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B’KLYN WOMAN IS NYC’S FIRST CORONAVIRUS FATALITY By Mary Frost

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An 82-year-old Brooklyn woman was the first in New York City to die after contracting the novel coronavirus. The woman, who had a pre-existing diagnosis of emphysema, a respiratory disease, died at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center in Bushwick Friday. She had been admitted to the hospital on March 3. “To hear of the death, the first New Yorker to die related to coronavirus, this is a very painful moment,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a Saturday news conference. “This is a moment we all knew would come. That doesn’t make it any easier. I want to say at the outset our hearts go out to her family, our condolences to them, and we will do all we can to support this family in this really difficult moment.” De Blasio said the woman had been hospitalized for emphysema previously, before being later hospitalized for the coronavirus. CONTINUES ON PAGE 3

The brick building at left is Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where the first patient to die after contracting the novel coronavirus died in New York City. Greenpoint Gazette photo by Lore Croghan

Lentol calls for absentee primary due to coronavirus pandemic By Paula Katinas Greenpoint Gazette

The novel coronavirus pandemic could upend the Democratic Presidential Primary set to take place in New York State next month. If the contest is held as scheduled on April 28, it should be conducted by absentee ballot only with no in-person voting, according to Assemblymember Joseph Lentol. Lentol, a Democrat representing Williamsburg, Greenpoint and other areas of North Brooklyn, introduced legislation this week for New York State to implement an absentee ballot primary system on an emergency basis to protect New Yorkers from possible exposure to the coronavirus. CONTINUES ON PAGE 4

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A grassroots volunteer network is helping Bushwick through the pandemic By Charlie Innis Greenpoint Gazette

A group of Bushwick residents are banding together to create a volunteer network for the elderly and quarantined as the city advises residents to maintain space from each other and shuts down businesses to fight the spread of the new coronavirus. Alicia Fox started Bushwick Mutual Aid on Friday, March 13, as a Facebook group for neighbors to share tips, such as where to go to stock toiletries as grocery stores empty out, and for people to offer free assistance running errands and delivering food. The next day, she and another resident taped fliers across Bushwick advertising the group in English and Spanish, including an email address for prospective volunteers to sign up. She also dropped off a stack with the receptionist at Wyckoff Heights Medical Center. “We found out in the news later that the first victim in New York City had just passed away at that hospital,” said Fox, a five-year-resident of Bushwick who works in online publishing. “It really struck home with me that definitely this was the right thing to do.” By Tuesday, Bushwick Mutual Aid’s email inbox was filled with over 70 people offering to volunteer, while the Facebook group grew to about 500 members. “What we’re really seeing is this outpouring of help,” said Fox, who describes the group as a grassroots initiative, operating without top-down management in response to what she sees as a A flier for Bushwick Mutual Aid is posted in front of the Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, where the first coronavirus patient lack of leadership from the city. One of the group’s main goals, according to in New York City died on Friday. Greenpoint Gazette photo by Charlie Innis Fox, is to provide a way for Spanish-speaking Olivares joined Bushwick Mutual Aid be- population in advance.” livering groceries to someone’s apartment, drop volunteers to match with undocumented Bush- cause it was the first mutual aid initiative he saw He also expressed concern with how low-in- the bags off at their door, send a text notifying wick residents who may be wary of calling 311 springing up in the neigbhorhood, and he wants come families may be hit hard by the closure of the resident, and don’t go inside. If you have when they need information after experiencing to support the older and undocumented popula- public schools, which began on March 15. Lysol, spray the shopping bags down. symptoms consistent with COVID-19. tion who may be isolated and more vulnerable to “Over 80 percent of children in Bushwick “Just assume you have it. Assume everyone Among the earliest volunteers is Samy Nemir serious effects from the virus. live under the poverty line, every day that passed around you has it and operate according to that Olivares, who’s running for District Leader in the In an email to the Gazette Olivares said he’s [sic] has a very difficult impact on these families belief,” Fox said, about the coronavirus. 53rd Assembly District. For the group, he created worried that Bushwick’s Puerto Rican and Do- who already were struggling to make meets She expects the mutual aid initiative will be a WhatsApp chat for Spanish-speaking commu- minican population may be pushed into financial end,” wrote Olivares. a full-fledged support network by the time nity leaders and residents, and he currently trans- hardship and bankruptcy because the state and To abide by social distancing, Fox urges vol- coronavirus infections peak, which Gov. lates their online resources into Spanish. federal governments “failed in preparing the unteers to follow some guidelines: If you are de- Andrew Cuomo said may happen in 45 days.

