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Wal-Mart loses Caesar’s Bay bid; Kohl’s coming 

By Deborah Kolben 

The Brooklyn Papers 

The owner of the Caesar’s Bay 

shopping center on Bay Parkway told 

The Brooklyn Papers this week that he 

turned down a bid by Wal-Mart for the 

former Kmart site in favor of Kohl’s, a 

mid-priced department store. 

Crain’s New York Business reported 

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Hip-hop master 

returns to B’klyn 

Shine on 

Fran Sippel, of the Downtown Atlantic Restaurant, 

strikes a cheesecake pose this week. 

Thousands mourn Davis 

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By Patrick Gallahue 


They know Junior’s in London, 

Chicago and even Sheboygan, but 

when some of the greatest competitive 

eaters come to Brooklyn this weekend, 

they won’t be feasting on the borough’s 

world-famous cheesecake. 

The first-ever International Federation 

of Competitive Eating (IFOCE) sanctioned 

cheesecake-eating championship 

will take place during the Atlantic Antic 

on Sunday, but more historic than the 

contest itself is the choice of a relative 

unknown in place of Junior’s to bake and 

supply the competition’s more than 150 

cheesecakes. 

That honor will go to the Downtown 

Atlantic Restaurant and its baker, Fran 

Sippel. And while Downtown Atlantic 

may seem an easy fit for an eating contest 

at a street fair dedicated to the boulevard 

for which it is named, the reason 

IFOCE officials claim they chose the 

venue will be nothing short of shocking 

to many, perhaps even revolutionary. 

“Junior’s obviously has a name in 

cheesecake, but I submit that the cheesecakes 

at Downtown Atlantic are the 

finest not only in Brooklyn, but in the 

country,” said IFOCE Chairman George 

Shea, adding, “And I am a bit of a 

cheesecake fan.” 

Shea said the discussion about holding 

an eating contest at the Antic came up 

during a dinner at Downtown Atlantic 

that IFOCE Commissioner Mike DeVito, 

a three-time hot dog-eating champion, 

invited him to. He said he was introduced 

to the Sippels — Fran’s husband, 

Kurt, is the chef and co-owner, and his 

brother Chris is the general manager of 

the restaurant — by DeVito, with Chris 

Sippel joining them for dinner that night. 

Shea said he was blown away by the 

dessert — cheesecake, of course. 

See CHEESYon page 11 

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Arena foes: No to Nets 

By Adelia Harrison 

for The Brooklyn Papers 

Residents of four Brooklyn neighborhoods 

held an emergency meeting Sunday to 

organize opposition to a proposed sports 

arena and housing complex that they say 

would destroy local quality of life with little 

economic benefit for the community. 

About 70 people lined the pews Sept. 14 at the 

Hanson Place Seventh Day Adventist Church, one 

block from the possible arena site on the Long Island 

Rail Road yards near the junction of Flatbush 

and Atlantic avenues. 

Developer Bruce Ratner has proposed a $500 

million project to build an arena on the site for the 

New Jersey Nets basketball team and possibly the 

Devils hockey team, as well. He is in negotiations 

to purchase one or both teams. The project would 

See ARENA FOES on page 9 


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CRIMINAL LAW 



ge attorney 

Wasserman and a victim of Frank Gangemi 

have retained an attorney who plans to 

sue both the law firm and Ursula Gangemi 

under racketeering statutes. 

elieves that his wife, Ursunial 



For years Councilman 

James Davis boasted that 

he would one day be 

mayor. He didn’t live long 

enough to carry out that 

dream but on Monday, 

City Hall was all his. 

mother’s home on Brooklyn Violence, a not-for-profit organreaved staff. The office, on 

Avenue and Union Street in ization founded by Davis, in 

DeKalb Avenue between 

Crown Heights. He was laid this year’s budget. 

Washington Avenue and St. 

to rest in Green-Wood Ceme- Davis also sued, and beat, James Place, will remain open 

tery in Sunset Park. 

the police department, when under the direction of the 

Even those who Davis had he was fired for being mistak- speaker until a replacement is 

challenged paid homage to his 

enly listed as a Liberal Party elected in November. 

fighting spirit. 

candidate in 1998 in his race On Saturday, more than a 

“James had no fear of any- 

for state Assembly against 

thing or anyone, not of his op- 

thousand people gathered for 

Clarence Norman Jr., the 

Davis, who was assassinated ponents, not of powerful peo- 

a Love Yourself/Stop the Vio- 

county Democratic leader . lence rally in front of his 

in the City Council chambers ple, certainly not of me,” 

“James Davis stood his mother’s house. Later that 

last week by a would-be politi- Council Speaker Gif ford ground. He was a fighter ,” said evening, around 300 people 

cal opponent, became the first Miller said at Davis’ funeral 

person to lie in state in almost a 

Police Commissioner Ray Kel- 

Tuesday at the Elim Interna- 

assembled for a candlelight 

ly. “He took the department to 

century, and the first black man tional Church in Bedfordvigil 

on Vanderbilt Avenue, 

court — and won.” 

between Prospect Place and 

ever given the honor. 

Stuyvesant. 

The day after Davis’ shoot- St. Mark’s Avenue, in 

More than 7,000 mourners Earlier this year, Miller was 

came to pay tribute to the slain embroiled in a brief but heaviing, both Mayor Michael Prospect Heights. 

councilman as he lay at the ly publicized spat with Davis Bloomberg and Miller paid a The following afternoon, 

foot of City Hall’s ornate stair- over the councilman’s 

visit to Davis’ district office to another 4,000 people lined up 

refusal 

case. 

to support the property tax offer condolences to his be- 

The evening of his murder , hike. When he removed Davis 

last Wednesday, July 23, con- from the Cultural Affairs 

stituents, elected of ficials and Committee, Davis threatened 

friends assembled outside to sue him. After the budget 

Davis’ district office in Clin- process was finished, howevton 

Hill and throughout the er, and the 35th District was 

week tried to remain close to well provided for, Davis 

pay homage to his legacy. chuckled about the whole 

They gathered at rallies, thing, proud to have publicly 

vigils and services in his hon- blasted the speaker and still 

or — culminating with a me- maintained a cordial relationmorial 

march after his funeral, ship. 

Geoffrey Davis touches the head of his brother Councilman James E. Davis as he lies in state at City Hall on Monday. from Flatbush and Nostrand Miller even allocated $24,- 

Mourners filed past the casket of Davis, who was slain in the City Council chambers at City Hall last Wednesday. 

avenues in Flatbush to his 000 to Love Yourself/Stop the 

See THOUSANDS on page 2 

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Askew wanted a deal . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3 

Brother vows to run for Council . . . . Page 3 

Capitol’s security questioned. . . . . . Page 3 

Anti-violence rally for Davis . . . . . . . Page 4 

Ridge City Council seat in 2001, has filed 

when she came to him with concerns that a 

for at least two orders of protection against 

detective at the 68th Precinct was not tak- 

Wasserman, claiming that she was a victim ing her domestic abuse claims seriously . 

of domestic abuse. 

Perfetto and Ursula Gangemi are distant 

In one instance, she accused Wasserman cousins and Perfetto and Ursula’ s parents 

of endangering both her and their two chil- are longtime friends. 

dren by holding them captive in their car “They have been having problems for a 

and threatening to crash it unless she couple of years,” Perfetto said of Wasser- 

agreed to let him return home. 

man and Ursula Gangemi. 

She first filed char ges with the 68th “For the sake of the children they tried 

asserman last August, to make reconciliation, and she would 

er. close her eyes to the issues,” Perfetto told 

. “His behavior was erratic. She 

the chil- 

Husband, former clients are set to sue the Gangemis 

Monday that Wal-Mart, the nation’s largest 

retailer, known for its expansive “big 

box” stores, was seeking one or more sites 

for its first New York City outlets. 

“We are in an exploration phase in the 

Manhattan area and the boroughs,” a Wal- 

Mart spokeswoman told Crain’s. 

Contacted by The Papers on Wednesday, 

the spokeswoman, Mia Masten, tried 

to downplay the news, calling talk of a 

New York City Wal-Mart “premature” 

and a “rumor gone bad.” 

“I have nothing planned right now for 

Brooklyn, but we’re always looking to expand,” 

Masten told The Papers. 

Crain’s named the Sunset Park neighborhood, 

as well as Manhattan’s Pier 40 

The “Towers of Light” shine over the Lower Manhattan skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge Thursday night, in remembrance of 

those lost during the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. For more Sept. 11 anniversary coverage, see page 4. 

Ratner has rights 



Opponents mobilizing against 

developer Bruce Ratner’s plan 

to lure the Nets and Devils away 

from New Jersey by building a 

Downtown sports arena may 

have a steep uphill battle on 

their hands. 

In addition to the mass of support 

from powerful elected officials for 

the project, Ratner holds the development 

rights to the Long Island 

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and the Farley Post Office on 34th Street 

as potential Wal-Mart locations, in addition 

to Caesar’s Bay. 

Joseph Gindi, a partner in Saltru Associates, 

which owns the Bay Parkway site, told 

The Papers Wal-Mart representatives had in 

fact expressed interest in his property. 

“Wal-Mart was looking at it, and we 

turned it down and we got a better deal with 

Kohl’s,” said Gindi.The Wisconsin-based 

Cheesecake antics 

Fair contest picks Atlantic Ave baker over Junior’s 

Rail Road yards over which the 

sports complex would be built, a 

Metropolitan Transportation Authority 

spokesman told The Brooklyn 

Papers. 

Spokesman Tom Kelly said he 

could not discuss the terms of Ratner’s 

rights to the land, but confirmed 

that the developer, best 

known for his Metrotech office complex, 

does have the right to build 

there, adjacent to his under-construc- 

tion Atlantic Terminal office, retail 

See RATNER’S RIGHTS on page 9 

Kohl’s has signed a 25-year lease and expects 

to open by Christmas 2004, he said. 

Masten declined to comment on Gindi’s 

claim. 

With 494 stores nationwide, including 

locations in Long Island and New Jersey, 

the Bay Parkway Kohl’s would mark the 

department store’s first foray into New 

York City. 

A Kohl’s spokeswoman would not con- 

BORO 

BRAWL 

District leaders fight, 

rubber-stamp judges 



The Kings County Democratic 

Committee wanted to show the 

world its often-criticized judicial 

selection process on Tuesday — 

and the world got an eyeful. 

Among the highlights: 

•Some judicial delegates sneaked 

away without giving their names 

or explaining why they chose 

judges who will likely sit on the 

bench for the next 14 years; 

•The county party boss slammed 

the district attorney for his ongoing 

investigation of the Brooklyn Democrats; 

•Bay Ridge District Leader 

Ralph Perfetto tried to physically 

attack reformer Alan Fleishman. 

In the context of Brooklyn politics, 

the near-fistfight was about the only 

A Fort Greene resident, opposed to the arena proposed for Flatbush 

and Atlantic avenues, has some words for the borough president. 



While the numbers indicate Prospect 

Park is one of the safest places in the 78th 

Precinct — accounting for less than 3 percent 

of the crime reported — some 

descriptions would give the impression 

that it’s a den of debauchery. 

About 60 people gathered at the tennis house 

in Prospect Park Tuesday night, at a meeting organized 

by Assemblyman James Brennan, to 

discuss the safety of Brooklyn’s 526-acre oasis 

in the aftermath of a horrific Sept. 2 attack on a 

33-year-old woman. 

While elected officials and Deputy Inspector 

See SAFETY on page 8 

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firm plans for a Bay Parkway store, but 

Gindi said it was a done deal. 

“We’ve already worked with them. 

We’re finished. They’re paying rent already,” 

Gindi said of Kohl’s. 

He said he asked the new tenants to put 

up a sign in the interim, but they refused. 

“I would have preferred a Wal-Mart,” 

said Bensonhurst civic leader Carmine 

See MART on page 10 

Two district leaders and Dem boss Clarence Norman (in background) 

hold back a raging Ralph Perfetto at St. Francis Monday. 

The Brooklyn Papers / Tom Callan 

BLACKOUT 

Boro recovers from worst outage in history 

Seafood and cheese were among the first 

food perishables to hit the trash when restaurant 

owners and shopkeepers returned to 

work Friday morning to assess the damage 

created by last Thursday’s power outage. 

INSIDE 

“Better safe than sorry,” said Steve Gannon, 

manager of Hunters Steak and Ale House 

where an early morning cleanup crew tossed 

out $2,500 worth of oysters, salmon and porterhouse 

steaks that went bad in the Aug. 14 

blackout. 

Chicken and veal were saved at Lento ’s 

Restaurant, at Third and Ovington avenues, but 

$300 worth of mussels and scallops were sent 

to the curb in trash bags. 

“If it weren’t for the freezers we would have 

been in a big jam,” said Lento’s manager Timothy 

Connors. 

The food that did not go bad sold the next 

day, when the restaurant enjoyed one of its 

swiftest night’s of business this summer , serving 

many more customers than usual. 

Exactly how much was lost is still being debated. 

City Comptroller William Thompson estimated 

on Monday that the blackout cost the 

city $1 billion in business losses, though Mayor 

Michael Bloomberg said he believed the number 

could be lower. 

The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce announced 

on Tuesday that it would conduct a 

survey of its 1,200 members to determine the 

blackout’s effect on Brooklyn businesses. The 

The mayor was eating a dish of it with Saltines and 

fee 

results will be shared with the city ’s Depart- 

cof 

in the 

Clark’s Restaurant in Brooklyn Heights when the power 

ment 

went 

of 

out. 

Small Business Services to establish a 

“Odd choice of mid- 

list of businesses that need help. 

day snack,” we thought, 

“We know anecdotally how some businesses 

as he sat down to chat 

were affected, but now we are seeking to collect 

with local newspaper edi- 

hard data related to revenue losses, equipment 

tors and reporters. 

damage and insurance claims, ” said Chamber 

That thought stuck 

President Kenneth Adams. 

with us as Bloomber g 

The survey is available to non-members on- 

fielded questions on the 

line at www.ibrooklyn.com. 

New Jersey Nets moving 

Either way, businesses were either counting 

to Brooklyn and the best 

their losses this week or counting themselves 

use for the Columbia 

lucky to have been able to salvage what they did. 

Street piers. Then an aide 

According to the Health Department, a well- 

called him away from the 

functioning freezer that was unopened and at 

As a magnificent orange sun sets in this view from Atlantic Avenue to the East River Thursday night, traffic lights remain out of table. 

See BORO RECOVERS on page 5 service and traffic is snarled on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. 

“I’ve gotta go. There’s 

an enormous power outage, 

apparently,” the 

mayor said upon returning 

to the table. 

“In Manhattan or 

Mayor Michael Bloomberg enjoys a 

Brooklyn?” a reporter snack right before the lights go out. 

asked. 

“From Albany to Long Island, ” the mayor answered. 

As the mayor wolfed down some more coleslaw and 

he said he’d take another couple of 

By then, 

rolls of change for drinks by can- Brooklyni 

dlelight with several friend 

“ 

Prelude to 

Carnival 

thing that was unusual in the ever-intensifying 

conflict over Brooklyn’s 

judicial selection process which, until 

Tuesday, had been waged as a backroom 

procedural battle. 

Amid ongoing scandals and now 

a criminal investigation, county 

party leaders invited reporters to 

their annual judicial convention, 

held Sept. 17 at St. Francis College 

on Remsen Street between Clinton 

and Courts streets. 

The process is essentially a rubber 

stamp, provided by an assembly 

of delegates, to the county party’s 

chosen slate of judicial candidates. 

The five candidates to receive 

the county party’s endorsement for 

Brooklyn Supreme were Civil Court 

judges Bruce Balter, Arthur Schack, 

Martin Solomon, Bernadette Bayne 

and Raymond Guzman. Incumbent 

See BRAWL on page 10 

Prospect 

Pk meet 



The blackout was a drag 

the fo 

Including The Bensonhurst Paper 

STEAKS ALIVE 

With power out, it was grill ‘em if you got ‘em 


Coleslaw & 

cooperation 

Mayor receives word 

over lunch in Heights 

By Neil Sloane 


The one thing we’ll always remember about the Great 

Blackout of ’03 is coleslaw. 


The Brooklyn Papers / Greg Mango

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around $500,000 each. Two 

Trees will also create an underground 

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For almost two weeks a 

massive heap of chairs, 

cabinets, desks and other 

discarded school furniture 

was piled behind the 

wrought-iron gates of the 

John Jay High School 

building where the Department 

of Sanitation 

either could not, or would 

not, remove them. 

After calls from The 

Brooklyn Papers to the Department 

of Education, the 

trash was taken away this 

week, although according to 

neighbors the refuse is indicative 

of a long-running problem. 

For years residents have 

complained that John Jay, on 

Seventh Avenue between 

Fourth and Fifth streets, 

throws out its garbage in poorly 

packed bags, which languish 

on the sidewalk for 

days. 

This summer, they even say 

the trash begot a nuisance beyond 

bad smell. 

“The warm weather 

brought the rats out,” said 

Howard Says, a resident of 

Fourth Street, between Seventh 

and Eighth avenues. 

“We see dozens down 

there,” added Holly Kempner, 

a resident of the same block. 

“All generations — there were 

babies up to adults.” 

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out of a ticket but grabbing 

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one of them. 

On Sept. 7, a 32-year-old 

man was approached by police 

on Fifth Avenue, between 

Eighth and Ninth streets, at 

around 2 pm, because he was 

idling his car in a bus stop. 

When the cop told the motorist 

to move, he allegedly 

refused and the officer proceeded 

to write him a summons. 

The suspect then got out of 

his car and took the summons 

book and threw it on the 

ground, police said. He got 

back in his car and tried to 

drive his van away, striking 

the officer on the shoulder 

with the rearview mirror, according 

to the complaint report. 

The driver was arrested 

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Motor running 

A man returned to his 1988 

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Refuse — pictured on Sunday — had been piled up outside 

John Jay High School on Seventh Avenue for almost two weeks. 

The trash piled in front of 

the school without being 

placed in a Dumpster, which 

served as an ample feeding 

ground for rodents, the residents 

complained. 

Over the summer, Eric 

Hasen, a resident of the block, 

said he spoke to school administrators; 

Kempner complained 

to the city Department of 

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with no one in it. 

The victim, 64, told police 

that on Sept. 6, at 2:30 pm, he 

discovered the car’s driver’sside 

window had been 

smashed and someone had 

managed to start the engine as 

it was parked on Third Street 

between Eighth Avenue and 

Prospect Park West. 

Police said there was no 

key in the ignition and nothing 

was reported stolen. 

In the wind 

A man forgot his wallet in 

a bodega on Ninth Street at 

Fifth Avenue, and it vanished 

for good. The victim told police 

he was buying items at 

around 8 am on Sept. 9, and 

he walked out forgetting the 

billfold. He returned 10 minutes 

later but it was gone 

along with his identification 

and credit cards. 

Welcome home 

A 48-year-old man returned 

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9 to find the front door to his 

house, on Fourth Avenue at 

mains on the street. 

“The rat problem has gotten 

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disgusting,” Hasen said. 

Keith Mellis, a spokesman 

for the Department of Sanitation, 

said that the pile behind 

the gate may have been held 

for recycling, which comes 

every other week, therefore 

could have given the appearance 

that it was being neglected. 

He added, however, that re- 

Third Street, smashed open. 

Gone were $30, a camera, 

jewelry and $260 in traveler’s 

checks. 

No headlights 

A thief stole headlights and 

the grill off of a 60-year-old 

man’s 2002 Volkswagen Passat 

parked on Garfield Place 

at Eighth Avenue. 

The thief also apparently 

tried to crack open the driver’s-side 

door, but that attempt 

was unsuccessful. The 

victim said he discovered his 

car had been stripped of its 

lights and grill at around 6 am 

on Sept. 9. 

Into the tunnel 

As a Manhattan-bound 2train 

pulled into the Grand 

Army Plaza subway station, a 

purse-snatcher grabbed a 

handbag from a fellow 

straphanger and fled into one 

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YORK. COUNTY OF KINGS. Index No.: 

12987/02. SUPPLEMENTAL SUMMONS. THE 

BANK OF NEW YORK, AS COLLATERAL 

AGENT AND CUSTODIAN f/b/o NYCTL 1998-2 

TRUST, Plaintiff, -against- GLENFORD LEWIS, 

and all the respective heirs, next of kin, distributees, 

devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, 

creditors, assignees and successors in interest of 

GLENFORD LEWIS, next of kin, distributees, 

devisees, grantees, trustees, lienors, creditors, 

assignees and successors in interest of the 

aforesaid classes of persons, if they or any of 

them be dead, and their respective husbands, 

wives or widows, if any, all of whom and whose 

names and places of residence are unknown to 

the plaintiff, except as herein stated, BEVERLEY 

BRANCH a/k/a BEVERLEY BRANCHE, 

JACQUELINE M. PILE, BANDELE OMOKOKU, 

DAVID WISHNICK WAYNE HANTIN, 

DOMINICK AQUILINO, JOHN TURIS, ABRA- 

HAM & STRAUS INC., THE CITY OF NEW 

YORK, THE NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT 

OF FINANCE, THE NEW YORK CITY DEPART- 

MENT OF FINANCE PARKING VIOLATIONS 

BUREAU, THE NEW YORK CITY ENVIRON- 

MENTAL CONTROL BOARD, THE STATE OF 

NEW YORK, THE NEW YORK STATE DEPART- 

MENT OF TAXATION AND FINANCE and 

“JOHN DOE” and “JANE DOE”, numbers 1 

through 10, the names of the last 10 defendants 

being fictitious, the true names of said defendants 

being unknown to this plaintiff it being 

intended to designate fee owners, tenants or 

occupants of the liened premises and/or persons 

or parties having or claiming an interest in 

or a lien upon the liened premises described in 

the complaint, if the aforesaid individual defendants 

are living, and if any or all of said individual 

defendants be dead, their heirs at law, next 



A 41-year-old man had 

just paid for goods at the 

high-end Lassen and 

Hennig deli on Montague 

Street Sept. 12 when a lowend 

thief grabbed his wallet. 

According to police, the victim 

had just paid for his merchandise, 

at 5 pm, when he 

placed his wallet in his back 

pocket. After he stepped out of 

the store, between Hicks and 

Henry streets, he realized his 

wallet was gone. The victim 

lost his credit cards and $100. 

Shortly after reporting the 

incident, the victim was notified 

that someone racked up 

$260 in unauthorized charges 

to his credit card at the Duane 

Reade on Court Street at Joralemon 

Street. 

Tools taken 

A construction company 

working on the wildly unpop- 

©David W. Dempster, Ph.D;,1999 

of kin, distributees, executors, administrators, 

trustees, committees, devisees, legatees, and 

the assignees, lienors, creditors and successors 

in interest of them, and generally all persons 

having or claiming under, by, through, or against 

the said defendants, Defendants. TO THE 

ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANT(S): YOU ARE 

HEREBY SUMMONED to answer the complaint 

in this action and to serve a copy of your answer, 

or, if the complaint is not served with this summons, 

to serve a notice of appearance, on the 

Plaintiff’s attorney within 20 days after the service 

of this summons, exclusive of the day of 

service (or within 30 days after the service is 

complete if this summons is not personally 

delivered to you within the State of New York); 

and in case of your failure to appear or answer, 

judgment will be taken against you by default 

for the relief demanded in the complaint. This is 

an action to foreclose upon a Tax Lien recorded 

against real property located at 1731 Flatbush 

Avenue, Brooklyn, New York (Block: 7599; Lot: 

8). Dated: New York, New York. September 2, 

2003. BUCHANAN INGERSOLL. PROFESSION- 

AL CORPORATION. By: Timothy J. Fierst, Esq. 

Attorneys for Plaintiff. THE BANK OF NEW 

YORK, AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND CUSTO- 

DIAN f/b/o NYCTL 1998-2 TRUST. 140 

Broadway, 35th Floor, New York City, NY 10005. 

(212) 440-4400. To the above named defendants: 

The foregoing summons is served upon 

you by publication pursuant to an Order of the 

Hon. Michelle Weston Patterson, a Justice of 

the Supreme Court of the State of N.Y., dated 

August 20, 2003 and filed along with the supporting 

papers in the Kings County Clerk’s 

Office. This is an action to foreclose on a tax lien 

certificate. Premises described as follows: 1731 

Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, New York (for information 

only) (Block: 7599; Lot:8). 

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dormitory, on State Street at 

Boerum Place, was robbed of 

tools sometime between 5 pm 

on Sept. 11, and 6 am on 

Sept. 12. 

A burglar slipped into the 

construction site and stole 

$6,000 in power tools including 

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Marriott attack 

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NOTICE OF FORMATION OF SLOPE SPORTS 

LLC, a domestic Limited Liability Company 

(LLC). Articles of Organization filed with the 

Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 

09/04/2003. Principal office located: KINGS 

County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC 

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SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS. 

ACCREDITED HOME LENDERS, INC., Plaintiff 

against PERRY BUCKNER, et al Defendant(s). 

Pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and 

Sale entered on April 14, 2003. I, the undersigned 

Referee will sell at public auction in 

Room 261 of the Kings County Courthouse, 

360 Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 9th 

day of October, 2003 at 3:00 p.m. premises 

Beginning at a point on the Northerly side of 

MacDonough Street distant 75 feet Easterly 

from the corner formed by the intersection of 

the Northerly side of MacDonough Street with 

the Easterly side of Howard Avenue; being a 

plot of 100 feet by 25 feet by 100 feet by 25 

feet. Said premises known as 569 MacDonough 

St. Brooklyn, N.Y. 11233. Tax account number: 

SBL# 1497-70. Approximate amount of lien 

$386,020.17 plus interest and costs. Premises 

will be sold subject to provisions of filed judgment 

and terms of sale. Index No. 28706/02. 

Alan M. Rocoff, Esq., Referee. Fein Such & 

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to work when she was confronted 

at 10 pm by another 

woman, who claimed she had 

a relationship with her 

boyfriend. The assailant 

grabbed a “Club,” steering 

wheel lock and attacked the 

victim. No arrests were made 

and a perpetrator was not identified 

in the report. 

Bump and run 

A woman walked out of a 

building on Court Street only 

to be bumped by another 

woman, who not only didn’t 

apologize, but stole her wallet. 

The woman was pick-pocketed 

on Court Street, between 

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BQE crash 

Two trucks and a car collided 

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at Cadman Plaza East 

at noon on Sept. 17, according 

to the Fire Department. 

One man sustained serious 

head injuries and was taken to 

Lutheran Medical Center, in 

Sunset Park, for treatment. 

The man’s condition was not 

known by press time and the 

Fire Department spokesman 

did not have a cause of the 

collision. 

Tillary scare 

A woman ran into a burglar 

in her own home, on Tillary 

Street between Duffield and 

Gold streets, at 10:30 am on 

Sept. 12. 

The victim, 30, told police 

that while in her apartment she 

heard noises coming from her 

roommate’s room. The door 

then opened and a man 

stepped out. He told the 

woman to go into her room. 

She refused and demanded 

to know why he was in her 

apartment. When she reached 

for the telephone, the prowler 

grabbed her arm and said, 

“You don’t need to call the 

police.” 

Police said he attempted to 

hold her but she broke free 

and ran to a neighbor’s apartment 

where she called police. 

It was later discovered that the 

burglar stole her laptop, valued 

at $1,800, and her digital 

camera, worth $600. 

Rear entry 

According to police, someone 

broke into a home on 

Huntington Street, between 

Clinton and Court streets, on 

Sept. 9, through a rear door. 

The break-in was discovered 

at 2 am by the 46-yearold 

resident, who reported her 

television set and stereo system 

stolen. The items were reportedly 

worth $1,200. 

Breast cancer walk Oct 19 

By Jotham Sederstrom 


The American Cancer Society 

mantra, “You, or someone 

you know,” was illustrated at 

the Brooklyn Marriott last 

month as hundreds gathered 

for a prelude to the Oct. 19 

“Making Strides Against 

Breast Cancer” walk in 

Prospect Park. 

To be sure, when asked who 

of the estimated 500 in attendance 

was a cancer survivor, 

nearly two dozen women rose 

from their seats to rousing applause. 

Asked how many had 

been affected by the disease, 

more than 100 men and women 

stood. 

“One in eight women are diagnosed 

with breast cancer,” said 

Joy Stephan, director of special 

events for the American Cancer 

Society. “When you’re facing 

those kinds of statistics, it’s hard 

to educate people who, afterward, 

don’t want to get involved.” 

Last year, the fundraiser tallied 

$3.8 million in New York 

and New Jersey, according to 

the organization’s Web site. Although 

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SUPREME COURT – COUNTY OF KINGS. 

MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION 

SYSTEMS, INC., Plaintiff against WALLY BAP- 

TISTE, et atl Defendant(s). Pursuant to a 

Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered on 

May 23, 2002. I, the undersigned Referee will 

sell at public auction at the “foot” of the 

Courthouse steps, facing Adams Street, 360 

Adams Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. on the 22nd day of 

October, 2003 at 9:30 a.m. premises Beginning 

at a point on the easterly side of Tompkins 

Avenue, distant 40 feet southerly from the 

southerly corner of Monroe Street and 

Tompkins Avenue; being a plot 80 feet by 20 

feet by 80 feet by 20 feet. Said premises known 

as 345 Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11207. 

Tax account number: SBL #: 1820-7. 

