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By Kate Briquelet Instead, they’re filling gap- The Brooklyn Paper ing holes with orange traffic A stroll through the plaza in cones. front of Borough Hall is no walk “People are always tripping in the park — it’s more like a trip over here,” said Jason Alfred, through a minefield, Downtown who works near Adams Street. workers allege. “They’re scared for their lives.” Angry pedestrians say the city Borough President Markow- must replace the broken bluestone itz said that he won’t consider sidewalks in front of Borough Hall another material to replace the
Photo by Stefano Giovannini with uglier, cheaper asphalt — bluestone, saying that the historic Rose-Emma Lunderman — a barista at Root Hill Cafe in Gowanus — is one of three calling for function over fashion character of Brooklyn’s City Hall Brooklynites vying for the title of espresso master this weekend at the Northeast Re- before another person falls and must be maintained. gional Barista Championship. breaks a bone. “I wish the city could give my “This is deplorable!” said Su- office the budget so we can be san Detrich, who often traverses responsible for the upkeep,” he the pock-marked plaza, which said. “But in the meantime, we government workers sometimes will strongly urge [the city] to use for parking. “If you don’t glue make the necessary repairs.” COFFEE CLASH Still, no slapdash repair jobs your eyes to the ground, you’ll step into a hole. Forget about how have been enough to protect the Brooklyn baristas take on nation’s best it looks — let’s patch it up.” two-inch bluestone — which can The broken slate surrounding run up to $15 a square foot — By Kate Briquelet ing more than 100 hours grind- The hometown favorite will the People’s House in Columbus against heavy foot traffic, win- The Brooklyn Paper ing beans and frothing milk in battle 28 other doyens of the Park has been a perilous crossing ter wear, and government vehi- This Gowanus barista is do- preparation for the Northeast demitasse at a chichi Manhat- for years, but neither the Borough cles that park on the crumbling ing everything she can to win Regional Barista Champion- tan showroom for a shot at the President nor the Parks Depart- walkways. the cup. ship this weekend. national title this spring. ment has snagged the funds for a Two years ago, a 71-year-old Rose-Emma Lunderman “This is a craft versus going to And Lunderman, who has full reconstruction for the plaza woman fell and landed in the hos- has put her brews, sweat and Starbucks and pressing one but- worked at Root Hill Cafe on bounded by Joralemon, Court, Community Newspaper Group / Kate Briquelet pital for a fractured hip , prompt- tears into becoming Ameri- ton — every little thing counts,” Fourth Avenue for the past eight Johnson and Adams streets and Jason Alfred and M.D. Diallo say they’ve stumbled over Bor- ing the city to fill some holes with ca’s espresso master — spend- said Lunderman. See BARISTAS on page 2 Cadman Plaza West. ough Hall’s loose bluestone many times. See TRIP on page 2 Tracking stink Passed over Sewer pipe sensors could give Despite concerns, Bridge Park’s real-time data on Canal waste walkway won’t get high fence By Daniel Bush The Brooklyn Paper Cleaning the By Natalie O’Neill ing for a bill that requires the city to in- The city says it will finally fig- The Brooklyn Paper stall inward-curved, 8-foot-tall fences ure out just how much noxious-smell- A proposed city law intended to pro- on footbridges crossing over streets ing sewage is pouring into the Gow- Gowanus tect walkers, cyclists and drivers from after attacks against cyclists from a anus Canal. projectile-hurling delinquents would walkway between two Fort Greene The Department of Environmen- flood beyond their capacity. require pedestrian overpasses to be housing projects and a Manhattan in- tal Protection will install sensors in- “We need better data so that we can flanked with tall fencing — except for cident in which children dropped a
File photo by Bess Adler side two large pipes along the polluted accurately measure when sewer over- The proposed footbridge into the expensive footbridge planned to shopping cart onto a woman. New meters inside of the pipes waterway that will help wastewater flows happen in real time,” said the Brooklyn Bridge Park won’t connect Brooklyn Heights with Brook- The proposed legislation applies that spew waste into the Gow- experts keep tabs on the quantity of agency’s Commissioner Carter Strick- have a fence tall enough to lyn Bridge Park. to “bridges between buildings” and anus Canal will monitor exactly household sewage and stormwater land. “These new sensors should give prevent people from throwing Eleven councilmembers including overpasses “under the jurisdiction” how much crud gets dumped that drain into the inlet during heavy us that critical information so that we things off it. Brad Lander (D–Park Slope) are push- See BRIDGE on page 2 into the polluted waterway. storms, when the area’s aging sewers See GOWANUS on page 9 Developer: No parking, no problem Planned parking-free development near Barclays Center stokes fear By Daniel Bush age car owners from moving to the traffic- he claims he couldn’t provide the spots The Brooklyn Paper clogged streets near the soon-to-be-finished if he wanted to because his lot isn’t large A developer promises he’s doing the home of the Brooklyn Nets. enough to accommodate the planned build- community a favor by not including park- “We want to make it a better neigh- ing as well as street-level spaces or an un- ing at his planned 55-unit apartment build- borhood,” said Domansky, who is plan- derground garage. ing across the street from the Barclays ning a $20-million five-story luxury rental But neighbors of the rental complex Center, but Prospect Heights residents say complex that will replace the blue, tri- claim its tenants won’t stop driving because he’s only making things worse. angle-shaped Bergen Tile factory, which the building lacks parking — they’ll just
Martin Domansky claims he wants to Photo by Stefano Giovannini closed in 2008. park on the street instead, taking precious do away with required on-site parking at A new building will replace the Ber- Domansky will need a variance to skirt spaces away from other drivers in Pros- his proposed apartment building on Flat- gen Tile factory opposite the arena city regulations requiring him to build pect Heights who will soon compete with bush Avenue and Dean Street to discour- — and it won’t have parking. roughly two dozen parking spaces — and See PARKING on page 9 Grimm hire under fi re Picks a staffer scarred by scandal, death Proposed locations for bike-sharing kiosks (black dots) By Dan MacLeod exclude much of North Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Paper Rep. Michael Grimm added to the controversies already swirling Rep’s tough month around his office when he hired a By Dan MacLeod director who played a Dyker Heights activist who once The Brooklyn Paper role in a political pa- OFF CYCLE used her political connections to Rep. Michael tronage scandal that Photo by Stefano Giovannini get her husband a construction job Grimm couldn’t find ended in a teenage City cuts swaths of W’burg, Some Williamsburg residents are outraged about noise — a gig in which his incompetent any love in February. girl’s death. from the Lorimer Street gay bar Metropolitan. management was blamed for the During the month But the Bay Ridge death of a 17-year-old-girl. the Bay Ridge Repub- Republican, a former Greenpoint from bike share Fran Vella-Marrone, a Con- lican has deflected alle- Marine, has no prob- servative party leader, and the gations that he broke cam- lem firing back at his op- By Aaron Short program this week. president of the Dyker Heights paign finance laws and did ponents. The Brooklyn Paper But the proposal omitted bike Sound & fury kiosks east of Bushwick Ave- Civic Association, lobbied for- business with partners who have Here’s a breakdown of his Sharing pedals is going to be mer School Construction Author- criminal records; had to deal most recent battles: easy in North Brooklyn — un- nue and McGuinness Boulevard, Complaints about gay bar ity Trustee Paul Atanasio to give with a recent staffer’s arrest; • The New York Times al- less you live in East Williams- where an estimated 30,000 tran- her husband Gary a job to oversee and then hired a new district See TOUGH on page 9 burg and parts of Greenpoint. sit-starved residents live, accord- By Aaron Short unanimously rejected a Lorimer rehab work on PS 131 in Borough Department of Transporta- ing to 2010 Census data. The Brooklyn Paper Street gay bar’s request for a li- Park in 1998 — an ethics violation tion officials proposed about That means when the bicy- A Williamsburg gay bar is un- quor license renewal last week that ultimately led to the death of A city investigation into the sion” led to Zhao’s death. 300 possible bike share loca- cle sharing program hits the der fire — and neighbors say it’s over complaints that the boisterous 17-year-old Yan Zhen Zhao, who accident determined that a “le- Investigators blamed Atanasio tions in Brooklyn, including streets this spring, no one will not because they’re proud, it’s Metropolitan bar keeps its neigh- was killed when a brick falling thal combination of incompetent for giving Gary Marrone the job, 20 on Bedford Avenue in Wil- be able to hop on a rental at the just because they’re loud. bors awake late into the night. from the Fort Hamilton Parkway contractors, halfway safety mea- even though he had little construc- liamsburg alone, in a draft of bustling art center 3rd Ward on A North Brooklyn civic group See NOISE on page 9 building hit her head. sures and laissez-faire supervi- See GRIMM on page 9 the city’s planned bicycle rental See BIKES on page 9
NOT JUST QUITE Fort Greene to city: Rotate this statue! RIGHT! Sculpture of Gen. Fowler should be turned 90 degrees, neighbors claim By Kate Briquelet ing traffic from his perch at the the namesake of the tiny green “It’s idiotic, and I thought so which was then known as Lafay- The Brooklyn Paper intersection of Lafayette Avenue space known as Fowler Square. from the beginning.” ette Square. Fort Greene’s Civil War hero and Fulton Street. “It may sound frivolous, but The bronze likeness of the Bull Fort Greene activist Ruth must do an about-face if he wants Right now, the Civil War hero there’s something wrong with Run and Gettysburg fighter orig- Goldstein said that city officials to fit in with the neighborhood, lovingly called “Dear Old Ned” the way the statue is faced,” inally stood in Fort Greene Park, thought Gen. Fowler would face some residents say. looks straight at Frank’s Cocktail said Horowitz, who has lived before vandals forced the city to the most traffic and sunlight in Martin Horowitz is urging the Lounge and an adjacent empty lot. near the general’s effigy for al- put him in storage sometime in his current position. At the time,
