The Brooklyn Paper Volume 36 Issue 19

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TANK BATTLE
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POOL PALS: “Double-D” pool goers are calling out against a
The city wants to flush a federal plan Waterways plan to rip up the pool as part of a Gowanus Canal cleanup.
to keep raw sewage out of the filthy
Gowanus Canal by temporarily storing Save our pool!
overflowing toilet water in mammoth
new underground tanks, claiming the
$78-million project is completely un- The agency claims that its own anal-
necessary because poop is not the fetid ysis of the canal bed found coal tar, a
waterway’s biggest problem. carcinogen dumped into the water by Residents: Don’t build in park
The city’s Department of Environ- m nearby gas plants last century, which it
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build two storage tanks to keep raw mand that it build a massive sewage holding tank underneath Gow- “The proposal to build large hold- as part of a so-called Gowanus Canal The suggestion to place one of the
sewage out of the polluted channel dur- anus’ beloved “Double-D” pool, above, as part of the Superfund ing tanks is not supported by the sam- “Superfund” cleanup — a group of See POOL on page 6
ing heavy rain storms . cleanup of the Gowanus Canal. See GOWANUS on page 5
GRASS IS A GONER
Cyclones home games will be played on artifi cial surface
By Will Bredderman ural grass.
The Brooklyn Paper Those points were made clear by
The Brooklyn Cyclones will play fans who fear the new surface will
home games on artificial turf this year, make going out to the ballpark a less-
and the grass at the city-owned ball- enjoyable experience.
park in Coney Island has already been “I hope the artificial turf is only
ripped up and replaced with the syn- for a year,” said legendary Brooklyn
thetic kind, the team announced on Cyclones columnist Ed Shakespeare.
Monday. “A grass field is aesthetically pleas-
The grounds at MCU Park was ing, better for the players’ bodies, and
gives a traditional bounce to a base-
switched from natural grass to artifi-
ball. The trend is to go away from ar-
cial turf as part of the stadium’s post-
tificial turf.”
superstorm Sandy repairs — defying a
Shakespeare, a bard of baseball who
20-year trend in professional baseball
has covered the Cyclones since the
toward natural grass fields.
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THE LAST MERMAIDS?: Hurricane Sandy’s wrath may have
host more off-season events. ists complain change the game for the be harder on players’ bodies than nat- See CYCLONES o n page 11
brought an end to Coney Island’s beloved Mermaid Parade, un-
“Heaven forbid we get hit with
less some fast cash can be raised, says the fest’s founder.
another Sandy, the FieldTurf would
SUGAR WAR
Maids need money hold up better,” said Solomon. “And
it opens us up to possibly holding more
events during the year without hav-
ing to worry about whether the grass
would be dead.”
‘Merman’ Dick Zigun says without Two candy shops will battle for
Solomon said the decision to make
the switch was made by Cyclones and
$100,000, there will be no parade Mets brass. The Mets own the Cy- Coney Island’s sweetest tooth
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31st time on June 22 — and so his man-turned-carnival-barker said Kick- were not returned in time for our on- away from 73-year-old People’s Play- ‘old fashioned and stale’ stores but more with her bag of goodies.
freaky friends are offering sweet swag starter and Coney Island oddballs are line deadline. ground staple Williams Candy. of a hip and cool place where custom-
to those who contribute to his upcom- a match made in weirdo heaven. In the Major Leagues, all National Jeff Rubin, founder and Chief Ex- ers can find so many exclusive, unique store makes half its money by cater-
ing Kickstarter campaign. “That’s the way the people of Brook- League teams play on grass, and in ecutive Officer of It’s Sugar — which and fun products,” said Rubin. ing events, and partly because he con-
Hurricane Sandy swamped Zigun’s lyn, the whackos of New York City, the American League, only the To- has 70 stores worldwide — said that But Williams Candy owner Peter tended with the old Phillips Candy shop
headquarters at the corner of Surf Av- people who care about alternative cul- ronto Blue Jays’ Rogers Centre and sweet-toothed and cavity-riddled Co- Agrapides said he is not afraid of a tooth- located inside the Stillwell Avenue train
enue and W. 12th, forcing him to sink ture across America, that is how they the Tampa Bay Rays’ Tropicana Field ney-goers would choose his new shop rotting rivalry — partly because his See CANDY o n page 11
thousands into rebuilding the famous See PARADE on page 11 use synthetic turf. But for years start-
HERE THEY ARE! TWO GREAT STORIES ABOUT HIPSTERS
Catholic Church: Jesus was a hipster
Diocese of Brooklyn is hoping to attract the skinny-pants set with ad campaign
By Danielle Furfaro wearing wool hats in May. persuaded to visit a Catholic ple,” said Harrington. “This is
The Brooklyn Paper “Historically, any depiction church because of the ads, but an invitation.”
