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VOLUME 91 NUMBER 5

FEBRUARY 7-13, 2020

HOMING IN

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Sunset Park residents displaced by 2018 fire want to know when they will be able to return to their apartments SEE PAGE 2

Man taken into custody following Bay Ridge subway attack • Page 2

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Man taken into custody following Bay Ridge subway attack, charged with larceny and possession of stolen property

BY JAIME DEJESUS

JDEJESUS @BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM

Cops think they have the man who assaulted and attempted to rape a woman at the R train 95th Street station on the morning of Monday, Jan. 27.

Initial information provided by the NYPD indicated that the suspect, 20-year-old Arjun Tyler, who was picked up on Friday, Jan. 31, had been charged with rape and assault, with the rape charge modified in a later communication from the NYPD to be attempted rape. However, so far, the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has only charged Tyler with larceny and possession of stolen property.

Police say that on the day of the attack, the victim, who had boarded the southbound R train in Forest Hills, went into the station bathroom when she got off

the train at the line’s final stop at around 10 a.m. It was there that an assailant, dressed in all black and wearing a black ski mask, allegedly followed her inside and punched her in the face, choked her and tried to assault her sexually. The woman screamed and the attacker took off.

The New York Daily News reported that Tyler had been confined to Rikers Island — unable to pay $20,000 bail on a series of crimes he allegedly committed in 2018 — until last Dec. 19. His case was reviewed under the state’s new bail reform laws and he was set free, court documents and sources with knowledge of the case said, according to the News.

However, the Legal Aid Society attorney representing Tyler is disputing the early reporting in the incident. “What happened to Mr. Tyler over the weekend is shameful,” contend-

ed Marie Ndiaye, supervising attorney of the Decarceration Project at the Legal Aid Society.

“In a desperate attempt to fearmonger over the new bail laws, the NYPD arrested our young client and threw him to the wolves without first investigating the alleged incident. Mr. Tyler was detained for 40 hours, paraded out of a precinct and walked in front of press which led to him being erroneously accused by two local tabloids of a serious crime.

“After a careful review of documentation provided to us by the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office and based on NYPD paperwork, Mr. Tyler was not arrested on, and has not been charged with, any sex offense. Period,” Ndiaye went on. “This is a new low for the New York City Police Department, which seems to be more concerned with leaking

Cops have arrested a man they believe is responsible for the assault and attempted rape of a woman in the 95th Street Station; so far, he has been charged with larceny and possession of stolen property.

Photo via Google Maps, inset courtesy of NYPD cases to the press to malign the new bail reforms than with get-

ting basic case facts correct." 

For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Photo courtesy of NYPD 68th Precinct

Displaced Sunset Park residents protest outside B’klyn Housing Court

BY JAIME DEJESUS

JDEJESUS @BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM

Sunset Park residents displaced by a January 2018 fire gathered outside Brooklyn Housing Court on Wednesday to demand answers as to when they would be able to return home. ebrooklyn media/Photo by Jaime DeJesus

“Fight! Fight! FIght! Housing is a human right.”

That was one of many phrases chanted outside Brooklyn Housing Court, 141 Livingston St., on the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 29 as tenants of a Sunset Park apartment building that caught fire two years ago gathered to remind authorities that they were still displaced.

In January 2018, the fire at the building at 529 56th Street resulted in eight families living there having to find temporary housing; however, the landlord signed a document in Housing Court, promising that their homes would be ready for them to move back into by August 1, 2019. With the homes still not ready, those same residents returned to Housing Court to demand answers.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

NYPD Traffic Enforcement Division tows illegally parked truck by Poly Place.

Illegally parked trucks towed from alongside Dyker Park

BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER @BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

It looked like a convoy … as the 68th Precinct along with the NYPD Traffic Enforcement Division came to ticket, boot and tow trucks illegally parked alongside Ben Vitale Field, across from Poly Prep Country

Day School and in front of the Brooklyn VA Hospital, on Wednesday, Jan. 29 in the dark of the night.

On Thursday, Capt. Robert Conwell, commanding officer of the 68th Precinct, told this paper about the initiative.

“Last night, 68th Precinct officers and traffic agents issued numerous summonses for

overnight commercial parking

by Poly Place. Large trucks and trailers were targeted in response to community complaints. We also towed a truck and booted others. NCO officers were involved in the operation,” said Conwell.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Property owners say they’re fed up with taxes

BY PAULA KATINAS

PAULA@BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

Homeowners in Bensonhurst and other Southwest Brooklyn neighborhoods are demanding relief from property taxes. The photo shows houses on 82nd Street near 18th Avenue. ebrooklyn media/Photos by Paula Katinas

The release of a city-commissioned report on property taxes has spawned hope and outrage in Southwest Brooklyn neighborhoods — hope that the complicated tax system can be simplified and outrage that the taxes are so high in the first place.

The outrage is equally distributed between residential and commercial property owners, as the Home Reporter found out following the release of a longawaited report from the New York City Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform on Jan. 30.

“Suffice it to say, I am among

those southern Brooklyn small homeowners who have ample reason to complain,” homeowner Dennis Middlebrooks wrote in an email to the Home Reporter on Feb. 1. “When I inherited my three family home in Bensonhurst in 2008, my annual property taxes came to just $5,200. They have since increased to $11,200, well above the $10,000 limit for SALT deductions against federal income taxes. I can no longer deduct all of my annual property taxes and not one cent of my state and city income tax.”

SALT stands for State and Local Tax.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

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Democrat has his eye on the borough’s last GOP seat

BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER @BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

City Councilmember Justin Brannan was busy last week.

On Tuesday, Jan. 28, he officially endorsed Sen. Bernie Sanders for president and on Jan. 30 he told this paper exclusively that he will be endorsing Brandon Patterson in the race for the 64th Assembly District seat, which includes parts of Brooklyn and Staten Island.

“Brandon is going to be a great partner in Albany,” Brannan told this paper. “His

heart is in the right place and he understands what makes working people tick. From affordability to quality of life, public safety and property taxes, I know Brandon will fight like hell on the front lines for the things that people on both sides of the bridge truly care about.”

Brannan continued, “And he’s got the experience so he will be ready to serve on day one. That’s what we need and what we deserve — an independent fighter who gets it. I’m proud to support him and will do everything I can to help him win.”

Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, the lone Republican lawmaker in Brooklyn, has held the seat for close to 10 years, but is leaving in order to run for the 11th District congressional seat currently held by Max Rose.

The 30-year-old Patterson, a lifelong Staten Islander, has a B.A. in political science from SUNY Albany and an M.A. in public administration from Baruch. He has worked in various levels of government over the years and is currently deputy chief of staff for State Sen. Diane Savino. He also serves as Democratic district

leader for the 64th Assembly District and as president of the North Shore Democratic Club.

