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VOLUME 46 | NUMBER 11

MARCH 22, 2018

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A spring nor’easter targeted the Northeast on Wednesday with strong winds and a foot or more of snow in some parts of Brooklyn. Above: Commuters are sheltered from snowfall while waiting on a subway platform, recently in Brooklyn. Visit brooklyneagle.com. AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews

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Some Local Businesses Want Citi Bike To Ride Away Since launching in May of 2013, Citi Bike has expanded dramatically to 750 stations and 12,000 bikes throughout 60 neighborhoods in NYC. After Manhattan, Brooklyn is the most populated borough with 263 Citi stations. These docking stations are often placed on park property, sidewalks or city streets. See page 8INB. Photo by Alex Wieckowski

Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), one of the largest library systems in the country, released its first annual “State of the Library” recently, highlighting the extensive impact, community engagement and achievements of the institution and its staff in the past year. With 59 branches in neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn, BPL welcomed members of the community through its doors more than 8.1 million times in 2017, surpassing the number of visits to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Statue of Liberty or the combined attendance of the New York Yankees, Mets, Giants, Jets, Knicks and Nets. Throughout the year, BPL continued to strengthen and grow its offerings, presenting more than 66,000 programs for

the borough’s 2.6 million residents — more than 50 percent of whom live within a half mile of a library branch. “Brooklyn Public Library is a partner in neighborhoods throughout the borough, responding to the aspirations and needs of our communities and addressing issues vital to us all,” said BPL President and CEO Linda E. Johnson. “We are proud to provide a democratic space where patrons from all walks of life can participate in cultural and educational programs in a broad range of disciplines and reflecting a diverse range of voices.” With nearly all of its services and events free to the public, BPL offers educational, career, cultural, and civic opportunities for all, providing a democratic space where citizens can engage in procontinued on inside front page

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Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: YEE PRESTIGE CLEANER LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/7/2018. NY office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is Yee Yee Lung C/o Yee Prestige Cleaner Llc, 1941 65th Street, Apt 4d Brooklyn, NY, 11204. Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose. #157602

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In 2017, BPL activities included: • 13,202,081 books and physical materials, and 1,274,709 digital materials circulated • 34,887 programs for children and teens that attracted 703,937 attendants • 12,085 technology programs that assisted 81,677 attendees, and 510,000 WiFi sessions • 1,622 ESL classes that were attended by 19,759 • 662 volunteer-led citizenship prep groups, helping more than 3,500 individuals obtain U.S. citizenship • 11,482 cultural programs attracting over 248,266 attendees In 2017, BPL introduced its third and fourth rounds of the BKLYN Incubator program a cornerstone of BPL’s efforts to better tailor branch services to its neighborhoods, a goal articulated in Now/Next, the library’s recently released Strategic Plan. The initiative supports innovative new library programs developed in partnership with community members. Branch staff are provided with professional development, mentorship, and resources to help implement initiatives in response to community needs. Projects range from a journalism boot camp for young women to a robotics league to introduce young people to careers in science and technology.

Notice of Formation of VIBURNUM LLC. Arts. of Org. ﬁled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/5/18. Ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 246 Seigel Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206. Purpose: any lawful activity. #157767

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Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: FIFTYSEVENPERCENT L.L.C.. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 12/14/2017. NY office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is Dana Corey, 520 Union Avenue Brooklyn, NY, 11211. Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose. #158230

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137 SH REALTY LLC. Arts. of Org. ﬁled with the SSNY on 01/04/18. Ofﬁce: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail copy of process to the LLC, 8634 18th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11214. Purpose: Any lawful purpose. #157243

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AMBUYA LLC

Notice of Formation of RESONATION LLC Arts. of Org. filed with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/08/17. Office location: Kings County. Princ. office of LLC: 228 Leonard St., Brooklyn, NY 11211. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to Christopher Peterson at the princ. office of the LLC. Purpose: Any lawful activity.

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: AMBUYA LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 8/22/2017. NY office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is Farai Simoyi, 420 Putnam Ave Brooklyn, NY, 11216. Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.

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century, including the building of six new spaces that will come online during the next three-years: Greenpoint, Southsite in Downtown Brooklyn, Vinegar Hill, Brower Park, Brooklyn Heights and Sunset Park.

NEW BUSINESS FORMATIONS BOSS BETTY PUBLISHING, LLC Notice of Formation of Boss Betty Publishing, LLC. Arts. of Org. ﬁled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 02/27/18. Ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Heather Grossmann, 164 Sterling Pl., #3B, Brooklyn, NY 11217, also the registered agent upon whom process may be served. Purpose: any lawful activities. #158293

11238 GO BE ONE MOTION PICTURES LLC Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: GO BE ONE MOTION PICTURES LLC. Articles of Organization ﬁled with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 5/4/2017. NY ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY has been

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Notice of formation of 106 UTICA AVE LLC Arts. of Org. ﬁled with the Sect’y of State of NY (SSNY) on 11/28/2017. Ofﬁce location, County of Kings. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o Anthony J. Carone, Esq., 2055 Flatbush Ave., Brooklyn NY 11234. Purpose: any lawful act.

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BROOKLYNCELLO LLC

Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: BROOKLYNCELLO LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 1/24/2018. NY office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is Brooklyncello, 490 East 2nd St, Basement Brooklyn, NY, 11218. Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose. #157914

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126 LOMBARDY LLC

Notice of Formation of 126 LOMBARDY LLC. Arts. of Org. ﬁled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/11/18. Ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 126 Lombardy St., 2nd Fl., Brooklyn, NY 11222. Term: until 12/31/2117. Purpose: any lawful activity. #157340

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ﬁce address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is Gilana Lobel, 515 Clinton Ave. #19 Brooklyn, NY, 11238. Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose.

BETTER DENTAL SOLUTIONS, LLC Notice of formation of limited liability company (LLC). Name: BETTER DENTAL SOLUTIONS, LLC. Articles of Organization filed with Secretary of State of New York (SSNY) on 2/28/2018. NY office location: Kings County. SSNY has been designated as agent of the LLC upon whom process against it may be served. The post office address to which the SSNY shall mail a copy of any process against the LLC served upon him/her is Bryan Stimmler 922 Lorimer St. #1 Brooklyn, NY, 11222. Purpose/character of LLC: Any Lawful Purpose. #157838

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AMPERE ADVISORS, LLC

Notice of Formation of Ampere Advisors, LLC. Arts. of Org. ﬁled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 2/22/18. Ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: c/o The LLC, 125 N. 10th St., Apt. S3H, Brooklyn, NY 11249. Purpose: any lawful activity. #157751

SUPER BLUE BLOOD LLC

Notice of Formation of 59 VanDam LLC. Arts. of Org. ﬁled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/11/18. Ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 126 Lombardy St., 2nd Fl., Brooklyn, NY 11222. Term: until 12/31/2117. Purpose: any lawful activity.

Notice of Formation of Super Blue Blood LLC. Arts. of Org. ﬁled with Secy. of State of NY (SSNY) on 1/31/18. Ofﬁce location: Kings County. SSNY designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: The LLC, 153 Centre Street, Rm. 105, NY, NY 10013. Purpose: any lawful activity.

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSBEAT 8.1 Million Visits Propel BPL Into Superstar Status

GRAND ARMY PLAZA — Brooklyn Public Library (BPL), one of the largest library systems in the country, released its first annual “State of the Library” recently, highlighting the extensive impact, community engagement and achievements of the library system and its staff in the past year. With 59 branches throughout Brooklyn, BPL welcomed members of the community more than 8.1 million times in 2017, surpassing the number of visits to The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Statue of Liberty, or the combined attendance of the New York Yankees, Mets, Giants, Jets, Knicks and Nets. Throughout the year, BPL presented more than 66,000 programs for the borough’s 2.6 million residents, including workshops for English as a Second Language, after-school programs and a range of services as well as a wide range of presentations and public discussions. “Brooklyn Public Library is a partner in neighborhoods throughout the borough, responding to the aspirations and needs of our communities and addressing issues vital to us all,” said BPL President and CEO Linda E. Johnson.

Former ASPCA Building To Be Renovated GOWANUS — Brownstoner writes about the fate of a building that was the home of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals’ (ASPCA) Brooklyn Chapter for 66 years. The building, at 233 Butler St. in Gowanus, was designed by the architectural firm of Renwick, Aspinwall & Tucker in 1913 and was expanded several times. Originally, the office cared mainly for horses, but as horses were replaced by automobiles, it increasingly cared for dogs and cats. It also hosted pet adoptions, took in abandoned animals, sponsored lectures, issued dog licenses and had a veterinary clinic. The ASPCA left the building in 1979, and nowadays, part of it is occupied by a vintage guitar store, Brownstoner reports. Plans were filed last year to retrofit the building to contain retail stores and a restaurant. The guitar store, RetroFret, will remain.

Coney Boardwalk Likely To Be Named Landmark

CONEY ISLAND — The city will likely designate the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island as a landmark, according to Crain’s New York Business. Meenakshi Srinivasan, chairman of the city’s Landmarks Preservation Commission, said the boardwalk will be added to the agency’s list of properties to consider landmarking. In the past, the commission declined to landmark the boardwalk, even as wooden planks were being replaced with concrete and plastic, Crain’s New York Business said. In 2016, Councilman Mark Treyger (D-Gravesend-Coney Island) and his colleagues urged the commission to rethink its stance and make the boardwalk a landmark. The proposal will have to go through the standard approval process.

Crown Heights Teen Group Organizes Anti-Gun Efforts

CROWN HEIGHTS — Independent groups have sought to get guns off the streets in Brooklyn for years, well before Parkland. One such organization, according to Chalkbeat, is Youth Organizing to Save Our Streets, a program run by the Crown Heights Community Center since 2010. “If you grow up around violence, it can be easy to get used to it,” said Heather Day, who leads youth programs for the organization. The group hopes to harness the national attention being given to young people fighting gun violence, Chalkbeat says. Among the teens’ proposals are training for school staff, lessons on how to de-escalate potential conflicts and mediation instead of harsh punishment.

Daffodils always come up first in the spring and this crazy climate change year of 2018 is no exception. These guys popped up on Wednesday, March 21 this week, expecting a warm reception. Photo by Rebecca White

Bird May No Longer Be The Word in Clinton Hill

CLINTON HILL — Hot Bird, a busy neighborhood bar at 564 Clinton Ave. may soon have to fly the coop, according to Eater NY. Plans for a 29-story tower at 550 Atlantic Ave. have been approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and part of the new skyscraper would be built in the lot currently occupied by Hot Bird. The bar, which borrowed its name from a defunct rotisserie chicken place in the same neighborhood, opened in 2010. It is described online as a cash-only bar with a wide selection of craft beers. As for the original Hot Bird, it had two restaurants, one of which had the misfortune to be in the “footprint” of Bruce Ratner’s Atlantic Yards (now Pacific Park) development.

