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BIKELASH
A GIFT OF
‘SAFE’ SEX
Cops are cracking down on cyclists
Basket of condoms for teens By Natalie O’Neill MEAN Cops say the crackdown will
The Brooklyn Paper not focus on pedestrians who
THE BROOKLYN forD boik tehse?y make radar detectors Streets benrefaokrc setmreeent rt.u”les — but on “bike
Officers did not hand out any
Cyclists in Prospect Park might
(cid:32)(cid:45)(cid:38)(cid:43)(cid:36) want to consider such an acces- The battle for Brooklyn’s byways fliers — which also note road
“safety tips” — to pedestrians
By GBye Gresrhsh KKuunntztmzamnan sory now that cops have said that
they will start ticketing bike riders near the Vanderbilt Playground] is when The Brooklyn Paper visited
the barricade on Thursday.
g Talk about a bundle of who exceed the park’s 25-mile- speed,” 78th Precinct command- That irks cyclists, who say
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Kate Linn makes safe sex tionable Things. “I thought that Birgit Reeves took a flier, but wants the city to close traffic on the park loop. women with brain damage — comes three weeks after 55-year-
gift baskets — for teens. See ANGLE on page 7 the park to cars and keep the bicycles on one side “The issue on the stretch [along and after dozens of other acci- old p ark volunteer Linda Cohen
and pedestrian traffic on the other. the downhill part of West Drive dents and close calls. See BIKES on page 7
A bridge too far for Park
Costs soar for Squibb-to-Brooklyn-Bridge-Park footpath
By Kate Briquelet for residents seeking quick access to the On Monday, Brooklyn Bridge Park Heights to the verdant park below that
The Brooklyn Paper world-class park — jumped 26 percent announced that Kelco Construction won was budgeted to cost $4.9 million.
The cost of a proposed footbridge after park officials upgraded the design a $6.2-million contract to design the City planning experts called the
from Brooklyn Heights to Brooklyn then failed to find a contractor who Squibb Park Bridge, a 400-foot tim- 26-percent cost increase common in
city government but still significant.
Bridge Park’s Pier 1 — a key amenity could meet the original budget. ber structure that will link Columbia
“This is a big miss, and when they
miss it by that much there’s got to be
a goddamned good reason,” said for-
‘Bubble’ bursts
mer Assemblyman Richard Brodsky,
poration wnehro S icsh nooowl f ao rf ePlulobwlic a St tehrev iNceY. “US Womage-- Originally budgeted at $4.9 million, the footpath from Squibb Park
Cor times development [agencies] lowball to Brooklyn Bridge Park has soared in cost by 26 percent.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park is moving for- struction a $19.2-million contract for Bro but that the project has evolved to in- costs,” said park spokeswoman El- construction budget but will instead be
ward with three soccer fields and a pic- a trio of artificial turf fields, a prom- Brooklyn Bridge Park planners say clude more lighting, handicapped acces- len Ryan. paid for with funds in reserve.
nic area on Pier 5 — without leaving See FIELDS o n page 5 this is what Pier 5 will look like. sibility and upgrades to Squibb Park’s The bridge — which will be com- See SQUIBB on page 5
Spice trade
Downtown
Borough teens hospitalized
in chains!
after smoking fake weed quelet
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Sakman Candy on Fourth Avenue between 68th and 69th shops and delis without a list of is treated with chemicals, which it offices at 345 Adams St. — Street — the latest explo- signed 20-year leases at 345
streets is just one of the delis and smoke shops that carry ingredients at stores patronized stimulate the same areas of the along with Panera Bread. sions in a restaurant boom See CHAINS o n page 17
spice, a powerful synthetic marijuana sold as potpourri.
by teens, despite a federal ban on See WEED o n page 15
‘Bummed’ out
Theater is porn to be mild
Boro’s last triple-X house shows the classics, too! Hall of Fame still eludes Gil Hodges
By Eli Rosenberg the Jewel was where a young Woody
By Daniel Bush baseman Ron Santo instead.
The Brooklyn Paper Allen nourished his talent on a steady The Brooklyn Paper Nine members of the committee,
At the last adult movie theater in diet of foreign films. But a fire rav- Gil’s been snubbed again — this which included such known Hodges
Brooklyn, you’ll come for the porn, aged the joint in the 1960s and the
but you’ll stay for the classics. owners changed it into the type of the- time by his own friends! fans as Tommy Lasorda, Hank Aaron,
Sure, Midwood’s Cinema Kings ater where you were more likely to The Baseball Hall of Fame’s new Al Kaline and Ralph Kiner, voted for
Highway makes its bones as the bor- onsee “Muffy the Vampire Layer” than “Golden Era Committee” — which al- the induction of Hodges, three short
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At the borough’s last porn the-
E. Eighth streets was showing “Papil- ater, you can catch “Shaving Ry- head to the 200-seat theater upstairs Artists chased from Clinton Hill
lon,” the Oscar-nominated Steve Mc- to watch the classics.
an’s Privates” as well as its Steven
Queen classic from 1973. Another time, And that’s the key to keeping this
Spielberg-directed inspiration.
customers taking a break from “Shav- operation running in a residential area,
ing Ryan’s Privates” got a chance to as Giuliani-era rules don’t classify busi- By Aaron Short and Sari Rubinstein considered put- said Rubinstein. “There’s no way our
watch the porn version’s Steven Spiel- “Everybody has a different choice. nesses as adult establishments unless The Brooklyn Paper ting in $40,000 to fix up the Flush- people aren’t going to walk through
berg–directed inspiration. Some like the porno and some like the at least 60 percent of the space is set The Brooklyn artist collective, Rubu- ing building, but personal complaints the neighborhood in shorts and short-
The man working the ticket booth, regular movies,” he said. aside for “legitimate” offerings. lad, is leaving its Flushing Avenue ware- from their Orthodox neighbors con- sleeve shirts in the summer, so we feel
who did not wish to be named, said The Triple-X Cinema Kings was Such rules helped speed the decline house after six years of throwing late- vinced them to move. we’d be better off in another neigh-
the place draws a good mix of both built as the Jewel Theater in 1937, and of porno theaters, which of course, night revelries — pushed out by their “The people surrounding us felt re- borhood.”