He grew up as the only child in a hard-working middle-class family and admits that it took his parents by surprise when he said he wanted to run for public office.

“Right after college, I started working for government officials and I loved it. I loved giving back and being able to help people,” Patterson told this paper.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Bay Ridge anti-hate activist wins hero award

BY PAULA KATINAS

PAULA@BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

A Bay Ridge activist whose rapid response to white nationalist posters springing up in her community galvanized Brooklyn residents into taking a stand against hate and racism was recognized for her work by Borough President Eric Adams.

Mallory McMahon, cofounder of the grassroots group Fight Back Bay Ridge, was named one of the Heroes of the Month by Adams at a

Borough Hall ceremony on Jan. 28.

McMahon was a hero for December. McMahon — along with the leaders of 10 other groups — held an anti-hate rally at 86th Street and Third Avenue on Jan. 5 in response to the placement of a banner and posters from Patriot Front, a white nationalist group identified by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a hate group.

The banner was discovered hanging on a pedestrian bridge over the Belt Parkway. The

rally that Fight Back Bay Ridge helped to organize took place near the site where a Patriot Front poster was found.

Protesters formed a human chain along Third Avenue.

The rally showed that Bay

Savino endorses Mike Bloomberg for U.S. President

BY PAULA KATINAS PAULA @BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

Borough President Eric Adams presents Mallory McMahon with her award.

Photo courtesy of Mallory McMahon

Ridge would not stand for hate in their community, according to the borough president’s office.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Former mayor Mike Bloomberg has picked up his second endorsement from a local elected official in his quest to win the Democratic Party’s nomination for president.

State Sen. Diane Savino, a Democrat who represents portions of Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, Coney Island and Staten Island, endorsed Bloomberg’s White House bid on Feb. 4.

“New York needs someone in the White House who understands the urgency of the challenges we face today,” Savino said in a statement.

“We need a leader who is ready to think ‘big’ on infra-

structure, climate change and gun violence. I have worked with Mike Bloomberg and I know he can get the job done.”

Two weeks ago, U.S. Rep. Max Rose became the first sitting member of Congress to endorse the billionaire former mayor.

“Mike Bloomberg has taken on tough fights and gotten results, which is why I believe he is the best candidate for my district, my city and for our country,” said Rose, a Democrat whose congressional district covers Staten Island and includes several neighborhoods in Southwest Brooklyn.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

City Councilmember Justin Brannan has endorsed Brandon Patterson.

Photos courtesy of Brandon Patterson

Challengers emerge to run vs. Savino, Ortiz

BY PAULA KATINAS

PAULA@BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

Two longtime lawmakers could find themselves having to defend their seats in a Democratic primary this June.

Newcomers have announced plans to run against State Sen. Diane Savino, who represents the 23rd Senate District, and Assemblymember Felix Ortiz of the 51st Assembly District.

The primary will take place on June 23.

Rajiv Gowda, an engineer for the New York City Department of Design and Construction, recently announced that he is running against Savino, a Democrat whose district takes in parts of Coney Island, Bensonhurst and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, as well as parts of Staten Island.

Savino has been in office

Rajiv Gowda has announced plans to run against State Sen. Diane Savino in the Democratic primary in June. since 2004.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

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Bay Ridge leaders hope for a quick sale of Third Avenue eatery

BY PAULA KATINAS

PAULA@BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

A restaurant located on a busy Southwest Brooklyn street corner is up for sale and com-

munity officials are hoping for a quick deal.

The real estate firm Gama Group NYC has listed Chobana Grill Cafe, a Turkish restaurant at 8602 Third Ave. The asking

price is $160,000.

The new owner would have to purchase the restaurant business and then assume responsibility for the lease and the monthly rent paid to the building owner. In a press release issued by Gama Group NYC, the real estate firm promises the restaurant’s buyer “will assume a new 10-year lease with favorable terms.”

The rent the Chobana owners were paying was not disclosed, but a Bay Ridge business leader estimated that it was likely in the range of $8,000 to $10,000 a month.

The eatery is located on the corner of 86th Street and Third Avenue along Bay Ridge’s famed Restaurant Row. “It’s a corner property

on a very important corner in Bay Ridge. I’m sure the rent wasn’t cheap,” said the business leader, who asked that his name not be published.

Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann is optimistic that a sale can be made for the restaurant.

“I’m hopeful a new tenant will move in. It’s a prime location in

Bay Ridge. It’s a heavily trafficked corner,” Beckmann told the Home Reporter.

The intersection is served by two bus lines, the B37, which operates on Third Avenue, and the B16, a bus that runs on 86th Street.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann said she’s hopeful a buyer can be found for the restaurant at 8602 Third Ave. Photo courtesy of Gama Group NYC

News From Your Neighborhood COPS SEEK BRAZEN THIEVES WHO STOLE ATM FROM HOTEL

SUNSET PARK — Police are searching for the two thieves who stole an ATM machine from inside a Sunset Park hotel on Jan. 8, according to the Brooklyn Reporter. Police said the ATM at Hotel BPM Brooklyn, on 33rd Street between Third and Fourth avenues, was stolen by two men who threatened to shoot two hotel employees if they didn’t get down on the ground. The suspects beat them before stealing the ATM, using a hand trolley to remove it. The same suspects are believed to have stolen ATMs from a deli in Astoria on Jan. 7 and a pizzeria at 13th Street and Third Avenue in Park Slope the evening after they hit the Sunset Park hotel. 

BERNIE’S STILL ANGRY ABOUT DODGERS LEAVING BROOKLYN

FLATBUSH — Brooklyn-born presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders is still angry about the departure of the Dodgers from Brooklyn in 1957, according to InsideHook, a website geared to “the affluent, on-the-go gent.” Sanders was 16 at the time, and to this day he refers to the event as “the worst thing that ever happened.” Sanders, in an interview with The New York Times, also said that the Dodgers’ leaving Brooklyn made him suspicious of large companies and how the decisions made by a small number of people at the top can have a negative impact on thousands. His lingering displeasure about the Dodgers leaving for Los Angeles is one of the reasons Sanders opposes Major League Baseball’s reported plan to alter the minor-league system and change the affiliation of, or eliminate, as many as 42 teams, InsideHook said. 

RENTAL RATES SOARED IN BROOKLYN IN LATE 2019

BOROUGHWIDE — While home prices are dropping in Manhattan, price trends in Brooklyn and Queens are showing a different outcome, according to amNewYork. Quoting figures from the real estate blog StreetEasy, amNewYork recently revealed that rental prices in Brooklyn grew 5.2 percent in the fourth quarter of last year compared with the same time period in 2018 — the biggest jump the borough has seen in six years.

