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BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 834–9350 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2007 BROOKLYN HEIGHTS–DOWNTOWN EDITION AWP/16 pages • Vol. 30, No. 11 • Saturday, March 17, 2007 • FREE INCLUDING DUMBO HOLY WAR Slope parents protest Arabic school plan

By Dana Rubinstein action to combat the plan, and was The Brooklyn Paper set to rally on Friday. “[The Department of Educa- Park Slope parents exploded tion] couldn’t answer any ques- at Department of Education offi- tions at all, [like] who decided on cials who hope to squeeze a new this school, and where the securi- Arabic-language middle school ty will come from,” said Fraser. into the elementary-level PS 282 Her outrage was echoed by Do building on Sixth Avenue. lores Louison. The up-and-coming elemen- “This is totally unacceptable,” tary school already houses 600 said Louison. “We fought hard for students, from pre-K through fifth our science lab, our computer lab, our grade, and parents say it can’t music room, our art room. It doesn’t hold many more. take a rocket scientist to see that this “We’ll lose space, we’ll lose will change things for the worse.” services, and we’ll lose safety,” The PTA has found a champion / Julie Rosenberg said Parent Teacher Association in Councilman David Yassky (D- President Xiomara Fraser, whose Park Slope), who told The Brook- son is a fourth-grader at PS 282. lyn Paper that the plan was “a mis- “We would rather they give us take and would be very harmful to the option of putting our own sixth efforts to help that school grow.” The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn graders back here…if they think The Department of Education Patti Hagan with her beloved pooch, Lady Day. there’s enough space,” added Fras- Web site claims that the school is er. “That creates continuity.” only at 63 percent capacity. Fraser’s concerns were echoed “We wish every new school in by dozens of parents at the March the city could have its own build- 12 PTA meeting, where the city un- ing, but we rarely have the luxury veiled its plan amid widespread in- of sufficient space and money,” dignation that the Khalil Gibran In- said Melody Meyer, an Education ternational Academy hadn’t been Babak Ghahremanpour Department spokeswoman. drafted with any consultation from Parents at PS 282 in Park Slope are hoping to block a city plan to put an Arabic- The school is named for Gibran, the community. language middle school within their elementary school. a beloved Lebanese Christian poet. DOGGONIT! The day after that raucous meeting, parents Jennifer Bacon Fossati and Filippo Fossati sent Friends, foes cheer as Hagan’s dog Schools Chancellor Joel Klein a letter complaining that the Arab- turns up after odd disappearance language and culture school would “invade” PS 282 with a Honor program that “is an abdication of By Gersh Kuntzman munity-wide effort to find the pur- rals — “It’s run by a Bhutanese guy, the basic principle behind public The Brooklyn Paper loined pup that ended thanks to a by the way,” Hagan said — and education [by setting] up separate hunch by a receptionist at a Fort was told that a “strange” woman Residents of Prospect Heights schools to teach uncritically one Greene animal hospital. with gray hair and a dark coat had history and one culture.” at the — whether they support the At- The drama began on March 6, poked her head into the shop de- The letter cited a report pub- lantic Yards mega-project or not when Hagan tied up her dog out- manding to know whose dog was — were united in their joy at lished on MilitantIslamMonitor.org side New York Naturals on Flat- tied up outside. that referred to the Gribran Acad- hearing that Patti Hagan had got- bush Avenue near Bergen Street. “I went next door and talked to emy as a “Jihad school.” ten her dog back. court! Hagan was actually going into a Mike Hussein and he said the The academy, which would be That is, except Bruce Ratner. different store, but wanted Lady to same thing about this lady,” Hagan the city’s first dedicated to Arabic But more on that later. be in the sun, not in the cold (re- said. “And the optometrist said he language and culture studies, is be- Building to be Lady Day, the peripatetic At- member that, it becomes important saw a woman acting strange.” ing run by Debbie Almontaser, a named for Carey lantic Yards protester’s 12-year-old later). Convinced that Lady had been native of Yemen who is a 15-year black Lab, had been stolen last Ten minutes later, when Hagan dognapped, Hagan made the rounds veteran of the school system. week, setting into motion a com- returned from photocopying pro- of the local animal hospitals to get The Gibran school would have By Gersh Kuntzman test flyers (what else?), Lady was the word out and posted flyers all only a sixth-grade class next year, The Brooklyn Paper nowhere to be found. over the neighborhood (“Lady Day but eventually house 81 students Finally, someone is making She popped her head is very sweet and loves to eat ap- in grades sixth through eight. a federal case out of honoring into New York Natu- See DOGGONE on page 13 The PS 282 PTA has sprung into Hugh Carey. On Tuesday, Rep. Ed Towns (D-Fort Greene) pushed through a bill that would rename (or, more accurately, name) the fed- Is Hepcat eral courthouse on Cadman driving off Plaza East and Tillary Street 7TH AVE EXPRESS “Hugh L. Carey United States Courthouse.” into the Dana Rubinstein SMART Report: One-way streets are speedways The House overwhelmingly

California sun? passed Towns’s bill, which INSET: By Christie Rizk Armed with a radar gun, speeds as high as would honor the man who See p. 13 mom served seven terms in the Con- The Brooklyn Paper activists from Trans- 40 mph, while on portation Alter- two-way Seventh, gress, the governor who saved There is now conclusive natives stood cars maxed out at New York City from bankruptcy, proof that cars have turned on Seventh and ONE-WAY 7TH only 20 mph. the Democratic powerbroker / Julie Rosenberg; Park Slope’s one-way Eighth Eighth avenues The speed lim- who tightened the belt on the Avenue into a mini-speedway, and measured how it on both state’s profligate spending by City buys lending credibility to resi- fast cars were going ONE-WAY 6TH streets is 30 mph. saying “the days of wine and dents’ fears about a proposal on both streets. The gun-on-the- roses are over,” the liberal lion to turn Sixth and Seventh av- On one-way Eighth, street survey refutes the De- whose greatest regret is that he Paper The Brooklyn land for enues into one-way streets. cars were clocked at See ONE-WAY on page 15 See CAREY on page 15 The federal courthouse on Tillary Street could be named for Gov. Hugh Carey. Ratner By Ariella Cohen The Brooklyn Paper Love ’em or Lethem Why is Mayor Bloomberg buying land for developer Bruce Ratner? The City Council was left asking that Boerum Hill’s prodigal son’s new Brooklyn-free novel question when officials from the city’s Eco- nomic Development Corporation disclosed By Adam Rathe the new book, “You Don’t Love has built his reputation largely that almost half of the city’s previously an- The Brooklyn Paper Me Yet,” which was released on on books like “Motherless nounced $205-million contribution to At- March 13. Brooklyn” and “Fortress of Soli- lantic Yards would pay for acquiring land It could be seen as a betray- “There was something myste- tude,” both highly praised works within the mega-development’s 22-acre al. Jonathan Lethem, patron rious and really evocative to me that are now standard issue for F footprint. saint of South Brooklyn’s about that part of LA — Silver train riders. That’s quite a bur- And no one knows why. literati, has written a book Lake and Echo Park,” he said. “I den to bear. “I said, ‘Why are we are reimbursing based in, of all places, Los An- like places that are ill-defined “You Don’t Love Me Yet” fol- [Ratner] for property that he [could] pur- geles. bohemian frontiers, verging on lows Lucinda Hoekke, a young chase on the open market?’” said Council- Greenhood / Aaron “I wanted to shake off the re- gentrification — disputed ter- musician who’s breaking up with woman Letitia James (D-Prospect Heights). sponsibility of being the rains. There is a certain Brook- her boyfriend/bandmate and has “They … avoided the question.” ‘Faulkner of Boerum Hill,’ ” the lyn-ness to that.” taken a job at “The Complaint James, a strong opponent of Ratner’s $4- author told GO Brooklyn last And he can’t really be faulted Line,” an art project that finds billion arena-and-skyscraper Xanadu, was week. He was preparing to go for trying to get away. Lethem her listening to callers’ griev- See RATNER on page 5 Paper The Brooklyn away for the weekend, to rest a lives on the same Boerum Hill ances for hours on end. Author Jonathan Lethem (right) and his dog, Maisy, in Boerum Hill. bit before he began the tour for block that he grew up on, and See LETHEM on page 10 2 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 March 17, 2007 WHERE TO EDITORS’ PICKS SATURDAY SUNDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY March 17 March 18 March 20 March 21 March 23 Brooklyn’s Go green Gardens’ new Work up a thirst for party one of Farrell’s styro- brew foam cups full of beer Sick of being overlooked for the Greenest Block in The Brooklyn with Park Slope’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. Brooklyn contest year Brewery after year? 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his pickled peppers aren’t just tongue- SAT, MARCH 17 twisters — they’re stomach-turners. $10, $7 St. Patrick’s Day kids. 1 pm and 3 pm. The Impact Theater, Located in the heart of Downtown 190 Underhill Ave., (between Sterling and Brooklyn, blocks away from OUTDOORS AND TOURS St. John’s Place, two blocks from the SALT MARSH: Urban Park Rangers hosts an early Brooklyn Museum). (845) 797-1320. MetroTechand minutes away morning birding walk. 8 am. Salt Marsh Nature INNER CLOWN: Family workshop takes you Center, 3302 Ave. U. Call 311 for info. Free. through the steps of creating your own clown by public transportation BRIDGE WALK: Big Onion Tours takes a walk character and physical comedy skits. Also, over the Brooklyn Bridge and through Brook- learn the basics of juggling. $20 per adult / from lower Manhattan, lyn Heights. Learn about the history, architec- child pair. 3 pm to 5 pm. Brooklyn Arts Long Island University's ture and people of this neighborhood. $15, Exchange, 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. $12 seniors, $10 students. 11 am. Meet at Brooklyn Campus the southeast corner of Broadway and Cham- OTHER bers Street, lower Manhattan. (212) 439-1090. FLEA MARKET: at Flatbush Reformed Church. offers convenient, FORT GREENE PARK: In honor of Women’s 10 am to 4 pm. Flatbush and Church History Month, the Urban Park Rangers host avenues. (718) 284-5140. comfortable housing a talk on the significant roles women played GENEALOGY: Brooklyn Historical Society in the American Revolution. 1 pm. Meet at offers a class with Mrs. B-Ann Moorhouse, facilities. the visitor’s center, near the Myrtle Avenue author and certified genealogist. $30, $15 and Washington Park entrance. Call 311 for members. 2 pm to 3:30 pm. 128 Pierrepont info. Free. St. Reservations required. (718) 411-2222. From June 1 through WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts a BK FASHION WEEKEND: Collections by local tour of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Brooklyn talent. 7:30 pm. 201 Water St. For info visit mid-August, local, Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Marriott Hotel, www.bkfashionweekend.com 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430. HOLIDAY DINNER: Scout Troop 20 hosts a St. regional and national Patrick’s Day dinner. $15, $10 kids. 7:30 pm. PERFORMANCE Parish House, 18th Avenue and 84th Street. organizations including pro- MUSIC OFF THE SHELVES: The Brooklyn Phil- (718) 331-1512. harmonic offers a musical celebration for St. fessional, educational, religious Patrick’s Day. Selections include excerpts from “Three Irish Legends,” “Trio on Popular Holger Thoss SUN, MARCH 18 and youth groups are welcome at Irish Folk Tunes” and more. First performance Let’s make ‘Ideal’: Experimental theater group Brave New World Repertory our urban oasis, located in one of the at Brooklyn Public Library’s New Utrecht Theater will perform a rehearsed reading of “An Ideal Husband” by Oscar branch, 1743 86th St. 1:30 pm. Additional PERFORMANCE City's trendiest neighborhoods. performance at Brooklyn Public Library’s Wilde on March 17, following a 7:30 pm dinner at the Old Stone House. BCBC: Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts Central branch, Grand Army Plaza. 4 pm. at Brooklyn College presents “Joseph and the (718) 230-2100. Free. Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.” $15 to $35. Brooklyn College presents ballet with turing works by Sibelius, Saariaho, Ravel SALON SERIES: Brave New World Repertory 2 pm. Walt Whitman Theater at Brooklyn Col- We offer air-conditioned housing Theater presents Brooklyn-based Equity Compania Nacional de Danza 2. $15 to and Schumann. $35. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry lege, one block from the intersection of Flat- actors performing rehearsed readings of $25. 8 pm. Walt Whitman Theater, Brook- Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East bush and Nostrand avenues. (718) 951-4500. accommodations, newly renovated classic, but neglected, plays. Tonight: “An lyn College, one block from the intersec- River. (718) 624-2083. OPERA: St. Dominic’s Parish presents The Italian tion of Flatbush and Nostrand avenues. classroom and lecture halls, 24-hour Ideal Husband,” by Oscar Wilde. $18. BROOKLYN ARTS EXCHANGE: presents Opera Company in “Cavalleria Rusticana.” Dinner at 7:30 pm; reading at 8 pm. Old (718) 951-4500. Terry Dame’s Electric Junkyard Gamelan. $10. 4 pm. 75th Street and 20th Street. security, top-notch dining facilities and Stone House, 336 Third St. (718) 469-5275. JAZZ: Bric Studio presents “The Jazz Passen- Original music is played on invented (718) 259-4636. SHAKESPEARE: Kings County Shakespeare gers: The Supremes Project.” $12, $10 stu- instruments and objects. $15, $10 mem- BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert featur- access to computer labs and the Co. presents “Ruff Love or What You Will,” dents. 8 pm. 647 Fulton St. (718) 855-7882. bers, $8 low-income. 8 pm. 421 Fifth ing works by Schumann, Beethoven, Verdi a gender-friendly adaptation of “The Taming BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music presents Ave. (718) 832-0018. and others. $35. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Internet. of the Shrew.” $18, $10 students and sen- “Edward Scissorhands,” based on Tim Bur- BIG BAND MUSIC: Ridge Repertory Com- Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) iors. 8 pm. South Oxford Space, 138 S. ton’s film. $30 to $80. 2 pm and 7:30 pm. pany presents “Sentimental Journey, Music 624-2083. Oxford St. (718) 398-0546. Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafa- of the Big Band Era,” James Martinelli BAM: “Edward Scissorhands.” 1 pm and 6:30 MUSIC: Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music yette Ave. Also, two by Shakespeare: “The and Eddie Russo direct this cabaret review. pm. See Sat., March 17. Also, “Taming of hosts a new music collective and celebrates Taming of the Shrew.” 2:30 pm. Also, $18. 8:30 pm Bay Ridge Jewish Center, 81st the Shrew.” 2:30 pm. Additionally, “Twelfth For more information call: (718) 488-3356 David Del Tredici’s 70th birthday. Concert fea- “Twelfth Night.” 7:30 pm. Edward Hall di- Street and Fourth Avenue. (718) 836-3103. Night.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., March 17. tures music from “Dracula,” “Chana’s Story” rects the all-male Propeller Company. $25 SHAKESPEARE: “Ruff Love or What You Will.” and “Three Gymnopedies.” Interview with to $65. BAM Dialogue with Edward Hall. CHILDREN 2 pm. See Sat., March 17. Del Tredici. $15, $10 students and seniors. 8 $8, $4 Friends of BAM. 1 pm. Hillman Attic KIDS MUSICAL: Tuckerberry Productions BIG BAND MUSIC: at Ridge Repertory Com- pm. 58 Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. Studio, 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. presents “Peter Piper Picks a New Pro- pany. 5 pm. See Sat., March 17. BCBC: Brooklyn Center for Performing Arts at BARGEMUSIC: Classical music concert fea- fession.” Peter Piper needs a new career; CHILDREN TATER TOT: Fort Greene Clinton Hill Coopera- tive Daycare hosts a kid’s disco. $10 adults, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21 $5 kids. 3 pm to 6 pm. 241 Taaffe Pl. (646) Community Board 7. Monthly board meet- 552-7458. CIVIC CALENDAR ing. CB7 office (4201 Fourth Ave. at 43rd Third and Fourth avenues), 7:30 pm. Call Street), 6:30 pm. Call (718) 854-0003 for OTHER MONDAY, MARCH 19 information. Community Board 6. Housing and human (718) 439-4229 for information. JEWISH LEARNING: Congregation Beth Elo- Boerum Hill Association. General meeting. him offers a talk “Women in Israeli Society.” services committee. Park Slope Armory (1402 62nd Precinct Community Council. Monthly On the agenda: Presentation on the green 9:30 am to 11 am. 274 Garfield Pl. Call. Eighth Ave. between 14th and 15th streets), meeting. 1925 Bath Ave. at Bay 22nd Street, 6:30 pm. Call (718) 643-3027 for information. construction at Nevins and Pacific streets. (718) 768-3814. 7 pm. Call (718) 236-2501 for information. Belarusian Church (401 Atlantic Ave. at PORTFOLIO REVIEW: powerHouse Publishing TUESDAY, MARCH 20 Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID Steering Com- Bond Street), 7 pm. Call (718) 858-3822 for hosts a Portfolio Review for all levels of aspir- 84th Precinct Community Council. mittee and Park Slope Fifth Avenue Mer- information. ing and professional photographers to pres- Monthly meeting. Phoenix House (50 Jay chants Association. Weekly meeting. Call ent their body of work to be reviewed and cri- St., between Plymouth and Water streets), (718) 871-8340 for meeting time and location. THURSDAY, MARCH 22 tiqued by experts in the fields of photogra- 7 pm. Call (718) 875-6850 for information. phy, art, media and advertising. 10:30 am to Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy. Public DUMBO Improvement District. On the agenda: The future of the Pearl Street 5:30 pm. 37 Main St. Download registration 88th Precinct Community Council. meeting. On the agenda: Review prelimi- form from www.powerhousebooks.com/ Triangle. 111 Front Street (at Washington Monthly meeting. 85 South Oxford St. (at nary findings of Brooklyn Bridge Park trans- portfolioreview/registration.pdf. Free. Lafayette Avenue), 7:30 pm. Call (718) 636- Street), suite 258, 5:30 pm. Call (718) 237- portation and access study. St. Francis 8700 for information. SUNDAY PLATFORM: Brooklyn Society for 6511 for information. College Auditorium (182 Remsen St. Ethical Culture hosts a talk: “Journalists Pay 68th Precinct Community Council. between Court and Clinton streets), 6 pm. 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Now the area is fashionable, and boasts some of that outer shoes peace march. borough’s highest rents. “We’re trying to give young people who are targeted by mili- But bringing down DUMBO’s wall could be harder than bring- tary recruiters information about their choices,” said Charlotte ing down Communism (after all, we can’t simply tear down the Phillips, chairwoman of Brooklyn Parents for Peace. “We want Manhattan Bridge). handbags them to come to their own conclusions.” Much like Ronald Reagan telling Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down Here’s some additional data the kids might want to consider: this wall,” the Improvement District is also recommending that the On March 18, the United States enters its fifth year in Iraq. More Manhattan Bridge arch on Water Street — currently used by the De- jewelry than 3,000 American soldiers have been slaughtered since the partment of Transportation as a storage space for construction materi- Bush-league invasion began, and an estimated 200,000 to als and maintenance crews — be re-opened as a pedestrian walkway. 650,000 Iraqi civilians are dead. But the Gorbachev in this extended metaphor, DOT spokesman more So if the president won’t stop the war, we have to stop it for Chris Gilbride, said that the agency has used that space for storage him, from the ground up. We have to ensure that recruiters stop since the 1980s, and had no plans to reopen the arch anytime soon. targeting poor kids and promising them money for college and a Still, Tucker Reed, the Improvement District’s executive director trade they can use later in life. is hopeful. After all, Gorbachev turned out to be pretty cooperative All too often, there is no later in their lives. in the end. burke talon As for the march — it was finished barely one hour after it And in the meantime, the Improvement District wants the neigh- A WOMEN’S BOUTIQUE IN COBBLE HILL had begun. But despite the short duration, Phillips was pleased. bors to come to a meeting next week to chime in with their own “As a way of disseminating information, I think we were very ideas about how to turn the Pearl Street Triangle from a Bermuda 192 Amity St. Bklyn, NY 11201 (212) 812-3994 successful,” she said. “In terms of stopping the war, it’s only a Triangle into a “Piazza san DUMBO.” in between Court and Clinton small step.” “We’re looking for ideas that will create green space in DUMBO that will be beneficial for both businesses and residents,” said the DUMBO Improvement District’s president, Tom Cohen. THE KITCHEN SINK Pearl Street Triangle public forum (111 Front St., suite 258 (at Washington Street), March 22, 5:30 pm. Call (718) 237-8700 for in- The US Postal Service has scheduled a “Postal Solutions formation. Day” at the Times Plaza branch on Atlantic Avenue on March 21 to teach people how to use the USPS Web site so you can buy postage and mail packages from home. Just imagine never again having to go postal (literally and figuratively) again. … We hear that Two Trees Management has a new team top- ping its commercial leasing department. Louise Ehrmann and Caroline Thebaud are in charge of businesses leases at Two A saint of confusion in Heights Trees properties in DUMBO. Seems they’re the ones responsi- ble for putting Bo Concept down the street from West Elm. … The Brooklyn Paper pastor of St. Charles Borromeo church next Nonetheless, the school’s financial com- Borough President Markowitz entertained some important door, continues to tell parents that a reopen- mittee has already started planning repairs. guests in Brooklyn Heights this week. Marty hosted a swank The St. Charles Borromeo school saga ing might be possible next year. And St. Charles parents are more than will- dinner at Turkish restaurant Taze for such luminaries as the continued this week as some parents re- “We are refitting the school to be re- ing to believe in miracles. Polytech President Jerry Hultin and Brooklyn Historical So- main convinced that the school will re- ciety President Deborah Schwartz. The roasted eggplant dip open while the Diocese of Brooklyn in- opened,” he said. “We have been informed by Bishop Di- was divine. … Artists and DUMBO go together like hot choco- sists that it is not going to happen. Really? Marzio through our pastor that the school late and marshmallows, and the DUMBO Arts Center wants The Diocese closed the Sidney Place school “Absolutely,” said Krause. will reopen,” said one commenter on brook- to keep it that way. The DAC wants artists and curators to sub- after a small fire on Feb. 13 — but when the Diocese spokesman Frank De Rosa had lynheightsblog.com calling himself Eric mit original proposals for exhibitions in their 3,000-square-foot smoke cleared, the Diocese opted for a perma- told The Stoop that there are no plans to re- Parish. “Joy.” space in 2008. Go to www.dumboartscenter.org to learn how. nent shut down, citing dwindling enrollment. open the school, and that the building would It’s “joy” for now. But if De Rosa is right, E-mail us at [email protected] Meanwhile, the Rev. Charles Krause, the be leased or sold. it’ll be “oy” soon enough.