Community Newspaper Group / Kate Briquelet city to rotate a statue of Gen. Ed- In the summer, his head is hid- most 40 years and wants to see the 1960s. A decade later, com- residents didn’t oppose the stat- Some residents want the ward Fowler about 90 degrees so den in the trees, making it hard the statue turned to look out to- munity members rallied to install ue’s orientation because they were ... so it isn’t looking at a bar city to twist this statue ... that he’ll properly greet oncom- for passersby to pay tribute to ward Downtown. the statue at the triangle park, See FOWLER on page 9 across the street. 2 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 February 24–March 1, 2012 No raves Bike lane isn’t free for ‘Smash’ City already spent $140K fi ghting for PPW path By Natalie O’Neill Lanes are appealing It also alleged that the The Brooklyn Paper a court case they lost city’s Department of Trans- Greenpointers want TV Bike lane foes are wast- last summer, the city MEAN portation fudged data to ing taxpayer money by drag- can expect to shell make the lane seem more Photo by Stefano Giovannini ging out a lawsuit over the out even more cash Streets successful than it really is. crew to park elsewhere The crew for the show “Smash” is blocking parking on lawyer fees — a Jim Walden, a lawyer for spots and leaving trucks idling, says angry neigh- world’s most talked-about The battle for Brooklyn’s byways By Aaron Short Street, blocking the bike lane fact that infuriates the bike lane opponents, says bor Joseph Sokolowska. strip of green paint, cycling The Brooklyn Paper to the Pulaski Bridge and mak- neighborhood bike critics of the Prospect Park activists claim. boosters. West path have the right to Greenpoint residents are ing the road dangerous. The city has already spent they’re just trying to make North Brooklynites say they buildings 24-seven,” said Street, which has no residen- “It’s an outrage,” said cy- more noise,” said Sonies. appeal — and the case is calling cut on a TV show that more than $140,000 on legal cling advocate and lawyer aren’t entirely anti-Hollywood Sokolowska, who claims three tial buildings on the block The lawsuit, which last more than worthy of one they claim takes up too many fees to defend the Prospect Mitch Sonies — who thinks — because they aim to ex- — they just want the Steven of her tenants moved out due to closest to the studio. But the parking spaces and causes Park West bike lane, accord- citizens shouldn’t foot the bill year earned international pose a government agency’s Spielberg-produced “Smash” noise and air pollution caused crew says that they need to be too much noise. by the studio. close to the soundstage be- ing to documents obtained by for defending a lane that has headlines, argued that the wrongdoing. to stop treating the partly resi- Neighbors of the Eagle Broadway Stages owner cause they are there to load The Brooklyn Paper. And now the support of the community, bike lane turned the peaceful He described criticism of dential block like trash. Street production stage that Tony Argento promised the and unload equipment and that cycling path opponents according to a survey. street into a danger zone for the appeal as Kafkaesque. houses the network musical “We are not here to shut crew will park elsewhere and they can’t stray far from a working under the name “[The appeal] is not go- pedestrians and demanded “This is America,” said “Smash” say the fledgling down shows and we’re not stop idling their trucks. power source. Neighbors For Better Bike ing to change the outcome; it be removed. Walden. “Get real.” show’s crew regularly parks against film production, but “That shouldn’t happen, “Smash” is one of scores in loading zones, blocks resi- the staff of this show has been we’ll put somebody out there,” of shows, including “Blue dential driveways, and keeps aggressive and disrespectful,” said Argento. “I will person- Bloods,” “The Good Wife,” its trucks idling on the street said Eaton, who claims a stu- ally come and move the vehi- and “I Just Want My Pants for hours in the morning. dio worker cursed at him when cle myself.” Back,” that filmed at Broad- “They don’t use parking he asked the “Smash” staffer Cops: We caught bandit A location manager for the way Stages since the studio lots, they park on the streets, to move his truck. show said he is working with opened in 1999. and we don’t have any relief,” Parking isn’t the only prob- Argento to make neighbors as The Broadway-inspired By Kate Briquelet Police arrested a 17-year- out of a police lineup, ac- Valentine’s Day, snatch- said Eagle Street resident Todd lem, according to Eagle Street happy as he can, and promised drama starring Debra The Brooklyn Paper old suspect last Friday on cording to a source. ing an Apple mobile from Eaton at a Community Board property owner Alexandra the trucks are only left run- Messing, Anjelica Huston, Cops say they’ve nabbed Greene and Vanderbilt av- “We were able to solve a 14-year-old girl on Greene 1 meeting on Tuesday. Sokolowska, who says crews ning when they are loading and Katharine McPhee, has the bubble jacket-clad ban- enues after a motorist rec- these crimes because a driver Avenue. When things get really busy wake her up as early as 5 am and unloading equipment in plummeted in the ratings this dit who pretended he had ognized his puffy blue coat saw the man on television,” Police also charged the at the Broadway Stages sound- idling outside her window. the morning and evening. month, dropping from 11.5 a gun and robbed teenag- from an NYPD surveillance said an officer at the neigh- perp with two other robber- stage at West Street, trucks “They make noise all day Some residents urged the million to 6.5 million viewers ers in Fort Greene of their video and dialed 911. The al- borhood’s 88th Precinct. ies near Greene Avenue on park on both sides of Eagle and they block residential “Smash” crew to park on West in the past two weeks. iPhones. leged robber was later picked The thief last struck on Jan. 27 and Feb. 7.
need and not the school our community has asked for,” Making said Councilwoman Diana Success — and more? Reyna (D–Williamsburg). Public school parents, who fear the charter could lead to better Push for two more charter schools in Williamsburg the middle school’s demise, clashed with Success Acad- By Aaron Short gration both racially and ec- emy supporters, many of choices in The Brooklyn Paper onomically,” said Grannis, whom traveled to the hearing The Manhattan power who has sought support for on school buses from a Suc- couple behind a controver- his plan from neighborhood cess location in Harlem. life can sial plan to open a charter parents through his charter Southside leaders privately school in Williamsburg is school-backing organization confided that if Moskowitz hoping to launch two more The Tapestry Project. “North opened her Success Acad- charter schools in North Brooklyn is an area where emy in a school building on occur at Brooklyn, The Brooklyn this is very possible.” the neighborhood’s North- Paper has learned. Each Citizens of the World side and reached out more to Eric Grannis — whose school would serve between Latino parents over the past any age. wife, former Councilwoman 120 and 160 students in kin- year, they would more likely Eva Moskowitz, is behind the dergarten and first grade be- welcome the school. proposed Success Academy ginning in 2013, and grow to Moskowitz said the city Williamsburg — applied to the house between 360 and 480 chose the S. Third Street loca- EXPERIENCED, LICENSED, PARK SLOPE PSYCHOTHERAPIST Community Newspaper Group / Aaron Short state to open two branches of students from kindergarten tion because it had the space to CAN HELP YOU SORT OUT LIFE’S ROADBLOCKS. the Los Angeles-based char- to fifth grade by 2017. Scores of Success Academy parents and students accommodate a new school. ter chain Citizens of the World The charter network has from Harlem showed their support for charter “If folks want another SPECIALIZATION IN LGBT ISSUES Charter Schools in Williams- not proposed specific loca- schools at a public hearing in Williamsburg. school, we could talk about burg and Greenpoint next fall, tions, but claimed it would CERTIFIED IN FAMILY AND COUPLES THERAPY that,” she said. “Whenever according to documents ob- “involve the local commu- hood’s more affluent Northside, opened a Success Academy I propose a charter school AFFORDABLE SLIDING SCALE. tained through a Freedom of nity” to help secure space for according to the documents. in Bedford Stuyvesant and in a community, the com- Information request. its schools, according to a let- “We do not want pub- plans to open another one in OUT-OF-NETWORK INSURANCE ACCEPTED munity says they would be Grannis believes Williams- ter sent with its charter ap- lic funds diverted to private Cobble Hill, said Williamsburg happy to have us somewhere burg could use more socio- plication to the SUNY Char- hands to benefit the few, the is a “phenomenal community” else. There’s a fear of change economically diverse educa- ter Schools Institute. white, the affluent — which and her school would serve “a and any new way of deliver- $ANIEL "ROOKS ,#37 s #ELL tion options — and he claims But some Williamsburg is exactly the aim of Grannis’s wide range of ethnicities.” ing education makes people his two proposed elementary parents claim the new char- two schools,” said parent Cyn- But opponents of the char- nervous.” www.danielbrookspsychotherapist.com schools fit the bill. ter schools will not be racially thia Walker. “That is obvious ter plan including hundreds A Department of Education “I think it’s a good idea or economically diverse since from their outreach.” of parents, students, teachers, panel will vote on the Success [email protected] for charter schools to inten- Grannis’s outreach has primar- The applications come and community leaders ral- application on March 1. If the tionally try to get more inte- ily occurred in the neighbor- amid protests against his lied outside MS 50 during a panel approves the bid, oppo- wife’s proposal to open a pub- public hearing, claiming her nents vowed to fight the city licly funded, independently proposed school is targeting to reverse course. run charter housing 200 stu- children in the gentrifying “There’s no such thing as dents inside the Southside’s Northside rather than Eng- a done deal,” said Frances “I needed surgery but struggling MS 50 on S. Third lish language learners in the Lucerna of El Puente, a Wil- Street this fall. Southside. liamsburg arts group that of- Moskowitz, who already “This is not the school we fers programs at MS 50.
