Brooklyn Heights Press and Cobble Hill News

77TH YEAR, NO. 3,992

THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018

50 CENTS

‘Sex Slave’ Cult With Show Biz Leaders Partly Based in Heights

Actress From ‘Smallville’ Used Heights Apt. Building as Base SEE PAGE 3

Now that Spring has finally sprung, it’s officially selfie season on the Brooklyn Promenade. Bicyclists and pedestrians flocked to the scenic spot to snap photos of the Manhattan skyline — and, of course, themselves — during the weekend, when temperatures reached the 60s. Heights Press photo by Lore Croghan

Heights Press photo by Mary Frost

More Cops, Cameras Should Control Unruly Crowds in BBP, President Says

Thousands of park goers streamed out of Brooklyn Bridge Park along Old Fulton Street to Cadman Plaza West, shown above, last April after sections of the park were evacuated by police.

Rats the Size of Burritos Feast on Chipotle’s Trash

Chipotle Blames Construction Site; BHA Blames Chipotle

By Mary Frost Brooklyn Heights Press

Supersized rats have been feasting on the all-you-can-eat trash buffet in front of Chipotle in Brooklyn Heights, but locals are the ones who’ve had their fill.

The popular Montague Street eatery dumps its garbage out front around 6 p.m. every evening, giving rats hours of feeding time.

“On average, I see four or five rats going back and forth from the garbage to the building next door under construction,” said Brooklyn Heights resident William Taylor, who has documented the rippedopen garbage bags and the vermin. “With a constant source of food, I wonder how big the rat community has grown!”

Chipotle blamed the rats on the construction of a new apartment tower where office building 189 Montague St. and residential building 146 Pierrepont St. once stood.

“It wasn’t like that before. When they started the con-

struction, they came out,” said Margarette Pierre, a Chipotle manager. She added the restaurant tries its best to properly bag its waste because “the rats are not good for us, either.”

“I’ve seen rats bite through the bags — and they’re big,” she said.

She described the rats as particularly aggressive to passersby.

The Brooklyn Heights Association said Chipotle can’t just point its finger at the construction site.

“Rats are attracted to food, and Chipotle is contributing to the problem by putting its garbage in bags that rats can easily open,” said Peter Bray, the group’s executive director. “If there is no food available, the rats would not be foraging on the sidewalk in front of the restaurant. It is incumbent upon Chipotle to put their garbage in rat-resistant containers.”

City inspectors found signs of rats at the construction site back in August 2015, but the project got a clean report just over a year later, the last inspection on record.

The company that is developing the apartment building did not respond to a request for comment.

But a worker on the site admitted that there is at least one rat — and he said it was enormous.

How big? When asked to describe the animal, he held out his hands to the width of a very large house cat … or a particularly well-stuffed burrito.

INSET: A worker at the 189 Montague St. construction site holds his arms out to indicate the size of a very large rat he saw while on the job. AT LEFT: Local resident William Taylor snapped this photo of a rat rooting around in Chipotle’s garbage one recent night.

INSET: Heights Press photo by Mary Frost AT LEFT: Photo courtesy of William Taylor

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5 Million Visitors Are Expected This Summer

By Mary Frost Brooklyn Heights Press

Officials at Brooklyn Bridge Park say this summer season will be safer and saner thanks to stepped-up police enforcement and a rash of new surveillance cameras that hope to prevent the outbreaks of mayhem that have marred the waterfront oasis in years past.

Park President Eric Landau told the Brooklyn Heights Press that more police, more park patrol officers and the installation of security cameras should go a long way toward preventing brawls, robberies and even gunfire.

Last April’s partial evacuation, caused by an unruly flash mob, was the last major outrage to hit Brooklyn Bridge Park.

But it was a wake-up call. Since the incident, Landau said, the park enjoyed a “wonderfully successful and busy year.” Landau was appointed by Mayor Bill de Blasio to lead the park. His tenure started after that final Spring Break rumble.

Landau said the park has 15 Park Enforcement Patrol officers and three sergeants on staff, and will be adding eight more during the height of the season. Last year there were just 10 park officers.

“They’re the eyes and ears of the park,” he said.

A security camera capable of rotating 360 degrees was installed last year on Pier 2, he said. And four more cameras were installed on the Ample Hills building at Pier 5. Pier 2 has been the scene of many social media-driven disturbances in the past.

Park-related violence, including muggings, vandalism and robbery, has also been reported on Joralemon Street and other routes into the park in and around Brooklyn Heights.

After a number of unruly outbreaks in years past, the Brooklyn Heights Association and the Willowtown Association called on park officials, the NYPD and the community to work together.

Last Tuesday, members of the 84th Precinct Community Council were told the precinct was assigning additional police to the park during the warm weather. The precinct is expecting eight new officers in the coming weeks, arriving before the busy season really takes off.

That staffing matches the NYPD’s response after last April’s evacuation.

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‘Sex Slave’ Cult With Show Biz Leaders Partly Based in Heights

Actress From ‘Smallville’ Used Heights Apt. Building as Base

By Paul Frangipane Brooklyn Heights Press

In prominent areas of the borough, Brooklynites are living among the ranks of a cult that allegedly recruited slaves to have sex with its founder and disguised itself as a self-help group.

Former group-publicistturned-whistleblower Frank Parlato said up to a dozen slaves at a time allegedly frequented 111 Hicks St. in Brooklyn Heights for various rituals over the past year.

“I’m pretty shocked,” lifelong building resident Eddie Owens told the Brooklyn Heights Press. “It’s hard to believe that something like that could be going on in this building.”

Parlato also said that “Smallville” actress Allison Mack, who was arrested on Friday for allegedly serving as a slave master, recruited potential

members at 258 Johnson St. in East Williamsburg.

And while Keith Raniere, 57, the self-help group Nxivm’s founder, is awaiting arraignment at Sunset Park’s Metropolitan Detention Center, alleged member Clare Bronfman moved near the jail to better defend the leader, Parlato said.

Members also came to Brooklyn, according to Parlato, because general recruitment went down after he broke the story of the cult allegedly running sexual slavery and branding slaves with Raniere’s initials on their pubic areas.

“Brooklyn is where they’ll be,” Parlato said.

“Brooklyn is where Raniere said.”

Raniere was arrested last month for allegedly running a part of Nxivm as the secretive cult called “DOS,” according to court documents.

A former Nxivm publicist alleges that slaves frequent Brooklyn Heights' 111 Hicks St. building.

Heights Press photo by Paul Frangipane When slaves were accepted into the group after providing “collateral” that consisted of damaging personal information, they were allegedly groomed to have sex with Raniere,

prosecutors allege.

Slaves were also allegedly forced into sleep deprivation that made them lose their ability to menstruate.

ABOVE: Keith Raniere, center, is seen in a court sketch during a Brooklyn federal court hearing after his arrest. INSET: Actress Allison Mack was arrested on sex trafficking charges for her alleged participation in a sex cult.

SKETCH: Elizabeth Williams via AP; INSET: Photo by Todd Williamson/Invision/AP Thursday, April 26, 2018 • Brooklyn Heights Press • 3

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NEIGHBORHOOD NEWSBEAT ‘Bike Train’ Takes Off From Williamsburg WILLIAMSBURG — About 30 cyclists on Thursday bicycled across the Williamsburg Bridge as part of a “Bike Train” to raise awareness about next year’s L train shutdown, according to Bklyner. The group will continue to ride on the bridge weekly throughout the shutdown to encourage Williamsburg residents to switch to commuting by bike. The riders were a mixed bag of transit activists, business commuters and students, Bklyner reported. They were led by “conductors” in orange safety vests who called out stops along the way. Some carried signs calling for “people-ways,” or more lanes for walkers, bicyclists and buses, on Grand Street and 14th Street in Manhattan. But just as they were about to get onto the bridge from the Brooklyn side, they were temporarily blocked by a double-parked car, a reminder of the real auto-based world as it exists today.

Brighton Beach Family Raises Autism Awareness BRIGHTON BEACH — A local teen who was previously diagnosed with autism and his family are now raising funds for the nonprofit group Autism Speaks and raising awareness to help other kids with autism overcome their difficulties, according to News12 Brooklyn. Nicholas Sirota, an athletic 14-yearold who was just admitted to a top school, says he struggled with the syndrome as a

child. “I really didn’t know how to interact with other kids, but with support from everyone that I know and everyone I love, I have overcome all that,” News12 quoted him as saying. In their efforts, he and his mother are teaming up with his former preschool, Steps to Success. Sirota’s mother will also run a marathon this fall and give her donations to the cause.

Sunset Park Residents Say Precinct Snafus Road Project SUNSET PARK — Some area residents say that a stretch of Fourth Avenue between 29th and 30th streets where 72nd Precinct cops park squad cars and personal vehicles could be the key to making a bike lane project safer, according to PIX11. A street redevelopment project for Fourth Avenue is establishing a bike lane on every stretch of the avenue – except between 29th and 30th streets. Neighbors are concerned that this would force cyclists to merge into a car lane for one block and then re-enter a bike lane one block later, PIX11 reported. Some critics also say that police parking at that location may be unnecessary, because the precinct has a garage. A spokeswoman for the city Department of Transportation [DOT] said, “We are aware of the concerns and will continue to work closely with the community and NYPD to accommodate neighborhood needs.”

Outdoor Fitness Center Coming To Prospect Park PROSPECT PARK — The Prospect Park Alliance, with funds provided

by Councilman Mathieu Eugene, plans to build a free outdoor fitness center in the park’s Parade Ground, according to the Brooklyn Paper. It will include pull-up bars, concrete step-up blocks and a balance beam. The center will also include a space for yoga and other openair classes, the Brooklyn Paper reported. In addition to the fitness center, Prospect Park will install a special cooling machine that will regularly spray a watery mist near the soccer fields. The remainder of the $750,000 in funding will be used for renovations, including repairs for the park’s volleyball court.

City to Move Statue of Infamous Doctor to Green-Wood GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY — The city’s Public Design Commission voted Monday to remove the Central Park statue of a gynecologist who experimented on slaves to Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Ceremony, next to his grave, according to the Daily News. Dr. J. Marion Sims, who was once hailed as the father of modern gynecology, has lately been the subject of increasing criticism because of his experiments on enslaved black women without the use of anesthesia.

“These procedures were part of a shameful legacy of experimentation by white doctors on black bodies,” the News quoted Tom Finkenpearl, the city’s cultural affairs commissioner, as saying. It’s unclear when the statue will be installed at GreenWood, since the cemetery first plans to install signs explaining Sims’ history.

