy bigwigs for more de- on whether it would act on Levin’s sug- Levin said on Aug. 29. able floor-area ratio — a zoning mea- ously suggested to the builder. loy Development must reduce the tails on what he called the “complicated” gestions before Council’s vote on the Dumbo-based Alloy Development’s surement abbreviated as “far” that de- “The Boerum Hill Association sug- floor-area ratio of its 80 Flatbush financial agreement they brokered in or- rezoning, which is likely to happen on proposed complex would include two termines how high a structure can be gested decreasing to 12 far and that complex to win his support. der for the builder to develop the shared Sept. 14. 2 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 7–13, 2018 September 7–13, 2018 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 3 New faces in town Artist installs three-faced statue in Fort Greene Park By Julianne Cuba to everybody about how they Brooklyn Paper felt about the piece as much They’re three new reasons as I could,” she said. “It’s def- to visit Fort Greene Park! initely gratifying to actually A Brooklyn artist on Aug. have it out and finished.” 25 unveiled her massive three- The sculpture will sit in the faced sculpture in the neigh- meadow for 11 months, dur- <3E4/:: borhood’s eponymous green ing which the artist hopes to space, the perfect location for invite more residents to talks the artwork she described as and other events that exam- a tribute to the area’s black ine the piece and its deeper 1=::31B7=< culture, she said. meaning. “It’s in its home right now, “Something that is an A/D7<5A it feels like it belongs,” said open discussion, to further Tanda Francis, who used to live strengthen the message of the in nearby Clinton Hill before piece,” she said. A6=>B63<3E1=::31B7=< 8CAB/@@7D32 relocating to Park Slope. Department of Parks and Francis — who in 2016 Recreation leaders tapped wowed locals with an out- Francis and nine other art- sized effigy of fellow Brook- ists to create pieces for green Photo by Caroline Ourso spaces throughout the five lynite and late hip-hop leg- Tanda Francis will display her sculpture “Adorn Me” 9LP(JL@K end Biggie Smalls — created boroughs, each of whom re- her new work, “Adorn Me,” to in Fort Greene Park for 11 months. ceived $10,000 from cloth- 8KK?<M8CL<GI@:< celebrate Fort Greene’s once ing retailer Uniqlo to com- vibrant black community, statue, whose three visages who walk by it near the park’s plete their works. which she said is shrinking feature elements of tradi- entrance at Myrtle Avenue and The artist is still searching >
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Downtown Find more online every Wednesday at The alleged incident oc- Carroll Gardens– A bruiser stole a guy’s bike curred between Third and High Holidays at Union Temple BrooklynPaper.com/blotter Cobble Hill–Red Hook and punched him in the face Fourth avenues between 6 inside Brooklyn Bridge Park Monitor gone and 6:15 pm, and police ar- Extension on Aug. 14, cops of his face, cops said. When on Sept. 2, police said. Some snake took a wom- rested him the same day. One of “America’s Most Inspiring Rabbis” The 50-year-old victim said. authorities arrived, they ar- an’s e-bike monitor from her was sitting on a bench in- The victim told officers the rested the 29-year-old suspect bike left on Clinton Street be- Speed demon Tot’s, Children’s & Adult Services side the green space near Cad- crook tried to grab something for the attack. tween Aug. 17 and Sept. 4. Authorities arrested a man man Plaza West and Furman from her food truck near Fleet Vengeful The victim told police that for driving double the speed Street when the goon came up Street around 1 pm when the Cops on Aug. 23 busted a someone cut the handlebar limit with an expired license to him around 4:40 am and two started yelling at each Childcare Available man who they said stole more Bike Swift display wires off on the Gowanus Expressway socked him in the face, split- other, and the malefactor her two-wheeler she left in on Aug. 28. grabbed a broom and started than $6,000 from a Flatbush ting open his lip, and causing her front yard near Sackett Arresting officers re- Free for Everyone him to fall to the ground, au- hitting her with it. Avenue department store over a period of time. Street sometime between 10 portedly saw the man driv- thorities said. Caned pm on Aug. 17 and 9:30 am The brute then rode off Police said the 26-year-old ing 100-miles-per hour in a Cops cuffed a guy for hit- suspect, a former employee of on Sept. 4. 50-miles-per-hour zone near with the guy’s 10-speed red ting a Myrtle Avenue bodega bike, cops said. the store near Atlantic Ave- Gone in an hour 52nd Street around 1 am. employee with his cane on nue, stole money from a regis- A sneak stole a man’s cell- They said he was also rac- Street brawl Aug. 29, police said. ter on multiple occasions be- phone while he was practic- ing other cars and changing The victim told officials A nogoodnik pushed a tween July 23 and Aug. 20, in ing at a Bay Street recreation lanes with no hand or elec- woman into a cart on Gold the suspect was mad about the addition to swiping a video center on Aug. 27. tronic signals, according to Street on Aug. 23, police price of a sandwich he ordered game, taking a total of $6,049 The victim told police that a report. said. from the deli near Washing- in loot. he put his iPhone 7 Plus down The villain shoved the ton Park, and about how much on a bench at the center near Wicked victim into her shopping meat was on it, so he asked Bad customer Police arrested a man for Henry Street at 7 pm, and that Officers busted a woman cart several times near Til- for his money back around it was missing upon his re- who they said with a male lary Street around 5:15 pm, 10 am. The worker refunded stealing from a Third Street supermarket on Aug. 25. turn at 8 pm. accomplice hit a man and causing bruises and cuts to him, but threw a banana at woman with a broomstick in her left arm, according to au- him, and the suspect retali- Cops said the suspect en- Hilfilcher their Eighth Avenue home on thorities. ated by whacking him with tered the store near Third Av- A looter swiped merchan- Aug. 28. What’s not to like? Stole his ride his cane in his arms, and tear- enue around 2:23 pm, placed dise from an Atlantic Avenue ing down the candy stands in- several items under his arm, clothing store on Aug. 27. The alleged assault oc- Some baddie stole a side the store, according to and left without paying. An The marauder left the store curred inside the home be- What’s not to like? guy’s motorcycle stowed on authorities. employee noticed the theft near Clinton Street at 10:21 tween 41st and 42nd streets Schermerhorn Street on Sept. Data breach and called authorities, who am without paying for sev- just before 6 am. 1, officers said. cuffed the guy minutes later, Police arrested the woman Sept. 9–10 & Sept. 18-19. For details and schedule, visit The victim said he chained A crook stole a guy’s eral Tommy Hilfiger shirts, officers said. while she was fighting with his 2017 Yamaha to a mailbox laptops and other electron- a pair of Adidas leggings, HHD.union-temple.org or call 718-638-7600 near Hoyt Street around 4 am, ics from his car parked on All kicked out and an Adidas bag, author- the other woman, according and when he returned to get it Cambridge Place sometime A punk burglarized a Ber- ities said. to a report, which said the two hours later, it was gone, overnight on Aug. 28, author- gen Street business’s sign on Stooping low man fled. according to a report. ities said. Aug. 17. Cops cuffed a man on Battery-powered The victim told cops he The owner of the business Sept. 1 who they said caused Package prowler near Flatbush Avenue told A thief stole $50 and two parked his car near Greene $4,000 worth of damage to battery packs from an un- A crook swiped a bunch Avenue around 7:30 pm, and police that someone caused of packages from a Pacific a King Street stoop railing locked blue 2005 Jeep Grand ,15 "44, when he returned the next day about $1,250 worth of dam- while breaking a bike lock Street apartment building on Cherokee parked on Second at 10 am, he realized the good- age to the placard. on Aug. 4. 35 YEARS OF EXCELLENT SERVICE Aug. 28, police said. for-nothing swiped his three Avenue on Aug. 28. The jerk broke into the Shirt swiped The man allegedly used a MacBooks, records, and a So- wrench at 4 pm to break open The theft occurred at 62nd building near Hoyt Street Some nogoodnik stole a Street around 4:15 pm, author- 3!,%3 s 0!243 s 2%0!)23 nos Beam speaker. pricey shirt from a package a U-lock, which was securing a little before 6 am and ran The victim spotted some of ities said. out with a bunch of deliv- delivered to a Dean Street a matte gray VanMoof bicycle Large Selection of his belongings on the ground building sometime between to the stoop railing near Van What a lout ered packages, according to and said he may have left his authorities. Aug. 23 and 25. Brunt Street, thereby causing Police arrested a man who door unlocked, according to The victim told police damage to the railing. Camera crook a report. they said elbowed a pregnant that when she retrieved the — Kevin Duggan woman in the stomach and Vacuums, Sewing Machine, Hand Vacs, Air Conditioners, Appliances, A weasel snatched a wom- Where’s my car? package from the lobby of the an’s camera from an Adams slapped her across the face on A thief rode off with a building near Fifth Avenue, Austin Air Purifiers Street building on Aug. 26, 72ND PRECINCT 51st Street on Aug. 28. guy’s car parked on Saint she discovered that someone police said. Sunset Park– The alleged assault oc- James Place sometime be- opened it and took the gar- The victim told cops she Windsor Terrace curred between Seventh and Guaranteed Lowest Prices in Brooklyn! tween Aug. 28 and 31, po- ment, according to a report. placed her Nikon camera Eighth avenues around 11:30 lice said. Early beatdown and lens on a bench inside Not so fast pm, and cops cuffed the guy The victim told officers A pack of six brutes at- MR. VACUUM COUPON the building near Pearl Street Cops arrested a suspect he left his 2013 Mazda four- tacked a pair of men on 60th the same night. around 11 am, and someone who they say stole from a wheeler near Gates Avenue grabbed it five minutes later, Flatbush Avenue lingerie Street on Aug. 26, beating on Aug. 28 around 8:20 am, 68TH PRECINCT REPAIR ANY VACUUM according to a report. store on Aug. 22. them with wooden sticks, and when he went to pick it Officers say the suspect en- a metal bat, and glass bot- Bay Ridge–Dyker Heights up on Aug. 31 at 7:30 pm, it tered the store near Atlantic tles on their heads, arms, and OR SEWING MACHINE 88TH PRECINCT was gone. Still safe Avenue around 4 pm and tried backs, causing multiple lac- Fort Greene–Clinton Hill — Julianne Cuba to leave without paying for the erations that needed stitches A crook broke into a Third Subway sneak undergarments. Police later and staples. 