couldn’t be out of Stephen Arthur, a cyclist who was hit with a brick in Fort BRIDGE... Greene. “Are they trying to commission for too long.” send the message that one Continued from page 1 “It was specifically not in- ‘type’ of person is more likely of the city — but doesn’t in- cluded because the city did to commit this crime?” The specialists at New York Methodist clude the much-anticipated not review the bridge for com- Others say the problem is $6.2 million footbridge de- pliance,” he said. the lack of oversight bred by Hospital are a step ahead in using robotic signed to link Squibb Park to Zoli’s meandering locust the public-private Brooklyn Brooklyn Bridge Park above plank footbridge doesn’t look Bridge Park project. surgery to treat conditions in a growing Furman Street, according to much like the drab overpass “The city should have al- number of fields including gynecological architects in charge of the on Navy Street between Til- ready considered this,” said project. lary and Myrtle streets where Roy Sloane of the Brook- and urologic disorders, thoracic surgery, Footbridge designer and the city recently installed a lyn Bridge Park’s advisory MacArthur “genius” Ted taller mesh fence — one that council. “But [the develop- critics say looks like it be- prostate cancer, and more. In fact, we are Zoli says his planned walk- ers] have been able to evade longs in a jail — after kids scrutiny from public bodies way will skirt the proposed the only epicenter for thoracic robotic surgery injured and terrorized at least for years.” bill — which goes to vote seven cyclists. Ellen Ryan, a spokes- in the northeast. Robotic surgery is known to next week — due to a rare and But the fencing discrep- woman for Brooklyn Bridge be extremely precise, with fewer complications controversial partnership be- ancy irks transportation Park said “it’s premature to tween the city and the private safety advocates and park- speculate” on the bill. Lander – and typically results in a quicker recovery, developers building Brook- boosters, who say the rule did not return calls by press lyn Bridge Park. should be upheld on every time. less pain, and shorter hospital stay for patients. The Brooklyn Bridge Park pedestrian overpass citywide But even park advocates Development Corporation, — no matter if it’s in posh say the whole thing smacks That means you can get back more quickly which hired Zoli and his team Brooklyn Heights or between of unfairness. to what’s most important. Your life. of architects, is in charge of the Ingersoll and Walt Whit- “If it’s about safety, then the footbridge design and was man projects. why should this park be ex- not required to get Depart- “The less protection you empt?” said Tony Manheim ment of Transportation ap- have, the more likely the at- of the Park’s advisory coun- proval for its fencing. tacks will happen again,” said cil.
just to hone our craft.” We fixed that. Teresa von Fuchs, a Dallis Bros. roaster and judge at this Institute for Advanced and COFFEE... year’s tournament, said that Continued from page 1 against fellow Brooklynite baristas must be “extremely Minimally Invasive Surgery months while moonlighting Justin Schulz, of Roberta’s smooth” presenters to win — as a Shakespearean actress, restaurant in Bushwick, and it’s never over until the is taking the competition se- whose secret weapon will final shot. riously. be a full-bodied espresso “People think what we do “I’m so nervous and ex- with a touch of green apple is silly, that we’re just wax- cited that I’ve been having and fennel. ing poetic about coffee,” von dreams where I bring a sword And working in the cof- Fuchs said. “This will be the to my espresso machine.” fee business in a borough best cafe service you’ll have Indeed, the tournament where people are so passion- in your life, and a lot can hap- will be the ultimate test of ate about java that they even pen in 15 minutes.” honor, passion and profes- serve it to babies, Schulz says Preliminary rounds will be held at 7W Event Stu- sionalism. he and other Brooklyn baris- Java jockeys will have only dios [7 W. 34th St. near tas have an advantage. Fifth Avenue in Midtown] 15 minutes to serve four espres- “We’re already winning,” sos, four cappuccinos, and four on Saturday from 11 am to said Schulz, who modestly 5 pm. Finals are on Sunday. signature drinks. Their fate is sized up his Brooklyn com- For info, visit usbarista- in the hands of seven eagle- petition. “We all came here championship.org. eyed judges, who will mer- cilessly rate them on taste, cleanliness, consistency, and trict manager of Community other technical details. Only Board 2. “That could be a the top six will go to the na- TRIP... good compromise when you tional showdown in Portland, don’t think bluestone is the Ore. in April. Continued from page 1 right answer.” Since December, Lunder- tinted cement. man has become the coffee Detrich said that she’s Some community officials written to the Borough Pres- world’s Rocky, steaming say that the plaza is beyond and sipping late into the temporary repairs — espe- ident since 2010 to pressure night to perfect her grape- cially since it last underwent him to finally replace the fruit espresso at Dallis Bros. a major renovation about 15 splintered stone. Coffee in Queens — a boot years ago. “A private homeowner camp for aspiring baristas. “If the plaza is going to would have gotten so many But she won’t be the only withstand vehicular use, violations for this,” she said. 506 Sixth Street, Brooklyn • 877-362-7148 • www.nym.org Brooklyn brewmaster com- we need a concrete that “Yet this is our administration peting. is tinted to look like blue- building and our visitor’s cen- Lunderman will face off stone,” said Rob Perris, dis- ter and no one will fix it.” February 24–March 1, 2012 THE BROOKLYN PAPER • WWW.BROOKLYNPAPER.COM • (718) 260-2500 AWP 3
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Dr. Yvonne Szacki Dr. Beth Balsam Cinema gets a sequel -EDICINE s 3URGERY $ENTAL s -ICROCHIP Heights moviehouse won’t die, will get new digs /N 3ITE ,AB s $IGITAL 8 2AY TH !VENUE By Kate Briquelet 1890s, the one-story structure (at 19th Street) The Brooklyn Paper has housed a variety of ten- The show’s not over for ants, including a pharmacy 718-369-PETS the Brooklyn Heights Cin- and coffee house — prompt- ema. ing the Brooklyn Heights As- Mon to Fri - 9am to 7pm Latin American food vendors at Red Hook Park Landlord Tom Caruana sociation to rally to protect Sat - 9am to 2pm are angry about a new city rule that will make says he will save space for the cinema building. it easier for kids teams to get field rights than the beloved movie house on Judy Stanton, executive di- PARKSLOPEVETERINARYCENTERCOM adult soccer players. Henry Street when he tears rector of powerful neighbor- down the old-timey theater hood group, said she will try to and constructs a new apart- convince Caruana to preserve ment building at the site — the theater building. succumbing to community “We wanted him to do his- Taco debacle pressure to keep the neigh- toric research and provided borhood icon around. him with then beginnings of FREE “The theater has been such research,” Stanton said. Hook vendors cry foul saved!” said proprietor Kenn “I’ll need to talk to him.” over city’s new park rule Lowy, a musician who bought The movie house will the tumbledown picture pal- move into a temporary home LESSON ace last summer. “Now we — possibly in DUMBO — By Natalie O’Neill can move forward.” before Caruana begins con- IN DESIGNING FOR PRINT The Brooklyn Paper Under the landlord’s lat- Photo by Stefano Giovannini struction this fall. The cine- Red Hook Park’s beloved Latin American food ven- est plans, the moviehouse ma’s sequel will take nearly Kenn Lowy, owner of the Brooklyn Heights Cin- 1.Files should be created using CMYK (cyan, dors say they’re the losers in a new city plan to grant will go from a twin cinema ema, is ecstatic that his landlord is saving room for two years to complete. magenta, yellow, black) not RGB (red, green, blue) kids more ballfield access than adults. to single screen in the base- the beloved theater after he razes it for a five-story “I don’t think Tom real- Thanks to a Parks Department regulation that gives “youth ment, with a lobby for art apartment building. ized how important the cin- color mode. leagues preference” for much-coveted spring and fall field and singer-songwriters on ema is to so many people,” 2.Black text should be 0%C, 0%M, 0%Y and permits, the largely Latino adult soccer teams that have the first floor. Lowy said. “Something else 100%K. played for years on the pitches near Bay and Court streets The building’s design is this point,” Caruana said. The property, which sits would be on the first floor 3.Ideally files should be designed using a vector Movie lovers and preser- on the edge of the Brook- might need to find new fields — forcing the park’s famous still a work in progress, but anyway. Why not keep the based program such as Illustrator or InDesign. vationists were scandalized lyn Heights historic district, taco and pupusas sellers to find new customers. Caruana said that Lowy and theater?” 4.Files should be saved as High Quality Print PDF “It’s an important part of our customer base,” said Cesar his scrappy theater would after The Brooklyn Paper became an independent the- Brooklyn Heights Cin- files. Fuentes, executive director of the Food Vendors Committee likely stay till the end of broke the news that Caru- ater in 1971 and has man- ema [70 Henry St. at Orange 5.If the file is designed to bleed (print to the edge) of Red Hook Park. “It will have an impact [on business].” the summer. ana planned to raze the squat aged to stay af loat ever since, Street in Brooklyn Heights, The hungry soccer players account for about half of the “We were inspired by the 150-seat cinema at the cor- weathering several changes (718) 596-5095]. For info, vis- than a bleed must be included. So if the finished vendors’s profits, according to Fuentes — and they also help community and revised our ner of Orange Street to make in ownership. it brooklynheightscinema. size of the printed piece is to be 4” x 4” then the anchor what has become a vibrant hub for Latino culture. plans to accommodate him at room for apartments. Since it was erected in the com. required file size with the bleed is 4.25” x 4.25” with But vendors and soccer players fear the new rule could all things intended to bleed extending to those bring an end to a weekend tradition marked by ceviche, dimensions and all things not meant to bleed be at sideline beers and athletes sporting brightly colored soc- WILLIAMSBURG least a quarter inch away from those edges. cer jerseys from around Spanish-speaking world. In Red Hook, the city’s new regulation could give more 20-year-old business only two This lesson brought to you by the good people at: space to youth football teams, which are mostly made up blocks away from The Edge. of African American kids, according to coaches. Tops’s manager Yvonne Coach Bill Solomon, whose Brooklyn Titans are com- Market watch Wong says she won’t fret the peting for use of the turf, says the rule is only fair. new competition, but hoped of Brooklyn “It’s a no-brainer,” said Solomon. “Youth who play it wouldn’t be a chain. sports are less likely to get into trouble.” Supermarket to open in “People like to browse in a 305 Atlantic Ave. Brooklyn (@ Smith St.) Some