LOCAL CLASSIFIEDS PAGE 19 Dec. 17, 2017 Your Neighborhood — Your News® May 1–xx, 2016 Lights out in M’Park WELCOME TO THE BY ADAM LUCENTE Who turned off the lights? Residents of Marine Park complain that their neighbor- hood is suffering repeated, un- explained power outages and PEANUTS GALLERY no one seems to know why — or what to do about it. “It does happen here fre- Live ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ quently, and there’s no con- trol over it,” said Marine Park resident Robin Sher- celebrates 10 years this season man-Epstein. Common explanations for BY JULIANNE CUBA holiday spirit.” power outages — such as over- This is what Christmas is Tyler’s wife Mollie Vogt- loaded circuits during heat all about! Welch, who directs the waves when everyone is run- The beloved holiday show and plays one of its ning air conditioners — don’t cartoon “A Charlie Brown dancing twins, began the seem to apply. Christmas” will come to tradition while she was a “ W her e el s e i n t he cit y do you life on stage for the student at Penn State, and get power outages in the middle 10th year in a row she and Tyler brought the of the winter?” said Sherman- this weekend, with play to Brooklyn when they Epstein. “Here we do.” four performances moved here in 2007. The last prolonged outage at Littlefi eld in Gow- The cast sticks to the was about a month ago, accord- anus on Dec. 16 and 17. fi ve-decade-old script as ing to Sherman-Epstein, and a The producer of the show, closely as possible — in- power surge briefly interrupted who also plays Charlie cluding having a live jazz power just last week. Brown, said that acting out trio play the Vince Guar- “I had to go around and the 1965 animated holiday aldi Trio score on stage, change all my clocks,” she said classic has become a spe- and acting out the quirky on the surge. cial annual tradition for limited choreography of The problem appears to be the cast and crew. the original’s dance scene , around Quentin Road and Av- “It’s become how we said Tyler. enue R between E. 31st and E. CHRISTMAS-TIME IS HERE!: Justin Tyler plays Charlie Brown and his wife, celebrate Christmas and “We do it word for word, 38th streets according to the the holidays,” said Justin and gesture for gesture,” local councilman, who said he Mollie Vogt-Welch, plays one of the dancing twins in their live production of Tyler, who lives in Crown he said. Continued on page 6 “A Charlie Brown Christmas” on Dec. 16 and 17. Photo by Caleb Caldwell Heights. “It gets us in the Continued on page 6 Helter shelter Furballs get festive BY JULIANNE MCSHANE vironment, but that shelter BY ADAM LUCENTE lap to creatures great and as a chiweenie. “It was a The city is pressing forward is on a site with a toxic his- Santa brought these pups small begging for an audi- bit cold, but she loved the with plans to build a family tory,” said Charlie Denson, some howl-iday cheer! ence and photos with the pic.” homeless shelter on a toxic executive director of the Co- Photo by Erica Price Festive furballs and jolly old elf, according to Around 70 people paid site in Coney Island, and lo- ney Island History Project. PERFECT PAIR: Tim Baker their owners bundled up an attendee. $20 to go to the fund-raiser cals say doing so endangers Shelter operator Women brought his puppy, Benny, and braved the snow on “She loved it a lot,” hosted by Sean Casey Ani- very women and children in Need still plans to be- to meet Santa at Sean Casey Dec. 9 for some face time said Michelle Addo, who mal Rescue, according to it’s supposed to protect. gin construction of the 200- Animal Rescue — which is with Saint Nick, who brought her four-legged a shelter volunteer, who “They’re talking about unit facility early next year also where the local adopted stopped by a Windsor Ter- friend Ava, a Chihauhau– said the price of admis- bringing kids into a safer en- Continued on page 10 his canine pal. race shelter to lend his dachshund hybrid known Continued on page 10 A CNG Publication Vol. 5 No. 50 UPDATED EVERY DAY AT BROOKLYNDAILY.COM 2 “What Should I Do To Get A Loan?” . 17, 2017 . 17, ‘Tech’ the halls EC , D Santa lights Downtown offi ce complex’s massive tree EEKLY W ROOKLYN B WINTER WONDERLAND: Santa stood on a cherry picker to help light the 55-foot tree at MetroTech Center on Dec. 7. 