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RIDING IT OUT MTA offers essentially free rides on local buses during COVID-19 outbreak SEE PAGE 3

Brooklyn Diocese donates computers, tablets to St. Anselm to help with distance learning SEE PAGE 2

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Brooklyn Diocese donates computers, tablets to St. Anselm to help with distance learning BY JAIME DEJESUS JDEJESUS @BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM

Special delivery! St. Anselm Catholic Academy is one of several schools in Brooklyn and Queens that received thousands of iPads and Chromebacks courtesy of DeSales Media Group of the Diocese of Brooklyn to make the transition to distance learning a smooth one. Schools throughout the state have been forced to adapt to distance learning due to the spread of COVID-19. DeSales has equipped both faculty and 22,000 students throughout the two boroughs with the technology that will allow distance learning to work seamlessly. St. Anselm Principal Kevin Flanagan stated the tech has helped both students and faculty. “The iPads and Chromebooks we secured from DeSales Media enabled us to close school for only a single day before moving to online learning,” he said. “Since we were able to send every K-8 child home with a mobile device, teachers can provide direct instruction through

St. Anselm Catholic Academy

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virtual meetings and recorded lessons even for students without internet access. As a principal, I have been able to observe classes in ways that are impossible in a traditional learning environment. Seeing teachers and students from this perspective has been invaluable to my own understanding of their capabilities.” St. Anselm is slated to be the home of Bay Ridge Catholic this fall. “The Catholic schools in Brooklyn and Queens are handling the new normal for learning, sparked by the outbreak of the Coronavirus, in first-rate fashion,” added Msgr. Kiernan E. Harrington, president and chairman of DeSales Media Group and vicar of communications for the Diocese of Brooklyn. “With [more than] 10,000 iPads and Chromebooks in 44 of our schools, the DeSales Media Group has helped make the transition to distance learning almost seamless for our students and their families. Our schools were ahead of the curve in many ways, better prepared for this sudden and dramatic shift in learning.”

Sanitation collection continues during crisis, with some delays Amid the COVID-19 crisis, Brooklyn residents can expect garbage collection to continue on the regular schedule, with only a few interruptions. “As with other emergency situations, our employees remain steadfastly committed to serving the public and keeping the city healthy, safe and clean,” said Sanitation Commissioner Kathryn Garcia. “New Yorkers depend on us, and we will continue to provide our most essential services to help keep our city healthy. We ask for residents’

patience and cooperation as we work to deliver these services as quickly and safely as possible.” Per the Department of Sanitation, collection schedules should remain on their regular schedule. Residents should have their material out on the curb after 4 p.m., but before midnight on the evening before the collection day. The Department also warned there might be slight delays in collection as contingency plans go into effect to protect sanitation workers, and that collection volumes

(and Sanitation work) will increase as more and more residents hunker down in their homes. Additionally, the Department of Sanitation released a list of its services that are affected by the COVID-19 crisis. These measures include: • Food scrap dropoff sites are closed until further notice • The spring SAFE (Solvents, Automotive, Flammables and Electronics) events, which give residents the chance to drop off their hazardous house-

hold waste, are canceled. Special waste dropoff sites are closed, and residents should not dump waste at these locations. • Compost giveback updates scheduled in April are canceled. • Curbside electronics recycling appointments and pickup requests for ecycleNYC are off until further notice. • Pickup requests for refashionNYC are not being accepted, and Greenmarket clothing collections are suspended.

For updates, call 311, visit nyc.gov/sanitation, or follow @nycsanitation on Facebook,

Rose recommends Fort Hamilton as site for military field hospital deployment

Brooklyn businesses are laying off part-time workers as they struggle to respond to the coronavirus outbreak. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce warns of a “complete collapse” for small businesses that have supported neighborhoods for generations, with 50 percent average revenue losses reported. Restaurants, bars, hotels and entertainment venues are the worst-hit, while most manufacturers and retailers have experienced significant impacts, according to the Brooklyn Chamber. Grocery and drugstores, however, have experienced a surge of shoppers stockpiling groceries and medication. Most businesses worry about their workplace, especially if they need to suspend operations. “Restaurants, retailers, construction firms and small manufacturers do not have the means to close and operate remotely, nor do they have the financial cushion to absorb this blow,” said Randy Peers, president and CEO of the Brooklyn Chamber

BY JAIME DEJESUS JDEJESUS @BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM

In response to the COVID19 surge, U.S. Rep. Max Rose

Fort Hamilton Army Base

sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Mark Esper. In it, he proposes that Fort Hamilton be considered as a possible location for deployment.

The news comes after Esper stated on Monday, March 23 that the Department of Defense is prepared to deploy military field hospitals. “We’re waging war on the

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coronavirus and here in New York City we desperately need reinforcements,” Rose said. He added that he “believes, as New York City’s only Army base and due to its easily accessible location, Fort Hamilton is an ideal site for deployment of a medical field hospital.” Last week, Rose and Staten Island Borough President James Oddo helped secure emergency tents for RUMC to expand capacity at the hospital for coronavirus treatment. “I write to urge you to consider the deployment of military field medical units to establish a field hospital with intensive-care unit capabilities at Fort Hamilton, New York, and further develop that base to serve as a logistical center for military, FEMA and inter-agency operations in New York City,” Rose wrote to Esper. Following a push by Rose, the Navy’s hospital ship USNS Comfort will be deployed to New York Harbor in the coming weeks. It will expand capacity by 1,000 beds.

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Businesses could ‘collapse’ here amid COVID-19 outbreak: Officials of Commerce. “Depending on the duration of the crisis, many businesses will face difficult decisions, which will include laying off employees and possibly closing indefinitely.” On Thursday, March 19, Council Speaker Corey Johnson proposed a $12 billion relief plan to help businesses and workers in New York City impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. But as guidelines change daily, confused business owners are asking for clarification. “We have been in the business since 2000 and we survived 9/11, but this is so different,” one Brooklyn salon owner said. “We had to cancel all 38 scheduled appointments this week.” Zero-interest loans from the city are helpful to some business owners, but many of them can’t take on more debt. The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce welcomes tax payment deferments, outright reduction, or temporary elimination, as well as rent reductions and suspensions. — Editorial Staff

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MTA offers essentially free rides on local buses during COVID-19 outbreak BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER @BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

With dwindling ridership on New York trains and buses due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on Friday, March 20 that riders could essentially ride for free on all local bus routes. Additionally, it was implementing a rear door

policy to keep passengers at a safe distance from the bus driver. “While Governor Cuomo has ordered nonessential workers beginning Sunday night to remain in their homes and not take mass transit, we are taking aggressive action to protect our thousands of frontline employees who are delivering a critical service to New York — moving the healthcare workers, first responders, utility workers and

essential employees who are protecting us from this public health crisis,” said MTA Chairman and CEO Pat Foye.

Transit workers are the lifeblood of this city

“Transit workers are the lifeblood of this city and region and we are going to do everything we can to protect their health and safety,” Foye added. When Bay Ridge resident

Joe D. attempted to board the B-63 bus that runs along Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge, the bus driver abruptly stopped him. “When I tried to board the bus to swipe my MetroCard, the driver motioned me with his finger to stop,” he told this paper. “The driver directed me to enter through the rear door instead. Upon entering I noticed that the handicapped seats up front were in the upright position

with an approximate 15-foot barrier, indicating that no one was permitted near, or to make contact with the bus driver,” he added.

