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News From Your Neighborhood CHIEF LIBRARIANS CALL FOR AMNESTY ON KIDS’ FINES
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CITYWIDE — Brooklyn Public Library President Linda Johnson recently joined library leaders from Queens and Manhattan to call for new funding that would grant amnesty to thousands of children and teens who have racked up fees and fines for overdue books, according to the Brooklyn Eagle website. According to librarians, most of those fines are concentrated in the city’s neediest neighborhoods. “There are families who refuse to even use the library for fear of accumulating fines,” wrote New York Public Library President Anthony Marx. BPL and the Queens and Manhattan systems gave kids a one-time amnesty in 2017. According to Marx, about 11,000 kids and teens who previously were blocked from borrowing books because of fines rekindled their relationship with the library within one month of having their fines waived.
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REAL ESTATE OPEN HOUSES CALLED OFF DUE TO VIRUS
CITYWIDE — Some New York City real estate brokers have called off open houses because of fear of the coronavirus, according to Bloomberg News. “If the coronavirus for some reason — and I hope it doesn’t — goes out of control and New York City faces drastic increases in the virus, that may have a chilling effect,” said Fritz Frigan, executive director of sales and leasing at Halstead, who compiles a weekly index of open house activity across the five boroughs. Frigan told Bloomberg News that his office has even seen a potential seller who was on the fence about whether even to list a property out of concern about having visitors come look at it.
KPF DESIGNS RENOVATIONS TO RED HOOK HOUSES
RED HOOK — Architecture firm Kohn Pedersen Fox has designed the redevelopment of a public housing complex in Red Hook that was ravaged by Superstorm Sandy eight years ago. Thousands of residents of NYCHA’s Red Hook Houses were left without power and access to supplies for more than two weeks following Sandy, according to dezeen, an architecture and design website. KPF’s scheme involves a resiliency and renewal program designed to lessen the community’s vulnerability to natural disasters. The measures include a series of raised flood barriers, an above-ground boiler plant and more, dezeen reported.
THREE-STORY CONDO BUILDING IN RED HOOK NEARS COMPLETION
RED HOOK — Construction is nearing completion at 730 Hicks St., a three-story condo development in Red Hook, according to New York YIMBY. The building is slated to contain 15 residences, 10 parking spaces, basement-level storage and gardens surrounding the property. The building is being developed by Shiraz Saujana and is designed by Marie Architects.
NEW HOTEL PLANNED FOR 86TH ST. IN BAY RIDGE
BAY RIDGE — Permits have been filed for a six-story hotel at 634 86th St. in Bay Ridge, on the current site of an auto dealership and lot, according to New York YIMBY. The lot, at the intersection of Battery Avenue and 86th Street, is a short walk to the R train’s 86th Street subway station. Xiaojun Chen, under the name Sunshine Brooklyn LLC, is listed as the developer, and Wu Chen of JWC Architect Engineer is listed as the architect. The proposed development would have 76 rooms, a rear yard and eight enclosed parking spaces. Demolition permits for the auto lot were filed last June.
NEW BAR EMPHASIZES WINE AND CURED MEATS
PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — And Sons, which Gothamist describes as “an American ham (and wine) bar,” opened about six weeks ago in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, according to the website. It is owned by former waitress Phoebe Damrosch and former sommelier Andre Hueston Mack, and it is named for the couple’s four sons. Mack told Gothamist that he was inspired during trips to Spain and Italy, where such spots are much more common. “The heart of the And Sons experience,” said Gothamist, “is the sliced-to-order selection of country-styled cured hams.” Both the wines and the hams are mainly from the continental United States.
ANGRY MAN DEFACES COP CAR IN BAY RIDGE
DYKER HEIGHTS — An angry man snapped and took his anger out on a police car in Brooklyn, footage released on Saturday shows. The unidentified man walked up to an NYPD Traffic Enforcement Division vehicle on Seventh Avenue near 92nd Street, according to brooklynreporter.com. After looking over
his shoulder to make sure no one was there, he hurled an unknown object at the windshield, the footage shows. He then ran up and started rapidly punching the car window. Finally, he whacked the passenger’s-side mirror. He is described as a man in his 30s with a beard and was last seen wearing a bright green sweater, blue jeans and brown shoes.
BROOKLYN ARTIST VISITS GALLERY IN BINGHAMTON
BOROUGHWIDE — Brooklyn artist Jenny Morris visited the Memory Maker Gallery in Binghamton to showcase her own artwork as well as artwork created by people who suffer from memory loss, according to Fox 40, a local channel in Binghamton. Morris spent months working with people who suffer from conditions such as Alzheimer’s to further her thesis about the relationship between memory and art. “We can’t have propriety over this idea of doing art with people with dementia,” said Christina Muscatello, co-founder of the Memory Maker Project. “The idea of the residency really grew out of the idea that we need to continue giving a voice to people with dementia.”
MOVIE’S NOODLE DISH IS A HIT IN KOREAN RESTAURANTS
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Ram-don, a noodle dish that was essentially invented for the South Korean movie “Parasite,” has become a hit in the city’s Korean restaurants, according to New York Eater. The name ram-don is an amalgamation of ramen and udon, two types of low-cost noodles, which are combined to make a cheaper meal more interesting. Esther Choi, chef and owner of the Brooklyn restaurant Mokbar at 212 Flatbush Ave., says she makes her own noodles to serve in the dish because it “wouldn’t make sense” to serve instant ramen at an upscale noodle shop. Her version features both seafood and beef.
COUNCILMEMBER LEVIN HONORS IDA B. WELLS
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Councilmember Stephen Levin (D-Boerum Hill-Brooklyn Heights-Downtown Brooklyn-DUMBO-Greenpoint) and other Brooklyn officials hosted a street co-naming ceremony in Downtown Brooklyn on Saturday to honor Ida B. Wells. Wells was a groundbreaking investigative journalist, civil rights leader and feminist. When living in Brooklyn, she published editorials exposing lynching and helped to found the National Association of Colored Women
in 1898. A plaque for Wells was unveiled on the façade of J.P. Morgan Chase at 4 MetroTech during the street co-naming.