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My daughter was like, ‘I can’t wait to see!’ ” said neighborhood resi- While Maintaining An Excellent Driving Record dent Jaclyn Carter, who brought daughter SANTA’S LITTLE HELPER: A festively dressed Georgia and son Conroy to the bash. “They youngster watched the tree-lighting spectacle at IMMEDIATE CAR RENTAL loved it.” the Downtown offi ce complex in awe. And unlike the kids who Santa Claus Photo by Stefano Giovannini 3511 Fort Hamilton Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11218 spooked in Fort Greene , Carter said that her tots smiled even wider watching the upped the holiday cheer with a yuletide- - 10 Blocks from Ocean Parkway on Ft. Hamilton Parkway - jolly old elf wave to the crowd from atop a themed performance that wowed attendees ÕÌ iÌ Ã°VÊUÊÇ£nnx{Çää fi re truck’s cherry-picker as he helped light who snacked on tasty treats doled out by lo- the giant 55-foot tree amid falling man- cal eateries at the event hosted by the com- Offi cial Insurance Inspection Station made snow and bubbles spewed by nearby plex’s developer, Forest City New York. OPEN machines. And celebrants later bobbed their heads MONDAY–FRIDAY, “The kids got a kick out of Santa. They to favorite seasonal tunes including Ma- 7:30 A.M. – 6 P.M. wouldn’t stop talking about him,” she said. riah Carey’s “All I Want for Christmas is SATURDAY “They were like, ‘Oh my god Santa walked You” and Run DMC’s “Christmas in Hol- 9 A.M. – 5 P.M. by.’ ” lis,” which blasted from speakers through- Dancers from the Brooklyn Ballet out the plaza-turned-winter-wonderland. 3 D EC What the truck?! B 2017, . 17, Big-rigs may clog Heights if BQE fi x drags ROOKLYN BY JULIANNE CUBA It’s a big trucking deal. W Thousands of big-rigs will EEKLY be forced to rumble along Brooklyn Heights streets if state lawmakers don’t green- light legislation to acceler- ate the reconstruction of a decrepit stretch of the Brook- lyn–Queens Expressway that WON’T HOLD: Trucks may be runs through the nabe, accord- ing to city transit honchos, banned from the Brooklyn–Queens who warned locals at a Mon- Expressway if its beleaguered day meeting that the roadway triple cantilever can’t be fi xed by will soon be unable to hold the 2026, city transit honchos said. heavy vehicles. File photo by Jason Speakman “The corrosion in the rebar will have reached a point where unique fi rms for each phase, the capacity of the structure to and cut about $113 million from carry trucks is going to be re- the job’s total cost. duced,” said Tanvi Pandya, a And if Gov. Cuomo approves project manager overseeing the the so-called streamlined pro- repairs. “We’re really concerned cess for the city-run project that we don’t miss that. We want by this spring, work on the ex- GROUNDED: Park rangers handed this red-tailed hawk off to a Long Island rescuer after it was found poisoned in Prospect Park to stay ahead of that curve.” pressway could begin as soon on Dec. 3, but it was sadly too late to rehabilitate the bird, which died later that day. Bobby Horvath Department of Transporta- as 2021 and end before 2026, ac- tion engineers cracked open the cording to the transportation expressway’s triple cantilever department. — which runs beneath Brook- Cuomo previously allowed lyn Heights’ fabled promenade several state-run agencies to and above Furman Street — use design-build, including the last year, and subsequently New York State Department of discovered that the massive Transportation, which imple- LAST SUPPER trucks that cruise it daily will mented the process to construct cause the three-tiered struc- the new Kosciuszko Bridge . Ailing hawk found in Prospect Park dies after eating poisoned rat ture to start rapidly deterio- But he has yet to sign off on rating in 2026, Pandya said, legislation approving its use by BY COLIN MIXSON well known among the park’s ani- forcing the city to repeatedly city agencies on infrastructure Red hawk down! mal lovers, according to a crest- fi x problems that pop up as the projects, despite Mayor DeBla- Park rangers and animal lov- fallen Park Slope bird-watcher, who cantilever crumbles or redi- sio’s and other local pols’ de- ers unsuccessfully tried to rescue described the poisoned animal as a rect the four-wheelers to local mands that he do so.