Now that Spring has finally sprung, it’s officially selfie season on the Brooklyn Promenade. Bicyclists and pedestrians flocked to the scenic spot to snap photos of the Manhattan skyline — and, of course, themselves — during the weekend, when temperatures reached the 60s.

INBrooklyn photo by Lore Croghan

Bay Ridge Woman Turns 106, Credits Exercise for Longevity BAY RIDGE — Goldie Sohn, who has lived in Brooklyn since the age of 14, just celebrated her 106th birthday at the Shore Hill Neighborhood Center, according to News12 Brooklyn. She says the secret to her longevity is exercise, and she participates in weekly New York Road

Runners Striders sessions.

The Striders program offers free 30- or 45-minute walking sessions as well as stretching exercises for seniors throughout the city.

Aside from the Striders program, Sohn also comes to Shore Hill to sing, dance and play games with her friends, News 12 Brooklyn reported.

Adams Honors Parkland Victim Originally from B’klyn BOROUGH HALL — On Wednesday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams honored a fallen Parkland shooting victim who was originally from Brooklyn with a Hero of the Month award, according to News 12 Brooklyn. Peter Wang, 12, moved from Brooklyn to

Parkland, Florida, more than a year ago with his parents.

During the infamous high school shooting there on Valentine’s Day, Wang held the door open for other students to escape. He was killed in the attack. Adams added that Wang’s Brooklyn roots led him to become a hero.

Uber Acquires Brooklyn-Based Electric Bikeshare Company BROOKLYN NAVY YARD — Uber has acquired the Brooklyn-based electric bicycle startup JUMP, according to technical.ly Brooklyn. The tech website says the cost, according to “unnamed sources,” was $100 million. JUMP is similar to Citi Bike, except that the bicycles are electric. In addition, users will be able to dock their bikes at any bike rack in the city, technical.ly Brooklyn reports. The company was started in 2010 and is based at the New Lab in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Its bikes are tested around the Navy Yard, an email from the New Lab stated.

Marine Park Reels Under Wave of Illegal Dumping MARINE PARK — CBSNewYork reports that Avenue V here is suffering from a seemingly endless wave of illegal dumping. “From shoes to car parts to underwear – you name it, this stretch of Avenue V has it,” according to CBSNewYork.

Often, the trash is left right on the border of the Marine Park

Golf Course or on nearby bike lanes. The Parks Department and Department of Sanitation have been working together to fix the problem, putting up security cameras and “No Dumping” signs. The NYPD and other city agencies also monitor the area, but haven’t yet caught anybody in the act.

New Parkway Signs Show Jackie Robinson’s Image NORTHEAST BROOKLYN — In honor of Jackie Robinson Day, the city Department of Transportation on Thursday unveiled new signs for the Jackie Robinson Parkway that include an illustration of Brooklyn Dodgers baseball star Robinson at bat in his classic No. 42 uniform, according to am-NewYork. “[The sign] pays tribute both to a man and a legacy that is so important for all of us to be able to see as we continue on the road of our life of a person who was educated to

the service and development of others and used the medium of sports and baseball to help transcend all of American society,” said David Robinson, Jackie’s son, at a news conference. Jackie Robinson is best known for breaking the color line in Major League Baseball in 1947, but he also was a four-letter athlete at UCLA, was Major League Baseball’s Rookie of the Year in 1947 and won the Most Valuable Player award in 1949. The parkway connects northeast Brooklyn and southeast Queens.

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Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, Flatlands, Marine Park, Georgetown, and Mill Island CHAIRPERSON: Saul Needle DISTRICT MANAGER: Dorothy Turano Regular monthly board meetings are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 pm.

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Brooklyn Heights

Brooklyn Peaches Synchro Troupe Offers One of Few Places in NYC for Water Ballet Benefit Planned for Saturday Is Part of Group’s Outreach That Has Expanded to Los Angeles

By Francesca Norsen Tate INBrooklyn

The swimmers move in graceful unison, performing somersaults in the water. They are the ladies of The Brooklyn Peaches Synchronized Swimming Troupe, who have created a new sense of community at the Dodge YMCA in Brooklyn Heights with the ancient traditions of water ballet. And they will present their Spring Spectacular Event this Saturday, April 28, at 6:30 p.m. at The Dodge YMCA (225 Atlantic Ave.). The $5 admission will go toward the Y’s Annual Campaign.

Combining their love of swimming and dance, the troupe’s co-founders, Nicole Feddock and Nicole Sciarrillo, launched Brooklyn’s first synchronized swim class at the Dodge YMCA in 2010. At the time, both Feddock and Sciarrillo were employed in the hustle and bustle of advertising. Along with current instructor, Sara Angle, they keep the tradition alive and strong today in Brooklyn.

The tradition probably had its origins at the beginning of the 20th century, when Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman toured the U.S. in water acrobatics shows, which proved widely popular, according to the Olympics Games website. Later, Katherine Curtis further developed the sport by combining water acrobatics with music.

Her students had the opportunity to perform at the 1933-34 Chicago “Century of Progress” fair. Former Olympic swimming gold medalist Norman Ross, who was the announcer, named the sport “synchronized swimming.” American film star Esther Williams further popularized this form of swimming — by then called water ballet — in her movies.

A competitive dimension developed, and synchronized swimming officially became an Olympic sport with the Los Angeles games in 1984. The Olympic events since 2000 have included the team water ballet and duet competition events.

Synchronized swimming is one of only two all-women Olympic sporting events, along with rhythmic gymnastics.

The Dodge YMCA, on Atlantic and Court streets, is one of few centers in the New York City area that offer synchro-swim to the public. The Brooklyn Peaches swim troupe gathers once a week to bring back this retro-inspired sport and offer a fundraiser-performance, like its Spring Spectacular, at the close of every season.

Team members say that they not only teach water movement, but also self-appreciation through lessons in mind-body balance. The supportive learning environment of the YMCA fosters a sense of community among the students.

Brooklyn Peaches troupe members pause their workout to smile for the camera (front to back): Kirsten Kammermeyer, Sarah Brown, Bridget Malloy, Elena Pici, Kiersten Zimmerman, Cary McWilliam, Holly Crafts and Mallory Smith.

All of this creates synchronicity. Those who join them on a Tuesday evening class (8 p.m.) will find a non-competitive, open-level environment that brings together students of all backgrounds. Synchronized swimming is relatively strenuous, requiring great flexibility, strength and endurance. When performed well, synchro swim will achieve an illusion of ease.

The Brooklyn Peaches’ performance troupe members are Autumn Costner, Caitlin

Jen K. Norton performs a somersault during a recent performance of the Brooklyn Peaches Synchronized Swimming Troupe.

Photos courtesy of the Brooklyn Peaches

McKenna, Mary Riley and Sara Angle. They bring their splashy entertainment to NYC hotels, private parties and weddings. Highlights also include Coney Island’s Mermaid Ball, LongHouse Reserve’s Summer Galas, the LES Film Festival, + POOL fundraiser and brand events for Ted Baker and Veuve Clicquot.

“We get in the pool each week because it brings us friendship and happiness,” says McKenna.

“This sport is just plain FUN!

Synchronized swimming is truly our little girl dreams come to life!” exclaims Kirsten Kammermeyer Costner asserts, “We get in the pool each week because we are all MERMAIDS.” Angle, who instructs the classes, says, “Synchro is an act of love for ourselves, the water and each other. It makes us feel, makes us think and makes us whole.”

The Brooklyn Peaches continue to evolve and extend their outreach. Recently, Sciarrillo

and her family relocated from Brooklyn to Los Angeles, where she will begin teaching Brooklyn Peaches workshops this summer. Angle became a co-teacher at The Dodge Y with Feddock on Tuesday nights. Angle is a writer and editor specializing in health and fitness and a certified personal trainer. She trained as a synchronized swimmer and dancer for over a decade.

Their next eight-week session begins Tuesday, May 1 at 8 p.m.

Brooklyn Peach swimmers (left to right): Caitlin McKenna, Sara Angle, Mary Riley and Autumn Costner.

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Dyker Heights

Neighborhood Improvement Association Holds Fundraiser in Dyker Heights

By John Alexander INBrooklyn

The Neighborhood Improvement Association (NIA) in Dyker Heights has been addressing issues that impact youth, families and seniors in the community since it was founded in 1981.

But if you attended their annual fundraiser on Thursday, April 12, you would have thought you had traveled back in time nearly 100 years, since the theme was the Roaring ’20s.

The jazzy event brought out elected officials including state Sen. Marty Golden (R-C-Bay Ridge-Southwest Brooklyn) and Assemblymember Peter Abbate (D-Dyker Heights-Bensonhurst-Sunset Park).

NIA is a nonprofit community service organization headquartered at 6614 11th Ave. in Dyker Heights.

NIA’s board of directors includes President Michael Bove, Vice President Jerry Saporito, CEO Mary Anne Cino and Executive Director Rosa Casella.

The primary focus of NIA’s work revolves around expanded after-school partnerships that serve several thousand students daily, encouraging exploration and learning through the arts and sciences, honing new skills, providing opportunities for exercise and fostering positive youth development and healthy lifestyle choices.

“It’s all about the children,” Bove told INBrooklyn. “I helped create the NIA to help the community. We had a lot of immigrants coming in from different parts of the country and the world and it was a necessity to help the community build. So I saw a need, and we created the NIA.”

Thomas Zaki wins prize at NIA fundraiser.

Neighborhood Improvement Association staff with state Sen. Marty Golden in an orange jacket all decked out for the Roaring’20s.

INBrooklyn photos by Arthur De Gaeta

NIA offers free family counseling, free individual counselling and afterschool programs. “We have about 42 afterschool programs,” Bove said. “We also have computer design programs, dance, aviation, performing arts, daily homework support, arts education, physical education, photography, gardening and cooking.”

Golden pledged his continued support of NIA. “I can tell you right now the one thing we make sure we are going to deliver on is education and on our after school programs,” Golden said.

“We make sure that places like NIA will have the opportunity to continue to give our communities the success they need. Our most cherished gift is our children and nobody is doing a better job than the NIA. When the NIA calls we deliver,” he added.

Some of the Brooklyn schools that have partnered with NIA are P.S 104 in Bay Ridge, I.S. 187: The Christa McAuliffe School in Dyker Heights, P.S. 264: Bay Ridge Elementary School for the Arts, P.S. 95: The Gravesend School; and I.S. 239: Mark Twain in Coney Island.

