By Jess Wisloski The Brooklyn Papers

The cash-strapped Metropolitan Trans-portation Authority on Wednesday accept-ed developer Bruce Ratner’s $100 millionbid for the development rights over 8.5acres of train yards at the cusp of Down-town Brooklyn.

The Ratner bid was less than half the val-ue of the real estate determined by an MTAappraiser, and $50 million less than a rivaldeveloper’s bid.

And Ratner — who seeks to build foursoaring skyscrapers and 13 other high-risesas well as an arena for the New Jersey Netsbasketball team on a platform over the prop-erty and on contiguous land — only has tocome up with a $10 million down-payment.The balance of would be payable upon theproject’s approval by state authorities.

An MTA appraisal that estimated the landto be worth $214.5 million was cast aside asthe cash-strapped agency accepted the 10percent down, roughly the cost of 10 sub-way cars or 20 city buses.

The bid by Ratner’s development compa-ny, Forest City Ratner, also offers to reno-vate the Atlantic Avenue subway terminal,build temporary and rebuild permanent railyards due to the need to move the VanderbiltYards at Atlantic Avenue for the project, andconstruct a pedestrian passageway from thesubway to the new arena.

The approval was voted 10-1 by theMTA Board of Directors, which is largelyappointed by Gov. George Pataki, a lawschool classmate of Bruce Ratner.

The vote followed hours of public testi-mony at the Sept. 14 hearing in Manhattan,

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By Jess Wisloski The Brooklyn Papers

One of the less-remem-bered trends of the 1970s isback and reportedly rampanton the streets of Brooklyn— gasoline siphoning.

In response to astronomi-cal gas prices, a new breed ofthieves has taken to stealinggas from unsuspecting carowners using a length of hoseand a portable gas can, recall-ing a practice that gained no-

toriety during the gas crunch-es of the mid-’70s.

In New York City, whereprices at $3.27 a gallon onaverage over Labor Dayweekend ranked as the na-tion’s highest, according tothe U.S. Department of Ener-gy, the new petit larceny hasalso created a renewed de-mand in automotive stores forboth locking gas caps andportable gasoline cans.

“When people are cominghere, people are looking for

the gas caps, the lockingones,” said Flores August, as-sistant store manager forStrauss Discount Auto, at 527Fourth Ave. in Park Slope.

“They sold out since lastweek, and we are having ashortage at the warehouse inNew Jersey,” she said. “Wehave about 20 people comingto pick up gas caps next week.”

In addition, August said,she has had people come inasking for gas siphoning de-vices like hoses and gas cans.

George Davis, a managerfor another of Strauss’ region-al stores, on Atlantic Avenuein Prospect Heights, said he’dseen as much demand risingfor the siphons and cans asfor the locking caps.

“People were in demandfor [caps] and gas cans,”Davis said. “Normally, wewould keep two [cans] onstock at a time, but the daythe prices went up — that dayand the next day — we went

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RATNER GETS SITEWith MTA’s blessing, Bruce leaves$10 million deposit on rail yards

Developer Bruce Ratner’s bid of $100 million for the rights to build part of his proposed Atlantic Yards project over the rail yards east of FlatbushAvenue was accepted by the MTA Tuesday. Ratner is required to put down just 10 percent, or $10 million, until the full project is approved.

CB6 rips‘park’ By Jess Wisloski The Brooklyn Papers

Following a public hearing on the proposed BrooklynBridge Park on Monday, Community Board 6 called thestate’s draft environmental impact study inadequate andasked for the planners to scale back planned private condo-minium development on the waterfront and provide moreanalysis of alternate active uses, transportation and parking.

Two days later, the full board ratified the motion draftedby its executive committee, calling for further review of thecurrent plan — which depends for most of its revenue on theconstruction of 1,200 luxury condominium apartments —

for the park plan, and discouraged constituents from seekingto delay the process of its construction any longer.

The Sept. 12 hearing, at Long Island College Hospital,was held to offer a platform to community members, manyof whom have raised issue with the park’s current design.The current plan, announced last December, presents a radi-cally altered development — along the waterfront betweenJay Street and Pier 6 at Atlantic Avenue — from the originalplan, which had included public input gathered at numerousplanning sessions held throughout 2001.

Over the course of two hours of testimony, it becameclear that the majority of the 75-member audience had prob-lems with the plan.

See ‘PARK’ on page 2

See GAS CAN on page 5

See CONEY on page 13

See RATNER on page 12

WATCH YOUR TANKGas siphoning on the rise

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Met’tech to the rescueBy Jess Wisloski The Brooklyn Papers

The city is consolidating the calldispatch centers for emergency re-sponders in all five boroughs — in-cluding fire, police and EMS — to atwo-floor office space in Metrotech,The Brooklyn Papers has learned.

The mayor’s office, the Fire De-partment and the Office of Emer-gency Management (OEM) all con-firmed this week that responsibilityfor telephone dispatch respondentswill be centralized in the DowntownBrooklyn office campus in line with

a new plan, adopted by the mayorand included in the citywide state-ment of needs for FY 2006-07.

