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By Deborah KolbenThe Brooklyn Papers

When the Toolbelt Divashowed up at my apartmentthis week, she had no problemtelling it like it is.

The water pressure was pathet-ic, the bathroom door didn’t closeproperly, and why exactly werethere wires hanging out from thewall?

“This place needs some work,”said the gum-smacking Brooklynnative who is bringing a bit ofglamour to the dirty world ofhome repair.

Armed with a hip-hugging yellowtoolbelt, Norma Vally, the host of“Toolbelt Diva,” a new television se-ries that was set to air its first episodeon Discovery Home Channel on Fri-day, Aug. 6, took out her screwdriverand got down to business.

This is what the 39-year-oldformer bathing suit model andconstruction expert does best —visiting women in their homes andteaching them how to pick up ahammer or circular saw to solvehousehold problems.

Plopping down on the rim ofthe bathtub, the tall, slenderbrunette examined a door handle.

“Look at this,” she says, pullingme over to demonstrate how to peeloff the paint and loosen the screws.

Growing up, Vally learnedabout home repair from spendingtime with her older brother andhelping her father, a jeweler withstores in Bensonhurst and BayRidge, with repairs around theirMill Basin home.

“I was a tomboy,” Vally saysproudly. “I remember my fatheralways used to say in his Italianaccent, ‘Thank god you’re me-chanically inclined, not like yourmother’.”

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By Jotham SederstromThe Brooklyn Papers

The changing face of BayRidge now means fewerfaces, as several Third Avenuebusinesses, including a num-ber of boutique-like estab-lishments, shutter their doors.

For years, Chrisie Cannyworked at the Third Avenueboutique Jenny Lynn withthoughts of one day openingher own business in Bay Ridge.

In 1998, her pennies signifi-cantly piled, Canny left JennyLynn, which was owned by hercousin, and waltzed four blocksnorth, where she opened Wixx,a candle and glassware shop. Itquickly became a fixture in BayRidge.

“We tried to be unique,” saidCanny, who invited local artiststo display their work on herwalls. “It’s what I wanted to do.”

But on Aug. 27, Wixx willjoin a growing list of small,unique businesses along ThirdAvenue in shutting down. Sincelast year, the commercial strip,by some accounts, has surpassedboth Fourth and Fifth avenues ingoing-out-of-business sales.

Beside Wixx, at 8515 ThirdAve., Discoveries, an antiquestore between 84th and 85thstreets, and Arachne, a café andcollectibles shop at 80th Street,are also slated to close thismonth. Book-A-Brac, at 8724Third Ave., and Satori, a homedecorating store between 83rdand 84th streets, closed earlierthis year.

Thompson’s Fish Market, at73rd Street, also closed lastyear, nearly 10 years after theThompson family sold it, and its70-year-old fish recipes, to an-

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This afternoon-long event is sure to make eyes water,with its signature dish, sauteed whole blue crabs smotheredin fiery chili pepper sauce with accents of lime and ginger.

Luckily, bottles of beer will also be on sale to quellany three-alarm taste bud emergencies.

To help spice up the event, Singaporean chef Christo-pher Yeo, who owns Straits Cafe in San Francisco, is be-ing flown in for the event to supervise the cooking alongwith the Water Street Restaurant & Lounge’s head chef,Reggie Taylor. A barbecue pit will churn out burgers, hotdogs and other American favorites just outside therestaurant on Water Street off Main Street.

The festival also hopes to promote Singapore as atravel destination and will feature a variety of Asian artssuch as Chinese dragon performances, kickboxingdemonstrations by members of DUMBO’s Gleason’sGym, caricature artists and Asian-style massages.

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OUT OF TIMEPRIMETIME‘Toolbelt Diva’ fixin’ on cable Ridge boutiques shutting down

By Ed Shakespearefor The Brooklyn Papers

In the longest game in Brooklyn Cy-clones history, the Jamestown Jammers’J.T. Restko knocked an RBI single in thebottom of the 15th inning to defeat the firstplace Clones in heartbreaking fashion 5-4,Thursday night in Jamestown.

In the top of the 13th, with the score knotted

at two, the Brooks plated a pair when AmbiorixConcepcion’s grounded resulted in twoJamestown errors and two Brooklyn runs.

But Jamestown (15-29) came back to knot thescore in the bottom of the inning on two separatewild pitches by Clones reliever Jose Rodriguez.

The score remained tied until the 15th, when,with runners on second and third and two outs,Restko singled up the middle, tagging the loss onreliever Edgar Alfonzo (3-1).

Cyclones starter Mike Swindell through sixinnings of six-hit ball, striking out five and giv-ing up two runs, one earned.

Trailing 2-0 in the seventh, the Clones scored arun on a double by Dante Brinkley followed byground outs by Tyler Davidson and Concepcion.

The Brooks tied the score in the eighth on anRBI single by Derran Watts.

Previously, the longest Cyclones game ran 14innings.

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Chrisie Canny will close Wixx, a candle and glassware boutique at 8515 Third Ave., at the end of themonth after six years in business.

Norma Vally, host of the new Discovery Home Channel program,“Toolbelt Diva,” on the job on Thursday.

Mayor ties Nets arena to NY’s Olympic hopesBy Deborah KolbenThe Brooklyn Papers

Mayor Michael Bloombergthis week officially linked theproposed Atlantic Yards bas-ketball arena New York City’s

2012 Olympic bid.In announcing the city’s final

Olympic venue plan Thursday af-ternoon, Bloomberg declared thatall gymnastics competitions wouldtake place at the yet-to-be ap-proved, highly contentious Atlantic

Yards arena, instead of at MadisonSquare Garden as previously an-nounced. The plan also calls formoving all swimming and divingcompetitions to a new waterfrontdevelopment in Williamsburg froma proposed site in Queens.

In the wake of the mayor’s an-nouncement, an analyst versed inOlympic politics said that while in-clusion of the Atlantic Yards arenawill allow developer Bruce Ratnerto “wrap his venue in the Olympicflag,” it will also bring internation-al scrutiny to the already contro-versial plan.

“Now it’s an international issue,and people will be looking if theOlympics should be responsible fordisplacing people from theirhomes. It will bring some unwel-come attention,” said Brian Hatch,a transportation consultant whowas Salt Lake City’s deputy mayorin 2002, when the Olympic Gameswere played there.

Hatch now runs a Web sitetracking the city’s 2012 bid for theOlympics, which he calls “toocostly, too complicated, too con-gested and too controversial towin.”

“This hurts the bid by addingcontroversy. They don’t need allthese arenas,” said Hatch, who be-lieves the inclusion of the Nets are-na — as well as the proposed Jetsstadium on the West Side of Man-hattan — are veiled attempts topush through large-scale develop-ment projects.

In fact, a press released issue byBloomberg on Thursday said thecity intended to do just that.

The Olympics plan will “help usexpedite recreational and infra-structure projects citywide,”Bloomberg said.

It will both “strengthen our bidfor the Olympic Games in 2012,

and enrich the legacy that thegames will leave for our city,” themayor said.

Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff, adriving force behind the Olympicbid and the $5 billion West Sideproject, has hinted since Januarythat the proposed 800,000-square-foot, 19,000-seat Brooklyn arena— part of Ratner’s proposed $2.5billion residential and commercialbuildup east of the junction of Flat-bush and Atlantic avenues, wouldbe included in the Olympic Games.

Opponents of the arena decriedthe mayor’s inclusion of the pro-posed arena in the Olympic bid,but Borough President Marty

Markowitz said the move was agreat boost for the borough.

“Who would have dreamed,even 10 years ago, that Brooklynwould be considered to host thegymnastic competition, one of theOlympics’ most popular sports,”said Markowitz, who also praisedthe inclusion of a Williamsburgwaterfront facility.

New York is competing with Lon-don, Paris, Moscow and Madrid tohost the 2012 summer games.

This week’s changes will besubmitted to the InternationalOlympic Committee by Nov. 15.The IOC will make it’s final deci-sion on July 6, 2005.

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Members of the Bay RidgeConsumer Federation [BRCF],Community Board 10 andCouncilman Vincent Gentileannounced that 23 previouslyrestricted spaces in Bay Ridgeand Dyker Heights would beopened up for free parking thisweek.

“One space is nice, but 23?Wow, that’s certainly goodnews,” said Josephine Beck-mann, district manager of Com-munity Board 10.

Keith Kalb, a spokesman forthe Department of Transporta-tion, confirmed the removal ofoutdated no-standing and no-parking signs throughout thearea, including some along aswath of 86th Street betweenSeventh and 14th avenues. Al-though he said that 28 spaceswould be created by the end of


A patch job on a crum-bling stretch of road inDyker Heights has left resi-dents fuming — and track-ing tar through their homes.

“It’s a mess right now,” saidMary Ganry, who has lived71st Street between 10th and11th avenues for 47 years. Tarsticks to her feet and is beingtracked into her home, shesaid, adding, “They repaired itbut didn’t do a good job. Thecars are still coming up anddown like it’s a roller coaster.”

The work is preceding aNovember restoration projectthat promises to put an end toyears of pothole predicamentson the blocks.

Josephine Beckmann, dis-trict manager of CommunityBoard 10, said that 71st Streetand two other intersections inBay Ridge are among 21blocks in Brooklyn to be re-stored by the Department ofDesign and Construction(DDC) starting in November.

To help alleviate some ofthe deterioration, workers lastweek laid tar along the centerof the street. But residents saythe patch job does little morethan stick to shoes and tires —while leaving portions of thestreet less than smooth.

“I was so happy becausewe had been lobbying for thisfor so long,” said Beckmann,who noted that problems be-gan after workers laid con-crete more than a decade ago.“There were so many potholeson that block.”

But while the upcomingproject is seen by residents andelected officials as a victoryworth waiting for, some in theneighborhood expressed ireover delays that have kept thestreet bumpy for more than ayear. Past work, they say, hasmerely led to leaky basementsand restricted parking.

Megan Harrison, a spokes-woman for the DDC, said thatno dates had been set for indi-vidual projects, including theone in Dyker Heights. Shesaid, however, that the $2.8-million project would be com-pleted by Nov. 2005. Commu-nity Board 10 would bealerted two weeks in advanceof starting each project.

She added that 89th Streetbetween Third and Fourth av-enues, and an intersection atThird Avenue and Bay RidgeAvenue, were also scheduledfor renovations.

The problems on 71st Streetbecame so bad that neighborsone block north started gettingangry. Thomas Doyle, who haslived at 70th Street between10th and 11th avenues since1978, said that he fired off sev-eral letters of concern to elect-ed officials but did not get a re-sponse. Doyle said that the

problem has been gettingworse on the street over thepast year, especially near 11thAvenue, but the city has con-tinued to delay.

“It’s getting jerked aroundthat’s making a lot of us so an-gry,” said Doyle of both electedofficials and city agencies in-volved with the project.

“They’ve been telling us thisis going to get done and thenthey put it off. We pay all thetaxes and we get nothing in re-turn.”

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Beside 12 on 86th Street, fourothers will be created on SixthAvenue between 72nd Streetand Bay Ridge Parkway; threewill be added between Ovingtonand Bay Ridge avenues onRidge Boulevard; and one willbe made on Fourth Avenue be-tween 76th and 77th streets.

“A lot of these ‘no parkinganytime’ signs were just un-necessary,” said Gentile, whoorganized a meeting betweenthe Department of Transporta-tion and members of the com-munity board and the BRCFon July 9.

“I appreciated the fact thatwe were able to get togetherwith the DOT and get themmoving on this.”

Kalb said that the report,which the DOT received dur-ing the July meeting, was thefirst of its kind to addressparking problems in a specificneighborhood.

“I think it’s with honey that

this was able to happen,” saidPeter Killen, executive directorof the BRCF, the group that putthe study together.

“We didn’t fight them, wedidn’t attack them. We justasked them please to do this.And they did.”

Killen spearheaded the sur-vey in February alongside TedGeneral and Al Asfazadour,president of the Fort HamiltonParent-Teachers Association.What the trio found was a longlist of unnecessary signs erectedfor reasons that no longer ap-plied, like those put in placedecades ago for hook-and-lad-der fire trucks. Before they weremade obsolete, the trucks cameequipped with a ladder thatswung the length of three cars.

Other spaces, said Killen,were restricted because of firehydrants, many of them onFifth Avenue, that no longer ex-isted. Kalb added that some“no-standing” or “loadingzone” signs are placed to helpmerchants who use deliverytrucks. Without groups like the

BRCF playing watchdog, how-ever, those signs sometimes sur-vive longer than the businessesthey were meant to serve.

“Sometimes community needschange,” said Kalb. “If a com-pany moves out of the neigh-borhood, we aren’t always no-tified. We can’t be everywhereand we can’t be at every park-ing area at all times.”

Still, the new spaces repre-sent only half of those identi-fied in the study, which wasput together over three

months. At least 35 otherspaces found by the grouphave yet to be liberated by theDOT. Killen believes that ahandful placed near cross-walks would continue to be re-stricted as a safety precaution.

After further word fromDOT officials, Killen said hewould survey the neighbor-hood one more time.

“Right now, it’s just thankyou, it’s kissy kissy,” saidKillen of the Department ofTransportation.

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Teens hit two with paintballsBy Jotham SederstromThe Brooklyn Papers

Three teens were arrest-ed after two drive-by paint-ball shootings that left anelderly woman and a 26-year-old man with handand eye injuries.

Police arrested the suspectsJuly 31, following a secondattack, which was played outover the week as the group al-legedly scoured Bensonhurstin what witnesses described asa red vehicle.

In both attacks, the trio al-legedly shot paint-filled pel-lets that travel at speeds of200 mph at unsuspectingpedestrians near 86th Street.

Police say the group firsttargeted a 63-year-old Asianwoman who was walking on86th Street near Bay 20thStreet at 8:30 pm on July 27.The woman told police sheheard a series of popping nois-es before realizing she hadbeen hit on her left hand by ayellow paint ball.

The second attack, on July31, happened just after 2 am.

This time, a 26-year-oldman was shot in the left eyewhile he was talking on a payphone at 20th Avenue at 86thStreet.

The youngest of the men, a16-year-old, was charged withpossession of an air rifle andtwo counts of criminal pos-session of a weapon in the

fourth degree, a result of twosets of brass knuckles he washolding. His 18-year-oldbrother was charged with un-lawful possession of marijua-na, according to a complaintfiled by the District Attorney’soffice.

HammertimeAn underage drinker was

raced to Victory MemorialHospital after being bludg-

eoned with a hammer follow-ing a vicious attack outside ofa Bay Ridge bar.

Police say that a thug in hisearly 20s attacked the 18-year-old Gravesend man on July23, just moments after he leftthe bar on Fifth Avenue at82nd Street at 3 am.

The man was treated forhead injuries and receivedstitches before being released.

Police did not report a mo-tive for the attack.

Bat attackA block party turned bloody

after a 19-year-old Benson-hurst man was belted with abaseball bat by an attackerwho managed to elude de-scription.

Police say the victim andhis friends had joined a partyalong 19th Avenue at 77thStreet on July 31, but werestopped in their tracks by abat-wielding hooligan whostruck the teen on the back of

his head. Despite the crowd of party-

goers, nobody, including thevictim, was able to give a de-scription of the attacker, whobegan swinging just beforemidnight.On the block

A Bay Ridge woman awokelast Monday to find her redHonda stripped of its rims andwheels and held up by a pairof milk crates.

Police say the 47-year-oldwoman parked the car in frontof her apartment building on74th Street between Ridge

Boulevard and Third Avenuearound 7 pm on July 25.When she returned to the carat 6:30 am the next morning,the car, a 2003 model was onthe crates.

All four tires and rims hadbeen removed from the two-door automobile, she said.Bank robbed

A note-writing hood robbeda Bensonhurst bank, gettingaway with nearly $6,450.

Cops say the man enteredan Apple Bank branch on 86thStreet at 20th Avenue ataround 11 am on July 31 andhanded a teller his note, whichbared a picture of a gun andthe word bang inscribedabove.

The man then fled north-bound on 20th Avenue.

A witness later told policethat she saw a man runningnear the bank, where he shedhis shirt and threw it in frontof a home on 20th Avenue at20th Drive.

Police describe the man aswhite and in his 30s.$3,800 taken

A pistol-packing goonrobbed a Third Avenue delilast Monday afternoon, escap-ing with $3,800.

The man, who police say is5-foot-5 and black, walkedinto the deli on Third Avenueat 98th Street on July 26 andheaded toward the back,where he picked up a singlecan of Beck’s beer. Police saythat before brandishing the sil-ver handgun and pointing it atan employee behind thecounter, he looked around tomake sure nobody else was inthe store. The employee, a 37-year-old man from Queens,handed over the money andwatched as the crook fledsouthbound on Third Avenue.

Although the business isequipped with surveillancecameras, the crime was notrecorded, police said.


A career criminal pled guilty tostealing a toolbox from a work van inDyker Heights last week and is nowserving 90 days in prison, where hewill likely celebrate his 40th birthdaylater this month.

Police arrested Salvatore Cavitolo onJuly 26 after he tried to snatch the toolswhile witnesses on 14th Avenue at 72ndStreet looked on.

Despite the triviality of the crime,which drew charges of criminal trespass-ing and petit larceny, Cavitolo was sen-tenced to three months in prison and pro-

bation because of his lengthy rap sheet,which includes a drug possession sentencein September.

That conviction drew a conditional dis-charge, allowing Cavitolo freedom as longas he stayed clear of the law for sixmonths to one year.

A spokesman for the Kings CountyDistrict Attorney’s office said that Cavito-lo boasts a history of at least seven arrestsin Brooklyn dating back to 1982, when hewas 18.

Cavitolo was first arrested for criminalpossession of stolen property and unautho-rized use of a vehicle.

Since 1982, said the spokesman, Cavi-tolo, has been charged with assault, crimi-

nal possession of stolen property, resistingarrest, drug possession and unauthorizeduse of a vehicle. His longest of five prisonsentences was for a maximum of fiveyears, although the spokesman could notdetermine whether he served the entiresentence.

Police say Cavitolo was arrested aftertrespassing in the backyard of a DykerHeights home.

At least two residents watched as theman grabbed a box of tools that were sit-ting in the back of a van that was parkednearby.

A legal aide lawyer assigned to defendCavitolo did not return phone calls bypress time.

Career criminal gets 90 days

By Michael WeissensteinAssociated Press

The city director of ferries was charged with man-slaughter in last year’s fatal ferry crash for allegedly run-ning a system so slipshod that it was “a tragedy waitingto happen,” prosecutors said.

Ferry director Patrick Ryan’s indictment was released hoursafter the ferry’s pilot pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the crash,which killed 11 commuters and injured dozens when the ferrydrifted off course and plowed into a concrete maintenance pier.

Pilot Richard Smith pleaded guilty Wednesday morning to 11counts of manslaughter, one for each victim, acknowledging heneglected his duties by taking medications that made him loseconsciousness at the helm of the Andrew J. Barberi ferry as itapproached Staten Island on the afternoon of Oct. 15.

Ryan’s years of mismanagement meant that ferry staff wereunaware of a rule requiring the ship’s captain be in place to takeover control, prosecutors said.

“The Barberi crashed as a result of the criminal negligence oftwo individuals, Assistant Captain Richard Smith and ferry di-rector Patrick Ryan,” U.S. Attorney Roslynn Mauskopf said.“This was a tragedy waiting to happen.”

The ship’s captain and the ferry’s port captain were chargedwith lying to federal investigators about the crash.

Smith also pleaded guilty to concealing his drug-taking andhigh blood pressure on a Coast Guard pilot’s license renewalform. His doctor was charged with helping falsify the CoastGuard document.

Smith’s blood pressure condition and prescription for a pow-erful medication he was taking for back pain could have dis-qualified him from service, prosecutors said.

Smith said at his Brooklyn federal court hearing: “I was notin proper physical condition to safely operate the Staten Islandferry. I lost consciousness and was not in control of the ferrywhen it crashed.”