Cuomo open to ‘shelter in place’ order, expects coronavirus to peak in 45 days By Mary Frost

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo told New Yorkers on Tuesday that “the buck stops on my desk” as he laid out the state’s plan, and to some extent, the region’s plan, for combating the novel coronavirus. Experts have predicted the COVID-19 outbreak will peak in 45 days, Cuomo said, setting an unprecedented deadline for creating thousands of new hospital beds to handle the expected influx of patients with acute respiratory illness. Asked whether he would consider implementing a “shelter in place” order, like the one put into effect in six California counties last night, Cuomo said he’s “resistant to nothing.” “Just yesterday we took very, very dramatic steps,” he said, referring to the statewide order to shutter restaurants, bars and entertainment venues. “The curve is not flattening to a level we can sustain. Which would suggest that we’re

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Lentol seeks to help bars, restaurants Assemblymember Joe Lentol (D-GreenpointWilliamsburg-Bushwick) has urged Gov. Andrew Cuomo to adopt several measures to provide immediate relief to the state’s bar and restaurant industry. “My Assembly district is comprised of many restaurants and bars that rely on day-to-day foot traffic for revenue,” he said. Lentol wants a halt in all commercial evictions, allowing bars and restaurants to retain sales tax as available funds, and advising commercial landlords to concede, promote or allow

going to take even more efforts to flatten the curve. That’s what we’re exploring now. It is likely that we’re going to take more steps to slow the spread by reducing the density.” Cuomo went on to say that before imposing a shelter in place order in New York, he would first shut down other non-essential workplaces where people congregate. The governor called for national unity at this historic moment, saying, “We’re not Democrats, we’re not Republicans, we’re Americans at the end of the day.”

A health care system under duress After years of cutbacks, there are only 53,000 hospital beds in the state, including just 3,000 of the all-important Intensive Care Unit beds, of which 80 percent are currently occupied. With the state’s current hospitalization rate for people infected with the virus somewhere

between 15 and 19 percent, Cuomo projected New York would need between 55,000 to 110,000 additional hospital beds to handle the

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“She went in the hospital last week, one of our first cases and … was in critical condition ever since,” he said. De Blasio urged people to be extra mindful exposing their older friends and relatives and those with conditions making them more vulnerable to COVID-19. Instead of visiting in person, he suggested making phone calls and virtual visits by Skype or FaceTime. Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams

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Brooklyn Councilmember Stephen Levin (D-Brooklyn Heights-Downtown BrooklynDUMBO-Greenpoint) is calling on all New Yorkers to organize so that 35,000 people are tested for coronavirus by April 1. “When New Yorkers face a crisis, we come together in common cause. We did that after 9/11, we did that after Sandy, and we can do that right now,” he said. Levin said that the first individuals to get tested should be older individuals presenting the symptoms of fever, dry cough and/or shortness of breath.

The Real Deal recently profiled Brooklyn developer Toby Moskovits and her partner Michael Lichtenstein, principals of Heritage Equity Partners, who are fighting off foreclosure at a Bushwick development site. One of their flagship projects, the Williamsburg Hotel, is in receivership. “No fewer than a dozen lawsuits have entangled Heritage in the past nine months, raising doubts about the future of the business,” The Real Deal wrote. In a lengthy statement to The Real Deal, Moskovits said the creditors she is fighting simply do not understand or appreciate how entrepreneurship works and described one of her creditors, Fortress Investment Group, as

Levin calls on NYC residents to get tested

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Brooklyn woman is NYC’s first coronavirus fatality

B’klyn developer faces multiple problems

deferred payment of rent until the crisis has passed.

outbreak, and of these, 18,600 to 37,200 must be ICU beds.

said the woman’s death “emphasizes just how closely this pandemic hits home.” De Blasio also announced Saturday that a member of the FDNY who works a firehouse in Brooklyn has been confirmed to have the coronavirus. As a matter of precaution, 31 members of that firehouse have been quarantined. As of 10 a.m. on Saturday, there were 183 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in New York City, an increase of 29 confirmed cases since late Friday afternoon. a “notorious predatory lender.”

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What you can do to help in Brooklyn Bklyner recently detailed some of the ways that Brooklynites can help during the coronavirus epidemic. One way is to help elderly and vulnerable people get needed supplies and prescriptions. Another way is to donate food from food pantries. Yet another is to give blood, as the supplies of blood are running low. Also, if you buy or order food, it helps to order locally. In addition, local Facebook groups are a great source of local organizing, and there’s a Brooklyn-wide coronavirus group on Facebook.

