SAVE CASH! FIND THIS WEEK’S BORO DEALS ON PAGE 11 Yo u r Neighborhood — Yo u r News® BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2011 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Bay Ridge AWP/16 pages • Vol. 34, No. 42 • October 21–27, 2011 • FREE NYPD RED-FACED Cops drop charges after high-profi le ‘fi end’ arrest By Kate Briquelet Cops then said that the 32-year- The Brooklyn Paper old Queens resident had been Embarrased cops collared a picked out of a lineup and con- second alleged sex fiend on Mon- The fi rst victim? nected to a May 7 incident where day — but were forced to drop a man grabbed a woman’s breasts, the charges two days later after Woman says cops ignore link exposed himself and masturbated the victim who supposedly picked in the entrance to the Seventh Av- him out of a lineup recanted. By Kate Briquelet than a year later. enue F-train station. It was a wild week for the NYPD, The Brooklyn Paper The 31-year-old victim told But the charge did hold up, and which first trumpeted the arrest A Carroll Gardens woman The Brooklyn Paper that she the masturbator got off, leaving of Joshua Flecha, a bartender at claims that she was the South realized that she was an early the NYPD empty-handed amid the Heartland Brewery in Man- Slope Sex Fiend’s first victim victim after seeing a shocking growing local frustration of the hattan, who was allegedly caught — but cops fumbled her case, video of the fiend’s first be- pace of the investigation of what masturbating between parked cars allowing the creep to terror- lieved attempted rape in March . are now believed to be 20 gropings on 17th Street near 10th Avenue ize other neighborhoods more See VICTIM on page 13 in and around the South Slope. in Windsor Terrace. See FIEND on page 13 FOOTPATH SOLDIERS Photos by Stefano Giovannini City brings in traffi c cops to calm tensions on Bridge Day of the dogs By Kate Briquelet between cyclists and skyscraper- The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership sponsored its first “Dog-Tober” block par- The Brooklyn Paper gawking tourists are frequent. ty for pups on Saturday — and we don’t know if it was a “success” or a “failure,” Call them the whistleblowers! Armed with whistles, yellow but we do know that these dogs were very cute. (Clockwise from top left) Emilio Photo by Stefano Giovannini The city has brought in traffic reflective vests and hats, the Bermonte and his English Bulldog Mojo, veterinarian Dawn Fowler and her Po- WALK THE LINE: Porfiro Llanes works a 12-hour shift on the enforcement agents to ease ten- bridge’s watchdogs don’t hand meranian Fosse, Zena Walker of Fort Greene with Sporty, and Bob London with Brooklyn Bridge to keep cyclists and pedestrians apart on sion on the congested Brooklyn out tickets or chase down of- his mixed breed Sebastian. Who’s a good boy? They all are! the narrow walkway. Bridge footpath — where clashes See BRIDGE on page 13 Occupy Brooklyn takes Grand Army Plaza By Eli Rosenberg the protest was entirely peaceful. is worse than Iran and India.” south of the fabled archway. The Brooklyn Paper There were signs, there were props Nearby, a protester surrounded “They have a message which I agree and there were speeches — all urg- by police held a sign reading, “S—t WHAT’S IT MEAN? More than 100 people — including SEE PAGE 13 with in many ways,” he said. “The dis- the borough’s top elected official in ing America to wake up to the nation’s is f—ked and I’m not LOL-ing any- parity in income growth in this country growing economic disparity, the gov- more.” Another toted a huge “Occu- is not a positive thing for the future of a quietly supportive role — ushered ernment’s too-close connections with pus,” whose tentacles represented cor- one of the Occu-pus’s architects. Brooklyn into the Occupy Wall Street banks, and a tax structure that favors porate America’s supposed hold on the Borough President Markowitz min- America — and it’s a great concern.” movement with a three-hour rally for the wealthy. political system. gled with the crowd — albeit also with Markowitz and the protesters echoed economic justice on Saturday in Grand “Why join Occupy Wall Street? ” one Photo Callan by Tom “It just hit me that we needed to repre- the police — to offer qualified support a growing body of evidence that the in- Army Plaza. speaker asked rhetorically. “Because Members of Occupy Brooklyn in sent the problem so there’d be something for the larger point of the protesters, come gap is widening to historic lev- Dozens of cops were on hand, but income disparity