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FEBRUARY 21-27, 2020

Dinosaurs to invade borough this month SEE PAGE 3

Trump tweets his ‘complete & total endorsement’ SEE of Malliotakis in race against Rep. Rose PAGE 2

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Trump tweets ‘complete & total Dump Metrocards for free transit, endorsement’ of Malliotakis Black Lives Matter Brooklyn says

BY PAULA KATINAS

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Nicole Malliotakis posted this photo on Twitter of herself with President Donald Trump on the grounds of the White House following a ceremony where the president signed an international trade agreement.

President Donald Trump took to his favorite form of communication, Twitter, to announce his endorsement of Republican Nicole Malliotakis for Congress, touting her as strong on fighting crime and securing America’s borders, and supportive of the Second Amendment and the nation’s military.

“Nicole has my Complete and Total Endorsement!” Trump tweeted on Feb. 12 to let his millions of Twitter followers know which candidate he favors in the race in New York’s 11th Congressional District.

The 11th C.D. takes in parts of several neighborhoods in Southwest Brooklyn and covers the entire borough of Staten Island.

Democrat Max Rose won the seat in 2018 and announced his re-election bid on Feb. 8.

Malliotakis, a Republican member of the State Assembly, represents the 64th Assembly District, a seat that includes parts of Bay Ridge and Staten Island.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

BY PAULA KATINAS PAULA @BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

A City Councilmember’s proposal to eliminate transit fares and let passengers ride the city’s subways and buses for free is an idea that should be on the express track, according to the leader of Black Lives Matter Brooklyn, who said he thinks the government can afford it.

“I have worked out the figures and it can happen once we prioritize the budget to reflect the people and not pandering for vote projects by the governor, mayor and City Council speaker,” Black Lives Matter President Anthony Beckford told the Eagle in an email on Feb. 14.

Three days earlier, Councilmember Mark Treyger, a Democrat representing Coney Island, Gravesend and parts of Bensonhurst, introduced a resolution in the council that got people talking.

Treyger’s resolution calls on the MTA to institute a Free Fares for All program that would let passengers ride for

Black Lives Matter Brooklyn President Anthony Beckford likened fare evasion arrests to stop-and-frisk in terms of its impact on communities of color.

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free.

In a statement issued Feb. 11, Treyger contended that his plan is financially feasible.

“In a state budget approach-

ing $180 billion, why isn’t mass transit free?” he said.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Bay Ridge student spearheads award-winning robotics team

BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER @BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

While other students are planning what to do on their spring break vacations, Loyola School senior Cara Mulrooney is busy overseeing an award-winning robotics project.

Recently, Mulrooney, who lives in Bay Ridge, was thrilled to learn that her robotics team, uKnighted, finished

in second place in a FIRST Tech Challenge competition, despite it being only the second time the team has competed in a competition.

The uKnighted team was also awarded the Design Award and a Finalist Alliance Award for its robot, and its second place finish helped it qualify for the Super Qualifiers next month.

Mulrooney serves as captain of the team and has helped spearhead the team’s

success by coordinating all aspects of the robotics process — building, coding, and logistics. Yet, as impressive as this is, it is only the latest accomplishment for Mulrooney.

In September 2019, Mulrooney was named a Pinkerton Science Scholar and in January she received notice that her summer research project at ARISE NYU is being reported to the National Science Foundation.

The selection means that she is now identified by the

principal investigators as a contributor to an NSF-supported project and is now listed officially in their database.

“This year, the many strands of my activities came together in uKnighted of Loyola’s debut in Tech Challenge of NYC FIRST Robotics,” Mulrooney told this paper. “As the team’s co-founder and its first captain, I am proud of what we achieved so soon out of the starting gate.”

“We were very excited to

have won the Design Award, which highlights robots that are durable, efficiently designed, and which expertly address the game’s challenges. All of our hard work and collaboration are taking flight,” added Mulrooney.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

AT RIGHT: Bay Ridge student Cara Mulrooney.

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Man shot in face by ICE agent gets help with huge medical bills

BY PAULA KATINAS

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Bensonhurst-Gravesend civic leader Steven Patzer (left) is helping to lead a fundraising drive to assist shooting victim Erick Diaz-Cruz in paying his medical bills. At right is Ray Denaro, co-founder of the Bath Beach, Bensonhurst & Gravesend Alliance.

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A Mexican immigrant who was shot in the face by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents during a raid at his family’s home is getting some help paying his costly medical bills.

Community leaders in the Gravesend-Bensonhurst area have joined forces with neighbors to mount a fundraising campaign for Erick Diaz-Cruz, a 26-year-old immigrant from Mexico who is now out of the hospital and recuperating at his mother Carmen Cruz’s home in Gravesend.

Diaz-Cruz, who underwent two surgeries during his stay at Maimonides Medical Center following the Feb. 6 shooting, still faces thousands of dollars in medical bills. Diaz-Cruz was in the U.S. under a tourist visa to visit his mother, officials said.

A fundraising drive called “Justice for Erick Diaz-Cruz” has been launched on Facebook with a goal of raising $30,000.

To date, more than $6,000 has been raised.