foodies, however, see the policy as yet another new store, but I find our cus- 718.858.0313 Open Monday-Saturday bureaucratic blow to food vendors after a long history of waterfront condo tower tomers do come back to us [email protected] conflict with the city. In 2008, the Health Department because we offer a variety of tightened regulations, forcing food-sellers to buy ex- By Aaron Short A spokeswoman for the gourmet and conventional pensive food trucks and retire their carts . Before that, The Brooklyn Paper condo complex — a 565- foods,” said Wong. “This is the Parks Department made a rule that required them The Williamsburg condo unit luxury development that’s a neighborhood that has a lot to compete in bidding for a spot. complex The Edge will house home to some of the neighbor- Photo by Stefano Giovannini of independent restaurants and Parks Department spokesman Phillip Abramson said the a supermarket — a potential hood’s most expensive proper- A grocery store will boutiques. Chains are not the city has unofficially given youth teams priority for years, even game-changer for waterfront ties — confirmed that a mar- open on Kent Avenue. flavor of the neighborhood.” venue though the city only recently put the rule into writing. dwellers accustomed to schlep- ket will open in the coming Community Board 1 mem- Demand for the field is likely to increase after a $2.5 ping their groceries back to the weeks, but would not reveal ber Ward Dennis said the com- th million renovation — which includes new lights and turf cluster of new developments its operator. The grocery will be the munity could use another gro- fifth supermarket to open in rt — wraps up next year. along Kent Avenue. Public officials welcomed cery store because it is “still If youth teams gain a greater footprint in Red Hook The food-seller will open the news. the rapidly developing North- woefully under served.” Supplies side, which boasts Khim’s Mil- “I think any good super- A Park, the shift from futbol to football could trigger an on the groundfloor of the com- “A supermarket is an es- 7 “interesting cultural fusion,” said Sharon Zukin, a so- plex’s south tower on the cor- sential component of a com- lennium Market on Driggs Av- market will do well, though ciologist who wrote about Red Hook Park’s food carts ner of N. Fifth Street, where munity,” said Williamsburg enue, Sunac Natural Foods on this is mainly an amenity for 376 in her book “Naked City: The Death and Life of Au- workers recently put up a sign Democratic district leader N. Seventh Street, Williams- people who can walk there,” Supplies for thentic Urban Places.” that reads, “Gourmet Super- Lincoln Restler, who called burg Food Market on N. Third said Dennis, who saw the sign 7th Ave. “If it’s a question of livelihood,” she said. “Maybe market Coming Soon! Organic it “a much needed addition Street, and Tops on the Water- and posted it on his blog, the Fine Artist, (bet. 11th & 12th Sts) they’ll start selling more hamburgers than huaraches.” & Natural Products.” to the Northside.” front on N. Sixth Street — a Brooklyn 11211. Graphic Artist, Student and Children 369-4969 BAY RIDGE cil, and other civic groups, as they moonlighted as gun Affordable Family Dentistry runners, officials said. Former cop admits to running guns Venezia was so loved by in modern pleasant surroundings the community that state Sen. State of the Art Sterilization (autoclave) Dan MacLeod tional officer, for being part of and now they will pay for Venezia and fellow commu- Marty Golden (R–Bay Ridge) Emergencies treated promptly for The Brooklyn Paper a conspiracy to transport and their crimes.” nity affairs cop Joe Trischitta introduced a bill honoring the Special care for children & anxious patients A beloved Bay Ridge cop- receive stolen merchandise. Venezia admitted to trans- were arrested with Masso in cop when he retired. WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD turned-gun runner admitted Along with jail time, porting the stolen booty, October. He received “cop of the Venezia will be forced to which included three M-16 Six of the arrested officers • Tooth Bleaching (whitening) to transporting $1 million in month” awards from the 68th • Cosmetic Dentistry, Porcelain Facings & Inlays, Bonding illegal firearms, smokes and pay $8,000 in fines, federal rifles, a shotgun, 16 hand- served in the 68th Precinct, but Precinct Community Coun- Crowns & Bridges (Capping) stolen slot machines across prosecutors said. guns, six slot machines, and news of Trischitta and Vene- cil in 2007 and earned “the • Painless, Non-Surgical Gum Treatment • Root Canal • Extractions • Dentures • Cleanings state lines — crimes that “As law enforcement of- thousands of cartons of ciga- zia’s arrest hit Bay Ridge res- honor of the pledge” at a • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored) could put him in prison for ficers, Marco Venezia and rettes. His attorney did not re- idents especially hard. Community Board 10 meet- • Stereo headphones • Analgesia (Sweet air) two and a half years. David Kanwisher were sup- turn a call for comment. Both cops retired in 2010 ing in 2009 — a rite extended Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer Marco Venezia, 46, a 68th posed to uphold the law, not The ringleader of the after serving for 20 years, but to many of the borough’s re- 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens break it,” Manhattan U.S. At- crooked gang, William they didn’t just walk the beat Precinct community affairs of- spected officials. 624-5554 U 624-7055 ficer, pleaded guilty along with torney Preet Bharara said. Masso — who also worked in File photo by Gregory Mango — they went to local commu- Venezia will be sen- Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking a co-conspirator David Kan- “They betrayed their duties in the 68th Precinct — pleaded Marco Venezia pleaded nity board meetings, the 68th tenced on June 21, prosecu- and insurance plans accommodated wisher, a New Jersey correc- order to make a quick profit, guilty for his role on Feb. 7. guilty on Wednesday. Precinct Community Coun- tors said.
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THEATER ‘Laramie’ play A heart-wrenching play that exposes the bizarre ethos behind small-town homophobia hits the stage at Heights Players on March 2. “The Laramie Project” — Moisés Kauf- man’s acclaimed tale about the real-life murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay college student in Wyoming — offers a documentary-style peek at the events sur- rounding the chilling 1998 crime. “It pushes the limits of theater to find truth,” said Director Robert Photo by Stefano Giovannini Weinstein. “It forces the audience to look in the mirror.” The production uses bare-bones props and costumes to cut to the heart of the 13-year-old script, much of which came directly from in- (718) 260-2500 Feb. 24–March 1, 2012 terviews and court testimony. The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings Part crime thriller, part sociological study, the sound-bite-driven play is a form of theat- rical journalism. It’s also a bold stylistic de- parture for the Heights Players theater, which often sticks with light-hearted classics. It’s a risk worth taking, Weinstein said. “Hate doesn’t belong in our lives,” he said. “That message is always current.” “The Laramie Project” at the Heights Players [26 Willow Pl. between State and Joralemon streets in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 237-2752], March 2–18, Fridays and Balls to the wall Saturdays at 8 pm; Sundays at 2 pm. Tick- A beefed-up meatball showdown at the Brooklyn Kitchen ets, $15. — Natalie O’Neill
By Juliet Linderman ART for The Brooklyn Paper DINING The Third Annual Meatball Slapdown t’s meatball madness — and you can at the Brooklyn Kitchen [100 Frost st. hold the spaghetti. at Skillman Avenue in Williamsburg, I On March 2, this meaty side dish is (718) 389-2982]. March 2, 7 pm. Tick- Star studded taking center stage at the third annual Meat- ets, $50. For info, visit www.thebrook- lynkitchen.com. Bushwick’s gallery scene is growing up. ball Slapdown at the Brooklyn Kitchen, Chelsea stalwart Luhring Augustine opened where the city’s best chefs will pull out its hugely anticipated Brooklyn space on Fri- all the stops to prove their culinary chops Dan Holzman, owner of the Meatball Shop, day night to a star-studded crowd that nearly as they compete for the title of the bor- whose rotating menu offers approximately overshadowed its engrossing video installa- ough’s meatball maestro. 50 different varieties of meatballs at any tion, “The Illusion of Democracy.” “There’s no shortage of food compe- given time with inventive flavor combina- Art world luminaries titions happening all over this city, but tions such as buffalo chicken. “It started including performance meatballs are concise — you can tell a with this idea that the American diet is artist Maria Abramovic, whole story in a single meatball, in a very moving towards eating out more often, MoMA’s Klaus Biesen- small portion,” said Harry Rosenblum, and chefs are looking for less expensive bach, and contemporary the creator of the competition who owns ways to use some of the scraps, so meat- art reviewing power the Brooklyn Kitchen with his wife, Tay- balls have made their way onto menus at couple Roberta Smith lor Erkkinen. “The only requirement is more and more restaurants. I don’t know and Jerry Saltz, and hun- meat, in the shape of a ball.” why meatballs are cool, exactly — but we dreds of others barged Indeed, in years past, participating chefs try our best to keep it that way!” into Luhring’s Knick- have devised crafty, creative meatballs Six chefs from restaurants including erbocker Avenue ware- Photo by CNG/Aaron Short using unlikely ingredients such as fish, Masten Lake, the Meathook, and Meat- house to take in artist Charles Atlas’s three video lamb, cheese, pine nuts, raisins and whole ball Shop in Williamsburg; Roberta’s in projections of a sequence of numerals floating cubes of Guanchale, to name a few. Bushwick; Vesta in Astoria; and River- in space, causing some viewers to feel like they “One of the cool things about meatballs park in Manhattan will bring their juici- were traipsing through the opening credits of is they’re fairly easy to make, but in this est, beefiest balls to wow hungry attend- “The Matrix” or “Numb3rs.” competition you end up with chefs who ees and a panel of judges that includes Charles Atlas’s “The Illusion of Democ- are really pushing the envelope, and put- Rachel Wharton, author of the “Edible racy” at Luhring Augustine. [25 Knicker- ting everything they can into [their meat- Brooklyn” cookbook and food writer ex- bocker Ave. at Ingraham Street, Bushwick balls],” Rosenblum said. traordinaire Peter Meehan. All proceeds (718) 386-2746] Fridays 10 am-6 pm, Satur- Having been long considered an add-on will go towards the Brooklyn Kitchen’s day and Sunday, 12-6 pm. Through May 20, to saucy spaghetti or a quick, cheap and Classrooms in the Kitchen educational 2012. — Aaron Short filling lunch when plopped in between two program, and the Brooklyn Grange Farm’s halves of a hero roll, recession-friendly City Grower program that enables stu- meatballs are enjoying a renaissance of dents to learn about urban agriculture. sorts in Brooklyn of late, and even boast Apart from all that, this slapdown is any a whole restaurant dedicated to their de- Photo by Stefano Giovannini meat eater’s paradise. DANCE liciousness. Meatball mania: Dan Holzman, owner of the Meatball Shop on Bedford “We’re going to be cooking meatballs, “They’ve always been a staple of the Avenue, is one of six contenders who will face off at the Brooklyn Kitchen’s scary amounts of meatballs,” Holzman American diet, but now they’re hip and Meatball Slapdown on March 2 to settle the score as to who makes the said. “God bless all the piggies we’re send- cool, and definitely in the zeitgeist,” said meanest meatball in Brooklyn. ing off to piggy heaven!” Make a ‘Mark’ What do lit legend Gertrude Stein, famed cloth- Heat the olive oil in a large pot 1 lb. Grass-fed ground beef a ing designer Isaac Mizrahi and illustrator extraor- over medium heat. Add the onions, little on the fatty side dinaire Maira Kalman have in common? MAKE YOUR OWN MEATBALLS bay leaf, oregano, garlic, and salt 1 lb. Berkshire ground pork The Mark Morris Dance Group is combining 1 x 4-inch piece of garlic bread Hungry for meatballs? We bet you are. Check out these meatball recipes from and cook, stirring often, until the the works of all three ge- onions are soft and translucent, 1 cup cream niuses for its dual pro- two of Brooklyn’s beefiest chefs. about 10 minutes. 