The North Brooklyn area saw the largest growth in rents, escalating 5.9 percent to an average of $3,238, amNewYork reported. The neighborhood’s bouncing back from the canceled L train shutdown is the main reason for the big growth, StreetEasy said. 

CLARKE RIPS TRUMP’S TRAVEL BAN FOR AFRICAN COUNTRIES

FLATBUSH — U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Brownsville-East Flatbush-Flatbush-Park Slope) recently blasted President Trump’s adding four African countries — Nigeria, Eritrea, Sudan and Tanzania — to his restricted travel and immigration list. “I hope generations will recognize Donald Trump’s abhorrent behavior and his attempt to whitewash America,” Clarke said.

“America has a troubled history of abusing people of color, like slavery and Japanese internment camps … this is not a time that we want our history to repeat itself.” In addition to the four African countries named above, Trump also added Myanmar, where Muslims are being persecuted, and Kyrgyzstan, both in Asia. 

AFFORDABLE LOTTERY OPENS FOR SOUTH WILLIAMSBURG TOWER

WILLIAMSBURG — An affordable housing lottery has opened for 54 units in a 23-story building at 251-273 South Fifth St. in Williamsburg, located behind the landmarked Dime Savings Bank of Williamsburgh, according to Brownstoner. The affordable apartments include 19 studios, 24 one-bedroom units, two six-bedroom apartments and five three-bedroom units.

Monthly rents start at $2,116 and top out at $3,150. These prices, said Brownstoner, “force one to reconsider what the city means by affordability.” All in all, the building, which was recently finished, has 177 residential units and 301 parking spaces. This is Fogarty Finger Architects’ first project in Brooklyn. 

PIZZA IS MIDWOOD MAN’S MIDDLE NAME

MIDWOOD — A Midwood man, Scott Wiener, holds the Guinness World Record for the largest, most extensive pizza box collection, according to PIX11. Wiener holds “pizza walks” through various areas of New York, including one Brooklyn pizza tour, and has written a book, “Viva La Pizza.” His apartment is full of pizza memorabilia, including the majority of the nearly 1,500 pizza boxes he’s collected from around the world during the past decade. 

NEW EYEGLASS STORE OPENS NEAR BARCLAYS CENTER

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Warby Parker, an online retailer of prescription glasses and sunglasses that also owns brick-andmortar retail locations throughout the U.S. and Canada, has opened a store in a two-story building at 208 Flatbush Ave.

The Brooklyn Bar Association Volunteer Lawyers Project held its annual Volunteer Recognition Event in Brooklyn Heights on Wednesday at which four of the organization’s volunteer attorneys were recognized during a ceremony.

Pictured from left are the honorees: Kamille Stewart, Dana Rosenbaum, Jesus Zeno and James Slattery.

Eagle file photo by Rob Abruzzese

in Brooklyn, near Barclays Center. The firm also has a store on North Sixth Street in Brooklyn, according to Shopping Center Business, a trade magazine. 

BP ADAMS HOSTS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION ON ALZHEIMER’S

BOROUGH HALL — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on Monday hosted a roundtable discussion with community leaders and medical professionals highlighting the growing public health issue of Alzheimer’s disease. There are currently 400,000 people in New York State with the disease. The discussion, held in cooperation with Drs. Dean and Ayesha Sherzai’s Healthy Mind Initiative, took place at Borough Hall. 

CONEY ISLAND BURGLAR TOOK NOTHING, SAY COPS

CONEY ISLAND — A suspect behind three apartment break-ins in Coney Island didn’t take anything in any of the incidents, according to PIX11. All of the break-ins happened last Thursday or Friday, and in each one, the man damaged door locks to get inside, police said. In one of the break-ins on West First Street, the man took off before even entering the apartment. At the others, on Oceanview Avenue and on Brighton Sixth Street, he entered the homes but again took nothing. Police released a photo of a bearded man wearing a black hat, coat and boots. 

HAWK RESCUED IN BROOKLYN RELEASED IN CENTRAL PARK

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A red-tailed hawk who was recently found injured outside the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Downtown Brooklyn was successfully released in Central Park, according to Gothamist. Blair, named after Linda Blair of “The Exorcist,” had been receiving care at the Wild Bird Fund after its rescue by wildlife rehabilitator and Flatbush attorney David Karopkin. 

CONEY RESIDENTS PLAGUED

BY TOO FEW BANKING SERVICES

CONEY ISLAND — Councilmember Mark Treyger, who represents Coney Island, says many local residents have trouble finding basic banking services, according to News 12 Brooklyn. Last week, Municipal Credit Union’s Coney Island branch closed its doors on Surf Avenue. Earlier, a nearby Chase bank closed after being hit by Superstorm Sandy. “We are walking like a mile, a mile and a half, just to get our own money,” a resident told News 12. Treyger said he is reaching out to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and the New York State Department of Financial Services to take a look at the area. 

COPS SEEK MAN WHO STOLE UPS PACKAGE

PARK SLOPE — Cops are seeking a thief who stole a package from a UPS delivery person in Park Slope on Jan. 30, according to the Brooklyn Paper. The thief approached the driver as he attempted to make a delivery on First Street near Seventh Avenue at 11:30 a.m., claiming to be a resident of the brownstone, according to police. When the delivery person demanded ID, the thief reached over his shoulder, grabbed the package and ran away.

LOW-RISE BUSHWICK BUILDING SOLD FOR $2.18M

BUSHWICK — A three-story, early 20th century building with aluminum siding at 219 Irving Ave. was recently sold for $2.18 million, according to The New York Times. The building has four apartments, all vacant; a ground-floor store, leased by a botanica, or Latino religious goods store, until July; and three parking spaces. The sellers were Gil Nye and Jay Yoo, while the buyer was Israel Goldstein, the Times reported. 

MAJOR APARTMENT DEVELOPMENT PLANNED FOR EAST NEW YORK

EAST NEW YORK — Innovative Urban Living, a developer, and PUA, an architectural firm, are proposing a 2.4 million-squarefoot mixed-use development near the East New York waterfront that would include 13 new buildings, according to New York YIMBY. The site is comprised of five adjacent lots with frontage along Flatlands, Pennsylvania and Louisiana avenues.

Zoning amendments are required to construct a unified mixeduse development of this size, New York YIMBY reported. The development would include 2,118 apartments, 1,825 of which would be affordable. The plans also include a supermarket, a day care center, an elementary school, a trade school and outdoor public space. The Christian Cultural Center, which currently occupies part of the site, would have space in the development as well. As part of the project, a shuttle service would operate to and from the L train at East 105th street and the 3 train at Pennsylvania Avenue. 