He could be sentenced to more than three years in prison un-der federal guidelines. Ryan’s attorney said he had no immedi-ate comment on the indictment.

Prosecutors said that Ryan neglected long-established safetypractices, including the requirement that a ship’s captain and as-sistant captain share the wheelhouse during docking. The two-pilot requirement was put in place in 1958 to prevent an acci-dent if one person was incapacitated, prosecutors said.

But Ryan never told new pilots about the rule or enforced it,prosecutors said. His mismanagement was so bad that the ferrysystem, which shuttles about 70,000 people daily between Stat-en Island and Manhattan, had no set of written standard operat-ing procedures at the time of the crash.

Victims’ attorneys said Ryan’s indictment would bolster theireffort to prevent the city from capping its liability at $14.2 mil-lion under a provision of maritime law. More than 175 injuredpeople and relatives of the dead have filed claims against the city.

The city’s corporation counsel, Michael Cardozo, quickly is-sued a statement defending Ryan.

“We do not believe that Captain Patrick Ryan was guilty ofmanslaughter in the performance of his duties ... as the indict-ment alleges,” Cardozo said. “Patrick Ryan has been a respectedand loyal employee who brought about many improvements tothe ferry over his long history of service.”

After the crash, Ryan falsely told his superiors and federal in-

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Citing Metropolitan Trans-portation Authority cries ofpoverty, opponents of themassive Atlantic Yardsdevelopment project andmass transit advocates arecalling on the MTA to seektop dollar for its valuableland.

Developer Bruce Ratnerwould use the site — east ofthe junction of Flatbush andAtlantic avenues — to build aresidential and commercialcomplex and an arena for hisNew Jersey Nets basketballteam.

The cash-strapped MTA isfacing a $1 billion deficit by2006 and recently announcedthat it may need to raise faresand cut back service.

The agency holds title to 10acres of land currently used asstorage yards for the Long Is-land Rail Road, stretching be-tween Atlantic Avenue and Pa-cific Street from Flatbush toVanderbilt avenues. Ratnerproposes to top the storageyards with half of his AtlanticYards development which hehas said could cost $2.5 billionto complete.

At the MTA monthly boardmeeting in March, chairmanPeter Kalikow said he wouldseek “maximum value” for thesite. “I fight tenaciously for therights of the MTA and the val-ues of their properties,” Ka-likow told reporters after thatmeeting.

But when asked if the MTAplanned to put out a requestfor proposals on the site — ef-fectively putting it on the open

market — Kalikow said, “Idon’t know.”

Develop — Don’t DestroyBrooklyn, a community groupfighting Ratner’s project, cameout swinging this week againstthe MTA.

“With the MTA threateningto raise fares and tolls, cutservices and possibly evenclose stations, they owe it tostraphangers and taxpayers tolet other developers bid com-petitively, in order to get thebest price possible,” said Dan-iel Goldstein, a spokesman forthe group.

The Straphangers Cam-paign, a mass transit advocacygroup that has not taken a po-sition on the Atlantic Yards de-velopment, says it is keeping aclose eye on what happenswith the site.

“The MTA has no money.

Team owners couldact on Ratner dealby next weekBy Vince DiMiceliThe Brooklyn Papers

A subcommittee of owners of theNational Basketball Association hasunanimously recommended the saleof the New Jersey Nets to developerBruce Ratner, paving the way for theleague’s Board of Governors to sealthe $300-million deal some time nextweek, the NBA said Thursday.

The news comes amid reports thatRatner, who wants to move the team tohis proposed Atlantic Yards developmentin Downtown Brooklyn, had lost thefunding necessary to complete the pur-chase.

Citing a Nets insider, the New York

Post reported on Tuesday that severalinvestors in the deal had pulled out inthe last week of July, causing a majorsetback in Ratner’s quest to buy theteam.

On Wednesday, the Star-Ledger ofNewark reported that three Ratner in-vestors had “reneged on their commit-ment to buy the Nets.”

The Star-Ledger also said that theteam’s owner, YankeeNets, “are stillfighting over how to break up the com-pany.”

But on Thursday, Ratner spokesmanJoe Deplasco told The Brooklyn Papersthat the deal was done.

“The Post story was wrong,” Deplascosaid. “The financing project is in placeand was sent to the NBA last week.”

Also on Thursday, NBA spokesmanTim Frank told The Papers that the sub-committee of NBA owners recommend-ed that the purchase go through.

“They have been submitting stuff theentire time,” Frank said of Ratner’s fi-

nances. “It satisfied the subcommittee.” Frank added that the league’s 40-mem-

ber board of governors will vote on thesale “sometime before mid-week nextweek.”

Ratner needs 23 out of 40 votes for thedeal to be approved.

Ratner had reached a deal in principalin January, and it was supposed to havebeen finalized by June 30.

The Star-Ledger, citing three sports in-dustry executivers with knowledge of thedeal, reported the investment firm Gold-man Sachs was one of the investors thathad backed out.

The newspaper said the firm’s with-drawal was the result of NBA rules thatput an owner’s personal assets on the linein the event of a default.

“This is standard NBA stuff, but thesewere guys who had never done an NBAdeal before, and Ratner had to take themout,” one of the executives told the Star-Ledger.

— reported by Deborah Kolben

It’s in a huge deficit and it’snot the time to start givingaway its assets. They should atleast get fair market value,”said Michael Hernandez, afield organizer for theStraphangers Campaign.

In a letter dated June 14 to

Westchester AssemblymanRichard Brodsky, chairman ofthe public authority commit-tee, Kalikow agreed to “retainthe services of qualified ap-praisers.”

That appraisal is still beingcompleted, according to Tom

Kelly, a spokesman for theMTA.

“We will carefully scrutinizethe MTA’s decision on how toproceed with this,” said KellyMacMillan, a spokeswoman forBrodsky. “We’ve made it clearwhat we’d like to see done here

and we expect that their inter-ests and our interests should bethe same because none of uswant to see the MTA suffer fi-nancially for outside interest de-velopment deals.”

To build his sweeping 21-acre project that would include

four commercial skyscrapers,13 residential towers and a19,000-seat basketball arena,Ratner plans to either buyoutor ask the state to condemntwo square blocks of privateland, in addition to his acquisi-tion of the MTA property.

The Long Island Railroad yards owned by the MTA along Atlantic Avenue, where Bruce Ratner wants to construct his $2.5 billion Atlantic Yards project.


Could the end of “Pole-town” put the breaks ondeveloper Bruce Ratner’sAtlantic Yards proposal?

Opponents and residentswho could be displaced by themassive residential, commer-cial and arena developmentplan are hoping so.

Reversing two decades ofland-use law, a Michigan courtthis week overturned its ownlandmark 1981 decision allow-ing local governments to seizeprivate property for privateuse.

In the 1981 ruling, thecourt allowed the city of De-troit to seize land in theneighborhood of Poletown

(named for its Polish immi-grant community) and give itto General Motors to build anauto plant.

“Poletown was the first ma-jor case allowing condemna-tion of areas in the name ofjobs and taxes,” said DanaBerliner, an attorney with theInstitute for Justice, a Wash-ington D.C.-based public inter-est law firm specializing ineminent domain.

The ruling was the first ofits kind and has been used toset precedent in eminent do-main cases naionwide, accord-ing to Berliner.

Atlantic Yards opponentsare hoping the new ruling willcarry some weight with NewYork courts.

The Atlantic Yards project,

including a 19,000-seat arenafor the New Jersey Nets, fourtowering office buildings and4,500 apartments, wouldstretch from Flatbush Avenueto Vanderbilt Avenue betweenAtlantic Avenue and DeanStreet.

In order to build there, Rat-ner would have to buyout orhave the state use its power ofeminant domain to take over10 acres of privately-ownedland.

Opponents of the plan havehired civil liberties attorneyNorman Siegel, who calledthis week’s ruling “a very im-portant decision.”

“This suggests to courts na-tionwide that a renewed lookat the meaning of the conceptof public use for eminent do-

main purposes is warranted.“We plan to persuade the

New York court to follow theprecedent of the Michigansupreme courts and hopefullythe victory for individual ritesin Michigan will serve as aframework for a similar victo-ry for the businesses and prop-erty owners and residents ofProspect Heights,” said Siegel.

A spokesman for Ratner de-clined to comment on how thedecision could effect the pro-posed development.

Illinois, Arizona and Cali-fornia have all also recentlyruled that eminent domain tak-ing for private developer is nota public use.

Says Siegel, “What hap-pened in Michigan can onlyhelp our case.”

‘Poletown’ ruling could hurtRatner’s plan for Downtown

NBA set to OK Nets

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Al Raffo, a Korean Warveteran and Park Slope stal-wart, says he couldn’t be hap-pier about the city’s decisionto convert the neighbor-hood’s century-old armoryinto a sports facility for chil-dren.

But that doesn’t mean helikes to be dissed.

For the past two decades,Raffo, a retired sanitation work-er, has been closely followingthe fate of the landmark facili-ty roughly the size of a regula-tion football field that is locat-ed on Eighth Avenue between14th and 15th streets.

When the city tried to con-vert it into a homeless facility,Raffo and several other com-munity leaders formed theUnited Coalition to Save andPreserve the Armory [UCSPA]to protest.

When the city took theTiffany stained glass window,the coalition was there. Andwhen they took the DoughBoy sculpture, they fought un-til it was returned.

The group even distributed toelected officials a hefty reuseplan for the 134,000 square-footred brick structure in the early1990s, calling for its conversioninto an athletic and cultural fa-cility.

So when Mayor MichaelBloomberg showed up lastmonth along with a host of lo-cal politicians and announcedthat the city, in conjunctionwith Take the Field, a non-profit organization, would bedoing just that, Raffo said hehad some mixed emotions.

“We wanted exactly whatthey’re doing in the armorynow,” Raffo, 65, said thisweek, “But we’re upset thatthey forgot about us.”

Not only were they not in-vited, the coalition didn’t findout about the city’s decision tofund the conversion until theyread about it in the papers.

“Every city and state andfederal elected official re-

ceived a copy of that book. Itwent to the mayor, city comp-troller, it went to every personyou could think of includingevery county leader of everyparty in the state of NewYork,” Raffo fumed, referringto his study.

The group is also still push-ing for a cultural facility to beincluded at the armory. “Wehave room for both,” he said.

The issue is charged forRaffo, who began the armoryfight with his best friendWilliam Thomas over 20 yearsago. Thomas, the former pres-ident of the 14th Street BlockAssociation, passed away twoyears ago. And coalition co-founder John “Moe” Maloney,president of the Windsor Ter-race Community Association,recently underwent intensivecancer treatment.

The mayor, Speaker GiffordMiller, Councilman Bill De-Blasio, and Borough PresidentMarty Markowitz gathered atthe armory on July 22 to an-nounce the new project.

Peter Hatch, a spokesmanfor DeBlasio said the failure toinvite members of the UCSPAto the event was simply anoversight.

“Once the funding was se-cured, the rollout of the an-nouncement moved veryquickly,” he said. “If any sup-porters were not informed ofthe announcement, we regretthe oversight and look forwardto working with them to makethe initiative a success.”

In a statement released byhis office, Markowitz said at-tendees of the July 22 gather-ing were those charged withdeveloping the new plan.

“There was no effort to ex-clude community members,”the statement read, “rather, theorganizations that attended thepress conference were thosethat are primarily involved inthe development of the newplans for the armory whichwill be an exciting resourcefor children and families inPark Slope and the surround-ing neighborhoods.”

The plans include convert-ing the cavernous drill floorinto a multi-sports facilitywith a track as well as basket-ball, volleyball and tenniscourts.

The armory will also con-tinue to house a 70-bed shelterfor homeless women.

Richard Kahan, presidentof Take the Field, has in thepast said he envisioned theathletic facilities would beopen to the public from 6 amto 8 am.

Then, from 8 am to 4 pm,the hall could be made avail-able to the Department of Edu-cation for local public schoolscurrently lacking facilities. Af-ter 4 pm, the facilities wouldbe open to private schools,community leagues and neigh-borhood organizations.

Construction is expected tocost $16 million and last twoyears, and will include reno-vating the 70,000-square-footdrill floor, building bathroomsand locker areas, ceiling work,renovating the balcony and in-stalling a sprinkler system.

The mayor and City Coun-cil have each committed $6million in public funds andMarkowitz has tossed in an-other $2 million. Take theField is contributing $2 mil-lion in privately raised funds.

Lenore Read, a co-founderof the coalition who was bornand raised in Park Slope andhas lived across the street fromthe armory for 49 years, said itdidn’t bother her at first thatthey weren’t getting any credit.

“But people kept comingup to me and saying, Lenorewhy didn’t they mention you,you worked so hard on this?”said Read, a retired fifth gradeteacher from PS 107.

“They didn’t put the effortinto that that we did, they did-n’t spend the hours workingon it that we did, and they didnot participate in the demon-strations that we did,” saidRead, referring to the electedofficials who she said are tak-ing all the credit.

“I’m not a politician,” saidRead, “so I guess it doesn’tcount.”

Moe Maloney (right), president of the Windsor Terrace Community Association, Lenore Read (center), president of the15th Street Block Association, and Al Raffo, chairman of theSeventh Avenue-Windsor Place Community Association, infront of the Park Slope Armory last Wednesday.

Editors’ reunionSeven Long Island University Brooklyn Campus alumni who edited Seawanhaka, the school’s student newspaper,between 1969 and 1974, met Saturday at Eammon’s on Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. The editors producedthe prize-winning weekly newspaper during a period of turbulent student activism over the Vietnam War, racialconflict, academic change and the fate of Long Island University’s Brooklyn Campus, which the university’s trustees hadattempted to shutter in 1967. Left to right: Ed Weintrob, preisdent of Brooklyn Paper Publications; Robert Gor-lach, a psychotherapist on Long Island; satirist Mike Korsonski; Ezra Helfand, vice president account services forCamares Communications; George Giokas, president CEO of Staff Writers Plus; Jack Stokes, media relations man-ager for the Associated Press, and Monica Surfaro, vice president communications for Keep America Beautiful.

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When she was discov-ered between two buildingson 22nd Street in the SouthSlope twitching frominjuries brought on frombeing hit by a car, theorange tabby was clingingto life the way most housecats paw for yarn.

Suffering a fractured jawand pelvis, a dislocated tailand an eye so swelled that vet-erinarians initially mistook theblow for a tumor, the felinewould have died for sure, ninelives or not.

But thanks to an outpouringof sympathy spurred on bythree cat lovers from ParkSlope, the cat, renamed Liber-ty following her Fourth ofJuly rescue, may indeed liveto celebrate another Indepen-dence Day.

“We’ve been amazed byhow many people have comeforward to help,” said DavidGreen, a commercial printerwho came across Liberty withhis fiancee and a friend. “Wewere surprised about thequantity of donations, butequally surprised by theamount.”

Since spotting Liberty on22nd Street between Fourthand Fifth avenues, then deliv-ering her to a pair of animalclinics, a smattering of heart-heavy Park Slopers have do-nated more than $1,300 to-ward the feline’s medical bill.

Among those chipping in,said Green, was an eight-year-old girl who charged into theveterinarian’s office withabout $30 stashed in an over-sized piggy bank.

“The vets said they werestanding around in tears,” saidGreen, himself the owner ofthree cats that he and his fi-ancee Sarah Starbuck rescuedfrom the street.

But while the donationshave risen beyond what thetrio expected when they beganhanging fliers along Fifth andSeventh avenues, an addition-al $500 is needed to performsurgery on the cat’s abscessedand infected left eye, whichwill have to be removed.

Green, Starbuck and JesseOldham, the founder of SlopeStreet Cats, a trap, neuter andrelease program, came acrossLiberty while returning homefrom a viewing of the fire-works display along the EastRiver. Starbuck said that thecat was sitting lifelessly withher head lowered, “lookingragged and thin with a bulgingred eye that appeared closedover and opaque.”

When the trio approached,Liberty meowed weakly, butdid not try to run.

Oldham ran to a nearby deliand bought cat food, whichLiberty finished within sec-onds despite her jaw fracture.The trio then took a car serviceto an emergency clinic on BayRidge Avenue, where doctorscared for Liberty for two days,long enough for her to regainsome strength. She was thenbrought to the Prospect ParkAnimal Clinic in Windsor Ter-race, where she is still recover-ing. Green and Starbuck saythey have visited her nearlyevery other day since she was

admitted.Starbuck said vets told her

that Liberty’s recently clippedclaws and a still visible inden-tation where a collar was oncefastened is evidence that theapproximately 10-year old cathad been abandoned or hadrun from home within the pasttwo months.

When she was first discov-ered, Liberty weighed a paltryfour pounds. Since then, shehas grown to nearly sixpounds, a significant improve-ment but still more than apound shy of a healthy weightfor a cat her age.

Earlier this week, bandageswere removed from her tail.Full recovery, said Starbuck,could come as soon as a newowner is found and the eyesurgery is completed.

“She’s doing a lot better,”said Starbuck, who with Greenhas taken in seven cats overthe last 14 months, most ofwhich have been delivered tono-kill rescue services acrossthe city. “She’s definitely afrisky little cat. She scampers

around and you can tell she’s ahappy little cat. She’ll rub herface on you.”

Nonetheless, Starbuck andGreen say they are unable tocare for Liberty properly, inpart because of their own cats.Liberty suffers bowel prob-lems that necessitate bathroomhelp and has injuries thatwould heal more quickly with-out the company of other pets.For that reason, they are look-ing for potential caregiverswithout pets, but with a felinefamiliarity, who are interestedin adopting.

“If we could, we’d do it in asecond,” said Green. “Butright now we’re looking for apermanent home and an expe-rienced cat owner.”

Anyone interested in adopt-ing Liberty can call Green andStarbuck at (718) 832-8250, orOldham at (917) 207-5282.

Donations for the cat’s carecan be sent directly to theProspect Park Animal Clinic at105 Prospect Park West. Theclinic can be reached at (718)768-6125.

Liberty, rescued on July 4,needs to find a loving home

Jesse Oldham, 30, pets Liberty the cat at the Prospect Park Animal Clinic on ProspectPark West in Windsor Terrace last Wednesday. Oldham, who runs Slope Street Cats,found Liberty injured on a Park Slope sidewalk on July 4 and took her in.

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Thanks to an event inBay Ridge last weekend,Brooklyn GOPers will playa small part in crafting amessage expected to reach20 million television view-ers when the RepublicanNational Convention hitstown later this month.

Plus, they got to exploretheir creative sides.

More than 100 Kings Coun-ty Republicans, includingsome too young to vote butstill raring for President GeorgeW. Bush, turned out on July 24to paint placards for the up-coming convention in NewYork, which begins Aug. 30.

Over six hours, the grouppainted about 2,500 signs,one-tenth of the 25,000 ex-pected to be waved by dele-gates on the convention floorat Madison Square Garden.

“The mosaic of people in thisroom had an intensity and firein them,” said Republican stateSen. Marty Golden who hostedthe art class-cum-morale boost-er at the Bay Ridge Manor on76th Street at Fifth Avenue.“This is what it’s all about.”

And if the signage meansanything, Bush is indeed whatit’s all about.

Beside “New York LovesBush” and “Go! Bush,” two ofthe most common exultations,the group churned out dozensof other mini-masterpieces, in-

Ridgites paint for Bush

cluding “Luvya Dubya,”“Brooklyn Loves Bush,” “VivaBush,” “Bush USA” and “GoGWB.” Others like “Italians forBush,” “Greeks for Bush” and“Lebanese for Bush,” reflectedthe multiethnic demography ofthe crowd on Saturday.

The nod to Lebanon camefrom Natalie Sayegh, 16, whosaid Bush would be her man ifshe were of voting age. Untilthen, the Bay Ridge nativeand Fontbonne Hall Academy

Placards painted by Bay Ridgites for the Republican National Convention.

junior said mere sloganeeringwill have to do.

“I am creative, but I don’treally draw anything or any-thing like that,” she said. “Butit was really fun. Everyonewas, like, talking and socializ-ing. It was a lot of fun.”