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Lentol calls for absentee primary due to coronavirus pandemic Continued from page 1

In the upcoming Democratic Primary, State Sen. Joe Lentol says votes should be cast by absentee ballot only due to the coronavirus pandemic. Greenpoint Gazette photos by Mary Frost

“The COVID-19 virus is spread mainly from person to person and the single most effective way to prevent and slow the further transmission of the virus is to avoid close contact and stay at least six feet away. It is not wise to conduct the 2020 presidential primary in person, especially when we can conduct it through emergency absentee ballot safely and securely,” Lentol said. Former Vice President Joe Biden and Vermont Senator and Brooklyn native Bernie Sanders are expected to face each other in the Democratic Primary for president. There is no primary challenger on the Republican side, giving President

Cuomo open to ‘shelter in place’ order, expects coronavirus to peak in 45 days Continued from page 3

ICU beds come with ventilators and other equipment, and “ventilators are very hard to get,” Cuomo said, due to demand from other parts of the world battling the virus. The state is taking two tacks to reduce the stress on its health care system. The first is to “flatten the curve” with “dramatic closings to reduce density,” Cuomo said. “If we can’t reduce the flow, we need to reduce the spread,” of patients coming in over time, he said. He said New York is coordinating restaurant, bar and business closings with nearby states to reduce the number of people traveling across state lines to crowd into nightspots and other venues. The region will also be coordinating other measures in the future to maintain a uniform approach, the governor said.

Build hospitals. Fast. Warning that the number of novel coronavirus cases would soon “crash like a wave” on hospitals

lacking the capacity to handle them, Cuomo said the state is moving immediately to increase hospital surge capacity. The State Department of Health is suspending some regulations to allow existing hospitals to increase space. Hospitals are hiring more staff, and New York is embarking on an all-out effort to build temporary hospitals and health sites. The state will organize the National Guard and is working with building unions and private developers to find existing facilities — such as college dormitories and former nursing homes — that can be converted to backup medical facilities. Some facilities will be built inside tents, such as a testing center debuting on Tuesday at the Brooklyn Hospital Center. Cuomo has appointed Greater New York Hospital Association President Ken Raske and Northwell Health President Michael Dowling to lead a council to develop hospital surge capacity. They will be meeting Tuesday, he said. Cuomo has also called on the Trump administration to throw the full powers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers into converting

SUNY university dorms and government facilities into hospitals. “I spoke with the president yesterday. He is ready, willing and able to help,” Cuomo said. “I put my hand out in partnership with the president … I think he is 100 percent sincere in saying he wants to work together.” Cuomo said these times “are a character test for all of us.” He quoted Rudyard Kipling: “‘What did you do at that moment when all around you lost their heads?’ What does government do? It does what it’s supposed to do, better than before. It does not engage in politics, even at a moment in history that is hyper-political.” So far 10,000 people have been tested in New York State, and roughly 1,300 have tested positive, an increase of 432 since the last figures reported. About 19 percent of those testing positive have required hospitalization, and 12 people have died. As of 10:30 a.m. on March 17, there are 644 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in New York City.

Donald Trump a clear path to win his party’s nomination to run for a second term. It’s unclear, however, if the April 28 primary will go on as planned. To date, five states — Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland and Ohio — have opted to postpone their primaries. Maryland was the latest state to move its primary. Gov. Larry Hogan issued an order earlier this week moving the contest from April to June 2. Lentol, who was first elected to the State Assembly in 1972, said he would rather see a change in the voting method rather than a postponement of the primary. “Instead of sending New Yorkers to the polls or postponing the presidential primary, adopting an emergency absentee ballot measure allows the election to move forward and keeps our democracy resilient,” he said.

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News From Your Neighborhood BROOKLYNITES RAISE CASH FOR DOG INJURED IN CRASH

BAY RIDGE — Charitable Brooklynites have raised more than $7,000 for the dog who survived a March 5 crash that left her owner dead, according to the Brooklyn Reporter. Stormy ran off after her 66-year-old owner, Frank Decolvenaere, was struck, but she was found near her home the same night, and was taken to an emergency veterinarian, VERG Brooklyn, at 196 Fourth Ave. “Stormy is doing much better,” Dr. Amy Brida, who treated her, told this paper. “She is making a fantastic recovery. She was obviously very unstable, coming in, but over the last few days, she has gotten better and better. We anticipate that she will make a full recovery.” 

REP. CLARKE SEEKS CENSUS EXTENSION

FLATBUSH — U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke (D-Crown Heights-Flatbush-Kensington-Midwood) led members of the New York Congressional Delegation in a letter to the U.S. Department of Commerce to extend the data-gathering period for the 2020 Census to September due to social disruption caused by COVID-19. “We must do everything we can to set our com�munities up for success by having the most accurate Census count. However, the current climate of practicing social distancing deepens the challenges of Census collection, and so I and my New York colleagues are requesting an extension to best allow for accurate collection of Census data,” said Clarke. 

CON EDISON SUSPENDS SERVICE SHUTOFFS

CITYWIDE — As New Yorker face the challenges presented by the coronavirus, Con Edison is suspending temporarily any electric and gas service shutoffs involving customers having payment difficulties. Any service terminations will proceed for reasons of safety, such as a gas leak. “We are committed to helping our customers and employees get through this difficult time safely and encourage everyone to follow U.S. Centers for Disease Control [directives]. We also will continue to work to provide safe and reliable service to our customers,” a statement from the utility company said. 