Hipster Jesus isn’t just another of Christ is a reflection of the claims that doesn’t matter. And it is yet to be seen if the
internet meme. people of a certain culture,” said “All we can do is invite peo- campaign will work on its tar-
Well, he is , but now the con- Harrington. “When Jesus goes get audience
cept of the Nazarene as the orig- out to meet the Syrophoenician DOES THAT ROBE COME “It’s so not my thing,” said
inal flip-flop wearing counter- woman, he meets her where he IN SKINNY?: The Roman 27-year-old Willimasburger Jor-
culture independent thinker is is. When Jesus goes out to meet Catholic Diocese of Brook- dan Strain, as he walked down
the basis of an advertising cam- Saint Matthew, he’s a tax collector. lyn’s “All Faces, Everyday Bedford Avenue with friends.
paign by the Roman Catholic Di- He doesn’t care. We love people Understanding” campaign Other ads in the campaign fea-
ocese of Brooklyn that hopes to because of who they are.” asks hipsters to look at ture a runner in a gym, and more
attract the skinny-pants set to Harrington does not know themselves as a reflection are planed to target Chinese and
Sunday mass.
how many hipsters have been of Jesus. Spanish Brooklynites.
“We wanted people to be able
to see in Christ a reflection of
themselves and in themselves a
Pols demand trains for hipster fair
reflection of Christ,” said dio-
cese spokesman Monsignor Ki-
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of red, Converse-style sneakers this June are going to have to ei- “It is very important that (D–Greenpoint). fast trains with slow-moving shut- Sausage fest
sticking out from underneath, with ther hitchhike or take the bus be- the MTA follow through on its The pols said that the MTA tle buses between Bedford Ave-
the words “The Original Hipster” cause their beloved L train will commitment to community en- was breaking an agreement it had nue and Canarsie, the Northside
superimposed in block letters. be closed for repair. gagement and reschedule these made at a meeting last year to con- Festival, which will this year be
Church officials say it’s not But a group of Brooklyn pols shutdowns,” reads a letter sent sult with community leaders be- spread out from June 13 to 20
strange for Christ figures to be wants to make it as easy as possi- to the authority and signed by fore choosing weekends to shut and will include music, film and John Esposito of G. Esposito and Sons Jersey Pork
painted a certain way to attract ble for them to rock on, and are de- Borough President Markowitz, down the L, as well as to keep the technology, typically draws up- Store shows off his shop’s Italian sausage at the annual
a certain crowd, even if it means manding the Metropolitan Trans- state Senators Daniel Squadron line, which runs from Manhat- See HIPSTERS o n page 6 Court Street Festival on Sunday.
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Sandy-ravaged Sunny’s Bar
raises $12,000 at fund-raiser
But iconic pub still needs hefty sum if it’s to reopen in June
By Natalie Musumeci this bar where I never really owners, Johansen and Bal-
The Brooklyn Paper felt like it was mine,” said zano have struggled since the
Sunny days are forecast the legendary barkeep, whose superstorm hit six months ago
for Red Hook’s iconic Sun- grandfather opened the quaint and inundated the pub. The
ny’s Bar. pub in 1890. “I always felt like couple has worked to piece
A benefit concert at the it belonged to all of us and by the damaged place back to-
Bell House on May 1 raised seeing everyone out there in gether with help from their
about $12,000 to fund repairs that particular moment made friends.
for the Conover Street bar that me feel that it does in fact be- A successful $35,000 Kick-
has been shuttered since get- long to all of us.” starter campaign in Decem-
ting clobbered by Hurricane Balzano, who runs Sunny’s ber paid for a new boiler room,
Sandy. Bar with his wife, Tone Johan- gas line, compressors, electric
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whelmed by the outpouring Kings’ County Blues Band, 1, with all the proceeds going directly to fund repairs at his battered Conver and pilings. ROCKING OUT FOR A CAUSE: John Pinamonti
of love he received when he Luna Sisters, Simon Chardiet, Street watering hole. The fund-raising campaign was one of many musicians who played at a special
stepped on the stage to thank The Woes, and Dave, Vic, is crucial since the bar was concert at the Bell House to benefit Red Hook’s
the massive crowd. & Friends. Still, the money covers a small portion of the plete restoration of the bar. to reopen by June. denied a disaster assistance iconic Sunny’s Bar, which was destroyed by Hur-
“I have this thing about raised from the concert only $80,000 needed for a com- The owners desperately hope Like many small business See SANDY on page 11 ricane Sandy.
Study: F train is the most
delayed ride, G the least
By Natalie Musumeci mechanical, and maintenance
The Brooklyn Paper issues — instead of delays out
The F train gets an F. of the agency’s hands, such
The subway line expe- as sick riders, or police and
rienced more delays than fire investigations.
any other during the first Of the 2,669 transit au-
10 months of last year, ac- thority alerts sent during the
cording to a Straphangers first 10 months of 2012, the
Campaign study released report said that the F train
Wednesday. accounted for 8 percent of
The study also said that the delays, while the G train
the G train, known as the made up only 1 percent of
Brooklyn Local, had the few- the total.
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mechanical problem,” said REVEALED: The F train is the most delayed ride, ment.
Cate Contino, the coordi- according to a new report by the Straphangers Last year, prior to Hurri-
nator for the Straphangers Campaign. cane Sandy, delays increased
Campaign. “It shows there’s 10 percent, compared with
a lot of work to be done in ropolitan Transportation lay on a specific line or the the same time period in 2011,
the system.” Authority sends out to sub- possibility of a delay. the study reported. For the
The transit advocacy scribed riders. These alerts The Straphangers Cam- three months after the Oct.
group based its findings are sent immediately via e- paign only analyzed delays it 29 super storm, subway de-
on an analysis of the elec- mail or text message when deemed the MTA could con- lays jumped 29 percent.
tronic alerts that the Met- the agency determines a de- trol — such as track, switch, See TRAIN on page 4
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BACK campaign, the Nets had been sur- lyn needed a stop in the series’ de- How could Brooks — who made
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end, allowing the seventh-fewest get one. And when they needed big taking only two shots — possibly
COURT points per game. shots from their $20-million-a-year have been worse?