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The aftermath was on a Manhattan-bound The break-in and attempted his friend for refusing to con- breaking into a Seventh Av- of the assault required eight C train when she noticed the theft occurred at the restau- tinue their night out as they enue restaurant on Aug. 21. stitches and five staples to one creep staring at her, and when rant at 86th Street just after were leaving a Fifth Avenue The suspect entered the eat- man’s head — also causing APPROVED & DEALER she exited the train near S. bar on Aug. 21. ery near Fourth Street through swelling to his hands and 12:30 am, police said. Portland Avenue, he followed The victim told police that a closed cellar door around her up the stairs and grabbed mouth — and 11 staples and Without a trace &2%% 0)#+ 50 $%,)6%29 he and the suspect were at the 3 pm and hid there for sev- her black-and-beige Tanger six forehead stitches for the A mystery marauder at- watering hole near Bergen Av- eral minutes, before trying bag containing her cellphone, other man, who also had tacked a drunk man in Leif 4( enue around 1:24 am when to take off with an estimated 8705 5 identification card, bank card, a fractured left hand, po- Ericson Park on 67th Street !6% his pal asked him to go to an- $126 worth of wine, accord- and wallet. lice said. The perps fled on on Aug. 30, causing bruising ing to a report. other bar. When he declined foot on 60th Street towards to his face and a laceration to nn s &)8%$ What a witch! to go, the angry buddy repeat- Cops later caught up Third Avenue, according to his stomach. WWW.MRVACUUMSTORES.COM A tough hit a woman with edly punched the victim, caus- with the 16-year-old, a report. a broom on Flatbush Avenue ing injuries to the right side and also found him in Paramedics picked up Petty steal the man from the park be- A thief broke the passen- tween Fifth and Sixth avenues ger-side front window of a car around 11:50 am, according parked on Fourth Avenue on to a report, which said that Aug. 26 and stole $30 from the victim refused to give po- inside. lice any information about his 3guysfrombrooklyn.com The theft occurred between attackers. 52nd and 53rd streets at some /%- 8)#*3/.0%+)4%07.-0)8 .02!,)+2.-*578 .++.5.301.#)!+,%$)!&.0$!)+7$%!+1 point between 12:30 and 9:30 Can it am, cops said. A trio of punks struck a ORGANIC 3,". %5 .0* 2!2% -$7.7 %6)#!- To the face man in the head with an alu- Gala Apples Broccoli Rabe Hass Avocados Red Peppers Police arrested a man who minum can on Fort Hamilton 0'!-)# Parkway on Aug. 29. 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You can take any or all offered classes.There MTA suspending weekend G is no attendance requirement, giving you the freedom to try By Julianne Cuba the Brooklyn Local will be same stops on Nov. 2–3. lap with any of the 14 weekends without a commitment. Brooklyn Paper forced to hop on buses to Transit leaders are suspend- the authority is suspending L- O em G! reach stops between Bed- ing service in order to upgrade train service between Myrtle- Metropolitan Transportation ford-Nostrand Avenues and stations that will temporarily Wyckoff Avenues and Man- Authority bigwigs will stop G- Court Square from 9:45 pm close, and perform track main- hattan for track work ahead of train service between Bedford- on Fridays through 5 am on tenance, according to the au- the so-called “L-pocalypse” Brooklyn Lifelong Learning / 2900 Bedford Avenue Stuyvesant and Queens every Mondays on weekends includ- thority, which said G trains will next April. weekend this month, and one ing Sept. 7–10, 14–17, 21–24, still run between Bedford-Nos- The mini L closures resume Visit our web page at bll.brooklyn.cuny.edu or call the office at more in November, according and Sept. 28–Oct. 1. trand Avenues and Church Av- Oct. 5–8, and continue on all to information from Commu- And subways will again enue on those weekends. weekends that month, as well 718-951-5647 nity Board 2. be replaced with shut- Mercifully, the upcoming as some in November, Febru- Straphangers who ride tle buses between those G-train closures will not over- ary, March, and April. !"#$!% &' ( /$ !"# !"# $%& ' # 1 2 -/0 (!#(')$)!"# $ $ ( 3 4 - 4 0 % $ 5 * ** ! !" # $ $ ! % & '( $ ) !! ! 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Woodward’s sin- pages again and again, the Those are just a few words unceremonious end. gle with one out in the sev- Yanks took the lead in the to describe how the Cyclones The news, which reached enth was followed by an An- top of the 10th. played against all odds. Coney Island about halfway gel Manzanarez double that But again the Clones Sure, the season effectively through a game tied at one, sent him home, tying the raged. ended less than an hour into at first seemed to deflate our score. Up waltzed All-Star Brian Sharp’s sharp sin- the game, when the left-field boys. After taken that 1–0 lead Game most-valuable player gle to center put runners on scoreboard reported the news in the first, thanks to a Ross Adolph, without question first and third before Dylan from Batavia, where 657 die- Adolph triple and Drew Fin- the Cyclones’ best offen- Tice was hit by a pitch, load- hard, soaking-wet fans sat ley wild pitch, Staten Island sive threat this season and a ing the bases. through a 49-minute rain tied it up in the fourth and sure-fire candidate to make Understanding that get- ting hit by a pitch hurts — but also puts a runner on base — Photo by Stefano Giovannini Hayden Senger made the ulti- Wayne Free took home a new bike on Aug. 28 when Spiked Seltzer handed “Serving NY – NJ – CT mate sacrifice, taking one for out free two-wheelers to a handful of lucky Brooklynites. the team and tying the game. 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By Julianne Cuba giveaway — for which, bub- outs began. up a batter when Brook- In the end, our boys fell Brooklyn Paper bly-beverage bottler Spiked “People brought friends lyn’s Boys of Summer DOWNLOAD just one-half game short of the A boozy seltzer maker’s at- Seltzer handed out bikes at and cut the entire line,” Rosen- ended their season at Doubledays, who happened tempt to peddle free bicycles 5:30 pm on Aug. 28 through berg said. “Also, the people MCU Park by beating to get in — and win — one to Brooklynites who will be Aug. 30 to the first 20 people who organized it showed up the hated Yankees. more game. The New York- affected by the L train clo- with proof of Kings County at 4 pm.” OUR APP Penn League’s dumb rules say sure descended into a disar- residency standing in a line But another Kings Coun- the Mets next season, a la Mi- winning percentage is the ul- ray that recalled city and state near its Wythe Avenue bill- tian who rode away on one of “FREE” | “BROOKYLN CAR SERVICE” chael Conforto, who doubled timate decider of who keeps officials’ attempts to manage board — on Aug. 29 around the shiny new two-wheelers Manzanarez home, bringing playing and who goes home the looming transit crisis it- 3 pm. thanked bigwigs of the Con- the 4,500 fans in attendance after the last game of the sea- self , according to a local who But she left an hour later af- necticut-based brand for pro- to their feet. son, logic be damned. didn’t walk away with a two- ter being told her she wouldn’t viding him with a way to get But Staten Island, the And the Doubledays, wheeler. receive any of the bikes, which around that he said is more ef- hated Yankees, answered in at 41–35, were percentage “You could compare it to instead went to others who ficient than any option offered We accept all major credit cards the eighth, tying the game up points better then Brook- what happened — nobody did had friends wait in line for by the state-run Metropolitan and, eventually, sending it to lyn, at 40–35. a lot of planning, or thought them or left bags on the side- Transportation Authority. extra innings. So that leaves Brooklyn things through,” said Jeni- walk to hold their places in “Now I have this means Extra innings. fans scratching their heads fer Rosenberg, who lives in line, according to the Green- of transportation that’s safe, Free baseball. and mumbling that ever-hope- Greenpoint and rides the L pointer, who said organizers quick, and reliable, unlike app.brdcars.com Free baseball at a time ful refrain. train daily. “It was just really didn’t show up to oversee the what the MTA was provid- when the season should be Wait ’till next year. badly organized.” process until about an hour ing me,” Carl Guthwin told — technically is — over. —with Vince DiMiceli Rosenberg swung by the and a half before the hand- News 12. 