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Heights Cinema Condo Conversion Moves Forward SEE INSIDE

Here’s what the exterior of 70 Henry St. will look like once work is completed.

Rendering by Familiar Control

Repairs to Brooklyn Heights BQE, Promenade Key Issues Raised at BHA’s Annual Meeting SEE PAGES 19-20

Image courtesy of Marble Collegiate Church and Carole Forman/In Public Domain

Addressing Family Violence And Empowerment, New Play Examines Plight of Tamar

Heights Resident Carole Forman Portrays Tragic Figure

By Francesca Norsen Tate Brooklyn Heights Press

Women’s History Month celebrates female heroes throughout American history. To celebrate the month, some strong female leaders are bringing awareness to the struggles and tragedies that women have endured. Among them are longtime Brooklyn Heights resident Carole Forman, who will portray the Biblical title character in two special performances of “Tamar: The Two-Gated City.”

“Tamar” deals with two rape culture Bible stories re-imagined from a female perspective. It is a brainchild of award-winning playwright Emma Goldman-Sherman, with songs directed by Keisha Kogan. The Marble Arts Ministry website calls the play a “timeless, yet relevant, feminist work that provokes/engages on multiple levels to acknowledge/heal what our culture denies and/or refuses to address.”

In the play, 15 years have passed since a rape. Tamar is a spirit unable to rest, who haunts her niece and namesake Tamar (from the same book). The young Tamar wants to know what happened, but no one will speak of it. She seeks out Abida in the house of Amnon. All three are on dangerous ground.

“Tamar: The Two-Gated City” was commissioned to be performed in houses of worship and followed by a community discussion. Using two Bible stories, it is a piece about rape and keeping silent — or speaking out — about revenge versus justice and about courage amidst fear.

Forman, who has lived in the Heights for 35 years, is an actress, storyteller, dancer and teacher. She, husband Maggid Yitzhak Buxbaum and their maggidim students have presented many programs on various aspects of Judaism and Jewish mysticism, including Tu B’Shevat, or New Year of the Trees. (A maggid is an itinerant storyteller and narrator. Maggidim were sought after in a time when the oral tradition was central to a society. Many are working to revive the oral tradition.)

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Says Forman, “The character I play in ‘Tamar: The Two-Gated City’ is a created character unlike the two other women who appear in the Bible (2 Samuel 13). She represents the dilemma of speaking up to power, making a choice, walking a tight line. I have played other women from the bible, notably the prophetess Miriam in the play ‘In the Voice of Our Mothers,’ which was presented at Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, Park Slope Jewish Center, Midwood Jewish Center and many other synagogues and churches around New York and upstate. I hope to bring Tamar to the [Brooklyn Heights] neighborhood also.”

Song director Kogan is an ordained minister. She taught a domestic violence workshop at One Spirit in the fall of 2017. She is the coordinator for CONNECT Faith, which is a Domestic Violence/Intimate Partner Violence education and prevention organization that works with faith communities.

The first performance of “Tamar: The Two-Gated City” on Thursday, March 15, will be a staged reading with songs, hosted at the Marble Collegiate Church, 29th Street at Fifth Avenue in Manhattan. It begins at 6:45 p.m. Visit for tickets: http://www.marblechurch.org/welcome/calendar/events/artsministry/4637/arts-ministry-tamar-the-two-gated-city.

Following this performance, the Rev. Barbara Crafton, an Episcopal priest and author, will lead a moderated discussion and Q&A session.

The second performance — an excerpt — will be part of the Folksbeine Festival at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

“Tamar” will be performed in “UNTOLD STORIES OF JEWISH WOMEN, A Festival of Plays, Music, and Conversation,” on Tuesday, March 20. The festival runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and the Tamar portion is expected to be presented midmorning.

For more information on this event, visit http://nytf.org/?event=untold-stories-of-jewish-women-festival&event_date=2018-03-20.

ABOVE: A marble rendition of the Biblical personage Tamar, daughter of King David. INSET: Actress and storyteller Carole Forman. Photo courtesy of Carole Forman

How It All Works: Politics 101 At Stone House Forums Will Kick Off This Weekend

Old Stone House, cultural site and presenting organization

Politics 101: Old Stone House Kicks Off Series of Forums on Government and Governance Part One of Series Will Explain Budgets.

Politics 101 rose out of the 2016 election process, which became a call to action for many members of the Brooklyn community. Along with the desire to enact change, there was an expressed need to better understand how the whole system works. Coordinating with organizing efforts including GOBK, Women’s March, Park Slope Civic Council, Park Slope Parents, as well as the local political clubs, Old Stone House organized its first event in April 2017 – Politics 101: Your Democracy in Action focused on the basics of civic participation.

For 2018, OSH has established a three-part series. The first, on March 11 will tackle Budgeting, the second, “Organizing at the Community Level” will occur in September, and the third “The Business of Governance” will occur in October.

On Sunday, March 11 from 4 p.m.-6 p.m., the Old Stone House and Washington Park will welcome Assemblymember Robert Carroll and Mariana Alexander of the New York Citizens Budget Commission for conversation with the public that addresses questions and concerns about how individuals and local institutions will be impacted by the upcoming New York State budget and changes to the Federal tax laws. Eric McClure, the founder of Park Slope Neighbors, will moderate.

“Citizenship and civic engagement are at the core of the Old Stone House’s historic legacy, so we are excited to provide an opportunity for people to participate actively in their government. Understanding the process is the key to change.” says Kimberly Maier, executive director, Old Stone House & Washington Park. “We’re also thrilled that the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, which has its own long history in the borough, will be sponsoring Politics 101, and filming each of the sessions so the information will be accessible on both the OSH and Brooklyn Daily Eagle websites.”

Assemblymember Robert Carroll

Photos courtesy of OSH

In this same vein, on March 18 from 11 am to 2 pm, our neighbors at RunNYC will host Campaign 101 at Camp Friendship, 339 8th Street, Brooklyn, NY, to provide an insider’s view of how campaigns work. Panelists include Maceo Torres-Trujillo, former campaign manager Marjorie Velázquez for City Council and former regional organizing director, Hillary Clinton Campaign; Rahul Kale, Campaign Manager, Chrissy Houlahan for PA-6; Heidi Sieck, Co-founder and CEO, #VOTEPROCHOICE and Sydney Watnick, former regional organizing director, Hillary Clinton and Ralph Northam. The program is free, but you must reserve tickets. For more information contact info@run-nyc.org.

About the Old Stone House And Washington Park The Old Stone House is a modern reconstruction of the Vechte-Cortelyou House, a 1699 Dutch stone farmhouse that was the site of the largest battle of the Revolutionary War—the Battle of Brooklyn on August 27, 1776—and in the late 1800’s the home field for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

Located in Washington Park, Fourth Avenue and Third Street, in Park Slope, Brooklyn, the Old Stone House and Washington Park constitute an active cultural site and presenting organization dedicated to creating a strong sense of community through history, environmental education and the arts, including its new permanent exhibit, “Old Stone House: Witness to War”.

About runNYC runNYC grew out of #GetOrganizedBK. In 2017, runNYC supported several city council and Brooklyn-wide candidates for primary races in September and in the general November election. In addition, they created a New York City political primer for citizens interested in understanding their local government and potential candidates considering a run for office. Over the next year, runNYC will turn to working with and supporting NYC area candidates for the New York State Senate and U.S. Congress, training new candidates to run for local office, and training volunteers to take leadership roles in political campaigns. runNYC welcomes new members who have a passion for local politics and the wellbeing of NYC and the surrounding area.