Natalie came to the sign-painting party with her twinsister, Nicole, an occasionalvolunteer at Golden’s districtoffice who also proclaimedher devotion for Bush. Like

her sister, the Fontbonne sen-ior, who hopes to study inter-national relations next year ata college yet to be determined,said her lack of artistic talentdidn’t keep her from rollingout 25 placards.

“They’re quick to do onceyou start writing ’em,” saidNicole, who threw out about15 signs because of sloppypenmanship. “I was trying tomake them a little colorful,but I don’t really know how to

draw so I was just sticking towords.”

Those words included sev-eral she considered passe.

“There was dumb stuff, like,‘For a safe New York, voteBush’,” she said. “There was alot of Bush, Bush, Bush andRepublicans for Bush.”

Alison Kogut, spokeswom-an for the 2004 RepublicanNational Convention, said thatwas the norm at other signpainting get-togethers organ-ized across the tri-state area, in-cluding one hosted by formermayor Rudy Giuliani inHarlem last month. After eachof those parties came to aclose, the double-sided signswere taken to the Convention’sManhattan office, where Kogutsaid they are piling high.

Agnes Boobol, a BayRidge Republican senior citi-zen, painted about 20 signs, aduty she shared with her sister.

“I kept turning them out,”said Boobol, who voted forDwight Eisenhower, RichardNixon, Ronald Reagan andboth Bushes. “Not only for theparty, but for the candidate.”

Despite enjoying the chanceto paint, which she said shehadn’t done in years, Boolbolsaid she wouldn’t offer herservices a second time if presi-dential hopeful John Kerrycame knocking on her door.

“I’m no flip-flopper,” firedback Boolbol, whose visionincluded an elaborately paint-ed American flag. “That’s aneasy question.”

adds she’s usually “rough and tumble” but was trying to balancemodeling and construction.

“When I first went on jobs, they weren’t sure why I was there.But when they saw that I was putting up Sheetrock, they realizedI was serious,” says Vally.

Like its host, the television series is about more than just fix-ing things.

“I love the idea of being able to balance being feminine andtaking control of your reality — if it means picking up a tool or astethoscope or a spatula,” says Vally. “You don’t have to not befeminine to put on a pair of work boots.”

In each half-hour episode, the Toolbelt Diva (who is currentlyhaving a black leather toolbelt custom made since none of the off-the-shelf models fit her hips) visits women around Seattle teach-ing them to build outdoor grills, revamp closets and put in doors.

“But it’s not like those shows where, all of the sudden, theypull out a cake,” says Vally referring to cooking shows whereperfectly-iced cakes magically appear after a chef flashes someeggs and flour.

Vally was previously the construction expert on DiscoveryHome Channel’s daytime series, “Rally Around the House.” Andshe is writing “Chix Can Fix,” a book about home renovation.

She says the most satisfying part of her work is watchingwomen who had never held a hammer learn how to fix things.

And just how does the girl from Brooklyn feel about her sud-den diva status?

“In our society, if a woman is at the top of her game it’s as-sumed that she’s demanding or temperamental,” says Vally.“People think being a diva means you’re a prima donna, but itdoesn’t mean something bad. It means you’re the lead.

“I think there is a little bit of diva in all of us,” says Vally asshe successfully pulls out my broken doorknob.

“Toolbelt Diva” can be seen on the Discovery Home Channelon Friday’s at 9 pm.

After graduating from the State University of New York atStony Brook with majors in English literature and psychology,Vally moved into a her aunt’s 100-year-old house in Bensonhurst.The place needed some fixing up, so Vally learned how to takeapart walls and put up new ones.

Soon, with the help of her cousin Sal, a general contractor,Vally was working regular construction jobs.

By then, the wise-cracking Vally was splitting time betweenBrooklyn and Biarritz, France, where she was working as a back-up singer for a French rock star and modeling lingerie on the side.

When she returned home, it was goodbye sequins and lace andhello concrete.

“I would call my cousin Sal and say ‘I’m back in town, do youhave any work.”

And off she would go, drilling, searching for studs, and puttingup drywall.

“But I had to worry about getting bruises,” says Vally, who

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We be jammin’This Tuesday, the “Bob Marley: Roots, Rock,

Reggae Festival” comes to Park Slope for one nightonly in a concert to benefit Celebrate Brooklyn.

For the first time in New York City, the five sonsof music legend Bob Marley — Ziggy (pictured),

Stephen, Julian, Damianand Ky-Many — willperform together onstage and help kick offtheir coast-to-coast tour.

“[The Marley Bro-thers] all are uniquelytalented and have donewell as crossover per-formers,” said JackWalsh, producer and di-rector for CelebrateBrooklyn. “We imaginethey will attract a di-verse audience.”

Opening acts in-clude Nappy Roots, Slightly Stoopid, Looner, andthe legendary Toots and The Maytals. Toots is saidto have coined the phrase “reggae” in the late ’60s,said Walsh, who used to tour with Toots’ band.

All ticket proceeds from the Marley festival willbenefit Celebrate Brooklyn, the performing arts se-ries operated by the not-for-profit organization,Brooklyn Information & Culture.

The Bob Marley Festival kicks off at 4:30 pmon Tuesday, Aug. 10 at the Prospect Park band-shell (Prospect Park West and Ninth Street). Tick-et prices: $32.50 in advance; $35 the day of theshow. For more information call (718) 855-7882or visit www.celebratebrooklyn.org.

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There’s less than a week left until the “SpecialMystery Star” takes the stage at Borough PresidentMarty Markowitz’s Annual Seaside Summer Con-cert Series in Coney Island.

But who will it be?“This artist is one of the major entertainers of the

1970s,” hinted Markowitz in a call to GO Brooklyn.“This artist defined the classic rock-era ofthe Seventies. No one will disappointed,if they’re into that type of music!”

Because other fans of the “MysteryStar” pay for tickets at New York-areavenues and the Seaside Summer con-certs are free of charge, Markowitz saidthat contractual obligations preventedhim from releasing the artist’s name.

The other artists joining the “MysteryStar” on the Aug. 12 program include Badfingerfeaturing Joey Molland, Denny Laine and RobbieDuPree. Such a deal!

The Seaside concerts begin at 7:30 pm andcontinue on Thursdays through Aug. 19 at AsserLevy Park (West Fifth Street at Surf Avenue).Bring your own chair or rent one onsite for $5.For concert hotline updates, call (718) 469-1912or log onto the Web site at www.brooklyn-concerts.com. — Lisa J. Curtis

Brooklyn guideBOOKS

Around here we call it the bible.When a Brooklyn Papers reporter or editor isn’t

sure what neighborhood a particular block is locat-ed in, we reach for “the neighborhoods book,” or, tobe precise, “The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn”($19.95, Citizens for NYC/Yale University Press)edited by New York City historian Kenneth Jackson

and Brooklyn historianJohn Manbeck.

First published in1998, “NOB” hasbeen slightly updatedfor a brand-new sec-ond edition, this onein paperback. Thebook provides a de-tailed geographicand brief historical-sociological look atmore than 90Brooklyn neighbor-

hoods and sub-neighborhoods, in al-phabetical order.

New for this edition is a handy appendix provid-ing 2000 Census information for each of the neigh-borhoods. As in the previous edition, Jackson, a Co-lumbia University professor and former president ofthe New York Historical Society, and Manbeck, theBrooklyn Borough Historian from 1993 to 2001,provide not only block-by-block maps detailing theboundaries of each neighborhood, but also histori-cal photographs and fascinating local lore. You canfind everything from the bus and subway lines thatrun through a neighborhood to the local policeprecinct.

And while this editor believes that a future edi-tion should separate the neighborhoods of DUMBOand Vinegar Hill from the all-inclusive “DowntownBrooklyn” section, “The Neighborhoods of Brook-lyn” remains both an invaluable tool and an im-mensely enjoyable, entertaining read.

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By Lisa J. CurtisGO Brooklyn Editor

A fter reading a report about a scuba div-ing excursion gone terribly wrong, theseed was planted for the latest film from

Brooklyn Heights filmmakers Chris Kentisand Laura Lau — “Open Water.”

For three years, the couple crafted the sus-penseful film about a confident, yuppie cou-ple, Susan (Blanchard Ryan) and Daniel(Daniel Travis), who book a last-minute is-land vacation for a little R&R. Leaving theircell phones and computers behind, the cou-ple sign up for a scuba diving excursion.When they surface, they find that their boathas left them behind.

“Open Water” is already generating lots ofink about the actors’ co-stars, a school ofsharp-toothed sharks.

“It’s a comment on modernity,” Lau saidin an interview on Monday. “We get out oftouch not only with ourselves and who weare in our relationships with, but really out oftouch with nature. Really out of touch withwhere we belong in the natural order and ourplace on the earth…We go anywhere on theearth with this arrogance that we own it andwe can do anything with it we want.

“We strip that away with the two charac-ters.”

What unfolds in “Open Water” is a psy-chological study of what happens when awhite, self-ab-sorbed, Americancouple is left to bobin the ocean, all thewhile slowly realiz-ing they’ve slippeda few rungs on thefood chain. As thecouple comes toterms with the hor-ror of their situa-tion, the audience isencouraged to re-examine the priori-ties in their own lives.

Kentis, who cuts film trailers by day, andLau, a full-time mother, both 40, seem to havetheir priorities in order. The couple have beentogether for 15 years, beginning with “a secretoffice romance,” and have been collaboratingon films together ever since. (Their previousfeature was “Grind,” a 1997 film starring BillyCrudup and Amanda Peet.)

Lau and Kentis were able to shoot “OpenWater” on weekends and vacations over thecourse of three years, with their daughterSabrina, 6, in tow.

“There’s two shots of a little girl in thefilm, and they’re both Sabrina,” said Lau.

Kentis recalled, “The first one was fromwhen we were scouting, and, back-to-back, thenext one was when we were well-wrapped.”

“That was our timeline; it showed us howlong it took to make this film,” said Lau witha laugh.

She estimated their film was made for$120,000 to $130,000. The investment paidoff; Lions Gate Films bought “Open Water”on the first night of the 2004 Sundance FilmFestival for $2.5 million.

Kentis said shooting on digital video, in-stead of 35-millimeter, allowed them to tack-le a story that would have taken a big bite outof a Hollywood studio’s bank account.

“We could exploit what Hollywood could-n’t do. It would have been much tougherwith a crew,” said Kentis. “Minus the stuntpeople, we used our actors.”

Lau agreed, “We didn’t have a huge crewto lug around with all kind of rigs. It was justChris and me. We could move very quickly,

we could adapt and be very flexible. And wehad a really experienced boat captain whounderstood the waters.”

And shooting with digital video gave agrittier, less slick look to the film.

“Having chosen to shoot in this format, wewere going for realism here. Real people.Real sharks. Real animals. A real story thathappened,” said Lau.

The hand-held camerawork and the dangerlurking beneath the surface of the ocean in“Open Water” have drawn comparisons to theterrifying “Blair Witch Project.” The menacingpremise of humans turned into shark bait hascaused many to compare it to “Jaws.”

“It’s flattering,” said Kentis. “But we did-n’t set out to make a horror film or a sharkfilm, but elements of both exist in our film.”

Said Lau, “I hope that people will come inand get a different kind of experience, andhave a satisfying experience — if not thescare they’re expecting.”

After the Sundance film festival, the film-makers were approached by composerGraeme Revell (“The Chronicles of Rid-dick,” “Blow”) who helped to create an ef-fective soundtrack of spirituals and islandfolk songs that further serves to underscore

that the characters are bewildered, powerlessstrangers in a strange land.

“I wanted to use indigenous island music,not based on geographical location but basedon mood and tone,” said Kentis. “Our maintheme is nature, so I wanted something pri-mal, very elemental, organic, with very fewmodern instruments, if any. A lot of piecesare just vocal. Also, some are very spiritualwhen we felt it was necessary.”

Although “Open Water” was as scary tofilm (“I remember being completely terrorizedthe entire time and crying from morning tillnight for two days,” recalled actress Ryan) as itis to watch, the husband-and-wife team tookprecautions to ensure that the two days ofshooting with sharks was not dangerous forKentis, who shot the underwater shark scenes,or the actors. Most importantly, the duo hired ashark wrangler with 30 years of experience.

“There aren’t a whole lot of people in theworld who work with sharks in film produc-tion, so that’s why we shot in the Bahamas,”said Lau. “We worked with Stuart Cove. Hedoes all the [James] Bond movies, all the bigHollywood movies.”

Kentis cut in with a laugh, “You don’t lookto save money when it comes to sharks!”

“We called him and when he said, ‘yes,’we knew we could do this,” said Lau. “Hetakes out a tremendous amount of diversevery year. They do three dives a day, 365days a year. He’s been working with [thisschool of sharks] for more than a decade.”

Travis said he was excited about swim-ming with the sharks.

“There are shark populations that are farmore used to people and these handlers divewith those sharks all the time,” he said. “Andthey were well fed.”

While Travis and Ryan were certified toscuba dive and sheathed in chain mail (flexi-ble metal links) to protect them from beingdismembered by the sharks, Kentis chose notto wear it because it hindered his movementwhen shooting. The sharks’ movements werein turn controlled by wranglers who kepttheir attention by tossing in chum.

Ryan expressed her fears for Lau’s safety,who shot scenes from a boat.

“She would be sitting there — right wherethey were chopping up the tuna, and she’dhave her little white feet dangling over theside in the water with swarms of tuna chunksand blood all over, and we’d be yelling ‘Lau-ra get your feet out of the water!’”

Despite the training and other precautions,Ryan was bitten on the hand by a barracuda.

“We were harassing him,” said Ryan. “Wewere swimming over him and under him andChris had this big bright red camera casing,and I’m sure the thing was annoyed to noend. It finally just took a swipe at me. And Iwas lucky because it was a big one and theirteeth are so sharp, it went right down onthree fingers — right to the bone.”

What advice did the cast have for anyonewho didn’t want to endure the same plight asthe film’s characters, Susan and Daniel?

“Always carry a $50 bill,” said Travis.“Tear it in half. Take half with you and givehalf to the dive master. And tell him whenyou come back, he can have the other half.”

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Brooklyn couple’snew movie starsschool of sharks

“Open Water” opens in Manhattan onAug. 6. For theater locations and tickets, go towww.openwatertix.com.

“Open Water” opens Aug. 20 at the Cob-ble Hill Cinemas (265 Court St. at DouglassStreet in Cobble Hill). Tickets are $5, Mondaysthrough Fridays before 5 pm; Saturdays andSundays prior to 2 pm; and all-day Tuesdaysand Thursdays. Some restrictions apply. Ac-cepts MasterCard and Visa. For completemovie schedule, call (718) 596-9113.

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By Paulanne Simmonsfor The Brooklyn Papers

The July 30 program of The BrickTheater’s first annual Hell Festi-val, directed by Hope Cartelli,

Michael Gardner, Robert Honeywelland Jeff Lewonczyk, took audiencesdown to the Lower Regions in a vari-ety of ways, some more successfulthan others, but all highly innovativeand creative.

“Man of Infinite Desire,” writ-ten and performed by ChristinaNicosia and directed by Jonathan VanGieson, is a one-woman show thatretells the Faust legend from thepoint of view of a libidinous femaleMephistopheles.

The show certainly doesn’t lack inoriginality. Nicosia uses striptease,

monologue, masks and puppetry tomake her point. But alas, she is noGypsy Rose Lee (neither in body norbump), and her dense monologuesuggests what might have happenedif Mae West had gone to Harvard and

lost fifty pounds.At times Nicosia’s shifts from

Mephistopheles to Faust to Gretchen(the young girl Faust seduces) are notwell defined. And the use of masksand puppets (Ninja Theater serves aspuppetry consultant) seem to confusemore than clarify.

There was much promise in “Manof Infinite Desire,” but in the end, itleft much to be desired.

“Balleto Inferno,” written and di-rected by Kourtney Rutherford, is a15-minute adaptation of Italian direc-tor Dario Argento’s 1977 classic hor-ror film, “Suspiria,” about a younggirl who becomes a student at a Ger-man ballet academy that turns out tobe inhabited by a coven of witches.

More spoof than suspense, thisversion takes aspiring dancer LucyBrown (Katie Workum) to a presti-gious dance academy run by sadisticdirectors and filled with the walkingwounded — a pot-bellied blind manand a crippled diva.

With its atmosphere of fear andhysteria, and its smile-provoking par-odies of dance exercises, “Balleto In-ferno” will no doubt strike a familiarchord with anyone who has everbeen the victim of one of these insti-tutions. It’s also pretty funny for theuntalented klutzes.

“Balleto Inferno” was presented ina double bill with excerpts fromLone Wolf’s “Animal,” a full-lengththeatrical play for puppets and actorscommissioned by Basil Twist’sDream Music Puppetry Program atHERE.

“Animal” follows a shaman andhis lovable, semi-human creature-testsubject through a series of harrowingexperiments designed to explore thenature of happiness. The animal,which is manipulated in Japanesebunraku style, appears so natural onewould swear it’s alive, despite thepresence of the black-clad pup-peteers.

The animal is tortured in manyhorrific ways. He is shocked by thevery toy he desires. He is told he isinferior and worthless. Don’t lookhere for subtlety. Nevertheless, thosewho don’t mind being bludgeonedover the head with meaning will en-joy the excellent puppetry.

“Puddlejump,” is a one-womanshow written and performed by

Tanya Krohn and directed by SheilaBandyopadhyay, two young womenwho founded the production compa-ny Groundplay, which first presentedthe show at the 2004 Montreal FringeFestival.

In this extraordinary play, fourpeople win a free vacation to the uni-verse’s newest hotspot — hell. Thefour people are a Jewish widower(“hell is seeing food and not beingable to eat it,” he laments), a lovesickboy scout who has ADD, a frustratedopera diva who never recovered fromher second-grade failure to secure therole of Pippi Longstocking, and aRussian Buddhist nanny whose dimview of life is not relieved by thehope of reincarnation (“Life is pain,pain, suffering, frog”).

They are guided by an amiablestewardess with a noticeable (andquite deliberate) lack of personality.

Krohn’s ability to metamorphoseinto her various personas with thehelp of a black shawl and a red ker-chief is a delight to watch. Herglimpses into character are formida-ble. And her poignant humor alwayshits its mark.

Honeywell says he and Gardner,who founded The Brick Theater, fellin love with their space at first sight— especially the brick walls (hencethe name). Now their goal is to “ap-propriate the Manhattan art scene andbring it down to where all the artistsare living.”

For the moment that happily lookslike “Hell.”

Hades retreat‘Puddlejump’ and ‘Balleto Inferno’ areworth trip to Williamsburg’s ‘Hell Fest’

No exit: Writer-actress Tonya Krohn as the flight attendant in her one-woman play “Puddlejump.”

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The Hell Festival continuesthrough Aug. 22. “Man of Infinite De-sire” plays Aug. 9 at 8:30 pm, Aug.14 at 3 pm and Aug. 19 at 7 pm.“Puddlejump” plays Aug. 16 at 9:15pm and Aug. 17 at 8:15 pm. Tickets:$10. All tickets are sold at the dooron a first-come, first-served basis. TheBrick Theater is located at 575 Metro-politan Ave. between Union Avenueand Lorimer Street in Williamsburg.For more information, call (718) 907-6189 or visit www.bricktheater.com.

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Pianist Jeffrey Swann wraps up an eight-con-cert series, performing all 32 of Beethoven’s pi-ano sonatas, in Bargemusic recitals Aug. 12-15.

“The piano was Beethoven’s laboratory, and[sonatas were] an ongoing lab experiment,” the52-year-old Manhattan resident told GO Brook-lyn.

Swann divides the programs thematically.The “Beethoven and Humor” program, on Fri-day, Aug. 13, sounds especially diverting.

“I love that program, because these sixsonatas are never heard that often,” said the pi-anist. “His humorous, witty side is mostlydownplayed, but there are jokes galore.”

Swann offered a couple of examples: “In thesonata Op. 10, No. 2, the recapitulation is nor-mal — but in the wrong key! Then there’s si-lence, as if Beethoven thought, ‘Uh oh — whathave I done?’Then there’s a modulation and hereturns to the right key.”