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Or as Raffaele put it: “I know of New York City And while the demise of the so- FREE Lay-a-Way people when I don’t know peo- serving the community called wild dogs is one that has ple. They didn’t have that.” Plan On all been amply noted by pundits and By winter, the shop’s new for over 46 years politicians as a sign of progress, owners had fired three stock- Purchases some who live in the area aren’t so boys, an assistant butcher and sure that their disappearance is a / Amy Sussman three cashiers, including Rose good thing. Russo, who was born two Visit us at our new location “I’d rather live with the famous Ariella Cohen blocks away and worked the Bond Street wild dog packs than checkout line for over a decade. people who can spend a million on “I knew it was coming, but 187 State Street an apartment,” the blogger Found in Brooklyn wrote last week. The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn that didn’t make it right,” said It’s an odd time in a neighborhood’s development when seem- Mangia! Vinny, Rose and James at their new old deli on Degraw and Court Street. Russo, who began asking Raf- (off Court St) ingly sane people believe they would be better off living next to faele to deliver her groceries mongrels with sharp incisors and a habit of defecating in the street when he was still in junior high. (718) 852-1421 • Fax (718) 852-9697 • than stock traders who probably aren’t even home much. Soon after the new owners HOURS: Mon - Fri: 9:30am - 6:30pm; Sat: 11:00am - 5:00pm “Dogs don’t bother you unless you bother them,” the Found axed Russo, the deliman decid- in Brooklyn blogger (a.k.a. artist Lisann McTernan) told me. ed that the kitchen had gotten McTernan, who has lived on Bond Street for 14 years, sees an hot enough and called his for- occasional scary growl, or bad dream as a necessary tradeoff for Now that’s Italian! mer boss. The two decided to affordable housing. It pays to live in a place where people play go in as partners and buy back Leave packages with us. “Spot the Pinscher” (the one who likes to play in the garbage) the store. rather than watch the paparazzi as they chase Australian heart- “I signed the check, ordered throbs down Smith Street. Beloved delimen are back And worries behind. a case of good sausage and “The dogs kept my rent down,” she said, “Soon enough I called Rose to tell her to come As your neighborhood shipping center we offer many services in addition know I’ll be looking for a new Bond Street.” By Ariella Cohen The pair bought back the deli grocery last July when co-owner back to work,” said Raffaele. to packing and shipping. Stop in to find out what we can offer you. I understand wanting to live in a community that is wild, un- The Brooklyn Paper amidst allegations that the new Carmello Costantino retired, This week, the store was as COPY SERVICE • OFFICE SUPPLIES tamed and without any celebutantes, but really the whole thing owners didn’t have the sfronta- handing over the business to a talky as one of the neighbor- Just when he thought he FAX SERVICE • GIFT CARDS • BINDING LAMINATING strikes me as psychotic. In the year 2007, one would hope that a tezza —that’s Italian for moxie family that assured him they hood’s old social clubs as cus- was out … they pulled him PASSPORT PHOTOS • MAILBOX RENTALS city like Brooklyn would be able to maintain affordable housing — to run a real Italian grocery “knew a lot of something,” as tomers, new, old and temporari- without relying on wild beasts to control the market. back in. store. Raffaele recalls, about the store’s ly exiled stopped in to say hello COBBLE HILL VARIETY & MAILING CENTER I raise this issue now for personal reasons. Eight months after selling “If you’re going to run a deli trademark specialty imports and to the new old owners. Last week, I read Found in Brooklyn’s musings on wild dogs Mastellone Italian Deli to a new on this street and call it ‘Mastel- fresh pasta. Jeff Thomas discussed a 495 Henry Street • (718) 852-8844 while visiting a place where in fact, dogs run wild and let me tell owner, Vinny Badala has re- lone,’ you need to know Italian Turned out that they didn’t recipe for meat loaf with Badala. Open 7 Days ‘til 9pm you, it was frightening. claimed his beloved Court food,” Badala said this week, even know a little about some- “I had stopped coming,” said Authorized ShipCenter I was visiting my sister in a small town in Israel where dogs, Street gastronomia — and standing next to a newly re- thing. Thomas. “But now that they are but not leashes, are plentiful. Worse, her town hasn’t yet discov- brought in his longtime butcher stocked deli counter in a clean And not only were the new back, I feel like I almost know ered the newfangled breeds so popular in Brooklyn that are engi- James Raffaele as a partner in white apron. owners fuzzy on the differences something about Italian food neered to not do beastly things like fight, or chase. In my sister’s thyme. Badala sold the 30-year-old between capicola and sopressa- again.” Israeli town, people raise old-fashioned mutts, beasts that have the stamina and the brain power to actually run down and maybe shoes even bite a person — especially when they don’t have a leash. Needless to say, we spent a good chunk of each afternoon playing crowd control to the collection of animals that enjoyed barking at us each time we left the house. All the dogs appear to handbags want to kill anyone riding a bike and are not afraid to chase cy- C’Hill playground: parent trap clists down very busy streets. “It gets freaky sometimes,” my sister told me, her voice grave Street park, toddlers flew down jewelry as she pushed a stroller down a canine-crowded street, the pet The Brooklyn Paper agreement that allowed the hos- Licht, remains a naysayer. Licht The quintessential health care pital to build an eight-level, believes that the LICH-main- metal slides and kids climbed beasts barking madly as passed. wooden jungle gyms. One dad, But the biggest irony may be that land values are skyrocketing debate — public versus private 430-car garage on a half-acre of tained park at Henry and Amity city-owned land once known as streets suffers from a lack of John Hoitsma, pointed out that more there. Apparently, the “rustic” is back. Uh-oh, Found in Brooklyn. — has spilled out from Cobble a four-foot ladder was missing You may not be looking for a new Bond Street after all. Van Vorhees Park. oversight that has created safety Hill’s Long Island College Hos- The colorful, animal-themed hazards that the city Parks De- one of its rope handles. He said pital onto its playgrounds. parks are popular with kids and partment would never tolerate. that his 3-year-old, Sarah, fell THE KITCHEN SINK LICH owns and maintains parents alike. Most users hardly “Things break all the time off the ladder a year ago when three colorful public parks with- remember that when the parking and no one is accountable,” said the rope snapped off. burke talon Red Hook’s fave mustachioed civic warrior, John McGet- in its campus on Henry and Luckily, once the tears dried A WOMEN’S BOUTIQUE IN COBBLE HILL , has agreed to judge what could be the city’s first ever garage was built, naysayers pre- Licht. “The hospital fails to trick Hicks street south of Atlantic she wasn’t injured. mustache contest. The ’stache pagaent will happen on May 12 at dicted that the privately owned maintain the park and blames it Avenue. All three jungle gyms Despite the incident, Hoits- 192 Amity St. Bklyn, NY 11201 a fundraiser for local artist group Falconworks and the “Off “public” playground would fail. on their budget.” (212) 812-3994 were built in 1993 under an But one local dad, Jason On Monday at the Henry ma called the playground “one in between Court and Clinton the Hook” production. Start growing. … Friends of Bond of the nicest around,” but Street had a first meeting last week. The neighbors are worried added, “there are certainly re- about the new Toll Brothers condos going up on the block. pairs that could be made quick- Email [email protected] for more info. … Brooklyn er to keep things safer.” band, the Nighttime, rocked out at midnight-hour book release Last year, for instance, a party for Jonathan Lethem’s latest novel, “You Don’t Love spring-loaded ride broke. It Me Yet” at Book Court on Monday, playing a champagne-fu- took nearly a year to replace the eled rendition of the song “Monster Eyes” that appears in the tyke rocker. novel. … Naidre Miller Loughney, owner of the eponymous Fittingly, it was shaped like a Henry Street café, has already snapped up three of the 20 snail. paintings by our DUMBO painter pal Pasqualino Azzarello But not everyone agrees that that are now hanging in her cozy shop. … Representatives from there is trouble in playland. the carpenters union are asking Community Board 6 to dis- Community Board 6 District sent from a developer’s plan to build a non-union Sheraton Manager Craig Hammerman Hotel at Duffield Square in Downtown Brooklyn. “Bruce Rat- said, “When we get complaints, ner had to go union. Why not Sheraton?” said union rep An- we give them to LICH, and each thony Pugliese, who is a member of the CB6. … The US time, we have seen them act.” Postal Service has scheduled a “Postal Solutions Day” at the Diana Sullivan, the hospital’s Times Plaza branch on Atlantic Avenue on March 21 to teach vice president of operations, people how to use the USPS Web site so you can buy postage / Amy Sussman told The Stoop that LICH “re- and mail packages from home. Just imagine never again having mains committed to the upkeep to go postal (literally and figuratively) again. … The folks at of the playground.” Flying Saucer, an excellent coffee bar on Atlantic Avenue, After calls from The Brook- were complaining the other day about the declining quality of lyn Paper, the Parks Depart- the bagels they get from that overrated, Manhattan-based chain, Paper The Brooklyn ment set up an inspection of the H&H. Our response: Buy Brooklyn! What’s wrong with this playground? Jason Licht says that Long Island College Hospital isn’t playgrounds this week Stay E-mail us at [email protected] doing a good job maintaining it. You be the judge. tuned. — Cohen

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Really, Jeff), I learned that the Cold dog Health Department had indeed written up for Cafe Lafayette for Our photographer’s shivering pup, Mallow, finishes out the winter on Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene. “inadequate hand-washing facilities,” “evidence of/or live mice,” Jewels “flying insects in food areas,” and “dirty food contact services.” By SATNICK My favorite restaurant was finally shut down on May 30, 2005. I stopped going. Until Monday night, that is. We ❤offer quality jewelry, preci- You see, all that rat hysteria got me thinking about my old sion timepieces and fine giftware Hartley F. Satnick haunt. Thinking and clicking around on the Health Department’s at prices to fit every budget. Web site. There, I discovered that the Cafe’s descent into restau- Protect ’hood? Wait months The only Certified rant purgatory had been short-lived. By August 2005, the Cafe — with a new owner — was back in the good graces of the in- Master Watchmaker spector, who found “no violations that present a threat to the By Dana Rubinstein the rezoning is enacted. cilwoman Letitia James (D–Fort Greene) in all 5 boroughs public health.” Cafe Lafayette’s most recent inspection, in Octo- The Brooklyn Paper But that ULURP would have been com- thinks the damage is already done. pleted around now if city officials were do- “The developments I have serious con- of New York City ber 2006, yielded a few minor offenses, but none warranting a Weren’t Fort Greene and Clinton Hill FREE Lay-a-Way shut-down. ing their jobs, activists said. cerns are already going up: the ‘Forte’ tow- serving the community supposed to be downzoned by now? “This just allows more and more devel- er, the Williamsburgh Bank conversion, the Plan On all Now, it’s important to note I’m a squeamish eater. My broth- That’s what some residents are muttering, for over 46 years er still thinks it’s funny to say that I’m a vegetarian who doesn’t opers to get foundations in the ground [be- ‘Greene’ on Carlton and Greene. None have claiming that it’s been a full year since a city fore the downzoning goes into effect],” said affordable housing, all are luxury towers Purchases like vegetables. So, when I approached my once-beloved store- official told the neighborhood that the down- front this week, my stomach churned (with anxiety). Sharon Barnes, the head of the Society for [subsidized by the city], and all are totally zoning plan would be certified by fall, 2006. Clinton Hill. out of context with the neighborhood.” The restaurant looked much the same as it had two years back, In the bureaucratic headache that is the Visit us at our new location which was oddly reassuring. But the menu had been beefed up. Rob Perris, the district manager of Com- City Planning spokeswoman Jennifer downzoning process, “certification” of the munity Board 2, echoed Barnes’s concern: Torres told The Brooklyn Paper that the cer- Sure, there were the Cafe staples — the goat cheese salad, the plan is required before it can enters the for- “The Community Board is disappointed that tification plan is “on schedule” and would chocolate volcano, the carrot-ginger soup. But there was also a mal public-review phase, called the Uniform this has taken three years.” be happening “in the coming months.” 187 State Street host of more expensive entrees, from an $18.50 sirloin steak to a Land-Use Review Procedure or ULURP. But at least one foe of overdevelopment is- Preservationists are no longer holding $16.95 seared tuna with soy anise sauce and asparagus. Once the seven-month ULURP is complete, n’t concerned with the delay — indeed, Coun- their breath. (off Court St) I stuck to my guns and ate a veggie burger with fries. I won’t bore you foodies with my disappointment in the veggie burger (718) 852-1421 • Fax (718) 852-9697 • (yes, it is actually possible to distinguish between a good and HOURS: Mon - Fri: 9:30am - 6:30pm; Sat: 11:00am - 5:00pm bad veggie burger), but I will say that my fries were excellent, my waitress lovely, and my glass of Pinot easy to imbibe. As I sat at my corner table in the surprisingly packed room and toyed with my salad, I heard the sounds of dishes being washed in the back. I grew more comfortable. I drank more wine. And I rec- Step right up, fall right down onciled with Cafe Lafayette. My self-imposed exile was over. So, my advice to all you Taco Bell lovers is to stay strong. By Dana Rubinstein The Parks Department told has caused some of the steps to likely require capital funds and shoes Your restaurant probably won’t get a new owner (but hey, a new The Brooklyn Paper The Stoop that the problem is rise about two inches in certain no funds are currently in our CEO might boost confidence), but it, too, will rebound from its the fault of a higher power: places,” said Phil Abramson, a budget for this purpose.” days of ignominy. Soon enough, you’ll be able to eat your You don’t want to be a Mother Nature. spokesman for the department. In other words, watch your cheesy bean and rice burrito with nary a stray thought about rat klutz in Fort Greene Park. “It appears that sand erosion “Resetting the stairs would step. handbags feces. 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just a pile of papers, but now I Paper The Brooklyn • Ultimate 4-step sterilization was exposing them to anyone The spending money has started showing up on Vanderbilt Avenue, but not as quickly, or as widely, as many had hoped. Here who buys my book ($17 in hard- • Comprehensive Care, including is a scene from a recent brunch at Beast on Vanderbilt and Bergen. cover; available wherever books teeth whitening, bad breath, etc. are sold; bulk discounts are avail- able; makes a great gift). I had long imagined what it $ EXAMINATION, NECESSARY would be like to see the book in X-RAYS AND TEETH CLEANING actual book form for the first Hungry for Vanderbilt’s future 55 55 with this ad time, to hold it in my hands, turn it over and flip through pages and local merchant’s association and the owner been drawing attention. The Village Voice pages of my own words, words By Lilo H. Stainton The Brooklyn Paper of the Forest Floor, near Prospect Place. voted the restaurant the “Best Durable Do- 332 9th St. (718) 832-1222 about myself. Even if not all the “And more are on the way.” words make me look good. minican” in 2006, calling it a “throwback to When Noo Na opened on Vanderbilt Or are they? One key to the foodie future (Bet. 5th-6th Aves.) www.azdental.com Yes, I lied to my teacher about the older, less glamorous Prospect Heights, Avenue in Prospect Heights in November, of Vanderbilt Avenue may be Half, a wine- an alleged stomachache so I could it became one of just a handful of Korean though the new awning and renovated inte- OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK • get sent home. Yes, I once got so bar business for sale. If it remains a restau- rior give it a bit of new glamour.” restaurants in the borough. But it remains rant or bar, the neighborhood could keep the drunk that I threw up all night in unclear whether this once-hungry stretch But the full extent of the transition re- momentum. If it becomes a dry cleaner or ◆ my freshman dorm room. And, yes, I’m still a bit neurotic over not will realize its dream of becoming the next mains unclear. believing in God. real-estate office, the drive to make Vander- “Brooklyn isn’t Manhattan yet,” mused ◆ Smith Street. bilt a foodie destination could lose steam. That’s my story to tell. But did I really have to go and drag in Mike Halkias, who took over George’s din- ◆ my in-laws, with whom I have had a five-year “Come to Jesus” Years ago, there was George’s — and lit- The changes on Vanderbilt Avenue may tle else. Now George’s, a classic Greek din- not be attracting the buzz that followed the er in 1992, with his brother John. But it sure struggle? Did I have to include my husband’s sister (and those has changed since the days when the Cana- juicy details about her wedding night!)? er, is the Usual, and Bob Law’s Seafood revival of Fifth Avenue, for example, but the Café is next door. Le Gamin serves French wider epicurean selection seems to satisfy dian-born brothers fought off drug dealers Wouldn’t it have been easier to just sit on a park bench with with their hockey sticks, right outside the no clothes on? Nica naked. food, just up the street, Aliseo Osteria del local palates. Prospect Heights residents no When I wrote, rewrote, edited and re-edited the book, I never Borgo offers Italian, and the Beast is making longer have to haul themselves into the city restaurant’s door. thought about it actually being out there, all on its own, without plenty of upscale noise. to satisfy their gastronomic cravings. “The neighborhood was a little different,” me to explain it and present it. But now it is (and, as I men- “And it’s all within a short stretch,” Even the Los Viejos Amigos, the Do- Halkias recalled recently. “It’s a nice melt- ◆ added Steve Commender, president of the minican lunch counter by Dean Street, has ing pot right now.” tioned, available for purchase!), so the time has come for me to ◆ be ready for it to be separate from me. Like a child growing up and becoming her own person, the ◆ book must stand on its own as well. People will read it and will ◆ Custom Framing take what they want from it. They will like it or hate it, identify with the story or think that I am odd. In any case, they will know ◆ Ready-Made Frames me, and they will understand what it is like to live without religion. 374 7th Avenue ◆ Posters & Prints But, alas, they’ll also know what a wacky, f—d up family I have! 4th Avenue starts to bear fruit (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) ◆ Friendly Service THE KITCHEN SINK By Dana Rubinstein Fourth Avenue and Third Street, a whopping $310,000. developer said. 718-832-0655 The Brooklyn Paper boasts a private landscaped gar- The name of the building it- “[We] can make it Park Av- It is almost spring, when a Park Slope block’s fancy turns to enue, with trees and flowers, and Developer Shaya Boymel- den, “gracious” kitchens, “sump- self, NOVO (from the Latin “de … the Brooklyn Botanic Garden annual Greenest Block tuous” bathrooms, concierge ser- novo,”) is meant to suggest a it will be beautiful,” Boymel- in Brooklyn contest, of course! To learn the secrets of winning green says he’s going to stop vice, a residents’ lounge, a new life for a traffic-filled cor- green added. this cut-throat contest, head for the BBG’s master class featuring building luxury condos in playroom, and a fitness center ridor long known for its flat fix Huebener agreed. BUY past winners sharing secrets and giving advice. It’s at the Garden Brooklyn (see story, page 5). (below). Prices for studios start at shops and abandoned lots, the “You’re going to have slight- DIRECT on March 21 at 5 pm. Call (718) 623-7220 to reserve your free But in the present tense, his ly taller buildings with larger GROOMING • BOARDING space. … We love Colson Patisserie on Ninth Street, especially high-end units are selling like populations, and the entire ac- for the Danesi Italian coffee they serve and those great baguettes, hotdogs at a ballgame. tion on Fourth Avenue will Dogs & Cats • Your Inspection Invited! but what’s with those chocolate chip cookies? Too crispy! … PS Apartments in Boymel- change,” she said. “The Mc- 107’s “art day” was a big hit with workshops on making ancient green’s NOVO condo tower — Donald’s might not be McDon- We Service the Egyptian ornaments, collages and, in true Brooklyn fashion, paper the first Fourth Avenue luxury ald’s. The car repair sites won’t Movie Stars! bag brownstones. … OK, we’re intrigued. As we went to press, condos to go on the market be car repair sites.” we received an email from Well Lounge, a new bar that told us since the neighborhood was re- But some of the neighbor- it was “opening its doors for the first time to the social public of Over 35 zoned in 2004 — went on sale hood’s existing residents aren’t WE SHIP Years Exp. New York” on March 15. We’re social. And we’re public, and we last Monday and are being as eager to see the avenue live in New York, but we have no idea what they mean. 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ellow Hooker has a tendency to daydream. He’s not the only YELLOW Yone, apparently. HOOKER “Many community leaders have suggested that I run for mayor,” state Sen. Marty Golden (R–Bay Ridge) was saying the other day. “Whenever so many people of so many different backgrounds urge you to do something, you have to give it some thought.” From police officer to Council- man to state Senator to … Mayor of New York City? Inspired by the Senator’s words Matthew Lysiak — and the lofty dreams behind them — I countered with some lofty day-dreaming of my own. STAIR LIFTS In fact, I took the liberty of writing Golden’s 2014 inauguration speech — you know, for when he wins re-election. I had the words Brooklyn Conservative Party Chairman Jerry FREE Estimate Kassar fresh in my mind. “Marty Golden would make a great mayor,” Kassar said. “He is Four World War II vets participated in a thank-the-vets assembly at St. Anselm School. and in-home a smart, hard-working, common-sense conservative who knows consultation that lowering taxes is the key to economic development and keep- ing crime low is crucial if we are to improve our neighborhoods.” FREE Installation Drafting the speech wasn’t hard. Golden told me that his two political heroes were Ronald Reagan and Rudy Giuliani, so all I FREE Delivery needed to do was put in all that “morning in America” and “crime doesn’t pay” rhetoric. Here goes: Vets to Ridge: War is hell “Thank you, Bishop Sharpton, for that touching benediction. Friends, clergy, elected officials, honored guests, President By Matthew Lysiak “Greatest Generation” — espe- never heard the word “war” an’s words to the contrary. Spitzer, and my fellow citizens: I am honored and humbled to The Brooklyn Paper cially given the students’ sup- again. “These veterans were brave DERMER begin my second term as the 109th mayor of New York City. port for the troops in Iraq. “Whenever anyone starts guys,” said eighth-grader Sarah “Over the past four years, I have met with New Yorkers who With the war in Iraq on PHARMACY & SURGICAL their minds, a group of patriot- But the soldiers turned the talking about war, I immediate- Allen. “I hope I would be able to share the common belief that possibility and opportunity is the event on its head, telling the ly feel negative about the whole do the same if the time comes.” • 2064 Flatbush Ave. • (718) 377-4900 essence of New York — and the promise of tomorrow. ic St. Anselm School students students that war should be thing,” he said. “But let us not forget, four years ago, that optimism seemed in honored four World War II avoided at all costs. Fellow comrades Martin jeopardy. We worked together to divert a major fiscal crisis in veterans at the other day, but it “I just hope and pray that O’Reilly and Fred Schwally 2011 by using the new tax revenue generated by Turtle Bay Casi- was the graying soldiers who you kids don’t have to ever go participated in assembly, hand- no, built over the space where the United Nations used to stand. offered up the most important to war,” said veteran Tom Lus- ing each student a “Certificate Meet the Writers... “My fellow citizens, let history say of us, ‘These were Gold- words: War is hell. nia. “No matter what you might of Americanism.” en years — when freedom gained new life, and when New York Teacher Cary Anne Fitzger- believe, war is war, and war is At least one student equated City reached for her best.’ I look forward to working with Gov. ald said the March 8 assembly nothing you want a piece of.” the certificate with a require- Nancy Krulik Gentile to see the realization of what is uniquely, our own, New began with the best intentions: Another vet, Bernie Hogan- ment to serve her country on ‘ York destiny.” to honor the service of the son, said he’d be happy if he the battlefield, despite the veter- Katie Kazoo Series & I thought I’d done a pretty good job, so I sent the copy over to Golden’s chief aide, John Quaglione. Teen Novel Ripped at the Seams “I liked ‘Golden years,’ but we are not commenting,” Quaglione said. (I considered that a victory!) I also emailed a copy to Councilman Vince Gentile (D–Bay Ridge), who didn’t mind trying on the term “Mayor Golden” for Saturday, March 24th size (most likely because the term “Gov. Gentile” was still ring- ing in his ears!). Victory finds partner “New York City is an important part of the empire state,” at 3:00 p.m. Gentile said. “I will do everything in my power as governor to help Mayor Golden succeed.” By Matthew Lysiak Could it happen? Could Marty Golden someday be Mayor The Brooklyn Paper Golden? If he runs, at least we know one thing: Yellow Hooker Victory Memorial Hospital Nancy Krulik is the author of more than 100 books for isn’t the only one with a fancy for daydreaming. — at least part of it — has been saved, The Brooklyn Pa- children and young adults, including three New York THE KITCHEN SINK per has learned. Times bestsellers. She is best known, for being the author Local officials will announce And creator of the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo book series, State Sen. Marty Golden will be hosting his fifth annual next week that the beleaguered “State Senator for a Day” contest, inviting local junior high school medical center — which filed Callan / Tom which has brought her to the attention of second, third, students to write a 250-word essay that begins with the words “If I for bankruptcy and was recom- and fourth graders nationwide. were state Senator for a day…” (Our advice? Don’t try to kiss ass mended for closure by a state by starting with “If I were a state Senator for a day, I would raise committee last year — has salaries for all of our hard-working public servants in Albany.” The found a partner to keep its busy deadline for admissions is March 30. … A man who quit the state emergency room, nursing home Judith Lindbergh Senate was back in the blazing spotlight last week, getting honored and birthing center open. Paper file The Brooklyn ‘Thrall’s Tale for donating artificial limbs to people mutilated in the civil war in “The community is in for a In this classic 2004 file photo, Rep. Vito Fossella presents a Sierra Leone. Steven Mirones’s prosthetics firm Arimed made big surprise,” said Bill Guar- check to now-disgraced former Victory Memorial Hospital Discussion / Signing the donations. … Students from the Brooklyn College and inello, new acting chair of the President Donald DiCunto (center). Pratt Institute chapters of the New York Public Interest Re- Dyker Heights hospital’s board search Group were collecting empty bottles and cans in Bay of trustees. “People are going to The partnership means that vious administration,” Guarinel- Ridge on March 8 to promote a proposed “Bigger Better Bottle be real pleased when they dis- Victory will retain its emer- lo said, “We are now looking Saturday, March 31st at 3:00 p.m. Bill.” The money raised from the collection will support the Bay cover what is in store.” gency room with holding beds, forward to having a clean slate.” Ridge Center for Older Adults’ Meals on Wheels pro- The identity of the new part- its diagnostic center, its nursing Guarinello disagrees with the Judith Lindbergh's work has appeared in Archaeology magazine and in gram. … On a related note, while discussing recycling at last ners is being kept under wraps, home, and its birth center, state’s recommendation that connection with the Smithsonian's exhibition Vikings: The North week’s Community Board 11 meeting, District Manager Howard but neither Lutheran Hospital in which handles over 2,000 new- Victory should close and be- Feuer revealed that he is a big fan of Borat. … At least one Bay Ridge nor New York borns a year, Guarinello added. lieves that time will prove the Atlantic Saga. 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I had the words Brooklyn Conservative Party Chairman Jerry FREE Estimate Kassar fresh in my mind. “Marty Golden would make a great mayor,” Kassar said. “He is Four World War II vets participated in a thank-the-vets assembly at St. Anselm School. and in-home a smart, hard-working, common-sense conservative who knows consultation that lowering taxes is the key to economic development and keep- ing crime low is crucial if we are to improve our neighborhoods.” FREE Installation Drafting the speech wasn’t hard. Golden told me that his two political heroes were Ronald Reagan and Rudy Giuliani, so all I FREE Delivery needed to do was put in all that “morning in America” and “crime doesn’t pay” rhetoric. Here goes: Vets to Ridge: War is hell “Thank you, Bishop Sharpton, for that touching benediction. Friends, clergy, elected officials, honored guests, President By Matthew Lysiak “Greatest Generation” — espe- never heard the word “war” an’s words to the contrary. Spitzer, and my fellow citizens: I am honored and humbled to The Brooklyn Paper cially given the students’ sup- again. “These veterans were brave DERMER begin my second term as the 109th mayor of New York City. port for the troops in Iraq. “Whenever anyone starts guys,” said eighth-grader Sarah “Over the past four years, I have met with New Yorkers who With the war in Iraq on PHARMACY & SURGICAL their minds, a group of patriot- But the soldiers turned the talking about war, I immediate- Allen. “I hope I would be able to share the common belief that possibility and opportunity is the event on its head, telling the ly feel negative about the whole do the same if the time comes.” • 2064 Flatbush Ave. • (718) 377-4900 essence of New York — and the promise of tomorrow. ic St. Anselm School students students that war should be thing,” he said. “But let us not forget, four years ago, that optimism seemed in honored four World War II avoided at all costs. Fellow comrades Martin jeopardy. We worked together to divert a major fiscal crisis in veterans at the other day, but it “I just hope and pray that O’Reilly and Fred Schwally 2011 by using the new tax revenue generated by Turtle Bay Casi- was the graying soldiers who you kids don’t have to ever go participated in assembly, hand- no, built over the space where the United Nations used to stand. offered up the most important to war,” said veteran Tom Lus- ing each student a “Certificate Meet the Writers... “My fellow citizens, let history say of us, ‘These were Gold- words: War is hell. nia. “No matter what you might of Americanism.” en years — when freedom gained new life, and when New York Teacher Cary Anne Fitzger- believe, war is war, and war is At least one student equated City reached for her best.’ I look forward to working with Gov. ald said the March 8 assembly nothing you want a piece of.” the certificate with a require- Nancy Krulik Gentile to see the realization of what is uniquely, our own, New began with the best intentions: Another vet, Bernie Hogan- ment to serve her country on ‘ York destiny.” to honor the service of the son, said he’d be happy if he the battlefield, despite the veter- Katie Kazoo Series & I thought I’d done a pretty good job, so I sent the copy over to Golden’s chief aide, John Quaglione. Teen Novel Ripped at the Seams “I liked ‘Golden years,’ but we are not commenting,” Quaglione said. (I considered that a victory!) I also emailed a copy to Councilman Vince Gentile (D–Bay Ridge), who didn’t mind trying on the term “Mayor Golden” for Saturday, March 24th size (most likely because the term “Gov. Gentile” was still ring- ing in his ears!). Victory finds partner “New York City is an important part of the empire state,” at 3:00 p.m. Gentile said. “I will do everything in my power as governor to help Mayor Golden succeed.” By Matthew Lysiak Could it happen? Could Marty Golden someday be Mayor The Brooklyn Paper Golden? If he runs, at least we know one thing: Yellow Hooker Victory Memorial Hospital Nancy Krulik is the author of more than 100 books for isn’t the only one with a fancy for daydreaming. — at least part of it — has been saved, The Brooklyn Pa- children and young adults, including three New York THE KITCHEN SINK per has learned. Times bestsellers. She is best known, for being the author Local officials will announce And creator of the Katie Kazoo Switcheroo book series, State Sen. Marty Golden will be hosting his fifth annual next week that the beleaguered “State Senator for a Day” contest, inviting local junior high school medical center — which filed Callan / Tom which has brought her to the attention of second, third, students to write a 250-word essay that begins with the words “If I for bankruptcy and was recom- and fourth graders nationwide. were state Senator for a day…” (Our advice? Don’t try to kiss ass mended for closure by a state by starting with “If I were a state Senator for a day, I would raise committee last year — has salaries for all of our hard-working public servants in Albany.” The found a partner to keep its busy deadline for admissions is March 30. … A man who quit the state emergency room, nursing home Judith L indbergh Senate was back in the blazing spotlight last week, getting honored and birthing center open. Paper file The Brooklyn ‘Thrall’s Tale for donating artificial limbs to people mutilated in the civil war in “The community is in for a In this classic 2004 file photo, Rep. Vito Fossella presents a Sierra Leone. Steven Mirones’s prosthetics firm Arimed made big surprise,” said Bill Guar- check to now-disgraced former Victory Memorial Hospital Discussion / Signing the donations. … Students from the Brooklyn College and inello, new acting chair of the President Donald DiCunto (center). Pratt Institute chapters of the New York Public Interest Re- Dyker Heights hospital’s board search Group were collecting empty bottles and cans in Bay of trustees. “People are going to The partnership means that vious administration,” Guarinel- Ridge on March 8 to promote a proposed “Bigger Better Bottle be real pleased when they dis- Victory will retain its emer- lo said, “We are now looking Saturday, March 31st at 3:00 p.m. Bill.” The money raised from the collection will support the Bay cover what is in store.” gency room with holding beds, forward to having a clean slate.” Ridge Center for Older Adults’ Meals on Wheels pro- The identity of the new part- its diagnostic center, its nursing Guarinello disagrees with the Judith Lindbergh's work has appeared in Archaeology magazine and in gram. … On a related note, while discussing recycling at last ners is being kept under wraps, home, and its birth center, state’s recommendation that connection with the Smithsonian's exhibition Vikings: The North week’s Community Board 11 meeting, District Manager Howard but neither Lutheran Hospital in which handles over 2,000 new- Victory should close and be- Feuer revealed that he is a big fan of Borat. … At least one Bay Ridge nor New York borns a year, Guarinello added. lieves that time will prove the Atlantic Saga. 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By Dana Rubinstein it out for a while. • That he supports Atlantic Yards: bother him, although sometimes The Brooklyn Paper “Boymelgreen’s just being cau- “Shaya Boymelgreen is a developer. his finished products do: “If you Brooklyn’s luxury condo tious, and he can afford to be,” said I believe developers are building are going to use union labor, you Huebener, of Aguayo and Hueben- cities, building neighborhoods. … will lose your shirt. It costs you 40 boom is petering out — at least er Realty. “Other young upstarts percent more. And who will buy a according to one of the bor- Of course we have to watch them to are anxious to get in, and they will make sure it’s not just about the dol- house at 40 percent more? … If ough’s biggest developers. probably do well.” lar. … I think that Ratner took a you show a bunch of people any- Real-estate tycoon Shaya Boy- In a wide-ranging, hourlong in- very, very special architect who will thing, from a woman to a building melgreen told The Brooklyn Paper terview with The Brooklyn Paper, give Brooklyn a very special flavor. to clothes, they’ll all have a differ- last week that won’t start any new Boymelgreen also said: If you ask me, can you improve it, ent opinion. Sometimes, I see Brooklyn projects until the glut in • That Fourth Avenue will become I’d say, yes, you can improve any- something in my head that I think luxury condos dissipates. a new “Park Avenue.” “It depends on thing, anywhere, endlessly. I’m sure will be beautiful. But at the end of “We are more finishing and the city [to rezone] the Gowanus you get up in the morning and look the day, it doesn’t come out like I continuing [our current projects],” / Dana Rubinstein Canal area to residential. Four years in the mirror and you could work on want, because of the zoning, be- said Boymelgreen. “The high fe- ago, we started buying property [in your face and then you can go on cause of the architect, because of ver of condominiums and real es- the Gowanus Canal area]. … All this and on and not go to work. … When the finishing. You’re not 100 per- tate is slowing down.” area was empty. And so I said, ‘Look I heard Ratner was going to build cent in control. … Sometimes I see “[But] when [my] properties at the canal. It [could] be a beautiful here, I said, ‘Wow, jobs, new park- something that’s finished, and I [are] absorbed and sold, I’m com- The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn place.’And the city said, ‘Yes, Shaya. ing, new stores.’ It’s all prosperity.” can’t quite change it.” ing in again.” We would like to see somebody • That opposition from unions This bearish assessment comes Unlike Bruce Ratner, developer Shaya Boymelgreen had the guts Read the full interview at www. come.’That’s why I bought it.” and neighborhood groups doesn’t BrooklynPaper.com. from the man who remade the face to sit down with The Brooklyn Paper and share his vision. of Brooklyn, adding 1,500 apart- ments across the borough in just 13 years, from smaller developments like the Park Slope Estates on Sec- ond Street to large-scale projects Prices are up, just not as much Boom goes bust like the Beacon Tower, the 23-story, Apartment prices in many Brooklyn neighborhoods are 79-unit skyscraper in DUMBO. The Brooklyn Paper 2006, with apartment prices bearish about Brooklyn real Hill is now $384,000, while a up, but not as up as they were a year ago, according to Property prices did con- growing 2 percent to a me- estate. Columbia Street apartments a new report from the Real Estate Board of New York. Meanwhile, the 12-floor NOVO — Dana Rubinstein Park Slope, on Fourth Avenue and tinue to rise in Brooklyn dian of $998,000 each. But Here are some highlights costs about $596,000. Fourth Street, just went on the last year, but at a rate that’s last year’s report showed a of the report (or lowlights, • In order of decreasing Change in median value of apts market, and the apartments are decreased substantially from 27-percent increase. as the case may be): value, the most expensive Neighborhood 2005-2006 2004-2005 selling briskly. Another 70 Boy- the year before, according “The rate of increase for • Greenpoint prices sky- neighborhoods are DUMBO, melgreen condos, on Fourth Av- to the report put out last 2006 was not as large as the rocketed, with the median Carroll Gardens, Greenpoint, Boerum Hill -1 percent +23 percent rate of increase for 2005,” price of an apartment rising Cobble Hill, and Vinegar Hill. enue and Second Street, will enter week by the Real Estate Brooklyn Heights +7 percent -5 percent the fray in a few months. Board of New York. said Mike Slattery, a senior 65 percent, from $388,000 in • In Prospect Heights, With Brooklyn on the back burn- For example, in 2006, the vice president at REBNY. 2005 to $641,000 in 2006. one-, two-, and three-family Carroll Gardens +25 percent -1 percent er, the developer has plenty of other “There was a perception in • Clinton Hill and the Co- home prices also gained im- median sale price for a Cobble Hill -14 percent +40 percent cities laying claim to his attentions. Brooklyn apartment grew the market that things were lumbia Street waterfront also pressive ground, with the His $8-billion portfolio spans the only 15 percent, in contrast slowing, and interest rates had made impressive gains, with median price growing a jaw- Fort Greene +26 percent +158 percent globe, from the Punjab to Tel Aviv. to a 38 percent increase risen a bit.” median prices growing 30 dropping 50 percent, from Fellow developers said Boy- The market might not be percent and 36 percent, re- Park Slope +2 percent +22 percent from 2004 to 2005. $800,000 in 2005 to $1.2 / Julie Rosenberg melgreen’s pullout made sense — DUMBO continued to be growing as quickly as last spectively. The median price million in 2006. Vinegar Hill 0 percent +61 percent especially for a kingpin who spe- the hottest condo market in year, but Slattery was hardly for an apartment in Clinton —Rubinstein cializes in mammoth, “cookie-cut- ter,” projects. Real-estate broker Roslyn

