E S I D BROOKLYN’S ONLY COMPLETE U • ‘Henry IV, Part One’ is S L I N P dethroned • Transforming Cobble Hill eatery Nightlife Guide • Afrobeat at Brooklyn Museum CHOOSE FROM 36 VENUES — MORE THAN 140 EVENTS! 2003 NATIONAL BROOKLYN’S WEEKLY NEWSPAPER AWARD WINNER Including The Downtown News, Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill Paper and Fort Greene-Clinton Hill Paper Published weekly by Brooklyn Paper Publications at 26 Court St., Brooklyn, NY 11242 Phone 718-834-9350 © Brooklyn Paper Publications • 16/18 pages including GO BROOKLYN • Vol.26, No. 40 BWN • October 6, 2003 • FREE HELTER SHELTER War over women’s home By Deborah Kolben The Brooklyn Papers News of a battered women’s shel- ter coming to a residential Carroll Gardens street has set off a flurry of activity among outraged neighbors who say their block is not an appro- priate place for the facility. In protest, opponents of the shelter for Asian women have plastered signs on utility poles and in windows along the quiet street reading: “Stop the shelter.” While as a matter of course, addresses / Tom Callan / Tom of shelters for battered women are kept private to protect the residents of the facil- ity, the Carroll Gardens opponents have made every effort to publicize the address Mango / Greg through placards nailed to trees, signs The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn posted in home and car windows, post- The 155-year-old stained glass windows of St. Ann’s Church in Brooklyn Heights are on a list of the “100 Most Endangered Sites” in the world. cards mailed to neighbors and newspapers and by naming it on Web sites. Salvatore Russo, a Carroll Gardens res- Papers The Brooklyn ident who heads the newly formed Con- “Stop the Shelter” sign inside a window cerned Citizens of Carroll Gardens, the on Clinton Street. The address of the fa- lead anti-shelter group, said they were not cility for battered women has been trying to “out” the shelter. “I do think the way the shelter came into blacked-out by The Brooklyn Papers. the area was very disturbing and the reac- tion was, if the agency has so little respect for the people in the area why should the people ENDANGERED show any particular respect. Outing the location really does no harm because no one resides in the premise,” Russo said, adding that if the shelter opened it would be a different story. “It was less about outing the shelter than how do you argue about the shelter without St. Ann’s stained glass on ‘World’ list identifying the shelter?” Russo said. Councilman Bill DeBlasio through a spokesman condemned the actions of residents to publicize the shelter’s address, while at the same time endorsing some of their main By Deborah Kolben Both rank among the top “100 most endangered sites” In addition to the gothic church at Montague and arguments against the siting of the shelter. The Brooklyn Papers on a list put out by the New York-based World Monu- Clinton streets, other monuments making the cut includ- “DeBlasio thinks that any activity that directly or indirectly reveals the address of the ment Fund. ed the Panama Canal zone, Sir Ernest Shackleton’s ex- shelter is inappropriate and regrettable,” said the councilman’s spokesman, Alex Navarro. What does the Great Wall of China — one of Every two years the organization nominates 100 cul- pedition hut in Antarctica, the Nineveh and Nimrud “At the same time,” he added, “we recognize that the community has valid and legiti- the Seven Wonders of the World, spanning more tural and architectural landmarks in need of restoration. palaces in Iraq, and five other sites in the United States mate concerns about the siting of the proposed shelter and feel especially aggrieved by than 4,100 miles — have in common with the The distinction is intended to attract attention to monu- including Lower Manhattan. the absence of meaningful negotiation and involvement in the earlier days.” 155-year-old Church of St. Ann and the Holy ments in need or maintenance and restoration, and spur St. Ann’s first made it onto the 8-year-old registry in But Navarro said the councilman would support the shelter if “the valid concerns of Trinity in Brooklyn Heights? government and activist involvement. See GLASS on page 4 See SHELTER on page 4 ‘Candy Factory’ sold Jackie, By Deborah Kolben The Brooklyn Papers EXCLUSIVE Pee Wee The owner of 20 Henry St., who bought out of a city Brooklyn Heights. affordable housing program The building, whose nickname in June, has sold the 42-unit derives from a past life as the statue at building for $6.6 million, Peaks Mason Mints candy facto- sources close to the negotia- ry, had been a Mitchell-Lama