w Facebook.com/ Twitter.com Volume 59, No. 92 TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2013 BrooklynEagle.com BrooklynEagle @BklynEagle 50¢ BROOKLYN LICH Supporters Celebrate After Court Order TODAY Services Like ICU, Beds, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly AUG. 20 announce the arrest of 19 people and the seizure of 254 guns in a sting Labwork Must Be Restored Good morning. Today of an operation that smuggled guns between the Carolinas and New By Mary Frost is the 232nd day of the York. Couriers stashed weapons in their luggage on discount buses. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle year. On this day in case was a spinoff of a drug investigation in Brooklyn. See story, page 12. Long Island College Hospi- 1900, a Fulton Street tal (LICH) supporters celebrat- furniture store known as ed a victory in Cobble Hill after A.D. Matthews’Sons ran Supreme Court Justice Johnny a large advertisement in Lee Baynes on Friday ordered the Brooklyn Daily the immediate restoration of Eagle. “Ladies’ oak hospital services and staffing to dressing tables” were the levels that were in place on $8.75, a reclining chair July 19. was $5.75, a rocking Justice Baynes also ordered chair was $1.95, a book- SUNY Downstate, which has case was $10.85 and been trying to close LICH de- blankets ranged in price spite several court orders, to im- from $2.98 to $12.98. mediately restore or repair any equipment that was in place on Well-known people who July 19. were born today include The “standstill order” will boxing promoter Don keep LICH open for care until King, politician Ron discussions between SUNY Paul, Brooklyn-born TV Downstate and a number of personality Al Roker groups working to keep LICH (“Today Show”), TV open resolve the matter through journalist Connie negotiation. In his order, Justice Please turn to page 3 Baynes said that he has been ad- AP Photo Please turn to page 3 Chamber Launches ‘Made in Brooklyn’ State Shuts Bay Ridge Competition The Brooklyn Chamber Bar After Complaints of Commerce plans to honor By Paula Katinas Daily Eagle. trons have terrorized residents manufacturers who make Brooklyn Daily Eagle Councilman Vincent Gentile with rampant drug use, vio- products in the borough in A lounge that had become (D-Bay Ridge-Dyker Heights- lence, disorderly conduct and the fields of food and bever- notorious in Bay Ridge for bar Bensonhurst) and Board 10 Dis- public lewdness. Indeed, my of- ages, design and technology fights, drug activity and exces- trict manager Josephine Beck- fice has fielded countless calls, at its annual meeting and sive noise levels is being forced mann both attended the public emails, letters and complaints trade show in October. to shut its doors for good after hearing. Gentile testified against from block residents and home- “The ‘Made in Brooklyn’ the New York State Liquor Au- the owners. owners who live in fear — awards will allow us to high- thority (SLA) revoked its liquor The lounge had been the tar- afraid to walk to the corner for a light and celebrate the best license. get of numerous complaints quart of milk or sit on their stoop of what Brooklyn has to The SLA yanked the liquor from neighbors over the past and enjoy a summer night’s offer,” said Carlo A. Scis- license out of the hands of the few years. Residents of 93rd breeze,” Gentile testified. sura, president and CEO of owners of 93 Lounge at 315 Street charged that 93 Lounge In addition to the violence, the Brooklyn Chamber of 93rd St. following a public hear- was the setting of late-night bar 93 Lounge had other problems, Commerce. “Brooklyn has ing on Aug. 13. fights that would spill out onto according to Kieran. “There was become New York City’s “I’m glad they did not prove the sidewalk and disturb their no certificate of occupancy,” he center for creativity and we to be a rubber stamp,” said sleep. Gentile said his office had said. The owners had apparently want to honor those who Brian Kieran, chairman of been inundated with complaints failed to obtain a certificate of make products here and at Community Board 10. “They from residents about the lounge. occupancy from the Department the same time create jobs took the time and listened to the “Since the day it opened, of Buildings. “They failed to op- Please turn to page 3 concerns of the residents of the there have been issues with the erate the place in a responsible The shuttered 93 Lodge in Bay Ridge. Eagle photo by Paula Katinas block,” Kieran told the Brooklyn 93 Lounge. Over the years, pa- Please turn to page 3 CARL FURILLO (left) and Gil Hodges (right) of the Brook- Marty Adler, Teacher and Historian lyn Dodgers pose with Stan Musial