pornophiles and old-fashioned cin- was once a beautiful building with Art were once a staple of the New York ultra-religious Hasidic neighbors. ally upset about ‘public nudity,’ which The Warhol-inspired Rubulad loft has
ema-freaks. Deco features . Local legend holds that See PORN on page 17 Rubulad’s co-founders Chris Thomas was actually just people wearing shorts,” See ARTISTS on page 15
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By Natalie O’Neill times waits 40 minutes in the CHINESE RESTAURANT
The Brooklyn Paper cold when taking his young
The main bus out of trans- daughter to school in Brook- 221 Prospect Park West
portation-starved Red Hook lyn Heights in the morning.
arrives too late or doesn’t stop “It’s untenable.” (Between 16th & Windsor Place)
at all, according to a scath- That’s why Lander is de- 718-831-1795
ing new report. manding that the MTA: Add
Fewer than half of the more B61 buses from 7-9 am 718-832-3068
Promising artist Mathieu Lefevre was killed when
buses on the B61 line — and 5-7 pm, and extend the
his bicycle was run down in Williamsburg. which runs from Red Hook to nearby B57 line, which cur-
Downtown via Park Slope — rently runs from Vinegar Hill
Driver knew! arrived on time during “peak to Carroll Gardens, into Red Affordable Family Dentistry
hours” and the rest showed up dler Hook. Lander also wants the
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(D–Park Slope) and dozens A new report shows that the B61 bus is lousy. But system t hat B63 riders cur-
known he’d killed cyclist of volunteers. as you can see from this typical scene, most riders rently enjoy . WE NOW ACCEPT OXFORD
Many of the buses were know that. “It’s no secret the B61 is • Tooth Bleaching (whitening)
By Aaron Short too crowded, arrived errat- not adequately serving rid- • CCoroswmnest ic& DBerindtgisetsry ,( CPaoprcpeinlagi)n Facings & Inlays, Bonding
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The Williamsburg cyclist killed by a truck driver last Only 43 percent arrived exceed city capacity limits of cially after the MTA cut the vice is poor.” • Implant Dentistry • Fillings (tooth colored)
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bombshell accident report reveals. the B44, which t he Strap- the study. It also doesn’t help that from 700 buses during 64 544 Court Street, Carroll Gardens
Bike advocates and the victim’s mother seized on the hangers Campaign named t he The findings are nothing the city shuttered the Smith- shifts this summer. 624-5554 (cid:85) 624-7055
report as evidence that driver Leonard Degianni certainly
least reliable “key route.” new to residents from Red Ninth Street s ubway station A spokeswoman for the Convenient Office Hours & Ample Parking
knew that he had run down and killed Mathieu Lefevre
In an extreme example, only Hook and the Columbia Wa- for renovations on the Carroll MTA noted, “We are review- and insurance plans accommodated
as he turned from
42 percent of scheduled B61 terfront District, but are par- Gardens-Red Hook border, ing the report and will work
Morgan Street MEAN
buses showed up at the Co- ticularly infuriating because further isolating the neigh- with [elected officials] to ad-
onto Meserole
lumbia Street-Union Street bus there are so few other trans- borhood. dress the concerns.”
Street at just Need a new
around midnight Streets
on Oct. 19. WILLIAMSBURG
kitchen?
Degianni left
the scene of the The battle for Brooklyn’s byways
crash, yet was
Church-bell weathered!
not charged, which has infuriated activists.
“My son is dead, he cannot speak for himself, but I
can speak out about how this case has been handled by
the NYPD and how the lives of other cyclists and pe-
destrians can be saved if the laws are enforced making
Relics saved from closed N. Sixth Street church
the streets safer for everyone,” Lefevre’s grief-stricken
mother said last Wednesday at a protest at police head-
quarters in Manhattan. She accused the NYPD of “rush- By Aaron Short dled with holes from miss-
ing to clear the driver of any wrongdoing.” The Brooklyn Paper ing bricks and shingles, and
The original a ccident report indicated that Lefevre was Workers saved an historic the cross was removed two New Era Development Group provides a
in Degianni’s blind spot on Morgan Avenue, but the up- bell and other artifacts from years ago. vast array of services spanning all facets of
dated report states that Degianni actually rear-ended the an out-of-business church in Neighborhood church the construction and design areas of your
30-year-old cyclist, who was a major art world figure.
Williamsburg days before the leaders estimated it would home and/or workplace.
Degianni declined to comment, and a police spokesman
had no additional statement about the accident report. edifice was turned over to a cost close to $4 million to Brownstone renovations, additions, extensions, kitch-
But cycling advocates had plenty to say, stepping up new owner who may level repair the church — but with ens, bathrooms, interiors and exterior finish work.
their fight for a crackdown on reckless drivers. Transpor- the whole N. Sixth Street a dwindling congregation Fully licensed, bonded and insured.
complex. and depleted funds, the Di-
tation Alternatives has threatened to launch an investiga-
The Brooklyn Diocese ocese signed off on the sale “The quality, workmanship, and attention to
tion into department’s traffic-enforcement practices.
spent much of last Thursday as part of a spate of church detail are outstanding. Best Condo Builders in
“It’s the NYPD’s job to keep dangerous driving in furiously removing stained mergers . Carroll Gardens” — Nelson St. Condo Assoc.
check by holding reckless drivers accountable, but they
glass windows, an altar, and a Current zoning permits
are simply not taking that job seriously,” said Paul Steely
two-ton bronze bell from the residential development up
White, executive director of Transportation Alternatives.
vacant 142-year-old St. Vin- to 50 feet tall, but a church
“Their cavalier attitude to the epidemic of lawless driv-
cent De Paul Church, which clause prohibits any “sordid
ing is absolutely unacceptable.”
was sold after the struggling use” such as a bar or liquor-
Cycling accidents have steadily risen. From 2001 to
religious organization de- serving restaurant.
2010, 1,754 pedestrians and cyclists were killed in ac-
cided that it was too expen- “It’s not OK to close down
cidents citywide — 60 percent of which were due to a
sive to maintain. the church and put up a strip
driver’s dangerous or illegal behavior.
The 2,977-pound, bar,” said Joseph Calise, pas-
130-year-old bronze bell tor of the nearby Our Lady Call for estimate: 718-237-4900
COBBLE HILL — blessed by Brooklyn’s of Mount Carmel. www.NewEraDGLLC.com
first Catholic bishop, Rev. Other residents hoped the
John Loughlin — was the church would not be replaced Lic. #1375981
key relic. with a new condo.