MENCHACA PUTS WORD OUT ON AVAILABLE CENSUS MONEY

RED HOOK — City Councilmember Carlos Menchaca (D-Red Hook-Sunset Park) let his constituents know in a newsletter that the city has created a $40 million Census Fund to assist more than 150 organizations in helping New Yorkers complete the 2020 Census form. One of these organizations is the Red Hook Initiative, which has worked with the neighborhood’s youth for 17 years. The group is now offering four paid positions and Menchaca is recommending that constituents apply for them. These positions require knowledge of Spanish and/ or Mandarin. 

CYMBROWITZ SLAMS PROPERTY TAX OVERHAUL

SHEEPSHEAD BAY — Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz (D-Southern Brooklyn) has vowed to battle the proposed city property tax overhaul recommendations released recently. “In its current form, the plan is devastating to many thousands of homeowners, condo and co-op owners in Manhattan Beach, Sheepshead Bay, Gravesend, Midwood and other communities,” said Cymbrowitz, who is chair of the Assembly Housing Committee. The Advisory Commission on Property Tax Reform’s recommendations include bundling co-ops, condos and small rentals into the same class as small one- to three-family homes. The proposal would also remove assessment caps, which currently limit the amount that property taxes for homeowners can increase, to 6 percent over a one-year period or 20 percent over a five-year period.

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The “Mona Lisa” arrived at the Metropolitan Museum of Art yesterday from Washington on the second stop of her two-exhibit American visit.

A special van owned by the National Gallery in Washington brought Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece here in a police-escorted six-car convoy, including secret service men and guards

from the Louvre Museum in Paris.

The portrait in its special packing case was quickly carried to a vault in the Metropolitan’s basement without ceremony or fanfare.

“Mona Lisa” will be mounted Wednesday on a red velvet drapery in the center gate of a Renaissance Choir Screen in the Museum’s Medieval Sculpture Hall. Mayor [Robert] Wagner will accept the loan of the painting

from French Ambassador Herve Alphand at a private reception Wednesday night.

The public will be admitted to the Museum Thursday morning for a first glimpse of the painting which drew 673,872 persons to the National Gallery in the past four weeks. “Mona Lisa” will be on display at the Metropolitan until March 4 and is expected to attract nearly one million persons.

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‘World of Wonders’ celebrates grand opening of Infant and Toddler Program

Theatre for Kids and Families Opens in Tri-State Park Slope JAG-ONE Physical Therapy Expands Throughout Area

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Play Nice Theatre has begun its season of lighthearted musicals with positive, life-affirming messages about cooperation and kindness. And they’re looking for their July/August cast, musicians, and backstage helpers.

Relocated from Manhattan, this all-volunteer company’s rehearsals and meetings refl ect their of mission Photos courtesy JAG-ONE and message by encouraging its mixed-generation cast and crew (ages 6 to 106) to interact socially and share stories of their own lives on and off stage.

In a welcoming atmosphere, the experienced and new Play Nice actors and crew are encouraged to come early and linger after assigned rehearsal slots in order to get to know each other, help each other memorize their lines, do school homework and play games. Some may choose to help with scenery painting or prop-making.

All ticket sales from main stage shows ($10 admission) is donated to local charities, a prime motivation for many participants who find it rewarding to help raise money for those less fortunate through donating their time and talent.

According to theatre founder Rob Lester, the cast and crew are like a second family. “Working on a show with

The JAG-ONE Physical Therapy group accepting an award of excellence.

By John Alexander

friendly people is fun and satisfying,” he says.

The Brooklyn Eagle stopped by the new location at 89 Fourth Avenue, five blocks from Barclays Center, where the two-act musical “The Three Little Pigs Buy a Brownstone in Brooklyn” is running on weekends (2 p.m. Saturdays, 3:30 p.m.

Sundays, through July 1).

The Eagle is mentioned prominently in the Brooklyn-centric script in Scene 6 and the newspaper is used as a prop as well. The show’s target audience is ages six and up, with plenty of humor adults will appreciate.

“Two six-year-olds are among the actors, with the oldest member more than ten times their age, and the family idea is reflected literally: the cast includes two brothers who play two of the pigs; a mother and her son have a scene together as an older pig

and hedgehog; two actors are cousins,” we’re informed.

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consistent and caring adult attention, and structured interactions that proOn Wednesday, Jan. 29, World of vide children with exposure to speech Wonders Early Childcare Center at and language, physical, social, emo6705 13th Avenue in Dyker Heights tional and cognitive development,” hosted a grand opening for its new In- McKenna told this paper.

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Each classroom is geared to foster World of Wonders is fully licensed by the New York State Department of a child’s cognitive, emotional, physical and social development. The varHealth Bureau of Day Care.

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JAG-ONE Physical Therapy consists of 42 outpatient physical therapy clinics with 15 located in Brooklyn and others in Staten Island, Manhattan, Queens, Westchester and New Jersey. Themembers comprehensive outpatient physicalInfant and Toddler program Family at World of Wonders therapy facilities provide care for various gengrand opening. eral orthopedic and sports-related injuries.

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Patients specifically seek out JAG-ONE for shoulder, back, hip, elbow, knee, foot, neck and hand injuries.

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alentine’s Day naturally brings thoughts of hearts, flowers, sweetness and love. Because it also occurs during American Heart Month, it’s a perfect opportunity to start taking care of your own heart and the hearts of loved ones.

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This free concert will feature arias and duets from Lucia di Lammermoor by Gaetano Donizetti in addition to arias from other operas and oratorios, Broadway favorites and traditional songs. Paolo Buffagni, a tenor from Luciano Pavarotti’s hometown of Modena will be joining Nina DiGregorio and the rest of the company under the guidance of Maestro Alexander Chaplinskiy.

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“This is like a tumbleweed that’s just coming on the wind”

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r it i sh s c u lptor Antony Gormley unveiled “New York Clearing,” his latest work and first public sculpture in New York City in 10 years at Brooklyn Bridge Park on Tuesday, Feb. 4.

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through March 27, features a single line made up of 11 miles of square aluminum tubing that loops, bends and coils endlessly into the sky like a giant slinky.

His “drawing in space” rises nearly 50 feet high and creates an environment that encourages viewers to meet inside the work and interact with it.

“I think, for me, it’s not a body, maybe not even a sculpture in the traditional sense in so far as it’s more energy less mass,” Gormley said. “This is an open work; it doesn’t have a skin. You’re invited in a way to meet others that you might not have met before.

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The piece whimsically plays off the Lower Manhattan skyline in the background, countering the city’s “swooping lines of energy,” and sparkles in the evening as the lights from the pier ricochet off the maze of metal.