Huebener said she wasn’t sur- www.BrooklynPaper.com Paper The Brooklyn prised that Boymelgreen would sit MORE ONLINE: INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT Shaya Boymelgreen’s Beacon Tower in DUMBO.

Every Child Deserves A Great Education Charter schools are a great public education alternative offering families rigorous academics in small, safe learning environments. Charter schools are PUBLIC SCHOOLS focused on high academic achievement and preparing students for college. No tuition or fees are charged. Here’s how to enroll your child in a great public charter school: Pick one of 60 public charter schools in New York City (see map with contact info). Call schools for dates of 2007 open houses and application deadlines. TRUCK YOU All public charter school students are admitted through an open lottery of Unwelcome wagon for Shaya applicants. Most lotteries for admittance are held from Feb through April. By Ariella Cohen BRONX 21. BROOKLYN CHARTER SCHOOL: 545 Willoughby Avenue, 5th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11233 The Brooklyn Paper 1. BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS: Tel: 718-302-2085, Fax: 718-302-2426 They’ve tried inflatable rats. They’ve tried lawsuits. But 950 Longfellow Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474 22. BROOKLYN EXCELSIOR CHARTER SCHOOL: now opponents of developer Shaya Boymelgreen are using Tel: 718-893-1042, Fax: 718-893-7910 856 Quincy Street, Brooklyn, NY 11221 a rolling ad truck to get their message out. 2. BRONX CHARTER FOR BETTER LEARNING: Tel: 718-246-5681, Fax: 718-246-5864 Last week, a group of labor activists rolled through the 3740 Baychester Avenue, (Annex), Bronx, NY 10466 23. COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL: Gowanus Canal zone in a truck covered in a four-foot banner Tel: 718-655-6660, Fax: 718-655-5555 241 Emerson Place, Brooklyn, NY 11205 proclaiming “Brooklyn Beware!” and directing people to 3. THE BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN: Tel: 718-399-3824, Fax: 718-399-2149 their Web site, shayaiscoming.org. 388 Willis Avenue, Bronx, NY 10454 24. COMMUNITY ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL: Shayaiscoming.org is a coalition between the Laborers’ Tel: 718-402-3300, Fax: 718-402-3258 51 Saint Edwards Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11205 4. Union and the affordable housing advocacy group ACORN, BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE: Tel: 718-858-1629 Fax: 718-858-1754 1960 Benedict Ave, Bronx, NY, 10462 which opposes the developer’s use of the city’s controversial 25. EAST NEW YORK PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 718-828-7301, Fax: 718-828-7302 400 Ashford Street, Room 209, Brooklyn NY, 11207 421-a tax break for luxury developments. 5. BRONX LIGHTHOUSE CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 718-277-0213, Fax: 718-484-0787 Only 73 of the 1,317 housing units the developer has built 1001 Intervale Avenue, Bronx, NY, 10459 26. EXCELLENCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF BEDFORD STUYVESANT: in the city are priced at below-market levels, according to Tel: 646-915-0025, Fax: 646-915-0037 225 Patchen Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11233 ACORN spokesman Jonathan Rosen. 6. BRONX PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 718-638-1830, Fax: 718-638-2548 Union leaders said the big-wheeled banner would be rolling 3872 3rd Avenue, Bronx, NY 10457 27. EXPLORE CHARTER SCHOOL: through Brooklyn regularly to highlight Boymelgreen’s Tel: 718-294-0841, Fax: 718-294-2381 15 Snyder Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11226 record, which they complain includes using non-union work- 7. CARL C. ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 718-703-4484, Fax: 718-703-8550 ers and failing to pay them overtime wages (the state attorney 1525 Brook Avenue, Bronx, NY 10457 28. HELLENIC CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL: general is looking into that charge). Tel: 718-716-8105, Fax: 718-716-6716 646 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215 The timing of the new anti-Boymelgreen campaign is not 8. FAMILY LIFE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 718-499-0957, Fax: 718-499-0959 a coincidence: the city is currently moving forward with its 14 West 170th Street, Bronx, NY 10452 29. KIPP A.M.P. CHARTER SCHOOL: rezoning of the gritty area — a decision that will shape Tel: 718-410-8100, Fax: 718-410-8800 1224 Park Place, 4th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11213 Boymelgreen’s “Gowanus Village” development. 9. GRAND CONCOURSE CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 718-943-3710, Fax: 718-774-36-73 Boymelgreen’s spokeswoman Rebecca Regal said the truck 116-18 East 169th Street, Bronx, New York 10452 30. LEADERSHIP PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: “distorts our position and mischaracterizes our achievements.” Tel: 718-590-1300, Fax: 718-772-7949 600 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11216 (3rd floor) She added that the developer’s “Gowanus Village” plan in- 10. HARRIET TUBMAN CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 718-636-0360, Fax: 718-636-0747 cludes affordable housing. 3565 3rd Avenue, Bronx New York 10456 31. UFT CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 718-537-9912, Fax: 718-537-9858 Middle School: 800 Van Siclen Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207 11. HYDE LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL: Elementary School: 300 Wyona Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207 730 Bryant Avenue, Bronx, NY 10474 Middle School: Tel: 718-649-0650 Elementary School: Tel: 718-922-0438 Tel: 718-991-5500, Fax: 718-842-8617 33. WILLIAMSBURG COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL: 41. HARLEM DAY CHARTER SCHOOL: 52. ROSS GLOBAL ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: 12. INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP CHARTER SCHOOL: 157 Wilson Street, 6th Floor Brooklyn, NY 11211 240 East 123rd Street, New York, NY 10035 52 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007 2900 Exterior Street, Bronx NY 10463 Tel: 718-302-4018, Fax: 718-302-4641 Tel: 212-876-9953, Fax: 212-876-7519 Tel: 212-374-3884, Fax: 212-233-8758 RATNER… Tel: 718-562-2300, Fax: 718-562-2235 32. WILLIAMSBURG CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL: 42. HARLEM LINK CHARTER SCHOOL: 53. SISULU WALKER CHILDREN'S ACADEMY/HARLEM PUBLIC 13. KIPP ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: 424 Leonard Street, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11222 Continued from page 1 134 West 122nd Street, New York, NY 10027 CHARTER SCHOOL: 250 East 156th Street, Bronx, NY 10451 Tel: 718-782-9830 No extension, Fax: 718-782-9834 Tel: 646-472-7998 Fax: 212-666-4248 125 West 115th Street, New York, NY 10026 joined by Councilman David Yassky (D-Brooklyn Heights) Tel: 718-665-3555, Fax: 718-585-7982 43. HARLEM VILLAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 212-663-8217, Fax: 212-866-5793 in decrying the city land buy. 14. SOUTH BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR INTRN'L CULTURES & MANHATTAN 244 W 144 St, 4th Floor New York, NY 10030 54. JOHN V. LINDSAY WILDCAT ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: “There is no reason for the government to directly subsi- THE ARTS: 34. AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 646-548-9570, Fax: 646-548-9576 17 Battery Place, New York, NY 10004 dize a private construction project,” said Yassky. 383 East 139th Street, Room 314 Bronx, NY 10454 220 East 106th Street, New York, NY 10029 44. HARLEM SUCCESS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 212-209-6037, Fax: 212-635-3874 A spokesperson for the EDC said the land would eventual- Tel: 718-401-9216, Fax: 718-401-9219 Tel: 212-534-9667, Fax: 212-534-6225 34 West 118th Street, 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10026 ly be owned by the state, which would then give the develop- 15. SOUTH BRONX CLASSICAL CHARTER SCHOOL: QUEENS er a long-term lease so he could build the arena, public open 35. DEMOCRACY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 646-277-7170, Fax: 212-457-5659 977 Fox Street, Bronx, NY 10459 222 West 134th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10030 space and residential buildings on it. 45. KIPP INFINITY CHARTER SCHOOL: 55. MERRICK ACADEMY/QUEENS PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 718-860-4340, Fax: 718-860-4125 Tel: 212-281-12-48, Fax: 212-283-4302 This sort of land transfer is a common way that govern- 625 West 133rd Street, New York, NY 10027 207-01 Jamaica Avenue, Queens Village, NY 11428 36. FUTURE LEADERS INSTITUTE CHARTER SCHOOL: BROOKLYN Tel: 212-991-2600 Fax: 212-234-8396 Tel: 718-479-3753, Fax: 718-479-8108 ments lower a developer’s building costs while maintaining 134 West 122nd Street, New York, NY 10027 46. KIPP S.T.A.R. COLLEGE PREP CHARTER SCHOOL: 56. OUR WORLD NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL: some control over the site’s future, planning experts said. 16. ACHIEVEMENT FIRST BUSHWICK CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 212-678-2868 Fax: 212-666-2749 433 W. 123rd Street, New York, NY 10027 36-12 35th Avenue, Astoria, NY 11106 But a veteran city planner said the deal reminded him of an 84 Schaefer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207 37. GIRLS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 212-991-2650, Fax: 212-666-4723 Tel: 718-392-3405 Fax: 718-392-2840 earlier — and dirtier — era in New York’s history when the city Tel: 718-455-1594 333 East 4th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10009 47. LEADERSHIP VILLAGE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: 57. PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: would buy land and then sell it at reduced rates to developers. 17. ACHIEVEMENT FIRST CROWN HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 212-388-0241 Fax: 212-388-1086 315 East 113th Street, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10029 1110 Foam Place, Far Rockaway, NY 11691 “The difference in this case is that the project is not the 790 East NY Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11203 38. HARBOR SCIENCES AND ARTS CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 212-876-1829, Fax: 646-417-5174 Tel: 718-471-7220, Fax: 718-471-7385 city’s plan, it is part of a private developer’s plan,” said Ron Tel: 718-774-07-62, Fax: 718-774-0830 1 East 104th Street, Suite 603, New York, NY 10029 48. MANHATTAN CHARTER SCHOOL: 58. RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL: Shiffman, a former New York City planning commissioner 18. ACHIEVEMENT FIRST - EAST NY CHARTER SCHOOL: Tel: 212-427-2244 x627, Fax: 212-360-7429 100 Attorney Street, New York, NY 10002 35-59 81st Street, Jackson Heights, NY 11372 and a critic of Atlantic Yards. 557 Pennsylvania Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207 39. HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE/PROMISE ACADEMY CHARTER Tel: 212-364-8730, Fax: 212-499-4281 Tel: 718-803-0060, Fax: 718-803-3785 He likened the $100-million allocation amounted to a free Tel: 718-485-4924, Fax: 718-342-5194 SCHOOL: 49. NEW HEIGHTS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL: land coupon. 19. ACHIEVENT FIRST ENDEAVOR CHARTER SCHOOL: Main School Address: 35 East 125th Street, 2nd, New York, NY 10035 1818 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10031 OPENING IN FALL 2007 “They’re giving it away,” Shiffman said. 850 Kent Avenue 5th Floor, Brooklyn, NY, 11205 Lower School Address: 175 West 134th Street, New York, NY 10030 Tel: 212-283-5400, Fax: 917-507-9314 The city’s budget office declined to comment on the so- Tel: 718-622-4786, Fax: 718-789-1649 Middle School: Tel: 212-534-0700 Elementary School: Tel: 212-368-3470, 50. NY CENTER FOR AUTISM CHARTER SCHOOL: 59. BEDFORD-STUYVESANT COLLEGIATE CHARTER SCHOOL called coupon. 20. BEGINNING WITH CHILDREN CHARTER SCHOOL: Fax: 212-234-2340 433 East 100th Street, New York NY 10029 Location: TBD Earlier this year, a spokesman for Mayor Bloomberg defend- Main School Address: 11 Bartlett Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 40. HARLEM CHILDREN'S ZONE/PROMISE ACADEMY II CHARTER Tel: 212-860-2580 Fax: 212-860-2960 Tel: 718-919-5414, Fax: 718-302-4641 ed the $205-million contribution — double what the city had Middle School Address: 185 Ellery Street, Brooklyn NY, 11206 SCHOOL: 51. THE OPPORTUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL: 60. CARL C. ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL BRONX NORTH originally promised to contribute — as a small price to pay for Main School: Tel: 718-388-8847 Middle School: Tel: 718-384-4154, Fax: 2005 Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10035 240 West 113th Street, 4th floor, New York, NY 10026 Location: TBD the largest development project in the history of Brooklyn. 718-388-8936 Tel: 917- 492-1481 Fax: 917-492-1576 Tel: 212-866-6137, Fax: 212-665-7436 Tel: 718-716-8105 “This project will create jobs, provide affordable housing and generate billions of dollars in tax revenue,” said the spokesman, John Gallagher. For more information on NYC public charter schools, or employment But while the city contribution to Atlantic Yards has gone up, the tax revenue that the project is expected to generate has opportunities with charter schools, please contact the gone down. Over the summer, state officials said the project would generate $1.5 billion over 30 years. It is now projected to gen- erate $944 million over the same time period — or just $15 million per year for the city and state. NEW YORK CITY CENTER FOR CHARTER SCHOOL EXCELLENCE In light of those numbers, local lawmakers questioned why the city is spending its limited funds to boost a private developer. “The first job of government should be to make sure that 212-437-8330, or visit our Web site: www.nycchartercenter.org the neighborhoods surrounding Atlantic Yards are protected from harmful impacts and that itself will require significant investment,” Yassky said. 6 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 March 17, 2007