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unnerved neighbors who cent de Paul Church on N. Sixth Street in Williams- immigrants, while Italians
were baptized at the church burg on Wednesday. The building has been sold went to Our Lady of Mount
and sent their children to its Carmel on Havemeyer Street;
to a developer.
school. and Lithuanians and Ger-
“This is an emotional day,” mans worshipped at Blessed
Custom Framing
said Williamsburg resident in the basement. Patrick Keely in 1869, but Virgin Mary of the Annun-
SOLD! This MTA building on Smith Street will Michelle Rodecker, who The three-story brick has fallen into disrepair — ciation three blocks south on 374 7th Avenue Ready-Made Frames
hosted Neighbors Allied for building was designed by a tree has been growing in N. Fifth Street. Posters & Prints
get spruced up now that it has been bought, the (bet. 11th & 12th Sts)
new owners say. Good Growth’s first meeting prolific religious architect its bell tower, the roof is rid- It closed in 2005. 718-832-0655 Friendly Service
A makeover? FORT GREENE
Clean slate for Navy Yard
New owners promise to ADVERTISEMENT
Grace Church
spruce up Smith St shaft
City council approves demolition of Admirals Row
School starts a
By Natalie O’Neill
The Brooklyn Paper By Kate Briquelet the Historic Districts Coun-
A team of luxury condo architects will morph a much- The Brooklyn Paper cil. “It’s a disgrace.” 9th grade class
bemoaned Smith Street monolith into a posh mixed- The City Council unan- The Admirals Row is a
use building. imously approved the re- relic of the days when na-
The MTA has sold its drab, two-story building at development of Admirals val officers and their fami- With the approval from the Landmarks
Wcalylc fkoor ftfe aSrtirnege td foowr n$ 3w.5al lms itlol ibouni l—d r easnidde anntida ln aenwd pcloamns- Row on Tuesday — giving lies lived on the site. Over the Preservation Committee, Grace Church
the Brooklyn Navy Yard a past few years, the fight over
mercial units at the site. School, an independent school in Green-
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the “top 10 ugliest” in the city — went on the market toric site, and losing its orig- This isn’t the exact plan for the Navy Yard’s Admi- need was the preservation of that have dominated Cooper Square for
three years ago, when neighbors feared it would be- inal developer to a bribery rals Row supermarket, but it shows the basic idea. historic buildings. decades, and, in the coming months, will
scandal. City officials disagreed,
come a McDonald’s. install a modern school marquee.
An agent with the architecture group promised on City officials will now saying that the buildings were
Friday that it would not become a fast-food joint — al- move forward to find a new Kruger (D–Mill Basin). is great news on many lev- “too far gone” and that the The high school will open with its
though the only detail he would provide was a vague developer for the six-acre site There’s no word on a new els.” fastest way to redevelop the inaugural 9th grade class in September
reassurance. by the end of the year, bull- development team yet. But lovers of historic build- site would be to tear them 2012 having a capacity of 80 students
“We are proud of all of our projects,” he said. dozing a slew of historic, but Still, local pols were ings were furious, given that down. per grade. The innovative program will
The firm’s past buildings are neither loved or loathed decaying, buildings to make thrilled by the Council ap- Admirals Row along Flush- “This is the economi-
and include Belle Shores Condominium, sprawling yellow room for a 250-car parking proval, considering that city ing Avenue contains a dozen cally viable option,” Kim- incorporate student-centered learning,
condos in southern Queens, and the brick-front Cleve- lot, and most important, a planners have eyed the site 19th-century structures on a ball said. real world application of skills, and com-
land-Pitkin Homes in East New York. grocery store that many see for decades, but only jump- site currently owned by the Still, history buffs will munity engagement. It will also offer
City building records note plans for the site — at 166 as a dire need in the imme- started the project in June . National Guard Bureau. The always have the Timber travel programs to Europe and East
Smith St. — include demolition and “altered additions,” diate area. “For 20 years, the Navy city will acquire the land and Shed. Asia and, for 10th graders, a month long
such as easements and ventilation shafts. Plans for a $60-million Yard has made it clear that then raze all but two of the The next developer — who intern ship with working professionals.
Whatever happens to the site will likely to be an im- ShopRite supermarket col- redevelopment of Admirals dozen buildings. will enter a long-term lease
provement — at least aesthetically: In 2008, AM New lapsed earlier this year, when Row site is necessary, spe- “This is a complete failure — will be required to reha- For additional information on the high
York put the building on its “10 to Lose” list, which the city’s chosen developer, cifically to serve the local of the system and the gov- bilitate the structure used to school division of Grace Church School,
names the 10 ugliest buildings in the city. Writers at Aaron Malinsky, was ar- neighborhood,” said Coun- ernment to maintain its his- store ship’s masts, as well
contact Kate Marcus at 212-475-5609 x204.
the time joked the concrete-encased eyesore appeared rested in a bribery scandal cilwoman Letitia James (D– toric buildings,” said Simeon as Building B, an officer’s
to be able to “withstand a nuclear blast.” alongside state Sen. Carl Fort Greene), adding, “This Bankoff, executive director of mansion.
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Teens beat up man at Buttermilk Channel
ishment — with only one ex- Car swipe boarding the next Manhat- fore he and two other brutes Cash missing
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planation given. POLICE BLOTTER tan-bound train. attacked, punching the vic-
A thief took a 2007 Mitsub- A thief stole $8,900 from
Carroll Gardens-Cobble “That’s how I roll,” the ishi Outlander on Butler Street The victim headed the other tim in the face and kicking a Remsen Street apartment
Hill–Red Hook victim recalled one of the on Nov. 28 — only to get in a direction to return to his hotel him. overnight on Nov. 22.
Court crack teens saying. crack up a few blocks away. Find more online every Wednesday at before calling the cops. One of the thugs then took The victim said she left
A group of teenage goons Pistols whip The owner of the car said BrooklynPaper.com/blotter Bicycle thief the victim’s smartphone. her home between Clinton
attacked a 38-year-old on A gun-toting thief held up that the thief plucked the keys A bike-riding thief stole What a drag and Henry streets at 9 pm.
Court Street on Dec. 2, leav- a 42-year-old man just paces from his jacket pocket before on Nov. 29 — taking his cell- wrestled the cellphone from an iPhone from a woman on A thief stole a woman’s When she returned the next
ing him with a smattering from his Pioneer Street home snagging the Outlander from phone. his hand. Keap Street on Dec. 3. pocketbook on N. Henry day at 1:30 pm, the cash was
of bruises. on Dec. 1. between Hoyt and Smith streets The victim was near Pres- Crooks corner The woman told cops that Street on Dec. 4. missing.
