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Antics on Atlantic Former New Jersey Nets legend Albert King ran a mini-basketball clinic — and helped Forest City Ratner promote its Atlantic Yards development — at this year’s Atlantic Antic. The 32nd annual street fair was a success, despite some store owners who boycotted after hearing that FCR was a major sponsor.

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Atlantic Yards will cause “irreparable damage to the quality of life in the borough of Brooklyn,” members of Community Board 6 decreed last week, calling for Bruce Ratner’s mega-development to be redrawn before it is approved by state authorities. In a series of four motions, CB6 crystallized criticisms of the scale and traffic impact of the 16tower residential, hotel, arena and office-space development. “Within a quarter-mile [of the arena], the population will increase by 60 percent. No mitigation scheme can prevent the dangers that such overcrowding will create,” said board member Jeff Strabone. Atlantic Yards would bring 2,581 new cars, 14,410 residents and — on game nights — 20,500 basketball fans to Prospect Heights, according to engineers hired by the developer. Yet even as they criticized the $4.2-billion Atlantic Yards, the board members emphasized that they supported development at the site abutting the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. “We want to work with the state,” said Jerry Armer, chairman of CB6. “But it is impossible to know if we will be able to support Atlantic Yards until we see how they plan to mitigate the things we see as problems.” The board — residents and business owners in Park Slope, Cobble See CB6 on page 4

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Rabbi Simcha Weinstein, the Chabad emissary to Downtown Brooklyn colleges, prepares for the Jewish New Year — and autumn, which begins on the same day — by blowing a shofar on the Brooklyn Heights Promenade. Year 5767 on the Jewish calendar begins at sundown on Friday.

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HE WEEK BEFORE Rosh Hashanah, Smartmom was meditating in her bedroom. Her attempts to meditate at home are usually a comedy of errors and this was no exception. The fragrance of burning incense seems to attract her offspring like flies to honey. The Oh So Feisty One tiptoed into the bedroom and assumed her very best lotus position and scrunched her eyes shut tight. After a minute or so: “I’m bored,” she said. “Is it okay if I bang your singing bowl really, really softly?” By Louise Grrrrr. So much for Inner Peace. Then the phone rang. It was Groovy Grandpa reminding Smartmom about Rosh Hashanah dinner on Saturday. Smartmom returned to the half-lotus position, her right hand resting on her left palm, but she had a hard time quieting her mind because of that Rosh Hashanah call. Should they go to shul? If so, which one? The religion thing nags at Smartmom: Nag, nag, nag. Especially during the Jewish holidays. It’s not like she grew up religious or anything. Hers was a secular Jewish upbringing on the Upper West Side of Gaphattan. In other words, she

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Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce head Ken Adams is leaving his post to take the top job at the Business Council of New York State, starting Nov.1. Like the Chamber, the state Council advocates for member businesses, but it has hundreds more members, all over the state — and, ever the business geek, Adams is looking forward to broadening his portfolio. “There are chambers and individual business leaders across the state eager to work for policy changes that New York needs to enhance its competitiveness,” said Adams. The Council is betting on Adams’s record in Brooklyn, where he doubled the Chamber’s membership and multiplied its budget by more than eight times to $6.6 million. Those who have worked with Adams think it’s a sound bet. “He’ll do a tremendous job,” said Marty See ADAMS on page 18

Just beyond that gray wall near Columbia and Halleck streets in Red Hook, a company hopes to build the first biodiesel refinery in New York.

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Forget Venezuela — the latest solution to the energy crisis may be in Red Hook. A renewable-fuel upstart has submitted plans for the city’s first largescale manufacturing facility for

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Street near Halleck Street to the green gas outfit, Tri-State Biodiesel. Tri-State, which now operates in a smaller facility in the neighborhood, has already applied for a $4-million grant from the city to build a plant and “tank farm” where cooking oils from restaurants would be collected and mixed with methanol and some

was brought up by atheists, who were very committed to their Jewish heritage and their lox and bagels from Barney Greengrass on Sunday mornings. Still, on the high holidays, something deeply personal and profound compels Smartmom to seek the sound of the shofar and the stirring melody of Kol Nidre. When Smartmom was 10, her parents decided that she and her sister needed to go to Hebrew school — it was time to get some of that old-time religion. Just in case. Crawford It seemed hypocritical, but it probably was a good experience, even if the future Smartmom thought it was dumb at the time. Going to Hebrew school meant no more Sunday morning bike rides in Central Park, a cherished family ritual and one of the great pleasures of Smartmom’s youth. Sitting in the basement of Congregation Rodef Sholom learning Hebrew, and discussing anti-Semitism and the Holocaust, was not. Smartmom dropped out after a year. Maybe that’s why she’s so ambivalent about going to synSee SMARTMOM on page 5

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Activist Evelyn Ortner dies at 82 By Christie Rizk for The Brooklyn Papers

Evelyn Ortner, whose four decades of preserving Brooklyn’s unique character started with a single brownstone on Berkeley Place in Park Slope and ended with her opposition to Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards project, died Tuesday. She was 82. An early advocate for restoring Brooklyn’s crumbling brownstone neighborhoods, Ortner — along with her husband Everett, himself a Evelyn Ortner noted preservationist — reversed Park Slope’s steady decline in the 1960s and ’70s, by demanding that city and state officials protect a historical and architectural significance that others had overlooked. “They were both pioneers and legends,” said See ORTNER on page 17

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Author David Shenk ("The Immortal Game") taunts Editor Gersh Kuntzman after beating him at chess.

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ARK SLOPE author David Shenk is hawking a new book — a remarkable history of chess — which is great news for readers and bad news for me. See, being friends with David Shenk means signing onto whatever obsession is fixating him at any given moment. After his first book — “A Dictionary for Deadheads” (Doubleday) — came out in 1994, I spent two months listening to “From the Mars Hotel” on Shenk’s old hi-fi trying to figure out if “U.S. Blues” was a great metaphor for American policy in Vietnam or just a bad song (I determined the latter, sorry Deadheads). In 1997, Shenk coined the term “Data Smog” (HarperCollins) to describe how technology was destroying our lives. Shenk’s vision of the future was so apocalyptic that for at least six months, I was too scared to multi-task. Even today, if I find that I have more than three windows open on my computer screen, I force myself to step away. Then he wrote “The Forgetting” (Doubleday, 2001), a book about Alzheimer’s Disease that was so seminal that Dan Rather did the back-cover blurb. Thanks to that Alzheimer’s book, every time I forget the combination to my gym lock or my wife’s name, I am reminded that I am well on the way to becoming a dribbling old man within the next four years (give or take). So perhaps I should be relieved that Shenk has focussed his considerable intellect on chess in his new book, “The Immortal Game” (Doubleday). Instead of having to worry about my limited appreciation of Jerry Garcia, the way in which technology is destroying my life, or my atrophying gray matter, I merely have to play chess. The problem is, playing chess with David Shenk is a

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ANGLE little like root canal. Like a dentist chastising you for not brushing properly, Shenk starts every game with a taunt, offering you the white pieces because “I’m the better player.” And like the dental procedure, Shenk’s own clumsiness at the game anesthetizes you into a state of calm. Of course, that tranquility is broken when you

By Gersh Kuntzman follow his bad moves with your own. And the entire procedure ends with humiliation, knowing how easily it would have been to beat him, and be spared the humbling post-game lecture. Shenk’s hubris is particularly ironic, considering that when he started researching his book four years ago, he was a “lowest-level player,” he said. “I knew how the pieces moved and I knew the rules, but that was about it,” he said. Now he describes himself as a “three or a four.”

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Position after 19 ... f6 (see board above). Gersh (black) foolishly moved a pawn rather than trading queens with Shenk. Had Gersh taken Shenk’s queen, the game would have been his, according to Shenk, author of “The Immortal Game.”

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A fast-food chain was robbed of a safe containing $4,000 — plus a stereo system — early in the morning on Sept. 13. A worker reporting to work called police after noticing that the rear door of the popular Cajun-style chicken joint, at 290 Livingston St., had been pried open by the thief. When he examined the restaurant, he noticed that the safe and the stereo had been swiped. Police have no leads.

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Locker heists Two health club lockerrooms one block apart were hit by thieves last week, cops said. • Two robberies occurred at a gym on the corner of Remsen and Court streets on Sept. 14 and 18. In the first incident, an exercising customer lost $30 and credit cards. Four days later, the fitness freak was robbed of $500. • On Sept. 13, a gym at Joralemon and Court streets was robbed, netting $1,013.41 for the thief. Police are investigating whether the crimes are related.

Festival grab The Atlantic Antic Street fair on Sept. 17 wasn’t all celebration, as one 56-year-old woman found out when her pocketbook was snatched from a festival booth she was manning. The woman had been working at a table on the corner of Bond Street when she realized that her purse was no longer on the table, cops said. The thief made away with more than mere pocket change and was able use for different credit cards to purchase four $40 Metrocards.

Bar beating You got to know when to hold ‘em, know when to fold them. Know when to walk away — and know when to run. A man with a pocket full of cash should have heeded the last bit of Kenny Rogers’s advice when leaving a Smith Street bar on Sept. 16 after a long night of poker. One of his fellow card sharks followed him out the door of the tavern, near Baltic Street, after the game ended and jumped the man outside, brutally beating him and robbing him of his winnings, police said. The victim suffered a broken nose and busted ribs in the 4:15 am attack. The thief fled with his cellphone and $580 — but he didn’t get far. Apparently, the robber did-

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Gunpoint rob? A thief who seemed to be holding a black 9-mm handgun robbed a man walking home from the F train in Carroll Gardens on Sept. 16, police said. The robber sneaked up behind his 25-year-old victim at 2:30 am as the man left the subway station at Smith and Ninth streets. He forced the weapon at the man and insisted, “Give me your phone and wallet.” The victim emptied his pockets accordingly, and the mugger disappeared down West Ninth Street with his $400 Nextel mobile, a New York State non-driver card and the Holy Grail of ID, his Social Security card. The robber is described as a large man, 6-foot-3 and 200 pounds, dressed in black jeans and a black jacket.

Gored If only he had given up the chase. A Fort Greene man ran headfirst into his own robbery when he pursued a teen who punched him for no reason on Sept. 19, police said. The 28-year-old victim was walking home along Clifton Place, near Grand Avenue, when the first attacker rushed him around 12:30 am. The thug decked him and disappeared. But when the victim took off after they mysterious man, two other teenage assailants emerged from the darkness. They rushed at him, ripped the jacket from his back and ran off. The victim found his jacket down the block from the attack, but it was missing two key items from the pocket: a silver Tiffany ring and his passport.

Paramedics rushed the 41year-old victim to Kings County Hospital, where he was still conscious when admitted. The assailant — described as a black man around age 30, with an Afro-style haircut — fled in a Honda Element with the Georgia license plate, W131PY.

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Doin’ her dirty Talk about a buzz-kill. A 26-year-old woman feared for her safety after she was threatened by another woman at a block party on Fort Greene Place Sept. 14, police said. The victim said the stranger has been driving by her home, near Fulton Street, regularly since Sept. 9. Several times she threatened to harm the victim, for reasons not made clear to police. The threats escalated last week when the woman approached her at the party, around 7 pm, and insisted, “I’m going to do you dirty.”

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In the end, it wasn’t music to the mugger’s ears. Police arrested a 24-year-old thief who nearly choked a man while stealing his iPod aboard an R train on Sept. 15. When the Bay Ridge-bound subway pulled into the Union Street station at 9:50 pm, the mugger lunged for his 22-yearold victim. He grabbed the man by the throat, shoved him back against the wall and snatched the iPod from his pocket and the headphones from his ears. The thief then bolted the train and disappeared into the station. Police broadcast the mugger’s description and transit cops caught up with him later, as the man waited for a Manhattan-bound train at the DeKalb Avenue station. After the victim identified him for sure, Transit Police Officer Antoyne Chess cuffed the 24-year-old on felony robbery charges.

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What a way to end a long week. A 68-year-old woman returned from work on Sept. 15 to discover that her 74th Street apartment had been burglarized, police said. When she arrived at her flat, off Ridge Boulevard, around 9:30 pm, the lights were on and a back window was propped open with a stick. The window had been shut when she left for work at 8:15 am. The victim then discovered drawers from her dresser strewn on the hallway floor. The jewelry she had stashed inside was missing; the stolen items included silver pins, necklaces and cufflinks, several watches, an onyx necklace and another piece made in Mexico — valued at $1,610, together. The thief also grabbed a camera from the kitchen table.

68th Precinct Be on the lookout for brown greens at the Dyker Beach golf club. A thief made off with a $4,000 computerized irrigation control system and almost $12,500 in grounds-keeping equipment from a shed at the club on 86th Street last week, police said. A 32-year-old manager closed up shop around 3 pm on Sept. 14. When he returned the next morning, he discovered that someone had pried open the security gate and clipped the wires to disarm the shed’s alarm. In addition to the irrigation computer, the missing items included four back-pack leafblowers, worth $2,200 together, five weed-whackers, three chainsaws, a $2,500 value, a 22-inch pole pruner, $700 in hand tools, a battery tester and a Honda power washer. The thief also snatched a Foot-Joy pantsuit, valued at $525 and a $450 Ping G-5 driver.

High-tech heist A burglar skipped the collection boxes and went straight to the office of a Bay Ridge church, where he stole almost $1,300 in computer equipment earlier this month, police said. Someone forced his way through a door on the roof at the Gateway City Church, on Bay Ridge Avenue near Third Avenue, between Sept. 7 and 14. The thief hauled away six hard drives and an audio interface cable from the born-again congregation, formerly the New Hope Fellowship Church.

Bad trip Memories of a late-summer trip were soured when the traveler returned to find her home burglarized and her gold and diamond jewelry missing. The 24-year-old victim left her Fifth Avenue residence on Aug. 28, around 3 pm. When she got back on Sept. 6, at 4 pm, the front door lock was broken and her jewelry box was no longer in the bedroom. The $6,400 in stolen items included a gold ring with the initials “QR,” two gold bracelets, a gold-and-emerald ring and a $4,000 gold-and-diamond ring.

Stolen direction A Bay Ridge man was left to test his map-reading skills after thieves stole the GPS from his vehicle last week. The 35-year-old victim left his 2004 Mercury Monterey on 97th Street, near Third Avenue, just after midnight on Sept. 14. When he returned at 8:30 pm on Sept. 15, the driver’s side window had been smashed and the Magellan global positioning system, valued at $1,000, was gone. Also missing was a $400 radar detector.

Dell disappears Someone stole a laptop from a Lincoln LS parked on 79th Street for a few days, police said. The 33-year-old owner left his 2001 silver luxury sedan not far from Fifth Avenue at 10 pm on Sept. 13. When he returned at 8 am on Sept. 15, the driver’s-side rear window was busted and the Dell computer was long gone.

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Gas pains Given the price of gas these days — and the size of most gas tanks — maybe the $5 fuel purchase should have been a tip off. The thief used the wacky transaction as cover when he robbed the Bath Avenue filling station at gunpoint on Sept. 14, police said. The robber pulled into the station, near 21st Avenue, at 5:20 am and asked for $5 in fuel. He then gave the attendant a $100 bill and asked for the change. But as the clerk bent over the cash drawer the thief pulled a black handgun and demanded, “Give me all the money.” The

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Geezer mug A thief knocked a 61-yearold man to the sidewalk during a robbery on 66th Street just after midnight on Sept. 12, police said. The victim was walking home, near 15th Avenue, when the thug rushed him from behind and pushed him down. He then grabbed the man’s cache of personal papers and dashed off. Police sent the victim to the hospital for observation and launched a search for the robber, a white man in his early 20s. Their efforts may get a big boost from the security video footage shot at a nearby store; apparently the thief paid a visit to the shop moments before the attack.

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erected an office building on Jay Street that is shared by a city courthouse and private offices. CUNY spokesman Mike Arena said the “project deals with our academic needs, while reflecting an ambitious plan to create a stronger presence for the school in Downtown Brooklyn.” But other public officials, and Ratner’s spokespeople, declined to give details. Piano also designed the New York Times building in Manhattan, currently being built by Ratner.

