LOOK FOR BREAKING NEWS EVERY WEEKDAY AT BROOKLYNPAPER.COM Yo u r Neighborhood — Yo u r News® BrooklynPaper.com • (718) 260–2500 • Brooklyn, NY • ©2013 Serving Brownstone Brooklyn and Williamsburg AWP/12 pages • Vol. 36, No. 27 • July 5–11, 2013 • FREE BRUNCH IT UP! North Brooklyn’s ‘War on Brunch’ ends with new law By Danielle Furfaro the later start time. This Sunday, The Brooklyn Paper owner Gino Kutluca was happy to Break out the Bloody Marys, put the chairs out at 10 am. because it is V-Brunch Day. “People love to sit outside and The infamous War on Brunch look at the dogs and the people ended this week when the City and the kids and the women,” said Council voted to roll back the dra- Kutluca. “I wish they would have conian rules preventing Brook- made it earlier, but at least it’s lynites from dining on sidewalk getting better.” patios before noon on Sundays. Lokal was slapped with the From here on out, brunchers can summons in April of last year af- get their morning mimosas start- ter Community Board 1 member ing at 10 am. Tom Burrows got tired of having Photo by Stefano Giovannini Lokal Bistro on Lorimer Street to walk around sidewalk cafes on The Monocle Order co-owner Zoe Nightingale poses with eye-protected pup Singa by McCarren Park was one of Sunday mornings and asked the and Stefan Rurak, who designed the sunglasses-vending machine. the brunch spots the city tick- city to start cracking down with eted in 2012 for putting its tables File photo by Stefano Giovannini the little-known law . and chairs out before noon. After The War on Brunch, which tore Greenpoint asunder last Burrows did not return calls Shady business that, the restaurant waited until summer, has come to an end. See BRUNCH on page 10 Club vending machine hawks sunglasses Lipstick jungle By Danielle Furfaro “We’re targeting places where 11th and N. 12th streets, dis- The Brooklyn Paper people are out partying late,” perse glasses that run for $50 Don’t be afraid of the guy in said the aptly named Zoe Night- to $150, which is a little bit less Sephora moving into Downtown shades. ingale, co-owner of Monocle Or- than the shades in the new Mon- A sunglasses shop channel- der, which is responsible for the ocle Order store, which opened By Jaime Lutz ting a makeover from high-end cos- ing its inner Corey Hart is in- scheme. “Too much partying and last month on Devoe Street and The Brooklyn Paper metic purveyor Sephora. stalling vending machines that people need sunglasses for the sells most glasses for between Downtown Brooklyn is ready for Yesterday, The New York Post re- spit out high-end shades at ul- morning.” $200 and $400, but significantly its close-up. ported that Sephora, the makeup chain tra-hip nightclubs, betting on The machines, which have more than the small change club- The bottom floor of Brooklyn’s Mu- famous for free samples, will be the the fact that Brooklynites will already been installed on the bers drop into machines for as- AP / Mark Lennihan nicipal Building — which the city has anchor tenant at the new-look 210 Jo- be excited about wearing their rooftop of Output Nightclub pirin, cologne and, well, other Sephora is opening its first Brooklyn store in the for years dreamed would become a bus- ralemon St., directly across the street sunglasses at night. on Wythe Avenue between N. See SHADY on page 11 Municipal Building on Joralemon Street this year. tling retail destination — will be get- See SEPHORA on page 10 Twitter’s bee-lieve it or not Samuel L. Jackson helps C’Hill beekeeper save insects — really! By Danielle Furfaro intricate plot to raise money be an economic boon “Crazy s--- happening lot of interest and contention The Brooklyn Paper to save the insects for those willing to in- out here!” Jackson tweeted . that that would create a flurry Guess you can’t bee- by a Brooklyn- vest in the emerging “Check out BeABeeInc.com of activity and drive people lieve everything you read based honey “human pollination” #savethebees.” to the Save the Bees site,” mogul. market, as a way to But Freeman says the said Freeman. on Twitter. Cobble Hill bee- raise awareness about scheme isn’t real, and that Domesticated bee popula- An angry message tweeted keeper Zeke Free- the fact that bee col- Jackson was in on it all out by potty-mouthed movie man created the onies are dying at an along. tions have reached a 50-year star Samuel L. Jackson about website beabeeinc. alarming rate. “The idea that putting this low and keep dwindling, ac- AP / Abraham Caro Marin Photo by Stefano Giovannini a get-rich-quick opportunity com , which declares that the And he