The victim was having a The victim was approach- sometime after 8 am. ident Street at 4:20 pm when she was near Hope Street at The woman was between Movie madness
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thugs meted out more pun- his iPhone and wallet. a 15-year-old on Smith Street Some punk stole a fancy ger-side door had been dam- his phone. iPunked out into the hallway, where
set of headphones on Fulton aged and that his Dell lap- The perps entered the A thief stole a man’s iP- the thief grabbed her wallet
Why Choose Street on Dec 1. top, hard drive, eyeglasses, apartment near Leonard hone inside the L-train sta- and fled.
The victim was between computer bag and software Street at 10:20 pm, flashed tion at N. Seventh Street on Armed robbery
Waverly and Washington had been plundered. their knives and pushed the Nov. 28. Gun-toting thugs stole a
“A Good Plumber”? awvheennu hese wata asr aopupnrdo a2c:h3e0d p bmy — Colin Mixson tleegnsa nant idn asirdme sb aenfodr set teaapliinngg hhiiss exiTtihneg vthicet ismta tsiaoind ahte B weads- man’s cellphone on Cadman
Plaza West on Dec. 2.
the perp. wallet and cellphone. ford Avenue at 7:30 pm when
77TH PRECINCT The victim said that he was
“Give me your head- Three crimes the punk snagged the man’s
near Water Street at 3 pm
phones, or I will rip them Prospect Heights There were at least three phone. The victim pursued, when the men approached,
off your neck,” the thug You’re kidding! break-ins last week: but the thief outran him. displayed a gun and one said,
barked. True to his word, Two people were robbed • A thief stole a computer Delivery drag “Yo, give it up!”
he did just that, taking the by gunman in a hooded and $150 from a McKibbin A robber broke into a The man tried to flee, but
$250 cans right off the man’s sweatshirt early on Dec. 1. Street loft on Dec. 2. The ten- man’s delivery truck and stole the crooks stole his cellphone
body, cops said. Here are the details: ant left his apartment near cash on Manhattan Avenue before he could escape.
Pocketed • The the first case, the 26- White Street at 2:45 pm, but on Nov. 30. — Daniel Bush
A thief snagged a man’s year-old victim told cops that came back a half-hour later The trucker had parked be-
cellphone at Fort Greene she was between Washing- to find his cash and laptop tween Norman and Nassau 68TH PRECINCT
Place on Dec. 1. ton and Underhill avenues computer gone. avenues to make a delivery
The victim was between when she was approached by • A thief stole two com- at 12:55 pm — but when he Bay Ridge–Dyker
A Good Plumber Inc., with over 20 years of experience in Lafayette and Dekalb av- the teenager, who brandished puters and a camera from an returned 15 minutes later, he Heights
the plumbing and heating industry has built our reputation enues at around 2:45 pm a small silver gun and said, apartment on Broadway near discovered that a thief had Cable why?
on recommendations. That reputation has grown due to our when the thief approached “Give me all you got.” The Keap Street between 9 am broken a lock and stolen a Thieves swiped thousands
reliable, honest and affordable service. Honesty means never ainn dy oausrk peodc, k“eWts?h”a t you got lsaivdey lheaanthdeerd boavge ra hnedr felxepde.n- and• A8 ptmhi eofn sNtoovle. 3a0 .man’s cbaesthw-efielnle dth we oforodnetn sbeoaxt sf.rom ifnro tmele ac ocmabmleu tnruiccakt ioonn sO gwealsr
recommending work that is unnecessary and giving you an He didn’t wait for an an- • In the second case, the watch, laptop and booze from — Colin Mixson Head Court on Dec. 1.
accurate price before we do the work…no hidden fees. At A Good swer before reaching into the 27-year-old victim told cops his S. Second Street apart- The victim told cops that
Plumber Inc., we believe customer service is about exceeding the victim’s jacket pocket and that he was between Wash- ment during the Thanksgiv- 84TH PRECINCT he went inside a customer’s
customer’s expectations before, during, and after the job! snagging his Samsung cell ington and Classon avenues at ing holiday. house between Bay Ridge Av-
before fleeing, cops said. 1:30 am when a young crook The tenant left the unit Brooklyn Heights– enue and 68th Street at 1:30
G’d up meeting the same descrip- near Berry Street on Nov. DUMBO–Boerum Hill– pm. When he came back out
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Local at the Lafayette Ave- fore the crook fled. Vandals tagged an R train
ing a flat tire!
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bank, he was alerted to $416 told cops that he parked be- son Street to buy some auto cards had been taken until 20 next morning, workers dis-
A Good Plumber Inc. in unauthorized charges. tween Underhill and Wash- parts from him on Dec. 3. minutes later. covered the words “Bad” and
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slugged him in the face and The 57-year-old victim He also drove off with the was unlocked and a televi- anything.
told cops that she was in- auto parts and some phone sion and two MP3 players The victim told cops that
side the Met Foods between cards, cops said. were missing. she left her house between 85th
Park and Prospect places at Purse punked Cell swipe and 86th streets at 1:30 pm on
6 pm when she put her bag
Some punk snatched a A crook stole a man’s Nov. 24. When she returned
down. A half-hour later, it
woman’s purse at Manhat- cellphone on Henry Street on Nov. 28, she found glue on
was gone.
Join the thousands of homeowners tan and Meeker avenues on on Nov. 27 — while its owner her door handle, and her pos-
— Eli Rosenberg
Nov. 29. was texting and walking! sessions moved around.
The victim was on the The victim said he was Golden ticket
78TH PRECINCT
who have saved up to $700 on corner at 9:30 am when the sending an SMS message Thugs swiped nearly
Park Slope thief came from behind and near Orange Street at 10:20 $3,000 in jewelry and cash
Engine runnin’ shoved her, before snatch- pm when the thief grabbed from a woman on Fifth Av-
their annual home energy costs* A brazen jerk stole a fancy ing the woman’s purse, which his phone and fled. enue on Nov. 28 after she
contained her wallet, eye- Phone flop
engine system from a met- refused to help cash a pur-
glasses, and cash.
alworks shop on 14th Street Two thieves stole a wom- portedly winning lottery
on Nov. 29. Un-friendly an’s cellphone at the Law- ticket.