On Aug. 14, “The Tragic Voice” includesBeethoven’s most famous sonata, “Moonlight,”which Swann notes “was so popular that[Beethoven] got sick of it and made disparagingcomments about it.”

But Swann disagrees: “It’s never becomehackneyed to me, so I can approach it for whatit is — an innovative work.”

On Aug. 15, the final program, “StylisticOverview,” concludes with the C-minor sonata,opus 111, the last Beethoven composed.

“To end with that seems natural,” saidSwann. “Its own ending is a definite summa-tion, with all its musical problems solved. Forme, it fulfills very well the role of an ending.”

To complement his programs, Swann talksbefore each performance.

“I discuss the program’s theme, then talk a bitabout each sonata,” he explained. “I think it’suseful for most members of the audience.”

For Swann, Bargemusic’s audience is an ac-tive participant.

“You develop a camaraderie with the audi-ence, like taking a long voyage together,” he

said. “The barge is a wonderful place for that —the audience is right on top of you.”

The Beethoven piano sonatas will be per-formed Aug. 12-14 at 7:30 pm, and Aug. 15at 2 pm at Bargemusic (Fulton Ferry Landingat the end of Old Fulton Street on the EastRiver). Tickets are $35, $20 for full-time stu-dents. For more information, visit www.barge-music.org or call (718) 624-2083.

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Allioli291 Grand St. at Roebling Street, (718) 218-7338(AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5-$21. �Moni Ozgilik, chef and owner of Williamsburg’s Alliolirestaurant, describes his own cooking and that of pas-try chef Umberto Sanchez as “traditional NorthernSpanish cooking with a more contemporary flavor.”Choose from tapas large enough to share or stan-dard-size entrees such as New Zealand mussels. Allioliis romantic, with intimate, candlelit dining rooms.There’s also a local bar scene and outdoor garden.On Thursday evenings, from 9 pm to 11 pm, Alliolihas flamenco dancing and on Monday evenings afresh oyster bar. Open daily.

Anytime93 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue, (718) 218-7272(AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $4-$14. �Creme brulee at 3 am? No problem for the chefs atAnytime — the swank, recently renovated Williams-burg eatery that caters to the neighborhood’s noctur-nal crowd. Here, diners can find a mixture of culinarymasterpieces and sensible diner fare, literally anytime.

The menu is a selection of “American, European andMiddle Eastern dishes,” says Yoni Margulies, who co-owns Anytime with his brother Saul. Try chef GuyMuallem’s pan-seared salmon in a sauce of pureedspinach and white wine sauce at 4 am or the home-made chicken fingers with mozzarella sticks at noon.Dessert is also offered 24-hours-a-day. Customers cantop off their night with a luxurious chocolate mousseor slice of key lime pie while admiring the sleek mod-ern decor, complete with stainless steel banquettesand designer light fixtures. Work off the extra calorieswhile playing shuffleboard. Where else could you finda place like this but in Billyburg? Open daily.

Brooklyn Brewery79 N. 11th St. at Wythe Avenue, (718) 486-7422(AmEx, MC, Visa) Beers: $3 for 1, $5 for 2.In 1987, neighbors Steve Hindy and Tom Potterteamed up in hopes of resurrecting a once-thrivingindustry in Brooklyn: beer brewing. Shortly after theirmeeting, the duo created their first beer, the robustBrooklyn Lager.

Now, their brewery (Potter recently retired), which pro-duces more than 14 different kinds of lagers and ales,is foaming over with success. Beer drinkers may tourthe 12,000-square-foot brewing facility on Saturdays,as well as sample the hearty selection in the brewery’s300-seat indoor tasting room on Friday nights andSaturday afternoons.

“The brewery is a great starting point for your nightout in Williamsburg,” says Eric Ottaway, general man-ager of the brewery. While the brewery does not servefood, it does encourage patrons to bring their own ororder-in. On Oct. 9-10, the brewery will hostOktoberfest where customers may try out theirOktoberfest specialty brews. Tours, including a freetasting, are available every Saturday at 1, 2, 3, and 4pm. The tasting room is open Fridays, from 6 pm to 10pm, and Saturdays, noon to 5 pm.

Cono & SonsO’Pescatore301 Graham Ave. at Ainslie Street, (718) 388-0168, www.conoandsons.com (AmEx, DC, MC,Visa) Entrees: $8.95-$29.95. �Your first impression of Cono & Sons O’Pescatore inWilliamsburg will be one of elegance, evoked by crisp,white tablecloths, black, lacquered chairs and a beau-tiful tile floor. As the name suggests, this is a place forserious seafood and Italian cuisine enthusiasts.

Chef Cono Natale’s signature dishes include theContadina, a mouthwatering mixture of veal,sausage, beef and chicken, prepared with peppers,mushrooms and potatoes ($39.95 for two or more)and the tornido di pesci — clams, shrimps, mussels,whiting, squid and filet of sole served with rice (also$39.95, for at least two people). There’s somethingfor everyone: homemade cavatelli, veal chops allaCono, shrimp fra diavolo and fried scallops.Cappuccino and a traditional Italian dessert (cheese-cake, spumoni and more) ensure a happy ending.Open daily.

iO Restaurant &Lounge119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street, (718)388-3320, www.iorestaurantandlounge.com (MC,Visa) Entrees: $6-$25. �A century has brought this Williamsburg landmark,whose name means “I” or “me” in Italian, a long wayfrom the sailors’ tavern it once was. Replete with itsoriginal oak bar, the restaurant opens up to a formaldining room with a breathtaking view of the Manhattanskyline, and a lounge with karaoke every Thursdayevening and a DJ playing house and salsa on Fridaysand Saturdays.

The primarily Italian dinner menu, by chef and co-owner John Mancuso, navigates pleasantly between

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home cooking and fine dining. Try the shrimp cap-puccino appetizer, lobster ravioli and grilled pork ten-derloin with sweet potato hash. Brunch is served onSundays from 11:30 am to 3 pm. Closed Mondays.

Miss Williamsburg206 Kent Ave. at North Third Street, (718) 963-0802, www.miss-williamsburg.com (Cash only)Entrees: $18-$20.Don’t let the austere orange-and-gray facade fool you.Beyond the doors of this converted 1940s dining car isa haven for pasta lovers. Take chef Max Bartoli’sfamous Emilia Romagna Lasagna, which in March2004 won the title of “The Ultimate Lasagna” by theFood Network. Owner Pilar Rigon also recommendsthe grilled-skewered calamari, chocolate souffle andspaghetti chitarra (guitar), a dish named after the thin,metal strings used to cut the pasta into square rib-bons. The restaurant also boasts a spacious gardenwith live South American music on Fridays and out-door movies on Sunday evenings at dusk. Once amonth, the restaurant sponsors a free food festivalwhere diners can taste selections from their menu forthe price of a drink. Closed Mondays.

Peter Luger SteakHouse178 Broadway at Driggs Avenue, (718) 387-7400,www.peterluger.com. (Cash only) Entrees:$19.95-$36.95.This legendary Williamsburg steakhouse, at the footof the bridge, has been rated No. 1 in Zagat’s for thelast 20 years — and for good reason. New York’s beststeaks are served here in a German beer hall setting— principally Peter Luger’s famous porterhouse fortwo — juicy, tender and delicious.

The restaurant also serves broiled salmon, lemonsole and lamb chops, but if you’ve made it this far, gofor the steak and their signature German fried pota-toes! Unless, of course, you come before 3 pm. Thenyou can try one of the best deals in the city — thelunchtime-only Luger Burger (order it with Muensterand the thick-cut bacon). One of the tastiest andjuiciest around, it starts at just $6.95. Oh, and the barstocks a good selection of beers on tap and theymake a mean martini. Open daily.

Relish225 Wythe Ave. at North Third Street, (718) 963-4546 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $7.50-$17. �Last year, chef Gary Moran helped re-design Relish’sartful, yet modest menu. Popular dishes include thebatter-fried cod with wasabi-pea puree, bok choy anda sweet chili orange sauce, and the double cut porkchop with smoked mushrooms, chives spaetzle andcorn sauce. For dessert, try the warm bitter orangecake with espresso sabayon (sauce). Relish is housed ina converted 1950s diner, and it also boasts an outdoorgarden for summer dining. Open daily.

Union Picnic577 Union Ave. at North 10th Street, (718) 387-3800 (AmEx, MC, Visa) Entrees: $6.25-$10.95.Owner Suzy Campbell can describe Union Picnic’s cui-sine in one line: “down-home, darn-tooting, finger-licking, southern comfort food.” After perusing thesouth-of-the-Mason-Dixon-line selection on the menu,you’ll find it hard to disagree: buttermilk fried chicken,fried green tomatoes, gooey “mac ‘n’ cheese” andchicken-fried steak.

For those that like their southern feast compact andready-to-go, try the “Box Dinner” with three pieces offried chicken, mashed potatoes, chicken gravy,coleslaw and cornbread for $8.95.

Seafood lovers have a choice of several dishes such asthe “oyster supper” with plump cornmeal fried oy-sters served with French fries and coleslaw, or shrimpand oyster po’boy sandwiches. Wash the meal downwith a sweet tea, “the national drink of the South,”according to Campbell, and then select from a varietyof desserts, such as the lemon icebox cake, blueberrycobbler or the key lime pie. Open daily.

Teddy’s Bar & Grill96 Berry St. at North Eighth Street, (718) 384-9787 (MC, Visa) Entrees: $4.95-$13.95.For more than 115 years, Teddy’s Bar & Grill has beenthe Williamsburg destination for dinner, brunch andlunch. A notable dish is the cabana shrimp stuffedwith spicy cheeses, wrapped in smoked pork andserved with Caribbean coleslaw and seasoned rice.Teddy’s famous 10-ounce burgers are made with beefthat is ground fresh daily and grilled to perfection. OnFridays, it’s all-you-can-eat beer-battered fresh fish fry($8.95)!

Happy hour is Monday through Friday, 4 to 7 pm —with specials on beer, wine and frozen drinks. Teddy’shas 10 beers on tap and is serious about its wineselection. Call for information about upcoming winetastings. DJs and live music, too. Open daily.

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By Tina Barryfor The Brooklyn Papers

My teenage daughter left forcamp on Sunday. We’ll missher, but what a pleasure for my

husband and I to be alone again. To cel-ebrate our independence we went toZipi Zape, the new tapas restaurant inWilliamsburg.

The laughter of the crowd aroundZipi Zape’s bar could be heard half-a-block away. When we entered around 9pm, locals nibbled on tapas and downedbeer and sangria. A guitar and violin duofilled the room with melancholy Spanishmusic that proved irresistible to onepatron. His voice, rich with emotion,accompanied themusicians. Hootsand laughter fol-lowed.

We settled into acomfortable boothin the small diningarea. The roomhasn’t changedmuch since April,when I visited therestaurant in its previous life, as NarMeze Bar, a Turkish tapas eatery thatlasted less than a year.

The owners have added refrigeratedcases, like those you see in sushi restau-rants, behind the bar where deep terra-cotta serving dishes hold jewel-like rowsof red and olive tapas. The traditionalSpanish appetizers, known as “antojito”or little whims, make an enticing wel-come. The dining room’s walls are a

combination of distressed tin and warmgold paint — a color that reflects the vi-brant dishes of chef Diego Gonzalez.

Opened in June, Zipi Zape, named af-ter Spanish cartoon twins, is a collabora-tion between twins Ayse Telgeren andAsu Whiteman, two of the former part-ners in Allioli, a tapas restaurant nearby,and Gonzalez, who was Allioli’s chef.The trio offers tapas individually or in“tasting menus” of five or 10. It’s a greatconcept that allows diners to snackcheap on a piece or two, or create acomplex, multi-plate dinner.

Seeing those plates of gorgeous ingre-dients arranged on the table was almostas exciting as the feast itself. A dish ofhuge shrimp, their bright, pink jackets

studded withgrains of coarsesea salt, sat besidepale green peppersand tiny quail eggswith buttery cen-ters; ruby red pep-pers that oozedcreamy tuna saladedged a plate ofgray Portuguese

sardines. Discs of wine-scented patessmeared over chewy bread neared platesof salty ham croquettes suspended inbéchamel that were dipped in spicy,rose-tinted romesco sauce.

With all that succulent food, order thewhite sangria or a glass of Spanish winefrom the carefully edited wine list. Eitherwould be an improvement on the housecocktails that are too prissy to stand up tothe assertive flavors of the tapas.

Two large cloves of unadorned, pre-served garlic are house freebies.They’re surprisingly mild and crisp likeminiature ivory pickles, and make aplayful lead-in to the spicier dishes. Webegan with the quail eggs, which resem-bled tiny chicken eggs, paired with pun-gent, pickled green peppers. Thecrunchy peppers played up the creami-ness of the eggs.

We loved the huge shrimp — servedfour to a plate atop thick slices of lemon— that tasted of the grill. There wasmonkfish liver with a delicate flavor,somewhat like veal, that were as unctu-ous as butter. Rivera pairs the liver witha fine dice of cucumber and red onionand piles the mix atop thick slices ofcountry bread. It’s superb.

Ham is an important ingredient inSpanish cooking, and Rivera offersplenty of it in intriguing combinations.Batons of bechamel (a mild whitesauce) studded with salty Serrano hamthen fried, had us sighing with pleasure.Salty and creamy with a brittle crust,they were delectable on their own, buteven better dunked in the mildly gar-licky, tomato romesco sauce thickenedwith ground almonds.

Unusually moist roast loin of porktopped a stew of chopped green peppersslow-cooked in white wine. A Por-tuguese sardine served on a slice ofcoarse bread, was almost as rich as thefabulous, cognac-laced chicken liverpate. And a dish of sharp-yet-mildManchego cheese calmed the saltinessof anchovies.

The only dish that disappointed uswas the roasted red peppers filled with amayonnaise-heavy tuna salad. The dishwas fine, but lacked the drama of theother offerings.

Telegren says dessert is rarely servedin tapas bars. Right now they’re offer-ing Manchego cheese paired with slicesof tart apple. A little quince paste adds ahoneyish note to the dish. It’s a fittingway to end the meal, although some-thing sweet wouldn’t hurt. Rivera willsoon add single servings of cremecaramel, flan and seasonal fruit com-potes.

We left Zipi Zape high on wine withour mouths tingling from garlic. We’llvisit again while our daughter is awayand stay late into the evening. Onemonth of unencumbered adulthood is agift that we plan to use wisely.

Take aChance

You’re in the mood for Chinese and the wife wantsFrench?

Not a problem. The Smith Street restaurant Chance surprisingly of-

fers both cuisines; the name is a fusion of the words“China” and “France.” For indecisive types, chefJames Snaith (pictured, left) dishes out a hybrid ofboth at the sleek restaurant that opened in June.

On the Chinese side, Snaith, who cooked in Franceand owned a bistro, Tal Mediterranean Fusion in MarinCounty, Calif., mixes sauteed scallops with vegetablesand a touch of brandy, and on Saturdays and Sundaysthere’s traditional dim sum all day. Bouillabaisse, thespicy fish stew, is one dish that represents France, whilethe snow peas, carrots, Chinese broccoli and eggplantthat get a quick sizzle in the wok before they’re tossedin truffle oil and mixed with soba noodles represent afusion of Chinese and French cuisines.

Owner Ken Li set his modern concept in an appro-priate setting: stainless-steel tables and bar make aclean backdrop for Chinese lanterns, a curved ceilingand, says manager Shane Kessler, a “mesmerizingbubble motif backdrop” behind the bar.

Chance (223 Smith St. at Butler Street in BoerumHill) accepts American Express, MasterCard andVisa. Entrees: $15-$20. The restaurant is open fordinner every night. Dim sum is offered from 10 amuntil closing on Saturdays and Sundays. For reser-vations, call (718) 242-1515. — Tina Barry

Pass the sangria: (Above) A sampling of the tapas selections at new ZipiZape restaurant in Williamsburg feature a sardine, a chorus line of shrimpand a quail egg. (Top left) Jeff Owens, 29, and Christina Spoljaric, 27, en-joy the eatery’s outdoor seating on Aug. 1.

Zipi Zape, 152 Metropolitan Ave.at Berry Street in Williamsburg acceptsVisa and MasterCard. Tapas prices: $1-$14. The restaurant is open for dinnerTuesdays through Sundays. ClosedMondays. For reservations, call (718)599-3027.

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NAPPY ROOTS / TOOTS & THE MAYTALS / SLIGHTLY STOOPID / LOONERA Concert to Benefit Celebrate Brooklyn Produced by AEG Live Tickets at ticketmaster.com and 212-307-7171

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Asterisk GalleryEast Williamsburg Industrial Park, 278 JohnsonAve. at Bushwick Avenue in Williamsburg, Nophone.Aug. 13: Japanther, da Hawnay Troof, Mob Stereo,Nightmerica, USAIsAMonster, Athletic Automaton,Mirror Mirror, 8 pm, $6.

Bar Below At Faan restaurant, 209 Smith St. at Baltic Streetin Cobble Hill, No phone.Aug. 11: One-hour salsa dance class with Tom S., 9pm, FREE, Tom K. spins classic and Cuban salsa, 9pm-2 am, FREE.

Barbes376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope,(718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com.Sundays: Stephane Wrembel Trio, 9 pm, FREE;Mondays: Slavic Soul Party with Matt Moran, 8 pm,$8; Tuesdays: Jenny Scheinman, 9 pm, FREE; Wed-nesdays: “Night of the Ravished Limbs” with CollideQuartet, 7 pm, $5, Tim Berne, Mat Maneri and TomRainey Trio, 9 pm, $8; Thursdays: Marco Cappelli’s“Italian Doc Remix,” 7 pm, FREE. Aug. 7: Don Ralphhosts Gary Morris, Rosine, Ethan Lipton and hisOrchestra, Life in a Blender, 7 pm, FREE; Aug. 8: JazzPassengers’ Roy Nathanson and Sam Bardfield, 7pm, FREE; Aug. 12: Matt Munisteri, 9 pm, FREE;Aug. 13: The Mad Tea Party, 7 pm, FREE, Wiyos, 9pm, FREE; Aug. 14: Howard Fishman, 9 pm, FREE.

Bluestone Bar &Grill117 Columbia St. at Kane Street in ColumbiaStreet Waterfront District, (718) 403-7450.Wednesdays: “Bluestone’s Bossanova, Bluegrass,and Swing” series, 8 pm, FREE.

The BrooklynLyceum227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in ParkSlope, (718) 290-9153.Fridays and Saturdays: “Too Much Light Make theBaby Go Blind (30 plays in 60 minutes),” 10:30 pm, $9.

Boudoir BarAt East End Ensemble, 273 Smith St. at SackettStreet in Carroll Gardens, (718) 624-8878,www.eastendensemble.com.Saturdays: Live comedy with emcee Susan Prekel,with Larry Getlen, Liz Laufer, Val Kappa, ToddWomack, Rick Younger, Jeff Mac, 9:30 pm, $5 withtwo-drink minimum.

BrooklynHistorical Society128 Pierrepont St. at Clinton Street in BrooklynHeights, (718) 222-4111, www.brooklyn-history.org.Aug. 13: Beer Garden at BHS with live music, 6:30pm, FREE with admission ($6 adults, $4 seniors 62and over).

Cafe 111111 Court St. at State Street in Downtown Brook-lyn, (718) 858-2806, www.cafe111online.com.Aug. 7: Rachel Loshak, Andy Germark, Chris Gar-neau, Pure, SXAdict, 8 pm, FREE; Aug. 8: DavidHoffman, Leslie Mendelson, Rachel Eckroth Nonet, 8pm, FREE; Aug. 9: Todd Horton Band, Sonic Boom,

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OUTDOORS AND TOURSBLOCK PARTY: Emmanuel Baptist

Church annual “Blessing Our Block”party. Celebration highlights thechurch’s commitment to the Ft. Greenecommunity. Film star Morris Chestnutis one of the many celebrity guests.Noon to 8 pm. St. James Place,between Lafayette and DeKalbavenues. (718) 622-1107. Free.