Express bus riders must pay

The MTA statement explained that while all customers must board local bus routes through the rear door, on express buses with only one door, riders would board as normal and pay a fare.

However, they will not be permitted to sit in the first three rows of the bus to ensure customers are a safe social distance from bus operators. Furthermore, the MTA said that its regular fare policy remains in effect wherever onboard payment boxes or SBS offboard ticket machines continue to be accessible. Passengers are also instructed to keep six feet away from others.

Local residents, vet help heal dog of man who was fatally struck by car in Bay Ridge BY JAIME DEJESUS JDEJESUS @BROOKLYNREPORTER.COM

A group of local residents and a veterinarian banded together to help a hurting family and their injured dog. Following the death of 66year-old Frank Decolvenaere, who was struck and killed by a Mercedes-Benz while crossing Fourth Avenue at 101st Street on the evening of Thursday, March 5, while walking his dog Stormy, the nine-month-old pitbull mix was badly injured. While Stormy ran off after Decolvenaere was struck, she was found near her home the same night, and was taken to an emergency veterinarian, VERG Brooklyn, at 196 Fourth Ave., where she was treated for her injuries. “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.” According to Brida, when Stormy arrived at the office

she “was in shock from bleeding. She had pulmonary contusions or bleeding within the lungs. She had pleural effusion, which is bleeding around the lungs. She had traumatic brain injury, multiple abrasions on her paws and her limbs. She also had pelvic fractures.” However, after being treated with intravenous fluids, pain medication, antibiotics, oxygen supplementation and medication to decrease intracranial pressure, she started to breathe more comfortably within 24 hours. She also started walking, according to Brida, and fortunately, did not need surgery. All that care isn’t inexpensive. Britton Woodruff, Ryann Mullin and Annette Jordan, local friends of the Decolvenaere family, set up a GoFundMe page to help with Stormy’s medical bills so the family would have one less thing to worry about. They have already raised more than $7,000 from locals. “The initial motivation was simply because Demetra [Decolvenaere’s wife] is going through a lot with the death of her husband,” Woodruff said.

“There’s going to be some mounting bills for the dog and we thought it would be a good show of community support to just kind of take that off the table for her so she doesn’t have to worry about it.” “They are very close friends of mine and we wanted to support them in any way that we can,” Mullin added. “This is a very hard time for them. We just wanted to be there and pull Bay Ridge together as a community to help out. It worked. People are donating and they are helping just for the sake of the community, so I’m really proud about that.” The initial goal of raising $3,000 was reached within the first 12 hours, Woodruff said, adding, “Since the bills are going to be in the area of 10 grand, we decided to increase it as we went along.” “On one hand, I’m not surprised because Bay Ridge is an amazing community and we live in such a great neighborhood,” Jordan said. “That said, my expectations have been surpassed. To be able to raise $5,000 in under 24 hours was amazing, especially in the times we are living in.” “Most of the people that

have gotten involved, I don’t even know,” Woodruff added. “It’s just giving you a bit of faith in humanity again with all the stuff that is going on in the world.” According to Brida, VERG’s nonprofit organization, Positive Tails, also helped out. “They’re

a fantastic group of people who raise money for animals that have had unfortunate situations and we are lucky they can help financially with cases like these,” she said. The entire incident hit very close to home, according to Jordan, who told this paper, “I

walk my dog right by there on the regular. My daughter goes to Fort Hamilton High School, so she’s constantly walking in the neighborhood with friends around there. It could’ve been any one of us.” To make a donation, visit https://bit.ly/2vVH8fD.

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Love and death in the time of coronavirus BY JOHN ALEXANDER JALEXANDER @BROOKLYNEAGLE.COM

On Tuesday, March 17, a very close friend passed away. He had been struggling for a while with a number of healthrelated issues and finally succumbed to his ailments. My friend was a community leader who ran a foundation that supported numerous charities and institutions throughout Brooklyn and beyond. And while he was born in New York City, he spent the majority of his life in Bay Ridge. Normally, his death would have brought out civic leaders and elected officials from all across the city. But these are not normal times and his death just happened to coincide with some of the most drastic measures taken by the church and the state during the time of the coronavirus outbreak. The wake was by invitation only at the discretion of his immediate family. No more than 10 people were to be in the

on my mind,” DiMarzio added.

funeral home at one time, and due to social distancing, at least six feet apart from each other. Throughout the viewing, those coming to pay their respects adhered to the restrictions. Rather than hugging the family to offer their condolences, they instead touched elbows and exchanged meaningful words and pained expressions. The following morning at the funeral mass, the monsignor presiding over the service announced that this would be the last funeral mass in the Brooklyn Diocese. The cemetery was also scheduled to close at 12 noon on Friday, March 20.

The final funeral mass

Diocese statement

The Diocese statement explained that funerals, weddings and baptisms would no longer be permitted in church. For funerals, graveside services outdoors would be permitted, maintaining the recommendations of the CDC regarding social distancing and at the discretion of the cemetery administration.

Green-Wood Cemetery The Diocese further stressed, a memorial Mass for the deceased can be celebrated later. Weddings and baptisms would be postponed to a later date. “We want to ensure that there cannot be any more possible exposure to the virus at one

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of our churches in Brooklyn and Queens,” Brooklyn Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said. “This was not an easy decision to make; however, the safety of our parishioners and our priests, deacons and religious and parish staff weigh heavily

The final funeral mass for my friend was surreal. In a church that under other circumstances would have been packed with mourners, there were at most 25 people in attendance, including his immediate family. There was one former state senator in attendance and the owners and friends from the restaurants my friend frequented. That was it. My friend would have understood, but I couldn’t help but think he deserved better. In what would have been a convoy-like processional of cars heading to the cemetery, there were only four — the hearse, an SUV with my friend’s immediate family and two other cars with four close friends. And because of the Diocese’s edict, there was a long line of processionals all trying to enter the cemetery before the noon closing. “The passing of a loved one is always a difficult time for a family and those closest to

them,” Msgr. Kieran Harrington wrote in a statement from the Brooklyn Diocese. “My message to those who are afraid is that a priest will always be available graveside as loved ones are laid to rest.” There was a short graveside service before all threw the final rose on the casket and headed home. Restaurants and bars were closed, so there was no opportunity for a mercy meal to share warm memories of the departed or raise a toast to a life well lived. We all just nodded, tapped elbows and blew kisses to each other, comforted only by the fact that my friend was no longer suffering and finally reunited with his wife, the love of his life, who had preceded him in death. And while the entire nation is now enduring the impact of the coronavirus crisis, here’s hoping that the dark cloud hanging over us will be lifted and we can better remember and pay tribute to all of our departed friends and family members ... sooner rather than later.

News From Your Neighborhood BROOKLYN PRINCIPAL DIES OF CORONAVIRUS

BROWNSVILLE — A Brooklyn principal is among 125 city residents who have died of the coronavirus, according to CBS New York. Dezann Romain was principal of the Brooklyn Democracy Academy in Brownsville. She was the first known New York City public school staff member to die of the virus, CBS New York said. In a statement, Schools Chancellor Richard Carranza offered his condolences, saying, in part, “We’ll be there for the students and staff through whatever means necessary.” 