Musical about Brooklyn Wows Audiences in D.C.

BOROUGHWIDE — DC Theater Scene, a site dedicated to theater in the nation’s capital city, has given a great review to the Monumental Theater Company’s production of “Brooklyn the Musical.” The musical follows the journey of a character named Brooklyn who searches for her longlost father in the borough of Brooklyn. On her journey, she inadvertently becomes a pop star and gets involved in a tabloid rivalry with Paradice, a mega-star diva. The tale, directed by Michael Windsor, is narrated by a man known as the Streetsinger, and the walls are adorned with neon graffiti. “This production is a stomping good time, and a chance to let a number of young, talented performers, musicians, and designers transport you with heartfelt, bold characterizations and tunes.”

Permits Filed for Greenpoint Townhouses GREENPOINT — Permits have been filed for two three-story townhouses at 85 and 98 Calver St. in Greenpoint, according to New York YIMBY. The site is seven blocks away from the G train’s Greenpoint Avenue subway station and nine blocks from the Greenpoint ferry terminal. Design Studio Associates is responsible for designing the buildings, which will have floor-to-ceiling windows and a rooftop terrace, and Poise Real Estate Group is the developer. Demolition permits for the building now occupying the site were filed last August.

UPS Security Guard Shoots Robbery Suspect CANARSIE — A UPS security guard shot and injured a robbery suspect in Canarsie, according to News 12. Around 10:30 p.m. on Monday at the UPS shipping facility at 104-75 Foster Ave., a 38-year-old man walked into the facility and told employees he had a gun. Police say the suspect simulated displaying a firearm, whereupon the guard drew his weapon and fired at the suspect. The suspect suffered graze wounds to his ankle and was taken to Brookdale University Hospital. The guard is a retired NYPD officer, News 12 reported.

Cops Seek Suspect In Slashing

CONEY ISLAND — Police have released a surveillance video of a man they say slashed a woman in the face many times inside a McDonald’s on Mermaid Avenue in Coney Island on Feb. 9, according to CBSNewYork. The suspect fled on foot eastbound on Mermaid Avenue. The victim was taken to NYU Langone Hospital-Brooklyn, where she received 93 stitches, CBSNewYork reported. The suspect is described as a black man roughly 6 feet tall in his 30s who was last seen wearing a green parka with a fur-lined hood, blue jeans and black sneakers.

Ridge Pols Slam Board’s Release Of Cop Killer

BAY RIDGE — U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan (R-Southwest Brooklyn-Staten Island), State Sen. Marty Golden (R-Bay RidgeDyker Heights-Bensonhurst-Marine Park) and Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis (R-Bay Ridge-Staten Island) criticized the New York State Parole Board’s decision to release cop killer Herman Bell, according to Kings County Politics. Bell is one of three men convicted of ambushing and killing two NYPD officers in a Harlem housing project in 1971. “The parole board has blatantly disregarded the heinous actions perpetrated by this violent felon who took the lives of two innocent police officers,” Kings County Politics quoted Golden, a former NYPD officer, as saying.

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B R O O K LY N COMMUNITY BOARD #1 435 GRAHAM AVENUE, Brooklyn, NY 11211 Phone: 718â&#x20AC;?389â&#x20AC;?0009 Fax: 718â&#x20AC;?389â&#x20AC;?0098 Email: bk01@cb.nyc.gov Web: www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb1/html/home/home.shtml

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Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace CHAIRPERSON: Daniel Murphy DISTRICT MANAGER: Jeremy Laufer

1360 FULTON STREET, Brooklyn, NY 11216 Phone: 718â&#x20AC;?622â&#x20AC;?6601 Fax: 718â&#x20AC;?857â&#x20AC;?5774 Email: bk03@cb.nyc.gov Web: http://cb3brooklyn.org/ (Steps above PO and Applebees Sign in with security On second floor) Bedfordâ&#x20AC;?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.

COMMUNITY BOARD #4 1420 BUSHWICK AVENUE, SUITE 370 Brooklyn, NY 11207â&#x20AC;?1422 Phone: 718â&#x20AC;?628â&#x20AC;?8400 Fax: 718â&#x20AC;?628â&#x20AC;?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

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: 718â&#x20AC;?778â&#x20AC;?9279 Fax: 718â&#x20AC;?467â&#x20AC;?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

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COMMUNITY BOARD #15 KINGSBORO COMMUNITY COLLEGE, 2001 Oriental Boulevard, C Cluster, Rm C124 Phone: 718â&#x20AC;?332â&#x20AC;?3008 Fax: 718â&#x20AC;?648â&#x20AC;?7232 Email: bklcb15@verizon.net Web:www.nyc.gov/html/bkncb15/html/home/home.shtml Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Kings Bay, Gerritsen Beach, Kings Highway, East Gravesend, Madison, Homecrest, and Plum Beach CHAIRPERSON: Theresa Scavo DISTRICT MANAGER: Laura Singer Regular monthly board meetings are held on the last Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

COMMUNITY BOARD #16 444 THOMAS BOYLAND STREET, RM. 103 Brooklyn, NY 11212 Phone: 718â&#x20AC;?385â&#x20AC;?0323 Fax: 718â&#x20AC;?342â&#x20AC;?6714 Email: bk16@cb.nyc.gov Web: www.brooklyncb16.org

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East Flatbush, Remsen Village, Farragut, Rugby, Erasmus and Ditmas Village CHAIRPERSON: Gail Reedâ&#x20AC;?Barnett, Ed.D DISTRICT MANAGER: Ms. Sherif Fraser Regular monthly board meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

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Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, Flatlands, Marine Park, Georgetown, and Mill Island CHAIRPERSON: Saul Needle DISTRICT MANAGER: Dorothy Turano Regular monthly board meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

Brownsville and Ocean Hill CHAIRPERSON: (economic development) Genese Morgan DISTRICT MANAGER: Viola D. Greeneâ&#x20AC;?Walker Regular monthly board meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

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‘Wome en Who Walked Ahe ead’ At Gre een-Wood Cemetery

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the forrgotten women who hold no otable places in New York o City’s history.

In I honor h off Womeen’’s History Hi t Month, M th Green-W Wood o Cemeteery is reaching back into its long history to celebrate the pioneering women wh ho are buried on its grounds. The cemetery willl host a special trolley tour on March 31 called “W Wo omen Who Walked Ahead” and will visit the graves, both marked d and unmarked, of

The will women pionee ers in Th tour t ill feature f t i i sciencee, arts and activism who led insp piring lives, according a to the tour ’s leader Allison Meier. Despite their influence, many off these women n’s stories may not be found in history books. “Som me of the women have been on [G GreenWood] tours. Others have been more fo orgotten,” saaid Meier, who has been leading tours

011. at Green-W Wood o since 20 men on the tour are on Only two of the wom the offficial f Green Woo Green-W ood map map, Meier said said. ontez, who was most Those include Lola Mo famous for her controveersial “spider dance,” and Susan McKinney Steward, the first Afrin in New Yo ork state. can-American physician Meier said that she’s had to dig deeper into many women’s stories on her own because “these pioneering women, for whatever reason — their stories werren’t recorded as well or as actively as their m male counterparts.” One person whose grrave was on the tour, Camilla Urso, was the first woman to perform as a concert violinist in the U U.S. S Meier said that Urso held incredible influence during her lifetime as a performer and inspiration to other women musicians, m but that her burial site wasn’t easy to t find. d [Urso’s] grave in the “When I tried to find cemetery, I had to actuallly search for her husband to find out where she was buried,” said Meier. Urso, a musical prod digy, was nevertheless scrutinized for her phy ysical appearance and facial expressions in rev views, Meier said. y, it still reso“Even though g it’s an old story

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nates in n the present in terms of how we treat women in entertainment,” Meier said. given Somee women on the tour were never g a grave marker at all. Such is the case with Caroline Weeldon, a late 19th-century aartist who traveled to Dakota Territory to pain nt the portrait of Sitting Bull. Her story was th he inspiration for the 2017 film “W Woman o Walks Ahead,” starring Jessica Chastain. “She’s significant enough that th here’s a movie about her now,” Meier said. “But when she died, she was impoverished,”” and therefore her grave went unmarked. That should change soon for Weeldon now that the cemetery has begun a special prroject to recognize notable figures with unmaarked graves, said Green-W Wo ood historian Jefff R Richman. “[Caroline Weldon] is part of this efffo fort to mark graves of people who are particu ularly interesting as pioneers,” said Richman, adding that the artist and activist is just seecond on the project’s list to receive a gravesto one. Women can end up without a gravesite if they died without any remaining immediate family, Meier said. Such was the case with Eugenia g Farrar, who in 1907 becamee the first perrson to ever sing on the radio. After her deatth in 1966, her ashes were stored at the Brooklyn Navy Yaard for decades before Green-W Wood reserved a niche for her remains in 2010. “Pick king graves that have a beautiful story an nd memorial is really special too,” Meier ssaid of Farrar, who was transferred to an u rn that has the song she first sang in an e xperimental radio transmission, “I Love Yo ou Truly,” inscribed into it. , p p are buried at Moree than 570,000 people Wood, where Richman said trolley Green-W tours beegan in 1991. When there’s any occasion to t spotlight a particular area of hiswe try to seize that opportunity,” said tory, “w Richman, who himself led a tour to recognize Month in February. Black History H that it can be a challenge to He added a ht women’s stories when so much of highligh d history focuses on men. recorded “W Wee’re always looking for a diffferent f spin on thing gs and being able to talk about pioneers,” Richman said. “And this tour allows us to do o that.” Meier said that she’s passionate about finding ways to make cemeteries accessible and eng gaging for the public in meaningful ways. “[Greeen-W Wo ood] is a real cross-section of New York’ o s past,” Meier said. “When you can actu ually talk to people and share it with them on n a hopefully beautiful day, it just brings a new meaning to it and hopefully to a new aud dience.” “W Wom omen Who Walked a Ahead” will be held on Saturdayy, March 31 from 1:30-3:30 p.m. at Green n-W Wo ood Cemeteryy. Tiickets are $2 20 for memberrs of Green-W Wood o and BHS, and d $25 for non--members.