BROOKLYN COLLEGE STUDENT TESTS POSITIVE FOR VIRUS

FLATBUSH — A student at Brooklyn College tested positive for coronavirus, according to the New York Post. Last Thursday night, the student was in the hospital recovering from the illness, as the college was about to close. “Our thoughts are with her for a full and speedy recovery,” said Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson. The patient was last on campus on Tuesday, March 3, but the spread of the virus appears to be low risk because she didn’t exhibit any symptoms at that time, the school said. The CUNY and SUNY systems, like public and private schools, have canceled all inperson classes and instituted remote learning. 

LUXURY DEVELOPMENT OPENS IN CONEY ISLAND

CONEY ISLAND — Coney Island’s first luxury high-rise apartment house has officially opened, offering hundreds of oceanview apartments, according to the Brooklyn Paper. Ocean Drive, at West 37th Street near the Boardwalk, has a 50-foot pool and a sun deck in addition to 425 apartments. Billionaire John Catsimatidis, the head of Gristede’s supermarkets, is the developer. Among Ocean Drive’s amenities are a children’s playroom, an underground parking garage, the pool, a gym and a games room with billiards and foosball. A free bus made to look like an old-time trolley is planned to shuttle residents between the building and the Stillwell Avenue subway terminal, the Brooklyn Paper said. 

LAWYER CALLS FOR PROBE OF CANARSIE COP ATTACK

CANARSIE — Attorney Sanford Rubenstein is calling for an investigation in the case of a young man who was attacked by several cops at a playground in Canarsie, according to Black Star News. Fitzroy Gayle is heard on video asking, “What crime did I commit? What did I do?” However, the officer didn’t respond to Gayle, and by the end of the video eight other officers are seen piling on top of Gayle, the video shows. “These police officers acted like thugs. They do deserve to get locked up,” Rubenstein said.

With so many businesses closed in New York due to the coronavirus outbreak, unemployment claims have gone through the roof. Shown: the iconic Junior’s Restaurant in Downtown Brooklyn has shut its doors. INBrooklyn photo by Mary Frost 

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS CLOSE IN BROOKLYN AND QUEENS

BOROUGHWIDE — Starting this week, Catholic elementary schools in Brooklyn and Queens are closed, the Diocese of Brooklyn announced on Friday, according to amNewYork. The decision came before Mayor Bill de Blasio decided to close the city’s public schools. Teachers are using today to develop distance learning plans, and students are expected to begin online classes tomorrow, amNewYork reported. The decision came a day after the Archdiocese of New York, which is responsible for Catholic churches and schools in Manhattan, Staten Island, the Bronx and several suburban counties, announced that its elementary schools would close. 

NEW SAKE BREWERY OPENS IN BUSHWICK

BUSHWICK — The market for imported Japanese sake has grown dramatically in the U.S., and the number of domestic sake breweries is growing as well, according to Forbes. The first in New York City was Brooklyn Kura, located in Industry City, Sunset Park. Following on its success, a second sake brewery, Kato Sake Works, is now opening in Bushwick, Forbes reported. Its founder and brewmaster is Shinobu Kato, who grew up in Tokyo. “I had plenty of cheap sake and horrible hangovers when I was in college,” he said. Then, “I had a glass of Kokuryu Shizuku, which was a really expensive sake. It was the moment that I realized what good sake really meant.” 

BROWNSTONER SPOTLIGHTS BAY RIDGE `BUNGALOW’

BAY RIDGE — Brownstoner last week showcased a fourbedroom Dutch Colonial wooden house in Bay Ridge, which it calls both a “bungalow” and a “cottage.” The home, at 262 77th St., is selling for $1.525 million. A porch, described as “the prettiest stone porch in the neighborhood,” is framed at either end by large wooden trellises that would be good for climbing plants. The living room and dining room both have large picture windows, and the dining room leads to a large, landscaped back yard. The second floor has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a small covered terrace, Brownstoner said. 

B’KLYN DEVELOPER FACES MULTIPLE PROBLEMS

BOROUGHWIDE — The Real Deal recently profiled Brooklyn developer Toby Moskovits and her partner Michael Lichtenstein, principals of Heritage Equity Partners, who

are fighting off foreclosure at a Bushwick development site. One of their flagship projects, the Williamsburg Hotel, is in receivership. “No fewer than a dozen lawsuits have entangled Heritage in the past nine months, raising doubts about the future of the business,” The Real Deal wrote. In a lengthy statement to The Real Deal, Moskovits said the creditors she is fighting simply do not understand or appreciate how entrepreneurship works and described one of her creditors, Fortress Investment Group, as a “notorious predatory lender.” 