tions have confirmed. building since the mid-1970s. The sale of the apartment But in June, landlord Edward / Tom Callan / Tom Keyspan building, commonly referred to Penson excercised his right to as the “Candy Factory,” comes “buy out” of the program. after a four-year battle with resi- At that time Penson also noti- By Deborah Kolben fied the tenants that he intended dents of the studio apartments, The Brooklyn Papers most of them artists, who sought to sell the building and that their The Brooklyn Papers The Brooklyn to keep their below-market rent leases would not be renewed — Plans for a statue of Brooklyn Zoe, Michael and Joanie Keel are all packed up after als, which they say are among the not even at market-rate rents. Dodgers immortals Jackie Robinson being evicted from their Candy Factory apartment. last affordable places to live in See CANDY FACTORY on page 4 and Pee Wee Reese, shelved by 9-11, are back in the works. “The mayor is completely in favor of the statue,” Chris Coffey, a spokesman for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said this week. The mayor spoke extensively with Stab two in Prospect Park Robinson’s widow, Rachel, at a ceremony in June where Robinson’s No. 42 was re- By Deborah Kolben When the victim tried to run away, he box-cutter and slashed the victim’s throat. tired at Keyspan Park. The statue of the Dodger greats would sit outside the minor The Brooklyn Papers was punched, kicked and stabbed in the The suspects made off with $70. The vic- chest and right arm, police said. The as- tim refused medical attention, police said. league stadium. “The mayor came back to City Hall and A trio of muggers stabbed two sailants made off with his jacket. The vic- Dwayne Smith, 18, from Crown was really adamant about trying to get men in separate incidents inside tim was taken to Kings County Hospital Heights, who lives less than a mile from Prospect Park Tuesday night. something underway. where he was listed in stable condition. the park was arrested in connection with “This is really a fundraising priority,” At 8:45 pm, the three approached their Just five minutes later the roving band the attack. Associated Press Coffey said. first victim, 42, walking on East Drive, of thugs attacked a 22-year-old man near Tuesday night’s stabbings follow a re- Brooklyn Dodgers shortstop and captain Pee Wee Reese (right) congratulates When Robinson broke baseball’s color north of the Prospect Park Zoo and asked the Eastern Parkway exit at Grand Army cent spate of other attacks in Prospect Park. Jackie Robinson on home run after he crosses plate during game at Ebbets Field barrier with the Dodgers in 1947 as the him for money. Plaza. One of the attackers pulled out a See STAB on page 5 in 1954. A statue of the two is planned for Keyspan Park. first black player in the major leagues, he was often showered with enmity from baseball fans and players alike. During a particularly nasty game INSIDE THE PAPER against the Reds at Cincinnati’s old Cros- Classifieds . page 7 and GO 7-8 ley Field in his rookie year, Robinson en- GO Brooklyn 8 pages . after page 4 dured a litany of racist heckling from both Home Improvement . GO 7 Manhattan Bridge bike path peril the Reds players and their fans. Health, Mind & Body. page 5 Letters . page 4 But at one point in the game, shortstop Parent . page 6 By Deborah Kolben In a press conference with elected offi- director for the group. Flanked by Bor- Bicyclists and pedestrians using the Reese, a white southerner who was the Real Estate . GO 8 The Brooklyn Papers cials at the foot of the bridge path Mon- ough President Marty Markowitz and bridge path at Jay Street between High team’s captain, walked over to the belea- day, members of Transportation Alterna- Brooklyn Heights Councilman David and Sands streets must contend with an guered second baseman and put his arm Bicyclists and pedestrians entering tives called on the city to beef up safety Yassky, Budnick was also joined by sev- onslaught of cars. Unlike on the Manhat- around his shoulders. Online at and exiting the Manhattan Bridge at www.BrooklynPapers.com measures. eral helmeted bicyclists who showed sup- tan side of the bridge path there are no That embrace is considered a landmark Jay Street are in great peril, say mem- in baseball history and signified a step to- Hear our editors and reporters discuss the news “We’re asking the Department of port by holding up signs that read: “We stop signs, crosswalks or traffic signals to every week in EDITORIAL ROUNDTABLE bers of an activist group that promotes Transportation to make it safer to bike Want a Safer Bridge” and “Please Act warn drivers.