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Or dou- is in charge? ble Dutch. in pre-K: “Instead of focusing Grown-ups call this “em- Simple: Have schools stay The fact that our memories solely on academic skills, such pathy.” open and offer free play as an — and loyalties, and maybe as reciting the alphabet, early Mother Nature knew that after-school option. That’s the even our personalities — are literacy, using flash cards, en- these social skills are tough idea behind the Let Grow Play formed while playing should gaging with computer toys, to learn, which is why she in- Club my non-profit recom- hint at just how important it and teaching to tests (which stalled the play drive. mends. (We don’t make any is. But since “play” is the op- has been overemphasized to Now, in addition to the Pe- money on it, we just encour- posite of “work,” it hasn’t got- promote improved test re- diatrics report comes a new age it in schools.) With a few ten a lot of respect as an im- sults), cultivating the joy of book by New York University adults on premises in case of portant activity. learning through play is likely Business Prof. Jonathan Haidt emergencies — but who don’t Until these past few to better encourage long-term and Greg Lukianoff, head of intervene — kids organize weeks. academic success,” according the Foundation for Individ- their own games and solve Now, finally, playing to the report. ual Rights in Education. In their own spats. They get the is kale, sunshine, and Ad- It may seem as if learning “The Coddling of the Amer- kind of play everyone is rec- vanced-Placement History to read as young as possible ican Mind,” they set out to ommending: Self-directed, no all together. is the key to becoming Bill discover why college kids are devices allowed. 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There’s also been an increase rated into homework, orga- What kids need is more free Even rough-and-tumble in youth suicide. nized sports, and Fortnite. time after school, and more play is important, say the doc- Where is this anxiety and Bring it back and every- recess while in it. In fact, said tors: When kids roughhouse, anguish coming from? The au- one wins. pediatrician Michael Yogman, they learn how not to go too far thors say, “Children deprived Lenore Skenazy is presi- “We’re recommending that because then the game is over of play are likely to be less dent of Let Grow, a non- doctors write a prescription — the pummeled kid quits. competent — physically and partisan group promoting for play, because it’s so im- So the tusslers have to learn socially — as adults, less tol- childhood independence portant.” how to keep everyone happy erant of risk, and more prone and resilience, and founder That goes double for kids to continue playing. to anxiety disorders.” of Free-Range Kids. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SCOPING The City of New York’s success in dramatically reducing crime and lowering the number of people in jail, coupled with the grassroots support for closing Rikers Island Correctional Facility (Rikers Island), has allowed for the City, through the New York City Department of Correction (DOC), to propose implementing a borough-based jail system as part of the City’s continued commitment to create a modern, humane and safe justice system and close the jails on Rikers Island. This proposed project would establish four new detention facilities in the Bronx (320 Concord Avenue), Brooklyn (275 Atlantic Avenue), Manhattan (80 Centre Street), and Queens (126-02 82nd Avenue). Each proposed location is currently on City-owned property. In accordance with the rules and procedures of the City Environmental Quality Review (CEQR), a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) will be prepared. The Environmental Assessment Statement and DEIS Draft Scope of Work may be obtained by any member of the public at https://a002-ceqraccess.nyc.gov/ceqr/. A series of public scoping sessions have been scheduled to accept oral and written comments on the Draft Scope of Work as follows: Borough of Brooklyn Borough of Queens Borough of Manhattan Borough of Bronx September 20, 2018 September 26, 2018 September 27, 2018 October 3, 2018 PS 133 William A. Butler School Queens Borough Hall Manhattan Municipal Building Bronx County Courthouse 610 Baltic Street 120-55 Queens Boulevard 1 Centre Street 851 Grand Concourse Brooklyn, NY 11217 Kew Gardens, NY 11424 New York, NY 10007 Bronx, NY 10451 All meetings begin at 6 PM and will open with a presentation, followed by public comment. Comments can be made orally or in writing at these meetings. Those interested in making oral comments must register to speak by 9 PM at the hearing. The meeting facilities are accessible to persons with disabilities. Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, and American Sign language interpreters will be present. If additional prior to the meeting at 212-442-5126 or [email protected]. Written comments on the Draft Scope of Work will be accepted by DOC through October 15, 2018, sent to Howard Fiedler at 75-20 Astoria Boulevard, Suite 160, East Elmhurst, NY 11370 or emailed to [email protected]. September 7–13, 2018 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 7 NYC★ WORKS CELEBRATING LABOR IN THE BIG APPLE 8 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 7–13, 2018 NYC WORKS CELEBRATING LABOR IN THE BIG APPLE Fifth Avenue the place for the parade By Phoebe Van Buren who was a carpenter, secretary from all of the other parades cal 1000, Region 11. for Brooklyn Paper of the Brotherhood of Carpen- in the city because it is 100 And with each year comes Roughly 50,000 labor ters, and co-founder of the percent participatory, mean- different campaigns. In 2018, union members and sup- American Federation of La- ing that anyone can join, Al- revelers can expect to see porters will take their fight bor, had come up with an idea varez said. many “Count Me In” signs down Manhattan’s storied to introduce a labor holiday. “If you are part of the labor and banners from construc- Fifth Avenue for the annual On a Tuesday in 1882, they movement, a family member, tion workers, referring to a New York City Labor Day Pa- brought together 30,000 peo- neighbor, friend of the move- campaign against including rade on Sept. 8. Since its in- ple in Union Square, mean- ment, we say march. If you’re non-unionized construction ception in 1882, the parade ing that workers had to for- a worker in the city whose in- workers in big developments has become a banner event feit the day’s wages to attend. dustry is under attack, we say across the city. Doing so puts for the labor movement not The march was so popular march,” he said. workers at risk since not ev- only in the city, but across that it was held again one In the 1800s, participants eryone has proper safety train- America. year later, sparking a cam- marched down Broadway, but ing, Alvarez said. “It’s really viewed through- paign for a Labor Day across that changed in 1959 when Since the parade is the Sat- out the country, even outside the country. it moved to Fifth Avenue. A urday before the primaries, the the city, as the signature kind Congress named the first permit for the stretch is al- New York City Labor Coun- of event for the Labor Move- Monday of September as La- most impossible to secure cil also puts resources into ment,” said Vincent Alvarez, bor Day in 1894. Masses of these days but an existing advocating for candidates it who is the president of the union members and their sup- agreement between the La- supports for office. New York City Labor Coun- porters have marched across bor Council and the city al- Beyond being a time-hon- cil, which puts on the parade. the city most years, barring lows it to continue on that ored New York City tradition, “Even though it’s a parade, periods that it didn’t happen route. This year, it will be the parade is a way for workers it’s a march — it’s a march due to several reasons, such led by Grand Marshal Mi- to come together and show the for rights.” as poor attendance as people chael Mulgrew, who is the public just how many people The architects of the pa- began viewing the holiday as president of United Federa- are fighting for them. rade, Matthew MacGuire, the final weekend of summer tion of Teachers, AFT Local “We show our strength who was a machinist and sec- and leaving the city. 2, while the chair is Lester and show our solidarity by retary of the Central Labor The parade has its own Associated Press / Bryan R. Smith Crockett, Regional Presi- marching together,” Alva- Union, and Peter MacGuire, flair, however, differing Local 764 Wardrobe union member Andrae Gonzalo marches. dent, CSEA-AFSCME Lo- rez said. Grand marshal is the head of the class Michael Mulgrew, chief of United Federation of Teachers, to lead festivities By James Harney has used his leadership posi- Committee, and on the exec- tel Trades Council, Lillian the parade; it’s also about the [workers] are embracing Brooklyn Paper tion to advocate for smaller utive board of the New York Roberts of DC 37, and Mul- week leading up to the pa- the value of unions.” Michael Mulgrew is no class sizes, more city and state City Central Labor Council. grew’s predecessor as UFT rade, spreading the message He warned, however, that stranger to being up front. funding for public schools, His UFT bio mentions that president, Randi Weingarten, about workers’ rights. Hav- labor unions “should never, He spent a decade in front increased parental involve- the veteran union leader “ac- who have led New York’s sig- ing those rights is the only ever, stop moving forward of classrooms teaching Eng- ment in their children’s ed- tively promotes issues that nature labor union march. way we’re going to be able at all times,” and continue lish at William E. Grady High ucation, and less reliance on include economic fairness, “I’m proud and honored I to fix the income disparities to fight to protect work- standardized testing. immigration reform, equal- was chosen this year to be the in this country.” ers’ rights to fair wages, School in Brooklyn, but at Under Mulgrew’s leader- ity and social justice.” grand marshal of the parade,” Mulgrew said he sensed adequate healthcare cover- 10 am on Saturday, Sept. 8, ship, in 2014 the UFT won When the Central Labor the veteran union leader told “a new wave of energy in- age, and retirement benefits Mulgrew will be in front of a a teachers’ contract with the Council tapped Mulgrew Community News Group. side the labor movement in against forces that would try different, much larger gather- city that included an 18 per- to lead this year’s parade, “The Central Labor Coun- New York,” and pointed to to strip those away. ing, as grand marshal of the cent pay raise. he joined such local labor cil said to me, ‘your union is his own union as a prime ex- “If someone had said 2018 New York City Labor He serves as a vice presi- union luminaries as Thomas out front on labor issues, es- ample. 