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News From Around the Borough

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City Seeks to Demolish Historic Gowanus Building The city Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is seeking to demolish the two-story former City of New York Water Supply Distribution Gowanus Station building at 234 Butler St., according to Pardon Me for Asking. The Beaux Arts structure was built in 1913 and reflects the history of Gowanus as an industrial and manufacturing center. Many people in the community have sought to save the building, and the New York State Historic Preservation Office has

Documentary To Cover Upcoming L-Train Closure For those wondering what they’ll do when the L train closes for 15 months in April 2019, take solace knowing you can watch every step of the journey in a new documentary about the catastrophe. The lead-up to the closure has been filled with stressed commuters, worried local businesses and community politicians fighting for answers with their constituents, all captured by Director Emmett Adler and Producer Ian Mayer for their film, “The L Train Doc.” “The film will tell the human stories of residents, business owners, activists, politicians, realtors and others whose lives will be dramatically impacted,” a statement reads. The film is expected to capture a myriad of issues that have surrounded the event from the political to the personal. The duo hopes to release the film on Netflix, and they are sharing the steps of the project on their social media pages until then, reports Free Williamsburg.

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given its support to preserving it. However, the city wants the location as part of the site for an 8-million-gallon retention tank that would mitigate the problem of sewage and storm water overflow, Pardon Me for Asking reported. Kevin Clarke, DEP project coordinator, said at a recent meeting that it was not technically feasible to keep the building or its façade, since the retention tank would undermine its structure. The building is currently owned by Salvatore and Lena Tagliavia.

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News From Around the Borough Continued from 4INB

100-Year-Old Bensonhurst Bakery Closes A well-known bakery has closed after 100 years in operation, according to Brooklyn Reporter. West End Bakery at 8517 18th Ave. was known for its cakes, cookies, cheesecakes and Italian pastries. Some posters on Facebook and reviewers on Yelp said the store’s baked goods had gone down in quality after a change in ownership, Brooklyn Reporter said. The store’s building, which was put up for sale, is under contract, but a realtor contacted by Brooklyn Reporter said merely that the buyers was “an LLC.� Several other Italian bakeries in Bensonhurst have recently shut down, including the legendary Angelo’s.

B R O O K LY N COMMUNITY BOARD #1

Part of Brooklyn Bridge Park Closed to Public After debris from fallen trees was found in Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Main Street section, that portion of the park was temporarily closed in advance of a rehabilitation project, according to Curbed New York.

The affected stretch includes one of the park’s dog runs, some public pathways and the rock-climbing wall DUMBO Boulders. Last spring, a foot-long piece of steel also fell from the bridge into the same area, sparking a closure that was quickly reopened by MTA and the Department of Transportation. The park will now install protective scaffolding with hopes to reopen sometime in April. “Out of an abundance of caution, we’re closing this section of the park temporarily,�

Brooklyn Bridge Park President Eric Landau said. “The safety of our visitors is paramount.�

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250 BALTIC STREET, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Phone: 718�643�3027 Fax: 718�624�8410 Email: officemanager@brooklyncb6.org Web: http://www.brooklyncb6.org/

Flushing Ave., Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Northside, Southside

Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Gowanus, and Cobble Hill

CHAIRPERSON: Dealice Fuller DISTRICT MANAGER: Gerald A. Esposito

COMMUNITY BOARD #2

Brooklyn Heights, Fulton Mall, Boerum Hill, Ft. Greene, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Fulton Ferry, and Clinton Hill CHAIRPERSON: Shirley A. McRae DISTRICT MANAGER: Robert Perris

COMMUNITY BOARD #3

COMMUNITY BOARD #4 1420 BUSHWICK AVENUE, SUITE 370 Brooklyn, NY 11207�1422 Phone: 718�628�8400 Fax: 718�628�8619 Email: bk04@cb.nyc.gov Web:http://www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb4/html/home/ home.shtml

Bushwick CHAIRPERSON: Julie Dent DISTRICT MANAGER: none at this time

Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace

COMMUNITY BOARD #8

North Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Weeksville CHAIRPERSON: Nizjoni Granville DISTRICT MANAGER: Michelle George Regular monthly board meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at 7:00 pm.

COMMUNITY BOARD #9 890 NOSTRAND AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11225 Phone: 718�778�9279 Fax: 718�467�0994 Email: bk09@cb.nyc.gov Web: www.communitybrd9bklyn.org South Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and Wingate CHAIRPERSON: Musa Moore DISTRICT MANAGER: Currently vacant

COMMUNITY BOARD #5

East New York, Cypress Hills, Highland Park, New Lots, City Line, Starrett City CHAIRPERSON: Andrew Mitchell DISTRICT MANAGER: Melinda Perkins Regular monthly board meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm.

COMMUNITY BOARD #10 8119 5TH AVENUE Brooklyn, New York 11209 Phone: 718�745�6827 Fax: 718�836�2447 Email: communitybd10@nyc.rr.com bk10@cb.nyc.gov Web: www.bkcb10.org

COMMUNITY BOARD #11

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2214 BATH AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11214 Phone: 718�266�8800 Fax: 718�266�8821 Email: info@brooklyncb11.org Web: www.brooklyncb11.org/

810 EAST 16TH STREET, Brooklyn, NY 11230�3010 Phone: 718�859�6357 Fax: 718�421�6077 Email: info@cb14brooklyn.com Web: www.cb14brooklyn.com

Bath Beach, Gravesend, Mapleton, and Bensonhurst

Flatbush, Midwood, Kensington, and Ocean Parkway

CHAIRPERSON: William Guarinello DISTRICT MANAGER: Marnee Elias�Pavia Regular monthly board meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month at 6:30 pm.

CHAIRPERSON: Alvin M. Berk DISTRICT MANAGER: Shawn Campbell Regular monthly board meetings are held on the second Monday of the month at 7:30 pm.

COMMUNITY BOARD #12 5910 13TH AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11219 Phone: 718�851�0800 Fax: 718�851�4140 Email: BKCB12@gmail.com Web: www.brooklyncb12.org Boro Park, Kensington, Ocean Parkway, and Midwood CHAIRPERSON: Yidel Perlstein DISTRICT MANAGER: Barry Spitzer Regular monthly board meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

COMMUNITY BOARD #13 1201 SURF AVENUE, 3RD FLOOR Brooklyn, NY 11224 Phone: 718�266�3001 Fax: 718�266�3920 Email: bsantonas@cb.nyc.gov (Barbara Santonas) Web: Under construction

Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, and Fort Hamilton Coney Island, Brighton Beach, Bensonhurst, Gravesend, and Seagate CHAIRPERSON: CHAIRPERSON: Doris N. Cruz Joann Weiss DISTRICT MANAGER: DISTRICT MANAGER: Josephine Beckmann Eddie Mark Regular monthly board meetings are held on the third Monday of the month at 7:15 pm Regular monthly board meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm. except during January and February.

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COMMUNITY BOARD #15

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4112 FARRAGUT ROAD Brooklyn, New York 11210 Phone: 718�434�3072 Fax: 718�434�3801 Email: bk17@cb.nyc.gov Web: www.brooklyncb17.org

East Flatbush, Remsen Village, Farragut, Rugby, Erasmus and Ditmas Village CHAIRPERSON: Gail Reed�Barnett, Ed.D DISTRICT MANAGER: Ms. Sherif Fraser

KINGSBORO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Regular monthly board meetings are 2001 Oriental Boulevard, C Cluster, Rm C124 held on the third Wednesday of the Phone: 718�332�3008 month at 7:00 pm.