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Dear Ms. Mooney: My wife and I have lived in Brooklyn since 1984 and have raised two children here. I have watched the borough develop over the past 22 years with keen interest and optimism. When I moved here Fifth Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and the Sunset Park area was dark, dirty and dangerous. It is now one of the hottest retail and residential areas in Brooklyn and got that way through local development. This is what we need more of in Brooklyn, not Atlantic Yards. Among the things I am disturbed about are the comments from Forest City executives about job creation, wherein 1,500 jobs over 10 years magically becomes 15,000 jobs. Their calculated choice of words is reprehensible and disingenuous. The project is supposed to sound like a boon to local employment when, in fact, it is anything but. And for every short-term job there will be long-term consequences on local travel, including environmental consequences as our air becomes dirtier, our schools more crowded and our backyards and streets perennially shrouded in shadow. Also, while there has been much talk of the “blight” of the areas in which Forest City wishes to build, the only blight to be found is that caused by the company itself. Forest City’s prospective project has put a damper on any development in the area. Were it not for Forest City, I am sure that most if not all of the areas now termed “blighted” would be well on the way to development, at a human and humane scale, not the scale envisioned by this Trump-esque folly. Planting enormous glass towers in an area of brownstones and townhouses makes no sense other than financial sense for the developer, and shows no respect for Brooklyn, its history or its residents. While those in the outer reaches of Brooklyn or outside the borough may find the prospect of a sports stadium exciting, I find it horrifying. But even more horrific is the response of elected officials like Borough President Marty Markowitz. He and other elected officials who have given this project their full support are playing games with our neighborhoods. They should be ashamed. Finally, Brooklynites don’t need an NBA stadium to prove our worth. Daniel P. Wiener, Park Slope I have been a resident of Prospect Heights and Park Slope for 30 years. The draft environmental impact statement for Atlantic Yards states that [there are] unavoidable adverse impacts of this project. [But] these adverse impacts are not unavoidable. They can be ameliorated by 1) incorporating the recommendations of the highly respected Municipal Arts Society, and 2) reducing the density of the project. Brooklyn is known for its low-rise three- and four-story brownstone neighborhoods. This building type is so appealing that it is the image that Forest City Ratner uses in its publicity brochures. However, the Atlantic Yards project would destroy this character and replace it with 16 buildings rising as high as 60 stories. This is completely out of context with the surrounding neighborhood. Yet the DEIS states that “the new land uses ... would be similar to, and compatible with, those in the surrounding primary and secondary study areas.” There is nothing compatible with the building types in Atlantic Yards.

new Frank Gehry-designed arena at the intersection of Atlantic and Flatbush Avenues in time for the 2007-08 season. But delays in the approval of his Atlantic Yards megaproject have set the timetable back, requiring the lease extension, Nets CEO Brett Yormark said this week. The current plan is to move the team to Brooklyn for the 2009-10 season. But the new lease allows the Nets to leave New Jersey early — and without penalty — if the team moves to Brooklyn or Queens. Or Queens? It’s not so inconceivable. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority, which has agreed to sell the development rights at the Atlantic Yards site to Ratner, also owns the larger Sunnyside Yards in Long Island City — and Queens lawmakers want it developed, too. One, City Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Queens), has called for Ratner to build there instead of in the congested heart of Brooklyn.

The original Frank Gehry design for the Nets arena near Atlantic and Flatbush avenues. “I don’t think people [would] fight this stadium,” Gioia said two years ago, when he first called for Ratner to look north. Calls to the MTA and Gioia were not returned.

But Ratner spokesman Joe DePlasco insisted this week that the Nets were only considering Brooklyn. “We are currently in the public approval process for Atlantic

Yards and as we have repeatedly said our plan is to move the Nets to Brooklyn in time for the ’09-’10 season,” he said. But if that plan does fall through, there’s always Queens.

CB6 REJECTS RATNER… Continued from page 1 Hill, Carroll Gardens, Gowanus and Red Hook — are selected by local city councilmembers and Borough President Markowitz. Their vote is merely advisory, but it signifies the gulf separating borough residents and their local boards who oppose the project from elected officials who support it. “People of good will can differ, [but] I am confident that as Atlantic Yards becomes a reality, the board’s members will join me, and the majority of Brooklynites, in celebrating this project,” Markowitz said. The only opposition to the Sept. 13 vote came from two union organizers who are members of CB6. “This is a goldmine of jobs for the community and [the board] isn’t listening to that,” said Anthony Pugliese, an organizer for the District Council of Carpenters. Similar comments were made by union members — and their leaders — at the state’s final public hearing on the 22-acre project this week. Wearing glossy stickers proclaiming “Yes In My Backyard,” union men dominated the Sept. 18 hearing, cheering the developer for a plan that promises to create 1,500 construction jobs each year during its 10-year buildout. Opponents went head-tohead with the union reps, blasting them for “naive” support of

a real-estate developer who is getting hundreds of millions in subsidies and tax abatements. “With the $1 billion this project is going to cost the state, you could create over 2,000 $75,000-year jobs — with benefits,” said Fort Greene resident Anurag Hedda. And others criticized the state’s draft environmental impact statement for using outdated numbers in an attempt to downplay the impact of the thousands of new residents. “[One school] is listed at 80 percent of capacity,” said Mary-Powel Thomas, presi-

dent of District 15 Community Education Council. “But this year, the school’s at 98 percent of capacity.” After the close of the publiccomment period on Sept. 29, state planners are required to read thousands of pages of testimony and written submissions and write a final environmental impact statement. The FEIS will then be voted on by the state Public Authorities Control Board, the three-man panel that killed the Jets stadium last year. That approval vote is expected before Gov. Pataki leaves office at the end of the year.

Correction A recent article (“Blood in the streets,” Sept. 16) accurately reported that 9.5 miles of new bike paths will be installed in Brooklyn in fiscal year 2007. But the article suggested that those 9.5 miles were Brooklyn’s only allotment of 200 miles of new bike paths citywide, less than five percent. In fact, only 40 miles of path will be built citywide in FY 2007, giving Brooklyn nearly 25 percent of the new bike paths. The Brooklyn Papers regrets the error.

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Again, searching for faith... Continued from page 1 agogue: those Hebrew school Sundays really cut into bike riding time with dad. Yet since childhood, Smartmom has yearned for a spiritual connection. For reasons she still doesn’t fully understand, she longed to fast on Yom Kippur, to eat only matzoh during Passover, to see the Hanukkah candles glowing night after night. This child of atheists had an inner Jewish self that bloomed all by itself. Clearly, she was after a spiritual experience bigger than the Nova Scotia Lox counter at Zabar’s. She wanted more. Something elusive. Something deeper than the day-to-day. FTER TEEN SPIRIT was born, Smartmom shopped for a synagogue or a Jewish community for her interfaith family to be part of. Nothing felt right. Nothing felt spiritual. Her quest eventually led to a private meditation practice. Smartmom closed her eyes and breathed in an out gently through her nose. She heard the toilet flush in the bathroom. OSFO was playing “Heart and Soul” on the electric keyboard. A Third Street alley cat in heat was crying like a human child. Trying to meditate at home is a joke, she thought. Despite her forays into Buddhism, Smartmom works hard to instill the ethics and values of Judaism in her interfaith children; it is, she feels, essential that they understand what it means to be Jewish

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parate spiritual longings. Hepcat and the Presbyterians parted company when he said, “If God made everything, who made God?” in Sunday school. Intellectually, he’s an atheist. Emotionally, he’s an animist. Early on, Teen Spirit was interested in the big questions of Life and Death. Although he never liked going to synagogue and didn’t want to get bar mitzvahed, he was crazy about the Broadway production of “Fiddler on the Roof” (with Alfred Molina, no less!). After that, he learned enough Hebrew to say the basic Jewish prayers. And she gave him a copy of “The Jewish Book of Why” on his 13th birthday. Just in case. The Oh So Feisty One, from a young age, seemed to believe in a higher power (Jewish or Presbyterian — it didn’t seem to matter). As early as age 4, she’d put her

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OT A SECRET? You can certainly entrust it to Gov. Pataki and the cabal of insiders who pack his lameduck administration. Time and time again, these state officials have insisted on keeping secrets that the public has every right to know. Lately, whenever this newspaper wants to know critical details — especially about the Brooklyn Bridge Park waterfront development and the Atlantic Yards mega-project — state officials have refused to provide them. For both projects, the state won’t release key financial information that could show, for example, whether so much luxury housing is really needed to underwrite the maintenance of the “park” on the Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO waterfront or, for example, how high Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards towers

really need to be in order to give the developer a reasonable profit. And then last week, state Dormitory Authority officials admitted that they signed a deal with Ratner to build a $186-million tower for New York City College of Technology that will include new classrooms and a gym. As part of the deal, Ratner gets the right to build hundreds of units of luxury housing atop the school’s facilities. Officials told us that Ratner beat out another developer for the lucrative contract, but would not tell us who the other would-be developer was and why Ratner’s proposal was better. Considering that the winning bidder gets to sell luxury housing as part of the deal, it’s important to know the details of both parties’ bids. When this administration doesn’t answer

our questions, it is denying you information you need. The state’s job is to make deals on behalf of the public. But its refusal to answer questions about those deals — or release documents that could let objective experts review the details — makes it impossible for the public to know whether those deals are good ones or bad ones for taxpayers. In the case of City Tech and Atlantic Yards, the state attitude is simply, “Trust us and trust Bruce.” This newspaper would love to do just that — but we’re not in the business of blind faith. We are in the business of checking out the facts and reporting them. After all, President Reagan said, “Trust, but verify.” Pity that Gov. Pataki — who claims to be such a Reagan fan — has forgotten that lesson.

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To the editor, Your article (“Dogs Win!” Sept. 9) failed to mention how the “wonderful” off-leash hours in our parks exclude people who are afraid of dogs, allergic to dogs, or wary of dogs (with good reason). Oddly, the Prospect Park dog-owners’ group FIDO, says on its Web site that “many [park workers] are afraid of dogs, so we should all make an effort to keep our dogs away from them at all times.” Even FIDO admits that the off leash dogs make some people uncomfortable! Kimberly Edwin, Park Slope

To the editor, The new Parks Department offleash rule will be a win for both dogs and people. I have noticed a big difference in the behavior of dogs that have off-leash time and those that don’t. Dogs are like little kids. Both kids and dogs need experience being around others and learning how to get along. Dogs that get a chance to play with each other as puppies learn how to play safely and they become calm, happy, confident animals. Dogs on a leash cannot play together because the leashes get tangled up. The only exercise a dog can get on a leash is walking or jogging. They can’t even run after a ball or catch a Frisbee. People who feel dogs should never be off their leashes don’t realize that dogs that get off-leash play have experience interacting with people and animals and

are safer, more dependable animals. Joe Calabrese, Middle Village, Queens

To the editor, Under the pretext of responding to your recent article, Robert Holden, president of the Juniper Park Civic Association, used another organization’s Web site to disseminate his views under the headline “Dana Rubinstein is a liar” (http://brooklynparks.blogspot.com). We find it ironic that Mr. Holden reveals his prejudice by calling your reporter a liar through an Internet intermediary. He does not seek answers to questions. Instead, he seeks to divert attention from his losing cause to abolish the off-leash policy that has worked so well for 20 years. His attack on the messenger is diversionary and avoids the substance of the case. Responsible dog owners look forward to the opportunity to continue exercising their dogs off-leash. NYCdog will continue to educate our members in proper dog oversight whether on- or off-leash. NYCdog group members are citizens of New York, parents of Little Leaguers, participants in adult sports leagues, birders, runners, gardeners and naturalists. We have no desire to deny anyone space in which to enjoy themselves. Twenty years of the off-leash policy has proven itself to work well. We hope it continues. Robert A. Marino, Manhattan The writer is president of NYCdog.org

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To the editor, Ariella Cohen’s article, “New Harrison road signs channel ‘Burma-Shave’ ads (Sept. 2), misrepresents the road sign event and, more egregiously, the overall status of the Harrison campaign. The signs, which addressed the traffic problems many in the district face, received a hugely positive response from drivers. In addition, the messages on each sign were carefully crafted and purposely did not rhyme. The signs were used to supplement Harrison’s detailed transportation proposals for the district. The greater inaccuracy, however, lies in the fact that the article suggested that Harrison is far down in the polls. That statement is inaccurate and misleading. When the reporter and the editor of The Brooklyn Papers were questioned as to what polls the article was referring to, they admitted that no scientific poll was actually taken by the newspaper. To my knowledge, neither our campaign, nor the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee nor any independent polls have been taken. In the absence of any traditional polls, it is my belief that Steve Harrison is doing very well. As a campaign, we have been to all parts of the district, and name recognition and positive responses have continued to grow.

To the editor, I was surprised that Gersh Kuntzman (a former Plaza Street resident) didn’t know that Grand Army Plaza is as much a part of Prospect Park as the Long Meadow, the Nethermead and the Ravine. (“Gaphattan builder: Stay small,” Sept. 16). As long as public officials and journalists view the plaza as a traffic circle, it will fail to get the respect it deserves as a public space and an integral part of Olmsted and Vaux’s masterful vision. Robert Minsky, Park Slope

Brian Kaszuba, Bay Ridge The writer is the campaign manager for Steve Harrison

EDITOR’S NOTE: Gersh Kuntzman did, in fact, live on Plaza Street, which remains more a speedway than a park.

Hillary’s a flopper To the editor, The extremity of Hillary’s flip-flop on the Empire State Development Corporation’s Brooklyn Bridge Park plan disturbed me (“Hillary flips on apark-ments,” Aug. 19). Most notably, she said ESDC’s involvement with the community was exemplary. Many of us found their concern about neighborhood needs merely an exercise in public relations. Also, they have distorted the measure of support they claim for their plans.

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Diggin’ Dylan Legendary rocker Bob Dylan was in the news last week amid reports that he may have stolen some of the lyrics from his new album, “Modern Times,” from Civil War-era poet Henry Timrod (a Confederate, no less!). The latest report, coupled with the stories that Dylan cribbed lyrics for his last album, “Love and Theft,” from a Japanese author, made us delve into Dylan’s back catalogue for more examples of obvious plagiarism. As you can see by the chart below, Robert Zimmerman has never had an original thought in his life. — The Brooklyn Papers

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They spent $1.7 million to re-light the Parachute Jump earlier this summer — but the landmark will soon go dark to save birds.

In Red Hook, kayakers cry ‘No parking!’ for The Brooklyn Papers

It’s the same old excuse over and over again: The reason that no one kayaks to Red Hook is because there’s no parking. This Saturday, kayakers can’t duck behind that tired canard anymore. PortSide New York, a Red Hook group that encourages use of the waterfront, will be providing kayak valets at the foot of Coffey Street on Sept. 23. The goal is not just to stem the tide of persistent kayak theft, but also to get people to visit Red Hook beyond merely driving to Fairway. “The water is a two-way membrane,” said PortSide Director Carolina Salguero, an avid boater. “People come in from the water, and go into the water,” and they need a place to park. Salguero hopes the kayak valets will garner attention to an effort to build a boathouse in Valentino Park, which is designated by the city as a launch for hand-powered boats. If you don’t own your own kayak, don’t worry about not fitting in; boats will be available to borrow. These kayak valets won’t be teenagers in ill-fitting red jackets, but experienced seafarers wearing “Kayak Valet” tshirts. And tipping is not necessary. Salguero promises that these valets won’t key your ride or steal your oars if you don’t slip — Christie Rizk them a buck.

Last week, the Parachute Jump became the first Brooklyn building to join the “Lights Out New York” program, which encourages tall buildings to douse their lights to protect migratory birds. “On a foggy night, when the birds don’t have the moon or the stars as a navigational guide, they [can] start circling lighted towers,” said Yigal Gelb, of New York City Audubon. Once the birds begin circling, they get disoriented, and crash into each other or the tower. And sometimes they get so tired flying around that they drop simply from exhaustion. “There have been sites where they’ve found thousands [of dead birds] on a single day,” lamented Gelb. The World Trade Center’s Twin Towers were once hated in aviary circles for the way in which they ensnared birds in their glow — an irony considering the events of 9-11. The predicament of migratory birds in the big city rends the hearts of animal lovers citywide, including Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe. “Visits to our public parks are not complete without the happy sounds of chirping birds,” he said. But, despite the flocks of animal lovers in New York, Lights Out New York is hardly soaring with popularity. The Parachute Jump is the program’s only Brooklyn member, and one of only six members citywide, a group that includes the Chrysler and Citicorp buildings. Parachute Jump lightning designer Leni Schwendinger said she was more than happy to re-program the tower’s lighting scheme during the fall and spring migratory seasons. “I’m happy to be a poster child” for the “Lights Out” program, Schwendinger said. — Dana Rubinstein

DYLAN LYRIC “Early one morning, the sun was shining/I was laying in bed.” — “Tangled Up in Blue,” from “Blood on the Tracks,” 1975.

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The Staten Island Yankees beat the TriCity ValleyCats on Friday night, Sept. 15, to win their best-of-three series, 2-1. It’s the second straight league champi-

onship for the Yankees. You have to give the Baby Bombers credit. Not only did they sweep the Cyclones in the first round of the playoffs, but they won the championship series’ clincher by getting two runs off the league’s best pitcher, Chris Salamida (remember that name, he’ll be a big-leaguer soon enough).

— “Lay, Lady, Lay,” from “Nashville Skyline,” 1969.

— TV commercial, 1968.

“I must tell you that I was disappointed, though not angry, to discover that nothing was delivered to my house on June 15, despite a promise from UPS to do so.”

“I’d like to spend some time in Mozambique/The sunny sky is aqua blue/ And all the couples dancing cheek to cheek/It’s very nice to stay a week or two.”

Legendary Cyclone killer, Kyle Larsen, knocked in both Yankee runs, first with an RBI singled in the first and then with a sac fly in the third. The Cyclones, of course, won the year’s popularity contest, outdrawing the Yankees by more than 2-1. The Cyclones welcomed 289,323 screaming fans to the Yankees’ 115,394. — Gersh Kuntzman

— Frank Field, weather report, Feb. 26, 1974.

“Dirty clothes? You’ve never seen anything better than Clean Hands detergent!”

“Nothing was delivered/ And I tell this truth to you/Not out of spite or anger/But simply because it’s true.” — “Nothing was Delivered,” from “The Basement Tapes,” 1975.

The newly lit parachute jump at Coney Island.

On Island, Yanks take NY-Penn League The team that eliminated the Brooklyn Cyclones from the New York-Penn League playoffs won it all last week.

“His clothes are dirty, but his hands are clean/And you’re the best thing that he’s ever seen.”

PLAGIARIZED FROM... “Tomorrow morning, the sun will be shining when you get out of bed.”

— “Mozambique,” from “Desire,” 1976.

“What’s a sweetheart like you doin’ in a dump like this?”

— Letter from Lori Schack to UPS, June 22, 1974.

“In Mozambique, the aqua blue sea and sky warms you like dancing cheek to cheek. One week is not enough. You must stay for two!” — Brochure from Visit Mozambique, the nation’s official travel bureau, 1974.