Approximate amount of lien $273,094.29 plus 

interest and costs. Premises will be sold subject 

to provisions of filed judgment and terms of 

sale. Index No. 15502/01. Leo J. Kimmel, Esq., 

Referee. Fein Such & Crane, LLP, Attorney(s) for 

Plaintiff, 1800 First Federal Plaza, Rochester, 

N.Y. 14614. 

BP38-41 

Notice is hereby given that an Order entered 

by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 11th 

day of September, 2003, bearing Index 

Number N00485/03, a copy of which may be 

examined at the Office of the Clerk, located at 

141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York 

11201, in the record room, Room 007, grants 

me the right effective on or after the 40th day 

of compliance, to assume the name of GERALD 

FREDRICK VANDERPOOL; my present address 

is 95-14 Schenck Street, Brooklyn, New York 

11236; the date of my birth is November 30, 

1956, the place of my birth is Brooklyn, New 

York; my present name is GERALD FREDRICK 

CARTER. BP38 

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More than 200,000 women 

are diagnosed with breast cancer 

each year, according to the American 

Cancer Society. Nearly 

40,000 will die from the disease, 

which is the second most common 

cancer among women, next 

to skin cancer. Thanks to medical 

breakthroughs, however, women 

suffering from the disease have a 

90-percent survival rate, said 

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The Oct. 19 walk is scheduled 

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3rd Avenue and 43rd Street 

This year, a more individual 9-11 



They gathered on the 

promenade, in front of 

their local firehouses and 

at their houses of worship. 

They thanked their cops 

and firefighters, they sang 

the national anthem and 

they remembered the 

events of Sept. 11, 2001. 

In sharp contrast to last 

year, there were comparative- 

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and residents of Brooklyn, 

who watched in horror as the 

World Trade Center was attacked 

two years ago, commemorated 

the anniversary 

with mostly subdued observances. 

Morning arrived on the 

Brooklyn Heights promenade 

with pockets of residents staring 

across the river at the still 

vacant space in the skyline 

where the Twin Towers once 

stood. Some wrestled with 

personal losses sustained in 

the terrorist attacks while others 

meditated on wounds not 

associated with Sept. 11 but 

brought on by the collective 

sense of grief. 

Maria Housden, of Brooklyn 

Heights, author of “Hannah’s 

Gift,” a book about the 

loss of her 3-year-old daughter 

to cancer, thought about the 

collective sharing of grief. 

“These kinds of gatherings,” 

she said, “are fledgling 

steps towards living with loss 

and grief.” 

Members of Congregation 

B’nai Avraham of Brooklyn 

Heights donned teffilin, small 

boxes containing scripture, 

and gathered for prayers on 

the promenade. Rabbi Aaron 

Raskin blew a ram’s horn, 

known as a shofar, at 8:46 am 

and 9:02 am, the moments the 

terrorists struck each tower. 

The shofar, he said, is 

sounded to denote that “the 

time for redemption has arrived,” 

and he called on the 30 

or so congregants to honor 

those killed “with acts of 

goodness and kindness that 

the people [lost] would have 

done.” 

Many throughout the borough 

commemorated the day 

with acts of kindness. 

At the Chip Shop restaurant, 

383 Fifth Ave. at Sixth 

Street in Park Slope, employees 

worked for free and the 

landlord waived the day’s 

rent. The restaurant’s revenues 

were donated to City Harvest 

and God’s Love We Deliver. 

Each charity received a 

check for $1,954.05, said 

Chris Sell, the owner of Chip 

Shop, a British-style fish and 

chips restaurant. 

Employees donated their 

wages and tips, totaling $669, 

to Windows of Hope, an aid 

group dedicated to helping the 

families of the victims of the 

World Trade Center tragedy 

who worked in the food, beverage 

and hospitality professions. 

“I just wanted to do some 

good out of bad,” Sell said, 

adding that he intends to make 

it an annual tradition. 

The Second Helpings 

restaurant, at 448 Ninth St. at 

Seventh Avenue, made similar 

arrangements to donate the 

day’s revenues to charity. 

There were, of course, 

those that had personal ceremonies 

to tend to. 

Firefighters of Engine 

Company 205 and Ladder 

118, on Middagh Street at 

Henry Street in Brooklyn 

Heights, paid visits to the 

graves of the eight members 

of the firehouse lost on Sept. 

11. 

Senior members were given 

the day off and they chartered 

a bus to Queens, Staten 

Island and Sunset Park’s 

Green-Wood Cemetery to lay 

wreaths at the gravesites of 

Firefighters Vernon Cherry, 

Joseph Agnello, Peter Vega, 

Scott Davidson, Capt. Marty 

Egan and Lt. Bobby Regan. 

The firefighters then joined 

BAMland site named for Davis 



The BAM Local Development 

Corporation 

named its first renovation 

project in the planned Fort 

Greene cultural district 

after the late Councilman 

James Davis. 

At a groundbreaking ceremony 

Sept. 10, the LDC announced 

that the building 

would now be known as “80 

Arts — The James E. Davis 

Building.” 

“Councilman Davis never 

missed an opportunity to remind 

us just how important it 

is to serve smaller community-based 

arts organizations 

and that we work diligently to 

make sure everyone in the 

community has a seat at the 

table,” said Harvey Lichtenstein, 

chairman of the LDC. 

The eight-story, 30,000square-foot 

building will contain 

offices for up to 20 arts 

organizations in spaces ranging 

from 400 square feet to 

3,000 square feet offered at 

below-market rents. Shared 

amenities, such as conference 

rooms, rehearsal space, a 

lunchroom and a landscaped 

garden will be available to 

community groups when not 

the families at Ground Zero to 

honor Lt. Robert Wallace and 

Firefighter Leon Smith, whose 

remains have not been identified. 

While most of the firehouse 

veterans were not at the firehouse, 

community residents 

and clergy organized an interfaith 

service at 8 pm outside 

of Engine 205 and Ladder 

118. 

The Rev. Michael Carrano, 

pastor of the Church of the 

Assumption of the Blessed 

Virgin Mary, around the corner 

on Cranberry Street, urged 

residents to “remember those 

who perished,” but added people 

should also “celebrate 

their lives.” 

Firefighters lined up at the 

doorway of the firehouse as 

pastors such as Rabbi Joseph 

Potasnik, an FDNY chaplain 

and pastor at Congregation 

Mount Sinai; Dr. Paul Smith, 

of First Presbyterian Church; 

and Fred Wooden, senior minister 

at the First Unitarian 

Congregational Society in 

Brooklyn, offered thoughts 

and prayers. 

“We appreciate your support,” 

said Lt. Nicolas Malter, 

who has served at the firehouse 

for 10 months. “And 

we’ll do what we can for you, 

too.” 

Deborah Hallen, of Brook- 

Borough President Marty Markowitz, Harvey Lichtenstein, City Council Speaker Gifford Miller, 

Geoffrey Davis, Felicia Bristol and Jeanne Lufty at groundbreaking ceremony last week. 

in use by the tenants. 

Among the councilman’s 

former colleagues to attend 

the renaming ceremony were 

Council Speaker Gifford 

Miller, Deputy Mayor Dan 

Doctoroff, Borough President 

Clockwise from top: Rabbi Aaron Raskin of Congregation B’nai Avraham blows the “shofer,” 

a ram’s horn, during 9-11 ceremonies on the Brooklyn Heights promenade, overlooking the 

Lower Manhattan skyline; Fire Department Chaplain Rabbi Joseph Potasnik does the same 

at Engine 205 on Middagh Street in Brooklyn Heights; a Volkswagen Beetle was painted in 

memory of those lost on 9-11; and an FDNY shirt with message hangs on the promenade. 

lyn Heights, a teacher at PS 8 

on Hicks Street at Middagh 

Street, said, “I came tonight 

because I wanted to be with 

my community.” 

She recalled watching the 

planes strike the towers from 

Marty Markowitz, Cultural 

Affairs Commissioner Kate 

Levin, Bedford-Stuyvesant 

Councilman Al Vann and 

Flatbush Councilwoman 

Yvette Clarke, who shared the 

dais with members of Davis’ 

her classroom window two 

years ago and calling for a moment 

of silence, respectfully 

observed by the students before 

they evacuated to the 

basement. 

At sundown, the twin bluish 


family. 

“He loved this community,” 

said Felicia Bristol, a sister of 

the slain councilman. “And 

that was straight from the 

heart.” 

“He is smiling,” said broth- 

beams of the “Tribute in 

Light” shone over the Manhattan 

skyline from Ground Zero. 

The Heights promenade was a 

natural viewing area where 

more people gathered with 

their neighbors. 

er Geoffrey Davis, adding, 

“I’m smiling.” 

Though he often criticized 

the LDC if he felt the community’s 

concerns about the plan 

were not being heard, Davis, 

who was assassinated by a political 

rival July 23 in City 

Hall, generally remained supportive 

of the plan. 

A note from Davis to Lichtenstein, 

written shortly before 

his death, was read by Community 

Board 2 Chairwoman 

Shirley McRae. “I want you 

to know that I truly, truly support 

what the BAM LDC is 

doing for Fort Greene and 

Brooklyn at large,” she read 

from his letter. 

The cultural district includes 

the development of 

four main sites around the 

Brooklyn Academy of Music 

into a mix of office, performance, 

studio and rehearsal 

space for arts groups. The plan 

also has a housing and retail 

component. 

The renovation of 80 Hanson 

Place will cost $6 million. 

The state dedicated $1 million 

towards the project and the 

city $5 million, almost half of 

which came from the City 

Council. 

Renovations are anticipated 

to be finished in early 2004. 



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Ex-cop Marty Golden: 

Mom threw out my gun 



The race between state Sen. 

Vincent Gentile and Councilman 

Marty Golden was supposed 

to be a dog fight and in 

their first debate, a brief 15minute 

affair on cable news 

channel NY 1, the opponents 

came out barking. 

Golden vows 

to release his 

police records 




City Councilman Marty Golden, 

responding to questions 

about his police record and the 

circumstances of his retirement 

that have been raised during his 

campaign against state Sen. 

Vincent Gentile, announced 

through his campaign office 

this week that he has requested 

the police department turn over 

his records so they can be made 

public. 

“We are going to release the 

records and we put the request 

in yesterday. We are releasing his 

records on his medals, his citations 

and disciplinary records,” 

Golden campaign manager 

William O’Reilly told The Brooklyn 

Papers on Tuesday. 

Asked whether those records 

Each Thursday night, St. Francis 

College students and staff gather to 

watch “Survivor” in an administrative 

office at the school on Remsen 

Street between Court and Clinton 

streets in Brooklyn Heights. 

Dogs, dads and most of all, 

kids paraded down Third Avenue 

in Bay Ridge on Saturday in the 

36th Annual Ragamuffin Parade, 

wearing handmade costumes 

that put manufactured ones to 

shame. 

14 pages including 4 pages GO BROOKLYN • Vol.25, No. 39 BRG • October 7, 2002 • FREE 

HOLY CHUTE! 

Beep hopes to revive landmark 

‘Survivor’ hunk a cop from Ridge 


By Heather J. Wilson 


Bill O’Keefe remembers the 

long lines he and his friends 

used to suffer through as 

teenagers waiting to ride 

Coney Island’s famed 

Parachute Jump, the 262-foothigh 

thrill ride that was once 

part of Steeplechase Park. 

In 1950, 

Golden 

when 

and 

he was 

Gentile, 

just 16, 

vying for 

O’Keefe 

the 

remembers, newly drawn 

the 

22nd 

Parachute 

state Jump — although District, 

Senate 

which 

tame by 

includes 

the stan- 

all of dards of today’s 

Ridge 

Bay Vincent Gentile BP / File photo amusement and Marty Golden BP / File photo 

Dyker Heights, 

park 

focused 

rides — made 

their 

the 

attacks 

experience 

on each 

of sit- 

other’s 

ting that high 

records 

in the air 

in 

on 

the 

a 

Sept. 

small 

25 debate. After moderator seat, very unsettling. 

But 

Andrew 

record 

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Especially, of 

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and responded, “What 

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they 

most 

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contentious man asked added, when he and 

moments 

each candidate 

want is my his friend 

came 

were 

when 

a ques- 

disciplinary records, 

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asked 

he gave 

and 20 minutes. 

Golden 

them 

they’re 

to 

each 

speak 

the 

not 

about 

oppor- 

going to get them.” 

“We kept talking to 

NYPD 

his tunity 

Gentile one another 

disciplinary 

to ask a 

asked 

question 

him 

record and 

of 

why 

their 

he would 

not and we would not look 

Golden 

down, 

admitted 

opponent. 

open his just 

he had 

Gentile 

police record 

been 

referenced 

to pubdis- 

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out,” O’Keefe remembers, 

ciplinedlaugh- 

for losing 

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his gun 

News 

while 

article ing. “Occasionally a 

in which Gold- “Vinnie, I’m so you did 

police 

get 

officer. 

en 

surprised was asked 

that 

about his police you would stoop 

stuck 

to 

up 

such 

there, 

lowness,” 

and they would tell 

Golden responded. 

you it was something mechanical. 

The two 

But 

immediately 

it was a very 

began 

poplar ride. We 

bickering, 

had 

with 

to wait 

Golden 

in a long 

defending 

line to go up 

his record 

there and 

and 

get 

Gentile 

stuck.” 

demanding 

he 

Now, 

answer 

61 

the 

years 

question. 

since it 

Finally, 

first 

Kirtzman 

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opened, the 

intervened 

Parachute 

and 

Jump 

asked 

find 

may 

Golden, 

the technology “For what 

it 

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you order 

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plineddisci- 

to be 

while 

restored 

serving 

as a 

on 

working 

the Golden countered amusement NYPD?” 

that Gentile, 

park ride. On Sept. 

a three-term Borough 

26, 

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incumbent, President 

was a 

Marty 

loss 

has 

of a 

failed 

gun that to deliver Markowitz 

I lost 

revealed 

in 

for 

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his 

1978 

district. 

that the 

when 

city 

my mother “He Economic 

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while 

any 

I was 

money 

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would undertake 

on a 

home, a 

vacation,” 

he probably $5 million 

Golden 

brings 

finally 

about 

restoration of the 

said. 

Parachute “If 

$200,000 somebody 

a year,” Jump, 

wanted 

Golden 

to 

said. 

which since 1968 

know 

has stood 

about 

Gentile dor- 

the loss 

countered of a gun 

that 

well 

he chammant, 

first as a rusting 

now 

tower 

you know 

pioned and 

about 

a 

it. 

bill that increased fund- 

then as a repainted city 

“There 

landmark. 

was nothing 

ing 

I’ve 

for pre-Kindergarten been 

programs Coney Island’s Parachute Jump was fully operational when this pho- 

“Today is not 1950, today 

disciplined 

is 

for except 

from 

the loss 

$800,000 2002,” 

of a 

to $8 million in 

Markowitz 

to was taken in 1952. It was shut down in 1968. said 

Associated Press 

Thursday, 

gun,” Golden added. 

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from St. Francis College, 

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earned 

and 

and a 

last 

“Sook 

degree 

May, 

Jai,” selected by the 

in Police Science 

eldest 

New 

from 

male 

York 

the 

and female castaways. 

City Police Academy. 

Stafford 

holds 

He 

was 

a certified 

also 

a third-round pick of the 

fitness professional 

younger, sexier 

tificate from 

cer- 

Sook Jai tribe, 

Salavatore Bilancione plays Danny to sister Gabriella’s Sandy as they 

along with 

the National 

the 

Academy 

tongue-pierced 

Sports Medicine. 

of 

Erin Collins, 

re-create a scene from the movie “Grease” on Third Avenue Saturday. 

tate 

a 

agent 

real es- 

from Austin, Texas; 

“The 

Robb 

whole 

Zbac- 

St. Francis community 

nik, a laid-back 

pulling 

is 

23-year-old cording to 

bartender 

one parent, “Martha 

for him,” said college 

from 

Frank 

President 

Scottsdale, Ariz.; 

Stewart 

Stephanie 

would Macchiarola. 

Dill, 

be proud 

a 

of.” 

“I know 

29-year-old 

But 

Ken 

these 

is used 

firefighter 

That 

from 

mother are not throwbacks 

to 

Fayetteville, 

dressed her 6- 

taming 

sorority-like 

to the 

the concrete jungle 

Ariz.; 

in Brooklyn 

and three other 

month-old 

toned 

assemblies from 

— 

and 

daughter, I hope 

tanned 

Jenna Lynn 

“Melrose 

the days 

he’ll 

Place” 

of 

be as successful 

20-somethings, taming the 

along 

Immitt, 

with 

or “Beverly 

jungle 

Jake 

in a 

Billings- 

feathered chicken 

90210.” 

Hills 

in Thailand.” 

ley, a 61-year-old land 

tumecos- 

broker 

— complete No, this is Brooklyn 

Due 

from 

to 

one 

rooting 

contractual 

Texas. 

with white 

of its 

for 

agreements, 

“I based 

Stafford 

picking the teams 

feathers own. 

is 

on 

not 

athleti- 

attached to a baby onesy 

allowed to speak with 

cism 

reporters 

and just 

Ken Stafford, 

un- 

that gleam 

and 

in 

rubber a Bay Ridge 

til 

their 

resident, 

the 

eyes 

glove show’s 

that 

shoes representa- 

Francis 

St. 

completion. 

look like they’ll be here 

tive 

for 

of alumnus and police 

A 

the 

a chicken’s resident 

duration,” 

webbed feet. 

officer 

of 

the 79th 

with 

Bay Ridge, Stafford, 

Billingsley 

is 

said after picking 

“I found Precinct in Bedford-Stuyvesant, 

unmarried 

his 

the 

team. 

idea in a Martha 

with two American 

Over 

has 

bulldogs, 

the course of 42 days, 

From joined the latest lineup 

Bubba 

the 

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Stewart 

from 

catalog,” said Bay Ridgite 

of 

aways 

island 

and Thumper. 

to 

cast- 

Stafford’s 

contestants 

“luxury 

hold periodic 

67th 

“tribal 

Street scheme, connive 

item,” 

councils” 

to 92nd and 

their 

socialize 

one item per 

to 

Street, 

Carolyn 

cheerlead- 

Immitt. “It really was person 

secretly that they 

vote 

way 

can 

off one person 

ers to a $1 million 

bring 

from 

and knights, prize. 

with 

the 

them 

island. 

cartoon 

that 

not 

characters 

difficult to make.” 

to the island, 

The 

This 

was 

person 

season, 

his 

with the most 

and 

votes 

farm Stafford, along 

NYPD 

is 

other 

with 

shield, 

immedi- 

animals, showed 

Immitt 

off 15 

and his status 

ately 

the 

pointed out that like all 

of “New 

sent packing, back to 

craftsmanship competitors, have been 

York 

civilization. 

of their mothers 

parade 

on 

marooned 

City Police Officer” 

One 

has 

by 

and 

attendees, Jenna received earned 

one, 

the remote 

him 

survivors are voted 

fathers region of Koh 

applause 

off 

whose 

un- 

sewing skills, 

free 

a 

Thailand. 

Tarutao, 

from the other 

til 

competitors. 

only 

along 

gift — a stuffed red, white 

two people remain, at which 

with the The beached 

point 

contestants 

“Survivor” castaway and New York City police 

creativity of their 

blue 

and 

children, 

teddy bear. And, because were 

combined 

she 

Stafford, 

divided 

30, holds a bachelor’s 

into two 

degree 

teams, or tribes, 

officer Ken Stafford in Thailand. CBS / Monty Brinton 

to make costumes 

See SURVIVOR on page 2 

that, 

See MUFFINS on page 10 

ac- 

named “Chuay 

Ragamuffins 

parade on 3rd 




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Weiner calls for 9-11 files 



Sally Regenhard, the mother 

of Red Hook Firefighter 

Christian Regenhard, who perished 

in the World Trade 

Center on Sept. 11, has experienced 

many bittersweet victories 

over the past 13 months. 

She founded the Skyscraper 

Safety Campaign to advocate 

safer 

for 

highrise buildings. 

She successfully lobbied for 

National 

the 

Construction Safety 

Act, 

Team 

which would require the 

tionalNa- 

Institute of Standards 

Technology 

and 

(NIST) to dispatch 

construction safety experts 

ing 

to build- 

disaster sites for a thorough 

vestigation.in- 

Regenhard also developed 

powerful 

two 

political allies in 

Hillary 

Sen. 

Clinton and Rep. Anthony 

Members of New Utrecht High School’s football team practice on their new field this week. 

Weiner, who co-sponsored 

in 

the 

the 

bill 

Senate and House, respectively. 

President George Bush 

signed the disaster investigation 

into law 

bill 

on Tuesday. 

This week, Regenhard also 

See 9-11 FILES on page 7 

plete with an opening ceremony 

crowds the team draws to 

summer their 

that included 

real 

when he surveyed 

a chorus and 

home 

the 

band 

field. 

for 

site 

himself. 

performing the “Star Spangled 

If New Utrecht administrators, 

Catell got in touch with 

Banner” and “God Bless 

students 

“Take 

Ameri- 

and jocks are walking the Field,” a public-private ca.” Sports Illustrated even 

with 

docu- 

a bit more 

partner- 

spring in their 

mented 

steps 

ship started in 

the event, said 


the 

these 

2000 

Bensonhurst 

school’s 

days 

that 

they 

works 

can thank one 

school has 

more 

for 

principal, 

of reinvigorate 

to 

Dr. Howard Lucks. 

their 

the 

own 

physical 

for making 

education 

the pigskin curricula, 

than 80 years done without 

“This has brought the lo, said his 

an 

communi- 

fantasy 

intramural 

a reality. 

programming 

and client’s 

athletic 

Oct. 

field, 

1 court 

forcing pearanceap- 

their 

sionDivity 

together,” said Sara Steinweiss, 


sports 

Public 

participation School Athletic 

for city 

public before 

I football 

Judge 

team 

Neil 

to 

Firetog 

play their 

New Utrecht’s coordinator 

League 

school 

Gangemi’s father 

in Brooklyn home 

of 

games 

stu- 

(PSAL), 

students 

which 

through 

doles is former 

Supreme 

at the Erasmus Bay 

Court Down- 

High 

Hall 

dent activities. “The students 

the 

out rebuilding 

the 

funding 

Ridge Councilman 

town 

School 

love 

for 

of 

things 

crumbling 

such 

high 

John 

ended 

field Gangemi 

with 

at 

an 

Flatbush 

it understanding 

Church 

and 

because when they come 

sports 

as school 

out of 

equipment 

sports 

and 

facilities. 

athletic 

Sr. He is the brother 

between 

avenues. 

the train station of past 

assistant 

it is the candi- 

district attorney 

But 

first 

fields, 

three 

thing 

had 

Robert 

determined 

Tisch, co-chairman that dates for state and city 

Patricia weeks ago, elected 

McNeill 

New 

they 

New 

of 

see. It has a scoreboard 

Utrecht 

ficeof- 

and himself that 

Utrecht 

and 

did 

Loews not have 

Corporation enough 

hosted John Gangemi Jr. 

“discussions its first true 

[goal] 

room 

and co-owner 

and Ursula 

would 

home 

posts … it is something 

to build continue in an 

game 

they 

a regulation-size 

of the New 

field, 

York Giants football 

on a brand new 

Gangemi. 

attempt 

field. 

have pride in.” 

Steinweiss said. But 

team, 

New 

along to resolve the issue” until 


Utrecht 

with Richard Kahan, 

Sept. 14 game against 

Steinweiss said the next 

Gangemi’s attorney, former 

the 

step 

alumnus next court date, on Nov. 6. 

South 

is 

Robert Catell, 

chairman the 

Shore High School 

to 

CEO 

of 

Supreme was 

find 

of 

the Urban Assembly, 

re- 

a way to seat the larger 

Keyspan, thought otherwise 

See FIELD on page 2 

last 

Court Justice Ronald 

See DEAL on page 2 

Aiel- 

New field for New Utrecht 



For the New Utrecht High 

School Utes, it’s been a long 

road home. 

Rep. Anthony Weiner, left, with Sally Regenhard, mother of Firefighter 

Christian Regenhard on the steps of City Hall Monday. BP / Tom Callan 

Gangemi may get a deal 

charges that he swindled clients 

out of $6 million. 

Facing 15 years in prison if 

convicted, the son of one of 

Bay Ridge’s most prominent 

political families, former attorney 

Frank Gangemi, may work 

out a plea deal with prosecutors 

rather than stand trial on 



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Faculty members at Long Island University’s 

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Others complained about 

homeless encampments that 

have sprung up in the park 

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“The civil liberties of the 

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Rich Spettell said that 

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issues raised, he seemed surprised 

at the suggestion that 

male prostitutes were seen in 

the area. While there were 

several knife attacks against 

men in that area about two 

years ago, Mullen said it had 

been quiet for the past year 

or so. 

“We’ll be sure to get our 

vice [squad officers] to that 

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The 78th Precinct, which 

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park after 1 am to discourage 

homeless settlements from 

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“We really want to get 

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Bartel-Pritchard Square, 

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is not the prime location for 

reported criminal activity, 

which tends to occur closer 

to Grand Army Plaza, Mullen 

said, but then added, “[Bartel-Pritchard’s] 

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are addressing.” 

While it was shared 

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on the collective psyche of 

park users. 

On Sept. 2, Police Officer 

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Ward was patroling the 

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also include 5,500 housing 

units and possibly office and 

retail space. 

Among those present to voice 

their opposition to the arena 

were state Senator Velmanette 

Montgomery, 35th Councilmanic 

candidate Letitia James 

and Democratic District Leader 

Francis Byrd, who chaired 

the meeting. 

“I personally would love to 

have teams in Brooklyn,” said 

Byrd. “I just don’t want a stadium 

with luxury housing in 

this location. There are other 

spaces in Brooklyn where it 

would have a more positive 

impact.” 

Fort Greene, Prospect Heights, 

Boerum Hill and Park Slope 

converge at the intersection 

that may be the site of the new 

stadium. Residents say that 

the area is already too crowded 

and congested to support 

the development. 

He said that increased vehicular 

traffic would degrade 

air quality in a high-asthma 

area, have a negative impact 

on the foundations of old 

buildings, and exacerbate already 

existing noise issues for 

residents along Atlantic and 

Flatbush avenues. 

“It would pretty much destroy 

property values,” said 

one resident, who just closed 

on a condominium in the 

Newswalk Building on Pacific 

Street, which would have 

the arena as a neighbor. 

“Overall, it’s not positive for 

Brooklyn. Studies show that 

stadiums do not recoup their 

investment.” 

Six studies cited by Patti 


and transit hub at Atlantic and 

Flatbush avenues. 

A spokeswoman for Ratner’s 

Forest City Ratner Companies, 

which is angling to 

purchase the hockey and basketball 

teams and bring them 

here, declined to comment on 

the development rights issue. 

Ratner has proposed a 

20,000-seat arena and 5,500 

units of housing over the rail 

yards, roughly the same site 

where Brooklyn Dodgers 

owner Walter O’Malley had 

proposed in the early 1950s to 

build a domed stadium. He 

could not work out a deal with 

the city and moved the team 

to Los Angeles in 1957. 

Renowned architect Frank 

Gehry, most well known for 

his design of the Guggenheim 

Museum Bilbao in Bilbao, 

Spain, is consulting Ratner on 

the arena. 

“As far as I know, the developer 

is in discussions with the 

MTA,” Deputy Mayor Daniel 

Doctoroff said when asked 

about the development rights. 

“I think there will be many 

twists and turns in this process. 

It’s such a hard thing to predict. 

There are many moving pieces 

and there are a number of potential 

competitors.” 

But the issue of ownership 

and development rights could 

have direct bearing on how 

much public input and review is 

required for the arena to be built. 

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The Long Island Rail Road yard on Atlantic Avenue, potential home of the “Brooklyn” Nets and Devils. 

Hagan, a longtime neighborhood 

activist with the Prospect 

Heights Action Coalition, 

found that new stadiums often 

have high hidden costs, bring 

little money to the local community 

and create only lowwage, 

service jobs. 

“We are going to pay dearly 

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“It’s not worth it.” 

The proposed development 

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Since the land is solely 

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Adding a sense of urgency 

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the basketball team, announced 

this week that they hired 

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complex that is nearing completion, 

and the Atlantic Center 

Mall, across the street. 

Atlantic Center has seen 

four stores close in the past five 

years — Caldor, Sports Authority, 

Stern’s, and Macy’s. 

“Enough is enough! No 

more commercial development,” 

Delia Hunley-Adossa, 

president of the 88th Precinct 

Community and Youth Council, 

said after the meeting. 

“Large, conglomerate commercial 

development has not 

been successful. But entrepreneurial 

development has 

boomed, and that’s the development 

welcomed with open 

arms by the community.” 

Hagan told The Brooklyn 

Papers that in the past 10 

years small businesses have 

revitalized Fulton Street, and 

Flatbush, Vanderbilt, and 

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She said that the decrease 

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to field offers for the Nets. 

Among those interested is a 

New Jersey investment group, 

which includes developer 

Charles Kushner and U.S. Sen. 

Jon Corzine, of New Jersey. 

YankeeNets has received 

formal offers from Ratner 

with Nets Chairman Lewis 

Katz, and from New York Islanders 

owner Charles Wang, 

who has intensified negotiations 

with Nassau County for 

a new arena. 

Deputy Mayor Doctoroff 

spoke to The Papers at a ceremony 

renaming 80 Hanson 

Place in Fort Greene after assassinated 

City Councilman 

James Davis last Wednesday. 

Standing behind him were 

protestors holding signs condemning 

the Ratner proposal. 