PROTESTERS SLAM ALLEGED ASSAULT BY POLICE
CANARSIE — Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the 69th Precinct in Canarsie Saturday to demand answers after a video captured police officers tackling a 20-year-old man during an arrest for alleged marijuana possession, according to the Brooklyn Paper. The video posted to Twitter showed a plainclothes officer holding Fitzroy Gayle at gunpoint just before a group of officers tackled him to the group, as the young man screamed. Police said Gayle was smoking marijuana outside 100% Playground on Glenwood Road and had resisted arrest, but his attorney said his client had not committed any crimes, the Brooklyn Paper said. “We had a rally outside the precinct calling on the district attorney of Brooklyn to investigate this heinous kidnapping and assault,” said Rev. Kevin McCall of the Crisis Action Center in Brownsville.
REFINANCE BOOM HAS LENDERS SCRAMBLING TO MEET DEMAND
CITYWIDE — A sharp drop in mortgage interest rates has sparked a sudden and unexpected refinance boom that has lenders scrambling to handle the large volume, according to CNBC. The stress on the lending market is keeping mortgage rates higher than they could be. Mortgage rates hit 3.11 percent on Monday, CNBC said. One borrower who called Bank of America on Saturday was told there would be a two-hour wait to speak with a loan officer. At Cross Country Mortgage, a small lender in Boca Raton, Florida, phones were ringing before 8 a.m. on Monday.
CROWN HEIGHTS RESTAURANT OFFERS VEGAN ETHIOPIAN FARE
CROWN HEIGHTS — Crown Heights’ newest restaurant, Ras Plant Based, brings an Ethiopian presence to the neighborhood, according to Patch. The owners, chef Romeo Regali and his wife Milka, also own the Cobble Hill Ethiopian restaurant Awash. The new restaurant features a menu centered around an Ethiopian platter consisting of a variety of vegan options, from collard greens to red lentil stew, served over a traditional spongy flatbread. Other items include a vegan kebab, traditional Ethiopian coffee, vegan desserts and more. The restaurant is at 739 Franklin Ave. near Sterling Place, Patch said.
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Irish eyes were certainly smiling at the Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade dinner dance as elected officials, family and friends gathered to salute this year’s esteemed parade marshals. Honorees for the 27th Annual Bay Ridge St. Patrick’s Day Parade — which will be held on Sunday, March 22 — were recognized at the gala event
which took place at El Caribe at 5945 Strickland Ave. in Mill Basin on Saturday, March 7. The 2019 parade’s grand marshal is community leader Linda Gallagher-Lomanto. “I’m very humbled and proud that the committee has chosen me to lead the 27th Bay Ridge St Patrick’s Day Parade down Third Avenue,” Gallagher-Lomanto told this paper. “The parade committee and its sponsors have done a wonderful job keeping Irish culture and heritage thriving in Bay Ridge.
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Congratulations to all my fellow honorees, and I’m looking forward to a warm, sunny day on Sunday, March 22.” Deputy marshals for the 27th annual parade include Meaghan McGoldrick, Judy Conway, Tracy McDonagh-Joerss, Eileen Tynion, Kristine Woods-Hansen, Eric DiRamio, Christopher Cody, Steven McEvoy, Billy Murphy and John Ward. “It’s such a tremendous honor to be a deputy marshal at this year’s parade,” said Tynion. “It’s the thrill of a lifetime and I have my family and friends here with me tonight. I’m just delighted,” she added. McGoldrick said that it felt very surreal to be honored. “It’s very humbling to be recognized as a deputy marshal, and I’m just thrilled to keep the tradition going.” The honorary Irishman of the year was Romeo Petric, who was born in Zadar, Croatia, but has served as parish athletic representative for the CYO Sports program at St. Patrick since 2002. He has also been involved in nearly every facet of the parish’s sports programs for over 25 years including soccer, baseball, basketball and
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id you know Bath Beach was named for England’s famous spa town, Bath? I hadn’t strolled around this charming Brooklyn neighborhood in the longest time. When the sun came out the other day, the idea of taking a long walk by the glittering waters of Gravesend Bay, then looping through quiet streets looking for modernized Victorian houses, was irresistible. An escape into the fresh air, where I found fab scenery, flocks of seagulls and a view of one of my favorite bridges, cheered me up immensely. Isn’t that what everybody needs these days — a little cheering up? One of Bath Beach’s most alluring features is a pedestrian and cycling path at the edge of the neighborhood, right on the shoreline, with the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge rising high above the water. So yeah, the Belt Parkway is there too, on the other side of a barrier. But I’m a very finicky person, and I don’t find the highway’s proximity too troubling. The sound of the passing cars is like white noise. Bath Beach’s waterside pathway is an extension of Bay Ridge’s popular Shore Road Promenade. I’m a big fan of the Bay Ridge end of the promenade, and I’ve published photos of it many times, in sunshine and in fog. The Bath Beach end of the path is pretty great, too.
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Feed the birds, tuppence a bag. On Bath Beach’s waterside promenade.