“What’s a nice girl like you doing in a place like this?” — from “Casablanca,” 1942.

— “Sweetheart like You,” from “Infidels,” 1983.

Clarke celebrates in P’Slope Yvette Clarke (left) celebrates with some friends and a copy of The Brooklyn Paper.

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lesbian bars of Park Slope.

City Councilwoman — and almost certain Congresswoman — Yvette Clarke celebrated her big win in last week’s Democratic primary with a victory lap through the

Clarke supporters — including City Councilman Bill DeBlasio (D-Park Slope) and his openly gay colleague Rosa Mendez (DManhattan) — joined the 11th Congressional District primary

winner on a Sept. 16 bar hop that hit Ginger’s and Excelsior on Fifth Avenue and Cattyshack on Fourth Avenue. Along the way, Clarke (pictured, far left) posed with her favorite paper (along with Ginger’s owner Sheila Frayne; an uniden-

“I lived with him on Montague Street/Basement down the stairs.” — “Tangled up in Blue,” from “Blood on the Tracks,” 1975.

“Montague Street is the site of many illegal conversions, where two people often share one basement unit.” — Department of City Planning report, 1974.

tified bar staffer; Mendez; and Clarke’s mom, former City Councilwoman Una Clarke). Clarke’s win in last week’s Democratic primary makes her a virtual lock in the November general election.

“If it keeps on raining, the levee’s gonna break.”

“It kept on raining and the levees broke.”

— “The Levee’s Gonna Break,” from “Modern Times,” 2006.

— Moses Jefferson

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‘Unpatriotic’ veteran?: Former serviceman turned student Demond Mullins questions why the U.S. is in Iraq and the way we train our soldiers in the new documentary “The Ground Truth.”

A soldier’s testimony Mullins is one of the soldiers who describe on camera the impact his experiences in Iraq have had on his civilian life. “I think all Americans should check the film out and find out what the soldiers are experiencing and find out what is going on in Iraq and find out what could possibly happen to individuals who join the military,” Mullins told

GO Brooklyn in a recent phone interview. Having signed up as a means of financing his own college education through the G.I. Bill, Mullins served five years in the U.S. Army National Guard and was deployed to Iraq in 2004. “I didn’t join the active duty,” Mullins says in the documentary. “I joined the National Guard and my recruiter told me I would be stateside. He said, ‘The National Guard doesn’t get deployed. You will receive the college benefits; the only thing that would happen is, if there is a riot, then you would be deployed.’ ” The veteran says he ended up going on about 150 combat missions in Iraq, most of which “had no purpose.” “You’re so compromised,” he says in the documentary. “You drive on one block and children are playing football and people are laughing and screaming: ‘America! America!’ And on the very next block, you’ll be shot at and blown up.” Upon returning home after a year of combat, Mullins says he suffered feelings of rage and depression. A moment when he

nearly punched out the car window of a driver who cut him off on the expressway served as a wakeup call that he needed some help. However, he says seeing a psychologist at a Veterans Administration hospital proved ineffective. Although Mullins says he wasn’t suicidal, he admits in the film: “I would think that I would die any way; that I would walk outside and get hit by a bus just because I had been through so much. Death couldn’t be far away.” Mullins says speaking to men and women dealing with similar emotions and sharing his own experiences through the activist group, Iraq Veterans Against the War, helped to alleviate some of the pain. Now in his senior year at Lehman College in the Bronx, Mullins has completed his service with the National Guard and is applying to graduate programs with the hopes of pursuing a career in academia. He also plans to continue spreading the word about a topic that concerns so many yet is so seldom discussed. “I hope that the film will increase American civilian awareness of our experiences in See GROUND on page 12

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Editor collects over a dozen ‘Hard Boiled,’ harrowing stories that ‘scream Brooklyn’ By Lisa J. Curtis GO Brooklyn Editor

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more likely to be appreciated by natives and residents than, say, the Brooklyn Tourism Council. “That’s why it’s called ‘Hard Boiled Brooklyn,’ and not ‘Bring Your Kids on a Sunny Sunday to Brooklyn,’ ” said Coleman, the ex-

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Meet the artists featured in the first exhibition of the Skylight Gallery’s 2006-2007 season, “Southern Trees Bare Strange Fruit,” at a reception on Thursday, Oct. 5. This show is the first in a season of contemporary art exhibitions to be helmed by artists Danny Simmons and Meridith McNeal. Among the featured African-American artists from Memphis, Tenn. is Vitus Shell whose mixed media on canvas, “Bringing Back,” is pictured. The title of the exhibition — which includes paintings, works on paper, collage and more — is a play on words, says artist frank d. robinson jr., who feels that the show reveals the unique perspective of southern artists. “All of us represent southern culture, and we’re just trying to forge a new awakening about the South and our point of view,” explained robinson. Inspired by the song, “Strange Fruit” — written by Lewis Allan (aka Abel Meeropol) and made famous by singer Billie Holiday — about the lynching of a black man, the show includes robinson’s mixed media “prayer boxes” which include a tribute to Muddy Waters, “drinking your blues away” and grandmothers. The artist said that even the letters of his own name are a bit of wordplay, this time inspired by writer bell hooks. Said robinson, “It’s a statement against capitalism.”

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other. There are brick walls, a long wooden bar in the front room, and cloth-covered tables that pull up to a n Brooklyn Heights, an ambitious tapestry banquette. Lining one wall are new restaurant is met with anticipa- wonderful drawings by Schubert’s fation. The neighborhood only has a ther, Mitchell Hooks, an illustrator couple of terrific places and others that who was popular in the ’60s. Hooks’s lean toward mediocre, so when an ex- mostly black-and-white pieces are inperienced chef finds a corner spot in a dicative of the graphic style of that era: secluded part of the area, posts his One is shaped like a butterfly that, on menu on a Web site, then takes his closer inspection, reveals women in time with renovations, the opening provocative costumes and men with Dean Martin’s good looks. generates a lot of buzz. Candles and small, elegant lamps lend In June, chef Tim Oltmans and his partner, Micki Schubert, launched Jack the room an amber glow. On a cold, rainy night that room the Horse Tavern was as welcoming (named for the as a friend’s open lake in northern arms. Minnesota, where Jack the Horse Tavern (66 Hicks St. Oltmans offers Oltmans fished at Cranberry Street in Brooklyn Heights) a small but wellwith his father accepts American Express, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard and Visa. Entrees: chosen wine list and brothers), an $12-$21. The restaurant serves dinner of international elegant space Monday through Saturday. Closed Sunbottles ($22-$51), with a menu fodays. For reservations call (718) 852-5084. with several excused on Americellent selections can fare with a by the glass. Befitting a tavern, there few innovative touches. The view from the tavern’s expan- are six pints on draft and several mostsive windows of leafy Hicks Street af- ly domestic beers and ales available by fords diners a glimpse of ornate the bottle. The kitchen is starting out with a brownstones, some with curtains drawn back to reveal enormous, trot, not a gallop. The market-driven menu references tavern fare with its sparkling chandeliers. Schubert, who designed the eatery, “Sokota” burger (several of which wisely chose to forgo kitschy tavern passed my table leaving a whiff of accoutrements: There are no beer grilled meat in their wake), a sandwich steins, pipes or other saloon-like of German sausages and a thick hanger tchotchkes hanging from a beamed steak with horseradish sauce. Oltmans takes a more inspired apceiling. She’s taken a former liquor store proach to the appetizers, keeping pairand divided it into two light-filled ings simple, so flavors emerge with rooms that flow gracefully into one an- clarity. In a statement on his Web site, for The Brooklyn Papers

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he claims to avoid “meaningless flourish,” a goal I appreciate: I can live without seeing another checkerboard made of sauce or dessert plate rimmed with powdered sugar. There are a few fine ways to begin the meal, and, oddly, a few amateurish thuds along the way that are surprising coming from a chef who has cooked in Manhattan’s Gramercy Tavern, CT Restaurant and Tabla. A chowder made with fresh corn and butternut squash is as smooth as cream. The corn’s kernels add a welcome bit of crunch to the works, while a ribbon of roasted habanero pepper oil, swirled into creme fraiche and drizzled over the soup, lends heat as well as a welcome bacon-like note. One of his most popular dishes is an unctuous chicken liver “schmeer.” He serves the rich spread smoothed heavily over crisp slices of Italian bread. It’s delicious just as it is, less so with a cold peach and currant chutney. Warming the fruit slightly would bring forth its savory spices, making it a less jarring companion to the liver. Every element in Oltmans’s salmon tartare works. The raw fish is cut in cubes that are not too fine, so there is a pleasing texture to each mouthful. Crisp jicama (a root vegetable with a nutty, sweet taste) adds crunch, while creme fraiche brightened with lime lightens the dish. After such satisfying beginnings, the entrees I tried were disappointing. A

roasted pork breast is served two ways: sliced and rolled around figs and almonds, and pulled into shreds and heaped over bacon-studded Swiss chard. Both versions need more moisture. The torn pieces are too salty, and the almonds do nothing for the dish. I’m all for unconstructed plating, too, if the ingredients are attractive. This entree is all tones of beige in appearance, and, in a way, flavor. White wine, garlic, ginger, shallots and parsley should blend into an ambrosial sauce for mussels. Instead, the creamy mixture lacks brininess and the garlic barely registers. With the shellfish comes a cone of “tempura green beans,” a riff on Belgium mussels and frites. It’s a cute idea, but the over-salted, doughy coating on the beans is a far cry from the lacy cloak of tempura. Pastry chef Sashi Ohbi (formerly of Nicole’s in Manhattan) shares Oltmans’s American-with-a-twist sensibility. One of her desserts charmed me. Ohbi employs ginger to underscore the sweetness of peaches and adds heat to the whipped cream that fills a tender shortbread biscuit. Pieces of the crystallized root scattered over the top are pleasantly chewy. Digging into the crisp shortbread and its creamy center was bittersweet. I was reminded of the pleasure of the season’s produce and how soon that opulence will pass. Once Jack the Horse Tavern tightens the reins in the kitchen, it’ll be a winner in the neighborhood.

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Muscles and mobsters: (Above) Actor Chuck Zito in a scene from “Coalition,” which will premiere at Long Island University’s Kumble Theater on Friday. (At left) Director Joseph Ariola with actor Frank Vincent.

ing,” Ariola said. “I wrote a couple of other scripts just playing around when I was a little younger and some production people here in New York said, ‘These are big-budget movies.’ I wrote

a story about Vietnam and they said, ‘If you’re going to get your feet wet in independent film, you have to do more of a story, more of a drama that could be done a little inexpensively.’ “So, I turned my attention to the coalition, which I felt was more of a drama,” continued Ariola. “And it was more in the industry that I knew well, and I knew I could get a lot of help with job sites and machinery and trucks to do the movie because the more I learned about how hard it was to make a movie, the more I started to mold the story around what I felt my strengths were.” The Long Island native says that before he became a full-time,

Williamsburgbased filmmaker, he wrote his screenplays when he had down-time or during his lunch breaks when he was working construction. He started writing “Coalition” about 10 years ago. “I was always interested in the [real-life] coalition. It was always fascinating to me,” he said, recalling how coalition members would occasionally arrive on work sites and shut down jobs by pressuring foremen and laborers to give up assignments to non-union labor. “They really wouldn’t go after the operating engineer guys because they

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knew the operating engineers’ union was a pretty strong union and, besides, they weren’t really interested in running the machines because they felt that a lot of the guys really weren’t qualified,” Ariola noted. “So, they really went after the laborer jobs. It interested me how this whole thing was going on.” The filmmaker says conditions started improving in the 1990s as unions became more diverse (with more members who were minorities) and as then-Mayor Rudy Giuliani cracked down on the mob. That said, Ariola says his crew experienced some anxiety when he told them what his new movie was about and where they would be filming. “There was always the fear factor of the real coalition,” he said. “It was very, very hard in the beginning getting crew members on, once they knew what the topic was and once they knew there was a chance they would come face-toface with real coalition groups and stuff. So, a lot of people were intimidated by that and we kept telling them that: ‘You’re just for hire; you’re a hired crew member. If there’s a problem, we’ll deal with the problem.’” Convincing New York City officials that everything would be OK proved to be a little more difficult. “The city actually red-flagged my project in the very, very beginning, because they felt that we had too many tough elements — Wu Tang because of Raekwon, the Hell’s Angels because of Chuck Zito. We had organized crime because of the topic, and then we had the coalition. So they actually redflagged my project, saying that they weren’t going to tolerate any kind of problem on the set,” confided Ariola. “But to be honest with you, we kind of grew on them because we went through — knock on wood — 24 days of shooting and we didn’t have any problems with anybody on the set. Everyone was totally professional and the city became a fan of ours after that, I guess, for just doing what we said we were going to do and getting through it.”

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The former soldier says he thinks people will be shocked to see how different war-time military life actually is compared to the adventurous existence the government sells in its TV commercials and print advertisements or the way it is glamorized in some Hollywood movies. “Someone asked me the other day about how graphic the film was, and I don’t think it is graphic enough,” Mullins noted. “It can’t show even a small portion of how graphic war really is; the reality of war. So, I think everyone in America should see this. I think children should watch the film.” Mullins, who was inspired by an Army commercial to enter the military, says a lot of soldiers he has encountered also did so for the education benefits — or because they were victims of socio-economic immobility and wanted a shot at a better life. “They want to use the military as an elevator or staircase to get out of this stagnant state, but it’s not very useful in that sense because they are exploited,” he added. The veteran also says he thinks the reasons soldiers are sent to fight a war and the manner in which they are trained have much to do with the way they deal with their feelings regarding their actions in combat. “It’s possible to have a military that has more honorable practices and respectable training programs when the war effort is one that is honorable,” said Mullins. “To train soldiers to do something that is against all their better judgment and their morals, the training programs have to be in some way dehumanizing and immoral.” So, does that mean Mullins thinks the war in Iraq has been more psychologically damaging than previous conflicts because he and many of his fellow soldiers think the mission is ambiguous? “The soldiers get on the ground in Iraq, and they find that they have no clear objec-

“The Ground Truth” director Patricia Foulkrod. tive and they have no clear purpose and so, therefore, their only objective, their only purpose is to make it back home and to make sure their buddies make it back home,” Mullins explained. “The whole time that they spend in Iraq, they are trying to escape from the experience that they are having. “This war is traumatic; if the soldiers felt like they had a clear objective and like they were doing something to benefit Iraqis, to benefit America, the experience would probably be a lot less traumatic, because there would be a light at the end of the tunnel.” That said, Mullins admits he believes it is possible for someone who has served in the military, but not gone to war, to return to a “normal” life once they leave the service. “I think once you experience war, it’s a catalyst, it’s a huge part of your life, a huge change and you’re not the same person afterwards,” he observed. “You can go back to a normal life as a person, but if you mean, a ‘normal life,’ as if you are who you were before, you’ll never be who you were before; that’s not possible.” As for the man he is today, the student and activist says he will keep speaking out against the war even though some critics might deem his message “unpatriotic.” “There are definitely some people who call you ‘unpatriotic,’ but I’m not really worried about being patriotic; that’s not really on my list of priorities,” Mullins said. “What I concern myself with is honesty and just telling people about what is really going on over there and trying to wake Americans up. That’s my priority. Patriotism is arbitrary.”

BOILED... Continued from page 9 been avalanched by award nominations for his latest Prager novel, “The James Deans.” “Moe sort of takes the prototypical white guyChristian-loner-alcoholicprivate-eye and turns [the stereotype] on its ear, because he is a happily married, family man with a successful career. It’s very literate and philosophical, which means that the critics love it and fans won’t Whether the stories in the buy it,” explained Coleman anthology feature a heavily with a laugh. And love it they do. “The pregnant landlord being torJames Deans” was nominated mented by her tenant (Naomi for the Mystery Writers of Rand’s “House Envy” set on America Edgar, the Private Bergen Street) or a divorced Eye Writers of America’s father who has custody of his Shamus, the Mystery Readers’ son for the day and loses him Macavity, Deadly Pleasures’ on the F train to Coney Island Barry, Bouchercon’s Anthony (Peter Blauner’s “Going, Goand Mystery Ink’s Gumshoe ing, Gone”), “these stories hit home,” said Coleman. awards. “Blauner is a very harrowDespite the critical acclaim for the Moe Prager series, Cole- ing writer, and I felt that if I man has invented yet another put his story first, people protagonist, Joe Serpe (pro- would feel, ‘Oh my god, this nounced SIR-pee) for his new is the first story? I won’t be series that will be launched this able to read anymore,’ ” said fall under the nom de plume Tony Spinosa. Also under the Editor Reed Farrel Coleman will read Spinosa moniker, from “Hard Boiled Brooklyn” (Bleak House Coleman contriBooks, $15.95) at Night and Day (230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Slope) on buted the short stoOct. 8 from 6 to 8 pm. Coleman will be ry “Killing O’Maljoined by fellow contributors Gabriel Cohen ley” to “Hard and Peter Blauner. There is no cover but there is a $7 food or drink minimum. For Boiled Brooklyn,” more information, call (718) 399-2161. which is one of several stories in the collection that deals matter-of-factly with Coleman of the piece he chose to end the collection. “Because racism in Kings County. “[When I was young,] racist you’ve been built up to it by code words weren’t used in that point, it really finishes my house, but next door, ‘nig- with a bang.” Blauner will join Coleman ger’ and ‘spic’ were commonly used words,” recalled Cole- and fellow “Hard Boiled man. “I suffered from Brooklyn” contributor Gabriel anti-Semitism when I was Cohen (who curates the Sungrowing up, but in Brooklyn, days at Sunny’s author series you weren’t as sensitive to it, in Red Hook), for a reading at because it was such a part of Park Slope’s Night and Day the fabric of life. People were restaurant on Sunday, Oct. 8. “This is entertainment,” not as highly charged by it. said Coleman. “Even dark But that’s a long time ago. “I’m not saying it was a good stuff should be fun and people thing, but it wasn’t whispered should enjoy it. If they don’t, about. People were just openly I’ll come and kick each of racist. It’s not a writer’s job to their asses personally. After say whether that’s healthy or all, you can take me out of less healthy, but it’s our job to Brooklyn, but it’s hard to take the Brooklyn out of me.” say it certainly existed.”

