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Scott Stringer Hosts Polish Heritage Breakfast in Greenpoint
(L‐R) Marzena Wojczulanis, Assemblymember Joseph Lentol, Comptroller Scott Stringer and Arthur Dybanowski. See page 8.
Photos courtesy of Andrew Kawinsky
First in Brooklyn, Willyburg Hotel Called Pod BK
Pulitzer Grit: Jennifer Egan Captures Vivid WWII Brooklyn The new hotel will be located at 247 Metropolitan Ave. See page 7.
Rendering courtesy of Pod Hotels
Above: Author Jennifer Egan. See insert.
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The Other Art Fair Coming to Greenpoint ... see pg. 3
FAILE’s “Love me, Love me not” in WNYC Transmitter Park. See page 3.
Photo by Angelica Hill
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The Other Art Fair Coming to Greenpoint By Angelica Hill Special to Greenpoint Gazette
The Other Art Fair, a global event that will also be held this year in London, Sydney, Melbourne and Bristol, will take place at the Brooklyn EXPO Center in Greenpoint Nov. 912. The Other Art Fair celebrates street and graffiti artists from across the world. However, critics say Greenpoint isn’t a key player in the street art and graffiti scene.
“I don’t think it would be right to describe the Greenpoint as a scene itself,” said Oner. “Greenpoint is like every other part of the city, it can’t be separated.” However, artist Paul Richards, who will have a booth at the event, said there is an art scene in the neighborhood. “In Greenpoint, my street art includes drip drawings, designated art [museum labels affixed to common objects] and random signs. I would say it’s innocuous.
One of the many stenciled street art pieces in and around Greenpoint. Photo by Angelica Hill “I wouldn’t hype about Greenpoint being a top place of street art,” said Jeff Stirewalt, from Brooklyn Unplugged Tours, a company that gives street art tours around Brooklyn. Stirewalt, who calls himself a “big fan” of graffiti and graffiti art in Brooklyn, has been working as a tour guide for four years. He spoke of Greenpoint as being a nonfactor when it comes to the alternative art scene. “The majority of street art is located in the neighboring areas of Williamsburg and Bushwick,” he added. “There are a couple of particularly nice artworks, but nothing very outstanding, in Greenpoint.” He noted that Greenpoint is an artsy neighborhood, but is not graffitiand street art-orientated. Zeso Oner, a graffiti artist from France who began doing graffiti in 1995, spoke of how most of his work is freestyle, and doesn’t plan where he places the art or what the finished product will look like. He said most of his work is in Long Island, Williamsburg and Bushwick.
“The placement of my pieces is usually related to where I happen to be going — my studio is in Greenpoint, I live in Manhattan and my errands generally take me around Greenpoint and Lower and Upper Manhattan,” he said. Despite having worked in Greenpoint, when asked what he thought of the art scene, Richards said, “I don’t know much about the street art scene in Greenpoint, but it looks like a big range from clever and rel-
evant to anomic and gratuitous. Most of it is anonymous. “If there is something different about the Greenpoint street art scene I would think it might have something to do with its industrial history. Commercial buildings provide plenty of ‘canvas’ for street artists.” Ave De la Luna, creator of Nite Owl, was born and raised on Staten Island and said she has only one piece in Greenpoint. “I’m not sure about the street art scene in Greenpoint. It seems rather small. The mural scene on the other hand is pretty legit. There are plenty of works from local artists, as well as some out-oftowners. There is a nice mix of traditional graffiti letters with newer forms of street art, which, in my opinion, make for a much richer visual experience.” Residents of Greenpoint agreed that the piece of most significance in the community is FAILE’s “Love me, Love me not” in WNYC Transmitter Park. FAILE is a Brooklyn-based artistic collaboration between Patrick McNeil and Patrick Miller. The two artists created a huge image of a girl lying on grass, picking a daisy with a frog at her feet, which covers almost the entire side of a building near Transmitter Park. When McNeil and Miller were creating the piece in 2016, they spoke of wanting to create an image that “let the viewer experience a visceral emotion and give room to project into the work.” They also said they used traditional Polish art to influence the piece and pay homage to the neighborhood’s Polish community. Lauren Chilcote, a local resident who goes to WNYC Transmitter Park regularly, said she thought the piece was a nice juxtaposition to all the glass and concrete in the surrounding buildings. While the graffiti and art scene in Greenpoint may not be as prevalent as in other areas of Brooklyn, it does seem to be meaningful and important to the community, making its position as a headquarters for The Other Art Fair less debatable.
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Williamsburg Man Gets Max Prison Sentence in Hit-and-Run Death of Cyclist Victim’s Parents Advocate for More Stringent Laws to Protect Cyclists By Paul Frangipane Greenpoint Gazette
A Williamsburg man was sentenced to five to 15 years in prison Wednesday and ordered a lifetime revocation of his driver’s license after he fatally struck a cyclist and fled. The family of the late Matthew von Ohlen created a symphony of scoffs and sighs as Juan Maldonado defended himself before sentencing in Brooklyn Supreme Court. “I wasn’t aware that I had struck your son,” Maldonado said to von Ohlen’s mother in court. “I really feel bad about that.” Maldonado, 57, was convicted in a jury trial of manslaughter, reckless driving and leaving the scene of the incident without reporting, but at sentencing, he said there were “so many holes,” in the story. He referenced a badly lit
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street under construction. “Mr. Maldonado, the evidence of guilt in the trial was nothing short of overwhelming,” Supreme Court Justice Suzanne Mondo said. “You just crushed him, dragged him under your car.” Von Ohlen, 35, was riding in the bike lane on Grand Street near Manhattan Avenue in Williamsburg when Maldonado swerved his Chevy Camaro into the lane, sped through a red light and struck him, according to a statement. Surveillance footage and witnesses show that Maldonado then dragged von Ohlen about 10 to 20 feet as he fled on the July 2, 2016 early morning. Von Ohlen was pronounced dead at Bellevue Hospital from blunt force trauma. “I’ve lost … my status as a mother, the possibility of be-
coming a grandmother,” said the victim’s choked-up mother Joan von Ohlen in court. “My sentence is forever.” While Joan von Ohlen was happy with the max sentence, she urged elected officials to push for the safety of cyclists and pedestrians through infrastructure changes like protected bike lanes. “We cannot tolerate this kind of violent behavior by motorists and I am committed to continue doing my part in ensuring the safety of everyone who uses Brooklyn roads — drivers, cyclists and pedestrians alike,” Acting Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez said in a statement. Matthew von Ohlen was the co-founder of a company that developed vending machines that dispense bike parts before he was killed, his mother said.
By Mary Frost Greenpoint Gazette
U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (Greenpoint, parts of Queens and Manhattan) joined other officials and civil rights groups on Wednesday to push legislation to fix the current underfunding of the Census Bureau. Budget cuts are preventing the bureau from fully preparing for the mandated 2020 Census by forcing it to scale back on testing required in 2018, Maloney, co-chair of the House Census Caucus, said in a statement. Due to the cuts, rural and suburban communities and communities with high levels
of military personnel have been dropped entirely from operations testing, and the Spanish language test in Puerto Rico has been canceled. Work on advertising campaigns and partnership programs are also delayed. This might be the first time in history the Census Bureau fails to deliver a complete count of the nation, Maloney warned. “Counting every person in this country every 10 years is a Constitutional obligation that dates back to our founding, yet because of chronic underfunding the 2020 Census is at serious risk of failure,” she said. Maloney, co-chair Keith Ellison (Minnesota) and
Reps. Mark Takano (California) and Ruben Gallego (Arizona) are introducing the 2020 American Census Investment Act to provide adequate funding to the bureau. “The choice is simple, “Maloney said. “We can pay now or ask our constituents to pay far more later down the road — or worse, we can own the first-ever failure to fulfill our Constitutional duty to deliver a full, fair and complete count of the nation.” Gallego claimed that the Trump administration was attempting to “sabotage” the census. “When the Census is compromised, it is minority and immigrant communities that face the harshest conse-
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Maloney: Census Bureau Cuts Will Come Back to Haunt Us quences,” he said in a statement “Federal funds for Medicaid, education and housing assistance don’t get to communities where they are needed most, and it makes it harder to enforce key civil rights laws like the Voting Rights Act, which depends on accurate Census data. U.S. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney says this may A compromised be the first time in history the Census Census means a Bureau fails to deliver an accurate count of c o m p r o m i s e d the nation. democracy.”
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First in Brooklyn, Willyburg Hotel Called Pod BK Sleek, Affordable Micro-Rooms May Bring Nightlife Baggage By Patrick Smith The Bridge Business News
“I think pod hotels are the future — at least for my generation,” said a young staff member of this newspaper. “The one I used overseas was neat, clean as a whistle and secure.” Calling it the perfect transition between youth hostel and high-end pampering, this sometimes world traveler is not tempted by an expensive minibar in a spacious room. The opening of a Pod Hotel in Williamsburg means a little more than just seeing another boutique hotel open in Brooklyn. Known for their sleek and affordable microrooms, as well as their often party-hearty clientele, such hotels landed first in touristy areas in Manhattan, which now has two Pod Hotels as well as two Citizen M hostelries. The hotels are designed for guests who want to spend most of their time in the neighborhood, not in the room, and for the first time, that neighborhood is in Brooklyn. The arrival of Pod BK at 247 Metropolitan Ave., which is scheduled to open next week, affirms that Brooklyn has become a travel destination of its own, not just a side trip from Manhattan. But it also can be seen as a blessing or a curse, depending on your point of view. While the additional tourism is helpful for the neighborhood economy, some residents of Williamsburg don’t want to deal with what the residents of the Lower East Side are enduring with the trendy Public Hotel and its sometimes rowdy and raunchy guests. Concerned that tourists and partygoers will pour into the streets and use outdoor areas to cut loose, local residents are bracing for what a determined bar crowd can do when it doesn’t have to worry about getting home.