NEIGHBORHOOD TOUR: MauricioLorence leads a tour of Ft. Greene,Clinton Hill and Brooklyn Heights.$25 per person. 2 pm to 5 pm.Meet at New York Marriott Brook-lyn, 333 Adams St. (718) 789-0430.

TWILIGHT TOUR: Big Onion Tourstakes a walk across the BrooklynBridge and through Brooklyn Heights.$12, $10 students and seniors. 5pm. Meet at southeast corner ofBroadway and Chambers Street,lower Manhattan. (212) 439-1090.

PERFORMANCECELEBRATE BROOKLYN: “African Fes-

tival,” a day of music with KandaBongo Man, Sidiki, Lorraine Klassen,Saleta and outdoor marketplace. $3.2 pm to 9 pm. Bandshell, ProspectPark. Enter at Prospect Park Westand Ninth Street. (718) 965-8951.

THE HELL FESTIVAL: Brick Theater con-tinues its multi-arts festival featuringtheater, visual art, dance, poetry,music and more. Today: “AnhedoniaRoad.” 3 pm. “Blue Puppies in Hell.”5:45 pm. Also, “Euridice’s Abandon.”7 pm. Additionally, “Devil’s Work-shop Big Band.” 10:45 pm. More.$10 tickets sold at the door on a first-come basis. 575 Metropolitan Ave.(718) 907-6189.

SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK: Brook-lyn Theater Arts Project presents“Romeo and Juliet.” 7 pm. NarrowsPark, at Shore Road and 71stStreet. (917) 865-7487. Free.

OUTSIDE ART: BAM Local Develop-ment Corporation presents The Suit-case Players in 15 minute versions ofclassic American plays: “Death of aSalesman,” “Long Day’s Journey IntoNight” and “The Glass Menagerie.”7 pm. BAM Park, intersection ofLafayette Avenue and Fulton Street.(212) 391-8152. Free.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM: “Too Much LightMakes The Baby Go Blind (30 playsin 60 minutes).” $15 online (www.gowanus.com) or $9 plus the roll ofa single six-sided die. 11:30 pm.227 Fourth Ave. (718) 670-7234.

CHILDRENNY AQUARIUM: Learn about marine

mammals. See staff divers clean anexhibit tank, enjoy a narrated feed-ing, music, arts, crafts, storytellingand more. Music with Annie and theNatural Wonder Band. Stories withLuann Adams at 12:30 pm, 2:30 pmand 4:30 pm. $11, $7 children 2 to12 and seniors. Children under 2years admitted free. Open from 10am to 5 pm. Surf Avenue and WestEighth Street. (718) 265-FISH.

TRANSIT MUSEUM: A children’s enter-tainer sings classic transportationsongs. Games, stories and more.$5, $3 children 17 and under, mem-bers free. 1 pm. Boerum Place andSchermerhorn Street. (718) 694-1600.

STORYTELLING: Brooklyn Museuminvites kids to a program of stories“Behind the Glass Panels” withAlice Stevenson. $6, $3 seniors andstudents. Free for members andchildren under 12. 4 pm. 200Eastern Parkway. (718) 638-5000.

OTHERFIRST SATURDAY: Brooklyn Museum

hosts its monthly event. Eveningfeatures a preview of Labor Day’sannual West Indian-American DayFestival. Highlights include reggae

THE HELL FESTIVAL: Brick Theaterpresents a multi-arts festival. Today:“The Mysterious Stranger.” 7 pm.More. $10 tickets sold at the dooron a first-come basis. 575Metropolitan Ave. (718) 907-6189.

BARNES AND NOBLE: Local authorKenji Jasper reads from his book“Seeking Salamanca Mitchell.” 7 pm.106 Court St. (718) 246-4996. Free.

THURS, AUG 12GOLF CLASSIC: Brooklyn Chamber of

Commerce Golf Classic at PGA-spon-sored Bethpage State Park. Call. 6:30am to 9 pm. (718) 875-1000, ext. 105.

PLAY: The Origins Project performs aplay created by the 7th through12th grade City Lights Summer pro-gram participants. Performanceincludes oral histories and themespresented in the “Brooklyn Works”exhibit. $8, $6 members. 11 am and2 pm. Brooklyn Historical Society,128 Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111.

RHYTHM AND BLUES: Summertimesoul series with Roy Hargrove andRH Factor. Noon to 2 pm. MetrotechCommons, corner of Flatbush andMyrtle avenues. (718) 636-4129. Free.

THIRSTY GARDEN: Brooklyn BotanicGarden invites kids to its DiscoveryGarden on Thursdays to learn abouthow important water is in the gar-den. $5, children under 16 andmembers free. 1 pm to 3 pm. 1000Washington Ave. (718) 623-7220.

SMALL BUSINESS TALK: Boricua Collegehosts a women’s small business com-petition orientation. Learn about thefirst annual NYC Small BusinessAwards at this information session. 6pm to 8 pm. Brooklyn EconomicDevelopment Corp., 175 Remsen St.(718) 963-4112, ext. 563. Free.

TWILIGHT TOUR: Enjoy an evening ofstrolling and cruising, led by Audu-bon naturalists. Includes wine andcheese. Boat ride on the electricboat Independence. Guided explo-ration of Prospect Park’s nature trailsfollows. $25 per person. 6:30 pm to8:30 pm. Reservations necessary.Audubon Center. (718) 287-3400.

THE HELL FESTIVAL: Brick Theatermulti-arts festival. Today: “ColdFire.” 8:15 pm. Also, “Red Bastard isa Star!” 7 pm. More. $10 tickets soldat the door on a first-come basis.575 Metropolitan Ave. (718) 907-6189.

SOCIAL DANCING: at Marine ParkJewish Center. Ages 45 plus. $4includes light refreshments. 7 pm to10 pm. 3311 Ave. S. (718) 891-4209.

PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones playStaten Island Yankees. 7 pm. Key-span Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Call forticket info. (718) 449-8497.

READING: Hear scary stories by writersof “Brooklyn Noir.” 7:30 pm. LuckyGallery, 176 Richards St. (718) 852-9232. Free.

SUMMERTIME CONCERT: 26th annualSeaside Summer Concert Series.Tonight: Best of Classic Rock. 7:30pm. Bring your own chair, or rent

one for $5. Asser Levy Park, WestFifth Street and Surf Avenue. (718)469-1912. Free.

PERFORMANCE: Williamsburg ArtNexus presents an evening of move-ment “Collide (with Me).” $25includes opening night post-showreception. 8 pm. 205 North SeventhSt. (718) 599-7997.

SUMMER FILM SERIES: Brooklyn BridgePark Conservancy presents its fifthannual film event. Tonight: “Jaws”(1975). 8:45 pm. Empire-Fulton FerryState Park, between the Brooklyn andManhattan Bridges. Call for programinfo. (718) 802-0603. Free.

FRI, AUG 13WORKSHOP SERIES: YWCA of Brook-

lyn offers a 10-week series on “LivingWith Breast Cancer.” Tonight:“Breast Cancer and the Family.” 6pm to 7:30 pm. 30 Third Ave. (718)875-1190, ext. 293. Free.

BLOOD DRIVE: New York Blood Bankat Regal Cinema. 2:30 pm to 8 pm.108 Court St. (800) 933-BLOOD.

BEER GARDEN: Brooklyn HistoricalSociety and Brooklyn Brewery offerbrewed beer and live music. Beers:$2. Admission is $6, $4 students andseniors. 6:30 pm to 8 pm. 128Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111.

BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM:Rooftop series presents music withCloud IX, a 12-member soca calypsoband. $4. 6:30 pm. 145 BrooklynAve. (718) 735-4400.

MOONLIGHT RIDE: Time’s Up hosts abike ride. 7 pm. Meet at GrandArmy Plaza. (212) 802-8222. Free.

THE HELL FESTIVAL: Brick Theater pres-ents a multi-arts festival. Today: “Howto Invoke Pan” 7 pm. Also, “The KindlyOnes.” 7 pm. More. $10 tickets soldat the door on a first-come basis. 575Metropolitan Ave. (718) 907-6189.

PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones playNew Jersey Cardinals. 7 pm. Key-span Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Call forticket info. (718) 449-8497.

FILM FEST: Office Ops presents shortfilms created in response to thepower outage in August 2003. 8 pm.57 Thames St. (718) 418-2509. Free.

KID FLIX FEST: Target Stores andMuseum of Contemporary AfricanDiasporian Arts host their fifth annu-al film festival. Tonight: “WhaleRider.” 8:30 pm. Fulton Park, Stuy-vesant Avenue and Fulton Street.(718) 602-4041. Free.

PERFORMANCE: Williamsburg ArtNexus presents “Collide (with Me).”8 pm. See Sat., Aug. 14.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM: presents “TooMuch Light Makes The Baby GoBlind.” 11:30 pm. See Sat., Aug. 14.

PLAY: Origins Project. 2 pm and 6 pm.See Thurs., Aug. 12.

PHOTO CONTEST: Positive Focus, anonprofit center for emergingphoto artists, hosts a contest “ShowUs the Light.” Contest invites pho-tographers to submit works featur-ing the quality of light. Entries must

be postmarked by Sept. 30.www.positivefocus.org.

SAT, AUG 14OUTDOORS AND TOURS

BLOCK PARTY: Anti-Republican blockparty featuring George Bush dunk-ing booth, The Hungry March Bandand a fashion show with activistgroup “Billionaires for Bush” andothers. Noon to 5 pm. HavemeyerStreet between Metropolitan Avenueand Hope Street in Williamsburg.www.neoconeyisland.com. Free.

BROOKLYN 101: New York Like aNative takes a walk through ParkSlope, Prospect Park, downtownBrooklyn and Brooklyn Heights.$13. 1:30 pm to 4 pm. Call formeeting place. (718) 393-7537.

MOONLIGHT RIDE: Time’s Up hosts abike ride in Prospect Park. 9 pm.Meet at Grand Army Plaza. (212)802-8222. Free.

PERFORMANCEMUSIC FEST: Polytechnic University at

Metrotech hosts the festival of Amer-ican and British traditional music.Singers and virtuosos on guitar, banjo,concertina, dulcimer, fiddle and otherinstruments. Performer workshopsfrom 10 am to 5:30 pm. Concert at7:30 pm. Call for info. (718) 426-8555.

PLAY: Origins Project. 1 pm and 3 pm.See Thurs., Aug. 12.

DANCE: Little Rhythm Kings and YoungHoofers perform dance, gymnastics,hip-hop and more. $5 donation. 6pm to 7 pm. Weeksville Society,1708 Bergen St. (718) 623-0600.

THE HELL FESTIVAL: Brick Theaterpresents a multi-arts festival. Today:“Evil is Kewl: Satan’s Message toour Youth.” 4:15 pm. “AnhedoniaRoad” 6:30 pm. Also, “Hell’s Belles.”9:45 pm. More. $10 tickets sold atthe door on a first-come basis. 575Metropolitan Ave. (718) 907-6189.

PERFORMANCE: Williamsburg ArtNexus presents an evening ofmovement “Collide (with Me).”$20. 3 pm and 8 pm. 205 NorthSeventh St. (718) 599-7997.

BROOKLYN LYCEUM: “Too Much LightMakes The Baby Go Blind (30 playsin 60 minutes).” $15 online (www.gowanus.com) or $9 plus the roll ofa single six-sided die. 11:30 pm.227 Fourth Ave. (718) 670-7234.

CHILDRENTRANSIT MUSEUM: Kids hear select-

ed poems from the museum’s“Poetry in Motion” collection. Appro-priate for kids 7 and older. $5, $3 chil-dren 17 and under, members free. 1pm. Boerum Place and SchermerhornStreet. (718) 694-1600.

BROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM:hosts Yum Yum Dim Sum, a dimsum style activity. Appropriate forages 6 and older. $4. 145 BrooklynAve. Call for time. (718) 735-4400.

STORYTELLING: Brooklyn Museuminvites kids to a program of stories“Behind the Glass Panels” withAlice Stevenson. $6, $3 seniors andstudents. Free for members andchildren under 12. 4 pm. 1000Washington Ave. (718) 638-5000.

IMAGINATION PLAYGROUND: NYC’sCenter for Haitian Drum and Dancepresents its sixth annual Bwa Kayi-man. Enjoy stories about Haiti’s on-going struggle for freedom and jus-tice. 4 pm. Prospect Park. (718)953-6638. Free.

OTHERBLACKOUT PARTY: Palmira’s Italian

restaurant recreates the Blackout of2003. Dine, drink and dance by

group Dub is a Weapon; drawingsession from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm;artist John Powers discusses hiswork at 7 pm; storytellers from theAfrican Folk Heritage Circle from7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. Film “SilentRunning” (1972) at 9 pm. Danceparty with live entertainment. Otherevents. Evening begins at 5 pm andends at 11 pm. 200 EasternParkway. (718) 638-5000. Free.

ART SHOW: Brooklyn Waterfront ArtistsCoalition hosts an exhibit “WaterShow: Art at the Pier.” Exhibit fea-tures 500 works by over 300 emerg-ing artists relating to water. Food,performances, music and artist talks.Noon to 6 pm. Also, “Artists Speak”with Priscilla Bain-Smith and others.Red Hook Pier, 499 Van Brunt St.(718) 596-2507. Free.

MICRO MUSEUM: The INX Grouppresents an exhibit of political car-tooning. $3. Noon to 6 pm. 123Smith St. (718) 797-3116.

CIRCUS DAY: Astroland AmusementPark hosts its second annual eventfeaturing stilt walkers, fire breathers,clowns, strange musical acts andmore. 1 pm to 7 pm. 1000 Surf Ave.between 10th Street and JonesWalk. (718) 372-0275.

TASTING: LeNell’s features Versinthemade from over 20 plants to cap-ture the taste that was prized in the19th century absinthes. Free tast-ings will be complete with waterdispenser, sugar cubes and spoons.4 pm to 7 pm. 416 Van Brunt St.(718) 360-0838. Free.

PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones playNew Jersey Cardinals. 7 pm.Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Callfor ticket info. (718) 449-8497.

READING: Spiral Thought Magazinehosts a reading. 7 pm to 9 pm.Shakespeare’s Sister, 270 Court St.(718) 832-2310. Free.

FILM: Coney Island Museum presents“She Freak” (1967). $5 includespopcorn. 8:30 pm. 1208 Surf Ave.(718) 372-5159.

SUN, AUG 8OUTDOORS AND TOURS

KISSENA CYCLING: Meet at ParkDrive and Lincoln Road. 7 am. Call.(917) 952-7957.

FARMERS’ MARKET: Park SlopeFarmers Market offers New York-grown vegetables and fruits. Also,pasture-raised poultry and meats,breads, pastries and more. 8:30 amto 3 pm. Rain or shine. JJ ByrnePark, Fourth Street. (914) 923-4837.

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS STROLL: BrooklynCenter for the Urban Environmentwalks the Heights. View civic, com-mercial, residential and religious land-marks. $11, $8 seniors and students.10 am. Meet on the steps of Brook-lyn’s Borough Hall at Court and Rem-sen streets. (718) 788-8500, ext. 208.

GOSPEL MUSIC TOUR: MauricioLorence leads a tour. $25 per per-son. 10 am to 1 pm. Meet at NewYork Marriott Brooklyn, 333 AdamsSt. (718) 789-0430.

COASTAL CLEAN-UP: Wyland Found-ation hosts a clean up of ConeyIsland. Day includes morning beachclean-up, art festival, seaside con-cert, guest speakers and more. Visitwww.wylandoceanchallenge.org

CHILDRENBROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM:

Kids are invited to take an imagi-nary trip to Australia. Learn aboutthe land and its people. Appro-priate for ages 7 and older. $4, freefor members. 2 pm to 3 pm. 145Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400.

OTHERART SHOW: Brooklyn Waterfront

Artists Coalition hosts an exhibit“Water Show: Art at the Pier.”

Noon to 6 pm. Also, “Artists Speak”with Jeffrey Berman, Daniel Durningand Richard Hagen on art in thedigital age. Red Hook Pier, 499 VanBrunt St. (718) 596-2507. Free.

BLOOD DRIVE: New York Blood Bankhosts a drive at Regal Cinema. 2:30pm to 8 pm. 108 Court St. (800)933-BLOOD.

MON, AUG 9MARINE EXPLORERS: NY Aquarium

invites kids 9 to 11 to a week-longprogram. $185, $165 members. 9am to 2 pm. Call. West Eighth Streetand Surf Avenue. (718) 265-FISH.

BLOOD DRIVE: New York Blood Bankdrive at Keyspan Park. Noon to 5pm. 1904 Surf Ave. (800) 933-BLOOD.

SCREENING: Long Island CollegeHospital skin cancer and skin dam-age screening. 5 pm to 6:30 pm. 97Amity St. (718) 780-1234. Free.

PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones playthe New Jersey Cardinals. 7 pm.Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Callfor ticket info. (718) 449-8497.

FAMILY SERIES: Brooklyn Bridge Parkhosts Les Ballets Africains, a pro-gram of dance, music, storytellingand acrobatics. 7 pm. Empire-Ful-ton Ferry State Park, between theBrooklyn and Manhattan bridges.(718) 802-0603, ext. 17. Free.

THE HELL FESTIVAL: Brick Theaterpresents a multi-arts festival featur-ing theater, visual art, dance, poetry,music and more. Today: “Hell-O.” 7pm. “Man of Infinite Desire” at 8:30pm. More. $10 tickets sold at thedoor on a first-come basis. 575Metropolitan Ave. (718) 907-6189.

SUMMERTIME CONCERT: AnnualMartin Luther King Jr. concert seriespresents The Carlos Lezama Carib-bean Music Carnival. Featuredgroup is The Mighty Sparrow Show.7:30 pm. Wingate Field, WinthropStreet between Brooklyn and King-ston avenues. (718) 469-1912. Free.

TUES, AUG 10CELEBRATE BROOKLYN: Benefit con-

cert “Roots, Rock, Reggae” withBob Marley. Other performers. $35.4:30 pm. Prospect Park bandshell.Enter Park at Prospect Park Westand Ninth Street. (718) 855-7882.

WINE CAMP: Discover West Coastchampagne during a class hostedby Stonehome Wine Bar. $35. 6 pmto 8 pm. 87 Lafayette Ave. (718)624-9443.

READING: Author Andrew Stone par-ticipates in The Reading Series atBarbes. 7 pm. 376 Ninth St. (718)965-9177. Free.

THE HELL FESTIVAL: Brick Theaterpresents a multi-arts festival. Today:“No Exit Part II” at 7 pm. “Hello-O”and “Hell’s Belles” at 8 pm. “Euri-dice’s Abandon,” “The Kindly Ones”and “Evil is Kewl: Satan’s MessageTo Our Youth.” 9 pm. More. $10tickets sold at the door on a first-come basis. 575 Metropolitan Ave.(718) 907-6189.

ANIMAL PROTECTION: League ofHumane Voters meets to discussanimal protection political action.Help elect animal-friendly politi-cians. 6 pm to 7:30 pm. FirstUnitarian Church, 50 Monroe Place.(718) 807-6748. Free.

PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones playStaten Island Yankees. 7 pm. Key-span Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Call forticket info. (718) 449-8497.

WEDS, AUG 11LAW ENFORCEMENT DAY: Learn

about the program at St. Joseph’sCollege. 9 am to 6 pm. 265 ClintonAve. (718) 399-0376. Free.

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candlelight (in air conditioned com-fort). Diners can bring own candlesand flashlights. 41 Clark St. (718)237-4100. Call for reservations.

ART SHOW: Brooklyn Waterfront ArtistsCoalition hosts an exhibit “WaterShow: Art at the Pier.” Exhibit fea-tures 500 works by over 300 emerg-ing artists relating to water. Food,performances, music and artist talks.Noon to 6 pm. Red Hook Pier, 499Van Brunt St. (718) 596-2507. Free.