The site, which will include reno-vation of the existing 47,000-square-foot Public Safety Answering Center(PCAS) will be at 11 MetrotechPlaza, and the new construction of aredundant Public Safety AnsweringCenter (PSAC2) will require roomenough for a 410,000-square-foot of-fice space in “strategic location toPSAC1 at Metrotech Center, Brook-lyn” according to the statement ofneeds, to create a “unified structure toimprove emergency response ability

and disaster recovery capacity.”Central to the project, which is part

of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’sEmergency Communications Trans-formation Program, is the consolida-tion of the call-taking and dispatch fa-cilities, the needs statement reported.

The project will drastically re-vamp the city’s archaic 911 network,which currently suffers from over-lapping or missed signals, and a re-sulting delayed response time.

Introduced by Bloomberg in ear-ly 2002, the plan has been steppedup since the August 2003 citywide

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while still advocating“the concept of apark.”

The bulk of the con-dos would be createdin a 30-story tower andtwo lower buildings atthe Atlantic Avenueend of the planned wa-terfront development,which abuts CB6.

During last Mon-day’s public hearing,Councilman DavidYassky, whose districtencompasses neighbor-hoods that would bor-der the park — Brook-lyn Heights and also aportion of DUMBO,Vinegar Hill and Cob-ble Hill — announcedhis unwavering support

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“We support a publicly fi-nanced park,” said WarrenBerger, of the Sierra Club,pointing out that the park’s re-quirement to be self-financingset a bad precedent for all fu-ture park development. “TheSierra Club does not supportthis particular referendum. Thisis not a role that is acceptablefor public parks,” he said.

Many people talked about thechanges that were introducedfollowing the illustrative masterplan developed between 2000and 2003, which, while stilldrawing criticism, had garneredthe support of most of the sur-rounding neighborhoods. Thatplan did not include housing.

“In 2000, we were presentedwith a park plan everyone couldwell endorse,” said LaurieMaurer, a Cobble Hill architect.“In 2005, the park plan does notinclude that plan, or even con-sider it as an alternative [in theDEIS],” she said.

Maurer cited as the thingslost, “a bus drop-off, visitorscenter, tennis courts, handballcourts, a skating rink, rooftop

basketball courts, a possibleconnection to the Clark Streetsubway station in BrooklynHeights, a swimming pool andlandscaping.

“Instead, what we have ishousing, a mound at the northend of the park, a marina, ve-hicular access, a floating walk-way, and lots of existing build-ings” which, she said, have nouse designated in the study.

She called it a public park“to which the public wouldhave limited access and limitedinterest.”

“We were told that the [2000]plan was just lollipops and candycanes,” Maurer said, citing whatshe said planners had called theold plan in recent meetings to ex-plain the new plan.

“That suggests to me that wewere naive to believe that thiswas a real plan, and I really feelthat it was a bait and switch.”

Immediately after Maurerfinished, Yassky spoke.

“I support the park and Ithink the park will be a valuableamenity,” said Yassky, whochairs the council’s waterfrontscommittee.

“I want to see it go forwardwith all possible speed so sugges-tions to stop or throw out the EISare misguided,” he said. “To mymind that is a big mistake.”

While Yassky said his con-cerns about the new plan in-cluded the loss of active recre-ational uses, and the scale ofsome of the condominium de-velopment, as well as the lackof willingness on the part of theBBPDC — a subsidiary of theEmpire State DevelopmentCorporation [ESDC] chargedwith planning, design and im-plementing the plan — to speakwith the community, he said hiscommittee would hold a hear-ing on the DEIS on Monday,Sept. 26, in which he hoped hisconcerns would be addressed.

Following the hearing, theCB6 executive committeebriefly considered tabling themotion to draft a statement tointroduce before the full boardat Wednesday’s meeting, but re-considered in light of the timingof the only official public hear-ing on the DEIS, this Monday,Sept. 19. Instead, they decidedto work out the wording andtake a vote that night.

“We need to be sure when wemake any statement we say weare in favor of a park,” said CB6

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With condominium apart-ments to spare, developerBruce Ratner — who hasbought out most of the loftowners within the footprint ofhis Atlantic Yards mega-de-velopment in ProspectHeights — may be seeking touse the empty dwellings totemporarily provide shelter forvictims of Hurricane Katrina.

In two buildings, the lastthree apartment owners whohave not sold out to Ratner saythey received notices calling foran “emergency meeting of unitowners” to discuss plans tobring “victims of Hurricane Ka-trina for a period of one year.”

Over the past two years, Rat-ner has negotiated the purchaseof all but three units in the resi-dential loft buildings at 24 SixthAve. and 636 Pacific St.

“Given the national emer-gency created by the aftermathof Hurricane Katrina and thedesperate temporary housingneeds of its victims, the Boardintends to issue the waiver,” readan announcement sent to one ofthe condo owners. The waiver

refers to an agreement that callsfor the owners to vote onwhether units can be rented out.

While none of the remainingcondo owners object to the idea— they uniformly praised theplan, even though it was putforth by Ratner — the pointthat people who lost theirhomes were replacing their for-mer neighbors was not lost onthem, either.

“It’s extraordinarily ironicthat these people who havebeen driven from their homesby natural disaster would bemoving into homes that havebeen vacated by people whohave been driven form theirhomes by threat of eminent do-main,” Vince Bruns said with alaugh.

Bruns, who lives at 24 SixthAve., a 21-unit condominiumbuilding of which 19 units areowned by Ratner, said he andhis last remaining neighborslearned though a voicemailmessage of the plans to relocatevictims in his building.