NYC HAS 5 PERCENT OF CORONAVIRUS CASES

CITYWIDE — Three weeks after its first coronavirus infection was discovered, the New York City region reached an alarming milestone on Sunday, according to The New York Times. It now accounts for roughly 5 percent of the world’s confirmed cases, making it an epicenter of the pandemic and increasing pressure on officials to take more drastic measures. Moving to stem the crisis on multiple fronts, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo of New York pleaded with federal officials to nationalize the manufacturing of medical supplies and ordered New York City to crack down on people congregating in public. He suggest� ed some streets could be closed, allowing pedestrians more space, the Times said. 

RIDERSHIP DOWN ON SUBWAYS AND BUSES

CITYWIDE — Ridership was clearly down yesterday on all MTA transit systems, but some straphangers are still taking trains and buses, according to amNewYork. If ridership continues to stay down, it could create a multimillion-dollar loss to the system that might lead to massive cuts in services. Most riders have been advised not to enter fully-loaded trains, amNewYork reported. The MTA reported a 60 percent drop in ridership on Monday. 

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CITYWIDE — With dwindling ridership on New York trains and buses due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced recently that riders could essentially ride for free on all local bus routes, the Brooklyn Reporter website said. Additionally, it was implementing a rear door policy to keep passengers at a safe distance from the bus driver. On express buses, riders will board as normal and pay a fare. However, they will not be permitted to sit in the first three rows of the bus to ensure customers are a safe social distance from bus operators. 

WILLIAMS WANTS DE BLASIO TO SUSPEND CONSTRUCTION

CITYWIDE — New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams is calling on Mayor Bill de Blasio to suspend all non-essential construction work to prevent the further spread of coronavirus, according to the New York Post. “This painful step is needed as part of the city’s aggressive social distancing policy, to protect the health of construction workers, their families, and the general public,” Williams wrote in a letter to de Blasio that was also signed by Councilmembers Brad Lander and Carlos Menchaca of Brooklyn. The three lawmakers wrote the letter after the Post revealed that some construction workers are showing up for work even while sick. 

RANKS OF BROOKLYN VOLUNTEERS GROW

PARK SLOPE — Volunteers have flooded signup lists across Brooklyn and New York City with offers of help for people at risk from the new coronavirus, according to Patch. Park Slope resident Lily Pollak helps to manage one such list, “COVID-19 Support for Elderly and Immunocompromised in Brooklyn.” So far, 125 volunteers have signed up, Patch said. One volunteer, Lauren Yaffe, posted that she can do “whatever is needed” for people living in Park Slope and a wide assortment of Brooklyn neighborhoods. “I love to walk!” she wrote. “Have shopping cart, will travel.” 

BROOKLYN PUBLIC LIBRARY PROGRAMS GO ONLINE

BOROUGHWIDE — The Brooklyn Public Library system has moved several community services to the web, according to

A woman wears a mask and gloves while waiting for a Manhattan bound R Train at the 77th Street Station in Brooklyn on March 12. Eagle photo by Paul Frangipane

the Brooklyn Paper. Library staffers have worked tirelessly to continue to offer their many free programs by computer, such as story time for kids, creative writing contests, gaming sessions and career services. Librarians have started recording story-time sessions with their phones from their living rooms and broadcasting them live on the library’s Facebook page. 

CRISIS UNVEILS SHORT-STAFFING PROBLEMS IN NURSING HOMES

CITYWIDE —About two-thirds of the nursing homes in New York City are staffed below the national average, according to Gothamist. Before the lockdown, many people visited their relatives in the homes for several hours every day. Now, however, those hours are curtailed. In fact, the state Health Department has instructed nursing homes to stop all visits. However, hospice patients can still receive patients. “We have always been worried about nursing home staffing levels, and we are even more worried now,” said Susan Dooha, director of the Center of the Independence of the Disabled. Dooha wants state health inspectors to step up their presence. 

RENDERINGS SHOW EAST FLATBUSH BUILDING

EAST FLATBUSH — Renderings from S. Wieder Architect offer a look at a planned seven-story, mixed-use building at 2708 Snyder Ave. in East Flatbush, according to New York YIMBY. The corner property will eventually contain 105 rental apartments, two stories of commercial space and a 53-vehicle garage. Amenities will include a laundry room, a theater, an exercise room, a yoga room and bike storage. Residents will also have access to shared space on the roof, New York YIMBY said. Developer Anshel Friedman has not yet revealed a timeline for the project, although construction is already under way. 

INDUSTRY CITY HAS NEW CORONAVIRUS CASES

INDUSTRY CITY — Industry City, the 16-building complex on the Sunset Park waterfront, had two additional cases of COVID-19, according to the New York Post. The commercial-industrial complex sent emails to tenants and employees in Buildings 2 and 4, notifying them that people who had recently worked there had tested positive for the virus. In Building 2, the infected person was last seen on campus on March 4. The Building 4 patient was there as recently as March 10, according to the Post.

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BROWNSTONER FEATURES $2.1M BED-STUY BROWNSTONE

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT — Brownstoner is spotlighting a five-bedroom brownstone at 773 Hancock St., Bedford-Stuyvesant. In the dining room, period details such as the original tin ceilings, mantel and built-in china cabinet are still in place. A walk-through bar area connects the kitchen and dining room. A screened-in porch extension leads to a backyard garden. The home also has stained-glass windows in some areas. It is several short blocks to the J train’s Halsey Street station and near neighborhood cafes such as the MacDonough Café, Chez Alex and L’Antagoniste, Brownstoner said. 

NADLER, MALONEY WANT ASSISTANCE FOR MUSEUMS

BOROUGHWIDE — U.S. Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-Brooklyn-Manhattan) and Carolyn Maloney (D-Brooklyn-Queens-Manhattan) have requested that Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy include $4 billion in federal assistance for nonprofit museums in their recovery package. They said in a recent letter, “Museums in New York State support 61,000 jobs and generate $5.4 billion in revenue.” Funds for museums usually come through fundraising, exhibits, educational programs and retail sales, but “without patronage, the earned revenue stream has evaporated overnight,” the legislators said. 

THREE INJURED AFTER FIRE BLAZES THROUGH HIGH-RISE

CONEY ISLAND — Three people were injured in Coney Island Tuesday after their seventh-floor apartment was hit by fire, according to amNewYork. The two injured civilians, a couple in their 50s, were taken to Coney Island Hospital in stable condition. A firefighter was also treated for minor injuries at the same hospital, amNewYork reported. The fire broke out around 5:50 a.m. at the Harborview Complex at 2920 West 21st St., a 12-story subsidized apartment building. Nearly 100 firefighters and EMS personnel responded to the incident, as well as police officers from the 60th Precinct. Firefighters found the injured couple in a stairwell. 

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COBBLE HILL — Residents of Carroll Gardens, Cobble Hill, Boerum Hill and Gowanus have begun hanging rainbows in their windows, according to Pardon Me for Asking. One mother told the well-known blog that “It is a lovely reminder for all of us that in a storm, there is still something to look forward to.” There is even a Google “rainbow map” to which you can add your own multi-colored arch, along with pictures of other rainbows that you spot around the neighborhood.