Diaz-Cruz, who was report-

edly unarmed, was shot when he tried to help Gaspar AvendanoHernandez, his mother’s boyfriend, as ICE agents attempted to serve a deportation notice to Avendano-Hernandez.

Diaz-Cruz allegedly got into a scuffle with the ICE agents as they attempted to take Avendano-Hernandez, 33, into custody. One of the agents shot Diaz-Cruz in the face, according to law enforcement officials.

Avendano-Hernandez is in the U.S. illegally, according to ICE. He is now in ICE custody awaiting deportation proceedings.

Steven Patzer, a BensonhurstGravesend civic leader, was among the community activists and elected officials who rushed to Maimonides Medical on the day of the shooting to comfort the Diaz-Cruz family.

Patzer is helping to promote the Facebook fundraising drive.

“No one’s life should be in danger from trying to protect someone from being deported,” Patzer told the Home Reporter in an email.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

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Three-alarm fire in Bensonhurst bldg. leaves nearly 30 residents displaced

BY JAIME DEJESUS

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A three-alarm fire destroyed a Bensonhurst building on Friday, leaving over two dozen residents displaced and leading to the discovery of an illegal home conversion.

The blaze broke out on the second floor of a twostory home on 85th Street between 19th Avenue and 20th Avenue on Friday, Feb. 14 at around 11:38 p.m., according to the FDNY. It spread to the attached house next door.

Approximately 33 units and 168 firefighters rushed to the scene. Officials declared the fire under control at 2:49 a.m. One firefighter sustained minor injuries.

On Saturday, Feb. 15,

FDNY fire marshals stated that the cause of the threealarm fire “was accidental, careless discard of smoking materials.”

“There was another fire in the area, so units were coming in out of order, so to speak. We got here, we saw smoke, heavy smoke in both buildings,” Deputy Chief David Maj said. “Everywhere we opened up we had fire, so it was a very labor intensive operation. Thankfully no one was hurt.”

Maj also noted that the Red Cross was on the scene relocating people.

“As you can see with the weather, it added to a lot of difficulty to the operation but right now we are still putting out pockets of fire,” Maj said.    For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

A scene from the Jurassic World Live Tour.

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Dinosaurs to invade Brooklyn this month

BY JAIME DEJESUS

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A show 65 billion years in the making.

Dinosaurs will be invading Brooklyn during the Jurassic World Live Tour at Barclays Center.

Jurassic World Live Tour is an all-new arena show that combines live action, stunt

work and puppetry with a storyline that is directly linked to the Jurassic World movies.

“If you want to just go see dinosaurs, you can go to museums,” said Nicholas Moran who plays Dr. Eric Bordoff, the villain of the show. “What we give you is dinosaurs with a storyline that comes right out of the movies that you are already familiar with.”

There is a big difference.

“Our story is on the other side of the island,” Moran said, though he stressed that some of the dinosaurs in the show have appeared in the films. For instance, “Blue the velociraptor, that everybody is familiar with, is a main character in our show.”

As for the human actors, Moran explained, they are related to but different from

“characters people are already familiar with in the movies. For example, our lead character Kate would be a colleague of Owen Grady, one of the lead characters in the movies.”

The shows by no means just replicate the films, he added.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Maimonides celebrates Black History Month

BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER @BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

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Continuing a 15-year tradition, Maimonides Medical Center hosted its annual Black History Month celebration on Wednesday, Feb. 12.

Guests entered the facility’s Schreiber Auditorium at 4802 10th Ave. to the sounds of “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong and “At Last”

by Etta James, befitting this year’s theme of music and black history, as photos of legendary black performers such as Harry Belafonte, Nat King Cole, Bessie Smith, Aretha Franklin, Stevie Wonder, Ray Charles and Whitney Houston appeared on the screen.

Human Resources Organization Developer Cicely Wilkinson served as master of ceremonies for the event. “We are very fortunate that the executives at Maimonides are inter-

ested in our culture and are willing to accept diversity within our organization,” said Wilkinson.

Students from the St. Mark’s Day School performed the national anthem and Kelly Lekule performed the black national anthem. Father Lawrence Womack of St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church delivered the invocation.

The program featured a remarkable a cappella rendition of the gospel standard “Steal Away” by St. Mark’s teacher Perrie Allen.

Douglas Jablon, special assistant to the president, offered the welcoming remarks.

“This event was started about 15 years ago across the street and only about five people showed up,” Jablon said as he looked out upon the packed auditorium.    For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

The Contemporary Dance Theatre of Medgar Evers College Preparatory School takes a final bow at the performance.

Free subway rides for all?

Brooklyn pol says it’s time

BY PAULA KATINAS

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New Yorkers would be able to toss their Metrocards into the trash and ride the city’s subways and buses for free under a new proposal by a Brooklyn lawmaker.

Councilmember Mark Treyger introduced a resolution during the City Council’s stated meeting on Feb. 11 calling on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to institute a Free Fares for All program that would essentially eliminate transit fares.

The resolution is non-binding, meaning that the Council doesn’t have the power to

implement free rides.

But Treyger said he’s serious about his proposal.

The plan would help poverty-stricken residents gain a foothold in the economy by allowing them to avoid having to pay for bus and subway rides, according to Treyger, a Democrat representing Coney Island, Gravesend and parts of Bensonhurst.