1 bunch of parsley, chopped duction of “Four Saints Add the tomato paste and con- fine 4-5 cloves of garlic, chopped fine in Three Acts” and “A CLASSIC BEEF MEATBALLS, per flakes, and fennel in a large tinue cooking for five minutes. Salt to taste Choral Fantasty,” which FROM “THE MEATBALL SHOP mixing bowl and mix by hand un- Add the tomatoes and stir con- will open on BAM’s COOKBOOK” (pictured right) til thoroughly incorporated. stantly until the sauce begins to Toast the garlic bread in the oven stage on March 1. Roll the mixture into round, boil. Lower the heat and simmer Makes about 2 dozen 1-and-a- at 300 degrees until it is completely “It’s a gorgeous, golf ball-size meatballs about 1 for 1 hour, stirring every 5 minutes dry, let it cool and then chop it into wonderful, surprising, half-inch meatballs ½ inches), making sure to pack the or so to prevent the sauce on the bread crumbs with a food processor beautiful, tender piece meat firmly. Place the balls in the 2 tblsp. olive oil bottom of the pot from burning. or chef knife and add the cream to of music,” said Mark Morris, the choreographer 2 pounds 80 percent lean prepared baking dish, being careful Taste and season with additional it in a bowl. While the crumbs are ground beef to line them up snugly and in even who created the hour-long dance piece to Virgil salt, if desired. Remove the bay soaking, get your other items to- Thompson’s 1928 choral arrangment and Ger- 1 cup ricotta cheese rows vertically and horizontally to leaf before serving. 2 large eggs form a grid. The meatballs should gether in a large mixing bowl and trude Stein’s libretto, with sets designed by New ½ cup bread crumbs be touching one another. mix them slightly with your fingers, York-based author and artist Maira Kalman. ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley Roast for 20 minutes, or until TOM MYLAN’S MEAT HOOK and then add the cream and bread “Four Saints in Three Acts,” will be accompa- 1 tblsp. chopped fresh oregano the meatballs are firm and cooked MEATBALL RECIPE crumb mixture, and mix thoroughly nied by a world premiere of Morris’s “A Choral or 1 tsp. dried through. A meat thermometer in- with your hands. Get in there! Dis- CLASSIC TOMATO SAUCE Meatballs are a deeply personal Fantasy,” set to Beethoven’s “Fantasia in C minor 2 tsp. salt serted into the center of a meat- posable gloves make this slightly for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80,” with ¼ tsp. crushed red pepper flakes ball should read 165°F. Makes 7 cups food and everyone has their own less messy. ideas about what a meatball should costumes by fashion icon Isaac Mizrahi. Both ½ tsp. ground fennel While the meatballs are roast- ¼ cup olive oil Preheat your oven to 450 degrees performances feature a live orchestra and choir, 4 cups classic tomato sauce be, but this recipe keeps it sim- and get your baking sheet out. ing, heat the tomato sauce in a 1 onion, finely diced to complement the spontaneity and organic, fre- (see below) small saucepan over medium-high 1 bay leaf ple, and relies on the quality and Form the meatballs into whatever flavor of the meat to make these size you think is best, arrange them netic energy of modern dance movements. heat, stirring often. 1 teaspoon chopped fresh “I’m primarily interested in living theater,” Preheat the oven to 450°F. Driz- When the meatballs are firm meatballs delicious. evenly on the tray and throw them oregano or ½ teaspoon dried Morris said. “All my dancers, musicians and, zle the olive oil into a 9×13-inch and fully cooked, remove them 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped I like a good amount of cream in the oven, making sure to turn the baking dish and use your hand from the oven and drain the ex- 2 tsp. salt or to taste soaked bread crumbs and parsley sheet tray every five minutes or so ideally, all of my audience members are alive to evenly coat the entire surface. cess grease from the pan. Pour 2 tblsp. tomato paste in this recipe which was shouted to get even browning. I pull mine during our performances!” Set aside. the tomato sauce over them. Re- 2 26-ounce boxes Pomi Chopped across a busy butcher shop to me after they are lightly browned and Mark Morris Dance Group at BAM [30 Lafay- Combine the ground beef, turn the meatballs to the oven and Tomatoes or two 28-ounch by Caroline Fidanza, my former not completely cooked through, ette Ave. between Fulton Street and Ashland ricotta, eggs, bread crumbs, continue roasting for another 15 cans whole plum tomatoes, chef and Italian Godmother of all and finish them off by simmering Place in Fort Greene, 718.636.4100]. March parsley, oregano, salt, red pep- minutes. chopped with their liquid things food. them in sauce. 1–3, 7:30 pm. Tickets, $25–$80. For info, visit www.bam.org. — Juliet Linderman
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Conservatory Register online at NINE DAYS IN BROOKLYN of Music www.bqcm.org FRI, FEB. 24 WORKSHOP, FUN FRIDAYS: Children get together with friends and play video games. Free. 4 pm. Eastern Parkway Public Library [1044 East- ern Pkwy. at Kingston Avenue in Find lots more listings online at Crown Heights, (718) 778-9330], BrooklynPaper.com/Events www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org. MUSIC, ESNAVI: Free. 8 pm. BAM- Eastern Pkwy. at Kingston Avenue Cafe [30 Lafayette Ave. between in Crown Heights, (718) 778-9330], Ashland Place and St. Felix Street in www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org. Fort Greene, (718) 636-4129], www. bam.org. WORKSHOP, TANGO LESSONS: For adults and youngsters interested in THEATER, “THE UNEXPECTED ballroom dancing. No experience GUEST”: A performance by the Narrows Community Theater. $20. and no partners necessary. Spon- 8 pm. St. Patrick’s Auditorium [97th sored by the FIAO Beacon pro- St. at Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, gram. Pre-registration for young- (718) 482 3173], www.NarrowsCom- sters required. Free. 6 pm–9 pm. munityTheater.com. IS 96 [99 Ave. P at W. 11th Street in Check out our exciting new Bensonhurst, (718) 232-2266]. THEATER, “FOLLOW THE LEADER”: An evening of short plays about BEGINNER’S ESL: 6:15 pm–9:15 pm. cults. 8:30 pm. Triskelion Arts [118 See Monday, Feb. 27. Summer Workshop Series! N. 11th St. between Berry Street READING, CRAIG TAYLOR: Author and Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, of “Londoners: The Days and (917) 270-7279], www.PanickedPro- Armisen sings: Go see “Portlandia” star Fred Armisen’s “Play- Nights of London Now.” 6:30 pm. ENROLL NOW! ductions.com. Greenlight Bookstore [686 Fulton list” live at Union Pool in Williamsburg on Sunday, Feb. 26. St. between S. Elliott Place and S. Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, JUNIOR ROCK WEEK SAT, FEB. 25 Shelly Read, Michele Carlo, Cait- mons.gc.cuny.edu/feb-24-rsvp. (718) 246-0200], greenlightbook- store.com. July 9-13: For rockers ages 7-11 lin Foyle, Monica A. Hand, Sonya BINGO NIGHT: 11 am. See Monday, PERFORMANCE Huber, Emily Hunter, Leslie Jamison Feb. 27. SADIE HAWKINS DAY: Celebrate Leap Day/Sadie Hawkins Day by THEATER, “THE UNEXPECTED and Rebecca Klein. Free. 7 pm. FILM, MOVIE TIME: A different title MUSICWORKS choosing a bachelor and raise July 28: ages 6-9; July 29: ages 13-17; August 4-5: ages 6-13 GUEST”: 8 pm. See Friday, Feb. 24. PowerHouse Arena [37 Main St. at each week. For adults. Free. 2 pm. Water Street in DUMBO, (718) 666- Clinton Hill Library [380 Washing- funds for the Francesco Loccisano Interactive family programs on rock, jazz, improv, music in film and songwriting OTHER 3049], www.powerhousearena.com. ton Ave. at Lafayette Ave. in Clinton Memorial Foundation. The evening CLASSIC COCKTAIL COURSE — READING, AMERICAN CREATIVE Hill, (718) 398-8713], www.brooklyn- includes a cocktail hour, sit-down RUM: Learn to make a variety of WRITERS ON CLASS: A reading publiclibrary.org. dinner and an old fashioned auc- MUSIC ADVENTURES FESTIVAL tioneer to lead the bidding on these rum cocktails. $45. 5 pm. Syca- featuring Shelly Reed, Monica A. BLACK HISTORY MONTH CELEBRA- July 30-August 3; August 13-17; August 20-24: For children 18 mo.-4 yrs. more [1118 Cortelyou Rd. between Hand, Sonya Huber, Emily Hunter, engaging bachelors. Tickets must TION: Includes a screening of be purchased in advance. $65. 6:30 Stratford and Westminster roads in Leslie Jamison, Rebecca Keith and “Slavery and the Law,” with a series SCHOOL OF IMPROV INTENSIVE Ditmas Park, (347) 240-5850], www. others. free. 7 pm. PowerHouse pm. The Rex Manor [1100 60th St. of special talks on the topic of race. and 11th Avenue in Dyker Heights, sycamorebrooklyn.com. Arena [37 Main St. at Water Street . 5:30 pm. Borough Hall [209 August 6-10: For teens in high school Free (718) 238-6001], frankiesmission. in DUMBO, (718) 666-3049], www. Joralemon St. between Court Street org/upcoming_events.php. powerhousearena.com. and Brooklyn Bridge Boulevard in TEEN ROCK INTENSIVE SUN, FEB. 26 Brooklyn Heights, (718) 250-4850]. August 11-12 PERFORMANCE BEGINNER’S ESL: 6:15 pm–9:15 pm. THURS, MARCH 1 Features jazz-rock guitarist Mike Gamble TUES, FEB. 28 See Monday, Feb. 27. THEATER, “THE UNEXPECTED WORKSHOP, ENGLISH CONVERSA- TALK, CLIMATE CHANGE: Professor GUEST”: 3 pm. See Friday, Feb. 24. TION: 1 pm. See Tuesday, Feb. 28. Klaus Jacob leads a discussion on the MUSIC, FRED ARMISEN’S PLAYLIST 718.622.3300 www.bqcm.org impact of climate driven sea level rise WED, FEB. 29 WORKSHOP, CROCHET: Adults meet LIVE!: Comedian and “Portlandia” every week and work on their proj- 58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11217 star’s one-man show. 8 pm. Union in Brooklyn’s waterfront neighbor- WORKSHOP, HOMEWORK HELP: hood in the coming decades. Coffee, Children get after school help with ects. 2 pm. Midwood Public Library Pool [484 Union Ave. at Meeker Ave- [975 E. 16th St. between Avenues J nue in Williamsburg, (718) 609-0484], pastries and juice will be served. RSVP assignments. Free. 4:30 pm. East- required. Free. 9:15 am. bwrc.com- ern Parkway Public Library [1044 and I in Midwood, (718) 252-0967], www.myspace.com/unionpool. www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org.