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Brooklyn residents are going to Green-Wood Cemetery to take walks in its wide-open spaces during New York’s novel coronavirus lockdown. The graveyard is an excellent alternative to parks, where some people have been congregating in groups instead of practicing social distancing. As visitors head towards the famous 478-acre cemetery’s main entrance on Fifth Avenue at 25th Street, they get an eyeful of industrial buildings and construction sites. They may not realize the neighborhoods surrounding it are full of beautiful housing stock — and there’s a transit depot named for an old-school Brooklyn TV star. Here’s a look at some of the eye-catching homes on these peaceful blocks. If you don’t live within walking distance of this area, and therefore won’t be visiting it for the foreseeable future, this story can serve as a virtual tour for you. Neighborhoods along the cemetery’s perimeter include Greenwood Heights and a snippet of Sunset Park. I’m starting my story with Sunset Park because it’s the closer of the two neighborhoods to my Bay Ridge apartment, where I’m working during the coronavirus pandemic. To comply with social distancing rules, I am staying off subways and buses to leave more room on them for people who absolutely need to ride them.

The areas on the perimeter of Green-Wood Cemetery are full of handsome housing stock.

POBLANO PEPPERS AND MEXICAN SPICES On Sunday, when I walked around the area near GreenWood Cemetery, it took me one hour and one minute to get there from my apartment. (As I’ve mentioned, I stroll so slowly I’ve been told a sloth is probably my spirit animal.)

Rowhouses including 3904 Fifth Ave. (at right) extend down the block to 40th Street. The first place I stopped was the corner of Fifth Avenue and 39th Street. This location is close to the portion of the cemetery’s border that runs along 36th Street from Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue. On one corner of 39th Street, a grocery store called Guadalupita II occupies the ground floor of 3901 Fifth Ave. The shop is stocked with foods and spices from Mexico. In happier times, when Brooklyn wasn’t in the middle of a pandemic, I bought ingredients from this shop, schlepped them home on the subway and cooked (err, tried to cook) a Mexican dish called Poblano soup. On Sunday, food stores remained open on Fifth Avenue because they are deemed essential businesses. Several restaurants were open for takeout and delivery only, as bilingual signs in English and Spanish reminded customers. To give you a rough idea of what rowhouses with apartments and storefronts are worth in this part of Sunset Park, 3901 Fifth Ave. was sold for $3.2 million in 2015 to an LLC with Alan Wasserman as general manager and member, city Sunset Park Diner stands on this corner of Fifth Avenue and Finance Department records indicate. 39th Street. INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan On the opposite side of the street, there’s a handsome row of red-brick houses with storefronts that starts at 3904 Fifth tion, they do not. Ave. and extends south to the corner of 40th Street. So don’t be surprised that 889 Fifth Ave. is the address of the handsome building with barrel-vaulted window bays at the A HOTEL AMONG THE ROWHOUSES northeast corner of Fifth Avenue and 39th Street. Sunset Park Here’s a bit of Brooklyn trivia I should mention: The num- Diner is located on its first floor. bering system for Fifth Avenue addresses changes at the interThere are also 12 apartments in this four-story property, section of 39th Street. On the south side of the intersection, city Buildings Department records indicate. the first two digits in the address refer to the closest cross street Continued on page 9INB that’s north of the property. On the north side of the intersec-

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eye on REAL ESTATE See eye-catching homes on the perimeter of famous Green-Wood Cemetery Continued from page 8 INB A modern hotel, Wyndham Garden, can be found a few doors down from a beautiful brick apartment house on the fourth corner of 39th Street. The apartment house’s address is 888 Fifth Ave. and its ground-floor tenant is a restaurant called China Wok. CCL Management LLC, with Daniel Chen as member, built the hotel at 457 39th St. a few years ago. The LLC assembled the hotel site by buying two adjacent properties for a combined total of $1.545 million in 2012, Finance Department records indicate.

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These rowhouses can be found on 36th Street near the cemetery.

On the corner of 36th Street, directly across from GreenWood Cemetery, there’s a mammoth brick and concrete building whose address is 871 Fifth Ave. It’s not much to look at. But a sign near the roof depicts a full moon and a city skyline and is emblazoned with the words “The Jackie Gleason Depot.” This NYC Transit System building is named after Brooklyn-born Jackie Gleason, one of the great comedians during broadcast television’s early decades. In his hit sitcom “The Honeymooners,” his character Ralph Kramden was a bus driver. The 919,000-square-foot depot’s dedication took place in 1988 with a crowd of about 1,200 people present, the Associated Press reported at that time. By the way, Gleason’s famous line, “How sweet it is,” was not something Ralph Kramden said in “The Honeymooners.” It’s from a 1963 movie called “Papa’s Delicate Condition.”

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eye on REAL ESTATE See eye-catching homes on the perimeter of famous Green-Wood Cemetery Continued from page 9 INB Between 36th and 24th streets, the border of Green-Wood Cemetery runs along one side of Fifth Avenue. There are Greenwood Heights homes on the avenue’s other side. There’s a long-running debate about exactly where Greenwood Heights is located, and some people question whether it’s actually a neighborhood unto itself. But Community Board 7, in whose district it’s located, recognizes it as a neighborhood. And the use of the name Greenwood Heights to describe the area near the cemetery was used as long ago as the 1840s by the Brooklyn Eagle, a 2013 Curbed.com story notes.

THERE’S EYE CANDY ALL OVER THE PLACE On the corner of 34th Street, a siding-covered rowhouse whose address is 822 Fifth Ave. is painted with a colorful mural by a graffiti artist who uses the name VERS 718. A modern apartment building on the corner of 33rd Street and Fifth Avenue stands beside a row of beautiful, old-fashioned houses. To give you a rough idea of property values on this block, one of the homes in this row, namely 219 33rd St., sold for $1.295 million in 2016, Finance Department records indicate. There’s a pair of squared-off, flat-roofed houses at 219 and 221 31st St. Both have red awnings over their front doors. The facade of 219 31st St. is creamy-colored brick with red accents, and the facade of 221 31st St. is red brick with white accents. They’re pretty as a picture together. Further down the block, close to the intersection of Fourth Avenue, stucco-covered and siding-covered rowhouses looked serene in the mid-day sunshine.

At left is the development that, as originally planned, would have blocked views of the Statue of Liberty from INBrooklyn photo by Lore Croghan Battle Hill. PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS NAMED AFTER PRESIDENTS On Fifth Avenue just north of the corner of 30th Street, there are yards with lush foliage growing on fences and brick rowhouses, some painted and some not. They’re an unusual and eye-pleasing sight. These are the backs of homes whose front entrances are on a pedestrian pathway called Roosevelt Court, which runs parallel to Fifth Avenue. To describe the setup more precisely, there are two sidewalks with homes facing each one, and garden space between the sidewalks. To give you an idea of what these houses are worth, 5 Roosevelt Court was sold in January for $975,000, Finance Department records show. When you stand on 30th Street in front of Roosevelt Court and do an about-face, you will see another set of homes and sidewalks laid out pretty much the same way. This is Woodrow Court. In 2015, the house at 10 Woodrow Court sold for $980,000 Finance Department records indicate.