“We got a phone callWednesday night at 9 pm, ad-vising us there was a meetingthe next day at 5 pm for theboard of our building — and

Ratner is the board of our build-ing — where they were goingto be voting to make use of allthe vacant units here for hous-ing for people from Louisiana,”said Bruns.

“They were going to do thatvote, and answer any questionsthat interested people might have.The interested people being thetwo of us who own units.”

Bruns said that at 3 pm onThursday, “[Forest City Ratnerofficials] called back to say,‘Oh, never mind.’”

What he’d heard through an-other owner in the Atlantic Yardsfootprint, Bruns said, was thatForest City Ratner had been en-couraged “by federal people” tofirst work through the proper hur-ricane relief channels.

Forest City Ratner officials didnot return calls for comment.

His building, he said, wasstill in great condition, and unitswould be ready to move into, ifpeople wanted them.

Bruns, who works at the Ful-ton Fish Market in Manhattan,

said he never sold to Ratner,even though he’d been subject-ed to the same pressures andthreat of condemnation by useof eminent domain.

“I met with [Ratner’s lawyer]at my apartment,” said Bruns.“They said they were interestedin discussing it, and I said, ‘Lookat this spot, I have a beautiful lofthere, I love living here.’”

He said that at the time of themeeting, about a year ago, therewas no sense of urgency, butthe Ratner lawyer, Bruns said,cautioned, “‘You don’t want towait until you are going to becondemned.’”

He thinks he offer is a goodmove.

“It’s a great idea, they’repeople in need; we’ve got spacegoing unused,” Bruns said.

Workers in front of 636 Pacif-ic St., the other condo buildingmostly owned by Ratner in thearena footprint, whose last non-Ratner apartment owner, DanielGoldstein, leads the anti-arenagroup develop-Don’t Destroy

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And Goldstein said he, too, re-ceived notice of an “emergencymeeting” of his condominiumowners association, which was tohave happened last Thursday.

“The meeting was cancelledbut they are in my buildingworking on fixing up some ofthe units, so it seems like a realthing,” he said.

For the first time since plansfor Atlantic Yards were an-nounced in December 2003,Goldstein uttered kind wordsabout Ratner, saying, “He’s do-ing the right thing.”

“It’s a shame that so may ofthese units have been sittinghere for so long,” he added.“We hope if they come into thisbuilding they’ll stay in thisbuilding a long, long, long timeif they choose to.”

Vice Chair Pauline Blake, whoadded, “but when I, as a blackwoman in Brooklyn, need to aska person in a high-rise condo towalk around their building to getinto that project, it is not a park.”

“This will be taken into con-sideration along with the testimo-ny that is received at the upcom-ing public hearing,” said anESDC official.

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A man was robbed at gun-point while walking on Cler-mont Avenue after dark onSept. 11, police said.

The victim, 28, told policehe was headed from Willough-by Street toward DeKalb Av-enue just after 10 pm, whensuddenly a stranger appearedfrom behind him, flashed ablack semi-automatic handgunand demanded, “Give meeverything.”

The victim turned over hisNokia cell phone, State ofWashington driver’s license and$15, police said.

Cashed outAman was robbed on Greene

Avenue by a trio of thugs whomay have had a gun, police said.

The victim, 32, told police hewas coming from the Long Is-land Rail Road around 3:45 pmon Sept. 9. As he walked alongGreene Avenue, he noticed threemen standing on the corner ofClermont and Greene avenues.

As he passed the trio, one ofthe men said, “Give me yourmoney.” The victim said he hadno cash, but one of the thievespatted him down and grabbedhis wallet. The victim said hethought one robber might havehad a gun in his waistband, po-lice said.

The thugs fled around 4 pmwith his wallet, the man said.The billfold contained creditcards and a driver’s license, butno cash, police said.

Chevy, to goA robber snatched a Chevro-

let left running outside a friedchicken restaurant on the cornerof Carlton and Myrtle avenues,police said.

The owner of the 2000 Im-pala sedan said he left the keysin the ignition and the car onwhen he went to pick up a foodorder at 11 pm on Sept. 12. Hetold police that as soon as hestepped from the vehicle thethief jumped inside and spedoff on Carlton Avenue towardPark Avenue.

Also lost was the victim’s T-mobile cell phone, valued at$200, police said.

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when a drinker’s dispute turnedviolent at a bar on Myrtle Avenueand Ryerson Street, police said.

The victim was knocked un-conscious after an argumentstarted sometime between 2 amand 2:30 am on Sept. 9, policesaid. The fight escalated whenthe suspect jumped the victim,punching him and knockinghim to the ground, police said.

The victim was transportedby paramedics to BrooklynHospital Center in serious, butstable, condition. The suspectfled northbound on RyersonStreet, police said.

Coffee banditPolice arrested a 42-year-old

man who allegedly stole icecoffee mix worth nearly $90from a commercial van onMyrtle Avenue, police said.

A worker at the coffee im-porter, near Ryerson Street, saidthe thief struck sometime be-tween 7:40 am and 7:45 am onSept. 9. The robber grabbed thebox of mix off the back of a de-livery truck parked in the compa-ny’s lot.