Before you head for Bath Beach, I should mention that you’ll need a heavier jacket than the day’s weather report suggests. Gravesend Bay’s waters are cold this time of year, and the breeze that comes off them is chilly. If you don’t live in Bath Beach, the easiest way to get to the shoreline promenade is to ride the R train to its terminus at 95th Street and Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge. Walk down Fourth Avenue for several blocks. Along the way, you’ll notice Cannonball Park. That’s what Bay Ridge residents call John Paul Jones Park. A 58-ton, Civil War-era cannon is on display there. At the end of Fourth Avenue, the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge looms large. The promenade runs beneath it. Turn left, in the opposite direction from Lower Manhattan and the Statue of Liberty. Gravesend Bay begins at the bridge and stretches down to Sea Gate. If you’re obsessed with taking pictures like I am, you’re going to stop a lot during your walk along the shoreline and turn yourself and your camera back towards the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. It’s America’s longest suspension bridge, with a 4,260-footlong main span. Othmar Ammann, a structural engineer who was Bath Beach’s shoreline promenade offers a terrific view of the born in Switzerland, designed it. It opened in 1964. Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan You probably recall that for a half-century it was the VerrazanoNarrows Bridge with one “Z,” instead of two “Z”s like namesake explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano’s spelling. In October 2018, A MILITARY INSTALLATION’S TWO CENTURIES OLD Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a bill to correct this typo. When you start walking on the promenade, before Bath Beach homes come into view, you’ll see Fort Hamilton. It has the distinction of being New York City’s only active military base. The fort was established in 1825. On special occasions, civilians are invited onto the premises. Several years ago, I had the honor of attending Fort Hamilton’s 9/11 commemorative ceremony. On Sunday, when I was out on my waterside stroll, I saw a cargo ship heading towards Manhattan and a tiny tugboat pulling a big barge beneath the bridge. Runners and cyclists politely gave me a wide berth as I stood at a railing along the water, snapping photos. High clouds made pretty patterns in the azure sky. Whenever I was walking instead of gazing backwards at the bridge, I could see the top of the landmarked Coney Island Parachute Jump in the distance.
As I kept walking, the promenade became a double-lane pathway with a grassy median.
FEED THE BIRDS, TUPPENCE A BAG At Bay 8th Street, there’s a hill with a staircase that leads to an overpass connecting the rest of Bath Beach to the promenade. It’s worthwhile to climb the stairs for a bird’s eye view of the promenade, the bay and the bridge. Back down on the shoreline, there are benches if you want to linger and look at the water. When I was there on Sunday, a gentleman sat on one of the benches and fed seagulls and pigeons. They swirled around him like an avian tornado. A second overpass connecting the shoreline and the rest of Bath Beach can be found at 17th Avenue. These stairs also offer an excellent vantage point from which to see the promenade and Gravesend Bay. When seagulls aren’t being fed, they congregate on the rocky shoreline. Three of the birds flew up onto the railing along the promenade and stayed still long enough for me to snap a photo.
SAY SO LONG TO THE SHORELINE The promenade comes to an end at the edge of Bensonhurst Park, which is at the bottom of Bay Parkway. If you find it hard to leave the soothing shoreline, there’s a cluster of benches where you can sit and take a last look at Gravesend Bay. Eventually you should continue your walk, though. There are beautiful homes and an eye-catching NYPD stationhouse to see on the inland streets. As you turn up Bay Parkway, you’ll see Ceasar’s Bay Shopping Center. According to a posting on the Hey Ridge website, it’s spelled C-E-A-sar like its namesake, Ceasar Salama. Keep walking and you’ll pass a section of Bensonhurst Park that’s undergoing a $6.5 million renovation. It’s at the corner of Cropsey Avenue and Bay Parkway. Any direction you choose is a good direction for a walk in Bath Beach. I decided to turn onto Bath Avenue, then loop around on Benson Avenue back to Bay Parkway.
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Continued from page 12 INB I was afraid I would run out of time, so I left Cropsey Avenue out of my walk.There are lots of beautiful houses there. Several years ago, I took pictures of them. Low-rise Bath Avenue is lined with grocers, medical offices, pharmacies and interesting places to eat.
TERRIFIC TURRETS Many Bath Beach homes are mid-20th century attached brick rowhouses with garages on their bottom floors. I dearly love this type of housing stock, which can be found in numerous neighborhoods outside Brooklyn’s Brownstone Belt. But I also love the standalone Victorian houses that dot Bath Beach. They’ve got turrets and porches and panache. They’ve been modernized with siding. Some have walled-in porches. So what? They’re beautiful. America’s largest concentration of Victorian wooden houses can be found in a cluster of Flatbush neighborhoods that includes Prospect Park South and Ditmas Park. The iconic homes are also scattered through southern Brooklyn neighborhoods such as Bay Ridge and Bath Beach. As I walked along Bath and Benson avenues, I glanced up each side street. If I spotted a Victorian house, I walked over for a closer look. It was kind of like an Easter egg hunt when the eggs are placed out in the open. A quick look is all it took to find them. One of Bath Beach’s Victorian gems is 122 Bay 26th St., which has a turret, a wraparound porch and an enormous yard. It’s not in the best of shape. But it’s lovely.
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These similarly shaped Victorian houses are 8732 (at left) and 8730 20th Ave. in Bath Beach. St. Finbar’s present-day church building was dedicated in 1912. A few years ago, volunteers did extensive interior restoration, my colleague Paula Katinas reported.
IN THE SHADOW OF THE TRAIN TRACKS I can’t end this story without mentioning a trio of big, beautiful old houses. They include 79 Bay 25th St., which is on the corner of Benson Avenue, then 75 Bay 25th St., then 67-69 Bay 25th St. The last house I mentioned is clad in green-painted shingles and has an enormous front porch. City Buildings Department records suggest it was constructed in 1924. Even with Daylight Saving Time, sunset arrives all too soon when you’re walking around taking photos. When it got too late to take any more pictures, I turned left on Bay Parkway and headed up to 86th Street, which is considered the border of Bath Beach and Bensonhurst. There’s a D train station on the corner if you want to go home. Or you can get a bite to eat on 86th Street. There are lots of restaurants and cafes. If you’re in the mood for an additional adventure, you can continue east on 86th Street to Gravesend, where you’ll find popular pizzeria L&B Spumoni Gardens.