PITA CHIPS AND A HIGH-PROFILE GREENHOUSE On 29th Street off Fifth Avenue, beautiful 2½-story rowhouses in varying shades of caramel and orange seem to stretch to infinity. On 27th Street between Fourth and Fifth avenues, oldfashioned red-brick rowhouses delight the eye. At Baked in Brooklyn at 755 Fifth Ave. near the corner of 26th Street, social distancing is being enforced. A sign on the door says a maximum of 10 people at a time are allowed to go inside. This is a division of Aladdin Bakers, which makes pita chips, flatbread crisps and crunchy breadsticks. The retail store, which is attached to a production facility, also sells fresh bread and pastries. There’s a construction fence obscuring all but the top of the Weir Greenhouse at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 25th Street, across from Green-Wood Cemetery’s main entrance. The cemetery is in the process of renovating the landmarked commercial greenhouse, which was built in 1895, and turning it into a visitors center. Green-Wood Cemetery bought the greenhouse for $1.625 million in 2012, and purchased an adjacent property for $1.5 million in 2015, Finance Department records show.

‘NUESTRO ANDAR FLORECE’ Green-Wood Cemetery’s Fifth Avenue border ends at 24th Street, where it turns east and extends to Sixth Avenue. There’s a Con Edison substation on this block, which I didn’t photograph. Before I leave Fifth Avenue, I should point out a former factory building on the corner of 23rd Street. Pablito’s Taqueria

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and Restaurant occupies its storefront, whose address is 723 Fifth Ave. The Mixteca Organization, which offers programs and services for Mexican and Latin American immigrant families, has a community center in the building that uses the address 245 23rd St. The building’s 23rd Street facade is decorated with a vivid painting which is titled “Nuestro Andar Florece.” (The English translation is “Our Journey Blooms.”) Mexican women immigrants who now live in Brooklyn collaborated on this mural project, which was led by artists Michelle Angela Ortiz and Federico Zuvire. While I was taking photos on 23rd Street, a man wearing a big backpack and clutching a shopping bag in one hand rode by on a unicycle. His ability to balance on the one-wheeled vehicle was impressive. Further up the block, a handsome blue-hued house at 291 23rd St. caught my eye. It has changed hands four times in the past decade and a half. Finance Department records show the sale price was $220,000 in 2003, then $529,000 in 2005 and after that $850,000 in 2016. And in 2019, it sold for $1.325 million.

MINERVA’S VIEW OF LADY LIBERTY The border of Green-Wood Cemetery extends along Sixth Avenue from 24th Street to 23rd Street, then runs along 23rd Street to Seventh Avenue. Then it stretches along Seventh Avenue from 23rd Street to 20th Street. As I strolled through this area, another residential property with a beautiful blue-hued exterior got my attention. Its address is 301 23rd St. It has six apartments in it, Buildings Department records indicate. On the corner of 23rd Street and Seventh Avenue, there’s a lowrise condo development on a site that caused a big controversy. In 2005, property owner Chaim Nussencweig’s plan to construct a 70-foot-tall building at 614 Seventh Ave. came to light. The development would have blocked Green-Wood Cemetery visitors’ view of the Statue of Liberty from up on Battle Hill. That’s where a statue of Minerva, the goddess of wisdom and war, stands as a tribute to the brave soldiers who fought in the Revolutionary War’s Battle of Brooklyn on the terrain where the cemetery is situated. Minerva holds up her hand in a salute to Lady Liberty, in a gesture that mirrors Lady Liberty’s raising of her torch. In 2006, the developer signed an agreement with Green-Wood Cemetery to construct a shorter building at 614 Seventh Ave., which would allow the Statue of Liberty to remain visible to visitors on Battle Hill. The agreement was binding in perpetuity. So it remained in effect after another developer, Aaron Lebovits, bought the property for $1.04 million in 2008, Finance Department records show. He constructed 11 modern townhouses that look like a single building. And the view of Lady Liberty remains intact.

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administration now allows New York businesses to access disaster loans because we were designated a disaster area. These are all helpful first steps but ultimately we know that loans for example are not going to replace lost revenue for businesses that have closed down. And a lot of our small businesses don’t want to take on more debt. We know that we’re going to need a cash infusion, whether it’s wage subsidies, government grants or some other mechanism to really support these businesses in the recover phase and getting them back on their feet.

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The Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce has been working hard to help small businesses facing the fear of closure and bankruptcy amid the coronavirus outbreak. In fact, the Chamber’s President and CEO Randy Peers issued a statement of action last Friday that was signed by Chamber heads from all five boroughs. Peers, who had previously served as a vice president of economic development, took over as president of the Chamber in August 2019. For more than a century, the Brooklyn Chamber has been the leading voice representing the business community in the borough. With workers being laid off and stores being forced to close, the Chamber is at the forefront of trying to find ways to help small businesses survive the coronavirus pandemic. Peers took the time to talk about how the Chamber is addressing the situation. Q: How has the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce offered aid to struggling businesses during the coronavirus outbreak? Peers: To start with, we’ve set up a couple of different mechanisms to interface with the business community. We did that because it is really important for us to document what’s happening on the ground to these businesses in real time because we’re beginning to piece together the story of the impact itself. So we did a couple of things right out of the gate in order to set up ways to directly interface with the businesses. The first is we created a channel called the small business hotline on the Brooklyn App. The Brooklyn App is our downloadable digital platform we launched at the

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Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce CEO Randy Peers talks about small businesses fearing closure during the coronavirus outbreak. Photo courtesy of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce beginning of this year. In essence we created a specialized channel for businesses to send up information, but more importantly for us to push out information in a timely way to the business community. The second thing we did was set up an email address just to answer COVID-19 related business and answer business questions. It’s called bcccovid@brooklynchamber.com. So, if a business sends us a question through that email we route it to the right staff member and get back to the business as soon as we can, usually within a day and often even before that. The third thing is that we set up a small business impact

task for. We selected 10 businesses across 10 economic sectors in the borough — everything from a small retailer to Kings Plaza shopping mall, to a manufacturer, a construction firm. And we have a call with this group every Tuesday and every Friday and we ask them the same five questions related to impact such as “how’s your revenue been impacted,” and “how’s your customer base been impacted.” The fourth thing we’ve done is set up calls with a group of business improvement districts, local development corporations and merchants associations across the borough, asking them the impact for their mem-

you could also see that they were ready to win, too,” said assistant coach Bob Atanasio after the win over St. Edmund and several days of good practices. Playing for the championship against a team that had beaten them twice during the regular season, the Bonnies matched the Cougars “basket for basket” for a 19-19 tie at the half. Led by the game’s high scorer Maria Grzegorski (14 points), Fontbonne went on a 15-6 run to take a 34-25 thirdquarter lead. In the fourth quarter, St. Joseph answered with a 13-5 run that brought the game down to 3.2 seconds with Fontbonne maintaining a slim 39-38 lead. Trailing by just one point, St. Joseph’s missed a free throw and Chloe Murphy denied the Cougars a possible winning basket by grabbing the game-saving rebound. Fontbonne head coach Steve

Oliver then called time out so the Bonnies could in-bound the ball at half court to run out the final seconds for the championship. The Bonnies then advanced to play Staten Island’s Moore Catholic High School for the Division A City Championship, but lost to the heavily favored Mavericks, 47-38. After the game, Oliver summed things up: “It was a challenging and surprising season for us. You came on strong at the end of the season and look what you accomplished. The seniors will walk away with a great memory forever, and now the underclassmen have something to build on for next season.”

bers. Those four things represent the Chamber getting information related to the impact in real time. While we’re sheltering in place with some businesses closed down, pushing out this information is important so we can connect them to resources when this is over and they become available. That’s our most important role and to do that we must have a wide reach and we have to be interfacing with those businesses on a regular basis.