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ablo Picasso and Albert Einstein meet at the turn of the 20th century to discuss the important things in life: are they out to change the world or do they just want to meet some girls? The Sackett Group’s production of actor Steve Martin’s 1993 smart comedy, “Picasso At the Lapin Agile,” directed by Don Lebowitz-Nowak, opened at Fort Greene’s Brooklyn Music School Playhouse on Sept. 15. The play marks the second season of shows produced by the theater company that is dedicated to developing itself as a professional regional theater. With Martin’s comedic writing, practically anyone could have been on stage reading the Inside the ‘Lapin Agile’: (Left to right) Aaron Oetting (Schmendemen) commands the scene lines and it still would have got- as John Scheffler (Gaston) and Billy Lane (Picasso) look on in “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.” ten laughs, but the energetic cast at the Playhouse delivered his entire production is driven by tainly thought so and makes a The characters of Germaine and jokes with excellent timing and the many personalities and point to laugh at the two, saying Freddy are in a relationship, and exuberance. It was hard to come combination of talent. Each that they only use their genius to complement each other, just as upon a dull moment, especially actor has his own moment to make up for the fact that neither the manic Picasso becomes practical Einstein’s foil. with the random appearance of develop his persona, even is handsome. “Picasso at the Lapin Agile” You can’t help but think Geran Elvis-esque country boy vis- though the play takes place iting from the future. The audi- over the course of one day and maine is right when Picasso is filled with plays on words and makes his grand entrance into plays on intellectuals. In talking ence was as conLapin Agile, stating to all in the about life, Einstein and Picasso fused and amused as bar he has been thinking about predict that in the 20th century, the 1904 bar patrons sex all day, and proceeds to hit the movement of a pencil creaton stage. The Sackett Group’s production of “Picason every female in his path, ing art will be greater than any The play’s action so At the Lapin Agile” plays The Brooklyn ready to seduce them with his political movements, although unfolds against the Music School Playhouse (216 Felix St. at Hanson Place in Fort Greene) through Oct. 1. Pereveryone laughs at Germaine artistic passion. set of the Lapin formances are Thursday through Saturday at 8 Although much of the char- when she predicts the success of Agile, an artists’ pm, and at 3 pm on Sundays. Tickets are $20. acter interactions are humorous computers, wide use of airplanes watering hole in For more information and to order tickets, call (212) 352-3101 or visit www.sackettgroup.org. and silly, the play does have a and popularity of the Beatles. Paris. Germaine The Lapin Agile, one room cerebral side. (Anna Pond) and Bar owners Germaine and with scattered tables, blue walls Freddy (Peter BonilFreddy say they are Romanti- and a stocked bar, has two faces, la) own the hangout, where reg- within the same bar. After a dueling of the pencils cism (neo- or post-? It was nev- making it easy for anyone onulars include Pablo Picasso (Billy Lane), Albert Einstein (Mark over who is the more talented er fully decided upon) and Sym- stage or off- to enjoy: Are you Cajigao), some Picasso creator — with Einstein on the bolism, respectively. This is easy looking for clever jokes or groupies, and a strangely blunt verge of finishing “The Special to dismiss when the characters thoughtful consideration about yet endearing old man, Gaston Theory of Relativity” and Picas- briefly talk about it, but you un- the future of civilization? The (John Scheffler), who an- so about to paint the famed “Les derstand that their attitudes patrons of the Lapin Agile raise nounces in every scene that he Demoiselles D’Avignon” — the match their given literary de- the question: Does your mind two inevitably join together in vices when you see Germaine’s stretch in hope of being one of has to pee. Because of the title, you as- recognition that they are both thirst for life, and Freddy trans- the country’s next great geniuses form from a simple character to or can it focus only on picking sume that Picasso is the main shaping the 20th century. Sound cliche? Germaine cer- making profound judgments. up the blonde at the bar? character, which he is, but the

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Jewish New Year OUTDOORS AND TOURS HAWK WEEKEND: Audubon Center celebrates this annual event and presents entertainment with hand puppets, hawk costumes, interactive games and crafts. Also, workshops in nature photography, hawk-inspired crafts and a screening of a film about New York’s most famous hawk, Pale Male. Noon to 5 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Free. LULLWATER EXPLORATION: Enjoy a boat tour detailing Prospect Park’s aquatic habitat. Binoculars provided. $10, $6 kids. 1:15 pm to 1:55 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. WALKING TOUR: Mauricio Lorence hosts the Metro Tour Service, taking a walk through Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Brooklyn Heights. $25. 2 pm to 5 pm. Meet at Marriott Hotel Brooklyn, 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430.

PERFORMANCE DANCE FOR PEACE: Dance and peace awareness in Fort Greene Park. 3 pm to 4 pm. Enter park through southeast entrance. (718) 246-7156. Free. BARGEMUSIC: presents an all-Shostakovich chamber music program. $35, $30 seniors. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. GALLERY PLAYERS: presents “The Actor’s Nightmare” and “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You.” $18, $14 children and seniors. 8 pm. 199 14th St. (212) 352-3101. THE SACKETT GROUP: presents the comedy “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” written by Steve Martin. $20. 8 pm. Brooklyn Music School Playhouse, 126 St. Felix St. (718) 638-7104. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents “The Dinner Party.” $12, $10 children and seniors. 8 pm. 26 Willow Place. (718) 237-2752. VESPERS CONSORTIUM: presents its “Evening Prayer” series. The Deanna Witowski Group performs. Donations accepted. St. Luke’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, 259 Washington Ave. Call for time. (718) 622-5612.

CHILDREN PROSPECT PARK CAROUSEL: Take a ride. $1.50 per ride. Noon to 5 pm. Flatbush and Ocean avenues. (718) 282-7789. ART WORKSHOP: Kids are invited to a session of sketching, painting, pottery and beading. $3. Noon to 4 pm. YWCA, 30 Third Ave. (718) 875-1190. HARVEST FAIR: at Lefferts Historic House. Kids are invited to harvest potatoes and then eat a freshly cooked potato. Also, sweet apple cider for children who help load the apple press. Demos and more. 1 pm to 4 pm. Children’s Corner, at intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard. (718) 789-2822. Free. BASKETBALL CLINIC: Advanced and amateur basketball players in their teens (13 to 17 years) are invited to participate. Girls play: 3:30 pm to 5 pm. Boys play: 5:30 pm to 7 pm. YMCA, 357 Ninth St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues. (718) 625-3136. Free.

OTHER FLEA MARKET: at Church of the Holy Spirit. 9 am to 4 pm. 8117 Bay Parkway. (718) 837-0412. ART SHOW: YWCA show and crafts sale. 10 am to 4 pm. Donation suggested. 30 Third Ave. (718) 875-1190. FRAGRANCE DAY: Luilei offers free sample packs of fragrances and skin care with every fragrance purchase. Today, several perfumers will discuss their process and debut new scents. Noon to 3 pm. 682 Union St. (718) 399-7799. Free. NEIGHBORHOOD FEST: St. Raphael hosts its third annual festival. Fun, food and international music. Noon to 5:30

BIRD WATCHING CRUISE: Prospect Park Audubon Center hosts a cruise aboard the electric boat Independence. Tour the Lullwater, a scenic habitat for flora and fauna. $10, $6 kids. Binoculars provided. Noon to 12:40 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. LULLWATER EXPLORATION: Enjoy a boat tour detailing Prospect Park’s aquatic habitat. Binoculars provided. $10, $6 kids. 1:15 pm to 1:55 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. FLATBUSH WALK: Brooklyn Historical Society takes a walk around Flatbush. Francis Morrone leads. $15, $10 members. 2 pm to 4 pm. Meet at Church Avenue and East 18th Street near the Q train station. (718) 222-4111. SKYLINE AT SUNSET: Watson Adventures hosts a scavenger hunt in Brooklyn Heights. Hunt includes stops at movie locations, famous writers’ homes and baseball landmarks. $15. 5 pm to 7:30 pm. Advance ticket purchase necessary. (877) 9-GO-HUNT. www.watsonadventures.com.

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pm. 355 State St. (718) 855-6225. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “JeanClaude Carriere’s Language of Film.” Today: “Danton” (1983). $10, $7 children and seniors. 3 pm, 6 pm and 9 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. MOVIES IN THE PARK: presents “Pirates of the Caribbean.” Valentino Pier, end of Coffey Street. 8:15 pm. For information, visit the Web site www.redhookmovies.org. Free. ROOFTOP FILMS: presents “Rooftop Shots: Closing Night.” $8. Music at 8:30 pm; film at 9 pm. Automotive High School, 50 Bedford Ave. (718) 417-7362.

MON, SEPT 25 BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The Fabulous Art of Survival: Lech Kowalski.” Today: “D.O.A.” (1980). $10, $7 children and seniors. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. REHEARSAL: Park Slope Singers, a nonaudition community chorus that sings sacred and secular music, meets. 7:30 pm. St. Saviour’s Church, Eighth Avenue and Sixth Street. (718) 7880978. Free. LET IT GO: Vajradhara Meditation Center offers a talk, “The Wisdom of Acceptance.” $10. 7:30 pm to 9 pm. First Unitarian Congregational Society, 48 Monroe Pl. (718) 496-5514. READING: YMCA hosts a discussion and reading by Brooklyn author and poet Melanie Rehak. She reads from her book: “Nancy Drew and the Women Who Created Her.” 7:30 pm. 357 Ninth St. (718) 768-7100. Free. OPEN HOUSE: Families First invites parents to tour the center, try a class and meet the staff. Open house daily, through Friday, Sept. 29. 250 Baltic St. Call for info. Also, wine and cheese party, plus tango class. 6 pm to 8 pm. (718) 237-1862. Free.

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OUTDOORS AND TOURS BROOKLYN BRIDGE WALK: Big Onion Tours takes a walk over the bridge and through Brooklyn Heights. $15, $12 seniors, $10 students. 11 am. Meet at southeast corner of Broadway and Chambers Street, lower Manhattan. (212) 439-1090. BRIGHTON BEACH: Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment leads a walk through this neighborhood. $9, $8 seniors and students. 2 pm to 4 pm. Meet under elevated train at Brighton Beach Avenue and Coney Island Avenue. (718) 788-8500. HAWK WEEKEND: at the Audubon Center. Noon to 5 pm. See Sat., Sept 23.

TUES, SEPT 26 CHAMBER TALK: Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce offers a talk: “Affordable Health Insurance for Your Business.” 8:30 am to 10 am. Omonia Cafe, 7612 Third Ave. (718) 875-1000, ext. 114. Free. LECTURE: National Council of Jewish Women host a talk, “Israel: Land of Crisis, Land of Hope.” Guest speaker is Rabbi Craig Miller. New members: $40. 11:30 am. East Midwood Jewish Center, 1625 Ocean Ave. (718) 376-8164. COVERAGE TALK: Business Outreach Center Network Women’s Business Center hosts a talk on shopping for the right insurance for your business. 6 pm to 8:30 pm. Citibank, 430 Myrtle Ave. (718) 624-9115. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “The Fabulous Art of Survival: Lech Kowalski.” Today: “East of Paradise” (2005). $10, $7 children and seniors. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. BOOK READING: Kenneth Pollock, author, reads from his children’s short story collection “Philosophies of Life: Stories for Young People.” 6 pm to 9 pm. Borough President Marty Markowitz’s office, 209 Joralemon St. (212) 882-1018. Free. WRITING WORKSHOP: Brooklyn Arts Council offers a workshop to address issues relating to the task of writing about one’s artwork. 6 pm to 8 pm. Brooklyn Public Library’s Business branch, 280 Cadman Plaza West. (718) 625-0080. Free. BARNES & NOBLE: hosts a young adult reading with Stephenie Meyer. 6:30 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. OPERA: Brooklyn Lyceum presents “A.F.R.A.I.D,” a work of historical fiction in English. All-female cast traces the origins of the women’s movement. $20, $10 students and seniors. 7:30 pm. 227 Fourth Ave. (718) 857-4816.

PERFORMANCE CONCERT: St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble performs a concert of works by Bach, Handel and Vivaldi. $25, museum members and seniors $20, students $10. 2 pm. Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway. (212) 594-6100. MUSIC: The Rhapsody Players host a musical tribute to George Gershwin. $15, $10 seniors and kids. 3 pm. St. Patrick’s Auditorium, 97th Street and Fourth Avenue. (718) 238-2600. BARGEMUSIC: presents an all-Shostakovich chamber music program. $35, $30 seniors. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “The Dinner Party.” 2 pm. See Sat., Sept. 23. GALLERY PLAYERS: “The Actor’s Nightmare” and “Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All For You.” 3 pm. See Sat., Sept. 23. THE SACKETT GROUP: “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.” 3 pm. See Sat., Sept. 23.

CHILDREN HARVEST FAIR: at Lefferts Historic House. Also, storytelling festival with Tammy Hall. 1 pm to 4 pm. See Sat., Sept. 23.

OTHER DOG SHOW & PARADE: Brooklyn Animal Resource Coalition hosts its annual event, with a theme of “Pups in Canine Odyssey.” All dogs are invited to attend in costume. Parade features a marching band, floats, balloons and more. Noon to 5 pm. Meet at BQE Pet Supply and Grooming Store, North First Street and Wythe Avenue. (718) 486-7489. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Jean-Claude Carriere’s Language of Film.” Today: “Every Man for Himself” (1980). $10, $7 children and seniors. 2 pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. WHERE’S THE JOY?: Vajradhara Meditation Center offers a class that explores the pursuit of happiness. $10. 2 pm to 3:30 pm. Timeless, 147 Front St., suite 208. (718) 496-5514. READING: Freebird Books and Goods presents poet Alex Lemon, writers, Colum McCann, Kathryn Harrison and Robert Sullivan. Other authors and musicians perform. 4 pm to 8 pm. 123 Columbia St. (718) 643-8484. Free. FILM: Cafe Steinhof presents “Mississippi Burning” (1988). 10:30 pm. No cover. 422 Seventh Ave. (718) 369-7776.

WEDS, SEPT 27 HEALTH WORKSHOP: Lutheran Medical Center offers a workshop, “Asthma and Smoking Cessation Workshop.” 9 am to 11 am. 5421 Second Ave. (718) 439-0996. Free. COMMUNITY FORUM: Parents, students, teachers and health professionals are invited to fight for equality in health care and education. Community Partnership in Increasing Diversity in Health Professions hosts event. 4 pm to 7 pm. Brooklyn Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon St. Call to register. (718) 222-5953. Free. BAMCINEMATEK: presents “JeanClaude Carriere’s Language of Film Festival.” Today: “May Fools” (1990).

PERFORMANCE

‘Grape’ expectations: On Thursday, Sept. 28, the Greene Grape hosts a fundraiser for the Fort Greene Park Conservancy at the Brooklyn War Memorial. VIP admission includes a tasting class, from 6 pm to 7 pm. $10, $7 children and seniors. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 777-FILM. www.bam.org. FEEDING YOUR BABY: Families First presents Erin Patterson in an evening workshop to discuss nutrition and your new baby. $25, $20 non-members. 7 pm to 8:30 pm. Call to reserve. 250 Baltic St. (718) 237-1862.

THURS, SEPT 28 BUSINESS AFTER HOURS: Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce hosts a networking event. $20, free for members. 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Liberty Heights Tap Room, 34 Van Dyke St. Pre-registration required. (718) 8751000, ext. 105. BARNES & NOBLE: hosts a discussion with Michael Patrick McDonald, author of “Easter Rising: An IrishAmerican Coming Up From Under.” 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 8329066. Free. BARGEMUSIC: presents an all-Schubert chamber music program. $35, $30 seniors. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. WINE TASTING: Fundraiser for Fort Greene Park Conservancy hosted by the Greene Grape. Every bottle of wine the store carries will be opened at the Brooklyn War Memorial on Cadman Plaza, between Pineapple and Orange streets, with all proceeds going to the Conservancy’s work in celebrating and improving Brooklyn’s historic park. General admission: $75. 8 pm to 10 pm. VIP admission: $125, which includes a tasting class from 6 pm to 7 pm. Tickets and information at www.fortgreenepark.org or call (917) 412-5901. IMPACT THEATER: presents Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” 8 pm. See Sat., Sept. 30. THE SACKETT GROUP: “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.” 8 pm. See Sat., Sept. 30. ICE CREAM SOCIAL: Nationwide, Cold Stone Creamery hosts this fifth annual event benefiting the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Free 3-ounce ice cream creation to anyone who stops by any Brooklyn location. 5 pm to 8 pm. Ice cream lovers may purchase a Wish Star for $1 and the donation will go towards making a wish come true. Visit www.coldstonecreamery.com for locations. Free.

BROOKLYN

Nightlife The Backroom

Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Kings County Soul Night featuring DJs Monkone, Emskee, Finewine & Nick Cope, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne and DJs Emskee and MC G-man, 11 pm, FREE.