MON, FEB. 27 FRI, MARCH 2 WORKSHOP, COMPUTER BASICS: CIVIC CALENDAR TAX HELP: 10 am–2 pm. See Friday, www.NYParenting.com For adults. No experience neces- Feb. 24. sary. Free. 11 am. Gerritsen Beach MON, FEB. 27 Community College, 2001 Oriental Blvd. at Decatur Avenue; WORKSHOP, FUN FRIDAYS: 4 pm. Public Library [2808 Gerritsen Ave. Community Board 14 Youth See Friday, Feb. 24. between Bartlett Place and Gotham Services Committee, Monthly (718) 332-3008. Avenue in Gerritsen Beach, (718) meeting; 7pm; Community Board THEATER, “THE UNEXPECTED 368-1435], www.brooklynpublicli- 14 office, 810 E. 16th St. at THURS, MARCH 1 GUEST”: 8 pm. See Friday, Feb. 24. brary.org. Avenue H; (718) 859-6357; www. Community Education Council FILM, “DAYS OF MAJESTY”: For cb14brooklyn. District 22, Monthly meeting; 7 adults. Free. 1:30 pm. Brighton com/?m=20120227&cat=3. pm; IS 78 - Roy H Mann, 1420 E. SAT, MARCH 3 Beach Public Library [16 Brighton Community Board 10, Monthly 68th St. at Veterans Ave. (718) 968- First Rd. at Brightwater Court in meeting; 7:15 pm; Knights of 6111. PERFORMANCE Brighton Beach, (718) 946-2917], Columbus, 1305 86th St. at 13th MUSIC, “CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA”: www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org. Avenue; (718) 745-6827. WED, MARCH 7 An opera double-feature with sub- BINGO NIGHT: Bring your luck. $3. Bay Ridge Council on the Aging, titles and piano accompaniment. 6:45 pm. St. Columba RC Church TUE, FEB. 28 Monthly meeting; 9:30 am; St. $20. 3 pm. Regina Hall [1210 65th - Auditorium [2245 Kimball St. Ave- Community Board 15, Monthly Patrick’s Church, 9511 Fourth Ave. St. at 12th Avenue in Dyker Heights, nue U and Avenue V in Marine Park, meeting; 7 pm; Kingsborough at 95th Street; (718) 921-5949. (718) 259-2772], www.reginaop- (718) 338-6265]. era.org. READING, AMERICAN CREATIVE To list an event in the Civic Calendar, e-mail [email protected] THEATER, “THE UNEXPECTED WRITERS READING: Featuring GUEST”: 8 pm. See Friday, Feb. 24.
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CHINESE It’s ‘rum’derful CUISINE and VEGETARIAN This swill’s’s not justjust forfo pirates NUTRITION Party orders and catering By Eli Rosenberg a tangled past. available The Brooklyn Paper “Sugar was the oil of its age,” said Frederick Smith, a 15% SENIOR DISCOUNT um running is back. professor at the College of Wil- every Tuesday night (dine-in only) The popular pirate- liam and Mary, who wrote “Ca- R swill is the latest elixir ribbean Rum: a Social and Eco- ,UNCH 3PECIAL to titilate the borough’s ever- nomic History” after spending shifting tastes, as drinkers many summers in Barbados. are rapidly realizing that “And the development of rum is rum drinks are so much tied to the rise of African slav- more than the umbrella-gar- ery [in the New World]. Rum nished cocktails of yore. was also a way to reward en- “Rum is delicious and slaved people’s for hard work FREE sweet, and light and refresh- — and keep the system going DELIVERY MIN ing,” said Wil Petre, the bev- without rebellion.” erage director at The Farm But the spirit also rep- 162 Montague Street, 1st Fl. Brooklyn Heights on Adderley. “But it can be resents the sweeter side of dark and complex, too.” the Caribbean — it goes ex- s FAX OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK On Feb. 25, thirsty Brook- tremely well with fruits, for lynites are invited to Syca- example — making this vari- more Bar and Flowership in ety of hooch particularly ap- Ditmas Park to explore rum’s pealing to chilly New Yorkers dynamic properties, and learn in the middle of winter. to make a mean rum cocktail, “We’re still pushing for-
at the bar’s “Art of the Rum” Photo by Alice Proujansky ward with some of the trop- cocktail course. ical-style cocktails so we can Rum’s recent popularity all imagine a better time,” said is a return to its original sta- Ready to ‘rumble’: Trini- Mikos. “If you feel your man- tus in the country: the sug- dadian rum The Kracken liness is challenged by the idea arcane-based spirit, was the is named after the giant of a rum cocktail, you can just sip of choice for early Amer- sea squid of countless remember it was in Heming- ican colonists, though it fell drunken sailors’ tales. way’s cocktail of choice.” out of favor after the revolu- The Art of the Rum tion made American-crafted bartender at Sycamore who Cocktail at Sycamore Bar & whiskey more appealing to will be hosting the cocktail Flowershop [1118 Cortelyou newly founded nation. course. “But I don’t think Road between Westminster Don’t miss a Bar Scrawl. Bartenders now promise it’s un-American.” Road and East 11th Street in there is nothing unpatriotic The sweet swill does not Ditmas Park (347) 240-5850] Oak and Iron [147 Franklin St., between India Street and Green- about drinking the Carib- spring from a history of life, Feb. 25, 5 pm. Tickets are Find them all at point Avenue in Greenpoint]. Open Mon-Fri, 4 pm-4 am; Sat-Sun, bean liquor. liberty and happiness, how- $45. For more information, BrooklynPaper.com 2 pm-4 am. “It’s speaking to a differ- ever; like many New World visit www.sycamorebrook- ent era,” said Mike Mikos, a products, rum leaves behind lyn.com TWO WAYS TO LOVE
IN PRINT Yo u r Neighborhood BrooklynPaper.com — Yo u r News BROOKLYN HEIGHTS ( –DOWNTOWN EDITION Pick up The Brooklyn Park Slope merchants object to new monthly truck rally By Sarah Zorn Grand Army Plaz truck rally has a’s food fight. become a f The Prospect Park Alliance’sood decision to exp parked right outside time festiv and its one- doo event — al into a monthly r on most days,” shemy to be held said. “The fact that the exploration third Sund on t community is supporting hoo of — the neighbor- month until ayOct. of 16 e — he d around it.” very these non-lo Pullicio hungr has inflamed ma cal beyond ignora vendor agrees. ily dis- cal business owners.ny lo- s is The Park Slopent.” Civic “All the trucks do for us is “This nei C leave a mess fo exploited by ghbora fad,” fume ouncil and the Fifth Av- hood is being enue Business Improv Department r the Sanitation Paper every Friday across ice Pullicio, ow to d Jan- ment District have also taxp clean up w caf ner of Do trucks like these hurt local bus e- ayer doll é on Seventh Avenue Nai dre’near to swoop in outa ofrs. no So for themith 12th Street. “We pay rent and s c lodged complaints hants in Park steal away our busines tax new Faithful, bishop, at oddsthe Alliance. overwith same-sexwhere marriage es in the Pa monthly “FoSlope t inesses? Some mer- height of our se and munity. Con rk Slope com- hink so, and are objecting to a But Alliance spokesma s in od Truck Rally” in Prospect Park. Eugene Patron said that the infuriat ason is be the Nicholas nomic hardshipsidering the ec supporting, n ing.” yond o- not food tr Susan Po years, P of the past few cal bus hindering, lo- uck confab will acrben-oss Brooklyn hadvich, towho orsay plans same-sex about to Bishop marriage from rospect Park inesses.” The majority of Catholic efit thearishioners commu from officialsmake who her popularvoted Redf Hook shou Meliss Seventh Brooklyn Avenue we nearHere’s First what p n ban state Lobster Pound truc ld be a Murphy,chur ownerchgoe ofrs in “Thereon are toconcernity. s s: Sweet Melissa Patisserie Street, agreed. DiMarzio’stime decisi there is urcha big change,”and school said functionat the rallies, brist spoke to disagree witht to Bishop ban ipating in ch every k a regular “I am paying so much moneypartic Patron. “Bu accu les at the Nicholason DiMarzio’s on rent, edicand th t we strongly be- sations. lieve that having something “We are all r se politicians who voted for same-=ere447 is a exciting ness o esponsi A3F;/@@7/534@=;;/97<5 nts truck happening at the park so wners. We c ble bu ch eve only increases ourselves, accrue ourlean fair up share aftersi- cial appearances at chur om any interest in — and of expenses and and to decline donations fr between us, politician who approves of gay See FOOD Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Themarriage . ‘digital divide’on page 11 The borough’s top Catho- lic grabbed headlines last week of the Mayor’swhe npark-Wi-Fi he made the proclamation plan cuts off most of boro ’t “I’m proud - g the state legislature’s “Churches don bishop. [His posi followin “Everybody ve to be in- By Aaro 71D=B3B=/::=EA/;3 A3F ly ha tion] is perfect.” 