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Bay Ridge

Prospective New Hotel Across from P.S. 104 in Bay Ridge Stirs Controversy By John Alexander

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Concerned residents and politicians from both sides of the aisle joined forces in a spirited rally on Friday in opposition to a prospective new hotel to be built across from P.S. 104 at 92nd Street and Fifth Avenue v i Bay in B Ridge. Rid A vocall crowd d off protesters t t braved the cold and wind, holding signs and chanting, “No hotel rooms, we want classrooms!” The Bay Ridge Community Council (BRCC) and state Sen. Marty Golden organized the rally questioning the prospective hotel’s close proximity to the school and the potential use of the building to house the homeless. Other elected offficials, f including U.S. Rep. Dan Donovan, Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, City Councilmember Justin Brannan and Brooklyn Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar, also attended. Community 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann confirmed that plans were pre-filed on March 14 for hotel use on the site. “The Community Board 10 District Offfice f received calls from nearby property owners who were told by representatives performing soil boring tests in February that the lot was in contract and plans were to develop the property as a 63-unit hotel,” Beckmann told the Brookllyyn Eagle. g “The Community y Board was asked if a hotel could be developed in the [school] zoning district. The answer is yes. The 9100 block of Fifth Avenue v is located within the C8-2 Zoning District.” BRCC President Ralph Succar, who helped organize the event with Golden, hosted the rally. “When I found out that there was a hotel that was going to come across the street from this school I felt that we needed to do something about it,” Succar said. “We are standing here today to do whatever we have to do to stop this project from proceeding.” Golden thanked BRCC for taking this cause on as a primary issue for the community. “We don’t want to put a hotel where we so desperately need classrooms,” Golden said. “W We want classrooms not hotel rooms … this is about Bay Ridge; this is about the people who live here. It’s about the children who go to that school.” In a show of Bay Ridge unity, Golden added, “We should stand together — Democrat, Republican all of us together — on this isRepublican, sue. Nothing should separate us. We need to make sure that the right thing is done here.” Frank Raccuglia is the property owner, ac-

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g to Succar. cording den provided New Yo ork City DeepartGold ment o of Buildings (DOB) public reecords regarding the property and prospective property ow wner Ankit Mehta under the bussiness name B Bay Ridge Realty LLC. He iis the same ow wner of an East New Yo ork propeerty at 2632 Weest 13th St. under the business name Gravesend Realty, LLC. The architectural firm, Shiming Tam Architectss, a Borough Park-based firm, would be designing the 92nd Street hotel, the same firm that designed the East New Yo ork hotel, accordiing to the documents. “Wh hen you go on the website and you look at the hotel h that he owns in East New Yo ork, you willl see that it has not only homeless, but that theere is prostitution and other crime at that loccation,” Golden said. “That is not what we wan nt here.” Mehtta denies that he owns or operates properties inn East New Yoork and further claims that he has nnever offffered housing to the homeless or utilizedd vouchers in the hotel he currently owns near LaaGuardia Airport. He eexpressed to INBrrooklyn o his personal connecttion and devotion to Bay Ridge and the Bay Riddge community and said that if he were to buildd a hotel here it would be something he and the community would be proud of. Gold den also noted that the area along Fifth Avenue v e is congested with traffffic leading to the Verrazano rrazano-Narrows t Narrows Bridge and that a hotel w would only add to the traffffic baackup along th he avenue, not to mention the co ongestion wh hen students are dismissed from school

each day. “When we arrived heere at 2:30, we saw hundreds of chilldren coming out of that school riight across from us,” Donovan said d. “And we don’t want them being exposed e to what would be living h here in this hotel if it was to be builtt. We have to do something for ourr homeless people, but a voucherr program encouraging people to build hotels so that they can make m money from the city is not the t way to deal with the homeless problem.” p Malliotakis said thatt this was not a partisan fight. ǀĞŶƚ ŽƌŐĂŶŝǌĞƌ ĂŶĚ ĂǇ ZŝĚŐĞ ŽŵŵƵŶŝƚǇ ŽƵŶĐŝů WƌĞƐ“This is not political,” she said. ŝĚĞŶƚ ZĂůƉŚ ^ƵĐĐĂƌ ŚŽůĚƐ ĂŶ Ez ĞƉĂƌƚŵĞŶƚ ŽĨ ƵŝůĚ“It’s about preserving Bay B Ridge ŝŶŐƐ ũŽď ŽǀĞƌǀŝĞǁ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ƉƌŽƐƉĞĐƟǀĞ ŚŽƚĞů ƉůĂŶƐ͘ and giving us what we need n in our hind thee scenes with the school construction community, which righ ht now are th itt , with ith City Cit Hall H ll and d all ll the th sttake t k more classrooms, senio or housing and other authority holders to find a better resolution than b buildtypes of housing.” She called it a probleem when hotel owners ing a hotel here. “Over the next days and weeks, I hope are being incentivized to turn hotels into homeless shelters, and that w we should be focusing we have some sort of resolution,” Braannan on permanent housing to o help people transition said. “But I’m in solidarity with everryone saying a hotel is not what we need.” from homelessness to haaving a home. In his remarks, Golden mentioned thee on“We’ve got to keep th he pressure up,” Branf nan said. “The only waay we will be able to going problems the neighborhood has faced kill this deal is to keep tthe pressure up on the with the notorious Prince Hotel, a hotbeed for folks who want to buy tthis land and a build a drug use, prostitution and other criminaal achotel. Then they’ll pull o out of the deal. That’s tivities. Located at 315 93rd St., just bllocks om the prospective hotel, from hotel it it’s alsso on the only way it’s going to happen. happen Wee’ve got away fro me block as a newly built univ versal to keep the pressure up. A hotel is simply not the sam pre-K aat 369 93rd St. The Prince Hoteel acwhat we need here.” ouchers for the homeless. he’s been working be- cepts vo Brannan added that h

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Park Slope

Flatbush Ave. Businesses Call For Moratorium on Traffic Congestion Programs By Mary Frost INBrooklyn

Monday was the first day of the NYC Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Clear Curbs pilot program along Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, and local business owners were not happy. “This morning it was like a SWAT team, with police vehicles, tow trucks, people getting ticketed. It was kind of a mess,” Regina Cahill, president of the North Flatbush BID, told INBrooklyn. The program restricts curbside parking and loading along Flatbush Avenue from Grand Army Plaza to Tillary Street during weekday peak hours, and is meant to ease congestion along the busy thoroughfare. But local shopkeepers say they were not consulted by the city before it devised the plan, and — coming on top of two major infrastructure projects already disrupting the area — insist there needs to be a moratorium. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined business owners and the BID on Monday to call for the city to take local business concerns into consideration. While Mayor Bill de Blasio’s plan to ease traffic congestion is a worthy goal, “We need to figure it out and get it right. And the only way to do that is to have the stakeholders involved,” he told reporters at a news conference on Flatbush at Sixth Avenue, the site of a DOT construction project transforming a traffic triangle. The triangle is one of three (at Sixth, Seventh and Carlton Avenues along Flatbush) being rebuilt in a $5.2 million makeover. “There is no one size fits all when dealing with congestion in this city, especially in a business district,” he said, adding, “We must be clear that the goal in ending congestion is not to damage or hurt our small businesses, who are our lifeblood. If we’re going to tackle chronic obstruction of our streets, we also have to tackle chronic obstruction of communication between government and small businesses.” Area Already Besieged By Major Infrastructure Construction Major gas and water lines upgrades have disrupting local businesses for about a year, and another year of work is projected, Cahill told INBrooklyn. Water mains have been turned off periodically, and many of the businesses affected are restaurants or health care providers, which are especially dependent on water, she said. The new parking and loading restrictions put “another nail in the coffin, so to speak,” Cahill said. “At best, there should be a moratorium on this until construction is done,” she said. “You can’t do a trial project if you have adverse conditions that aren’t going to give you the appropriate data to make a judgement call on whether it’s appropriate. James Ellis, executive director of the North Flatbush BID said that delivery zones being allocated as part of the project don’t adequately serve the area’s businesses. “There are five blocks of businesses not being covered by any delivery zones,” he said. He added that local businesses were only notified about a week before the city’s action, saying the city had to make more of an effort to coordinate with the community. Matt Pintchik, vice president of Pintchik hardware store, said that in the 105 years of the store’s existence, “We have never felt the pressures until recently that we have been experiencing, on top of the pressures that all bricks and mortars are going through today. Congestion as a function of construction has made it extremely difficult,” he said, adding that some businesses are “just on the edge of having to close. “To do this test at this time absolutely makes no sense, and we implore our mayor to rethink this at this time. It would be very sad to lose a number of these businesses who have been here for many years,” he added. Adams said DOT figures show roughly 90 percent of goods are moved by truck in Brooklyn, and the increased number of truck deliveries has led to more double parking, slower traffic and greater risks for cyclists and pedestrians. BID’s Cahill said, “I’ve been here for over 42 years and it’s always been inbound no parking in the morning, outbound no parking in the evening, and that seemed to work. There was no real enforcement on the avenue during those times.”Those existing restrictions just need to be enforced, she suggested.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined local Flatbush Avenue business owners to call for a moratorium of the city’s new Clear Curbs pilot program, which is supposed to clear congestion along the avenue during peak hours. Shown from left: James Ellis, executive director of the North Flatbush BID; BP Eric Adams; Abed Awad, North Flatbush BID board member; and Regina Cahill, president of the North Flatbush BID. INBrooklyn photo by Mary Frost

Matthew Pintchik, vice president of Pintchik hardware store, speaks to reporters. Flatbush Avenue, one of Brooklyn’s most congested commercial corridors, is one of three thoroughfares targeted by Mayor Bill de Blasio in a series of initiatives designed to ease congestion citywide. Two other streets, one in Manhattan and

INBrooklyn photo by Mary Frost

one in Queens, are also piloting the program. The mayor’s plan to reduce congestion includes other tactics citywide such as the Clear Lanes, Clear Intersections, Clear Zones and Clear Highways initiatives.

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Greenpoint

Some Local Businesses Want Citi Bike to Ride Away By Alex Wieckowski Special to INBrooklyn

Since launching in May of 2013, Citi Bike has expanded dramatically to 750 stations and 12,000 bikes throughout 60 neighborhoods in NYC. After Manhattan, Brooklyn is the most populated borough with 263 Citi stations. These docking stations are often placed on park property, sidewalks, or city streets. However, a few businesses in Greenpoint are less than thrilled about a new Citi Bike station that was recently installed on Leonard Street, between Nassau Avenue and Driggs Avenue. The bike station was installed on the street in front of Proper Real Estate, a local family business that has been part of Greenpoint for 30 years. The store manager said that a representative came by to inform her of the installation, but she was given no say in the decision, even though she was the property owner. When asked about the new bike station in Greenpoint, a DOT spokesperson replied that the station is a temporary relocation to accommodate the Greenpoint Library construction. The spokesperson continued by saying the adjacent business owner, “Proper Real Estate” was notified on Feb.15 by Motivate — the company that operates Citi Bike — but did not say if the other nearby businesses were notified. Another business displeased with the decision is Princess Manor — a banquet hall on Nassau Avenue that has been around for more than 60 years. Their manager also stated that the community wasn’t consulted before the decision was made. Furthermore, the manager considers the new station unnecessary since it is the third one within a three-block radius of the business. Currently, Greenpoint has around 16 Citi Bike stations. Additionally, no parking is allowed on Nassau Avenue between Manhattan Ave and Leonard Street, so the nearest option for parking is on Leonard Street. However, the new bike station takes up approximately seven parking spots. There are no nearby parking lots, and with the development of Citi Bike stations and influx of residents in Greenpoint, parking spaces have become a scarce commodity in the community. Local business owners fear that if potential customers can’t find a parking spot, they will take their business elsewhere. Local businesses are crucial to every neighborhood, but the situation can be seen as a catch-22 since there are several good reasons for having more Citi bikes and stations. A report by the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) states that “the majority of all transportation trips made in the city are shorter than two miles, a good distance for cycling” and that users don’t have to “worry about storage or maintenance” of the bikes. Over the past few years, the DOT has been working on creating a more biking-friendly city and installed over 60 miles of dedicated cycling space in 2016, the most of any year. A survey done by the DOT and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene found that “on a typical day, there are over 450,000 cycling trips made in New York City” and that there’s been an “80 percent growth in daily cycling” from 2010 to 2015.