WITCHES’ HATS As I continued walking on Bath Avenue, a terrific Victorian house at 137 Bay 11th St. caught my eye. The roof on its slender turret is shaped like a dinner bell. I also noticed the skinny turret on the house at 1465 Bath Ave., which is on the corner of 15th Avenue. Some big houses are eye-pleasing even though they don’t have Victorian architectural flourishes — for instance, four homes with sharply peaked roofs at 143, 145, 147 and 149 Bay 8th St. When I got to the end of Bath Avenue, I turned onto 14th Avenue, walked up the block and then turned again onto Benson Avenue. I saw some beautiful homes I couldn’t photograph because the late-afternoon sun was right behind them. I did get a picture of a row of four Victorian houses that have rectangular towers topped with little roofs shaped like witch’s hats. Their addresses are 57 to 69 Bay 11th St.
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This Victorian home at 122 Bay 26th St. has a large lawn. INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan The parish’s website says the man who donated the site where the church was originally built, William Swayne, was from County Cork in Ireland. He asked that the church be named for St. Finbar, who was the first Bishop of Cork. According to a posting on Catholic Online, legend has it that when St. Finbar died, which was around the year 633, the sun didn’t set for two weeks.
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Bensonhurst native continues to explore video game culture in new volume BY JAIME DEJESUS JDEJESUS@BROOKLYNREPORTER. COM
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local gamer and lecturer has already made his mark in the literary video game world with a successful book, and he’s just getting started. Patrick Hickey Jr., who is assistant director of the journalism program and faculty advisor to the Society for Collegiate Journalists at Kingsborough Community College, released "The Minds Behind the Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers (Studies in Gaming)" in April 2017, and recently completed his first sequel, "The Minds Behind Adventure Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers (Studies in Gaming)." While Hickey’s first book looks at seminal figures and games in video game history, the second explores the popular adventure genre of gaming. “I absolutely loved writing 'The Minds Behind the Games,'" said Hickey. “It was a dream come true. “I didn’t want the rush to
end,” he added, noting that, so pivotal to the game’s “Luckily, quickly after pub- success.” lication, sources got back For the book, the Brooklynite was able to talk to to me that missed my initial deadline and soon enough, developers such as David the list started piling up.” Crane and Garry Kitchen. Hickey’s initial plan was “[They are] two industry to do a massive sequel, but icons that have changed [gaming] forever,” Hickey to make it “more visual,” as said. “However, talking to readers had requested, and with more games included, super-smart and fun people also in response to readers’ such as Tony Barnes and requests. James Deighan was just as Hickey, who is also the cool.” founder of reviewfix.com, Penning his second offerdiscovered as he worked ing was less grueling for the that the list of games he had author, but he wanted to top compiled included many what he had done in his first adventure titles. volume. “The adventure genre is “Book one was like, ‘Can I essentially the father to do this?'" he said. “Book two every other genre, except was like, ‘Yeah, I’m doing sports,” he joked. “Every this, so let’s push harder than we did the first time.’ genre in gaming has some Getting sources lined up adventure in it, some story that puts it all together. probably took about a year That allowed me to be more and I was writing the entire time, building liberal with the the chapters, games featured, researching allowing me to put and editing some beatsimultaneem-ups ously.” and even Indeed, a game H i c ke y ’s the likes publisher, of 'PaRappa McFarland & the Rapper' in Company, was there, because so impressed the story was Patrick Hickey Jr. with his first
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Covers of Patrick Hickey Jr.’s books. volume, that it didn’t just ask for one more book, but three, one on adventure games, one on sports games and one on shooter games, with the adventure games book coming first, and the other two to follow. With the adventure games book now published, next up will be the sports game book, to come out around the summer, with the shooter games book anticipated to be published by the end of the year, or early in 2021. Due to Hickey’s success, his reputation in the industry has been solidified, he told this paper. “It’s been wild how things have changed so much from the first book,” Hickey said. “I have developers reaching out to me and others vouching for me. They want their stories told. I think what makes them so appealing is that many of these stories
have never been told and my writing style is about giving these men and women their due. They deserve it.” The reception for book two has been very positive thus far. “The first book sold well, but The Minds Behind Adventure Games has exceeded my wildest expectations,” Hickey said. “In less than two months, we went through our initial printing. I’ve sold books from my website, PatrickHickeyJr. com, almost every single day.” To promote his work, Hickey has also attended dozens of conventions as well as doing signings and speaking engagements. As a result, he has expanded his fan base, talking with attendees about their mutual love of gaming. “It’s my favorite part,” he said. “I want to make sure
that my readers always know that I care and that I want to interact with them. That’s one of the reasons why I love taking selfies with them and helping them promote their ideas and work. I want to build a community and grow the video game history scene and make it accessible.” Though he has a passion for the subject, writing the books has been a tall order for Hickey. “There’s a ton of research that goes on during the entire process,” he said. “It’s not just me playing games. There are none of my opinions in these books. It’s real journalism, about the video game industry and the people that make it so great.” Hickey will be speaking at the College Media Advisory Convention and at Port Richmond High School in March. "The Minds Behind Adventure Games: Interviews With Cult and Classic Video Game Developers (Studies in Gaming)" is available online. If buyers order directly through www.PatrickHickeyJr.com, Hickey will personalize your order by signing your book and engaging with you.