Some read: “Marty Markowitz 

and Dan Doctoroff Loves 

Bruce Ratner” and “Markowitz 

to Prospect Heights: 

Drop Dead.” 

Borough President Markowitz 

is among the biggest 

boosters of the Nets-to-Brooklyn 

plan. 

Many of the arena opponents 

argue that the stadium 

and housing would be out of 

scale with the neighborhood, 

would overburden the area 

with traffic and parking concerns, 

and fear the housing 

will not provide the affordable 

housing units they say the area 

needs. Instead, opponents are 

pushing for something more 

in the character of Atlantic 

Commons, a low-lying housing 

village of neo-brownstones 

off Atlantic Avenue in 

Fort Greene. 

State Sen. Velmanette Montgomery 

has also publicly opposed 

the plan and residents of 

Fort Greene, Prospect Heights 

and Boerum Hill are gearing up 

to fight the proposal. 

Markowitz originally hoped 

some kind of community 

sports facility, such as the 

long-desired sportsplex, could 

be incorporated into the plan. 

Citing his wishes for the complex, 

the borough president 

told The Papers back in July, 

“Well, first off, it would mean 

to me that, number one, we’d 

finally have a sportsplex, 

which the borough high 

school sports need desperately, 

because it would be a multi-use 

arena and thus a sportsplex 

would definitely be 

included in it.” 

That was before plans to 

possibly include the Devils 

had been confirmed. Said 

Doctoroff this week, “We 

haven’t gotten to that point of 

specificity yet.” Doctoroff 

also noted that the proposal 

was not contingent on both 

teams being acquired. 


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in quality of life brought about 

by traffic, as well as the 

“cheap souvenir franchises 

and fast food” that go with a 

professional sports complex, 

would drive residents out, followed 

by the businesses who 

depend on them. 

“We are very vibrant,” Hagan, 

nearly choked with emotion, 

told the gathering to 

cheers and applause. “Economically, 

we are alive. Don’t 

ruin it. It’s small scale. It’s humane. 

Don’t ruin it the way it 

is!” 

Joyce Baumgarten, a spokeswoman 

for Forest City Ratner, 

declined to comment on either 

specifics of the arena plan or the 

opposition’s concerns. 

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“We have not come forth 

with any proposal we can discuss 

publicly yet,” Baumgarten 

said. “This is all very 

premature.” 

The East Pacific Street 

Block Association is spearheading 

fundraising efforts to 

fight the stadium. Byrd said 

the opposition is prepared to 

sue if necessary. 

Montgomery said she is not 

against a professional sports 

arena, but thinks it should go 

somewhere else. 

She called on Borough 

President Marty Markowitz, 

who is in favor of bringing 

the Nets to Brooklyn, to oppose 

the Flatbush-Atlantic location. 

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Markowitz, who sent a representative 

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said in a written statement 

issued Monday, that first 

Brooklyn had to “net the 

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“balance can be struck.” 

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life in our beautiful and charming 

neighborhoods isn’t negatively 

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Jonathan Lethem comes home to Dean St. 

Author of ‘The Fortress of Solitude’ discusses growing up in Boerum Hill in the 1970s 

By Hillel Italie 


Dean Street is one of those 

sweet, shaded stretches of 

Boerum Hill that makes you nostalgic 

for a childhood you didn’t 

even have. Author Jonathan 

Lethem, who really did grow up 

here, declares it the most beautiful 

street in New York City. 

“First of all, it’s the homes,” he 

says on a recent afternoon stroll, 

pointing to the compact, brick row 

houses that line the block. “And the 

sidewalks. They’re slate sidewalks. 

No one makes them like that anymore.” 

Lethem is not an old man clinging 

to memories of egg creams and 

the Brooklyn Dodgers. He is just 39, 

with a teenager’s narrow build and 

the hipster’s dark-rimmed glasses. 

The Dodgers left for Los Angeles 

several years before he was born. 

But he has been around long 

enough to see his old neighborhood 

change entirely and to miss what 

has been lost. Powerless in real life 

to bring back what he calls the “lost 

Eden” of childhood, he has instead 

resurrected it, with a few notable 

twists, in fiction. 

His books include the award-winning 

“Motherless Brooklyn” and a 

highly anticipated new novel, “The 

Fortress of Solitude,” the story of a 

white kid and a black kid who grow 

up together in Brooklyn. Dylan 

Ebdus is the son of a reclusive 

painter and filmmaker. Mingus Rude 


Supreme Court justices Michael Pesce, 

Theodore Jones and Herbert Kramer were 

also given the nod. 

After the delegates predictably 

marched in lockstep to support county’s 

five choices for Supreme Court, a furious 

Fleishman, the district leader from Park 

Slope, confronted Perfetto in the lobby 

about his decision to support the party’s 

choice, Guzman, over the reformers’ candidate, 

Margarita Lopez Torres. 

When Fleishman accused Perfetto of 

making a deal with county party leaders, 

Perfetto went berserk. He charged towards 

Fleishman with raised fists. Judicial 

delegate Paul Bader and Assemblyman 

Clarence Norman, the county party boss, 

had to restrain Perfetto as others held back 

Fleishman. 

“Alan said that my vote was bought,” 

Perfetto fumed, adding that he had his 

own reasons for not supporting Lopez 

Torres. 

“A number of district leaders got together 

and made a pact with each other to 

support each other’s candidates and this is 

the way business has been done in the 

past in the county,” Fleishman said, explaining 

to The Brooklyn Papers his 

claims that Perfetto’s vote was part of a 

deal. “This is the same process that got us 

[Supreme Court judges] Gerry Garson, 

Reynold Mason and Victor Barron.” 

Garson is currently under indictment 

for bribery, Mason was forced to step 

down from the bench for improprieties 

and Barron is serving a three-to-nine 

years prison sentence for bribery. 

Don’t know candidates 

Although angry, the reformers said 

they were not surprised that county’s 

choices for the Supreme Court were ratified 

by the judicial convention, a body of 

people who generally have ties to the 

county Democratic Party, many of whom 

have questionable knowledge of who the 

candidates are. 

According to Brooklyn Heights Councilman 

David Yassky, a former Brooklyn 

Law School professor, there was a “meetthe-candidates” 

forum for the judicial delegates 

earlier this month and only around 

20 people, out of about 130 delegates, 

bothered to show up. 

“I think if the people are going to take 

this seriously they should show up and 

see the candidates in action,” Yassky said. 

When The Papers asked several people 

coming out of the convention to explain 

their choice of candidates, some denied 

being delegates and others simply refused 

is the son of a former soul singer 

and, for Dylan, comprises “a world, 

an exploding bomb of possibilities.” 

Lethem tells a fanciful story 

complete with comic book heroes 

and liner notes for a harmony 

group, the Distinctions, that exists 

only in the author’s mind. But he 

also documents very real changes 

in street life, from the dramas of 

race and class in the 1970s and 

1980s to the oncoming homogenization 

of the present. 

“Dean Street is now a very upscale 

street, a really elegant street,” 

says Lethem, who lives a few 

blocks away in a one-bedroom 

apartment. “For better of worse, it’s 

a triumph of gentrification. It was a 

very fitful place when I was young. 

It was a meeting ground for a lot of 

different kinds of cultures, and now 

it’s pretty uniformly white.” 

Born in Brooklyn and raised in 

one those brick row houses, Lethem 

is the son of avant-garde artist 

Richard Brown Lethem, of whom 

the author has said, “I learned to 

think by watching my father paint.” 

While Dylan’s father spends much 

of his time alone, Lethem’s father 

usually had company. 

“It was a semi-communal household,” 

Lethem says. “My father’s 

painting studio was in some ways 

the opposite of a monklike cell. He 

painted live, nude models, so there 

were models coming in and out. 

There were fellow artists in his studio 

constantly and some of them 

were living in the house at times. It 

BORO DEMS BRAWL OVER JUDGE SELECTION… 

to discuss it. 

One woman said, “There was a slate. I 

voted on the slate that was provided.” 

When asked if she knew who she was 

voting for, she said, “How would I know 

them?” before she marched off and refused 

to answer any more questions. 

The judicial delegates are, for all intents 

and purposes, appointed by the 

county party — although they are technically 

elected positions. According to the 

Board of Elections, most of the time they 

do not appear on primary ballots because 

they are unopposed. 

Racial politics 

On Sept. 10, the 42 state committee 

members, also known as district leaders, 

met in the back dining room at the Park 

Plaza Restaurant in Brooklyn Heights, as 

usual, where they were handed a slate put 

together by Norman. 

The state committee members were 

first asked to either vote for or against a 

single slate of three white candidates, Balter, 

Schack and Solomon. 

Joanne Seminara, district leader from 

Bay Ridge, suggested that instead of approving 

Norman’s slate, the district lead- 

Jonathan Lethem, author of “Motherless Brooklyn” and “The Fortress of Solitude,” in Boerum Hill. 

sort of boiled with human energy. 

“What was so striking to me was 

that as the child of an idealistic 

movement in the ‘60s ... my parents 

had instilled me with the idea that 

the battle had been won, absolutely 

and forever. And so it was left to 

the neighborhood to educate me in 

the rougher reality of disenfranchisement.” 

Lethem recalls being a “really 

ers vote by secret ballot for each candidate. 

“The point is I was elected democratically 

and I want to prove to myself and to 

the people that elected me that my vote is 

not disenfranchised,” Seminara told The 

Papers. “I don’t understand why we have 

to go through a filter.” 

The motion was overwhelmingly rejected 

and the first slate was eventually 

approved. 

“She requested that we use a secret ballot 

and that was rejected because we want 

openness,” Norman said on Tuesday. 

The judicial candidates themselves, 

however, were presented to the district 

leaders by Norman, who said he gauged 

the district leaders’ choices through “confidential” 

telephone calls to all of them. 

“That was a private conversation I had 

with them, sure, on a one-on-one basis,” he 

said. “But in terms of their votes, that was 

done in the sunlight of full disclosure.” 

For the next two vacancies, district leaders 

were given choices, albeit a limited 

one. They were asked to choose between 

Criminal Court Judge Kathryn Smith and 

Bayne, both black candidates, and Guzman 

Democratic Party judicial candidates (from left): Raymond Guzman, Martin Solomon, Arthur Schack, Bernadette Bayne, 

Herbert Kramer, and Theodore Jones. 

omnivorous” reader as a kid, with a 

child’s passion for action heroes 

and an aesthete’s fascination with 

literary boundaries. He wondered 

why a science fiction thriller had to 

be categorized apart from a literary 

novel. His own work became a 

kind of answer. 

“He’s always exploding genre 

conventions, and combining different 

genres,” says his friend, Michael 

Chabon, author of the Pulitzer Prizewinning 

novel “The Amazing Adventures 

of Kavalier & Clay.” 

A graduate of the elite, Vermontbased 

Bennington College, Lethem 

began as an author of fantasy and 

science fiction. “Girl in Landscape” 

follows a teenager’s mythic adventures 

in a post-apocalyptic universe. 

In “She Climbed Across the Table,” 

a professor loses his physicist girl- 

Brooklyn Democratic Party Leader Clarence Norman 

(far left) lookes bored at Tuesday’s judicial nominating 

convention at St. Francis College. Also on hand were 

Marine Park Councilman Lew Fidler (above), and Bob 

Muir, Jeffrey Feldman and Israel Goldberg (at right). 

and Lopez Torres, both Hispanic. 

Pitting candidates of the same ethnicity 

against one another for a particular vacancy 

is done to ensure diversity on the 

bench, Norman said. 

“It’s a part of our process to make sure 

we have diversity,” Norman said. “We’re 

very proud of that. We have, I would say, 

the most diverse bench in the country.” 

Norman explained that the reason the 

three white candidates appeared on one 

unopposed slate was because they were 

the consensus choices among delegates. 

The others, he said, were split, so in the 

interest of “racial diversity” black was pitted 

against black, Hispanic against Hispanic, 

to ensure that at least one of each 

of those ethnic groups would ascend to 

the bench. 

Norman spokesman Bob Liff further 

explained that the delegates who supported 

Lopez Torres chose to run her against 

Guzman, as opposed to any of the other 

candidates. 

Judging judge-pickers 

The same day as the judicial convention 

in Brooklyn Heights there was a 

hearing in Manhattan by the Commission 

to Promote Public Confidence in Judicial 

Elections, a body convened by the state’s 

chief judge, Judith Kaye, to restore confidence 

in the beleaguered Brooklyn judiciary. 

District Attorney Charles Hynes, who 

is investigating the Kings County Democratic 

Committee leaders and whether seats 

on the bench are for sale in Brooklyn, 

took the opportunity to slam the current 

judicial selection process and to urge for 

publicly financed open primaries for judicial 

races. 

“Officials in the Democratic Party have 

informed me that when the Supreme 

Court Judicial District Convention is convened, 

they instruct their delegates for 

whom they should vote for the office of 

State Supreme Court Justice,” Hynes testified. 

“The voters, irrespective of party affiliation, 

simply have no say in the choice for 

those nominated for the office of justice 

of the state Supreme Court,” he added later. 

“And since the choice is made for 

them by political leaders, they are unjustly 

disenfranchised.” 

Hynes announced his investigation after 

the arrest in April of Judge Gerald 

Garson, who has been charged with taking 

bribes. 

Mayor Michael Bloomberg also 

pressed for reform at the hearing, although 

he urged for a merit-selection 

process wherein the mayor would appoint 

from a short list created by legal experts. 

“When I read that divorce cases may 

Associated Press / Robert Spencer 

friend to a futuristic machine 

named Lack. 

Mainstream recognition came in 

1999 with “Motherless Brooklyn,” 

winner of the National Book Critics 

Circle prize. It was both an unclassifiable 

book — a literary dectective 

story featuring a narrator with 

Tourette’s syndrome — and a return 

to native soil. 

“When I was starting out, I had a 

tremendous interest in form and in 

concept. And that overran any desire 

to do anything emotional and 

personal,” he says. “Eventually, I 

was able to use what I learned 

about form and bring in more personal 

material.” 

On the surface, there’s little in 

common between the creator of the 

faraway Planet of the Archbuilders 

in “Girl in Landscape” and the 

memorializer of earthbound Brooklyn 

in “Fortress of Solitude.” But 

all of his work tracks the romantic’s 

quest for what once was: a girl, a 

family, youth, the world itself. 

Loss has been an old companion 

of Lethem’s, as intimate as the 

death of his mother — she died of 

cancer when he was a teenager — 

and as public as Brooklyn itself, 

this former city that joined Manhattan 

in 1898 but never truly became 

one with its richer neighbor. 

“Queens,” the author says with a 

laugh about the neighboring borough, 

“was only ever a suburb of 

Manhattan. With Brooklyn there’s 

that loss, the lack, the void in the 

center of it all, the sense that ‘we 

have been decided in a particular way because 

of fancy dinners a judge was offered, 

or that custody of a child may have 

been granted based on how many cigars a 

judge received, I am ashamed, I am outraged,” 

Bloomberg said, making reference 

to the Garson case. “And most New 

Yorkers are similarly disgusted and angered.” 

The indictment against Garson charges 

he accepted gifts such as cash and cigars 

to advise a lawyer over how to argue cases. 

Predictable results 

In the auditorium at St. Francis College, 

the process ran its course as many 

people expected it would. 

After the slate was presented, an insurgent 

faction nominated Civil Court Judge 

Margarita Lopez Torres over Guzman, a 

criminal court judge currently assigned to 

Manhattan. Lopez Torres was voted down 

by a tally of 91-21. 

“[It was] precisely as I expected,” 

Lopez Torres said after the vote. “I think 

that the deals were done. I don’t think the 

judicial delegates are very independent, 

unfortunately.” 

Lopez Torres, a respected incumbent 

and the only Hispanic woman on the Civil 

Court bench in Brooklyn, was not endorsed 

last year for re-election, but managed 

to win a bruising primary battle 

anyway. 

During last year’s judicial convention, 

Lopez Torres was nominated for Supreme 

Court from the floor by Bader but lost by 

a count of 66-24 with four abstentions. 

Perfetto was among those who voted 

for Lopez Torres last year, but this year he 

sided with Guzman. 

The move so angered Fleishman that 

the two got into a shouting match outside 

the auditorium after the vote, where the 

scuffle ensued. 

After the fight, Perfetto said he 

changed his mind about Lopez Torres because 

she refused to follow the rules of 

Brooklyn political-judicial back scratching 

by declining to hire someone referred 

by Assemblyman Vito Lopez (no relation 

to the jurist) — an allegation the Bushwick 

assemblyman has spent the better 

part of two years denying. 

“If a person goes out and knocks themselves 

out for you, and helps you, and 

then you don’t respect them in return, 

what is the process?” Perfetto said after 

the vote. 

Lopez Torres’ husband, Matthew 

Chachere, shot back at Perfetto that it was 

Assemblyman Lopez’s daughter, fresh out 

of law school, who was recommended 

and that the judge already had a law secretary 

for over three years who she would 

wuz robbed.’ 

“You sense it in the City Hall 

and in the downtown — what was 

taken from us. ... Brooklyn has this 

proud, sulky self-image of the place 

that was once so much greater and 

no one understands. You feel a 

sense of exclusion and identity.” 

He enjoys a love affair with 

Brooklyn, and like other such affairs, 

he also requires distance. In 

his 20s, he moved to Berkeley, 

Calif., and stayed away for 10 

years, even as his old flame beckoned. 

“I think I needed a whopping 

dose of exile,” he explains. “I 

would come back and see my 

friends and go back to the old 

neighborhood and I was manifestly 

restless with it. It took me some 

time to harvest an acceptable psychological 

distance.” 

In researching “Fortress of Solitude,” 

Lethem would duly walk 

around Dean Street and elsewhere, 

but he also wrote parts of the book 

in Berlin and at the Yaddo writer’s 

retreat in upstate New York. He 

calls it a cycle of “pulling away and 

yearning back.” 

His recent novels have marked a 

steady path home. But for his next 

book, which he hasn’t started, the 

author is thinking about the West 

Coast, the Bay Area. His story will 

be less about parents and children 

than about relationships among 

adults. 

At least on paper, he’s pulling 

away. 

have had to fire. 

“Was she unqualified? Was she unqualified?” 

Perfetto asked twice, as Chachere 

interjected that his wife already had a law 

secretary at the time. 

“She would have had to fire her court 

attorney,” Chachere said. 

“That’s not what I heard,” Perfetto responded. 

By the end of the meeting about the 

only one who claimed to see a silver lining 

was Norman. 

“I don’t know what transpired,” Norman 

said of the scuffle. “All I know is 

they calmed down and we leave here united 

as Democrats.” 

In addition to the Supreme Court selections, 

the Democratic Party’s choice for a 

borough-wide Civil Court seat won on 

Primary Day. 

Shawndya Simpson defeated Dawn 

Jimenez for a countywide Civil Court seat 

by a count of 30,303 to 20,500. 

n district seat primaries, Desmond 

Green and Kathryn Smith, who narrowly 

defeated Kathy King, were winners. 

Smith, who was passed over for a 

Supreme Court judgeship, faces a recount 

this week. 

MART… 


Santa Maria, adding that parking on 86th 

Street, the main Bensonhurst shopping 

strip, was driving people, like himself, 

away from smaller merchants to chain 

stores with parking lots. 

“I’m very excited about it,” Howard 

Feuer, district manager of Community 

Board 11, said of the coming of Kohl’s. 

Asked about possible traffic problems, 

Feuer said he was more worried about the 

space being vacant. 

“I can’t always worry about traffic,” 

Feuer said. 

“We wouldn’t have Yankee Stadium, 

we wouldn’t have Shea Stadium, and we 

wouldn’t have Manhattan if we were always 

worried about traffic.” 

The former leaseholder, Kmart, shut its 

doors eight months ago after the company 

filed for bankruptcy and scaled back. 

The store has sat empty ever since. A 

wide range of prospective tenants — 

ranging from churches to national retailer 

Target — has expressed interest, Gindi 

said. 

Before being taken over by Kmart, the 

site was occupied by Caesar’s Bay 

Bazaar, a multilevel, indoor flea market. 



BWN 11 

Republicans are trying to dis Dean 

To the editor: 

It goes without saying that 

the leading candidate of the Democratic 

Party, Dr. Howard 

Dean, is going to be upbraided 

and criticized for anything and 

everything he does — or does 

not — by local Republican Party 

activists [“Hurst pol: Prez 

hopeful dissed city,” Sept. 8]. 

Dean holds up a poster of 

some sort — we are not shown 

this display — and Republican 

deride him for “graffiti”! 

Dean went to medical 

school in the Bronx — but reports 

are printed claiming he 

is “from Park Avenue,” deriding 

him as an elitist. 

Try as they may, Republican 

spokespeople cannot diminish 

our interest in this new 

spokesman of the Democratic 

Party. — Lily Samuels, 


Don’t forget 

Kucinich 


While it’s true that twothirds 

of registered Democrats 

cannot name a single candidate 

running for the Democratic 

nomination for president, 

The Brooklyn Papers surely 

should be able to name each 

one of them. 

Your article headlined “Hurst 

pol: Prez hopeful dissed city” 

left out Rep. Dennis Kucinich 

(D-OH). I wonder why. 

Mr. Kucinich is working for 

world leadership through peace, 

national health insurance, full 

Social Security benefits at 65, 

environmental renewal/clean 

energy, funding education pre- 

K through college, civil rights 

and repeal of the Patriot Act, 

women’s reproductive choice, 

withdrawal from NAFTA and 

WTO, new protections for family 

farmers, and a full employment 

economy. 

— The Rev. Thomas Lawrence 

Downtown 

Editor’s note: We regret the 

error. 

Fund Expwy 

air study 


There is no doubt the EPA 

misled millions about the air 

quality Brooklynites were 

breathing for weeks (“Hillary: 

B’klyn air needs testing,” 

Sept. 8). 

Among many, Sen. Clinton 

would like the federal govern- 

Master plan 

at Antic 



The Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation 

will release a version of its long-awaited master plan for the 

1.5-mile stretch of the avenue spanning from the waterfront 

to Flatbush Avenue at the Atlantic Antic on Sunday. 

The plan, which is to be distributed as a full-color brochure, will 

discuss the broad strategy as well as implementation priorities such 

as intersection improvements at Boerum Place and Furman Street, 

streetscape enhancements and parking improvements. 

Many of the suggestions are unlikely to surprise those who attended 

the master planning sessions, where a large scope of adjustments 

were discussed including installing benches, tree pits 

and Muni-Meters, which are identified as priorities in the 

brochure. 

The plan also urges for a mixed-use development at the 

Brooklyn House of Detention, currently unused by the city’s Department 

of Correction, and the inclusion of Pier 6 into Brooklyn 

Bridge Park, making Atlantic Avenue a gateway to the 1.6-mile 

commercial and recreational waterfront development. 

Others suggestions include a simplified pedestrian crossing at 

Flatbush and Fourth avenues and some kind of gateway to announce 

the beginning of the strip at that end. 

The plan will be distributed after 12:30 pm, on Sept. 21, in 

front of the Brooklyn House of Detention, on Atlantic Avenue at 

Boerum Place. Consultants will be available for questions. 

CHEESY… 


He said Fran Sippel’s cheesecake was lighter and fluffier than 

the Junior’s version, although he admitted that no side-by-side 

taste test was performed. 

Word of Shea’s comments to The Brooklyn Papers this week 

sent ripples throughout the borough. 

A shocked Borough President Marty Markowitz, perhaps the 

most loyal booster of Junior’s cheesecake, and of Brooklyn, said, 

“Let me be one of the judges! Bring it on!” 

And Junior’s owner Alan Rosen, while not concerned that another 

business would eat his lunch — or dessert, as it were — 

was surprised he wasn’t invited to the dance. 

“That’s pretty laughable,” said Rosen. “They’re having a 

cheesecake-eating competition and they didn’t call Junior’s! 

Seems a little cocky.” 

The grandson of the restaurant’s founder, Harry Rosen, who 

with his master baker concocted the famous cheesecake recipe in 

1950, asked, “What cheesecake are they eating — Sara Lee?” 

For decades, Junior’s Restaurant, on the corner of DeKalb Avenue 

and Flatbush Avenue Extension, has claimed international 

supremacy by turning cream cheese, eggs, vanilla and sugar into 

what it claims to be the “world’s most fabulous cheesecake.” 

They offer everything from the traditional 10-inch cheesecake all 

the way up to tiered wedding cheesecakes. The cheesecakes are 

also sold online for delivery nationwide. 

But the Sippels are determined to buck Brooklyn’s cheesecake 

establishment. 

“We are certainly letting Junior’s know that we are on the 

block and we are not intimidated by them,” said Chris Sippel. 

And if you think the IFOCE’s decision is to be taken lightly 

consider this: Does the competitive-eating sanctioning body hold 

the Papaya King hot dog eating contest each July 4? No. For 

decades they’ve held the event at Nathan’s Famous, in Coney Island, 

home of the most storied wiener in the world. 

This past Independence Day, the Coney Island Nathan’s sold 

more than 20,000 dogs during and after the contest. 

On Sept. 21, about a dozen hardened and hungry competitors, 

including former jalapeno pepper-eating champion Don “Moses” 

Lerman, world egg-eating champion Eric “Badlands” Booker, 

and sweets specialist Edward “Cookie” Jarvis, will line up for the 

IFOCE cheesecake-eating championship on a stage in front of 

the Downtown Atlantic Restaurant. 

Seeking to avoid the looming controversy, Candace Damon, 

president of the Atlantic Avenue Local Development Corporation 

(LDC), which organizes the Atlantic Antic, said it was the idea of 

the IFOCE to hold a cheesecake-eating competition and that the 

gorge-off itself was actually not an LDC-run event. Rather, she 

said, the IFOCE suggested holding the competition during the 

massive street festival and the LDC agreed. 

“I love Junior’s cheesecake. I also love Downtown Atlantic 

cheesecake,” Damon said, adding, “and the more the merrier.” 

An LDC advertisement for the Antic, which ran in this and other 

publications, touts the cheesecake-eating contest as one of the day’s 

highlights, calling it “An Antic premiere! Presented by IFOCE.” 

While Downtown Atlantic has only been in business since 

April, its bakery and cheesecake share a longer relationship with 

Atlantic Avenue. 

For about 10 years, the bakery was known as Cakes and 

Cookies by Fran, and run by Fran Sippel, until it was incorporated 

into the new restaurant. 

A stage will be set up outside the Downtown Atlantic Restaurant, 

on Atlantic Avenue between Bond and Hoyt streets, where 

the competitors will converge at 1:30 pm, for a six-minute eat-off 

of Fran Sippel’s 3-inch, quarter-pound mini-cheesecakes. 

Chris Sippel even said he would erect a “wall of fame” displaying 

plaques honoring this year’s and future winners. 

“Junior’s probably makes the most cheesecakes, and we probably 

make the best,” he said. 

ment to foot the bill for more 

testing and cleanups. But I have 

a better idea. Take a look at the 

plume of smoke that washed 

over Brooklyn in the first few 

days. Its course directly charted 

the elevated Gowanus Expressway 

in satellite photos. 

This means the people that 

bore the brunt of whatever 

was in that air also live directly 

adjacent to the Gowanus 

Expressway. On a usual day, 

the air around it is already 

choked with pollution from 

automobiles. As a result, its 

residents are doubly suffering. 

Much like the stipend the 

federal government granted 

individuals — $300 to buy 

vaccum cleaners and HEPA 

filters — in the months after 

9-11, we need the feds to invest 

in an improvement in our 

air. The quickest and best way 

to improve the quality of air in 

Brooklyn is to build the longdelayed 

and studied Gowanus 

tunnel — and to put it on the 

fast track. Here is one huge 

payment the federal government 

could make that without 

a doubt would greatly improve 

the breathing quality for 

millions. It would also upgrade 

our transportation network 

and connect neighborhoods 

long disenfranchised by 

the work of the late, no-to-sogreat, 

Robert Moses. 

I would like to urge Brooklyn 

Borough President Marty 

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 

Markowitz, our two senators, 

the Brooklyn City Council 

delegation and Mayor Mike 

Bloomberg to form a collective 

synergy to lean on the 

federal government to fully 

fund it. 

It would provide a win-win 

scenario for all Brooklynites. 

— Clarence Eckerson, 

Carroll Gardens 

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America Slope 


In rebuttal of Chris Segedy’s 

Sept. 1 response to my 

original letter concerning the 

article “Fourth Avenue poised 

as Slope’s next ‘boom’ strip” 

[July 28], my letter never said 

that replacing bodegas and 99cent 

stores didn’t represent 

progress. My point was that 

those were NOT the kinds of 

businesses that were displaced 

in my neighborhood. 

The imaginary picture of 

endless blocks of bodegas and 

discount stores has not existed 

in reality for most of my life 

here. I DON’T yearn for the 

neighborhood we moved into 

25 years ago. I DO yearn for 

the neighborhood we had after 

about a dozen years of sweat 

equity, community cooperation 

and civic action. That life 

is what is ignored by every article 

I’ve seen written on this 

development plan, and by 

your letter, Mr. Segedy. 

In a note mailed to me, [Mr. 

Segedy] suggested I move to a 

number of Brooklyn neighborhoods 

that are still in the 

state ours was 25 years ago. 

My answer to that is: Been 

there, done that, your turn. 

I did NOT accuse developers 

of making classist and 

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racists assumptions. I accused 

the article of that. Specifically, 

I was reacting to the lumping 

together of bodegas and loitering 

drunks. I stand by my 

opinion that it was a racist 

statement, however unintended 

it may have been. 

