INSIDE: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO SPECTACULAR CONEY ISLAND June 30–July 6, 2017 Including Canarsie Digest FREE STOPSERVING BERGEN BEACH, CANARSIE, GEORGETOWN, MARINE PARKBUS! & MILL BASIN TOTALED: Cops arrested a 23-year- old man after he crashed his two- wheeler into a car near Avenue H Critics aim and E. 52nd Street on June 21 and was found to be riding illegally. Photo by Mark Mellone to put the Motorcyclist breaks on crashes, then gets arrested B82 plan BY JULIANNE CUBA BY JULIANNE CUBA More like “Reject Bus Ser- Cops cuffed a 23-year-old motor- vice.” cyclist after he collided into a Community Board 18 car on Avenue H on June 21 and ripped the latest proposal to cops discovered that he didn’t bring Select Bus Service to have a license — but he did have the Coney Island-to-East New a counterfeit police badge. York-B82 bus , and said the The suspect was riding along plan to ban left turns from a Avenue H toward Ralph Avenue busy commercial strip in Ca- — allegedly speeding — when narsie would push traffi c onto he slammed into a Mercedes nearby residential streets . Benz two-door sedan making The plan laid out by city a left turn from E. 52nd Street and state offi cials at a meet- onto Avenue H at about 8:30 pm, ing on June 21 would nix left according to authorities. turns from Flatlands Avenue The East Flatbush suspect onto Ralph Avenue — a non- crashed into the car’s driver’s- starter for locals, said one side window and then fl ew off board member. his two-wheeler and landed on “That is so heavily used — the pavement. His helmet fell where are these people going off and emergency respond- to go then up to make the left? ers transported him to Kings Then they go up to residential? County Hospital in critical Those poor people,” said Bar- condition with severe head in- bara Bieber. “It’s congested juries, police said. now, it’s going to be a disaster Offi cials discovered the because now you’re going to suspect’s police shield that he have cars backed up, it’s in- was carrying was a knock off, sane. You can’t get rid of that and he was riding his motor- left turn.” cycle without a proper license, The Metropolitan Transit insurance, or plates, accord- Authority and Department of ing to authorities. Launching ‘Lunchbox’ Transportation fi rst pitched There were no other inju- the idea to speed up the B82 bus ries reported, and police are The Bay Ridge second-graders who named one of the city-wide ferries “Lunchbox” took a voyage on — which 32,000 straphangers continuing to investigate, of- their boat on June 21. For more, see page 2. Kreg Holt use daily — in January 2016 . fi cials said. Continued on page 12 A CNG Publication Vol. 72 No. 26 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM INSIDE NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D<KIFK<:?:<EK<IEFIK?('K?=CFFI9IFFBCPE#EP(()'( Half ‘Measure’ LUNCH ON THE BAY Bay Ridge students ride ferry they named ‘Lunchbox’ BY CAROLINE SPIVACK Hands-on administration: The odious Angelo, played by Thomas Jay Ryan, makes a shocking assault on the virginal Isabella, played by Cara Second-graders from two Bay Rickett, in Theater for a New Audience’s produc- tion of “Measure for Measure.” Gerry Goodstein Fine acting can’t solve problem play Ridge elementary schools set By Crowther Bosley Twelve of those seats crowd up to the exaggerated lies. Pompey (Christopher Michael McFarland), t doesn’t really measure up. thrust stage, as though the audience were As for the plot: the play follows said and I’m not above laughing at a sight gag The latest production of “Measure sitting at an enormous dinner table — Duke as he prepares to leave town, hand- involving an inflatable sex toy. And the Ifor Measure,” which opened this week which indeed is how the stage is decorated ing his power to Angelo (Thomas Jay serious moments are deadly serious. The sail on June 21 on one of the at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center in Fort for the first five minutes of the play, only Ryan), a notoriously strict and cold-blood- prissy, outardly proper Angelo is effectively Greene, makes a noble stab at Shakespeare’s for that decor to be cleared away and never ed judge, who promptly starts enforcing conveyed through gestures big and small notorious “problem play.” But despite an referred to again. all the laws the Duke had let slide. A — insisting on using a coaster, reaching excellent production, it doesn’t manage to It also starts with a wordless party law against fornication imprisons Claudio for hand sanitizer after every interaction — resolve any of those problems — and intro- scene, because it is blasphemy to add (Leland Fowler), who had pre-marital sex and his threats to Isabella are truly chilling. duces a few new ones. words to the immortal Bard’s play, but with his fiance, and his sister Isabella, a When the older white politician seizes her, city-wide ferries they