A 26-year-old employee Three thugs brutally beat a rence Street subway station The victim told cops
told cops a crook sneaked man and snagged his iPhone — but the device was recov- that she was sitting in her
into DVS Iron and Aluminum at the Metropolitan Avenue ered after police arrested a car between 74th street and
Works near Third Avenue at G train on Dec. 3. pair of men. Bay Ridge Parkway at 1 pm
around noon, snatched a power The victim, 17, had just left The victim was on the R when a man and a woman
brakes unit for — worth more Automotive HS and was enter- train platform at the station approached and asked for
$6,000 — then fled. ing the subway station and Lo- near Willoughby Street at help cashing their winning
Flood freight rimer Street at 4:30 pm when 10:25 pm when the crooks ticket. She refused, so the
one of the perps approached grabbed her phone. pushy punks demanded her
A jerk broke into an apart-
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The secret’s out!
Under pressure, Bklyn Bridge Park reveals
its hotel selection committee members
By Kate Briquelet Development Corporation. plan. Taxes from the com-
The Brooklyn Paper “It’s unbelievable, it’s a plex will go toward the park’s Paying
Brooklyn Bridge Park has shame and the public is just $16-million annual mainte-
released the names of the city going to go along with it,” nance budget.
officials who will ultimately she said. Sandy Balboza, president
decide which hotel and lux- Locals and members of the of Atlantic Avenue Better-
ury condo complex is built on park’s community advisory ment Association, slammed
Pier 1 — and locals are out- council were infuriated last the insider committee for in-
raged that half of them are month after park bigwigs pre- cluding the public only to the
secretive park insiders. sented seven proposals for a extent of accepting e-mail
Park staffers were under high-end hotel but wouldn’t critiques. too
pressure from the commu- Regina Myer — she’s on reveal who was on the proj- “They say we’re allowed
nity on Monday when they the hotel panel. ect’s selection committee — to testify and that we’re in-
revealed the four members saying that the city would volved, but we’re not,” said
on the heretofore mysterious erless “community advisory choose a developer behind Balboza, who is also park
selection committee: Regina council.” closed doors before spring. advisory council member.
Myer and David Lowin of But the park’s about-face Seven big names in real “These are four city employ-
the Brooklyn Bridge Park only enraged park-lovers who estate including Toll Broth- ees who are making the final much
Corporation; Joshua Laird are calling the entire selection ers, RAL Companies, and decision about a hotel proj-
of the Parks Department; process “undemocratic.” Two Trees Management are ect that the public doesn’t
and Joshua Gelfman of the “How is it that these four vying to build luxury hotel even want.
Economic Development Cor- people — two from a public and residential complex along “It’s not only unfortunate,
poration. authority with an agenda — Furman Street, just south of it’s outrageous,” she added.
A spokeswoman for the have so much power and au- a park entrance at the foot of “The taxpayers are putting
park defended the original se- thority over something so im- Old Fulton Street. money into this, and we don’t
crecy as standard “city prac- portant?” said Doreen Gallo, The winning firm would have a say in anything.”
tice,” but agreed to officially the executive director of the build a 170- to 225-room ho- Brooklyn Bridge Park for
reveal the names because the Dumbo Neighborhood Alli- tel, a 150- to 180-unit res- is accepting public com-
officials’ identities had be- ance, referring to Myer’s and idential building, a restau- ments via e-mail to brook-
come known to a handful of Lowin’s powerful positions rant, and at least 300 parking lynbridgepark@bbpnyc.
residents on the park’s pow- on the Brooklyn Bridge Park spaces, according to city’s org until Dec. 22.
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Park Development Corpo- “The community never
heating
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Continued from page 1 The city vowed to spend plan that called for a seasonal she said. “We always planned
enade, playground and bar- up to $750,000 on construc- and “lightweight” structure for a permanent pool and in-
becue station at the five-acre tion, but the developer would — instead of Brooklyn’s an- door playing field. What do
pier at the southern leg of the be responsible for everything swer to Chelsea Piers. you do in the middle of the
waterfront park. beyond that. Now without weather- winter or the depths of sum-
Kelco — which is also Critics accused park offi- proof recreation, the park mer when there’s no relief
building the controversial cials of scuttling the “bub- will be a dead zone in win- from the sun? The new plan
$6.2-million Squibb Park ble” by setting unfeasible and ter, said Judi Francis, presi- didn’t work.”
Bridge c onnecting Brook- uneconomical requirements oil?
lyn Heights to Pier 1 — will for developers.
complete the Pier 5 fields by “This was designed to SQUIBB...
next fall. fail,” said Roy Sloane, presi-
“At this point, it’s so impor- dent of the Cobble Hill Asso-
tant that we move ahead with ciation. “[Under city rules],
recreation on Pier 5,” said Re- developers would have to Continued from page 1 Bloomberg trimmed $8 mil-
gina Myer, president of Brook- put in a lot of money, have A former city official, who lion from Brooklyn Bridge
lyn Bridge Park Corporation. it open only four months a asked not to be named, said Park’s construction budget,
“The challenge for us will be year, and charge very reason- that $4.9 million “sounded killing the footbridge un-
maximizing the use of these able prices. Did that sound too low for the bridge,” and til the Council and Borough
piers for four seasons.” like something the city was that the over-budgeting was President Markowitz allocated
I n October, Brooklyn serious about?” “not at all surprising.” money the following year.
Bridge Park announced that it For 30 years, community The former official said Roy Sloane, president of If you answered yes,
had received no bids from de- advocates pushed for an indoor that city agencies will often the Cobble Hill Association,
velopers to build the enclosed recreational hub in the style of narrow the scope of a project said the bridge was mainly an
“bubble” and wouldn’t look the Corona Park Pool and Rink — or scrap it altogether — amenity to the future hotel
for other contractors — effec- in Queens, the largest complex to make up for funding gaps. slated for Pier 1 and should then you owe it to yourself
tively killing the project. ever built in a city park. Indeed, For instance, when the MTA be paid for by a developer,
The facility — which the park’s original master plan was extending the No. 7 train not city taxpayers.
would have been open from in 2000 called for turning the to Times Square in 2008, it “Why can’t the hotel build to make a simple phone
December to March — had no pier’s freight shed into an in- killed one of two stations in its own bridge?” Sloane said.
rest rooms or locker rooms, door/outdoor pool and playing the project to save money. “This is the kind of cost infla-
and the operator would pay field with the help of a private The Squibb Park Bridge tion the park has incurred all
call today.
fSor maintenance, operations Adeveloper. has aLlways had a rocky road aElong, only to suit a massive
and off-season storage. But that shed was demol- to funding. In 2009, Mayor real estate development.”