SUN, AUG 15OUTDOORS AND TOURS

FARMERS’ MARKET: Park SlopeFarmers Market. 8:30 am to 3 pm.Rain or shine. JJ Byrne Park, FourthStreet. (914) 923-4837.

CRUISING THE GOWANUS: BrooklynCenter for the Urban Environmenthosts a cruise aboard the ChelseaScreamer. See the changes as thecanal and its neighborhood experi-ence a renaissance. $45, $35 mem-bers, seniors and students. 9 am.Meet at Chelsea Piers, Pier 62,Hudson River between 22nd and23rd streets. (718) 788-8500, ext. 208.

A DAY ON THE J TRAIN: NY TransitMuseum hosts a tour led by urbangeographer Jack Eichenbaum. Rideon the J train and then walk throughHighland Park, Richmond Hill, Bush-wick and others. $25, $20 mem-bers. 10 am. Reservations required.(718) 694-1867.

GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: BigOnion Tours takes a walk throughthis Victorian “City of the Dead.”$12, $10 students and seniors. 1pm. Meet at Fifth Avenue and 25thStreet. (212) 439-1090.

SHEEPSHEAD BAY WALK: BrooklynHistorical Society hosts a walk. $15,$10 members, $5 children. 2 pm.Meet at East 16th Street and Sheep-shead Bay Road. (718) 222-4111.

PERFORMANCETHE HELL FESTIVAL: Brick Theater

presents a multi-arts festival. Today:“Martian Holiday.” 3 pm. Also,“How to Invoke Pan.” 4:15 pm.Also, “Step on Beelzebub’s ToesAphrodite, Crush Them.” 5:45 pm.More. $10 tickets sold at the dooron a first-come basis. 575 Metro-politan Ave. (718) 907-6189.

MUSIC FEST: at Polytechnic Universityat Metrotech. Performer workshopsfrom 10:30 am to 2 pm. Concert at2:15 pm. See Sat., Aug. 14.

CHILDRENTRANSIT MUSEUM: Kids hear “My

Grandpa Plays with Trains” by MyrnaNeuringer Levy. $5, $3 children 17and under, members free. 1 pm.Boerum Place and SchermerhornStreet. (718) 694-1600.

OTHERSTREET FAIR: 11 am to 6 pm. Washing-

ton Avenue between St. Johns Placeand Sterling Street. (877) 780-4091.

TOUR: Brooklyn Historical Societyhosts a tour of its exhibit “BrooklynWorks: 400 Years of Making a Livingin Brooklyn.” $6, $4 seniors andstudents. 2 pm. 128 Pierrepont St.(718) 222-4111.

PLAY BALL: Brooklyn Cyclones playthe Aberdeen Iron Birds. 5 pm.Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf Ave. Callfor ticket info. (718) 449-8497.

READING: Spiral Thought Magazinereading. 6 pm to 8 pm. Fall Cafe,307 Smith St. (718) 832-2310. Free.

ART SHOW: Brooklyn WaterfrontArtists Coalition hosts an exhibit“Water Show: Art at the Pier.” Noonto 6 pm. See Sat., Aug. 14.

Junkyard electronica: DJ duo, Ming& FS, performing at Northsix on Aug.11, incorporate live instrumentation,remixes and more in their live sets.

8 pm, $6; Aug. 12: Flight, 8 pm, $6, Uncomun, withDJs Black Panther and Jonathan Goldman and oth-ers, 10 pm, $8; Aug. 13: Kristin and the Khromo-zones, 8 pm, $6, DJ Andee of *pOp*stAr*kiDs*,punk burlesque with Nasty Canasta, 1 am, FREE;Aug. 14: DJ Katanga, 11 pm, FREE.

The Hook18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in RedHook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com.Aug. 7: Digitone Records Rock Show withZerohour, Freenamie, Satori, AlterQ, 8:30 pm, $10;Aug. 8: Hair Police, Sightings, Kites, Prurient, DJsCarlos Giffoni and Mike Bernstein, 8:30 pm, $8;Aug. 10: Spouse, Malarkies, Millimeters Mercury,8:30 pm, $8; Aug. 11: “Night of the Assassins” withBooks on Tape, Aa (Big A, little a), Total War, 8:30pm, $6; Aug. 12: Southern Rock Allstars featuringmembers of Blackfoot, Molly Hatchet andRossington Band, 8:30 pm, $15.

Hope and Anchor347 Van Brunt St. at Wolcott Street in Red Hook,(718) 237-0276.Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays: Karaoke hostedby drag queen Kay Sera, 9 pm, FREE.

iO Restaurant119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street inWilliamsburg, (718) 388-3320, www.iorestaurant-andlounge.com.Fridays and Saturdays: DJ spins salsa and house,10 pm, FREE.

The Jazz179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko Street inBedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 453-7825, www.the-jazz.8m.com.Mondays: Jam Session, 8 pm, $5; Aug. 12: Jazz inthe Garden with Tulivu-Donna Cumberbatch and hertrio, 7 pm, FREE; Aug. 13: Tehrin Cole Trio, 9 pm,$10; Aug. 14: Robert Anderson Trio, 9 pm, $10.

Kili Bar-Cafe81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill, (718)855-5574.

Rob Wilkerson, 8 pm, FREE; Aug. 10: Thys, Goldrush,Teddybut, Tony Scherr, 8 pm, FREE; Aug. 11: RussSpiegel’s Big Bad Big Band, Joel Newton Situation, 8pm, FREE; Aug. 12: Bill Konig, Scrapomatic, WardWhite, flezaDoza, 8 pm, FREE; Aug. 13: GospelGood Times, Kim Swain, Ananda’s Acoustic Roots,7:30 pm, FREE; Aug. 14: Rachel Loshak, Heth, Houseof Joss, Mahogany, SXAddict, 8 pm, FREE.

Celebrate Brooklyn!Prospect Park bandshell (enter at Prospect ParkWest and Ninth Street) in Park Slope, (718) 855-7882, www.celebratebrooklyn.org.Aug. 7: African Festival with Kanda Bongo Man,Sidiki, Lorraine Klassen, Kaleta, 2 pm - 9 pm, $3donation; Aug. 10: “Bob Marley Roots RockFestival” with The Marley Brothers, Nappy Roots,Toots and The Maytals, Slightly Stoopid, Looner,4:30 pm, $32.50 advance, $35 day of show.

Chocolate Monkey329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in ParkSlope, (718) 813-1073.Fridays: “Reggae after Work” with Winston Irie andthe Collective Crew, 7:30 pm, FREE.

The Flying SaucerCafe494 Atlantic Ave. at Nevins Street in Boerum Hill,(718) 522-1383.Saturdays: “Relief” with DJ John Burns, 7:30 pm,FREE; Sundays: “Sunday Service” with DJ JohnBurns, noon, FREE; Thursdays: “Lounging” with DJJohn Burns, 9 pm, FREE.

Frank’s Lounge660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in Fort Greene,(718) 625-9339, www.FranksCocktailLounge.com.Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs Tyrone andInfinite, 9 pm, $5; Sundays: Live jazz, 7 pm, FREE;Tuesdays: Tuesday Night Live, 9 pm, FREE withtwo-drink minimum; Thursdays: Lonnie Young-blood & The Blood Brothers, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays:Ffun Dance Party, 10 pm, $5.

Freddy’s Bar &Backroom485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue in Prospect Heights,(718) 622-7035, www.Freddysbackroom.com.Aug. 7: “Save Freddy’s Bar Benefit” with Motostar,Death Ray Band, Joe Bendik, The Electric Bastards,The Hermanos, Acoustic Trauma, Nemo, TheKnockout Drops, Kimya Dawson, Citigrass, 1:30pm, suggested donation TBA; Aug. 12: ¿Threat?,Agua Trip, 9:30 pm, FREE; Aug. 13: Robin Aigner,The Sobs, Warren Malone, 9:30 pm, FREE; Aug.14: Bill Carney & The Tombstoners, Bill Carney andthe Jug Addicts, 9:30 pm, FREE.

Galapagos70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg,(718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com.Sundays: The Love Show Cabaret Troupe, 10 pm,FREE; Mondays: Burlesque Hula-Hoop Review withMs. Saturn, 9:30 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: InResidence with Bethany Yarrow, 8 pm, $8; Fridays:Floating Vaudeville hosted by World Famous *BOB*featuring Kinetic Architecture dance performance,Carlton Ward, 10 pm, $5; Aug. 7: Straight 8,Pecados, Snap Pusher, 8 pm, $6, DJ Miko, 11 pm,FREE; Aug. 10: Nao’s Superfortress, Pleasant Grove,The Trouble With Sweeney, 7:30 pm, $6; Aug. 11:The Sonic Foundry with Skeezer, Nomi, V*I*R*G*O*,

Saturdays: Live DJ Music, 10:30 pm, FREE; Wed-nesdays: The Love Shack with DJ Matteo, 10:30pm, FREE; Fridays: DJ Chappy plays rock, hip-hopand funk, 10:30 pm, FREE.

Laila Lounge113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams-burg, (718) 486-6791, www.lailalounge.com.Tuesdays: Stephan Norfleet and Devil’s WorkshopBig Band, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Songwritersnight and open mic, 8 pm, FREE; Saturdays: (Upstairs)Den One “Hip-hop for grownups,” 10 pm, FREE.

Liberty HeightsTap Room34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in Red Hook,(718) 246-8050.Thursdays: Open mic, 10 pm, FREE.

The LuLu LoungeUnder TacuTacu, 134 N. Sixth St. at BedfordAvenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218-7889,www.ricerepublic.com/specials.Sundays: Jose Luis Martinez Trio, 7 pm, FREE;Mondays: “Random Ass Stand-Up,” 8 pm, $6.

Magnetic Field 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in BrooklynHeights, (718) 834-0069, www.Magnetic-Brooklyn.com.Thursdays: 80 Proof Thursdays (’80s night), 10 pm,FREE; Aug. 7: Muck and the Mires, The NewbornNaturals, 7:30 pm, $3, El Paso HiFi with DJ Dom, 10pm, FREE; Aug. 9: Rock ‘N’ Roll DJ Exchange, 9pm, FREE; Aug. 13: Sparkle Motion with DJ FrenchToast, 9 pm, FREE; Aug. 14: Tighten Up Brooklyn!,with The G.I.S., 10 pm, FREE.

Magnolia486 Sixth Ave. at 12th Street in Park Slope, (718)369-4814.Tuesdays: Jam with The Noah Haidu Trio, 10 pm,FREE with $5 minimum; Fridays and Saturdays:Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE.

free103point9Gallery97 S. Sixth St. at Bedford Avenue in Williams-burg, second floor, (718) 599-5955, www.screw-musicforever.com/free103/schedule.html.Aug. 13: Benefit for Republican National Conventionprotest with Ex-Models, Blood on the Wall, and thePower-Ups, 8 pm, $5.

NationalRestaurant273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton SecondStreet in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225,www.come2national.com.Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays: Live Russian musicand dance show, 9 pm, FREE.

Night of theCookers767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue in FortGreene, (718) 797-1197.Thursdays: Live jazz, 8 pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz,10 pm, FREE; Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE;Sundays: Live jazz, 4 pm, FREE.

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Northsix66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue inWilliamsburg, (718) 599-5103,www.northsix.com.Aug. 7: Ova Looven (ex-Antarctica, Na-tional Skyline), Vietnam, Pitty Sing, DJBrooke, 8 pm, $7 advance, $10 day ofshow; Aug. 8: Escape Grace, Bad MoonMusic, 8 pm, $7; Aug. 10: The LivingThings, Pitty Sing, 8 pm, $8; Aug. 11: Ming& FS, Karsh Kale, Mission on Mars, 8 pm,$12; Aug. 12: The Fugue, Wires on Fire,Shat, 8 pm, $7; Aug. 13: (Upstairs) TurboAC’s, Night Time Dealers, Unsung Heroes,Step 2 Far, 9 Lives, 8 pm, $10, (Downstairs)Two Man Advantage, The Shemps, Jew-driver, The Vee Dees, 8 pm, $5.

ParlorJazz119 Vanderbilt Ave. at Myrtle Avenue inClinton Hill, (718) 855-1981, www.parlor-jazz.com.Aug. 7: The Hank Johnson Trio, 9 pm, $20.

Peggy O’Neill’s(Two locations)

1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in ConeyIsland, (718) 449-3200, www.peggy-oneills.com.Wednesdays: ’80s Night, 10 pm, FREE;Aug. 7: The Canny Brothers, 10 pm, FREE;Aug. 13: Stone Believer, 10 pm, FREE.

8123 Fifth Ave. at 81st Street in BayRidge, (718) 748-1400.Fridays: Live DJ, 10 pm, FREE.

Pete’s CandyStore709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street inWilliamsburg, (718) 302-3770,www.petescandystore.com.Sundays: Open mic, 6:30-8:30 pm, FREE;Aug. 7: Jennifer Jackson, Nedelle andThom, 9 pm, FREE; Aug. 8: Lo Bit Land-scapes, James Merle Thomas, 9 pm, FREE;Aug. 9: The Kissups, Julian Velard, 8 pm,FREE; Aug. 10: G-Laundry, Rust BeltMusic, John Guilt, 9 pm, FREE; Aug. 11:Dreamend, 10 pm, FREE; Aug. 12:Gretchen Witt, MK O’Neil, Quadricorn, 9pm; Aug. 13: Ten Killer Twins, ToddDeatherage, Just About To Burn, 9 pm,FREE; Aug. 14: Greg Hoy, RebeccaPronsky CD release party, 9 pm, FREE.

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ACity Is,” a collection of chil-dren’s poems by Norman Ros-ten with illustrations by Melanie

Hope Greenberg, is a true product ofBrooklyn.

Not only was Rosten a longtime res-ident of Brooklyn Heights, but Green-berg, who has lived in BrooklynHeights for 28 years, actually met thepoet and playwright at CousinArthur’s, Bob Tramonte’s children’sbookstore formerly located on Mon-tague Street.

“Norman was a friend of Bob,”Greenberg told GO Brooklyn. “Bobhad a small poetry press called BlueStar Press, which had published Nor-man’s ‘Song’s for Patricia,’ and I de-signed the book.”

Rosten’s “Songs for Patricia” waswritten for his young daughter; his“Under the Boardwalk, NeighborhoodTales” was inspired by his home bor-ough; and his memoir of his friendshipMarilyn Monroe became the librettofor the opera based on her life.

Rosten and Greenberg would workon the paste-up for “Song’s for Patri-cia” at Wingate High School whereRosten had a friend who allowed themto use the school print shop. It wasthere that Greenberg discovered, “Nor-man had lots of energy. He was alwaysbounding up the stairs. I had to chaseafter him.”

After Greenberg’s second book,“My Father’s Luncheonette,” was re-leased, Rosten asked her if she’d lookat some of his poems for children tosee if she’d be interested in illustratingthem for publication. Greenberg wentthrough a big collection of poemscalled “A City Is” and chose the onesbest suited for children and illustra-tion.

“The poems went through a jour-ney,” says Greenberg. “From 1992 to1994 they were rejected by four pub-lishers. Everyone had different ideasabout what the book should be —broader, narrower, about different citiesin the UnitedStates.”

Then in 1995Rosten died, andGreenberg re-turned the poemsto his daughterand heir, PatriciaRosten Filan, a li-brarian in the his-tory department of Brooklyn Public Li-brary’s Central branch.

“The poems lay in Pat’s drawer forthree or four years,” Greenberg recalls.“Then I pitched the book to my editorat Henry Holt, and she liked the idea.She asked me to give it a cementing

glue that would give the book continu-ity. I used seasons and New York Cityscenes, because that was my truth andthat was Norman’s truth.”

Greenberg alsodrew a motherand son who ac-company thereader around thecity and back totheir home inBrooklyn.

The book in-cludes many rec-

ognizable views of Manhattan — thesubway station at 72nd Street, CentralPark, the arch in Washington Square.But it also contains typical Brooklynscenes — rooftops with bridges lead-ing to Manhattan, a snowy night withthe Brooklyn Bridge all lit up in the

distance and busyneighborhoodstreets.

Having alreadyillustrated suchcity-based booksas Miriam Co-hen’s “Down inthe Subway,”Eve Merriam’s“On My Street”and her own “Aunt Lilly’s Laun-dromat,” Greenberg was well-preparedfor work on Rosten’s poems. Her tech-nique is primitive and sophisticated atthe same time.

“I’ve been influenced by Haitian art.The colors are bold and bright withrandom patterns placed next to eachother,” she says. “I used muted colors,but I gave them a glow through the

technique of shadowing the outlinesand the way I placed colors next toeach other so they will vibrate andhave movement.”

Although Rosten’s poems are sim-ple they are also quirky and playful.He asks questions like, “Sometimes Ivisit the pocket park. Is that a park youcan put in your pocket?”

Or he might wax philosophical withpoems like, “What’s a street? What’s

an avenue? Sometimesthey cross/ some-times they nevermeet/ but go onand on/ till theycome to an end—/to a garden maybe/with a scarecrowwaving.”

And he certainlyunderstands the innerworld of childrenwhen he writes, “Askyscraper is a placefor a star to rest, to lookits best, or maybe totake a nap.”

“The book doesn’t talkdown to children or givethem what we think theywant,” Greenberg says.

The illustrator’s great respect for thewriter was both a challenge and a re-sponsibility.

“A friend once told me, ‘Melanie,aim high and you’ll have room togrow,’” said Greenberg. “The fact thatNorman Rosten gave me his poemsmade me aim high.”

“A City Is,” a collection of children’spoems by Norman Rosten, with illustra-tions by Melanie Hope Greenberg(Henry Holt, $16.95), is available in localbookstores.

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Drawing inspirationHeights illustrator reflects on working with Norman Rosten

Bridal gown designers and wedding cakebakers came together at Prospect Park on July28 to celebrate the reconstruction of the Bai-ley Fountain, a two-year, $1.5 million projectwhich improved the Fountain and the sur-rounding landscape at Grand Army Plaza.

The fountain, with its central figures of aman, woman and child, has served as a back-drop to countless wedding portraits, accord-ing to the Prospect Park Alliance.

Models whirled about in wedding dressesand bridesmaid gowns by Lui Antinous, MyrJan of Prospect Heights (pictured), Ouvrez LaPorte of Boerum Hill and Nigerian Fabricsand Fashions of Clinton Hill. Fort Greene’sCake Man Raven Confectionary along withPark Slope’s JollyBe bakery and Two LittleRed Hens, brought samples of their weddingcakes.

Among the improvements to the fountainand its surroundings are restored pavementand steps, new benches, lighting, landscapingand a new plumbing and drainage system.Restoration expert Mark Roussel replaced thelost elements of the central sculpture at hisstudio in Queens. — Lisa J. Curtis

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‘City’ living: Melanie Hope Green-berg (above) in her BrooklynHeights studio. (At left) Illustrationsfrom her new book, with poems byNorman Rosten, “A City Is.”

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Brooklyn 5 Lowell 4July 30 at Keyspan Park

The Cyclones (25-14) beatthe Spinners (16-25) in aneleven-inning contest whenDerran Watts scored the win-ning run on a wild pitchstrikeout of Jim Burt.

Michael Devaney (0-0)started for Brooklyn andpitched five innings, allowingtwo unearned runs. Jose Ro-driguez (2-1) picked up the winfor Brooklyn as he allowed onehit in 2.2 innings of relief.

After Lowell scored an un-earned run in the first. Brooklynevened the score in the thirdwhen Aaron Hathaway scoredfrom second on a miss-playedsacrifice bunt by Kevin Rios.

Lowell went ahead 2-1 inthe fifth on a sacrifice fly.

But Brooklyn came backwith three in the sixth. Ambior-ix Concepcion tripled andscored on a single by TylerDavidson. After a Grant Pso-mas single and a Ryan Coultassacrifice bunt put runners onsecond and third, Burt singledin two runs to put Brooklynahead 4-2.

Lowell notched single runsin the seventh and eighth in-nings to make the score 4-4.