named. Once upon a time there was a thing directors still want to add extra context. So novitiate nun (stunningly played by Cara hissing that no one will believe her if she called “the fourth wall” — actors trod the we get a silent glimpse of Duke Vincentio Rickets) goes to Angelo to plead for mercy. tells of his extortion, the audience gasped. stage, and the audience watched them. But — played charmingly by Jonathan Cake He agrees to let her brother go, if she will But despite a top-notch cast and many now everything must be immersive, and so — shooting up heroin. This is also never have sex with him — if not, her brother fine moments, it all adds up to less than the this show starts before the play, with the referred to again, and he exhibits no with- will be executed. Meanwhile, the Duke sum of its parts. Nothing seems to carry audience trooping through hallways meant drawal, cravings, or other ill effects. The runs around in disguise, orchestrating a from one scene to the next, the extra flour- Students from PS 170 and to represent minor character Mistress scene does, however, turn all the Duke’s complicated series of schemes, and a series ishes never pay off, and the problem play Overdone’s bordello, walls lined with col- later objections to rumors that he is a drunk of wacky hijinks happen in the prison. So remains unsolved. orful dildos and smiling young women — into pure hypocrisy — which would be a yeah, there’s a tone problem. “Measure for Measure” at the Polonsky and men — giving familiar greetings. But fine choice, if the play did anything with The funny bits are truly funny — a dim- Shakespeare Center [262 Ashland Pl. there is no chance to dally, with a scrum of it. Instead, those moments are played for witted constable named Elbow, played with between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue ticketed patrons close behind, so we push laughs, with characters acting as though deadpan seriousness by Zachary Fine, has in Fort Greene, (212) 229–2819, www.tfana. through to find our seats. their demonstrably true comments were a series of great interactions with the bawd org]. $85–$120 ($30 students). PS 102 cruised from the Amer- ican Veterans Memorial Pier Your entertainment in Bay Ridge on “Lunchbox,” guide Page 59 soaking in majestic views of the city skyline to celebrate dreaming up monikers for Police Blotter ..........................8 four of the city’s 13 commuter Standing O ............................22 vessels. It was a life-changing Letters ....................................28 voyage for some of the tykes, Columns .................................30 said an educator. “We have new immigrant Harbor Watch .......................55 children who have never had Sports .....................................65 the experience of being on a boat or seeing Manhattan from this angle,” said Tony Wu, who is the principal of PS 170 and joined his students for the trip. “They loved it. It’s wonderful to see them learning in the class- room, but it’s so different to see them on a boat. I’m so proud. HOW TO REACH US This is one of the best moments in my career.” Mail: Pint-sized sailors from PS Courier Life 170 named a trio of boats that Publications, Inc., now ply the city’s waterways 1 Metrotech Center North daily, including “Lunchbox,” 10th Floor, Brooklyn, “The Friendship Express,” and “McShiny.” Students at N.Y. 11201 PS 102 christened a fourth General Phone: boat “The Owl’s Head,” after (718) 260-2500 the nearby park. News Fax: Schools within half a mile of (718) 260-2592 the new ferry landings — which in Brooklyn include Downtown, News E-Mail: Red Hook, Sunset Park, and SIGHTSEEING: (Clockwise from [email protected] Bay Ridge — were invited to left) Students from PS 170 and PS Display Ad Phone: participate in the naming con- 102 sailed the harbor to soak up (718) 260-8302 test to showcase their respec- views of the skyline and the Statue Display Ad E-Mail: tive nabes, and for a dash of the of Liberty aboard “Lunchbox,” the [email protected] fl are that can only be achieved boat they named. The kids each through the creativity of kids, got a special souvenir — an actual Display Ad Fax: according to an Economic De- lunchbox featuring a picture of the (718) 260-2579 velopment spokeswoman. Classified Phone: Kids from neighboring PS eponymous ferry on the lid. (718) 260-2555 971 in Sunset Park also chris- Kreg Holt Classified Fax: tened a ferry the “Sunset (718) 260-2549 Crossing” — but for some rea- Brooklyn’s coast and ventur- with the “Lunchbox” ferry schools across the city that son the city did not go with one ing to the distant isle of Man- on the lid as souvenirs from pitched in to name the boats Classified E-Mail: of their other submissions: the hattan, students circled back their ride and recognition of will get their own rides on the [email protected] “Fuhgettabo utit Ferry.” to Bay Ridge where they were their achievement.