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Thief sneaks off with diner’s bag
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The last time the victim Break in
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saw her bag at the office, be- POLICE BLOTTER
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Downtown said. She didn’t noticed the Find more online every Wednesday at on April 29.
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was leaving for the day. It
A sneaky thief stole the told cops that he left his abode
contained a cellphone and
By Suhail Raoof, M.D., Director of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine bag of a diner at a Cadman $75 in cash, among other noticed that $7,500 of that cops claim. between Fifth and Sixth av-
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Over 50 million Americans are af- allergic asthma, the disease can be con- The victim sat down to purse. later, he found his front door
fected by an allergy—an abnor- trolled through medical treatment and eat at the establishment near A quick-acting thief stole Many people — house- Carroll Gardens-Cobble lock broken and the two lap-
mally high sensitivity to a normally management of environmental triggers. Everit Street at 2 pm, and put the iPhone from the hands keepers, a babysitter, guests Hill–Red Hook tops missing.
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are not life-threatening. But for the 15 be done in a laboratory or in a doctor’s a camera. streets. $7,200 from an automated uments said. enue stop on April 28.
million people whose allergies can trigger office. Collect call Lie phone teller machine on Hoyt Street The assault occurred The 26-year-old victim
asthma attacks, the danger presented by Once asthma is determined to be A nature-loving crook A bold-faced liar of a thief early in the morning of April at 12:15 am near Baltic told police that she was on
allergens may be more serious. caused by an allergy, a crucial step in stole a bag from a man mak- stole the iPhone of a woman 29, police said. Street. the northbound train at the
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in other allergens, such as mold, spores, evidence and objective guidelines. Now, White collar The woman told police wearing matching outfits, Park Slope When he returned the next
or pet dander, can also trigger allergic many people who have allergic asthma A robber took a purse that she kept $9,000 in a purse in first forcefully rummaged Diaper van thief day at 7 am he found the van
asthma. are able to manage the disease with few was hidden in an office desk her office cabinet, which was through the victims’ pock- A madman jacked a di- door was broken and four gui-
Although there is currently no cure for or no symptoms. drawer inside a Jay Street there when she last checked ets, police said. Finding noth- aper delivery van that was tars and their cases, cables,
building on May 1, police on April 30. ing, they punched the pair, parked on Prospect Park West two piano cases, and other
said. At 9:36 am on May 1, she stealing the glasses of one, on May 4 and took it for a equipment were missing.
wild ride. Ransacked
YOUR PROMOTIONS The 27-year-old deliv- A crook broke into a wom-
shoprico.com eryman told police that he an’s Berkeley Place apart-
was making a drop-off on ment and took a laptop on
SUPERMARKET the street between Fifth April 29.
and Sixth streets at 5:30 The 30-year-old victim
pm. About 30 minutes later told police that the she left
he noticed a man wearing a the abode between Sixth and
SINCE 1995 black hat and blue sweater Seventh avenues at 9:30 am
jump into the white Chevrolet and when she returned at 8
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H CAPS/HATS H UNIFORMS 866.701.3263 H 718.969.3144 A hooded perp attacked Ltimo’os ctaerdd, s acida pro lice.
a woman for an iPhone 5
H JACKETS H BACK PACKS lighting furniture on Fourth Avenue on April A crook busted the win-
30. dow of a car parked on Bergen
H BAGS H TROPHIES The 28-year-old victim Street and made off with a
told police that she was on bunch of goods on May 4.
the corner of Warren Street The victim told police that
aFrame
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eral times prior to the inci- smashed in and her lug-
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dent, said cops. gage, costume jewelry,
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saulted his girlfriend inside A sly thief stole items out
an Atlantic Avenue depart- of a gym-goers locker when
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Flatbush Avenue called po- The 40-year-old victim
wwww.PROMOTIONALEMPIRE.comw STARTING MAY 17 lice and reported that the sus- told cops that he left his be-
pect grabbed the female by longings in the locker of the
the neck. gym between Fifth and Sixth
The 26-year-old victim avenues and went to go work-
told police that she and her out at 4:15 pm.
boyfriend got into an argu- When he returned nearly
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redness and bruising to the hone 5, and credit and debit
right side of her neck, po- cards, were missing.
lice said. — Natalie Musumeci
TRAIN...
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Continued from page 2 ruary 2013 the F train’s on-
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Seaton said that solely using versus the G train’s 83.2
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the alerts does not provide an percent.
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“The Straphanger Cam- add up.
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paign’s use of the MTA’s e- “I can’t complain,” said
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rometer of individual subway who lives off the Fort Hamil-
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paint a full picture of ser-
like every five minutes dur-
vice issues,” said Seaton in a
ing my morning commute –
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it’s always on time.”
serve to highlight one of the
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efforts in place to keep our
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Yet, even the MTA’s own is a recent announcement that
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acknowledge the F train’s tar- plementing express service
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diness. on the line that would whiz
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Emergencies treated promptly
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Dr. Jeffrey M. Kramer
544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens
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Some mayoral candidates say they have nothing against Prospect Park West bike lane, just the com-
munity approval process leading up to it.