In the eleventh inning, GrantPsomas singled and was re-placed by pinch runner Derran

Watts. Watts stole second andadvanced to third on a throwingerror by the Lowell catcher,Patrick Perry. When Burt struckout on a pitch that flew over thecatcher’s head, Watts racedhome with the winning run.

Lowell 10Brooklyn 5July 31 at Keyspan Park

The Cyclones (25-15) fellbehind 4-0 in the first inningand never caught up as theLowell Spinners (17-25)broke a three-game Cycloneswinning streak.

Brooklyn starter MikeSwindell (2-1) took the loss, ashe gave up eight runs (sevenearned) in three-plus innings.

Brooklyn scored its firstrun in the opening framewhen Dante Brinkley scoredon a single by Grant Psomas.

Lowell added six moreruns in the fourth.

The Cyclones attempted acomeback in the seventh. JimBurt hit his first professionalhome run with a bases-emptyshot over the left field wall, andBrooklyn added two more runs.

The Cyclones tallied a finalrun in the eighth, but it wasnot enough, and Lowell hungon for the win.

Brooklyn 7Aberdeen 4August 1 at Aberdeen

The Cyclones (26-15) usedfive strong innings by starterand winner “Cyclone” JoeWilliams (4-1) to defeat Ab-erdeen (21-22).

Brooklyn took a 1-0 leadon a third inning home run byRyan Coultas. The Cyclonesadded two more runs in thefourth when Dante Brinkleyand Jim Burt scored on a sin-gle by Grant Psomas.

The Ironbirds tied the gamewith three runs in the fourth.

In the fifth, Brooklyn tookthe lead as Derran Watts scoredon a single by Brinkley.

Brooklyn scored another runin the sixth on Burt’s single, butAberdeen countered with a runon a homer by Arturo Rivas.

The Cyclones added theirfinal run in the seventh on atwo RBI single by AmbiorixConcepcion.

Eddy Camacho took overthe pitching from Williams,and Camacho allowed only arun in three innings. CelsoRondon pitched a perfect ninthinning to earn his sixth save.

Aberdeen 5Brooklyn 4August 2 at Aberdeen

The Aberdeen Ironbirds(22-22) scored four runs in

the eighth inning to take thelead and then hold on to de-feat the Cyclones (26-16).

The Cyclones opened thescoring in the second inningwith consecutive bases emptyhomers from Ambiorix Con-cepcion and Jim Burt.

Brooklyn added a run inthe fourth when Grant Pso-mas doubled and scored on asingle by Ryan Coultas.

Aberdeen scored a run inthe sixth off Cyclones starterEvan MacLane to narrow theBrooklyn lead to 3-1.

In the eighth, Concepcion’sRBI single gave the Cyclonesa three run lead.

Aberdeen’s four run out-burst in the eighth featuredQuincy’s Ascencion’s two outtwo run triple to give the Iron-birds the lead.

Kevin Hart (2-0) won in re-lief for the Ironbirds. RelieverJose Rodriguez (2-2) took theBrooklyn loss.

Brooklyn 8Aberdeen 5August 3 at Aberdeen

The Cyclones scored fourruns in the eighth inning torun their lead to 8-1 and thenthe Brooks (27-16) held on towin the series final against theIronbirds (22-23).

Starter Scott Hyde (2-0)got the win as he threw 5.2 in-nings, allowing only a run ontwo hits while walking twoand striking out six.

Brooklyn opened the scor-

ing in the second inning whenAmbiorix Concepcion dou-bled. After three consecutivewalks and a wild pitch, theCyclones had a 2-0 lead.

The Cyclones pushed theirlead to 4-0 in the third inningwhen Concepcion tripled toscore Dante Brinkley andMatt Fisher.

Aberdeen scored their onlyrun off Hyde in the fourth.

The Brooks batted around inthe eighth. Fisher, Brinkley,and Tyler Davidson singled tofill the bases for Concepcion,who hit a single to score Fish-er. Jim Burt’s double broughtin two more runs and GrantPsomas singled in a run for theCyclones’sixth straight hit.

Aberdeen came back for tworuns in the eighth and two moretallies in the ninth, but Brook-lyn reliever Celso Rondonclosed out the Ironbirds’ scor-ing to record his seventh save.

Brooklyn 14Jamestown 4August 4 at Jamestown

The Cyclones (28-16) brokeopen the game with an eightrun second inning and thencruised the rest of the wayagainst the Jammers (14-29).

Brooklyn (28-16) struckfor 15 hits to give Clonesstarter Michael Devaney (1-0)his first professional victory.

Devaney pitched six score-less innings, allowing two hitsand no walks while strikingout seven.


with Ed Shakespeare

The Play’s the ThingThe Play’s the Thing

rance.” Thus, the subject of today’s discussion will be Brooklyn

catchers and ignorance.The expression “tools of ignorance” is thought by some to

have been invented by Yankee Hall of Fame catcher BillDickey, who used the term as he bemoaned his decision tobecome a catcher. That choice forced him to wear his mask,shin guards, and chest protector — evidence of his “ignorant”decision to play such a physically demanding position.

Carter, the Mets minor league catching coordinator, won’tbe wearing the tools of ignorance for the Cyclones, but hav-ing him in Brooklyn for a few days to tutor the receivers islike having a 50-year-old Marlon Brando in Brooklyn tomentor some promising actors.

Carter played for years with the Montreal Expos and wasthe Mets catcher on their 1986 World Series champions.

But Carter, who signed a professional baseball contract rightout of high school, didn’t start out as a catcher..

“I wasn’t a catcher in high school — I was primarily an in-fielder, and I did a little pitching.,” he said. “As a kid in LittleLeague, I was a shortstop and pitcher. One scout thought Icould become a catcher, and so I caught about six games mysenior year between both high school and American Legion.

“I didn’t even know how to strap the gear on the right way. SoI signed as a catcher, but I really wasn’t,” he continued. “[Scout]Karl Kuehl showed a lot of interest in me. I used to spend count-less hours down in [batting] cages with the Iron Mike [pitchingmachine] firing balls at me, learning to block balls.”

Carter was asked about the qualities needed to become agood catcher.

“You have to have a toughness about you. They used tosay that catchers have to be dogs, meaning that you have totake your bumps and bruises and foul tips. You have to almosthave a little bit of a football mentality.

“You have to know 10 or 12 personalities, meaning yourpitching staff, and you have to be the quarterback.”

Speaking of quarterbacks, Carter was a star high school quar-terback who had numerous football scholarship offers. The Cy-clones’Hathaway was a pretty good high school quarterback too.

“I saw Aaron Hathaway catch last night,” explained Carter.“He’s quick on his feet, and he called a great game. He’s atough kid. He’ll take a hit, and I like the way he reacted tosome balls in the dirt.”

CARTER ALSO LIKED Hathaway’s quick release onhis throws to second. A major league catcher averages2 seconds from the time a pitch touches his glove un-

til his throw reaches second base. Gary uses a stopwatch tomeasure each toss.

“Hathaway’s best time on throws to second was 1.83, andhe was averaging somewhere between 1.87 and 1.97.

“I told him not to be too concerned about his times, but toconcentrate on quickness and accuracy. I’d rather have a 1.90to a 2.05 than a 1.83 with the ball falling off to the side.”

To alleviate any ignorance as to this Hall of Famer’s eval-uation of the catchers in the Mets system, we asked Carter todiscuss catchers Mike Jacobs and Justin Huber, both formerCyclones. (Carter discussed Justin Huber at about 4 pm onJuly 30, a few hours before the announcement that Huber hadbeen traded to the Kansas City Royals organization.)

“I’ve seen Justin Huber make great progress. The one keyfor Huber is his being able to stay healthy. He’s had this pec-toral tear in his throwing arm the last two years, and it’s beena major setback for him. Now he’s at Triple A, but I really be-lieve that had he not had that problem he’d be the startercatcher next year in the big leagues. I like his set-up. I like theway he handles a game, his pitch calling and throwing ability.I think he’s lost a little bit of his [throwing] velocity becauseof the concern about his pectoral [muscle].

“The biggest thing [about him] is his make-up. I think he’ssolid. The biggest thing is if he can stay healthy.”

Let’s flash back to the Home Opener for the 2001 season.The Cyclones ended a 44-year drought for Brooklyn profes-sional baseball when catcher Mike Jacobs hit a sacrifice fly towin the game in the tenth inning.

Carter discussed one of the Cyclones first heroes.“Mike has come into his own as a receiver. He still has a

little deficiency with his throwing in that he stands up toomuch. He needs to be a little more compact. I think he han-dles a pitching staff real well.

“He really came around with the bat. Here’s the guy who wasthe minor league player of the year [the 2003 Sterling Awardwent to Jacobs, who hit .329 at Binghamton]. Now he’s hurt hisshoulder, and he’s disabled and out for the rest of the year.

While I asked Carter about key Cyclones catching alumni,he mentioned Joe Hietpas, who caught for the Cyclones in2002. Hietpas is batting .231 at Binghamton, but the Mets mi-nor league catching coordinator feels that Hietpas couldsomeday make the majors.

“Joe Hietpas calls a great game,” explained Carter. Heblocks pitches well and throws guys out. The big question ishis hitting ability.”

Carter brought up other catches in the Mets system.“There are other guys like Brandon Wilson, and Zack

Clements, and Junior Garcia, and there are other players be-ing considered,” he noted.

DESPITE THE TALENTS of all the catchers in theMets system, the man of the hour is Huber, just trad-ed to the Kansas City organization. Did the Mets

make a mistake? I think so, and here’s why. Joe Pignatano is a native Brooklynite and a current resident

of Bay Ridge. He was the last Brooklyn Dodger to catch atEbbets Field. As a coach, Pignatano was Gil Hodges’ right handman when Hodges managed the Mets. “Piggy” is a smart guy.

When once asked how he managed to make the majorleagues, Pignatano replied, as he pointed to his heart, “Desire!That’s how I was able to make it. Desire … and maybe a lit-tle bit of talent.”

Pignatano was being modest. He had more than a little tal-ent, but his point is well made. Desire. He had it. Gary Carterhad it. Aaron Hathaway has it. And Justin Huber has it.

Huber could have been the first Cyclones catcher to reachthe majors leagues as a Met.

“I think he’ll be a star,” said Gary Carter about Huber.I agree.

Brooklyn Papers columnist Ed Shakespeare’s book, “WhenBaseball Returned to Brooklyn,” is available at amazon.com.

Speaking ofkid catcherswith The Kid

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Nick Cunningham, alsoknown as “Cowbell Man,”is a 29-year-old Cyclonesenthusiast. A long-time BayRidge resident, he attendsalmost every Cyclonesgame, where he patrols thestands, rhythmically bang-ing a cowbell with a drum-stick. He is casual in hisattire, usually dressed in aCyclones jersey and jeans.

Cunningham’s game de-meanor includes near constantmovement around the parkand a boisterous voice thatfrequently shouts, “Let’s goCy-Clones!” His attire and ap-pearance were functionallyappropriate for his self-chosenrole as “Cowbell Man.”

Yet, the Cyclones brass hadan idea. As a part of SinglesNight at Keyspan Park on July30, Cunningham was selectedto have a makeover by aBrooklyn beauty salon. Earlierthat day, “Cowbell Man’s”dirty blond locks were given anew cut by a hair stylist, andhe was fitted in a dark bluesuit. Before and during thegame, he was hidden from thecrowd until his appearance inthe seventh inning.

When he was introduced tothe crowd, he was nattilygroomed, with a sharp new

steps of Section 5, “CowbellMan” once more.

Dante’s weather“See, I told you so!”

crowed Dante Brinkley to noone in particular as he walkedinto the Cyclones dugout andstared out at the rain pouringdown on Keyspan Park’sgrounds crew.

“I predicted rain all week-end, and I was right,” chuck-led Brinkley about an hourbefore the 6 pm Saturdaygame on July 31.

Was Dante’s predictionmerely one that he made to afew teammates? Hardly. Itwas made on the WB Morn-ing News, shown on NewYork’s Channel 11 the previ-ous day at 8:30 am.

As that week’s guest Fridayweather forecaster on theshow, Brinkley went out on alimb and forecast rain for theentire weekend, and since itrained Friday, Brinkley wasnow two-for-two in predic-tions. (Rain in Brooklyn onSunday, while Brinkley wasin Aberdeen, Maryland,would subsequently make theCyclones outfielder 3 for 3.)

Brinkley, 23, is done withbaseball; he’s a natural for tel-evision. Nobody minds Brink-ley’s bragging because, whenhe does it, he’s funny enoughto crack up the faces onMount Rushmore.

“Predicting the weather is alot easier than playing base-ball,” said Brinkley.

Carter to manageThis season, Gary Carter

has been concentrating onhelping the catchers in theMets system. Next season,Carter confirmed, he will bemanaging in the Mets farmsystem.

“I wanted to be available tomy family when I retired in1992, so now that they’repretty much grown, it leavesme with the time to make thecommitment to managing.”

Where would he manage?“It’s up to the Mets where

they place me,” said Carter.“I don’t want to step on any-body’s toes.

“My burning desire is toget the New York Mets backto the top in this city, and I’mexcited to be a part of the or-ganization no matter wherethey place me next season.”

A vote for GilGary Carter had to wait

long after his retirement to beselected to the Hall of Fame.How does he feel about a for-mer Brooklyn catcher whomany feel belongs in the Hallof Fame?

Of course, we’re talkingabout the Dodgers’ Gil Hod-ges, who came up to theBrooks as a catcher, but wasshifted to first base.

“Do I think Gil Hodges is aHall of Famer?” asked Carter.

“Absolutely. I didn’t get tosee him play. But for his dedi-cation not only as a player,but as a manager. When thatopportunity comes up for meto vote, he’s on my ballot.”

‘Cowbell Man’ gets suit, prefers jeans

Cyclones catcher Aaron Hathaway bobbles the ball as Lowell Spinners Heriberto Guzman slides in safely to home Saturday.

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Yet again, Cyclones win the week

WRAP-UP

THE HALL OFFame catcherwas leaning over

the rail at the home plateend of the Cyclonesdugout, as close as possi-ble to the young Brook-lyn catcher on the field.

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hairstyle and beautiful suit. In-deed, the transformation wasmiraculous. Here was “Cow-bell Man” looking like“Trump Man,” and even Cun-ningham’s normally energeticactions seemed to become

measured and sophisticated ashe quietly modeled his newlook for the stunned crowd.

As soon as Nick’s momentson the field were over, hebounded into the stands, re-claimed his cowbell from

“Monkey Lady,” its temporaryholder, and began loudly ring-ing the bell. The sight was in-congruous, the now “GQ”looking Cunningham bound-ing around the ballpark ringinga cowbell. Within a few min-

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A senior advisor toBorough President MartyMarkowitz may challengeincumbent Councilman Vin-cent Gentile in a 2005 pri-mary race.

Bob Capano, a Republicanwith strong ties to Bay Ridgeand Dyker Heights, filed lastmonth with the Campaign Fi-nance Board for Gentile’s43rd District seat. The filingwill allow Capano to transfercontributions he raised lastyear, when he briefly jumpedinto a six-way special electionbefore stepping aside in favorof Rosemarie O’Keefe, thesole Republican in that con-test. O’Keefe lost to Gentileby 31 votes.

“This just allows me tokeep all my options open,”said Capano, 30, who raised$8,605 for the February, 2003,election. “Either way, I willdefinitely stay involved withmy community.”

Gentile, who defended hisseat against Republican chal-lenger Pat Russo in Novem-ber, 2003, declined to com-ment, saying it would be

premature to discuss potentialchallengers. The election isscheduled for November 2005.

“The councilman is goingto focus on doing his job, andpeople filing with the cam-paign finance board is some-thing out of his control,” saidGentile spokesman SamCooper. “He’s going to con-centrate on being the best city

councilman he can be.”Gerry O’Brien, a political

consultant who has alreadyspoken to Capano about thepossible challenge, said thathe would need to highlight thedifferences between himselfand Gentile.

“When you run against anincumbent you have to show acontrast between yourself and

other family. The building, which includesthree residential units and the storefront, re-cently sold for $950,000, according to Do-minick DeMasi, the owner of Century 21DeMasi Realty and a broker for the deal.

Edward Wong, owner of Zen, a homedecorating store at 76th Street, has weath-ered 20 years on Third Avenue and watchedas property values rose. Although Zen con-tinues to draw business, much of it fromlongtime customers, Satori, a second homedecorating business owned by his family,closed in January after six years on the av-enue. It will be replaced by a nail salon.

“What has really thrown us off, I’d say,is the price of real estate,” said Wong, whoestimates rent at Satori had risen 100 per-cent from when he opened in 1998. “It gotto the point for us where it really wasn’tworth maintaining.”

Conservationists in Bay Ridge lamentthe exodus of the commercial strip’s mostunique boutiques, the type of retailer thatmight have drawn shoppers from otherneighborhoods.

“Third Avenue used to have a lot of beau-tiful shops,” said Victoria Hofmo, presidentof the Bay Ridge Conservancy. “And sowhen you see another nail salon comingalong then, yeah, there is a concern.”

But the rash of closed businesses isn’tnew, nor should it be a cause for alarm,since in most cases something new quicklyoccupies the vacated storefront, said Cen-tury 21’s DeMasi.

Merchants of Third Avenue PresidentRobert Howe echoed DeMasi, and point-ed to his own family’s steak house at 89thStreet, which closed in 1986 after 30 years— because his family was ready to retirefrom the restaurant business.

Howe believes there is a natural turn-around for many of the businesses in BayRidge.

“I would be more concerned with it if astore went out of business and nothing elsewent in,” he said. “But, no, there is not a

By Frank EltmanAssociated Press

Just months before the Wall Street crash that ignited theGreat Depression, New York Gov. Franklin D. Rooseveltand other dignitaries traveled out to Long Island to pre-side at the opening of Jones Beach State Park.

That was Aug. 4, 1929, and since then an estimated 500 millionpeople have visited the 6-1/2-mile oceanfront, enjoying the 2,413acres of sand, surf and so much more.

“I've traveled all over the world and it's still one of the prettiestbeaches that I've been on,” said Howard Ruderman, seated on aboardwalk bench on a recent sunny afternoon.

Dignitaries this week return to Jones Beach, 33 miles east ofManhattan, to formally mark its 75th anniversary, although theparty has been going on all summer. The U.S. Navy Blue Angelsheadlined an air show over the Memorial Day weekend. Therewas a giant fireworks display on the Fourth of July, and otherevents are planned through Labor Day.

“It is definitely exactly the way Robert Moses envisioned it wouldbe,” said George Gorman, the director of operations for New Yorkstate parks on Long Island. He said that Moses, the legendary builderbehind nearly every major public works project in New York in the20th century, considered Jones Beach “his crown jewel.”

Its two-mile boardwalk was designed to resemble the deck of acruise ship, and its railing simulates what it might be like to lookout on the ocean from a seafaring vessel. There are swimmingpools, basketball courts, paddle tennis, shuffleboard, pitch-and-putt and miniature golf, softball fields, volleyball courts, bath-houses, boat basins, playgrounds and picnic areas.

One of the most distinctive landmarks is the 231-foot high brickand stone water tower, modeled after the Campanile, the brick belltower that overlooks the Piazza San Marco in Venice. The decora-tive tower holds 315,000 gallons of fresh water used to run thesinks and flush the toilets throughout the massive beach.

“To me it’s the scale of it,” said park director Susan Guliani,who has worked at the beach since the 1970s. “I travel to beachesall over and I have found nothing that is this big and this devel-oped and natural.”

Bill Erny said he started visiting Jones Beach as a boy growingup in Brooklyn in the 1930s. Although he had the option of visit-ing nearby Coney Island, Erny said he enjoys the cleanliness andpristine atmosphere of Jones Beach.

Jones Beachhits 75 years

Markowitz aide maychallenge Gentile

the other person,” saidO’Brien. “Some relish thatand some shrink.”

He added: “We’ve spoken,but he certainly hasn’t madeany decision to run.”

