Nov. 22–28, 2012 SERVING BAY RIDGE & DYKER HEIGHTS Lights, INSIDE The Boro’s theater LEARN TO EARN ultimate action! Education and classified See 24/Seven career training section President’s Brooklyn NEW TENANTS fl y o v e r BY WILL BREDDERMAN President Obama skipped Brooklyn in his tour of Hurricane Sandy-slammed neighborhoods on Thursday, outraging residents in FLOODING IN the borough that cast more votes for the commander in chief than any other part of the city . “He should’ve made Super storm’s one stop, just to get out and say some- thing, let people refugees head know ‘hey, we’re here,’ give them some reassur- to Bay Ridge ance,” said Co- ney Island resident BY WILL BREDDERMAN Alberto Rodriguez, Hurricane Sandy victims from an avid Obama sup- the Rockaways, Breezy Point, and porter who has been Staten Island are looking to Bay cleaning out Sandy-fl ooded busi- Ridge for sanctuary — but neigh- nesses along Surf Avenue . “When borhood realtors say they don’t people see a big fi gure, it means a have enough open houses for the lot for them.” glut of new residents. Brooklynites in other storm- “There’s been a tremendous in- battered neighborhoods were fl ux in the demand for Bay Ridge similarly miffed at the Presi- rentals since the hurricane,” dent’s decision to fly over Coney said Joseph Hamdan of Coldwell Island and Rockaway as he made Banker Reliable Real Estate at his way to Staten Island. the corner of 75th Street and Fifth “We really don’t know why he Avenue. “Bay Ridge is close to the didn’t stop by Red Hook,” said water but doesn’t have the expo- Frances Medina, a coordinator sure of some of the more affected with the not-for-profit Red Hook neighborhoods.” Initiative, which has handled Frankie goes to Salty Dog Others say many Rockaway much of the recovery effort in residents are ex-Ridgites trying to the washed-out neighborhood. Brooklyn music legend Frankie Marra poses with kind-hearted Brooklynites who attended the relief concert benefi t- return home following the disas- “People are saying that we’re ting Hurricane Sandy victims at the Salty Dog on Nov. 18. For more, see page 2. Photo by Stefano Giovannini ter — with mixed success. Continued on Page 20 Continued on Page 22 A CNG Publication Vol. 67 No. 47 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM 2 INSIDE Road trip! NNN%9IFFBCPE;8@CP%:FD GL9C@J?<;9P:E>(D<KIFK<:?:<EK<IEFIK?('K?=CFFI9IFFBCPE#EP(()'( A sight-seeing swan took . 22–28, 2012. 22–28, a wrong turn in Southern OV , N Brooklyn and ended up on the IFE Belt Parkway — forcing cops L to shadow the wandering Real-life action heroes: Jackie Chan’s OURIER got nothing on the dancers of Streb dance company. Photo by Tom Caravaglia waterfowl for its own safety. C LIGHTS, THEATER, ACTION! Motorists must have been Daredevil dance company shoots for stunts on stage By Will Bredderman “We’re trying to tell the story of action,” on the sidelines, dropping pithy aphorisms But they will have to sign a waiver first — n the stage, you have to do your own said company founder Elizabeth Streb. in the character of a mad scientist, her face Streb is full contact. stunts. “We’re trying to have a theatrical version of occasionally projected on the background of “We’re the roughest sport outside boxing O The Williamsburg-based dare- what action would look like if it were put on the stage. and football,” Streb said, explaining that her devil dance company Streb is back from a dramatic event.” “The movical is by far the most cohe- crew is trained in her own technique of “pop its death-defying performance during the Streb’s performers will fall from great sive action show I’ve made,” the artist said. action” shock absorption, which involves roll- wondering if an Aflac com- Summer Olympics — where members rode heights, drop bowling balls onto concrete “We’ve tried to put a story together as action. ing and flexing with impact. the spokes of the 400-foot-high London Eye blocks, run into and up walls, spin I-beams, And action is essentially an experience, so I “Forces! The Movical!” at Streb observation wheel and bungee-jumped