A recently installed Citi Bike station at Leonard Street. Biking is also more environmentally friendly than driving and healthier for the individual. Citi Bike states that in January of 2018, “Citi Bike riders burned a total of 56,400,080 calories.” Citi Bike, along with other NYC initiatives, has helped NYC break the one-year record for bike share ridership in all bike share programs in the Western Hemisphere, aside from Velib in Paris. In October 2017, Citi Bike riders took their 50 millionth trip all time and as of the end of January 2018, there were a total active 137,003 annual members–a number that is likely to grow as NYC becomes more bike friendly. On their website, the NYC DOT states that since 2011 and continuing today, their organization conducts an extensive and participatory public input process before deciding where to install a new bike station. The DOT also provides citizens the opportunity to give feedback through an online interactive map where they can suggest future station locations throughout the city.

A manager at Princess Manor banquet hall on Nassau Avenue, above, considers the new station unnecessary since it is the third one within a three-block radius of their business. Photos by Alex Wieckowski

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ABOVE: Rowhouses on Hicks Street between Woodhull and Summit streets look a bit like an urban scene in an Edward Hopper painting. LEFT: Handsome brick homes on the corner of Clinton and President streets have stone windowsills. TOP-LEFT: Fine brownstones can be seen on Henry Street and the corner of Union Street. INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan

Patrick Charles Keely’s Historic Church and Other Architectural Eye Candy In Non-Landmarked

G a l l r o d r r e a ns C By Lore Croghan INBrooklyn

Here’s eye-catching Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church seen from the far side of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.

This church is so stunning that even the BQE can't make it look bad.

Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church was designed in the early 1870s by Patrick Charles Keely, AKA the Prince of American Catholic Architects. The Gothic-style house of worship with a tall, tall spire is located on the corner of Hicks and

Summit streets in Carroll Gardens — right alongside the deep trench where the BrooklynQueens Expressway runs. The other day, we went to Carroll Gardens to visit a pair of historically significant buildings at 236 President St. and 238 President St. that neighborhood residents are trying to get landmarked. See related story. While we were there, we also snapped photos of other eye-catching homes and churches located outside the Carroll Gardens Historic District's boundaries. These non-landmarked blocks looked eminently landmark-worthy. Go to brooklyneagle.com to see additional photos.

Save Historic Kindergarten from Demolition, Carroll Gardens Residents Say Landmarking Campaign for 236 President St. and Historically Linked 238 President St. By Lore Croghan INBrooklyn

There are lovely doorways and windowsills on these Clinton Street brownstones.

The mansard roof on the house on the corner of Clinton and Sackett streets catches our eye.

Save the Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten! That’s the rallying cry of Carroll Gardens residents who are trying to stop the planned demolition of the first freestanding free kindergarten built in Brooklyn. It's at 236 President St. Its purchaser, Avo Construction, plans to tear it down to construct a six-story luxury condo building. The residents are working to save the two-story former kindergarten by campaigning for city landmark designation for it and 238 President St. The two buildings have a shared history, which is why they believe both should be landmarked. “We’re honoring the community by spotlighting its history,” Jim Protos of 238 President Tenants Corp. told Eye on Real Estate in an interview. “What’s at stake is the character of Carroll Gardens.” For 22 years he and his wife Grace have lived at 238 President St., a four-and-ahalf-story co-op next door to the former kindergarten. Continued on page 10INB

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They and several neighbors have submitted a request for urgent evaluation to the city Landmarks Preservation Commission about the two buildings — which have a touching back story. Neighborhood resident Elmira Christian donated money to fund the operation of a kindergarten for First Place Methodist Episcopal Church. She bought 238 President St., a building with a 75-foot-wide lot — and constructed a stand-alone kindergarten on the lot in 1897. She took these actions to honor her late husband, Norwegian immigrant Hans S. Christian. He had died on the way home from a prayer meeting at the church. The church was important to him. He’d been one of its founders and its board president and taught Sunday school there. In that era, Brooklyn public schools did not have kindergarten classes. Free kindergarten was considered a means of improving the lives of impoverished families.

More Than 2,000 Supportive Letters and Emails This is not the first time there has been a call to landmark 236 President St. During Carroll Gardens’ rezoning in 2009, then-Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz wanted the kindergarten to be landmarked. Protos said that during the rezoning process, he and his neighbors looked into the possibility of landmarking part of their neighborhood that's outside the existing Carroll Gardens Historic District. They were told the Landmarks Preservation Commission believed that there had been too many modifications to buildings in the area. So they didn’t pursue the idea. Fast-forward to the year 2018, to 238 President St. residents' push for the landmarking of 236 and 238 President St. People who are pro-development will likely accuse Protos and his neighbors of trying to use landmarking law for selfish purposes to prevent a big construction project from being undertaken next door to their property. “They’re wrong,” Protos responded when asked about this. “We represent a lot of voices in the community who want the kindergarten landmarked. It’s not just us.”

Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten is depicted at right and the Brooklyn Deaconess Home and Training School of the Methodist Episcopal Church is at left on this antique box. It was used to collect money for charitable INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan donations.

Here's a present-day look at the former Hans S. Christian Memorial Kindergarten.

At last count, he said, more than 2,000 letters and emails had been sent supporting the landmarking of 236 and 238 President St. to Landmarks Preservation Commission Chairwoman Meenakshi Srinivasan or elected officials.

The Landmarks Preservation Commission’s Response Eye on Real Estate reached out to the Landmarks Preservation Commission about the two Jim Protos, a resident of 238 buildings. “The Landmarks PreserPresident St., and his neighbors vation Commission recently are campaigning for the land- received requests to evaluate marking of the building where 236 and 238 President St. as potential landmarks from he lives and 236 President St. elected officials and the community, and they are currently under review,” a spokeswoman for the Landmarks Preservation Commission said via email. According to city Finance Department records, the United Methodist City Society owned both 236 President St. and 238 President St., which were one property, until 1974. Towards the end of the Methodists’ years of ownership, 236 President St. served as a chapel for Brooklyn’s first Spanishspeaking congregation. And the Rev. Alberto Baez — who was folk singer Joan Baez’s grandfather — lived at 238 President St. He had established the Spanish-speaking congregation in 1920. In 1974, the United Methodist City Society split the lot and sold the former kindergarten building to husband and wife Giuseppe and Fortunata Gangemi, Finance Department records show. After Giuseppe Gangemi’s 2013 death, the ownership of 236 President St. was transferred to a Gangemi family trust, Finance Department records indicate. Some time after Fortunata Gangemi died, the house was put on the market, Protos recalled. A “For Sale” sign first appeared in front of the house in 2016.

The Developer Gave Them a Heads-Up Last year, residents of 238 President St. and neighboring 232 President St. and reps from St. Paul’s Episcopal Church asked the real estate agent who then had the listing to pass a letter to the former kindergarten building’s prospective buyer, Protos said. The letter requested that the would-be buyer meet with them to tell them what was in store for the property. The former kindergarten building is on the opposite side of a small garden from St. Paul’s parish hall, whose address is 199 Carroll St. Neighborhood residents didn’t receive a response to their letter, Protos said. But a few weeks ago, one of Protos’ neighbors found out Avo Construction had signed a contract to buy 236 President St. The residents sent a second letter directly to the development firm. One of Avo Construction’s employees followed up and arranged to meet with them and reps from St. Paul’s and 232 President St. That’s how they found out about the developer’s demolition and condo-construction plans. They also found out Avo Construction expects the sale of 236 President St. to close this month. In mid-February, the residents of 238 President St. notified the owners and buyer of 236 President St. of the request for landmark evaluation. We just checked Finance Department records. As of yet, there’s no indication Avo Construction’s purchase of 236 President St. has closed. It’s possible the deal’s done, though. Usually when a New York City real estate transaction is completed, there’s a lapse of several days before the deed shows up on the Finance Department’s website.

The former Brooklyn Deaconess Home and Training School of the Methodist Episcopal Church has a historic front gate. Eye on Real Estate reached out to Avo Construction for comment about the landmarking campaign. We have not yet gotten a response.

Deaconesses Lived Next Door And now, a few more historical details about 236 President St.: The architecture firm that designed it was Hough & Duell. Its architectural style is French Renaissance. As for 238 President St., the Anglo-Italian stand-alone brick mansion was built as a private home. Construction was completed in 1853. Elmira Christian purchased 238 President St. in 1897 and donated it to the Methodist Episcopal Church with the intention of housing the free kindergarten there. But the house wound up being used as the Brooklyn Deaconess Home and Training School of the Methodist Episcopal Church. She built a freestanding kindergarten building — today's 236 President St. — on the site of 238 President St.'s carriage house. Deaconesses were the 1890s’ equivalent of social workers. They provided assistance to the poor. Detailed historical info about the two buildings is available on a “Save Carroll Gardens History” website the residents created. City Councilmember Brad Lander, U.S. Rep. Nydia Velazquez and state Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon have written a joint letter to Landmarks Preservation Commission Chairwoman Srinivasan asking that 236 President St. and 238 President St. be considered for landmark designation. State Sen. Brian Kavanagh and organizations including the Brooklyn Kindergarten Society, the Norwegian Immigrant Association and the Cobble Hill Association support the landmarking of 236 and 238 President St. More than 1,000 people have signed President Street residents' petition. Readers are invited to sign the petition if they haven't already. It can be found at savecarrollgardenshistory.blogspot.com. The Historic Districts Council is helping President Street residents with their landmarking campaign. P.S.: We hereby send a shout-out to Katia Kelly, who has written eloquently about 236 President St.’s threatened demolition on her blog “Pardon Me For Asking.”