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Happy
Holidays
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‘Non-Christmas’ artwork will stay at gallery
By Natalie O’Neill reprieve from the energy giant. She had agreed months ago to make him toss it.
The Brooklyn Paper “Some employees felt the work exhibit her work at the building Kalas, himself an artist who
Con Edison has decided not to didn’t capture the holiday spirit, near Fulton Street — where local once claimed to be censored back
pull the plug on a holiday art show but we are leaving it up through artists showcase monthly exhibits in 2007, told us that the exhibit
featuring “pagan”-themed pieces the end of the month as origi- free of rent — and hoped that the was slated to be removed be-
by a Park Slope artist, changing nally planned,” the company exposure would help her sell some cause it’s a “safety hazard” be-
its corporate mind after a Brook- said in an unsigned statement is- of her art . She chose the month of cause the wooden items “poke
lynPaper.com article highlighted sued to BrooklynPaper.com on December because it’s gift-giv- out” of the wall and “could in-
the censorship. Tuesday. ing season, then signed a contract jure employees.”
Judith Z. Miller — who ex- Miller praised the paper, as well stipulating only that the pieces He later added that Miller made
plores spiritual themes by carv- as her own pushiness, for getting would not be “pornographic or a fuss about the proposed cen-
ing animals into tree trunks — Con Ed to see the light and avoid religious” — but made no other sorship for the purposes of self-
was asked to remove her art from what she called the Santa-and- promises in terms of content. promotion.
the lobby of the Con Ed building sleigh bells aesthetics of a sub- On Dec. 1, she moved her carv- “She is a sick, disturbed
on Flatbush Avenue after work- urban strip mall. ings into the lobby — but dis- woman,” he said. “I gave her
ers complained that it lacks hol- “Once Con Ed realized that covered that a large fake Christ- the space out of the goodness of
iday spirit. the media was aware of their mas tree had taken up half the my heart.”
“Employees demand a festive wrongful treatment of me, they wall space. But Miller didn’t think of it
lobby … during the Christmas suddenly changed their tune,” she She got an e-mail from Kalas as gift — “Holiday season” or
Con Ed Gallery curator Leon Kalas was all smiles about Judith Z. Miller’s “pagan”-
holidays,” curator Leon Kalas e- said. “Prior to this, they figured, I the same day demanding she take otherwise.
themed, nature-influenced work. But he later flip-flopped, and ordered it removed —
mailed Miller last week, demand- guess, that I would go away qui- it down — pronto. “Your exhibit “It just feels wrong,” she said.
until a ConEd reprieve saved the day.
ing she pack up her wooden doves etly while they imposed ‘default has been cancelled,” he wrote. “Why does everything always
and dragons. Christianity.’ “[Con Edison] has the right to have to be about Christmas?”
Miller — who is Jewish by birth “But I was taught by my mother commitment to artistic freedom. apology from Con Ed. “They’re making an assumption ask for a festive look during the Con Edison Gallery [30 Flat-
and Pagan by approach — was at an early age to speak up when The price we pay for silence is Before the “Miracle on 34th that Christmas is for everybody,” holidays.” bush Ave. between Livingston
poised to remove the artwork on I saw anyone mistreated,” Miller oppression.” Street” ending, Miller was fu- Miller said earlier this week. “It’s He noted her art must gone by and Nevins streets, (718) 802-
Wednesday, but got a last-minute continued. “Also, I have a lifelong She also demanded a personal rious. so offensive.” Dec. 7 — or Con Edison would 5071].
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my regrets. So this is a nice and thin, feminine wrists,”
change of pace,” the author the author said. “[But] a
of “The Intuitionist” and skinny black man, with slen-
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Fort Greene author Colson Whitehead joked about
essay collection “Colossus neighbors.
his anxieties (yes, he has them) at St. Joseph’s Col-
of New York” is a big-time “I thought, ‘How cool
lege last week.
literary star. But it wasn’t al- would it be to have a writing
ways that way. And that re- series where the speakers live
minds him of another joke, ting all these rejection let- what the song was about,” just a few blocks away,’ ” said
this time about the seem- ters, I sat around in my un- said the author. “Knopf Pub- Richard Greenwald, dean of
ingly nonsensical lyrics of derwear, watching ‘Jerry lishing, why did you leave academics at the college. “I
the Donna Summer song, Springer’ with the shades my cake out in the rain? … don’t know many other towns
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an 18-year-old on her way to lubricant, and a travel pouch which can cost $30 in a book- Linn answer the criticism
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bit more practical than choc- you through the weekend. in future psychiatric bills — “Yes, some say the only
olate bunnies.” A cheaper option is “The as the cherry on top. safe sex is abstinence, but
By practical, Linn means a Essential” ($105), which of- “I’ve been concerned with abstinence makes no sense,”
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BIKES... to a bicycle racing team and who say the open space was
noted they recently fought a never meant to be a mini Tour
similar battle in Central Park. de France. 718-376-4111
“There’s nowhere left to train “The cops are late,” said
Continued from page 1 “They’re asking us to in New York City.” Forrest Cicogni, the husband
was struck b y a 61-year- screech to a halt after reach- Rules for two-wheeling of the injured actress. “But
[email protected] 1307 Gravesend Neck Road
old cyclist in on West Lake ing 25 miles-per-hour,” said park users are perfectly fine his is what we wanted — it’s
Drive, leaving her so badly Anthony Lowe, who belongs with two-legged park-goers, a good first step.”
injured that doctors kept
her in a medically induced
coma.
And in June, 37-year-old
Now at three major locations:
actress Dana Jacks suffered
brain damage after a cyclist
collided with her in the same
spot. She’s planning to sue
the city, citing the very lack
of enforcement that appar-
ently ends on Saturday.
Reducing speeding was a Downstate
major theme at a mid-Novem- at Central Brooklyn
ber public hearing o n end- Comprehensive and ER care
ing the battle over Prospect
Park’s roadways, where hazy
rights of way have long made
the roadway chaotic.
The Department of Trans-
portation t hen responded by
installing cones to slow cy- Downstate
clists on West Lake Drive. at Long Island
Before there was a Brooklyn Bridge…
Police enforcement is the sec- College Hospital
ond wave of city action, with Downstate was improving Brooklyn’s health
Comprehensive and ER care
one officer citing the crashes
as “the impetuous.” 150 years later, we’ve expanded and we’re
The fliers that were
still providing advanced care to the borough
handed out on Thursday
offer the usual safety tips,
such as “do not bike with
a dog on a leash” and “cy-
Downstate
clists and skaters must travel
at Bay Ridge
clockwise.”