Treyger also contended that getting rid of fares would help reduce racial inequities in the transit system. He pointed to troubling statistics from the NYPD which found that in 2018, 90 percent of the suspects who were arrested for fare evasion were people of

color. The data also showed that 65 percent of riders who were issued summonses for not paying the fare were people of color.

“There is a real opportunity to reimagine mass transit in New York. In a state budget approaching $180 billion, why isn’t mass transit free? In a budget of $180 billion, no one should go to jail over $2.75 just like no one goes to jail for skipping an EZ Pass toll. Let’s help people get where they deserve to be,” Treyger said in a statement after he introduced his resolution on Tuesday.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

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Cops nab alleged purse snatcher in Dyker Heights, Bath Beach

BY JAIME DEJESUS

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Police have arrested a man who they say attacked and robbed women in Dyker Heights and Bath Beach.

Staten Island resident Manuel Chavez, 24, was arrested on two charges of robbery and two charges of criminal possession of stolen property.

According to authorities, on Friday, Jan. 24 at around 5:50 p.m., Chavez allegedly approached an 81-year-old woman on Bay Ridge Avenue between Fort Hamilton Parkway and 10th Avenue and snatched her purse, pushing the woman to the ground and causing her to hit her head on a metal fence. He then fled towards 10th Avenue carrying the purse, which contained $5, credit cards, a bank book and a Social Security card.  For the full story, see brooklynreporter.com.

Surveillance image of the suspect.

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News From Your Neighborhood DINOSAURS TO INVADE BROOKLYN THIS MONTH

Abby Anderson scored 13 points and ripped down 13 rebounds to help the St. Francis College Terriers knock off the LIU Sharks last Saturday afternoon in Downtown Brooklyn.

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Dinosaurs will be invading Brooklyn during the Jurassic World Live Tour at Barclays Center, according to the Brooklyn Reporter website. Jurassic World Live Tour is an all-new arena show that combines live action, stunt work and puppetry with a storyline that is directly linked to the Jurassic World movies. “If you want to just go see dinosaurs, you can go to museums,” said Nicholas Moran who plays Dr. Eric Bordoff, the villain of the show. “What we give you is dinosaurs with a storyline that comes right out of the movies that you are already familiar with.” 

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WORK WRAPS UP AT DOMINO PARK B’LDG.

WILLIAMSBURG — Work is wrapping up on the exterior of One South First, a 45-story tower at 260 Kent Ave., Williamsburg, that is part of the Domino Park development, according to New York YIMBY. The project includes 330 rentals, 66 affordable units, 150,000 square feet of office space and 13,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. COOKFOX is the architect, and Two Trees is the developer, New York YIMBY said. 

WINNIE THE POOH WOULD NOT APPROVE

EAST FLATBUSH — Detectives are looking for three shoplifters who beat up a dollar-store employee to steal batteries and an oversized teddy bear, according to the New York Post. The incident happened on Feb. 4 at the Ralph Avenue Dollar Store, 1590 Ralph Ave., East Flatbush. Cops say the suspects, who are seen on video, got into a dispute with an employee while trying to return merchandise. During the argument, the suspects grabbed $89 worth of batteries and a teddy bear, then went for the door. When the employee confronted them, she was kicked in the abdomen, the Post reported. 

REPORT SAYS BROWNSVILLE HAS HIGH HOMELESS RATE

BROWNSVILLE — Brownsville has one of the highest shelter entry rates of all New York City neighborhoods, according to a new report from the Institute for Children, Poverty and Homelessness. The report explores how high rates of poverty and unemployment, insufficient and unaffordable housing, and high rates of domestic violence and incarceration can all result in high rates of homelessness. More than two in five residents are living in poverty, according to BK Reader. Student homelessness in Brownsville saw a 31 percent increase since 2011-12, with nearly one in five Brownsville students experiencing homelessness. 

ALLEGATIONS OF CHEATING HIT BROOKLYN PRINCIPAL

PROSPECT-LEFFERTS GARDENS — A Brooklyn principal allegedly gave copies of embargoed exams to teachers, who in turn used them to coach their students, according to the New York Post. Addam Amauri Jones, a Spanish teacher at Parkside Preparatory Academy in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, claimed that his refusal to take part in Principal Adrienne Spencer’s scheme cost him his job, the Post said. Another employee, guidance counselor Ebony Valentine, claimed that when Spencer received the tests, which are not supposed to be removed from their wrapping until the day of the test itself, she had teachers physically cut up the test questions and paste them onto their own practice tests. However, the Department of Education dismissed the cheating allegations as unfounded. 

NEW BUILDING PLANNED IN BROWNSVILLE

BROWNSVILLE —The Bridge Rockaway Housing Development Fund Co. plans a new mixed-use housing development in Brownsville that would include 124 affordable homes and 62 supportive housing units, according to New York YIMBY. Also included would be 39,000 square feet of light manufacturing space and 3,400 square feet for community facility space. The development designed by Think! Architecture would incorporate two residential buildings, one of which would be seven stories tall, the other of which would be six stories tall. A landscaped roof garden would be above both roofs. 