Fax: 718�648�7232 Email: bklcb15@verizon.net COMMUNITY BOARD #18 Web:www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb15/html/home/home.shtml 1097 BERGEN AVENUE Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Kings Bay, Brooklyn, NY 11234�4841 Gerritsen Beach, Kings Highway, East Gravesend, Phone: 718�241�0422 Madison, Homecrest, and Plum Beach Fax: 718�531�3199 CHAIRPERSON: Email: bkbrd18@optonline.net Theresa Scavo Web: No website DISTRICT MANAGER: Laura Singer Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, Flatlands, Regular monthly board meetings are held on Marine Park, Georgetown, and Mill Island the last Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

COMMUNITY BOARD #16 444 THOMAS BOYLAND STREET, RM. 103 Brooklyn, NY 11212 Phone: 718�385�0323 Fax: 718�342�6714 Email: bk16@cb.nyc.gov Web: www.brooklyncb16.org Brownsville and Ocean Hill

CHAIRPERSON: Saul Needle DISTRICT MANAGER: Dorothy Turano Regular monthly board meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

CHAIRPERSON: (economic development) Genese Morgan DISTRICT MANAGER: Viola D. Greene�Walker Regular monthly board meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

low it to erect a building of more than 200,000 square feet at a location that until recently was used by Brooklyn Law School. Avery Hall Investments plans to erect the condo project, which will be up to 300 feet tall and will include slightly more than 100 apartments, at One Boerum Place, which fills most of a triangular block bordered by Fulton Street, Boerum Place and Red Hook Lane. Avery Hall acquired the site in 2016 and is now demolishing the Brooklyn Law building that previously stood there.

The firm has developed several other properties in Downtown Brooklyn and nearby areas, including a condo building at 325 Henry St. that replaced a gas station.

Sheepshead Bay Woman Accused of Poison Scam

CHAIRPERSON: Daniel Murphy DISTRICT MANAGER: Jeremy Laufer

1291 ST. MARKS AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11213 Phone: 718�467�5574 Fax: 718�778�2979 Email: brooklyncb8@gmail.com Web: www.brooklyncb8.org

COMMUNITY BOARD #7 4201 4TH AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11232 Phone: 718�854�0003 Fax: 718�436�1142 Email: communityboard7@yahoo.com Web: www.brooklyncb7.org (unreliable)

Regular monthly board meetings are held on the Regular monthly board meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm at Medgar third Wednesday of the month at 6:00 pm.

Evers College Auditorium at 1650 Bedford Ave.

127 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11207 Phone: 718�498�5711 Fax: 718�345�0501 Email: bk05@cb.nyc.gov Web: http://brooklyncb5.org/

A Brooklyn-based real estate development firm has purchased 50,000 square feet of air rights from neighboring properties that will al-

Regular monthly board meetings are held on Regular monthly board meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm. the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 6:00 pm.

1360 FULTON STREET, Brooklyn, NY 11216 Phone: 718�622�6601 Fax: 718�857�5774 Email: bk03@cb.nyc.gov Web: http://cb3brooklyn.org/ (Steps above PO and Applebees Sign in with security On second floor) Bedford�Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant Heights, and Ocean Hill CHAIRPERSON: Tremaine Wright DISTRICT MANAGER: Henry Butler Regular monthly board meetings are held on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 pm.

Firm To Build Condos At Downtown Site

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CHAIRPERSON: Sayar Lonial DISTRICT MANAGER: Regular monthly board meetings are held on Craig Hammerman the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30 pm.

Regular monthly board meetings are held on the second Wednesday of the month at 6:30 pm.

350 JAY STREET, 8TH FLOOR Brooklyn, NY 11201 Phone: 718�596�5410 Fax: 718�852�1461 Email: cb2k@nyc.rr.com Web:www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb2/html/home/home.shtml

Pardon Me for Asking reports that Avo Construction is planning on closing on a historic brick building at 236 President St. that was constructed in 1897 as the Hans S. Christian Kindergarten. A listing on Trulia, a real estate site, advertised that “this extremely sturdy, two-story structure could potentially support an additional five floors of living space.� At a meeting with board members from adjoining buildings, the developer expressed the intention to demolish the original building to erect a six-story luxury condo building, according to Pardon Me for Asking. To save the building, which was named after a local businessman, residents of 238 President St. have reached out to the city’s Landmark Preservation Commission and have requested an expeditious historic landmark designation for the house.

COMMUNITY BOARD #6

435 GRAHAM AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone: 718�389�0009 Fax: 718�389�0098 Email: bk01@cb.nyc.gov

Web: www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb1/html/home/home.shtml

Firm Could Demolish Former Kindergarten

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A local woman is accused of poisoning her lookalike with cheesecake, then stealing the victim’s identity and other property, according to CBSNewYork. Viktoria Nasyrova, 42, has been charged by the Queens District Attorney’s Office with attempted murder and other offenses. According to Queens DA Richard Brown, Nasyrova found a Queens woman who looked like her, befriended her and gave her a cheesecake laced with a Russian drug. The victim, Olga Tsuyk, who also is Russian-American, passed out and was taken to the hospital by a friend, CBSNewYork reported. When Tsuyk returned home, she found that her passport, employment authorization card, gold ring and cash were gone. Nasyrova was arrested in Brooklyn last March, and police recovered Tsuyk’s passport and other personal property. Nasyrova was already suspected of drugging men she met on dating websites and robbing them when they passed out.

Construction Begins on Boardwalk Bathrooms Construction has finally begun on a new bathroom complex for the neighborhood’s section of the Riegelmann Boardwalk, according to Brooklyn Daily. The comfort station was originally supposed to have been built near Brighton 15th Street, but is now being built near Coney Island Avenue after residents of the Oceana Condominiums protested that it would block their view of the ocean. The previous comfort station was destroyed during Superstorm Sandy, Brooklyn Daily reported. “It had to be done. People have been without a bathroom for the past five years since Sandy,� said Community Board 13 District Manager Eddie Mark. However, Councilmember Chaim Deutsch, who represents the area, has said that the bathrooms in their new site could turn into dangerous debris and damage the nearby Shorefront Y Jewish Community Center in the event of another storm.

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Ka-ching!

It's time to bring readers up to speed with the latest condo closings at Pierhouse, the highprofile residential and hotel complex in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

For the past year, we've been tracking home sales at Toll Brothers and Starwood Capital Group's development, which is just steps away

from Brooklyn Bridge Park's NYC Ferry landing. See brooklyneagle.com if you missed the previous stories.

The condos are located in two buildings whose addresses are 90 Furman St. and 130 Furman St. And 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge is at 60 Furman St. The development raised a ruckus with Brooklyn Heights residents. The subject of the controversy was whether Pierhouse partly blocks the protected view plane between the famed Promenade and the Brooklyn Bridge.

So. The top-dollar Pierhouse deal that has closed since we last wrote about the development is a $5,909,261 condo purchase made by Sandeep Ramesh and Sheila Chithran Ramesh, city Finance Department records indicate.

• Agam Jain and Jennifer Jain paid $3.61 million for a Pierhouse condo, Finance Department records show.

• Magdalena Paragas and Pablo Paragas bought a Pierhouse condo for $1,479,873, Finance Department records indicate.

These public records also show that a couple weeks after their Pierhouse purchase, they sold their condo unit at Brooklyn Heights building 55 Poplar St. for $1.215 million.