in the United States Grand Army Plaza on Saturday. directly to boo at,” said Kate Hibbard, who were confined to the sidewalk just See OCCUPY on page 13 A mom’s nightmare Daughter saved from choking by hero salon worker By Natalie O’Neill was keenly aware that time ing at the counter, came run- The Brooklyn Paper was running out.” ning. A heroic Park Slope nail KNOW YOUR Gorlitsky had tried to em- The salon manager had salon manager saved the life HEIMLICH? ploy the Heimlich Maneuver never learned the Heimlich of a choking 7-year-old girl, by grabbing Isabella from be- — but intuition and maybe using the Heimlich Maneu- SEE PAGE 5 hind, then using her hands a bit of copycatting guided ver to dislodge the butter- to thrust upward twice, just him: He wrapped his arms scotch candy he had given bella Schlachet, who began below her diaphragm. around the girl, balled up his her minutes earler. choking on the complimen- But the candy wouldn’t fists — and with one strong, Every parent’s nightmare tary candy while her mom budge — and “30 seconds swift motion — pushed in and Photo by Stefano Giovannini was narrowly avoided as got a nail touch-up. feels like forever when pulled upward, just above her In perhaps the most chilling photo ever taken at a park rally, a Photo by Stefano Giovannini Galo Aguda — who runs “Her lips were blue and her your child isn’t breathing,” bellybutton. pink, human-sized bear demonstrates how sad he is that he can Galo Agudo saved the life of Romy’s Nails on Seventh face was panicked,” said Isa- she said. “I thought, ‘Oh, my God,’ ” only ride his canoe on the sidewalk. 7-year-old Isabella Schlachet af- Avenue near 10th Street — bella’s mom, Lisa Gorlitsky, So she screamed for help, he said. “I had never learned ter she started choking. rescued PS 107 student Isa- the actress and shoe model. “I and Agudo, who was stand- See HERO on page 5 The lost park Ferry great news What happened to Bushwick Inlet? By Aaron Short Greenpoint,” said Ward Dennis of The Brooklyn Paper Neighbors Allied for Good Growth. Ridership numbers better than predicted Williamsburg residents demanded “We are seeing thousands of new housing units created annually, but By Aaron Short boat on the East River since it the overwhelming majority are that the city make good on its promise to build Bushwick Inlet Park, decry- the acreage that residents were prom- The Brooklyn Paper set sail 17 weeks ago . Brooklynites using it to get to ing Bloomberg officials who said this ised is much slower to come.” The East River ferry is stay- That’s already 40,000 trips Manhattan and from Downtown summer there was no funding and no The “Where’s Our Park?” protest ing afloat — thanks to Brook- more than the company esti- Brooklyn to North Brooklyn,” timetable to acquire the needed prop- event, organized by a handful of North lyn passengers. mated for the entire year. Three- said New York Waterway’s Paul erties in the Kent Avenue site. Brooklyn community groups, was Ridership on the city’s water quarters of those trips are em- Goodman. File photo by Stefano Giovannini “We have fought hard for public timed to coincide with the city-spon- taxi has exceeded expectations, barking from Brooklyn piers. The company launched its The new East River ferry service has proven to be access to the waterfront — and it is sored “It’s My Park Day” on Saturday, as 448,670 people have taken a “It’s a mixture of out-of-town city-subsidized commuter ferry quite popular, suggesting that this time, it’s here important that the city follow through where more than 5,000 volunteers en- trip on a New York Waterway tourists and Manhattanites, but See FERRY on page 12 to stay. on its promises to Williamsburg and See PARK on page 12 She’s bearing down on her big day AS: What did you eat and do Pregnant Marni gets one week closer to her gallery delivery while you were at the gallery? One week ago, performance legendary pregnancy-watcher feeling health-wise? MK: I have been eating break- artist Marni Kotak shocked the CHECKIN’ IN WITH Aaron Short begins a weekly Marni Kotak: I am feeling fast at the gallery — usually Greek world by announcing that she update with Kotak as she bears pretty good health-wise, trying to yogurt, Special K cereal with rai- Photo by Stefano Giovannini would give birth — in Bush- into a birthing center to give down towards the birthday of take it easy and not do too many sins and soy milk. For snacks, I Performance artist Marni Kotak rests up as she prepares wick’s Microscope Gallery, audiences a front-row seat to her gender-unknown child.