DEMARZIO RELEASES FAITHFUL FROM MASS OBLIGATION

BOROUGHWIDE — The Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio, bishop of Brooklyn, has dispensed the faithful from the obligation to attend Sunday Mass until further notice, according to Bklyner. “Sunday Public Masses will still be celebrated; however, the faithful are to exercise caution if they are to attend,” an official statement from the Diocese read. Weekday Masses will continue as usual, with the normal precautious people should take when gathering in public places. While celebrations such as weddings and funerals may take place, “attendance should be limited,” the Diocese said. 

COLLISION PINS WOMAN TO SIDE OF BUILDING

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN — A woman was pinned to the side of a Downtown Brooklyn coffee shop on Friday afternoon after two cars collided, according to Gothamist. One observer, who was working at the corner of Livingston and Bond streets, said, “I thought it was like an explosion somewhere, but I didn’t react until I saw the people on my left and right look in my direction, then I jumped up and said, ‘Oh my God! Oh my God!’” FDNY sources said the woman and the driver of an SUV were taken to New York Methodist Hospital with non-life-threatening conditions. An NYPD spokesperson said that the SUV driver was traveling west, and the driver of a silver Ford was traveling east when they crashed. 

MAN FOUND DEAD OF GUNSHOT WOUND

BUSHWICK — A man was found dead of a gunshot wound to the head in the passenger’s seat of a car in Bushwick on Saturday, according to the Daily News. Officers found the man, 53, at the intersection of Palmetto Street and Broadway after receiving a 911 call shortly after 8 p.m., the News said. EMS workers declared the man dead at the scene. The car, a white Hyundai, was parked on Palmetto Street north of the Gates Avenue station on the J and Z lines.

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eye on REAL ESTATE I walked to Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which has now closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. The magnolias were magnificent, and one of the famous cherry trees was in full flower. By Lore Croghan INBrooklyn

Such serendipity. It was my sheer good fortune to visit Brooklyn Botanic Garden the very last day before officials decided to close it to help slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus. I wanted to do a better job of complying with the urgent need for New Yorkers to practice social distancing, so I made a resolution to walk more and stay out of the subway unless I had absolutely no alternative. My reward for resolving to do the right thing and walk, walk, walk was a glorious afternoon at the famous 52-acre horticulture mecca — and the privilege of being among the last people to photograph its early spring flowers before it was closed. The magnolia trees were magnificent at the venerable garden, which was founded in 1910 and opened in 1911. I’m glad I took tons of photos — because on Monday, the garden’s top brass decided it should be shut down “out of care for BBG staff and community members,” the garden’s website says. They had been keeping its outdoor spaces open — but had already closed their greenhouses because the aisles between the plants are narrow, and people might have wound up standing too close to each other.

I took these pictures of Brooklyn Botanic Garden before it closed to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. “We are deeply saddened that the community will not be able to enjoy the pleasures of early spring here in the coming weeks,” the website’s message says. “We will regroup when this emergency has abated to welcome you back into the full embrace of the Garden.”

From now on, I am only going to write this column about places I can reach by walking from my apartment. On my strolls, I will practice social distancing, which as my wise readers know, means staying six feet or two meters away from other people.

The scene was serene on the last day Brooklyn Botanic Garden was open. Brooklyn Botanic Garden draws up to 1 million visitors per year. During the coronavirus crisis, the most important thing you can do for other Brooklynites — and yourself — is to stay at home as much as possible and keep a respectful distance from other people. (Of course fiercely thorough hand-washing is also crucially important. I hope that’s so ingrained in everyone’s minds by now that I don’t need to mention it. ) We all need to embrace the social-media messages #StayTheFHome and #stayhomesavelives.

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So. Let me show you photos of the epic walk I took on Sunday as well as pictures of Brooklyn’s treasured botanic garden. I started on 95th Street in Bay Ridge, part way down the block from where Fourth and Fifth avenues converge. A big red sign at this intersection says “Welcome to Bay Ridge.” I’m not going to tell you how long my walk to the garden took me. I’m embarrassed to admit that I made a wrong turn, which added a huge amount of time to my trip.

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I walked to Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which has now closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Continued from page 8 INB I pride myself on being an excellent map-reader. I made the mistake of not checking my map as I blithely walked on and on and on in the wrong direction. At the beginning of my stroll, I headed up Fifth Avenue to 84th Street and turned right. This street has a fenced-in pedestrian overpass above the Gowanus Expressway. When you stand in the middle of the overpass and look south, you can see the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. On the other side of the highway, the quiet streets of Dyker Heights awaited. I passed one of my favorite houses, which can be found on the corner of 84th Street and 11th Avenue. It’s made of stone and looks a bit like a medieval castle. It has statues of tigers on the lawn. Two statues of wild rams with wings flank the front steps.