Brooklyn Lyceum 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in Park Slope, (718) 398-7301, www.gowanus.com. Sept. 23: Not Just Jazz, music videos from New Orleans rock bands, 9:45 pm, $8; Sept. 29: Not Just Jazz, music videos from New Orleans rock bands, 7 pm, $8.

(At Freddy’s) 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035, www.freddysbackroom.com. Sept. 23: John Pinamonti & Friends, 9:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 24: Pablo Galesi and Friends, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 25: Brooklyn vs. Bush TV with Freddy’s regulars, 11:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 26: On the Way Out with Stephen Gauci Trio, 8:30 pm, McManus/Driscoll/Sarin, 10 pm, $5 suggested donation; Sept. 27: Andy Schneider, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 28: Rik Ekstrom, 8 pm, Andrew Vladeck, 9 pm, Girl Friday, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 29: Dusty Musket, 9:30 pm, The Dawn Breakers, 10:30 pm, FREE.

1 Main St. at Plymouth Street in DUMBO, (718) 222-0666, www.bubbys.com. Sept. 25: Eymarel, 8 pm, $5; Sept. 26: Andy Statman, 9 pm, $7; Sept. 28: Homegrown Thursdays hosted by The Truthseekers, 8 pm, $5.

Bar 4

Cafe Steinhof

Bubby’s Brooklyn Pie Company

444 Seventh Ave. at 15th Street in Park Slope, (718) 832-9800. Sept. 24: Tom Beckham, 8 pm, 10 pm, $5 (includes both sets).

427 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope, (718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com. Sept. 27: River Alexander & his Mad Jazz Hatters, 10:30 pm, FREE.

Barbes

Center for Improvisational Music

376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com. Sundays: Stephane Wrembel, 8 pm, $8 suggested donation; Sept. 23: Standing Bear Productions presents a reading of the play “Len and Ernest,” 6:30 pm, $8 suggested donation, Russell Scholl presents Hillbilly Fever, 8 pm, $8 suggested donation, The Moonlighters, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; Sept. 24: Erik Pakula’s Triple Paster, 7 pm, $8 suggested donation; Sept. 25: Squeezebox, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; Sept. 27: Gebhard Ullman/Steve Swell Quartet, 8 pm, $8, Peter VanHuffel Quintet, 10 pm, $8; Sept. 28: The Four Bags, 8 pm, $8 suggested donation, Matt Munisteri, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation; Sept. 29: Curtis Hasselbring’s The New Mellow Edwards, 8 pm, $10, Bill Carney’s Jug Addicts, 10 pm, $8 suggested donation.

Bembe 81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williamsburg, (718) 387-5389, www.bembe.us. Saturdays: Rhum, live DJs alongside live percussion flavors, 9 pm, FREE; Sundays: No Selector with live DJs, 9 pm, FREE; Mondays: 81 Jump Street with DJs Nacho Libre and Sally, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Natural Selections with DJ Jon Bless and guests, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Convalescence with DJ Stefan Andemicael, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Toque with DJs Busquelo and Captain Planet with live rumba by Romain Diaz and Pupi and the Oriki Omi Oddra Rumba Ensemble, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: World Beat Flavors, 9 pm, FREE.

Black Betty 366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street in Williamsburg, (718) 599-0243, www.blackbetty.net. Saturdays: DJs Yah Supreme and Concerned, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand and DJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. Vince Anderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Hot

They’re back: Enon will perform at Greenpoint’s Studio B on Saturday. Saturdays: Open mic, 8 pm, $6.

Galapagos 70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com. Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 23: The Looseness Party with music by DJ Sergio Vega hosted by Eddie Bernard, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 24: (Backroom) Psychic TV, 10 pm, $15, (Frontroom) Lust n Trust DJ Party, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 25: Psychic TV, 10 pm, $15; Sept. 26: (Backroom) Psychic TV, 10 pm, $15, (Frontroom) Electric Arc, 7 pm, $6, Slip It In, dance for the demented, with musical performance by Viva Nada, live GoGo Dancers and DJs Cowboy Mark, Bret Burton and ZAK, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 28: (Backroom) Miss Saturn’s Big Hula Hoop Show, 8 pm, $5; Sept. 29: (Backroom) Dankfunk presents A Night of Livetronic with The Shift, Decoi, Ambienaos, 10 pm, $6.

Glasslands 289 Kent Ave. at South Second Street in Williamsburg, (917) 204-8448. Sept. 23: Lil Howling Wolf, Coach Fingers, Jakob Olaussen, 8 pm, $TBD; Sept. 29: Sir Richard Bishop, Coach Fingers (acoustic), Apothecary Hymns, True Primes, 8 pm, $TBD.

Cha Cha’s

Good Coffeehouse Music Parlor

Club Exit 147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 349-6969, www.club-exit.com. Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 (ladies FREE until 11 pm); Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE.

(at The Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) 53 Prospect Park West at Second Street in Park Slope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org. Sept. 29: Celtic fiddler Cady Finlayson, 8 pm, $10 adults, $6 children.

Hank’s Saloon

1819 Utica Ave. at Avenue J in Flatlands, (718) 209-0525, www.clubxonyc.com. Fridays: “The Best of the Best” featuring live DJs, 11 pm, FREE before midnight, $10 after midnight.

46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill, (718) 625-8003, www.hankssaloon.com. Sundays: Shotgun Shack, 6 pm, Sean Kershaw and the New Jack Ramblers, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Live band kuntry karaoke with Rob Ryan and the Brooklyn Country All-Star Band, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Mobscenity, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 23: Two Story Double Wide, Hot Day at the Zoo, The Flat Wheelers, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 29: Andy Friedman, Kara Suzanna and the Gojo Hearts, 10 pm, FREE.

Europa Night Club

The Hook

98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 383-5723, www.europaclub.com. Saturdays: VIP Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Tuesdays: Karaoke Night, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Sexy Progressive/Dance Party, 10 pm, FREE before 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm.

18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in Red Hook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com. Sept. 23: Emergenza Festival with Days on End, 8:30 pm, Bite the Bullet, 9 pm, Step from Eternity, 9:30 pm, Delaware Hudson, 10 pm, To.Each.His.Own.Element., 10:30 pm, Broken, 11 pm, $10; Sept. 28: The Avalanche, 9 pm, The Violets, 10 pm, The Suicide Dolls, 11 pm, $8.

Food 4 Thought

Hope and Anchor

445 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at McDonough Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 443-4160.

347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Hook, (718) 237-0276.

Club Xo

DUMBO WALK: Brooklyn Center for the Urban Environment takes a walk around DUMBO (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass). $9, $8 seniors and students. Noon to 2 pm. Meet at street level of the A/C train at High Street on Cadman Plaza West. (718) 788-8500, ext. 208. CHILE PEPPER FIESTA: Brooklyn Botanic Garden hosts its annual event for families. Participants enjoy music and dance from chile-loving regions around the world. Also, fire eating, fire juggling and other daring deeds of flame. Chile Goddess answers all chile pepper gardening questions. Cookbooks on sale. $5, $3 seniors and students. Noon to 6 pm. 1000 Washington Ave. (718) 623-7200.

Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke hosted by drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE.

Impact Theater 190 Underhill Ave. at Sterling Place in Prospect Heights, (718) 852-2105, http://geocities.com/impacttheaternyc. Fridays: Stand-Up Comedy Nights, 10 pm, $7.

Kili Bar-Cafe 81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, (718) 855-5574. Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ Chappy plays rock, hip-hop and funk, 10:30 pm, FREE.

Laila Lounge 113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 486-6791, www.lailalounge.com. Mondays: Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: APA League, 7 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcase with an open mic, 7:30 pm, Live music, 8:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 23: Professor Rockwell and guests, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 28: That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore (live stand-up), 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 29: LoveCraft with DJs Yanacat and Lupe Loop, 11 pm, FREE.

Les Babouches 7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge, (718) 833-1700. Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahrazad, 8 pm, FREE.

The Lucky Cat 245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williamsburg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com. Mondays: Joe McGinty’s Piano Parlor and keyboard karaoke, 11 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Jezebel Music Open Mic Night hosted by Dave Cuomo, 7 pm, FREE, Organ Grinder Tuesday, 10 pm, FREE; Fridays: Finger on the Pulse with live DJs, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 23: Sickrobot’s Birthday Party Show with Power Circus, Coven of One, M. Slagle, Factoria, DJ Jane Elizabeth, 7 pm, $5, Pile Out! with Rezound and Workweek, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 24: Degrees Taurus and more, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 27: Battery One Dollar, Strictly Platonic, The Polite Society, The Shydes, 8 pm, FREE, Neuf Nine, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 28: Naomi Davis & The Gospel Queens, 9 pm, $5.

Mag netic Field 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in Brooklyn Heights, (718) 834-0069, www.magneticbrooklyn.com. Sept. 23: Fisherman Plays the Vibes, 9 pm, $TBD; Sept. 24: Devon’s Birthday Bash, 5:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 28: Live band karaoke, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 29: Lungs of a Giant, Pirate Satellite, 8 pm, $5.

BARGEMUSIC: presents a classical music program of works by Martinu, Liebermann, Debussy, Poulenc and Weber. $35, $30 seniors. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. DANCE: Spoke the Hub begins its 200607 fall season with the third installation of the “Gowanus Wildlife Preserve Showcase,” a performance series featuring dance works by Krista Miller and Lily Skove, a new monologue by Danielle Abrams, a new film by Frances Becker and Katherine Matheson Kaplan. More. $15 adults, $5 kids. 8 pm. Gowanus Arts Building, 295 Douglass St. (718) 408-3234. IMPACT THEATER: presents Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” $15, $12 students and seniors. 8 pm. 190 Underhill Ave. (212) 714-7102. THE SACKETT GROUP: presents the comedy, “Picasso at the Lapin Agile,” written by Steve Martin. $20. 8 pm. Brooklyn Music School Playhouse, 126 St. Felix St. (718) 638-7104.

CHILDREN ART MAKING: Brooklyn Museum hosts “Arty Facts.” Explore the galleries, enjoy a family activity and create art. Appropriate for ages 4 to 7. $8 adults, free for kids younger than 12 and members. 11 am and 2 pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000. NY TRANSIT MUSEUM: Kids are invited to a mosaic-making workshop. Suggested for ages 4 and older. $5 adults, $3 kids. 1 pm. Boerum Place and Schermerhorn Street. (718) 694-1792. FAMILY CONCERT: Plymouth Church presents Treehouse Shakers in Animal Rhythms, a program of spoken word, music and costumes. Tickets from $10 to $20. 11 am to noon. Orange Street between Henry and Hicks streets. (718) 624-4743.

OTHER SEMINAR: Parmar Financial Group presents “Living Trust and Long Term Care.” 10 am to noon. Continental breakfast served. Best Western Hotel, 8315 Fourth Ave. R.S.V.P. (347) 4069054. Free. FLEA MARKET: at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church. 10 am to 5 pm. Parish Hall, 157 Montague St. (718) 875-6960 BLOCK FAIR: 23rd annual Cranberry Street Old Fashioned Block Fair. Games, music, prizes, flea market, beer and wine tasting, more. Cranberry at Willow streets. 11 am to 3 pm. (718) 856-2046 BARNES & NOBLE: hosts an educator’s reception. Teachers serving levels PreK to 12 are invited to learn about products, book titles, promotions and fundraising partnership programs at

Pete’s Candy Store 709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.petescandystore.com. Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Sept. 23: Scott Matthew, 8 pm, Larry Krone, 9 pm, Clint Michigan, 10 pm, So L’il, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 24: Taylor Davis, 8:30 pm, Johnny Goudie, 9:30 pm, Joseph King, 10:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 25: Monday Evening Stand-Up, 7:30 pm, Shalloboi, 9 pm, Tori Sparks, 9:40 pm, Enzo, 10:25 pm, The Quiet Ones, 11:15 pm, FREE; Sept. 26: Bingo, 7 pm, Ana Lola Roman, 9 pm, Anna Copacabana, 10 pm, Invincible Hummingbirds, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 27: QuizzOff, 7:30 pm, Jennifer Greer, 10 pm, Rebecca Pronsky, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 28: JBV, 9 pm, Steve Gollnick, 10 pm, Butane Variations, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 29: Pete’s Big Poetry with Todd Colby and Brian Joseph Davis, 7 pm, Benicio and the Del Toros, 9 pm, The Crevulators, 10 pm, The Dang-It Bobby’s, 11 pm, FREE.

Nig ht and Day Restaurant 230 Fifth Ave. at President Street in Park Slope, (718) 399-2161, www.nightanddayrestaurant.com. Sundays: John McNeil and Bill McHenry, 8:30 pm, $6 and $7 food/drink minimum; Mondays: Debra and Mary’s Night on the Town with Daniel Reichard, 8:30 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: Songwriters Showcase, 7 pm, FREE with $7 food/drink minimum, Live jazz jam hosted by the Davy Mooney Trio, 9 pm, $5 suggested donation and $7 food/drink minimum; Sept. 23: Prana Trio, 6 pm, $5 suggested donation; Sept. 24: Fiction hosted by Kimiko Hahn, 6 pm, FREE with $7 food/drink minimum; Sept. 27: Spuyten Duyvil series book party, 6 pm, FREE with $7 food/drink minimum, Sten Hostfalt & Tom Beckham, 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation and $7 food/drink minimum; Sept. 28: LIU Showcase featuring students from the Long Island University MFA Program, FREE with $7 food/drink minimum, Mikanic, 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation and $7 food/drink minimum; Sept. 29: Matt Steckler, 6 pm, $5 suggested donation, Narrow Margin, 9 pm, $5 and $7 food/drink minimum.

Nig ht of the Cookers 767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in Fort Greene, (718) 797-1197. Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE.

Northsix 66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com. Sept. 23: Spank Rock, Dragons of Zynth, 9 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the show; Sept. 26: (Downstairs) System and Station, The Virgins, 9 pm, $8, (Upstairs) Seemless, 9 pm, $8 in advance, $10 day of the show; Sept. 28: No Means No, Lambic, 9 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the show; Sept. 29: (Downstairs) Nice Boys, Baby Shakes, HeadQuarters, Electric Shadows, 9 pm, $8, (Upstairs) Youngblood Brass Band, Rob Swift, Beans, DJ Concerned, 9 pm, $10 in advance, $12 day of the show.

The Perch Cafe 365 Fifth Ave. at Fifth Street in Park Slope, (718) 788-2830. Sundays and Thursdays: Live jazz, 8:30 pm, $5 suggested donation; Sept. 23: Jamie Reynolds Duo, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested donation; Sept. 26: Kelsey Jillete, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested donation; Sept. 28: Sonia Szajnberg/Dave Veslocki Duo, 8:30 pm (two sets), $5 suggested donation.

SUN, OCT 1

OUTDOORS AND TOURS EARLY BIRD WALK: Audubon Center hosts a walk and discusses Prospect Park’s 13 sparrow species. 8 am to 10 am. Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. Free. MEMORIAL 5K RUN: Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project hosts the Liz Padilla 3.1-mile memorial run. Racers, walkers, kids and families are invited to participate. Registration from 8 am to 9:30 am; race begins at 10 am. Bartel Pritchard Square at 15th Street, Prospect Park. Call for pledge forms. (212) 625-1025. BIRD WATCHING CRUISE: Prospect Park Audubon Center hosts a cruise aboard the electric boat Independence. Tour the Lullwater, a scenic habitat for flora and fauna. $10, $6 kids. Binoculars provided. Noon to 12:40 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400. GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: Big Onion Walking Tours offers an introduction to the history, architecture, and people of Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery. Stops include the graves of DeWitt Clinton, Louis Comfort Tiffany, Leonard Bernstein and John “The Soda Fountain King” Matthews. $15 for adults, $12 for seniors, $10 for fulltime students and New-York Historical Society members. 1 pm. Call for meeting information. (212) 439-1090. WALKING TOUR: Italian Apostolate of Brooklyn hosts a historic walking tour of the first Italian Catholic Parish in the Sixth Ward of the City of Brooklyn. $5 donation. 1 pm. Meet at St. Paul RC Church, 234 Congress St. (917) 402-9086. Free. LULLWATER EXPLORATION: Enjoy a boat tour detailing Prospect Park’s aquatic habitat. Binoculars provided. $10, $6 kids. 1:15 pm to 1:55 pm. Enter park at Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue. (718) 287-3400.

PERFORMANCE CONCERT: Holy Name Church presents The Musica Bella Orchestra of New York in a baroque music program. 3 pm. 245 Prospect Park West. Call for ticket information. (718) 499-3031. BARGEMUSIC: presents a chamber music program of works by Wolf, Walton and Beethoven. $35, $30 seniors. 4 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. ST. ANN’S WAREHOUSE: presents Les Freres Corbusier’s “Hell House.” $25. 7:30 pm. 38 Water St. (718) 254-8779.

LIST YOUR EVENT…

486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, (718) 369-4814, www.magnoliabrooklyn.com. Mondays: Monday Night Football, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live music, 9:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 22: Jeff & Dave’s Brazilian Jazz, 9:30 pm, FREE.

273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton Second Street in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225, www.come2national.com. Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix fixe dinner); Fridays: Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner); Sundays: Live Russian music and dance show, 7 pm, FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner).