BROOKLYN BALLET TO PERFORM BALLET WITH MULTI-ETHNIC CAST

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn Ballet’s upcoming performance of the classic ballet “Pas de Quatre” will be danced by four multi-ethnic and diverse ballerinas, according to ABC 7. The dancers are Paunika Jones, who is African American and Native American; Christine Sawyer, who is Jap-

anese, black and Cuban; Courtney Cochran, who is African American and Irish; and Miku Kawamura, who is Japanese.

The school says this is the first time the ballet will be performed by a multicultural cast. 

LIU-BROOKLYN DEFEATS CENTRAL CONNECTICUT

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Raiquan Clark scored 22 points as the Long Island-Brooklyn Sharks defeated Central Connecticut 90-74 on Thursday night, according to The New York Times. Ty Flowers added 21 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks for the Sharks, while Jermaine Jackson Jr. had 15 points and seven assists. Jashun Agosto added 14 points and 10 rebounds. The Sharks improved to 2-0 against the Blue Devils this season. 

URBAN-BASED RIET ACQUIRES MIDWOOD B’LDGS.

MIDWOOD — Urban Edge Properties, a real estate investment trust focused on urban retail real estate, has acquired two mixed-use buildings in Midwood for $165 million. The company plans to increase the value of the buildings through attracting more tenants. Anchor tenants in the buildings include TJ Maxx, Target, Marshalls, New York Sports Club and Visiting Nurse Services. “We are excited about the acquisition of these high-quality, mixed-use assets in a prime Brooklyn location,” said Herb Eilberg, chief investment officer for Urban Edge. 

ADAMS SEEKS AIRLINE RULES AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN —Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams joined last week with lawyer Roger Archibald and Archibald’s client Julie Goggin, who alleged that she was a victim of discrimination on a recent JetBlue flight. Goggin alleges that on Dec. 22, 2019, her two sons, both in their teens, boarded a flight from JFK to Long Beach, California.

Even though she had paid for extra leg room for her sons, they were escorted to the back of the aircraft. When Ms. Goggin complained, a flight attendant asked for her to be removed. Adams said, “It’s clear that JetBlue must undertake far-reaching, comprehensive reforms, including racial sensitivity training for employees, to ensure this pattern does not continue,” 

THIEVES ROB ALMOST $90K FROM KENSINGTON APARTMENT

KENSINGTON — Four men broke into a Brooklyn apartment and robbed a woman of almost $90,000 on Thursday, according to the New York Post. Soon after she arrived home near

East 22nd Street around 2 p.m., four young men who had been hiding in the apartment held her up at gunpoint, police said. At one point, one of them hit her on the back of the head with the gun. The thieves demanded that she open a safe and removed $35,000 in case as well as jewelry valued at about $50,000. 

WINNING LOTTERY TICKET SOLD AT B’KLYN GROCERY

EAST FLATBUSH — A winning lottery ticket was sold at a Brooklyn supermarket, according to amNewYork. The winning Take 5 ticket was sold at J&W Supermarket at 9004 Avenue A in East Flatbush. The ticket is worth $55,868.

The winning numbers for the Feb. 17 drawing were 07-1115-16-28. Take 5 numbers are drawn from a field of one through 39. 

A COTTAGE FOR SALE

WILLIAMSBURG — An 1850s country cottage in upstate Gallatin, N.Y., transformed by Brooklyn’s Workstead firm is on sale for $549,000, according to Brownstoner. Founded in Brooklyn in 2009, Workstead is known for its custom interiors, like the public spaces in the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg. Co-founders Stefanie Brechbuehler and Robert Highsmith purchased the Gallatin house in 2011 as their weekend retreat. The house was showing the toll of alterations over the years, Brownstoner said. It was covered with asbestos shingles and had a small porch added to it. The Brooklyn couple removed these outer layers, added a period-sympathetic front door, installed new windows, removed linoleum to reveal the original floor and painted the interior white. 

HOUSING WORKS EMPLOYEES SEEK FEDERAL OVERSIGHT

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — Employees at Housing Works are asking the government to oversee their unionization efforts after the nonprofit’s chief executive refused to recognize a companywide vote to organize under the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, according to the Brooklyn Paper. About a half dozen employees dropped off signed union authorization cards by 402 of the roughly 650 Housing Works employees at the National Labor Relations Board offices in Manhattan. Charlie King, the nonprofit’s CEO, dismissed a plea by a group of his employees to recognize the union voluntarily during a confrontation at Housing Works’ Downtown Brooklyn headquarters on Thursday, the Brooklyn Paper said. Housing Works has a network of thrift shops around the city, including one in Park Slope and one in Brooklyn Heights.

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Bensonhurst native Brian Wolfe stars in his first lead film role

Actor Brian Wolfe in “American Quartet.”

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Bensonhurst-born actor Brian Wolfe gives a powerful performance in the new Adam Grannick-produced short film “American Quartet,” which will premiere on March 5 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens as part of the Philip K Dick Film Festival.

The science fiction film was directed by Jesca Prudencio, head of directing at San Diego State University, and stars Yekta Khaghani alongside Wolfe in his first lead role.

The futuristic fantasy is set in 2037 and reveals a world of discrimination and injustice.