The piece was commissioned and paid for by CONNECT, BTS, a global project connecting 22 artists in five different cities across the world, including New York.

“The art world can be quite self-serving, quite internalized,” Gormley said.

“To reaffirm that art is essentially everyone’s, that it’s made to be shared, I think is the root of [BTS’] philosophy and why I agreed to play a part in what is … a very ideological wish that art should be a platform for

Antony Gormley gives remarks on his public art piece, “New York Clearing,” in Brooklyn Bridge Park. greater connectivity and understanding.”

Gormley’s last public art installation in New York, “Event Horizon,” featured 31 life-sized body forms — 27 in the sky and four on the ground — in Madison Square Park in Manhattan.

Eric Landau, president of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Corporation, said Gormley’s work and the park’s construction have come full circle. When he installed “Event Horizon” in 2010, it was the same year that construction on Brooklyn Bridge Park started.

Ten years later, Landau said it was only fitting that

Gormley unveil his latest masterpiece in the park’s newest addition: Pier 3.

The area was initially meant for people to ride their bikes on and gather, according to Landau, but “never did we ever imagine this space would be used for this,” he said.

And the space will not be used like this forever. “New York Clearing” will be on view at the northeast corner of Pier 3 for just under two months before it’s gone in the blink of an eye.

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Take a February stroll through landmark-worthy Central Park Slope, part one Eye on

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New York City’s largest collection of historic buildings that isn’t landmarked can be found in Central Park Slope. A neighborhood organization is trying to remedy this situation.

The Park Slope Civic Council’s Historic District Committee plans to ask the city Landmarks Preservation Commission to designate part of an area in Park Slope that’s termed “the Center Slope” as a historic district, or perhaps multiple historic districts.

It has a heavy concentration of Victorian-era architecture and played an important role in the Revolutionary War. An advocacy organization known as the Historic Districts Council will assist in these efforts.

This is the FDNY Squad Co. 1 firehouse.

The Historic Districts Council recently put the area on its new Six to Celebrate list of New York City neighborhoods that merit preservation attention. Winning this annual award means the Park Slope Civic Council will receive help throughout the course of 2020 from the Historic Districts Council with strategic planning, advocacy, outreach, programs and building public awareness.

HDC is good at getting the Landmarks Preservation Commission’s staff to do surveys of neighborhoods, which are crucial preludes to their being designated as historic districts.

The portion of the Center Slope on which the civic council and HDC are focusing their landmarking campaign starts just east of Fifth Avenue and extends from Union Street to 7th Street. It ends at the border of the existing Park Slope Historic District, which for the most part is just east of Seventh Avenue.

Welcome to the Center Slope.

INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan

The money that’s raised supports the Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Foundation’s programs, including those which assist first responders and catastrophically injured service members.

Outside Squad Co. 1’s firehouse, there’s a 9/11 commemorative wood sculpture called “Out of the Rubble.” Nyal Thomas Jr. and Rick Boswell carved the artwork from a single tree.

‘Radical change in virtually every community’ Walk down Seventh Avenue and turn onto President Street with me while I continue my narrative about the Center Slope landmarking campaign.

Peter Bray, who chairs the Park Slope Civic Council’s Historic District Committee, said in an interview that his group feels a sense of urgency about landmarking the Center Slope because of development pressures.

Architectural eye candy This part of the Center Slope is a wonderful place for a winter walk. Begin on Union Street, on the block between Fifth and Sixth avenues, and weave through the area from north to south.

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Old-fashioned charm shines forth from this row of residential buildings, which starts with 740 Union St. at left.

You’ll get an eyeful of brownstones in numerous architectural styles, small apartment houses that preservationists refer to as flats buildings, interesting shops and restaurants and stunning churches.

The other day, I strolled around the area. There were so many beautiful buildings to photograph that I only covered part of the terrain. Even so, I took too many pictures to fit into a single story.

So I’m going to publish some of my snapshots next week.

Stephen Siller’s firehouse I should point out the famous Park Slope Food Coop is located at 782 Union St. And next door, at 788 Union St., there’s the handsome firehouse that is the home to FDNY Squad Co. 1.

A dozen members of the squad perished in rescue efforts at the World Trade Center on 9/11. One of them was Firefighter Stephen Siller.

You know his story. When he was on his way from Brooklyn to the World Trade Center that terrible morning, the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel was closed. So he ran through it with 60 pounds of firefighter’s gear strapped to his back.

Every year, on the last Sunday in September, the Tunnel to Towers 5K Run & Walk is held to honor those who died on 9/11.

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STROLL THROUGH LANDMARK-WORTHY CENTRAL PARK SLOPE, PART ONE Continued from page 12 INB “The city, starting back in the Bloomberg Administration, has been hellbent on doing upzonings, and we’ve experienced a radical change in virtually every community,” Bray said. “Neighborhoods that had a stable physical fabric for generations have been transformed practically overnight. And those same pressures exist in Park Slope.”

Rezoning in 2004 increased allowable density on Fifth Avenue and Seventh Avenue — and of course, on Fourth Avenue, where there has been a massive wave of development, he said.

And in 2016, the de Blasio Administration brought forth the Zoning for Quality and Affordability program, which encourages development.

Also, as is true in many New York City neighborhoods, there are well-heeled Park Slope homeowners with “a significant amount of appetite for expanding 19th-century buildings by putting a story on top and building rearyard additions. And those are having an enormous impact on the integrity of neighborhoods, particularly in Brownstone Brooklyn,” he said.

“And so it’s not that all those changes will be completely stopped by expanding the historic district in Park Slope. But there will be the fact that those changes can be reviewed and regulated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission,” Bray added.

St. Francis Xavier Church On the corner of President Street and Sixth Avenue, there’s a beautiful house made of elaborately patterned brick with stone trim. It’s St. Francis Xavier Church’s rectory, which was designed by architect Charles Werner and built in 1889, research material from the Park Slope Civic Council indicates.

When you look past the rectory, you get a good view of the church building, which is situated on the corner of Carroll Street and Sixth Avenue.

Highly regarded architect Thomas F. Houghton designed the granite Gothic Revivalstyle house of worship, which was dedicated in 1904.

It has a soaring spire and a terrific tympanum — that’s the area above the church door — decorated with sculpted figures including St. Francis Xavier, who is baptizing the faithful and preaching. He was one of the first members of the Jesuits.

St. Francis Xavier Parish was founded in 1886.

The parish website has a virtual tour of the church with photos of its stunning interior.

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This is St. Francis Xavier Church with its rectory at left. INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan

‘A spotlight on the Center Slope’ The Historic District Committee expects its Center Slope landmarking campaign will take several years to bear fruit.