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I turned up 12th Avenue for a serene walk north. At the corner of 64th Street, I saw a historic red-brick building with the name “Angel Guardian Home” on its front gate. The Sisters of Mercy sold the entire campus on which this former orphanage is located to Barone Management. As colleague Paula Katinas wrote in the Brooklyn Reporter, the developer is constructing market-rate housing and plans to build an elementary school. Community Board 10 District Manager Josephine Beckmann hopes the orphanage building will be turned into seniors housing.

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eye on REAL ESTATE I walked to Brooklyn Botanic Garden, which has now closed because of the coronavirus pandemic. Continued from page 9 INB At 62nd Street I turned right and headed to 14th Avenue, which led me through Borough Park. At the intersection of Story Street, 14th Avenue runs into Church Avenue. Before I knew it, I was at the intersection of McDonald Avenue, where the last stop on the G train can be found. I love this part of Kensington. A few years ago, I wrote about the wonderful Bengali restaurants and food markets clustered around this intersection. Nearby, the wedge-shaped building at 130 Church Ave., which houses produce shop Carnival Fresh Market, caught my eye. One side of the building is curved to follow the contours of Beverley Road, which runs alongside it.

FIGHT FOR SUNLIGHT I should have kept walking on Church Avenue into Flatbush and turned at Ocean Avenue. (My wrong turn put me on Ocean Parkway. I had to backtrack.) On Ocean Avenue, there’s an entrance to Prospect Park, which looked alluring in Sunday afternoon’s sunshine. But I really wanted to see Brooklyn Botanic Garden. So I continued up the sidewalk that runs outside the park. The opposite side of Ocean Avenue was lined with handsome old apartment buildings. Just when I was feeling the tiniest bit weary — having wasted so much time walking in the wrong direction — I arrived at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue. One of the garden’s entrances is there. Beside the brick entrance gate, there’s a sign that proclaims, “Fight for Sunlight.”

The Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden looked so picturesque on the day of my visit. The sign refers to the garden’s campaign against two 39-story towers that Ian Bruce Eichner’s Continuum Company and development partner Lincoln Equities plan to build at the Spice Factory site at 960 Franklin Ave. Shadows cast by the towers would do lethal harm to thousands of plants in greenhouses and conservatories, garden officials say. The development site is just 150 feet away from the greenhouses. There’s an online petition expressing opposition to the proposed high-rise construction.

MAGNIFICENT MAGNOLIAS A pathway leading from Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Flatbush Avenue entrance was lined with blooming bushes, including the common camellia and the dawn arrowwood. As I walked past the Shelby White and Leon Levy Water Garden, I noticed people were giving each other lots of social-distancing room. The Magnolia Plaza, which was first planted in 1933, has 72 trees, Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s website says. The saucer magnolias will bloom later this season with big, pink flowers. The types of trees that were in full flower on Sunday are called star magnolias. The blossoms are white and have long, skinny petals. There were fat buds on another type of tree, the Yulan magnolia. A young man sitting at the edge of the plaza with an easel made a painting of the scene. A woman stood close to a blossom-covered branch and drew a sketch in a notebook. Several photographers took pictures of loved ones or snapped selfies.

THE LAB BUILDING IS LANDMARKED For a bird’s eye view of the scene, I walked up the staircase above the front door of the Laboratory Administration Building, which stands beside the Magnolia Plaza. The Tuscan-Revival style building was designated as an individual city landmark in 2007. William Kendall of McKim, Mead & White designed the stucco and terra cotta icon. It’s considered a significant example of the famed architectural firm’s later works. It was constructed between 1912 and 1917. It’s modeled after small churches in the northern Italian region of Lombardy, the city Landmarks Preservation Commission’s designation report about it says.

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A frieze on its facade bears the names of 68 botanists including Carl Linnaeus and Charles Darwin. (Because Darwin is famous for developing the theory of evolution and natural selection, it’s easy to forget he was a botanist.) McKim, Mead & White also designed Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s next-door neighbor, the Brooklyn Museum.

‘A HOST, OF GOLDEN DAFFODILS’ Daffodil Hill, which is another beloved feature of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, can be found right across from Magnolia Plaza. The sweet yellow posies that populate this slope were beginning to bloom when I was there on Sunday. If you like English poetry, the hill will remind you of William Wordsworth’s poem “I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud.” It describes “a crowd, a host, of golden daffodils” dancing in the breeze. Nearby, a section of BBG is called the Shakespeare Garden. An apricot tree at its entrance was covered with delicate blossoms. The pond in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden glittered in the afternoon sun. This was one of the first public Japanese gardens to be built in America. It was completed in 1915. There’s a huge, red Torii in the pond — it’s a gate for a Shinto shrine. One of the reasons I strolled around the pond’s perimeter was to take a look at an early-blooming cherry tree that grows along the water’s edge.