Nab ‘snatchers’Police arrested four young

men who allegedly stole a $450necklace from a man riding the4 train before dawn on Sept. 12.

The victim, 45, said he board-ed the southbound train at theNevins Street station, at FlatbushAvenue, around 5:30 am. Sud-denly, four strangers surroundedhim. The victim said one

snatched his chain while anotherpushed him down, cutting hisarms and head. The other twothugs blocked the victim fromfollowing them out of the traindoors and back onto the platform.

Police said the suspects —ages 17 through 20 — facefelony robbery charges.

Lifts cashA Pratt Institute student was

robbed by a thug who followedher onto the elevator at her Clin-ton Avenue apartment building.

The victim, 23, of Oregon,told police she was cominghome around 1 am, on Sept. 12,when she noticed the strangerin her building. When she goton the elevator he followed andgrabbed her arm, insisting,“Don’t be afraid of me.”

The thief snatched the victim’scell phone and $50 before exitingon the third floor and fleeing in-side the building, police said.

Sheehan in BrooklynPeace activist Cindy Sheehan will share her views Sunday, Sept.

18, at the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, on the corner ofSouth Oxford Street, in Fort Greene.

Sheehan, who camped outside the Texas ranch of PresidentGeorge W. Bush, is scheduled to speak at 8 pm. Iraqi war veteranJeff Key will also offer remarks.

Sheehan’s “Bring Them Home Now” tour culminates in Wash-ington, D.C., on Sept. 24 with an anti-war rally. Her 24-year-old sonwas a soldier who died in Iraq.

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Boro prez forumFour candidates for Brooklyn borough president — including the

incumbent, Marty Markowitz — are scheduled to participate in apublic debate Monday, Sept. 19, at the Lafayette Avenue Presbyter-ian Church.

The event is scheduled to begin at 7:30 pm, but audience mem-bers are asked to arrive early and be seated by 7:20 pm. The churchis at the corner of South Oxford Street and Lafayette Avenue.

Residents are also encouraged to submit questions for the fourparticipants. These queries can be emailed in advance to de-bate@historicfortgreene.org or by filling out a printed card be-fore the debate begins.

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An imposing brute bashed awoman in the face with a hand-gun after she refused to accom-pany him home from aWilloughby Street bar after lastcall on Sept. 11, police said.

The victim said she met the 6-foot-3, 300-pound, muscular manwhile visiting the bar onWilloughby and Lawrencestreets, a block off Fulton Mall.She told police the man grew vi-olent when she declined to gohome with him after the barclosed, at 4 am. Enraged, the thugpulled a gun and smashed her inthe face before he fled in a goldChevrolet Suburban, police said.

No ‘G’day’An Australian tourist on a

yearlong journey lost camerasand clothing valued at morethan $2,000 to knife-wieldingrobbers who followed him fromthe bank, police said.

The victim, 27, told policehe was attacked around 11:15pm on Sept. 4, while walkingtowards the Brooklyn Bridgeon Adams Street, not far fromJoralemon Street. The unluckyvisitor said two strangers — aman and a woman — had fol-lowed him from a nearby ATM.

The thieves brushed pasthim, turned and pulled a knife,police said.

“Give me your bag,” one ofthe thugs demanded, and thevictim complied. His canvastote was full of valuables, hetold police, including an iPoddigital music player, a JVCvideo camera, a digital cameraand $1,500 in clothing.

The victim told police hewas leaving the next day forLondon and would be travelingcontinuously for a year.

Metrotech crimePolice say they captured a

suspect in a Metrotech pursesnatching and are searching foranother thief — who robbed apolice officer’s car.

The suspect, 29, faces grandlarceny charges after he al-legedly snatched a woman’swallet in 1 Metrotech Center,near Lawrence Street, in Down-town Brooklyn. The victim, 19,said she was in the building’slobby around 4:25 pm, on Sept.6, when the suspect grabbed herpurse, which contained creditcards and $20 in cash. Policesay they recovered the walletwhen they arrested the suspect.

Earlier that day, someone stole

a police officer’s pocketbookfrom the trunk of a car parked be-hind 4 Metrotech Center, nearBridge Street, police said. The of-ficer — whose precinct assign-ment was not available at presstime — said she left the car at 8am, and when she returned at2:30 pm, the trunk was open andher purse was gone.

Orange St. heistRobbers broke through a base-

ment door to steal nearly $5,500in tools from an Orange Streethome in Brooklyn Heights.

A construction worker saidthe house, near Willow Street,was secured at 5 pm on Sept. 6.When he arrived for work at7:20 the next morning, hefound the cellar door open andthe tools missing.

The stolen goods included:two Skill saws, worth $500, threebattery powered screw guns, val-ued at $1,200, drills, sanders, twoDeWalt miter saws, worth $800,a $250 nail gun and a pair of toolbags, police said.

Table robberyBurglars snagged nearly

$1,000 in cash and valuablesfrom a table inside a Love Laneapartment near Henry Streetwhile the resident slept in anearby room, police said.

The victim told police theitems were on the dining roomtable in his top-floor apartment,at noon on Sept. 8. At 9 am the

next day, he noticed the goodswere missing. Police said therewere no signs of forced entry.

The items reported stolen in-cluded a $300 Verizon cellphone, his driver’s license andvarious credit cards, a $400iPod, expense checks and an IDfrom his job, and $200 in cash.