NIA also supports area residents in addressing quality-of-life issues. Families are assisted through counseling services, recreational programs, informational service and healthy living initiatives that are offered at local senior centers, NIA’s main office and at community events.

Samira Khatari happy to win a basket at NIA fundraiser.

Susan Lu and Mei Wu-Lin clap hands and enjoy the festivities.

NIA’s Annette Scaduto and Mary Anne Cino having fun at the fundraiser.

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Bay Ridge

Eagle Scribe’s Johnny Cash Discography Gets Bay Ridge Launch

By Andy Katz Special to INBrooklyn

“It was always about the songs,” John Alexander explained to the audience as they filled the narrow aisles at a popular Bay Ridge bookstore. “And why they mattered so much.”

Alexander, of course, referred to the late Man in Black, transcendent country-western singer and songwriter, Johnny Cash. The April 16 event was a launch celebration and signing for Alexander’s book, “The Man in Song: A Discographic Biography of Johnny Cash.”

That’s right, yet another book about Johnny Cash, one that the singer’s lifelong friend Larry Gatlin calls “a masterpiece” in a brief introduction, “was written by a learned historian and renowned musicologist.”

There must be some truth here, because book signings, especially by first-time authors, typically consist of the writer looking forlorn as he or she sits at a table upon which unsold copies of the new tome are stacked. Ears perk and eyes widen as a customer approaches the table — “Where can I find true crime?” or “Do you know the code for the restroom?”

It’s all part of the publishing game.

Not here. Not tonight. The Bookmark Shoppe was packed to the rafters. Some fans stepped outside for a stretch or a breath of air before resuming the line to have a copy autographed.

“Of course, we’re happy to have John here and read from ‘The Man in Song,’” said Bookmark Shoppe owner Christine Freglette. “He’s supported us over the years, so we’re happy to return the favor.”

Many of the people on hand were friends or even relatives of the author, of course. But their interest in Cash was made clear after Alexander’s reading, when questions from the audience threatened to consume much of the evening before store staff gently directed everyone to the signing table.

The final selection Alexander chose to read, concerning Cash’s last hit song, a cover of Trent Reznor’s “Hurt,” drew dead silence from the audience as Alexander evoked the image of a man wildly successful by most conventional metrics, yet left to contemplate Reznor’s “empire of dirt” as the pages of his life begin to close.

“This was Cash’s cathartic culmination of his life’s journey in song … No one, not Hank Williams nor Jimmie Rodgers had ever undertaken such a breathtaking and vulnerable yet defiant stand in the face of impending death … this song would also mark Johnny Cash’s last appearance on the country music charts,” Alexander wrote.

Moments later he has the audience in stitches recalling, after a day spent with the Great Man, French waiters scurrying down the street to find a deli after Cash ordered a BLT in a French restaurant snooty enough to have French-only menus.

Maybe it was the libations provided by way of Johnny Walker Black Label, or maybe it was the simple joy of learning new things, but people attending Alexander’s book launch had way more fun that night than any simple book signing warranted.

Brooklyn Eagle reporter Paula Katinas with John Alexander.

John Alexander reads from his book at Bay Ridge’s Bookmark Shoppe.

INBrooklyn photos by Andy Katz

Author John Alexander waxes eloquent during his reading on Johnny Cash.

Author John Alexander poses with his daughter Samantha.

From left: Denise Alexander, John Alexander and Johnny Alexander.

From left: Denise Alexander, Bob Rich, John Alexander and Karen Rich.

Bookmark Shoppe owner Christine Freglette hold up a copy of the book.

Author John Alexander with friend, neighbor and recent City Council candidate John Quaglione.

Author John Alexander stands by a table full of authors’ signatures.

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Flatbush Step Afrika! performers step at Brooklyn Center.

Photos by Sekou Luke

‘Step Afrika!’

Returns to Brooklyn

Step Afrika! will perform at Brooklyn Center on April 28.

By John Alexander INBrooklyn

For a third straight season, Step Afrika! will bring its hypnotic rhythms back to Brooklyn.

This year’s production will include an excerpt from the Off-Broadway show, “The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence,” which tells the story of African-American migrants who moved from the South to the North in the early 20th century.

While the group’s usual Brooklyn venue is at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts in Flatbush, this season, Step Afrika! will perform at The Kumble Theater at 1 University Plaza.

C. Brian Williams, the group’s founder and executive director, told the Brooklyn Eagle that they’re excited to be back in the borough.

Founded by Williams in 1994, it is the first professional company in the world dedicated to stepping. Stepping, according to the group’s website, draws on movements from African foot dances such as Gumboot, originally conceived by miners in South Africa as an alternative to drumming, which was banned by authorities.

Today’s stepping tradition grew out of song and dance rituals practiced by historically African-American fraternities and sororities, beginning in the early 1900s. Stepping is known for its intricate, synchronized patterns of stomps, kicks, claps and call-and-response.

“In addition to some new works, we’re bringing some exciting new artists who weren’t in the company for the last couple of years so our audience can get a chance to see Step Afrika! pushing forward,” Williams said. “We have some incredible new dancers that have joined the company in the last year who weren’t with us the last time we were in Brooklyn. We have new artists, we have new works and we’re going to have a lot of fun.”

Step Afrika! will conclude Brooklyn College’s 2017-18 Kumble Theater season with two shows on Saturday, April 28 at 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

For more information, visit brooklyncenter.org.

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RIGHT: Welcome to West Midwood, a landmark-worthy Victorian Flatbush micro-neighborhood.

INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan

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West Midwood

Come See Landmark-Worthy

By Lore Croghan INBrooklyn

A thank you is in order to the late Henry Meyer of Germania Real Estate & Improvement Co. He bought Jon Lott's farm and built West Midwood.

Its wood houses, now more than a century old, are irresistibly appealing. There are

porches, porches everywhere and eyecatching turrets here and there, plus lawns, garages and driveways.

Many residents want the area to be granted landmarking protection from house tear-downs and architecturally incongruous home remodeling — see related story about longtime homeowners Ron and Diane Russo — through the designation of a single historic district that includes West Midwood and five other Victorian

Flatbush micro-neighborhoods.

They are Beverley Square East, Beverley Square West, Caton Park, Ditmas Park West and South Midwood.

Pro-preservation residents point out that landmarked and unlandmarked microneighborhoods stand beside each other in 2.5-square-mile Victorian Flatbush like patchwork quilt pieces that haven't been sewn together. They want the city Landmarks

Preservation Commission to stitch together the quilt patches with a historic-district designation.

Did you know Flatbush is the site of America's largest concentration of freestanding Victorian houses? We gleaned this fact from “The 2007-2008 Guide to Victorian Flatbush,” which the Flatbush Development Corp. published.

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The Russos Reminisce About Their West Midwood House Childhood Home of Oceanographer Henry Stommel Was Built in 1905

By Lore Croghan INBrooklyn

Ron and Diane Russo believed in Victorian Flatbush in the bad old days when residents fled the place in droves.

The couple paid $100,000 for a big old house on a street where nobody wanted to live.

“People who were leaving the neighborhood told us, 'Do you know what you're doing? You will never see that money again,'” Ron Russo recalled the other day.

The home they bought in 1981 was eyecatching 1410 Glenwood Road, which was built in 1905. It's a six-bedroom shingle house with two parlors, a porch, a driveway and a garage.

These days, houses in its immediate vicinity are selling for $1.55 million and the whole world's in love with Victorian Flatbush. The children of those folks who left the neighborhood are moving back.

But, Russo points out, the naysayers of the early 1980s could easily have been right.

“We could have turned into Detroit,” he said.

The home where they raised their son and now play host to grand-kids is located in West Midwood — one of six unlandmarked Victorian Flatbush micro-neighborhoods whose residents are renewing their call for historic-district designation.

‘Protect the History That’s Here’ “A lot of people care about the historic homes in the neighborhood. But there are some places where terrible things have happened,” Russo said.

“This community is a gem. We need to landmark it. Otherwise, it might well suffer further deterioration,” he said.

Several years ago, concerned residents joined forces with Flatbush Development Corp. In December 2012, they submitted a request for historic-district designation to the city Landmarks Preservation Commission.

Russo served as West Midwood's rep in the six neighborhoods' push to win designation as a single historic district.

The other neighborhoods in the proposed historic district are Beverley Square East, Beverley Square West, Caton Park, Ditmas Park West and South Midwood.

We should pause for a moment because we haven't properly introduced the Russos. He grew up in Bensonhurst. She grew up in Midwood.

He's a lawyer and former Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York whose work included a stint as Chief of the Official Corruption/Special Prosecution Section.

Ron and Diane Russo love their West Midwood house, which they bought in 1981 when people were moving out of the Victorian Flatbush neighborhood in droves.

After that, he served as the First Deputy Commissioner of the New York City Department of Investigation.

Now he's Of Counsel at the Manhattan law firm of Schlam, Stone & Dolan LLP, focusing on white-collar criminal defense, criminal defense and governmental investigations.

Diane Russo is a retired New York City schoolteacher. She serves as the Treasurer of the Flatbush Development Corp. and sits on its Board of Directors.

She supports historic-district designation for the unlandmarked micro-neighborhoods, which are arrayed across the map of Victorian Flatbush like the pieces of a patchwork quilt.

“We want to protect the history that's here and preserve the community for generations to come,” she said.

A Puppet Theater in the Attic We also need to introduce Henry Stommel.

He lived at 1410 Glenwood Road from 1925, when he was 5 years old, until 1935, when his family sold the house.

Stommel, who lived from 1920 to 1992, was

one of the most influential oceanographers of his time. He worked at or was affiliated with Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Cape Cod, Massachusetts for a half-century.

He's known in the world of science as the man who figured out that the rotation and curvature of the earth play crucial roles in producing the Gulf Stream.

He also determined that they're largely responsible for other strong currents that exist on the western side of ocean basins all over the world.

Russo found out quite by accident that Stommel had lived in their home.

One day in 1992, he noticed a man standing outside taking photos of the house.

Russo decided to speak to him.

The photographer said his dying friend had asked for a picture of his childhood home. Russo invited the photographer in and showed him around the house. In the third-floor master bedroom, which had been an attic back in the 1920s, the visitor pointed to a spot where he and his friend had set up a puppet theater.

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Come See Landmark-Worthy West Midwood — Continued from page 11INB —

The boundaries of West Midwood, as proposed for inclusion in a historic district, are Coney Island Avenue, Foster Avenue, the cut through which the Brighton rail line runs and Avenue H.