67AB=@ “I complete should be able to volved in politics. n Shortcouples to marry. ed, no disagree [with the get marri I don’t think that But not all members of his flock p]. Relation- Dav Southern Brooklyn is on the wr bisho matter who it is.” the church should id Palmer and Susannah Bortner just wan side of t agree with the bishop stance that ships should be beloved teddy bear back unh Bradley’s mugger-beatinghe skills!digital divide.the law is a “nail in the coffin” of be saying these Mayor Bloomberg announced thatong based on love — their “Lost” poster by posting a ransom note below it. traditional marriage that would things.” te Briquelet (right) can match Beverly the city and AT&T would provide f le most important don’t mix religion said B armed t son Donova Not even reporter Ka wireless destroy “the sing cs.” loomberg . Someone responded to services in 20 parks, incl and politi building t , who made his fortune n’s ing Prospect Park, McC institution inree human history.” cial industry.echnology to help the finan- B “I take what I need from my rooklyn Bridge Park. arren Park, anud- I don’t “We’re religion and ignore what digitall Carmel’s parish school in Wil- But none of those locations are south d already little bandwidthy behind here — and there’s the rned a $50 schol- of 15th Street — leaving residentsagree with,”from said Carroll Gardens 5/:7H7<5A/;3 A3F;/@@7/53 Bls to liamsburg retu an Downtown, Brownstone phone service is terrible,” said Renee arship check from Assemblym Windsor Terrace to Sheepsheresident Amy Cacciola, whorts at- & “I don’t think that the [bishop]hings,” advised parishes and schoo Giordano, ex or honors from Joe Lentol (D–Williamsburg), a refuse any awards " KARATE CHOPfeeling digitally d tends mass at Sacred Hea should be saying theseset Pa t ecutive ‘Kidnappers’ want $10,000 in director of the Sun- St. adStephen Bay Church on Summit said Humberto Chavez, a mem-rk BID. “Westate need officials to bring who supportedfree the gay nups supporter. A city program to bring Bloomberg defendeduped. the program Wi-Fi to the commercial strip and Sun- them from The controversial position also Internet i in a weekly radio address, sayinStreet at Carroll Street. “He’s a ber of Our Lady of Perpetualset Park, Helpand bring measure, the community and barred up cupcakes for toddler’s darling Sensei teaches self-defensento the parks will wireles only woul classes bit out of touch.” in Sunset Park. “I don’t think the - appearing at special events such sparked an outcry from marriage benefit the u s d give New Yo to par with other neighbo equality advocates, many of whom part o “get outside and enjoyrkers our Otherg it critics said DiMarzio church should be involved in pol as graduations, though not fromBy Daniel Ng f the borough,ltra-hip where northern Wi-Fi a rea A Parks Department spokesman said are planning a celebration at Bor- 11 is practically everywhere already.Bedford-Stuyvesant parks,” black belt shouldson to not have thrust the church itics.” that AT&T’s wirelessattending contractrhoods.” religious does not services. CATHOLICS on page in crime-plaguedtrike Fort and snap-kick Greene in them.w hilePark also doing beautiful DiMarzio announced his Shortly after his proclamation See women to s who started to includef her self-de- body- into the center of a debate that en- preclude the city fr A beloved stuffed animal lost by their work edict two days after Gov. An- was released, Our Lady of Mt. Susannah Bortner isn’t willing to Kate Briquelet any attacker who comes their way fense moves“And on in a allnice o summer day, there’s gulfed lawmakersJennifer —Aguirrie and capti- can enjoy Wi-Fi Fi to other parks throughom expandingother arra Wi- a traumatized 2-year-old in a take that chance. —with martial arts classes held toningsimply classes no inbett March. “These vated the public — for much of drew Cuomo signedments, thebut billthere le- are no plans to do so ble Hill er place in the world,” in Brooklyn Bridge Park, thanks playground last mon “I would gladly bake 10,000 cup- Sayonara, thieves! in the greenspace itself. things make me crazy. You have last month.to an initiative to get 2 at this time. nge- facing torture a Cob- cakes,” Bortne KARATE on page 11 — th is A local karate master is so “Enough is enough!” saidld See parks outfitted this summer. As a result, the digital chasm bet unless the tot’snd a pain her toddler, Donovan,r said, andthin hi North and Southern Br meets the “kidnapper’s” demanful death kin fed up with muggings in Fort % Beverly Bradley, a 42-year-o 0 city horrif ied mother bear, Mr. Bear. “There is a part gof of Greene Park that she’s teaching widen. Studies have sh ween $10,000 worth of cupcakes. me wishing this is rea s lost ooklyn could d for By J.J. Despain ow Gluten- and p Alas, it likely is not. !" n that individ- less. l.” Brooklyn and Bay Ridge. Each See WI-FI eanu Aaron Short and t-free, n But on page 11 It might just be a joke — buto there are a million stories in $ the naked city — few more lic officials, including ping, heart-rendin New York Waterway launched Bloomberg, cut a " Mayor ' grip- ribbon and boarded a 76-foot tic Avenue at the BQE on-ramp. g and less-plau- its much-anticipated ferry fle ceremonial “The ne /B32 See BEAR catamaran in Williamsbur w ferr The B63 bus will also no longer make on Monday, shut augment growthy ofserv Brooklyn K<3E1@=AAE/:9E7::031@3trance on page 11 ice will ! $ celebrate a U-turn at the base of Atlantic Ave- tan-bound commutetli et Panelneighb approves more pedestrian-friendlyat Atlantic Ave and the park en entrance to park ng Manhat- age to Midtown the sh ip’s— the maiden resul voy-g to orhoods and make it bound traffic on Columbia Street. nue and instead be rerouted onto park the East River for the first ier for New Yorke K#<3:/<3=4B@/4471=<B63A=CB6A723 and a pedestrian island will be built in rs across a three-year, $ By Kate Briquelet eas- roadways, city officials said. since 2009 . from and get to thesers to commuteof Atlantic Avenue across from Fur- the middle of Atlantic # ! Avenue, between amid complaints that th sidy by the city 9.3-million. sub-t of Since the southern leg of Brooklyn11 time tial neighborhoods and wa Columbia and Furman streets. ATLANTIC on failed page to subsidize th A boatload of giddy The city is planning a major over- residen-man Street will be replaced with a pe- See Bloomberg called the mo front parks,” he K0=:23@I<=@756BBC@<=<@32LA75< to allow the company to me city an investment in the cit destrian plaza giving parkgoers stuck e service pub- haul of theThe base new of Atlanticservicesaid. willAvenue make ter- will be built on the north side of Atlan-burg, and India Street in Gre any money. terfront development. —ney where stops pedestrians at Fulton have been play- walking along the Pier 7 fence more point every 20 to 30 mi y’s wa- room to navigate. 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oversized crayons in her teacher’s lottery. “The Last Jew in Holz- burg” is the based on the true Legendary journo Gerri Gross dies at 86 story of a Holocaust survivor, a cantankerous character who re- By Shavana Abruzzo nickel!” she quipped in a June with Lisa Malwitz, who worked Her first article at The Jewish turns to his hometown and be- comes its “Jewish problem.” The Brooklyn Paper 2002 interview with The Brook- with Gross in the early 1990s. Week, recalled assistant man- Gross’s powerful portrayals of lyn Paper. “When my mother was diag- aging editor Adam Dickter, was Former Brooklyn Paper col- people and their lives have re- Gross landed her first job nosed with cancer, Gerri gave me about an aspiring actor named umnist and Jewish Week corre- cently found immortality in cy- with a film company while still a pep talk to help me from fall- Josiah Trager who later starred spondent Geraldine Gross — the berspace where they are attract- ing apart, and when I did, she journalist and author whose writ- a teenager. in a television sitcom. ing new readers. ing chronicled a resurgence in “I was 16, but I lied and said I was would sit, listen and let me cry,” “Geraldine definitely stood out “She was an incredibly large- Jewish life in Brownstone Brook- 18,” she said in the interview. Malwitz said. as somebody who had the energy hearted, fair-minded, generous lyn — will be remembered at a Later, while doing P.R. for Gross and her late husband, and enthusiasm of someone half spirit who had respect for ev- memorial service in Cobble Hill Chemical Bank and J.P. Morgan, George, were members of the Kane her age,” said Dickter. erybody,” said Rabbi Sam Wein- on Feb. 27. Gross began a weekly column for Street Synagogue in Cobble Hill. After her husband’s death in traub, who will officiate her me- Gross died at her Brooklyn The Brooklyn Paper, addressing The temple, established in 1856, 2007, Gross broke her hip, precip- morial. Heights home on Jan. 28 from a topics such as “Vanishing ounces received its landmark status partly itating health issues which didn’t Gross is survived by her two heart illness. She was 86. and increasing price tags,” and because of George Gross. dampen her pioneering spirit. step daughters and their children She grew up poor during the “Ending the cycle of immigrant “George got us a grant from the “Gerri was always a forthright and grandchildren. She is buried at Great Depression, the daughter stereotypes.” She wrote about Landmarks Conservation, and I got woman who wasn’t afraid to speak Courtesy of Marsha M. Solomon Beth El Cemeteries at Cedar Park of a Polish bookbinder. Gross Jewish life in North Brooklyn for Geraldine and George Gross at a party in 1998. a story!” Gross wrote in the tem- her mind!” said synagogue mem- in Paramus, New Jersey. didn’t attend college, but honed The Jewish Week and other news- ple’s 2001 anniversary journal. ber Marsha Solomon. A memorial for Geraldine her writing chops and entrepre- papers, and had two of her books She publicized temple events Gross’s prolific body of work is Gross will be held at the Kane neurial skills by age 10. published: “The Door Between” Jews, in her 70s. huge heart and an immense sweet- and profiled the congregation. painted broadly with candor and Street Synagogue on Feb. 27 at “I wrote a weekly newspaper in her 20s, and “The Persecution Gross’s gentility spoke vol- ness,” said Brooklyn Paper pub- When Debra Cantor became humor: In “Rachel and God,” she 7:30 pm [236 Kane St. between for which I charged a penny and of Tante Chava,” a collection of umes, too. lisher Celia Weintrob. Kane’s first female rabbi, Gross tells of a second grader who loses Court and Clinton streets in a monthly magazine that cost a short stories about impoverished “That teeny little exterior hid a Her kindness also resonates was the first to report the story. her faith after failing to win three Cobble Hill, (718) 875-1550].