The story revolves around the newest digital device, a telepathic diary. The popular diary records emotions and memories for the purpose of re-experiencing them.

The film is set in a small town bitterly divided over who belongs, as a young Muslim-Amer-

ican woman in love with her local city councilwoman puts herself at risk when she shares her private, digitized memories with strangers, and in so doing challenges the status quo in the hope that empathy will triumph over hate.

Wolfe plays the part of a compassionate young man who sees the injustice that’s taken over the world in the near future.

“I play Andrew, a young man who, upset with the changing face of his town, spends his time reliving memories of his father and pouring his angry memories, and fears, into a telepathic diary,” Wolfe told this paper.

“I’ve been acting for three years. My goals as an actor is to keep growing and learning every day, telling meaningful stories, and to ultimately create a body of work that I am proud of. I was really attracted to my character finding compassion in a world of so much hate,” explained Wolfe.

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“Working on set was really special, and everyone was so talented. I learned a lot being on set, and having the opportunity to work with such great people made it so enjoyable and inspiring,” added Wolfe.

Co-writer Adam Grannick explained that the film is set to Czech composer Antonin Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, which was recorded in Brooklyn by the Dover Quartet. “The story is entirely without dialogue. Music, as the universal language of the film, allows viewers to experience the characters’ feelings — their isolation from home, their fears, their love,” Grannick told this paper.

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See the neighborhood with Brooklyn’s prettiest canal — I don’t mean the Gowanus — and streets in alphabetical order.

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This is a story about Brooklyn’s other canal — the pretty one — and the neighborhood where it’s located.

If you’re old enough to read, you know all about the Gowanus Canal, a Superfund site with poisoned waters that’s nevertheless deeply loved.

The 1.8-mile-long Gowanus Canal is often in the news because a rezoning proposal has been drawn up for the neighborhood through which it runs. Also, the Gowanus Canal got a lot of attention last fall when a floating statue of President Donald Trump suddenly appeared in it.

But there’s another Brooklyn canal you should know about, too: Shell Bank Canal, which is so beautiful I’ll gladly ride the B31 bus in 20-degree weather to go see it.

Shell Bank Canal, which is around one-third of a mile long, runs right down the middle of Gerritsen Beach. This waterfront residential neighborhood is on Brooklyn’s southern shoreline, on a peninsula across from Sheepshead Bay (by which I mean the neighborhood called Sheepshead Bay, not the body of water with that name).

The banks of Shell Bank Canal are lined with houses and boat docks. There are a couple dead-end streets where you can glimpse the canal when you stroll through the neighborhood. Walk with me, and I’ll show you the canal and tell you a little bit about Gerritsen Beach’s history.

Shell Bank Creek at the end of Devon Avenue looks so serene before sunset.

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Head for Fane Court The B31 bus runs down Gerritsen Avenue. Get off at the Gotham Avenue stop. This is the street you should walk down to find my favorite spot for viewing Shell Bank Canal.

Before you start your stroll, go inside Gerritsen Beach Library for a moment. It’s located across from the bus stop. The library, which opened in 1997, underwent 11 months of repairs after Superstorm Sandy.

The head of Shell Bank Canal is located right behind the library. You can catch a glimpse of the calm waters through the library windows. The canal ends at a body of water called Shell Bank Creek.

When you go back outside, walk down Gotham Avenue.

By the way, Marine Park (meaning Marine Park the public recreation area) is located on the opposite side of Gerritsen Avenue from the library. New nature trails opened in the park last year.

You should come back another day and check them out.

As you walk down Gotham Avenue, you’ll see winterized bungalows and stand-alone houses with small front yards. The backs of the homes with even-numbered addresses are on Shell Bank Canal.

About halfway down Gotham Avenue, you’ll find Fane Court, which is where you turn left. This street dead-ends at the beautiful canal.

Houses line sun-drenched Gotham Avenue in Gerritsen Beach.

‘Artificial pleasurecraft waterway’ A developer called Realty Associates created Shell Bank Canal in the 1920s as an amenity for Gerritsen Beach, the neighborhood the firm brought into being on a salt marsh it filled in with sand.

The Brooklyn Eagle’s electronic archives from the 1920s and 1930s — which can be accessed through a portal the Brooklyn Public Library maintains — contain numerous articles about the development of Gerritsen Beach.

A story the Eagle published in July 1924 referred to the canal, where bulkheads had recently been installed, as an “artificial pleasurecraft waterway.” The canal is 145 feet wide and 1,500 feet long, this story said.

If you decide to search the Eagle’s archives for stories about the neighborhood, you need to know that in some of them, its name is spelled “Gerrittsen Beach” with two T’s.

By the way, it’s worthwhile to walk to the end of Gotham Avenue so you can get a look at Shell Bank Creek. There are lots of boats docked on the creek, even though it’s winter.

The streets in Gerritsen Beach’s Old Section are narrow, which is part of their charm; and the homes so picturesque.

Alphabet soup Whatever direction you choose to walk in this neighborhood is scenic. When I was there the other day, I focused mostly on the Old Section of Gerritsen Beach, which is south of Shell Bank Canal.

Gotham Avenue is north of the canal in Gerritsen Beach’s New Section. When I was done strolling down that street, I doubled back and headed for Gerritsen Avenue, where I turned right. I passed St. James Lutheran Church, which was built in 1924 and 1925.