The inside of a queen room at the Pod Hotel.
The inside of a queen room at the Pod Hotel. The Pod BK will join a growing array of hotel choices in the neighborhood that include the original pioneer, Wythe Hotel, as well as newcomers like the high-rise William Vale and the industrial-style Williamsburg Hotel. The company is hoping to tap a market segment they feel is underserved in
the hipster haven, catering to a younger, less-affluent crowd with room prices in the $120 to $200-plus range. Each room in a Pod Hotel consists of a bare-minimum setup of a queen bed (or bunkbeds), a small desk or night stand and a bathroom. The experience is completed by a small piece of art on the
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wall and basic towels, hangers and other essentials. The small footprint of each room, ranging from 100 to 150 square feet, allows the hotel to pack 250 of them into the Brooklyn building. While the rooms are small, part of the formula is having lively common areas, which in the case of Pod BK will include a Sal-
vation Taco restaurant and a rooftop bar with capacity for nearly 400 people, according to Effie Tsavalias, the hotel’s general manager. The growing Pod chain is run by Manhattan-based BD Hotels, the city’s largest independent hotel owner, which operates more than two dozen properties. BD’s founders, Ira Drukier and Richard Born, are the unconventional moguls behind such boutique hotels as the Mercer, the Bowery and the Greenwich. With the Pod line, the business proposition is that “an enormous amount of people staying in this price point want to have a cleverly designed space that uses high-end materials and makes them feel current and smart; it’s not a small room that’s cheap,” Born told the trade publication Hospitality Design earlier this year. Part of what makes microroom hotels affordable is their efficient modular-construction method. Most of these modular rooms (including the Pod brand) are made by Polcom Group, a Polish company that builds the rooms from start to finish. Everything is standardized: the furniture, plumbing, and even decor. After a design is agreed upon, the entire room is put together in Poland and then shipped to its destination, where plumbing and electrical wiring are connected. This video shows how the rooms are then put together on site. Stephani Robson, a senior lecturer for properties and development management at Cornell University, says the concept is a marriage of the “capsule hotels” that proliferated in Japan a few years ago and old-fashioned, low-cost hotels. “Modular construction allows for more speed and lower costs,” according to Robson. One could make an argument that the construction process is more sustainable, she says, since on-site trucks and other construction equipment needed for a traditional build aren’t necessary when the rooms of the building come fully formed. The pre-fabricated
construction also cuts down on complicating factors like labor shortages and bad weather, said Arjun Singh, professor of international lodging and real estate at Michigan State University. So far, micro-room hotels make up only about one-half of 1 percent of the overall lodging industry, said Robson. Most of the demand will be among young travelers heading to cities where space is at a premium, as well as near airports and in college towns. Most of the concern among neighbors of the Pod BK, which they voiced at a meeting this spring of Community Board One, is focused on the rooftop bar. The residents worry about noise coming from the rooftop, the behavior of patrons on nearby streets, and the fact that the hotel is located in a residential enclave. Denny Tompkins, a resident of Williamsburg, said that the inclusion of an open-air rooftop bar showed a “total disregard” for the residents and that they were essentially “fighting for our homes,” said the minutes of the meeting. Tom Hameline, another resident, pointed to complaints that another Pod Hotel, Pod 39 in Murray Hill, had received about bar patrons who smoke, spit, and sometimes relieve themselves outside. Pod 39 received a $6,000 civil penalty last year from the Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control. Tsavalias said that they are aware of the concerns of the neighborhood but that she wasn’t authorized to speak on behalf of the developers about what they’ll do to alleviate those concerns. The PR firm for Pod Hotels, NJFPR, stated over email that the ownership would not be commenting on those issues. Despite such concerns, BD Hotels has shown an ability to adapt to varying neighborhoods. Said Born in the trade-publication earlier this year: “The one comment we get from every hotel is, ‘You have the nicest people working there.’ That really sets the tone. I have this saying, ‘I’d rather you be nice and goofy than professional and cold.’”
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Scott Stringer Hosts Polish Heritage Breakfast in Greenpoint
(L‐R) Comptroller’s honorees Artur Dybanowsky and Marzena Wojczulanis, Assemblymember Joseph Lentol, Deputy Consul from the Polish Consulate in New York Mateusz Gmura, Councilmember Steven Levin, CEO of Polish & Slavic Center Bozena Kaminsky, and Vice President of Polish & Slavic Center Danuta Bronchard Photos courtesy of Andrew Kawinsky
By John Alexander Greenpoint Gazette
On Tuesday, Oct. 10, New York City Comptroller Scott Stringer hosted elected officials, community leaders and guests to join him for the Polish Heritage Breakfast held at the Polish & Slavic Center at 177 Kent Street in Greenpoint. According to Ari Kagan, community liaison for the southern Brooklyn and NYC Russian-speaking community on Springer’s staff, The Polish & Slavic Center (PSC), is a non-
profit social and cultural services organization that was founded in 1972. The organization primarily serves the Polish-American community. With more than 40,000 members, the PSC is the largest Polish-American organization on the East Coast. Currently the organization has two locations in Greenpoint, at 177 Kent St. and at 176 Java St. The Center receives annual sponsorship funds from the city for programs that provide thousands of services to its members free of charge.
(L‐R) Marzena Wojczulanis, Assemblymember Joseph Lentol, Comptroller Scott Stringer and Arthur Dybanowski.
Comptroller Scott Stringer with Polish breakfast attendee Grazyna Michalski
Additionally, the PSC hosts a number of cultural and social events, provides Meals on Wheels for low-income seniors and offers scholarships for deserving students. Bozena Kaminski, president and CEO of the Polish & Slavic Center, welcomed guests and introduced Stringer. Stringer recognized several Polish-American community honorees at the breakfast, praising them as “prominent and caring leaders who help people through-
out the community.” He was joined by Assemblymember Joseph Lentol (D-North Brooklyn) and District 33 City Councilmember Steven Levin (Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Brooklyn Heights, Downtown), as well as by Mary Odomirok, district representative for U.S. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, and Sabina Klimek, consulate general of the Republic of Poland in New York. “The Polish-American Community has achieved
tremendous progress in New York City. As comptroller, I am proud to represent the largest Polish community in the world outside of Poland,” said Stringer. “Polish New Yorkers made their mark in business and science, education and medicine, military and law enforcement, culture and arts. I celebrate and honor the success, talent, hard work and determination of this vibrant immigrant community.” Stringer presented the
Comptroller’s commendations to Marzena Wojczulanis, board chair of the charitable group Polonians, which was organized to minister to the Polish community; and to Artur Dybanowski, president, Pulaski Association of Business & Professional Men. Kagan said, “About 100 attendees enjoyed the warm atmosphere, tasty Polish cuisine and great music, as well as wonderful company of Polish Americans from every age, income and profession.”
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ExxonMobile Settlement Money Funds Community Projects from a New Library To Safety of Migratory Birds By Andy Katz Special to the Brooklyn Eagle
By late afternoon at Monsignor McGolrick Park on Oct. 14, people were packing up displays, folding charts, placing live organic samples carefully into transport containers, wiping down binoculars, stacking trays of plants, upending long tables and folding their legs in. NYPD Captain Victoria Perry of the 94th Precinct chatted with Kostancja Malesynska of Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn and North Brooklyn Development Corporation General Administrator Richard Mazur. The topic of conversation somehow landed on style. “I should be wearing a gown!” the emphatically avuncular Mazur declared while displaying an exaggerated pirouette, drawing laughs from Perry and Malesynska. People felt good. Mike Smith and Cheryl Vosburg of GreenSmith Public Relations couldn’t have crafted a better day to present the Green-point Community Environmental Fund’s (GCEF) second annual Open House. Temperatures were warm and rain absent. Instead of traveling to the various parts of Greenpoint where GCEF’s money has made the most impact, this year the open house remained entirely at McGolrick Park. Earlier in the day, Smith greeted arrivals with an array of fresh Peter Pan donuts, while his GreenSmith partner Cheryl Vosburg oversaw activity in the recently completed dog run. The park’s dog run received a $500,000 GCEF to improve drainage by swapping out the mulch-based surface and replacing it with stone and pea gravel. The new design offers both gravel and dirt surfaces, which should come as a relief
for those dog owners who expressed concern over the potential for gravel to injure their companions’ paws. “People feel this space has a better sense of community,” Vosburg explained. “People know one another and each other’s pets here.” Paige Laubheimer, a transplant to Greenpoint from Nyack, has been bringing Daphne, his Parson Russell mix, to McGolrick twice daily for the past year. “I definitely see improvement,” he nodded, watching Daphne compete for a dirt-stained tennis ball in play. “It rained yesterday nearly all day, but look around. It’s dry.” Back by the Shelter Pavilion, professor Sarah Durand of LaGuardia College used enlarged satellite photophoto graphs of
GCEF Open House organizer Mike Smith of GreenSmith PR with donuts from Greenpoint’s Peter Pan.
Marino Arce, a science teacher at MS 126, shows kids how to measure soil fauna and to differentiate types of arthropods. Eagle photos by Andy Katz
Members of the Greenpoint Monitor Museum were dressed in Civil Warera uniform. All of them are descendants of Civil Warera Navy and Army veterans.