Barnes & Noble. 11 am. 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. REUNION: Bay Ridge High School Alumnae Association hosts its 11th annual all-grades reunion. $55. Noon to 4:30 pm. Rex Manor, 1100 60th St. (718) 854-3232. BLOOD DRIVE: at Regal Cinema. 2 pm to 7:30 pm. 106 Court St. (800) 933BLOOD. READINGS: Several Brooklyn Writers read from their works at Jaya Yoga Center. 7:30 pm. Jaya Yoga Center, 1626 Eighth Ave., at Windsor Place. (718) 788-8788. Free. FUNDRAISER: Tuckaberry Productions hosts an event of live entertainment, raffles, silent auction and more. Event benefits this season’s children’s theater shows. $10. 8 pm. South Oxford Space, 138 South Oxford St. (718) 398-3078. GENTLY USED: Sanitation Department hosts a recycling event. Donate unwanted electronic items and gently used clothing and linens, which will be recycled to local charitable organizations. 8 am to 2 pm. Drop off at Prospect Park at Bartel Pritchard Square. For information, call 311.

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Mag nolia

National Restaurant

295 Douglass St. at Third Avenue in Park Slope, (212) 631-5882, www.schoolforimprov.org. Sept. 23: Eric Biondo/Alex Hamlin Video Project, 8:30 pm, $10; Sept. 26: Open Session hosted by J. Granelli, 8 pm, $7; Sept. 28: Kris David Quartet, 8:30 pm, $12.

1227 Riegelmann Boardwalk at Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, (718) 946-1305, www.chachasconeyisland.com. Sundays: Dance the night away with the Latin Jazz Ensemble, 6 pm, FREE.

SAT, SEPT 30

OUTDOORS AND TOURS

440 Bergen St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 230-5925. Saturdays and Fridays: Meet and Mingle, 11 pm, FREE.

Brad Miller

1602 Gravesend Neck Road at East 16th Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 934-5988, www.anywaycafe.com. Tuesdays: Jazzy funk with Karin Okada and guests, 9 pm, FREE.

FRI, SEPT 29 METROCARD MOBILE: Seniors and people with disabilities are invited to apply for a reduced fare MetroCard. 10 am to noon. Assemblyman Colton’s Office, 211 Kings Highway. (718) 236-1598. LUNCHTIME CONCERT: Metrotech Business Improvement District presents music with Central Brooklyn Jazz All Stars. Noon to 2 pm. The Commons, Myrtle Avenue and Flatbush Avenue Extension. (718) 467-1527. Free. BARNES & NOBLE: hosts a discussion with Patricia McCormick, author of “Sold.” 7:30 pm. 267 Seventh Ave. (718) 832-9066. Free. BARGEMUSIC: presents an all-Schubert chamber music program. $35, $30 seniors. 7:30 pm. Fulton Ferry Landing, Old Fulton Street at the East River. (718) 624-2083. GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: Cady Finlayson plays Irish fiddle music. $10, $6 kids. 8 pm. Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West. (718) 768-2972. PRACTICE PARTY: Creative Arts hosts an evening of informal social dancing including ballroom, Latin and swing music. No partner necessary. 8:30 pm to 11 pm. 310 Atlantic Ave. (718) 7975600. Free. IMPACT THEATER: presents Shakespeare’s “Macbeth.” 8 pm. See Sat., Sept. 30. THE SACKETT GROUP: “Picasso at the Lapin Agile.” 8 pm. See Sat., Sept. 30.

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Compiled by Chiara V. Cowan

Anyway Cafe

September 23, 2006

Reign 46 Washington Ave. at Flushing Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 643-7344. Saturdays: Sweet Saturdays with Da Union’s DJ Snatch 1 “The Fireman” and GMC’s own Country, 11 pm, $TBD.

Southpaw 125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in Park Slope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com. Sept. 24: Yat-Kha and guest, 9 pm, $15; Sept. 27: The Tossers, Siderunner, 9 pm, $10; Sept. 28: Lyricist Lounge & QN5 Music present PACK FM’s “WhatduzFMstand4?” album release party with performances by PACK FM, Wordsworth, Scienz of Life, Poison Pen, Mr. Met, Block McCloud, Lil Lego, and music by Danny Castro, 10 pm, $10; Sept. 29: Be Your Own Pet, The Black Lips, Imaginary Icons, 8 pm, $15.

Solomon’s Porch 307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001. Tuesdays: Open mic, 8 pm, $5 (ladies FREE before 10 pm).

Sputnik 262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Clinton Hill, (718) 398-6666, www.barsputnik.com. Saturdays: French Beats International, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: DJ Schott with rock ‘n’ roll meets hip-hop, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE; Thursdays: DJ Nicole Leone, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 29: We Live in Brooklyn Manjiga, 9 pm, FREE before 10 pm, $7 after 10 pm.

Stain 766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williamsburg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com. Mondays: Paint Stain, 5 pm (often accompanied by the jazz guitar of Noboru, 8 pm), FREE; Wednesdays: JAMstain, an informal open mic hosted by singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 23: Lovari, 8 pm, Mary Beth Mazriaz, 9 pm, Dylan Roddick with David Shane Smith, 10:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 24: Cosmic Starfish, 8 pm, Courtney Bryan, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 25: Planet Earth, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 26: Tim Kuhl, 7 pm, FREE; Sept. 28: The Manhattan Hot Club,

9 pm, FREE; Sept. 29: MiPOesias, 7 pm, Adam Matta and friends do the beat box, 9 pm, FREE.

Studio B 259 Banker St. at Meserole Avenue in Greenpoint, (718) 389-1880. Sept. 23: Tokyo Police Club, Enon, 9 pm, $10.

Tea Lounge 837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com. Sept. 28: The Inbetweens, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 29: Brooklyn Qawwali Party, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE.

Trash Bar 256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com. Sept. 23: Dodger, 8 pm, The Disclaimers, 9 pm, Millstead, 10 pm, Shoot the Messenger, 11 pm, Bunny Zed, Midnight, Haunted Horses, 1 am, $7; Sept. 24: Thomas Lunch, 8 pm, The Shills, 9 pm, Rock Star Karaoke, 10 pm, $6; Sept. 25: God Fires Man, 9 pm, $6; Sept. 26: The Total Drop, 9 pm, JP05, 10 pm, $6; Sept. 27: The Others Ran, 8 pm, Sproll, 9 pm, Hot Iron Swallows, 10 pm, Pinkmeat, 11 pm, Russian Vogue, Midnight, $6; Sept. 28: Ludlow Lions, 8 pm, Blame It On Lisa, 9 pm, West 8 Five, 10 pm, Aunt Ange, 11 pm, The Bad Sleep Well, Midnight, $6; Sept. 29: DJ Mojo presents The Muggabears, 9 pm, The Gritty Midi Gang, 10 pm, $8.

Two Boots Brooklyn 514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrooklyn.com. Sept. 23: The M Shanghai String Band, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 29: Doll Hospital, 10 pm, FREE.

Union Hall (downstairs at) 702 Union St. at Fifth Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 638-4400, http://myspace.com/unionhallny. Sept. 23: Snowden, Daylights for the Birds, 8 pm, $8; Sept. 24: Eugene Mirman and friends, 8 pm, $7; Sept. 27: The Hold Steady record release party, 7 pm, $TBD.

Vox Pop 1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Flatbush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net. Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE with 2drink/snack minimum.

Zebulon Cafe Concert 258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218-6934, www.zebuloncafeconcert.com. Sept. 23: Seeds of Baobab, Claude Gomis, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 24: Samita Sinha, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 25: Miles Benjamin, 10 pm, James Jameson, 11 pm, Emago, Midnight, FREE; Sept. 26: Cooper Moore plus Assif Tsahar and Chad Taylor, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 27: Himalayas with Kenny Wollesen, Jonathan Haffner, Tony Scherr, and more, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 28: Brian Marsella Quartet, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 29: Baye Kouyate et les Tougaranke, 10 pm, FREE.

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‘Little Dishes’ causes big problems Lawyers swoop in on Slope eatery By Gersh Kuntzman The Brooklyn Papers

The Brooklyn Papers / Becky Holladay

Some high-priced Manhattan lawyers have forced a reasonably priced Park Slope restaurant to change its name.

Mira Friedlaender, co-owner of Little D Eatery, stands in front of her restaurant with a menu bearing the previous name of the restaurant, Little Dishes.

Little Dishes, a well-reviewed cafe on Seventh Avenue, is now Little D Eatery, thanks to a settlement with Uncommon Grounds, a Manhattan restaurant chain that claims to own the exclusive right to the word “dishes.” “Your use of ‘Dishes’ in ‘Little Dishes’ creates the likelihood of confusion in that the public will mistakenly believe that your restaurant is related to Uncommon Grounds’ ‘Dishes’ restau-

rants,” lawyer Kevin Lake wrote to Little Dishes owners Colin Wright and Mira Friedlaender. “The use of a descriptive term such as ‘little’ does not eliminate the likelihood of confusion.” But confusion is unlikely. Uncommon Grounds’ three “Dishes” restaurants are high-volume lunch places in Manhattan, while “Little Dishes” is a dinner-only restaurant with a full wine list. “We think the public could have figured out the difference,” said Friedlaender. “We’re a table-service, fine-dining, Mom and Pop establishment that’s only open for dinner, They’re a fancy buffet lunch place for business people.”

The most troubling thing for Friedlaeder is that “Little Dishes” actually has a strong claim to the name. She said the name of her restaurant is a reference to Turkish “meze”-style appetizers. “Meze” means “little dishes” in Turkish. “My mother was Turkish, and when I took Colin to Turkey, he fell in love with the fish restaurants — where one starts out choosing from meze,” Friedlaender said. “We don’t do traditional Turkish food, but we love that style of eating — and wanted to use that template for new American food.” Given that thematic hook, Friedlaender said that if she had “unlimited

funds,” she would have fought the legal assault from across the river. “I understand they are trying to protect their trademark, but it’s all so corporate,” she said. “That mindset is so far from what we do.” Friedlaender has already altered the restaurant’s Web site — www.littledishes.org — to forward customers to the new www.littled-eatery.com — another legal hoop through which she was required to jump. “And we get to say, ‘Formerly Little Dishes’ until Nov. 1,” she added. Lake, of the Park Avenue law firm of Kurzman Karelsen & Frank, did not return calls.

The Brooklyn Papers / Aaron Greenhood

There was a time when $1 million could get you 40 brownstones in Boerum Hill. But in this white-hot real-estate market, it doesn’t even get you two bedrooms in some neighborhoods. The Brooklyn Papers has covered it all — from a $1-million home in Red Hook, to a $1-million brownstone in Sunset Park. Now comes The Simone, a new, five-story, 37-unit building in relatively far-flung Kensington that has one apartment priced at $999,000. The building, at 35 McDonald Ave., between Terrace Place and 20th Street (right), went on the market a few weeks ago, and 19 units have already been reserved. But without killer Manhattan views or a fancy Prospect Park West address, what exactly does that $1 million get you at The Simone (aside from a dark, 10-minute walk to restaurants, stores, and the F train)? The luxe apartment — all of 1,796 square feet — features two bedrooms, two baths, chocolate oak cabinets, Grohe faucets and bamboo floors. David Perez, a senior associate with the Corcoran Group, which is marketing the building, said the apartments are selling like mad because, “This is affordable.” (Several 600-square-foot studios in the Henry Radusky-designed building go for as “low” as $275,000, Perez explained.) But how does The Simone’s million-dollar unit fit into the rest of the booming market? See our handy chart. — Dana Rubinstein Neighborhood

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3 BR, 3 bath, three-family house (two floors of rental income!), garden, decorative mantles.

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At least 30 blocks from the nearest Yuppie hangout ... Or maybe that’s an upside.

Too much quiet. The closest form of entertainment is a cemetery.

For that price, it would be nice to have transportation options other than the B77.

Proximity to the belching traffic along Hamilton Avenue. And you’re within whiffing distance of the Gowanus Canal!

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Colton: Never forget 9-11 for The Brooklyn Papers

A local lawmaker is so worried that New Yorkers will forget what happened on 9-11 that he wants New Yorkers to remember 9-11 on 9-11 with a holiday named after 9-11. Assemblyman William Colton (D-Gravesend) is introducing a bill to make Sept. 11 a New York State holiday called, appropriately enough, “9-11 Remembrance Day.” He hopes the legislation will encourage schools to hold 9-11 commemoration ceremonies ev-

ery year on 9-11. Naming the holiday, however, seems to be the extent of Colton’s power to ensure that future generations mark 9-11 on 9-11. The legislature can’t require specific activities to mark the day or even grant time off from work or school. But Colton will not be deterred, fearing that Sept. 11 will go the way of Dec. 7 (Pearl Harbor), Aug. 14 (V-J Day) and Sept. 19 (the Garfield assassination). But some constituents think his symbol gesture is useless. “What’s the point?” said

Brooklynite Vera Kachnowski. “I don’t think we’re in any danger of forgetting about 911, so there’s really no need for a holiday.” Colton said he came up with the idea after his wife, who was working across the street from the World Trade Center when they were destroyed, told him that future generations should never be allowed to forget what happened. “It would be a tragedy to forget 9-11,” said Colton. Especially on 9-11. — Christie Rizk

By Ariella Cohen The Brooklyn Papers

Who knew that double-parking was actually legal? Well, not the cops, according to merchants along Atlantic Avenue, who claim that officers are unfairly targeting truckers making deliveries along Brooklyn’s busy east-west spine. As a result, “the drivers refuse to come down here,” said Rachel Leibowitz, owner of the avenue’s Circa Antiques shop. “They say it’s not worth the effort.” Leibowitz and many beleaguered drivers claim that the cops ignore city traffic law that allows a commercial vehicle to double-park if “expeditiously making pickups, deliveries or service calls” during legal parking hours, as long as there is no loading zone or open parking spot within 100 feet. (Don’t believe it? Check section 4-08, subsection f, subsection 1 of the Department of Transportation code.) “But they don’t care about the law,”

said hauler Juan Gonzalez. “They watch you park and then slap a ticket down no matter what.” Shopkeepers on the commercial street say the ticket-happy cops are ignoring the avenue’s real traffic woes in pursuit of the double-parking deliverymen. “About 30 seconds after my deliveryman pulled up yesterday, the cops pulled up,” said Jennifer Barron, who owns Cook’s Companion on Atlantic Avenue near Court Street. “[Ticketing] the truck was so urgent that the cop went the wrong way down the crowded avenue to get to him. “Aren’t there unsafe street-crossings to worry about?” Atlantic Avenue Betterment Association President Sandy Balboza said her group is now working with the NYPD to “educate the officers about the law.” “You hear the city say they support small businesses, but the actions aren’t supporting that,” Balboza added. The NYPD declined to comment.

The Brooklyn Papers / Julie Rosenberg

Merchants complain of ‘double park’ tix

Double-parked trucks making deliveries — which is legal in New York City — are nonetheless being ticketed by police.

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In Clinton Hill, Civil War-era home set to be demolished By Claire McTaggart for The Brooklyn Papers

The Brooklyn Papers / Claire McTaggart

A Clinton Hill mansion that dates back to the Civil War — yet is not protected as a city landmark — is about to be torn down to make way for a high-rise condo tower, renewing local fears about the “Manhattanization” of Brooklyn.

This 19th-century Clinton Hill mansion will soon be torn down to make way for a condominium.

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The war in Iraq isn’t going quite as planned — and Kevin Fagan, co-founder of the New York Campaign for the Department of Peace, thinks he knows why. “If we had a Department of Peace, President Bush could have sent in the peace troops after his famous ‘Mission Accomplished’ speech,” said Fagan, a Windsor Terrace resident. Fagan checked in with Gersh Kuntzman.

Q: Why does the U.S. need a “Department of Peace”? A: We need a way to foster peace, both internationally and domestically. Internationally, the DOP would look for ways to avoid armed conflict, using proven methods such as economic development. Most of the violence we’re seeing, even the terrorism, stems from people being hopeless, and having no markets or education. Q: And domestically? A: It’s obvious when you turn on the news how violent this country is. Domestic violence, gang violence, school violence. But there are so many small programs around the country that work, keeping kids out of gangs, for example. The DOP would replicate such programs around the country. Q: Sounds like it’s a cross between the best part of the State department and a good community affairs officer. A: People say, “But, Kevin, we already have the State Department.” But the State Department only fosters America’s economic selfinterest. Our diplomats are not trained in peace-building. The DOP would create a peace academy as a sister institution to the existing military academies. We are not looking to do away with the military. We simply want to train some troops in peacekeeping. The need was so clear in Iraq.

Q: How did you get involved in the fight to create a “Department of Peace”? A: After 9-11, I wanted to find a way to change the paradigm that says that violence should be responded to with violence. I was never very politically active, but in April, 2003, I went to Washington with the Peace Alliance and lobbied Congress. And since then, we went from 55 co-sponsors [of Rep. Dennis Kucinich’s Department of Peace bill, HR 3760] to 74. We don’t have a Republican co-sponsor, though. Q: I guess peace is a partisan issue. A: It isn’t. We’re not calling for an end to the Department of Defense. And we’re not out there bashing Republicans or the president. We need bi-partisan support to pass Kucinich’s bill. Q: Pardon the pun, but you’ll need ground forces. A: Right now, we have 20-25 really active people in the New York chapter and several hundred on our email list. Q: Hate to be a killjoy, but Don Rumsfeld has 200 million people on his email list. How do you combat that? A: We don’t combat it. We just talk to people about the change we want to see.