Democrats: Bike lane
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rolled over residents
Hizzoner hopefuls blast the city’s process behind the
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Prospect Park West bike lane — but like the lane itself
By Will Bredderman route for bikes. The change wanted,” said Liu. been a good thing.” (cid:47)(cid:66)(cid:14)(cid:66)(cid:54)(cid:51)(cid:14)(cid:65)(cid:67)(cid:53)(cid:53)(cid:51)(cid:65)(cid:66)(cid:51)(cid:50)(cid:14)(cid:62)(cid:64)(cid:55)(cid:49)(cid:51)
The Brooklyn Paper bred bitter hostility among Former Comptroller Bill Public Advocate — and
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Overall, it was a case of the many residents and provoked Thompson also condemned Park Slope resident — Bill
means justifying the end. several lawsuits . the city’s process without DeBlasio said he felt left out
Democratic mayoral can- City Comptroller John condemning the lane itself. of the community approval
didates agree: the city failed Liu claimed that the De- “You need an inclusive process and disliked the bike
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falsely boasted of having got- the community boards and
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versial Prospect Park West improvement.
the lane — despite modera- Bedford-Stuyvesant native
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tor Andrea Bernstein’s points said.
section of the street for cy- end. It’s better than bikes on
that the agency got the ap- Council Speaker Chris- (cid:52)(cid:79)(cid:97)(cid:86)(cid:87)(cid:93)(cid:92)(cid:14)(cid:68)(cid:83)(cid:97)(cid:98)(cid:83)(cid:82)(cid:14)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:18)(cid:33)(cid:35)(cid:30)(cid:14)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:18)(cid:31)(cid:33)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:14)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:28)(cid:33)(cid:14)(cid:84)(cid:93)(cid:96)(cid:14)(cid:18)(cid:33)(cid:35)(cid:30)
clists only was probably a the sidewalk.”
proval of the local community tine Quinn blasted the out-
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The consensus of true- cated most neighborhood res- Bloomberg Administration’s cilman Sal Albanese was the
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May 6 forum in Park Slope Liu admitted he might have “Those communities that the pedal path — and vowed
was that the city should have installed the pedal path him- said there wasn’t enough that there would be plenty
gone further in getting neigh- self if he were mayor. community input, they more like it under his ad- (cid:65)(cid:67)(cid:55)(cid:66)(cid:65)(cid:14)(cid:18)(cid:34)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:39)
borhood feedback before con- “Maybe I would have done were right,” said Quinn. ministration.
verting a lane of the thor- it if I had determined it was “But the expansion of bike “Bikes are the way to go,”
oughfare into a two-way something the community lanes throughout the city has said Albanese.
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Hopefuls rip Ratner on housing
At the Park Slope mayoral forum, Republican candidate George McDonald (far left) said he wants
to take Forest City Ratner to court for failing to build housing alongside the Barclays Center. Demo-
cratic contender Bill Thompson (center) suggested hitting the developer with fines. Republican
John Catsimatidis (right) just raved about when he saw Barbra Streisand at the arena.
GOWANUS... There are approximately The tanks would then hold
10 drains along the 1.8-mile up to 8 million gallons of run-
inlet that releases sewage the off until storms pass, then
feds claim is laden with pol- push the slop back through
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pling and analysis done by sources,” said Walter Mugdan diesel fuel, and coal tar res- Owl’s Head wastewater treat- (cid:66)(cid:99)(cid:102)(cid:83)(cid:82)(cid:93)(cid:97)
either DEP or EPA,” said Ted of the federal Environmen- idues from people and busi- ment plants. (cid:18)(cid:34)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:39) (cid:18)(cid:37)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:39)
Timbers, a spokesman for the tal Protection Agency, who nesses that dispose of items But the city says there are
city’s Department of Envi- added the raw sewage being such as used oil into their other ways to solve the prob-
ronmental Protection. dumped into the canal still drains and sinks and from lem that don’t necessitate the
Federal officials admit needs to be addressed. street runoff during storms giant holding tanks beneath a
that the sewage isn’t the The feds say that the pro- that carries road tars and oil local park, and that it is work-
primary form of pollution posed holding tanks, one of drippings into the sewers. But ing on that alternative.