Eco-Friendly Yoga Studio Is Pierhouse Retail Tenant POE Yoga Is Coming to Condo-Hotel Complex in Brooklyn Bridge Park

By Lore Croghan INBrooklyn

An environmentally friendly hot-yoga studio is coming to Pierhouse.

POE Yoga — whose name is an acronym for “Peace On Earth” — is renting a location of just under 2,000 square feet at 90 Furman St. It's one of the two condo buildings at the residential and hotel complex in Brooklyn Bridge Park — to be specific, it's the building that stands right beside 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge.

POE Yoga's founder, Sunshine Jacobson, said in an interview that the new studio will open in April.

It will be POE Yoga's first New York City location.

It has three studios in New Jersey, and counts celebs and professional athletes among its members.

“We have a relationship with 1 Hotel,” said Jacobson, who co-owns POE Yoga with her sister-inlaw, Pra Daidone. “We have a very similar ideology.”

Both POE Yoga and 1 Hotel are eco-friendly, Jacobson said. Their upscale clientele's demographics are similar.

Nicole Liebman, a commercial broker at Hudson, said POE Yoga is a good fit as a Pierhouse retail tenant.

“It serves a higher purpose for the community and 1 Hotel,” said Liebman, who repped Pierhouse co-developers Toll Brothers and Starwood Capital Group in the yoga studio's lease deal. “Plus it has

POE Yoga's far-infrared radiant heat system keeps its yoga studios dry and mold-free “with no drafts and no distribution of bacteria, allergens or other contaminants,” her company's website says.

POE Yoga studios use an oxygen purification system along with the far-infrared heating system.

In keeping with its eco-friendly focus, the Pierhouse studio will have a drinking fountain with triple osmosis filtered water.

And it will be as paper-free as possible. Don't look for printouts of class schedules, for instance.

POE Yoga plans to offer discounts to 1 Hotel Brooklyn Bridge's guests and employees and Pierhouse condo residents, Jacobson said. Also, it will host community yoga events in the hotel.

POE Yoga is expanding. Two other studios will be opening in 2018-2019. Jacobson didn't say where.

the same values as 1 Hotel. Both of them believe in sustainability, design and health and wellness.”

The asking rent for the space the yoga studio leased was $100 per square foot, said Liebman — who is a trained yoga coach, by the way.

There's one other retail space at Pierhouse.

The landlord's in advanced lease negotiations with a prospective tenant for it that would be “a great value-add to the community as well,” Liebman said.

What's Far-Infrared Heat?

POE Yoga uses far-infrared heat to warm its studios, which is something growing numbers of hot-yoga businesses are doing. Infrared saunas are becoming trendy, too.

This type of heat is referred to as “far” because there are three types of infrared light wavelengths: Near, mid and far.

Infrared-emitting machines send out light that warms objects — including human beings.

A conventional heating system pumps hot air into a room.

Jacobson said far-infrared heat is “detoxifying and extremely healing.”

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Tom Hanks' house in “The Post” is actually located in Brooklyn Heights, not Washington, D.C. Hanks plays Washington Post editor Ben Bradlee in Steven Spielberg's film about the decision by publisher Katharine Graham, played by Meryl Streep, to publish the Pentagon Papers during the Vietnam War.

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Visitors snap pix on the Promenade.

At a critical moment in the movie, Post reporters go to Bradlee's home — which gives audiences a good, long look at the exterior of an old-fashioned rowhouse covered with blue-painted wood shingles.

The distinctive facade belongs to 104 Willow St., a Federal-style home constructed in 1826. It is located in the Brooklyn Heights Historic District.

When we went to the movie, we were waiting to see whether footage of Willow Street would be included. Back in July, we'd watched Spielberg's crew set up their equipment, and numerous period-appropriate cars, for a film shoot on the block where 104 Willow St. stands.

These eye-catching historic homes are on the corner of Cranberry and Hicks streets.

LEFT: A tree casts a shadow on 76 Willow St. The house in the center of the photo is 70 Willow St., where Truman Capote lived.

The blue house is 104 Willow St. In Steven Spielberg’s film “The Post,” it's the house where Tom Hanks’ character Ben INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan Bradlee lives.

According to city Finance Department records, in 2014 an LLC with Allison Franco as managing member bought 104 Willow St. for $10.625 million. She is also identified in Finance Department records as Allison Sargent.

Tom Hanks' fictional home is one of many fine sights that lure lovers of landmarked buildings to Brooklyn Heights on unseasonably warm later-winter days. See brooklyneagle.com for additional photos of the neighborhood's historic homes and its picturesque Promenade.

Condo Conversion of Brooklyn Heights Cinema Moves Forward

Rendering by Familiar Control

Here’s what Brooklyn Heights condo conversion 70 Henry St. will look like — or more specifically, what its penthouse’s roof deck will look like.

Two Units at 70 Henry St. Are in Contract

By Lore Croghan INBrooklyn

Under the scaffolding where the Brooklyn Heights Cinema stood for 44 years, a condo development is taking shape.

Remember 70 Henry St., the Brooklyn Heights Historic District building where the movie house was a tenant for so long?

The red Philadelphia brick exterior of the old theater is being incorporated into a five-story, five-unit residential building with 1,500 square feet of retail space by JMH Development in partnership with Mettle Property Group.

Readers with long memories will recall that during the project's initial phase a few years ago, JMH Development's partner was named Madison Estates.

Since then, Madison Estates spun off its development division into a company called Mettle Property Group.

Anyway. The other day we got word from 70 Henry's publicist that two condos there are in contract.

According to StreetEasy.com, the asking price for a four-bedroom unit that's in contract was $4.95 million and a three-bedroom condo that's in contract had a $2.85 million asking price.

The publicist mentioned the asking prices for the three currently available residential units: • A penthouse with a private roof deck for $5.25 million • A triplex maisonette with an entrance of its own on Orange Street and private gardens for $4.85 million • A full-floor apartment for $4.45 million The developers expect to complete 70 Henry's construction this summer, the publicist said via email.

A Butcher Shop Built in 1895 Morris Adjmi Architects drew up the 50-foot-tall condo-conversion design. The city Landmarks Preservation Commission (LPC) approved it in June 2015 after rejecting earlier designs by an architecture firm working for the property's previous owner, Tom Caruana of Ridgeton Poultry Inc. The current owners bought 70 Henry St. through an LLC from Ridgeton Poultry Inc. for $7.5 million in 2014, city Finance Department records indicate.

The building was constructed in 1895 and originally was a butcher shop, preservation consultant Ward Dennis said at the 2015 LPC hearing.

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Celebrate the Academy Awards with Marisa Tomei’s #60 at Lioni’s! Our Brooklyn born actress is an Oscar winner and your cousin Vinny will love it!!!

We won’t coach you, but the Vince Lombardi #11 at Lioni’s is the perfect hero for Lent. That’s roasted peppers, fresh mozzarella and green pesto sauce. The Brooklyn born coaching legend would be proud!

••• Here’s looking at you kid! The Kings Beer Hall serves up their favorite fresh Bavarian pretzel with a “smile.”

••• We watched Oscar celebrating his 90th. Damascus Bakery celebrates their 88th year in Brooklyn baking prime pita bread and now their award-worthy bread has gone nationwide!

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Bareburger is not only all about the burger. They’re also about Brussel Sprouts! Crispy Brussel Sprouts paired with a great IPA!!!

What can be better than that…one of their classic burgers! Go Bareburger!!!

••• We think we’ve found the perfect solution to the winter blues! Café Chili’s coconut shrimp puts your mind back on track with spring just around the corner – and Café Chili is right on Court St.