A DAZZLING CHERRY TREE Brooklyn Botanic Garden is best known for its annual Cherry Blossom Festival, Sakura Matsuri, which is held in late April. It’s a weekend full of cultural entertainment that includes Samurai swordsmanship, pop singers and cosplayers dressed in comic book, manga and movie characters’ costumes. A decision about whether to cancel this year’s festival was imminent when I wrote this column. Brooklyn Botanic Garden has more than 200 flowering cherry trees. They are most dazzlingly displayed in the Cherry Esplanade, a lawn flanked by two double rows of cherry trees. It’s too early in the year for them to bloom. But near the esplanade, one big, beautiful cherry tree was in full flower on Sunday. The sight of it was a salve that soothed my anxious mind for a moment. I’d have walked twice as far as I did for a look at that tree. Above the Cherry Esplanade, people strolled down the Robert W. Wilson Overlook’s 600-foot-long pathway. The overlook opened in November. The firm that designed it was Weiss/Manfredi.

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Nets taking care of their own at Barclays Franchise to compensate hourly workers for time lost to coronavirus By John Torenli INBrooklyn

Joe Tsai, the billionaire owner of the Brooklyn Nets, the New York Liberty and Downtown’s Barclays Center, may feel the economic effects of the NBA’s recent shutdown due to growing concerns over the coronavirus. But the 56-year-old co-founder and executive vice chairman of Alibaba Group knows that there are people working in and around his organization that need immediate financial relief from what is shaping up to be an extended stretch of inactivity for his team and its arena. “With the aim of helping Barclays Center staff get through this difficult time, we commit to provide relief to hourly employees for the paychecks they would have earned if Brooklyn Nets regular season games and non-Nets events at Barclays Center were to continue as originally scheduled,” read a statement issued over the weekend by Tsai’s Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment group. “The plan will cover the period from now until the end of May unless the events are rescheduled before that,” the release noted. “We will work closely and expeditiously with our partners, including service contractors, event promoters and unions to implement this plan.” During a time where all non-salaried employees or freelancers are waiting and wondering when, or if, they will receive some sort of compensation from their current employers, Tsai’s show of good will came without any pressure or prompting. “Hourly employees at Barclays Center are the bedrock of the fan experience in the arena,” the release said. “Whether it’s a big smile as fans enter the building or keeping the seats clean or making sure the concession stands are stocked with your favorite items, they are on the frontlines to make our fans feel special. They keep the lights on and the house clean, and they are the first ones to arrive and last ones to leave the building.” Last week’s suspension of the NBA season, which was im-mediately followed by shutdowns in Major League Baseball, the National Hockey League and virtually all professional and am-ateur sporting leagues worldwide, left Barclays Center dark for

The Barclays Center, shut down for sporting events and concerts during this ongoing coronavirus outbreak, will still compensate its non-salaried employees until at least the end of May, thanks to Nets owner Joe Tsai. AP Photo by John Minchillo the foreseeable future. While all of us are in a holding pattern, wondering how long and how far these restrictions on public gatherings will continue during the COVID-19 outbreak, Tsai was one of the first to step up and take responsibility for those who have worked so hard to keep his organization running smoothly. “While all of us are negatively affected by suspension of the NBA season and a state-wide ban on events with 500 people or more, we are especially aware of the difficulties faced by our hourly employees,” the release said. “When games and events are canceled or postponed, work stops and so do paychecks.” Tsai, who purchased the Nets for a record $2.5 billion from Mikhail Prokhorov last year, followed the lead of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban in compensating his arena staff and other non-salaried employees. He was also the first among the owners of our tristate-area pro sports franchises to do so and should be commended for giving

Joe Harris and the Nets might not play again until June, if they play at all this season, after beating the Lakers in Los Angeles last week. AP Photo by Marcio Jose Sanchez

Nets owner Joe Tsai showed great sensitivity to hourly workers at Barclays Center over the weekend, promising to compensate them for time lost due to the arena’s shutdown during the ongoing coronavirus epidemic.

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those affected not only by the virus, but by the economic ramifications of it, one less thing to think about during this turbulent and frightening time. “It is our goal to alleviate the hit to household cash flow from work stoppage for people impacted so they can pay for necessary expenses such as rent, utilities, food and daily necessities,” the release said. The Nets, who were in the midst of a likely playoff-bound campaign, haven’t hit the hardwood since beating LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers at the Staples Center on March 10, the eve of this ongoing stoppage in play for the NBA. Though Brooklyn players are likely working out, both individually and/or in small groups, at the team’s HSS Training Center in Sunset Park, the Nets aren’t likely to return to play until June at the earliest, if at all for the remainder of the regular season. That will likely force Tsai to continue paying Barclays Center employees, who would have also been on hand for any concerts or special events at the arena, for the next several months if not longer. Judging from his rapid response during the initial phases of this crisis, I wouldn’t bet against him doing so. “We want to let our Barclays Center staff know that nobody is left behind and we are in this together,” the release said. Thursday, March 19, 2020 • SPECIAL SECTION of Brooklyn Heights Press/Brooklyn Eagle Weekly • 5

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DURANT AMONG FOUR NETS WITH COVID-19 Infected players remain isolated and under care of team physicians

Nets superstar Kevin Durant is one of four Brooklyn players who tested positive for the coronavirus, according to Tuesday’s team-issued statement.