in Brooklyn’s nautical pur- which would likely be b ur- only two of those pipes — one “DEP has already com-
mitted more than $150 mil-
gatory and that the chief toxin ied underneath the neigh- at the head at Butler Street
lion to on-going projects that
in the sediment is, in fact, borhood’s beloved Thomas and one at the middle of the
we know will improve wa-
the coal tar that has seeped Greene Playground and ad- canal — are responsible for
ter quality in the Gowanus
150-feet-down into the canal- joining Douglass-Degraw the vast majority of sewage
Canal and we are opposed
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age is a problem that needs keep raw sewage out of the feds’ plan will reroute those
cause they would result in the
to be faced. canal, claiming it would re- pipes so that during heavy loss of an important commu- (cid:65)(cid:54)(cid:61)(cid:51)(cid:65)
“In terms of the total ton- duce the amount spewing rainfall sewage will flow into nity amenity, have a mini-
nage of pollution in the mud, from rerouted drains by 58 the holding tanks instead of mal effect on water quality,
there is no question that the to 74 percent. the canal. and amount to yet another
unfunded federal mandate (cid:14)(cid:18)(cid:31)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:14) (cid:18)(cid:32)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:14) (cid:18)(cid:33)(cid:39)(cid:39)(cid:39)
and higher water and sewer
BED BUG PROBLEM? rates for New Yorkers,” said
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It claims it can reduce dis-
charge by 45 percent by re- (cid:49)(cid:79)(cid:97)(cid:99)(cid:79)(cid:90)(cid:14)(cid:146)(cid:14)(cid:48)(cid:93)(cid:103)(cid:97)(cid:14)(cid:146)(cid:14)(cid:49)(cid:90)(cid:79)(cid:96)(cid:89)(cid:97)(cid:14)(cid:146)(cid:14)(cid:65)(cid:98)(cid:83)(cid:100)(cid:83)(cid:92)(cid:14)(cid:59)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:82)(cid:83)(cid:92)
OUR SPECIALTY!
opening the Gowanus waste-
water pumping station and (cid:57)(cid:83)(cid:92)(cid:92)(cid:83)(cid:98)(cid:86)(cid:14)(cid:49)(cid:93)(cid:90)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:146)(cid:14)(cid:52)(cid:90)(cid:93)(cid:96)(cid:97)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:91)
installing 600 curbside gar-
dens designed to soak up rain-
water.
The city also plans on reac-
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Gowanus Canal flushing tun-
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been shut down since 2010 for
repairs. The tunnel, originally
constructed in the 1900s, was
designed to pump fresh wa-
ter from Buttermilk Channel
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into the head, but since the late
1990s has sent water in the op-
posite direction.
But the feds say that the
city’s plan is not enough to do
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tion Agency claims under fed-
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build the holding tanks if that
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any ongoing pollution that (cid:32)(cid:39)(cid:34)(cid:14)(cid:67)(cid:98)(cid:87)(cid:81)(cid:79)(cid:14)(cid:47)(cid:100)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:62)(cid:93)(cid:96)(cid:98)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:90)(cid:79) (cid:61)(cid:92)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:62)(cid:79)(cid:96)(cid:89)(cid:14)(cid:47)(cid:100)(cid:83)(cid:92)(cid:99)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:63)(cid:99)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:90)(cid:97)
goes into a Superfund site,” (cid:36)(cid:34)(cid:35)(cid:14)(cid:51)(cid:28)(cid:14)(cid:66)(cid:96)(cid:83)(cid:91)(cid:93)(cid:92)(cid:98)(cid:14)(cid:47)(cid:100)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:48)(cid:96)(cid:87)(cid:98)(cid:81)(cid:86)(cid:83)(cid:97)
said Mugdan. “The only way (cid:60)(cid:51)(cid:69)(cid:14)(cid:56)(cid:51)(cid:64)(cid:65)(cid:51)(cid:71)
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we can see that is through these
retention tanks.” (cid:38)(cid:30)(cid:37)(cid:14)(cid:48)(cid:96)(cid:93)(cid:79)(cid:82)(cid:14)(cid:65)(cid:98)(cid:28)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:62)(cid:93)(cid:96)(cid:98)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:90)(cid:79)
If the city refuses to comply (cid:38)(cid:35)(cid:31)(cid:14)(cid:52)(cid:90)(cid:79)(cid:98)(cid:80)(cid:99)(cid:97)(cid:86)(cid:14)(cid:47)(cid:100)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:62)(cid:93)(cid:96)(cid:98)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:90)(cid:79) (cid:63)(cid:67)(cid:51)(cid:51)(cid:60)(cid:65)
without offering an alternative (cid:58)(cid:87)(cid:100)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:85)(cid:97)(cid:98)(cid:93)(cid:92)(cid:14)(cid:59)(cid:79)(cid:90)(cid:90)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:63)(cid:99)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:90)(cid:97)
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site for the tanks, the feds will (cid:35)(cid:35)(cid:32)(cid:14)(cid:60)(cid:93)(cid:97)(cid:98)(cid:96)(cid:79)(cid:92)(cid:82)(cid:14)(cid:47)(cid:100)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:52)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:93)
take it to court, where it could (cid:33)(cid:30)(cid:35)(cid:36)(cid:14)(cid:65)(cid:98)(cid:83)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:101)(cid:79)(cid:103)(cid:14)(cid:65)(cid:98)(cid:28)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:62)(cid:93)(cid:96)(cid:98)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:83)(cid:90)(cid:90)(cid:79) (cid:69)(cid:93)(cid:93)(cid:82)(cid:80)(cid:96)(cid:87)(cid:82)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:49)(cid:83)(cid:92)(cid:98)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:63)(cid:99)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:90)(cid:97)
face fines and penalties.