from battle a shifting floor, and even ride upside want the audience to feel as though they’ve Laboratory for Action Mechanics [51 N. the Millennium Bridge in July — and have down on the outer-rim of an enormous yel- done some of the moves.” First St. between Berry Street and Wythe created a new theatrical piece of wild con- low wheel. And the audience will actually get to do Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 384–6491, traptions and intense physical stunts dubbed As her team of action heroes displays some of the moves and try out the props once www.streb.org]. Nov. 29, 7:30 pm, $25 “Forces! The Movical!” its physical skills, Streb herself will stand the show’s over. adults, $15 children. mercial was being filmed (albeit with a swan instead Your entertainment of a duck) near the Flatbush guide Page 33 BR Avenue exit as they spotted the bird waddling down the Police Blotter ....................8 west-bound shoulder, appar- ently unfazed by the vehicles Letters ..............................30 zooming past it. It’s unclear It’s Only My Opinion ......31 what encouraged the bird to A Britisher’s View ..........31 hit the bricks, but witnesses Not For Nuthin’ ...............31 said the web-footed wanderer Sports ...............................43 successfully accessed an on- ramp before heading toward Sheepshead Bay. HOW TO REACH US Rockin’ out for a good cause Mail: Courier Life Relief concert raises more than $14,000 for Hurricane Sandy victims Publications, Inc., 1 Metrotech Center North BY NATALIE MUSUMECI Ridge; Radio Daze; Head N’ Relief Fund for Staten Is- 10th Floor, Brooklyn, Bay Ridge bands South; and Out of the Blue. land. N.Y. 11201 brought more than 350 big- Event organizers also Many displaced families General Phone: hearted Brooklynites out to collected a multitude of whose homes fell victim to the Salty Dog on Sunday — supplies ranging from toys the storm came out to the (718) 260-2500 where the bands rocked out to cleaning products to pet concert and had the oppor- News Fax: and concert goers dug deep food, which was donated by tunity to speak to a Federal (718) 260-2592 into their pockets to benefi t concert attendees. Emergency Management News E-Mail: Hurricane Sandy victims. “We have enough sup- Agency offi cial who was on [email protected] More than $14,000 was plies to fi ll a U-Haul,” said hand to answer any ques- raised at the 10-hour concert the neighborhood headliner. tions, Marra said. Display Ad Phone: at the Salty Dog Restaurant “I’m elated with what we “They needed this cel- (718) 260-8302 on Third Avenue between raised. What we are doing is ebration to let their hair Display Ad E-Mail: 76th Street and Bay Ridge just a drop in a bucket, but down and listen to some [email protected] Parkway, where Brook- we need all of those drops good music,” he said. LUMP SUM: Breezy Point resident John Cadotte collected money Display Ad Fax: lyn music legend Frankie because the devastation is A displaced woman who Marra and other neighbor- from big-hearted Brooklynites at the Nov. 18 relief concert. just phenomenal.” lost her Breezy Point home (718) 260-2579 hood band favorites rocked Photo by Stefano Giovannini All of the money and in the storm won a complete Classified Phone: all day and night. donations raised will be di- kitchen set that was do- (718) 260-2555 The lump sum will di- phenomenal and all the included Frankie Marra vided up among hurricane nated by Joe’s Appliances Classified Fax: rectly aid storm-ravaged bands were excellent,” said and his band — featuring recovery funds including on Fifth Avenue. (718) 260-2549 victims in hard-hit areas Marra, who spearheaded special guest John Rafferty the Breezy Point Coopera- Longtime Bay Ridge across Brooklyn, Queens, the event. “It was an out- — Lepore, Cassone, and tive Disaster Relief Fund, resident Paulie SanFilippo Classified E-Mail: and Staten Island, Marra pour of love and support.” D’emic; Dirty Stayouts with the Brooklyn Recovery said it made him “feel great [email protected] said. 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