“We’re very hopeful that with the current set of leadership at the LPC, they will be receptive to working with us on Center Slope some time in the near future,” Bray said.

The group Bray heads was motivated to seek the Historic Districts Council’s help because “we want to shine a spotlight on the Center Slope,” Bray said. “We want to create some momentum that hopefully will get the LPC’s attention.”

Also, the Historic Districts Council will help the Park Slope group do community outreach.

The Park Slope Civic Council’s Historic District Committee has already talked to Center Slope building owners and obtained several hundred letters of support from them. It has also done extensive research in Buildings Department archives.

LEFT: The corner apartment building is 218 Sixth Ave. with President Street rowhouses at left.

There’s lots of info on Old First’s website about stunning interior restoration work that’s been done, and further work that’s planned.

The church was established in 1654 by Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch Colonial director-general of New Amsterdam.

If the LPC’s staffers do decide to focus on the Center Slope area that Bray’s committee is championing for historicdistrict designation, he wouldn’t expect them to work on such an extensive area in one shot. They’d be more likely to break the job into two phases, Bray said.

In the past, the staffers have taken the position that the agency has limited resources, and “they can’t devote all those resources to one particular neighborhood and they have to spread their attention around to all five boroughs,” Bray said.

sites. We continue to study the surrounding areas in the context of our priorities in all five boroughs.”

The Park Slope Civic Council was instrumental in getting the original Park Slope Historic District designated in 1973. It encompasses an area close to Prospect Park.

The group also worked to get additions to the district made. Extension I, which is in the South Slope, was designated in 2012. Extension II, which includes part of the North Slope, was designated in 2016.

The LPC’s response

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I asked the Landmarks Preservation Commission for comment about the civic group’s plan to campaign for historic-district status for the Center Slope.

A spokesperson responded with this statement: “Over the years, LPC has designated three historic districts in Park Slope resulting in the protection of 2,855 buildings and

The last building that gets a shout-out in this story is the Old First Reformed Church, an Indiana limestone, Neo-Gothic house of worship on the corner of Seventh Avenue and Carroll Street.

Distinguished architect George L. Morse designed the church, which was dedicated in 1891.

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Beloved priest celebrates 90th birthday

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A jubilant Father Dominick Cutrone at his 90th birthday celebration.

BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER@BROOKLYNEAGLE. COM

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at her Dominick Cutrone has been an ordained priest for 65 years, and in that time, has become part of the fabric of Brooklyn.

It was no surprise, then, that more than 175 guests, including elected officials, members of the clergy and community leaders, as well as family and friends, joined the beloved priest to celebrate his milestone 90th birthday on Saturday, Jan. 25 at Gargiulo’s restaurant in Coney Island.

Cutrone is pastor emeritus of Our Lady of Grace in Gravesend, where he served from 1983 to 2001. He also was pastor at St. Bernadette in Dyker Heights, from 1955 to 1965; at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Williamsburg, from 1965 to 1970; at St. Finbar in Bath Beach, from 1970 to 1977 and at St. Agnes in Cobble Hill, from 1977 to 1983.

Cutrone was born on Jan. 25, 1930 and attended P.S. 145 in Bushwick and Holy Trinity High School in Williamsburg. He received his B.A. from St. John’s University and his M.S. from Fordham

University.

Cutrone was an avid skier, still loves the opera and used to bike ride all over Gravesend. As pastor emeritus, he still celebrates mass, baptisms and funeral masses, and visits with the sick and elderly.

Event Chair Mary Ann De Luca served as master of ceremonies. “Yesterday was Father Cutrone’s 90th birthday,” she told this paper. “June 2020 will mark his 65th year of ordination in the priesthood. We had 230 people today at our five o’clock mass at Our Lady of Grace, including all of Father Cutrone’s friends from the priesthood along with some former priests from the parish.”

De Luca said that this was her second time celebrating a milestone birthday with Cutrone. “I did it for his 60th, and a lot of the same people have come back for this party. It’s just an honor to be the toastmaster for him. I’ve known him since 1989 when I first came into the parish and served as a volunteer," she added.

De Luca credited Cutrone with helping to establish the thrift shop, the pastoral ministry group, the bereavement program, the

Father Dominick Cutrone with his sister Mary Calfa and brother Frank Cutrone.

Members of the Marlboro Club. dollar bill and say you just won a dollar, and they just go crazy.”

State Sen. Andrew Gounardes attended the celebration and presented Cutrone with a Senate proclamation.

“It’s really a true testa-

A&S Pork Store owner Joseph Paolillo, Jr. with event Chair Mary Ann De Luca and former Councilmember Domenic Recchia. homeless program and the perpetual adoration chapel that remain an integral part of the parish today.

Former City Councilmember Domenic Recchia called Cutrone a great unifier as he presented him with a proclamation on behalf of Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz. “When I became a city councilman, I worked with Father Cutrone in feeding the homeless and addressing many problems in our community,” Recchia

told this paper.

“He’s not someone who just sits back and watches; he makes things happen and he works with everyone.

He’s a great unifier and this State Sen. Andrew Gounardes presented a is what we need in our coun- proclamation to Father Dominick Cutrone. try today — people to bring us all together.” ment to this community for questions to ask them Cutrone told the crowd depending on who’s there packing this house, packthat he loved his career in — first grade, fifth grade, ing this hall and having the priesthood. He shared eighth grade — whatever such a great celebration,” an anecdote about asking it is. Then, I ask them a Gounardes said. “I’m honchildren questions from question and if they know ored to be here and I look the Bible. “One of the things the right answer, I dig into forward to coming here in I do is I try to formulate my pocket, and I take out a the years ahead.”

Frank Cutrone, Father Dominick Cutrone and Bob Smith.

Father Cutrone, Mary Ann De Luca and Joseph Paolillo, Jr.

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OPINION ANNUAL CONSERVATIVE MEETUP

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ast week’s New York State Conservative Party Political Action Conference (CPPAC), held in Albany, the first since I became state party chairperson, was by all accounts successful. We had a large, enthusiastic crowd which was notably younger. I have no doubt the speakers and topics, which were wide-ranging and very current, were the reason.

On Day One, we had a tremendous list of speakers that included polling and media consultants to the president and vice president, leading New York policy gurus and a young rising star who is sure to be a force for many years to come.

On Day Two, we were happy to feature Mike Pregent as our lunch speaker.

A veteran of three wars, and a company commander

in Afghanistan, as well as a foreign policy, Middle East and terrorism expert, Mike identifies terrorists for the United States and advises decision-makers how to proceed.

To end the conference, we held a dinner with the 70 Conservative Party-endorsed members of the legislature. There, we released our 2020 legislative agenda and honored those legislators with a perfect 2019 conservative voting score with formal recognition.