For the record, my husband 

was born in southwestern Detroit, 

and lived there throughout 

college. His mother lived 

there for many years after we 

were married. We visit family 

in that area at least annually, 

and occasionally visit the “old 

neighborhood.” 

I grew up in a rural northwestern 

Connecticut town. 

Neither of us is a native 

Brooklynite. Our three kids 

are, though, and none of them 

can afford to live in the neighborhood 

they call home despite 

advanced degrees and 

professional jobs. My use of 

the phrase “Middle America” 

was intended to indicate a sociological 

phenomenon — 

sanitized communities — not 

a geographical location. 

Finally, It’s not true “property 

owners can only charge 

what the market dictates.” 

We rent our garden apartment 

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live as we speak. Those owners 

who have warehoused properties 

for 20 to 30 years, especially, 

have the same option. One 

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human beings. Americans 

seem to have lost sight of that. 

—Christine Napolitan, 

Park Slope 

Deal reveals 

2-faced mayor 


The day before the twoyear 

anniversary of 9-11 the 

city announced its contract 

with Snapple, making it the 

official drink of New York 

City for the tidy sum of $166 

million. Mayor Bloomberg 

said New York would benefit 

from corporate sponsorship. 

However, when the mayor 

was approached with keeping 

firehouses open by allowing 

corporate sponsorship, his answer 

was a resounding, “NO.” 

Why the change? 

I am being asked to pay for 

textbooks for my son in public 

school and I am faced with no 

firehouse in Cobble Hill-Carroll 

Gardens, where response 

times from other houses to 

cover this area have increased 

by two minutes and eight seconds. 

This increase is contrary 

to federal guidelines and express 

assurances from the 

mayor that there would be no 

increases of that magnitude. 

When approached about 

corporate sponsorship to keep 

the firehouses open the mayor 

said it was not going to happen 

because New York City was 

“not for sale.” Why the change? 

I am disheartened by the 

timing, coming on the anniversary 

of 9-11. Also disheartening 

is this “innovative” 

financing by a city which has 

cut the legs from small restaurants 

and other business owners 

with increased cafe license 

fees, alleged awning infractions 

and the smoking ban. 

Corporations came to the 

mayor with a solution to keep 

open the firehouses, our first 

line of defense in a city that 

still weeps for the lost heroes 

of 9-11. These corporations, 

unlike Snapple, asked for nothing 

in return for forking over 

the $6 million that it would 

take to keep the firehouses 

open, but the mayor piously 

said, “No, the city is not for 

sale.” Now our mayor says yes 

to Snapple, which has demanded 

Snapple vending machines 

in city buildings, schools, etc. 

Please, Mr. Mayor, answer 

those of us who know the 

truth. Have you lost your piety 

or is the issue of the city being 

“not for sale” just a question 

of price? — Lori Burch, 

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For Clones, a classy exit 

Team, fans endure loss but keep their pride 

By Ed Shakespeare 


When the Brooklyn 

Dodgers won their only 

World Series, in 1955, 

there were celebrations all 

over the borough, with a 

joyous parade that still 

lingers in the memories of 

many Brooklynites today. 

But by 1958, the team was 

gone. 

When professional baseball 

returned to Brooklyn in 2001, 

the Cyclones won the McNamara 

Division, beating the 

Staten Island Yankees in the 

semifinals of the playoffs. 

But because of the events 

of Sept. 11 that year, the 

championship round of the 

playoffs was canceled, and the 

Clones were name co-champs 

with the Williamsport Crosscutters. 

In Brooklyn — and 

everywhere else in the country, 

for that matter — no one 

wanted to celebrate. 

This year, the Cyclones 

made it to the finals against 

the same Williamsport Crosscutters. 

But they were swept 

two-games-to-none, losing 

once on the road and, one 

night later, in heartbreaking 

fashion at Keyspan Park. 

With the score tied at 2 and 

Bryan King on the mound in 

the 10th inning last Wednesday, 

a neighborhood guy, Anthony 

Bocchino, led off for 

Williamsport. The only problem 

Brooklyn fans have with 

Bocchino, who grew up in 

Bensonhurst, is that he plays 

for Williamsport. Oh, and he 

kills Brooklyn. This year, he 

hit .500 against Brooklyn during 

the regular season, with 14 

hits in 28 at bats. 

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Bocchino to second base. 

Then catcher Milver Reyes 

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Bocchino with the lead run. 

In the bottom of the 11th, 

the Clones’ Blake Whealy 

popped out. Tyler Davidson, 

playing first because of an injury 

to Ian Bladergroen, struck 

out, and then Stacy Bennett 

popped to first. The season 

was over. 

The Crosscutters poured 

onto the field and celebrated, 

spraying Champagne all over 

themselves as they cheered 

wildly. Meanwhile, the Cyclones 

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Down in the Brooklyn clubhouse, 

the players were silent. 

They sat or stood at their lockers, 

packed and changed from 

their uniforms, all without a 

word. Some players quietly 

padded toward the showers. 

They weren’t surly or sulky. 

But this clubhouse wasn’t a 

happy place. Boy, did they 

want to win. Sometimes it’s a 

long time between chances to 

win a professional championship. 

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Over at Jon Slack’s locker, 

he packed his bats in a cardboard 

shipping box, sealing 

the box with tape. His grandparents 

had been staying with 

a friend on Long Island and 

had been following the team’s 

fortunes for the past two 

weeks, attending most games, 

home and away. Now, both 

Slack and his grandparents 

would be going home to Las 

Vegas. 

Earlier in the week, Slack 

had made a Willie Mays-like, 

over-the-head catch against 

Oneonta, saving that series and 

allowing the Clones to play another 

day. Slack doesn’t take 

losing easily. But he answered 

reporters’ questions politely. 

Across the room was Ian 

Bladergroen, the first baseman 

who set a consecutive-gamesplayed 

record for the Cyclones 

at 74. The irony: the 

Cyclones’ iron man broke the 

thumb on his right hand in a 

first base collision with a runner 

earlier that night. He had 

left for the hospital during the 

game, but returned to root on 

his teammates in the final innings. 

“I had wanted to be out 

there at the end of the game,” 

he said as he looked at his 

broken right thumb. Because 

of his injury, his scheduled 

stint in the fall Florida Instructional 

league was up in the air. 

But Bladergroen seemed more 

disappointed about the series 

loss. 

Outside of Keyspan Park, 

near the players’ entrance on 

the first-base side, fans were 

still gathered an hour after the 

game. As each Cyclone would 

exit the stadium, the fans 

would cheer. Chuck Monsanto, 

from Williamsburg, who 

rooted his heart out from section 

14 during the game, was 

one of them. 

His team had lost, but there 

he was clapping and offering 

praise for “his guys” as they 

came out to the sidewalk. 

Marty Bromberger was 

there too, but that wasn’t as 

surprising because he lives 

right there in Coney Island. 

He cheered as each player exited, 

despite the loss. 

“Of course we cheer now,” 

he said. “We’re Brooklynites.” 

Second baseman Blake 

Whealy came through the 

players’ exit. The fans cheered. 

Whealy turned around and 

went back into the clubhouse. 

He came out with baseball 

caps for the fans. Soon, he’d 

be back home in River Forest, 

Ill. 

Outside, on the sidewalk in 

front of Keyspan, Downtown’s 

Patrick Witt, the fan 

who organizes bus trips for 

the Peggy O’Neill’s Restaurant 

adjacent to the park on 

Surf Avenue was hanging 

around. Pat was feeling down 

about the Cyclones loss. He 

roots to win. 

He also took a loss on the 

bus trips this year — a financial 

loss. He organizes the 

trips for the sheer enjoyment 

of doing it, but it would be 

nice if he didn’t lose money 

on it. Still, even after such a 

letdown — and the money out 

of his pocket — he’s going to 

run them again next season. 

Up Surf Avenue at 

Nathan’s, the Crosscutters bus 

was parked next to the curb. 

Inside Nathan’s, the team was 

lined up in three rows to order 

their bags of hot dogs, cheeseburgers 

and fries for the fourand-a-half-hour 

ride back to 

Williamsport. Here were the 

newly crowned champions of 

the New York-Penn League, 

and they were quiet. Euphoria 

— like that seen drenched in 

Champagne on the field a few 

hours back — lasts only so 

long. Soon you’re at the back 

of a slow-moving line at close 

to midnight, and nobody, except 

your teammates, knows 

you’re there. 

“Winning isn’t everything,” 

a short, stocky catcher from 

Sheepshead Bay once said, 

“but wanting to win is everything.” 

The Cyclones lost the final 

playoff game on the field, but 

there was plenty of winning 

behavior off the field. Plenty 

of heart from Brooklyn’s temporary 

Downtown residents 

like Robert Paulk, Ian Bladergroen, 

Jon Slack, Blake 

Whealy and the rest. Plenty of 

soul from fans like Marty 

Bromberger and Chuck Monsanto, 

who stayed after a loss 

to cheer their team. Plenty of 

determination from fan Pat 

Witt, who’ll keep running 

trips for the fans. 

So who was that catcher 

from Sheepshead Bay? Well, 

the aforementioned quote 

came from a guy didn’t have 

the eyesight to hit well, yet 

played for the Brooklyn 

Dodgers. The Brooklyn Football 

Dodgers. He is most famous 

for saying, “Winning isn’t 

everything, it’s the only 

thing.” But more importantly, 

Vince Lombardi later explained, 

he admired the will to 

win. 

Keyspan Park was now deserted. 

Radio announcer 

Warner Fusselle and a couple 

of writers walked downstairs 

from the press box to Surf Avenue. 

It was a cool evening. 

The lights on the Coney Island 

rides were darkened, and 

there was a full moon high 

over centerfield. It had been 

an exciting playoff run, an exciting 

game and season. 

But now it was after midnight. 

It was no longer Sept. 

10. And everybody was safe. 

There will be another 

chance to win a championship 

next year. 

Ridin’the 

Ridin’the Cyclones 

Cyclones 

Your 2003 

Clonie awards 

S 

ure, the 2003 Brooklyn Cyclones did 

not win the New York-Penn League 

Championship, but the season that end- 

ed with last Wednesday’s 4-3, 11th-inning 

heartbreaking loss to the Williamsport Crosscutters 

was a constant reminder of how great 

it is to have baseball back in Brooklyn and 

how much pleasure can be had from watching 

a crisp ballgame in a great (cheap) seat in a 

gorgeous setting. 

Win or lose, the Brooklyn Cyclones will always 

make their fans scream, “Wait ‘til next 

year!” — because, indeed, we can’t wait for 

Opening Day to get here already. 

That said, let’s take one last look back at the 

2003 season by handing out The Brooklyn Papers’ 

illustrious Clonie Awards. The envelopes, 

please: 

The Don Rickles Award for Cruelest Putdown: 

Late in the season, Cyclones first baseman 

(and 74-game-in-a-row Iron Man) Ian 

Bladergroen tied the team’s single-season record 

for most hits. When told the news, teammate 

Brett Harper joked, “Yeah, well I’ll bet he goes 

0-fer and doesn’t break it.” Well, Harper was 

right. The Blade went 0-16 down the stretch — 

ending his season at a still-impressive .285 batting 

average — and didn’t get a hit in the playoffs. 

To add injury to insult, Bladergroen fractured 

his thumb in the Cyclones’ last game. 

The Black Cat Award for Biggest Jinx: 

Cyclones radio announcer Warner Fusselle had 

an uncanny knack for saying the wrong thing at 

the wrong time. When Bladergroen had a 12game 

hitting streak, Fusselle mentioned it on 

the air — and Bladergroen promptly went hitless. 

Fusselle did the same thing a few days later 

to Jonathan Slack and, poof, there went 

Slack’s eight-game hitting streak. And as pitcher 

Vince Cordova, who had a 1.40 ERA at one 

point, prepared for a start, Fusselle asked him if 

he was going to “get it under 1 tonight.” Cordova 

was promptly shelled. 

The Warren Beatty Award for Male Vanity: 

Fans may have noticed the many different 

faces of third-baseman Aaron Baldiris on the 

scoreboard at Keyspan Park — but the constant 

switching was at Baldiris’ request. Apparently, 

he never liked the photo of him that 

team officials were using — no matter which 

one they used. Aaron, maybe it’s time to just 

admit you’re no matinee idol. But look on the 

bright side: You’re the best fielding third baseman 

in Cyclones history. 

The Lenny Dykstra Award for Gratuitous 

Grime: OK, he’s a catcher, so that gives 

him an unfair advantage in this category, but 

Tony Piazza went above and beyond the call 

of filthiness during the season. After one particularly 

dirty game, Piazza didn’t even shower 

— or remove his smeared eye-black — before 

going out to dinner with his visiting 

girlfriend. He was later fined by the team’s 

kangaroo court, with the $2 proceeds going to 

an end-of-season party. 

The Third-Annual Al Jolson Award For 

Profligate Use of Eye-Black: Last year’s 

winner, Brett Harper — a guy who would 

wear eye-black even if he was playing in a 

winter league in Alaska — would have won 

again this year were it not for Ian Bladergroen’s 

even more profound addiction to the 

glare-reducing, under-eye paint. Like Harper, 

the Blade wore his eye-black day or night. But 

unlike Harper, he uses so much that it looks 

like he’s trying to get an off-season job in a 

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minstrel show. Not only that, but at Keyspan 

Park, the setting sun is never in a first baseman’s 

eyes. He even wore the stuff during 

rain-delayed games. 

The Kennisaw Mountain Landis Award 

for Most Ridiculous Front Office Rule: The 

Mets organization has plenty of rules designed 

to ensure professionalism, such as mandating 

collared shirts when players are in “street” 

clothes. But manager Tim Teufel went a little 

too far by barring players from wearing their 

Cyclones caps outside of Keyspan Park. 

Teufel’s explanation was that the Cyclones 

front office already employs plenty of public 

relations people, so there is no need for the 

players to be promoting the team, too. But 

Teufel forgot that those caps are also a useful 

tool for self-promotion. No longer could Cyclones 

players stride down a Brooklyn street 

and immediately be recognized — and celebrated 

as the stars they are. 

The Ty Cobb Award for Best Taunt: After 

a collision at home plate ended a hard-fought 

win over the hated Staten Island Yankees, some 

Yankees rushed onto the field looking for a 

fight. As coaches defused the situation, Cyclones 

pitcher Tanner Osberg jumped onto the 

field and held up seven fingers — the number 

of consecutive games the Cyclones had won 

over the Yankees at that point in the season. It 

wasn’t classy, but it was effective. 

The Muhammad Ali Award for Best 

Fight Strategy: When a bench-clearing brawl 

erupted during a game, Osberg jumped onto 

the field first and started pummeling people. 

Yet he wasn’t suspended or fined by the 

league. Why not? Because he jumped onto the 

field wearing his warm-up jacket, thereby hiding 

his uniform number from the umpire. 

“Pretty smart, huh?” Osberg said. 

The Roger McDowell Award for Best 

Guy to Have in the Dugout During a Losing 

Streak: Plenty of Cyclones — think 

Jonathan Slack, Ender Chavez and Tony Piazza 

— could be nominated in this category for 

keeping their teammates loose. But no one 

was better than Osberg, who was always 

quick to administer a hotfoot or other teambonding 

gags. Osberg was always doing 

something weird in the dugout, like when he 

rubbed the side of his head whenever an opposing 

pitcher ran up a two-ball and twostrike 

count with two outs. “That’s my ‘twotwo-two’ 

hex,” he said. 

The Most Oblivious Cyclone: During one 

home game, pitcher Brian Bannister spent a 

good two innings with a bubble-gum bubble on 

his cap, courtesy of Piazza. Bannister remained 

oblivious, even as fans screamed, “Hey, bubble 

boy!” He eventually figured it out. 

The George Burns Award for Ridiculously 

Slow Walking: Pitching coaches learn 

early to walk very slowly from the dugout to 

the mound, which gives relief pitchers more 

time to warm up. But no one does it better — 

or slower — than Cyclones pitching coach 

Hector Berrios. The lithe and physically fit 

Berrios walks to the mound as if aided by an 

invisible walker. And he contorts his body in 

such a way that it appears that he’s walking 

briskly, when in fact, he is not. Berrios’ sluggishness 

could explain the bullpen’s remarkable 

performance this year. 

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Hip-hop diplomacy 

Rennie Harris 

spreads his 

urban dance 

message with 

free Bklyn shows 

By Shanti Crawford 


W 

hen the performers in Rennie Harris’ 

hip-hop company, Puremovement, 

take the stage, it is impossible not to 

watch. 

A typical sequence involves a dancer sliding 

across the stage on his head, followed up 

by a headspin that cantilevers to a crosslegged 

freeze. What you’re seeing is not so 

much dance as an attack on the laws of 

physics. 

On Sept. 20 and Sept. 21, Harris will 

bring his company to Brooklyn for free performances 

in Red Hook’s Coffey Park. This 

outdoor performance launches “Dancing in 

the Park,” a multiyear festival sponsored by 

the groups Dancing in the Streets and the 

Friends of Coffey Park. 

For Dancing in the Streets Executive Director 

Aviva Davidson, Harris was a fitting 

choice for the festival’s opening show. 

“I have wanted to present Rennie Harris 

in Red Hook for several years,” she explained. 

“Our arts education program focuses 

on the hip-hop vernacular, and I am eager 

for our students and their families to see hip- 

hop performed by masters.” This perform- 

ance series is a part of Dancing in the 

Streets’ Red Hook initiative, which includes 

an arts program in the public schools, community 

celebrations and site-specific performance. 

Brandon Albright, assistant artistic director 

and dancer in Puremovement, hopes to 

give the audience a taste of hip-hop’s roots. 

“Mainly I want them to learn who created 

the movement and the history behind the 

movement — so that they can understand 

what they are doing while they are moving,” 

said Albright. 

Harris himself noted in a recent interview 

with the Metro Santa Cruz newspaper, “A 

lot of people don’t realize that there’s a lot 

of styles of dance that fall under the umbrella 

of hip-hop. You know, you’re talking 

about robot, popping, boogaloo, strutting, 

sagging, boogie. You’re talking about flexing, 

house, trendy, vogue, second-line. Then 

you have B-boy, then you have hip-hop 

proper … and a lot of times, the public is 

only bombarded with the acrobatics of hiphop, 

which is B-boying.” 

For the “Dancing in the Parks” show, 

Puremovement will perform selections from 

the company’s repertoire including “P- 

Funk,” “March of the Antmen,” “Continuum,” 

and the title work, “Students of the Asphalt 

Jungle.” 

Albright describes the title work as “a vibrant 

affirmation of Afro-American heritage 

through movement handed down through 

spirit and instinct.” 

The company will also present a lecturedemonstration 

on Friday, Sept. 19 that traces 

the progression of hip-hop’s forms, and its 

connections to African, Afro-Brazilian, Afro- 

Cuban and Puerto Rican dance. 

Harris first gained widespread recognition 

in the modern dance world for a 1992 solo 

called “Endangered Species” in which he 

Bob Emmott 

Pure virtuosity: Rennie Harris Puremovement, which performed “Rome & Jewels” 

(above) for 651 Arts in May 2002 at the BAM Harvey Theater, returns to Brooklyn 

this weekend for free performances in Coffey Park. 

flees unseen assailants in a slow-motion 

popping-and-locking sequence. This piece, 

provocative because of its critical look at urban 

violence, represented one of the first 

times hip-hop dance was created for the theater. 

He grew up on the north side of Philadelphia 

in a neighborhood called “the Badlands.” 

He started out by copying moves 

seen on “Soul Train” and went on to tour 

with Run DMC, the Fat Boys, Kurtis Blow 

and Whodini. In 1992, he formed his own 

company with the goal of moving hip-hop 

dance out from behind rappers and onto the 

center stage. 

Harris, now 39, continues to act as 

spokesman for hip-hop’s history and vibrancy. 

But his role as the dance’s ambassador 

doesn’t stop him from constantly pushing its 

boundaries as a theatrical art form. His 2000 

“Rome and Jewels,” an adaptation of 

“Romeo and Juliet,” was the first eveninglength 

narrative hip-hop dance. (Last year, 

651 Arts, the leading presenter of African 

and African-American dance, music and theater 

featured “Rome and Jewels” at the 

BAM Harvey Theater.) 

He followed this effort with “Facing 

Mekka,” another evening-length piece that 

highlights hip-hop’s global reach with a 

DANCE 

Dancing in the Streets presents “Students 

of the Asphalt Jungle,” a program by 

Rennie Harris Puremovement, on Sept. 20 

and Sept. 21, 2-3 pm, at Coffey Park, Dwight 

Street between Verona Street and Visitation 

Place in Red Hook. In case of rain, performances 

will take place at PS 15’s auditorium, at 

71 Sullivan St. between Van Brunt and 

Richards streets. 

The “History of Hip-Hop” performance 

and Q&A will be Sept. 19, 6-7 pm, at PS 27’s 

auditorium, 27 Huntington St. between Columbia 

and Hicks streets. 

The events are free of charge and open to 

the public. For more information, call (212) 

625-3505. 

band that included Indian tablas and movement 

inspired by Japanese butoh. 

While the scope of his projects expands, 

urban violence remains a recurring theme. 

Playful and exuberant moments are often 

contrasted with grim images of horror and 

loss. An early group piece depicts a slowmotion, 

drive-by shooting, while the ending 

of “Facing Mekka” was based on an experience 

of coming across a dead body floating 

in the water while jogging near the 

Schuylkill River. 

This tension is perhaps best seen in Harris’ 

solos. Relying largely on the early style 

of locking-and-popping, his solos are both 

fluid and jarring, and at times look like 

something between meditation and electrocution. 

While Harris doesn’t like to ascribe to any 

analysis of his work, he does speak of hiphop 

as both a link to the past, and as a kind 

of spirituality. 

“Before hip-hop,” Harris said in the 

Metro Santa Cruz interview, “it was rhythm 

and blues, it was rock, it was jazz, it was 

classical, it was whatever gave you that 

sense of freedom that you could just go 

ahead and do your thing and just be in tune 

with the divine order, so to speak, and understand 

the moment of now. It’s not categorized, 

it’s just another means by which we 

can get there, a vehicle to get back to loving 

ourselves, and getting back to, ultimately, 

loving in general.” 

This weekend, Harris will bring his meditations 

on love and violence to Coffey Park. 

As concert dance goes, little else compares 

to the virtuosity and gritty immediacy of his 

work. 

CINEMA 

Age of ‘Reason’ 

Marxist, poet, novelist, actor, intellectual, homosexual, 

filmmaker — Pier Paolo Pasolini wore so many 

hats it was impossible to separate his art from his life. 

When he died in 1975 — murdered by a gay 

prostitute right before the release of his final, nearly 

unwatchably grisly film, “Salo: or the 120 Days of 

Sodom” — Pasolini had 

already achieved artistic 

freedom, critical acclaim, 

fame and fortune 

… a decidedly contradictory 

existence for an 

avid socialist. 

Now Laura Betti (at 

left with Pasolini), who 

acted in several of his 

films and currently 

heads the Pasolini 

Foundation, in Italy, has 

made a documentary, 

“Pier Paolo Pasolini and 

the Reason of a Dream,” which will be shown at 

BAMcinematek (30 Lafayette Ave. at Ashland 

Place in Fort Greene) on Sept. 23 at 7 pm. 

Betti’s 90-minute look at Pasolini can’t hope to 

encompass the complexity of the multifaceted director’s 

art and existence, and smartly doesn’t try. 

Instead, as her title suggests, Betti gives impressionistic 

glimpses of many different Pasolinis — even 

showing an upbeat soccer game between his “Salo” 

crew and the crew of Bernardo Bertolucci’s “1900” 

that ends when a huge cake is brought out and devoured 

by the combatants. 

There are talking-head discussions of his work 

and scenes from several of his films, but Betti humanizes 

Pasolini by showing that everything in his 

art stemmed from his life, and vice-versa. Even 

those unpersuaded by Pasolini’s many artistic endeavors 

will find this documentary illuminating. 

Also showing at BAM in this mini-Pasolini/Betti 

festival is one of his most bizarre creations, “Teorema” 

(1968), starring Betti and Terence Stamp (Sept. 

22 at 4:30, 6:50 and 9:10 pm). Tickets are $10. For 

more information, log onto www.bam.org. 

— Kevin Filipski 

ART 

Chin up 

If you’re walking in Fort Greene, Tuesdays 

through Sundays, from 11 am to 8 pm, don’t forget 

to look up. You don’t want to miss three mechanized, 

life-size marionettes (illustrated above) coming 

to life every hour, on the hour at 80 Hanson 

Place at South Portland Avenue. 

Artist Clara Williams has fashioned an elaborate 

glockenspiel-like installation which emerges from 

the third-floor windows of the building to give an 

eight-minute scene (sans dialogue) from Arthur 

Miller’s 1968 play “The Price.” 

The production is presented by the Public Art 

Fund and the BAM Local Development Corporation, 

which will after renovations offer space in the 

building, 80 Arts — christened this week as the 

James E. Davis Arts Building — to small arts and 

art services groups at below-market rents. 

“The Price (Giving in Gets You Nowhere)” will 

be on display through Oct. 26. For more information 

about the artist, call (212) 980-4575. For more 

information about 80 Arts, call the BAM LDC at 

(718) 789-9366. — Lisa J. Curtis 

ART 

Open studios 

On Sunday, Prospect Heights artists open their 

studios to the public. From noon to 8 pm on Sept. 

21, get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the mysteries 

of creating art — from oil paintings to sculpture 

to video. Works by knitwear 

designer Staceyjoy 

Elkin (pictured) will be 

on display at 651 

Bergen St. Studio tour 

maps are available at 

Freddy’s Bar and Back 

Room (485 Dean St.), 

Soda Bar (628 Vanderbilt 

Ave.) and at Elkin’s 

Red Lipstick boutique 

(64 Sixth Ave.). 

From 8 to 11 pm, 

take a load off at the 

after-studio-party featuring 

live music by Jason Martin and the 

Kamikaze Hearts at Freddy’s Bar and Backroom. 

For more information and a printable map, log 

onto www.prospectheightsartists.org. 

— Lisa J. Curtis 

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Bites 

Neighborhood 

Dining Guide 

This week: 

CARROLL GARDENS 

Baluchi’s 

Indian Food 

263 Smith St. at Degraw Street, (718) 797-0707 

(AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $10.95-$14.95. 

The chain of 14 Indian cuisine purveyors in 

Manhattan and Queens expanded into its third 

borough, Brooklyn, in January. While offering 

many vegetarian-friendly dishes including Bhartha 

(roasted eggplant cooked with onions and peas), 

the Baluchi’s menu also offers chicken, lamb and 

seafood entrees. The Goan shrimp curry, cooked 

with sauteed onion, lime juice, “secret spices” 

and fresh coconut milk, is one of dozens of 

mouthwatering choices. 

The lunch special offers 50 percent off their inhouse 

menu from noon to 3 pm daily, and also 

offers an appetizer and entree combo menu for 

$12.95. 

Gowanus 

Yacht Club 

323 Smith St. at President Street, No phone. 

(Cash only) Entrees: $2-$5. Open through 

Halloween, weather permitting. 

The sign says it all: “Like camp but with beer.” Drift 

away to simpler times at the GYC: burgers, hot 

dogs, and cheap beer. The Yacht Club is chefrestaurateur 

Alan Harding’s (Patois, Schnack) 

answer to Smith Street “bistro boredom,” offering 

a hip, laid-back outdoor space for nostalgic New 

Yorkers to sling back $1 PBRs (Pabst Blue Ribbon). 

Vegetarian “Notdog” ($3) is also available. 

Marco Polo 

Ristorante 

345 Court St. at Union Street, (718) 852-5015, 

www.marcopoloristorante.com (AmEx, DC, 

Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $16.95-$28.95. 

One of Brooklyn’s most elegant dining rooms, 

Marco Polo boasts valet parking, a formally 

dressed and knowledgeable waitstaff and a 

sophisticated menu that reflects the taste of its 

owner, Joe Chirico, a veteran restaurateur. 

Marco Polo has a menu that includes an array of 

hot and cold appetizers, soups, salads, pasta, 

fish, chicken, veal, steaks and chops prepared 

by chef Francesco Insingo. The dessert wagon 

offers pastries, cakes, tortes, fruits, sorbet and 

gelato. Marco Polo is open for lunch and dinner. 

Mezcal’s 

522 Court St. at Huntington Street, (718) 237- 

2230 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $8-$18. 

Chef Moises Gallardo specializes in fajitas — beef 

or chicken with onions and peppers served sizzling 

on a platter with rice and beans. Another 

Mezcal’s favorite is mole poblano, chicken breast 

cooked in a dark brown sauce with four different 

kinds of peppers, plantains, and hints of chocolate 

and spice. Mezcal’s also offers very Mexican 

desserts like vanilla fried ice cream, which is ice 

cream covered with a fried cornmeal crust. Of 

course, it wouldn’t be a fiesta without all of those 

great Mexican drinks from Mezcal’s tequila bar 

including fresh lime juice margaritas. 

P. J . H a n l ey ’ s 

Tavern 

449 Court St. at Fourth Place, (718) 834-8223 

(AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9-$15. 

Step back in time and enjoy cocktails or a wholesome 

meal in Brooklyn’s oldest bar, circa 1874. 