15 years ago that Wiscon- Day Parade. dent of the American Feder- VanArsdale of the Inter- pecially lately since unions “The UFT is at the lowest sin would be the most un- Since taking the helm of ation of Teachers; an execu- national Brotherhood of have been under attack; number of people who are friendly state in the country United Federation of Teachers the 189,000-member United tive board member of New Electrical Workers, John J. we wanted you to be at the non-union, about 400 out of for labor unions, I would have Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federa- Federation of Teachers, the York State United Teachers, Sweeney and Denis Hughes head of our march.’ But this a union of nearly 200,000. said ‘no way in hell,’ ” Mul- tion of Teachers, is this year’s grand marshal of the city’s teachers’ union, in executive vice chairman of of the AFL-CIO, Peter Ward is not just about spreading That’s phenomenal,” he said grew said. “But now that’s 2018 New York City Labor Day Parade and March. 2009, the Staten Island native the city’s Municipal Labor of the New York Hotel & Mo- the message on the day of proudly. “More than ever, the case.” September 7–13, 2018 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 9 Meet the Real Power of the Labor Movement; The Rank and File Latonya Crisp Earl Phillips Tony Utano Nelson Rivera Recording Sec’y Sec’y Treasurer President Administrative VP TWU Local 100 | Union Headquarters | 195 Montague Street | Brooklyn, NY 11201 | Tony Utano, President 10 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 7–13, 2018 NYC WORKS CELEBRATING LABOR IN THE BIG APPLE Labor pains, and labor gains By Phoebe Van Buren Whether it be against de- to an agreement politically, find out how to keep what we don’t have to pay fees. As a Alvarez, the president of the for Brooklyn Paper velopers behind some of the according to one expert. have and what our political result, unions expect that they Council, said. Since the Labor Movement biggest building ventures in “It’s going to find itself situation is at this point.” will lose 10 to 30 percent of While it struggles to re- took hold of New York City the city or media employees spending resources to keep Perhaps the biggest la- their members and the money cover from the Supreme in the 1800s, its workers have working for the chance to members they are already bor issue of the 2018 came that comes with them. Court decision, the move- fought for fair wages, rea- unionize, New York work- have,” said Ed Ott, who has when the United States Su- To help unions suffering ment is also experiencing a sonable hours, and important ers are now facing a myriad spent 40 years in the Labor preme Court ruled in Janus from the ruling, the New York political divide. “There are benefits. With every new gov- of issues. The larger move- Movement and is a lecturer v. American Federation of City Central Labor Council many workers split in the ernment comes new fights, ment is at a crossroads right at the City University of State, County and Municipal has been working to stabilize Labor Movement who sup- and with new fights, come op- now, as it will need to start us- New York’s Murphy Insti- Employees, that people who unions and prepare them with ported and continue to sup- portunities to improve work- ing its money and members to tute Worker Education and are represented by a public the support they need to keep port Trump. We have other ers’ lives, its leaders say. keep members while coming Labor Studies. “We have to unions but aren’t members operating effectively, Vincent unions who are adamantly Union activists and supporters rally against the Su- preme Court’s ruling in the Janus v. American Fed- eration of State, County and Municipal Employees, case, in Foley Square in Lower Manhattan on June 27. opposed,” Ott said. Trump to the table. supporters can be found in And people working in trade unions, while those digital media, an increas- who oppose the president ingly volatile industry, are NYC IS A include the teachers and battling to unionize and strike nurses unions. deals with their employers As workers across the that would ensure job secu- country fight to keep their rity, fair wages, and benefits. unions alive, New York work- In August, workers at culture ers, nearly a quarter of those blog Thrillist went on strike who are unionized, have been after their company refused involved in several cam- to reach an agreement with paigns for their rights this the union. UNION year. The “Count me In” Graduate school unions campaign launched in re- have been hard at work too sponse to the developer be- — Columbia University em- hind Hudson Yards on the ployees urged officials to city’s west side using a mix meet their demands to put of union and non-union la- an end to issues with late pay- bor. This can create safety checks, rent increases, and hazards, as the non-union inadequate medical coverage workers may not be properly they say interferes with their trained, Alvarez said. “It’s ability to provide the best ed- T WN an issue that’s extraordinarily ucation possible. dangerous and a tremendous Even as they face these amount of danger that exists new challenges, the problems in construction.” that come from the govern- In July, workers at retail ment are still the same, Al- store H&M urged the com- varez said. “There’s always pany to negotiate with them the broader attacks on work- for a fair contract that would ing people from the govern- include the elimination of ment.” making workers take back- In 2018 and beyond, work- to-back closing and opening ers will have to continue to shifts without at least 10.5 come up with innovative hours rest, ensuring a min- ideas in order to effectively imum number of hours per keep their unions and their week, and the right to time livelihoods strong, accord- off after five consecutive ing to Ott. days worked. 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Four workers tell why they value union membership It’s Labor Day weekend, when we take a moment to By James Harney struction laborers, electricians, hotel and ble and Terrazzo Local 7, or the Heat & appreciate the contributions Brooklyn Paper motel employees to name just a few — Frost Insulators Locals 12 & 12A. Many made to America by its work- There are more than one million toiling for some 300 union locals, some have interesting personal stories about ing men and women. unionized workers in the New York with predictable names, like the Amer- their paths to union membership, and It’s also a weekend when we metropolitan area — policemen, fire- ican Postal Workers Union, or the New why they value that membership. Here, barbecue. So while you’re at fighters, schoolteachers, letter carriers, York State Nurses Association; others Community News Group profiles four one, ask a friend this question: longshoremen, hospital workers, con- with such unique identities as Tile, Mar- such workers: Do you think New York’s pub- lic projects, paid for with your Gloria Diaz Barrington tax dollars, should be spent on Train operator, New Anderson York City Transit, American-made goods when- Professional Transport Workers ever possible? mover, Local 814, Union, Local 100 I bet you know the answer International you’d get: “Of course!” That Diaz is a single Brotherhood of mother who lives in Teamsters response is in line with state- Bensonhurst with her wide and national polling that three sons, ages 21, 16 Anderson has been finds majorities of voters think and 11. For a while, a member of the Team- work on road and bridge proj- she worked as an op- sters local representing American-made spending lot of business for government- professional movers in plans for public projects are a subsidized steelmakers on the ects over $1 million. It also re- erations assistant for a marketing firm based the city since 2005. The good idea. other side of the planet, which quires the use of domestic iron in East New York, then work takes him to jobs And they are. By guaran- instead could have put Ameri- and domestically melted and later went into business all over the city, and teeing that domestic manufac- can workers on the job. poured steel for all contracts for herself, running a at times even as far as turers are given the first shot By comparison, the recent over $1 million awarded by the small home improve- towns in New Jersey. ment company. Nei- The work can be tough when our government repairs Tappan Zee Bridge construc- Dormitory Authority, the Met- at times, and he says Photo by Caleb Caldwell a highway or builds a bridge, tion