OUR OPINION ALL DRAWN OUT The Ratner ripoff HIS NEWSPAPER ASKED ANOTHER $100 million in land? In vague terms, the Bloomberg Administra- in a series of very reasonable questions The city officials won’t tell us. And when tion has said that Atlantic Yards will generate so Tabout the public financing of the Atlantic they won’t tell us, they aren’t telling you — the much tax revenue that the city is justified in Yards project this week and was told, yet again, people whom they are hired to serve. spending these relatively minor expenditures of that we don’t have a right to know the full ex- People who do real estate for a living, howev- taxpayer money — $205 million (and counting, tent of the way taxpayers are underwriting er, were happy to tell us what is going on. Such the mayor has said). Bruce Ratner’s risk-free $4-billion Xanadu. big land acquisitions, a former City Planning But the city taxpayer contribution towards mak- This week, we asked city officials why they commissioner told us, are a shell game in which ing Bruce Ratner a billionaire is increasingly look- will spend $100 million to buy land within Rat- the city purchases land, transfers it to the state, ing like a sucker deal for us: In less than one year, ner’s Atlantic Yards footprint. which then leases it back to a big developer for the city has already allocated $205 million to Rat- It’s a reasonable question, given that Ratner has 99 years at a cost of $1 a year. ner (not counting other tax breaks and the cost of already bought up most of the land — some of it The result, the former official told our reporter mitigating the project’s massive environmental im- at a reduced price, courtesy of his state lackeys. Ariella Cohen, is a huge savings for the developer. pact) — yet Atlantic Yards will only generate $472 Those same supposed stewards of our tax dollars Now, this newspaper has no problem with the million in tax revenue for the city over the next 30 have promised to condemn whatever land Ratner city doing the necessary infrastructure work — years, according to Ratner’s own figures. was unable to buy and turn it over to him. laying sewer lines, installing lights, etc. — to And they won’t tell us why. So why is the city — which has already encourage private development. The reason? They’re using your money to pledged $105 million towards “infrastructure But we don’t understand why it is the taxpay- save Bruce Ratner his — and they’d prefer that improvements” around Atlantic Yards — buying ers’ job to cut costs for Ratner’s land acquisition. you didn’t know that. Cristian Fleming

LETTERS Whole Food’s ‘green’ answers aren’t kosher

To the editor, urday afternoon, the lot was only two-thirds full. take steps to cater to the non-driving majority of It will be at the Film Forum on Houston tan, but reflects the world and the diversity Whole Foods’ response to our request that For a comparison closer to home, a total of potential customers. Yet to our knowledge, they Street through Tuesday. Wherever you are, try to that exists right here in Brooklyn. Delivery Opt out they make a few environmentally friendly de- just 405 Park Slope Food Co-op members have no plans to implement anything like jitney find it. It will really help you think about where Don Palmer, Fort Greene Every week, we deliver copies of The sign modifications to their planned inaugural used the Co-op’s discounted parking at the service to transit hubs or delivery vans (which the world is going and what we can do about it. Editor’s note: Dana Rubinstein’s article was in- Brooklyn store is both disappointing and sur- Union Street Garage during the entire month could be electric), substantial bike parking or Bill DeBlasio, Park Slope deed “reflexive” — it reflected local concerns about Brooklyn Paper to homes throughout the inclusion of a Manhattan-based company in the Brownstone Brooklyn. Our unique sys- prising, given that the company’s own “Decla- of December. Though the Food Co-op has any other alternative mode of transport. Editor’s note: The writer is a member of the City ration of Interdependence” states that Whole more than 12,000 members, fewer shoppers The Manhattan Rickshaw Co. has said it Council. While we admire his service to his con- BAM Cultural District. If the story was perceived as tem limits deliveries to just a few pa- stituents, should he wish to apply for the coveted job “Brooklyn boosterism,” so be it; we will not apologize pers per building (eliminating the kind Foods measures its success in part by “improve- utilize off-street parking in a month than would be thrilled to develop a pedicab service for Whole Foods — if Whole Foods is interested. of movie critic at The Brooklyn Paper, we’ll have to for boosting this borough or its residents’ concerns. of clutter caused by circular and menu ment in the state of the environment, and local Whole Foods would have parking spaces. see some references. delivery services). and larger community support” (“Whole Foods And like the Co-op, the Whole Foods site is Park Slope Neighbors intends to continue to We hope everyone appreciates our to neighbors: Drive on over,” Feb. 24). less than half a mile from three subway stops. gather signatures, and if Whole Foods won’t re- spond, we will take up our cause with our elect- Blame Long Island free home delivery, but realize there are It’s also quite disappointing that Whole It’s also a shock to realize that, according to B’klyn’s on the move To the editor, exceptions to every rule. Foods chose to respond to our offer of a Whole Foods’ own projections of 1,500 daily ed officials. We intend to continue our campaign until Whole Foods agrees to take steps to — in To the editor, So, Transportation Alternatives thinks it So, if you’ve received The Paper at “constructive, ongoing dialogue” with a flat car trips, the store would generate about as many I can sympathize with concerns about the has solved the mystery of the lack of parking home and no longer want this free “no can do” — not even to us, but to your re- car trips annually — more than half a million — the words of their own company philosophy — “promote environmental stewardship.” development of the BAM Cultural District, but in Park Slope (“Park Choke,” March 3). service, you may “opt out” of our deliv- porter. That from a company that claims “bet- as the basketball arena planned for the Atlantic Dana Rubenstein’s piece was reflexive, knee- But everyone seems to forget the large Editor’s note: This letter, officially from the Park ery program by filling out the online ter communication equals better understand- Yards project. Yet the public has had no official jerk Brooklyn boosterism (“Manhattan dancers amount of commuters who enter the neigh- form at BrooklynPaper.com/html/about/ ing and more trust.” opportunity to weigh in on the store’s plan. Slope Neighbors group, was signed by David Alquist, Michael Cairl, Paul Heller, Marni Horwitz, David in Brooklyn? Fuhgedaboudit!” March 3). borhood in the wee hours to take the spots va- optout.html Whole Foods’ statement to The Brooklyn As for the green roof, we’re not quite sure Kenny, Eric McClure, Aaron Naparstek, Kimberly Danspace Project is not a “dance troupe.” cated by those residents of the Park Slope Paper that its parking plan features the “appro- what Whole Foods means by “not feasible.” The Neuhaus, Steven O’Neill, Jeff Prant, Lumi Rolley Urban Bush Women is a great dance troupe who leave for work. priate” number of spaces, and that a green roof store they’re planning to build in Madison, Wis- and Geoff Zink. that tours and has offices right here in Fort These commuters who arrive on my block Send a letter would not be “feasible,” just don’t hold water. consin will feature a green roof. And they’ve in- Greene. MoCADA is a museum with a space are only parking here for the conveniece of At approximately 6.5 spaces per 1,000 stalled solar roofs in several other locations, in- right here in Fort Greene. free space to hop on the subway to their jobs By e-mail: [email protected] square feet of building space, their parking plan cluding Edgewater, New Jersey. Given the One thumb up Of these three, only Danspace would seem in Manhattan. Many of these commuters are By mail: Letters Editor, The Brooklyn is much more suited to a suburban location. In ecological fragility of the Gowanus basin, such To the editor, to be the organization to run a performance from the outer suburbs and Long Island. Paper, 55 Washington St., Brooklyn, NY fact, the National Parking Association recom- building features should be a given. Yet Whole I usually write to you about the events and space year round. And if Councilwoman Leti- A residential parking program may free up 11201. mends just 4.5 spaces per 1,000 square feet to Foods doesn’t appear to feel that Brooklyn de- the work of the day, but I am writing to tell tia James and the Rev. Clinton Miller both- these spaces for the use of other residents and By fax: (718) 834-9278. meet peak parking demand for shopping centers serves the same consideration — and environ- you about the movie, “Bamako.” ered to research Danspace, they might have in turn free up the traffic and meter parking. under 600,000 square feet in size. That would mentally friendly measures — as other places. discovered that many of the choreographers All letters must be signed and include This may be the best film I’ve seen during There was a time in the mid- to late-1990s the writer’s home address and phone translate to just 288 spaces for Whole Foods. Furthermore, Whole Foods makes no men- this decade. I strongly urge you to find a way and dance companies that have performed in when my Park Slope block always had emp- number (only the writer’s name and Whole Foods could also learn from the Fair- tion of any transportation-management plan, to break away for a few hours to see it. Set in that East Village space were either from ty spaces in which to park — and it was be- neighborhood are published with the let- way store in Red Hook. Fairway is nearly as other than the large parking lot. Since 60 percent Mali, it is equally a gripping examination of Brooklyn or had members who reside here. cause all those commuters were too afraid to ter). Letters may be edited and will not large as the planned Whole Foods, and the vast of the households in the neighborhoods sur- globalization and poverty as it is a very hu- My point? leave their newer model cars sitting all day be returned. The earlier in the week you majority of shoppers drive. Yet Fairway’s park- rounding the planned store do not own cars, it man and poetic glimpse of the lives of every- Danspace is a great addition to the Brook- waiting for a break in. send your letter, the better. ing lot has only 300 spaces, and on a recent Sat- would seem to be in Whole Foods’ interest to day people in the developing world. lyn community that does not reflect Manhat- Don Doe, Park Slope “We choose New York Methodist” Live theLoft Life HISTORIC LIVING WITH A MODERN TOUCH 3 4 5 2 6 10 9 11

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FASHION Haute stuff Purveyors of the hip and fabulous beware: Brooklyn’s Fashion Week(end) is coming to town. Presented by the BK Style Foundation, this year’s festivities in DUMBO will premiere fashions from lo- cal and international de- signers, like Nana Boateng and Sena. This year marks the second installment of the event, where new and fresh de- signers are showcased, eschewing the same old names that fill the tents at Bryant Park. The goal of the non- / Jori Klein profit BK Style Founda- tion is to expose the tal- ent of the borough’s (718) 834-9350 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings March 17, 2007 hottest designers. Indeed, Brooklyn’s color, from The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Greenpoint to Red Hook, definitely comes through in each collection. Tickets are available by the night, and purchasing one gets you membership in the BK Style Council. Fifty dollars might seem a bit steep, but last year’s shows brought Busta Rhymes’ Flipmode Squad and Mya to the runway, so you never know who might show up. “BK Fashion Week(end)” will take place from March 16-18 at various locations. Tickets for Public each night are $50. For information, go to www.bkfashionweekend.com. — Jessica Mahler

BOOKS ‘Issue’ Dandy ‘Candy’ Issue Project Room brings the It’s no surprise to find a writer hanging out at a gin distillery, but in Emily Burton’s case, the re- search actually made it into print. The Brooklyn Heights resident, whose novel, avant-garde to Carroll Gardens “Brookland,” has just been released in paperback, based part of her book on the distillery at the foot of By Emily Farris Joralemon Street. for The Brooklyn Paper “In Brooklyn Heights, it’s easy to imagine a onventional wisdom says that the different world of cob- Gowanus Canal is a not-so-scenic and blestone streets and Csometimes-fragrant breeding ground for Greenhood / Aaron horse-drawn carriages,” mosquitoes and luxury developments. A new said Burton, who leads group of Brooklyn artists sees it as a breed- a double life as a yoga ing ground for culture. instructor. She’s taken

Tucked behind a gate and a rather swampy Greenhood / Aaron this different world and

yard on Carroll Street and housed in a reno- Paper The Brooklyn brought it to life with vated industrial building, Suzanne Fiol’s Issue Fiol-ed again: Above, the Issue Project Room’s Executive Director Suzanne Fiol gets her tale of 18th-century Project Room represents a strong new force sultry in front of Ray Rapp’s “Boy with Skateboard.” Left, Fiol with patrons and in- Brooklyn and the bridge in Brooklyn’s arts scene. terns, enjoys a Saturday evening at the space. that will connect it to

“There really is no line between the artists Paper The Brooklyn Manhattan. Taking seven years to write, the novel is and the audience — no stage that elevates of heroic proportions and pays loving homage to the anybody,” Fiol told GO Brooklyn. “Both the only part of the programming that Fiol pro- imental Writer Series, a collaboration be- borough she calls home. artists and audience appreciate that aspect and ART duces. This month, she and photographer tween New York-based musicians and writ- On March 22, Burton will read from her novel at it makes it feel very warm in here.” The Issue Project Room (400 Carroll St. at Kevin Ryan have put together “Sensorium,” a ers. The monthly event will return in April Pete’s Candy Store as part of their biweekly series. Originally located in Manhattan, the Issue Bond Street in Carroll Gardens) is open daily. month-long series of performances, installa- featuring the Wingdale Community Singers, She’s obviously a committed Brooklynite, both Project Room relocated to Carroll Gardens Hours vary. For information, call (718) 330-0313 tions, film and art that are “shattering the dis- an all-star musical project founded in 2002 by writing about and reading in the borough. Just don’t after losing its home in 2005. Fiol admitted or visit www.issueprojectroom.org. tinctions of music, art and performance and novelist Rick Moody. keep her away from the gin. she was originally hesitant to leave Manhat- all the interrelated media.” A team of volunteers and eager interns Emily Burton will read from “Brookland” at Pete’s tan, but is now glad that she did — and even es culture forward — not the kind of art that The venue has caught the attention of helps keep the admission prices at $10. Candy Store (709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street said that if her group ever outgrows its current necessarily brings in the big bucks.” Brooklyn’s cultural tastemakers. It’s not hard to see the Issue Project Room as in Williamsburg) on March 22 at 7:30 pm. For infor- space, she will stay in Brooklyn. Fiol’s openness toward innovation and “They’re very active and have very good a space where artists and musicians would con- mation, call (718) 302-3770. — Youyoung Lee “The surrounding community is wonderful,” knack for creative programming have made ideas,” said music promoter Todd (“Todd P.”) stantly buzz in and out. Collaborations would she said. “They’ve really embraced us.” her much-loved among the performers she Patrick. “I really like them [and] I’m planning form organically on a Tuesday afternoon over Like many avant-garde spaces, however, works with. to work with them in the future.” coffee in the kitchen while someone invents the Fiol’s is having trouble keeping afloat. Despite “I think what Suzanne’s doing is really Record producer Martin Bisi, who has next multi-sensory musical instrument upstairs. a board of directors with members like Park great,” said musician Audrey Chen, currently lived in the neighborhood since 1979, added, It could be the center of the creative Brooklyn CINEMA Slope powerhouse Steve Buscemi, the space is the Issue Project Room’s artist-in-residence. “There was never anything to do in Park bohemia that seems to be on everyone’s lips still actively looking for funding — but Fiol “The space is amazing, it has great acoustics Slope. It’s good to know there’s something Until then, Fiol is working to increase the won’t compromise her integrity to find it. and is great for the city in terms of the music right down the block. It helps me to connect organization’s membership, especially among “We are interested in artists who are trying to scene. Suzanne has such creative program- with other people in the area.” community members. “In this political and Big screen create new ways of seeing, new ways of hear- ming and is very open to new artists.” In February, Fiol (who works full-time economic climate, it’s important that individ- ing,” she said. “This is the kind of art that push- And, despite the great acoustics, music is without a salary) launched the Littoral Exper- uals step up and support culture,” she said. People are generally impressed by movie stars. But Kal Penn, who starred in “Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle,” and did a stint this season on “24,” gets worked up about writers. wife who’s lovely, a lovely woman and the “I am so in awe of Jhumpa, it’s ridiculous,” mother of my children, and then I have this gushed Penn. He was speaking about Jhumpa Lahiri “comedy wife” who’s just this bitch that won’t (pictured), the Fort sleep with me. And it all works out. My goal Greene resident whose was to make a funny Adrian Lyne movie. novel, “The Name- Adrian Lyne makes movies that are so uncom- sake,” has just been fortable and so provocative [“Unfaithful,” made into the film in Rock stars “Fatal Attraction”] and they just have you talk- which Penn stars. ing for hours after the movie is over. You may For Lahiri, whose Chris Rock talks to GO Brooklyn not like it. You may hate the movie. But you collection “Interpreter will talk about the issue at hand. of Maladies” won a Pulitzer Prize in 2000, about his new, grown-up movie GO: How did you cast this film? the film wasn’t just a CR: First of all, there are some people that chance to see her story By Karen Butler when you see their face or hear their name you on the big screen, but for The Brooklyn Paper CINEMA just assume the movie is going to be mediocre. also to see herself. At So, I absolutely refused to cast any of those director Mira Nair’s request, Lahiri and her family “I Think I Love My Wife” is playing at ith his sophisticated new comedy, “I Cobble Hill Cinemas (265 Court St. at Butler people. I call them “the usual black suspects.” took roles in the production. Think I Love My Wife,” coming out Street in Cobble Hill), United Artists Court Yes, I know I’m a hater. So what? When I did “Mira wanted to pepper the scenes with people this weekend, Brooklyn-born comedian Street Stadium 12 (106 Court St. at State “Head of State,” I cast for comedic ability. This from my life,” she told GO Brooklyn. W Street in Brooklyn Heights) and elsewhere. For and filmmaker Chris Rock had a chat with GO information, call (718) 777-FILM. time, I was determined for dramatic ability and Despite being a best-selling author and newly Brooklyn about what it was like writing, direct- made sure the drama was right. I just trusted minted movie star, Lahiri insisted she leads a quiet ing and starring in the remake of a 35-year-old that the comedy would come out of dramatic Brooklyn life. “I don’t get out much but there are French drama, a definite departure from what GO: Why is it important to you to make this situations, as opposed to moments when people some great restaurants [in Fort Greene]. Smooch he is best known for. Rock dished about casting film now? just turn it on, like a sitcom. Kerry Washington has the best coffee I’ve ever had outside of Europe. his film, the importance of getting serious and CR: You have a finite amount of time in front is the finest young actress we have and Gina I spend an awful lot of my time indoors just work- what his own spouse thinks of him making a of the camera, especially in movies. It is real- Torres is beautiful. They both can act. ing and taking care of my kids.” She also said she’s film about a happily married man who consid- ly important for me that I had a movie that working on a new novel (gotta pay the bills). ers chucking it all for a sexy new friend. existed that I felt represented what I do and GO: You are a politically astute guy. Would But has she been bitten by the movie bug? Would fit me. I don’t think I had a movie that was at you say your film is political? she trade her Pulitzer for an Oscar? “I’m sure it GO Brooklyn: How do you think this film the level of my standup. CR: It’s more political than “Head of State.” would be utterly thrilling, but it doesn’t matter to will be received by the people back home in I’m not here to spit on anybody’s movies, but me,” she said. “It’s already a beautiful film and Bed-Stuy? GO: How did your wife handle you doing most of the time the portrayal of the black that’s what’s important.” Phil Caruso Chris Rock: Hey, man, I saw “Hannah and this film? middle class is just clownish, totally out of “The Namesake” is currently playing at BAM ‘Wife’ goes on: Chris Rock plays a man whose encounter Her Sisters” and “Annie Hall” when I lived CR: My wife’s fine with it. The fact that it’s a touch with everything that’s going on, and Rose Cinemas. Tickets are $10. For information call with a seductress (Kerry Washington) puts his picture-per- in Bed-Stuy. People see all sorts of movies, remake of the Eric Rohmer film, I’m sure you need somebody from the hood to show (718) 636-4100 or visit www.foxsearchlight.com/ fect marriage in jeopardy. no matter where they’re from. helps. But we have an agreement; I have a real you what’s really going on. thenamesake. — Adam Rathe

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the wine came out and you ended up with / Daniel Krieger reason for opened bottles of wine going flat tasting wine. One telltale sign of over bad is that the wine comes into contact pumping was seeing a ring of tiny bubbles with oxygen. A bit of aeration is a good forming around the edge of the wine... but thing with a young or “closed” wine, but when the bubbles appeared, it was too late. The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn too much oxygen spoils wine in anywhere Vac-U-Vin overcame this problem with from a few hours to a few days, depending their Concerto line, which has stoppers on the wine. If we want to save our wine, that make an audible “click” when the we have to keep it away from air to keep it ideal amount of air has been pumped out. from oxidizing. If you have the older pump, you can sim- There have been many attempts at solv- ply buy the Concerto stoppers, since the ing the problem of dealing with wine left- pumps work with both the older and the overs over the years. Many simply didn’t newer stoppers. To market work, while some are awkward or require I first tried Private Preserve when my too much effort. One of these was the idea friend, Claudine Pepin, gave me a can to Le Petit Marche teaches of filling the bottle with glass marbles until try. Private Preserve is an aerosol contain- the level of the wine came up almost to the ing a mix of Argon, Nitrogen and Carbon top of the bottle, and then replacing the Dioxide. These inert gasses are heavier the Heights fluent French cork. Can you imagine how many wine than the atmosphere and, once you spray glasses must have gotten shattered by the the gas into the opened bottle, displace the By Tina Barry marbles rolling out of the bottle when for The Brooklyn Paper air to form an invisible blanket over the DINING / Daniel Krieger someone went to pour a glass? wine that keeps oxygen from coming into Le Petit Marche (46 Henry St. be- Let’s look at some of the more practical like this place. We can be adults contact with it. These gases do not bond “ tween Cranberry and Middagh streets ways of saving your wine. here,” said my sister, who has en- in Brooklyn Heights) accepts American dured too many noisy, every- Express, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: If you know that you are sometimes with the wine and form compounds, as I table’s-a-party places. She’s right; Le $16-$26. The restaurant serves dinner only going to drink half of a bottle, save a does oxygen, so your wine is protected, daily. Subway: A, C to High Street, Paper The Brooklyn Petit Marche, a French bistro in Brook- Brooklyn Bridge; 2, 3 to Clark Street. See food: Above, chef Robert Weiner shows off one his classic French few empty half bottles and corks in good with no change of taste. When you want lyn Heights, is meant for a serene meal. For information, call (718) 858-9605. dishes. At left, the crowd that the Brooklyn Heights bistro draws. condition. When you open a full bottle, to finish off that bottle, simply remove the Husband-and-wife partners Daniella carefully pour half of the wine into the half cork and pour. After you’ve used it on two Silone and Igor Tsan’s classic boite, bottle, filling it almost to the top. Insert decent bottles of wine, it has more that which opened in late December, pos- thing you’d expect from a classic pepper with plump pieces of the crus- Pearly mussels in their shells, tender sesses the lived-in appeal of a place that French bistro: escargot, bouillabaisse, tacean. The bright chive oil dressing clams, silken sliced cod, sweet shrimp the cork. You want to make sure that payed for itself... and a single can is claimed to be good for about 120 “blasts”. has been sating customers for years. steak frites and dessert tarts. The and the cinnamon-like quality of the and plump sea scallops serve as a base there’s as small an amount of airspace as To give the long narrow room the “soupe a l’oignon gratinee” (French fruit accentuate the saline freshness of for half of a lobster tail in its shell, the possible. Pour your glasses from the origi- Private Preserve works beautifully with patina of age, the couple painted the onion soup) makes you immediately the fish. Our waiter smiled when he claw meat nestled beside it. The works nal bottle and save the half bottle for fortified wines such as Porto, aged Sherry space a rich egg yolk, and set tables in think, “Ah, this is how it should be! cleared away the bare plate. are sauced lightly with a pink, saffron- tomorrow’s dinner. I find that this system and Madeira. Just give a quick blast of the an intimate row. There’s a wooden bar This is why people love it so.” There’s one dish on the menu that tinged fish fume, accented with a touch works well at keeping your wine fresh for a gas, as the instructions direct, after every with a few seats, French prints adorn That soup arrives in a deep ceramic lamb lovers shouldn’t miss. It’s a shank of anise-flavored Pernod. few days, and it costs nothing. sitting. one wall at the end of the room and crock with a thick crust of pungent, the size of a man’s forearm with that bit The satisfaction from a perfect meal Now... don’t laugh at this one, OK? If I there’s a banquette covered in a soft red tangy Swiss cheese baked over the top, of gaminess and funky aroma that comes through in dish after dish — un- For years, I’ve used the Vac-U-Vin, a striped fabric. The setting provides a its edges singed black here and there. sheep aficionados swoon over. The out- til dessert, at least. system that uses a rubber stopper that has have a glass of wine left, I’ll sometimes backdrop for a relaxed experience, but Breaking through the crisp crown re- side is crusty and the flesh is soft with Alas, despite the impressive prelude, a one-way valve molded into it, and a small pour it into a zip lock plastic bag and put there’s a sparkle in the air too, that leases a fragrance of thyme, rosemary, pockets of silky fat. Almost upstaging the desserts are disappointing. Apples hand pump. The stopper goes into the it into the freezer. The next time that I’m comes from the pleasure of easy con- caramelized onions and veal so heady the shank was a pillow of white beans: in the “tarte Tatin” are richly spiced, bottle, like a cork, and you place the pump cooking and I need some wine for the stew versation. Not to mention a kitchen that my sister and I said, “Ahhhh…” at Weiner cooks them in veal demi-glace, but mushy; and the crust around an over it. Give it a few pumps and the air is or sauce, I take it from the freezer a-nd add with an executive chef who turns out the same time. red wine and garlic, then mixes in apricot tart filled with a lush almond lusty, soul-satisfying food. “It’s good, yes?” asked our waiter. Parmesan. They hold their shape but cream is limp. pulled out of the bottle. When you want it to the pan. It doesn’t go to waste! The man at the stove is Robert Wein- “Better than good,” I said. are creamy centered and perfumed with As we left, the room is abuzz with er, who has cooked at Maurice in Le We loved the “jumbo lump crabmeat rosemary. I doubt there are better beans conversation. We walked down Henry Parker Meridien with the renowned salad,” too, its lightly chilled ingredi- being served anywhere. Street in the cold, smiling, a little tipsy Christian Delouvrier, at Les Celebrites ents a refreshing counterpoint to the And there’s a showstopper of a and too talked out to say more than, 211 Fifth Avenue at Nikko House and Restaurant bold soup. Weiner tops diced mango, bouillabaisse that is more than a collec- “Great meal.” (bet. Union & President) PARK SLOPE Raphael. Weiner’s menu offers every- crunchy red onion and a bit of jalapeno tion of good-looking fish in a bowl. “Yeah, great meal,” my sister said. Open: Mon-Sat, 10am-10pm, Sun, 12-8pm www.redwhiteandbubbly.com • 636-9463 Come-ta Sutra “The word sutra means ‘teaching’ in India, and people come here to learn about coffee,” said Chan- dra Wilson, who owns Café Sutra with her husband Lars Winkelbauer. Lesson one: Use great beans (Wilson uses java from Intelligencia). “Combining Spa & Wellness with Medicine” “They’re well known for great coffee and espres- so beans,” she said. Lesson two: Involve the community. Each month, local artists exhibit their work at the cafe (photographer Lauren Asta’s work is on the walls right now) so you can study art while you down your espresso, latte or tea. Lesson three: Don’t deny the sweet tooth. / Ben Prewitt Wilson stocks great desserts, from a “Moon Mountain Torte” (chocolate truffle cream, hazelnut, PHYSICIAN-DIRECTED Oreos and chocolate cake, pictured) to those amaz-