(Originally a Norwegian bar, owner Debbie 

Hanley says it’s been called P.J. Hanley’s for the 

last 60 years, with only four owners in its 128 

years.) The atmosphere is warm and welcoming, 

with its mahogany bar, huge marble columns and 

railing, mosaic tiled floor, original tin ceilings and 

walls. Dine at the bar, sit in the spacious dining 

room, or eat al fresco in the outdoor beer garden, 

surrounded by twinkling lights. 

The menu is what you’d expect from a classic 

Irish pub: hearty comfort food. There are terrific 

hamburgers and pork chops, plus daily fish, 

pasta and chicken specials. Every Tuesday night 

you can order a complete prime rib dinner for 

$9.95! The food is simply prepared, with generous 

portions. Available for private parties. Lunch 

is served Thursday, Friday and Saturday, and 

dinner is served daily starting at 5 pm. Enjoy the 

corned beef special ($9.95) which includes a 

pitcher of domestic beer, on Tuesdays. 

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Catering & Gourmet Dining 

delivery/takeout 

570 Henry Street (bet. Carroll and Summit Sts.) 

Tues/Wed/T hurs: 10am-10pm; Fri/Sat: 11:30am-11pm 

Weekend Brunch (in-house): 11am-4pm 

• (718) 643-0361 

Chef Marc Elliot of Whim offers a wide 

variety of seafood dishes. 

The Red Rail 

502 Henry St. at Sackett Street, (718) 875- 

1283 (Amex, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9-$14. 

Partner Tod Bullen describes his restaurant as a 

coffeehouse for breakfast, a coffee shop for 

lunch and a California cafe for dinner. The 

“California” means less cream and butter than 

traditional French bistro fare, with more veggie 

options and Mexican influences. This can be 

seen at breakfast in Baja scrambled eggs with 

onion, cilantro and hot cherry peppers; or at 

lunchtime with the Sacramento cheese steak 

sandwich on garlic bread. Sophisticated, but 

child friendly. The Red Rail also offers brunch 

Saturdays and Sundays 9:30 am to 3:30 pm. 

Red Rose 

315 Smith St. at Union Street, (718) 625-0963 

(AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $10-$16. 

This Italian restaurant laid the foundation for the 

Smith Street renaissance 20 years ago. Red 

Rose has an all-Italian wine list, pink linendraped 

tables, red brick walls and Dean Martin 

crooning “Volare.” Run by the Romano family 

for two generations, Red Rose offers a classic 

Southern Italian menu featuring seafood, poultry 

and pastas as well as many enticing daily 

specials. Santo Romano oversees the restaurant 

opened by his parents, and ensures that chef 

Steven Bankhead continues to serve dad’s 

“famous rice balls” as well as the many other 

popular entrees. Romano sums up his two 

decades of success simply: “Our formula is 

fresh, great food and good service.” 

Smitty’s 

276 Smith St. at Sackett Street, (718) 855-9700 

(AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $2.95-$7.95. 

Monte and Charlie Farraj opened the doors to 

their European-style cafe in April. Smitty’s is 

open seven days a week and offers breakfast, 

sandwiches, wraps, salads, cakes, ice cream 

and more. Enjoy the good food and service 

inside or al fresco — Smitty’s has a decked 

backyard. On the run? Just pop in for a cup of 

Joe — they have an extensive coffee bar — and 

pastry to go. 

Sweet Melissa’s 

276 Court St. at Degraw Street, (718) 855- 

3410 (Cash only) Pastries: 65 cents-$9. Large 

tarts: $28. 

Afternoon tea, anyone? Sweet Melissa’s quaint 

tea parlor and bakery is the perfect place to sip 

and munch. Served from 1-5 pm, enjoy scones 

with double cream and homemade preserves, 

finger sandwiches, and petit fours for $14.95 

per person. You’ll also find traditional and nouveau 

cookies, pastries, holiday pies and cakes to 

take home with you. And brides: your day will 

not be complete without a Sweet Melissa’s masterpiece 

wedding cake. 

Whim 

243 Degraw St. at Clinton Street, (718) 797- 

2017 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $7-$16. 

Seafood lovers craving lunch on the half shell 

should be pleased that Whim’s raw bar opens at 

noon. Whim has all the rustic offerings of a New 

England seafood shack as well as more sophisticated 

fare like a corn and lobster chowder that 

weighs in between chowder and bisque. 

Menus change seasonally, so owner Marc Elliot 

suggests consulting the restaurant’s Web site, 

www.gotlemon.com for seasonal updates. 

The Brooklyn Papers File / Greg Mango 

The Brooklyn Paper / Greg Mango 

By Lisa J. Curtis 


S 

o many people have favorite 

memories of dining at Cucina 

restaurant in Park Slope. Whether 

it was that going away party for a colleague, 

or a small bar mitzvah or romantic 

dinner for two, the 15-year-old 

eatery has been a reliable neighborhood 

fixture. Now it’s even better. 

An evening at Cucina is a worry-free 

experience. Diners find their every 

need is attended to — especially their 

craving for sophisticated Italian cuisine, 

bursting with flavor. 

The amenities include valet parking 

— a significant service in the no-parking-spots 

Slope — and a coat check, 

leaving you unfettered from parking 

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Back on top 

Chef Michael Fiore returns 

Cucina to culinary summit 

woes and shopping bags and able to 

snuggle into one of the corner banquettes 

for a scrumptious, multi-course meal delivered 

by a friendly, efficient waitstaff. 

Tireless Chef Michael Fiore is in all 

places at once: on the floor checking 

that customers needs are attended to 

and in the kitchen overseeing the preparation 

of his comprehensive menu that 

offers pastas (many of them freshly 

house-made), fish and meat entrees. 

This is a homecoming of sorts for 

Fiore, 29, a Culinary Institute of America 

grad who is returning to Cucina after a 

three-year absence. (He had previously 

toiled in Cucina’s 

kitchen for four 

years under former 

executive chef 

Michael Ayoub.) 

A Bay Ridge 

resident, Fiore has 

worked in Manhattan’s 

Park Avenue 

Cafe with 

David Burke, at 

Becco and The Frico Bar with Lydia 

Bastianich (“I learned a lot from her,” 

Fiore said of the television host and author), 

and last year, had a brief stint at 

Bay Ridge’s Pazzo, where he opened 

the eatery with a menu that garnered 

critical acclaim. (See the Feb. 4, 2002 

GO Brooklyn review online at 

www.brooklynpapers.com.) 

Fiore returned to Cucina in May, and 

the neighborhood is showing its appreciation 

by returning for dinner, takeout 


DINING 

and private parties. 

“I just have to get them in here 

once,” said Fiore. 

At Cucina, it’s best to let the capable 

staff guide you. They are skilled at 

everything from pairing winning wines 

with each dish to sweeping in with a 

generous basket of fresh, artisanal 

bread and focaccia and a plate of spicy 

olives to pulling together astounding 

antipasto tasting platters. 

Cucina still has the same golden 

lighting, tin ceiling and wooden pizza 

paddles on the 

walls, with jazzy 

background music 

and cozy 

beige banquettes, 

but Fiore still has 

plans to upgrade 

the interior next 

year. He’s already 

revamped 

the wine list with 

many selections from Italy. (Help him 

clean out his wine cellar by snapping 

up discounted wines on Wednesdays.) 

The “antipasto della Cucina” tasting 

plate was a generous array of hors 

d’eouvres brimming with complementary 

flavors. With roasted red peppers 

and the breaded and fried creamy ricotta 

ball in the plate’s center (which 

serves to quench the fire from the very 

garlicky, smoky broccoli rabe), as well 

as grilled asparagus, buttery white but- 

Cucina is located at 256 Fifth Ave. at 

Carroll Street in Park Slope. The restaurant 

accepts American Express, Visa, MasterCard 

and Discover. Entrees: $14-$27. 

For reservations, call (718) 230-0711. For 

more information, visit the Web site at 

www.cucinarestaurant.com. 

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Fiore’s on fire: (Top left) Cucina’s “chocolate bomb,” a chocolate shell 

filled with chocolate mousse and a hazelnut truffle center, is an exclamation 

point to a memorable dining experience. Chef Michael Fiore (at left) 

assembles an assortment of grilled, sauteed and marinated temptations 

(above) in his antipasto tasting plate. 

ton mushrooms, eggplant parmesan, refreshing 

cubed beets, grilled zucchini, 

fresh mozzarella and tender soprassata 

(mild pork sausage), this was a flashy 

exhibition of culinary skill that raised 

our expectations — and effectively 

whetted our appetites — for what was 

still to come. 

The cold seafood salad appetizer of 

lobster and lump crabmeat, topped with 

shrimp and glossy seaweed and surrounded 

by dollops of red pepper vinaigrette, 

was a scrumptious mound of 

creamy, sweet meat from the sea presented 

in a picture-perfect tower. 

If one was yearning for comfort 

food, the crisp, stuffed saffron rice ball, 

filled with a moist melange of ground 

veal, peas, tomatoes and mozzarella, 

was a substantial, dense appetizer guaranteed 

to please. 

The “pizza alla griglio” was a more 

sophisticated version of another comfort 

food. Served without tomato sauce 

on a cracker-thin crust, the pizza was 

topped with asiago cheese, soprassata, 

parmesan and drizzled truffle oil. 

The pastas — whether the gloriously 

light spinach-and-cheese ravioli with 

subtle sage and butter sauce; the earthy, 

creamy wild mushroom risotto with 

parmesan and truffle butter; or the wintry 

half-moon ravioli filled with braised 

veal in a Marsala and truffle oil sauce 

— were so spectacular that they completely 

and utterly eclipsed the unin- 

spired rigatoni in a ragout of garlic, 

sausage, tomatoes and cream. 

But we haven’t yet told you of the 

grilled New Zealand lamb chops: without 

the usual herb crust, they were 

served with a smoky, rich barbecue 

sauce that betrayed Fiore’s knowledge 

of French cooking techniques, learned 

at London’s Le Gavroche under Chef 

Michael Roux. The chops were accompanied 

by crisp, cheesy gratin potatoes 

and the garlicky broccoli rabe. 

The chocolate bomb dessert arrived 

in a spectacular presentation (dome 

shell surrounded by a starburst of drizzled 

chocolate), and then it lived up to 

its name by exploding with so-rich-itwas-fruity 

chocolate. 

Cucina also offers those delicious 

Italian mainstays, cannoli and tiramisu, 

but the peach crostada — a peach tart 

served warm with lavender gelato — 

was a misfire. The strong flavor of 

lavender only served to remind me of 

the sachets in my lingerie drawer and 

seemed better suited to flavoring uneaten 

French pastilles purchased solely for 

their decorative miniature tins. 

In addition to sherries, ports and expertly 

prepared cappuccino and espresso, 

Cucina has an array of after-dinner 

grappas. 

Making a dinner reservation at Cucina 

is a surefire way to create another 

perfectly memorable evening in Park 

Slope. 

Feed your desire 

Husband-and-wife chef team Debbie Lyn and 

Marco Morillo filled a void in Carroll Gardens by 

opening their gourmet prepared foods shop, Crave, 

on July 15. 

Lyn’s impressive credentials include time served 

in the Manhasset, L.I., Payard Patisserie and Bistro, 

and Manhattan’s Nobu. Morillo is applying his experience 

earned at Manhattan’s Bandol Bistro and 

at Palladin. 

The shop offers appetizers, salads, sandwiches, 

pastas, main courses, desserts, sides and even freshly 

pureed baby food (pictured), for takeout or to eat in. 

The Crave prix fixe weekend brunch menu 

($15.95), served 11 am to 4 pm, also offers an ar- 

ray of substantial entrees — from French toast 

sandwich with mixed berry and honey compote to 

a pan-seared rib eye steak. 

Their “Occasions To Go” off-premise catering 

division supplies everything you’ll need to be the 

host with the most, from utensils and plates to 

dessert and wine. 

Crave is located at 570 Henry St., between Carroll 

and Summit streets, and they deliver to Carroll 

Gardens, Red Hook, Cobble Hill, Park Slope and 

Brooklyn Heights. Entrees: $6.95-$13.95. Crave accepts 

American Express, Discover, MasterCard and 

Visa. Closed Mondays. For more information, call 

(718) 643-0361. — Lisa J. Curtis 

The Brooklyn Paper / Greg Mango

September 22, 2003 THE BROOKLYN PAPERS 


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Jock concert 

NY 1 Sportscaster Budd Mishkin 

to sing Russian folk songs 



B 

udd Mishkin may be the 

only guy in Park Slope 

who listens to singer- 

songwriter Bulat Okudzhava 

on his morning runs through 

Prospect Park. 

Then again, Mishkin is 

probably also the only guy 

this side of the Ural who 

spends his days tracking box 

scores and his nights moonlighting 

as a one-man cover 

band of a Russian folk great. 

To most New Yorkers, 

Mishkin is the smooth-voiced 

sportscaster for the cable news 

channel New York 1, who 

hosts the nightly call-in program, 

“Sports on 1.” 

But this veteran sports reporter’s 

true passion comes 

from crooning the 

songs of the late 

Okudzhava, who 

Mishkin describes 

as the Jacques Brel 

of Russian music. 

Until recently, 

Mishkin, 44, limited 

his Russian 

songstering to the 

privacy of his own 

home, but the reporter-cum-minstrel 

finally went 

public last March when he 

was invited to take center 

stage at the Cornelia Street 

Cafe, in Manhattan’s West 

Village. 

“I know what you’re thinking, 

‘Just another sports guy 

doing Russian folk songs,’” 

Mishkin told the crowd, indicating 

that the rarity, not to 

mention comedic potential, of 

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an American sports reporter 

taking time out to strum the 

sensitive tunes of a dead Russian 

singer wasn’t missed on 

him. 

Mishkin will be taking his 

show on the road again later 

this month when he performs 

in a program titled, “Borscht 

in the USA” at Makor, on the 

Upper West Side. 

“I always had a desire to 

play this music publicly,” 

Mishkin told GO Brooklyn 

during an interview in the Park 

Slope apartment he shares with 

his singer-songwriter wife, Peri 

Smilow, and their 4-month-old 

daughter, Allie. 

Picking up his Martin guitar, 

Mishkin starts strumming 

a few chords of James Taylor’s 

“Mud Slide Slim” before 

moving over to “Myee Za 

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Mishkin will perform his “Borscht in 

The USA: Budd Mishkin Sings the Music 

of Bulat Okudzhava” on Tuesday, Sept. 

23, at 8 pm, in the Steinhardt Building at 

Makor (35 W. 67th St. in Manhattan). Tickets 

are $12. For more information, call 

(212) 601-1000. 

“Sports on 1” airs Monday through 

Friday, at 11:30 pm, on Time Warner Cable’s 

channel 1. 

Tsenoy Ne Postsyeem,” or 

“For the Price We Will Not 

Halt.” 

Even for those who don’t 

understand a lick of Russian, 

the simple tunes convey a 

sense of longing. 

Mishkin, who describes the 

songs as “simple, beautiful, 

and poetic” says they are 

about struggle. 

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St. Ann’s season continues Sept. 20 

with a night of conversation and performance 

by Grammy-award winning 

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left), who recently garnered her 11th 

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“If you read between the 

lines, he’s talking about the 

difficulties of their lives, the 

emotions of their lives,” 

Mishkin says, describing the 

lyrics of the singer-songwriter 

who was one of the first performers 

during Russia’s post- 

Stalin years to sing about 

everyday life rather than just 

odes to the Communist Party. 

After the Cornelia Street 

Cafe gig, Mishkin got a writeup 

in the Daily News and 

soon started getting calls from 

Russian immigrants in Bensonhurst 

and Brighton Beach 

asking him to perform. 

He enjoys those events. 

“They all know the songs 

and they all sing along,” he 

says. “You don’t have to explain 

who Okudzhava is. It 

would be like walking into an 

acoustic crowd here and having 

to explain why Bob Dylan 

is important.” 

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Back in the USSR: “Sports on 1” host Budd Mishkin rehearses Russian folk songs by Bulat 

Okudzhava (inset) in his Park Slope home. 

his nightly sports gig and performing 

music similar, Mishkin’s 

wife interjects. 

“He’s an incredible storyteller, 

it’s what makes him a 

great entertainer,” Smilow 

says. 

Raised in upstate Monroe, 

N.Y., Mishkin has the music 

biz in his blood. While his 

grandfather hailed from Russia 

and settled in the Bronx, 

his father spent a decade in the 

once-thriving, Jewish resort 

mecca of the Catskills where 

he opened a bungalow colony 

named Mishkin Cottages. 

While the cottages went 

belly-up, Mishkin inherited 

Only 

60¢ 

both an interest in entertainment 

and a knowledge of his 

roots. 

Traveling to the former Soviet 

Union as part of a sixweek 

study tour while a junior 

in high school, Mishkin met a 

Russian teenager in Leningrad 

who shared his passion for the 

Beatles. The two started playing 

guitar together and it was 

then that he was introduced to 

the music of Okudzhava. 

He returned to Russia in 

1979, on a study abroad program 

while a student at the 

University of Pennsylvania, 

and returned in 1992, when he 

went with a Reform Jewish 

Star lineup at St. Ann’s 

ever benefit concert. 

Saturday’s event begins at 9 pm and 

will be hosted by Hendrik Hertzberg, a 

former speechwriter for President Jimmy 

Carter and now a senior editor and 

staff writer for the New Yorker. Tickets 

are $25. 

Also part of St. Ann’s new season, 

the Polish Cultural Institute will present 

“Carmen Funebre (Funeral Song),” 

a theatrical work employing dance, 

fire, stilt-walkers and a chilling soundscape, 

at the Tobacco Warehouse, 

across the street from St. Ann’s at Empire-Fulton 

Ferry State Park (Dock at 

Water streets), rain or shine, from 

Sept. 26 through Sept. 28. Performances 

take place at 8:30 pm and 

(standing only) tickets are $20. 

On Oct. 10 and Oct. 11, Beth Gib- 

bons (the voice of Portishead) and Paul 

Webb (otherwise known as Rustin Man) 

will perform live at St. Ann’s Warehouse 

at 8 pm. Tickets are $27.50. 

Appropriately for Halloween weekend, 

the Tiger Lillies — a freakcabaret 

trio — return to St. Ann’s 

Warehouse with “The Sea” on Nov. 1 

at 8 pm. Tickets are $25. 

From Nov. 7 to Nov. 30, Mabou 

Mines’ production of Ibsen’s “Dollhouse,” 

adapted by Lee Breuer into 

high comedy with deep bite, will be 

staged Tuesdays through Saturdays at 

7:30 pm, and Sundays at 4 pm. Tickets 

are $27.50. 

Kristjan Jarvi’s Absolute Ensemble 

tribute to Frank Zappa, “Absolute 

Zappa,” will kick off its tour at St. 

Ann’s Warehouse Dec. 5-6 at 8 pm. 

group to lead Passover seders 

at newly created synagogues. 

Mishkin doesn’t necessarily 

expect the Makor audience to 

have the entire Okudzhava 

canon at their fingertips (the 

venue tends to attract a young, 

single, English-speaking Jewish 

crowd), but he is diligently 

preparing and studying the 

songs on his subway ride to 

work in the morning. 

Asked if fellow sports reporters 

find his hobby a bit, 

well, offbeat, Mishkin says a lot 

of people have things they do 

outside their professional life. 

He adds, “It’s not like I’m 

going out on tour.” 

Tickets are $30. 

The season wraps with “Hiroshima 

Maiden,” a theatrical piece featuring 

Japanese bunraku puppetry written 

and directed by Dan Hurlin with music 

by Robert Een. Performances are 

Jan. 14-Feb. 1, Wednesdays through 

Saturdays at 8 pm, and Sundays at 4 

pm. Tickets are $25. 

For more information about the 

Sept. 20 program, call (877) 847-TNYF 

or visit www.NewYorker.com. Tickets 

are available online at www.ticketmaster.com 

or by phone at (877) 391- 

0545. St. Ann’s Warehouse is located 

at 38 Water St. at Dock Street in 

DUMBO. For more information about 

St. Ann’s Warehouse, call (718) 834- 

8794 or visit www.artsatstanns.org. 

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THURS, SEPT 18 

BAMCINEMATEK: Pordenone Silent Film 

Weekend presents “Once Upon A Time” 

(1922). 7 pm. Pianist Donald Sosin performs. 

30 Lafayette Ave. Call. (718) 636- 

4100. 

RECEPTION: Rider Gallery presents its inaugural 

exhibit “ch-ch-changes,” a group 

show that takes place inside a Ryder moving 

truck. 6 pm to 9 pm. Havemeyer and 

South Third Street. (646) 245-9801. Free. 

DOCUMENTARY: The screening of the documentary, 

“Mutiny: Asians Storm British 

Music,” by Carroll Gardens filmmaker Vivek 

Bald, which was written about in our Aug. 

11 issue of GO Brooklyn, has been 

rescheduled for Sept. 18 because of the 

Blackout of 2003. $9.50, $7 students. 6:30 

pm. Walter Reade Theater, Film Society 

of Lincoln Center, 165 West 65th St. at 

Broadway in Manhattan. (212) 496-3809. 

POLITICAL TALK: Bis Iderabdullah, founder 

of IMANI House of New York and Liberia, 

presents information and discusses the 

situation in the Republic of Liberia, West 

Africa. 6:30 pm to 9 pm. Brooklyn Society 

for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park 

West. (718) 638-2059. Free. 

BARGEMUSIC: chamber music of Part, 

Mozart, Harbison and Schubert. $40. 7:30 

pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. 

BOOK SIGNING: BookCourt presents 

Joanna Hershon, author of “Outside of 

August.” 7 pm. 163 Court St. at Dean 

Street. (718) 875-3677. Free. 

MARKETING TALK: Park Slope Food Co-op 

offers a talk “High Impact Marketing” 

with Susan Martin. 7:30 pm. 782 Union 

St. (718) 622-0560. Free. 

TAX TALK: National Architectural Trust talk 

for Brooklyn homeowners of historical properties. 

7:30 pm. Greenwood Baptist Church, 

461 Sixth St. (888) 831-2107. Free. 

ASTRONOMY: Urban Park Rangers hosts a 

talk at the Salt Marsh Nature Center. 8 

pm. 3302 Ave. U. (718) 421-2021. Free. 

UNDERGROUND FICTION: Evening with 

Nick Kaufmann, Sarah Langan and Karen 

Perry. 8 pm. M3 Projects, 70 Washington 

St. (917) 750-8218. Free. 

MODA CAFE: Tony Fletcher reads from his 

novel “Hedonism: Lust + Betrayal.” 9 pm. 

294 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-8897. Free. 

MUSIC: Galapagos presents PIC, the kings 

of hiphopunkfunkmamboska. $5. 21+ 

please. 10 pm. Also, comic Pie Hole at 8 

pm. 70 North Sixth St. (718) 782-5188. 

THEATER: “The Member of the Wedding.” 

8 pm. See Sat. 

HEALTH TALK: “We Care” holds a meeting 

for patients and members. Call for time. 

HIP, 200 Montague St. (718) 499-5065. 

CHAMBER MUSIC: Brooklyn Chamber 

Music Society hosts a program of Haydn, 

Britten, Mozart, Bach and Beethoven. 

$25. Call for time. First Unitarian Church, 

50 Monroe Place. (718) 858-0718. 

FRI, SEPT 19 

WILLIAMSBURG BY NIGHT: New York Like 

a Native takes a tour around the northern 

sectors of Williamsburg. Visit art galleries 

and the Brooklyn Brewery. $16. 6 

pm to 8:30 pm. Call for reservations and 

meeting place. (718) 393-7537. 

DANCE: Dancing in the Streets presents 

Rennie Harris Puremovement perform 

hip-hop. 6 pm to 7 pm. PS 27, 27 

Huntington St. (212) 625-3505. Free. 

RECEPTION: Paintings and drawings by 

Engles. 6 pm to 9 pm. Engles’ Galerie, 

45 State St. (718) 596-0850. Free. 


Weekend presents “Treasures From A 

Chest,” a collection of silent films. $10. 7:30 

pm. Pianist Serge Bromberg performs. 30 

Lafayette Ave. Call. (718) 636-4100. 

BARGEMUSIC: chamber music program of 

Part, Mozart, Harbison and Schubert. 

$40. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 

624-2083. 

MOVIE NIGHT: Green-Wood Partnership 

presents “The Shining” with Jack 

Nicholson. $8. 7:30 pm. Also, “A Clockwork 

Orange” with Malcolm McDowell. 

$8. 10 pm. Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 Fourth 

Ave. (718) 857-4816. 

RAW POTLUCK: Bring a raw vegan dish for 

six to share. 7:30 pm to 10 pm. Park 

Slope Food Co-op, 782 Union St. (718) 

622-0560. 

SUNSET CRUISE: New York Water Taxi 

Sunset Cruise program takes participants 

out to the Statue of Liberty with a view 

of the NYC skyline. $20 includes a cocktail. 

7:45 pm to 9 pm. Fulton Ferry 

Landing. Reservations necessary. (212) 

742-1969. 

BLUEGRASS MUSIC: Brooklyn Society for 

Ethical Culture hosts a concert with 

James Reams and The Barnstormers. 

$10, $6 kids. 8 pm. 53 Prospect Park 

West. (718) 968-2972. 

TWO BOOTS: Michel Yednak Jazz Trio. 10 

pm. 514 Second St. (718) 499-3253. 

MUSICAL: “Godspell.” 8 pm. See Sat. 



HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Odd Couple.” 8 

pm. See Sat. 

REGISTRATION: Brooklyn Museum of Art 

holds registration for fall semester of the 

Gallery Studio Program. Classes in painting, 

printing, drawing, sculpture and 

mixed media. $175. Call. 200 Eastern 

Parkway. (718) 638-5000. 

SAT, SEPT 20 

PERFORMANCE 

RHYTHMS OF BRAZIL: Spoke the Hub presents 

Maracatu Brazilian Percussion 

Ensemble. 10 am to noon. 748 Union St. 

(718) 857-5158. Free. 

BLUEGRASS WEEKEND: Workshops in finger 

picking guitar styles, harmonica lessons, 

improv in Bluegrass banjo. More. $3 

admission for entire day. 12:30 pm to 10 

pm. 53 Prospect Park West. (718) 968-2972. 

DANCE: Dancing in the Streets presents a 

performance by Rennie Harris Puremovement. 

2 pm. Coffey Park, Dwight Street 

at Verona Street and Visitation Place. 

(212) 625-3505. Free. 

MUSICAL: Our Lady of Guadalupe Youth 

Theater performs “Godspell.” $10, $7 

kids. 3 pm. 1518 73rd St. Call for ticket 

info. (718) 232-2042. 


Rossini, Anderson and Dvorak. $40. 7:30 

pm. Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. 

THEATER: Impact Theater presents Carson 

McCullers’ “The Member of the 

Wedding.” $15, $12 students and seniors. 

8 pm. 190 Underhill Ave. (718) 390-7163. 

HEIGHTS PLAYERS: Neil Simon’s comedy 

“The Odd Couple.” $12, $10 seniors. 8 

pm. 26 Willow Place. (718) 237-2752. 

MODA CAFE: Vaudeville with Magic Carpet 

Cleaners. 9 pm. 294 Fifth Ave. (718) 832- 

8897. Free. 

TWO BOOTS: presents Allison Keyes and 

Friends. No cover. 10 pm. 514 Second St. 

(718) 499-3253. 

CHILDREN 

OPEN HOUSE: Young Dancers in Repertory 

invites kids to try out classes in creative 

movement, tap, modern dance, ballet 

and hip-hop. 11 am to 2 pm. Also, auditions 

from 2 pm to 3:30 pm. 231 60th St. 

(718) 567-9620. Free. 

ORIGAMI ANIMALS: Kids are invited to 

learn the Japanese art of paper folding. 

11 am. Salt Marsh Nature Center, 3302 

Ave. U. (718) 421-2021. Free. 

BARNES AND NOBLE: Reading for kids 

from “Series of Unfortunate Events,” by 

Lemony Snicket. 11 am. 106 Court St. 

(718) 246-4996. Free. 

BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM: presents 

“I Am An Artist.” Get dancing, spinning, 

hopping and singing. 1 pm and 2 

pm. Also, “Amazing Maize,” teaches kids 

about corn in Native American culture. 1 

pm to 4 pm. $4 admission. 145 Brooklyn 

Ave. (718) 735-4400. 

PUPPETWORKS: “1001 Tales of the Arabian 

Nights” adaptation of “Aladdin and the 

Wonderful Lamp.” $6, $7 adults. Ages 3 

and older. 12:30 pm and 2 pm. 338 Sixth 

Ave. (718) 965-3391. 

ARTY FACTS: Brooklyn Museum of Art hosts 

“Stories and Art” class featuring the story 

“Seven Blind Men and an Elephant.” Free 

for children 12 and under. 4 pm. 200 

Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. 

OUTDOORS AND TOURS 

COASTAL CLEANUP: Call for location and 

information. (718) 634-6467. 

BROOKLYN 101: New York Like a Native 

offers an introduction to Brooklyn’s history, 

architecture, lore and landscape. $13. 

1:30 pm to 4 pm. Call for reservations 

and meeting location. (718) 393-7537. 

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WOMEN CARING FOR WOMEN: Brooklyn 

Women’s Services hosts its second annual 

health symposium. Fran McCullough, 

food writer and author of “The Good 

Fat Cookbook” is keynote speaker. 8:30 

am registration. Program 9:30 am to 

noon. Call for info. Sirico’s Restaurant, 

8023 13th Ave. (718) 748-1234. 

FLEA MARKET: at St. Ann and the Holy 

Trinity Church. Housewares, jewelry, 

white elephants, books, tapes, toys and 

more. 10 am to 6 pm. 157 Montague St. 