'Refined, Cultured Parents' We need to explain something about West Midwood.

Initially, in the very first years of the 20th century, Germania Real Estate referred to the entire 200-acre Lott's farm site as South Midwood. In time, various portions of it became known as West Midwood, Midwood Park — which became part of a historic district in 2008 —and South Midwood.

So when our very own Brooklyn Eagle reported on Nov. 9, 1901 about land grading and site prep in South Midwood, the terrain the story described was in the area that later became known as West Midwood.

As that article spells out, Germania Real Estate's pace of development on the former Lott's farm was impressively swift.

“The phenomenal growth of South Midwood can perhaps be best understood when it is stated that since its opening to the public only a year ago, nearly five hundred lots have been sold and 58 houses have been built, practically all of which are now occupied,” the story notes.

Germania Real Estate priced the houses at $7,500 to $12,000. That was pretty similar to what other Victorian Flatbush developers were charging for homes, judging from advertisements we've seen in the Eagle's online archives.

If you want to read electronic copies of Eagle newspapers published from 1841 to 1955, the Brooklyn Public Library has archived them at https://bklyn.newspapers.com/title _1890/the_brooklyn_daily_eagle/ An unsubtle advertisement to promote South Midwood that Germania Real Estate ran in the Eagle on Sunday, April 7, 1901 might make you laugh a little bit because of its chutzpah.

“Have you a family? Then you want to bring up your children properly, of course,” it says.

“You want them to live away from the riff raff and rabble of the city, in a clean, healthy, quiet section.”

The ad promises there are “trees, shrubs and flowers to purify the air” — and “fine schools where only children of refined, cultured parents attend.”

West Midwood houses have terrific porches like this polygonal one at 750 Rugby Road.

These handsome houses are situated on Rugby Road at the corner of INBrooklyn photos by Lore Croghan Wellington Court in West Midwood.

The Russos Reminisce About Their West Midwood House — Continued from page 11INB — The visitor said his friend had a distinguished career. “He invented the Gulf Stream,” was how the friend put it.

Russo thought the friend was probably exaggerating. Then a month later, Stommel died. Russo read his obituary and realized it was a fitting description of the oceanographer's accomplishments.

‘I Couldn’t Believe It Was Brooklyn’ The Russos first fell in love with Victorian Flatbush when they attended a neighborhood house tour in 1979. They were bowled over by the beauty of the houses and their suburban setting.

“I couldn't believe it was Brooklyn,” Ron Russo recalled.

But when they looked into moving to the neighborhood, the houses for sale were all priced at $40,000. It seemed like an oddly small sum for such big houses with porches and lawns and garages.

It made them worry that the houses might lose their value.

“We thought next year, the price could be $30,000,” he recalled.

They lived in Bay Ridge for a short while and looked at houses in several Brooklyn Brownstone Belt neighborhoods, which were a little rough around the edges at that time. They decided not to move to the area after a real estate state agent took them to see a house and there was somebody passed out on its stoop.

“We didn't want to be pioneers,” Russo said.

Stained-Glass Windows and a Sense of History They did their research on Victorian Flatbush, which included a chat with PS 217's principal and a visit to NYPD's 70th Precinct.

In 1981, they bought the Glenwood Road house.

Its exterior color scheme was black shingles with white trim, which Diane Russo later changed to its present pastel green with maroon and dark green accents on windowsills and porch columns.

The house was in good structural condition. Inside, they stripped the paint from wood columns, turned the gas fireplace into a wood-burning one and installed a historically appropriate mantelpiece.

There was shag carpet in the parlors, which they removed to reveal beautifully patterned wood floors.

There were stained glass windows that had survived the long years and are still intact today.

Down the street from the Russos' house, you find Queen Annestyle 1315 Glenwood Road, which was built around 1910.

In recent years, 1410 Glenwood Road has been included in Victorian Flatbush house tours.

One year, 400 people showed up at their house in a single day.

Three and a half decades have passed since the Russos moved into their big old house. Their love for it hasn't dimmed one iota.

“Every day I appreciate what I have,” Ron Russo said.

“I never get tired of this house. I never take it for granted.”

The Russos' eye-catching Victorian house is on Glenwood Road.

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Shrimp with broccoli at Lichee Nut. Turn the page for more flavors of Brooklyn!

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Now that the weather is turning warmer it’s time to go shirtless just like the Incredible Hulk! And Lioni’s Lou Ferrigno #116 is way to go. That’s grilled chicken, prosciutto di parma, sun-dried tomatoes and fresh mozzarella!

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Pra Ram is the name of King Rama in the Thai Ramkian . . . and it’s also the name of Café Chili’s incredible entree! It’s the best Thai fried chicken and peanut sauce you’ve ever tasted!!!

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Step Afrika,the first professional dance company dedicated to African-American Step Dancing comes to the Kumble Theater. More choices inside!

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ELIZABETH RILEY: THE LIFE OF A CITY Elizabeth Riley’s video works address questions surrounding the complex relationship between our lived reality and its digital manifestations. “The Life of a City” follows the timeline of a modern cityscape—from a primordial, prehistoric realm up to the contemporary bustle of a cosmopolitan metropolis.

When: Daily through May 17, Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.–6 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/BRIC House (647 Fulton St.)

A rt JAN GROOVER: PHOTOGRAPHS A slightly-retrospective viewing of Groover’s range, including newly discovered photographs of Hartford that predate her famous triptychs.

When: Tuesday-Saturday through April 28, 11 a.m.–5 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Janet Borden, Inc (91 Water St.) SHARON BRANT: PLENTY This is the Beacon, New York-based artist’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, and it will present a suite of recent geometric paintings on linen.

When: Wednesday–Saturday through April 28, 11a.m.–5 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Minus Space (16 Main St.) KNOWING ME, KNOWING YOU The exhibition will show that artists’ the evidence of their thoughts and creative processes, as manipulated by the world around them.

It is an intimate look at narrative-based artwork complemented by journallike entries, sketches, progress logs, and photographs.

When: Daily through May 3, 7 p.m.

Where: Clinton Hill/Gallery House (272 Clinton Ave.)

“Forgiveness and Conflict,” an exhibition of landscapes from Nelson Mandela's South Africa at United Photo Industries Photo courtesy of United Photo Industries through May 26.

RADICAL WOMEN: LATIN AMERICAN ART, 1960–1985 This is the first exhibition to explore the groundbreaking contributions to contemporary art of Latin American and Latina women artists during a period of extraordinary conceptual and aesthetic experimentation.

Featuring 123 artists from 15 countries, “Radical Women: Latin American Art,” 1960– 1985 focuses on their use of the female body for political and social critique and artistic expression.

When: Wednesdays–Sundays through July 22, 11 a.m.–6 p.m., Thursdays: 11 a.m.–10 p.m.

Where: Crown Heights/ Brooklyn Museum (200 Eastern Parkway)

THE FAILED UTOPIAN AND OTHER STORIES Cyrilla Mozenter exhibits two- and three-dimensional pieces of hand stitched industrial wool felt and works on and with paper.

While the pieces have been selected from different bodies of work and from different periods of time, there is an essential correspondence between them. Using deceptively simple, pictogram-like images along with letters and words, Mozenter has invented her own language. The work is in

FORGIVENESS AND CONFLICT Landscapes from Nelson Mandela’s South Africa.

When: Tuesday-Saturday through May 26, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/United Photo Industries (16 Main Street #B) CONSTELLATIONS Videos in the exhibition tell stories of time and place, showing no matter how far apart we are, we’re all connected. Artist include: Ben Voldman, Cindy Suen, Drew Shields, Irene Feleo, Jean Jullien / Nicolas Jullien, John Balestrieri, Josh Cochran / Ara Devejian, Matt Huynh, Michael C. Hsiung, Min Liu, Rose Wong, Taezoo Park, Taili Wu / Robin Ellis, Will Herring, Xaviera Lopez.

When: Daily through April 30, Mon-Fri 9 a.m.–7 p.m., Sat-Sun 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Made in NY Media Center (30 John St.) ABOVE AND UNDERGROUND Gallery 55 is featuring three artists: New York photographer Adam Miller, DUMBO-based photographers Canvas Raw, and the artist Shane Garron.

When: through May 1 Where: DUMBO/Gallery 55 (In Empire Stores 53-55 Water St.)

The Failed Utopian VIII (f)

by Cyrilla Mozenter

Image courtesy of the artist/FiveMyles

the tradition of iconic images. Cycladic idols, medieval tapestries, Fra Angelico’s frescos, African divination figures, and Aboriginal cave painting are points of reference. The involvement, however, is not with a standardized symbolic system. Through an immersion in an intuitive and improvisational process, a personal symbolism, which has reverberations beyond the self is discovered and revealed.

When: Thursdays-Sundays through May 13, 1–6 p.m.

Where: Crown Heights/ FiveMyles (558 St. Johns Place)

Explore the history of business in Brooklyn through photos and more at “The Business of Brooklyn: An Exhibition on the Occasion of the 100th Anniversary of the Brooklyn Chamber of Photo: Automatic packing of colored pencils at Eberhard Commerce.”

Faber Factory, 1950, V1988.35.28; Brooklyn Historical Society.

THE BUSINESS OF BROOKLYN: AN EXHIBITION ON THE OCCASION OF THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BROOKLYN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE An exhibition exploring the past 100 years of business in the borough. The story spans booming factories, family shops, iconic innovation, and labor struggles. The exhibition showcases images and objects from companies large and small that thrived in Brooklyn, including Domino Sugar, Squibb Pharmaceuticals, Schaefer Beer, Drake Bakeries, Abraham and Straus, Gage and Tollner, and many others. It includes numerous artifacts from the Brooklyn Chamber’s history.

When: Wednesday-Sunday through Winter 2019, 12–5 p.m.

Where: Brooklyn Heights/ Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St.) THIS IS IT “This Is It” is an installation of videos, drawings and sound

by Fellowship Artist, Karen Leo. Leo’s first solo exhibition in New York City, “This Is It” is a collection of visual narratives about doubt, obsolescence, and mental reverb. Featuring puppets, animated characters and disembodied voices, these stories convey moments of observation, reflection, conspiracy and connection.

When: Wednesday-Sunday through May 20th, 12–6 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/A.I.R. Gallery (155 Plymouth St.)

CARA BARER: NEW WORK An exhibition of photographs of sculptures made from Barer’s outdated photographs and obsolete books.