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Continued from page 1 is dreading the moment when the U.S. oil supply runs dry. “This could be a solution,” said Glenn McAnanama, who blogs about the international oil crunch at nyc.theoildrum.com. “You’re making efficient use of what was waste, reducing our reliance on foreign oil and decreasing pollution.” More than a million gallons of waste oil could be collected for reuse from Brooklyn kitchens alone, according to a 2004 Cornell study. The proposed plant includes a distribution center where local truckers and bus drivers could fill up — for $2.65 a gallon, according to Tri-State. “We believe that that there are dozens of local bus and truck [fleets] that will be able now to switch,” said Phaedra Thomas, executive director of Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation. Yet some in Red Hook worry that the clean oil may be still too dirty for the popular baseball diamond — home to the Mexican Baseball League of New York— and public park that sit just west of the industrial park’s exhaust-colored concrete walls. The new facility would replace a storage lot now occupied by mounds of smoke-free road salt. “We are talking about a site that is immediately adjacent to one of the city’s most-popular recreational areas,” said John McGettrick, Red Hook Civic Association President. “We have to find out more.” Experts agree that the conversion of cooking oil into fuel does create a small amount of emissions. But even environmental watchdogs note that the emissions are minor compared to conventional petroleum production.

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Continued from page 1 Peg Breen, the president of the New York Landmarks Conservancy, which recently presented the couple with an award. “They were ahead of their time and they had great guts.” After buying a brownstone on Berkeley Place in 1963, the Ortners began talking friends into moving into the neighborhood. They were soon fighting “urban renewal” projects that had slated most of Park Slope’s brownstones for demolition and convinced banks to start giving mortgages to prospective homeowners. “They were the heart and soul of that movement,” said Maryann Feeney of the Park Slope Civic Council, who worked with the Ortners. From the base in Park Slope, Ortner and her husband fought middle-class flight by encouraging would-be suburbanites to remain in the city and rejuvenate the inner city. “She brought people to Brooklyn,” said Karen Hopkins, president of the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where Ortner had served as a board member for over 30 years. “She made what was great about Brooklyn known to other people.” Dexter Guerrieri, president of the Brownstone Revival Coalition and chairman of the Preservation Volunteers, two of the groups co-founded by the Ortners, added: “She has been a tireless promoter and big-picture thinker.” But she never lost her essential Brooklyn-ness. “She had a wonderful wit,” Guerrieri said, “and a real knack for pulling people together. She knew everybody. Everybody was her friend and everybody loved her. She’s not replaceable.” Most recently, Ortner had lent not just her voice, but four decades of credibility, to the opposition to the Atlantic Yards project. She joined the board of Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn in May — even as she was serving on the board of BAM with developer Bruce Ratner. “She felt that Atlantic Yards was against most things she stood for,” says DDDB spokesman Daniel Goldstein. “To have someone like that support what we were doing further emboldened us and showed us that what we were doing was right.” Ortner’s death came weeks after she underwent a double mastectomy. She is survived by her husband of 53 years with whom she did most of her work. “They were an irrepressible team,” Breen said. Given Evelyn Ortner’s passion for preservation, it should come as no surprise that her family has requested that in lieu of flowers, donations should be sent to Preservation Volunteers, 232 East 11th Street, New York, NY 10003.

Some critics are worried about exhaust from the making of the supposedly green bio-diesel fuel in Red Hook.

The 15-bedroom Italianate mansion — located at 70 Lefferts Pl., between Classon Avenue and Grand Street — was bought for $2.4 million by developer Christopher Morris, who intends to turn it, as well as the 65- by 120-foot adjacent lot, into a seven-story, 25-unit market-rate condo building, the largest structure that zoning will allow. “The proposed building is way too big for the block,” said nineyear Lefferts Place resident David Conrad. “There has been a lot of high-priced condo development recently in the area and I’m worried it could be quick and dirty.” Displeased residents have vowed not to let Morris, a Ditmas Park resident, have his way without a fight. The Lefferts Place Civic Association has been pushing for the house to be granted landmark status. At the same time, City Councilwoman Letitia James (D-Prospect

Heights) is working to pull Morris’s demolition permits and has sent residents’ petitions to the Landmarks Preservation Commission. “I fully support getting the location landmarked as a historic site,” James told The Brooklyn Papers. Her constituents agree. Migdalia Marim, who has lived next door to the mansion for 30 years, said that tearing down such beautiful architecture to make room for a modern building would “change the whole character of the street and I really don’t like it.” Barbara Arnold, who has lived across the street for 26 years, added that the new construction would ruin the communal feeling of the quiet block. “Most of the people on the street know each other, that will all change,” she said. Other residents complained about limited parking and noise that could come with such a large construction. But at least one area resident said that you can’t stop progress. Morris, after all, isn’t the only developer intending to build in the area. “The neighborhood is changing, different people are coming in and they want different things,” said Arnold’s 21-year-old son Antoine, who was born and raised across the street. “If they can afford it, I guess we have to accept it.”

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Between the covers at the Book-lyn fest with a writer’s best friend, an open bar. Colson “John Henry Days” Whitehead mingled. Kids book author Mo “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus” Willems enjoyed a Brooklyn Lager. And teen angst specialist Ned “Be More Chill” Vizzini stuck to strawberries. He had gossip of his own. “I just heard that my last book, ‘It’s Kind of a Funny Story,’ is going to be made into a movie by the same people who made ‘Half-Nelson,’” the fruit-loving, 25-year-old author of three books (three books?!) told us. What’s his secret? “You have to live the stories to write the stories,” he said. Willems happened to walk over as Vizzini was handing out the secret of success. “He’s right,” the Park Slope author said. “I walked around Bryant Park for six months in a pigeon suit before I wrote that book.”

Nearly 10,000 book lovers — and dozens of their favorite authors, from Jonathan Ames to Mo Willems — turned Brooklyn’s first-ever book festival into such a big success that next year, it’ll spread over two days instead of one, Borough President Markowitz said this week.

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That’s good news not only for readers, but also for literary-minded gossips. As The Brooklyn Papers found out last Saturday, authors, agents, editors and readers love to traffic in trade secrets and bookish bits. Here are some juicy bits we picked up at the fair.

Cocktail chatter The one-day festival actually kicked off with — what else? — a cocktail party on Friday, Sept. 15, complete

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How committed is Jonathan Lethem to preserving the character of his old Boerum Hill stomping grounds? All the proceeds from his next book — which treads on similar turf from Lethem’s Brooklyn childhood — will go to Develop Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, the activist group fighting the Atlantic Yards project. The book, titled “Patchwork Planet,” features reminiscences by Lethem paired up with photos by Brooklyn shutterbug Kate Milford. The book, which will be published by DUMBO-based Soft Skull Press, will be sold exclusively at Book Court, on Court Street in Cobble Hill. The real world is already imitating Lethem’s art: In his “Fortress of Solitude,” Lethem immortalized the Underberg Building at the intersection of Pacific Street and Flatbush Avenue. It’s already been torn down by Ratner.

Even editors are fans: Anne Schwartz, an editor at Random House, poses with one of her favorite authors, teen angst specialist Ned Vizzini, at the cocktail kick off to the first Brooklyn Book Festival. The next day, Jonathan Lethem signed books for fans (top).

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COMPUTER SOLUTIONS

Internet Services

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(917) 415-6807

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MORTGAGES A44

Mortgages made to order. That’s Topdot! Contact Rebecca, Mortgage Specialist Your neighbor for over 30 years!

800.562.6152 x284

APARTMENTS For Rent / Brooklyn Flatbush, East New York Bushwick, Propect Hts Apts for rent. 1-4 BR apts Price range: $900 - $1,500 Rooms for Rent: $150-$200 /wk Caviar Real Estate.

(718) 855-4874

ER37

Apartments, Sublets & Roommates BROWSE & LIST FREE! All Cities & Areas!

www.Sublet.com Studios;1-2 Bdrms; $800-2000

1-877-FOR-RENT

A30-0

Shares Wanted/ Brooklyn Leading New York Homestay agency looking for spare funished rooms for our Japanese and other foreign students attending ESL schools in Manhattan. Monthly rent paid. Typical stays are form 1-3 months. Please write to [email protected]. W40

CO-OPS & CONDOS Brooklyn

BR Shore Rd Co-op for sale by owner. Doorman, 4 rms, 1 bdrm, 1 bath, eat-in kitchen. Low maintenance. Small pet OK. 249K. Near Xbus. No broker. Appt. only. (718) 748-5333. W37

To advertise in The Brooklyn Papers’ Real Estate Section, please call (718) 834-9350

Moving Sale - Windsor Terrace Antique dining room set, recently refinished with red Mahogany. Livingroom set, re-upholstered. Bedroom set - all Mahogany wood, original finish. Please call for appointment.

A43

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ask for Jimmy

718-768-3804

M36

W29-39

A41

CONTINUED FROM BACK PAGE

Security

A39

Metropolitan Pro-Tek Security Systems, Inc.

EMPLOYMENT NOW HIRING:

Arts & Entertainment Associate Editor The Brooklyn Papers is seeking an Associate Editor to assist with publication of its weekly, award-winning arts and entertainment section, GO-Brooklyn, and its monthly section, The Brooklyn Bride. Candidates should have a passionate interest in Brooklyn’s cultural renaissance. Experience in newspaper or magazine writing, as well as editing, is desirable. Our Associate Editor will work closely with the Features Editor, assisting in all tasks necessary for the production of GO’s weekly, 6-to-8-page broadsheet section; The Brooklyn Bride’s monthly, 2-page spread; and their Web sites. This includes original reporting and writing; factchecking; assignments for and editing work from our team of freelance writers and photographers; and more. This is a high-energy, career-propelling opportunity with Brooklyn’s real newspapers. (Please check us out online at www.BrooklynPapers.com and click on GO-Brooklyn or The Brooklyn Bride.) We offer an industry-competitive salary plus benefits. Please send your cover letter in the body of the e-mail, and attach your resume along with a writing sample, to [email protected] (put Associate Editor on the subject line). Or mail the same to Lisa J. Curtis, Features Editor, The Brooklyn Papers, 55 Washington St., Suite 624, Brooklyn, NY 11201. No phone calls please.

Help Wanted

Income Oppty

Helper Needed

Now Hiring for 2006 Postal Jobs

PT DAYS. Kingsview Homes Inc., a co-op located in downtown Brooklyn, is seeking a motivated individual to work part-time Monday through Wednesday from 10AM 4PM in the site office. Candidates must be computer literate in the MS Office Suite. Must have a professional attitude. Fax cover letter and resume with salary requirements to: (718) 875-5144.

$18/hr starting Avg Pay $57k/yr Federal Benefits Paid Training and vacations. No experience needed.

Licensed Master plumbers

Housekeeper Available: our young, energetic, reliable housekeeper of 11 years seeks part time position. For reference call (212) 567-3005 or (646) 299-7942

• Home Theater & Whole House Music Systems • Public address & Sound Systems • Central Vacuum Systems

Commercial, Industrial & Residential

Plumbing

Roofing

NEIGHBORHOOD

Schwamberger Contracting

Sewer & Drain Cleaning Plumbing TUBS • SINKS • MAIN SEWER TOILETS • YARD DRAINS 24/7 • Emergency Service ®

®

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745-7727 or 848-5654

Already have a Security System? No Problem!!

All Roofing, Rubber, Metal, Skylights. Excellent References Available License #0831318 19th year with Brooklyn Papers

718-646-4540

$ LOW, LOW, PRICES $ A30-29

ALL ABOUT PLUMBING & HEATING * Fully Licensed & Insured * * Complete Expert Plumbing, Heating & Drain Cleaning * * Boilers/Water Heaters Repaired & Installed, Leaks Fixed, Bathrooms Remodeled * * Watermains & Sewers Installed/Repaired * * Reasonable Rates * * All Work Guaranteed * * 24/7 Emergency Service *

(718) 273-1388

ALL WORK GUARANTEED A30-1

We service, monitor and maintain existing security systems. Our extensive experience enables us to confidently provide service to older, legacy security systems.

Licensed By: The State of New York, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, License #: 12000260784 The State of New Jersey, ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, License #: 34BA00106900

We Are Fully Insured

–––––––

NBFAA Electronic Life Safety, Security & Systems Professionals

(718) 921-3795

See us on the WEB www.metro-pro-tek.com A44

STANDARD CONSTRUCTION & ROOFING CORP. Residential & Commercial • Fully Insured, Free Estimates All Types Siding & Roofing Rubberized Roofing - 12 Year Guarantee Hot & Cold Roofing • Skylights • Copper Gutters • Shingles • Stucco & Concrete Work Leaders • Repairs • Maintenance Programs Serving all 5 Boros

Tree Service A41

(718) 761-7986 ask for Bruno 24 Hour Service. Cell (646) 824-1378

A41

BENSON ROOFING HOME IMPROVEMENT CORP. 13 yrs guaranteed on all roofs

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(718) 382-4449 ask for Eric

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24 Hour Service. Cell (917) 535-3506 Lic#0581317 • Insured A47

A30-09

D.B.L. Roofing Systems

A Division of Dragonettie Bros. Landscaping

Rubber, Slate, Shingles 25 Hands on Experience

Now Online!

JC TREE SERVICE

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Call Russ Cell: (646) 236-1147 (718) 312-2387 A39

Rubbish Removal

SENIOR DISCOUNT A38

FIVE STAR CARTING INC

All Phase of Tree Work

• Tree Removal • Stump Grinding • Pruning

• Free Load Of Wood Chips

COMMERICAL • RESIDENTIAL

W50

LICENSED & INSURED

SE HABLA ESPAÑOL

Same Day Service* 24 Hr. Emergency Service

718 896 2158

Serving All of NYC

RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL

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FREE ESTIMATES

W37

• Carting & Garbage Removal • Clean-Outs • Roll-Off Service • Shredding/Record Destruction • Construction Debris Removal

Windows Quality Replacement Windows and Repairs

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718 349-7555

FREE ESTIMATE

We Do Clean-outs

Call Joe (646) 721-2030 A39

Alva J Rubbish Removal “WE DO CLEAN OUTS” Yards • Basements • Stores • Houses

EOE

QUALITY IMPROVEMENT MANAGER Reports to the Vice President of Quality Improvement and is responsible for day-to-day activities of the Quality Management Department. Requires an RN Diploma; BS in Nursing preferred. Two years experience in community health or Long-Term Care health program is also necessary. Quality Improvement/ Assurance and supervisory experience preferred.

Please submit resume to:

Visiting Nurse Association of Staten Island 400 Lake Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10303 Fax: 718-816-3534

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• • • • • •

GREG’S EXPRESS RUBBISH REMOVAL We Do All The Loading & Clean-Up Old Furniture & Appliances Office, Home & Yard Clean-Ups Construction & Renovation Debris Single Items To Multiple Truckloads • On-Time Service • Up-Front Rates • Clean, Shiny Trucks • Friendly, Uniformed Drivers

Commercial Stores Welcome! Demolition All Size Containers Serving the Community Member Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce Prompt & Professional • 24hr - 7 days

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FREE Estimates

• Livingroom Furniture • Kitchen and dining chairs • New foam cushions • Slipcovers • Window Treatments and verticals • Table Pads

Free Estimates

Perfect Touch Decorators

Fully Licensed & Insured • The City of New York BIC#1226

B37

Wood Stripping PSST!! Recapture the original beauty of your fine architectural woodwork. We strip-restore-refinish doors, mantels, columns, shutters, banisters with removers and finishes. Careful considerate workmanship since 1959. Call the

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718-263-8383

917-533-8306

30 yrs experience • Serving the 5 Boros B37

M.N.E. Recyling Clean Out Services Commercial

(866) MR-RUBBISH

10th year with The Brooklyn Papers

(718) 769-7573

W30-24

Bic #1549

A30-03

Waterproofing

Residential

Attics • Backyards • Basements Evictions & New Home Move In/Out Clean Outs Construction Debris & Scrap Metal Removal

6 7 - 7 8 2 2 4 CELL 917-416-8322 Lic: BIC-1180 Fully Insured

Custom Window Installation Licensed & Insured • Reasonable Rates B37

Relax Call . . .

(718) 946-9027A37

Repair ALL TYPES of windows. Screens and insulated glass. Save Energy!

Call Rene (718) 227-8787

Upholstery

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Visit us at www.vnasi.org

FAST SERVICE

Trucking 1-2-3 Men w/Truck & Van

Mention Brooklyn Papers For Special Service Rates In Your Area

In this position under the supervision of the Director of Intake, you will coordinate the home care activities of patients referred to the agency by the hospitals or nursing homes. Requires RN with current NYS license, BSN preferred, and two years’ field experience in community health. Coordinator or discharge planning experience preferred.

W36

Burglar Alarms NYC Recognized Fire Alarm Systems Central Station Monitoring Video Surveillance/CCTV Intercom Systems Computer Networking

Specializing in HONEYWELL/ADEMCO Wireless Security Solutions

W51

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(718) 522-6111

1728 & 1246

• • • • • •

Serving New York and New Jersey For Over 20 Years

With 80 years of experience Nobody serves you better

1-800-584-1775 Ref# P5802

Hospital Coordinator

Mortgages from a new perspective For qualified applicants only. Premium Capital Funding the Topdot Mortgage is a Registered Mortgage Broker/Licensed Mortage Banker by the NYS Banking Dept.

718-638-5770 217 - 5th Ave (Union/Pres. Sts.)

W29-39

Plumbing

E30-13

Visiting Nurse VNA Association STATEN ISLAND of Staten Island

145 Maplewood Avenue Maplewood, NJ 07040

A40

LOOKING TO BUY

HOME IMPROVEMENT

Real Estate/Insurance/Notary Public

A38

A40

Owned And Operated by NRT Inc.

Sell – Buy – Auction Advertise, Place classifieds Upload pictures. All free! free! free!

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Email: [email protected]

www.praxisinfo.biz

W36

SALES ASSOCIATE

Call Joan (718) 265-2001 Cell (347) 341-9304 A36

10% off Candles, Lamps, Collectables, Home & Garden Decor, Aromatherapy, Sculptures, outdoor water fountains. All orders shipped within 48 hours.