How the Chamber can help small businesses

Q: What are some long-term measures the Chamber can take to help small businesses?

Peers: Long-term, the Chamber’s role as the eyes, ears and the voice of the business community is going to be very, very important as we advocate policy makers and elected officials for the resources necessary to really recover from this crisis economically. Q: What would the Chamber like to see the government do to help small businesses during the shut down? Peers: One thing that we acknowledge is that ultimately it’s going to take a pretty massive federal investment in order for us to really get back on our feet. The city and the state can do some things as well. The small business

Q: Some of the suggestions the Five-Borough Alliance had suggested have happened such as suspending the plastic bag ban to help consumers and retailers during this time. So your voice is being heard. Peers: Yes, and delay in sales tax payments was another victory for us. Truthfully, when we first put that list together we didn’t know the duration or the depth of the impact. If my thinking has shifted in any way, it’s this: there are certainly things we’d like to see the city and state do, however we also recognize that ultimately we’re going to need this very large stimulus or recovery investment from the federal government. Q: What are the next steps? Peers: I do want to say from the Brooklyn Chamber’s prospective we already owe a debt of gratitude to our front line healthcare workers and we’re pulling for them and praying for them every day because we ultimately know that they’re on the front lines of this battle and what they’re doing is most critical to all of us. Our healthcare workers are the true heroes right now.

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The old saying, “It’s not how you start, it’s how you finish,” aptly applied to the Fontbonne Varsity Basketball Team this season as they captured the Brooklyn-Queens Division A Championship on March 8 at Xaverian High School. The Bonnies struggled this season with a sub-.500 regularseason record after being given a more competitive regional intersectional schedule. However, after beating rival St. Edmund Prep 30-26 in this year’s semifinal playoff round, the Bonnies gained a second wind to advance to the championship game against the St. Joseph Cougars, the Division A regular-season winners. “You could tell that the girls came ready to play, but

AT RIGHT: The Fontbonne Varsity Basketball Team are the 2020 Brooklyn-Queens Division A champions. Photo by Agatha Alicandro

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t was said after 9/11 that things would never be the same again. It was said after Superstorm Sandy that in coastal communities in the New York area things would never be the same again. It was said after Hurricane Katrina in the Gulf states that things would never be the same again. And now in recent days, as the economy tanks and our invincibility as a nation is tested, we fear for our future and wonder if things will ever be the same again. There is a certain degree of truth to the aforementioned statements. We learn from events and, by the very nature of accumulating knowledge, we change. The

9/11 attacks brought changes and restrictions that are a result of the need for greater national security. Katrina and Sandy resulted in a greater regard for changing weather patterns and the need to spend large sums on resiliency projects. They too caused economic hardships that we feared would be difficult to overcome. My answer to those who stress about the future is two-fold. Things will change, but over time will mostly come back to what they were once again. History, as we learned from 9/11, Katrina and Sandy, proves that out. The ordinary things that are part of our normal

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chloroquine as a miracle cure for COVID-19, stating it has been approved by the FDA and urging it “be put in use IMMEDIATELY.” The FDA issued a correction that it has not been approved and administration experts warned against any idea it is safe to use. On March 23, an Arizona man died and his wife was in critical condition after they took the drug. Trump has dramatically overstated how many tests are available, promised that Navy hospital ships would arrive at hot zones within a week when they are months from being deployed, and told nurses he met with that the government had ordered 500 million N95 respirator masks for them, leaving out that the order will take 18 months to fill. Telling us that the challenges we face will all soon

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“The sheer extent of this crisis can be overwhelming and anxiety-inducing. It is important that while we all try to stay informed, we take moments to find something positive to focus on.” In his March 23 press conference, the president indicated that he feels we need to begin easing restrictions to get the economy moving again. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R-Texas) said on March 23 that “lots of grandparents would be willing to die in order to save the economy for their grandchildren.” The damage to our

probably never be the same as we rehash what was done right and what was not. For the time being, as we read, see and hear countless times every day, please stay at home. We can do it at least for now. Stress levels are high. There is a voracious appetite for good news. But we can do it and we must to break this awful virus. Things will mostly be the same again. Some things will change for the better, other things not so much. Be safe! *** While most of us will be

safe in our homes, others will need to work, such as first responders, including police, fire and EMS, doctors, nurses and pharmacies, just to name a few. We cannot forget grocers and their employees, transit workers and sanitation employees who provide important necessary services. And how about the farmers, food processors and truckers who must keep the supply lines full and moving. They all deserve our thanks. Now, and when this is all over.

MATTER OF FACT BY JAY BROWN

economy will be devastating, but saying that we should all go back to our normal lives to save the economy, while telling seniors that they need to be willing to sacrifice their lives for it, is insane and immoral. The sheer extent of this crisis can be overwhelming and anxiety-inducing. It is important that while we all try to stay informed, we take moments to find something positive to focus on. It is hard to find silver linings in any of this, but members of our communities have really stepped up during a time when it is hard to know how one even goes about how to safely help others. Local restaurants and bars have completely

converted their businesses to provide delivery and takeout, and so many of us have made a point to support them by placing orders. Hair salons have created coloring packages with do-ityourself instructions, which can be picked up curbside, while establishments that usually provide in-person classes — from workouts to cooking to kids’ music — have created virtual versions that their customers can stream while stuck at home. Local nonprofits, like Bay Ridge Cares, quickly created a system to safely link willing volunteers with neighbors in need. After I wrote this column, I went to pick up a care package and deliver it to an at-risk community member. Most impressively, teachers have done a truly

amazing job creating a completely new way of learning in just one week. My son’s new online kindergarten class has been very important to our family at a time when we have so much else on our plate, and his teachers have been incredible. When you do need to get out for groceries or fresh air, do like I have been doing each time I go for a run. From at least six feet away, thank every healthcare worker, sanitation worker, grocery delivery person, mail carrier, and anyone else you see out there keeping our society functioning. They all appreciate it and it’s the least we can do for them at a time when doing their normal work has become both potentially dangerous to them and extremely important to us all.