When: Wednesday-Saturday through May 4, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Where: DUMBO/Klompching Gallery (89 Water St.) FEAR OF NATURE OF FEAR Art by Amy Vogel.

When: Thursdays and Fridays through May 17, 12–6 p.m. or by appointment Where: DUMBO/Asphodel (20 Jay St.)

The Old Stone House exhibits art depicting acts of strength and resistance by women in times of upheaval in “Home Image courtesy of Katherine Toukhy Front.”

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TOMÁS RIVAS: PROVINCIA A site-specific installation

by Tomás Rivas. His work investigates the ornamental components of classical Western architecture.

When: Tuesdays-Saturdays through June 2, 2–6 p.m.

Where: Gowanus/Open Source Gallery (306 17th St.) HOME FRONT “Home Front” brings together six artists whose work explores public and private acts of strength and resistance by women in times of social or political upheaval—and who are inspired by their own family and community histories as well as craft and other work traditionally associated with the home.

Participating Artists: Lauren Frances Adams, Golnar Adili, Aisha Cousins, Maya Jeffereis, Lorena Molina, Katherine Toukhy.

When: Fridays through June 19, 3–6 p.m. or by appt Where: Park Slope/The Old Stone House (336 3rd St.)

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THE MINISTRY OF UTMOST HAPPINESS Arundhati Roy launches the paperback of her bestselling and award-winning novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness. A dazzling, richly moving new novel by the internationally celebrated author of The God of Small Things, The Ministry of Utmost Happiness takes us on an intimate journey of many years across the Indian subcontinent. Roy discusses her novel in conversation with her editor, Robin Desser. Each $19 ticket includes admission to the event, as well as a paperback copy of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness; books are distributed at the event. Roy will sign books following the discussion.

When: May 2, 7:30 p.m.

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UNDERSTORY An urban ecology event, workshop series and floral/ plant market place.

When: Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.

Where: East Williamsburg/ 99 Scott Ave.

F Arundhati Roy launches the paperback of her bestselling and award-winning novel The Ministry of Utmost Happiness at the Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch May 2 at 7:30.

Photo: Mayank Austen Soofi. Book cover: Vintage & Anchor Books

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WORKSHOP FOR ALZHEIMER’S AND DEMENTIA CAREGIVERS Every 66 seconds someone in the United States is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. Families, friends, and many health care workers are often unprepared for what comes next; therefore the need for public education is great.

This workshop will help people understand the disease and prepare for the day-to-day care of a loved one with Alzheimer’s or other types of dementia.

To join in, please register: Rweinstein@Bklynlibrary.org or call 718-421-1159 When: Thursday, April 26, 1:30–4 p.m.

Where: Flatbush/Clarendon Library (2035 Nostrand Ave.) INSIDE THE MALE BRAIN: TOXIC MASCULINITY AND #METOO With sexual misconduct and mass shootings at the fore of the national conversation, take a deeper look into the cultural, psychological, and sociological forces driving deleterious male behavior.

Michael Kimmel, one of the world’s leading experts on men and masculinity and executive director of SUNY Stony Brook Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities is joined

by Columbia University psychology professor Geraldine Downey and journalist Alexis Grenell to discuss upending expressions of toxic masculinity from workplace harassment to violence in public spaces.

When: Tuesday, May 1, 6:30–8 p.m.

Where: Brooklyn Heights/ Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St.)

ROASTED: THE HISTORY OF COFFEE IN NYC From Arbuckle Coffee to Brooklyn Roasting Company, coffee has been at the center of Brooklyn life for well over a century. Join historian Steven Jaffe; coffee impresario and owner of Gillies Coffee Company (which was founded in 1840) Donald Schoenholt; Brooklyn Roasting Company’s Jim Munson; and Erin Meister author of New York City Coffee: A Caffeinated History for a conversation about the love affair that wakes us up every morning When: Thursday, April 26, 6:10–8 p.m.

Where: Brooklyn Heights/ Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St.) WRITERS STUDIO The 8-week writing workshop welcomes beginning and experienced fiction writers and poets to ongoing writing workshops designed to help them discover and nurture their own voices.

When: Thursdays through June 21, 6:30–8:30 p.m.

Where: Gowanus/The Ugly Duckling Presse Studio (232 Third St.)

amily Fun

SPANISH AT SPARK WITH ESPÁÑATE Children become accustomed to listening and speaking in Spanish through game-based interactions, children build cognitive, fine-gross motor, social and artistic skills. Spanish at SPARK with Espáñate Ages 9- 36 months. Children must be accompanied by a parent or caregiver.

When: Friday, April 27, 9:30–10:30 a.m.

Where: DUMBO/Spark by Brooklyn Children’s Museum (1 John St.) JUNIOR LEAGUE OF BROOKLYN BELLE AND BEAU OF THE BALL FORMAL ATTIRE CLOTHING DRIVE Teens in need of a dress or suit for prom and graduation are invited to the Junior League of Brooklyn’s annual prom attire giveaway where teens can get their entire attire, including accessories, completely for free.

When: Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m.

Where: Crown Heights/The Crown School (330 Crown St.)

THE AVENUE BARK AVENUE BARK ADOPT-A-THON! ADOPT-A-THON

SUNDAY, 29, 2018 / 1-5PM A fun free APRIL educational event to save the lives of our city’s shelter animals (and maybe a few human ones too) by finding loving homes. Please come for a day of delight as our four-legged stars boogie down the red carpet to the tune of this year’s theme, “Disco Dog”. Bring your own dog for Mobile Mutts’ pup photo booth and watch them leap for joy in Dogboy’s agility course. Free activities abound for our two-legged friends too.

When: Sunday, April 29, 1–5 p.m.

Where: Carroll Gardens/ Carroll Park (President and Smith Streets) Carroll Park in Carroll Gardens

(off of Court Street btwn. Carroll Street and President Street)

Join us for free family-friendly activities and to help shelter animals find a home.

THE NEW SMART ECONOMY: DIGITAL, TECHNOLOGY, BLOCKCHAIN Come and join the conversation as the merger of economic evolution and digital innovation are discussed. You’ll hear from industry leaders, entrepreneurs and all the brightest minds in Brooklyn’s tech scene, expert advice and invaluable networking over drinks and bites.

When: Wednesday, May 2, 5:30–9 p.m.

Where: Prospect Heights/ Berg’n (899 Bergen St.)

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N ightlife DREAMLAND DISCO Every Friday throughout mid-October, Lola Star hosts a themed DJ roller disco party at the LeFrak Center at Lakeside. Each event showcases a new theme from 70s Glitter Rock to 80s Glam, as well as dazzling performers, kitschy contests, giveaways and more. This Friday: Madonna vs Brittany Spears When: Friday, April 27, 7:30–10 p.m.

Where: Prospect Park /Lefrak Center at Lakeside (171 East Drive)

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WHAT IS EAT, LEARN, PRAY? Come to partake in breakfast and engaging discussions led by our Rabbi. “Eat, Learn, Pray” will add meaning and elevate your shabbat.

Following discussion and breakfast is an abbreviated Shabbat morning service.

When: Saturday, April 28, 9–11:30 a.m.

Where: Bay Ridge/Bay Ridge Jewish Center (405 81st St.) LEGO® ARCHITECTURE BUILD EVENT Fans of all ages will be invited to recreate one of the world’s most dynamic cities, Shanghai, China, using the LEGO Architecture Shanghai set. Once completed, the model of the Shanghai skyline will be used as an in-store display.

When: Saturday, April 28, 6 p.m.

Where: Park Slope/Barnes and Noble (267 7 Ave.) BAMKIDS THEATER– KNOCK! Magnet Theatre Young audiences sing along with performers as they explore the creative possibilities of forest wood—asking what it can do and what we can do with it. Strange animals and stories magically come to life as a four-person ensemble from South African company Magnet Theatre animates various shapes through imaginative storytelling.

KNOCK! is an interactive theater.

When: Tuesdays-Sundays through May 6, 10:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/BAM Fishman Space (321 Ashland Place) A PICNIC IN THE RUINS– SEE THE MIDDLE AGES COME TO LIFE Some medieval fun, activities and adventure.

When: Sunday, April 29, 2–5 p.m.

Where: Prospect Park/Grecian Pavilion (96 Parkside Ave.)

Step Afrika,the first professional dance company dedicated to African-American Step Dancing, comes to the Kumble Theater Photo by Sekou Luke on Saturday, April 28.

FAD MARKET Discover local designers and shop handcrafted goods at FAD Market—a roving Fashion, Art and Design pop-up marketplace that travels seasonally to unique venues in the vibrant borough of Brooklyn. This spring, FAD Market presents over 45 thoughtfully selected independent designer makers in the Great Hall of Brooklyn Historical Society. Browse art, jewelry, apparel, bath and body care, tableware

New Voices in Black Cinema showcases new and established voices in black independent cinema at BAM Rose Cinemas Photo courtesy of BAM Thursday through Saturday, April 29. and home furnishings, and indulge in locally crafted artisanal treats. Round off the day with a walk through the many ongoing exhibitions in the magnificent landmark museum.

When: Saturday and Sunday, April 28 and 29, 11 a.m.–6 p.m.

Where: Brooklyn Heights/ Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont St.)

F ilm NEW VOICES IN BLACK CINEMA The series provides a showcase of new and established voices in black independent cinema reflecting the wide spectrum of stories by and about African diasporic communities in the United States and beyond. Please see schedule at: www.bam.org for schedule.

When: Thursday-Sunday through April 29. Times vary.

Where: Fort Greene/BAM Rose Cinemas (30 Lafayette Ave.)

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CINNAMON TOAST BRUNCH AND CAN RELEASE After going to brunch and being dissatisfied with the lack of beer options that paired with his French toast, our Head Brewer, Matt McCall decided to take action. Come down to Coney Island for a fully cereal bar and brunch buffet, MerMosas and a can release of our brand new, Cinnamon Toast Kölsch.

When: Saturday, April 28, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

Where: Coney Island/ Coney Island Brewery (1904 Surf Ave.) GREENMARKET Nestled inside Prospect Park’s tree-shaded southwest corner, this much-loved weekday market is where South Slope and Windsor

Terrace residents stock up on locally grown staples.

The offerings range from a selection of vegetables, fruits, baked goods, plants, and flowers, to fresh-caught fish and organic baked goods.

When: Wednesdays and Sundays through April 29th, 8 a.m.–3 p.m.

Where: Prospect Park/BartelPritchard Square

H ealth FUN IN FITNESS A low to moderate impact aerobics class which incorporates dance with AfroCaribbean and Latin music.