Wrong-way Always ride your bike with

traffic and NEVER on the side-walk. That’s a lesson for bothyoungsters and teen muggerstrying to make a quick getaway.

Police arrested a teenagerwho pulled a knife on a man tosteal $80 on Sept. 3, police said,after first stopping him for hisreckless bicycle riding.

The victim, 26, was at thecorner of Bond and Unionstreets, around 4:50 pm, whenthe thug flashed the weapon.The robber threatened to stabhim if he didn’t turn over hiscash, police said.

The victim gave up four $20bills and the thief fled on hisbike. But officers from the 76thPrecinct’s anti-crime unit, pa-trolling the area, saw the sus-pect peddling the wrong waydown a one-way street and thenriding his bike on the sidewalk.

The officers stopped the teenand when police broadcast a de-scription of the mugger, the anti-crime officers realized their reck-less rider was probably their

suspect. The 17-year-old was ar-rested on robbery charges andpolice officers say they recoveredboth the cash and the knife.

Police Officer Daniel Bonillamade the arrest.

Truck haulRobbers snatched nearly

$5,000 in goods — including a$400 medical text — from aToyota truck parked near thevictim’s Boerum Place home,police said.

The truck owner, 32, told po-lice the vehicle was intact whenhe parked near State Street at 1am on Sept. 5. When he re-turned to the vehicle much laterthat morning, he discovered thepassenger-side window wasbroken and several items miss-ing. The victim reported therobbery shortly before 12 noon.

Police said the stolen itemsincluded a $2,000 Ritchey bicy-cle, an $1,800 Apple laptop, acomputer bag valued at $100and 50 CDs worth a total of$500. The thieves also took acopy of a medical text, whichthe victim valued at $400.

Buck muggersA young teen lost $1 to a

pair of knife-wielding robberswho attacked him in Red Hookon the afternoon of Sept. 2, po-lice said.

The victim, 13, told policehe was on Visitation Place, be-tween Richards and Van Bruntstreets, around 4:45 pm, whentwo strangers approached. Oneman pulled a knife and de-manded money and the second

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thief snatched his cash.But a police patrol spotted the

mugging and the two officerschased the thugs on foot, catch-ing them nearby. Police chargedtwo teens, ages 17 and 15, withrobbery. Police Officer TimothyWolsko made the arrest.

Officers recovered theyoungster’s dollar bill.

Strong caseA Strong Place resident wit-

nessed a robber use a broom-stick to steal an expensivehandbag and purse through thewindow of her Cobble Hillapartment, police said.

While the woman caughthim in the act, police have notbeen able to locate the suspect.

The victim, 26, said the rob-ber struck shortly after mid-night on Sept. 10. The strangerused the stick to force open thewindow screen and remove thebags from the woman’s home,between Kane and DeGrawstreets.

But the woman caught aglimpse of the thief before hefled northbound on StrongPlace, around 12:30 am. Shedescribed the robber as a whitemale, 5-foot-10, partially bald-ing with brown hair and dressedin a green T-shirt. The stolenitems included the $300 purse,the wallet, valued at $100, andseveral credit cards, police said.

Hammer timeBurglars broke into a parked

truck near the Gowanus Canalon Sept. 10 to steal a $1,400jackhammer, police said.

An employee with a Brook-lyn renovation firm doing workat a home nearby told police thewhite Ford van was parked onFirst Street, between BondStreet and the canal, from 1:30pm until 2:30 pm. During thattime someone busted the win-dow and removed the DeWaltpower tool from a storage areain back of the vehicle, policesaid.

D’Town auto thefts

By Lilo H. StaintonThe Brooklyn Papers

Five people were mugged —all during daylight hours — inDowntown Brooklyn subwaystations this week, including oneat gunpoint, police said.

On Sept. 4, at 10:50 am, awoman lost her purse to a violentthug who attacked her at the Pa-cific Street station, near FourthAvenue. The victim, 40, told po-lice she was waiting for a south-bound R train when the manpunched her in the face andsnatched her bag.

The woman described themugger as a light-skinned His-panic man, 5-foot-10 and 175pounds, with short black hair,wearing blue pants, a dark-blueshirt and multi-colored sneakers.The bag contained $510 in cash,her bank book, cell phone, keysand identification, police said.

On Sept. 5, at 6:40 pm, a manwas robbed at gunpoint as he en-tered the subway turnstile on theF line, at Smith and Bergenstreets, police said. The victimturned over his wallet and thethief ran from the station and fledon a bicycle.

The victim described his at-tacker as a black man, about 5-foot-9 and 150 pounds, with dark

skin and blond hair, wearingblack pants, a black shirt and ablue stocking cap. The wallet held$50 in cash, bank cards and thevictim’s Social Security card, po-lice said.

On Sept. 7, at 5:05 pm, awoman lost her necklace to athief who followed her from theCourt Street station, at Clintonand Montague streets. The victim,18, said the man snatched the$310 chain from her neck as sheboarded a northbound R train.

On Sept. 8, at 2:45 pm, a thiefsnatched a gold necklace fromthe neck of a woman on an Rtrain arriving at the LawrenceStreet station, near WilloughbyStreet, police said. The victim,23, of Massachusetts, told policethe man grabbed the chain andfled into the subway tunnel asshe stepped from the north-bound train.