A September 1924 Eagle story that mentioned the construction of St. James also said Realty Associates sold a site on Gerritsen Avenue to Bishop Thomas Molloy for the Catholic Parish of the Resurrection’s construction.

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See the neighborhood with Brooklyn’s prettiest canal — I don’t mean the Gowanus Continued from page 10 INB I walked down to Bartlett Place, which is on the south side of Shell Bank Canal, and turned onto the closest side street, which is called Abbey Court.

The side streets are laid out with their names in alphabetical order. The streets are very narrow, which is part of their charm.

After that, I walked along Lois Avenue, and also Noel Avenue.

The houses on both these streets are especially beautiful.

If you’re going to be literal about it, several things stand between Gerritsen Beach and the Atlantic Ocean seashore: Plumb Beach Channel, then Plumb Beach, then Rockaway Inlet and then the Rockaway Peninsula.

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West of Noel Avenue, there’s a cluster of short, picturesque streets between Seba and Cyrus avenues.

This is beautiful Shell Bank Canal. Do you know what neighborhood it’s in?

Poetic license Realty Associates built Gerritsen Beach with astonishing speed because the developer used factory-cut lumber and standardized construction plans and deployed a corps of 500 laborers, historian Thomas Campanella wrote in a 2018 CityLab.com story.

Many of the side streets in the Old Section dead-end at Plumb Beach Channel. Gain Court properties on the Plumb Beach Channel shoreline are especially pretty.

A Realty Associates advertisement published in the April 6, 1930 edition of the Eagle used a little poetic license in describing Gerrittsen Beach — the ad spells it with two T’s — as “an ideal all-year home community at the seashore in the city.”

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And the work continues.

In September, the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development decided to buy three flooded Gerritsen Beach properties so affordable one- or two-family homes can be built on them, Clifford Michel reported in The City, in a story the Eagle republished.

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These sweet streets — Nova Court, Melba Court, Lester Court and Keen Court — dead-end on Shell Bank Creek, where you can get good looks at docked boats in the serene water.

The view of Shell Bank Creek from the end of Cyrus Avenue is pretty great, too.

By the way, William Greve, who headed Realty Associates, is buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in a tomb that looks like a miniature Classical temple.

Storm surge North of Cyrus Avenue, there’s another grouping of short streets you need to see: Merit Court, Landis Court and Kay Court.

And just north of them, the end of Bartlett Place affords yet another good view of Shell Bank Creek.

You’re either a big fan of Gerritsen Beach, like me, or you’ve never visited the neighborhood.

If you fall into the latter category, you possibly know about Gerritsen Beach anyway because of news stories about the damage Superstorm Sandy inflicted on the neighborhood in October 2012.

Residents have worked hard to renovate and rebuild their homes after the killer storm.

The city mistakenly classified Gerritsen Beach as a Zone B area before Superstorm Sandy blew into town, which meant that evacuation wasn’t mandatory in the neighborhood.

The experts wrongly assumed the nearby Belt Parkway would protect Gerritsen Beach from inundation. Instead, a 10-foot storm surge flooded nearly all of Gerritsen Beach’s approximately 1,800 houses.

More alphabet soup I took so many photos in Gerritsen Beach’s Old Section that I ran out of time for a full-scale walk through the New Section, which is north of Shell Bank Canal.

The side streets in the New Section are also laid out in alphabetical order. But the names are completely different from the ones in the Old Section.

There’s Aster Court, Bevy Court, Celeste Court, Dictum Court, Ebony Court and others in the New Section — charming names for charming, narrow streets.

I did get a chance to watch the sunset over Shell Bank Creek at the end of Devon Avenue, which is in the New Section. It was a sight worth seeing.

Rebuilding continues In Superstorm Sandy’s aftermath, residents had to do mold cleanup as well as home repairs. Gerritsen Beach’s volunteer fire department, Gerritsen Beach Cares and the Gerritsen Beach Long Term Recovery Project played major roles in reviving the neighborhood.

Some houses had to be torn down.

Many property owners constructed new foundations to raise their homes several feet above the ground to comply with flood-protection regulations. The city-administered, federally funded Build It Back program and the state Project UPLIFT program have channeled rebuilding funds to the neighborhood.

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Arguably no one in the neighborhood is more involved in charitable activities than Brian Chin, the vice president and branch manager of Northfield Bank.

Janine Faustner and Anthony Benjamin, co-presidents of the P.T.A. hosted the event and honored Chin as an outstanding member of the community.

Benjamin explained that since the 1950s, the P.T.A. has been honoring individuals who have made a difference within the community through volunteering.

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P.S./I.S. 104 Principal Marie DiBella, District 20 Community Superintendent Karina Costantino, honoree Brian Chin, Steven Hood, deputy to the garrison commander at Fort Hamilton Army Base; Lisa Sheehan, Fort Hamilton Army Base school liaison; and Fort Hamilton Command Sgt. LeShan Hayes.

Community leader Brian Chin is recognized as an outstanding member of our community.

organizations such as the Merchants of Third Avenue, the Bay Ridge Senior Center, Reaching Out Community Services, the Bay Ridge Realty Board, Business Networking International and the Guild for Exceptional Children.