Rudy Gobert (right) and teammate Donovan Mitchell were the first two players to test positive for COVID-19 last week. The number of NBA players with the virus rose to seven this week after the Nets revealed they had four players test positive. AP Photo by Duane Burleson

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By John Torenli INBrooklyn

The Brooklyn Nets revealed Tuesday afternoon that four of their players, including superstar Kevin Durant, have tested positive for the coronavirus less than a week after the league suspended play due to ongoing concerns over the spread of COVID-19. “Four Brooklyn Nets players have tested positive for the COVID-19 virus,” read a team-issued statement. “Of the four, one player is exhibiting symptoms while three are asymptomatic. All four players are presently isolated and under the care of team physicians.” The remaining three players that tested positive have not yet been revealed, but Durant is not believed to be the player exhibiting symptoms at this time. Acquired this past summer during General Manager Sean Marks’ free-agent windfall, Durant is a former league Most Valuable Player, two-time NBA Finals MVP and arguably the best player in the sport. The 31-year-old Washington, D.C., native has not logged a single minute for the Nets this season, since he is still recovering from an Achilles injury suffered during last year’s NBA Finals as a member of the Golden State Warriors.

But Durant did travel and practice with the Nets on their recent West Coast swing, which was canceled last Wednesday when the NBA suspended its season indefinitely. When the Nets returned from San Francisco, where they were slated to play the Warriors last Thursday, the team was tested back here in Brooklyn, reportedly by a private company that the franchise paid out of pocket, according to an ESPN report. ‘Everyone be careful, take care of yourself and quarantine,” Durant told The Athletic Tuesday evening. “We’re going to get through this,’” The Nets, who were in seventh place in the Eastern Conference playoff race with a 30-34 record, drew some criticism from New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, decrying their ability to receive tests while others in less-fortunate and more-dire circumstances were still waiting. “We wish them a speedy recovery. But, with all due respect, an entire NBA team should NOT get tested for COVID-19 while there are critically ill patients waiting to be tested,” de Blasio wrote in a tweet. “Tests should not be for the wealthy, but for the sick.” Utah’s Rudy Gobert was the first NBA player to test positive last week, prompting the league’s shutdown, before teammate Donovan Mitchell

It will be a while, if at all this season, before the Brooklyn Nets return to action at Downtown’s Barclays Center. AP Photo by Kathy Willens

and Detroit’s Christian Wood also contracted the virus, which has affected hundreds of thousands of people worldwide, resulting in over 8,000 deaths. NBA spokesperson Mike Bass defended the league’s decision for rapid COVID-19 testing when it was revealed that 58 members of the Jazz organization received tests after Gobert was infected. “Public health authorities and team doctors have been concerned that, given NBA players’ direct contact with each other and close interactions with the general public, in addition to their frequent travel, they could accelerate the spread of the virus,’’ Bass said in a statement. “Following two players testing positive last week, others were tested and five additional players tested positive. Hopefully, by these players choosing to make their test results public, they have drawn attention to the critical need for young people to follow C.D.C. recommendations in order to protect others, particularly those with underlying health conditions and the elderly.” The Nets are doing their due diligence to make sure those potentially affected by the four players who tested positive on their roster are informed and taking the necessary precautions. “The organization is currently notifying any-

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one who has had known contact with the players, including recent opponents, and is working closely with state and local health authorities on reporting,” the Nets’ statement read. “All players and members of the Nets travel party are being asked to remain isolated, closely monitor their health and maintain constant communication with team medical staff. The health of our players and staff is of the highest priority to the organization and the team is doing everything within its power to ensure that those affected receive the best care possible.” While the league remains in limbo, along with Major League Baseball, the NHL and virtually every pro and amateur sporting league world-wide, there is a chance that the Nets could return to the Brooklyn hardwood as soon as mid-June, according to several published reports. However, this isn’t a time to anticipate when sports will be back in full gear. Instead, those in the Brooklyn community and around the world are wondering when they can feel a sense of safety and normalcy again in their everyday lives. “As always, we appreciate the support of our fans, partners and surrounding community, and we wish all those who are battling this virus a speedy recovery,” the Nets’ statement closed.

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