U.S. Rep. Rose remembers Sweet Sally Sunshine with speech on House floor BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER@BROOKLYNEAGLE. COM
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unshine filled the House as Congressmember Max Rose honored the memory of Sally Kabel, affectionately known as Sweet Sally Sunshine, in a touching tribute he delivered on the floor of the House of Representatives on Monday, March 2. Sally was a beacon of light in Bay Ridge during her short lifetime, and her memory lives on in the hearts of a community that loved her. After hearing about the fifth annual Push Beyond Showcase in the Home Reporter, Rose attended the event and was moved by Sally and her family’s story. He wanted to honor her
“I rise today to honor life on the House floor and was grateful to the Home the life of Sally Kabel, Reporter in helping connect a young girl from him with the family to make Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, who despite battling it possible. Sally died on Sept. 19, leukemia for most of 2018, following a nearly her life, did so bravely lifelong battle with leuke- and with a love of life mia and complications of that earned her the the disease. Her death not nickname ‘Sweet Sally only devastated her heart- Sunshine.’ Sally was broken family, but an entire adored, not just by community that had rallied her family, but by the behind her in her brave entire Bay Ridge combattle with cancer. munity who rallied behind Sally’s mother and father, her,” said Rose. Nicole and Matt Kabel, have “Everyone came togethcontinued to keep their er to support her family, daughter’s memory alive by whether it was bringing helping to raise awareness meals, raising money or just giving them hugs of pediatric cancer. Rose, who represents on the street,” Rose said. parts of Southwest Brook- “With that support, Sally lyn and Staten Island, was able to beat cancer, but honored the beloved Brook- the treatment so weakened lynite and the incredible her body that she passed away in September 2018, legacy she has left behind.
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U.S. Rep. Max Rose remembers Sally Kabel on the floor of the House of Representatives. same struggle. “They’re advocating for childhood cancer awareness with the hopes that more research will lead Photos courtesy of Matthew Kabel to more humane and effecLittle Sally Kabel will tive treatments for children,” forever be known as said Rose. Sweet Sally Sunshine. “Sally was truly the peacemaker of Bay Ridge, just a week after her sixth bringing out the best in all birthday. Although her of us. I ask my colleagues to time with us was far too join me today in honoring short, she filled those six her memory,” he added. years with a lifetime of joy.” Matt Kabel said that he Rose emphasized that the and his wife were incredKabels are helping other ibly moved by the honor. families going through the “We want to thank our
local congressman, Max Rose, for honoring Sally on the floor of the House of Representatives,” Kabel told this paper. “Anybody who knew our little girl saw her unite the Bay Ridge community like no other. Sally brought people of all different beliefs and backgrounds together for a common good. We’re so moved that the congressman chose to honor her memory, and hope he’ll be an ally to childhood cancer families like ours in the future,” Kabel added.
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great deal has been said and written about Sen. Schumer’s ill-advised comments in front of the U.S. Supreme Court that seemed so threatening to several justices that the Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts responded with a cautionary statement aimed at Sen. Schumer. The media described the chief justice’s statements as rare and unusual. I suspect his chastising the second highest Democrat in the United States government for what certainly sounded like a threat could better be described as unprecedented. Schumer, in responding, said he was misinterpreted. He seemed crystal clear to me. He also said that being from Brooklyn, he uses tough language. Also being from Brooklyn, I wish to
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remind the senator that we do not speak in the manner he wished to ascribe to Brooklynites. If we did, it would be time to stop. He should stop and learn a lesson from this incident that got him more attention then all his Sunday press conferences combined. Some have suggested he resign or be impeached. Of course, all such rhetoric does is undermine the serious nature of his statement. Inasmuch as his comments were not on the floor of the Senate, censuring him would be unusual. But then again, as the Democratic leader of the United States Senate, he plays a national role and it might well be warranted. At a minimum, he should make a formal apology. To date, all he has done is make excuses. That is not enough.
Once again, local Democrats — all of whom know our fellow Brooklynite — are mostly silent. This has become a pattern as more and more Brooklyn Democratic elected officials are caught saying dumb, often offensive things such as Borough President Eric Adams telling hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers from regions of the nation he considers inconsistent with a New York frame of mind that maybe they should go back to where they came from. Our nation proudly and solidly protects free speech, but just as Justice Holmes said, you have no right to yell fire in a crowded movie theater. It is important that offensive statements from public officials be addressed with equal firmness. I believe most Democrats would
BY JERRY KASSAR
Our nation proudly and solidly protects free speech, but just as Justice Holmes said, you have no right to yell fire in a crowded movie theater.
agree with me. Sen. Schumer needs to give a heartfelt apology. *** Sen. Schumer is in the fourth year of his tenure as Democratic leader. I do not think he has much to show for it. The U.S. Senate Democrats under the rules of the
TAKE IT SLOW
’m getting sick and tired of writing this column. Not this weekly column, in general — I greatly enjoy being able to tackle issues here each week — but, instead, the topic of this particular column, because it has been the subject I have written about more than any other, this past year. In January, I wrote about 67-year-old Deborah Mutell, who was crossing 86th Street by Bay Parkway when a private sanitation truck struck and killed her, before fleeing the scene. Deborah was one of three pedestrians killed in Brooklyn in a 24-hour period. In May of last year, I wrote about three-year-old Emur Shavkator, who was killed by a truck in front of his mother, while on his scooter in a crosswalk in Bath Beach. Three days after he was killed, as I was beginning that column,
I paused to travel to the corner of Benson Avenue and Bay 25th Street to attend a vigil in the rain for Emur. Two days later, I finished writing that column from the steps of City Hall, during a rally held by street safety advocates, many of them people who have lost loved ones to traffic accidents. Throughout this past year, I have also written about cyclists killed on city streets, cited numbers showing the disturbing increase in traffic fatalities the last two years, and discussed the need for further actions to help make our streets safer for all who use them. Late last month, Jose Contla was killed by a hit-andrun driver while crossing the street near 19th Avenue and 86th Street. He was one of six pedestrians, including two Brooklyn children, killed in a five-day span.
Unfortunately, on March 5, another name was added to this list. While out walking his dog, Frank Decolvenaere was struck by a vehicle at Fourth Avenue and 101st Street in Bay Ridge, where he died. The 19-year-old driver of the Mercedes Benz that hit him remained at the scene.