In addition to our regular menu St. Patrick’s Day Specials Now taking reservations for dinner starting at 5 pm

••• D’Amico Coffee Roasters have been a staple on Court St. since 1948. Alan Neil Ferber will tell you that’s 20 years before his Jets won the Super Bowl. D’Amico is still going strong . . . not so much the Jets.

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Okay, let’s get started – here’s the tequila and lime with a bowl of chips. Now all you need is one of Rocco’s world-famous tacos to go with it!

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Chadwick’s salmon with smashed potatoes and escargot

Hands down Chadwick’s has the best looking salmon we’ve ever seen! Their presentation is impeccable, the atmosphere is warm and welcoming for you to come in for the best tasting salmon we’ve ever had!!!

••• Here’s Lichee Nut’s motto: ‘Each bite is like a journey to the Far East’ and the fact is they do have a uniquely exotic menu. Might be the next best thing to dining in Beijing!

••• Nanatori is known throughout the Heights for its fresh sushi and large portions. Oh, and their Tuna Martini is popular as well. That’s tuna, cucumber, crunch, seaweed salad and caviar! What, no olive?

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Greenpoint’s Princess Manor’s name says it all! It’s regal, it’s elegant, it’s European . . . and it’s one of New York City’s most elegant catering halls.

Since 1957, Greenpoint’s Princess Manor has been serving up a life�me’s worth of memories . . . and damn good food too!

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TEKNOPOLIS Discover four floors of responsive art, 360° films, music-making apps, and virtual reality worlds in this captivating array of immersive installations. BAM’s second annual tech takeover features a whole new roster of works by boundarypushing digital artists.

When: Through March 11th, Thursdays-Sundays, see website for schedule Where: Fort Greene/BAM Fisher (321 Ashland Place) (UN)OBSCURED ECHOES A site-specific installation

by Rachel Lee Zheng.

When: Through March 11th Where: Crown Heights/ FiveMyles (558 St. Johns Place) LIGHT WORKS: ANTHONY MCCALL This exhibition marks the artist’s first institutional exhibition in New York and first time that his vertical installations will be shown alongside their horizontal variants.

When: Through March 11th, WednesdaysSundays: 12–6 p.m.

Where: Red Hook/Pioneer Art Works (159 Pioneer Street) WATERFRONT An immersive, multimedia exhibition that brings to life the vibrant history of Brooklyn’s coastline through interwoven stories of workers, industries, activists, innovators, families, neighborhoods, and ecosystems. Waterfront is the first major exhibition on the history of Brooklyn’s coastline.

When: Through March 25th, Tuesdays-Sundays, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Brooklyn Historical Society (55 Water Street)

THE UNRELIABLE NARRATOR A group exhibition.

When: Saturdays & Sundays through March 25th, 12–6 p.m.

Where: Williamsburg/Art Helix (280 Meserole Street) TOKYO INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2017: BORDERS To put it simply, borders primarily enforce boundaries, minimizing—if not eliminating—gray areas.

They can indicate physical lines separating political and/or geographic regions, and they can also be applied to metaphysical confines we apply to our everyday lives via human interaction and relationships. Consider the concept of borders as both physical barriers and as intangible perimeters.

When: TuesdaySaturday Through March 29th, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Saturday: 12–4 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/United Photo Industries (16 Main Street) BEAUTIFUL OBSOLESCENCE A group exhibition featuring photographic works by Jeanette May and Adrianne Wortzel as well as sculpture by Mary Mattingly, curated by Amanda McDonald Crowley.

When: WednesdaySaturday through March 30th, 12–6 p.m.

Where: Gowanus/The Cluster Gallery (200 6th Street) DIGITAL FAIRY TALES: CHINESE STORIES The third installment of the Digital Fairy Tales. The purpose of the series is to present archetypal material from different cultures through artists’ responses in search of cultural commonalities. In addition, these tales serve as a bridge through time, connecting people and epochs When: Through March 31st, Weekdays: 9 a.m.–7 p.m., Weekends: 10 a.m.–6 p.m., Where: DUMBO/Made in NY Media Center (30 John Street) STAN VAN STEEDAM This is Van Steendam’s inaugural US solo exhibition.

When: Thursday& Friday through April 4th, 12–6 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Asphodel (20 Jay Street/Suite 837)

Art by Nicole Antebi + Xiren Wang Photo courtesy of the Made in NY Media Center

SLOW MOTION In Slow Motion, Fellowship Artist Megan Pahmier presents a series of works that capture and record intimate gestures: squeezing, rubbing, wrapping, and stitching through everyday materials like newsprint, metal, plastic and window screen. Marking time through touch, her work seeks to reveal the animate properties of matter and activate the awareness required to experience such change.

When: Wednesdays-Sundays through March 11th, 12–6 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/A.I.R Gallery (155 Plymouth Street)

The “Digital Fairy Tales: Chinese Stories” exhibit bridges cultures and �me at the Made in NY Media Center, 30 John Street, through March 31.

BORDERING THE IMAGINARY: ART FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, HAITI, AND THEIR DIASPORAS An exhibition of contemporary artworks using an array of media to mine the interrelated histories of two Caribbean countries that share a single island, their tradition of cultural and social exchange, and the racism and social injustices that have long impacted the people of both nations.

When: Monday-Friday through April 29th, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/BRIC House (647 Fulton Street) ZACH BLAS CONTRAINTERNET The first-ever solo exhibition in New York by artist Zach Blas and world premiere of his new film, Jubilee 2033.

Contra-Internet confronts the growing hegemony of the internet through installation, video works, CGI animation, glow-in-the-dark text, blown-glass sculptures and a single-edition publication titled The End of the Internet (As We Knew It).

When: Through April 27th, Tuesdays-Saturdays, 12–6 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Art in General (145 Plymouth Street) IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE Text-based exhibition provokes dialogue, debate, and discovery across artistic disciplines.

When: Daily, Through May 8th Where: Fort Greene/ Peter Jay Sharp Building (30 Lafayette Avenue) DAVID BOWIE IS Organized with unprecedented access to David Bowie’s personal archive, this exhibition

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explores the creative process of an artist whose sustained reinventions, innovative collaborations, and bold characterizations revolutionized the way we see music, inspiring people to shape their own identities while challenging social traditions.

When: WednesdaysSundays through July 15th, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Where: Crown Heights/ Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway)

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THE WORLD ONLY SPINS FORWARD: ORAL HISTORY & THE LEGACY OF ANGELS IN AMERICA Angels in America celebrates its twenty-fifth anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, writers Isaac Butler and Dan Kois have compiled a narrative of the play’s beginnings and legacy, featuring the voices of playwright Tony Kushner, actors (such as Meryl Streep and Al Pacino from the HBO adaptation), directors, producers, and others. The authors are joined by actors from the original Broadway run Stephen Spinella, Kathleen Chalfant, and Ellen McLaughlin for a discussion of the book, as well as a spirited reading of related interviews featuring an all-star cast of actors and writers.

When: Thursday, March 8th, 6:30–8:20 p.m.

Where: Brooklyn Heights/ Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont Street) RADIO LOVE FEST Ira Glass started his long career in public radio in 1978 as an NPR intern CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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Alexandra Boiger will be available to sign their books.

When: Sunday, March 11th, 6 p.m.

Where: Grand Army Plaza/ Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plaza)

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at its Washington, DC, headquarters. By the time he left in 1989 for Chicago Public Radio, Glass had held almost all production positions on NPR’s various news programs. His show, This American Life, first aired in 1995 (under another name) as a production of Chicago Public Radio.