Between the conclusion of the Monday session and lunch, I held a press conference with a number of legislators, including newly elected Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay, on budget reform.

The party came out squarely in support of two proposals. One would limit

the state budget to fiscal matters. This seems logical, but this is Albany, where logic goes to die.

In 2019, according to the Empire Foundation there were 80 non-fiscal items buried in the state budget.

These included items like the elimination of bail for 90 percent of all crimes, the plastic bag ban which goes into effect on March 1, and commissions which have been given the authority to make state law.

This year, among the 20 flagged, non-fiscal items in the budget, you can find legalizing recreational marijuana, more commissions, a permanent ban on fracking and changes in the surrogacy laws.

The Conservative Party and most GOP legislators argue that these should be stand-alone bills that are debated and voted upon

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BY JERRY KASSAR

It is unlikely the criminal justice reform bill would have become law in its present form if it had been debated on the floor of the legislature.

individually. It is unlikely the criminal justice reform bill would have become law in its present form if it had been debated on the floor of the legislature. Additionally, voters should be able to see how their representative voted on these controversial issues. *** As the Democratic-orchestrated impeachment effort comes to an end with the president’s expected

acquittal, I hope the Congress gets back to work on the many important issues affecting the nation.

A great deal of time and money was, in my opinion, wasted on what was a political effort that appears to have backfired, if polling is to be believed. In swing congressional districts, and there are many, the generic ballot in most moved a bit more to the GOP. The president also seems to have a new resolve to further his programs and philosophy as he heads to Election Day and what, in my view, is looking more and more like a second term. *** The president called me recently to ask for the Conservative Party endorsement. Although I have been with him and/or shaken his

hand a number of times in the past 30 years, I have never had the opportunity to speak with him for what turned out to be quite a while.

I made it clear he did not need to call; he is immensely popular in the party and it was always our intent to endorse him. For his part, he felt that asking was the proper thing to do. I certainly respect the sentiment and was honored by his effort.

The result was that at our party leaders Executive Committee meeting held at the conference, the party unanimously endorsed the president for re-election.

The formal (legal) endorsement in which we nominate a joint set of electors with the GOP will come, based on the political calendar, in September.

NOT DOING US JUSTICE

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n Friday, Jan. 30, 2020, the United States Senate rejected motions to call new witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial. There was much speculation as to whether enough Republicans might vote in favor in order for it to pass, but in the end it failed 49-51, eliminating the last open question of the proceedings.

Sen. Lisa Murkowski was one of the GOP senators rumored to have been open to the measure, but she ultimately voted against it.

She later announced she would vote to acquit, despite believing, "The president's behavior was shameful and wrong. His personal interests do not take precedence over those of this great nation.”

Sen. Lamar Alexander also voted against the proposal to allow for witnesses, despite acknowledging that, “the president did what he's charged with doing." He

added, “Hopefully, he won’t do that again.”

But this notion that Donald Trump might be cowed by the impeachment process he just went through is preposterous. Make no mistake — he will be emboldened, just as he was the day after Robert Mueller testified before Congress, and the special counsel investigation was seemingly behind him. On that day, he phoned President Zelensky and asked him “to do us a favor though.”

In his closing arguments, Rep. Adam Schiff pointed out that the president has, “Betrayed our national security and... compromised our elections and he will do so again.” He warned senators that, “You will not change him. You cannot constrain him. He is who he is.”

It was reported last week, prior to the final vote in the impeachment trial, that President Trump was creating an enemies list of people that he feels crossed him. John Bolton appears to be at the top of this list and Trump is interested in directing the United States Justice Department to find a way to lock him up.

In his closing arguments, Rep. Adam Schiff pointed out that the president has, “Betrayed our national security and... compromised our elections and he will do so again.” He warned senators that, “You will not change him. You cannot constrain him. He is who he is.”

President Trump has said that Americans should “stand proudly” during the national anthem and has attacked anyone he feels doesn’t show the proper respect to patriotic symbols.

And yet, a video from his Super Bowl party shows that during “The Star Spangled

MATTER OF FACT

BY JAY BROWN

Banner,” while his family stood with their hands over their hearts, he pointed and shuffled and twirled his hands above his head as if he were conducting an orchestra, before grabbing his seat as he seemingly began to sit with the last verse yet to be sung.

Trump recently congratulated Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for being rude to a reporter, including putting an unmarked map in front of her and telling her to identify Ukraine. She got it right.

Trump, on the other hand, congratulated the state of Kansas after the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl victory, proving he doesn't know that the largest city in Missouri is in Missouri.

Following an Iranian

missile strike in Iraq, President Trump assured the public that “no Americans were harmed.” When it was confirmed that 11 servicemembers were being treated for brain injuries, he said, “I heard they had headaches and a couple of other things … I do not consider that to be bad injuries.” Currently, it is known that as many as 50 servicemembers suffered traumatic brain injuries from the attack.

In his final remarks in the presidential impeachment trial, Schiff told the Senate jurors, “I do not ask you to convict him because truth or right or decency matters nothing to him, but because we have proven our case and it matters to you. Truth matters to you. Right matters to you. You are decent. He is not who you are.”

President Trump doesn't know that Kansas City is in Missouri because he doesn’t care to know, because he doesn’t care about Missouri, because he doesn’t care about truth.

He doesn’t follow his own rules for respecting the national anthem when he publicly chastises others who don’t because he doesn’t care about being respectful of the national anthem, because right doesn’t matter to him.

He doesn’t show concern for troops with traumatic brain injuries because he doesn’t care about decency.

Adam Schiff attempted to reach senators on a moral level. But it is hard to appeal to the better angels of our nature when so many have sold their souls to the proverbial devil.

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The Kings County tery and by candlelit graves of Chapter is hold- Pipe Band played “Amazing has fallen soldiers from both sides Keaney, Mark Langton, submitted by Feb. 28 to Bay been selected as grand to the public.

Reservations St. Mel's Church, a former asChapter isErin hold-Grace.” soldiers from sides its annual offallen the conflict.

As weboth trekked Denis ing McCaffrey, Ridge Community Council, marshal.

are only $46 which includes sociate pastor at Ridge's ing itsdance annual of the conflict.

AsBay we trekked dinner on through the pathways, there St. a full sit-down dinner. Contact Patrick's Church and a personal dinner dance on through the pathways, there Thursday evewere uniformed re-enactors Sherman Silverman at 718-748friend.