People are not radar guns, but multiple eyewitnesses estimating that the vehicle was traveling at a speed more than twice the legal limit casts a great deal of doubt on any contention that it was traveling at or below 25 miles per hour. Police released a statement rather quickly that a preliminary investigation had determined that the deceased had been crossing against the pedestrian
COMMON SENSE Senate, even as a minority, could wield significant power, yet Schumer seems no match for Majority Leader McConnell. In fact, in some instances — such as the impeachment process, numerous confirmations and the finalization of trade agreements — the Democrats under his leadership appeared wholly ineffective. McConnell seemed to have more problems keeping his own conference in line than worrying about what Schumer might have up his sleeve. I am somewhat surprised. Sen. Schumer, who has been around Brooklyn politics for better than 40 years, is an affable Brooklyn political personality,
that at one time you could find riding his bicycle to events in Bay Ridge or playing a game of basketball in a local school gym. Somehow, he seemed to be at every swearing-in ceremony imaginable. His weekly Sunday press conferences are legendary, I dare say, for their clock-like consistency rather than for their content. I suspect no one can remember any of them, let alone last week’s presser. Possibly local politics is his vocation. Maybe the Senate Democrats made a mistake in electing him their leader. I did not think so at first, but for the past two years or so, I have really wondered.
MATTER OF FACT BY JAY BROWN
traffic signal. There was no mention in their statement as to whether speed played any role in the accident or the outcome. Several media outlets reported that witnesses said the driver was speeding. PIX11 News spoke to multiple witnesses who stated that “the driver had the green light but appeared to be traveling more than 50 miles per hour when the car hit the pedestrian.” People are not radar guns, but multiple eyewitnesses estimating that the vehicle was traveling at a speed more than twice the legal limit casts a great deal of doubt on any contention that it was traveling at or below 25 miles per hour. Pedestrians struck by a
vehicle traveling at 30 mph are about 70 percent more likely to be killed than if the vehicle had been traveling at 25 mph. About nine out of 10 pedestrians survive being hit by a vehicle traveling at 20 mph, while about nine out of 10 are killed when hit by a vehicle traveling at 40 mph. We don’t know all of the details of the tragedy that took Frank’s life, but we do know that speed kills. If the preliminary NYPD assessment that he stepped into the crosswalk against the pedestrian signal is confirmed, it doesn’t change the reality that his wife should almost certainly be making a trip to see him in the hospital now, not making his funeral arrangements. The Mercedes Benz
involved in the crash received four camera-issued speeding tickets in just over two months last year. Streetsblog filed a report after finding the car outside the 68th Precinct. Photos revealed extensive damage to the front end, hood and windshield, which was completely smashed in on the passenger side. The damage to the car an expert said is consistent with a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed and, possibly, as fast as the 50+ mph multiple eyewitnesses estimated. I really cannot wait for the day I stop writing this column, this particular column that I write far too often, when I cover another member of the community who has been killed by a car on our streets.
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Many cats are saved a trip a kill shelter Hissing, spitting, biting catsfrom make eyetocontact with of dress.near Year” Award from We tagged along Annettereceived Cox and the Rosa“Veteran *** Hill Community Center, in even a few minutes or brief- would property and various from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Bay betaxes my preference. ough promotion and enwas formally dedicated Hissing, spitting, biting cats make eye contact with Jackson, and trust and hope begin... the Year” Award from WeAlexander tagged for of BROOKLYN MEDIA GROUP/ the New State the grand procession Lopez AARP BayYork Ridge the West Building on 91st ly blocking a bicycle lane city Contialong and that raising fines Ridge Manor. Honored “I agencies am an easy cat to take, as I am meticulousgagement for NYC and Tom Kane Way and was Photos by Ted General Jackson, and trust and hope begin... the New York State the procession that division ofDonna the CWV. passed throughout theofcemeChapter #3630; Street, just off Shore Road. will also cost motorists, you ly guests will be District Deangrand Rasinya, co-chairs and fees, is Iit any wonder clean. am“Even looking for a we new home, a 20 life-long Co. even blessed by Reverend Tom Kane’s parents holding HEY JUDE: though live together, we do division of the CWV. passed throughout the cemeThe Kings County tery and by candlelit graves of Community Superintenthe Bay Ridge Community Zarrelli of the Archbishop BRCC President Ralph Suc- guessed it, $115. that middle-income taxfriend. I am looking for YOU. Would you like to come The event is open Gerard Sauer, the pastor of the new sign. HEY JUDE: “Even though we live together, weold. do not have to be adopted together. We are nine years The Kings County tery and by candlelit graves of Chapter is holdfallen soldiers from both sides Council’s Civic Affairs Com- John Hughes Council #481 car will give introductory I understand the City and payers are being squeezed dent Karina Costantino meet me? Look into my stunning yellow eyes, to the public. Reservations St. Mel's Church, a former asnotwill have toscratch be adopted together. Wefurniture. are years old not or damage your Hi, I am Chapter is Mae hold-remarks. soldiers from sides ing its annual offallen the conflict. As weboth trekked Charter grants the city’s We excessively! and longtime civicnine leader mittee, have announced Columbiettes; Donna and I’llacapture youror loving heart. This could be the are only $46 which includes sociate pastor atthe Bay Ridge's St. We will not scratch damage your furniture. Hi, I am Raven, sweet, little girl who is half Siamese. I love to ing its annual ofthe the conflict. we trekked dinner dance on through the pathways, there Department of Transpor* * * recipients