Eventually, Public Radio International distributed the widely-syndicated show, now heard by millions of listeners worldwide. As part of RadioLoveFest, Glass shares his inspirations and passion for storytelling in a unique appearance. He discusses lessons learned in his life and career, the successes and failures that informed his professional decisions, and demonstrates his sui generis creative process by mixing stories live onstage When: Saturday, March 10th, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Avenue) CHELSEA CLINTON Brooklyn Public Library, in collaboration with Stories Bookshop + Storytelling Lab, presents an evening for Brooklyn families to celebrate the publication of Chelsea Clinton’s new picture book, She Persisted Around the World: 13 Women Who Changed History. Clinton will read from the book and participate in a conversation with illustrator Alexandra Boiger, along with their editor, Jill Santopolo. This is an all-ages event, and both Chelsea Clinton and

RICH VILLAR Rich Villar is the author of the poetry collection Comprehending Forever When: Sunday, March 11th, 4:40 p.m.

Where: Park Slope/440 Gallery (440 Sixth Avenue) EAT, DRINK & BE LITERARY: HARI KUNZRU, AUTHOR A unique series for savvy writers, readers, and eaters, presented in partnership with the National Book Awards, Eat, Drink & Be Literary brings major contemporary authors to BAMcafé for intimate dinners, entertaining readings, and engaging discussions. Evenings begin with a sumptuous buffet dinner served with select wines and accompanied by live music. Following dinner, authors read from and discuss their work, take questions from the audience, and sign books to conclude an evening of insight into the creative process and its results. Author Hari Kunzru is the author of five novels. His most recent is White Tears.

When: Tuesday, March 13th, 6 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/BAMcafé (30 Lafayette Avenue)

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SCIENCE BABY A creative science program for 0-3 year olds led by teaching artist Emma Gordon. The heart of Science Baby is exploring the wonder of science through story, repetition and play. Explore gravity, motion, magnets, chemical reactions, light, water, bubbles, sound and more. Space is limited to the first 25 babies and toddlers and their families.

When: Thursday, March 8th, 11 a.m.–12 p.m.

Where: Bushwick/DeKalb Library (790 Bushwick Avenue) INTRODUCTION TO BIRD WATCHING Join Prospect Park Alliance for a birdwatching walk and learn about Prospect magnificent array of birds and how to identify them.

When: Saturday, March 10th, 12–1 p.m.

Where: Prospect Park Audubon Center

BIRDING IN PEACE Just because it’s winter, doesn’t mean that there aren’t interesting birds to discover in Green-Wood. For some bird species that migrate south after the breeding season, Brooklyn is their Miami during the cold months.

When: Sunday, March 11th, 6:30–8 a.m.

Where: Greenwood/Green-Wood Cemetery (500 25th Street)

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PARK AFTER DARK Prospect Park Alliance invites members at the Naturalist level and above to join them for an evening of family fun at the Prospect Park Audubon Center, located in the historic Boathouse.

Guided by the Alliance’s education staff, guests will enjoy a variety of indoor and outdoor nature activities.

Guests will also chow down on pizza and “indoor” s’mores, made with melted chocolate and marshmallow fluff.

When: Thursday, March 8th, 6–8 p.m.

Where: Prospect Park Audubon Center 123 ANDRÉS The acclaimed singer/songwriter duo for children and families comes to Brooklyn.

When: Tuesday, March 13th, 11 a.m.

Where: Grand Army Plaza/ Brooklyn Public Library (10 Grand Army Plaza) FAMILY FUN SERIES: IRISH DANCE Get ready for St. Patrick’s Day by learning the basics of Irish dance in this exciting class that uses traditional dance reels to understand the unique sounds of Irish music.

Your family will learn solo steps and group dances (Ceili).

When: Saturday, March 10th, 4:30–5:30 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Avenue) SEA (SINGULAR EXTREME ACTIONS) Real Time, Real Action, Real Hardware Bring your friends, take the kids, and experience the fun, grit, and explosive sights and sounds of an hour of Steb Extreme Action.

When: Fridays-Sundays through March 25th, Fridays 7:30 p.m. Saturdays 5:00 p.m. Sundays 3:00 p.m.

Where: Williamsburg/Streb Lab for Action Mechanics (51 N. 1st Street)

Golden Kingdoms: Luxury and Legacy in the Ancient Americas Through May 28 The Met Fifth Avenue Fifth Ave. at 82nd St.

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The exhibition is co-organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Getty Research Institute. | Like Life: Sculpture, Color, and the Body (1300–Now) is supported in part by the Jane and Robert Carroll Fund and The Modern Circle.

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1545–60. The Quentin Foundation, London.

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ART ADVENTURES Children and caregivers explore art in the SPARK studio, experiment with materials, discover hidden objects from the BCM collection on scavenger hunt challenges and create masterworks in this one-hour class.

When: Wednesday, March 14th, 10–11 a.m.

Where: DUMBO/SPARK

by Brooklyn Children’s Museum (1 John Street)

F ilm LITTLE CINEMA NO 37: BASQUIAT (IMMERSIVE) This multi-disciplinary film will get the full Little Cinema treatment with added video art, live music, dance, aerial and circus.

Expect the full 360 degrees of immersive live action of which Little Cinema is becoming famous for.

When: Tuesday & Wednesday, March 13th & 14th, Tuesday: 7 p.m., Wednesday: 12 a.m.

Where: Bushwick/House of Yes (2 Wyckoff Avenue)

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of The Brobot Johnson Project, bringing together writer and performer Darian Dauchan’s hip hop album and sci-fi web series into a solo theater piece through multimedia and performance.

When: Through March 17th, Daily, 8 p.m.

Where: Bushwick/ The Bushwick Starr (207 Starr Street)

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PISCES • Feb 19/Mar 20

Pisces, conformity is certainly not your thing.

But at some point this week, you’ll need to go with the flow. Find a way to make it your own.

ARIES • Mar 21/Apr 20

Aries, you are inspired and ready to take on the world. Make the time to thank the people who spurred your motivation, then get moving toward your goals.

F ood WINTER FLEA MARKET & SMORGASBORG Brooklyn’s largest flea market for vintage, design, antiques, collectibles, and food.

When: Through Winter, Saturdays-Sundays: 10 a.m.– 5 p.m. Where: Sunset Park/ Industry City (241 37th Street)

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AFTER WORK GLOW SPIN PARTY Get your squad and go for a ride. They’ll be refreshments and giveaways.

When: Friday, March 9th, 7–9 p.m.

Where: Brownsville/Q-Fitness, Inc. (1112 Rutland Avenue)

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MORNING YOGA Reduce Stress and gain flexibility in a safe and fun environment. Beginners are welcome. Bring a Yoga Mat, towel or blanket to practice on.

Wear comfortable clothing that will be easy to move in. Yoga is best practiced on an empty stomach. Avoid a heavy meal an hour or two before class.

When: Saturday, March 10th, 10:15–11:45 a.m.

Where: Fort Hamilton/ Fort Hamilton Library (9424 Fourth Avenue) YOGA POETRY Imagine starting your yoga class with the wise words of your instructor, who calls out a pose or two, and the pose is followed by a poem read live by its author. Must register for this event.

When: Sunday, March 11th, 9:30–10:30 a.m.

Where: Grand Army Plaza/ Central Library (10 Grand Army Plaza) POSITIVE AGING: Zumba Exercise Enjoy doing Zumba exercise which is beneficial for your health.