Thursday uniformed re-enactors June 2,eveat --were soldiers standing guard, ning, 3165 or send him a check payable to the host ofand dignitaries were hand to join ning, June at --Asoldiers standing p.m., at2,the musicians singersguard, per- on7:30 Society of Old Brooklynites, 340 Marine AveKane's family, friends and associates on this 7:30 p.m., at the musicians and singers perPolonaise Terrace, forming Civil War songs. nue, Brooklyn, NY 11209. auspicious occasion.

City Councilmember Polonaise Terrace, forming Civildrew War thousands songs.

150 Greenpoint The event *** Vinnie Gentile -who ensured the full Coun150 Greenpoint event Civil drewWar thousands of The relatives, buffs, Avenue.

Former Science Assistant Principal and a cil approved the co-naming, wrote in the proAvenue. of relatives,historians Civil War buffs, This year, the group amateur and 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 Greene was back at Denyse Wharf tremendous contributions and achievements be honoring its 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 loved so much." dedicated to AfinceAccording 1976, past, d e t eBridge r m i n a tfor ion Schwally, New York State totowners. cemetery his-the month only to reflect on theFred his group's 25th Bi-Annual Wharf and Beach Close friend Frankie Marra sang and of February has to make her but to learn from it. While ricans AfNew York and State to cemetery Commander torian, authorhisCleanup.

This year, he was joined by 75 high played "Forever Young" by Bob Dylan.

Kane been a time to pay voice heard, it’s difficult to look back at Commander torian, author J rican o Amerh n the Principal of and attorney grade school volunteers. big, the Dylan activistsfan! and the bigotry and violence school icans; and JKeyes o and hand n the and the of despite Jwas e tribute fafattorney r etoybig A.Principal Fantis parochial schoolthe Greene continues to press efforts to * * * o b sestabt a in cles the home whose resilience that have stained our coun- the Keyespast and on J epioneers ffrey theSchermerhorn A. Fantis parochial school Richman, Street in her of Harriet andCivil strength in the face ofgroups try’s history, it’s within lish a Marine Science Lab way, at Among the marching in the recent the past Environmental Richman, on Schermerhorn Street in National 4,600 Downtown Brooklyn. racial oppression helped this somber reflection that Tubman in helped push 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 Auburn.

As shape our country. we can truly honor the the fight for Kingsborough College. rade was the Society of Old Brookynites.

The War vetattendees were FChaplain, a t h e r twoAmong erans are past the FHHS Assistant accomplishments of black National African Amera prominent gender and 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 AssistantraAnthony buried in Whitebook leader of the High School Alumnicial ican History Month allowsDay Americans. equality Fort Hamilton Associaery Brooklyn Memorial Parade since its Anthony and buried in Principals David Whitebook Dell’Anno.

Green-Wood, Tom Greene.

Both are Underground us to commemorate the From serving as an tion, forward.for stopped, by bringing free doughnuts founding in 1880.

Dell’Anno.

Green-Wood, and Tom Greene. are Tickets are former making it the presidents of Both the Bay Tub- BY ASSEMBLYMEMBER invaluable contributions important stop on the allRailroad, As we celevolunteers. are making it Civil the formerCommunity presidents ofCouncil, the Bay $75Tickets perthe person. largest Ridge that black Americans have Underground Railroad to man helped JOSEPH brate Nation* * Community * LENTOL serves $75••• per person. and largest Ridge Council, War burial Civil site in Whitebook as a hundreds of County Republican al made throughout history as its critical role in the civil The African Kings Party ••• Warnorth, burialeven site surpassing in and Whitebook serves as is a Congressmember Michael the t r u s t e e and scholarslaves escape A m e r and ican well as recognize those still rights movement which holding its 2014 Lincoln Day Reception Congressmember Michael the north, Pennsylvania. even surpassing Grimm trustee and scholarwill be the guest Gettysburg, s h i p their captors and she June em- History Month and to recogfighting against injustice. continues today, New York Dinner on Sunday, 22, from noon Grimm will be the guest Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. s h i p3 speaker at the next meeting AlsoAsas part of the comwe celebrate the lega- State has always been at p.m., bodies what it means toin be Coney nize the heroes who helped at Gargiulo’s Island.

Among at theMen’s next meeting Also as partthere of the were com- ofspeaker St. Patrick’s Club, on memoration a hero. cies of those who stood up the center of the fight for the nation progress, it’s honored guests will beour Westchester Counof St. Patrick’s Men’s Club, ontrailblazing memoration there were Tuesday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m., encampments of Union and against intolerance, let’s justice and equality.

Another also vital that we continue Executive Astorino, the state GOP’s June 7,ty atNew 7:30Yorker p.m.,weRob encampments of Union and Tuesday, the club adjacent Confederate re-enactors state is home toroom ma- candidate celebrate their work and do everyalso remember to use their whoOurin for governor. in the club room adjacent Confederate re-enactors who to St. Patrick’s pitched tents and near the asmain this gymmonth is Shirley thing we can to combat the experiences stories ny significant landmarksschool He has been tapped as the county’s “Man to St. Patrick’s school gympitched tents near the main nasium at 97th Street and gate, on both Sunday and Chisholm, who was the injustices that still impact in African-American hisa call to action and continue of the Year.”

Other honorees include former nasium at 97th Street and gate, on both Sunday and Fourth Avenue.

Memorial Day. While stepfirst African-American working toward a future tory, such as Weeksville, our communities today.

GOP Assembly Candidate Tom McCarthy Fourth Avenue.

Memorial Day. ping alongtrue in equality theWhile nighttime where is a stepBrooklyn, one of the••• first woman to serve in ConThis begins with ensuras “Counselor of the Year,” past City Coun••• ping along in the nighttime More news procession, came across reality for we all. free black communities in from gress andSt. the first female ing that the sacrifices and cil candidate and President of the Brooklyn More news from St. procession, we came across Patrick’s.

Sunday, June 5, Susan Pulaski, aAmerformer National African the United States;On the Af- and African-American stories of black Americans Young Republicans Russell Gallo as “Young Patrick’s.

On the Sunday, June 5, candidate are no longer overlooked Susan Pulaski, a proformer aGround, 2 p.m. special concert president of the Bay Ridge major-party ican History Month rican after Burial Republican of the Year,” plus the following after amonument 2 p.m. special concert president of the and Baynot in St. Patrick’s Church, there Chisholm’s and, instead,crightfully Historical a Ridge comh a i rlafirst national vides theSociety opportunity for president. dies, as “Women of the Year” Phyllis in St. Church, there person of the Kassenbrock Historical Society and a com- will cCarbo, h 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.

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He loves to play tug of war. They are lap pups. He also makes noises like Chewbacca from ‘Star Wars.’ It is very cute. I am in Lynbrook, New York.” – Jackie, 516-6980-5669.

During National African American History Month, we honor those who persevered against injustice