ofAs 2020 * * * DePola of the Resource Jane Kelly. Tickets are $75 start of aa sweet, new and friendship. I my am purrfect for you. Ito sit-down dinner. Contact Patrick's Church and a Training personal Raven, little girl who is half Siamese. I love be affectionate, play with toys; you would think dinner dance on Fines for a vfull through the pathways, Thursday evewere uniformed re-enactors The Kassenbrock BrothHidden Treasures of the there and Counseling iolating tation authority to issue each and available by RSVP am spayed with my vaccinations and micro chipped.” Sherman Silverman at 718-748friend. be affectionate, with mythe toys; you would think was a kitten. I and will play give to you love and attention Thursday uniformed re-enactors June 2,eveat alternate side parking rules regarding parking Iers --were soldiers standing guard, Community Awards. The Center;ning, Dr. John Sayad of Memorial Scholarship theall new fund co-adminPlease contact cats@zanisfurryfriends.org. 3165 or send him a check payable to the A host of dignitaries were on hand to join I was a kitten. I will give you all the love and attention you seek. I am spayed, housebroken. Unfortunately we ning, June 2, at -soldiers standing guard, award honorees are Rana Catholic Charities of New and traffic operations. Fund — which last year istrators, Kate Cucco (kate. musicians and singers per- 7:30 p.m., at the regulations were recently Society of Old Brooklynites, 340 Marine AveKane's family, friends and associates on this you seek. I am spayed, housebroken. Unfortunately we are seeking a new home because my mommy has severe 7:30 p.m., at the musicians and singers perAbu-Sbaih of P.S. 102; However, they should not awarded nearly $40,000 Dr. KarimTerrace, Sayad increased from $45 to $65. cucco@gmail.com) or Ilene Polonaise forming Civil War songs. York; and *** to keep nue, Brooklyn, NY 11209. auspicious occasion. City Councilmember are seeking a new home because my mommy has severe allergies and is no longer able us. I hope to join Omar Penafiel of NYPD in college scholarships to America and Fines for being even a few be able to raise parking vioSacco (ilenesacco@gmail. Polonaise Terrace, forming Civildrew War thousands songs. of Feeding 150 Greenpoint The event Zani’s Furry Friends is a 501(c)3 non-profi * * * lation penalties arbitrarily your Vinnie Gentile -- who ensured the full Counallergies and is no longer able tobekeep us. I hope ttoorjoin loving family. You not disappointed…Hello Explorers, Post 2268; high school seniors — is will Meals on Wheels. inches in a bus stop or the com). 150 Greenpoint The event drew thousands Avenue. of relatives, Civil War buffs,
Former Science Assistant Principal and a cil the co-naming, in the proAvenue. of approved relatives,historians Civil War buffs, This year, the group amateur andwrote past Bay Ridge Community Council Presigram, "A lifelong Bay Ridge resident, Tom's Thisbeyear, the group amateur historians and will honoring its genealogists, local residents dent, Tom tremendous contributions and achievements be honoring its Greene was back at Denyse Wharf genealogists, residents willNational Commander and hundreds local of out-ofand the adjoining small beach under the left an indelible mark on the community he National and hundreds of out-ofFredCommander Schwally, towners. According shadow of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for loved so much." Fred Schwally, According New York State totowners. cemetery hishis group's 25th Wharf and Close friend Frankie Marra sang and and protect and expand now hasBeach a state BYauthor CRYSTAL HUDSON We have madeBi-Annual some Johnson New York State to cemetery hisCommander torian, Cleanup. This year, he was joined by 75 played "Forever Young" by Bob Dylan. Kane progress in the telling of my rights. And that is espe-Commander park named in herhigh honor, torian, author J o h n the Principal and attorney of school and grade school volunteers. was a big, big Dylan fan! ourohistory it comes decades played a handwhen n the the ofafter sheschool Jand e f fattorney r ast e ymonth, it was an- cially true when it comes JKeyes A.Principal Fantis parochial Greene continues to Fantis press efforts toStonewall estab* shared, ** that Brook- to the telling of our to highlighting stories key role in Street the Keyes and J e f f rnounced ey the A. parochial school the past Richman, on Schermerhorn in lyn’s Waterfront intersectional histories. of Black women. We now uprising, and Bayard lish a Marine Environmental Science Lab at Among the marching groups in the recent the past Richman, on Schermerhorn Street in National Downtown Brooklyn. 4,600 Civil elevate the contributions Park would be named after When African-American Rustin has been pardoned the site. He is also currently a professor 147th annual Brooklyn Memorial Day PaNational 4,600 Civil Downtown Brooklyn. Chaplain, War vetAmong the attendees wereat of women like Rosa Parks, over Marsha P. Johnson, who historian Carter G. Wooda half century Kingsborough College. rade was the Society of Old Brookynites. The War vetattendees wereafFChaplain, a t h e r twoAmong erans are past the FHHS Assistant Fannie Lou Hamer and fought until her death for son, first created “Negro ter he planned the 1963 Maria Makrinos, the new president of the civic organization has been marching in evF a t h e r Principals erans are two pastDavid FHHS Assistant Anthony buried in Whitebook Harriet Tubman almost Black, Trans, and LGBQ History Week” in 1926, it March on Washington Hamilton and High School Alumni Associaery Brooklyn Anthony buried in Memorial Day Parade since its Fort Principals David Whitebook Dell’Anno. Green-Wood, Tom Greene. Both arefor was because he knew the tion, civil rights. the same as we do men like Jobs and Freedom (where stopped, by bringing free doughnuts for founding in 1880. Dell’Anno. Green-Wood, and Tom Greene. are Tickets are former making it the presidents of Both the Bay Shortly after, Bayard Rus- importance of honoring the allMartin Luther King, Jr., Martin Luther King, Jr. the volunteers. are Ridge making it Civil the formerCommunity presidents ofCouncil, the Bay $75Tickets per person. largest tin was posthumously par- collective history and lived Malcolm X, and Frederick “I Have A Dream” * * Community * gave hisserves $75••• per person. and largest Ridge Council, War burial Civil site in Whitebook as a doned for a 1953 