(718) 875-6960. 

BLOOD DRIVE: Park Slope. 11:30 am to 5 

pm. 157 Montague St. (800) 933- 

BLOOD. 

AFTER-SCHOOL CLASSES: The Brooklyn 

Museum of Art offers its Gallery Studio 

Program. Kids age 6 and older and 

adults are invited to take a class in painting, 

printing, drawing, sculpture and 

mixed media. Sign up from 1 pm to 5 

pm. $175. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 

501-6230. 

STARTING OUT: Brooklyn Arts Exchange 

offers an introductory workshop to help 

you get started on an exercise program. 

$25. 1:30 pm to 3 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. 

(718) 832-0018. 

LIBRARY PROGRAM: Brooklyn Public 

Library, Central branch, presents a Latino 

author series. Today: Jaime Manrique 

with Ernesto Quinonez and Nelly 

Rosario. 3 pm. Central branch, Grand 

Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. 

FILMS: Green-Wood Partnership presents 

“Saturday at the Movies.” Today: “Annie.” 

$5. 3 pm. Also, “War of the Worlds.” $8. 

6 pm. Also, “Maltese Falcon.” $8. 9 pm. 

500 25th St. (718) 857-4816. 


Weekend presents a talk, “Where Does 

the Music Come From?” $10. 5 pm. Live 

music with Neil Brand. Also, “Griffith 

1912 Shorts Program.” 7 pm. Also, “Exit 

Smiling” (1926). 9 pm. Pianist Donald 

Sosin performs at 7 pm and 9 pm films. 

30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100. 

SELICHOT SERVICE: Late night prayer 

service of penitence. Showing of film 

“My Terrorist.” 8 pm. Eighth Avenue and 

Garfield Place. (718) 768-7414. Free. 

REUNION: Class of 1983, Edward R. 

Murrow High School. Crowne Plaza La 

Guardia Airport, East Elmhurst, Long 

Island. Call. (800) 655-7971. 

SUN, SEPT 21 

OUTDOORS AND TOURS 

ATLANTIC ANTIC: After a two-year hiatus, 

Brooklyn’s top street festival is back. 

Shopping, entertainment, food, performances 

and more. Highlights include a 

Middle Eastern music stage, with performance 

by Eddie The Sheik. Also, 

Gospel, Brazilian and Irish music on 

Bond Street Stage. Cheesecake eating 

contest at Bond Street Stage at 1:30 pm. 

10 am to 6 pm. Atlantic Avenue, from 

Hicks Street to Fourth Avenue. (718) 

875-8993. 

BIRD WATCHING: Green-Wood Cemetery 

offers a walk and talk. 9 am. 25th Street 

and Fifth Avenue. (718) 469-5277. Free. 

GREEN-WOOD TOURS: “Points of Interest” 

tour with John Cashman. $6. 1 pm. Meet 

at Fourth Avenue and 34th Street gate. 

(718) 469-5277. 

ECO-CRUISE: Discover Coney Island Creek. 

Call for time and location. (718) 802-9874. 

CHILDREN 

PARENT DISCUSSION GROUP: at Brooklyn 

Society of Ethical Culture. 10 am. 53 Prospect 

Park West. (718) 437-0621. Free. 

PUPPETWORKS: “Aladdin and the Wonderful 

Lamp.” 12:30 pm and 2 pm. See Sat. 

PERFORMANCE 

CONCERT: Brooklyn Friends of Chamber 

Music presents “Time for Three,” with 

Zachary DePue and Nicolas Kendall on 

fiddles and Ranaan Meyer on double 

bass. $15. 3 pm. Lafayette Avenue 

Presbyterian Church, Lafayette Avenue 

and South Oxford Street. (718) 855- 

3053. 

CHAMBER MUSIC: Brooklyn Symphony 

Orchestra hosts a program that includes 

Britten’s “Simple Symphony,” and Bach’s 

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‘Mutiny’ postponed: The screening of Vivek Bald’s documentary, “Mutiny: 

Asians Storm British Music,” has been rescheduled for Sept. 18. 

“Flute Concert in D Minor.” 3 pm. Congregation 

Beth Elohim, Eighth Avenue 

and Garfield Place. (718) 852-0677. Free. 


Rossini, Anderson and Dvorak. $40. 4 pm. 

Fulton Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. 

HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Odd Couple.” 2 

pm. See Sat. 

MUSICAL: “Godspell.” 3 pm. See Sat. 



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WALK-A-THON: to benefit Dynamite Youth 

Center. 10 am. $10 entry fee includes 

shirt. Meet at 69th Street and Shore 

Road Pier. (718) 376-7923. 

BAGEL BRUNCH: Congregation Beth 

Elohim hosts a Sunday morning adult 

education talk “American Jewry and the 

Civil War.” $5. 11 am. 274 Garfield 

Place. (718) 768-3814. 

ANIMAL PARADE: BARC (Brooklyn Animal 

Resource Coalition) 17th annual parade 

and dog show featuring stray and abandoned 

dogs and cats. Animals are costumed 

and on floats. Noon to 5 pm. 253 

Wythe Ave. (718) 486-7489. 

VIDEO: “A Walk Up Broadway” from 

Bowling Green to the Harlem River with 

David Hartman and historian Barry 

Lewis. 1 pm. Parish Hall, 157 Montague 

St. (718) 875-6960. Free. 

FILM: Brooklyn Public Library, Central branch, 

hosts a series of silent comedies. Today: 

“Mabel and Fatty and Buster.” 2 pm. 

Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free. 


Weekend presents “Ladies Night in a 

Turkish Bath” (1928). $10. 5 pm. Also, 

“The Grand Duchess and the Waiter” 

(1926). 7 pm. Pianist Donald Sosin 

accompanies 5 pm and 7 pm films. 30 


WINE TASTING: Kosher wines for the holidays. 

$10. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. Congregation 

B’nai Avraham, 117 Remsen St. (718) 

596-4840. 

SUNDAY AT THE MOVIES: Green-Wood 

Partnership presents “Dracula” (1931). 

$8. 8:30 pm. Brooklyn Lyceum, 227 

Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816. 

MON, SEPT 22 

HOLOCAUST CONFERENCE: Discussion 

of restitution for Holocaust survivors. 

State Comptroller Alan Hevesi provides 

opening remarks. 9 am to 5 pm. Kingsborough 

Community College, end of 

Oriental Boulevard. (718) 368-5417. Free. 

BAMCINEMATEK: Film series “Laura Betti’s 

Pasolini” presents “Teorema” (1968). 

$10. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:10 pm. 30 


BARNES AND NOBLE: Leora Tanenbaum 

talks about the gender war waged among 

women in her new book “Catfight: 

Rivalries Among Women —From Diets 

to Dating.” 7 pm. 106 Court St. (718) 

246-4996. Free. 

COMMUNITY MEETING: Bensonhurst 

West End Community Council hosts a 

meeting and presents Deputy Inspector 

Donald Conceicao. Learn about crime in 

the area. 8 pm. Seth Low IS 96, 99 

Avenue P. (718) 946-0234. 

BARBES BAR: Traveling cinema film series 

presents “Ashes and Diamonds” (1958). 

9 pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) 965-9177. Free. 

MOBILE CLINIC: ASPCA mobile animal 

clinic stops in Sunset Park. Bring your 

pet for a low cost spay and neuter surgery 

and rabies vaccinations. Financially 

needy pet owners welcome. Call for 

location. (212) 876-7700, ext. 4303. 

TUES, SEPT 23 

RECEPTION: Opening of exhibit by 

Foundation Faculty of Pratt. 4 pm to 6 

pm. Schafler Gallery, 200 Willoughby St. 

(718) 636-3517. Free. 

SUPPER CLUB: Bay Ridge Center for Older 

Adults offers a computer class and a 

light supper. 5:30 pm to 7 pm. 6935 

Fourth Ave. Pre-registration necessary. 

(718) 748-0650, ext. 117. Free. 

BARNES AND NOBLE: Family reading 

group for parents and children ages 8 to 

12. Book is “Coraline,” by Neil Gaiman. 

6:30 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 832- 

9066. Free. 

HOMEBUYER WORKSHOP: Pratt Area 

Community Council offers a talk 

“Applying for a Mortgage” and “Closing 

on Your Home.” 6:30 pm. Ft. Greene 

Senior Citizens Center, 966 Fulton St. 

(718) 783-3549, ext. 19. Free. 

FAMILIES FIRST: Parents and their teenage 

child are invited to a talk “College Essay 

Writing Workshop for Teens and 

Parents.” Find out what colleges look 

for. 7 pm. Call to register and for fee. 

250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862. 

BAMCINEMATEK: Film series “Laura Betti’s 

Pasolini” presents the documentary, 

“Reason of a Dream” (2002). $10. 7 pm. 

30 Lafayette Ave. Call. (718) 636-4100. 

TANGO TUESDAYS: Federation of Italian 

American Organizations hosts ballroom 

dance instruction. 7 pm to 9 pm. Beacon 

Community Center, Seth Low IS 96, 99 

Ave. P. (718) 232-2266. Free. 

MEETING: 62nd Precinct Community 

Council hosts its monthly meeting. 7:30 

pm. Bay 22nd Street and Bath Avenue. 

(718) 236-2519. 

MUSIC REHEARSALS: Local musicians play. 

Interested wind and brass players contact 

D. Savitch prior to rehearsal. 7:30 

pm. Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 

Seventh Ave. (718) 622-3300. Free. 

LIVE MUSIC: Office Ops hosts a night of 

film, rock, theater, art and live music. $5. 

9 pm. 57 Thames St. (718) 418-2509. 

WEDS, SEPT 24 

AFTERNOONS AT LIU: Dance program 

features choreographer Uchizono’s work. 

Noon. Triangle Theater, Flatbush Avenue 

Extension and DeKalb Avenue. (718) 

488-1015. Free. 

LECTURE: St. Francis presents “From Louis 

and Clark to the Space Age.” 12:20 pm 

to 1:40 pm. 180 Remsen St. (718) 489- 

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Sweet 16 

Bklyn Friends of Chamber Music’s 

new season kicks off this weekend 

By Kevin Filipski 


B 

rooklyn Friends of Chamber 

Music co-founder 

Wanda Fleck has for 15 

years overseen the programming 

of what has quietly become 

one of the borough’s 

longest-running musical institutions. 

Since its debut in December 

1988, Brooklyn Friends 

has put on 93 concerts to intensely 

loyal audiences, mostly 

from its home base at the 

Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian 

Church. 

Their upcoming 16th season 

will culminate with a rare 

and most welcome milestone: 

the group’s 100th concert, on 

March 28. That performance 

will include a rare commission 

for a new work by 

Brooklyn Friends, David Little’s 

Piano Trio, to be performed 

by the Amelia Piano 

Trio, who played for Brooklyn 

Friends for the first time last 

year. 

“We asked David to write a 

piece for our 100th concert 

because I had heard some of 

his work, and it just leaped out 

at me,” says Fleck. “He 

knows that it’s going to be a 

festive occasion, so he won’t 

be writing any dirges!” 

The Amelia Trio will be 

playing two core works of the 

trio repertoire: Beethoven’s 

Opus. 11 Trio and Antonin 

Dvorak’s famous “Dumky 

Trio.” 

But that milestone concert 

is six months away; Brooklyn 

Friends is presenting six other 

recitals in its 2003-04 season, 

including the opening performance, 

on Sept. 21, of 

bassist Ranaan Meyer and fiddlers 

Zachary De Pue and 

Nicolas Kendall, 

who put their own 

spin on classical 

composers. 

“I heard them in 

Philadelphia and 

could hear what 

they can do,” says 

Fleck. “They first 

called themselves 

the Bluegrass Ensemble 

[at press 

time they do not have a group 

name], but I don’t hear that 

entirely in their playing. But 

because they’re so incredibly 

good, their unique take on this 

music somehow works.” 

Although the trio is scheduled 

to play music by Bach, 

Brahms, Bartok, Astor Piazzolla 

and others in their inimitable 

style, Fleck says, “I 

don’t know if [the program is] 

in stone. They have their own 

compositions, they do a lovely 

‘Amazing Grace,’ and they 

play Hungarian pieces where 

they sound like an entire orchestra 

of csardas [gypsy music] 

players.” 

Another obvious highlight, 

Fab four: The Chiara String Quartet will perform as part 

of the Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music’s 16th season. 

according to Fleck, will be the 

first appearance of soprano 

Susanna Phillips, who will be 

accompanied at her Nov. 23 

recital by pianist Lydia 

Brown. 

“I heard Susanna in a master 

class, and she was the best 

singing voice there,” Fleck 

says. “She was a Juilliard student, 

so I went to hear her final 

recital there, and she was 

again really terrific, so I went 

backstage afterwards and in- 

MUSIC 

Brooklyn Friends of Chamber Music 

presents bassist Ranaan Meyer and fiddlers 

Zachary De Pue and Nicolas Kendall at 

Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, on 

Lafayette Avenue at South Oxford Street, 

on Sept. 21 at 3 pm. Tickets are $15, $5 

students. For reservations, call (718) 855- 

3053. 

vited her to come.” 

Phillips’ program is a meaty 

menu of Vivaldi, Schubert, 

Ernst Chausson, Samuel Barber 

and Edvard Grieg. 

“That’s mostly what I heard 

her perform in concert, and it 

flowed so well,” says Fleck. 

“Also, she’s very radiant and 

has a very engaging personality.” 

The remainder of Brooklyn 

Friends of Chamber Music’s 

2003-04 schedule includes a 

15-member ensemble, tentatively 

named E Pluribus, performing 

Bach, Shostakovich, 

Mozart and Edward Elgar 

(Oct. 26); the Chiara String 

Quartet (Juilliard School’s 

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5272. Free. 

WATCH CLUB: Watch Club Video 

series presents “Monsters, Inc” 

(2001). 2 pm. Parish Hall, 157 

Montague St. (718) 875-6960. 

Free. 

ADOPTION SUPPORT: You 

Gotta Believe, an older child 

adoption agency, is looking for 

families. Learn about providing 

a permanent home. 6 pm. 

Coney Island location. (718) 

372-3033. Free. 

WINE TASTING: A Perfect 

Setting hosts a lecture series. 

Today’s topic is wines from 

Spain and Portugal. $40. 7 

pm. 140 Atlantic Ave. Call to 

sign up. (718) 222-1868. 

BARNES AND NOBLE: Marilyn 

Graman talks about her book, 

“There is No Prince...and 

Other Truths Your Mother 

Never Told You: A Guide to 

Having the Relationship You 

Want.” 7 pm. 106 Court St. 

(718) 246-4996. Free. 

LIBRARY EVENT: Brooklyn Public 

Library, Central branch, hosts 

“Mixed Signals,” talks by writers 

who have crossed racial, 

ethnic and religious lines. 

Today: Dexter Jeffries reads. 7 

pm. Grand Army Plaza. (718) 

230-2100. Free. 

BAMCINEMATEK: Film series 

“New Fest,” a bimonthly 

series featuring the best in 

gay, lesbian, bi and transgender 

cinema. “I Love Up to the 

Sky Now” (2003). $10. 4:30 

pm and 9:10 pm. Q & A with 

directors after 9:10 pm screening. 

Also, “Do I Love You?” 

(2003). 7 pm. 30 Lafayette 

Ave. Call. (718) 636-4100. 

BARNES AND NOBLE: Author 

Amy Gray discusses her book 

“Spygirl.” 7:30 pm. 267 

Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. 

Free. 

THURS, SEPT 25 

FUNDRAISER: to benefit RAINN 

(Rape Abuse and Incest 

National Network). DJ, catering 

from local restaurants, raffles 

and more. $20 and up. 8- 

11 pm. American Legion Hall, 

quartet-in-residence) performing 

Mozart, Schumann and 

Carter Pann’s “Love Letters” 

(Feb. 8); violinists Jonathan 

Gandelsman and Colin Jacobson, 

violist Nicholas Cords 

and cellist Raman Ramakrishnan 

performing Beethoven 

and Britten string quartets, as 

well as Henry Purcell’s “Fantasias 

for the Viols” (Feb. 29); 

and the Borealis String Quartet 

and pianist Sara Davis 

Buechner performing a 

Beethoven quartet, a Schumann 

quintet and a recent 

work by Canadian composer 

Kelly Marie Murphy titled, 

“A Little Piece of My Heart” 

(March 14). 

With music from Bach and 

Beethoven to Pann and Murphy 

scheduled this season, 

Brooklyn Friends of Chamber 

Music definitely has something 

for every classical music 

fan. 

After a decade-and-a-half, 

Fleck has discovered that 

there is no such thing as a 

“typical” audience. 

“The mainstays have been 

there, coming time and again, 

since the very beginning, since 

our very first concerts,” she 

explains, “but your audiences 

change when you change the 

repertoire that you do. 

“When we started programming 

new works and started 

commissioning our own 

works to perform, some people 

stopped coming,” she 

says. “But some others said, 

‘Finally! We can hear something 

new!’” 

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$75. 11 am to 2 pm. 396 

Atlantic Ave. (718) 855-6400. 

FILM: St. Francis presents “Hulk.” 

Noon and 6 pm. 180 Remsen 

St. (718) 489-5272. Free. 


“New French Connection” 

presents “A Piece of Sky” 

(2002). $10. 4:30 pm and 9:10 

pm. Also, “A Big Girl Like You” 

(2003). 6:50 pm. 30 Lafayette 

Ave. (718) 636-4100. 

DINNER: St. Vincent Catholic 

Medical Centers hosts its seventh 

annual fall fundraiser. $40. 

6 pm to 10 pm. Rex Manor, 

1100 60th St. (718) 232-3666. 

BARNES AND NOBLE: Open mic 

night. Sign-up at 6 pm; open 

mic at 6:30 pm. 267 Seventh 

Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. 

RELATIONSHIP SEMINAR: Learn 

how to improve your present 

relationship or set a foundation 

for future mature relationships. 

$29. 7 pm to 9 pm. Devi, 837 

Union St. (718) 636-8121. 

BARGEMUSIC: presents an all 

Beethoven chamber music 

program. $35. 7:30 pm. Fulton 

Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. 

FRI, SEPT 26 

Jewish New Year 

of Rosh Hashanah 

begins at sundown 


“New French Connection.” 

Film “A Piece of Sky” (2002). 

$10. 2 pm and 6:50 pm. Also, 

“A Big Girl Like You” (2003). 2 

pm and 6:50 pm. 30 Lafayette 

Ave. (718) 636-4100. 

BARGEMUSIC: presents an all 

Beethoven chamber music program. 

$35. 7:30 pm. Fulton 

Ferry Landing. (718) 624-2083. 

CHORAL FEST: Flatbush-Tompkins 

Congregational Church 

performs with guest choirs. 8 pm. 

424 E. 19th St. at Dorchester 

Road. (718) 282-5353. Free. 

TWO BOOTS: presents jazz with 

The Barbarians. No cover. 10 

pm. 514 Second St. (718) 499- 

3253. 

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Nightlife 

Barbes 

376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 

965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. 

Sept. 18: Matt Munisteri, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 19: One 

Ring Zero, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 20: Chris Anderson, The 

Cucumbers, Life in a Blender, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 23: 

Dred Scott Trio, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 24: Night of the 

Ravished Limbs, with the John Hebert Project, 9 pm, $8; 

Sept. 25: Jerome Sabbagh Quartet, 9 pm, FREE. 

Boudoir Bar 

At East End Ensemble, 273 Smith St. at Sackett 

Street in Carroll Gardens, (718) 624-8878, 

www.eastendensemble.com. 

Sept. 18: Open mic, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 19: Buy one 

drink, get one free, 7-8 pm, Donathan CD release party, 

8:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 20: Brew-Ha-Ha, 9:30 pm, $5; 

Sept. 21: Blakuluv, 4 pm, FREE; Sept. 22: Open mic, 8 

pm, FREE; Sept. 25: Open mic, 8 pm, FREE. 

Blah Blah Lounge 

501 11th St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, 

(718) 369-BLAH, www.blahblahlounge.biz. 

Mondays: Happy hour all night, 6 pm to 1 am, prices vary; 

Wednesdays: Open mic, 8:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 19: Greasy 

Girls, 8:30 pm, FREE, and DJ Kristina Johnsen with DJ Alex 

Battles, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 20: DJ Solo P, 9 pm, FREE, 

Locksley, 9:30 pm, $5; Sept. 24: Open mic, 8:30 pm, 

FREE; Sept. 25: Baby Steps Hip-Hop Party, 9 pm, FREE. 

Cafe Mezzo 

136 Montague St. at Henry Street in Brooklyn 

Heights, (718) 522-2202, www.mezzocafe.com. 

Wednesdays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 19: Brian Wade, 

10 pm, FREE; Sept. 26: Lauren Echo, 10 pm, FREE. 

Chocolate Monkey 

329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in Park 

Slope, (718) 813-1073. 

Mondays: Karen Gibson-Rock with Fluid, 8 pm, $5; 

Thursdays: Karaoke with Terry Billy, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: 

Happy Hour with DJ Ozkar, 5 pm, FREE. 

Delia’s Lounge 

9224 Third Ave. at 93rd Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 

745-7999, www.deliaslounge.com. 

Mondays: Margarita Mondays, 6 pm to 4 am, FREE; 

Tuesdays: Movie night, vote online for film choices, 8 

pm, FREE. 

Duplexx 

46 Washington Ave. at Park Avenue in Clinton Hill, 

(718) 643-6400, www.theduplexx.com. 

Sundays: Caribbean music and buffet, 8 pm, FREE 8-9 

pm, after 9 pm, women pay $5 and men pay $10; Sept. 

18: DJ Earon and Serge, 9 pm, FREE until 10 pm, $5 

after; Sept. 19: Eman & Victor Rosado, DJ Delmar 

Browne, $5 before midnight, $10 after; Sept. 25: 

Afrorikan Vybe featuring Dennis Perez and Rich Medina, 

9 pm, FREE until 10 pm, $5 after; Sept. 26: BTP & 

M.O.R.E, Jay Locke, DJ Niles Ford and Eddie S., $5 

before midnight, $10 after. 

Five Spot Restaurant 

459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue in Clinton 

Hill, (718) 852-0202, www.fivespotsoulfood.com. 

Sept. 18: Super Lowery Bros. with DJ Understanding, 9 pm, 

$5; Sept. 19: DJ Esquire, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 20: DJ Tommy 

Talkz, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 22: Open turntables, 8 pm, FREE 

(if DJs bring own needles and vinyl); Sept. 23: Dark n Dirty, 

6 pm-12 am, $TBD; Sept. 24: Underground hip-hop with 

Tracy Jones, Mental Notes and more, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 

25: Super Lowery Bros. with DJ Scientific, 9 pm, $5. 

Frank’s Lounge 

660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort Greene, 

(718) 625-9339, www.FranksCocktailLounge.com. 

Thursdays: Blues with Lonnie Youngblood, 9 pm, FREE; 

Fridays: DJs Tyrone, Samir and Julian, 10 pm, $5; 

Saturdays: DJs Tyrone and Infinite, 10 pm, $5; Sundays: 

Cleave Guyton Quintet, 6 pm, FREE; Mondays: DJs Keith 

Porter and James Vincent; Tuesdays: Frank’s hosts upand-coming 

bands, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Karaoke 

with Davey B., 9 pm, FREE. 

Galapagos 

70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, 

(718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com. 

Sept. 18: Pie Hole Comedy Show, 8 pm, $7, and P.I.C., 

10 pm, FREE; Sept. 19: Automat, 7 pm, $5 and Floating 

vaudeville night, 10 pm, $5, and DJ Boy Racer, 10 pm, 

FREE; Sept. 20: Closed; Sept. 22: Lisa Levy’s 

Psychotherapy Live, featuring music by Patti Rothberg, 

7:30 pm, $10 or $8 with student ID and Burlesque with 

Amber Ray and Lukki, 9:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 23: Clara 

Venus, 8 pm, $6; Sept. 24: Eve Guts and The Apple: 

Trivia Night, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 25: Los Acustilocos, 7 

pm, $TBD and Afroeurasian Eclipse, 10 pm, FREE. 

Halcyon 

227 Smith St. at Butler Street in Boerum Hill, (718) 

260-9299, www.halcyonline.com. 

Sept. 18: Tech-House Connection featuring Matt 

Corwine and Kristina Childs, 9 pm to 1 am, FREE; Sept. 

19: Future Sounds of Brooklyn with DJ Chicus and DRM, 

6-10 pm, FREE and Acupuncture with Dara and Clever, 

10 pm to 2 am, FREE; Sept. 20: Nu-Pschidt featuring resident 

DJs, noon-6 pm, FREE, Schematic featuring 

ScottieB and Sneak-E-Pete, 6-9 pm, FREE, Bingo-A-Go- 

Go, 9 pm to 2 am, FREE; Sept. 21: Hangover Helper featuring 

E-man, noon-7 pm, FREE and Undercity with 

Sheldon Drake and DJ Spinoza, 7 pm, FREE; Sept. 22: 

Mish Massive with the Mishpucha Collective, 9 pm to 2 

am, FREE; Sept. 23: Chocolate Buddha with Ron Paizley, 

6-9 pm, FREE and Mixtape Sessions featuring Dave 

Tobon, 9 pm to 2 am, FREE; Sept. 24: Mountaintop with 

DJs Kai and Kohei, 6-9 pm, DJ Bill Coleman, 9 pm to 1 

am, FREE; Sept. 25: Tech-House Connection featuring 

Shimmer & Stumble, 9 pm to 1 am, FREE. 

The Hook 

18 Commerce St. at Richards Street in Red Hook, 

(718) 797-3007, www.hookmusic.com. 

Sept. 18: Sharief in Burgundy, Town Hall, 8:30 pm, $5; 

Sept. 19: Radio Mundial, 8:30 pm, $8; Sept. 20: Natural 

Selection, Real Live Show, 8:30 pm, $8; Sept. 21: Sonic 

Zoo, 8:30 pm, $5; Sept. 25: Concentric, Taylor McFerrin, 

Spontane, 8:30 pm, $TBD. 

io Restaurant and 

Lounge 

119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street in Williamsburg, 

(718) 388-3320, www.iorestaurantandlounge.com. 

Sept. 18: The Joey Johnson Trio and The Dan 

Slaschenger Quintet, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 19: The Bootleg 

Remedy, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 20: Sangha, The Dave 

Kikovski Trio, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 24: Lex Grey, 9 pm, 

FREE; Sept. 25: Tom Brumley Blues Jam, 9 pm, FREE. 

Jazz Spot Cafe 

179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, 

(718) 453-7825, www.thejazz.8m.com. 

Sept. 19-20: The Grant Langford/Kent Glenn Quintet, 9 

pm, $15; Sept. 22: Jazz Jam Session, 8 pm, $5. 

JRG Fashion Cafe 

177 Flatbush Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Park Slope, 

(718) 399-7079, www.jrgentertainment.com. 

Thursdays: Jazz night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Damage Band, 

9 pm, FREE; Saturdays: International Night, 9 pm, FREE; 

Sundays: The Damage Band, 8 pm, FREE; Mondays: Russ 

Murrow & the Trio, 8 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Alan Blake, 8 

pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Fredrix Clark, 8 pm, FREE. 

L’amour 

1545 63rd St. at 15th Avenue in Borough Park, 

(718) 837-9506, www.lamourrocks.com. 

Sept. 19-20: Type O Negative, Lacuna Coil, Dust to Dust, 

8 pm, FREE. 

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Assault Bagel, of the Halcyon Sound System 

DJs, spins at the fourth anniversary party for 

the Smith Street club Sept. 9. 

Low Bar 

Below Rice restaurant, 81 Washington St. at Front 

Street in DUMBO, (718) 222-1LOW, 

www.riceny.com/low. 

Sept. 18: Reading with Edna Leshowitz, Marga Gomez, 

Francis James, 7 pm, FREE; Sept. 19: DJ Brock Lee, 11 pm, 

FREE; Sept. 20: Caustic Debate, 7 pm, FREE; Sept. 21: 

Improv Comedy with the Upright Citizens Brigade, 8 pm, 

FREE; Sept. 24: The Lucy Show, featuring Lucy Sexton and 

Mike Iveson, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 25: Reading with Edna 

Leshowitz and Jeremy Silger, 7 pm, FREE. 

Luxx 

256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, 

(718) 599-1000, www.clubluxx.net. 

Sept. 18: Coastal Drag, Coup Fourre, The Information, 8 

pm, $TBD; Sept. 19: The Pernice Brothers, Peter 

Bruntnell, 8 pm, $10, The Wyld Lixx Variety Show with 

Johnny Murder, the WauWauSisters and many more, 11 

pm, $5; Sept. 20: The National, The Silent League, Bad 

Moon Music, 8 pm, $8; Sept. 22: Technique, Trans Love 

Airways, Blendengine, All the Ghosts, 8 pm, $7; Sept. 

23: Cerberus Shoal, Magic Carpathians, Dorkestra, 8 pm, 

$7; Sept. 24: The Color Bars, AM, 8 pm, $6. 

Magnetic Field 

97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, 

(718) 834-0069, www.MagneticBrooklyn.com. 

Mondays: Open turntable nights, with host DJ 

Blakulove, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 18: Law and Disorder Postpunk 

and Brit-pop, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 19: DJ Dom, 9 pm, 

FREE; Sept. 20: Nimbus, 8:30 pm, FREE, Dynamite Soul, 

10 pm, FREE; Sept. 21: The Brought Low and The Strip 

Minors on outdoor stage, noon, FREE; Sept. 25: Soul 

Cracker, 9 pm, FREE. 