International Tea is “one of the most important and most fun and most

prestigious activities that the P.T.A. sponsors every year,” said P.S. 104 Principal Marie DiBella, who introduced Chin’s family members including his mother Norma Chin-Smith and his stepfather Paul Smith.

Also attending the ceremony were Kevin Drumgoole, vice president and regional manager for Northfield Bank; Karina

Costantino, community superintendent for District 20; William Chin, District 20 community leadership coordinator; Steven Hood, deputy to the garrison commander at Fort Hamilton Army Base; Fort Hamilton Command Sgt. LeShan Hayes; Lisa Sheehan, Fort Hamilton Army Base school liaison; Walter Ochoa, owner of Right at Home Health

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Cathy Santopietro presented Chin with a certificate from Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis.

The ceremony included a performance by Class 2-107 featuring second graders dressed as doctors, dentists, police officers, firefighters, sanitation workers, bakers and teachers, with the theme “Friendly Neighborhood Helpers We Thank You.” The production included songs and recitations by the students.

Chin said he was truly thrilled to be the honoree and thanked the principal and P.T.A. of P.S. / I.S. 104 for selecting him to receive this year’s award. “According to the Webster Dictionary, community is defined as a group living in the same area with common interests,” said Chin.

“We’re all part of this wonderful community of Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. And just remember, we all play a vital role in the success of our community,” Chin added.

Famed Bay Ridge pool hall closes

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legendary pool hall has closed its doors for good, leaving its former customers with a lifetime’s worth of memories of cue balls, angle shots and running the table.

Hall of Fame Billiards, at 505 Ovington Ave., had been operating for 56 years before closing on Feb. 9.

“We had a quiet party on the last night,” Paul Balukas, whose family owned the billiards hall, told the Home Reporter. “It was a great run.

But all good things come to an end.”

Balukas spoke to the Home Reporter by phone on Feb. 12, as workers were moving the last of the pool tables out of the hall.

The Balukas family, which owned the Ovington Avenue building as well as the pool hall, recently sold the building, which had been on the market for two

years. “I believe it’s going to be turned into a catering hall,” Balukas said.

The last years of its existence had been tough for Hall of Fame Billiards, according to Balukas. “It’s so expensive to run a business of this size. The permit fees, the corporate taxes and everything else starts to add up. Last year was the first year we actually lost money,” he said.

While Hall of Fame Billiards still had lots of regulars who came in to perfect their skills in the hopes of becoming the next Minnesota Fats, the expense of running the business became too much to sustain, Balukas said.

After showing a financial deficit for the first time in the history of the billiards hall, the Balukas family discussed its options and made the painful decision to close.

The family had put the Ovington Avenue building that houses the billiards

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Hall of Fame Billiards was perhaps best known as the launchpad and showcase for Jean Balukas, Paul’s sister, who shot to fame in the 1960s as a child prodigy in billiards and was winning national championships as a teenager, often beating older, male competitors without breaking a sweat.

Jean Balukas was inducted into the Billiards Hall of Fame in 1985.

The business was originally named Ovington Billiards, in deference to the street where it was located.

After Jean Balukas became a hall of famer in her sport, the hall was renamed Hall of Fame Billiards.

In recent years, Jean Balukas served as the handson owner of the pool hall, putting her stamp on the day to day operations of the place.

“My sister has always been a very shy person. It was my father who got her

out there and encouraged her,” Paul Balukas said.

Albert Balukas opened Ovington Billiards in 1964 with a partner, Frank McGown, a world-renowned professional pool player, the Home Reporter reported back in 2018.

Albert Balukas died several years ago.

The building where the pool hall opened up in 1964 originally housed Ovington Bowling Lanes.

The billiards hall that replaced the bowling alley boasted 48 pool tables, as well as several ping-pong tables. In recent years, a video game arcade was put in.

The pool hall’s fans included Assemblymember Nicole Malliotakis, who said she often held campaign fundraisers there.

Malliotakis, a Republican representing parts of Bay Ridge and Staten Island, called the closure of Hall of Fame Billiards “a sad day” for her.

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The billiards hall that launched the career of the legendary Jean Balukas has closed after 56 years in business.

“The hall run by the Balukas family that produced a pool prodigy, Jean Balukas, has been a staple in the community since 1964. I’m going to miss the Hall of Fame and will remember fondly all the memories I’ve shared there with family friends and supporters,” Malliotakis wrote on Facebook.

“I want to thank Jean and Paul Balukas for the good

times and wish them all the best, as I know this is bittersweet for them,” Malliotakis added.

Paul Balukas said the family does feel sad about the closure, and that he and his siblings are aware of what it means for Bay Ridge.

“It does mark the end of an era for the neighborhood.

The pool hall is gone. And all of the old bowling alleys are gone,” he said.

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The president’s message was so strong that City & State, a publication that has significant readership in the political and governmental world, declared her a “winner of the week.”

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This certainly comes as no surprise to me since I was aware of the president’s support for some time. Some however needed to see a tweet from the president, which has become the mechanism for him to notify his 72 million Twitter followers.

So there you have it.