The gold necklace was worth$200 and it held a jade and dia-mond pendant, valued at $1,000,police said.

And on Sept. 11, at 9:07 am, athief grabbed a small purse froma woman exiting the BoroughHall subway station, at Court andJoralemon streets. The victim, 25,said the pouch held $60 in cash,various credit cards, her BrooklynLaw School ID and an iPod.

By Lilo H. StaintonThe Brooklyn Papers

At least two cars were reported stolen fromdowntown area streets this week and anotherthree were burglarized, according to police.

One of the vehicles disappeared from a com-mercial parking lot on Willoughby Street.

That car, a 1997 Chrysler Cirrus, was stolen onSept. 6, sometime between noon and 3:40 pm, policesaid. The owner, 40, said she left the car at the lot, onWilloughby Street near Oratory Place, a block fromFulton Mall, shortly after 7 am. An attendant at thelot said that he moved the car at noon and left the ve-hicle in the lot, unlocked, with the keys under thefloor mat, police said.

On Sept. 8, thieves with a taste for the classicssnatched a 1979 Pontiac Grand Am from NassauStreet, between Gold and Navy streets. The owner,37, of Long Island, said he left the car at noon and re-

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• On Sept. 5, between 2:15 pm and 3:15 pm,thieves hit a Chevrolet Suburban parked on Liv-ingston Street and Gallatin Place. The owner, of Stat-en Island, reported a $450 cell phone and a laptopcomputer worth $3,000 missing.

• On Sept. 8, between 5:30 pm and 5:45 pm,burglars snatched a laptop from an unlocked carparked on Third Avenue and State Street. The victim,36, told police he left the $2,000 computer on thefloor near the passenger seat; when he returned thelaptop and the vehicle registration were gone.

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By Jess WisloskiThe Brooklyn Papers

Sticky asphalt tar under-foot on a scorching hotsummer day is one thing,but the discovery of “wells”of the stuff underneath thebanks and bed of the Go-wanus Canal fetched aconcerned and angry res-ponse from residents ofCarroll Gardens, RedHook and Gowanus.

Scientists from the city andstate, and their hired consult-ing firms, answered a gamutof questions at an Aug. 8Community Board 6 meetingat St. Mary Star of the SeaChurch on Court Street atFirst Place, about exactly howmuch of the thick tar depositsstill exist, how much would beremoved, and what the likeli-hood would be of turning thearea between Fifth and Hunt-ington streets, from SmithStreet to the canal, collective-ly known as “Public Place,”into a public park.

“In places it does accumu-late in our wells and goesdown from 10 to 20 feet to150 feet down,” said DavidTerry, a scientist hired by thecity. “There is a substantialamount of tar, and it does ac-cumulate, and if we dug a bighole, 30 to 80 feet deep, youwould see black, tarry, soil.”

Terry, along with a group ofother researchers, engineersand scientists, was hired to in-vestigate four parcels of pub-licly owned land in the vicinityof what was once a Brooklyn

Union Gas plant, an early pol-luter of the canal.

On Aug. 8, officials ofKeyspan, the company thattook over Brooklyn Union,along with representatives ofcity and state health and envi-ronmental protection agencies,presented the findings thus farof a grand-scale investigativestudy at a public meeting heldby Community Board 6. Theyhope to complete the investi-gation by the end of this year.

In the meantime, healthspecialist Dr. John Collins,who works for GEI, the firmhired to asses the contamina-tion, assured communitymembers that the findings onthe four parcels of city-ownedland were not harmful enoughto merit concern, but couldlimit development of the site.

“We don’t find tar shallow-er than 10 feet deep. If youcan’t contact it, because it’s atleast 10 feet down, you gener-ally don’t have contact with itas far as heath is concerned,”said Collins.

“Because humans don’ttouch it, and don’t drink thegroundwater, that’s not an ex-posure pathway,” he said.

Bette Stoltz, executive di-rector of the South BrooklynLocal Development Corpora-tion and a Carroll Gardensresident, asked Collins, “Ifyou lived on Fourth Street andyou had a garden, would youunhesitatingly continue eatingyour tomatoes?”

Collins replied, “From thesoil testing we’ve received,yes.”

It was unlikely, Collins

said, that the city and statecould, or would, remediatewhat was termed “deep con-tamination” of the four PublicPlace sites investigated. Amore likely solution, he said,would be to asphalt it over be-fore any new developmentgoes on there.

Keyspan is helping to fi-nance the investigations of thesite.

“The investigation is in-complete,” said Joseph Mo-loughney, an engineer fromthe state Department of Envi-ronmental Conservation, whichis overseeing the site. Until afuture use of the site isplanned, any mitigation of en-vironmental hazards cannot bedetermined, he said.

“The next step is to deter-mine, for the parcels we’velooked at, if [the Departmentof] City Planning wants to zoneit one thing or another,” saidMoloughney, who pointed outthat the investigation didn’t goso far as to offer a remediationor mitigation solution.

First, he said, the DECneeds to know, “What is thenext use of the property andwhat needs to be done tomake it suitable for that?

“We look at the bigger pic-ture — is there something thatneeds to be done. This stuffgoes down 100 feet, 150 feet.We’re not going to dig that up.That should be clear. We’relooking more at long-termmanagement of what’s left inthat site.”