project was partially ropolitan Transportation Au- ther, she says, provided Photo by Zoe Freilich the financial security he wouldn’t even think Buy America laws promote do- funded by federal money, and thority, the Bridge Authority and healthcare benefits she wanted for her family. of doing it without the wage and healthcare protections mestic economic growth. They was therefore stuck to Buy or the Thruway Authority. “The marketing company didn’t really offer benefits, his union local provides. create an incentive for compa- America rules. And it just so It would be good to see all and with my own company, if no customers came in, I “I live with my wife and six children in Yonkers,” An- derson, 40, said one day last week during a break from nies to set up shop in America, happened that New York offi- New York agencies implement didn’t make any money. I was out there fending for my- self,” Diaz said. In 2009, Diaz took the exam to become a job at a large hotel in midtown Manhattan. “Being in and that means more jobs in cials found it cost-competitive such rules in their procurement this union helps me maintain a fair wage and get the cov- all a New York City Transit train operator. She passed, but New York. And more jobs in to purchase the steel re- policies. But this is a good start, then waited six long years before she got the call in 2015 erages I need for my family.” New York means an expanded quired for the new span from because when correctly applied, to come in for training. Anderson is so convinced of the value of union mem- tax base and a smaller burden U.S. manufacturers. buying American supports “They put me in a training program that lasted eight bership that he spends some of his down time doing union on the social safety net. The results? Making it in American jobs. New York’s tax months, and it was rigorous,” she said. “NYC Transit holds outreach work. “I represent the freelance movers who aren’t affiliated And they don’t soak taxpay- America saved more than $1.5 dollars should remain in the trainees to a high standard of perfection, which I under- stand, since as a train operator you’ve got thousands of with one company or another,” he explained. “When they ers. Buy America laws always billion and years of construc- state and national economy – lives in your hands at any given time.” look for jobs and are looking for information within the include waivers if domestic tion time. It also nearly 8,000 and not be used to promote jobs But Diaz was up to the challenge, and in October she’ll union, I’m one of the guys to go to.” material is prohibitively ex- American jobs in the produc- overseas, especially when cost- mark her third year as a train operator. She says she’s grate- Anderson says the moving industry in New York is of- pensive or only available in tion of its construction mate- competitive and quality goods ful for the opportunity, and for the security she gets as a ten infiltrated by non-union workers, a practice he thinks member of Transport Workers Union Local 100. is a bad idea. limited quantities. rial. are available here at home. “There are some ‘fake unions’ out there that aren’t Here’s an example of do- While you’re at that barbe- They’re a good idea, and “My boys rely on me, I needed to work in a place that’s unionized, where I don’t have to worry about layoffs the really unions,’ he said. “Their members aren’t certified, mestic preferences applied: A cue, ask your friend which deal they’re good for our economy. way people do working in the private sector,” Diaz said. they can’t OSHA [Occupational Safety and Health Ad- few years ago, when the Met- made more sense. So, next time you find yourself “I feel a lot more secure knowing I’ve got the protection ministration] cards to do jobs on some of the newer de- ropolitan Transit Authority New York last winter moved using a piece of public infra- provided by Local 100.” velopments being constructed these days. Unions are im- yourself That’s why she feels union workers should “go out portant because they protect us in the event of injuries went looking for 15,000 tons of to bring its state-level procure- structure, ask a ques- on the job. Companies that try to get by with non union steel to replace the upper deck ment policies into line with tion: Do I know where this there [and march] in force,” in New York City Labor Day Parade and March on Saturday, Sept. 8, “to show labor to save money and pay their workers less than the on the Verrazano-Narrows federal ones. It now requires bridge or road was this made, that union presence.” union rate put those workers at risk. In the end, it’s those Bridge, it ended up buying it the use of American-made iron and by whom? workers who suffer. on the cheap from state-owned and domestically melted and With strong Buy America He thinks Saturday’s parade “shows that unity brings companies in China. That’s a poured steel for any and all rules, you’ll know the answer. strength, that we’re the working class people who build and move everything around the city.” American workers built our past. American workers can build our future, too. www.americanmanufacturing.org September 7–13, 2018 Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 13 NYC WORKS Celebrating Labor in the Big Apple NYC WORKS – ADVERTISEMENT Dave McIntosh Evet Stephens Journeyman, Construction 32BJ SEIU and Airport Plumbers Union engineer, Local Local 1 14, Crane & McIntosh, a 13-year Heavy Equipment member of Plumbers Operators Union Workers on Historic Quest for Union Local 1, likes When Stephens to stay busy. stood before a meet- “I wear a couple ing of Local 14 of the of hats for Local 1,” Crane & Heavy Equip- Economic and Social Justice McIntosh, 43, readily ment Operators Union admits. “Out in the in Flushing, Queens in field, I’m a full-time June, 1987, she broke plumber. I was recently the union’s glass ceil- Change often comes after elected for my second ing, becoming the years and years of hard work. term on the Local 1 fi- union’s first woman No one knows this better than nance committee. And member. low wage workers. On Labor I also teach an orienta- The milestone didn’t Photo by Caroline Ourso Photo by Pentecost Trey Day, they are taking a step tion class — we call it surprise her; becoming the Heritage Class — for new union members.” a construction engineer for Local 14 — the union her fa- back to look at their progress The class, which McIntosh teaches two nights a week ther, Monroe, had belonged to as a laborer for many years towards the ongoing fight still at the Trade Education Center in Long Island City, is in- — was a goal she had pursued for several years. What did ahead of them. tended to give new members “an idea about unions, what surprise her was the applause. Six years ago, Andrea they’re about, and a taste of labor history.” “About 300 men at the meeting applauded me for fin- Bundy was struggling to sur- He says the Heritage Class particularly resonates with ishing the training,” Stephens remembers. “It was over- vive on just $7.25 an hour while him because of his own, sometimes rocky, path to union whelming. Then I was told that I was officially in the lo- membership. cal. A couple of days later, I went to work as a full-fledged working as a cabin cleaner for “I was working as a non-union plumber, and did some unionized construction engineer.” a subcontractor at the John F. work as an apprentice, but it was a farce,” McIntosh re- That moment was the culmination of a road that had be- Kennedy International Air- calls. “I knew union members made higher rates of pay gun when she was a young woman who was disenchanted port. She struggled to make New Jersey Board of Commis- done and in fact, it’s already and had benefits, but this was before the Internet and with finance classes at Pace University, and with law en- ends meet and take care of her sioners to a $19 minimum wage making life better for thou- smartphones, and I didn’t know anything about how to forcement courses at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, get into a union. I figured you had to be a friend of a and decided she wanted nothing as much as a career as a daughter. Many of Andrea’s co- for 40,000 employees at Newark, sands of workers. And another friend, I thought it was a closed situation.” construction engineer. workers talk about similar, ev- JFK and LaGuardia working remarkable thing that has That changed, he says, when a friend gave him the phone “My dad was old fashioned, he didn’t want his daughter eryday struggles. for multiple employers. come out of these efforts is the number to the local Plumbers Union hall. On a whim, he working with men who used bad words all day, but when Their stories are now well This sectoral approach has realization that raising stan- called it, left his phone number with a secretary and, to he saw I was undeterred, he relented and drove me to the known. In 2012, subcontracted helped 32BJ SEIU in the past 20 dards for wages and benefits his surprise, got a return call asking for resume. The con- Local 14 offices,” she said. After trips between union of- versation led to McIntosh signing on with the union “at fices in Manhattan and Queens, Stephens completed and airport workers at LaGuardia years organize nearly 100,000 is not only an antidote for pov- the absolute lowest entry level, plumbers helper.” submitted the necessary paperwork. Airport, Newark Liberty Inter- new members up and down erty for these workers of color In the years that followed, he worked his way up the “The man at the union hall looked at me and said, ‘Don’t national Airport and the John the East Coast in the airport, but an economic stimulus for union ladder from a helper in the service division, to a waste my time. Are you sure you want to do this?’ I said yes, F. Kennedy International Air- security, cleaning, residen- the communities in which they journeyman in the higher-paying new construction divi- I’m sure.’ Somehow I convinced him,” she said. port started organizing for a tial building and food service live. sion, attending training classes at night to become more She was accepted for training in November of 1982, union, higher wages and ben- industries, and 90% of those Unions remain the best skilled at his trade. He excelled so well in those classes and four years later was inducted into the union as its first that he was eventually asked to teach them. woman member. efits with 32BJ SEIU. The his- members are covered under vehicle workers have to fight “I’ve been doing it now for about four years, work- “I went through the same learning and training as any toric campaign has been wildly industry-wide “master” con- for better wages, benefits and ing as a plumber by day and teaching incoming union man would do,” Stephens recalls. “When I first started successful, as 9,000 low-wage tracts that multiple employers working conditions and by members by night,” McIntosh says. “I feel like it’s me working on jobs, the men would look at me as if to say, workers organized themselves sign onto. actively participating in our giving back to the organization that’s provided such a ‘What are you doing here?’ It took some time for them to into 32BJ SEIU and nearly Organizing the majority of democratic process we can still great opportunity for me.” get used to it, but they finally realized that I was serious, The married father of three, who lives with his family in and that I was going to show up to class every single time, doubled the minimum wage workers in an industry actu- speak to the aspirations, di- Teaneck, N.J., says joining the Plumbers Union changed his they came around.” at New York’s airports. But it ally reduces the incentive for rect interests and core values life, and he’s a firm believer in its value. After 31 years as a construction engineer at various job didn’t come without a struggle. employers to fight unioniza- of all working people. It’s been “I’m convinced that labor unions are the only viable ve- sites in the metropolitan area, Stephens says she is “as sat- In the airports campaign, tion because companies are no unions that are pushing a bold hicle for upward mobility. We are the middle class. If an isfied now as I was then,” and notes that now, there are “25 the broad aim was not to orga- longer competing against each vision for issues beyond the employer is not paying a decent rate of pay, how are work- to 30” women members of Local 14. other in a race to the bottom for workplace, including expanded ers supposed to get medical coverage for their families, “It is a long time coming,” she says of other women join- nize workers at a few sub-con- and to have enough money to live on when they retire? ing the union. “It didn’t happen for the first few years. It tracting companies here and the lowest labor costs. Unions social security, progressive Asked why the parade is important, McIntosh said: “I wasn’t like [women] were pushing in the door to [become there, but to organize the entire can create a floor for wages and taxation, affordable health hate to sound jaded, but what are the two things that mat- construction engineers].” airport industry. 32BJ SEIU benefits in the market, which care and prescription drugs, ter to politicians? Money, and votes. So by turning out But Stephens has never regretted her career choice, and successfully organized thou- raises job standards through- extended sick time and family in force for the Labor Day Parade, and putting our boots insists that “unions are what made this country. You have sands of workers in New York, out the industry, thereby reduc- leave, childcare benefits, pre-K on the ground, so to speak, we’re showing what kind of job security when you’re with a union; you’re able to make a force we can be in the political arena.” a decent living and take care of your family.” New Jersey, Philadelphia and ing employee turnover and im- for all children, no-cost college The parade “shows solidarity for the working-class man won a commitment from the proving the quality of services. and reduction of student loan and woman, and it shows that as union members they’re safer, Port Authority of New York and It’s not easy but it can be debt. more efficient, and qualified to get the job done.” In 32BJ, We Win! Airport workers won a wage increase to $19 an hour —one of the highest in the nation—because we came together in union with 32BJ to demand the good jobs we deserve. Thanks to our fight, the Port Authority has voted to increase wages over the next five years that will get all 40,000 airport service workers at JFK, LaGuardia and Newark airports to $19 an hour. Find out more: www.seiu32bj.org/airports 32BJ SEIU 32BJSEIU 32BJ SEIU is the largest property service workers union in the country. 25 West 18th Street, New York, NY 10011 • www.seiu32bj.org 14 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 7–13, 2018 New York City Brags About the Expansion of UPK, But… New York City Must Provide Wage Parity for the City’s Public Center-Based Day Care and Head Start Employees Employees working for public center-based early education centers are being cheated out of thousands of dollars of income over their careers by the City of New York. And the City is doing nothing about it. For years these dedicated public day care and Head Start employees have made exceptional sacrifi ces to work in their profession. The City’s response has been to pay them tens of thousands of dollars less than their public school counterparts, even though they are mandated to hold the same education and state education credentials. These employees have provided high quality early childhood education services to New York City’s children and toddlers for nearly two generations. The City has created a multi-tier wage disparity program with Early Learn, Head Start and UPK teachers and other staff earning disparate and lower wages, it seems, because the majority of employees are women and women of color — and many are heads of households. This not happening in Alabama or Mississippi. This is happening in progressive New York City. In fact, a retention crisis has developed in many centers caused by the lack of wage parity. Early childhood education staff earn their credentials and often leave for the public schools. Across the city many centers experience inordinate turnover rates when staff leave the jobs they love for better paying jobs in public schools or other career opportunities. It is the children who suffer because staff retention is necessary for young minds to fl ourish. The toll on staff and families in these communities-in-need is also particularly painful. It is discrimination at its lowest form. The City of New York cannot pretend to ignore it anymore. New York City must act now to end this thoughtless crisis in child care by providing necessary funding for salary/benefi t increases to the staff at the unionized nonprofi t early childhood education centers across the city. The time for change is now! NAME (print): ADDRESS: DATE: District Council 1707 AFSCME 420 West 45th Street New York, New York, 10036 212-219-0022 EVENT Body politic Luke Ohlson Luke The dance is a red alert. Five dancers, covered head-to-toe with ma- genta body paint, recently performed strange, silent routines at the sites of racist and ho- mophobic attacks throughout the city. They will recreate those performances at “Senti- nel,” at the Brooklyn Historical Society in Downtown on Sept. 14, while films of their (718) 260–2500 Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings September 7–13, 2018 public performances play behind them. Flat- bush choreographer Danielle Russo — who also directed the films — said the perform- ers hoped to make passersby learn more about the largely-ignored attacks. FILM “We decided we could do some nonviolent, active protest that could draw attention to these “The 18th Annual Coney stories that we were very much concerned about,” Island Film Festival” at Sideshows by the Seashore said Russo. and the Coney Island Mu- The night will feature five 30-minute solo seum [1208 Surf Ave. at W. performances, with each dancer encased in a 12th Street in Coney Is- large Plexiglas box, while their films play on land, (718) 372–5159, www. screens nearby. Viewers will be able to move coneyisland.com]. Sept. 14–16. Screenings $8 each around the space, wearing headphones that play ($50 festival pass). testimony from each performer. Among the performers is Kayla Farrish, who performed at the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Classon Avenue in Crown Heights, where a noose was found last September. Another, Molly Griffin, performed on a Brooklyn-bound Q train crossing the Manhattan bridge, where a 24-year- old lesbian woman was beaten unconscious last year, according to Russo. The deep red color of the dancer’s skin and hair definitely drew attention, said Russo, but it was intended to highlight a common human- ity that transcends skin color. “We wanted to strip the body bare and com- ment on the absurdity of how inflamed society is getting in regards to pre-existing racial ten- sions,” she said. Many jaded New Yorkers simply walked past the performers, or stopped to stare at the spec- tacle, but Russo hopes the event will remind viewers that they are more alike than they are Howie Alex Howie different. “People have gotten desensitized from being compassionate,” she said. “We felt compelled to produce a collective response.” Lighting up the night sky: The short film “Night Lights,” screening on Sept. 16 at 6 pm, shows the unique beauty of Coney Island’s rides and its fireworks. Russo’s Performance Project will donate 