“The city will either tell us (cid:34)(cid:36)(cid:39)(cid:14)(cid:52)(cid:99)(cid:90)(cid:98)(cid:93)(cid:92)(cid:14)(cid:65)(cid:98)(cid:28)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:52)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:93) (cid:31)(cid:36)(cid:34)(cid:27)(cid:30)(cid:38)(cid:14)(cid:56)(cid:79)(cid:91)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:81)(cid:79)(cid:14)(cid:47)(cid:100)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:52)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:93) (cid:35)(cid:35)(cid:31)(cid:36)(cid:14)(cid:48)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:85)(cid:83)(cid:92)(cid:90)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:47)(cid:100)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:63)(cid:99)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:90)(cid:97)
this is a good location or here’s
718-855-3019
a better location — ultimately (cid:35)(cid:30)(cid:30)(cid:37)(cid:14)(cid:49)(cid:86)(cid:99)(cid:96)(cid:81)(cid:86)(cid:14)(cid:47)(cid:100)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:52)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:93) (cid:63)(cid:99)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:92)(cid:97)(cid:14)(cid:49)(cid:83)(cid:92)(cid:98)(cid:83)(cid:96)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:63)(cid:99)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:90)(cid:97) (cid:52)(cid:96)(cid:83)(cid:83)(cid:86)(cid:93)(cid:90)(cid:82)(cid:14)(cid:64)(cid:79)(cid:81)(cid:83)(cid:101)(cid:79)(cid:103)(cid:14)(cid:59)(cid:79)(cid:90)(cid:90)(cid:14)(cid:27)(cid:14)(cid:63)(cid:99)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:90)(cid:97)
they cannot say there’s no lo-
www.nycgopest.com cation — [the tanks] have to be
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built,” said Superfund project
manager Christos Tsiamis. (cid:180)(cid:47)(cid:90)(cid:90)(cid:14)(cid:97)(cid:98)(cid:103)(cid:90)(cid:83)(cid:97)(cid:14)(cid:79)(cid:96)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:92)(cid:93)(cid:98)(cid:14)(cid:79)(cid:100)(cid:79)(cid:87)(cid:90)(cid:79)(cid:80)(cid:90)(cid:83)(cid:14)(cid:87)(cid:92)(cid:14)(cid:79)(cid:90)(cid:90)(cid:14)(cid:90)(cid:93)(cid:81)(cid:79)(cid:98)(cid:87)(cid:93)(cid:92)(cid:97)(cid:28)(cid:180)
6 AWP The Brooklyn Paper (cid:129) www.BrooklynPaper.com (cid:129) [phone] May 10-16, 2013
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Presents:
By Jaime Lutz so by press time.
The Brooklyn Paper Civil liberties advocates
The traffic lights are lis- say they are concerned about
tening, and officials are be- what, exactly, the city is lis-
ing mum about it. tening for.
The city has quietly in- “When they say that it is
stalled electronic devices at done for aggregate purposes,
busy intersections that use E- that sounds suspiciously
ZPass technology to collect
vague,” said lawyer Norman
data on cars — and possibly
Siegel, the former director of
their drivers — as they pass be-
the New York Civil Liberties
low, this paper has learned.
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Made in Brooklyn sticks on many Brooklynites’ ing aggregate data on cars for the city. formation was gathered while
windshields that allows them cars pass through a toll gate —
to breeze through tolls at area Brooklyn, they were installed Multiple spokespeople for Tunnels, the Port Authority, a moment when drivers know
bridges and on highways. all over the city by the Depart- the Department of Transpor- and the New York State Thru- they’re being watched.
Reporters for this paper no- ment of Transportation. tation told us that the new de- way Authority. The agency In the absence of more in-
ticed at least three different E- Representatives of the vices were use to collect “ag- wouldn’t say if information formation about how the tech-
ZPass readers next to lights agency refused multiple re- gregate data,” and that the it collected came solely to it, nology is being used, Sie-
Downtown, one at the inter- quests by this paper to pro- devices weren’t being used or if it was shared with other
gel said, it’s difficult to tell
section of Boerum Place and vide a list of where the track- to charge drivers with traffic agencies or any private third
St. Ann’s Warehouse whether or not this is an in-
Atlantic Avenue, another is at ing devices are, and no record violations such as speeding or parties.
29 Jay St. DUMBO, Brooklyn Tillary Street and the Flatbush of them appears on the agen- running red lights. This newspaper requested vasion of privacy.
Avenue extension, and a third cy’s website, which does list The department runs the the agency provide us with a “[Tracking technology] is
For the complete event schedule and list of exhibitors, visit on Atlantic Avenue near the the 320 cameras it has installed program independent of the E- list of locations where the de- a growing area for civil lib-
www.bklyndesigns.com Barclays Center. on streets throughout the city ZPass Center that is coopera- vices have been installed in erties concerns at this point,”
The boxes aren’t just in to monitor traffic . tively run by MTA Bridges and Brooklyn, but it failed to do he said.
POOL... there will be some work re- — it would be cheaper for 2020, the feds claim.
Presenting Lead Sponsors Signature Sponsors Media Sponsors
Sponsor quired to be done by National the city and there would be The dredging of contam-
Grid and the state that would re- shared costs.” inated sludge at the canal
Continued from page 1 that one of the reasons the quire some kind of excavation The federal government’s floor could begin by 2015.
eight-million-gallon tanks di- feds chose the park and pool so we thought since New York Superfund strategy, where It’s not the first time fans
rectly under parkland has as the place to bury the sew- City owns the park it would be it identifies culprits and de- have rallied behind the pool.