The only reason they wouldremove everything is if thesite needed an un-restricteduse designation. Currently, theformer Citizens Gas Works,which operated from the1860s to the 1960s, has no of-ficial zoning designation sinceit predated the city codes andthe city’s 1975 seizure of theland left it unnecessary to cre-ate any.

More likely, he said, prop-erty could be developed witha deed restriction on work ex-ternal to the building.

Buddy Scotto, a longtimecommunity activist, said hehopes new housing for seniorsis a consideration for develop-ment of the site.

“Relative to potential uses,clearly, obviously, how cananyone not want to find outwhat the needs of the commu-nity are? Clearly, we need af-fordable housing, we desper-ately are in need of seniorcitizens housing,” he said.

But John Muir, the retiredfounder of the Brooklyn Centerfor the Urban Environment,said he’d like to see a reinvigo-rated effort to keep the parcelsopen for community use.

“I would like to see, cer-tainly parcels 1 and 2, whichare roughly bounded by thecanal and Fifth and Smithstreets, with the open spaceaccessible to the public,” Muirsaid. “We need to make a ma-jor park in a district that is amile away from ProspectPark. That, I think, would bethe best use.”

Assemblywoman Joan Millman (center) led Pest Control inspectors from the Department ofHealth to the Public Place site on Smith Street in response to numerous rodent complaints.

No terrorist talkduring Slope icecream parlor caseBy Mike WeissensteinAssociated Press

A Yemeni immigrantaccused of illegally fun-neling $21.9 million over-seas through his ParkSlope ice cream shop suc-cessfully fought to keepprosecutors from introduc-ing evidence allegedlylinking him to terroristgroups as his trial beganTuesday.

Abad Elfgeeh, 50, standsaccused of transmitting mon-ey around the world without alicense from a dozen bank ac-counts linked to his tiny store-front on Fifth Avenue near11th Street in Park Slope.

Prosecutors have said theshop — which Elfgeeh nolonger owns or operates —was used by a Yemeni clericconvicted earlier this year of ascheme to fund al-Qaeda andthe Palestinian militant groupHamas.

But prosecutors cannotraise the topic of terrorism atElfgeeh’s trial unless the de-fense does first because theydid not have enough evidenceto charge Elfgeeh with a ter-rorism-related crime.

Assistant U.S. AttorneyPamela Chen made her firstattempt to bring up terrorismafter an opening statement bydefense attorney Frank Han-cock, who called Elfgeeh alaw-abiding citizen who sentmoney overseas for Yemeniimmigrants innocently seek-ing to support their familiesand invest in their nativecountry.

After the jury left the court-room, Chen asked U.S. Dis-trict Judge Sterling Johnson Jr.to let her refute Hancock’sclaims by introducing whatshe called suspicious checksconfiscated from Elfgeeh,

some bearing the words “ji-had” and “mujahidin.”

Others were made out tothe Yemen-based CharitableSociety for Social Welfare,which the FBI has describedas a terrorist front group.

Johnson rejected her re-quest but is expected to revisitthe issue as the trial movesforward.

Elfgeeh first came to the at-tention of FBI anti-terroristagents as they investigatedSheik Mohammed Ali HassanAl-Moayad, whom they even-tually accused of funnelingmoney from the United Statesto al-Qaeda and Hamas.

Al-Moayad was convictedof supporting and conspiringto support terrorism and sen-tenced to 75 years in prison inJuly.

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78/72 PRECINCTSBy Lilo H. StaintonThe Brooklyn Papers

A masked gunman on abike robbed a woman juststeps from her Lincoln Placehome.

The victim, 29, told policeshe had just walked home froma friend’s house, on Carlton Av-enue, when a stranger rode upbehind her on a mountain bike,at 12:25 am on Sept. 10. Thewoman was trying to get insideher apartment, on Lincoln Placenear Seventh Avenue, when themugger — his face covered bya white bandana — thrust ablack handgun in her face.

“Give me your purse or I’llshoot you,” the thug demanded.

The woman turned over herbag and the gunman peddledaway, towards Seventh Avenue,police said.

Police said the woman’spurse, a nylon bag valued at$200, contained her driver’s li-cense, credit cards and U.S.Passport. Also in the bag was aMotorola cell phone, worth$200, she said.

On guardPolice arrested a woman who

they say bit a security guard whotried to stop her from stealing $39in beauty products from a FifthAvenue drug store.

The guard, 45, told police thatat 5 pm, on Sept. 9, he saw thesuspect helping herself to facialcleanser, a manicure set and oth-er items from the shelves of thechain store, near 10th Street.When he approached thewoman, she bit into his rightforearm, police said.

The guard was treated at NewYork Methodist Hospital forpuncture wounds caused by thebiting. Police apprehended a sus-pect, 22, and charged her withfelony robbery. Police OfficerNybia Cooper made the arrest.

The items reported stolen,which were not recovered, in-cluded Aveeno foam facialcleanser, $10 manicure set, abottle of aromatic oil and a $20set of electric clippers, accord-ing to police.

Lost callA bar on 11th Street was

robbed after-hours by a burglarwho broke in through the win-dow, police said.