Merchandise Wanted

718-596-2000

Chosen by New York Magazine as one of the Top 10 affordable suburbs in the New York Metro area.

Amy Paternite

New home studio, state-of-the-art equipment, practicing the blendthermolysis. Comfortable, sterile & private atmosphere. Reasonable rates - $1/minute; and savings program available. Free Consultation. $5 off first appointment.

Firewall Protection - Network Installation (wired and wireless), Virus and Spyware Removal - Stystem and Hardware Upgrades, Repair and General Maintenance, On-site Service - Se habla español. Free estimate.

Renter’s Insurance

Administrative Assistant

Go West! Next Stop: Maplewood, NJ

A33

ALLSTATE®

P/T Help Wanted

A37

For listings call

Computers

Call (718) 621-1260 A39

New Jersey

Cars from $29/mo! 36 months @ 8.5%APR!

718-852-2003

For pizzeria/café in Bensonhurst. Cleaning, food preparation, some odd jobs. Responsible person. No experience necessary. Will train.

Eileen Richter and Libby Ryan

Merchandise For Sale Gifts For All Occasions

Coast to Coast Realty Exclusive. One bedroom co-op in elevator building across from the park!! Laundry rooms, rear courtyard, low maintenance. To view, call agent Liz Nolan (718) 7687600. Asking $365,000. A37

We specialize in most pre-war, elevator buildings, fully featured with renovated kitchens complete with brand new appliances and stunning cabinetry. These spectacular apartments are accented by plenty of light that reflects off the beautifully refinished hardwood floors and freshly painted walls. Specializing in other Brooklyn Neighborhoods: • BAY RIDGE • BENSONHURST • DITMAS PARK • PROSPECT • LEFFERTS GARDENS • CROWN HEIGHTS

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Automotive

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INSURANCE

Windsor Terrace

Specializing in Brooklyn’s Brownstone Neighborhoods.

•Brooklyn Heights •Carroll Gardens •Boreum Hill •Prospect Heights •Cobble Hill •Clinton Hill •East Williamsburg/Bushwick.

Spacious 1BR Co-op apartment. Minutes walk to subways. Manhattan bridges, Shopping, Restaurant, LIRR, Courts Municipal Offices and Schools. Manhattan Skyline views. Immaculate Building. Broker: (718) 451-1650. A39

Insured A42

Stairs

Cee Dee PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTORS

FLOOR SANDING ALSO AVAILABLE

W40

GET RESULTS!

Broken or Missing Baluster/Spindles Weak or Broken Steps

To Advertise in the Home Improvement Section

(Treads, Stringers or Risers)

Call: 718-893-4006 W30-35

Call (718) 834-9350

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AWP

September 23, 2006

HOME IMPROVEMENT Bathrooms, Kitchen & Tile Fax # (718) 987-3935

Renovations/Enlargments/Residential Decks/Industrial/Commercial Design 29 Years of Quality Service & Experience

Installations of All Ceramic Tile, Marble, etc. Custom & Commercial

(718) 855-1237 Free Estimates 7 Days a Week

E30-25

Chris and Gerry (718) 987-8856 A30-02

Asbestos Inspection Carpentry

GSR Environmental Inspection Asbestos Inspection & Removal Services ACP-5 compliance for NYC Building Dept Co-op Inspection Pre-Demo Inspections

Office: 1 (800) 672-8591 Mobile: (732) 904-8765 www.gsr-inspection.com

Wood Specialties We install moulding & crowns. Install and fix doors, build walls. We aslo do painting & plastering.

A38

Bathrooms, Kitchen & Tile

A40/30-30

A37/40/43/30-35

A&K Tile Studio

Everything for your bath and kitchen Offering interest free financing

Kitchen and bath designers on staff Great selection of procelain, ceramic, marble, onyx, granite, mosaics, borders, glass, metal, Talavera tiles. We have Marble, Granites, Soapstone, Slate, Limestone, Onyx, Stainless Steel, Corlan, Silestone, Zodiac, Caesar Stone, Okite and Ice Stone for countertops.

336 9th Street

Open 7 days a week

(bet. 5th and 6th Aves.) Bklyn, NY

Mon thru Fri: 10:00am - 6:30pm Sat: 10am - 5pm • Sun 11am - 5 pm

(718) 369-6873

RENOVATION ––––––––––––––––––––––– DESIGN • PRODUCTS • REMODELING ––––––––––––––––––––––– Residential Remodeling Specialists Complete Home Interior and kitchen remodeling License# 1207599 View previous projects @ www.knockoutrenovation.com

718-745-0722 W48

O: (718) 251-5575 • C: (347) 403-4654

General Renovations Interior & Exterior

718-686-1100

MAXIMUM Construction Works, Corp.

A30-10

Move Out/Move In Clean-Up Office • Residential • General

Lic#1083706/Insured A42

A34

Timeless Construction and Restoration, Inc.

IN ALL PHASES OF INTERIOR RENOVATIONS

Complete Rehabs • Kitchens Baths • Finished Basements Painting • Plastering All Floors and Tile Finish Carpentry 15th yr with The Brooklyn Papers License #HIC1099974 and Insured

“Old Fashioned Irish Cleaning” Specializing in:

718-979-0913

718-573-4165

718-279-3334

Gift Certificates Available A36/39/30-28

Contractors A30-26

A49

• Bathrooms • Custom Kitchens • Finished Basements • Ceramic Tile • Custom Carpentry • Dry Wall • Doors • Painting

Lic# 1157104

ROOFING SPECIALIST Jobs are Owner Supervised

We have been doing a great job for over ten years

A35

Interior renovations and reconstructions Kitchens, Baths, Closets and Offices. Painting, drywall, plumbing, flooring, tiling, carpentry, and more

The Total Contractor Total reliability

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Call for free job analysis and estimate.

Fully Guaranteed

7 Days Service

Serving Brownstone Brooklyn For over 25 years Insured

Licensed

B38

TERMITE EXPERTS Licensed & Insured

Senior Citizen Discount $15 OFF Any Initial Visit $100 OFF Any Termite Treatment A35/41/47/6/30-32

Installation • Sanding • Refinishing All work guaranteed Free Estimates

Fencing BROOKLYN FENCE DISTRIBUTORS 1504 Ralph Ave. Bklyn, NY 11236

(718) 444-8554

718-972-1984

Dorothy

Installation Sanding Finishing All Kinds of Hardwood Floors $2.50/SF Lamination Floor $1.25/SF Free Estimates

Call Tim (347) 278-0331

ALL TYPE OF FENCES

A Full Service Contracting company with Heating Expertise • Gas Boilers • Water Heaters • Boiler Rewiring & Trouble Shooting • Bathrooms Completely Remodeled • Kitchen & Finished Basements • Ceramic Tiles Marble & Granite

(718) 382-7648 • (917) 796-0063 HIC Lic#802801

Insured

A37

Custom Cedar, Stockade, PVC, Chain Link, Aluminum, Privacy Slats, Gates, Security, Ornamental Steel NEW Eon Fence Many Styles To Choose From

1-800-983-DECK

www.1800983deck.com

718-227-2629

Decks

Electricians

DECKS

JOHN E. LONERGAN

Gardening

Design Assist./Archit. Enginr. www.decksbybart.com W30-27

Ask for Ricky or Nigel

A41

C&C

Electricians PT Installations Electrical Contractor Licensed & Insured/ Residential-Commercial Renovations, alterations, outdoor lighting, track lighting, violations removed, AC lines. Adequate wiring, fixtures installed. Hi-hat specialists, custom lighting. 24hr Emergency Service. Free Estimates.

Call Nick (718) 331-3210 A41

TOP HAT MOVERS

A46

ARIK J. MOVING & STORAGE SPECIAL LOCAL RATES 2 Men w/Truck 3 Men w/Truck 4 Men w/Truck

$59/Hr. $69/Hr. $85/Hr.

Licensed & Insured

877-668-3186 212-321-MOVE US DOT #130966

Toll Free

The Company has the right to change prices any time. A37

A30/32/34/30-02

“athletic guys moving everything on short notice” 1421 Ovington Ave. (68th St.) Brooklyn, NY 11219 DOT: 33035 USDOT: 686530 Local & Long Distance

The Artist Garden

DOT # T-12094 • Local/Long Distance

718-544-1973 L37

A-1 JAYS WAY MOVING Family owned and operated for 3 generations. For lowest rates and best quality moving. Experienced and Reliable 2149 E. 72nd St. DOT#32149

718-763-1435

A39

Painting

Garden Design and Installation specializing in bluestone

JP

James Stephenson

www.theartistgarden.com 1-646-644-7156 [email protected] A39

Prepare your Garden for Next Season! Garden Service

design & maintenance for rooftops, terraces, gardens & containers

(646) 489-5121

Annuals - Perennials, Herbs Fall Maintenance - Cleanup Brownstone Terraces, Yards, Co-ops

718-753-9741 W30-12

Painting $100 per room 2 coats + free minor plastering From $100. Reliable & Clean. Quality Fences & Firescapes

FREE ESTIMATES FULLY INSURED

Painting • Plastering Decorative Surfaces • Paper Hanging FREE ESTIMATES/FULLY INSURED

www.jpinteriors.com

718.522.3534 A37/30-24

Days: 1 (917) 371-7086 Eves: 1 (718) 921-2932

John Haviaras

A30-03

Master Plasterer/Painter

PAINTING & HANDYMAN

Repair, Install, Moldings, Skim Coats

No Job too small. Interior/Exterior Complete Apt. & Home Renov. Affordable Prices Quality Work • Free Estimates

Excellent References

718-921-6176

Old Walls Saved

718-834-0470A30-12

A43

Piping

Handyman

Interior Decorating

CALL NED

Finest Home Decor from Italy

Casa Di Murano Inc.

Plastering • Roofing • Sheetrock Ceramic Tile • Carpentry Cement Work • Painting Wallpaper • FREE ESTIMATES

718-871-1504 A30-05

ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS

Office (347) 729-0202 Cell (646) 220-6368

Hi-Hats Air Condition lines 5% senior discount

(718) 763-0379

(718) 966-4801

licensed, insured

Piping Gas Leak Detection w/Electronic Equipment Also Carbon Monoxide Detection Alarms corrected.

Isaac the Plumber (718) 438-4709 A43

Plastering Expert Plastering Ornamental Plastering Custom Painting • Faux Finishes Stripping & Refinishing of Fine Hardwood

Custom Closets An affordable luxury...

AMERICAN EXPRESS

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Custom Design & Restorations B40

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MORE Home Improvement Classifieds on inside page

718-745-1399 www.manatworkny.com Pantries & laundry rooms too! A46

(718) 322-3436 (917) 412-5593 Ask for Fitz

MasterCard

No job too big, no job too small!

Call me. Anthony Illiano Licensed electrician

Ornamental, run cornice mould, and tinted plaster. Skim coating & domes and vaulted ceilings.

Demetrious (718) 783-4868 A30-27

W30-26

718-522-3893

Plastering Absolute Plastering Inc.

Excellent References Est. 1975 • Free Estimates

A45

ALECTRA INC. Have an electrical problem?

A35/38-30-09

A39

Locksmiths

KBM Contracting

Family Owned & Operated for over 35 years

COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL

718-369-9885 www.CasaDiMuranoInc.com

W45

Bathrooms • Carpentry Tiling • Decks • Windows Flooring • Roofing • Doors Painting • Staircases Piping • Heating Violations Removed FREE ESTIMATE

Licensed Electricians

Chandeliers • Mirrors • Clocks By appt. only • Park Slope loc.

Competitive Handyman Interior Custom Work, Installation Door Lock, Ceiling and Base Molding, also Plastering, Painting, Wallpaper Hanging and Removing. Free Estimate. Call Yefim.

(212) 475-6100

We build year round Plan Ahead (718) 284-8053 800-YES-4-DECK

LIC# 1175612 - Stone Tiles & Medallion -

Licensed Electrician (718) 875-6100

Call Bart:

Packing materials • Fully insured Prompt • Cordial 86 Prospect Park West, Bklyn, NY 11215

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

Call Robert 718-249-6928 • [email protected]

A36

15+ years experience

We do last minute jobs! Expert packers

Painting • Carepntry • Masonry • Plastering Restoration Paper Hanging • Ceramic Tile Work • Stone Gardening BUILDING MAINTENANCE AVAILABLE PROFESSIONAL & RELIABLE • ALL WORK GUARANTEED

(1-800-983-3325)

• Kitchens •Bathrooms • Tiling • Painting • Plastering • Sheetrock • Electrical • Basements • Wood flooring • Closets • Replacement Windows

All Kinds of Home Remodeling. Renovations & Repairs

Lic. and Ins. DOT #32241 83 Davenport Ct. Howard Beach, NY 11414

Serving * Bay Ridge * Bensonhurst * * Dyker Heights * Fort Hamilton & Beyond * A38

A38

• Deck Refacing • Trex Easy Care • A.C.Q. Pine • Hardwoods • P.V.C. Decking

Licensed Bonded • Insured

Free Estimates

A40

(718) 843-4417

HANDYMAN SERVICES

ROOF • GARDEN • TERRACE

HOME IMPROVEMENT INC. Residential 718-763-1019 Commercial

Written Binding Estimates Available. Commercial and residential. We carry building insurance. All furniture padded Free. Courteous, reliable service. Weekends avail., packing supplies, van service. Serving Bklyn for over 10 years.

FREE 10 Book Boxes or 3 Wardrobes

A38/44

Custom Decks

CONSTRUCTION GROUP

Insured

& Storage Available

A41

A40/30-27

• Roof Decks • Pool Decks • Garden Decks • Deck Restoration • Power Washing

A40/30-01

(917) 974-3625

Dave’s D.J. Moving

Specializing in Antiques, Fine Art, Bernard etc. Specials to Florida and all points in-between

SURE THING

by Bart

STONEHENGE

Call (718) 339-2295

VERS MO

Master Flooring

www.gardendig.com

917-682-0085

A38

Decks

General Contracting Heating & Mechanical

FULLY INSURED AND NYC LICENSED NYC HIC Full Interior Renovations - Basements - Kitchens - Bathrooms - Marble Tiles Kitchen Cabinets - Granite Counter Tops - Oak Floors - Ornamental Molding Doors - Custom Closets - Finished work - Decks www.jabezhomeimprovement.com Email: [email protected]

718 720-2555

gardening

- advice and guidance

Free Estimates, Licensed & Insured

Insured & Bonded

Free Estimates

“Safest Methods Used” • Termite • Flea Control • Roaches • Rats • Bed Bugs • Wasps • Moths • Bats • Hornets • Ticks • Bees • Rodent Proofing • Squirrels • Termite Inspections, FHA, VA Inspections

Parquet & Wood Flooring • Installation • Refinishing • Staining Large Selection of Lamented Flooring

dig

- experienced craftsmen

Total Property Services, Inc.

• Roofing • Siding • Windows • Custom Decks • Additions • Dormers • Roof Raisers

B37

Visa/MC AMEX

DOT # T-12302

Local & Long Distance Special care for senior citizens Insured & Bonded

A37

- prompt, kept scheduling

Total experience

Roofing • Bathrooms • Kitchens Carpentry • All Renovations • Brickwork Dormers • Extensions • Windows Waterproofing

A48

Lic. # 1200619

RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL

Coolie Moving & Storage Inc.

Also garbage disposal handled ICC #447103 A38

D&K

Handyman

Joseph Prestia Take care of your Heating concerns before you’re left out in the COLD. A simple Heating system check up NOW can save you thousands of dollars later.

FLOOR SERVICE

Lic.#1200619 & Insured

(917) 974-3625

EXTERIOR

718-375-8292

Floor Maintenance

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Insured, Bonded, License: #1190150 References available

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Chris Mullins General Contracting

718-276-8558

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Exterminators

No Job too Small or too Big

Est. 1980

• All Phases of Domestic Service • Residential and Commercial

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SPECIALIZING

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Continuing two generations of fine craftsmanship in the downtown Brooklyn area.

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718-832-0900

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Interior & Exterior

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Brownstone Restoration Specialist

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FULLY LICENSED

Home Improvement

(718) 436-4469/ (718) 436-5068

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Thousands of satisfied customers. Open 24 hours, 7 Days a Week. Call us. Fully Licensed & Insured / Dot T34498 / ICC MC 508964

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(718) 443-9134

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Christopher John Electrical Inc.

Call Chris O’toole for all your Home Improvement needs.

Residential • Commercial

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• We charge by the job, not by the hour • Our trucks are stocked with thousands of parts, so 90% of the work is done on the spot. • Technicians specializing in repair and upgrades of older homes built before 1980 • Saturday appointments available. • 100% money back guarantee. • Mention this ad and save $25.

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Roofing & Waterproofing All kinds of brick & cement work Masonry & Brownstone Specialist

Carpet Cleaning

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GENERAL CONTRACTOR

Yahoo Restoration Corp. • All Restorations including Construction

Dependable with references Kevin (718) 331-9251

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KNOCKOUT

We understand how hard it is to find a great electrician who values your time.

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Carpentry Plus

John Costelloe (718) 768-7610

Electricians

• Waterproofing • Roofing • Tiles • Brick & Cement Work

• Closets • Kitchens • Sheet Rock Walls • Taping to finish • Painting • Hardwood Floors • Wall Units • Window Installation • Tile Work

Plumbing and Tile Work. Toilets, faucets and shower bodies replaced. Specializing in tile jobs – large and small. Free Estimates • Reasonable Rates

Contractors

CMO HOME IMPROVEMENT

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John Costelloe

Contractors

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