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that was just a one-afternoon gig. Perhaps that experience led the writer LETHEM... to sympathize with Matthew, Lucinda’s sometimes-ex and a vigilante zookeeper Continued from page 1 who takes his problems at work — in “I [worked] in retail for more than 10 addition to one of the animals — home Dine on the divine years before I was able to make a living with him. as a writer,” said Lethem. “Working at a “By the time I wrote ‘Fortress of Soli- cash register, no matter what you’re sup- tude,’ which I am immensely proud of,” ‘Dine in Brooklyn’: Champagne, knishes and posed to be doing, one thing you’re in- said Lethem, “that book had a quality of evitably doing is collecting complaints.” being a collected oral history of the caviar dreams These days, Lethem is not only making neighborhood, so I was baring a certain a living writing, but has Hollywood call- responsibility. This book is characterized By Rob M. Errera & ing as well — actor Edward Norton is ru- by shucking that. That’s one reason why Giacomo Maniscalco mored to be fast-tracking a production of ignoring Brooklyn became important. It for The Brooklyn Paper “Motherless Brooklyn,” and director Josh made me into a pretender and that’s what Marston (“Maria Full of Grace”) is work- these characters are.” s the saying goes, “You’ve got to ing on “Fortress of Solitude,” the screen- In his day-to-day life, however, ignor- spend money to make money” play for which Lethem and his wife Amy ing Brooklyn isn’t something he can seem A— but can you lose money to co-wrote. “I’m not in charge of film proj- to do. Lethem is currently the Chairman make it? ects,” he told us. “It’s more that I take a of the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s That’s the question that Brooklyn check and give over the “Friends of BAM” pro- restaurateurs are asking themselves as book to a filmmaker who gram and also serves on they get ready for 2007’s “Dine in has his own concept.” the board of Develop Brooklyn,” Along these lines, “I wanted to Don’t Destroy Brooklyn. The four-year-old program, which Lethem posted a message Even protectors of the goes from March 19 through 30, is on his Web site this week shake off the neighborhood flame, how- spearheaded by Borough President stating that he would sell ever, can find themselves Markowitz and will feature more than the film rights to “You responsibility with begrudging respect 150 restaurants, all serving three- Don’t Love Me Yet” for for some of Yuppiedom’s course meals for $21.12 — a price just two percent of what- of being the advantage — Lethem and that makes it impossible for many The Smoke Joint in Fort Greene ever the shooting budget his wife have “a crush” on restaurants to turn a profit. DINING will feature their “Hacked and becomes. His only other Lunetta, a new restaurant The River Cafe, which will only be Stacked” pork sandwich on their requirement is that after ‘Faulkner of on Smith Street featuring Mani-Gotti serving lunch for the fixed price, clear- five years, the film’s an- pasta dishes with double- “Dine in Brooklyn” will take place “Dine in Brooklyn” prix fixe menu. Victoria Gotti is known for many things, but cooking ly doesn’t need the attention, so that from March 19 through 30. Three- cillary rights must be re- digit price tags. course meals are $21.12 per person un- .Boerum Hill.’” is not one of them. Until now. restaurant’s participation is mostly a less otherwise noted. Call each restau- leased so they can enter But he still has the fire Gotti, who has previously written columns for Star civic gesture. rant individually for reservations. For missed, he said. the public domain. — Jonathan Lethem in his belly about Bruce Magazine and the New York Post, in addition to a num- But other eateries need the expo- information, visit www.visitbrooklyn.org. Pete Thristino, owner of Pete’s “I realized that some- on why he set Ratner’s Atlantic Yards ber of novels, has released a cookbook, “Hot Italian sure that comes from participating in Pete’s Downtown (2 Water St. at Downtown in DUMBO, has had such times giving things away mega-project, despite re- Old Fulton Street in DUMBO) is open his new book in LA Dish,” chock full of family recipes. the program. Thanks to Markowitz’s Tuesday through Thursday from noon success with “Dine in Brooklyn” in — things that are usually cent setbacks. “It’s not a “It was not something I did consciously,” Gotti told GO full-page ad in the New York Times, until 10 pm, Friday from noon until 11 2006 that his kitchen now offers a prix seen to have an important super encouraging time,” pm, Saturday from 5 pm until 11 pm Brooklyn of her decision to write the book. “In Italy, cook- smaller businesses are getting cus- and Sunday from 2 pm until 10 pm. For fixe menu year-round — and, at and intrinsic ‘value,’ like a film option — he said. “[The project] is a big mistake. ing is a prerequisite for womanhood. You have to cook for tomers in the door — even if it means information, call (718) 858-3510. $20.07, it’s the cheapest of the restau- already felt like a meaningful part of what It’s not just a sports [arena] and some your family, or you’re considered inferior or inept.” losing money in the short term. The River Cafe (1 Water St. at Old rant week bunch. I do. I wanted to do more of it,” Lethem housing — it’s this incredibly dense de- Fulton Street in DUMBO) serves lunch Gotti hopes that her own brood will serve as an exam- “Sure we’re taking a bit of a fi- Monday through Saturday from noon “We do fantastic business with wrote on the site. velopment of towers. To oppose that is ple of the importance of families dining together. Since nancial hit, but the exposure is until 3 pm, and dinner beginning at ‘Dine in Brooklyn,’” Thristino said. Finding meaning is definitely not the not to be against development, but to 5:30 pm. For information, call (718) age 8, she has spent hours in the kitchen daily, learning worth it,” Ben Grossman, owner of 522-5200. “It’s not as profitable as I’d like, but big issue for the restless young characters say that this is really badly put together how to cook from her mother and grandmother. Now she the Smoke Joint in Fort Greene, told The Smoke Joint (87 S. Elliot St. at you can’t buy this kind of exposure.” in “You Don’t Love Me Yet,” twenty- and to question why it’s been forced regularly hosts dinner parties, cooks six days a week and GO Brooklyn this week. “The idea Lafayette Avenue in Fort Greene) is He added that many diners opt somethings who jump from job to job and down the gullet of the borough instead open from Tuesday through Sunday has successfully instilled a love of food and cooking into is to get people to Brooklyn, people from 11:30 am until 10 pm. For infor- for cocktails and coffee, which are just happen to make music on the side. of being built from the neighborhood’s her children. Her youngest, Frank, has become a food au- from other boroughs who otherwise mation, call (718) 797-1011. not included in the fixed price. And “I wanted to remind myself of that interests up.” thor in his own right, penning “The Gotti Diet: How I wouldn’t come.” even if each diner is spending less weird, transitive, sketchy period in your And this is a guy who knows his Took Control of My Body, Lost 80 Pounds, and Discov- Grossman admitted that the two- on their meal, Thristino said, “I can’t 20s when everyone’s calling his own neighborhood. “There are a lot of writ- ered How to Stay Fit Forever.” for-$21.12 price, which the Smoke the more people want to come to make money on an empty table.” bluffs,” Lethem said. For inspiration, he ers [in Brooklyn], so it’s not special to Readers of her book will discover recipes for quintes- Joint and a few others are offering, Brooklyn,” said Joseph Chirico, presi- Those empty tables won’t last for used bands like Talking Heads, the Go be one. I get to have my cake and eat it sential Italian meals like Chicken Rollatini, Rigatoni in was a real hardship. “You couldn’t dent of the Brooklyn Restaurant Asso- long, though. Pete’s Downtown al- Betweens and Fleetwood Mac — “bands too because I’ve participated in this re- Sunday Gravy and Italian Wine Pudding. While the latter spend less at a fast food place,” he ciation and owner of the Carroll Gar- ready has between 60 and 70 reser- with exes and complicated histories.” cent boom but also get to trump every- is “not for the weak-stomached,” most of the recipes are said, but promised a true Smoke Joint dens eatery Marco Polo. vations for each day of the program, Lethem himself is no stranger to the one with my street credibility card. I easy to prepare and enjoy. experience (same great food, though Given the number of choices, any and the River Cafe, which is only job-hopping hopelessness of a young, grew up on this block, and I wave hi to This isn’t to say that Gotti doesn’t occasionally give other the portions will be a bit smaller). restaurant that opens has to be great in serving lunch, has approximately would-be artist. The worst job he ever old neighbors who have been here for- chefs a chance to compete with her kitchen skills. She ad- From newcomers like Park Slope’s order to survive, said Chirico, who 100 for each day. had? “I once had to clean up after the ele- ever. They don’t think of me as any- mits, “There is nothing like Brooklyn pizza. It is in a class Alchemy to classics like Junior’s, all counts the Borough President as a loy- With 12 days to hit as many of the phants in a parade, [following] behind thing but that Lethem kid.” all by itself.” of the spots are hoping to increase al customer. But no matter how great restaurants as you can, a good planner them in a clown suit and gathering up the They might be the only ones. Victoria Gotti will be signing copies of “Hot Italian their foot traffic and celebrate being a a restaurant is, it could use a little at- would start making reservations now. elephant turds.” “You Don’t Love Me Yet” is available Dish” on March 17 at 3 pm at BookMark Shoppe (8415 part of what Markowitz called “a tention. Dine in Brooklyn gives peo- A great planner will not only make How does one even find a job like at BookCourt (163 Court St. at Dean Third Ave. in Bay Ridge). Subway: R train to 86th Street. foodie’s paradise.” ple an easy way to learn about restau- reservations, but also pick up a bigger that? “They needed a clown with a Street in Cobble Hill) for $24.95. For in- For information, call (718) 680-3680. — Grace Labatt “The more restaurants that open, rants they might have otherwise pair of pants. shovel, and I needed a job.” Luckily, formation, call (718) 875-3677.

students and seniors. 8 pm. to $80. 7:30 pm. Howard Gilman for insurance and point reduc- South Oxford Space, 138 S. WEDS, MARCH 21 Opera House, 30 Lafayette Ave. tion sponsored by National Oxford St. (718) 398-0546. Also, “Twelfth Night” by Shake- Safety Council. $45. 9 am to MAIN MANAGEMENT: CNR Long 3:30 pm. St. Ephrem RC Church, 9 DAYS... BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music Term Hoe Health Care offers a speare. 7:30 pm. Edward Hall presents “Edward Scissorhands,” directs the all-male Propeller 929 Bay Ridge Parkway. Call to talk ‘Managing Pain: A Hands-On register. (631) 360-9720. Continued from page 2 based on Tim Burton’s film. $30 Approach.” Experts discuss and Company. $25 to $65. 30 to $80. 7:30 pm. Howard Gil- present topics such as pain per- Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. SPRING SALE: Gently used items 11 am to 12:30 pm. 53 Prospect for sale at St. Saviour Elemen- Park West. (718) 768-2972. man Opera House, 30 Lafayette ception, massage therapy, reiki, Ave. (718) 636-4100. meditation and music therapy. 9 tary School. 10 am to 6 pm. 611 FASHION SHOW: hosted by RC Eighth Ave. (718) 768-8000. UNCOVERING CHASSIDISM: Con- am to 5 pm. 520 Prospect Pl. THURS, MARCH 22 Church of St. Finbar. $60 in- FLEA MARKET: Bay Ridge United cludes meal, wine, fashion show, gregation B’nai Avraham hosts (718) 362-1450, ext. 3027. Free. The David Berg Lecture Series LUNCH AND LEARN: at Congre- HYPERTENSION LECTURE: Medi- Methodist Church hosts a sale music and dancing. Noon. Rex featuring clothes, books, jewelry with a talk about Rabbi Sholom gation Beth Elohim. Bring your cal lecture hosted by Victory Manor, 60th Street and 11th and household items. 10 am to Avenue. (718) 236-3312. DovBer Schneersohn, the “Rebbe lunch; beverages served. Noon Memorial Hospital. 10 am. Light to 1 pm. 274 Garfield Pl. (718) 4 pm. Fourth and Ovington DANCE WORKSHOP: Brooklyn Rashab.” 8 pm to 9 pm. 117 refreshments served. 699 92nd Avenues. (718) 748-6737. Remsen St. (718) 596-4840. Free. 768-3814. St., first floor conference room. Public Library’s Grand Army DRAW-A-THON: Two-day festival Plaza branch offers a workshop FLIP AND TUCK: Beginning tum- LECTURE: Learn more about Mar- (718) 567-1320. Free. garet Sanger, the birth control of alternative figure drawing with traditional dance masters blers are invited to develop GALLERY PLAYERS: hosts a fund- continues. 25 models, hundreds from India, Israel and Mexico. 1 strength, flexibility and body pioneer. The Old Stone House raising event “A Theater Thrives hosts NYU professor Esther Katz of artists, eight bands and artis- pm to 4 pm. Grand Army Plaza. awareness to perform basic aer- in Brooklyn.” Stage, film and tele- tic organizations. $20. 3 pm to who recently edited “The (718) 625-0080. Free. obic tricks. $15 per class. 8:30 vision star Harvey Fierstein receives midnight. After party follows, Selected Papers of Margaret ADOPTION TALK: Spence-Chapin pm to 10 pm. Streb at SLAM, the “Distinguished Alumnus from midnight to 3 am. 147 Front Sanger.” 7 pm. $5. Refreshments Adoption Resource Center 51 N. First St. (718) 384-6491. St. www.michaelalanart.com will be served. (718) 768-3195. Award.” $200 and up. 6:30 pm hosts “Young Adult Adoptees TASTING NIGHT: Jolie Restaurant to 10:30 pm. The Picnic House, LATIN DANCING: Congregation TANGO CLASS: Class at 7 pm. Share Their Experiences.” $20, offers a $25 four-course chef Prospect Park, near the Third Beth Elohim offers an evening $30 per couple. 7 pm to 9 pm. Dancing from 8 pm to 11 pm. of dance lesson and dessert. tasting menu. 320 Atlantic Ave. $12. Night and Day, 230 Fifth Street entrance. (718) 595-0547. Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Call for info. (718) 488-0777. DISCUSSION: Educational program $20. 8 pm to 10:30 pm. 274 Garfield Pl. (212) 360-0259. Ave. (718) 326-3998. Instrumental invention: Terry Dame’s Electric Junkyard Gamelan brings their original Garfield Pl. (718) 768-3814. SPECIAL NEEDS: Families First hosted by Museum of Contempo- ENJOYING EVERYONE: Lucky rary African Diasporan Arts songs, played on one-of-a-kind invented instruments and found objects, to the Brooklyn Lotus Yoga offers a class: “The offers a talk “Special Needs: TUES, MARCH 20 What’s a Parent to Do?” Disa- (MOCADA) presents “A Con- Arts Exchange on March 17 at 8 pm. Creative Power of Love.” 7 pm versation on Change.” Find out SUN, MARCH 25 to 8:30 pm. 184 DeKalb Ave. bility rights attorney Jo Anne WORKSHOP: CAMBA Small Busi- Simon is guest speaker. Learn what leads to dramatic positive Call for info. (718) 496-5514. ness Services offers a talk “Sur- info. (718) 638-6910. based on Tim Burton’s film. $30 PERFORMANCE how to sort through the maze change and what enables people FRI, MARCH 23 CAFE STEINHOF: presents the viving the Brooklyn Retail Jungle.” and receive educational and to survive devastating change. 7 DRAW-A-THON: Two-day festival to $80. 2 pm and 7:30 pm. MUSIC OFF THE WALLS: Brook- movie: “King of Comedy” 6 pm to 8:30 pm. 884 Flatbush therapeutic services for children pm to 9 pm. The James E. Davis ALZHEIMER’S TALK: The Cobble of alternative figure drawing. 25 Howard Gilman Opera House, lyn Philharmonic celebrates the (1983). 10:30 pm. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) 282-2500. Free. with special needs. 7 pm to 8:30 models, hundreds of artists, eight 30 Lafayette Ave. Also, two by opening of the Elizabeth A. Ave. (718) 369-7776. Free. Arts Building, 80 Hanson Pl. Hill Health Center offers an BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music pm. 250 Baltic St. Call to (718) 230-0492. Free. bands and artistic organizations. Shakespeare: “The Taming of Sackler Center for Feminist Arts FLEA MARKET: at Flatbush Re- informational workshop on de- the Shrew.” 2:30 pm. Addition- presents “Edward Scissorhands.” reserve. (718) 237-1862. mentia care. 2 pm to 5 pm. One $20. 7 pm to 3 am. 147 Front St. with “Feminism in Music?” $15, formed Church. 12:30 pm to 7:30 pm. See Sat. March 24. BROOKLYN SINGS: Melissa Stylia- www.michaelalanart.com. ally, “Twelfth Night.” 7:30 pm. $10 museum members, stu- COURAGE THROUGH COMPAS- nou sings jazz. 7 pm. Brooklyn hour training seminar for respite 2:30 pm. See Sat., March 17. Also, “The Taming of the Shrew” SION: Adelphi Academy offers RECEPTION: Gitana Rosa Gallery Edward Hall directs the all-male dents and seniors. 3 pm. Brook- Public Library’s Central branch. care follows. 5 pm to 6 pm. 380 Propeller Company. $25 to $65. 7:30 pm. See Sat. March 24. a course. 7:30 pm to 9 pm. Henry St. (866) 232-8484. Free. presents “It’s Not Funny,” ink lyn Museum, 200 Eastern Pkwy. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230- washes from artist Claire Stringer. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. (718) 488-5913. HOMEBUYER WORKSHOP: Pratt 8515 Ridge Blvd. Call for info. SHAKESPEARE AND SINATRA: MON, MARCH 19 Area Community Council offers (718) 496-5514. 2100. Free. 7 pm to 10 pm. 19 Hope St. Sorry, DANCE: Company XIV hosts a CHAMBER MUSIC: Brooklyn BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music Sixteen students from Scotland no contact phone available. dance theater program of chore- Friends of Chamber Music pres- a workshop for first time home BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music will perform “Macbeth ... That RESTAURANT WEEK: Dine in Brook- buyers. Call for time and loca- presents “Edward Scissorhands,” presents “Edward Scissorhands.” BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- ography, musical composition, ents “Bach: St. John Passion.” lyn restaurant week begins. 200 7:30 pm. See Sat. March 24. Old Black Magic” at the William poetry and fashion. Contempo- Grand Tour Orchestra performs. tion. (718) 783-3549, ext. 10. based on Tim Burton’s film. $30 Alexander Middle School. The cert presents works by Bach, restaurants throughout Brooklyn Also, “The Taming of the Shrew” Chopin, Brahams and others. rary dance is paired with poetry $15. 3 pm. St. Ann and the performance fuses text, move- take part, offering 2 for 1 meals 7:30 pm. See Sat. March 24. $35. 8 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, of Charles Bukowski and arias of Holy Trinity Church, 157 and fixed price meals. Through ment and the classic songs of BARGEMUSIC: Classical music Old Fulton Street at the East Vivaldi. $15. 7 pm. 303 Bond St. Montague St. (718) 855-3053. Friday, March 30. For information Frank Sinatra. 7 pm 350 Fifth Ave. River. (718) 624-2083. For reservations email to reser- BAM: “Edward Scissorhands.” 1 about participating restaurants, concert presents “Emozioni,” a BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music [email protected]. program featuring the works of ACOUSTIC MUSIC: at Good Coffee- pm and 6:30 pm. See Sat., visit www.visitbrooklyn.org or LIST YOUR EVENT… presents “Edward Scissorhands.” house with Frank Fotusky. $10, MUSIC ON THE HEIGHTS: Brook- March 24. Also, “Taming of the several artists. $35. 8 pm. Fulton 7:30 pm. See Sat. March 24. www.brooklyn-usa.org. Call (718) To list your event in Nine Days In Brooklyn, please give us two weeks notice $6 kids. 8 pm. Brooklyn Society lyn Conservatory Community Shrew.” 2:30 pm. Also, “Twelfth 802-3846. Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street Also, “The Taming of the Shrew” or more. Send your listing by e-mail: [email protected]; by mail: for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Orchestra performs a program Night.” 7:30 pm. See Sat., SHAKESPEARE: Kings County at the East River. (718) 624-2083. 7:30 pm. See Sat. March 24. entitled “American Journey.” March 24. GO Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Paper, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, Park West. (718) 768-2972. Shakespeare Co. presents “Ruff BRIC STUDIO: presents actress JAZZ: Danny Mixon Quintet at Works by Copland, Ellington OPERA: Regina Opera presents a NY 11201; or by fax: (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a DANCE: Company XIV hosts a Love or What You Will,” a gen- Katori Hall in “Hurt Village.” Jazz 966. $15 includes light din- dance theater program. 7 pm. and others. $10. 7:30 pm. Ply- concert featuring Broadway and der-friendly adaptation of “The space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. $12, $10 students. 8 pm. 647 ner. Sets at 8 pm and 10 pm. See Sat., March 24. mouth Church, 75 Hicks St. (718) Italian songs. 3 pm. Regina Hall, Taming of the Shrew.” $18, $10 Fulton St. (718) 855-7882. 966 Fulton St. Call for ticket 622-3300. 65th Street and 12th Avenue. BARGEMUSIC: Classical music con- Call. (718) 232-3555. SAT, MARCH 24 cert presents a program featur- BARGEMUSIC: Classical music ing works by Haydn, Beethoven concert presents a program fea- and Tchaikovsky. $35. 8 pm. Ful- turing works by Haydn, Beet- OUTDOORS AND TOURS ton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton hoven and Tchaikovsky. $35. 4 An Exceptional meal. SALT MARSH: Urban Park Rangers Street at the East River. (718) pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old hosts an early morning birding 624-2083. Fulton Street at the East River. walk. 8 am. Salt Marsh Nature BRIC STUDIO: presents actress (718) 624-2083. Center, 3302 Ave. U. Call 311 Katori Hall in “Hurt Village.” MUSICAL: “West Side Story.” 3 for info. Free. $12, $10 students. 8 pm. 647 pm. See Sat., March 24. CROSSING GOWANUS: Brooklyn Fulton St. (718) 855-7882. Center for the Urban Environ- MUSICAL: The Ridge Chorale/ ment explores the wide banks of Samaha Productions presents Brooklyn’s most famous canal, “West Side Story.” $23. 8 pm. and explains its history. Also, Richard Perry Theater at Poly Remember visit Carroll Gardens Historic Prep, 9216 Seventh Ave. (718) District. $13, $10 members, $8 775-9056. seniors and students. 11 am to 1 BIG BAND MUSIC: Ridge Reper- the most pm. Meet at corner of Smith and tory Company presents “Senti- President streets. (718) 788-8500. mental Journey, Music of the Big important FOOD AND ECOLOGY TOUR: Band Era,” James Martinelli and Hunt for wild chickweed, gout- Eddie Russo direct this cabaret thing in weed and more in Prospect Park review. $18. 8:30 pm. Bay Ridge with naturalist “Wildman” Steve Jewish Center, 81st Street and Brill. $12, $6 kids. 11:45 am to Fourth Avenue. (718) 836-3103. LOCATION Real Estate 3:45 pm. Meet at Grand Army Plaza at Prospect Park. Call for CHILDREN • • • reservations and exact meeting KIDS MUSICAL: Tuckerberry Pro- location. (914) 835-2153. ductions presents “Peter Piper Check here for FORT GREENE PARK: In honor of Picks a New Profession.” Peter Women’s History Month, the Piper needs a new career; his featured listings Urban Park Rangers host a talk pickled peppers aren’t just on the significant roles women tongue-twisters — they’re stom- Licensed played in the American Revo- ach-turners. $10, $7 kids. 1 pm lution. 1 pm. Meet at the visi- and 3 pm. The Impact Theater, Real Estate tor’s center, near the Myrtle 190 Underhill Ave., between Avenue and Washington Park Sterling and St. John’s Place, Broker