of Of Brooklyn Dodgers, Mourned the St. Louis Cardi- By Raanan Geberer ed non-profit, didn’t have a Brooklyn Daily Eagle permanent home. However, nals before a game Old-time Brooklyn baseball Adler donated many of the ar- at Ebbets Field in enthusiasts on Monday mourn- tifacts, such as uniforms, pro- 1956. Marty Adler ed Marty Adler, the retired edu- grams and baseballs, for the of the Brooklyn cator and Long Island resident Brooklyn Baseball Gallery at Dodgers Hall of who established the Brooklyn MCU Park, home of the Fame was one of Dodgers Hall of Fame to keep Brooklyn Cyclones. the memory of Brooklyn’s Adler was always ready to the strongest pro- major-league baseball team give comments to the Brooklyn ponents of putting alive. Daily Eagle about the Brook- Hodges into the Adler, who died last week lyn Dodgers — in most cases, "big" Hall of Fame of a stroke, lived in Plainview, unfortunately, about players in Cooperstown. N.Y. who died. The Hall of Fame, although For example, when 1950s- AP Photo MARTY ADLER, HEAD OF THE it was an officially incorporat- Brooklyn Dodgers Hall of Fame. Please turn to page 3 Tuesday, August 20, 2013 • Brooklyn Daily Eagle • 1 OOK BEAT Catholic Charities Helps BNot Your Average Cup of Joe: Kids Get Ready for School Global Origins of Brooklyn’s Toby’s Donations of Backpacks, Estate Explored in New Book By Samantha Samel Notebooks, Pencils Sought Brooklyn Daily Eagle By Paula Katinas Most Brooklynites love Brooklyn Daily Eagle their coffee, but even those Children whose parents who drink upwards of four can’t afford backpacks and cups per day probably think notebooks because of tough little about the origins of their economic times will still be precious pick-me-up. Right here able to walk into their class- in Brooklyn, Toby’s Estate – the es on the first day of school only U.S. roaster featured in the next month with the sup- beautiful, recently published plies they need, thanks to Australian-produced book “Cof- Catholic Charities of Brook- fee Encounters: Adventures to lyn and Queens, which is Origin” (Smudge Publishing) co-sponsoring a drive to gath- – offers biweekly coffee cup- er school supplies. ping classes to educate people Backpacks, notebooks, about the international jour- pencils and other school sup- ney of their daily cup of coffee. plies are currently being col- Each Wednesday (from 10 – 11 lected at various locations in a.m.) and Saturday (from 12:30 – anticipation of the Third An- 1:30 p.m.) the Williamsburg café nual Back to School event, a holds public classes in its cus- Toby’s Estate is the only U.S. roaster featured in the Austra- giveaway day sponsored by tom designed cupping room lian-produced book “Coffee Encounters: Adventures to Ori- Catholic Charities and the and espresso lab. gin”, written by Jonette George and Tyson Hunter. Our Lady of Angels Human “Coffee Encounters”, co-au- Images courtesy of “Coffee Encounters: Adventures to Origin” (Smudge Publishing) Service Center that is set to thored by Jonette George and take place on Thursday, Aug. Tyson Hunter, invites readers to meet the farmers, pickers, importers and baristas who go 22 at the center, 336 73rd St. to great lengths to produce a delicious cup of coffee. The classes hosted by Toby’s Estate in Bay Ridge. aim to do the same, on an interactive level: organized to educate both coffee nerds and State Sen. Marty Gold- those with a newfound interest in the drink, each session is facilitated by a Toby’s Estate en (R-C-Bay Ridge-southern trained staff cupper who guides participants through the full sensory evaluation process, Brooklyn) has agreed to have beginning with the smelling of fragrances to the tasting of coffee. his district office at 7408 Fifth Ave. serve as a drop-off point for donations of backpacks and school supplies. Golden State Sen. Marty Golden (right) and his deputy chief of staff, John is asking residents to donate Quaglione, collected several backpacks for last year’s school sup- backpacks, notebooks, fold- ply drive sponsored by Catholic Charities of Brooklyn and Queens. ers, pens and pencils. Photo courtesy Senator Golden’s office “Providing children with the tools to succeed and re- have a DJ, information tables gels Service Center, locat- ceive a proper education is and arts and crafts. We do it in ed around the corner from the responsibility of every a block party style,” she said. Our Lady of Angels Catho- New Yorker,” Golden said. The event will take place lic Church, is affiliated with “With your help, we can from noon to 3 p.m. in a Catholic Charities. The cen- make sure that every stu- school yard next to the build- ter, which is open Monday to dent, regardless of their eco- ing.