When: Thursday, April 26, 7–8 p.m.

Where: Sheepshead Bay/ Sheepshead Bay Cornerstone (3679 Nostrand Ave.) STRETCH AEROBICS A workout with energizing movements to increase muscle tone, build endurance, and promote wellbeing to improve heart heath and release stress in a fun and supportive environment.

When: Thursday, April 26, 7–8 p.m.

Where: Greenpoint/Greenpoint Beacon Center (424 Leonard St.)

TRIGGER PLAY COMEDY SHOW Trigger Play is a consistently hilarious free stand up show at a great venue, featuring NYC’s best comedians as seen on Late Night, Comedy Central, Kimmel, and more!

This month we’ve got: Bret Reybould, Daniel Simonsen, Evan Morrison, Tito Garza, Pranav Behari and Peter Revello.

When: Saturday, April 28, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Williamsburg/Pine Box Rock Shop (12 Grattan St.)

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heater and Music

STRATAGEM An evening of modern dance featuring new work Six plane faces.

When: Friday, April 27, 8–9:15 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave.) MADE IN BROOKLYN… BOUND FOR BROADWAY A musical celebration of the songwriters and artists we know and love who hail from her hometown of Brooklyn. Like your new best friend with a voice to knock your socks off, you’ll be rooting for Randy Graff as she sings her way from the street corners of Brooklyn to her star turn on Broadway with such hits as “Alfie,” “Breaking Up Is Hard To Do,” “On The Sunny Side of The Street,” “People,” and more.

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Randy Graff will knock your socks off, singing in “Made in Brooklyn...Bound for Broadway” on Saturday, April 28, 8 p.m at Photo by Chia Messina On Stage at Kingsborough.

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SILENT VOICES: IF YOU LISTEN Here, eight composers, all women, collaborate with the choristers in amplifying the voices of the marginalized and confronting the challenges of division and categorization, racism, sexism, social and economic disparity, immigration, our environment, and threats to our understanding of truth.

When: Friday and Saturday, April 28 and 29th, 6 p.m.

Where: Williamsburg/ National Sawdust (80 N. 6th St.)

The April 28 Trigger Play Comedy Show will feature (clockwise from top le�) Katie Hannigan, Evan Morrison, Tito Garza, Daniel Simonsen, Peter Revello and Pranav Behari.

Image credits (clockwise from top left): Roastmasters, Olympia Comedy Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival Upright Citizens Brigade, MAD Magazine

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STEP AFRIKA! With its origins in AfricanAmerican fraternities and sororities, stepping is known for its intricate, synchronized patterns of stomps, kicks, claps, and call-and-response. As the world’s first professional company dedicated to this art form, the dancers of Step Afrika! use their bodies as instruments, integrating stepping with African traditional dance and other dance forms to create a high-energy, sharply choreographed, and incredibly entertaining performance.

When: Saturday, April 28, 3 p.m. and 8 p.m.

Where: Fort Greene/Kumble Theater (One University Plaza)

LOU 100: IN HONOR OF THE DIVINE MR. HARRISON Created in celebration of Lou Harrison’s centennial, an evening of works all performed to the music of the late Lou Harrison, Morris’ friend and collaborator and featuring the New York premiere of Numerator.

When: Wednesday, FridaySundays through May 6, Where: Fort Greene/Mark Morris Dance Center (3 Lafayette Ave.) LIVE MUSIC WITH IRATA AND SIERRA Heavy-hitting stoner rock band Irata join forces with Sierra.

When: Wednesday, May 2, 7 p.m.

Where: Greenpoint/The Kingsland (269 Norman Ave.)

INSIDE OUT V: PHALANX TRIO AND KUSH Phalanx Trio: Phalanx Trio originated as a sub-grouping of several other band formations that all include Matt Mitchell, Kim Cass, and Kate Gentile.

Kush: In his recent album of original compositions, Maine guitarist Ryan Blotnick mines a bittersweet melodic/harmonic vein balanced by an Africaninfluenced rhythmic elan.

When: Sunday, April 29, 8 p.m.

Where: Grand Army Plaza/ Brooklyn Conservatory of Music (58 Seventh Ave.) YUMIKO YOSHIOKA IN 100 LIGHT YEARS OF SOLITUDE Butoh Master Yumiko Yoshioka performs 100 Light Years of Solitude, the second part of her trilogy 100 Flowers. The work is inspired

by Garcia Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude and explores a state of solitude through Butoh.

When: Tuesday, May 1, 8 p.m.

Where: Greenpoint/Muriel Schulman Theater at Triskelion Arts (106 Calyer St.)

T ours HISTORIC TROLLEY TOUR Experience the most magnificent and historic 478 acres in New York City. Join our expert tour guides to hear fascinating stories of Green-Wood’s permanent residents, see breathtaking views of Manhattan, tread where George Washington and his troops fought the Battle of Brooklyn, and much more.

When: Sunday, April 29, 1-3 p.m.

Where: Greenwood/ Green-Wood Cemetery (500 25th Street)

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Brooklyn Courthouse Holds Holocaust Remembrance Event with Two Survivors

Two women, Inge Wagner and Suzanne Loebl, were invited to the Brooklyn Supreme Court, Civil Term, last Thursday for a Holocaust Remembrance event with Justice Ellen Spodek, the Brooklyn Brandeis Society, the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association and the Brooklyn Bar Association. The two women discussed how their families escaped the Nazis during World War II, one family by flee- Hon. Matthew D’Emic, administraHon. Lawrence Knipel, administrative judge ing to Belgium and another by going to Shanghai. ABOVE: From left: Harry Klein, Hon. Esther Morgenstern, Andrew Fallek, tive judge of the Brooklyn Supreme Court, Criminal Term.

Hon. Ellen Spodek, Inge Wagner, Sam Shlivko and Suzanne Loebl.

INBrooklyn photos by Mario Belluomo of the Brooklyn Supreme Court, Civil Term.

Rabbi Hanniel Levinson with Hon. Connie Mallafre Melendez. their passports were about to

By Rob Abruzzese INBrooklyn

Two women whose families fled Germany during World War II spoke at the Brooklyn Supreme Court, Civil Term, last Thursday as part of the court’s annual Holocaust Remembrance program. The event was co-sponsored by the Brooklyn Brandeis Society, the Brooklyn Bar Association and the Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association (BWBA).

“The best way to look at me is like an Anne Frank who survived,” said Suzanne Loebl, who has been a Brooklyn Heights resident since 1994. “I was born in Germany and I was 8 when Hitler came to power.”

Loebl explained that her family initially fled to Brussels, but had to flee when the Germans attacked France. The day of the German invasion, her father was arrested by Belgian police, and she, her mother and her sister ran away to France.

Her father was eventually sent to the U.S., but the family would not see him again for six years.

In the meantime, Loebl, her mother and sister weren’t allowed into France since they were German citizens so they returned to Brussels. This time they hid by disguising themselves as non-Jewish Germans.

“So we went into hiding, like the Frank family did in Holland, except we were hiding in plain sight,” Loebl said. “I had very dark hair at the time and my mother had me dye my hair red to look less Jewish. I had this brilliant red hair and I might have looked less Jewish, but I was looking very conspicuous.”

Inge Wagner also shared her story about how her family fled Italy to Shanghai in order to escape the Nazis. Similar to Loebl, she, her mother and sister were seperated from her father, who left for Shanghai a year before they were able to leave.

Wagner’s father fought and was injured in World War I, which allowed him to gain passage aboard an Italian liner.

However, the rest of the family had to wait a year. Being that the

expire, they would be forced to go to Germany if they didn’t leave before the expiration date.

“Our passports were expiring and by the time we left, if we hadn’t gotten on that boat, we couldn’t have gotten out at all,” Wagner said. “That was our last chance to get out of Italy at the time. We considered ourselves very, very lucky. We got to Shanghai, and for me, it was a double blessing because I hadn’t seen my father in a whole year and I was very attached to him.”

Despite the tragic events that both women faced as children, they both had very positive outlooks on people and hold no grudges. Through their stories, they explained that they were able to see more good in the people who helped them along their journeys than the evil in those persecuting them.

“I want to emphasize that the people who helped us, none of them decided they were going to be heroes,” Loebl said. “They were ordinary people. They just, when asked, said, ‘Yes.’” Justice Ellen Spodek helped to organize the event along with Michele Mirman, president of the BWBA. Mirman, through her book club, actually introduced Spodek to Wagner and Loebl.

Spodek got emotional when she spoke of the importance of hearing first-hand accounts of stories about the Holocaust from its survivors.

“I grew up with the children of survivors and I was able to ask their parents about it and hear firsthand stories of survival and hope,” Spodek said. “But my nieces and nephews will probably be the last generation that will be able to converse with people who can share firsthand accounts.

“By the time my great-niece is 15, it will have been 85 years since World War II has ended,” Spodek continued. “I presume by that time there will be very few survivors with firsthand knowledge of the atrocities of the Holocaust. They will only be able to hear stories passed down.”

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Front row from left: Steven Helfont, Cassandra Johnson, Barbara Grcevic, Cynthia Parache-Brito, president of the Association of Law Secretaries; Theresa Nuccio and Nadine Johnson. Back row from left: Louisa Chan, Connie Morales, Hasa Kingo, Joaquin Orellana, Richard Lazarus, Peter Lana, Raymi Ramseur, Derefim Neckles, Lauren Jones, Inga O'Neale and Kevin Morrissey. Brooklyn Eagle photos by Mario Belluomo

Justice Scheinkman Among Honorees at Law Secretaries Association Dinner

By Rob Abruzzese INBrooklyn

Justice Alan Scheinkman, presiding justice of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, only arrived in Brooklyn four months ago, but he’s already proving to be popular in the legal community as he was among the honorees during Tuesday night’s annual dinner of the Association of Law Secretaries.

Scheinkman was honored alongside Hon. Rolando T. Acosta, the presiding justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, with the William Goodstein Memorial Award for distinguished service to the court.

When introducing Scheinkman, board member Nadine Johnson quickly pointed out that he started his career as a law secretary to Hon. Matthew J. Jasen in 1975. Scheinkman, who graduated from St. John’s University School of Law, also worked as counsel to the state Senate, as the Westchester County Attorney and was elected to the state Supreme Court, Ninth Judicial District, in 2007.

“Justice Scheinkman is a scholar and a gentleman,” said Johnson, who is a member of the Franklin H. Williams Judicial Commission. “He’s a fair but tough jurist who is exceedingly well respected by members of the bench and bar.”