entrance. Call 311 for info. Free. two blocks from the Brooklyn LOCATION WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lo- Museum. (845) 797-1320. Buying rence hosts a tour of Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Brook- OTHER Selling lyn Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. SCHOLAR-IN-RESIDENCE: Park Renting Marco Polo Marriott Hotel, 333 Adams St. Slope Jewish Center presents RISTORANTE (718) 789-0430. Dr. Rachel Havrelock in “The PERFORMANCE Prophetic Legacy.” Today’s talk: 184 DeKalb Ave. Pioneer of the fine restaurant movement in Brooklyn “Priests, Prophets and Leviticus.” (bet. Carlton & VAUDEVILLE FOR FAMILIES: Kiddush follows. 10 am. Eighth Variety show at Neighborhood Avenue and 14th Street. Also, Cumberland) 345 Court Street (at Union Street) 718-852-5015 Playspace. $5. 3 pm. Christ “Prophetic Deeds and Prophetic Church, Clinton and Kane streets. Words: What Do Jews Inherit (718) 222-1199 Open 7 days for lunch and dinner • Free Valet Parking • Sorry, no contact phone available. From The Prophets?” 7:30 pm. Visit our website www.MarcoPoloRistorante.com BAM: Brooklyn Academy of Music Call for info. (718) 768-1453. LOCATION www.3location3.com presents “Edward Scissorhands,” DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE: March 17, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM AWP 11

(718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, Ryan Lee Crosby, 8:30 pm, Faces on Film, 9:30 pm, Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 9 pm, $10 suggested www.anywaycafe.com. Age Rings, 10:30 pm, $5; March 23: Ursual Points, BROOKLYN donation; Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 7 pm, $10 Mondays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Jazzy 7:30 pm, Musicien Sans Frontieres, 8:30 pm, Les suggested donation, Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $10; funk with Karin Okada and guests, 9 pm, FREE; Sans Culottes, 9:30 pm, Maplewood, 10:30 pm, March 17: The Woes, 8 pm, $10 suggested dona- Wednesdays: Grace Garland, 9 pm, FREE; Thurs- $10; March 24: Crescent Moon, 7:30 pm, Half tion, Ansambl Mastkia & the Veverice Brass Band, days: Susan Tobocman, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Eric Cleveland, 8:30 pm, Sounds of Greg D, 9:30 pm, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation; March 18: Jakob Nicholas, 9 pm, FREE. Kapow!, 10:30 pm, TK Webb, 11:30 pm, $8. Garchik’s Yore, 7 pm, $10 suggested donation; March 19: Chicha Libre, 10 pm, $10 suggested Crossroads Saloon Pete’s Candy Store donation; March 21: Tony Malaby Tuba Trio, 8 pm, 2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway in 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in 10 pm, $10 per set; March 22: Gina Leishman, 8 Sheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393. Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, Nightlife www.petescandystore.com. pm, $10 suggested donation, Doug Wamble, 10 Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE. Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan pm, $10 suggested donation; March 23: Akiko Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; March 17: Pavolka and House of Illusion, 7 pm, $10 suggested Galia Arad, 9 pm, Hapless Child, 10 pm, Goddamn Andrea Clark, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live band, 10 donation, The Mandingo Ambassadors, 9 pm, $10 WILLIAMSBURG Rattlesnake, 11 pm, FREE; March 18: Poton, 8:30 BAY RIDGE pm, FREE. suggested donation; March 24: The Sounds of pm, The Sea and The Gulls, 9 pm, Sara Bee, 9:30 Taraab, 8 pm, $10 suggested donation, The Jack Black Betty pm, Major Matt Mason USA and Nan Turner, 10 Kitty Kiernan’s Sputnik Grace Band, 10 pm, $10 suggested donation. 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in pm, Andrew Philip Tipton, 10:30 pm, The Baby 9715 Third Ave. at 97th Street in Bay Ridge, Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, Skins, 11 pm, Alias Pail, 11:30 pm, FREE; March 19: 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton www.blackbetty.net. (718) 921-0217, www.kittykiernans.com. Hill, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. Bogota Latin Bistro Spelling Bee, 7:30 pm, Synethsia, 9:30 pm, Beccas Saturdays: DJ Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: March 17: St. Patrick’s Day, Time TBD, FREE; Saturdays: Afrokinetic with DJs Chris Annibell and 141 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, Dagger, 10 pm, To A Nunnery, 10:30 pm, The Red March 24: Andy Clayburn, 10 pm, FREE. (718) 230-3805, www.bogotabistro.com. Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand and DJ Greg Rogue, 11 pm, FREE; March 20: Bingo, 7 pm, Amon, 9 pm, FREE, French Beats International, 11 Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Vince Anderson pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Kings of Karaoke with Colin Wednesdays: Live Brazilian and Latin jazz, 7 pm, FREE. Stephen Clair, 9 pm, Matt Lydon, 11 pm, FREE; The Wicked Monk and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: March 21: Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, Flugente, 10 pm, King of Karaoke and DJ FlimFlam, 10 pm, FREE; Psychotic Reaction, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: 8415 Fifth Ave. at 84th Street in Bay Ridge, Wednesdays: Open Mic, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Brooklyn Lyceum Ulrich Lockwood Guitar Duo, 11 pm, FREE; March (718) 921-0601, www.wickedmonk.com. The Joint hosted by DJ Nabil; Fridays: The 22: Matthew Brookshire, 9 pm, Lucy Wainwright Skylab, 10 pm, FREE; March 22: World Eater 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne and DJs Emskee March 17: St. Patrick’s Day celebration, DJ Kyle, Recordings presents Russell Fama, 8 pm, Ramelan, Slope, (718) 398-7301, www.gowanus.com. Roche, 10 pm, Ruthy Foster, 11 pm, FREE; March and MC G-man, 11 pm, FREE. 23: Erin Regan, 9 pm, Matt Singer, 10 pm, Erika Hollaback, and more, Time TBD, $TBD; March 18: 8:45 pm, The Whispering Tree, 9:15 pm, Ne’er Do March 18: Singwriters Exchange with Kemdra Kulnys, 11 pm, FREE. DJ John Clemente, 9 pm, FREE; March 22: Evers, 9:45 pm, Tiar Jamoor, 10:30 pm, Juliana Flowers, Frank Critelli, Stephen Clair, 8:30 pm, $5; Galapagos Acoustic Open Mic with Joe Waltz, 9 pm, $5; Marx, 11:15 pm, PLMB, Midnight, $5; March 23: March 23: Chelsea, Mal Blum, GreyMarket, 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in March 23: DJ Eric, Rock Junky, 9 pm, $5; March 24: “This is not Happening” with live music by Apollo Brendan Hogan, 8 pm, $8, Erika Kulnys, Amelia Stain DJ Pepe, Green Machine, 9 pm, $5. Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams- Heights, Mighty Fine, The Ravages, The Vanguard, Curran, Jason Myles Goss, 9 pm, $10; March 24: www.galapagosartspace.com. and more, 9 pm, $TBD. The Shrimps and more, 9:30 pm, $TBD. burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; March BEDFORD-STUYVESANT Mondays: “Paint Stain,” 5 pm (often accompanied Biscuit BBQ 17: (Backroom) This Frontier Needs Heroes, 7:30 by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; FLATBUSH pm, Darby O’Gill and the Little People, 8 pm, Wednesdays: “JAMstain,” an informal open mic Food 4 Thought 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park FREE, (Frontroom) Thought with special guests 445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at MacDonough Slope, (718) 399-2161, www.biscuitbbq.com. hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; March Cornerstone Pub Bootyjuice, 7:30 pm, $7, (Both rooms) Casette 17: The Wiggins Sisters Folk Duo, 7 pm, FREE; Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160. 1502 Cortelyou Rd. at Marlborough Road in Sundays: A Sunday Kind of Jazz with John McNeil Presents live music and DJs, 10 pm, $5 with flyer,

Crackerfarm March 22: Candace Parr’s students perform live, 6 Saturdays: Open Mic, 9 pm, $6; Tuesdays: Philoso- and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, $6 and 1-drink mini- Flatbush, (718) 940-9037, $10 at the door; March 18: (Front room) Opera on pm, a new stand-up comedy series hosted by phically Phat Tuesdays, an open discussion, 8 pm, mum; Mondays: Debra and Mary’s Night on the www.cornerstonepub.com. Slim’s down: New school bluesman Langhorne Slim brings his one- Tap, 7:30 pm, FREE; March 19: (Front room) Chelsea Calloway, 8 pm, FREE; March 23: Tin Veil, donation suggested; Wednesdays: Game Night Town, 8:30 pm, $10; Tuesdays: Songwriters’ Saturdays: Alegba & Friends, 9 pm, FREE (do- Monday Night Burlesque and Red Hots Burlesque 9 pm, FREE; March 24: Joe Dairy, Ramelan, and (Cash Flow), 7 pm, FREE; March 22: Jazz Night, 8 Showcase hosted by Staci Rochwerg, 8:30 pm, $5 man show to Southpaw on March 23 with Trainwreck Riders, the nation suggested); Tuesdays: Dan Pratt Quartet, 9 presents Clowns of Coney Island, 9:30 pm, $5; David Shane Smith, 9 pm, FREE. pm, FREE; March 23: Liberation Friday, a Hip-Hop pm, FREE (donation suggested); Thursdays: Ste- suggested donation; March 17: Candombe, black Felice Brothers and Luke Temple. March 20: Tango Night “Milonga Cambalache,” 8 and R&B Showcase, 8 pm, $3. phane Wrembel, 8:30 pm, FREE. music from the Rio de la Plata, 9 pm, $12; March pm, $12; March 21: (Backroom) Trailer Trash & Hills Trash Bar 18: Sharon Dolin, Jill Magi & Sarah Saffian, 6 pm, Are Alive, 7 pm, $8, (Front room) Love Ahoy!, Sistas’ Place $TBD; March 21: Tango Dance Instruction, 6:45 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams- FORT GREENE March 23: Frank Fotusky/JD Duvall Blues and March—Grrrlz Gone Wild (Lesbian), 7:30 pm, burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. 456 Nostrand Ave. at Jefferson Avenue in pm, $TBD, Tango Dance, 8:30 pm, $TBD; March Union Hall World Music, 8 pm, $10 adults, $6 children. FREE, AEM73.COM presents D. Rugs, Messiah, March 17: The Day Jobs, 8 pm, Daphne, 9 pm, Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 498-1766, BAM Cafe 23: Katie Down & Uke Nights, 9 pm, $TBD; March (Downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue in Devine Brimm, Noah da Future, 10 pm, $10; March www.sistasplace.org. 24: Emilio Solla, 9 pm, $10. Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, www.unionhallny.com. Monster Eiffel Tower, 10 pm, The Ordinary, 11 pm, (At the Brooklyn Academy of Music) 30 Jewish Music Cafe 22: (Backroom) Juliet, 7 pm, $12, Debbie and Belle The Dopes, Midnight, $7; March 18: Destory March 17: Celebrating Valaida Snow with Akua March 17: Vial, Knife Fight, 8 pm, $7; March 19: Lafayette Ave. at Ashland Place in Fort 401 Ninth St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, Aire of Loaftout Entertainment present Lywan, Big Babylon, 9 pm, The Bad Mouths, 10 pm, Fugitive Dixon’s Quartet, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $25 in advance, Brooklyn Koopa, Hello Nurse, 6 pm, $8, Fionn Regan, Hayes Greene, (718) 636-4100 www.bam.org. (718) 369-6585, www.jewishmusiccafe.com. Neuk, Billionz, Ticky Diamondz, 10 pm, $15, (Front Kind, 11 pm, Everything Ends, Midnight$6; March $30 day of the show; March 24: Mary Lou Williams Peebles, 8:30 pm, $8; March 20: Union Hall room) AmieStreet.com presents The Epochs, March 17: The Lascivious Biddies, 9:30 pm, FREE; Conservatory of Music March 17: Yosef Karduner, 9:15 pm, $15; March 19: ADM, 8 pm, The J.U.S. Evolution, 9 pm, Rogue with Dinah Vero Group, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $25 in Spelling & Grammar Bee, 8 pm, FREE; March 21: Middle Distance Runner, Dead Trees, and The March 23: Kneebody, 9:30 pm, FREE; March 24: 58 Seventh Ave. at Lincoln Place in Park 24: Blue Fringe/Heedoosh & Omek Hadavar, 8:45 State, 10 pm, Resolution 15, 11 pm, and DJ advance, $30 day of the show. The Real Ones, The Changes, The Manhattan Love Jaguar Club, 10 pm, $10; March 23: (Backroom) Shae Fiol, 9:30 pm, FREE. Slope, (718) 622-3300, www.bqcm.org. pm, $15. Scientific spinning, $6; March 20: Holographic March 17: David Del Tredici’s 70th Birthday, 8 pm, Suicides, The Metric Mile, 8 pm, $10; March 22: Blue Planet/Planeta Azul, 10 pm, $8, (Front room) Buttons, 8 pm, Runny, 9 pm, The Whores, 10 pm, BOERUM HILL Night of the Cookers $15 adults, $10 students and seniors. Melt Stand and guests, 8 pm, $12 in advance, $15 day Crashin’ In presents DJs Oil, Toby Rascal, and The Heart-Ons, 11 pm, $5; March 21: The Golden of the show; March 23: Goldrush, Hopewell, Cat Gerald, and live music, 10 pm, $8. Error, 8 pm, Puny Human, 9 pm, Artimus Pyledriver, 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in 440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Martino, 8 pm, $8 in advance, $10 day of the show; Hank’s Saloon Cafe Steinhof (718) 230-5925. 11 pm, Valient Thorr, Midnight, $6; March 22: Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. March 24: The Mugs, 8 pm, $TBD. Laila Lounge 46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum 427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 pm, Situation 5, 8 pm, Satanic Punk International Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Live 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Wil- Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE. (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. FREE. Conspiracy, 9 pm, Section 8 Cartel, 10 pm, Supa- Sundays: Sean Kershaw and the New Jack March 21: The J. Walter Hawkes Trio, 10:30 pm, FREE. PROSPECT HEIGHTS liamsburg, (718) 486-6791, www.lailalounge.com. thief, 11 pm, Tourists on Horses, Midnight, The Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Mobscenity, Puppet’s Jazz Bar Mondays: Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jeanmarie, 1 am, $6; March 23: Clay Pigeons, 8 pm, 10 pm, FREE; Mar.17: Drunken Swimmers, 10 pm, GREENPOINT Cattyshack The Backroom Jezebel Music Showcase with an open mic, 7:30 pm, Apollo Up!, 9 pm, Cargun, 10 pm, Incognito Sofa 284 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; March 17: Blend, 9 pm, Jug Addicts, 11 pm, FREE; March 19: Live band Club Europa 249 Fourth Ave. at Carroll Street in Park Slope, (718) 499-2627, www.puppetsjazz.com. (At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue in Love, 11 pm, Chasing Daybreak, Midnight, $7. kuntry karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; March 22: Black Pig, (718) 230-5740, www.cattyshackbklyn.com. Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, $TBD; March 20: Vincent Cross and Good 98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Green- March 17: Boris Kozlov, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Company, 9 pm, $TBD; March 23: Butterflies, 9 pm, 10 pm, FREE; March 23: Outpatients, The Buzzards, Mondays: Open Psyche (open mic), 8 pm, FREE, www.freddysbackroom.com. Union Pool point, (718) 383-5723, www.europaclub.com. Midnight, $10; March 19: Jaime Aff Jam Session, Chairlift, 10 pm, Fat Tony, 11 pm, $TBD. The Lonesharks, 10 pm, FREE. Chump Change, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Trivia March 17: St. Patrick’s Day Party with Irish bands 484 Union Ave. at Meeker Avenue in Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE before 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, FREE; March 20: Night, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Karaoke with including Box of Crayons, 10:15 pm, The Red Bar- Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484, 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tuesdays: Karaoke Nir’s Hamsa Hamsa Quartet, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Sherry Vine, 9 pm, FREE ($2 after 10 pm), Oink bers in Druid till You’re Satisfied, 11:15 pm, FREE; The Lucky Cat www.myspace.com/unionpool. BRIGHTON BEACH Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sexy Pro- Midnight, $5; March 21: Rob Darnell’s Poetic Boys Party (ladies welcome with sexy boys), 10 pm, March 19: Stand-Up Comedy Night, 9 pm, FREE; 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams- March 17: Back Room with Indo Silver Club with DJs gressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 Notion, 8:30 pm, $5, Jaime Aff Trio, 9:30 pm, $5; burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. National Restaurant $5; Thursdays: S—tkickers, 8 pm, FREE ($5 after 9 March 22: Manny’s Relief Party, 9:15 pm, 10:40 March 20: Minimalist Brooklyn Chick Jazz, 9:30 pm, Gerald & Eamon Harkin, 11 pm, $TBD; March 21: pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; March 21: Baptized by Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Keyboard Karaoke, 10 pm, 273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Second pm), Hey DJ!, 10 pm, $5; Fridays: R.P.M. with DJ pm, Midnight, $5; March 23: Bill Ware’s Wedding FREE; March 21: Karaoke featuring a ham give- Phonograph, Gringo, Star, The Dangit Bobbys, 8 Fire featuring The You Know What, 7:30 pm, $8. FREE: Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic Night, 7 Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225, Lug Nut, 7 pm, FREE. Party, 9:15 pm, 10:40 pm, Midnight, $10. away, 9:30 pm, FREE; March 22: The Atomic Grind pm, $TBD; March 22: Edison Woods, Katie East- www.come2national.com. Show, 9:30 pm, FREE; March 23: Clean and Nasty, pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Hot Popcorn featuring burn, 8 pm, $TBD; March 23: Beasts of Bourbon, Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, GREENWOOD HEIGHTS The Center for Southpaw 9:30 pm, Baby Pool, 10:30 pm, FREE. Binky Griptite & The Melomatics, 10 pm, $TBD; Dallas Crane, Die Die Die, 9 pm, $TBD; March 24: FREE (with $65 prix-fixe dinner); Fridays: Live Russian Thursdays: Radom Party with Moist Paula, 11 pm, Coy Dogs, The Joints, 8 pm, Late Night Back Room Improvisational 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park $TBD; March 17: Dub Evolution, 11 pm, FREE; Party with Mr. Vacation, 11:45 pm, $TBD. music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe Kitchen Bar Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. RED HOOK dinner); Sundays: Live Russian music and dance show, 687 Sixth Ave. at 20th Street in Park Slope, Music March 21: Brooklyn Green Drinks, 7 pm, $TBD; March 17: Maria Taylor, Jennifer O’Connor, A.A. March 23: Hot, Funky & Sweaty, 10:30 pm, FREE. 7 pm, FREE (with $50 prix-fixe dinner). (718) 499-5623, www.kitchenbarny.com. 295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Park Slope, The Hook Zebulon Cafe Bondy, 7:30 pm, $10, LAID, a queer dance party, 11 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Thursdays: Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; March 22: (212) 631-5882, www.schoolforimprov.org. pm, $$TBD; March 20: Wreckroom, 8 pm, $TBD; 18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Luna Lounge The Merles, 8:30 pm, FREE. March 17: Kris Davis/Chris Speed Duo, 8:30 pm, Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com. Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, BROOKLYN HEIGHTS March 21: Rocking Chair, Asefa, JoyEngin, 9 pm, 361 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. $12 ($8 for students with valid student identifica- $7.50, $10 day of the show; March 22: Glue, Nro, March 17: Salsa en el Red Hook with Sonao featur- Williamsburg, (212) 260-2323, March 17: Asiko, 10 pm, FREE; March 18: Baye Living Room Lounge tion); March 22: Open Session hosted by Brian Hyphen-One, Sneakas, 9 pm, $10; March 23: ing Neil Ochoa, Juancho Herrera, Robert Quintero, Magnetic Field www.lunalounge.com. Kouyate et les Tougarake, 10 pm, FREE; March 19: 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn 245 23rd St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, Scherman, 8 pm, $7; March 23: Mark Mollica JellyNYC presents Langhorne Slim, Trainwreck Louisito Wuintero, 8 pm, $10; March 22: Thursday (718) 499-1505. Group, 8:30 pm, $6. Night Wild featuring Live Girls and more, 8:30 pm, March 17: MikeIParis, 7:30 pm, The Blizzard of 78, Bagad D’Auray, 9 pm, FREE; March 20: Owkmj, 8 Heights, (718) 834-0069, Riders, The Felice Brothers, Luke Temple, 9 pm, $10. 8:30 pm, MRNORTH, 9:30 pm, Telestatic, 10:30 pm, Himalayas, Kenny Wollesen & Friends, 10 pm, www.magneticbrooklyn.com. Saturdays: DJ Kirt, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays: Cult $5; March 23: Emergenza presents Athena Masci, Movie Night, 8 pm, FREE; Mondays: Concerts on Drama Cafe & Wine The Thoughts That Kill, The Hey!, Guido The Killer pm, $8; March 20: The Young Knives, 9:30 pm, $12 FREE; March 21: James Jameson and guests, 9 pm, March 17: Jay’s Birthday Blowout, 10 pm, FREE; Tea Lounge in advance, $14 day of the show; March 21: The FREE; March 22: Solil, 9 pm, If When, 10 pm, FREE; the big screen, 8 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Open Mic 341 Fifth Ave. at Fourth Street in Park Slope, Pimp, Bo Quiver and The Arrows, A Fistful of March 19: Hogzilla, 8 pm, FREE; March 21: Dick 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Noises 10, 7:30 pm, $5; March 22: Tsui, 7:30 pm, March 23: Pink Noise, 9 pm, Big Lazy, 11 pm, FREE. Swizzle’s Sudden Death Gameshow, 8 pm, $5 per Night, 8:30 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Live music, 8 pm, (718) 768-2136, www.myspace.com/dramaonline. Slope, (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. Dynamite, Streetlights, Until Destiny, Sudzert, contestant; March 22: The Griefs, Steve Shiffman FREE; Fridays: Karaoke, 8 pm, FREE. Saturdays: Artist Showcase, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays: Live music, 9 Silence the Feedback, 6 pm, $15. & The Land of No, 8 pm, $7; March 23: Live band Open Mic Night, 8:30 pm, FREE; March 17: Nick pm, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; March 22: karaoke, 8 pm, FREE; March 24: The Fleshtones, 8 PARK SLOPE Maguire, 8 pm, Get Naked Robot, 9 pm, Dana TYFT, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; Hope and Anchor pm, $10. Athens, 10 pm, Backwoods Acoustic, 11 pm, March 23: Brooklyn Qawwali Party, 9 pm, 10:30 347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Bar 4 $TBD; March 24: Eugene Fertelmeyster, 8 pm, pm, $5 suggested donation. Hook, (718) 237-0276. TALK TO US… CLINTON HILL 444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park John Cole, 9 pm, Nothing Plural, 10 pm, Scott Thursdays: Karaoke hosted by Dropsy Dozzman, 9 Slope, (718) 832-9800. Gibson, 11 pm, $TBD. Two Boots Brooklyn pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: Karaoke hosted To list your events in Brooklyn Nightlife, please give us as much notice as possible. Include name Dakar Cafe March 18: Mike Baggeta Quartet, 7 pm, $5 sug- 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE. of venue, address with cross street, phone number for the public to call, Web site address, dates, 285 Grand St. at Lafayette Avenue in Clinton gested donation, Dave Allen Quartet, 9 pm, $5 Good Coffeehouse (718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. times and admission or ticket prices. Send listings and color photos of performers via e-mail to Hill, (718) 398-8900, www.granddakar.com. suggested donation. Music Parlor March 17: St. Patrick’s Day Party with Mack Price SHEEPSHEAD BAY [email protected] or via fax at (718) 834-9278. Listings are free and printed on a space available basis. We regret we cannot take listings over the phone. 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TheThe BrooklynBrooklyn Papers’Paper’s 2003 2007 Creative SUMMER CAMP GUIDE ARTS PROGRAM Kim’s Kid’s Poly Prep singers, and musicians. Culminates at Berkeley Carroll in a musical theater production. Camp Summer 2007 Summer Academic PS 321, 7th Ave. Park Slope 9216 Seventh Ave., Bay Ridge Programs Director: Dan Moinester 718-836-9800, ext. 322 July 2 – August 3, 2007 JULY 2 –AUGUST 2, 2007 (718) 768-6419 www.polyprep.org Ages: For students entering Ages: 5–11 Director: Michael Junsch Grades 3–12 July 2 – Aug. 10 Bus available (extra fee) Daily 60- or 90-minute sessions Full day 9 am – 4 pm Activities: Enrichment and re- Extended hours 8 am – 6 pm Summer Experience Day Camp medial courses. Can be com- Flex weeks and number of days bined with Day Camp at a re- available. July 2 – August 10, 2007 duced price. Activities: Lots of physical and Ages: Pre-K through Grade 10 outdoors activity. 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July 2 – August 3, 2007 squash, basketball, and baseball) Ages: For students entering [email protected] Computer Camp in Park Slope, Brooklyn. or 718-789-6060 x6540 Park Slope Grades 4–9 Full day: 8:30 am – 3:30 pm Several one week sessions Day Camp Activities: Professional faculty Ages: 5 – 12 Locations in Windsor Terrace, guide young actors, dancers, See CAMPS on page 13 Park Slope, Kensington, Bay Ridge (718) 788-7732 www.parkslopedaycamp.com e-mail: camp@parkslopeday- PARK SLOPE • BAY RIDGE • WINDSOR TERRACE camp.com Director: Ronny Schindler Ages: entering P K - 9th grades July 2– Aug. 31 Full day (8 am - 4 pm), early Eloh dismissal optional for young eth im kids; Extended hours (until 6:30 B pm) available Transportation: free morning shuttle from all Brownstone Brooklyn neighborhoods and Bay Ridge Cam Activities: outdoor camp with y p sports, trips, gymnastics, drama, a s nature, Olympics, sports acade- D s my, travel camp (featuring D overnight trips). OPEN HOUSES: Sunday, March 25, noon and 1 pm Beth Elohim Summer Day Camp 274 Garfield Place, Park Slope (718) 768-3814, ext. 210 www.congregationbethelohim.org SummerSummer 20072007 Preschool Division Ages: 3 to 5-1/2 Directors: Maura Lorenzen and Jaci Israel Our Camp June 18 through July 27 3 Years Full Day (9 am – 3 pm) and Half 2 Year • Variety of programs for Day (9 am – 12:30 pm) TERRIFIC to 1 LOWER campers age 3 /2 to 15 Spring Activities: swimming, weekly trip for 4- and 5-year-olds, fully Olds Kindergarten • Safe, fun, stimulating Mini-Camp equipped nursery school class- TWOS environment April 2 - 6, 9 - 10 rooms. DAY CAMP • Very flexible registration; 7 days of trips & activities Elementary Division CLASSES Full & Half Day programs, Professional accommodating 9 week based in Park Slope Director: Bobbie Finkelstein July 2 through Aug 17 Our popular pre-nursery program Staff, Fully equipped classrooms, season Open House for Ages: entering Kindergarten – • Free morning transportation 4th grades for your toddler, accompanied by Full day (9 am – 5 pm) Swimming in Temple pool, from most Bay Ridge and Summer Camp Extended hours (8 am – 6 pm) a parent or caregiver. Brownstone Brooklyn areas Sunday, March 25 available Weekly Trips for full day 4 & 5 yr. olds presentations at 12 and 1pm Activities: swimming (instruc- • Established 1992 tional and recreational), arts and 339 8 St. just below 6 Ave. crafts, music, nature, sports, gymnastics, trips 2 days per week Entering Entering 718-788-PSCD (7732) Movin’ On Travel Camp www.parkslopedaycamp.com Kindergarten Director: Bobbie Finkelstein ELEMENTARY 5th through MOVIN’ON July 2 through Aug 17 through Ages: entering 5th – 9th grades 9th Grade Full day (9 am – 5 pm) 4th Grade TRAVEL CAMP JUNE 25 – JULY 26, 2007 Extended hours (8 am – 6 pm) DAY CAMP Five days of trips available. Activities: Daily trips, swim- Full day program. Recreational & Swimming in Temple Pool ming, two overnights, leadership Instructional swim daily in Temple pool, Two (3 day) overnights. development program for kids Mature, qualified staff entering Active outdoor sports, arts & crafts, Plymouth Day nature, gymnastics and music. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM NEW ChildrenChildren’s’s Camp Trips twice a week in & around NYC for youth entering 9th grade 75 Hicks St., Brooklyn Heights DAY 718-624-4743 Director: Dana Rosenbloom For Tots & Lower Camp plymouthcamp@ CAMP plymouthchurch.org call Maura Lorenzen or Jaci Israel at: at Berkeley Carroll www.plymouthchurch.org Ages: 2 - 5 499-6208 ‘Summer June 18-July 27 IN Full day: 9am – 3 pm 8th Ave. & Garfield Pl. – Park Slope For Elementary & Travel Camp THE ty Ci ’ Activities: Arts & crafts, swim- ming on-site in above-ground Children of all faiths and ethnic call Bobbie Finkelstein at: swimming pool, games & sports, backgrounds are welcome! tumbling, music, nature & sci- 768-3814 x210 Our campers will explore ence learning, water play, field www.congregationbethelohim.org their interests, stretch their trips, air-conditioned classrooms imaginations, and nurture their talents by participating in a wide array of camp activities. Physically Active,