10 percent of proceeds from the show to the New York Civil Liberties Union. “Sentinel” at the Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street in Brooklyn Heights, www.drpp.nyc/sentinel). Sept. 14 at 8 pm. $20 ($15 in advance). — Julianne McShane Freaks on fi lm! BOOKS Movie festival celebrates the Coney Island attitude Reading picks By Kevin Duggan The tireless booster of Coney Island will Word’s picks: Brooklyn Paper introduce each film during the fest, and ap- “Ohio,” by Stephen Markley pears as himself in three different shorts Markley’s novel broke me in half. A daz- ilm fanatics come out to plaaaay! during the “Coney Island Films” block on zling portrayal of heartland America in all its The 18th annual Coney Island Film Sept. 16. His prominence in the films is yearning, squalor, de- F Festival, screening on Sept. 14–16, will only natural, said Zigun. struction, and beauty, showcase almost 20 hours of comedies, “I’ve been at it for 40 years and I have been “Ohio” is like a photo dramas, animation, short films, and doc- a major player in Coney Island,” he said. of a long-lost hometown umentaries. Regardless of genre, all the One of his appearances comes in a moc- girlfriend, piercing in its flicks embody the anarchic freedom of kumentary inspired by a rogue anti-Trump evocative power, crush- the People’s Playground, according to the protest at the 2017 Mermaid Parade. “The ing in its sadness. event’s director. Infamous Mermaid Uprising of 2017” re- — Michael Lindgren, “The festival really embraces the spirit of veals the untold tale behind the haphazard Word [126 Franklin St. at Coney Island, making it kinda freaky fun and protest, directed by an “anonymous play- Milton Street in Green- wild and anything goes,” said Rob Leddy. wright,” which featured enslaved mermaids point, (718) 383–0096, The festival has doubled in size since its dragging a Trump impersonator into the www.wordbookstores. modest beginnings in 2001, when it launched Mermaid Parade and blocking the annual com ]. with a collection of short films inside the extravaganza, until security removed the Coney Island Museum. It later added fea- mermaids and the faux Trump family. Community Bookstore’s pick: ture films, and additional screenings in This incident — and the fact that it be- “Notes from the Fog,” by Ben Marcus Coney Island USA’s Sideshow theater — came a mockumentary — shows the weird The new story collec- and an annual screening of the iconic Co- sense of humor that locals celebrate, said tion is an uncanny, un- ney Island film “The Warriors.” Zigun. flinching, and (strangely) This year, the festival has added a pro- “If that doesn’t explain the tenacity of warm rumination on the gram of science-fiction movies, which fits Brooklyn artists then I don’t know what human, in all its destabi- right in with the local vibe, said Leddy. else does — to take a partially failed pro- lized glory. Various spec- “Coney Island’s a bizarre place and so test and then document it,” he said. tral characters carry the are most sci-fi films,” he said. The festival will culminate in true Coney banner; a husband and The growth of the festival has matched Island fashion, with an award ceremony at wife pair of architects the renaissance of Coney Island itself over the Eldorado Auto Skooter Bumper Cars memorializing a terrorist the last 18 years, according to the neigh- and Arcade. Festivalgoers will be able to attack, a highly disease- borhoods’s unofficial mayor. bump into the makers of their favorite new averse child, and a tech “Over the years the festival coincided flicks — literally, said Zigun. start-up middle manager- with a lot of the rezoning and rebuilding in Zarra Gerard “All the filmmakers will show up, the turned-guinea pig, who Coney Island, and Coney Island is starting Coney king: Unofficial mayor of Coney Island Dick Zigun makes an appear- awards plaques will be given out, and then must renounce solid food in order to be fed only to be pretty strong like it did in the 1950s,” ance in several movies at the film festival, including here in “BK Stories: Keep- guests get to ride for free. So you can bump by a “human grow light.” These stories will said Dick Zigun. ing Coney Island Freaky with Dick Zigun.” your ass off,” he said. stick to your ribs. — Samuel Partal, Community Bookstore [43 Seventh Ave. between Carroll Street and Gar- going on by himself. field Place in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075, www. Best of the fest Sept. 15 at 3 pm. Going ape commu nityb ookst ore.net ]. The hour-long documentary There will be plenty to fest your eyes on at this Road trip “Ape Girl” tells the story of a Greenlight Bookstore’s pick: year’s Coney Island Film Festival. Here are a few Two teenage Hasidic girls classic, spooky sideshow act “Fight No More,” by Lydia Millet take the family car and run in which a woman into a go- In this collection of shorts and feature films to make sure you see next away from their Brooklyn rilla. A few traveling troupes linked stories, Lydia Mil- weekend. All events at Sideshows By The Seashore home in the feature “Star- of performers in Brazil and in let delivers a satisfying or the Coney Island Museum [both located at 1208 ing at the Sun,” trying to the United States keep the tra- spectrum of characters Surf Ave. at W. 12th Street in Coney Island, (718) find freedom somewhere dition alive. enduring the brunt of out West. Sept. 16 at 3 pm. life’s surprises and trag- 372-5159, www.coneyisland.com]. Each costs $8 (un- Sept. 15 at 9 pm. edies. Millet uses a close, less otherwise noted). Funny folk third-person voice to de- Can you dig it? “Standing Up” is a docu- pict characters young and Film strip Opening Night Party will be Come out and play at the mentary feature that delves old, as they try to retain The festival opens with a neighborhood affair, with late-night screening of “The into the lives of three unlikely their dignity in the face two documentaries about dancers from Burlesque at the Warriors,” (pictured left) the aspiring comedians, risking of imperfect families and New York’s neo-burlesque Beach, a two-hour open bar 1979 cult classic about a Co- everything for a shot in the strain to justify their own scene: “Tigger,” about a male with beer from Coney Island ney Island street gang who tough New York City com- behavior, however absurd stripping star, and “Obscene Brewery, and food catered by must battle every other gang edy scene. Subjects include or dysfunctional. She stretches her plot with Beauty,” which covers the lo- Gargiulo’s Restaurant. two 1970s teenagers who Deep drama in the city as they make their an ultra-Orthodox Jew from new, unlikely incidents, returning just in time cal scene’s history, major play- Sept. 14 at 9:30 pm. $25. filmed Super 8 epics while After his parents drown in way from the Bronx back to a secluded Brooklyn sect, a to a familiar character, which makes this col- ers, and impact. growing up in New England, a car accident, the 20-year- Coney Island. homeless woman, and a per- lection particularly novelistic, and a successful Sept. 14 at 7:30 pm. Dazed doc and whose mini-blockbusters old title character of “Dean Expect a raucous crowd sonal injury lawyer whose im- experiment in shifting perspectives. “Super 8 Daze,” screening of childhood mischief became Darling” moves into his aunt that will quote along with migrant family discourage him — Ben Hoffman, Greenlight Bookstore [686 Party on! in the Program One block of internet hits decades later. and uncle’s home, where he is the film! from pursuing stand-up. Fulton St. between S. Elliott Place and S. Port- The festival’s decadent short documentaries, follows Sept. 15 at 1 pm. forced to confront his fear of Sept. 15 at 10:30 pm. $10. Sept. 16 at 5:30 pm. land Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 246–0200, www.greenlightbookstore.com]. 16 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 7–13, 2018 DISCOVER THE SOUND OF WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS FRIDAY SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY Sept. 7 Sept. 8 Sept. 9 Sept. 11 Sept. 13 Line up! 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Once you October 3 — 7, 2018 Brooklyn Paper translate the vocabulary, it re- ally clicks into place,” he said. hey’re straight outta “Those two things are really es- country! sentially the same thing.” T A Brooklyn band that Gangstagrass has a core combines hip-hop and blue- group of about five musicians, grass will drop some down- but Rench has recruited a few home beats at the penultimate more to play the show under the Live at the Archway summer Brooklyn to Manhattan span, music session, under the Man- after scouring both musical hattan Bridge on Sept. 13. The scenes for the best musicians two genres blend together as for the part. The band mem- smooth as Kentucky bourbon, bers will put their whole heart and have more similarities than and soul into playing for the you might think, said the self- crowd, and will create some- proclaimed mastermind behind Down-home homeboys: The Brooklyn band Gangs- thing new, he said. Gangstagrass . tagrass, which combines hip hop and bluegrass, will “Expect a lot of energy and “We’ve discovered that there play under the Manhattan Bridge on Sept. 13. connection — we really make is a lot of common ground on it a party, in terms of bringing several levels that people don’t despite the hundreds of miles Hip-hop and bluegrass both interaction and spontaneity to expect but are really there,” that separate their origins, both emphasize the art of freestyle, feel things with the crowd and Co-Creator said Rench, who lives in Kens- stem from the same kind of although they call it by differ- get things going,” said Rench. ington. stories, he said. ent words — in hip-hop, it is “It’s gonna