Dogs play on the dirt-surface portion of park. Newtown Creek to show a section of the waterfront along North Henry Street. “We call it ‘No Name Inlet’ right now,” she said. “We’re trying to drill out core samples to 15 inches in order to obtain permits to restore this spot as an area where people can have direct access to the creek.” Durand went on to explain the difficulty in drilling just a short distance without colliding with an existing pipe or
buried cable. Artist Martynka Wawrzyniak then passed out forms for people to use to participate in her project “Ziemia: Our Stories Are Written in Soil.” Participants are instructed to select a place with personal meaning, collect one cup of soil in a glass jar and mail or deliver it to her.
The samples, she explained, would be used to create the glaze that will cover an orb
approximately 5 feet in diamdiam eter to be set along the Russell Street entrance to McGolrick Park
in 2018. “As an immigrant myself,” Wawrzyniak explained, “I unun derstand the importance of place, of how places shape our identities. We have samples coming from PoPo land and from all over the Continued on page 3
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world, ultimately.” McGolrick Park Alliance’s Malesynska also passed out marigold bulbs for families to plant at spots already marked. Summer Kong, 6, of P.S. 31, dug assiduously with a hand trowel while her mother Cindy Kong stood by. “I grew up just a few blocks from here,” Kong explained. “It was different for me — both sets of my grandparents lived on the same street, so we knew as kids there was always someone watching. It’s not like that now as much, with younger people moving in. But there are still smaller groups, micro-communities, if you will, that look out for another.” When asked about the changes to Monsignor McGolrick Park in recent years, Kong smiled: “Definitely an improvement. It was starting to get a little seedy. This is much nicer. By far.”
“ W e worked hard to g et some of [ GC E F ] funds working in this end of Greenp oint,” said McGolrick Park Alliance Steering Committee member Marsilia Boyle (at right) with NYC Audubon’s Kathryn Heintz in the background. Some took home an array of p lants, ferns and flowers to plant in their own yards.
P.S. 110 student Akiko Takeuchi works a battery-powered submersible in a tub to learn about buoyancy.
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than diving, and they lead her back to the enigmatic and reckless Styles. Egan’s admiration of the great 19th-century novelists is reflected in these pages, as is her love of a secret (and rapidly disappearing) slice of New York City. “Manhattan Beach” is also a riveting page-turner featur-
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In a recent online interview for BrooklynEagle.com, Pulitzer Prize-winner Jennifer Egan told the Eagle that she came to Brooklyn from her native Chicago via San Francisco, then Philadelphia and a stint in Manhattan. “We moved to Fort Greene in 2000,” she said. “A few things led us to move: My husband was already working in the neighborhood, so we were familiar with its beauty ... we were expecting a baby. It was natural to look for more space in Brooklyn.” Her latest novel called for research on Brooklyn during the World War II era, particularly at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, just blocks from her Fort Greene home. Having won a Pulitzer for “A Visit from the Goon Squad,” Egan has been kept busy — and traveling — with speaking engagements by her publisher, Scribner, for the hugely anticipated new novel “Manhattan Beach.”
Anna, gain an understanding of the complex significance of Eddie and Anna’s day in Manhattan Beach. Anna grows from a precocious child to a fearless, wildly independent woman. After Eddie mysteriously disappears, it is up to Anna to take care of her mother and her disabled little sister.
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In the opening pages of the novel, Anna is a child, accompanying her father on a mysterious work-related assignation, which takes them to a grand house in Brooklyn’s Manhattan Beach. There, Anna is mesmerized by the private beach and by the sea — she feels “an electric mix of attraction and dread.” She also meets her father’s new boss, Styles. One of the chief pleasures of this novel is that as the narrative unspools, readers, along with
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It’s World War II, and Anna is one of the hundreds of women who work at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, replacing the men who have gone to war. She is drawn to the treacherous world of divers, who repair the ships underwater, preparing them for war. But despite the high excitement of her job — and the novelty of enjoying Manhattan nightlife for the first time — she is haunted by her missing father. Her attempts to find him are perhaps even more dangerous
ing showgirls, gangsters, killers, union men, shipwrecks, graft and teeming and diverse early 20th-century Brooklyn. Egan did voluminous research (on deep sea diving, shipbuilding, tides and the Brooklyn Navy Yard) for this novel, but “Manhattan Beach” wears its research lightly. It also contains all the hallmarks of an Egan novel: stellar writing, shifting and slippery identities, characters longing for escape, and an intrepid, unforgettable female protagonist.
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Rocco’s Tacos Owner Mangel Raises Funds for MS Research
Team Rocco Will Compete in Bike MS on Sunday, Oct. 22 According to restaurant mogul Rocco Mangel, learning he had multiple sclerosis (MS) was the equivalent of “being hit with a Mack truck.” MS is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. There is no known cause, or cure. “I remember the morning that I was called back into the doctor’s office…I could see he was talking but it was quiet,” says Rocco. “My head pounded, my heart and brain raced, will I live my life in a wheelchair, will my life be cut short, will I not be able to see my daughter grow up? When you get news like this, there is the initial shock, it seems unreal, surreal. But it’s real, it’s there, it’s in your face.” Rocco, a New York native, is the celebrity owner of Rocco’s Tacos & Tequila Bar, a widely-known chain of Mexican restaurants with seven locations in Florida and one in downtown Brooklyn. Although Rocco received his official diagnosis of MS in Summer 2016, signs of the disease were discovered in February 2009 when an MRI, recommended during one of his regular checkups for his severed olfactory nerve, revealed multiple lesions. “I sought more MRIs that failed to show those lesions. So I kept going like I never heard those words,” he says. “Until 2011, on a flight to Bimini, my leg started to hurt, and I was extremely tired. I knew something wasn’t right. I got more testing, which still didn’t show the lesions/plaque. But those negative tests didn’t explain my unsettling feeling or why my fatigue was increasing.” In 2015, Rocco says he decided to make lifestyle changes for his health and was “being positive and feeling good” until the day he experienced temporary paralysis on the left side of his body. This time the lesions, that were unseen for six years, were again visible on an MRI. “Coming to grips with the reality of my disease, of my MS was not simple, or easy,” he says. “But I have made it my work to share this journey with friends, families, caregivers and MS patients. I have an amazing life and now MS is part of that life. It informs my life, my humility, my priorities, my spirit.” Rocco says he wants “newly diagnosed people to realize they have power over the disease.”
“The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is one of the first organizations I connected with when I received my diagnosis,” he says. “They went out of their way to make sure I had answers to my questions and access to the resources that I needed. It’s a lot to navigate and their help was invaluable.” So, with the help of his business partners, employees, friends and family, Rocco formed a Walk team this past Spring and raised more than $100,000 to support the Society’s critical research initiatives. “It’s not just about the donations. It’s about the community coming together to learn about this disease, and showing the ones who have it support,” he says. “I’m already very active with the South Florida Chapter, but since I grew up in New York and have a restaurant in Brooklyn, I wanted to be a part of this MS community too.” That’s why on Sunday, Oct. 22, you’ll find him and Team Rocco at Pier 94 on the West Side Highway set to circle Manhattan, traffic -free for 30 miles, to raises awareness and funds at Bike MS: New York City. Bike MS attracts nearly 100,000 participants nationwide in more than 80 rides. It includes people living with MS, their friends, families and neighbors, as well as corporate teams and individuals who are driven to support critical MS research and life-changing services for people living with MS. To date, Bike MS has raised more than $1 billion so people affected by MS can live their best lives as we stop MS in its tracks, restore what’s been lost, and end MS forever. “My daughter, Charley, inspires me to be a better person every day,” Rocco says. “When she was born four years ago, my whole life changed for the better. So when I was diagnosed, I had two choices. I could crumble under the weight of the confirmation that I had MS, or I could get up and not only continue to make the best life for my family and my business partners, but for others in the community struggling under that same diagnosis.” — Information courtesy of Rocco’s Tacos
INSET: Rocco’s Tacos owner Rocco Mangel Photo courtesy of Rocco’s Tacos
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Every restaurant hopes to be mentioned in the prestigious Zagat Survey, but only the very best actually make it. THE RIVER CAFÉ, with its magnificent views of the Brooklyn Bridge, has been included in the Zagat Survey on numerous occasions and for a list of incredible amenities. Through the years it has been named: • Among the Most Romantic restaurants in NYC • The Best Restaurant in Décor in NYC • Among the Best Waterside restaurants in NYC • Best Eats in Brooklyn Heights/DUMBO and • One of the Best 50 Restaurants in NYC • One of the Best Brunch Spots in NYC • Best Restaurant Service in NYC • Best Anniversary Dinners in NYC • The Best Brunches in Brooklyn • Best Restaurants for Brunch in Brooklyn And reviewers have used words like “classic,” “romantic,” “unbeatable,” “elegant” and “exceptional.” Seen at River Café for the popular English Breakfast: Managing Partner of the Brooklyn office of Abrams & Fensterman FRANK CARONE, JOE STEINBERG and SUSAN FELDMAN, chair and president of St.Ann’s Warehouse, located just next door under the Brooklyn Bridge. Overheard at the bar at CAFÉ BUON GUSTO: “The mayor’s coming to a town hall in the Heights next week, and they say
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the Heights people will give him hell about losing the hospital [LICH]. The mayor has no power to save a hospital; let him fix this traffic problem — it’s UNBEARABLE!” If you’re dining at Brooklyn’s renowned and Zagat-rated CHADWICK’S RESTAURANT, you might just bump into “The Sopranos” and “Blue Bloods” star STEVE SCHIRRIPA. The beloved actor and pasta sauce king counts Chadwick’s among his favorite restaurants in Brooklyn.