Information: Nature Oriented, [email protected] or 718-789-6060 x6620 Outdoor,Traveling Day Camp Summer Programs For Kids ages 2-14 Daily Trips to: Swimming at a lake, pool and the beach. Weekly hikes and trips to Museums, Brooklyn Friends School summer programs take BH the best of the school year experience and make Zoos, Playgrounds, The Aquarium, Liberty Science that light shine ever brighter! Jewish Sports Academy Center, Bowling and a special trip to Sesame Place Our three programs--Summer Camp for 2 to 8 year Ages: 5-9 July 2nd - Aug.13th olds, Summer Arts for 9 to 11 year olds, and BRAND NEW LOCATION! • Experienced, summer intensives for 12 to 14 year olds--are distinguished by their outstanding faculty and Carefully Chosen, favorable student-teacher ratio. The Hannah Senesh School Adult Staff 341 Smith Street and First Place •Flexible Schedule: Sessions available from June 20 to July 27 v Specialists in Supervised & Instructional: r 3, 4, 5 or 6 weeks Things to Learn at Friends Swimming, Soccer & Tennis 3, 4or5days a Hip-Hop, Rock ‘n’ Roll, Hands-on week Science, Tennis, Dance, Swimming, Dramatics • Ballet • Dance • Pony Riding • Trips • Crafts • Early drop-off Gardening, Woodworking, Fiber Arts, Judaic Study • Karate • Computers & Much, Much More!!! (8am) and late Shadow Puppets, Giant Masks, pick up (6pm) Music Video, Animation, Theater, Delicious & Nutritious Lunch Provided available Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, and Juggling. Dates: 4 Two-Week Sessions. Hours 9am-3pm. Cost $500 per session. • Ages 5 to 11 Extended Session 8am-6pm. Extra $300 per session years

Contact: Michoel Goldin (718) 928-4192 • [email protected] Checks made payable to Camp Gan Israel, 117 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Park Slope • (718) 768-6419 BROOKLYN FRIENDS SCHOOL · 375 PEARL STREET · DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN Administration fee of $100 per child. Camp is closed July 4th and July 24 (Tisha B’Av) 27 years of operation 718-852-1029 · WWW.BOOKLYNFRIENDS.COM March 17, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 AWP 13

FOOD CO-OP EXPOSE The Brooklyn Paper 2007 KIDS THE TEENS SUMMER Brooklyn Paper The area of CAMP SCHOOL CAMPS my expertise GUIDE STYLE PARENT MUSIC Summer Are Smartmom and Enrichment Camp Hepcat in Splitsville?

HESE DAYS, Smartmom and THepcat are like SMART ships passing in the academic enrichment + gymnastics + dance + night. In recent weeks art + they’ve spent more mom rock climbing + horse back riding + bowling + time apart than to- By Louise Crawford gether and people are getting suspicious. = a learning experience FUN “Everything okay between you like it was three nights at the Ritz. Hepcat two?” Groovy Grandpa asked the Hepcat’s idea of a vacation is an Is Hepcat driving his inherited Porshe off into the sunset? Amy Saidens for children from 4 to 15 years old ! other day on the phone when itinerary-free drive cross-country Here’s our editor Gersh Kuntzman doing what he does Smartmom told him that Hepcat in The Little Orange Car, staying fun the three old friends have had venture at a writer’s conference in Camp Main Office We provide was in California. in Indian-owned motels. even better than being our editor: working the checkout Our Sessions 900 Fulton Street, Second Fl. WE PROVIDE together since they each turned Rehoboth Beach. It’s called OUR SESSIONS He’s just visiting his mother But Smartmom and OSFO line at the Food Co-op. Session #1 July 2 -13 Brooklyn, New York 11238 ______• Academic enrichment trhough 30 in 19 — (we’re not telling!). “Writers on the Beach,” but Writ- Session• Session #2 1 — July 2–1316 - 27 ______exciting electives and perform- in California, she told her nosy crave some R&R (or, technically, Session #3 July 30 - Aug Pick-up and drop-off location in Once home, Smartmom and ers on the Beach During Off-Sea- downtown Brooklyn ingx artsAcademic enrichment through 10• Session 2 — July 16–27 exciting electives and performing dad. Besides he needed to check P&P — pampering and pillows) ______• Weeklyarts field trops to fun and Hepcat barely got a chance to son” sounds more accurate. UNDAY NIGHT AT THE FOOD CO-OP, AND, OF Session• Session #4 3 — AugJuly 30–Aug.13 - 24 10 cultural venues on The Little Orange Car, the every now and again. 718-624-1992 x Weekly field trips to fun and cultural chitchat before he was getting martmom has never been ww.bkcenter.org • Outdoorvenue pool;s Instructional Porsche he inherited from his So Smartmom, OSFO and the course, the lines were stretching from the recycled toilet • Session 4 — Aug. 13–24 swimming on a Jet Blue flight for Oakland. to a writer’s conference, Financial Assistance is Available x Outdoor pool; Instructional Swim- beloved uncle, which he keeps Kravitzes went off for a fun and paper to the goat-milk yogurt case and wrapping around to HRA * ACD * TRANSIT • Dailym lunchesing and snacks S Financial Assistance is Available Because it was the week of the Vouchers Accepted but she likes the sound of the frozen, grass-fed, organic, cruelty-free beef. HRA • ACD • TRANSIT • Mature,x Daily experienced lunch & snacks , and in a container behind his moth- sporty weekend at the New Jersey S licensed staff who enjoy work- fourth grade test, it was out of it. It’s a professional trip, a seri- Vouchers Accepted x Mature, experienced, and licensed er’s house. spa. Third Street goes on vacation. I, like half the members of the Park Slope Food Co-op at any ing withsta fchildren.f who enjoy working with chil- the question for Smartmom and “But you went away last week What’s not to like? Seven in- ous investment in her writing ca- given time, was working a make-up shift. But even though this family to join him. with the Oh So Feisty One,” ter-connecting pools, including reer, a chance to mingle with im- wasn’t my regular squad, I was my usual eager (free-range) Besides, he likes to visit the Groovy Grandpa reminded her, ob- an outdoor heated pool for win- portant writers. beaver, bounding family farm and see his family viously building a case that Smart- ter swimming under the stars, hot It’s also a chance to sleep in a over to the checkout mom and Hepcat are on the outs. tubs, a steam room, sauna, an in- by himself from time to time. He hotel for three nights, eat dinner line to man a post. THE BROOKLYN CAMPS… Well, they’re not and Smart- door track, an indoor basketball has lots of things to take care of out, and be alone. Then the squad out there and there’s always The Smartmom hasn’t even told By Gersh Continued from page 12 mom wants to make that abun- court, tennis, Pilates classes, a sa- leader stopped me. ANGLE Kuntzman dantly clear. When you’ve got lon for massages and facials. Little Orange Car. Groovy Grandpa about this trip. “I can’t put you on Full day: 9:00 am – 3:00 pm (718) 789-6060 x 6620 Yes, The Little Orange Car. Activities: Digital imaging and two kids in different schools and he kids had a first-class She’s afraid that it’ll only add to checkout because I have to put my regulars on checkout,” she said. www.berkeleycarroll.org Okay, so Smartmom is a tad his sense that Smartmom and photography software, explo- Director: Judy Valdez different schedules you’ve got to vacation and so did Her regulars? I wanted to remind her that regulars are what got ration of new technology, and divide and conquer in order to Smartmom and Mr. and jealous of The Little Orange Car. Hepcat are going through a rough the Co-op into this crowded mess in the first place, but then I re- [email protected] T It’s just that, Hepcat pays so patch and heading for the Big D. create your own website. make things happen. Mrs. Kravitz (who picked up membered where I was: at the Park Slope Food Co-op, even the PreK through 3rd Grade much attention to HER. She’s But that’s not it at all. Smart- June 25 - July 26 Everyone knows that (doesn’t three bottles of red wine at the lo- mildest hint that you are challenging a squad leader’s authority Park Explorers he)? cal mall). Plus, it was fun for his screen saver, for Buddha’s mom and Hepcat know that the would be met with a sit-in, a petition drive or, worse, the formation Full Day (half day also available sake! When they’re together, he secret to their togetherness is 611 Eighth Avenue, Park Slope for younger campers) And more to the point, when them to hang out with good of a committee to investigate whether someone’s feelings had been, (718) 788-3620 you’re as busy as Smartmom friends somewhere other than takes her for long scenic drives, their ability to be apart. They try sniff, hurt. Many camp options: classic day buys her expensive gifts like pis- to give each other the extra Director: Chris Altman camp, circus camp, puppetry, and Hepcat are — with different their identical dining rooms. So I remained mute — and was assigned to watch the exit www.parkexplorers.com work schedules and deadlines Once they got home, Smart- ton rings, seat belts, and a space they need when they need door. For two hours and 45 minutes, my job was to stamp peo- hands-on science, theater, athletics, $2,000 carburetor. it. That way there are no built up Ages: 4 to 14 and much more. One-week mini — you’ve got to grab any down- mom told Hepcat all about the ple’s receipts. June 28 through August 31 When was the last time Hep- resentments or hurt feelings. camps. Swimming also offered. time you can get. restful trip, but he still wasn’t con- What a waste of talent. Full day: 8:30 am–3:30pm till, the conversation with vinced it was his kind of thing. cat bought Smartmom a $2,000 Even so, Smartmom hopes Talent? Yes, talent. Look, readers of — and writers at — The Extended hours til 6:30 pm Huggs Day Groovy Grandpa did And Teen Spirit, well, he was per- carburetor? The Little Orange the next time she goes away it’s Brooklyn Paper are already well aware of my general excellence Early drop off 8:00 am make Smartmom wonder fectly happy hanging out with Car: she’s almost like his mis- with her Hepcat. She does enjoy at writing, editing, abusing underlings and holding court over Bus transportation in many S tress. Except, well, she’s a car. being with the man she married School if it was normal for a married friends and practicing his guitar two-for-one Margaritas at the DUMBO General Store. brownstone Brooklyn areas couple to take short trips inde- (too loudly some would say). Hepcat came back on Saturday every now and again. But I am actually far superior at working the checkout line at Activities: different activities Summer Prog. pendent of one another. Afew weeks later, Smartmom night and now they have only a Louise Crawford also writes the Park Slope Food Co-op. I don’t want to brag (yes, I do), but it daily: sports of all kinds, nature 763 President St, Park Slope went on an overnight to Boston few days together before Smart- the Web site, “Only the blog is nothing short of inspirational watching me speed customers walks, hiking, arts & crafts, pool, Normal schnormal! Who cares (718) 230-5255 about normal? Smartmom may with Best and Oldest, her best mom is off on her own little ad- knows Brooklyn.” through the checkout process, hearing me exchange recipe tips, lo- beach, gymnastics, tennis, drama, friend since fifth grad, to see Opera cal news, and old Jewish jokes without so much as a mis-scanned karate, singing, different trip each Directors: Randie Bader and not be Marlo Thomas, but she be- Gary Siegel lieves that the freedom to be you Diva, her high school best friend, item, seeing me fast-track the process thanks to memorizing all of week in and around NYC. Spe- sing the lead in “Rise and Fall of the four- or five-digit UPC codes for produce. (Organic red cialty programs in sports (6 Ages: 2.3 – 5 years and me is essential for a good mar- June 20 – July 1 riage. And it’s major tenet of her the City of Mahagonny.” Brooklyn PLAY SPOT grapes? 94023. Kiwis? 4030. Organic radicchio? 94738.) I’m like weeks) and theater (two week in- a freakin’ Bond movie: Nobody does it better. crements, led by professionals). Full day (9 am – 4 pm) relationship with Hepcat. Well, Smartmom couldn’t ex- INDOOR PLAY SPACE Half days (9 am – noon or 1 pm Still, Hepcat and Smartmom actly skip hearing her friend sing It is probably the One Thing I was put on this earth to do: • Fun games, unusual toys! work the checkout line at the Park Slope Food Co-op. As Berkeley Carroll – 4 pm) have been going solo quite a bit of the lead in this rarely performed • Drop-in play space opera by Kurt Weil and Bertolt Nicholson once said, “You want me on that wall. You need me Creative Arts Program Activities: private backyard with late. So what’s up with that? • Train table, dress up, play kitchen, water play equipment, trips, art, Well, last month, Smartmom Brecht. creative play on that wall.” 181 Lincoln Place, Park Slope But Hepcat couldn’t come along But on Sunday night, all I was doing was stamping receipts (718) 789-6060 x 6540 music, indoor gym. decided on a whim to take OSFO • Story time to the Minerals Inn at Crystal — someone needed to stay home • Available for private parties while the lines got longer and longer. By the end of the night, www.berkeleycarroll.org to police Teen Spirit and OSFO. they had wrapped all the way around to the frozen Boca burgers [email protected] Plymouth Springs Spa in Vernon, New Jer- • Most classes available FREE to sey for a quick getaway during the Plus, it meant being away on a members (which stink, by the way). Director: Marlene Clary Tuesday, and that’s Important I don’t mind telling you that I was demoralized. I felt the way Ages: 8 to 14 Church Camp seemingly endless winter break. 75 Hicks St. Bklyn Heights Before making the reservations, Staff Meeting Day at the Edgy 399 Atlantic Ave. (at Bond St.) people (not Co-op people, but normal people) feel when they are July 2 to August 2 denied their destiny. Full day: 9 am–4pm (718) 624-4743 she asked Hepcat if he wanted to Startup where he works. 718-852-2494 www.brooklynplayspot.com For consolation, I called up my regular squad leader to tell him Extended hours: 8 am–6pm www.plymouthchurch.org join them. But he had too much So Smartmom went solo. Af- about the affront, and he was appalled (not that any Co-op mem- Activities: music, dance, theatre plymouthcamp@ply- going on at the office. Besides, it ter the show, which was terrific, ber expresses such raw emotions. Let’s say he was miffed). arts, ceramics, media and graph- mouthchurch.org didn’t sound like Hepcat’s kind of she and her high school pals drank martinis until 2 am with “That is no way to treat the best cashier in the business,” he ic arts, all in air conditioned Director: Dana Rosenbloom vacation. Too cushy. Too comfort- the cast and crew. It was the most said, though, oddly, did not want his name used in connection classrooms, daily noontime per- Ages: 2 to 6 able. Too bourgeois. formances, plus performances Hepcat grew up on a farm and FAMILY CLASSIFIEDS with praising me. June 18 to July 27 Somebody should empanel a committee. and exhibitions at the end of Activities: arts and crafts, games is a rugged kind of guy. He still camp. Swimming also offered. and sports, water play, swim- kvells about his three days alone in
Entertainment Photography Children’s Day Camp ming, tumbling, music, field the woods with Outward Bound 701, 712 Carroll Street, Park Slope trips. Communion “Quality Magic At Affordable Prices” DOGGONE… and Magicians • Clowns • Jugglers Facepaint • Cotton Candy • Bounce Tents Continued from page 1 Christening Shows Starting @ $99 ples,” the flyer said). Where fun in the sun & www.MagicalEntertainmentPlus.com Within minutes, Hagan’s phone started ringing. Like an Amish Dresses 917.549.1272 barn-raising, everyone wanted to help. Sightings of the mad dog-
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Comedy, Atlantic Yards, but typically reserves its Web site for analysis and Magic, Balloon Sculpting, Puppets, Call for Holiday Packages criticism of the 16-tower project, posted a picture of the dog and a  TUXEDOS/SUITS Games, M.C., Comic Roastings. 718.369.0244 nikibistudio.com plea for her return. “University Professor of Speech & Communications” “It obviously was only peripherally an ‘Atlantic Yards’issue, so I A43  SPECIAL 718-434-9697 ran it by DDDB’s steering committee, and there was wide agree- June 18 thru 917-318-9092 OCCASIONS A45 ment that we should do it,” said Eric McClure, who is overseeing Tutors the site. “Patti has been a prominent figure in the opposition, so … July 27 Instruction it just seemed like an instance in which we could step away from SAT Test Prep/Tutoring ‘the mission’ to do something good in another way.” Made 4 Me SLOPE MUSIC Princeton Grad, 10+ yrs exp. On Saturday, four days after the theft, Hagan got the first teaching SAT/Writing. 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State development officials fired BRIEFS hopeful public planning process that project weren’t sad to see Leventer The Leventer firing comes just as the chief planner of its Brooklyn had local leaders anticipating a vast go. experts said last week that soaring Bridge Park project last week — as Prospect Park-style greenspace on the “Wendy Leventer has provided no construction costs citywide could experts admitted that the controver- Brooklyn waterfront. transparency,” said Judi Francis, a double the price of the park — and sial housing and open-space devel- But soon after she came on board, critic of the project who sued to block that the state will have to figure out opment will cost twice as much as that all changed. the development. how to pay without adding more pri- Railroad homes anticipated. Instead of a traditional, taxpayer- Francis said Leventer oversaw a vate development. / Jori Klein The dismissal of Wendy Leventer, funded city park, the so-called “sham process,” but last week, the “It’s clearly going to cost more president of the Brooklyn Bridge Park “Brooklyn Bridge Park” would be New York Post linked her ouster to than we’ve estimated and we intend to Development Corporation, came after maintained with revenue generated the $16.5 million that Leventer’s [lobby public officials] for the addi- derailed again a costly legal battle with opponents of from commercial development within agency has already spent on a park tional funding,” said Marianna Koval, the project, a 1.3-mile parkland, luxu- its footprint, Leventer told residents in that doesn’t exist executive director of the Brooklyn By Christie Rizk ry condo, retail and hotel develop- a contentious meeting in 2004. ESDC spokesman Errol Cockfield Bridge Conservancy, a non-profit that