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In Bedford-Stuyvesant: Investors Continue to Devour Development Sites By Jonathan Berman, Director

$303.1 million was the highest in the borough. Nevertheless, Bed-Stuy saw 36 development properties traded last year, 20% higher than Connor Lyman, Analyst Investment Research Williamsburg’s 30 sales. Developers in 2018 appear to have a firmer Brooklyn’s real estate development market appears to be buzzing again, with recent grasp of the risks and rewards today’s market sales activity and contract signings signifying presents. Whether it be its elegant turn-of-thesellers and buyers have finally found mutual century brownstones on quiet tree-lined streets, ground. Investors are particularly besotted with or its rich history and deep cultural roots, one the architecturally-rich neighborhood of Bed- thing is certain: Real estate developers are ford-Stuyvesant, where condominiums prices smitten with the north-central Brooklyn neighhighly correlate with those of development borhood of Bedford-Stuyvesant. There is a strong relationship between conassets. Looking back at 2017, the investment sales do prices and land values in Bed-Stuy, accordmarket in Brooklyn languished, echoing a trend ing to Ariel Property Advisors’ Investment Research Division. For example, when condo prices rose from the first quarter of 2014 until the third quarter of 2015, land prices rose in tandem. Condo prices appear to drive land prices, but expense-related factors also play a role. That was evident in the oneyear period ending in the third quarter of 2016. During this time condo prices flattened, but land prices fell due to rising construction costs and the absence of 421-a, a popular tax incentive. Dwindling profits reduces demand for land. Right now, rising condo demand in Bed-Stuy has developers planning or currently embarking on large-scale projects that should add hundreds of units to the housing stock. A notable development site sale in BedStuy was Jay Group’s purchase of 793-801 Bedford Avenue last year for $11.4 million, which translates to $287 per buildable square foot, 17% above the neighborhood’s average of $245 in 2017. —Ariel Property Investors Investment Sales

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seen throughout New York City. The borough’s development sites saw dollar volume fall 30% to $2.18 billion and transaction volume slip 18% to 293, according to Ariel Property Advisors’ “Brooklyn 2017 Year-End Sales Report.” To view, click on: http://arielpa.com/report/report-APA-Brooklyn-2017-Sales-Report Bedford-Stuyvesant, however, was a beacon of light. Indeed, despite the overall downturn, development assets in Bedford-Stuyvesant, colloquially called “Bed-Stuy,” fared well last year, recording the highest transaction volume in the borough. The 26 transactions of over $1 million was more than double the amount tallied in other popular developer destinations, such as Crown Heights and Greenpoint. Moreover, Bed-Stuy’s dollar volume was $90.1 million in 2017, ranking it in the top 5 out of over 40 neighborhoods. Williamsburg’s

Jonathan Berman, Director Investment Sales ers throughout Brooklyn – particularly in areas where land costs allow for the construction of rental apartments, such as Bedford-Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, and Flatbush. The incentive offers developers full property-tax exemption for as long as 35 years with varying levels of affordability. Lastly, the shutdown of the L-train for at least 15-months in 2019 almost guarantees an influx of new residents to Bed-Stuy as it has an abundance of transportation options, with the A, C, J, Z, G and S trains all passing through

the area. That should spur even more population growth in Bed-Stuy, which should drive rents higher and lift property values. Looking ahead, the Brooklyn real estate development market is humming again in the aftermath of last year’s lethargy. Whether it be the high correlation with condominium prices, favorable supply/demand dynamics, strong demographics, or the looming shutdown of L-train, development sites in Bedford-Stuyvesant are almost guaranteed to appreciate in the years to come.

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Future Looks Bright In Bed-Stuy With its highly diverse mix of students, artists, creative professionals, architects, and white-collar professionals, Bed-Stuy is one of the most eclectic neighborhoods in the City. Due largely to gentrification, its population grew by 34 percent between 1980 and 2015, faster than the citywide growth rate of 20%, according to Census Data. The allure of Bed-Stuy largely stems from its relatively affordability compared to other neighborhoods in Brooklyn. According to StreetEasy, Bed-Stuy has a median asking rent of $2,300, which is 8% less than Bushwick’s $2,500. New residents have a median household income of $50,200 versus $28,000 for long-term residents, according to the Office of the State Comptroller. This above-average trend has undoubtedly played a role in condo appreciation in recent years. Meanwhile, last year’s introduction of Affordable New York, a tax incentive that replaced 421-a, should continue to be a boon for build-

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So our favorite all-time Jets fan Alan Neil Ferber is extremely happy that his favorite team signed quarterback Teddy Bridgewater and re-signed quarterback Josh McCown. We know because we spotted him celebrating the signings at D’Amico’s Coffee Roasters sipping the strong stuff— D’Amico’s French Press Coffee!!!

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Finding the Forgotten: A Behind-the-Scenes Tour Of Ellis Island’s Abandoned Hospital Complex

‘Brooklyn Was Intimately Connected with Ellis Island’ By Scott Enman INBrooklyn

Inside one of the most famous monuments in the world is a bronze plaque that reads, in part, “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.” Emma Lazarus’ sonnet “The New Colossus,” placed on the Statue of Liberty, has for centuries served as a beacon of hope and promise for the millions of immigrants who sought and continue to pursue a better life in America. One word, however, is noticeably missing from Lazarus’ poem. She does not write, “Give me your tired, your poor, your ailing.” Many of the migrants who traveled across the globe to enter America were weary and, indeed, impoverished. But those who

Jim Peskin, senior guide at Ellis Island, speaks to the Eagle’s tour group. were sick were not permitted entry into the country until their health improved. Those with contagious diseases were even forced into quarantine, and some, depending on their illness, were sent back to their home country. Immigrants arrived on steam ships in The Narrows, the channel of water between Bay Ridge and Staten Island. A boat from Ellis Island, equipped with two Public Health Service (PHS) doctors, would meet the vessel and evaluate the health of its passengers, starting with the first and second-class cabins, followed by third-class and steerage. “The first thing that those [doctors] looked at was quarantine,” Jim Peskin, senior guide at Ellis Island, told INBrooklyn. “If anyone had cholera, typhus or the bubonic plague … the whole ship

was stopped. Everyone on the boat was detained until the quarantine had passed. “They would inspect all of the people there to see if they were medically OK to enter the U.S. They would do that while the boat would steam from The Narrows to the docks,” which were located in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Hoboken, N.J. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, immigrants with infectious diseases were quarantined on Hoffman and Swinburne islands, two manmade islets off Staten Island. Although Ellis Island is technically in New Jersey — the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1998 that only a small portion belongs to New York — there are still many Brooklyn connections worth exploring, including the fact that hundreds of thousands of eventual Brooklyn residents passed through both the hospital and the immigration station. Prior to the opening of the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital in 1902, the sick and those who needed to be observed were sent to several hospitals in New York City, including Long Island College Hospital (LICH) in Cobble Hill. LICH was one of the primary hospitals used by the PHS for immigrant care from 1897 until 1906, although it continued to admit patients until 1911, but on a much smaller scale. “Immigration peaked in 1907, so one can see LICH was in use at the absolute pinnacle of the 19th-century wave of immigration,” Peskin said. “Some [patients] got better and entered the United States and some of them died there as well,” he added. “So Brooklyn was intimately connected with Ellis Island for about nine years.” Even after the Immigrant Hospital opened in 1902, people were still sent to LICH because Ellis Island only had a general infirmary and could not treat infectious disease patients. At that point, LICH was receiving the “the sickest of the sick,” according to Peskin. Just more than a million, or 10 percent of the 12 million immigrants who passed through Ellis Island, stayed at the Immigrant Hospital until it closed in 1951 after 49 years of operation. The intake of patients was profitable for Brooklyn because

A bedroom inside the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital.

Scattered about the buildings are 25 life-size photos installed by Oscarnominated director and photographer JR. The photos depict real immigrants from the Ellis Island archives. INBrooklyn photos by Kate Enman | @kate_shot_me | kateshotme.com

LICH charged PHS $2 a day for each patient. Although tallies are not available for every year, some statistics are accessible. For example, in 1901, LICH admitted 1,954 people. In 1902, that number grew to 1,969 with 45 people dying. In 1903, 1,035 people were admitted, of which 15 died. By 1909, the number of patients dropped to 96 with only three deaths. In 1910, 23 people were admitted to the hospital with two people perishing. In 1911, when the infectious disease hospital on Ellis Island opened, PHS stopped sending patients to Brooklyn. The city did, however, continue to send its dead to the borough. The deceased were buried at the Cemetery of the Evergreens on the border of Bushwick and Cypress Hills. A Journey Through Time While many have ventured to Ellis Island to learn about the millions of immigrants who passed through its doors, fewer have visited the Immigrant Hospital, located on two southern islands. Ellis Island is made of three islets: one had the immigration station, another housed the general hospital and a third supported the infectious disease hospital. Normally off-limits to the public, INBrooklyn received a behind-the-scenes hardhat tour of the eerie hospital complex, which featured 750 beds: 300 at the general hospital and 450 at the infectious disease hospital. Save Ellis Island, an organization rehabilitating the infirmary’s 29 buildings, uses proceeds from the tours to restore the structures.

The city used excavated soil from the New York City subway to build the southern two islands. Placed within the commotion of New York Harbor, ships pass the island nonstop. A Staten Island Ferry bellows, announcing its departure from Whitehall Terminal. A tour boat bursting with colorful rain slickers zips by. Despite the movement surrounding the island, it’s strangely quiet, a contrast to the daily cacophony of the city. INBrooklyn tours the hospital on a wet, gray day. There’s a cool dampness inside the cavernous complex. Sporadic drips echo from far-off corners. Rusted pipes and walls with peeling paint stretch off into the distance for as far as the eye can see. Rain stirs up scents of damp grass, wet wood and moist metal. Moss and ivy hug the building, interweaving lines of human and natural origins, one and the same. The compound — a labyrinth of nooks, crannies, halls, courtyards, sunrooms, recreation centers and bedrooms — begs to be explored. Scattered about the buildings are 25 life-size photos installed by Oscar-nominated director and photographer JR, the French artist who created a sculpture of a baby peering over the border wall between the U.S. and Mexico. The photos, which depict real immigrants from the Ellis Island archives, are placed throughout the complex. They are, however, missing from one room: the morgue. Walking into the mortuary, there’s a noticeable stillness. Late-afternoon light creeps into the space. JR deliberately re-

This room, overlooking the Statue of Liberty, was where patients with more than one contagious disease stayed. Many of them eventually died. “What makes it so fragile is this was their final view,” Jim Peskin, senior guide at Ellis Island, said.

frained from placing photos here because it was, according to Peskin, “already an evocative place.” The most moving section, however, is the Isolation Ward, where patients with more than one contagious disease stayed. Entering this division, one cannot help but feel sentimental. Many of the patients who were kept here were certain to die. Nurses could only hold their hand and give them painkillers, their fate already decided. The Statue of Liberty sits off in the distance. It’s a startling contrast, a symbol of opportunity and freedom so close, yet never attainable. “What makes it so fragile is this was their final view,” Peskin said. Brooklyn Bridged A talk with Barry Moreno, the historian of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, reveals several other lesser-known Brooklyn connections. For example, the last alien to go through Ellis Island was Arnie Peterson, a Norwegian sailor staying in Brooklyn. “Arnie Peterson is interesting because he was the last alien at Ellis Island held on a charge, and he willingly was repatriated to his country Norway,” Moreno told INBrooklyn. He added, “Brooklyn had a massive Norwegian population, so Peterson naturally drifted to Brooklyn, where his fellow

countrymen already were living. He could hear his own language spoken there in the streets, so it was only natural for him to go to Brooklyn.” In addition, several of Ellis Island’s commissioners of immigration were from Brooklyn, including Thomas Fitchie and Rudolph Reimer. Thomas Fitchie, who was an “honest Brooklynite,” according to Moreno, did not find out he had been appointed commissioner of immigration by President William McKinley in 1897 until he read a morning edition of the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Reimer as commissioner of immigration at Ellis Island in 1934. Reimer, who lived at 2 Montague Terrace in Brooklyn Heights, would frequently speak on the radio about the conditions on Ellis Island. “He ran Ellis Island for six years until he retired in 1940,” Moreno said. “He owned an important bank in Brooklyn. He was from there, he ran Ellis Island during the Great Depression, during a period where there were a lot of deportations in fact.” While it’s debatable how much of Ellis Island is officially in New York City, what is unquestionable is the influence that Brooklyn, the city’s largest borough, played in not only the smooth operation of Ellis Island, but in shaping the landscape of America as a whole.