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Focus on Bay Ridge By Charles F. Otey

Business groups link their efforts to keep commerce flowing here Coronavirus forces stores to close, but Howe, BID leaders step up communications Most stores are closed here, but Merchants of Third Avenue President Bob Howe is working with merchants from all over Bay Ridge to keep the lines of communication open. Official estimates vary, but a reliable source advises that there are more than 10,000 employees working in the hundreds of local businesses on Third and Fifth avenues, as well as the 86th Street shopping area. “Small business is anything but ‘small’ as far as neighborhoods like ours are concerned,” Howe said. “We must obey all local and federal anti-virus warnings and still keep an eye on the time when things return to normal. To prepare for normalcy, we must keep open the lines of communication here.” The campaign started with his first message, as follows: “As we find ourselves in this critical, everchanging environment, the volunteer officers of the Merchants of Third Avenue Association, in conjunction with the Business Improvement District Steering Committee, have been meeting to discuss how best to assist the avenue stakeholders. “Because of the continuing developments in the fight against the COVID-19 virus, the advice and information available at this moment could change in the blink of an eye. With that in mind, the Association and the Steering Committee has developed the following plan: We will aggregate and disseminate the most current information we can gather from a variety of sources, including the New York City Small Business Services [SBS], the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, the information coming out of the 76 NYC BIDS and the information coming from our elected officials.” Once Howe and his team launched the

Dan Texeira

‘Horsing Around’ on Third Ave. Granted there wasn’t much traffic on Third Avenue this past week, but many were surprised — pleasantly so — to see Diana Howe making friends with a beautiful horse named Morgi, owned by Abdul Elenani, whose entrepreneurial holdings include Cocoa Grinder and the newly opened Fritebar. “Lady Di,” as she’s known to thousands of friends, was helping husband Bob Howe, who serves as president of the Merchants of Third Avenue, in conducting a discreet, keep-your-distance survey of the avenue, which has come to a virtual standstill since the coronavirus outbreak. Photo courtesy of Bob Howe Howe: We must share what we know

Merchants of Third Avenue President Bob Howe ebrooklyn media/File photos communications initiative, he and Sheila Brody, who also leads the avenue’s BID Steering Committee, started working with the Fifth Avenue BID, led by Amanda Zenteno, and the 86th Street BID, led by Patrick Condren, in an effort to coordinate information gathering and sharing to better serve the entire Greater Bay Ridge area.

Sheila Brody

In the meantime, the Merchants of Third Avenue organization is sharing information about topics such as insurance for income loss from member and insurance expert Dan Texeira and social media postings from Brody of the Green Spa & Wellness Center. “We are also sharing information from our elected officials,” Howe said. “We are encouraging our members to share on our social media as well. We will act as a clearing house for tips and hints [and maybe some funny or uplifting stories] from our retailers and food service operators. Make sure you are following us on social media so we can stay connected: @merchantsof3rdave on Instagram

Gov. Andrew Cuomo

and @ThirdAvenueBayRidge on Facebook.”

Noting an eerie Cuomo ‘corona’ connection

In a recent Facebook posting, this writer noted the following: “Corona — a name that launched former Gov. Mario Cuomo’s career — can be linked directly with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s recent rise to national statute. In 1969, young Mario came to the rescue of the ‘Corona 69’ — residents who were fighting to save their building. In 2020, Andrew’s excellent explanations and clear understanding of the coronavirus have catapulted him to deserved acclaim. Call it coincidence … eerie!”