It also reminded cyclists Walk-In Urgent Care and
of existing, but often flouted, Ambulatory Surgery
rules, including that cyclists
must have a bell, and cannot
wear headphones and must
stop at red lights.
The red light rule partic-
ularly angers some cyclists,
Downstate Doctor Referral Line:
who say the park’s roadway
is a sacred car-free spot — 1.888.270.SUNY (7869)
unlike a normal street, where
they’re happy to stop for
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FESTIVAL
All tied up
Who needs the Muppets anyway?
Bring the kids — especially the art-inclined
theater geeks — to the Bushwick Starr this
weekend for the second annual Band of Pup-
pets Fest, a festival featuring five new puppetry
plays set to the music of
Michael Jackson.
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Young Thing.”
Highlights include a play featuring an Old West
chase scene, “Mr. Sweatshirt’s” new dance will
debut, and several other evocations of the late pop
[phone] The Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings December 9–15, 2011 icon, according to producer Amanda Maddock.
“I enjoyed seeing the works so far,” said
Maddock. “Everybody is trying to think about
how to use a Michael Jackson song and tell
Spin cycle stories in a visual form.”
Band of Puppets Fest at the Bushwick Starr
[207 Starr St. between Wyckoff and Irving
Avenues in Bushwick, [phone]], Dec.
8–11. Tickets, $12 (free for kids under 18 at
matinees). — Aaron Short
CRAFT
Major League Dreidel returns to Knitting Factory
Creepy Xmas
By Colin Mixson
Deck the halls with skulls and insects —
The Brooklyn Paper
fa la la la la lala la la!
The Festival of Light is just around the The second annual Morbid Anatomy hol-
corner, which means it’s time for an- iday fair — an oddball craft show hosted by
other season of heart-stopping Major a research library in Gowanus — is selling
League Dreidel action. jewelry, art and other gifts for that special
The “season” begins (and ends) on someone who’s more into Tim Bur-ton than
Dec. 17, when hundreds of top-twirl- Santa Claus.
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across the country.” of anthropomorphic taxidermy created by a
You don’t need to be a bookie to know former Museum of Natural History worker —
who the favorites are: 2010 champ Alan including beetles playing the piano — rare and
“Juspin Bieber” Black, and his ragged obscure anatomy books, voodoo photographs,
band of about 30 die-hard spinners, called ceramic bat masks, sinister jewelry with gory
Team Smoot, will again make the journey vials and countless other artifacts, not to men-
to Brooklyn from Ypsilanti, Mich. tion free Brooklyn Brewery beer.
“It all started with my friends who “I don’t think there’s any holiday fair like
used to play at rock-paper-scissor tour- this,” Ebenstein said. “It’s slightly goofy but
naments in Toronto, but that became too also very elegant.”
corporate, too mainstream,” said Black. Morbid Anatomy Library [543 Union St. be-
“Then we found out about driedel and that tween Bond and Nevins streets in Gowanus,
turned into the new thing to do.” [phone]], Dec. 17 and 18, 12 to 6 pm.
The rules of the game are simple, spin For info, visit morbidanatomy.blogspot.com.
the four-sided top as fast as you can and Spin this: (Pictured left) Eric Pavony, the — Kate Briquelet
pray that it gyrates longer than the other acting “Knishoner” of Major Leage Dreidel,
guy’s. The trick is to keep your top in shows off the “Spinagogue,” which is re-
the center of the Jewish-star–shaped sponsible for transforming the hobby from
MUSIC
a casual pastime to a competetive sport.
(Top) Pamskee won in 2007 with an eye-
EVENT popping 17.88-second spin. Art of noise
Major League Dreidel fi nals at the
Knitting Factory [361 Metropolitan
Ave. between Havemeyer Street and Spinagogue, this sport’s “Friendly Con-
Marcy Avenue in Williamsburg, (347) fines.” Who says you need instruments to make
529-6696], Dec. 17 at 6 pm. For info, The Spinagogue has been widely cred- music?
visit www.majorleaguedreidel.com. ited with elevating the hobby of dreidel- You don’t, as artist Amy X Neuburg proves,
ing into the ranks of America’s most-im- turning her laptop into a digital mixer and
portant sports. using a set of electronic drum pads to play
“Before the Spinagogue, people just any sound — drums,
Spin with the best spun dreidels on kitchen tables,” said violins, even her own
Pavony. “This has two problems; one, voice.
it falls off and you lose your dreidel, and The impressive mu-
Dreidel tips from the pros
two, with this vast space, you don’t really sician will show off her
give it much thought, you just spin. What equipment and her four-
What makes a Major League Dreidel champion? We we’re looking for is spinners that have octave vocal range on
asked three legendary spin-meisters for tips on how to velocity and power, but also control and Dec. 13 at Roulette.
its the combination of those two elements “[When I started]
win it all on Dec. 17 at the Knitting Factory.
that makes a dreidel champion.” I didn’t have a band,
The fierce dreidel battles aren’t the so I found I could use
Alan “Juspin Bieber” Black, nent. It depends on who you’re
only draw to this pre-Hanukkah bash my voice for all these
2010 MLD Champion up against, but I’ll tell you ev- — heavy metal band, Gods of Fire, is things instead,” said Neuburg, who records
“Try and come up with a good ery person who has ever spun booked to rock the house with songs like her vocals, then loops and layers them across
balance between finesse and against Spinnie the Pooh has al- “No Gelt, No Glory” from its classic al- each other to create background music. “My
ways come back with the story
power. You can spin it as hard bum, “Hanukkah Gone Metal.” best skill is my singing, and my ability to pro-
that he is a psychologically in-
as you want, but as soon as you Hanukkah rock aside, the players are gram electronics.”
timidating dreidel spinner.”
hit the wall, it’s all over. We also the attraction here. It’s all part of her self-described “avant-
realized not to over-practice. The “It’s a really fun competition, every- cabaret,” a style that draws much from the
first year we went to the tour- Chris “The Gentile Giant” del body has a blast with their costumes and 20th-century musical theater style and using
nament, Team Smoot had some Colluzi Drei their names,” said Chris Colluzi, who the gadgets of the 21st century.