be good. It’s gonna Rench, a singer and guitar “They share a lot of com- known as cypher, and in blue- be fun.” player, formed Gangstagrass mon narratives in terms of out- grass, it is called a pick, and as Gangstagrass at Live at Co-Creator, Composer about a decade ago, mixing to- laws, being on the run, trouble long as each musician knows the Archway (Water Street gether hip hop — a genre na- with the law, poverty, hard- the names, they can work to- between Anchorage Place David Lang tive to the Bronx — and blue- ship,” said Rench. “Both tap gether, said Rench. and Adams Street in Dum- grass — a genre native to the into these narratives that res- “One of the important simi- bo, www.dumbo.is). Sept. 13 Librettist Appalachian mountains. But onate with people.” larities [is a] very strong impro- at 6 pm. Free. Anne Carson Essayist Fallen sons Claudia Rankine Photo by Liz Ligon Black mothers recreate Immerse yourself in an ambitious, collective Pieta in series of photos choral work featuring 1,000 singers from By Alexandra Simon gelo’s famous Pieta sculpture Brooklyn Paper — which depicts the Virgin Mary holding her dead son Je- Photos by Jon Henry hey are photos of fear. sus. Henry decided to recre- In focus: (Left to right) Jon Henry took this picture of A Brooklyn photogra- ate the emotion of the statue a New Jersey mother and her three sons for his series T pher will display images using modern figures. “Stranger Fruit,” on display at two Brooklyn galleries inspired by the worry black “There are lot of stories re- this month. Henry was inspired by Michaelangelo’s Get your FREE tickets starting at 12 noon, September 5. mothers have about police garding police violence, and I “Pieta” sculpture, but changed the composition of violence against their sons, thought of using the motif of his subjects as needed. Get more info at milelongopera.com at two exhibits opening this Pieta — but with black moth- month, in Sunset Park on Sept. ers and sons recreating that ! " #$%% &'( ) " " * ( 7 and Fort Greene on Sept. pose,” he said. are friends, family, or people der to accommodate multi- 12. Jon Henry’s photo series The Prospect Lefferts Gar- who heard about the project ple children, or to emphasize @milelongopera #milelongopera “Stranger Fruit” was inspired dens photographer travelled and reached out to him. the theme of police violence, by Nina Simone’s rendition to different cities and states Each exhibit features more said Henry. of the song “Strange Fruit,” to arrangeshoots with differ- than a dozen images. Some “The Pieta was the launch- about lynchings in the Amer- ent families for the project. of the shots vary from the ing point and I using that as ican South, and by Michelan- Many of his photos subjects traditional Pieta pose in or- See FRUIT on page 18 IMAGINATION SEPTEMBER ON INTREPID ACCESS FAMILY PROGRAM Submarines: Life Underwater September 16 Learn about the submarine Growler and the life of TAKES FLIGHT a submariner. Families have the option to explore Growler or immerse themselves in the interactive exhibition Submerged. Free. Register in advance. Visit the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum to discover a legendary 11:00am—Children ages 5–17 aircraft carrier, the space shuttle Enterprise, the world’s fastest jets 2:00pm—Teens (15+) and adults and a guided-missile submarine. September 20–23 Meet astronauts, explore exhibits by NASA, chat with our expert partners, stargaze on the ship and more during four days of out-of-this- world events at the Museum. 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Except as permitted under applicable law, this work may not be copied, published, disseminated, displayed, performed or played without permission of the copyright holder. 18 AWP Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 September 7–13, 2018 “I hope this furthers the dialogue, and the 16th century to today. for people to realize what’s going on out Open to all genders and MON, SEPT. 10 TUES, SEPT. 11 THURS, SEPT. 13 there so they can get to the point of ac- ages. $20 ($10 students). 2 READING, “BURNING DOWN MUSIC, RENATA ZEIGUER: ART, “STANDING ON THE FRUIT... 9 DAYS... pm. Park Church Co-op (129 THE HAUS”: Author Tim SQUARE” OPENING RE- knowledging that there is something wrong The Brooklyn singer-song- Continued from page 17 Continued from page 16 Russell St. between Nas- Mohr launches his book writer plays with Buck CEPTION: An exhibit of in society,” said Henry. “We live in a soci- about punk rock in East almost 40 years of street framework,” he said. “Sometimes it’s one ety where mothers are losing their sons to [389 Melrose St. between sau and Driggs avenues in Meek. $12. 7 pm. Union Greenpoint). Berlin during Communist Pool [484 Union Ave. at photography by Jamel Knickerbocker and Irving Shabazz. Free. 5–8 pm. body or two, but it’s the same story with a hate, bias, whatever you want to call it — rule. Free. 6 pm. Rough Meeker Avenue in Wil- different pose.” so how can we solve this problem? And if avenues in Bushwick, (718) ART, “STRANGER BEYOND Trade NYC (64 N. Ninth St. FiveMyles [558 St. John’s 415–1025]. THE BORDER” OPENING between Kent and Wythe liamsburg, (718) 609–0484], Place between Classon and Henry said focused his project on women we don’t find a solution the problem is go- THEATER, “A CHORUS LINE”: RECEPTION: A group ex- avenues in Williamsburg), www.union-pool.com. Franklin avenues in Crown and their sons in order to show the impor- ing to continue to happen.” The classic show gives the- hibit of artists from the far www.roughtradenyc.com. READING, THOREAU IN NEW Heights, (718) 783–4438], tance of the mother-son relationship in black The reception at Bric on Sept. 12 will atergoers a heartbreaking west side of Japan. Free. 3 BROOKLYN BOOK FESTIVAL YORK: Panelists discuss www.fi vemyles.org. glimpse behind the curtains communities. coincide with the opening of Mary Mat- pm. J-Collabo [300 Seventh KICK-OFF PARTY: Kick off Henry David Thoreau’s 11- READING, “COME AGAIN” of Broadway musicals. $30 BY NATE POWELL: The “In a lot of situations, mothers are often tingly’s “What Happens After,” a sculp- St. between Fourth and the Festival with compli- month stay in Staten Island, ($20 for seniors and children how it shaped his life and National Book Award-win- Fifth avenues in Park Slope, mentary drinks, music, and forgotten about when tragedy happens and ture that consists of a deconstructed mili- 12 and under). 8 pm. Gal- dancing. $10 suggested do- career, and what he might ning illustrator of “March” (347) 306–5973]. I wanted to shine light for the mothers who tary vehicle. lery Players [199 14th St. nation. 7 pm. Pioneer Works think of New York City launches his supernatural between Fourth and Fifth tale of 1970s hippies in the have lost and show them that they are not “Stranger Fruit” at NARS Foundation COMEDY, TABOO TALK!: A [159 Pioneer St. between today. Free. 7 pm. The Old avenues in Park Slope, (212) comedy round table show Imlay and Conover streets in Ozarks with secrets to hide. forgotten,” said Henry. “Because when ev- [201 46th St. between Second and Third av- 352–3101], www.gallery- Stone House [336 Third St. Free. 7 pm. Desert Island where comedians discuss Red Hook, (718) 596–3001], between Fourth and Fifth erything is said and done, how a mother pro- enues in Sunset Park, 718-768-2765, www. players.com. pioneerworks.org. (540 Metropolitan Ave. be- tects her children is something that affects narsfoundation.org]. Opening reception taboo topics in a safe space. avenues in Park Slope, (718) tween Union Avenue and Free. 9 pm. Pine Box Rock COMEDY, OPEN FLAME: the African American community.” on Sept. 7 at 6 pm. Free. 768–3195], theoldstone- Lorimer Street in Williams- SUN, SEPT. 9 Shop [12 Grattan St. be- Comedy open mic meets house.org. burg), www.seemybrother- gay social. Free. 8 pm. He hopes that viewers will use the photos And at Bric House Hallway [647 Fulton tween Bogart Street and COMMUNITY CHORUS AUDI- dance.org. to discuss the epidemic of extrajudicial vi- St. at Rockwell Place in Fort Greene, (718) MUSIC, FEMMELODY CHAM- Mood Ring (1260 Myrtle BER MUSIC FESTIVAL: An Morgan Avenue in Bush- Avenue between Hart and TIONS: The Brooklyn Phil- TALK, “FAMILY GHOSTS” LIVE: An evening of live olence against black men, and to challenge 683–5600, www.bricartsmedia.org]. Open- afternoon of music, art, and wick, (718) 366–6311], www. Cedar Streets in Bushwick), harmonia Chorus, the bor- music and storytelling, the societal structures that support it. ing reception on Sept. 12 at 7 pm. Free. poetry in by women, from pineboxrockshop.com. www.moodringnyc.com. ough’s oldest community chorus, is looking for new from the podcast about the “truth” behind family singers. Open auditions secrets and legends. $20. 7 for all voice parts. Free. pm. Bell House [149 Seventh 7:30 pm. First Presbyterian St. at Third Avenue in Gow- Church [124 Henry St. be- anus, (718) 643–6510], www. tween Clark and Pierrepont thebellhouseny.com. streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 907–0963], www. brooklynphilharmoniacho- FRI, SEPT. 14 rus.org. COMEDY, HOUSE OF BRICKS: A rip-roaring com- Bridal Expo edy show hosted by Hannah WED, SEPT. 12 Boone, Brandon Ream and Gideon Hambright. Free. Wed. TALK, SQUIBB PARK POOL 8:30 pm. Precious Metal COMMUNITY CONVERSA- [143 Troutman St. between TION: Brooklyn Bridge Park Central and Evergreen is planning to build a pool avenues in Bushwick, (917) CATERERS October 24th at Squibb Park. Share your 386–3230], https://www. ideas, concerns, and your facebook.com/precious- perspective at this discus- metalbar. @ 6:30pm sion session. Free. 6 pm. PS 8 (37 Hicks St. at Middagh Street in Brooklyn Heights), SAT, SEPT. 15 brooklynbridgepark.org. 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