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As Economy Strengthens, Federal Reserve Poised to Raise Rates Again This Year By Paul McCormick, Senior Vice President of Investment Sales and Capital Services, And Brett Campbell, Senior Analyst Special to INBrooklyn
The U.S. economy was hindered by the havoc caused by hurricanes last month, with the country registering the first monthly job loss in seven years in September. While payrolls declined by 33,000 – marking the end of the longest stretch of job creation on record – the unemployment rate fell, reaching a new 16-year low of 4.2 percent, and worker’s wages improved. The devastating hurricanes distorted the jobs data and their impact on the economy should continue for a while. Nonetheless, the labor market remains a bright spot and there are significant pockets of strength in the economy that should keep the Federal Reserve on track to raise rates for a third time this year in December despite persistently low inflation. Minutes from the central bank’s September 19-20 policy-setting meeting showed that while most Fed officials are leaning toward raising rates once more this year, they are continuing to debate whether a string of weak inflation readings indicates temporary weakness or a longerlasting development. However, Fed Chairwoman Janet Yellen recently said in a speech that it would be “imprudent” for the central bank to wait for inflation to return to its goal of 2 percent before raising rates again. Echoing New York City’s trend, Brooklyn’s real estate investment sales market continued to languish in the first half, with pricing metrics declining broadly following years of steady appreciation. During the first half of 2017, New York City’s biggest borough saw 570 transactions consisting of 756 properties, totaling approximately $3.58 billion in gross consideration, according to Ariel Property Advisors’ “Brooklyn 2017 Mid-Year Sales Report.” Compared with the second half of 2016, dollar volume and transaction volume declined 11 percent and 8 percent, respectively, while property volume held steady. Heightened expectations of a Fed rate hike later this year, as well as a slew of government debt auctions, weighed on Treasury bonds in recent weeks. Investors sought assets perceived as risker after a string of sanguine economic reports. The Institute of Supply Management’s monthly indexes of activity in the manufacturing and services sectors climbed to their highest levels in more than 10 years in September, and during the same month automobile sales surged to a 2017 peak.
Paul McCormick, senior vice president of investment sales and capital services for Ariel Property Advisors Gross domestic product rose 3.1 percent in the second quarter, sharply above the first quarter’s tepid 1.2 percent growth and the economy’s average of a little more than 2 percent per year since the recession ended in mid-2009. Forecasters expect between 2 percent and 3 percent growth in the third quarter and stronger output in the fourth quarter. Nevertheless, pockets of weakness persist in the U.S. economy, with retail sales a notable soft spot, and the housing market’s strength has shown signs of slowing. In a rare development, the U.S. is in sync with other major economies. In its recently released flagship report, the International Monetary Fund said the world economy’s acceleration this year has been more robust than earlier estimates. The IMF raised its forecast for growth to 3.6 percent this year and 3.7 percent next year, markedly above 2016’s growth of 3.2 percent.
Brett Campbell, senior analyst for Ariel Property Advisors ing at 4.59 percent in July, above Manhattan and Queens, which had cap rates of 3.65 percent and 4.44 percent respectively. In pursuit of higher yields, investors, both private and institutional, remain enthusiastic about Brooklyn. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note has climbed since the Fed’s last policy-setting
meeting, but remains below a two-year peak of 2.61 percent reached in March and 2.45 percent at the end of last year. Treasury bonds have mostly gained in 2017, indicating ongoing demand for assets perceived as safe havens amid geopolitical tensions and reduced expectations of a large fiscal stimulus package from the Trump administration that would bolster the economy. As the Fed starts unwinding its $4.5 trillion portfolio of Treasury securities and mortgage bonds, Treasuries may come under pressure. This move should put upward pressure on rates and eventually lead to higher borrowing costs on consumer and business loans. President Donald Trump is reportedly close to making a decision on whom to choose to lead the Federal Reserve. Current Fed Chairwoman Yellen, whose four-year term expires in early February, is among the candidates the president is considering. Treasuries could weaken in price if the president selects someone more hawkish about rates. For most of the past decade, historically low interest rates fostered ferocious demand for Brooklyn’s real estate, which sent prices substantially higher. Therefore, a move higher in rates in many ways is a positive development in that it should normalize market conditions, with sellers possibly inclined to lower prices to attract buyers who are more capital-constrained. Even when the Fed chooses to tighten monetary policy further, interest rates should remain alluring because a host of lenders in Brooklyn, both traditional and alternative, are aggressively competing for business. Overall, the normalization of Fed monetary policy indicates an economy that is on solid footing, and therefore we expect capital markets activity in New York City’s biggest borough to remain vibrant, allowing investors easy accessibility to attractive and reliable financing.
Treasury Yields Trek Higher Using a 6-month trailing average, Brooklyn capitalization rates are relatively attractive, stand-
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Nostrand Avenue Odyssey, Part 2: A Stroll From East Flatbush to Crown Heights By Lore Croghan INBrooklyn
Looking for a route for an urban hike? Nostrand Avenue is an excellent choice. The busy north-south thoroughfare slices through several fascinating neighborhoods in the center of Brooklyn, from the Sheepshead Bay shoreline to Bedford-Stuyvesant’s northern border. It’s entertaining to walk the entire eight-mile length of Nostrand Avenue in a single day, and take in all the architectural variety in one fell swoop. But if you want to snap lots of photos, you’ll run out of daylight before you finish this trek. So we’ve split the Nostrand Avenue odyssey into three segments, starting at the south end of the avenue and heading north. That way, the sun won’t be in your eyes — or your camera lens — as you stroll. Part 1 of the trip was recently published. It takes you from Sheepshead Bay’s Emmons Avenue to the Target store in the Flatbush Nostrand Junction area. Now, join us on the second leg of the journey up Nostrand Avenue, through East Flatbush, Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Crown Heights. In many spots on this route, there are rowhouses built in the late 19th century or the early 20th century. This old-fashioned architectural eye candy is interspersed with development sites and recently constructed residential and office buildings.
Lions Stand Guard at Kings County Savings Bank Before we head to the starting point of today’s stroll, let’s take a momentary detour to the corner of Eastern Parkway and Nostrand Avenue in Crown Heights to see our favorite building
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on today’s itinerary. It’s the landmarked Kings County Savings Bank, a NeoRomanesque limestone and granite building at 539 Eastern
individual city landmark in 2016. It originally was an East New York Savings Bank branch. Urban-Scape LLC owns several buildings in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens that it bought from Banco Popular North America, Finance Department records show.
Eye-Catching East Flatbush Rowhouses And a Church That Looks Like a Castle
Parkway. It was constructed in 1929 and 1930, at the beginning of the Great Depression. It’s very grand, and has all kinds of sculpted decorations on its exterior. These include sharp-clawed lions that serve as pedestals for columns flanking the bank’s doors and windows. The lions look a lot like the ones outside the Williamsburgh Savings Bank clocktower at One Hanson Place in the Brooklyn Cultural District — and with good reason. The two banks were designed by the same architectural firm, namely Halsey, McCormack & Helmer. An inscription carved in stone over the Kings County Savings Bank’s front door says, “A journey of a thousand miles begins with but a single step.” Who knew that Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu’s saying was popular with Brooklyn architects nine decades ago? The current occupant of the building is Popular Community Bank, which formerly owned the building as well. Banco Popular North America, as it was then called, sold 539 Eastern Parkway to Urban-Scape LLC for $2 million in 2006, city Finance Department records indicate. Aslan Bawabeh is the president of an entity that serves as Urban-Scape LLC’s managing member, Finance Department records show. According to these records, Banco Popular de Puerto Rico, which was the financial institution’s earlier name, had purchased the historic property for $579,000 in 1992. In that transaction, the seller was the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. The FDIC had taken ownership of the building as the receiver for American Savings Bank of Monmouth Junction, New Jersey. Readers with good memories will recall that Bawabeh’s Urban-Scape LLC also owns the building at 1117 Eastern Parkway in Crown Heights, which Popular Community Bank occupies. The property at 1117 Eastern Parkway was designated as an
Now let’s head to the starting point for our walk, which is Flatbush Nostrand Junction near Brooklyn College. • North of the intersection of Farragut Road, Nostrand Avenue switches from being a two-way street to a one-way street. The one-way traffic flows south. • In late September, the city Buildings Department approved the emergency demolition of a house at 2001 Nostrand Ave. The wood-frame house’s interior has partially collapsed, Buildings Department filings indicate. The house is located on the block between Farragut Road and Foster Avenue. In September, the New Testament Church of God of Nostrand Avenue, also known as the Brooklyn Cathedral of Praise Church of God, sold 2001 Nostrand Ave. for $2.2 million, Finance Department records indicate. The buyer was The Edge Developers LLC, with Mark Weinberger as a member, the Finance Department records show. Weinberger is with a firm called the Sterling Group. • St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church, on the corner of Nostrand Avenue and Newkirk Avenue, looks like a castle. The rectory on the corner of Newkirk Avenue and East 29th Street has turrets that call to mind a castle as well. The parish’s mailing address is 2900 Newkirk Ave. • A block east of Nostrand Avenue, there’s an eye-catching row of Renaissance Revival-style limestone houses on East 31st Street at the corner of Cortelyou Road. They were built around 1905.
Prairie Grasses Seen Through a Construction Fence • At 1580 Nostrand Ave. there’s an enormous development site with frontage on Nostrand Avenue, Albemarle Road and East 29th Street. Continued on page 7INB
INSET: These Renaissance Revival-style rowhouses are near Nostrand Avenue on East 31st Street at the corner of Cortelyou Road. INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan
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These handsome houses are on Newkirk Avenue and the corner of Nostrand Avenue, across from St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church.
INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan
Continued from page 6INB When we looked through one of the windows in the construction fence there the other day, we saw a vast vacant lot with prairie grasses growing on it. There wasn’t any construction going on, or any site prep. According to Finance Department records, the owner of the site, Hello Nostrand LLC with Eli Karp as a managing member, purchased it for $13.129 million in 2014. Karp is the founder and CEO of a development firm called Hello Living. Its website refers to the planned project as Hello Nostrand and says it will have 132 rental apartments and 50,000 square feet of community facility space. By the way, the seller of the site, Venetian Management LLC with Mehran Cohen as its sole member, had purchased it from Verizon New York Inc. for $4 million in 2012. • Six blocks away, Hello Living is constructing an apartment tower at 271 Lenox Road near the corner of Nostrand Avenue. According to the firm’s website, there will be 56 rental apartments at Hello Lenox, as this development is called. Karp’s firm assembled this development site by buying properties from two different owners. It paid $1.59 million for 271 Lenox Road in 2013 and purchased 279 Lenox Road for $2 million in 2014, Finance Department records indicate.
A Baroque Revival-Style Landmark • In Prospect Lefferts Gardens, there’s a Renaissance Revival-style Catholic church at 319 Maple St. on the corner of Nostrand Avenue. It was built in 1913. It’s called St. Francis of Assisi-St. Blaise Parish.
It’s got nifty outdoor religious statues. • Empire Boulevard is the boundary between Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Crown Heights. At that intersection, there’s an eye-catching cluster of old-fashioned red-brick buildings at 985-1007 Nostrand Ave. The property’s long-time owner is Saran & Associates Inc., whose president is Rajnarine Rasmaran, Finance Department records indicate. • At 887 Nostrand Ave., a classic apartment building at the intersection of Crown Street, the corner retail space has been rebuilt for a new tenant. The tenant is an Israeli restaurant called Alenbi run by a chef named Elior Balbul. The building belongs to 281291 Crown LLC with Jacob Hager as a managing member, Finance Department records indicate. He’s an executive at Hager Management. • There’s preservationist eye candy at 713 Nostrand Ave. The landmarked low-rise commercial building on the corner of Sterling Place was designed in Baroque Revival style by architect Isaac Kallich and built around 1929. It has lots of terra cotta ornamentation. Its original owner was the Sterling Bowling and Billiard Academy. • Today’s Nostrand Avenue walk ends at the intersection of Atlantic Avenue, which is the border of Crown Heights and Bed-Stuy. A couple blocks before that, there's the Bedford Central Presbyterian Church at 1200 Dean St. on the corner of Nostrand Avenue.
It was built in 1910, and has an eye-catching, old-fashioned design.
See brooklyneagle.com to read about the other parts of the Nostrand Avenue odyssey.
INSET: A castle on Nostrand Avenue? No, it’s St. Jerome Roman Catholic Church in East Flatbush.
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Arts Vigil Leigh Davis creates artworks that honor specific communities or places, often in the form of shrines, altars, or other site-based installations. With her audio installation “Vigil,” Davis urges her audience to join her in a death meditation, emphasizing the beauty and peace one might find in this universal experience. Inspired by her recent work with a local community of women
continuing the tradition of bedside singing to the dying, Davis will install a spatially considered, multi-channel audiowork and participants will be invited to move through this space, taking in the audio of people singing, while exploring the power of loss and memorial. When: Saturday, Oct. 21 Where: Greenwood Heights/Green-Wood Cemetery (500 25th St.) Culture Forward: A Downtown Brooklyn Arts Festival “Culture Forward” is a celebration of Downtown Brooklyn’s arts and cultural institutions. The 10-day festival pays tribute to the incredible depth of cultural offerings in the Downtown area, with a calendar of events that highlights original programming from more than 15 cultural organizations. When: Daily, through Oct. 23 (see www.downtownbrooklyn.com for full schedule of events) Where: Downtown Brooklyn/Various Locations NY Harbor Scenes Muralist and plein air painter Bill Mensching’s oil paintings of high surf, crashing waves and stately vessels will grace the barge’s walls. When: Thursdays and Saturdays, through Oct. 28; Thursdays, 48 p.m.; Saturdays, 1-5 p.m. Where: Red Hook/Waterfront Museum (290 Conover St.) Julia Oldham: How to Escape a Black Hole A stimulating and immersive video installation. This hallucinatory guided tour into a philosophically fraught region of space time is part physics lesson, part voyage toward destruction. When: Tuesday-Sunday, through Oct. 29; Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Sunday, 12-6 p.m. Where: Fort Greene/Project Room at BRIC House (647 Fulton St.) In & Out A pairing of Kate Teale and Marcy Rosewater paintings curated by Brittany Prater. When: Thursday-Sunday, through Nov. 5, 1-6 p.m. Where: Bushwick/Studio 10 (56 Bogart St.) The People Games Play In this exhibition, Nicholas Cueva presents a series of paintings that stem from visions of past moments after they were transformed by time and by the process of remembering. When: Thursday-Sunday, through Nov. 5, 1-6 p.m. Where: Crown Heights/Five Myles (558 St. Johns Place) Beyond-Beyond Ron Baron’s expansive installation of nearly 100 pairs of life-size cast ceramic shoes. Although each pair is small in comparison to the gallery’s vast space, their combined poetic and ghostly presences fill the significant void and evoke all that is missing. When: Wednesday-Sunday, through Nov. 5, 12-6 p.m.
The People Games Play will be on exhibit Nov. 5 at Five Myles. Image courtesy of the artist Where: DUMBO/Smack Mellon (92 Plymouth St.) Reconceived Notions “Reconceived Notions” is an exhibit and programming that includes the work of artists, makers and writers who are exploring, questioning and challenging existing systems. When: Friday-Sunday, through Nov. 19; Fridays, 6-9 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 12-5 p.m. Where: Bay Ridge/Stand 4 (414 78th St.) My Shot: Portraits from Hamilton “Hamilton” features a cast of revolutionaries. Night after night, this band of young rebels raise their voices to the darkness in an inspiring uprising of song and spirit. They are at once our history and our future, inciting rebellion and leading the way to change. Josh Lehrer captured their portraits using antique cameras and lenses. When: Tuesday-Saturday, through Nov. 22 (Tuesday-Friday, 126 p.m.; Saturday, 12-4 p.m.) Where: DUMBO/United Photo Industries Gallery (16 Main St., Gallery B) Proof: Francisco Goya, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Longo At particular moments in history, artists use their artwork to reveal social, cultural and political complexities, responding to the times in which they live. Bringing together the work of three innovative chroniclers, “Proof: Francisco Goya, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Longo” offers insight into the energy, empathy and creativity with which these artists recounted and reimagined their realities. When: Wednesday-Sunday, through January, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Where: Crown Heights/Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway) The Means of a Ready Escape: Brooklyn’s Prospect Park Prospect Park has never been simply an escape from the city, but a fundamental part of it. This exhibition highlights the 150year social history of Brooklyn’s backyard. Featuring over one hundred artifacts and documents, it tells the story of the 585 acres of forest, field, and swamp that Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux transformed into an urban oasis, and how the Park has sustained generations of Brooklynites throughout the borough’s many eras of change. When: Wednesdays-Sundays, through July 2018 Where: Brooklyn Heights/Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St.)
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powerHouse Book Launch— Street: New York City – ’70s, ’80s, ’90s by Carrie Boretz — In Conversation w/ Mark Bussell The photographs in “Street” were taken by Carrie Boretz in New York City from the mid 1970s through the 1990s. It is common knowledge that the city was on rocky ground for many of those years, but these are not pictures filled with drama or strife. Instead, Boretz was always more interested in the subtle and familiar moments of everyday life in the various neighborhoods where she lived, before much of the graffiti was scrubbed away and the city was sanitized and reborn to what it has since become. When: Thursday, Oct. 19, 7 p.m. Where: DUMBO/PowerHouse Arena (28 Adams St.) Fashionably Strange: A History of Victorian Creepiness (A Talk/Slideshow by J.R. Pepper) From professional mourning clothing, taxidermy and an obsesContinued on page 9INB 8INB • INBROOKLYN — A Special Section of Brooklyn Daily Eagle/Brooklyn Eagle/Heights Press/Brooklyn Record/Bay Ridge Eagle/Greenpoint Gazette • Week of October 19-25, 2017
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MYBROOKLYNCALENDAR.COM Continued from page 8INB sion with death to bizarre photography and fashionable communication with the spirit world, there’s no doubt that the Victorians were decidedly creepy. In this talk, come and explore what made the Victorians the true masters of the true masters of the macabre. When: Sunday, Oct. 22, 8 p.m. Where: Williamsburg/Quimby’s Bookstore NYC (536 Metropolitan Ave.) Unbound: Alice Waters in Conversation with Hilton Als See the launch of “Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook.” When: Monday, Oct. 25, 7:30 p.m. Where: Fort Greene/BAM Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave.) Conversations@Senesh featuring Aly Raisman Hear Aly Raisman discuss the drivers of her success, the challenges of growing up as an elite gymnast and the values that fueled both her gymnastics career and her advocacy on behalf of “body positivity.” When: Tuesday, Oct. 24, 5:30-6:45 p.m. (Meet and Greet: Meet Aly and take a photo with her, 7:30-8:30 p.m.; Conversation with Aly Raisman to follow) Where: Carroll Gardens/Hannah Senesh Community Day School (342 Smith St.) Book Talk: The Apparitionists Following the trauma of the Civil War, the intersection of mourning on a national scale with the new technology of photography gave rise to a chilling phenomenon: spirit photography, the supposed art of capturing departed loved ones on film. Author and curator of religion at the National Museum of American History Peter Manseau shares the story of infamous spirit photographer William Mumler, the fraud allegations that haunted him, and a nation grasping for the promise of the afterlife When: Tuesday, Oct. 24, 6:30 p.m. Where: Brooklyn Heights/Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St.)