State Sen. Marty Golden,the city’s only Republicansenator, heaped praise on Ca-pano, but echoed the senti-ment of most in his party, whosaid that it was too early togive an endorsement. An aidefor Golden, John Johnston,who ran for assembly in 1996,also filed with the CampaignFinance Board.

“Bobby Capano is a goodfriend of mine,” said Golden.“But obviously it’s much,much too early. All my time’sbeen spent running down thestreet screaming about [Presi-dent] Bush so I don’t have thetime to be looking at a councilrace in 2005.”

Jerry Kassar, chairman ofthe Kings County Conserva-tive Party, said likewise. “Wewill view him as a seriouscandidate as much as I viewhim as a serious individual,but it’s clearly premature tosay that the Conservative Par-ty would be endorsing him.”

Bob Capano, rival to Councilman Gentile, outside BoroughHall, where he works for Borough President Markowitz.

vacancy problem on Third Avenue.”“There’s no aberration,” said Howe. “The

economy has stabilized a bit and rent isn’twildly out of sync with property values.”

Canny of Wixx said that her decision toclose stems from a desire to buy a homewith her husband and two young children.With business fluctuating, she said, it wastoo difficult to save toward a mortgage ona new home in Bay Ridge, where proper-

ty values have risen considerably.“Christmas was always a really good

time for me,” she said. “But you can’t justdepend on that.”

Canny pinned the reduced business atWixx to the rise of everything from theInternet to department stores like Century21 on 86th Street. In the end, however, itmay have been something else.

“It’s not for me anymore,” she said.

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vestigators that the two-pilot rule was in place, prosecutorssaid, leading to additional charges of making false statementsand obstructing justice.

Former ferry Capt. Michael Gansas was charged with mak-ing false statements for telling Coast Guard investigators thathe was in the pilot house when Smith passed out and had triedin vain to right the ship, prosecutors said. Gansas’attorneys didnot immediately return phone calls seeking comment.

Port captain John Mauldin was charged with making falsestatements and obstructing justice for allegedly lying to theNational Transportation Safety Board, telling its investigatorsthat the two-pilot rule was in place.

“He continues to feel sorrow for the victims but looks for-ward to clearing his name,” said his attorney, Nicholas De-Feis.

Mauldin and Ryan were suspended with pay after thecrash.

Gansas was vilified and fired for his initial refusal to coop-erate with the investigation, saying he was suffering frompost-traumatic stress disorder.

Department of Transportation officials falsely reported thatthe two-pilot rule had been in place and Gansas had violatedit. Those officials were repeating Ryan’s lies to them,Mauskopf said Wednesday.

Smith, 55, fled after the wreck and tried to commit suicide,slashing his wrists and shooting himself with a pellet gun.

Appearing haggard and drawn, Smith said Wednesday hedidn’t acknowledge his health problems on the August 2000license renewal form because he was afraid of losing his job.

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Smith, who had been suspended without pay, resignedWednesday.

The plea and indictments followed a 10-month investiga-tion into the crash, when a routine trip across New York Har-bor turned into a nightmare of shattered glass and twistedmetal as the boat slammed into the pier.

The crash tore open a 250-foot-long gash that ran 8 feetdeep into the ship’s hull.

The accident revealed serious problems with safety ruleson the ferries. Insiders leveled allegations of problems rang-ing from overtime abuse to retaliatory beatings. The city hasrevamped its procedures, requiring three crew members inthe wheelhouse, for example.

The city has reached settlements with 33 victims in con-nection to the crash. A woman who fractured her femur andpelvis settled last month for $1.125 million, the largest dealreached so far. The other 32 had totaled around $600,000.

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Design Assist./Archit. Enginr.www.decksbybart.com

Chris MullinsContracting

Renovations & RestorationsAll Home Improvement Needs

Kitchen • Bath • Paint • CarpentryFully equippedwith all trades

Equipped withDESIGNERS • ARCHITECTS • EXPEDITERS

“You’ve tried all the rest,now go with the best.”

Do it right the first time.

17 YEARS EXPERIENCELICENSED • BONDED • INSURED

License # 0930141718-965-1857 or 718-692-7163

Interior & ExteriorKitchen andBathroom

Remodeling,Plumbing,

Electrical, Tiles,Painting,

Carpentry, Decks,Stucco, Cement

work, Roofing andWaterproofing

HIGHQUALITYWORK AT

REASONABLERATESFREE

ESTIMATESLICENSED

ANDINSURED

EAGLECONTRACTORS

GeneralRenovations

Interior & ExteriorRoofing • Waterproofing

Painting • PlasteringCarpentry • SheetrockTile • Stucco • Pointing

Scaffold • Brick &Cement Work

License # 904813 • InsuredFREE ESTIMATES718-686-1100

ElectriciansJOHN E. LONERGAN

Licensed Electrician(718) 875-6100(212) 475-6100

R34

R34/38/42

Electrical ServiceAll electrical repairs. ViolationsRemoved. Wiring for lighting &spotlights. Boilers installed. 220volt wiring, circuit breakers. 24 hremergency service.

FREE ESTIMATES. AFFORDABLE RATES

(646) 208-9381 W37

Licensed Electricians

No Job Too SmallFamily Owned & Operated for over 35 years

(718) 966-4801 R32

Exterminators

R35

Fire Sprinklers

AutomaticFire Sprinkler, INC.

has been servicing all FiveBoroughs since 1981, for repairsand all types of testing.

F.D., also the new residentialsprinkler flow test, insurancecompany, housing preservationannuals, I.S.O. We are highlyrecognized by the N.Y.C.F.D.

Call (718) 743-8953for our very competitive prices

R36

Floor Maintenance

D & KFLOOR SERVICE, INC.

Parquet and wood floors sanded,repaired, installed & refinished.

Carpets steam cleaned &shampooed professionally.

Tile floors stripped & waxed

718-720-2555R28-23

– Ace Floors –Specializing in hardwood floor sand-ing, staining & refinishing and newfloor installation. Borders & patterns,ceramic tiles & bathroom renova-tions, plastering & painting.

(718) 363-2593 Office(917) 219-0146 Pager

FREE ESTIMATES R39

ADIRONDACKFLOOR SANDING

Expert Repairs & InstallationsGuaranteed Quality & Satisfaction

10 Years Serving Brooklyn

(718) 645-0112(917) 838-7549

R33

Since 1969 Father & SonOwned and Operated

COMPLETE PEST CONTROLDifficult Termite Problems

– Our SpecialtyTermites • Roaches • AntsBees • Fleas • BedbugsMoths • Mice • Rats

TRAPPINGSquirrels • Cats • Raccoons

LICENSED & INSURED

RESIDENTIAL &COMMERCIAL

ANT TERMITE

Save a Sample

AFEDERAL EXTERMINATING, LTD.

FREE ESTIMATES

259-8799

COMMERCIAL& RESIDENTIAL

ELECTRICALCONTRACTORSC&C

A. NorwayElectricLicensed Electricians

Anything In Electric & Heat

When Con Ed Says You NeedAn Electrician . . . .

Call Us First10% DISCOUNT FOR FIRST TIMECALLERS OR SENIOR CITIZENS

ELECTRICIAN

24/7EMERGENCY SERVICE

718-774-5963

Floor Maintenance

Bill’s Floor ServiceRefinishing • Resurfacing

Call (718) 238-9064(917) 805-8161

30 years experience

FREE ESTIMATES R28-08

Gardening

R28-14

Gates

R14/27-34

Handyman

Home Improvement

CALL NEDPlastering • Roofing • Sheetrock

Ceramic Tile • CarpentryCement Work • Painting

Wallpaper • FREE ESTIMATES

718-871-1504R32

Louie Comparato & SonsPlumbing • Carpentry • Electrical

Flooring • Baths • Doors • PaintingSheetrock • Brickwork • BasementsPartitions • Fire Jobs • Storefronts

Lic. & Ins. (#1162365)

(347) 517-5088(347) 262-1278 R33

S&D Home ImprovementSheetrock, taping, int/ext painting,wallpaper, wood floors, tilework,windows, doors, decks, store interiors ––remodeling kitchens & baths our specialty.

FULLY INSURED. LIC #1147276All work guaranteed

(718) 998-1110 SimonW32

Interior Designinterior design

consulting• space planning• furniture selection• “designed to sell” make-overs

design directions inc.tel. 718-935-1681complete design services available.Specializing in bringing great styleto small spaces

UFN

Locksmith

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KBM ContractingBathrooms • Carpentry

Tiling • Decks • WindowsFlooring • Roofing • Doors

Painting • StaircasesPiping • Heating

Violations RemovedFREE ESTIMATE(718) 763-0379

licensed, insured R34

The Best in Ornamental Iron WorksAll Types of Iron Gates

Fences/PorchesSecurity Doors

Window Guards/AC GrillsSidewalk Trap Doors

Railing, Steps, Staircasesand Fire Escapes

Architectural & Structural Steel WorksCustom Iron Works

FREE ESTIMATESFREE DELIVERY

(718) 852-8787

Wake up Your GardenGarden Service

Annuals - Perennials, HerbsMaintenance - General Clean up

Brownstone Yards - Terraces - Co-ops

718-753-9741

“IT’S SPRING”

Painting

R35/39

R34/28-28

$100 PER ROOM2 coasts free minor plasteringfrom $100. Reliable and clean.Quality. Fences and fireplaces.Days (917) 371-7086

(718) 921-2932Ask for Fitz

Custom Design & RestorationsR37

MasterPlasterer/Painter

Old Walls SavedRepair, Install, Moldings, Skim Coats

Excellent References718-834-0470

R28-12

R28-12

Plaster RestorationOrnamental • Skim Coating

Wallpaper • Custom PaintingStripping

(718) 783-4868Demetrious

25 years in Park SlopeR34

R34/37/28-24

R30

PlasteringAbsolute

Plastering Inc.Ornamental, run cornice mould,and tinted plaster. Skim coating& domes and vaulted ceilings.

(718) 322-3436(917) 412-5593

Ask for FitzCustom Design & Restorations

R37

Plumbing

R28-19

NEIGHBORHOODSewer & Drain Cleaning

PlumbingTUBS • SINKS • MAIN SEWER

TOILETS • YARD DRAINS24/7 • Emergency Service745-7727 or 848-5654

$ LOW, LOW, PRICES $

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CO.NYS Registered 1974

LIC# 0933304Int./Ext. • Comm./Resid.

MASTER @ PLASTERDRYWALL • SKIM COAT

sunshinepaintingny.comCall Anton

718-748-6990B.B.B. + Rating! Lowest Prices!

Fully Insured Free Estimates

OWNER OPERATED

“Top Quality Work, DependableService and a job that will last!”• Painting • Skim Coating • Plastering• Wallpaper Removal and Installation

• Specializing in Faux Finishingand Decorative Painting

• Stain & Varnishing

Call (718) 332-7041

Finishing TouchPAINTING

ART & INTERIORS–––––––––––––––PAINTING COMPANY

PAINTINGFAUX FINISHES

MURALSSTENCILS

RESTORATION

FINE QUALITY FOR 25 YEARSAT REASONABLE RATES

646-221-4361

Movers (Licensed)

R46

Dave’s D.J. Moving& Storage Available

Written Binding Estimates Available.Commercial and residential. Wecarry building insurance. All furniturepadded Free. Courteous, reliableservice. Weekends avail., packingsupplies, van service. Serving Bklynfor over 10 years.

(718) 843-4417Lic. and Ins. DOT #32241

83 Davenport Ct.Howard Beach, NY 11414

R29/34

CROSSAMERICAMoving & StorageSpecializing in Long Distance

Residential MoversLOW RATES

East & West CoastsFully Licensed & Insured

Free Packing ServiceGuaranteed Pick Up Days

1 (866) 407-6683(718) 433-0633

www.cross-america.comFREE BOX DELIVERY

“A good job happens only when you care!”

USDOT# 1059024 / ICC# 436268R29/33/37/50

R19/38

R34

Four SeasonsMoving and Storage

High Quality Movers at very lowrates. Call for FREE ESTIMATES.Fully Licensed & Insured. Lic#391395.

1 (888) 236-3055www.4seasonsmoving.com

R32

Moving SuppliesWe carry a full

line of packing &moving supplies

We have wardrobe boxes, bubble &foam wraps, peanuts, and protectivedish kits. We also ship via UPS & FedEx.

41 Schemerhorn St.(bet. Court & Clinton)

718.858.6969 R38

TruckersDo You Need

2 Men with a Van?$250 1/2 day$400 full day

Call (718) 921-6601R33

Painting

rofessionalPaintingRestore old surfaces.

Benjamin Moore Paints used.Taping, plastering, wallpaper removal.

Free EstimatesCall 718-720-0565

R33/28-28

US DOT#1178151

MOVINGExperts on all kinds of moving

Free Estimates

(718) 339-1339

AA SUPREME

MOVING & STORAGE

MOVING?NEED STORAGE?

Local/Long DistanceResidential/Commercial

UP to 50% OFFall Long Distance Moves

1 Month Free Storage

718-567-3788AA Arrow Moving & Storage, Inc.

mc352916 usdot 790153

We do last minute jobs!Expert packers

Packing materials • Fully insuredPrompt • Cordial

TOP HAT MOVERS86 Prospect Park West, Bklyn, NY 11215

718-965-0214 • 718-622-0377 • 212-722-3390

DOT # T-12302 Visa/MCAMEX

MOVERS

Plumbing

R28-03

RenovationsRoom Renovations

Bathrooms, Kitchens,Painting, Electric, Plumbing,Walk-in Closets, Windows,Doorways. No job too big!Free Estimates. Call Frank.

718-998-6467R34

Roofing

R28-07

A18/28-14

R22/28-17

All Systems RoofingRubber, Slate, Shingles

Commerical, ResidentialFree Estimates • All work guaranteed

All work Professionally Applied by Owner

Call RussCell: (646) 236-1147

(718) 608-8528 R32

C Johnston Roofing & Waterproofing

FLAT ROOFSPECIALISTSAffordable, Prompt & Experienced

Rubber Roofing & All Types ofProtective Coatings for Roofs & Walls –

Aluminum / Silicone Roof CoatingsShingles • Leaders • Gutters

Skylights • Chimneys • CornicesMasonry • Brick Pointing

Fully Licensed & BondedEmergency Svce • Avail 24 Hrs - 7 days

Ask About Our Guarantees

866-487-5799212-206-2342

LIC# 0924152 R28-12

Rubbish RemovalAJ Trash Removal

We Do Clean OutsHouses, yards, basements, stores, oldfurniture & appliances removed. 2men & a truck. FREE phone estimate.

718-946-9027Job Left Broom Clean R34

Do It The SAFE “Cool” Way

CRYSTAL ROOFINGCall For Details and a FREE Estimate

1-718-238-9433For Immediate Attention Call:

1-917-737-9043Shingle Roofs Also Installed

NYC DCA # 1133009

ATTENTIONHOMEOWNERS!

Leaky Roof?Need A Flat Roof?Don’t Get Burned.

IN BROOKLYN OVER 25 YEARSRoofing • Flat Roofs • Pitch

Skylights • Shingles • LeadersGutters • One-Ply Rubber

TOP QUALITY WORKLOW RATES

Emergency RepairsFree Estimates Cheerfully Given

Bill Boshell

(718) 833-3508Licensed & Insured HIC #0945754

SchwambergerContracting

All Roofing, Rubber, Metal, Skylights.

Excellent References AvailableLicense #0831318

17th year with Brooklyn Papers

718-646-4540NO JOB TOO BIG OR TOO SMALL.

ALL ABOUTPLUMBING & HEATING* Fully Licensed & Insured *

* Complete Expert Plumbing,Heating & Drain Cleaning *

*Boilers/Water HeatersRepaired & Installed, Leaks

Fixed, Bathrooms Remodeled **Reasonable Rates *

* All Work Guaranteed ** 24/7 Emergency Service *

(718) 858-8822242 Nevins StreetNYC Master Plumber

LIC#1971

Rubbish Removal

R36

R28-15

RUBBISH REMOVALIndoor and Outdoor, Attics,Basements, Garages, etc. Fast,clean and cheap. All types ofCleanouts and home repairs.

FREE ESTIMATES(718) 529-1182 / (718) 495-2000

R39

Tiling

Plumbing and Tile Work. Toilets,faucets and shower bodiesreplaced. Specializing in tile jobs– large and small.Free Estimates • Reasonable Rates

John Costello (718) 768-7610R28-25

Upholstery

Free Estimates

718-263-838330 yrs experience • Serving the 5 Boros

R35

WindowsQuality ReplacementWindows and RepairsRepair ALL TYPES of windows.

Screens and insulated glass.

Custom Window InstallationLicensed & Insured • Reasonable RatesCall Rene (718) 227-8787

R35

Wood Stripping

R28-04

E & S ProfessionalWood Care

Floor Sanding • Paint Stripping &Refinishing • Doorways • MoldingWainscotting • Window Frames

Emerald(347) 451-7982 / (718) 345-5130

16 YEARS EXP. R33

DOORS • FRAMES • CABINETSFIREPLACES • REFINISHING

OLD STAIN REMOVALALL WOOD MATERIALS

Careful, clean, professional work.No Job Too Big or Small.Reasonable prices.16 years

(718) 647-2121W28-04

#1 MasterwoodSTRIPPINGP&D

PSST!!Recapture the original beauty of yourfine architectural woodwork. Westrip-restore-refinish doors, mantels,columns, shutters, banisters with non-toxic, environmentally safe, removersand finishes. Careful considerateworkmanship since 1959. Call thePark Slope Stripping Team@ 718 783-4112.

Perfect TouchDecorators

• Kitchen and dining chairs• New foam cushions• Slipcovers• Window Treatments

and verticals• Table Pads

JohnCostello

GREG’S EXPRESSRUBBISH REMOVALBasements Cleaned • Yards

Construction DebrisHouses & Stores

All appliances removedALL Contractors Welcome!Commercial Stores Welcome!

Demolition6, 10, & 15 yard containers

Serving the CommunityMember Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce

Prompt & Professional • 24hr - 7 days

(866) MR-RUBBISH6 7 - 7 8 2 2 4

CELL 917-416-8322Lic: BIC-1180 Fully Insured

8th year with The Brooklyn Papers

ADAX, INC.All Waste Removal/Collection

Residential(home/yard/garage)

Commercial(constr. debris/container svc)

Recycling • Appliances • PaperBIC #1226 • INSURED • FREE EST.

24 HRS: (917) 533-8306

Air ConditioningDAN’S Not a Lot of

Money Air ConditoningRoom Air ConditioningSales • Service • Install

Refrigeration • Free EstimatesDays • Eves • Weekends

Always On Time Service

(718) 980-9019 R32

AlarmsBurglar Alarms

From the #1 brandin the industry.

Call Eric 917-414-1730R38

Bathtub Reglazing

Save up to 90%replacement cost!We reglaze tubs, tiles & sinks, all likenew. Ready to use in 24 hrs.

www.ameriglaze.com

866-252-2847We sell and install shower doors &vanities. Come see our showroom!

W43

Blinds

W16/49

CabinetryWoodworking& Cabinetry

Custom Kitchens, Wall Units, Doors,Closets, Furniture Design Service,Exotic Woods & Lacquer Finishes.Photo & Refs. Lic. & Ins.

Russell(718) 258-0976 W35

Closets

R27/28-15

Construction

R28-15

R28-06

KNOCKOUTRenovations

Lots of References!QR Magazine’s

“Top 500 Contractors”

COMPLETE RENOVATIONS,KITCHENS, BATHROOMS,

All Work GuaranteedLicensed by Consumer Affairs

Lic#: 1065708

(718) 745-0722www.knockoutrenovation.com

BAUENCONSTRUCTIONCOMPLETE RENOVATIONS

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BASEMENTS • ADDITIONS

CARPENTRY • PAINTING

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HI # 1144631

more than just closets...custom closet, wardrobe, furniture,

office & pantry/utility designinterior design & renovation

718.624.0328www.closetsbydg.com

license # 1036367

Roman & Cellular Shades, Draperies,Silhouettes, Luminettes, Blinds, Verticals,

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