BKLYN DESIGNS receives support from Speaker Christine Quinn and the NYC Council. drawn the ire from Gowanus age holding tank is because best,” said Tsiamis. mands fixes and payments, Back in June of 2010, the
neighbors and activists be- it would kill two birds with “If [the state] were to ex- is in its planning stage and c ity planned to close the pool
cause the plan calls for the one stone, since the site will cavate there National Grid will be finalized this sum- for the summer due to bud-
excavation of the Thomas have to be cleaned by energy would have to pay for the cost mer. Once that happens, get cuts, but rallies by res-
Greene Playground and ad-
Clear Healthy Skin giant National Grid. for the excavation and the cleanup in and around the idents and politicians kept
joining “Double-D” pool,
“We are of the opinion that city would install the tanks canal will last until about it open .
and would close the space
for an estimated two to three
isn’t it time you call?
years. HIPSTERS... MTA spokesman Kevin music festival interestingly
“Make the polluters pay
Ortiz said his agency is draft- taking place on the same days
Medical Services we accept: — not our children, not our ing a response to the com- in Denmark across the pond .
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MUSIC
Fiddle me this
It’s the music festival that asks its audience
to join the band.
This year’s Bayou n’ Brooklyn Music Fes-
tival is hosting jam sessions as a part of its
celebration of the music traditions of New
Orleans.
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other jams. There is
no strict protocol,”
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If joining in seems intimidating, the fes-
tival’s headlining acts will teach workshops
in a variety of instruments.
Christine Balfa, the daughter of famous fid-
(718) 260–2500 The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings May 10-16, 2013 dler Dewey Balfa, will be teaching a beginning
guitar and French-Creole song workshop. Me-
gan Brown — a singer-guitarist from Lousiana
— will be teaching an easier, “from scratch,”
class in guitar-playing and singing.
“Bayou n’ Brooklyn Music Festival” at Ja-
lopy Theatre [315 Columbia St. near Wood-
hull Street in the Columbia Street Waterfront
District, (718) 395–3214, bayou-n-brooklyn.
com]. May 10–12, $40 three-day pass, $15-20
single-day pass. — Jaime Lutz
PLANTS
Grass class
It’s a whole new world in a itty-bitty living
space.
A horticulturist and graphic designer will
teach aspiring world-builders how to make
desert or woodland-style terrariums — or dry
aquariums for plants instead of goldfish —
Who’s your momma complete with minia-
ture figurines, rocks,
and sand.
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By Kelly Haight and Anna Wendt even need to water them.”
The Brooklyn Paper Terrariums have been growing in popular-
ity in recent years, and are especially popular
This Mother’s Day don’t be boring. in cramped Brooklyn, she said.
Instead of settling for the standard Peering into the miniature spheres of desert
flowers and chocolates, go out on a and forest definitely gives one an interesting
limb to take mom somewhere tailored to perspective on one’s own tiny living space.
her tastes. Brooklyn has got something for Terrarium Class at the Diamond bar
your mom, whether she’s an athlete or an [43 Franklin St. between Calyer and Quay
art geek, this May 12. streets in Greenpoint, (718) 383–5030,
www.cetdesigns.com]. May 12, 5–7 pm,
Sporty mom
$50. — Danielle Furfaro
Brooklyn Boulders rock climbing gym is
the perfect Mother’s Day adventure that’ll
have your mom testing her grip — and her
trust in you as you belay her dangling body. CULTURE
Try your hand at bouldering or top roping.
The gigantic space caters to kids and adults
Viking might
of all climbing abilities, and visitors can rent
shoes, harnesses, and chalk at the gym.
[575 Degraw St., between Third and
Fourth avenues, (347) 834–9066]. Day
pass $25. Open 8 am–midnight on Sun. They’re coming!
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Hanging out: Join Brooklyn Boulders instructor Talia Ram to turn Mother’s Day changes every year,” said
Remember to feed your mom into a real adventure this year and go rock climbing. Pictured top, Baked in Brook- Milo Vicotria Hofmo, president
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food safe — so it’s practical, too. Bond over niche food products at the food about the connection between the Vikings and
Applewood: Apple- [242 Wythe Ave, at the corner of market Smorgasburg on the DUMBO wa- other cultures.”
wood offers new-American North 3rd St, (718) 384–2300]. Open terfront, where a wide variety of carefully The annual Norwegian festival is a very sweet
style brunch from $8 to $18. noon–6 pm on Sun. $7 a person, pots curated vendors serve savory and sweet con- and charming affair, and patrons will indeed learn
It doesn’t take reservations $15 and $25. coctions. about the Norse influence on world culture.
for brunch, but the wait usu- (Brooklyn Bridge Park at Tobacco But they’ll also learn about glorious battle
ally isn’t too long. The eatery Art scenester Warehouse, 30 Water St.). Open 11 thanks to the grizzled war reenactors from His-
is kid-friendly and a great The basement show room at Airplane gal- am–6 pm on Sun. toric Arms and the Society for Creative Anach-
place for the family to treat lery features the kind of brainy contemporary ronism. They demonstrate the every day things
mom this Mother’s Day. art your mom craves. Currently on display Tree hugger of Viking culture, such as embroidery, too.