Educational Brooklyn Marketing Week A three-day conference for entrepreneurs looking to better market their business. Experts are being brought to the entrepreneurs for a weekend of workshops and events designed to educate on how to pitch, sell, market, promote and scale your business. When: Friday-Sunday, Oct. 20-22; Friday, 6 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. Where: Prospect Park/Brooklyn Commons (495 Flatbush Ave.) Artist Walk: Discovering Trees and Stones Beginning at the Fort Hamilton Gate House, artist Matthew Jensen will guide visitors on three-hour walks to discover Green-Wood Cemetery’s rich collection of majestic trees and historic monuments. Jensen will be accompanied on each walk by a member of Green-Wood’s staff who will share their own behind-the-scenes experience and knowledge of the cemetery. No walk will be the same; come once, twice or three times for unexpected encounters When: Sunday, Oct. 22, 12-3 p.m. Where: Greenwood Heights/Green-Wood Cemetery (500 25th St.)
powerHouse Arena presents the book launch of “Street: New York City – ’70s, ’80s, ’90s by Carrie Boretz” on Thursday, Oct. 19. Image courtesy of PowerHouse Arena When: Friday, Oct. 20, 10 a.m. Where: Fort Greene/BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave.)
Food & Drink Smorgasburg Prospect Park More than 100 local and regional food purveyors will gather on Breeze Hill to offer a range of cuisines. When: Sunday, Oct. 22, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Where: Prospect Park GinGlass Enjoy an evening of Brooklyn Gin, blown glass and tasty treats. Each guest will receive a handmade glass, designed and created for the occasion by Brooklyn-based artist Romina Gonzales. Glass artists will be at work, demonstrating how these stunning glasses are made. When: Monday, Oct. 23, 7-9 p.m. Where: Fort Greene/Urban Glass (647 Fulton St.) Bartel-Pritchard Square Greenmarket 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 staples. The offerings range from a selection of vegetables, fruits, baked goods, plants and flowers to fresh-caught fish and organic baked goods. When: Wednesday, Oct. 25, 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. Where: Prospect Park
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Family Fun FAD Market: Celebrate Art A roving fashion, art and design pop-up marketplace presents more than 50 thoughtfully selected independent designers and artists. Browse and shop unique jewelry, apparel, bath and body care, tableware, art and home furnishings. When: Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 21-22, 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Where: Fort Greene/City Point (445 Albee Square West) Family Fun: Bhangra With dance nonstop from beginning to end, this high-energy form of folk dance from the Punjab region of India is accompanied by traditional music of the region. For all ages and abilities. When: Saturday, Oct. 21, 4:30 p.m. Where: Fort Greene/Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave.)
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GEMINI — May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, if you continue to vacillate on a decision, pretty soon you will begin to doubt your decision-making abilities. Trust your intuition. CANCER — Jun 22/Jul 22 Taking everything onto your shoulders is one way to get noticed, Cancer. But it’s also a way to burn out. When others offer to lighten your load, take them up on it. LEO — Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, a newfound commitment to living healthy will benefit you in the short- and long-terms. Keep up the good work and enlist others to help you stay motivated. VIRGO — Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, others trust your instincts when it comes to making big decisions. Follow your heart and explain your thought process along the way so loved ones feel in the loop. LIBRA — Sept 23/Oct 23 Libra, allow others to explain their position before you make an important decision. Outside input can give you a more wellrounded perspective. SCORPIO — Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, accept othersÕ offers to help when your schedule fills up. Simply return the favor when you get the chance, and that’s all the thanks that’s necessary.
Theatre & Music Image courtesy of the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts
TAURUS — Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, racing through all of your activities will get you somewhere fast, but the results may be sloppy. Slow down and see the bigger picture.
Continued from page 9INB you prefer to walk, you’re welcome along. No need to register in advance; sign-in takes place on site. NYRR Open Runs are open to all ages. Strollers and dogs on leashes welcome. When: Tuesday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m. Where: Brooklyn Bridge Park
/peh-LO-tah/ A performance by poet-performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph exploring the links between dance and sport, as well as the complexities of soccer—the world’s most popular game—as a source of both joy and exploitation. Based on the artist’s own experiences playing the game as an American child of Haitian immigrants, as well as his travel journals from visits to World Cups in South Africa and Brazil. When: Daily, through Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m. Where: Fort Greene/BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St.) Tierney Sutton Band: The Sting Variations Known for her original and edgy interpretations of the classic jazz songbook, Tierney Sutton and her trio bring their 2017 Grammy-nominated project “The Sting Variations” to Brooklyn with fresh interpretations of the repertoire of rock icon Sting. When: Saturday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m. Where: Fort Greene/Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts (One University Plaza) Ben Folds Ben Folds is widely regarded as one of the major music influencers of our generation. Throughout his career, Folds has created an enormous body of genre-bending musical art that includes pop albums as the front man for Ben Folds Five, multiple solo rock albums, as well as unique collaborative records with artists. His most recent album is a blend of pop and classical original works, in part recorded with the revered classical sextety music that soared to #1 on both the Billboard classical and classical crossover charts. When: Saturday, Oct. 21, 8 p.m. Where: Flatbush/Kings Theatre (1027 Flatbush Ave.) Night Witches, Phase II – Fall Tour The second installment of developing “Night Witches – The 588th Night Bomber Aviation Regiment,” formed by Marina Raskova – a Russian Amelia Earhart. It was the only unit to
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts presents “Tierney Sutton Band: The Sting Variations” on Saturday, Oct. 21 at Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts. remain exclusively female throughout the war. In the dead of night, they flew repurposed cropdusting biplanes to bomb Nazi forces on the front lines. This is their story. When: Saturday, Oct. 21, 9 p.m. Where: Bushwick/The Muse (350 Moffatt St.) Bargemusic Visit Bargemusic for free neighborhood family concerts. This one-hour performance includes a Q&A session with the musicians. Visit bargemusic.org for more. When: Saturday, Oct. 21, 4 p.m. Where: Fulton Ferry Landing Boulders and Bones In their BAM debut and first choreographic collaboration, ODC/Dance founder Brenda Way and co-artistic director KT Nelson use British land artist Andy Goldsworthy’s work as a foundation for a meditation on the destructive and generative process of creation. Set to a commissioned score composed and performed live by cellist Zoë Keating, with RJ Muna’s towering time-lapse video of Goldsworthy’s hillside sculpture Culvert Cairn bringing the artist’s work to temporal life, this shapeshifting evening-length piece for 10 dancers (five men, five women) emphasizes intimate and athletic partnering. When: Wednesday-Saturday, Oct.25-28, 7:30 p.m. Where: Fort Greene/BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St.)
SAGITTARIUS — Nov 23/Dec 21 Sagittarius, a renewed passion for a hobby has motivated you to be more creative. Embrace this newfound vigor, even enlisting others if you so desire. CAPRICORN — Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, embrace a newly presented challenge as an opportunity to hone your skills and illustrate to others your abilitiy to adapt and thrive. Your efforts won’t go unnoticed. AQUARIUS — Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, the prospects of a new relationship prove reinvigorating. Make the most of this opportunity and embrace the chance to experience new things. PISCES — Feb 19/Mar 20 Take a few minutes for yourself this week, Pisces. It is important to have some alone time so you can gather your thoughts.
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See the Marvelous Crown Heights Mansion the Parfitt Brothers Designed
Plus O th er Brook lyn A rch itects’ Nifty 1 9 th - Century H ome D esigns By Lore Croghan Brooklyn Eagle
Even in September, flowers bright as sunshine grow at Dean St., a rowhouse designed by Albert E. White.
Three cheers for the Parfitt Brothers, a trio of British-born architects who designed some of late 19th-century Brooklyn’s most eye-catching houses. A marvelous mansion they designed graces the corner of Brooklyn Avenue and Dean Street. It’s the John and Elizabeth Truslow House, which was designated as an individual city landmark in 1997. The freestanding Queen Anne-style house at 96 Brooklyn Ave. was constructed in 1887 and 1888, after prominent Brook Brookposilynite John Truslow retired from his posi tion as president of the Brooklyn Board of Assessors. The red-brick house with an eye-catching array of gables and metal-clad towers suffered a long spell of trouble in the past two decades. But in recent years, the John and Elizabeth Truslow House was renovated and turned into an affordable-housing building, with tenants for its unoccupied apartments chosen by lottery. The developer was NIA JV LLC, which is controlled by Larry Hirschfield’s ELH Management, city Finance Department records indicate.
The rowhouse on the corner is 1 Paci c St. which was designed by A i ill.
The ohn and Elizabeth Truslow House, designed by the Par tt Brothers, is a ne piece of Crown Heights North Historic District architectural eye candy. Eagle photos by Lore Croghan A previous owner had lost the property because of a so-called 2002 “in rem” foreclosure judgment for delinque nt taxes, Finance Department records show.