Scheinkman remarked that he’s still awestruck with his promotion to his spot on the bench in Brooklyn and thanked the association for being the first in the city to honor him.

“I know that on the trial level, law clerks do a myriad of things,” Scheinkman said. “You have to deal with the lawyers, you have to deal with the litigants, the clerks, the staff and your employers. It’s a difficult job, and it’s remarkable that you are all so affable this evening.”

Hon. Connie Mallafre Melendez, Hon. David Kirschner and Hon. Jeffrey Rosenblueth were recipients of the Judicial Gavel Award; Julia Herd received the Faith O’Neal Memorial Award; and Barbara H. Grcevic received the Joseph L. Forstadt Memorial Award.

Nadine Johnson presented Presiding Justice Alan Scheinkman, of the Appellate Division, Second Judicial Department, with the William Goodstein Memorial Award.

Hon. Raymond L. Bruce (left) swears in the officers and directors.

Grcevic, a Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association trustee who ran the Boston Marathon the previous day, joked during her speech that she was grateful to the restaurant, Battery Gardens in Manhattan, for having working elevators. In a more serious part of her speech, she spoke about the namesake of her award, Joseph Forstadt.

“Joe was a partner at [Stroock & Stroock & Lavan] and, together with Burt Lipshie, served as our association’s counsel for 40 years until he passed away last year. He was also a former law assistant and founder of this association. No one did more for this organization than Joe. He counseled many law clerks who got into trouble, made sure all law clerks whose judges were retiring had a job and attended all of our meetings.”

After the awards were given out, the election and installation of officers and directors was held. Hon. Raymond L. Bruce presided over the installation.

Cynthia Parache-Brito was installed as president; Kevin Morrissey, first vice president; Cassandra Johnson, second vice president; Steven Helfont, treasurer; Lauren Jones, assistant treasurer; Barbara Grcevic, secretary; and Derefim Neckles, assistant secretary.

Association of Law Secretaries President Cynthia Parache-Brito presents Hon. Rolando T. Acosta, presiding justice of the Appellate Division, First Department, with his award.

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America’s Tenor, Daniel Rodriguez, Gives Concert for Healing in Park Slope Host Church Is One Block Away from Where Pregnant Mom and Two Children Were Killed While Crossing Street

Daniel Rodriguez, beloved as “America’s Tenor,” gave a free concert for healing at St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Park Slope last Sunday.

Eagle photo by Francesca N. Tate

By Francesca Norsen Tate, Religion Editor INBrooklyn

Tenor Daniel Rodriguez is often called “The Voice that Helped Heal the Nation.” Last weekend, he gave concerts in Brooklyn, including one for healing on Sunday at St. Thomas Aquinas Roman Catholic Church, just a block from where a pregnant woman and two children were killed last month by a driver whose vehicle ran a red light and plowed into them.

The Brooklyn-born Rodriguez, who began formal voice training early in his life, became known as “the Singing Policeman” after joining the NYPD at age 30.

But he gained national acclaim — and found his calling — in the wake of Sept. 11, 2001.

Rodriguez was driving to work when the first plane hit Tower 1 of the World Trade Center. He arrived at the site as a first responder and witnessed the destruction of both towers, almost losing his own life. But he survived and brought to the nation an uplifting spirit of promise and hope with his stirring rendition of “God Bless America” after the terrorist attack.

Rodriguez has since retired from the NYPD, but he has a full concert schedule. His website shows that he sang on April 21 at the 80th anniversary gala of Fontbonne Hall Academy, a Catholic girls’ high school in Bay Ridge, the Brooklyn neighborhood where he lived for many years before moving to California. He did the St. Thomas Aquinas concert the next afternoon. Rodriguez is also scheduled to sing at a diocesan Futures in Education Dinner this autumn.

The free concert at St. Thomas Aquinas Church featured Daniel Rodriguez & Friends: his wife, soprano Marla Kavanaugh of the Highland Divas; their longtime friend Angela Sbano, who is music leader at this parish; their accompanist Cesar Reyes; and tenor Frank Rendo. Together and as soloists, they presented devotional favorites such as the Bach/

Gounod setting of the “Ave Maria” and the Andrew Hay Malotte setting of the “Lord’s Prayer,” and works from two of his CD albums that were for sale. They received repeated standing ovations.

Angela Sbano explained that St. Thomas Aquinas Church had opened the doors to the families that marched last month to demand safety for pedestrians along the Ninth Street and Fourth Avenue corridors. Statistics show this intersection has seen 10 traffic injuries since 2014, and five pedestrians have been hit by drivers since 2003.

Brooklynites who missed this concert will still have a chance to hear Rodriguez live. He and Rendo will perform on Friday, May 4 at Our Lady of Grace Church on Avenue W in Gravesend. Tickets for that concert at $20 can be obtained by calling 718-627-2020.

Two Heights Congregations Forge Interfaith Covenant For Social Justice

By Francesca Norsen Tate, Religion Editor INBrooklyn

Joy was evident at Sunday’s interfaith service at First Presbyterian Church. Members of the combined choir sang a traditional “Lubavitcher” niggun (wordless melody) and then started dancing around the aisles of the church.

The two congregations have worshiped together before, such as at their joint Martin Luther King weekend observance. They now want to do more programming together, particularly on social justice issues.

First Presbyterian Church’s Pastor Adriene Thorne said after the service that “the core of Reform Judaism, and the core of what First Presbyterian Church does, is social justice.”

Rabbi Serge Lippe, senior rabbi at the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue, told INBrooklyn there will be more programming, including members of each congregation’s choir volunteering together at the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue’s homeless shelter.

During the service that also marked Earth Day and its emphasis on stewardship of creation, Pastor Adriene Thorne preached a sermon that emphasized the importance of loving one another within healthy boundaries. While acknowledging the joy that two vibrant congregations bring to the service, Thorne was quick to caution that no congregation is perfect — nobody loves everyone all the time, without conflict. Rather, it is up to each member of a faith community to demonstrate love by respecting one another’s personhood, and by understanding that being loved unconditionally does not give one free license to do whatever they want.

Thorne then asked all who wished to support a covenant between the First Presbyterian Church and the Brooklyn Heights Synagogue to stand and affirm this vocally. Practically the entire gathering did so.

Moreover, this Friday will continue the Interfaith Shabbat.

Peter Goldberg of the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund will be the guest speaker at the Kabbalat Shabbat service on Friday, April 27, at 6:30 p.m.

A flier for the April 27 interfaith service calls Money Ball “a Costly Injustice.”

It reads, in part: “In the wake of the NYS Legislature’s recent failure to pass bail reform, this important social justice issue continues to command our attention and the support of the Reform Movement.”

Goldberg is founder and executive director of the Brooklyn Community Bail Fund. He will “share insight on money bail’s role in perpetuating race-based inequality including mass incarceration, and provide an update on efforts to bring about meaningful reform.”

Assemblymember Cymbrowitz Honors Winners Of Holocaust Memorial Creative Arts Contest Keeping the memory and stories of the Holocaust victims and survivors alive depends on imparting this crucial history lesson to the younger generations. And state Assemblymember Steve Cymbrowitz (D-45) discovered a creative way to do so.

For several years now, Cymbrowitz, who represents parts of Sheepshead Bay, Midwood, Manhattan Beach, Gravesend and Brighton Beach, has sponsored the contest with the Manhattan Beach Jewish Center, Holocaust Memorial Committee, Lena Cymbrowitz Foundation and Project Witness.

As speaker after speaker warned that the world must “never forget” the 6 million Jews who perished at the hands of the Nazis, Cymbrowitz honored the student winners on Sunday at Kingsborough Community College. The contest had attracted hundreds of entries from elementary, middle and high schools.

Cymbrowitz told the story of his late parents, Sonia and Sam, Holocaust survivors who met as children in Demblin, Poland and fell in love. Their childhood ended when the Nazis came. “It’s not easy to listen to these stories, but it’s very important that we continue to tell them,” Cymbrowitz said. “With the passage of time, there are fewer and fewer people who bore witness to the Holocaust. The survivors need all of us to carry on their mission and make sure that the Holocaust stays vivid in our

Bay Academy students won first place in the Holocaust Memorial Creative Arts Contest. hearts and minds. That’s why it’s critically important that our children learn about the Holocaust and listen to survivors’ stories whenever possible.”

Cymbrowitz referenced a recent study commissioned by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, which found that about 40 percent of Americans ages 18 to 35 are unaware of how many Jews were killed in the Holocaust. This, coupled with an unprecedented 57 percent rise in anti-Semitic incidents nationwide in 2017, underscores “just how important Holocaust education really is,” he said.

The ceremony featured remarks by Holo-

Photos courtesy of NY State Assemblymember Steven Cymbrowitz

caust survivor Jehuda Lindenblatt, Kingsborough Community College Interim President Peter M. Cohen and Brooklyn College President Michelle J. Anderson. Cohen spoke about the projects made possible by Cymbrowitz’s funding and Anderson talked about Brooklyn College’s Stand Against Hate program, which sponsors events across many genres to promote understanding among diverse communities.

In commemoration of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Cymbrowitz presented Assembly Resolutions to Cohen and Anderson as well as Marisa Hollywood, assistant director of the Kupferberg Holocaust Center at Queensbor-

ough Community College, which each year loans a multi-media exhibit to the ceremony.

This year’s exhibit was entitled “Cruel Correspondence: Anti-Semitic Postcards 18951930.” Met Council provided a photographic display of Holocaust survivors creating pottery.

During the ceremony, the lawmaker announced that he was able to provide $700,000 in state funds that will quadruple the size of Kingsborough’s existing Holocaust Center and create a new Intercultural and Student Center.

These facilities will be accessible to the college and community for programming and research.

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Local officials say Brooklyn Bridge Park needs to start working on a plan for a pool there during the summer of 2019. Shown: Dozens of families cooled off in the Pop-Up Pool on opening day last June.

Time to Get Cracking on Permanent Pool In Brooklyn Bridge Park, Officials Say Popular Pop-Up Pool Will Be Dismantled After This Summer

By Mary Frost

Brooklyn Heights Press

The insanely popular Pop-Up Pool in Brooklyn Bridge Park will be dismantled after this summer’s season, and the pressure is building to get a substitute in place before the dog days of 2019.

The thousands of kids who splash in the pool come from both nearby neighborhoods and from across the borough, local officials said.