somehow got Jack- outrageous concept out there cording to the Washington Samuel L. Jackson does Zeke Freeman, the owner of Cobble Hill-based predicated on the death of mysterious death of honey- son to help him spread his for people to invest in the Post — and no one knows not like it when you Bee Raw, flamed the internet with a fake website. bees was actually part of an bees across the world could message. death of bees would raise a See BEES on page 10 mess with bees. Judge: Open Out of the bag Slopers gather, demand ban LICH’s books of ubiquitous plastic carriers By Natalie Musumeci By Melissa Goldin The Brooklyn Paper for The Brooklyn Paper Park Slope became ground zero Days after supporters of Long of the anti-plastic bag movement Island College Hospital demanded last Monday when a coalition of that its owner, the State University tree-huggers demanded the city of New York, open the books on ban the ubiquitous delivery par- the hospital to make sure the pur- aphernalia. ported effort to sell it is genuine , Several green advocacy or- a judge has ordered the university ganizations kicked off a cam- to provide the court with a full paign to pass a new law that accounting of its finances. would forbid the use of plastic Brooklyn Supreme Court Jus- bags by stores during a public tice Carolyn Demarest’s June 27 forum with Councilman Brad order requires SUNY Downstate Photo by Bess Adler Elected officials and community organizations rallied at Brooklyn Borough Hall to Lander (D–Park Slope) at Sev- Medical Center, which adminis- enth Avenue’s Greenwood Bap- File photo by Stefano Giovannini demand that the MTA and the city create a comprehensive plan to accomodate rid- ters the Cobble Hill hospital, to A judge has ordered a full tist Church. Dozens of Slopers disclose all financial and prop- ers during repair work on the G and R lines. accounting of Long Island attended the discussion that high- erty-related activity since taking College Hospital’s finances lighted the environmental haz- it over two years ago. Contrary ards the bags, which get stuck to the demands of the hospi- since the state took it over in 2011. in trees and clog sewers when tal’s supporters, however, the Straphangers’ gripe they are not disposed of properly, state university need only dis- and are believed to take an ex- from the 155-year-old institution Community Newspaper Group / Natalie Musumeci close the financial information tremely long time to break down Heather Gaw of Bay Ridge to Justice Demarest, not release since the takeover. R, G train riders protest new tunnel closures in landfills. said she would use a reus- it to the public. It must also account for all in- And panelists said it’s about able bag over a plastic one. The university must report the come generated and operating By Jaime Lutz ments for the G and R trains tan for 14 months beginning time the government does some- current ownership of any prop- costs since 2011, and the use of The Brooklyn Paper when tunnel work literally stops in August assume riders will thing about the plastic menace. erty transferred from the hospital, $15 million the state withdrew Gee, are you kidding? the trains in their tracks before switch to the 2,3,4, or 5 trains “This is an area where pub- Seattle, San Francisco, and as which sits on real estate worth an from the hospital’s liability fund, A group of politicians and ac- they leave the borough . at the Court Street and Bor- lic policy can make a very con- of this week, Los Angeles have estimated $500 million , as well which Demarest allowed last year tivists are demanding that the Plans to close the tunnel that ough Hall station to get to the crete difference very quickly,” banned the free flimsy plastic as account for any cash shifted See LICH on page 11 MTA provide adequate replace- takes the R train to Manhat- See TUNNEL on page 10 said Lander. See BAGS on page 10 House of Yes is now the house of oh no “It didn’t make any sense from a hadn’t expected to start looking so soon. Gentrifi cation pushes out W’burg peformance space business perspective,” said Anya Sa- House of Yes heads Sapozhnikova, Kae pozhnikova, founder and director of Burke, and Elena Delgado will now By Danielle Furfaro members say has insisted on doubling ter Pan” — moved into the Williams- the House of Yes. “There was no way look for a larger venue somewhere in The Brooklyn Paper the rent. burg space four years ago, the rent was we would make a profit or even break North Brooklyn, near either the L or CNG / Danielle Furfaro Performance venue House of Yes When House of Yes, which owns $4,500 a month.