The Brooklyn Paper Paper file The Brooklyn ment on the publicly owned water- “We basically blew up at her,” said told The Brooklyn Paper that firing has raised $5.6 million for program- A new city report has again cast doubt on claims by resi- Wendy Leventer — out! front between Atlantic Avenue and the Roy Sloane, a Cobble Hill activist Leventer was part of larger changes ming in the park since 1999. dents of Duffield Street that their Downtown Brooklyn hous- es were part of the Underground Railroad. A city-hired consulting firm revealed this week that there is no conclusive evi- dence that seven houses on Duffield Hospital and Gold streets Mayor Marty? were part of the fa- bled fugitive slave network. is set to “It [the Duffield houses] ... does not / Liz Cooper Golden not have a significant association with a national figure of become the Underground Railroad and his/her ready to say Underground Rail- road activity,” the Paper file The Brooklyn By Matthew Lysiak experience as a cop, civic leader condos Despite a new report, Joy Chatel be- report concluded. and small business owner should- lieves her Duffield Street home The Brooklyn Paper The Brooklyn Paper The report by n’t be underestimated. housed fugitive slaves. State Senator Marty Golden “I have been able to see the A 105-year-old Cobble Hill landmark is AKRF, a consult- (R-Bay Ridge) will run for ing firm that re- challenges that people face in on its way to condoville. searches historic claims, also refuted residents’ contention that mayor on a platform of low finding a job, paying their taxes This week, Long Island College Hospital the buildings were connected to known abolitionists. taxes, affordable housing and and bills, in trying to educate their / Amy Sussman sold its grandest property: a limestone and “Of course they’re going to say that,” said Joy Chatel, the expanding economic opportu- children as well as they can, and brick home of the Lamm Institute, a child owner of 227 Duffield St. “They’re trying to whitewash the truth nity into the boroughs. in keeping their homes and neigh- neurology clinic. Sources told The Stoop — that my house was part of the Underground Railroad, and that That is, if he runs, of course. borhoods safe,” said Golden, who that the buyer intends to convert the two- it was owned by known abolitionists.” As we reported last week, once owned the Bay Ridge story medical building — on the corner of Chatel’s house was indeed owned by the Truesdell family, Golden has dipped his toe in the Manor catering hall. Paper The Brooklyn Henry and Amity streets — into fancy apart- which is known to have helped fugitive slaves. But the AKRF Republican-light mayoral waters, Golden is considered a shoe-in This hospital building on Amity Street in Cobble Hill will become condos. ments. report claims that there is no evidence that the Truesdells did any but he hasn’t fully jumped in. to win his Senate district next LICH spokeswoman Zippi Dvash said of their abolitionist work in the house. “Many community leaders year, a race that isn’t expected to the sale came after hospital administrators The report could be the final blow against efforts to save the from throughout the city have put much of a dent in his realized that the 1902-built landmark was Duffield Street buildings from a city plan to bulldoze them to suggested that I run,” Golden $425,000 campaign war chest. not up to today’s hospital safety codes. build a parking lot for a proposed hotel. said. “Whenever so many people He’d need much, much more to “In the main hospital, wheelchair access The new report, while still controversial, corrects several key ... urge you to do something, you run for mayor, but raising big Get your Gersh on … again is much easier,” she said. mistakes in a 2005 version. have to give it some thought.” cash would be easy — if (and it’s Dvash declined to comment on economic When the first report came out, Chatel and her neighbor, What would a Golden Admin- a big if!) he remains the only Re- The Brooklyn Paper factors that may have contributed to the Lewis Greenstein, said their testimony was altered. istration mean for New York publican in the race to succeed Once again, our editor, Gersh Kuntzman, is kuntz- sale. The sale, however, certainly made the The first report also claimed that the Truesdell family was not City? Clues could be found in the Mayor Mike. And he would fol- manning the moderator chair for BCAT’s “Reporter hospital a windfall. even involved in the anti-slavery movement. That has since been styles of the men whom he says low that legacy, he said. Roundtable.” This week’s hotter-than-hot episode fea- One area broker said condos in the build- proven to be wrong. are his political influences: Ron- “I would look to expand the tures exciting discussion of top issues, including the ing could go for as much as $1,000 a square Around the same time, a city official was also caught lying to ald Reagan and Rudy Giuliani. economic growth of the last few conversion of Seventh Avenue into a one-way thorough- foot. the City Council when he claimed that dozens of historical re- “I admire them, and, like me, years to all areas of the city,” he fare, the sale of Bay Ridge’s so-called “Green Church,” “A developer will do very well at that lo- search agencies had told him that Duffield Street had never been they were former Democrats who said. “I have been a strong sup- and whether Gersh’s red-and-yellow tie matched his cation,” said Roslyn Huebener of Aguayo & part of the railroad. The agencies he cited quickly refuted that found that the party’s extreme lib- porter of the Atlantic Yards proj- pea-green shirt (it did not). Panelists included luminaries Huebener. claim, saying the official had never even spoken to them. eral message difficult for them.” ect, the development of the Jotham Sederstrom, from the New York Daily News, But before any luxury condos are built, Chatel used the past as reason enough to distrust AKRF and Opponents would be quick to biotech industry in New York, and Nik Kovac, from the Downtown Brooklyn Star. the city’s Landmark Preservation Commis- the city. point out Golden’s lack of experi- the development of the Brook- Tune in on Friday, March 16 at 9 pm; Saturday, March sion must approve renovation plans. The de- “They were caught lying before, so they’re not above lying ence — he’s been in politics, first lyn Army Terminal, the cruise 17, at 9 pm; Monday, March 19, at 1 pm; Tuesday, March 20, at 1:30 and 9:30 pm; veloper will be required to maintain the again,” she said. “It incenses me that they have the audacity to as a Councilman and later as a industry.” and Thursday, March 22, at 2 and 10 pm. BCAT is on channel 56 on Time-Warner building’s Greek-revival façade and obey say there’s no proof.” state Senator, only since 1998 — Spoken like a true (sort of) systems and channel 69 on Cablevision. The show will also be posted at the landmark district’s 60-foot building There will be a City Council hearing on March 20 at 11 am at City Hall. but Golden believes that his prior candidate. www.BrooklynPaper.com. height limit. — Cohen

state from bankruptcy. I don’t think anyone He endorsed Rudy Giuliani (and attended else could have done it.” his wedding — the one to Judi Nathan, not the CAREY… Yeah, but naming a federal courthouse one to Donna Hanover or the subsequently an- after a man who stood up after Ford told nulled one to Regina Peruggi). And Carey was Continued from page 1 the city to drop dead — isn’t that like nam- a bigwig in Democrats for Bloomberg, which didn’t run for president in 1976, the savvy ing an airport after a president who fired helped get a Republican elected mayor. marketer who put the term “I love New the air-traffic controllers? The former governor, who could not be York” on every tourist’s lips. “No, it’s a perfect place because it will reached for comment, was last seen escort- It’s expected to sail through the Senate. have his name in big letters, as he de- ing then-gubernatorial candidate Eliot “Of course it should be named after him serves,” Koch said. “The building doesn’t Spitzer around Park Slope last year, show- — a lot of things should be named after matter. After all, Carey built the convention ing off the very brownstones that he saved. him,” said Ed Koch, the former congress- center on the West Side and it was named Carey will turn 88 on April 11. man and mayor who watched Carey’s lead- after Javits, who had nothing to do with it.” In a related story, the House passed ership from a front-row seat. If it makes his desk, President Bush is ex- Towns’s other bill, this one to rename the “He was simply one of the greatest gov- pected to sign it. And why not? Late in life, Bankruptcy court on Cadman Plaza East ernors the state ever had, and certainly the Carey started acting more like a Republican after Conrad Duberstein, a Brooklyn Col- greatest in the modern era,” Hizzoner con- than the Democratic standardbearer he was lege graduate and longtime chief judge of tinued. “Yet he has not been sufficiently since his earliest days in politics, saving brown- the federal bankruptcy court. appreciated. He saved both the city and the stones in Park Slope from the wrecking ball. Duberstein died in 2005.

LEGAL NOTICES

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF KINGS INDEX NO. 46285/00 ONE-WAY… SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS AND NOTICE Continued from page 1 Washington Mutual Bank, FA, Plaintiff, —against— partment of Transportation’s claim that pedestrian and driver safety William Obey; Viola Alston; City of New York Transit Authority, Transit Adjudication Bu- reau; City of New York Department of Transportation Parking Violations Bureau; City of will improve if Sixth and Seventh avenues are converted to one-way New York Environmental Control Board; Bevin Romano; Crystal V. Albert, Individually thoroughfares, activists say. and as Administratrix of the Estate of Shirley Alston; Any unknown heirs, devisees, dis- The DOT proposal, unveiled two weeks ago, has brought about a tributees or successors in interest of the late Shirley Alston, if they be living and/or if swift and overwhelmingly negative reaction from Park Slope resi- they be dead, their spouses, heirs, devisees, distributees and successors in interest, all of whom and whose names and places of residence are unknown to Plaintiff; State of dents. New York, Defendants. “People don’t want to see two more avenues turned into mini- PROPERTY ADDRESS: 1267 E 88TH ST, Brooklyn, NY 11236 highways,” said activist Aaron Naparstek, who led the radar-gun-tot- TO THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS: ing brigade. YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint in this action and to serve Indeed, when the a copy of your answer, or a notice of appearance on the attorneys for the Plaintiff with- Park Slope Civic in third (30) days after the service of this summons, exclusive of the day or service. The United States of America, if designated as a defendant in this action, may appear with- Council held a trans- in sixty (60) days of service hereof. In case of your failure to appear or answer, judgment portation forum last will be taken against you by default for the relief demanded in the complaint. year, the biggest con- NOTICE OF NATURE OF ACTION AND RELIEF SOUGHT cern was the speeding THE OBJECT of the above captioned action is to foreclose a Mortgage to secure on Eighth Avenue and $167,650.00 and interest, recorded in the Kings County Office of the City Register of Prospect Park West, January 27, 1999, in Reel 4381 of Mortgages, Page 1946 covering premises known as 1267 E 88th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11236. Naparstek said. The relief sought in the within action is a final judgment directing the sale of the prem- A DOT spokesper- ises described above to satisfy the debt secured by the Mortgage described above. son did not care to Plaintiff designates Kings County as the place of trial. Venue is based upon the comment on the ac- County in which the mortgaged premises is situated. tivists’ radar gun study. Dated: October 20, 2006 Agency officials were Shapiro & DiCaro, LLP, Attorneys for Plaintiff on hand at a communi- ty meeting on Thurs- Opponents of converting Sixth and 250 Mile Crossing Boulevard, Suite One, Rochester, New York 14624 Seventh avenues to one-way used a (585) 247-9000 day, after this paper Our File No. 00-37199R went to press, where speed gun on Eighth Avenue to LEGAL DESCRIPTION they were expected to make their point. hear a legion of boos $655 ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Brooklyn, County of Kings, (for an update, go to www.BrooklynPaper.com). City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows: “People are really concerned about this,” said Naparstek. His BEGINNING at a point on the easterly side of East 88th Street, distant 126 feet 8 FOR 7 MONTHS + MARCH FREE inches northerly from the corner formed by the intersection of the easterly side of East group, the Park Slope Neighbors, notched 1,100 signatures on a pe- 88th Street with the northerly side of Avenue M; tition against the plan in just two days, he said. LAST DAYS! OFFER ENDS MARCH 31 RUNNING THENCE Northerly along the easterly side of East 88th Street 26 feet 8 Councilman David Yassky (D-Park Slope), who was briefed by inches; DOT in advance of Thursday’s meeting, has strongly opposed the More than 7 Months of Boxing, Cardio, Dance, Squash, Racquetball, Conditioning, Aquatics, THENCE Easterly parallel with Avenue M, 100 feet; THENCE Southerly parallel with East 88th Street, 26th feet, 8 inches; proposal. “Nothing he’s heard from the DOT has changed his Gymnastics, Martial Arts, Billiards, Fencing, Softball, Wallyball, and Junior Sports. THENCE Westerly parallel with Avenue M 100 feet to the easterly side of East 88th mind,” said Yassky’s spokesman, Evan Thies. This special Membership expires November 1, 2007. Street at the point or place of BEGINNING. Speeding cars are only one concern for Park Slopers. The other TOGETHER with an easement and right of way for purpose of a driveway, in, to and Membership at Prospect Park and LI Clubs is only $655. over a strip of land 2 feet 8 inches in width by 60 feet in depth fronting on the easterly issue pushing residents’ pedals is the belief that this plan is an at- side of East 88th Street immediately adjoining premises herein described on the tempt by the city to solve the coming congestion from the still-un- All Clubs Access Membership is only $695. southerly side thereof; built Atlantic Yards mega-development by sacrificing Park Slope’s SUBJECT however to a similar easement and right of way for purpose of right of residential quality of life. way in, to and over a strip of land, 4 feet 3-1/2 inches in width by 80 feet in depth fronting on the easterly side of East 88th Street being the southerly 4 feet 3-1/2 inches “People don’t want their streets turned into arena access roads,” in width by 80 feet in depth of the premises herein described. BP10-13 said Naparstek, referring to the Nets arena that is part of the project. “If Atlantic Yards is going to happen, we need a comprehensive, LEGAL NOTICE / LLC multi-modal transportation plan that includes bikes and trains and buses,” he continued. “Otherwise, the surrounding neighborhoods 251 4th Avenue, LLC. Notice of formation of Ltd. Liability Co. Name: will shut down.” BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 43 CLARK STREET 718 625-0500 251 4th Avenue, LLC. Art of Org. filed Sec of State of NY 7/5/06. Off. Transportation Alternatives spokeswoman Amy Pfeiffer agreed. METROTECH 333 ADAMS STREET 718 330- 0007 loc.: Kings Co. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process “[The proposal] doesn’t make any sense as it is right now,” she PROSPECT PARK 17 EASTERN PARKWAY 718 789- 4600 against it may be served. SSNY to mail copy of process to LLC, 251 4th said. “If this is an Atlantic Yards solution, other transit options need Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215. Owner: Brooke Webster for purpose of TRIBECA 80 LEONARD STREET 212 966-5432 to be developed much more thoroughly.” BLUE POINT DIX HILLS MELVILLE 24-hour diner. BP09-14 Go to www.BrooklynPaper.com for an update. March 17, 2007 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 834-9350 BRZ 15 Wild meeting on fate of Green Church

By Matthew Lysiak The Brooklyn Paper Everyone in Bay Ridge believes the Green Church should be saved — everyone except the parishioners at this century-old house of worship, that is. Church officials and preservationists squared off with parishioners on Mon- day night at an “emergency meeting” over the fate of the cherished church. And parishioners of the Bay Ridge United Methodist Church weren’t happy.

“This whole meeting is an am- Greenhood / Aaron bush,” said Raquel Cortizo. “[Council- man Vince] Gentile is pitting this com- munity against the church, and I don’t think it is right.” The trouble began after reports of the sale of the Methodist cathedral, which has graced the corner of Fourth Paper file The Brooklyn Avenue and Ovington for more than a Preservationists tangled with parishioners at a meeting this week to save hundred years and is on the National the 100-year-old Bay Ridge United Methodist Church from demolition. Registry of Historic Places. The news came as a shock to Gentile “No one had any idea about this,” Landmarks Preservation Commission and other officials, who said church said Cortizo. “They were trying to keep won’t even discuss the issue,” Smith elders had assured them that there was us shut out of this meeting. Everyone is added. “Do you really think [spending] still time to save the church from being forgetting that this is our property and $3 million for renovations is what Jesus torn down to make room for condos. we can sell it if we want. These people would want us to do with everything else Gentile is still pushing for a deal that should just mind their own business.” going on in the world today?” he, the Bay Ridge Conservancy, and Con Fellow parishioner Ed Smith added Still, Gentile is pushing his plan, Ed worked out that would create 87 units that the pastor, Reverend Robert Emer- handing out an “Action Sheet” that of- of subsidized housing on the church cam- ick, has been very open with the con- fered the “names, addresses, and tele- pus while generating $300,000 in annual gregation about plans to sell the church. phone numbers of people who can revenue annually to pay for upkeep of “We are tired of fighting it,” Smith stop the destruction,” Gentile said. the church building itself. said. “The renovations would cost our The list included church elders; the The church would also have complete congregation $3 million a year and we Landmarks Preservation Commission, control over the property as part of a 99- have an offer on the table for $12 mil- which has the power to declare a

Matt Ianniello year lease, said the optimistic Gentile. lion or Gentile’s proposal of $300,000 building a landmark even without the But the mood changed when Gen- a year. Which would you take?” owner’s permission; and Attorney tile invited questions from parish- Smith said the congregation is fully General Andrew Cuomo, who must Perpetual beauty ioners, who accused him of not invit- behind Emerick and the sale. approve the sale of all religious prop- Our Lady of Perpetual Help cathedral, located at 60th Street and Fifth Avenue, as seen from Owls Head Park. ing church members to the meeting. “It is a private property matter and the erty to private developers. Fourth Ave is sprouting A Banker who Keeps in Touch.

By Dana Rubinstein Nearly 300 visitors flocked The Brooklyn Paper to the grand opening of the building’s marketing office on Developer Shaya Boymel- March 5, and 13 of the tower’s green says he’s going to stop 113 units sold that same day. building luxury condos in Roslyn Huebener, of Aguayo Brooklyn (see story, page 5). and Huebener Realty, which is But in the present tense, his not part of the NOVO sales ef- high-end units are selling like fort, called the sales rate “ex- hotdogs at a ballgame. cellent.” Heshy Leitman Apartments in Boymelgreen’s The 12-story building, on Co-owner NOVO condo tower — the first Fourth Avenue and Third Street, Ray Barcia Landmark Builders Fourth Avenue luxury condos to boasts a private landscaped gar- Manager go on the market since the neigh- den, “gracious” kitchens, “sump- Boro Park Branch borhood was rezoned in 2004 — tuous” bathrooms, concierge ser- went on sale last Monday and are vice, a residents’ lounge, a being snapped up faster than you playroom, and a fitness center. can say, “Is that a granite counter- Prices for studios start at a whop- top?” ping $310,000. ONE-WAY… Continued from page 1 partment of Transportation’s claim that pedestrian and driver safety will improve if Sixth and Seventh avenues are converted to one-way thoroughfares, activists say. The DOT proposal, unveiled two weeks ago, has brought about a swift and overwhelmingly negative reaction from Park Slope resi- dents. “People don’t want to see two more avenues turned into mini- highways,” said activist Aaron Naparstek, who led the radar-gun-tot- ing brigade. Indeed, when the Park Slope Civic Council held a transportation Josh Rubinstein forum last year, the biggest concern was the speeding on Eighth Av- enue and Prospect Park West, Naparstek said. Co-owner ADOT spokesperson did not care to comment on the activists’ radar Landmark Builders gun study. Agency officials were on hand at a community meeting on Thursday, after this paper went to press, where they were expected to hear a legion of boos (for an update, go to www.BrooklynPaper.com). “People are really concerned about this,” said Naparstek. His “It’s all those little things Ray group, the Park Slope Neighbors, notched 1,100 signatures on a pe- tition against the plan in just two days, he said. Councilman David Yassky (D-Park Slope), who was briefed by does every day that make a big DOT in advance of Thursday’s meeting, has strongly opposed the proposal. “Nothing he’s heard from the DOT has changed his mind,” said Yassky’s spokesman, Evan Thies. The Park Avenue Bank Makes It Happen. Speeding cars are only one concern for Park Slopers. The other difference – not just in terms of issue pushing residents’ pedals is the belief that this plan is an at- We focus on your banking, so you can focus on tempt by the city to solve the coming congestion from the still-un- built Atlantic Yards mega-development by sacrificing Park Slope’s growing your business. our banking, but in our ability to residential quality of life. “People don’t want their streets turned into arena access roads,” said Naparstek, referring to the Nets arena that is part of the project. Building a business is tough, but when your business is building build a successful business.” “If Atlantic Yards is going to happen, we need a comprehensive, mul- ti-modal transportation plan that includes bikes and trains and buses,” he residential and mixed-use complexes – and you’re growing rapidly – continued. “Otherwise, the surrounding neighborhoods will shut down.” Josh Rubinstein, Co-owner Transportation Alternatives spokeswoman Amy Pfeiffer agreed. you have to be on-site, on the job, all the time. That’s why Heshy Leitman, “[The proposal] doesn’t make any sense as it is right now,” she Co-owner said. “If this is an Atlantic Yards solution, other transit options need Josh Rubinstein and Heshy Leitman, partners in both Landmark Landmark Builders to be developed much more thoroughly.” Builders and City Concrete, count on Ray Barcia, The Park Avenue 5918 18th Avenue, Brooklyn Go to www.BrooklynPaper.com for an update. Bank Boro Park Branch Manager.

Whether it’s making the commercial construction loan process simple CAREY… and hassle-free or keeping on top of daily balances and transactions Continued from page 1 didn’t run for president in 1976, the savvy marketer who put the in their specific project accounts, Ray stays in touch with these busy term “I love New York” on every tourist’s lips. Brooklyn developers, who also manage their own accounts – on their It’s expected to sail through the Senate. “Of course it should be named after him — a lot of things should schedule – with online banking and bill pay. And with eight be named after him,” said Ed Koch, the former congressman and mayor who watched Carey’s leadership from a front-row seat. developments completed and five more in the works, that schedule “He was simply one of the greatest governors the state ever had, and certainly the greatest in the modern era,” Hizzoner continued. is full… of success. “Yet he has not been sufficiently appreciated. He saved both the city and the state from bankruptcy. I don’t think anyone else could have done it.” So spend your time managing your business, not your Yeah, but naming a federal courthouse after a man who stood Boro Park Branch: up after Ford told the city to drop dead — isn’t that like naming an banking. Get in touch with The Park Avenue Bank. 4419 13th Avenue (on the corner of 45th Street) airport after a president who fired the air-traffic controllers? “No, it’s a perfect place because it will have his name in big let- Brooklyn, New York 11219 ters, as he deserves,” Koch said. “The building doesn’t matter. Af- The dual buildings logo is a trademark and "The Best Address For Your Money" is a registered trademark Phone 718.431.0006 Fax 718.431.0367 ter all, Carey built the convention center on the West Side and it of The Park Avenue Bank (PAB). Copyright © 2007 PAB. All rights reserved. www.parkavenuebank.com Member FDIC was named after Javits, who had nothing to do with it.” If it makes his desk, President Bush is expected to sign it. And why not? Late in life, Carey started acting more like a Republican than the Democratic standardbearer he was since his earliest days in politics, sav- ing brownstones in Park Slope from the wrecking ball. He endorsed Rudy Giuliani (and attended his wedding — the one to Judi Nathan, not the one to Donna Hanover or the subsequently an- ® nulled one to Regina Peruggi). And Carey was a bigwig in Democrats The Best Address For Your Money for Bloomberg, which helped get a Republican elected mayor. 16 AWP THE BROOKLYN PAPERS • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPERS.COM March 17, 2007 The Brooklyn Paper HOME IMPROVEMENT Bathroom, Kitchen & Tile Architects Electricians Movers (Licensed) Plumbing Rubbish Removal

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