Development Sparked by the Fulton Street Elevated Railway Northwestern Crown Heights was largely developed between 1888 and 1893, after the construction of an elevated railway on Fulton Street brought mass transit to the area. Numerous important late-19th century Brooklyn architects designed the neighborhood’s rowhouses, standalone homes and apartment buildings. There’s so much for preservation-minded visitors to see. One way to decide on routes for picturesque Crown Heights walks is to use the maps of its landmarked areas. The Crown Heights North Historic District was the first portion of
the neighborhood to win the city Landmarks Preservation Commission’s designation. That was back in 2007. The John and Elizabeth Truslow House is located in this district. It includes several blocks of Brooklyn Avenue, a stretch of Dean Street between Bedford and Kingston avenues and sections of Pacific and Bergen streets, St. Marks Avenue and Prospect Place. The other day, we strolled around this historic district and looked at the lovely homes. Go to br ooklyneagle.c om to see additional photos from our walk. Splendid strolls can also be taken in the Crown Heights North II Historic District, which gained landmark status in 2011, and in the Crown Continued on page 7
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Heights North III Historic District, which was designated in 2015.
Montrose Morris and Helmle, Huberty & Hudswell, Too So. Here’s a sampling of the superb architects whose designs can be seen in the original Crown Heights North Historic District. • Montrose Morris, one of the most revered Brooklyn architects of the late 19th century, designed a number of the district’s residential properties. One of our favorites is the Imperial Apartments at 1327-1339 Bedford Ave., constructed in 1892. Christopher Gray, who wrote the much-loved New York Times column “Streetscapes,” described the French Renaissance Revival apartment building in a 2007 story by saying it has “triple outsize turrets and pointed roofs like the three musketeers backed into a corner, swords flailing.” • Montrose Morris also designed two Romanesque Revival rowhouses at 855-857 St. Marks Ave. that were built around 1892. One of them has a terrific turret. BTW, the landmarked blocks of St. Marks Avenue are really something. Development is planned on the lawn of a house there that’s known as the Dean Sage Residence. • One of our favorite rowhouses that important late 19th-century architect George Chappell designed is at 1123 Dean St.
NAME CHANGE NAME CHANGE KU NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Richmond County on the 27th day of September, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-000161-17/RI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at 927 Castleton Ave., Staten Island, NY, 10310, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) SCOTT (Middle) KING (Last) KU. My present name is (First) SCOTT (Middle) KING (Last) FU. My present address is 1345 65TH STREET, APT. 4, Brooklyn, NY 11219. My place of birth is GUANGDONG, CHINA. My date of birth is July 10, 1975. #154189
NAME CHANGE SU NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 2nd day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001278-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) BENSON (Last) SU. My present name is (First) JIAHAO (Last) SU AKA JIA HAO SU (INFANT). My present address is 807 71ST STREET, Brooklyn, NY 11228. My place of birth is CHINA. My date of birth is April 10, 2000. #154199
NAME CHANGE GRUNDMAN NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 6th day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001303-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) FAITH (Last) GRUNDMAN. My present name is (First) FAIGA (Last) GRUNDMAN. My present address is 2410 KINGS HIGHWAY, Brooklyn, NY 11229. My place of birth is BROOKLYN, NY. My date of birth is March 29, 1986. #154157
NAME CHANGE NATHANSON NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 6th day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001305-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) RICHARD (Middle) ANDREW MCGINNESS (Last) NATHANSON. My present name is (First) RICHARD (Middle) ANDREW (Last) NATHANSON AKA RICHARD A NATHANSON. My present address is 245 West 99th Street, NEW YORK, NY 10025. My place of birth is QUEENS, NY. My date of birth is June 19, 1970. #154224
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on the corner of Bedford Avenue. • September roses are blooming in the garden at 1265 Dean St. on the corner of New York Avenue. It’s part of a five-building row of Romanesque Revival houses designed by Albert E. White. • J.C. Cady designed a fab freestanding Renaissance Revival house at 1290 Pacific St., which was built around 1890. He was the architect of the West 77th The ueen Anne-style house on Street side of the American the corner is Dean St., deMuseum of Natural History. signed by George Chappell. • One of several superb Crown Heights North Historic District rowhouses Amzi Hill designed is at 1435 Pacific St. on the corner of Brooklyn Avenue. • The distinguished architectural firm Helmle, Huberty & Hudswell, which opened in 1902, designed a nifty house at 128 Kingston Ave. that year. Part of its facade is curved and part isn’t.
The Romanes ue Revival house on the corner, which was designed by Magnus Dahlander and built around , is Dean St.
NAME CHANGE TKACHENKO
NAME CHANGE YUSUFF
NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 12th day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001320-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) TAYA (Last) TKACHENKO. My present name is (First) TAISIIA (Middle) TAYISIYA RO (Last) TKACHENKO AKA TAISIIA TAYISIYA R TKACHENKO AKA TAYISIA TKACHENKO. My present address is 1919 82ND STREET, Brooklyn, NY 11214. My place of birth is UKRAINE. My date of birth is June 30, 1999.
NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 11th day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001318-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) YUSUFF (Middle) TUNDE (Last) YUSUFF. My present name is (First) TUNDE (Middle) SAID (Last) YUSUFF AKA TUNDE S. YUSUFF. My present address is 765 LINCOLN PL, Brooklyn, NY 11208. My place of birth is NIGERIA. My date of birth is March 24, 1968. #154233
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NAME CHANGE STONE NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 5th day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001289-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) ELIZABETH (Middle) ANN (Last) STONE. My present name is (First) ELIZABETH (Middle) ANN (Last) NEWCOMER AKA ELIZABETH A. NEWCOMER AKA ELIZABETH NEWCOMER FKA ELIZABETH ANN BOOP. My present address is 793 FRANKLIN AVE, Brooklyn, NY 11238. My place of birth is NEENAH, WISCONSIN. My date of birth is JANUARY 23, 1987. #154125
NAME CHANGE LEONARDO LONNGI NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 6th day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001000-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) ANNA (Middle) OSKYLEE (Last) LEONARDO LONNGI. My present name is (First) ANNA (Middle) OSKYLEE (Last) RAMIREZ LONNGI (INFANT). My present address is 427 57TH ST, Brooklyn, NY 11220. My place of birth is BROOKLYN, NY. My date of birth is November 29, 2013. #154248
NAME CHANGE MIRTH
NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 11th day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001298-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) MISH (Middle) ROBYN (Last) COFFEY. My present name is (First) MICHELLE (Middle) ROBYN (Last) WHALEN AKA MICHELLE WHALEN AKA MICHELLE R COFFEY AKA MICHELLE ROBYN COFFEY. My present address is 378 EAST 2ND STREET, Brooklyn, NY 11218. My place of birth is ESSEX COUNTY, LIVINGSTON, NJ. My date of birth is November 27, 1968. #154205
NAME CHANGE KU NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Richmond County on the 27th day of September, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-000162-17/RI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at 927 Castleton Ave., Staten Island, NY, 10310, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) DARREN (Last) KU. My present name is (First) DARREN (Last) FU (INFANT). My present address is 49 BAY 38TH STREET, Brooklyn, NY 11214. My place of birth is BROOKLYN, NY. My date of birth is April 4, 2008. Assume the name of (First) BRAYDEN (Last) KU. My present name is (First) BRAYDEN (Last) FU (INFANT). My present address is 49 BAY 38TH STREET, Brooklyn, NY 11214. My place of birth is BROOKLYN, NY. My date of birth is September 23, 2015. #154190
NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 10th day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001310-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) GRIM (Last) MIRTH. My present name is (First) SOLOMON (Middle) XAVIER (Last) GODSCHILDE AKA SOLOMON X GODSCHILDE AKA SOLOMON GODSCHILDE. My present address is 20 East 18th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11226. My place of birth is BROOKLYN, NY. My date of birth is December 15, 1998. #154226
NAME CHANGE WILLEMS NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 6th day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001299-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) IRYNA (Middle) G (Last) WILLEMS. My present name is (First) IRINA (Middle) GRIGORYEVNA (Last) SIDOROVA. My present address is 581 OCEAN PKWY, Brooklyn, NY 11218. My place of birth is UKRAINE. My date of birth is January 24, 1987. #154151
NAME CHANGE DENIZKUSHU
NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 6th day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001304-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) TREVOR (Middle) MICHAEL MCGINNESS (Last) NATHANSON. My present name is (First) TREVOR (Middle) MICHAEL (Last) MCGINNESS AKA TREVOR M MCGINNESS. My present address is 245 West 99th Street, NEW YORK, NY 10025. My place of birth is BRONXVILLE, NY. My date of birth is August 22, 1979.
NOTICE is hereby given that an Order entered by the Civil Court, Kings County on the 11th day of October, 2017, bearing the Index Number NC-001316-17/KI, a copy of which may be examined at the Ofce of the Clerk located at Civil Court, Kings County, 141 Livingston Street, Brooklyn, New York, 11201, grants me (us) the right to: assume the name of (First) DENIZ (Middle) HULYA (Last) DENIZKUSHU. My present name is (First) DENISE (Middle) HULYA (Last) DENIZKUSU AKA DENISE HULYA DENIZKUSHU AKA HULYA DENIZKUSU AKA DENIZ HULYA DENIZKUSHU. My present address is 153 W END AVE, Brooklyn, NY 11235. My place of birth is TURKEY. My date of birth is March 29, 1961.