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“We live in Bay Ridge” Art show and more! Details inside.

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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 29, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Where: Fort Greene/BRIC House (647 Fulton Street) IN TERMS OF PERFORMANCE Text-based exhibition provokes dialogue, debate, and discovery across artistic disciplines. When: Daily, Through May 8 Where: Fort Greene/BAM/ Peter Jay Sharp Building (30 Lafayette Avenue)

A rt "WE LIVE IN BAY RIDGE" ART SHOW OPENING Poets Darryl Alladice and Catherine Gigante-Brown’s powerful spoken word piece “My Brooklyn, Your Brooklyn,” about coming of age in the County of Kings in the 1970s will be performed at the opening of a new local art show. When: Thursday, March 22, 7:30–9:30 p.m. Where: Bay Ridge/The Coop (9504 4th Avenue)

ART IN THE PARKS: FITZHUGH KAROL Two sculptures of colorful intersecting steel shapes reference familiar silhouettes of stairs and hillsides. Their abstract and playful shapes invite interaction and are a reminder of man’s imprint on the landscape. The two sculptures are titled “Searches” and “Reaches.” When: Daily through June, All day Where: Prospect Park/ Bartel-Pritchard Square

THE WALKING DEAD/ ZOMBIE COMEDY A living installation multimedia performance art experience with costumes, painted body art, video projection and live music. When: Saturday, March 24, 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Where: Bushwick/Michael Alan Studio (566 Johnson Avenue) TOKYO INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION 2017: BORDERS 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: Tuesday-Saturday Through March 29, 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: Wednesday-Saturday through March 30, 12–6 p.m. Where: Gowanus/The Cluster Gallery (200 6th Street)

Poets Darryl Alladice and Catherine Gigante-Brown’s powerful spoken word piece “My Brooklyn, Your Brooklyn,” opens a group art show all about Bay Ridge on Thursday, March 22 Art: Alicia Degener 7:30-9:30 p.m. at The Coop. 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 31, 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 Steedam’s inaugural US solo exhibition. When: Thursdayand Friday through April 4, 12–6 p.m. Where: DUMBO/Asphodel (20 Jay Street/Suite 837)

UNREALITY BOMB Jake Brush, Paul Gagner, Jessica Tawczynski, Maggie Goldstone, Duy Hoàng, Dan Fig, Eric Ashcraft. When: Thursdays-Sundays through April 15, 1–6 p.m. Where: Crown Heights/ FiveMyles (558 St. John’s Place) HAND LUGGAGE Pirmin Hagen and Christine Katscher are interested in the necessity of communication in collaboration and the misunderstandings that come with this that can help shape the process and outcomes. Hagen and Katscher usually work individually and though they have collaborated to create Druckwerk, an open access printing workshop and exhibition space in Austria, the duo has not yet collaborated on an exhibition of their own, personal work. When: Thursdays-Fridays through April 24, 2–6 p.m. Where: Park Slope/Open Source Gallery (306 17th Street) 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,

DAVID BOWIE IS Organized with unprecedented access to David Bowie’s personal archive, this exhibition 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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ALIKI AND ALEXA BRANDENBERG Join illustrator Aliki and her daughter Alexa Brandenberg for an event celebrating I Wish I Was Sick, Too!, a sweet and funny children’s book about a close-knit and surprisingly intellectual cat family. When: Sunday, March 25, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Where: Cobble Hill/Community Bookstore (143 7th Avenue) THE RISE OF ANTIFA Is political violence ever justified? Antifa (short for “anti-fascist”), a loose affiliation of groups united in their opposition to authoritarianism, rampant capitalism, and white supremacy, has come under fire for its counter-protest methods in the past year. Mark Bray, author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, discusses the controversial movement and its rising prominence in Trump-era. When: Monday, March 26, 6:30–8 p.m. Where: Brooklyn Heights/ Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont Street)

Mark Bray, author of Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook, discusses the controversial movement and its rising prominence in Trump-era on : Monday, March 26, 6:30–8 p.m. at the Brooklyn Historical Society. Photos courtesy of Melville House Books EAT, DRINK AND BE LITERARY: Valeria Luiselli, Author A novelist (Faces in the Crowd and The Story of My Teeth) and essayist (Sidewalks and Tell Me How It End), her work has been translated into many languages. Eat, Drink and Be Literary brings major contemporary authors to BAMcafé for intimate readings and engaging discussions. When: Tuesday, March 27, 6 p.m. Where: Fort Greene/BAMcafe Live (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. When: Thursday, March 22, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. Where: Bushwick/DeKalb Library (790 Bushwick Avenue) GIRL POWER FILM + MEDIA SUMMIT A day of screenings, workshops, talks, mixer, and many more. #GirlPowerSummit promises to inspire and empower women in film and media by providing a unique opportunity for local women filmmakers and storytellers to learn and meet from women industry leaders and change makers with insightful conversations, motivating workshops, and networking. When: Saturday, March 24, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. Where: DUMBO/United Photo Industries (16 Main Street #B) INTRO TO BACKPACKING Planning and executing a multi-day hike can be daunting for the first-time backpacker, but with a little

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knowledge, forethought and,OK, a bit of spending money, anyone can hit the trail for a couple days or even a week. And if you can hike for a week, you can hike the Appalachian Trail. This class covers the basic skills necessary for solo or group backpacking. When: Saturday, March 24, 2:30–4:30 p.m. Where: Prospect Heights/ Brooklyn Brainery (190 Underhill Avenue) BIRDING IN PEACE Before Green-Wood’s gates open to the general public, birding expert Rob Jett leads these peaceful Sunday morning walking tours to discover the many birds that call Green-Wood home. Copies of GreenWood’s new Bird Checklist will be available to all tour participants. Comfortable footwear is recommended. When: Sunday, March 25, 7–8:30 a.m. Where: Greenwood/ Green-Wood Cemetery (500 25th Street) 14TH ANNUAL NATIONAL BLACK WRITER’S CONFERENCE: GATHERING AT THE WATERS–HEALING, LEGACY, AND ACTIVISIM IN BLACK LITERATURE Local, regional, and nationally celebrated writers, scholars, literary professionals, students, and the community-at-large will convene over four days to discuss topics related to the conference theme, to examine the state of literature produced by Black writers, to listen to writers read from their work, to attend a variety of informative workshops and to fellowship with other supporters of Black literature. When: Daily, March 22 through March 25, 10 a.m.–6 p.m. Where: Prospect Park/ Medgar Evers College (1650 Bedford Avenue)

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that the path to success is never a straight line. When: Saturday, March 24, 11 a.m. Where: Fort Greene/ BAM Fishman Space (321 Ashland Place)

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SUNDAY SKETCH-IN Come together, get inspired, and fill your sketchbooks. Artists will be able to browse the 36,000 artist sketchbooks from all over the world we have in our library to get inspiration while they draw. For those participating in The Sketchbook Project for 2018, this group can and will function as motivation and a countdown to the deadline for 2018 sketchbooks. It is not necessary to be part of the project to come though. Attendees will get a free pin, which changes every week. Collect all 8 and get a free Brooklyn Art Library tote bag When: Sunday, March 25, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. Where: Williamsburg/Brooklyn Art Library (28 Frost Street) DUMPLINGS 101 COOKING CLASS Learn to make dumpling wrappers, fillings, and

dipping sauces and learn the basic principles of dumplings. Students will roll out, create the filling, whip up dipping sauces and we will all steam them and enjoy together. Menu: This menu features both pork and vegetable dumplings. When: Saturday, March 24, 5–7 p.m. Where: Carroll Gardens/ Court Tree Collective (371 Court Street)

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TINY TOT THEATER Join the enchanting world of puppets and stories in this class for children ages 2-4 years and their caretakers. Along with a storyteller/puppeteer from Spellbound Theater you and your child will explore creative play, movement, and puppet making. Pre-registration required/12

children maximum When: Thursday, March 22, 9:30 a.m. Where: DUMBO/ Spark by Brooklyn Childrens Museum (1 John Street) NEW YORK ISLANDERS VS TAMPA BAY LIGHTNING When: Thursday, March 22, 7 p.m. Where: Flatbush/Barclay’s Center (620 Atlantic Avenue) BAMKIDS THEATER– A FOOL’S ERRAND In this physical comedy, an adventure unfolds from the moment clowning virtuoso Jamie Adkins falls onstage. With acrobatic skill and expertly timed comedic despair, Adkins crawls, sways, and stumbles across a single rope in a quest to investigate all the what-ifs along the way. Ordinary predicaments crackle with humor as he makes up the rules as he goes. The result is a barely contained chaos reminding young audiences

SCREENING AND TALKBACK—AGAINST ALL ODDS: THE FIGHT FOR A BLACK MIDDLE CLASS WITH BOB HERBERT Bob Herbert has written extensively about racism and politics for The New York Times and other media. Join him for a screening of this documentary where in both poignant and personal terms, he describes the uphill struggle of black families reaching for economic equality in the face of redlining, employment discrimination and other historical inequalities. When: Thursday, March 22, 6:30–8 p.m. Where: Brooklyn Heights/ Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont Street)

F ood GREENMARKET AT BARTELPRITCHARD SQUARE Nestled inside Prospect Park’s tree-shaded southwest corner, this much-loved weekday market is where South Slope and Windsor Terrace residents stock up on locally grown

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staples. The offerings range from a selection of vegetables, fruits, baked goods, plants, and flowers to fresh-caught fish and organic baked goods. When: Sunday, March 25, 8 a.m.–3 p.m. Where: Grand Army Plaza/ Bartel-Pritchard Square

H ealth ADULT TAI CHI Adult Tai Chi is an ancient Chinese exercise. It is an exercise that was originally a martial art and has health and meditative benefits.