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Contact Patrick's Church and athere personal Raven, little girl who is half Siamese. I love be affectionate, play with toys; you would think dinner dance on through the pathways, Thursday evewere uniformed re-enactors NEW YORKERS: am spayed with my vaccinations and micro chipped.” Sherman Silverman at 718-748friend. affectionate, mythe toys; you would think Ibe was a kitten. I and will play give with you all love and attention Thursday uniformed re-enactors June 2,eveat --were soldiers standing guard, ning, Please contact cats@zanisfurryfriends.org. 3165 or send him a check payable to the A host of dignitaries were on hand to join I was a kitten. I will give you all the love and attention you seek. I am spayed, housebroken. Unfortunately we ning, June 2, at -soldiers standing guard, musicians and singers per- 7:30 p.m., at the Society of Old Brooklynites, 340 Marine AveKane's family, friends and associates on this you seek. I am spayed, housebroken. Unfortunately we are seeking a new home because my mommy has severe 7:30 p.m., at the musicians and singers perPolonaise Terrace, forming Civil War songs. *** to keep nue, Brooklyn, NY 11209. auspicious occasion. City Councilmember are seeking a new home because my mommy has severe allergies and is no longer able us. I hope to join Polonaise Terrace, forming Civildrew War thousands songs. 150 Greenpoint The event Zani’s Furry Friends a 501(c)3 non-profi *** Vinnie Gentile -- who ensured full Counallergies and is no longer able tobekeep us. I hope ttoorjoin your loving family. You willis not disappointed…Hello 150 Greenpoint The event drew thousands Avenue. of relatives, Civil War buffs, the ganization committed to rescuing companion ani-I Former Science Assistant Principal and a cil approved the co-naming, wrote in the proyour loving family. You will not be disappointed…Hello there, I am Figaro a tuxedo cat, cuddly, loving boy. Avenue. of relatives, Civil War buffs, Thistogether year, the group amateur historians and New Yorkers working andBay staying home can slow the spread ofI coronavirus (COVID-19) mals York where, unfortugram, "A lifelong Ridge Tom's there, amNew Figaro a City tuxedo cat,toys, cuddly, loving love tofrom snuggle up, play withshelters my act silly andboy. am Thisbeyear, the past group amateur historians and resident, will honoring its Ridge Community Council Presigenealogists, local Bay residents nately, they are at signifi cant risk for euthanasia in New York City. When you go out for essential needs, work or to get fresh air, keep distance dent, Tom Greene was back at Denyse Wharf tremendous contributions and achievements love to snuggle up, play with my toys, act silly and am great with animals and people. Please call our mommy, be honoring its genealogists, residents willNational Commander and hundreds local of out-ofdue to overcrowding. Beyond directly helping the and the adjoining small beach under the left an indelible mark on the community he great with animals and people. Please call our mommy between yourself and others and take the following precautions. Stephanie 732-864-5990.” National and hundreds of out-ofFredCommander Schwally, towners. According animals save, their rescue creates space at shadow of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge for loved so much." Stephaniethey 732-864-5990.” Fred Schwally, towners. According New York State to cemetery histhe shelter—thus giving cat old, or his group's 25th Bi-Annual Wharf and Beach Close friend Frankie Marra sang and JASPER, DARWIN, AND another VESTA –shelter three year New York State to cemetery Commander torian, authorhisdog an opportunity to await a chance for adoption Cleanup. This year, he was joined by 75 high played "Forever Young" by Bob Dylan. Kane JASPER, DARWIN, – three year old spayed, neutered with AND shots,VESTA affectionate cats need Commander torian, author J o h n the Principal of and attorney or rescue and thereby potentially saving yetThese anschool grade school volunteers. big, spayed, withaction shots,against affectionate cats need new homeneutered due to legal a tenant. JKeyes o and hand n the and the of Jwas e fafattorney r e ybig Dylan fan! A.Principal Fantis parochial school other life. loving Greene continues to Fantis press efforts to school estab*** new home due tocats, legalwhich action against tenant. wonderful, are loved, aare white These with Keyespast and Jeffrey theSchermerhorn A. parochial the Richman, on Street in The group’s mission is to would help you find the perfect lish a Marine Environmental Science Lab at Among the marching groups in the recent wonderful, loving cats, which are loved, are white with some black or gray, and two love to go to a good the past Richman, on Schermerhorn Street in National Downtown Brooklyn. 4,600 Civil furry companion forand your family and to help every the site. He is also currently a professor at 147th annual Brooklyn Memorial Day Pasome black or gray, two would love to go to a good home as a pair. They are brothers and sister rescued as National 4,600 Civil Downtown Brooklyn. Chaplain, War vetAmong the attendees were animal they rescue fiREDUCE nd the forever home it deserves. PROTECT THE PROTECT YOURSELF Kingsborough College. rade was the Society of Old Brookynites. The home as a pair. They are brothers and sister rescued a kittens from a backyard. Mistie, a tuxedo cat, is a big War vetattendees were FChaplain, a t ARE h e rSICK erans are twoAmong past the FHHS Assistant IF YOU The group’s foster home network allows itTroyens44@ to become MOST VULNERABLE OVERCROWDING AND OTHERS Maria Makrinos, the new president of the civic organization has been marching in evkittens from a backyard. Mistie, a tuxedo cat, is a big couch potato and very laid back. Contact F a t h e r Principals erans are two pastDavid FHHS Assistant Anthony buried in Whitebook fully withvery each of back. the available cats and Hamilton and High School Alumni Associaery Brooklyn couchfamiliar potato and laid Contact Troyens44@ yahoo.com. Anthony buried in Memorial Day Parade since its Fort Principals David Whitebook Dell’Anno. Green-Wood, Tom Greene. Both are dogs and helps ensure the best possible match with • Stay home if you have • Stay home. • Keep at least 6 feet between • Stay home. tion, stopped, bringing free doughnuts for founding 1880. yahoo.com. Dell’Anno. Green-Wood, and Tom Greene. are Tickets are by making it in the former presidents of Both the heart Bay lung disease, disease, yourself and others. adoptive families. Zani’s Furry Friends is a mem• Telecommute if possible. • If $75 youTickets have a volunteers. cough, all the “Hi, I’m Tali, a gorgeous, white long-haired cat in search are Ridge making it Civil the formerCommunity presidents ofCouncil, the Bay per person. largest ber of the Mayor’s Alliance and a 11 New Hope • Wash your hands with soap shortness of breath, fever, * * * diabetes, cancer or a of If you do go out: “Hi, I’m Tali, a gorgeous, white long-haired cat in search a new home to call my own. I’m years oldPartner but still $75••• per person. and largest Civil in Ridge Community Council, War burial Whitebook serves as a system. weakened immune andsite water often. sore throat and do not feel with the Animal Care & Control of New York City. The Kings County Republican Party is • Stagger work hours away of a new home to call my own. I’m 11 years old but stil have quite a lot of spunk left. I’m strictly an indoor cat. ••• Warnorth, burialeven site surpassing in and Whitebook serves as a Congressmember Michael the t r u s t e e and scholar• StayReception home and and call, video betterholding after 3-4its days, There are Cat and Dog Adoptions Every Sunday at • Cover your nose and mouth 2014 Lincoln Day from peak travel times. have a lotyour of spunk left. up, I’mI strictly anI only indoor cat won’tquite scratch furniture promise. have Congressmember Michael the north,with even surpassing when t r u s t e e chat or and will be the guestdoctor. Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. s h i pfamilyIor textscholarwith consult with your a tissue or sleeve Grimm Petco, 1280 Lexington Avenue, between East 86th Dinner on Sunday, June 22, from noon to 3 •IWalk orbeen bike.livingup, I won’t scratch your furniture I promise. have back claws. have with my momI only all these Grimmat•will be the guest Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. s h i p the next meeting Also as sneezing part of or thecoughing. com- speaker friends who have one of If you p.m., need help getting and 87th Streets in from 12:30at Gargiulo’s in Coney Island. Among backEast claws. I there have been living withbaby my is mom all these years, but now is a toddler. The sweet, but I • Do not gather inManhattan crowds. these conditions. speaker at the next meeting Also as• Do part of the comof St. Patrick’s Men’s Club, on memoration there were medical care, call 311. not touch your face with 5:30pm. Hope to see you soon. the honored guests will be Westchester Counyears, but now there is afingers toddler. Thegrab babymy is sweet, but am not used to pinching that tail. I need of St. Patrick’s Men’s Club, on memoration there were Tuesday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m., encampments of Union and unwashed hands. • NYC will provide care ty Executive not where used toI pinching fingers that grab my tail. need aam space can be the queen. Can you find a Iplace Tuesday, June 7, at 7:30 p.m., Rob Astorino, the state GOP’s encampments of Union and in the club room adjacent Confederate re-enactors who regardless of immigration • Monitor your health more ***queen. Can you find a place candidate for governor. a space where I can be the for me in your quiet home?” in the club room adjacent Confederate re-enactors who to St. school gym-to pay. pitched tents nearthan theusual mainfor cold status or ability closely or Patrick’s HEY JUDE...WOOF WOOF: “I am heartbroken to He has for me in your quiet home?” Kim 718-344-9697 to St. Patrick’s gympitched near the main at 97th school Street andbeen tapped as the county’s “Man gate, on tents both Sunday and nasium flu symptoms. give up my two half-Pointer-mix, 10-month-old pups. the Year.” Kim 718-344-9697 nasiumAvenue. at 97th of Street and Other honorees include former gate, on both Sundaystepand Fourth Memorial Day. While Sabrina and Tyson love to play ball and run around. PURRFECT MEWS: All of Jenny’s rescued kitties Memorial step- Fourth Avenue. ••• GOP Assembly Candidate Tom McCarthy ping along Day. in theWhile nighttime Both pups love people, are lap dogs, love to sit with as “Counselor of the Year,” past City CounPURRFECT MEWS: All of Jenny’s rescued kittie have been adopted into loving homes. ••• from pingText along in the More news St. procession, we came across for real-time COVID to nighttime 692-692 updates or visit nyc.gov/coronavirus. you. Sabrina gives into kisses but homes. sometimes Bill de Blasio gives a litcil candidate and President of the Brooklyn have been adopted loving More On news from procession, we came across Patrick’s. Sunday, June St. 5, Susan Pulaski, a former tle love bite before kisses. She Mayor hates the vacuum Call 311 to report harassment or discrimination. Call Young 888-NYC-WELL, text "WELL" to 65173 Republicans Russell Gallo as “Young Patrick’s. On Sunday, June 5, Susan Pulaski, a former Oxiris Barbot, MD after a 2 p.m. special concert president of the Bay Ridge or chat online at nyc.gov/nycwell to connect with a counselor. and barks at it. Tyson loves people, loves to play and Commissioner Republican after a 2 p.m. special concert president of the and Baya Ridge St. Patrick’s Church, thereof the Year,” plus the following Historical Society com- in c h a i rla*Messages and data rates may apply. Check your wireless provider plan for details. watch his sister play ball. He loves to play tug of dies, as “Women of the Year” Phyllis Carbo, in St. Church, there person of the Kassenbrock Historical Society and a com- will ch a i rbe Patrick’s an unveiling and dedimittee chair at Community war. They are lap pups. He also makes noises like Francenia Joan Braunstein and Mary Members of Obviously, the Society of Old Brooklynites march will beof an unveiling mitteeTen. chair at Community person of the Kassenbrock cation a portrait ofand the dedilateHall,Brothers Board pleased Memorial Chewbacca from ‘Star Wars.’ It is very cute. I am in John. in the recent Brooklyn Memorial Parade of with cation a portrait of the late Scholarship Board Ten.big Obviously, pleased Brothers Fund.Memorial with the turnout, wasDayMaestro Aldo Bruschi in the Also in Lynbrook, New York.” – Jackie, 516-6980-5669. Tickets are $200 a pop and available at Society President Brooklyn Historian Ron Aldo Bruschi in the Scholarship Fund. Also in with the big and turnout, was Maestro

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