“The pool fills a gap in Brooklyn, which has too few public pools,” state Sen. Brian Kavanagh, Assemblymember Jo Anne Simon and Councilmember Stephen Levin said in a letter to the park’s President Eric Landau this week.

They called the pool “an indispensable and treasured amenity in Brooklyn Bridge Park.”

The park can either come up with a temporary solution, such as moving the Pop-Up Pool elsewhere in the park for another season, or get started on building a permanent pool, the officials said. In either case, the park’s board needs to get cracking immediately, officials said.

“Given that creating and siting a new pool will undoubtedly take significant time and financial resources, we urge you to begin the process now, and to work with us, community residents and other stakeholders expeditiously to identify and implement a long-term plan for maintaining pool service with no lapse, including the possibility of a temporary solution that can be implemented until a more permanent one is available,” they wrote.

The 30-by-50-foot temporary watering hole,

situated upland of Pier 2’s basketball courts, was slated to close after the 2016 season, But after a determined campaign by parents group Love Our Pool, the attraction received a one-year extension. This past September, the pool received another reprieve — but the park says this is definitely, absolutely the last one, because construction will start in September where the pool now sits.

The new Pier 2 uplands will include a bowl-shaped grassy swath, a water play area and meandering paths.

“The Pop-Up Pool is a terrific resource and amenity in Brooklyn Bridge Park and we’re thrilled that we found a way to extend it for one more season this summer,” Landau told the Brooklyn Heights Press in a statement last Wednesday. He said, however, that the park was also excited about breaking ground on the Pier 2 uplands project.

“We look forward to working with our local elected officials and the community as we explore future options for swimming in Brooklyn Bridge Park,” he added.

An official source told the Heights Press that no date has been set for discussions about pool options, but he felt that the park and the public are “all on the same side” on the issue.

The letter “begins the conversation,” he said.

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According to a 2016 survey released by former state Sen. Daniel Squadron, 63 percent of pool users live outside the park’s immediate area. The park is located on the Brooklyn

ABOVE: Families enjoy the pool. INSET: Lee Levine and his son Izzy, almost 8 years old, show off temporary tattoos saying “Love Our Pool.” Izzy learned to swim in the Pop-Up Pool.

Heights Press photos by Mary Frost Heights waterfront. About 80 percent of respondents ranked a pool as the most important feature for that part of the park.

Since 2012, hundreds of kids have learned to swim in the little pool. Lee Levine, a Love Our Pool representative, told the Heights Press last June that his son Izzy learned to swim there.

“He started at 4; now he’s about to turn 8,” Levine said. “He’s an advanced swimmer and we owe it all to the pool. Because four-days-ina-row swim lessons created enough momentum that, unlike doing once a week swim lessons, he was able on the fourth day to finally put his face in the water.”

Love Our Pool’s organizers were awarded a community service award by the Brooklyn Heights Association in March 2017.

One long-term solution that has been discussed is the + POOL, a plus-shaped, water-filtering, floating swimming pool, designed to fil-

ter river water that it floats in through the walls of the pool.

Since its introduction in 2010 (after which it raised hundreds of thousands of dollars on Kickstarter), + POOL has successfully tested its innovative river filtration system and solar water heaters. But the city’s political and economic landscape is proving more complicated.

The nonprofit says on its website that “each site along New York’s waterfront is operated by a dizzying gradient of different entities.” + Pool says it is working with the Mayor’s Office to identify a home. As part of the process, engineers studied a dozen sites all over New York City, including the Williamsburg waterfront and at Brooklyn Bridge Park and Hudson River Park.

“This is an insane process and taking much longer than we ever would have thought,” pool organizers said in a statement.

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Continued from page 2 At the time, Capt. Roberto Melendez said the precinct would increase the number of cops to about three sergeants and 24 officers a day with seven-day coverage, with additional help from surrounding precincts when necessary, including a counterterrorism unit to protect the ferry.

“Are we going to have less crime than last year?” Melendez said last year. “We’re going to try.”

Last Thursday, Brooklyn Heights Association Executive Director Peter Bray told the Heights Press that the 84th Precinct “has been very responsive.”

“Captain Melendez [said staffing] will remain at last season's high staffing levels,” Bray added.

Bray said Melendez told him that the NYPD arrested three juveniles last week “who may be connected to robberies of individuals that occurred once they left the park.”

The Heights Press has reached out to NYPD for more information about these arrests.

Since the arrests took place, “No further incidents have occurred,” Bray said.

regulate, so the bulk of the crowd control falls on the 84th Precinct, who give much of their summer resources to maintaining order in Brooklyn Bridge Park,” Linda DeRosa, president of

Willowtown: Connecting From Montague Street Might Help

The Willowtown Association has frequently complained about violent incidents on quiet Joralemon Street, where unruly nighttime crowds of park goers return to the subways.

There are only four access points to the park: Atlantic Avenue, Joralemon Street, Squibb Bridge and Old Fulton Street. Joralemon Street residents said their fears of an increase in noise, crowds and crime have borne fruit since the park opened.

More than 5 million visitors are expected to pack into the popular swath of green on the Brooklyn waterfront this summer.

“The sheer volume of people coming to the park is hard to

the Willowtown Association, told the Heights Press last Friday.

“As in past seasons, we are not about trying to control park activities; it’s about expecting respect for us in the park’s surrounding communities,” DeRosa added.

DeRosa said the city needs to divert some of the thousands of park visitors from residential Joralemon Street to commercial Montague Street.

“More access points into Brooklyn Bridge Park is key, so we have been advocating for a connection to [the park] from Montague

Street as part of the BQE cantilever rebuild project,” she said.

DeRosa said the idea “has gained a lot of traction.”

Past Incidents

Here are some of the major brawls and other incidents reported in the park from the present time going back to 2015.

• Last April’s extremely large, disorderly crowd at Pier 2 prompted police to evacuate sections of the park.

• A similar evacuation took place on May 11, 2016, after hundreds of young people gathered at Pier 2 and a brawl reportedly broke out.

• Another fight broke out on May 9, 2016 residents said.

• Yet another dispersal took place during Spring Break week 2016.

Citing large crowds, violent incidents and death threats on social media, police closed down Pier 2 on April 27.

• One person was assaulted on Pier 2 on Monday, April 25, 2016, according to an NYPD spokesperson. No arrests were made.

• On April 15, 2016, police arrested two men following the outbreak of gunfire. The shots scattered crowds enjoying the basketball courts and other exercise facilities on Pier 2. Two men were arrested.

• A 55-year-old registered sex offender fatally shot his ex-girlfriend after she left work near Pier 6 in June 2016.

• Gunfire in Brooklyn Bridge Park: Two arrested following Pier 2 melee in April 2015.

• A gang bound for park basketball in Brooklyn was arrested after a Joralemon Street rampage in August 2015.

INSET: Police closed down Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 2 in April 2016 after large crowds, violent incidents and death threats on Facebook. Heights Press photo by Mary Frost

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Artist Erwin Wurm’s “Hot Dog Bus,” a modified, vintage Volkswagen Microbus that has been transformed into a bloated and bizarre hot dog stand, is coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park this summer.

By Scott Enman

Brooklyn Heights Press

Get your hot dogs here!

Brooklynites won’t have to travel to Nathan’s in Coney Island to get delicious (yet dangerously greasy) hot dogs this summer.

Public Art Fund’s summer series kicks off with Erwin Wurm’s “Hot Dog Bus,” a modified, vintage Volkswagen Microbus that has been transformed into a bloated and bizarre hot dog stand.

The “absurd, yet approachable” 11-week exhibition will open in Brooklyn Bridge Park on June 9 and will be parked on Saturdays at Pier 1 and Sundays at Pier 5. Parkgoers can enjoy franks for free.

It’s an art attack in all sense of the word.

Hot dogs are not only an iconic street food of The Big Apple, but also a staple of Austria, the artist’s homeland. In addition to the vehicle itself, the act of eating the frankfurters is a further sculptural element, according to Wurm.

Wurm, 63, came to prominence, according to the art fund’s Associate Curator Daniel S. Palmer, by pushing the boundaries between the human body and sculpture.

“Through making something slightly surreal or strange, by creating this transformation of an everyday object, he hopes to encourage us to look at our world in a new light and to be a little more thoughtful about the world around us,” Palmer, a Williamsburg resident and curator

of the exhibit, told the Brooklyn Heights Press.

“Certainly I would say with the capitalist encouragement to consume and consume and buy and acquire things, that sometimes creates this kind of bloated mode of consumption that’s not as thoughtful,” he continued.

Wurm fell in love with Brooklyn Bridge Park, Palmer said, for its diverse crowd, family atmosphere, breathtaking views and countless groves.

“Hot Dog Bus” is an iteration of Wurm’s “Curry Bus,” which sold curry to people in Berlin. For the piece’s U.S. debut, the artist altered the interior of the van to accommodate a sausage stand and painted the exterior mustard yellow.

“The hot dog, originally an immigrant food and one with Brooklyn roots, has become so ubiquitous and so quintessentially American, that to have it served from the bus is a generous component of the exhibition,” Palmer told the Heights Press.

“If you’re not eating anything like this you might be missing out on something that’s quite fun and enjoyable and an important part of our cultural heritage,” he said. “At the same time, man cannot live on a hot dog alone.”

The Public Art Fund has a history of bringing vibrant contemporary art to New York City through its free exhibitions. The nonprofit organization installs artwork that not only complements the surround-

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James Ewing, Public Art Fund, NY

ing urban environment, but ones that whimsically play with it too.

The group commissioned several prominent pieces in Brooklyn Bridge Park, including Martin Creed’s “Understanding” in May 2016, a 25-foot-tall, rotating neon sculpture on Pier 6.

Last May, the nonprofit brought Anish Kapoor’s “Descension” to Pier 1, a 26-footwide endless whirlpool. In May 2015, the organization installed Jeppe Hein’s “Please Touch The Art,” a series of interactive sculptures, mirrors and fountains.

Not far from the 85-acre park, the art fund

also brought Chinese artist Ai Weiwei’s “Fences” to a Downtown Brooklyn bus shelter.

“Hot Dog Bus” will be parked at Pier 1 on Saturdays and at Pier 5 on Sundays from noon to 6 p.m. The free weenies will be limited to one per visitor.

INSET: Erwin Wurm Portrait, 2015.

Photo by Inge Prader.

Courtesy of the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong

Photo courtesy of Studio Erwin Wurm, Bonn 2017

A Hot Dog Bus Is Coming to BBP This Summer