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Michael also has Nicole’s endorsement as well as the endorsement of many Staten Island elected officials. *** And speaking of more endorsements, the Bay Ridge Democrats and Councilman Justin Brannan find themselves in the odd place of endorsing Bernie Sanders in a race where many other local Democratic elected and party officials have or plan to endorse Mike Bloomberg.

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Trump wanted the state to supply access to DMV records that he says ICE needs to conduct immigration investigations. Cuomo wanted Trump to reverse his decision to prohibit access to Trusted Traveler programs for all New Yorkers under the disingenuous claim that unless they had the DMV records they couldn’t verify that participants were safe.

Following the Trump administration’s announcement of the New York ban earlier this month, state Attorney General Letitia James decried the move as unlawful, unconstitutional and discriminatory. The move is clearly an act of political retribution and one which can only have negative effects on commerce and security.

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The irony is that Trump claims his extreme immigration enforcement policies are all about our economy and safety, but his retaliatory action against New York would hurt our economy and make us less safe.

A.G. James is currently suing the Trump administration for violating New Yorkers’ right to equal protection and equal state sovereignty under the U.S. Constitution.

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Sanders was the logical choice for this borderline socialist organization. I wonder how this endorsement will work out. *** I hear that the push to create a Business Improvement District (BID) on Third Avenue is moving slowly. I am not sure why.

BIDs provide enormous advantages for active business strips, of which Third Avenue is certainly one. On the top of the list are tax benefits when making purchases for promotional advertising and events. Beautification

efforts receive far more favorable treatment by the city when they come through a BID due to an automatic conclusion that the BID is speaking for the avenue’s tenants. Additionally, there are many BIDs in the city that act in unison through an association to fight for merchants and tenants at City Hall and Albany.

The downside is the membership fee, which in our community is in the $800 annual range per business.

In my opinion, the cost vs. benefit clearly weighs in favor of the benefit. I think Third Avenue merchants would do well to create one.

MATTER OF FACT

BY JAY BROWN

finding all undocumented people.

A day after the meeting between the president and the governor, news broke that Trump is deploying border patrol tactical units to 10 sanctuary cities, including New York. These agents have Special Forces-type training and serve as the SWAT teams of the Border Patrol and they will be in our city to arrest undocumented people.

This is blatant retaliation against the city and state of New York for its policies.

And raising concerns about this shift towards militaristic enforcement on our city streets for whatever the current president deems necessary may be alarmist, but rightfully so because

this should set off alarms for everybody – especially after a Brooklyn man was shot in the face by ICE agents this month.

The day after Election Day 2019, ICE’s Special Response Team startled residents of Ridgewood, Queens when they rolled an armored vehicle through neighborhood streets to make an arrest.

Their operation was not related to an immigration matter, but the sight of ICE agents operating a vehicle suited for a war zone struck fear into the hearts of many New Yorkers.

Unfortunately, more of the same can be expected from the most vindictive president to ever serve. His distaste for New York has been evident throughout his presidency, but it only seemed to intensify this past November, when a state

judge ordered Trump to pay $2 million from a New York Attorney General lawsuit centered around his charitable foundation’s illegal coordination with his 2016 campaign.

New Yorkers shouldn’t be the only Americans not allowed to participate in a federal program that streamlines air travel just because the president is mad he had to pay a price for illegally using charitable contributions people donated to his foundation to support his own personal, political aspirations.

New Yorkers shouldn’t have to live in fear of seeing tanks on their streets or being shot in the face just because a man who grew up never hearing anyone tell him “no” can’t accept hearing it now from the city and state he grew up in.

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by Dr. Alice of Farkouh, Michael ••• Connors, the principal FHHS of chosen as the the predecessor to today’s Guarinello, World War II having individualaphotos League Baseball, few * * recipient * Michael partner Connors, the past principal of FHHS founding and and the each current president of 2020anInternational PTA, in conjunction with veterans, Arlene Rutuelo student displayed on hits, runs and strikes.

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by Reverend Tom Kane’s parents holding division of County the passed throughout The Kings tery and bythe candlelit graves of State were Senators BillCWV. school in city thatthe of- ceme“Friendly Neighborhood zer formally presented The event is open Gerard Sauer, the pastor of the new sign.

The Kings County tery by candlelit graves of Chapter isMega; hold- Helpers,” performed by the fallen from both sides Conklin and Chris Brotherhood Award to fers and asoldiers similar International to the public.

Reservations St. Mel's Church, a former asChapter is holdsoldiers As from sides ing its annual offallen the conflict. weboth trekked are only $46 which includes sociate pastor at Bay Ridge's St. ing itsdance annual of the conflict.

As we trekked on through the pathways, there dinner 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 A host of dignitaries were on hand to join ning, June 2, at -soldiers standing guard, musicians and singers per- 7:30 p.m., at the 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 in Wharf tremendous contributions and achievements BYhundreds ERIN MCGONEGLE CRESPI a quickwill trip National to the corsole source getting be local honoring its of food and nu- more successful genealogists, local residents Commander and of out-ofand the adjoining small beach under the left an indelible mark on the community he ner store for chips or soda. trition available to students students actually to try and National and hundreds of out-ofFredCommander Schwally, towners.

According shadow of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for loved so much."

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

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