thumb and shoulder injuries from “Don’t be afraid of the wall gue competes as Gentile Giant. “Eric created “I like working with my [style] and I’m ac-
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self out and not letting yourself so just go for it.” Dreidel pro: Reigning champ Alan Black, aka “Juspin important prize of all,” said Pavony, “the 267-0363], Dec. 13, 8 pm. Tickets, $15 ($10 for
get psyched out by your oppo- — Colin Mixson Bieber,” will defend his crown. title of Major League Dreidel champion, students, seniors and members). For info, visit
which entails glory, women and fame.” www.roulette.org. — Alfred Ng
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DERMY CONTEST: $7. 8 pm. Bell OUTS: For the Brooklyn Bulldogs
House [149 Seventh St. at Third Av- MON, DEC. 12 Community Board 6. Full board. baseball team, ages 9-13. Free.
enue in Gowanus, [phone]], Community Board 6 Executive 6:30 pm. Borough Hall [209 9:45–6 pm (times vary per age
www.thebellhouseny.com. Committee. Monthly meeting. Joralemon St. Between Court and group). Brooklyn Collaborative
MUSIC, TONI ENSEMBLE: $15. 8 pm. 6:30 pm. Cobble Hill Community Adams streets in Downtown, (718) School [610 Henry St. between
Roulette [509 Atlantic Ave. between Room [250 Baltic St. between 643-3027], www.brooklyncb6.org. Third and Fourth places in Car-
roll Gardens, 917-803-9980],
Third Avenue and Nevins Street in Court and Clinton Streets in Community Board 10 Police and
www.78pyc.org.
Boerum Hill, [phone]], www. Cobble Hill, [phone]], www. Public Safety Committee. On the
roulette.org. brooklyncb6.org. agenda: Booze license application PERFORMANCE
XMAS POP SING-ALONG AND for X Cafe. 7 pm. Community THEATER, “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: 2
(cid:4)(cid:22)(cid:19)(cid:18)(cid:23)(cid:30)(cid:6)(cid:31)+,(cid:21)(cid:6)+-(cid:30)(cid:6).(cid:22)-(cid:22)%(cid:21)(cid:31)(cid:6)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:6),(cid:30)(cid:18)/,(cid:22)(cid:6)(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:6)(cid:31)+,(cid:6)(cid:20)(cid:21)(cid:22)(cid:6)-(cid:18)(cid:24)$(cid:6)0(cid:22)(cid:20)(cid:25)(cid:19)(cid:6)+1(cid:6)"2(cid:27)(cid:6)(cid:23)+%(cid:25)&(cid:6)(cid:19)(cid:24)(cid:22)(cid:21)%(cid:18)(cid:30)(cid:23)(cid:6)(cid:19)(cid:18)%’(cid:22)(cid:21)&(cid:6)(cid:8)(cid:24)(cid:20)%(cid:18)(cid:20)(cid:30)(cid:6)(cid:2),(cid:21)(cid:20)(cid:30)+(cid:6) SANTA CON PRE-PARTY: $10. 10 TUES, DEC. 13 Board 10 office [8119 Fifth Ave. pm. See Friday, Dec. 9.
t(cid:23)%o(cid:20)(cid:19)(cid:19)&(cid:6) 3(cid:21)b(cid:31)(cid:19)(cid:24)(cid:20)e%(cid:6)(cid:11)- (cid:20)c(cid:21)+’o(cid:19)(cid:27)(cid:18)(cid:6)(cid:5)n%(cid:22)(cid:26)t(cid:22)(cid:30)i(cid:24)(cid:19)n(cid:6)(cid:20)(cid:30)(cid:25)u(cid:6)+,(cid:21)e(cid:6)(cid:22)4ddd3%,(cid:19)(cid:18)’(cid:22)(cid:6)(cid:4)(cid:18)(cid:19)(cid:30)(cid:22)(cid:31)5(cid:6)#+%%(cid:22)3(cid:24)(cid:18)+(cid:30)(cid:28)(cid:6)(cid:2)(cid:20)(cid:23)(cid:18)3(cid:6)0(cid:22)(cid:23)(cid:18)(cid:30)(cid:19)(cid:6)(cid:20)(cid:24)(cid:6)3$(cid:20)(cid:26)(cid:18)%(cid:18)(cid:20)(cid:28)3+(cid:26)(cid:28) pm. Union Hall [702 Union St. at Community Board 10 between 81st and 82nd streets in MUSIC, HOLIDAY CONCERT: Per-
Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) Environmental Committee. Agenda; Bay Ridge, [phone]]. formed by the Kingsborough Musi-
Buy one Bead, Bracelet, Necklace or Earrings 638-4400], www.unionhallny.com. Scoanlleitcattiioonns r iena Bdajuys Rtmidegnet,s D toy kbears ket THURS, DEC. 15 clyanl SCoocmiemtyu Cnihtoy rWusi nadn dE nTsheem Bbrloeo akn-d
SAT, DEC. 10 Heights and Ft. Hamilton. 7 pm. Brooklyn Bridge Rotary Club. Concert Band. Free. 2 pm. Kings-
Community Board 10 office [8119 Weekly meeting. 12:15 pm. borough Community College [2001
and receive the second one PERFORMANCE Fifth Ave. between 81st and 82nd Brooklyn Marriott [333 Adams St. Oriental Blvd. at Decatur Avenue in
streets in Bay Ridge, [phone]]. in Downtown, [phone]]. Manhattan Beach, [phone]],
FREE! DANCE, DANCEWAVE’S HOLIDAY Community Board 10 Traffic and www.kingsborough.edu.
FIESTA: $10. 10 am–6 pm. Brooklyn WED, DEC. 14 Transportation Committee. On the THEATER, “TIDINGS OF GOOD
Lyceum [227 Fourth Ave. at Presi- Community Board 2. Full board. 6 agenda: Revised pedestrian plans for CHEER”: The vocal group RPM
dent Street in Park Slope, (718) 857- pm. Brooklyn Navy Yard [Flushing 86th Street; B64 update. 7 pm. performs seasonal favorites. $20. 3
(on in-stock merchandise of equal or lesser value) 4816], www.brooklynlyceum.com. Avenue at Clermont Avenue in Community Board 10 office [8119 pm. St. Charles Borromeo Church
MUSIC, GRETCHEN PARLATO: Free. Fort Greene, [phone]], Fifth Ave. between 81st and 82nd [21 Sidney Pl. at Livingston Street in
7 pm. BAMCafe [30 Lafayette Ave. [email protected]. streets in Bay Ridge, [phone]]. Brooklyn Heights, [phone]],
between Ashland Place and St. www.theater2020.com.
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