When: Monday, March 12th, 1–2 p.m.

Where: Sheepshead Bay/ Kings Bay Library (3650 Nostrand Avenue)

COMEDY AT THE GALLERY Hosted by Rey Gibbes.

When: Friday, March 10th, 9 p.m.

Where: Bedford-Stuyvesant/ Richard Beavers Gallery (408 Marcus Garvey Blvd) WHIPLASH A weekly stand up show where people have a chance to see some great stand-up performing ten to twenty-minute sets.

When: Monday, March 5th, 11 p.m.

Where: Gowanus/Bell House (149 7th Street) LITERARY DEATH MATCH Including Veep’s Anna Chlumsky judging performance. This show will be a protest, as they’ll focus on featuring women, people of color, LGBT and immigrants.

When: Wednesday, March 14th, 7 p.m.

Where: Gowanus/The Bell House (149 7th Street)

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ELTON JOHN The tour will consist of more than 300 shows across five continents and mark the superstar’s last-ever tour, the end of half a century on the road for one of pop culture’s most enduring performers. Elton’s new stage production will take his fans on a musical and highly visual journey spanning a 50-year career of hits like no one has ever seen before.

When: Friday & Saturday, March 8th & 9th, 8 p.m.

Where: Downtown Brooklyn/Barclay’s Center (620 Atlantic Avenue) PHILOSONIA PRESENTS: LIAISONS III—BRITTEN & SHOSTAKOVICH PhiloSonia’s “Liaisons III: Britten & Shostakovich” explores the friendship of two composers who recognized each other as kindred spirits, bonded by their similar artistic outlooks.

Strongly affected by the turbulent events of the 20th century, each of their musical voices reflected their humanistic ideals and personal musical voice.

When: Friday, March 9th, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Park Slope/The Old Stone House (336 3rd Street)

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When: Through March (One University Plaza) life and in your head.

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by Charles Gilbert, Jr., Assassins is not done as often as many of Sondheim’s other musicals, perhaps due to the nature of the subject. It is a revue-style dark comedic portrayal of men and women who attempted (successfully or not) to assassinate Presidents of the United States, and the music varies to reflect the popular music of the eras depicted.

In this production director/actor David Fuller puts us in a college lecture hall, Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts presents jazz artist Alicia Olatuja where the history of assassination on Saturday, March 10, 8 p.m.

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“Brooklyn is my second home, and I can’t wait to share some of my new music at the Kumble Theater,” Alicia Olatuja told INBrooklyn.

The renowned jazz singer-songwriter will be performing at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College on Saturday, March 10 at 8 p.m.

Drawing from a wide range of musical influences including classical, R&B, soul, and gospel, the borough resident brings her unique jazz stylings to the Kumble Theater, including a preview of selections from her yet-to-be-released second album, “Intuition: Songs from the Minds of Women.”

“Alicia is a vocalist of unparalleled range and virtuosity who makes every song her own, from jazz standards to reimagined pop songs,” Jon Yanofsky, director of the Brooklyn Center told INBrooklyn. “The intimacy of Kumble Theater will create an amazing opportunity to experience her warmth and power up close and personal.”

Olatuja first came into the national spotlight in 2013, performing as the featured soloist on the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” with the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir at President Barack Obama’s Second Inauguration.

Originally from St. Louis, Missouri, Olatuja was influenced by a wide range of musical styles, including gospel, soul, jazz, and classical.

She graduated with a Master’s Degree in Classical Voice/ Opera from the Manhattan School of Music.

After appearing in numerous operatic and musical theater productions, she started to perform more regularly in gospel and jazz concerts and worked with such esteemed artists as Chaka Khan, BeBe Winans and Christian McBride.

In 2014, thanks to a recommendation from Grammy-Award winning artist Dianne Reeves, Olatuja came to the attention of acclaimed composer, arranger, pianist Billy Childs, and was brought on to be a part of the touring production of “Map to the Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro.”

Over the past year, Olatuja and her band have performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival, Saratoga Jazz Festival, Jazz Standard, Birdland, Vermont Jazz Center, Rockport Jazz Festival, Markham Jazz Festival, Monty Alexander Jazz Fest and the Harlem Stage Gatehouse, to name a few. She was a featured vocalist on Gregory Porter’s 2017 Grammy Award winning “Take Me to the Alley.”

Tickets are $30 and can be purchased in advance at BrooklynCenter.org or by calling the Brooklyn Center box office at 718-951-4500.

Day-of-show tickets should be purchased at the Kumble Theater on the Downtown Brooklyn campus of LIU, located at 1 University Plaza, or by calling the Kumble Theater box office at 718-488-1624.

Discounts for Brooklyn Center’s 2018 Kumble Theater performances are also available for seniors, students, Brooklyn College faculty, staff, alumni, active, and retired military personnel, children ages 12 and under, and groups of 10 or more. $10 student rush tickets available day-of-show.

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Repairs to Brooklyn Heights BQE, Promenade Key Issues Raised at BHA’s Annual Meeting Waterfront Tunnel Not an Option, Dire Local Traffic Scene Feared

By Mary Frost

Brooklyn Heights Press

Heights Press photo by Mary Frost

New York City Department of Transportation Deputy Commissioner and Chief Bridge Officer Robert Collyer was the featured speaker at the Brooklyn Heights Association (BHA) Annual Meeting last Wednesday night at St. Francis College.

A near-capacity crowd filled Founders Hall to hear the latest on the upcoming reconstruction of Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) and other news of interest to residents of Brooklyn Heights.

The BQE’s disintegrating 1.5-mile stretch between Atlantic Avenue and Sands Street includes a series of 21 concrete and steel bridges over local roads, along with the complex “triple cantilever,” which stacks two roadways above Furman Street beneath the Brooklyn Heights Promenade.

With out-of-standard, 70-year-old structures, the $1.7 billion reconstruction is a daunting and challenging task, Collyer told the crowd.

Components that were specified in the original plans have proven nonexistent — perhaps disintegrated or never installed — and the whole job must be completed by 2026. If it’s not, the city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) will likely have to divert 16,000 trucks daily from the highway onto local streets — an outcome local officials and residents have called unacceptable.

To prevent that outcome, the city needs to use a streamlined bidding process called “design-build,” which would allow the work to be completed as many as two years faster and substantially cheaper, Collyer said. (Estimates put the savings at more than $100 million.)

But the city needs state approval by this spring to use design-build, and this approval is stalled in Albany. Gov. Andrew Cuomo did not include the authorization as one of his legislative priorities this session. In June, the state Senate ended its session having failed to authorize its use. The Assembly has passed the measure.

Collyer would not comment on why Albany is blocking the bidding process it has used successfully on other major projects across the state.

ABOVE, LEFT: A representative of state Sen. Brian Kavanagh issues a proclamation to the Brooklyn Heights Association for its efforts on the BQE rehab. ABOVE, RIGHT: BHA Executive Director Peter Bray. INSET: Gardener extraordinaire Serhiy Mshanetskiy, wearing a green thumb, was honored at the BHA Annual Meeting last Wednesday for his volunteer work with the Promenade Garden Conservancy and Cadman Park Conservancy. Shown on the right is WNET Channel 13 Announcer Tom Stewart.

ABOVE, LEFT: Photo by Andrew Porter; INSET: Heights Press photo by Mary Frost

“I’m not a politician, I’m an engineer,” he told the crowd. “I have my own opinion, and I keep it to myself.”

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Collyer also offered a detailed explanation about why DOT is not enthused about the idea of replacing the affected stretch of the BQE with an underground tunnel.