When: Thursday, March 22, 11–11:45 a.m. Where: Midwood/Clarendon Library (2035 Nostrand Avenue) 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. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE

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themselves on dutar (two-stringed lute), kyl-kiyak (two-stringed bowl fiddle), and jaw harp—Ismailova’s mesmerizing multiscreen video, scored by acclaimed Tashkent-based composer Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky, adds a powerful new dimension to an eternally engrossing ancient story. When: Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24, 7:30 p.m. Where: Fort Greene/ BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton Street)

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When: Saturday, March 24, 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 25th, 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 26, 1–2 p.m. Where: Sheepshead Bay/ Kings Bay Library (3650 Nostrand Avenue)

N ightlife WHIPLASH A weekly stand up show. When: Monday, March 26, 11 p.m. Where: Gowanus/The Bell House (149 7th Street) ALWAYS HAPPY VIDEO COMEDY BOP Never Sad presents a night of never-before-seen comedy videos and shorts, submitted each month by NYC’s top comedians and filmmakers. Curated and hosted by Jed Feiman and Nehemiah Markos. All ages. When: Friday, March 23, 8 p.m. Where: Greenpoint/Brooklyn Bazaar (150 Greenpoint Avenue)

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THE SOUL REBELS Performing The Music of Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Outkast. When: Thursday, March 22, 8 p.m. Where: Williamsburg/ Brooklyn Bowl (61 Wythe Avenue) AN EVENING OF OPERA AND CABARET AND BENEFIT FOR BROOKLYN OPERA WORKS Wine, conversation, and music in an intimate cocktail setting, in an atmosphere of lively ideas, new friendships, and up-close artistry. The evening will include a sampling of celebrated operatic arias, cabaret and dance selections to showcase the talent represented by the Brooklyn Opera Works and BOW’s Summer Vocal Arts. When: Thursday, March 22, 7 p.m. Where: Brooklyn Heights/ First Presbyterian Church (124 Henry Street) QYRQ QYZ (FORTY GIRLS) The matriarchal narrative of Gulaim—a teenage warrior who defended her clan from Eastern invaders with the help of qyrq qyz (40 girls), Amazons of Turkic legend— has endured for centuries in the male-dominated epic oral tradition of Central Asia. With Qyrq Qyz, a BAM debut for both the Aga Khan Music Initiative and acclaimed Uzbek filmmaker Saodat Ismailova (40 Days of Silence), the tale receives a multimedia retelling that harnesses both cutting-edge and traditional art forms. As a new generation of Turkic female bards sing Gulaim’s legend—accompanying

FLIGHT SCHOOL THE MUSICAL It’s the first day of Flight School, where they teach birds to fly and Penguin has the soul of an eagle, ready to live on the wind. Though he wasn’t built to soar, as the other birds constantly remind him, Penguin’s spirit won’t be grounded. With the help of some friends of a feather, Penguin follows his dream to flip, flap, fly. Meet the Cast After the Show When: Saturday, March 24, 2 p.m. Where: Manhattan Beach/ On Stage at Kingsborough (2001 Oriental Blvd) ŪNDISCLOSED: BACK-2-BACK Showcasing four artists divided into two b2b sets, combining their sound and style, to create a unique groove. For the first installment: Karlos Leon (mnmlktchn) b2b M.P.C / Mario Polanco (Secret Sessions) LorenzoSlider (Altum) b2b Willmer Pereira (Rendezvous). When: Friday, March 23, 10 p.m. Where: Williamsburg/Tilt (248 McKibbin Street) THE DREAM EATERS The Dream Eaters blend the ethereal vocals of Jake Zavracky and Elizabeth LeBaron in intertwining streams of haunting melodies. While they draw from a number of influences including dream pop, psychedelic, folk and rock genres, their sound stands in a category of its own; subdued and somehow also urgent; cutting edge yet classic. When: Saturday, March 24, 9 p.m. Where: Williamsburg/Pete’s Candy Store (709 Lorimer Street) CLASSICAL INTERLUDES: FRICTION QUARTET As part of BPL’s Classical Interludes chamber music series 10th anniversary program, and in collaboration with Carnegie Hall’s Neighborhood Concert

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Series, the Friction Quartet presents an experience outside the traditional stringquartet model, performing arrangements of pop music that make use of digital sound processing, and combine music with other media When: Sunday, March 25, 4 p.m. Where: Canarsie/Brooklyn Public Library (1580 Rockaway Parkway) DECIBEL METAL AND BEER FEST 2018 Official Kickoff Party with Incantation, Believer and Belus. When: Friday, March 23, 7 p.m. Where: Williamsburg/Saint Vitus Bar (1120 Manhattan Avenue)

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GROWING Performing: Growing/ Weak Signal/ Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste When: Sunday, March 25, 8 p.m. Where: Williamsburg/Union Pool (448 Union Avenue) THE REVOLUTION A monthly performance series that highlights Brooklyn- and Harlembased musicians. This month features live performances from five previous artists of the movement: Dot Cromwell, Beccs, Meridian Lights, Elle Winston, and MAE.SUN. When: Saturday, March 24, 7 p.m. Where: Williamsburg/ National Sawdust (80 N. 6th Street) THE PRINCE AND THE MAGIC FLUTE Adapted for children by Nicolas Coppola from Mozart’s opera, “The Prince and The Magic Flute” is set in mystical Egypt and tells the comical adventures of a prince and a bird catcher as they try to rescue a princess. Puppet works’ production features traditional, hand-carved wooden marionettes, accompanied by children’s songs culled from the Mozart score. When: Saturdays–Sundays through March 31, Shows at 12:30 and 2:30 p.m. Where: Park Slope/Puppetworks (338 Sixth Avenue) ASSASSINS THE MUSICAL With music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by John Weidman, based on an idea 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-

An Evening of Opera and Cabaret and Benefit for Brooklyn Opera Works at First Presbyterian Church on Thursday, March Photos courtesy of Brooklyn Opera Works 22 at 7p.m. 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, where the history of assassination attempts in America is being taught, and history comes alive. When: Through March 25, Thursdays-Sundays, see website for schedule Where: Brooklyn Heights/ St. Francis College (180 Remsen Street)

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T ours MADAME MORBID PRESENTS: NATIONAL PUPPY DAY TROLLEY TOURS In honor of National Puppy Day, Madame Morbid invites you to bring your dog to any tour. Treats for all pups who accompany their humans on our trolley that day. Together, you will howl at spooky stories and put the boo in nose boops. When: Friday, March 23, see website for times Where: Williamsburg/N. 9th Street and Driggs Avenue

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‘Critical Grace’ Book Signing Is Special Part of Homecoming Sunday By Francesca Norsen Tate, Religion Editor

The judges and student competitors at the 2018 AGO-Brooklyn Chapter Organ Scholarship Competition. Left to right: Eric Plutz (judge); Austin Philemon (1st-place winner); John A. Wolfe, Ph.D., dean of the AGO-Brooklyn Chapter; Mark Pacoe (judge); Evan Currie (2nd-place winner); Bill Randolph (judge); and Roshan Chakane (3rd-place winner). INBrooklyn photo by Francesca N. Tate

Organists’ Guild Chapter Awards Scholarships to Promising Students By Francesca Norsen Tate, Religion Editor INBrooklyn

Three young organists pursuing their master’s degrees won scholarships last weekend. The American Guild of Organists-Brooklyn Chapter’s 2018 George Mathison Memorial Scholarship Competition, held at Grace Church-Brooklyn Heights, awarded the first-place prize to Austin Philemon, a student at Manhattan School of Music and assistant organist at St. John Nepomucene Roman Catholic Church in Manhattan. Philemon is pursuing his degree at the Manhattan School of Music. Winning second and third prize were Evan Currie and Roshan Chakane, who are both pursuing degrees at Rutgers. They have a connection the Brooklyn Chapter dean, John A. Wolfe, Ph.D. Dr. Wolfe explained that each contestant had to perform a group of works that included a piece by J.S. Bach, selections of the contestant’s choice, and an organ improvisation of a well-known hymn. The judges were Eric Plutz, dean of the Ameri-

can Guild of Organists’ Central New Jersey Chapel and University Organist at Princeton; Bill Randolph Jr., director of music and organist at Church of the Intercession (Episcopal) in Manhattan; and Mark Pacoe, director of music at St. John Nepomucene Church in Manhattan. Both are active in the New York Chapter as well. The scholarship competition is named for the late George Mathison, longtime beloved dean of the Brooklyn Chapter. Born on Oct. 26, 1953 in Minnesota, he graduated from Augsburg University, majoring in music with a focus on organ. He also took classes at Macalester College in Minnesota. During his years at Augsburg, Mathison also did audio-visual work, particularly in an electronic music studio and semi-professional audio and video studios. His hymn tune to the poem “Jesus, the Very Thought of Thee,” attributed to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, was published in AMSI’S “New Hymns-I” anthology in 1975. He moved to Brooklyn in 1984 and played or served as substitute organists at many area churches.

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When Overseer Alicia Collins of Gates of Praise Tabernacle hosted “Homecoming Sunday,” recently, she welcomed many pastors and friends connected with Brooklyn churches in the earliest days of their ministries. Homecoming Sunday was also the occasion for Pastor LeeAndrew Wright to sign copies of his popular book, “Critical Grace: Living on God’s Life Support.” Published in 2016, “Critical Grace” is an anthology of devotional reflections and fictional short stories, geared to boost the faith of people who have withstood many kinds of adversities. INBrooklyn senior editor John Alexander reviewed “Critical Grace” that autumn. Wright and “Critical Grace” also made an appearance at that year’s Brooklyn Book Festival. It is available through Outskirts Press and Barnes & Noble’s website.

Pastor LeeAndrew Wright signs copies of his book, “Critical Grace: Living on God’s Life Support” for Elder Ernest Spellman and his wife, Keisha Spellman. INBrooklyn photo by Francesca N. Tate

On This Day in Faith History: March 21, 1929

Churches Open for Confession On Reconciliation Monday

Christians around the world observe Holy Week, which begins on March 25 with Palm Sunday. Holy Week commemorates the suffering and death on the cross of Jesus of Nazareth, whom Christians believe to be both God and human and therefore the only person capable of having reconciled humankind to God. As Holy Week begins, the Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, reminds New York Catholics that March 26, the Monday before Easter, is Reconciliation Monday. Bishop DiMarzio and the Diocese of Brooklyn have partnered with partnership with Timothy Cardinal Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York, and Bishop John Barres of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, in opening up parishes in these areas so that Catholics may receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation, often called Confession. The parishes listed in the link below will be open for walkin confessions from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. The goal of Reconciliation Monday is to encourage Catholics to receive the sacrament of Reconciliation in preparation for Easter Sunday. This day also allows the faithful to confess their sins anonymously, by offering an

opportunity for them to go to a parish other their own. “This enables people to confess their sins with confidence and completeness,” said Bishop DiMarzio. The three dioceses launched a bilingual ad campaign, in English and Spanish. The digital and print ads that the Brooklyn Diocese’s DeSales Media Group, created, read: “Lighten Up. Experience the power of forgiveness this Easter.” The idea behind the slogan is that sins can

weigh one down; but through confession, those burdens will be lightened. In going to confession, people also experience the light of God. Pope Francis has said, “Every time we go to confession, God embraces us.” All parishes in the Diocese of Brooklyn, the Archdiocese of New York and the Diocese of Rockville Centre are hearing confession between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m. on this special day.