[501 11th St., between is “A Series of Alternating Uniform Spaces The plants of the Brooklyn Botanic Gar- Visitors at the festival will also have a chance
Seventh and Eighth av- and Parts” with work by Robert Otto Ep- den are in full bloom now that May is here. to see a scale recreation of an authentic Viking
enues, (718) 788–1810]. stein and Amos Satterlee. The experimental Currently, the “Rare Plants, Rare Places” long boat, an amazing piece of medieval tech-
Brunch: Sat. 10 am–2 pm., exhibit focuses on patterns from knitted de- multimedia exhibit gives garden-goers a be- nology that allowed the Vikings to run amok in
Sun. 10 am–3 pm. oto signs to computer generated graphics. Mom hind-the-scenes look at what it took for the Europe — when they weren’t eating or weav-
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first-serve for Mother’s Day Munch: Ditch your friends and take your mom to [70 Jefferson St, between Troutman 150 Eastern Parkway, 455 Flatbush Ave., Street and Colonial Road, (718) 748–5950,
See MOM on page 10 brunch this Sunday. and Melrose streets, in Bushwick, (646) or 990 Washington Ave. (718) 623–7200]. www.scandinavian-museum.org]. May 18,
345–9394]. Open noon–6 pm on Sun. Adults $10, kids under 12 free. 11:30 am, free. — Colin Mixson
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6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Cocktail Reception laurelproject.com. man, who gets excited about sweet vintage bikes. May 11. Presented by the Brooklyn Arts
WORKSHOP, MOM’S VISAGE: Pro- Council, Harborlore helps families
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Silent Auction & Dinner fessional artist-instructors create a celebrate Mother’s Day with visiting
sketch based on a photograph of outstanding Urban Dance Collec- lyn’s own Irving Burgie, songwriter a barge docked in Red Hook’s But-
your mom you provide and lay the tive. $25. 8 pm. Irondale Center [85 of popular tunes such as “Jamaica termilk Channel, featuring folklore
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Gowanus impressions
The neighborhood is subject of new art exhibit
By Natalie Musumeci streets are eerily vacant and theme,” said the artist who California whose paintings said. “The industrial spar-
The Brooklyn Paper quiet,” said Faerber, whose tends to paint city-scapes. of the train station and wa- sity of Gowanus, and the
work depicting the red, half- “We’re not trying to give ter tower will be displayed underdeveloped areas of
Just look at the way century-old Kentile Floors Gowanus a makeover or con- in the show said that Gow- New York in general, have
this painting cap- sign that sits atop the for- vince anyone that its nicer anus is the opposite of the a raw openness that is in-
tures the hastily mer flooring factory on than it is — it is just cap- city’s hustle, which makes triguing.”
scrawled graffiti over Ninth Street is featured in turing it as it is.” it appealing to him. “Gowanus in Gow-
peeling paint. the show. The approximately 30 “City paintings are fre- anus” at Littlefield [622
Park Slope artist Casting an artist’s eye on paintings exhibited in the quently about the activity Degraw St, between
Jeff Faerber is curat- the neighborhood, Faerber art show range in styles and the bustle of people. Third and Fourth avenues
ing an upcoming art said he feels attracted to from tight renderings, to Most of my paintings are in Gowanus, (718) 855–
show dubbed “Gow- the unseen poetry of the loose line drawings, and more about the stillness 3388, www.littlefieldnyc.
anus in Gowanus” place. expressive impressions of and the permanence of the com]. Opening reception
that will feature “Graffiti is frequently the streets, said Faerber. spaces that lie beneath and May 11, 6–9 pm, through
artists who all sprayed on walls like tat- Artist Jeff Bellerose of behind the everyday,” he June 2.
share an aesthetic toos on today’s youth. Brick
appreciation for walls and metal grates over
the historically warehouses hint at human BAR SCRAWL
industrial neigh- activity having happened in By Bill Roundy
borhood. theory, like remnants from
Highlights in- an archaeological dig of a
clude paintings capturing long lost civilization,” he
the light bouncing off the said. “I’m drawn to Gow-
notoriously filthy Gowanus anus for these reasons.”
m Canal that bisects the neigh- Faerber rounded up
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beth station, and quaint bridges — which still retains its in-
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Gowanus beauty: Park Slope artist Jeff Faerber is putting on an exhibit fea- tradictory areas where you artistic attention.
turing paintings from 12 artists who draw their inspiration from the industrial are in thick, densely popu- “It’s the chance to see
landscape of Gowanus. lated New York City, but the various takes on a similar
There can be only one bar
New W’burg whiskey bar is the Scotch spot to top
By Danielle Furfaro “It took a long time for
The Brooklyn Paper us to get all of the whiskey
over here from Scotland,”
It’s like drinking whisky in said Cook, who speaks in a
the “Game of Thrones.” thick Scottish brogue. “Even
Named after a large the whiskey glasses came
Scottish island full of pic- from Bowmore.”
turesque rocky slopes The bar — which is open
straight out of the movies, late until 4 am — stocks
Isle of Skye is a new Wil- hard-to-find delicacies in-
liamsburg bar featuring cluding Glenmorangie,
stone arches, black leather Bowmore, and Glenlivet
couches, a brass lion crest Nadurra.
over a decorative fireplace The Isle of Skye also car-
— and 130 varieties of sin- ries a variety of whiskeys
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they are really in Scotland Scotch throne: Owner Scott Cook invites you into his castle‚ a new whiskey bar am weekdays, noon–4 am noon on weekends.
and drinking accordingly. called Isle of Skye that tries to capture the spirit of Scotland. weekends.
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