conviction experiences of Black people The Douglas — after decades Republican speech), we Party still underKings County ••• Warnorth, burialeven site surpassing in and Whitebook serves as is a Congressmember Michael the t r u s t e e and scholarand overlook the for what was clearly then in America. of erasure of2014 the role Black state holding its Lincoln Day Reception and Congressmember Michael the north, Pennsylvania. even surpassing Grimm trustee and scholarwill be the guest Gettysburg, s h i p an anti-LGBTQ law. These Negro History Week Dinner women on played in shaping of folks Sunday, June contributions 22, from noon toilike Grimmatwill the guest Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. sh p3 the be next meeting Also as part of the com- speaker recent honors reinforce a eventually evolved into p.m., our history. Lorraine Hansberry, who at Gargiulo’s in Coney Island. Among at theMen’s nextClub, meeting Also as partthere of the were com- ofspeaker St. Patrick’s on are only just was the first Black woman memoration yet, weguests truth we have long known, the Black History Month the And honored will be Westchester Counof St. Patrick’s Men’s Club, onacknowledge memoration there were Tuesday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m., encampments of Union and but have not celebrated we know today, where we tybeginning to to have play performed Executive Astorino, thea state GOP’s Tuesday, June 7, atappropriately 7:30 p.m., Rob encampments of Union and the club adjacent Confederate re-enactors teach in ourselves and room oth- candidate on Broadway, and Audre often enough: Black history who the many for governor. in the club room adjacent Confederate re-enactors who to St. gym- contributions of Lorde, who dedicated her pitched tents near main ers about thePatrick’s remarkableschool is Queer history and the Queer significant He has tapped as the county’s “Man toofSt. Patrick’s pitched the main nasium atleaders 97th school Street andbeen gate, on tents both Sunday and history history is Blacknear history. Black Blackgymqueer people. Now is life to addressing injusof the Year.” Other honorees include former nasiumAvenue. at 97th Street and gate,Ason both Sunday Fourth Memorial Day. who overcame incredible a Black gayWhile woman, stepI and the time for us to acknowl- tices of racism, sexism, GOP Assembly Candidate Tom McCarthy Fourth Avenue. Memorial Day. ••• ping along in felt theWhile have seldom allnighttime of my stepobstacles with dignity and edge the longstanding and classism and homophobia as “Counselor of the Year,” past Coun••• ping along and in experiences the nighttime More news St.leadership of through theCity procession, we came across identities grace. And yet, we have not from continued written word. cil candidate and President of the Brooklyn Moreso On news from St. procession, came across Patrick’s. Sunday, June 5, in the adSusan Pulaski, a former queer people captured in we the movements always shared proudly And we don’t do enough Youngconcert Republicans Russell Gallo as “Young Patrick’s. On Sunday, June 5,Black people. Susan Pulaski, a former after a 2 p.m. special president of the Bay Ridge or spaces that set out to the full breadth and depth vancement of to uplift those living Republican of the Year,” plus the following after a 2 p.m. special president of Baya Ridge in St. Patrick’s Church, Historical Society and comc h a iGarza, rlauplift my lifethe experiences of Black history. W hconcert ithere le Ma rsh a P. among us like Alicia dies, as “Women of the Year” Phyllis Carbo, in St. Church, there person of the Kassenbrock Historical Society and a com- will ch a i rbe Patrick’s an unveiling and dedimittee chair at Community Francenia Joan Braunstein and Mary Members of Obviously, the Society of Old Brooklynites march will beof an unveiling mitteeTen. chair at Community person of the Kassenbrock cation a portrait ofand the dedilateHall,Brothers Board pleased Memorial John. in the recent Brooklyn Memorial Parade of with cation a portrait of the late Scholarship Board Ten.big Obviously, pleased Brothers Fund.Memorial with the turnout, wasDayMaestro Aldo Bruschi in the Also in Tickets are $200 a pop and available at Society President Brooklyn Historian Ron Aldo Bruschi with the big and turnout, was Maestro in the Scholarship Fund. Also in
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I’m 11 years oldPartner but still Queer and Trans folks reminds usAnimal that when the my with the Care & Control of New York City. of a new home to call own. I’m 11 years old but stil have quite a lot of spunk left. I’m strictly an indoor cat. don’t have to advocate for most marginalized among There are Cat and Dog Adoptions Every Sunday at a lotyour of spunk left. up, I’mI strictly anI only indoor cat Ihave won’tquite scratch furniture promise. have us are free fromLexington discrimi- their own survival, where Petco, 1280 Avenue, between East 86th I won’t scratch yourbeen furniture I promise. have back claws. I have livingup, with my momI only all these nationEast for Black folksfrom and 12:30and 87th Streets in Manhattan back and claws. Iequitable have been living withbaby my is mom all but these years, butgiven now there is a justice toddler. The sweet, I access to good jobs,to educaequity for Queer folks are 5:30pm. Hope see you soon. years, there is afingers toddler. Thegrab babymy is sweet, but am not but usednow to pinching that tail. I need tion, healthcare, transpor- not mutually exclusive, not where used toI pinching fingers that grab my tail. need aam space can be the queen. Can you find a Iplace tation and housing, we all and where we express long *** a space I canhome?” be the queen. Can you find a place for me inwhere your quiet overdue gratitude and honbenefit. HEY JUDE...WOOF WOOF: “I am heartbroken to for me in your quiet home?” Kim 718-344-9697 Johnson, Rustin and oth- or to those whose shoulders give up my two half-Pointer-mix, 10-month-old pups. Kim 718-344-9697 ers whose and names we may whichball we stand. Sabrina Tyson loveupon to play and run around. PURRFECT MEWS: All of Jenny’s rescued kitties never know, understood Crystal Hudson is the first Both pups love people, are lap dogs, love to sit with PURRFECT MEWS: All of Jenny’s rescued kittie have been adopted into loving homes. the breadth and depth deputy advocategives of you. 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