Brooklyn Eagle front page from Thursday, March 21, 1929. From the Brooklyn Eagle Archives

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This ad, both in English and Spanish, is being sent to Catholics throughout New York City and the Diocese of Rockville Centre, which includes Nassau and Suffolk counties. Image courtesy of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Sunday School Parade tradition was so famous that even U.S. presidents attended. The front page of the March 21, 1929 Brooklyn Eagle reported on an invitation that former Sen. William M. Calder sent to President Herbert Hoover to attend the anniversary Parade of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union, slated for June 6 of that year. In the past, Calder, during his years in Congress, had gotten Presidents William McKinley and William Howard

Taft to attend the Sunday School Union Parade. Calvin Coolidge, while he was vice president, also attended. President Hoover responded that, even though it was doubtful he could attend, he would give the parade thoughtful consideration. The Sunday School Union parade was held each year on the first Thursday in June, except in those years when Memorial Day fell in the same week. In those cases, the parade was moved to the second Thursday in June. The parade was still taking place as recently as five years ago, but with a smaller group of children participating, according to articles published in The New York Times and other area newspapers.

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CRYPTOCURRENCY How Lawyers Can Recover it During Divorce Proceedings Hiding Bitcoin in Divorces: A CLE Discussion For Divorce Attorneys By Rob Abruzzese INBrooklyn

In a span of less than 10 years, cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin have gone from the province of techies and money launderers to widespread use today where most people, governments, big accounting firms and prominent software companies are investing in them. Cryptocurrencies have gotten so big that they are now impossible for attorneys to ignore, particularly matrimonial attorneys charged with splitting up spousal assets. On Tuesday, March 13, the Brooklyn Bar Association (BBA) held a Continuing Legal Education (CLE) seminar titled “Cryptocurrency, the Law and How to Find it and Track it in a Divorce Litigation” with Mark DiMichael, James Anthony Wolff and Nicholas G. Himonidis. The two-hour lecture was designed to introduce attorneys to what cryptocurrencies are and their legal implications during a divorce proceeding.

The Brooklyn Bar Association brought in a team that included (from left) Nicholas G. Himonidis, Mark DiMichael and James Anthony Wolff for a CLE on cryptocurrency and how lawyers can find it and track it during divorce litigation. Brooklyn Eagle photo by Rob Abruzzese

“Our currency has been getting less tangible overtime and getting more technologically advanced, and cryptocurrency is the next phase in that evolution.” — MARK DiMICHAEL DiMichael, a director at the accounting firm Citrin Cooperman, explained the history and evolution of cryptocurrencies, including basic terms for those who were unfamiliar with them; Wolff covered the applicable court cases that attorneys need to be familiar with when litigating cases involving cryptocurrencies; and Himonidis, president of the NGH Group, which handles digital forensics and ediscovery, broke down practical scenarios that attorneys will face during divorce proceedings. Cryptocurrencies are electronic peer-to-peer currencies that are decentralized and not controlled by any government. They work through the use of blockchain technology, which is a digital ledger where all transactions involving virtual currency are stored. Cryptocurrencies require an encrypted password to access, and if that password is lost it can never be recovered. These encrypted passwords cannot be hacked. Bitcoin was the first and remains the most popular form of cryptocurrency. However, there are roughly 1,500 various forms of cryptocurrency that all use the blockchain technology. “Our currency has been getting less tangible overtime and getting more technologically advanced and cryptocurrency is the next phase in that evolution,” DiMichael explained. “There are certain advantages that make Bitcoin worthwhile even after it has gone up 700 percent in one year and then immediately crashed about 70 percent,” he said. Among the advantages, DiMichael listed privacy and security, decentralization, the fact that it is not tied to any governments, international financial transactions can be instantaneous at low or no cost, and it can become a global currency.

“If something were to happen to the bank I’m dealing with, if it were hacked, I could lose all of my savings,” DiMichael said. “With cryptocurrency, it is decentralized and that results in additional security because if one of the miners are hacked there are backups, and my money isn’t going anywhere.” Cryptocurrency transactions are documented by miners on the blockchain, which is public, but tying a transaction to anyone person can be extremely difficult and expensive. Making life harder for divorce attorneys — exchanges, such as Coinbase, have privacy agreements with their customers and won’t hand over information through a subpoena. So how do divorce attorneys find and track cryptocurrencies? The old-fashioned way, says Himonidis. “Any rational person with any substantial value of Bitcoin or cryptocurrency is going to take steps to make sure that they don’t lose their private key,” Himonidis explained. “Spouses need to learn to look for that — the physical manifestation of it — hardware wallets, paper keys, seedword lists and things of that nature in the house.” He also explained that attorneys need to examine what he refers to as OPDs — or other people’s devices — through a notice for discovery and inspection of OPDs, or a motion to compel them to produce those devices for discovery. “In 90 percent of cases, if a party is transacting or holding Bitcoin or cryptocurrency and they wind up producing their digital devices, there is going to be evidence, direct or indirect, of holdings and transactions on those devices,” Himonidis said. “You can then use what you find to look at actual transactions on the public blockchain,” he added. “Then you can figure out who got what when, where did it go, who was it transferred to, do they still have it, when did they get rid of it and what [it was worth on] the date they transferred it.”

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Members of the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association with District Attorney Eric Gonzalez, pictured from left: Hon. Connie Mallafre Melendez, Hon. Sylvia Hinds-Radix, BWBA President Michele Mirman, Hon. Lillian Wan, Eric Gonzalez, Hon. Sylvia Ash and Susan Wasko. Brooklyn Eagle photos by Edward King

Women’s History Month B’klyn DA Gonzalez Honors Women’s Bar Association DA’s Office Wants to Have All Female ADAs Join a BWBA Mentorship Program

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Each year the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association (BWBA) team up for a

In her speech, Lieberman talked about prominent women who have contributed to history, but she also couldn’t get over how far the Brooklyn DA’s Office has come in recent years. “I never would have thought that I would be standing here in front of a whole bunch of DAs and that we would have anything in common to talk about,” Lieberman said. “I used to think of the DA’s Office as the enemy. I have to say that it is such a thrill and pleasure, and a tribute to Eric Gonzalez and the legacy of Ken Thompson that we can stand here today and realize that we have a lot in common.” But, Lieberman added, there is more that she would like to see done including bail reform, the right to a speedy trial and discovery reform. Members of the NYPD’s 81st Precinct were also on hand, including Deputy Inspector Winston M. Faison, whom Gonzalez recognized as part of the event. There was also a dance performance by Felicia Rose Limada from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Women’s History Month event, but this year the DA’s Office decided that it would make the BWBA an honoree instead. The DA’s Office hosted the party at the Brooklyn Law School, where New York Civil Liberties Union Director Donna Lieberman served as the master of ceremonies, Carol Evans of Working Mother Media spoke, and BWBA, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, was honored. This year’s theme is “The Power of Mentorship.” “When I look around the room and see these beautiful portraits of powerful and dynamic women of excellence it is inspiring,” said DA Eric Gonzalez. “Just like it’s inspiring when I look out into the room and I see the same. I want to thank all of you for doing what you do. There are many people from all sectors of our community including women from the DA’s Office and judges, and I thank you for your service to Brooklyn.” Standing beside portraits of attorney and civil rights activist Constance Baker Motley and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Gonzalez presented BWBA President Michele Mirman with the Community Legal Award. Gonzalez then announced that he so highly values the leadership of BWBA that he and Mirman are working together to create a mentorship program where the office’s female employees would all join BWBA within their first year on the job. “I asked her if there was a way to get every prosecutor in my office to move them to join the BWBA so they could have access to the dynamic women of that bar association to help mentor them,” Gonzalez said. “I’m going to make a commitment to figure out a way to get every woman we hire in our office to join the bar association.” Mirman talked about the importance the BWBA places on mentorships and explained that just that afternoon she was at Madison High School, the alma mater of Ruth Bader Ginsburg, discussing the — BWBA AND DA'S OFFICE EVENT THEME virtues of becoming a lawyer. She also mentioned the Brooklyn Legal Pipeline, a BWBA project that helps women and minority students apply to law schools. Felicia Rose Limada from the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

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From Left: Hon. Ellen Edwards; DA Eric Gonzalez and Deputy Inspector Winston M. Faison from the 81st Precinct.

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A NGEL W INGS : P ROFILES OF B OOSTERS Investors Bank Announces Support for the North Brooklyn Angels Mobile Soup Kitchen

FROM LEFT: Fr. John Merz, Church of the Acension; Debbie Hootam, AVP and local branch manager, Investors Bank; Jennifer Smith, AVP, Investors Photo by Philip Mauro Bank; Ryan Kounen, executive director, North Brooklyn Angels. On an early March Monday, Debbie Hootam and Jennifer Smith of Investors Bank climbed into the food truck and got to work serving food to those in need.

$5,000 donation from the Investors Foundation. Of the donation, Father John said, “The North Brooklyn Angels are blessed to have neighbors like Investors Bank who through their generosity help keep the food flowing to every day.” The North Brooklyn Angels serve 200 meals a day from various locations around Greenpoint and Williamsburg.

Ms. Hootam and Ms. Smith, assistant vice presidents of Investors Bank’s local branch on the corner of Greenpoint and Manhattan avenues, met earlier in the day with Ryan Kuonen (executive director of North Brooklyn Angels) and Father John The work in the food truck proved from Church of the Ascension to deliver a moving for both women. Ms. Smith, who

works with dozens of community organizations through her work with the Investors Foundation, commented that the amount of community partnership that makes the truck possible was very inspiring. She is very proud that the Foundation’s grant is going to fund organizations that are truly grassroots - driven.

the day for her. She said, “Coming out and seeing how fortunate we are to have life and to give back to the community really lifted me up.” Helping others seemed the perfect way to remember her brother and experience the hope and care that this Mobile Soup Kitchen creates every day the lives of the volunteers and the clients.

Ms. Hootam noted later that Monday was the one year anniversary of her brother’s death, which put a somber cast on

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