Seven tunnel options were studied by the

agency, and five were found to conflict with an existing water tunnel, he said. Even if a tunnel were built following one of the two remaining options, only two lanes of traffic in each direction could run through each tunnel, perhaps necessitating two tunnels.

If a tunnel were built, there would still be a need for the existing BQE to connect to bridges, Collyer said. On top of this, a tunnel would cost several billions of dollars.

Money is available for 2020 construction, Collyer said, but work may be pushed off to 2021.

The project is now in the environmental study phase, aiming for a draft Environmental Impact Statement in August, and the design process is “ramping up,” he said. Interested residents can visit www.bqe-i278.com for details (and to comment on the Draft Scope of Work

through March 12).

Peter Bray, executive director of BHA, told the Brooklyn Heights Press that he was “very pleased by the extensive turnout and gratified that the BHA achieved its goal of making the community better informed about a project that will greatly affect the neighborhood in a few short years. The large audience demonstrates how much this community cares about its quality of life and the importance of maintaining the safe use of its streets.”

BHA has been running an extensive campaign to get design-build legislation passed, Bray said.

“I was told that virtually our entire supply of postcards on this subject, which are to be sent to Gov. Cuomo, Speaker Heastie and Majority Leader Flanagan, were picked up by attendees at the meeting. The elected officials will know where Brooklyn Heights stands on this issue.”

BHA sponsored a bus to Albany on Tuesday to lobby for the legislation.

Continued on page 20

The meeting drew a large crowd to St. Francis College.

Heights Press photo by Mary Frost

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The Birdwatcher of Brooklyn Bridge Park

By Liliana Bernal

Brooklyn Heights Press

In her task of birdwatching, Heather Wolf has detected more than 150 species at Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP).

An adventurous encounter with a bird in 2006 in Pensacola Beach, Florida, where she previously lived, made Wolf interested in birds for the first time. The shorebird that was flying straight to her while protecting its nest aroused fear and curiosity in Wolf, who back home wanted to know more about the flying animal.

She never imagined that this was the beginning of a lifelong passion.

“Bird watching for me is not really a hobby, it’s a way of life,” Wolf said.

When the birdwatcher moved back to Brooklyn in 2012, she set a new goal: apply all she had learned in Florida observing birds to Brooklyn Bridge Park.

Since then, Wolf has observed 153 species of birds in the one-mile stretch along the Brooklyn waterfront, most of them native to North America. The rock pigeon and the European starling are the few that are native to the wharf.

Species like the north mockingbird and the mallard duck are also park residents.

“They either live in the park year-round or partial year, whether they’re breeding or building a nest there during the summer,” Wolf explained.

In winter, it’s possible to see diving ducks like buffleheads and red-breasted merganser.

Common grackle nestlings clamoring for food above the basketball courts. Photo by Heather Wolf Wolf’s last sighting is the common goldeneye, a diving duck that visits the waters that border the park.

Thrushes, flycatchers, chimney sweep hunting in the wind and flying over Brooklyn Heights and wood warblers passing through in search of better weather and food up north are

not rare in spring as New York City is part of the Atlantic Flyway, one of four main migratory routes for North American birds.

Wolf filed every sighting in eBird (ebird.org), a real-time checklist application from Cornell Lab of Ornithology, where she works as a web developer.

“Unfortunately, the judge dismissed the lawsuit,” Dietz said. “It is a huge disappointment.

We believe the city and state violated a commitment to the community.”

Other priorities of BHA this year include the construction of the proposed BQX streetcar line

Awards for Outstanding Community Service.

This year there were three award recipients: Ellen Hamilton, a well-known Brooklyn interior designer, brainstormed and organized the first-ever Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse, a critical and financial success.

The event replaces the Brooklyn Heights House Tour, a victim of the times.

Hamilton recruited 15 highly recognized, talented designers to transform the rooms of a classic 1860s Neo-Grec house into a stunning design showcase. She received BHA’S 2018 Award for Creative and Inspired Fundraising.

Jennifer LaRussoLeung enthusiastically took on the responsibility of both organizing events at Brooklyn Heights playgrounds and expanding the mission of the Playground Committee.

Last year, the committee sponsored a new Schools Out! event in June and is now contemplating an indoor winter event so that every season of the year will offer something for families to do.

LaRusso-Leung was honored as the Community Organizer of the Year.

Serhiy Mshanetskiy was honored for his volunteer work with the Promenade Garden Conservancy and Cadman Park Conservancy.

With pro bono assistance from his Brooklyn Heights Garden firm, Mshanetskiy trains volunteers who plant bulbs (every year he oversees the planting of 10,000 daffodils and 2,00 tulips) and maintain the gardens. He personally main-

The application allows citizens to keep track of the observed species. The sighting data gives researchers, biologists and ornithologists an idea of the abundance and distribution of birds.

It’s hard to believe that all these species can be seen right below the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. That’s why the birdwatcher highlights the importance of creating habitats in pocket parks like BBP that permit birds to come to urban environments during migration.

At the park, Wolf, a self-taught photographer, has managed to witness wild scenes in an urban landscape like common grackle nestlings clamoring for food above the basketball courts and two male mergansers dancing in the waterfront while seeking courtship from a female next to them.

These and other findings appear in “Birding at the Bridge,” a book with photographs of more than 100 species wherein Wolf shares her journey as a birdwatcher.

“The idea was to inspire people, especially in urban environments, to just take a closer look because there are definitely more than pigeons passing throughout here or at your feet,” she said.

Binoculars and camera in hand, Wolf can be easily recognized in the park. Through any season, she will be there, roaming and observing.

“I’m stuck with it, I’m gonna be birding for life and I’m happy about it,” she said.

Wolf leads bird walks in BBP. If you want to join her, check the dates at heatherwolf.com.

Repairs to Brooklyn Heights BQE, Promenade Key Issues Raised at BHA’s Annual Meeting

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Highlights of the Year In Brooklyn Heights

Other business at the meeting included a financial report, delivered by Kevin Reilly, BHA treasurer; the President’s Annual Report

by Martha Bakos Dietz; and the annual Community Service Awards.

Dietz said BHA was concerned with the increased volume of traffic and vibrations the BQE rehab would cause.

BHA is also advocating that the BQE project's final design improve access to Brooklyn Bridge Park (BBP), making BHA Treasurer Kevin Reilly. entrances easier and safer.

Photo by Andrew Porter Another priority is protecting the landmarked Promenade and its storied views.

She also discussed a grant from Borough President Eric Adams to install 10 surveillance cameras in homes along Joralemon Street. The street has seen an increase in violent criminal incidents since it became a high-volume entrance to BBP. The first-ever Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse, which replaced the Brooklyn Heights House Tour, was a great success, bringing in $80,000 net revenue. Startup costs of while BQE construction is going on; school $58,000 were a driver of loss in 2017, Reilly said. capacity; and the planned expansion of House Attorney Richard Ziegler and the law firm of Detention.

Jenner & Block received a big round of Community Service Awards applause for $2 million in pro bono work over WNET Channel 13 announcer and Heights three years on BHA’s lawsuit attempting to resident Tom Stewart presented the BHA's block development on Pier 6 in BBP.

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New York City Department of Transportation Deputy Commissioner Robert Collyer.

Heights Press photo by Mary Frost

tains the Promenade’s flagpole garden at the foot of Montague Street.

Mshanetskiy was dubbed “Brooklyn Heights Master Gardener.”  For more photos, see brooklyneagle.com.