Magnolia 

486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, (718) 

369-4814. 

Sept. 19: George Mel Trio, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 20: Ray 

Ghering Trio, 10 pm, FREE. 

Moda Cafe 

294 Fifth Ave. at First Street in Park Slope, (718) 

832-8897, www.modacafebrooklyn.com. 

Sept. 19: DJ Ray, 9 pm, FREE with one-drink min; Sept. 

20: Magic Carpet Cleaners with S.A.M., 9 pm, one-drink 

min; Sept. 21: DJ Amanda, 4 pm, FREE. 

National Restaurant 

273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Second 

Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225. 

Live Russian music and dance show, Fridays, Saturdays 

and Sundays at 9 pm, FREE. 

Night of the Cookers 

767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Fort 

Greene, (718) 797-1197. 

Thursdays: Blues, 8:30 pm, FREE; Fridays and Saturdays: 

Jazz, 10:30 pm, FREE; Sundays: Jazz brunch, noon, FREE. 

Northsix 

66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, 

(718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. 

Sept. 18: Quasi, Hella, Fiery Furnaces, 8 pm, $12; Sept. 

19: Leonid Fedorov (of Auktyon), Zheka Koshmar, 8 pm, 

$25 advance and $30 day of show; Sept. 20: Dirty Power 

(ex-Pansy Division), Dalek, Smoke, 8 pm, $10; Sept. 23: 

Coptic Light, 31 Knots, 8 pm, $8; Sept. 24: On the Might 

of Princes, Garrison, Cardia, With Every Idle Hour, Four 

Volts, 8 pm, $10; Sept. 25: Sabers, Bengeorge7, Jeremy 

From Boise, Poingly, 8 pm, FREE. 

ParlorJazz 

119 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Avenue in Clinton 

Hill, (718) 855-1981, www.parlorjazz.com. 

Sept. 20: Charene Dawn Trio, 9:30 pm and 10:45 pm, 

$15 includes light refreshments. 

Peggy O’Neill’s 

(Two locations) 

1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in Coney Island, 

(718) 449-3200, www.peggyoneills.com. 

Sept. 19: Rare Form, 10 pm, FREE. 

8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 

748-1400. 

Thursdays: Ladies Night with Kane, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: 

DJ Rob, 8 pm, FREE; Sundays: Sunday Night with Gary, 8 

pm, FREE; Mondays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 20: Rock 

Kandy (’80s tribute band), 10 pm, FREE. 

Pete’s Candystore 

709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Williamsburg, 

(718) 302-3770, www.petescandystore.com. 

Thursdays: Howard Fishman, 10 pm, FREE; Saturdays: 

Scrabble night, 5-8 pm, FREE; Sundays: Open mic, 6- 

8:30 pm and The Reverend Vince at 9 pm, FREE; 

Mondays: The CobbleHillbillies, 8 pm-midnight, FREE; 

Wednesdays: Quiz-Off, 7:30, FREE and Matty Charles & 

the Valentines, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 18: The Blue 88’s, 

8:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 19: Kat Goldman, Leah Coloff, The 

Animators, Spottiswoode & McMahon, 8, FREE; Sept. 

20: Michael Miller Crusade, Tom Leach, Kate Diamond, 8 

pm, FREE; Sept. 22: La Laque, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 25: 

Reading series, Poor Cousin, 7:30-9 pm, FREE. 

Schnack 

122 Union St. at Columbia Street in Columbia 

Street Waterfront District, (718) 855-2879, 

www.schnackdog.com/atnight. 

Thursdays: DJ Zebra Blood, 11:30 pm, FREE. 

Sideshows by the 

Seashore 

1208 Surf Ave. at West 12th Street in Coney Island, 

(718) 372-5159, www.coneyisland.com. 

Sept. 19: Bonnie Dunn’s Le Scandal, 10 pm, $15; Sept. 

20: Coney Island Circus Sideshow, 1-11 pm, $5; Sept. 

21: Coney Island Circus Sideshow, 1-11 pm, $5. 

Southpaw 

125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, 

(718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. 

Sept. 19: Essex Green, Stars, 9 pm, $10; Sept. 20: 

Russian Night, time and cost TBD; Sept 21: Michelle 

Malone, Willy Mason, 9 pm, $10; Sept. 23: Black Eyed 

Snakes, Kid Dakota, Edison Rocket Train, 8:30 pm, $8. 

TJ Bentley’s 

7110 Third Ave. at 71st Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 

745-0748. 

Fridays: Tom Daniels, 6:30 pm, FREE, Latin Night, 10 pm, 

FREE; Sundays: Live big band music, 5 pm, FREE; 

Tuesdays: Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Live big 

band music, 8 pm, FREE. 

Two Boots 

514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, 

(718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. 

Sept. 19: Michel Yednak Jazz Trio, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 

20: Allison Keyes and Friends, 10 pm, FREE. 

Up Over Jazz Cafe 

351 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in Park 

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Thousands mourn Davis 

mother’s home on Brooklyn Violence, a not-for-profit organreaved staff. The office, on 

Avenue and Union Street in ization founded by Davis, in DeKalb Avenue between 

Crown Heights. He was laid this year’s budget. 

Washington Avenue and St. 

to rest in Green-Wood Ceme- Davis also sued, and beat, James Place, will remain 

tery 

open 

in Sunset Park. 

the police department, when under the direction of the 

Even those who Davis had he was fired for being mistak- speaker until a replacement 

challenged 

is 

paid homage to his enly listed as a Liberal Party elected in November. 

fighting spirit. 

candidate in 1998 in his race On Saturday, more than 

“James 

a 

had no fear of any- for state Assembly against thousand people gathered 

thing or 

for 

anyone, not of his op- Clarence Norman Jr., 

Davis, who was assassinated 

ponents, 

the a Love Yourself/Stop the Vio- 

not of powerful peo- county Democratic leader. lence rally in front 

in the City Council chambers 

ple, 

of 

certainly 

his 

not of me,” “James Davis stood 

last week by a would-be politi- 

Council 

his mother’s house. Later that 

Speaker Gifford ground. He was a 

cal opponent, became the first 

Miller 

fighter,” 

said 

said 

evening, around 300 people 

at Davis’ funeral Police Commissioner 

person to lie in state in almost 

Tuesday 

Ray 

a 

at the 

Kel- 

assembled for a candlelight 

Elim Internaly. “He took the 

century, and the first black man 

tional 

department Church in 

to 

vigil on Vanderbilt Avenue, 

Bedford- court — and 

ever given the honor. 

Stuyvesant. 

won.” 

between Prospect Place and 

The day after 

More than 7,000 mourners 

Earlier 

Davis’ 

this 

shoot- St. Mark’s Avenue, in 

year, Miller was ing, both 

came to pay tribute to the slain 

embroiled 

Mayor Michael Prospect Heights. 

in a brief but heavi- Bloomberg 

councilman as he lay at the 

ly publicized 

and Miller 

spat 

paid 

with 

a 

The following afternoon, 

Davis visit 

foot of City Hall’s ornate stair- 

over 

to Davis’ 

the councilman’s 

district office 

refusal 

to 

another 4,000 people lined up 

offer 

case. 

to support 

condolences 

the property 

to his be- 

tax 

The evening of his murder, hike. When he removed Davis 

last Wednesday, July 23, con- from the Cultural Affairs 

stituents, elected officials and Committee, Davis threatened 

friends assembled outside to sue him. After the budget 

Davis’ district office in Clin- process was finished, howevton 

Hill and throughout the er, and the 35th District was 

week tried to remain close to well provided for, Davis 

pay homage to his legacy. chuckled about the whole 

They gathered at rallies, thing, proud to have publicly 

vigils and services in his hon- blasted the speaker and still 

or — culminating with a me- maintained a cordial relationmorial 

march after his funeral, ship. 

Geoffrey Davis touches the head of his brother Councilman James E. Davis as he lies in state at City Hall on Monday. from Flatbush and Nostrand Miller even allocated $24,- 

Mourners filed past the casket of Davis, who was slain in the City Council chambers at City Hall last Wednesday. 

avenues in Flatbush to his 000 to Love Yourself/Stop the 

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Wasserman and a victim of Frank Gangemi 

have retained an attorney who plans 

sue 

to 

both the law firm and Ursula Gangemi 

under racketeering statutes. 

W man believes that his wife, Ursui 

l 

f a Bay Ridge attorney 

dling his 



For years Councilman 

James Davis boasted that 

he would one day be 

mayor. He didn’t live long 

enough to carry out that 

dream but on Monday, 

City Hall was all his. 

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Askew wanted a deal . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3 

Brother vows to run for Council . . . . Page 3 

Capitol’s security questioned. . . . . . Page 3 

Anti-violence rally for Davis . . . . . . . Page 4 

Ridge City Council seat in 2001, has 

when 

filed 

she came to him with concerns 

for at least two orders of protection 

detective 

that a 

against 

at the 68th Precinct was not 

Wasserman, claiming that she was 

ingtak- 

her 

a victim 

domestic abuse claims seriously. 

of domestic abuse. 

Perfetto and Ursula Gangemi are distant 

In one instance, she accused 

cousins 

Wasserman 

and Perfetto and Ursula’s parents 

of endangering both her and 

are 

their 

longtime 

two chil- 

friends. 

dren by holding them captive 

“They 

in 

have 

their 

been 

car 

having problems for 

and threatening to crash 

couple 

a 

it unless 

of years,” 

she 

Perfetto said of Wasser- 

agreed to let him return 

man 

home. 

and Ursula Gangemi. 

She first filed charges 

“For 

with 

the 

the 

sake 

68th 

of the children they tried 

i t Wasserman 

to make reconciliation, last August, 

and she would 

close her eyes to the issues,” Perfetto 

Th 

told 

Papers “His behavior was erratic. She 

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It’s a classic 

McCullers’ 50-year-old play holds 

up despite sluggish ‘Wedding’ party 

By Paulanne Simmons 


W 

hen “The Member of 

the Wedding” opened at 

the Empire Theatre in 

Manhattan, in 1950, critics 

doubted that a play with so little 

dramatic action could be successful 

onstage. 

But the play, which Carson 

McCullers had adapted from her 

1946 novel, contained much of 

the poetic language and evocative 

images that made the novel 

so effective, as well as the extraordinary 

performances of 

Julie Harris (whose career was 

launched with this role) as 

young Frankie Addams, and 

Ethel Waters as Berenice Sadie 

Brown, her widowed father’s 

housekeeper and a surrogate 

mother to Frankie. 

Despite the critics’ predictions, 

“The Member of the Wedding” 

ran for 501 performances, 

won the New York Drama Circle 

Award and became a successful 

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ture directed by 

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Harris and Waters 

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The Impact Theatre’s 

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by Daniel 

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of McCullers’ brilliant dialogue 

and good, if not perfect performances 

by Katherine Storr, as 

Frankie, and Lisa M. Dixon, as 

Berenice, but this is not enough 

to offset an overall sluggish production 

with poor support from 

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(Lynly Ehrich). When her 

brother, Jarvis (James Edwards), 

returns from his Army 

post with his girlfriend, Janice 

(Crystal Connolly), and announces 

they are going to be 

married, Frankie decides that 

the couple is “the we of me” 

and determines to leave with 

them after the wedding. 

The levelheaded Berenice 

advises Frankie that she’s seen 

many strange things in her life 

— including a boy changing 

into a girl — but never a person 

falling in love with a wedding. 

And Berenice knows a 

thing or two about love, having 

been married numerous 

times, always to violent, mentally 

ill or otherwise unstable 

men, except for the saint-like 

Ludie Freeman. 

Nixon is, for the most part, 

Brooklyn 

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very effective as the warm and 

feisty Berenice. She has a nice 

voice but would do a better job 

with Berenice’s signature song, 

“His Eye is on the Sparrow,” if 

she didn’t try to be Marion Anderson 

and sang simply and 

sweetly. 

Storr captures all the gangling 

insecurity of a young girl 

on the brink of adolescence — 

the rebelliousness, the uncertainty 

and the longing. But after 

a while she makes the very engaging 

Frankie less than sympathetic 

by the incessant shrillness 

of her delivery. We never 

quite feel Frankie’s despair and 

suspect Storr doesn’t either. 

In both the movie and play, 

the role of John Henry was 

played by Brandon de Wilde, 

who made his debut in the play 

and became the first child actor 

to win Broadway’s prestigious 

Donaldson Award. Unfortunately, 

Cox was unable to find 

a child actor for this production 

and the role is filled by Lynly 

Ehrich, a young, capable actress 

who is hopelessly miscast. 

John Henry is supposed to 

be tiny and submissive. But 

Ehrich is obviously a woman, 

and she is also the same height 

as Storr, so no matter how 

much she hunches down, she 

ends up looking Storr straight 

in the eye. 

Among the supporting cast, 

only Sean Eager stands out as 

Mr. Addams, a single father 

perplexed by his daughter’s 

whims, but confident in what is 

his due as a white male in the 

Jim Crow South. 

This production has some 

serious problems, but this reviewer 

must confess — Mc- 

Cullers is one of her favorite 

writers and “The Member of 

the Wedding” is one of her favorite 

novels — probably 

among her top five, right behind 

the great Russians authors. 

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“Member of the Wedding” is 

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to witness the magnificent way 

McCullers handles character, 

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Antic again 

Street festival is back — 

bigger, better than ever 

By Jotham Sederstrom 


I 

t’s baaack! . 

After a rocky two years, one of 

Brooklyn’s largest annual gather- 

ings, the Atlantic Antic, is back on 

schedule, and organizers expect Sunday’s 

festival to be the biggest yet. 

The Atlantic Antic, along with all other 

street fairs, was canceled by then-Mayor 

Rudolph Giuliani following the events of 

Sept. 11, 2001. The Atlantic Avenue Local 

Development Corporation (LDC) 

held a substitute event in May 2002, but 

did not realize that the city’s policy on 

street closure would allow them only one 

permit per year, quashing plans for the 

full Antic’s return last September. 

The May 2002 festival was shortened 

by three blocks and barely broke even. 

Normally, the September festivities run 

from Hicks Street to Fourth Avenue, 

grossing between $35,000 and $50,000, 

according to Candace Damon, the LDC 

president. 

“For the last three or four years we’ve 

been working very hard to maintain the 

fun of the Antic, but also bring it back to 

its roots,” Damon said of this year’s 

event, which will run from 10 am to 6 

pm, on Sept. 21. 

The festival, regarded as Brooklyn’s 

second most heavily visited, annual outdoor 

event (besides the West Indian 

American Day Carnival and Parade) 

gives merchants, residents and street vendors 

the opportunity to open their neighborhoods 

to a wider audience. More than 

300 multiethnic food vendors will mingle 

with just about as many musicians and 

musical genres. Meanwhile, puppets and 

pony rides, comedy and criminals — 

well, the Performance Criminals, a classic 

rock and blues band with ties to Park 

Slope — will compete for the attention of 

more than 300,000 expected Antic atten- 

FESTIVAL 

The Atlantic Antic takes place Sunday, 

Sept. 21, on Atlantic Avenue between 

Hicks Street and Fourth Avenue, 

from 10 am to 6 pm. For more information, 

visit www.atlanticave.org on the Web 

or call (718) 875-8993. This event is free. 

dees. In all, 30 acts on four stages will be 

featured this year. 

In addition to the main stage on 

Boerum Place, outdoor stages in front of 

the Magnetic Field bar, between Hicks 

and Henry streets; the Downtown Atlantic 

Restaurant, between Bond and 

Hoyt streets; and Pete’s Waterfront Alehouse, 

between Court and Clinton 

streets will play host to jazz, blues and 

rock bands. 

But don’t worry. The usual suspects 

are scheduled to appear, as well, like the 

Gowanus Wildcats Drill Team and Eddie 

the Sheik and his belly dancers. 

Still, the Antic has always been open 

to new acts, and this year’s eye-popper 

will likely be the World Cheesecake Eating 

Competition, a new event sanctioned 

by the International Federation of Competitive 

Eaters (the ones who do the 

Nathan’s hot dog eating competition). 

With nearly 250 cheesecakes baked by 

the Downtown Atlantic Restaurant & 

Bakery, gluttons for punishment and pastry 

will race to devour as many slices of 

the creamy stuff as they can stomach in 

12 minutes. Ed “Cookie” Jarvis, the 

American hot dog-eating record holder, 

and Eric “Badlands” Booker, a competitive 

eater and train conductor, are among 

those vying for the title on Sunday. 

Eat your heart out, Coney Island. 

“These are real champions who will be 

competing,” said LDC spokeswoman 

Liana Hawes. “This is a real sport.” 

The festival sprung to life in 1974 as a 

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SPECIALTIES 

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800-592-7112 

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Fax: (718) 965-3974 

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189 Prospect Ave. 


elegant embellishments 

for your home 

specializing in 

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furniture • candles 

jewelry • pillows • baskets 

dried flowers • mirrors 

pomegranate home 

314 Sackett St. (cor. Court & Sackett) 718-797-9984 

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Bathrooms 

EASTECH BATHROOMS 

& RENOVATIONS 

CERAMICS • QUARRY 

TILE • JACUZZIS 

FREE ESTIMATES 

718-875-1200 

License# 1068550 R44 

Carpet Cleaning 

Carpet and 

Upholstery are clean, 

dry, and fresh, ready 

to use the same day! 

Joe (718) 257-2078 

AREA’S BEST CLEANING 

Commercial & Residential 

R33/37/41/25-29 

Closets 

R25-13 

Concrete 

TONY & DOMINICK 

SPECIALIZING IN ALL 

CONCRETE & BRICKWORK 

Driveways, patio and stoop. 

FREE estimates. 

(718) 680-3348 R36 

Construction 

AL-UNIQUE 

CONSTRUCTION CORP. 

General Contractors 

Waterproofing • Steam Cleaning • Interior 

& Exterior Painting • All kinds of cement 

and brick work • Tiles • Sidewalks • 

Sheetrock • Silicone Coating, etc. 

(718) 714-1100 or (917) 865-7959 

Fully Insured and Free Estimates R34 

MIGUEL DAVIES 

R E N O V A T I O N S 

Kitchens • Baths • Painting 

Licensed • Insured • Bonded 

(718) 243-2685 

1-800-846-3243 R40 

R25-24 

REED 

CONSTRUCTION & 

RESTORATION CORP. 

Complete interior renovation 

specialist continuing two genera- 

tions of fine craftsmanship 

Specialties include: 

* Kitchens and Baths 

* Custom Cabinetry and Woodwork 

* Plastering 

* All Flooring and Tile 

* Painting and Faux Finishes 

* Home Interior and Design 

Licensed and Insured 

(718) 979-0913 

R30/25-18 

Super King 

Construction 

COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL 

Specializing in Custom Made 

General Construction & Complete 

Renovation • Interior & Exterior • 

Complete Bathrooms • Kitchens • 

Carpentry Work • Cement Work • 

Brick Work • Roofing • Completed 

Wood Floors • Decks • Brownstones. 

Quality & References 

Guaranteed 

(718) 832-9133 

FREE ESTIMATES R25-19 

EAGLE 

CONTRACTORS 

General 

Renovations 

Interior & Exterior 

Roofing • Waterproofing 

Painting • Plastering 

Carpentry • Sheetrock 

Tile • Stucco • Pointing 

Scaffold • Brick & 

Cement Work 

License # 904813 • Insured 


718-686-1100 

more than just closets... 

custom closets & wardrobe design 

furniture & office design 

www.closetsbydg.com 

tel 718.624-0328 

license # 1036367 

Dry Fast 1-2 Hours 

Walls Cleaned Expertly 

Auto Interior 

“We Clean where 

others fear to try” 

Construction 

BAUEN 

CONSTRUCTION 

COMPLETE RENOVATIONS 

KITCHENS • BATHS 

BASEMENTS • ADDITIONS 

CARPENTRY • PAINTING 

WINDOWS • SHEETROCK 

FULLY INSURED 


(718) 668-2063 

BUILDING OUR REPUTATION R44 

KNOCKOUT 

Renovations 

Lots of References! 

QR Magazine’s 

“Top 500 Contractors” 

Complete Renovations, 

Kitchen, Bathroom, 

Brickwork, Roofing 

ALL WORK GUARANTEED 

Licensed by Consumer Affairs 

(718) 745-0722 

www.knockoutrenovation.com 

R25-40 

Contractors 

BIG AL’S 

Contracting Corp. 

Home Remodeling 

Done Easy and Affordable 

Interior Complete Renovations 

and Much More 

No Salesmen, Sales Pitch, or Sub 

Contractors. Big Savings on 

Remodeling Kitchens. 100% 

Financing Available. 

(718) 965-1551 

NYC Lic# 0925062 

www.BigAlsContracting.com R48 

BNS 

CONTRACTING CORP. 

Waterproofing & Roofing 

Scaffold Work our Specialty 

Exterior Maintenance Specialists 

Steam Cleaning • Brick Pointing 

Water Proofing • Roofing 

Sidewalk • Stucco • Painting 

All Kinds of Brick and Cement Work 

Lic# 1083320 Fully Insured 

Free Estimates 

(718) 921-4957 

L31/37/43-25-24 

M.H. Construction INC 

GENERAL CONTRACTOR 

Brickwork & Brownstone Specialist 

All exterior/interior 

Fully insured & licensed 

FREE estimates. Call 24hrs. 

(718) 633-2700 L38 

Elegance 

CONTRACTING CORP. 

We Are Well Experienced in 

Brick & Cement Work, Pressure Wash, 

Pointing, Water Proofing, Brownstone 

Restoration, Foam Stucco, Cement 

Stucco. Painting (Interior & Exterior), 

Kitchen, Bathrooms, Remodeling, 

Decks, Finishing basements, etc. 

For Clean Work & Reasonable Price 

(718) 853-3443 

FREE ESTIMATES/FULLY INSURED 

HIC#1088286 R31 

Decks 

DECKS 

byBart 

ROOF • GARDEN • TERRACE 

Fences Too! • Free E stim ates 

Call Bart: 

15+ years experience 

We build year round 

Plan Ahead 

800-YES-4-DECK 

Design Assist./Archit. Enginr. 

www.decksbybart.com 

R25-19 

Electricians 

Contracting / Consulting / Maintenance 

Electric Meters Installed 

Main Service and Panels 

General Power 

Lighting Design 

Computer Protection 

Dedicated Circuits 

Air Conditioner Wiring 

Communication Systems 

Emergency Calls 

www.AccentElectrical.com 

Committed To Your Electrical Safety 

718-871-6779 

EST. 1992 R45 

Serving the Homes & Businesses 

of Brownstone Brooklyn 

Lighting • Power • Meters 

Intercoms • Phone • Data 

Licensed & Insured/ Call for free estimate 

(718) 222-2444 R35 

ALECTRA INC. 

Have an electrical problem? 

No job too big, no job too small! 

Call me. Anthony Illiano 

LICENSED ELECTRICIAN 

718-522-3893 R39 

Exterminators 

USA EXTERMINATORS INC. 

Residential • Commercial 

Reasonable Rates 

Mice - Rodents - Roaches - Termites 

EXPERTS 

718-832-0900 R34 

Floor Maintenance 

D & K 

FLOOR SERVICE, INC. 

Parquet and wood floors sanded, 

repaired, installed & refinished. 

Carpets steam cleaned & 

shampooed professionally. 

Tile floors stripped & waxed 

718-720-2555 R46 

Bill’s Floor Service 

Refinishing • Resurfacing 

Call (718) 238-9064 

(917) 805-8161 

30 years experience 


Scraping, Sanding, Staining, 

Repair Floors 

Refinishing Floors and Stairs 

New Hardwood Floors Installed 


John 

PHONE: (718) 437-3069 

CELL: (347) 228-7972R43 

WOOD FLOOR 

S P E C I A L I S T S 

Insured/Bonded 

Sand • Stain • Bleach • Pickle 

Installation and Repairs 

Reasonable. Free Estimates 

718-321-0635 or 

1-800-870-0635 R25-13 

Handyman 

CALL NED 

Plastering • Roofing • Sheetrock 

Ceramic Tile • Carpentry 

Cement Work • Painting 

Wallpaper • FREE ESTIMATES 

Lic. # 864865 

718-871-1504 R34 

Handyman Painter 

Clean & neat painting 

Tile Repairs • Regrouting 

and any other Home Repairs 

REASONABLE PRICES 

Sammy 

(718) 748-9609 R31 

R42 

Leaky Roof? Home Repairs? 

Need Repair or New Roof? 

ALL TYPES. Also Walls, Floors, Tiles, 

Cement, Siding, driveways, back- 

yards, and Painting. Clean up and 

affordable prices. 


(718) 788-8037 R33 

Heating 

A&D Heating and 

Air Conditioning 

Quality Workmanship 

24 Hour Emergency Service 

Servicing All Brands 

All Jobs Guaranteed 

Fully Insured & Licensed 

(718) 645-3541 UFN 

CALL STAN 

* Dependable, reliable 

and reasonable rates 

* Plastering & Skim Coating 

* Painting & Electrical 

* All Home Repairs 

* Sheetrock & Plumbing 

(718) 768-7802 

(917) 566-0723 

J 

FLOOR 

SERVICE 

BERGER 

QUALITY ELECTRIC 

Accent 

Electrical Corp. 

Heating Oil 

Home Heating Oil 

Free Burner/Oil Filter Change 

COD Allowed 

(718) 934-3031 

Price subject to change R39 

Home Improvement 

R37/25-40 

Interior Design 

Quality. Harmony. Passion. Art. 

Let KarlANTHONY Properties & 

Interiors make it easier for you to live 

the style that’s you. Allow us to craft an 

environment that suits the way you live. 

Let Us Inspire You! 

718.857.3834 R33 

Architectural & 

Interior Designer 

Inventive & Ingenious affordable ideas. 

Lighting Plans... Floor Plans... Full working plans. 

Plan ahead... save time and money. 

Contractor referrals 

NoahSchechtel 718-812-5780 R35 

Professional 

Interior Designer 

Specializing in residential jobs, is available for 

consultation at reasonable rates. Furniture 

Arrangements/Space Planning • Color 

Coordination • Fabrics & Finishes • Window 

Treatments • Lighting • Contractor Referrals • 

Preparation for Home Sale. 

(718) 783-4226 J33 

Landscaping/Gardening 

STONE & GARDEN 

SPECIALISTS IN STONE 

DESIGN • CONSULT • INSTALL 

patios, ponds, plants, landscaping 

“Best variety of stone” 

(718) 622-1608 R41 

Landscape - Garden Service 

Summer Maintenance • General Cleanup 

Perennials • Herbs • Shrubs 

Brownstone Terraces, Yards, Co-ops 

Marilyn Manning 

718-237-9154 R25-18 

Kosher Kitchens 

We’ll Kosher 

your kitchen 

and toivel your dishes. 

Call Nationwide: 

1-888-GO-KOSHER 

(888-465-6743) UFN 

Locksmiths 

W48 

Movers (Licensed) 

Quick 

Moving Inc. 

Long Distance • Local 

Residential & Commercial 

Weekends Available • Low Rates 

(718) 743-3003 

Large and mid size jobs only. 


2120 E. 8th St., Bklyn 11223 R34 

R25-24 

R47 

MasterCard® 

® 

AMERICAN EXPRESS 

® 

Keep your Garden 

BLOOMING! 

What 

Inspires 

You? 

98¢/gal 


Moving? Call Us! 

Moving with Us 

Local & Long Distance • Low Rates 

(718) 891-7270 

1 (877) MOVE-W-US 

2925 Brighton St. DOT#34486 

R25-13 

R47 

DAVE’S “DJ” 

MOVING & STORAGE 

Strictly moving - no gimmicks 

Courteous, Reliable Service 

No complaints ever registered on 

our Co. Our record speaks for 

itself. Feel free to call DOT (718) 

482-4816. 

Licensed & Insured 

DOT #32241 

843-4417 

Van Service, Pking Supplies Avail. 

Free Est. Now selling supplies for all 

your Moving & Packing needs. 

R40 

Movers (Truckers) 

VITAL EXPRESS 

MOVING COMPANY 

Anytime, Anywhere 

$14 per man + truck 

(718) 891-3541 R37 

Moving Supplies 

PACK MAN 

All moving & packaging materials 

Low Prices / Call & Compare 

Free Delivery 

web page www.pack-manboxes.com 

fax your order (718) 624-2199 

360 Atlantic Ave 

(718) 802-1948 R37 

Painting 

RestorationAccents 

Decorative Artists 

Interiors~Furniture 

Classical, elegant & Contemporary Finishes 

Ancient Tecnics ~ Custom Designs 

(718) 340-8378 Phone/Fax 

Virginia ~ Luis L49 

rofessional 

Painting 

Restore old surfaces. 

Benjamin Moore Paints used. 

Taping, plastering, wallpaper removal. 


Call 718-720-0565R25-12 

R46 

Master Painter 

EXCELLENT PAINTING 

& PAPER HANGING 

OVER 25 Years Exp. 

INSURED / FREE EST 

Call Simon 

718-763-3954 R50 

FINEST 

QUALITY 

PAINTING 

(718) 768-8486 R30 

Artist Painter 

for your home! 

Interior/E xterior Painting 

W all D esign, G old L eafing E tc. 