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Katy Tur, MSNBC Star & Best-Selling Author, Recalls Her Brooklyn Beginnings By Peter Stamelman Special to the Brooklyn Eagle
I am a news junkie. I come from a family of news junkies, so it’s hard-wired into me. When my father would get home from work, he’d read the Times, the Herald Tribune, the Post (the pre-Murdoch Post, obviously, when it leaned left, not right), the Daily News (to find out what the opposition was thinking), the Forward (“is it good for the Jews?”) and, yes, the Brooklyn Eagle. After dinner, he’d watch Walter Cronkite on CBS or the “Huntley-Brinkley Report” on NBC or Charles Daly on ABC. That was followed by retreating to his study to grade papers and then to read The New Republic, The New Yorker, Esquire, the New York Review of Books, the Saturday Review. (After my father died, I remember getting invoices from all those magazines. Numbly, I renewed. Almost 50 years later, I still get, and read, all of them, except the Saturday Review — that went under in 1986.) The qualities my father liked and admired most, in journalists were erudition, righteous indignation and intellectual stamina. The feistier the writing — and the writer — the better. Whether politics — Walter Lippmann, Dwight Macdonald, Jimmy Breslin, Jack Newfield — or sports — Paul Gallico, A.J. Liebling, Robert Lipsyte, Dick Schaap, Red Smith (until he crucified Muhammed Ali) — or theater — George Jean Nathan, Stanley Kauffmann, John Simon, Walter Kerr — those were the journalistic attributes my father looked for. Among television journalists my father liked Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, Morley Safer and, of course, Howard Cosell. Anyone who took on the establishment with wit, fortitude and consistency. My father would have loved Katy Tur for many reasons: her pugnacity, her persistence, her smarts and her grace under pressure. Most especially when she’s confronted by the non-stop bigotry, bullying, ignorance and mendacity of a certain buffoon-turned-accidental president. As is now widely known, Trump belittled, taunted and threatened Tur throughout the 2016 campaign.
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But she never cried “uncle.” She gave as good as she got. My father would have watched and applauded. And he would have been the first in line at Brentano’s or Scribner’s (no B&N.com or Amazon in those innocent, pre-digital days) to buy a copy of Tur’s ringside, no-holds-barred account of Trump’s frightening and implausible rise “Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History.” (Published by Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow.) Like father, like son: I devoured “Unbelievable” in one sitting. I was already a Tur disciple, regularly DVR-ing her “MSNBC Live with Katy Tur” afternoon program. I originally took notice of Tur when she was based in London and filed reports from all over Europe. While on leave in 2015 to take care of personal matters in New York, NBC News shanghaied Tur to cover the then-nascent Trump presidential campaign. A “six-week” assignment turned into a full-time gig. Like Mad Max, she became a hardened road warrior. According to her official MSNBC diary, “[s]he set foot in over 40 states and logged nearly 4,000 live television appearances.” This summer, the interview (bout might be a better description) that truly earned Tur her stripes was when she harpooned and reeled in Chris Christie’s flack Brian Murray during “Beachgate.” He resisted and blew smoke, but by the end of the interview Tur brought him — and the pale, bloated whale on the beach — on-board and filleted them both. How did this 33-year-old bantamweight learn to so ferociously punch above her weight? Another Tur trademark: Her remarkable repertoire of smiles. There is the arch “I’ve heard that one before” smile; the droll, worldly “you’ve got to be kidding me” smile; the smug “gotcha” smile (one of her best); the exhausted “enough already” smile (the default smile she used with Wyoming Republican Sen. John Barrasso when he repeatedly ducked answering a direct question); the sheepish “I screwed that one up” smile. She can also be disarmingly and endearingly self-deprecating, as when, after mangling some closing remarks, she handed off to Ali Veshi by dropping her exashead on her news desk in exas peration. Or mocking herself for her overuse of the verb “pivot.” She is a refreshing antidote to all overthe humorless, scolding, over bearing, “take your medicine, it’s good for you” anchors. (Are it’ you listening, Erin Burnett and Chris Cuomo?) On a recent telephone call, sucI discussed with Tur the suc cess of her book (No. 3 on The York Times bestseller list), New Y her early career (including a baptism under fire and rain at News 12 Brooklyn) and her reclean-up position in the re markable lineup of anchors and reporters (Kristen Welker, Hallie Jackson, Kasie Hunt, Kelly O’Donnell, Nicolle Wallace) that MSNBC has assembled. Below are edited excerpts of our conversation. Eagle: Were you always so feisty and pugnacious, even as a child? Did you always try to win every family argument? Every schoolyard dispute? Katy Tur: (Laughing) Well there were many family arguments, as there are in any family, but I certainly did not win all
of them. But, yes, I guess you would have described me as pugnacious. (Laughing again) I remember being 5 years old, standing on a chair and yell-ing at my basketball coach. Eagle: About what? KT: About not putting me in the game! Eagle: You grew up in Los Ange-les, with a father and mother (Robert Tur and Marika Gerrard) who were television journalists who covered the news from heights as high as 1,000 feet to as low as 70 feet (when they famously tried to scare off Reginald Denny’s attackers during the 1992 Los Angeles riots after the Rodney King verdict). Plus, they were part of the airborne phalanx that tailed O.J. That’s heady stuff. Did you ever ask them to teach you to fly a chopper? KT: Not really. They did let me hold the joystick and my dad showed me how all the instruments worked, but we lost [the helicopter] by the time I would've started really learning. I was 14. It's too bad. I occasionally consider signing up for flying lessons. Eagle: MSNBC has put together a remarkable lineup of anchors and reporters: You, Hallie Jackson, Kristen Welker, Kasie Hunt, Kris Jansing, Stephanie Ruhle, Peter Alexander, Chuck Todd and, of course, the Queen Mother Andrea Mitchell. Was this the result of foresight or was it serendipity? KT: It was a combination of foresight and serendipity. We all started at NBC at different times. I knew Peter, Kris Jansing, Kasie, Andrea and Kristen from assignments before the campaign or from the office. Chuck and I were friendly as well. Stephanie came to NBC much later. Hallie started around the time I moved to London, so we didn't know each other. We were all friendly before; we became much closer in 2016, during the campaign. Eagle: Trump called you out early in the campaign and continued to do so during the campaign. Yet that — and the “lynch mob” hysteria he tried to ignite — didn’t dissuade you. Now that he’s president, do you think that, as Nixon did, he might have an “enemies list” and that you’re on it? KT: Truthfully, I don’t think that way. I never have, I never will. Eagle: How did you decide on your “voice” for “Unbelievable”? Unlike many first-person campaign accounts, you avoid the wonkish and your approach is snappy and crisp. Did you know from the start this was the approach you would take? KT: I wanted to write a book that I would want to read. I deliberately avoided the wonkish; I wasn’t aiming for a plodding, political tome. Nor was I aiming to be comprehensive. I wanted the book to be very much “in the moment.” That’s why, for example, I alternate a chronological timeline of the campaign with a detailed breakdown of election day/night. Eagle: To flashback — and because this is for the Eagle — what are your memories and impressions from your time working at News 12 Brooklyn? KT: (Laughing) It was the hardest job I ever had! I had to really “learn” Brooklyn — all of Brooklyn. From doing stories about projects with no heat in the dead of winter to mixing it up with Charles Barron. [Barron, from 2001-2013, represented Brooklyn’s 42nd District in the New York City Council. Currently, he represents the 60th District of the New York State Assembly.] Actually, going toe-to-toe with Barron was good practice for my later encounters with Trump. I also remember interviewing — standing on two chairs because he’s so tall! — then-City Councilmember Bill de Blasio. [Tur is 5-foot-2.] I also covered some truly weird stories, such as one about a really eccentric guy in Sunset Park who built his own submarines! Eagle: Was there a big learning curve in transitioning from KTLA Los Angeles to
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News 12 Brooklyn? Tur: The biggest was learning to cope with the weather. (Laughing) I remember a summer day I was assigned to cover an outdoor rally in East New York. It was pouring rain...I mean a monsoon. Assuming that the rally would be called off, I called my assignment editor to ask what other story he’d like me to cover. He said, with irritation and incredulity: “What are you talking about? I want you to cover the protest in East New York.” By now the monsoon had turned into a squall, but I jumped back in the car and drove to East New York. The protest ... the very large protest ... was in full swing. Eagle: Coming from Los Angeles, where everyone panics when it rains and no one knows how to drive in it, I imagine you were astonished. KT: I was floored! Eagle: I’m very impressed by the brevity and concision of the questions you ask — and by your decorum in allowing your guests to respond in full. As my wise grandmother used to say, “You learn by listening, not by talking.” Did you also have a wise grandmother or did this approach evolve over time? KT: (Laughing) Well, actually, both of my grandmothers would've yelled at me to cut off more people! They were two tough, no bullshit women. I find it's more informative to poke holes after someone has finished. But if someone is just trying to obfuscate or run out the clock, I'm happy to jump in. Eagle: Oh, I definitely didn’t mean to imply you’re not tenacious. It’s that I like your Sgt. Joe Friday “just the facts, ma'am” line of questioning. Proceeded by your Perry Mason prosecutorial follow-up KT: Well, as you know from reading the book, after graduating UC Santa Barbara, I was going to take the LSATs in anticipation of going to law school. Eagle: Then, like another “Friday” — Rosalind Russell in “My Gal Friday” — you walked back into the KTLA newsroom and came back to your senses. K.T.: (Laughing) Guilty as charged! Eagle: Finally, for me, the book’s most startling revelation: Katy Tur knits??!! KT: I do! I love it, I find it relaxing. I like to cook, too. Eagle: I think we have a proposal for your next book: “Recipes from the Road.” You can get Hallie and Kristen, Kasie and Peter to contribute. KT: Hmm ... I like that idea. Maybe that will be my next pitch. “Unbelievable: My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History” is published by Dey Street, an imprint of William Morrow.