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and have complained about ter quality in the city’s sewers way to prevent [pollution in the duce the ghastly effluvium by noise as early as 10 pm. and harbors — will only re- Gowanus] is to create a mod- a projected 34 percent. But the NOISE... The board’s vote is only GOWANUS mind them of something they ern sewer system — and that’s Bloomberg administration is a recommendation and does know all too well: that the not going to happen.” under no obligation to spend Continued from page 1 rette smoke, and cacophonous not mean that the bar will lose Continued from page 1 idents real-time data about Gowanus stinks worse than Roughly 45 million gallons more on a much costlier city- Community Board 1 conversations from revelers its license. can better quantify the en- sewer overflows in what The usual whenever it rains. of household sewage drain into wide fix — even though federal members stressed that while that lasted past 4 am. The State Liquor Author- vironmental impact and in- Brooklyn Paper has dubbed the “Nothing will change,” the 1.8-mile canal each year, officials say their $300–$500 they love and respect the gay One Williamsburg res- ity has the ultimate power to form the public as soon as borough’s “Pungent Sound.” said Bill Appel, the execu- based on city estimates. million Superfund cleanup will community, Metropolitan bar ident told the board’s pub- grant or renew liquor licenses they happen.” But neighbors say the tive director of the Gowanus The city is required by fed- be a waste if the city keeps al- failed to abide by state guide- lic safety committee he had of bars and restaurants — and Strickland hopes the sen- high-tech devices — part Canal Community Develop- eral law to spend $180 million lowing sewage to flood the wa- lines that force the venue to to hose off the sidewalks in Metropolitan Bar likely won’t sors will give Gowanus res- of a $450,000 study of wa- ment Corporation. “The only to upgrade nearby sewers to re- terway. close its outdoor space by 11 front of the bar on Lorimer face much trouble, consider- pm on weeknights and 1 am Street to remove the smell ing it has no prior violations or on weekends. of urine. complaints on file, an agency starting point, not the final dent Adrienne Wagner, out- agency can’t be blamed for “It’s equal grief for every- “If the owner just brought spokesman said. word, for bike share siting in side of Swallow Cafe on Bog- overlooking some suggested one,” said CB1 member Tom people inside at 1 am when But Williamsburg resi- BIKES... your district,” agency plan- art Street. “We don’t always kiosk sites, considering that Burrows, who says he has vis- he is supposed to, this would dent Sinclair Rankin hopes ner Keith Bray wrote to CB1 have the money to take cabs several cyclists requested ited Williamsburg’s first gay have never happened,” said the board’s vote will at least Continued from page 9 posed map includes three to members. home and riding a bike is so pick-up and drop-off loca- bar many times and “always Linell Ajello, who has moved send a message to the bar to Morgan Avenue, the beloved four times more sites than the Greenpoint and East Wil- much more pleasurable.” tions in Newtown Creek. notices a violation.” her children’s bedrooms away better soundproof its back- pizza purveyor Roberta’s on city is ready to implement, liamsburg cyclists hope the Critics lashed out at the “It would be great to ride Neighbors approached the from windows facing the yard — without necessarily Moore Street, the youth-in- and noted that bike share ki- city adds more locations. city for not heeding the re- a bike on water alongside a board in January when the bar’s courtyard because of tamping down any of the fun fested McKibbin Lofts, or osks close to McGolrick Park “It’s ridiculous — we need quests of bike riders who ferry,” said one commenter. bar’s liquor license renewal the noise. its customers are having. anywhere near McGolrick are a possibility. more good transportation pitched locations all over “Imagine that.” Park — and bike boosters at appeared on the agenda, Metropolitan’s owner did “I could care less if peo- “This map is meant as a here,” said Bushwick resi- North Brooklyn. But the — with Natalie O’Neill claiming they were fed up not return a call for comment, ple were making out back North Brooklyn’s Commu- with shards of broken glass in but the bar’s manager said that there,” said Rankin. “You nity Board 1 say that’s unac- ceptable. the courtyard, billowing ciga- neighbors are “never happy” can’t hear making out.” hiring her — which is excep- The flap is among several “The entire area north of tional,” spokeswoman Carol currently plaguing Grimm, McGuinness is both highly Danko explained. “She is ex- who was accused of accept- backed the plan, warned Do- residential and a far walk GRIMM... tremely well-qualified to ef- ing illegal campaign con- mansky’s project would set from the train station and I Continued from page 1 Yet Grimm (R–Bay Ridge) think many people that live in fectively serve the people the tributions during his 2010 PARKING... a dangerous precedent. tion experience and was fre- said he didn’t hire Vella Mar- congressman represents in campaign, as well as hav- Domansky applied to the that area would love to jump quently absent from the site. rone, a Community Board 10 Brooklyn, which is what he ing covered up ties to a former Continued from page 1 say they won’t sign off on the city’s Board of Standards on a bike rather than wait for Marrone, who investigators member, for her checkered cares about the most.” business partner who served program because it amounts and Appeals to forego the the bus,” said CB1 member arena crowds for spots. said had been fired from his past — he hired her for her to a tax on something that has parking requirement. Ryan Kuonen. “It seems like Vella-Marrone, who is 18 months in prison. Cops “Getting people to take previous two jobs, was never long track record as a com- also a member of Commu- also last week arrested Liam mass transit is a good thing,” always been free. He plans to start con- a missed opportunity to really held criminally liable. munity leader, a Grimm nity Board 10, was hired two McCabe, an aide to Grimm, said Richard Goldstein, the Councilwoman Letitia struction in August and utilize the bike share in the best Vella-Marrone later ad- spokeswoman said. weeks ago to run Grimm’s for roughing up his 14-year- president of the Carlton Ave- James (D–Fort Greene), who open the tower in 2014. way for our community.” “He was aware [of the in- nue Block Association. “But The city announced its mitted that she lobbied Ata- Brooklyn office on 13th Av- old son outside of his Boerum not having a parking facil- plans last September to de- nasio to give her husband the cident], but Grimm was most enue and handle constituent Hill school after the young- ity at the site will exacer- velop a network of privately job — a violation that cost concerned with her reputa- concerns. She declined to ster was allegedly found with bate the parking problem in funded cruising bicycles that her $5,000 in fines. tion in the community when comment for this article. marijuana. the neighborhood.” FOWLER... would allow anyone who pur- Neighbors fear the problem chases a $100 yearly pass to will only get worse once the Continued from page 1 could damage the statue or take trips lasting up to 45 min- Grimm says: “I have re- Grimm says: “These are 19,000-seat arena — the cen- the city was trying to trans- its pedestal. utes on clunky Dutch-style lied as a businessman on the serious charges that have not terpiece of developer Bruce form an asphalt no-man’s of “Changing a statue’s orien- bikes. City officials have held TOUGH... same principles of honesty been taken lightly.” drugs and prostitution into tation is quite a bit more com- bike workshops in parks and that have guided my service • • • Ratner’s Atlantic Yards mega- Continued from page 1 both as a candidate and a project — opens for concerts a plaza, she claims. plicated and costly than people solicited locations for bicycle as a Marine, an FBI special • Grimm hired Fran Vel- member of Congress by the and Nets games this fall. “He would look better fac- might think,” she said. pick-ups and drop-offs from leged that Grimm and an aide agent and as a United States laMarrone as his Brooklyn same high standards.” The arena will only have ing the apex of the triangle This isn’t the first pro- the public to foment interest to a celebrity rabbi bullied congressman. This attack is district director — a woman parking spaces for 1,100 cars, today, to be a greeter for the posed statuary U-turn. Last in the new project. potential donors — some of • • • politically motivated, as my who admitted to getting her but an estimated 3,000 cars neighborhood,” she said. fall, historian Richard Kessler Brooklynites suggested whom were not US citizens • The Times also questioned record as an effective con- husband a patronage job reha- and 80 trucks will visit the The city wants to give the was outraged that a 140-year- thousands of kiosk locations — into donating thousands to Grimm’s record as a business- gressman, fighting for Brook- bing a Borough Park school in site before and after basket- brigadier swanky new digs, old statue of Abraham Lin- throughout the borough, in- his 2010 campaign, violating man , citing his ties to a for- lyn, cannot be denied.” the 1990s. A 17-year-old girl ball games, according to an thanks to a controversial pro- coln would be installed in cluding 100 in East Wil- federal campaign laws. mer FBI pal who served 18 • • • was killed at the site when environmental impact state- posal to close one block of S. Grand Army Plaza facing liamsburg and Greenpoint Grimm says: “It’s disap- months in prison, his employ- • Police arrested Liam an unsecured brick fell from ment for the project. Elliott Place to traffic, bolster- the “wrong” way : south. east of McGuinness and 17 pointing that such a story was ment with a Wall Street firm McCabe, Grimm’s director the building. In November, City Coun- ing Fowler Square’s appeal Horowitz believes turning near McGolrick Park, where allowed to go forward with- that was frequently under fire of community relations, af- Grimm’s spokeswoman cil approved a controversial as a pedestrian plaza. Fowler is a “common sense” the nearest public transpor- out evidence. I have dedicated from regulators, and his role ter authorities said McCabe says: “He was most con- plan to sell parking permits to But a Parks Department campaign worth waging. tation is the temperamental my entire life to honorably as owner of a Manhattan res- grabbed his teenage son by cerned with her reputation neighborhood residents. But spokeswoman said the city “I don’t think it’s all that B48 bus. serving this country from the taurant that was accused of the arm and shook him. The in the community when hir- the proposal stalled in the state has no plans to rotate Gen. silly,” he said. “You can’t even Department of Transpor- US Marine Corps to the FBI bilking its employees out of teen was caught with pot, po- ing her — which is excep- Senate, where GOP leaders Fowler, claiming such work see the guy.” tation officials said the pro- and have conducted myself workers compensation. lice say. tional.” 10 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 February 24–March 1, 2012 February 24–March 1, 2012 The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 AWP 11 12 AWP The Brooklyn Paper • www.BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260-2500 February 24–March 1, 2012
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