Free E stim at 

es - C all L eo 

CELL: (347) 693-5854 

(718) 459-2077 

www.marspainting.com R34 

Stratford Painting 

Interior * Exterior 

Residential * Commericial 

Painting, Plastering, Skim coating, Staining 

Wood Refinishing, Wall Paper & Removal 

7 Days • Insured • Free Estimates 

1-888-499-1662 R34 

John Haviaras 

PAINTING 

Interior/Exterior Painting 

Taping • Sheetrock 

Complete Apartment & Home 

Renovations. Affordable Prices 

Quality Work • Free Estimates 

718-921-6176 R25-12 

Home 

IMPROVEMENT 

Contractors Movers (Licensed) 

Liberty Tradesman, Inc. 

• Commercial and Residential 

• Complete Interior Renovations 

• Bathroom / Kitchen Specialist 

• Renovations / Complete Finished Basements 

• Ceramic and Marble Work 

• Framing / Sheetrock / Taping / Painting 

• Suspended Ceilings, Windows, Doors, Exterior Decks 

Free Estimates / Insured / “24/7” 

Cell (917) 843-9130 • Office (718) 438-3068 J35 Painting 

YNR 

Competitive Painting 

Remodeling. All types of painting, 

plastering, wallpaper – hanging and 

removing. Some carpentry work. 

Reasonable and reliable. 


(718) 769-0236 R33 

SUNSHINE, INC. 

NYS Registered 1974 Painter 

718-748-6990 

Int./Ext. • Comm./Resid. 

Painting • Plaster • Sheetrock 

Endorsed by Prof. Painters Assoc. 

Guaranteed Lowest Prices 

Bonded • Insured • Lic# 0933304 

R13/25-34 

“Quality of work equals 

quality of life.” 

Textured Finishes • Stripping 

Staining • Wallpaper Removal 

Plaster Repair • Skim-Coating 

Sponging & Decorative Finishes 

Painting and Plastering 

FREE ESTIMATES/ CALL Blake 

(718) 921-1445 • (917) 359-0091 

R38 

Plaster Restoration 

Ornamental • Skim Coating 

Wallpaper • Custom Painting 

Stripping 

(718) 783-4868 

Demetrious 

25 years in Park Slope R30 

Master 

Plasterer/Painter 

Old Walls Saved 

Repair, Install, Moldings, Skim Coats 

Excellent References 

718-834-0470R25-20 

Painting - Plastering 

Paper Hanging - Glazing 

FREE ESTIMATES/FULLY INSURED 

718-522-3534R25-25 

Fully Insured Free Estimates 

OWNER OPERATED 

“Top Quality Work, Dependable Service 

and a job that will last!” 

• Painting • Skim Coating 

• Plastering • Wallpaper Removal 

• Faux Finishing • Stain & Varnishing 

Call (718) 332-7041 J35 

Paint Removal 

PSST!! 

Recapture the original beauty of your fine 

architectural woodwork. We strip-restore- 

refinish doors, mantels, columns, shutters, 

banisters with non-toxic, environmentally 

safe, removers and finishes. Careful consid- 

erate workmanship since 1959. Call the 

Park Slope Stripping Team 

@ 718 783-4112. R43 

Finishing Touch 

PAINTING 

ARNOLD’S 

Painting 

Company 

Call to advertise… 834-9161 

Plumbing/Heating 

PHILCO PLUMBING 

& HEATING 

• Boilers and Hot Water Heaters 

• Bathrooms, Showers, Sinks, Tubs 

• Sewers Electronically Cleaned 

• Sewer Lines • Free Estimates 

• 24 Hr. Emergency Service 

• Licensed & Bonded License #667 

Ph. 888-773-7232 / 718-605-0450 

Beeper: 917-851-4960 

R25-13 

J25-14 

WEIL-McLAIN 

CAST IRON BOILERS 

Specialists in 

Installation and Service 

on Gas Heating Systems 

Auth. Rep. Keyspan Energy 

NYC Master Plumber Lic. #289 

SERVE-WELL 

PLUMBING & HEATING 

SERVING ALL BROOKLYN 

718-847-1830 

J25-16 

Plastering 

WALSH PLASTERING 

Ornamental Plaster 

Repaired & Restored 

New Designs Created 

New Walls and Ceilings Created 

Creative Plaster Finishes 

& Specialty Tints Available 

A. Walsh 718-875-3033R37 

Absolute 

Plastering Inc. 

Ornamental, run cornice mould, 

and tinted plaster. Skim coating 

& domes and vaulted ceilings. 

(718) 322-3436 

(917) 412-5593 

Ask for Fitz 

Custom Design & Restorations 

R42 

Restorations 

RESTORATIONS 

Done Reasonably and Well 

Carpentry • Built-Ins • Paneling 

Restoration Work 

Window Repair • Painting 

Garden & Landscaping Work 

Ryan & Paul 

718-857-3661 R41 

Roofing 

EASTECH 

ROOFING 

Rubberized – Hot and Cold 

Fully Insured. 15 year guarantee 

on all rubber roofing 

Free Estimates • 20 yrs. Exp. 

718-875-1200 

License #1068550 R44 

Classic Roofing 

Gutters • Leaders • Shingles 

Roofs • Flat Roofs 

Rubber/90lb. Roof 

On Top of our Competition 

Commercial • Residential 

Fully Lic/Bonded • FREE ESTIMATES 

John (917) 654-2318 R37 

SUPERIOR 

ROOFING CO. 

8805 3rd Ave. Bkln, N.Y. 11209 

• Hot & Cold Tar -Shingling 

• Rubberize - Steam Cleaning 

• Cement & Brick Work 

718-833-5752 

718-491-3001 R25-01 

Schwamberger 

Contracting 

All Roofing, Rubber, 

Skylights and Pointing. 

Excellent References Available 

License #0831318 

15th year with Brooklyn Papers 

718-646-4540 R25-45 

NEIGHBORHOOD 

Sewer & Drain Cleaning 

Plumbing 

TUBS • SINKS • MAIN SEWER 

TOILETS • YARD DRAINS 

24/7 • Emergency Service 

745-7727 or 848-5654 

$ LOW, LOW, PRICES $ 

¤ ¤ 

¤ 

Roofing 

WILLIAM DOLAN 

ROOFING CO. INC. 

FLAT & SHINGLE ROOFING 

10% Senior Citizen Discount 

WE ACCEPT ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS 

718-968-3095 

H.I.C. - LIC. 0928471 

J25-15 

Rubbish Removal 

GREG’S EXPRESS 

RUBBISH REMOVAL 

Basements Cleaned • Yards 

Construction Debris 

Houses & Stores 

All appliances removed 

ALL Contractors Welcome! 

Commercial Stores Welcome! 

Daily Pick-Ups 

Mini Containers Available 

Serving the Community 

Member Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce 

Prompt & Professional • 24hr - 7 days 

718-369-7252 

Beeper 917-808-1560 

Lic: TWC-L-3413 

Fully Insured R25-13 

Tile Installation 

EXPERT TILE 

Complete Renovation 

Baths • Kitchens • Floors • Ceramic 

Glass Tile • Marble • Granite 

Regrouting • Tile Repair 

No job too Big or too Small 

22 yrs exp • References 

FULLY INSURED 

(718) 852-4891 R40 

Upholstery 

• Kitchen & dining chairs recovered 

• New foam cushions • Slipcovers 

• Vertical and mini blinds 

• Shop at Home • Free Est. 

Perfect Touch Decorators 

718-263-8383 

Quality Work • Serving the 5 Boros 

R35 

Waterproofing 

ACE-JAX WATERPROOFING CORP 

3rd Generation of 

Guaranteed Waterproofing 

ROOFING • POINTING 

THOROSEAL COATING • CHIMNEYS 

CORNICE RESTORATION 

Fully Insured & Licensed 

(718) 856-1800 

1241 E. 14th St. BklynL33/25-03 

Windows 

Quality Replacement 

Windows and Repairs 

Repair ALL TYPES of windows. 

Screens and insulated glass. 

Same Day Service • Licensed & Insured 

Reasonable Rates • Emergency Service 

(718) 227-8787 • (917) 719-6707 

(Office) (Voice Mail) R38 

ESTAB. 

1949 

LIVING ROOM 

FURNITURE 

REUPHOLSTERED 

CLEAN LEADERS 

& GUTTERS 

$45 ANY SIZE HOUSE 

W24-30 

Brooklyn’s # 1 

Home Improvement 

Resource 

Attention 

Advertisers 

Call Now 

For Special 

Introductory Offer! 

(718) 834-9161 

ext. 111 

Ask for Roxanne 

C M Y K 

C M Y K 

Brooklyn’s # 1 

HOME 

Improvement 

SECTION 

Call Now For Special 


(718) 834-9161 ext. 111 

Attention Advertisers 

Air Conditioning 

Sales and Service 

Installation of Central Systems 

Professional Quality at Half the Cost 


Ask for Eric or Steve 

(646) 302-9274 R32 

Architects 

AWARD WINNING LICENSED 

ARCHITECT & 

INTERIOR DESIGNER 

• From Conception to Completion 

Residential, Commercial, Manufacturing 

Alterations & New Buildings 

• Realistic Estimates & Time Schedules 

• Construction Management 

• Expediting Approvals & Permits 

Department of Buildings & Landmarks 

• Zoning Analysis & Property Potential 

To buy or not buy 

Martin della Paolera 

ARCHITECT 

65 Saint Felix Street 

Brooklyn NY 11217 

TEL (718) 596-2379 

FAX (718) 596-2579 

EMAIL felix63@aol.com UFN 

Closets 

R27-16 

Construction 

Timeless 









* Plastering 



* Finished basements and additions 


(718) 979-0913 

R29/32/35/27-25 

2001 Construction 

Odyssey Inc. 

Remodeling: house, apartment, 

basement, office & stores. 

New Kitchens & Bathrooms 

Marble • Ceramic Tile 

Carpentry • Painting 

Marcello 

Cell (646) 220-3221 

Office (718) 234-3927 

LICENSED & INSURED R23 

R35 

R41 

R27-15 

R38 

TRY US FIRST!!! 

Doshen Construction Corp. 

Interior, Exterior Renovation 

Licensed Insured & Bonded 

917-698-8715 

718-258-5593 

All Work Guaranteed 

BAUEN 

CONSTRUCTION 






FULLY INSURED 


(718) 668-2063 

BUILDING OUR REPUTATION 

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 

INTERIOR RENOVATIONS 

COMMERCIAL 

RESIDENTIAL 

CUSTOM RENOVATION 

SPECIALIST 

LICENSED & BONDED 

#0836623 

FULLY INSURED 

LEVEL ONE 

CONSTRUCTION CORP 

1 (917) 847-8307 

Three generations • 23 years 

of quality honest work 

Custom Kitchens & Bathrooms • A/C Sys. 

Basements • Cement Work • Carpentry 

Cabinets • Iron Work • Roofing 

Water Proofing • Plaster • Painting 

1 (800) 926-6955 

HIL # 0838887 • INSURED 


custom closet, wardrobe, furniture, 

office & pantry/utility design 

interior design & renovation 

718.624.0328 


license # 1036367 

AIR 

CONDITIONING 

Construction 

R27-04 

R39 

R23 

Remodeling: house, apartment, 

basement, office & stores. 

New Kitchens & Bathrooms 

Marble • Ceramic Tile 

Carpentry • Painting 

Marcello 

Cell (646) 220-3221 

Office (718) 234-3927 

LICENSED & INSURED 

R23 

Contractors 

Roofing ¥ Bathrooms ¥ Kitchens 

Carpentry ¥ All Renovations ¥ Brickwork 

Dormers ¥ Extensions ¥ Windows 

W aterproofing 

Free Estimates, Licensed & Insured 

718-276-8558 R33 

R27-20 

Custom Woodworking 

WOOD WORKS 

Specializing in custom 

bookcases, wall units and 

entertainment centers. 

Designed to meet your specific 

needs. We also produce 

landmark doors & windows. 

We use the finest hardwoods & veneers 

and employ superior techniques 

to produce heirloom quality results. 

Call for free estimates 

(718) 238-4626 R32 

Decks 

R27-15 

DECKS 

by Bart 


Fences Too! • Free Estimates 

Call Bart: 



Plan Ahead 

(718) 284-8053 




EAGLE 

CONTRACTORS 

General 

Renovations 







Cement Work 



718-686-1100 

Chris Mullins 

Contracting 

MAJESTIC 

HOME IMPROVEMENT 

Complete Remodeling 

and Renovations 

SPECIALIZED IN 

Bathrooms • Kitchens 

Living Rooms • Dining Rooms 

Patios • Basement 

Floor Tilings • All Carpentry 

Electrical • Plumbing 

FREE Estimates 

Financing Available / Licensed & Insured 

(718) 332-4340 

(718) 322-9003 

100% job satisfaction 

KNOCKOUT 

Renovations 




COMPLETE RENOVATIONS, 

KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, 



(718) 745-0722 


Renovations & Restorations 

All Home Improvement Needs 

Kitchen • Bath • Paint • Carpentry 

Fully equipped 

with all trades 

Equipped with 

DESIGNERS • ARCHITECTS • EXPEDITERS 

“You’ve tried all the rest, 

now go with the best.” 

Do it right the first time. 

17 YEARS EXPERIENCE 

LICENSED • BONDED • INSURED 

718-965-1857 or 718-692-7163 

Electricians 

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL 

ELECTRICAL 

WIRING 

Circuit Breaker 

Air Conditioning • Alarms 

Monitoring • Intercom 

Repair PC • Sheetrock 

NICK: MBM ELECTRICAL CO. 

718-434-1042 R31 

ALECTRA INC. 




Licensed electrician 

718-522-3893 R27-24 

JOHN E. LONERGAN 

Licensed Electrician 

(718) 875-6100 

(212) 475-6100 

R30 

R27-03 






(718) 222-2444 R28 


ADIRONDACK 

FLOOR SANDING 

Expert Repairs & Installations 

Guaranteed Quality & Satisfaction 

10 Years Serving Brooklyn 

(718) 648-4672 

Alt. # (718) 645-0112 R33 



Call (718) 238-9064 

(917) 805-8161 



A & J Carpet Co. 

Upholstery Cleaning & 

Professional Carpet Cleaning 

Pet Stains • Floods • Wood 

Floors Waxed & Refinished 

(212) 831-1189 

Affordable Prices • Eves & Weekends 

R27-09 

D & K 







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Ask for Tony R23 

Glass 

STAINED GLASS • MOSAIC 

Spring Workshop & beginner classes 

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30 yrs. exp. in custom design, restora- 

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10% OFF on supplies, custom 

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R36 

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Electric 

Licensed Electricians 

Anything In Electric & Heat 

When Con Ed Says You Need 

An Electrician . . . . 

Call Us First 

10% DISCOUNT FOR FIRST TIME 

CALLERS OR SENIOR CITIZENS 

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718-774-5963 

Handyman 

CALL NED 





718-871-1504 R32 

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environmental aesthetics 

Call for Consultation 

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patios, ponds, plants, landscaping 

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UFN 


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AMERICA 

Moving & Storage 

Residential Movers 

LOW, LOW RATES 

East & West Coasts 

Fully Licensed & Insured 

Free Packing Service 

Guaranteed Pick Up Days 

1 (866) CROSS 55 

(718) 433-0633 

www.cross-america.com 

FREE BOX DELIVERY 

“A good job happens only when you care!” 

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We do last minute jobs! 

Expert packers 

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Prompt • Cordial 

TOP HAT MOVERS 

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Violations Removed 

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licensed, insured R28 

Painting 

R31 

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PAINTING 

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• Re-surface/Taping • Skim-coat 

• Water damage & mildew repair 

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Plastering 








A. Walsh 718-875-3033 R41 

Absolute 





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(917) 412-5593 

Ask for Fitz 

Custom Design & Restorations R39 

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R27-20 

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ALL WORK GUARANTEED 


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Restoration 

RESTORATIONS 






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R46 


R46 

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Demolition • Rubbish Removal 

FULLY INSURED & FREE ESTIMATES 

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Contracting 

All Roofing, Rubber, Metal, Skylights. 




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That’s a local call! 

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PAINTING 






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“Top Quality Work, Dependable Service 

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718-369-7252 

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Security 

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• Kitchen & dining chairs recovered 

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• Vertical and mini blinds 

• Shop at Home • Free Est. 


718-263-8383 

Quality Work • Serving the 5 Boros 

R36 

Windows 





Same Day Service • Licensed & Insured 

Reasonable Rates • Emergency Service 

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R36 

Woodwork 

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Specializing in 

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carriage house doors 

windows • wood interiors 

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R38 

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Recapture the original beauty of your 

fine architectural woodwork. We 

strip-restore-refinish doors, mantels, 

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and finishes. Careful considerate 

workmanship since 1959. Call the 


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LIVING ROOM 

FURNITURE 

REUPHOLSTERED 


W24-30 

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TERMITE, RODENT & INSECT CONTROL 

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RESIDENTIAL • COMERCIAL 

“Safest Methods Used” 

USA EXTERMINATORS 

718 832-0900 

A Service Company You Can Depend On 


$10 OFF Any Service With This Ad R29/32/34 

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Broken or Missing 

Baluster/Spindles 

Weak or Broken Steps 

(Treads, Stringers or Risers) 

Call: 718-893-4006 

FLOOR 

SANDING 

ALSO 

AVAILABLE 

Cee Dee 

PROFESSIONAL 

CONTRACTORS 

R27-11 


R27-07 

Dave’s D.J. Moving 

& Storage Available 

Written Binding Estimates Available. 

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carry building insurance. All furniture 

padded Free. Courteous, reliable 

service. Weekends avail., packing 

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Lic. and Ins. DOT #32241 

83 Davenport Ct. 

Howard Beach, NY 11414 R25 

Moving Supplies 

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web page www.pack-manboxes.com 

fax your order (718)624-2199 

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W24 

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Cell 1 (917) 771-0407 R26 

Painting 

R27-11 

R27/27-3 




Stripping 

(718) 783-4868 

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25 years in Park Slope R35 

Master 





718-834-0470 R27-15 

R46 

R31 

rofessional 

Painting 





Call 718-720-0565 R29 

Stratford 

Painting 

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7 Days • Insured 


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ask for classifieds 

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R41 

R38 

R27-15 

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CONSTRUCTION 






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BUILDING OUR REPUTATION 

TRY US FIRST!!! 

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Interior, Exterior Renovation 

Licensed Insured & Bonded 

917-698-8715 

718-258-5593 


ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN 

INTERIOR RENOVATIONS 

COMMERCIAL 

RESIDENTIAL 

CUSTOM RENOVATION 

SPECIALIST 

LICENSED & BONDED 

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FULLY INSURED 

LEVEL ONE 

CONSTRUCTION CORP 

1 (917) 847-8307 


custom closet, wardrobe, furniture, 

office & pantry/utility design 

interior design & renovation 

718.624.0328 


license # 1036367 

Construction 

R39 

Contractors 

CONTRACTOR 

Painting, Kitchens, Bathrooms, 

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CALL TODAY FOR NO 

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R27-20 

Roofing • Bathrooms • Kitchens 

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Free Estimates, Licensed & Insured 

718-276-8558 

R39/42/27-35 

Decks 

R27-15 

Decorators 

HOME A MESS? NEED A LOOK? 

Let “Guerilla Decorators” swing in to 

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Reasonable rates for: 

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• Old-fashioned, detail-oriented cleaners 

• Packing-up for moving out or un-packing when moving in 

• Redecorate your interior with your current furnishings 

• “Planet of Drapes” for naked windows 

Let us transform your life .... 

Excellent references and testimonials. 

Call 917-755-5761 

Ask for Donna 

C42 

Electricians 


No Job Too Small 

Family Owned & Operated for over 35 years 

(718) 854-2984 R27-08 

JOHN E. LONERGAN 

Licensed Electrician 

(718) 875-6100 

(212) 475-6100 

R39 






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R27-03 

A. Norway 

Electric 


Anything In Electric & Heat 

When Con Ed Says You Need 

An Electrician . . . . 

Call Us First 

10% DISCOUNT FOR FIRST TIME 

CALLERS OR SENIOR CITIZENS 

ELECTRICIAN 

24/7 

EMERGENCY SERVICE 

718-774-5963 

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COMMERCIAL 

& RESIDENTIAL 

ELECTRICAL 

CONTRACTORS 

C&C 

DECKS 

by Bart 


Fences Too! • Free Estimates 

Call Bart: 



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(718) 284-8053 




Chris Mullins 

Contracting 

EAGLE 

CONTRACTORS 

General 

Renovations 







Cement Work 



718-686-1100 

KNOCKOUT 

Renovations 




COMPLETE RENOVATIONS, 

KITCHENS, BATHROOMS, 



(718) 745-0722 


Electricians 

ALECTRA INC. 




Licensed electrician 

718-522-3893 R27-24 


ADIRONDACK 

FLOOR SANDING 

Expert Repairs & Installations 

Guaranteed Quality & Satisfaction 

10 Years Serving Brooklyn 

(718) 648-4672 

Alt. # (718) 645-0112 R27-06 

D & K 







718-720-2555 R27-26 



Call (718) 238-9064 

(917) 805-8161 



A & J Carpet Co. 

Upholstery Cleaning & 

Professional Carpet Cleaning 

Pet Stains • Floods • Wood 

Floors Waxed & Refinished 

(212) 831-1189 

Affordable Prices • Eves & Weekends 

R27-09 

Gates 

R39/27-34 

Glass 

STAINED GLASS • MOSAIC 

Spring Workshop & beginner classes 

Glass Shop Works, Inc. 

30 yrs. exp. in custom design, restora- 

tion, repairs, framing, and glass etching 

10% OFF on supplies, custom 

mosaic art, homes & business 

www.glassshopworks.com 

glassshopworks@aol.com 

(718) 759-1084 

(866) GLASS-33 

Easy Payments 

R36 

Gardening 

R27-17 

Handyman 

CALL NED 





718-871-1504 R27-08 

KBM Contracting 

Bathrooms • Carpentry 

Tiling • Decks • Windows 

Flooring • Roofing • Doors 

Painting • Staircases 

Piping • Heating 

Violations Removed 

FREE ESTIMATE 

(718) 763-0379 

licensed, insured R27-02 

Garden Service 

Summer Maintenance • General Clean up 

Perennials • Herbs • Shrubs 

Brownstone Terraces, Yards, Co-ops 

718-753-9741 

Keep your Garden 

BLOOMING! 

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Security Doors 

Window Guards/AC Grills 

Sidewalk Trap Doors 

Railing, Steps, Staircases 

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FREE DELIVERY 

(718) 852-8787 

Locksmith 

UFN 


R27-07 

R46 

R44 

AMERICA 

Moving & Storage 

Residential Movers 

LOW, LOW RATES 

East & West Coasts 

Fully Licensed & Insured 

Free Packing Service 

Guaranteed Pick Up Days 

1 (866) CROSS 55 

(718) 433-0633 

www.cross-america.com 

FREE BOX DELIVERY 

“A good job happens only when you care!” 

USDOT# 1059024 / ICC# 436268 

R37 

Dave’s D.J. Moving 

& Storage Available 

Written Binding Estimates Available. 

Commercial and residential. We 

carry building insurance. All furniture 

padded Free. Courteous, reliable 

service. Weekends avail., packing 

supplies, van service. Serving Bklyn 

for over 10 years. 

(718) 843-4417 

Lic. and Ins. DOT #32241 

83 Davenport Ct. 

Howard Beach, NY 11414 

R36/42 

Truckers 

1-2-3 

Man with Van/Truck 

Any job, big or small 

Tristate Area 

Reliable, experienced, guaranteed. 

Low Low Rates! 

Call John (646) 339-3160 

Cell 1 (917) 771-0407 R38 

Painting 

Quality Plastering 

and Painting 


Call Conrad 

(917) 723-1052 C38 

CROSS 

US DOT#796162 

MOVING 

Low Low Rates 

Experts on all kinds of moving 


(718) 627-9896 

INFINITY 

We do last minute jobs! 

Expert packers 

Packing materials • Fully insured 

Prompt • Cordial 

TOP HAT MOVERS 

86 Prospect Park West, Bklyn, NY 11215 

718-965-0214 • 718-622-0377 • 212-722-3390 

DOT # T-12302 Visa/MC 

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MasterCard® 

® 

AMERICAN EXPRESS ® 

Roofing 

42/27-10 

R46 


R27-36 

R46 













Prompt & Professional • 24hr - 7 days 

718-369-7252 

Beeper 917-808-1560 


Fully Insured 

6th year with The Brooklyn Papers 

R27-15 


Indoor / Outdoor, Attics, Base- 

ments, Garages, etc. Fast, clean, 

cheap. All types of clean-ups and 

home repairs. 

Free Estimates (718) 659-1844 

10% off with this ad W41 

A J Trash Removal 

We Do Clean Outs 

Houses, yards, basements, stores, old 

furniture & appliances removed. 2 

men & a truck. FREE phone estimate. 

718-946-9027 

Job Left Broom Clean R37 

Telephone Services 

SAVE UP TO 

$100 OFF 

HOME - OFFICE - BUSINESS 

Inside Telephone Jack & Wiring 

Service - Install - Repair - Sales 

Telephone & Intercom System 

(718) 573-5707 

PHONE DOCTORS NYC, LLC 

R41/27-14 

Tree Services 

Four Seasons 

TREE SERVICE 

718-207-0762 

Free Estimate! 


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Trees, Backyards, Gardens. Tree Cabling 

& Cavities. Tree Removals. R44 

AAA Plus Service 

Cleanout • Basement 

Apartment • Storefront 

Demolition • Rubbish Removal 

FULLY INSURED & FREE ESTIMATES 

OFFICE: (718) 251-3447 

CELL: 1 (646) 523-5535 

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ADAX, INC. 

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Residential 

(home/yard/garage) 

Commercial 

(constr. debris/container svc) 

Recycling • Appliances • Paper 

BIC #1226 • INSURED • FREE EST. 

24 HRS: (917) 533-8306 

Schwamberger 

Contracting 

All Roofing, Rubber, Metal, Skylights. 




718-646-4540 

That’s a local call! 

NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL. 

Do It The SAFE “Cool” Way 

CRYSTAL ROOFING 

Call For Details and a FREE Estimate 

1-718-238-9433 

For Immediate Attention Call: 

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Shingle Roofs Also Installed 

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ATTENTION 

HOMEOWNERS! 

Leaky Roof? 

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Upholstery 



718-263-8383 

30 yrs experience • Serving the 5 Boros 

R39/27-35 

Windows 





Custom Window Installation 

Licensed & Insured • Reasonable Rates 

Call Rene (718) 227-8787 

R39/27-35 

Woodwork 

By Experienced Cabinetmaker 

• Doors • Bookcases 

• Custom Cabinets 

• Entertainment Centers 

• Furniture 

Quality work at reasonable prices 

(718) 510-3408 


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MAYAN 

WOODWORKS 

• Kitchen and dining chairs 

& tables recovered 

• New foam cushions 

• Slipcovers 

• Window Treatments 

and verticles 

FURNITURE 

REUPHOLSTERED 

Woodwork 

Quality Custom Woodworking 

Specializing in 

cabinetry • entry doors 

carriage house doors 

windows • wood interiors 

(718) 422-0205 

finewoodworksinc@aol.com R49 

Wood Stripping 

R38 

PSST!! 

Recapture the original beauty of your 

fine architectural woodwork. We 

strip-restore-refinish doors, mantels, 

columns, shutters, banisters with non- 

toxic, environmentally safe, removers 

and finishes. Careful considerate 

workmanship since 1959. Call the 


@ 718 783-4112. 


W27-30 

Exterminators 

TERMITE, RODENT & INSECT CONTROL 

SPECIALISTS 

RESIDENTIAL • COMERCIAL 

“Safest Methods Used” 

USA EXTERMINATORS 

718 832-0900 

A Service Company You Can Depend On 


$10 OFF Any Service With This Ad R41/44 

Stairs 

Broken or Missing 

Baluster/Spindles 

Weak or Broken Steps 

(Treads, Stringers or Risers) 

Call: 718-893-4006 

FLOOR 

SANDING 

ALSO 

AVAILABLE 

Cee Dee 

PROFESSIONAL 

CONTRACTORS 

R27-11 

R47 

Painting 

R35/27-29 

R27-11 

Residential & Commercial 

Exterior & Interior Painting 

Wallpapering – Sheetrocking – Taping 

Carpentry – Waterproofing - Roofing 

30 Years Exp. in Bklyn Heights 

Fully Insured 

Office (718) 837-8719 

Cell (973) 723-5179 C46 

R27-23 




Stripping 

(718) 783-4868 

Demetrious 

25 years in Park Slope R27-34 

Master 





718-834-0470 R27-15 

R46 

rofessional 

Painting 





Call 718-720-0565 R27-29 

R27-19 

Plastering 








A. Walsh 718-875-3033 R41 

Absolute 





(718) 322-3436 

(917) 412-5593 

Ask for Fitz 

Custom Design & Restorations 

R27-37 

Plumbing 

R27-20 

Restoration 

RESTORATIONS 






Ryan & Paul 

718-857-3661 R46 

NEIGHBORHOOD 


Plumbing 




745-7727 or 848-5654 


® 

® 

® 

John Haviaras 

PAINTING 






718-921-6176 

PAINTING 

BY DANKO 



718-748-6990 





www.sunshinepaintingny.com 



“Top Quality Work, Dependable 

Service and a job that will last!” 

• Painting • Skim Coating • Plastering 

• Wallpaper Removal and Installation 

• Specializing in Faux Finishing 

and Decorative Painting 

• Stain & Varnishing 

Call (718) 332-7041 


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