A 29-year-old employee ofthe pub, near Sixth Avenue, told

police the thief struck sometimebetween 1 am and 5 am onSept. 8. The woman discovereda front window was broken andthe cash box — containing$400 — was missing. Nothingelse was disturbed, police said.

Car crimesThieves stole three vehicles

from Slope streets this weekand broke into at least four oth-er cars, according to police.

• A 2005 Acura was snatchedfrom Fifth Avenue, near FourthStreet, sometime between 10:30pm on Sept. 6 and 9 am onSept. 8.

• A 1994 Chrysler Town andCountry van, parked on Polhe-mus Place, near Carroll Street,at 6 pm on Sept. 7, wasnowhere to be found by noonthe next day, the North Carolin-ian owner told police.

• A 1991 Nissan Sentra,parked on Fourth Avenue near12th Street, was stolen between1 am and 11 am on Sept. 11.

• On Sept. 5, it took thievesless than half an hour to snatch apurse from the front seat of anunlocked car parked on PacificStreet, near Fourth Avenue, po-lice said. The victim, 26, said sheleft the car at 5 pm and when shereturned at 5:30 pm, the bag wasgone. It contained credit cards, acell phone, personal ID — in-cluding her Social Security card— and $73 in cash, police said.

• On Sept. 6, robbers strucka 2005 Chevrolet Malibuparked on Seventh Street nearEighth Avenue, police said. Theburglars broke a window be-tween 4:30 pm and 6 pm andmade off with an IBM laptop,valued at $2,000, a $500 Olym-

pus digital camera and paper-work.

• On Sept. 9, it took thievesless than 15 minutes to snatchnearly $1,000 in goods from a2001 Ford Winstar on FifthStreet, between Seventh andEighth avenues, police said.The victim, 41, said she parkedand then went into a nearbydrug store at 8:10 pm; when shereturned at 8:25 pm, she foundthe lock on her van door hadbeen jimmied. The burglarsgrabbed a $20 purse that con-tained credit cards, her SocialSecurity card and $900 in cash,she told police.

• Sometime between 5 pmon Sept. 9 and 10 am the nextday, robbers removed theairbags from a 2002 HondaCivic on Third Street, betweenEighth Avenue and ProspectPark West, police said. Theowner, 58, said a vent windowin front was broken and theairbags, his car stereo and sev-eral CDs were gone.

Mayor’s report cardBy Sara KuglerAssociated Press

The mayor’s annual report card boasts thatcrime and unemployment are low, but firefight-ers are slower in responding to fires and the cityis battling a rat problem.

The city’s bill of health is mixed: Fewer NewYorkers are smoking, but syphilis is on the rise.

Overall, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said, thereport released Monday paints a pretty picture.

“It’s fair to say we have become — envy may betoo strong, but maybe not — the envy of the rest ofthe country and the world,” Bloomberg said.

The Mayor’s Management Report reviewed fis-cal year 2005, which ended June 30. Unemploy-ment is at 5.5 percent — compared with 7.5 in2001 after the Sept. 11 attack and 7.3 in June of2004. Crime continues to fall, and the city rankssafest among the 10 largest U.S. cities.

New York may be safer, but it’s also a niceplace for rats to live.

The report showed about 31,600 pest controlcomplaints, a 40-percent increase from the previ-ous year, which the mayor attributes in part to thepopularity of the city’s 311 call center. The hotlinewas launched in 2003 and provides a startingplace for all non-emergency municipal inquiries,complaints and comments. It logs about 40,000calls daily.

Besides an uptick in rodent complaints, the

health department also performed more than88,000 exterminations, 5 percent more than in2004, Bloomberg’s report said.

“There’s no question that we have a rat problem ...the city has put out traps and poison at record rates,”Bloomberg said. “Whether we’re really stayingahead of the rat population or not, nobody knows,because now it is just so much easier to report it.”

Rat expert Bruce Colvin said eastern U.S. citieshave chronic rat infestations because of aging in-frastructure and growing human congestion, aproblem that is exceedingly difficult to solve.

As for the Fire Department, firefighters’ re-sponse time to structural fires rose by about 15seconds, to 4 minutes and 31 seconds, a trendBloomberg called “worrisome.”

He said it was not related to the closing of sixfirehouses, which came before the period re-viewed in the report, but was more likely due to aflap with the unions over whether firefighterscould be held liable for traffic accidents on theway to fires. There were reports that the unionstold members to slow down in protest.

“I hope that we have addressed those concernsand you’ll see that come down,” Bloomberg said.

The number of syphilis cases rose from 599 infiscal 2004 to 646 in 2005. The health depart-ment’s commissioner, Thomas Frieden, said that itmirrors a troubling international increase but thatthe rate of growth has slowed slightly.

out of stock every time we setthem out.

“One guy said he had a cou-ple of trucks, and he boughtlike, four cans. He said he hadto, ‘just in case he couldn’t getto the gas station,’” said Davis.

“Siphons we normally carrymaybe like one in stock, nor-mally siphons don’t sell, but thisweek we sold probably, well,the one we had, and when [theorder] came back it was soldthat very same day.

“Yesterday, we got three orfour and I know we already soldone. I don’t normally sellthem.”

USA Today, in its Aug. 25edition, reported that Pep Boys,a nationwide auto parts store,said locking gas cap sales wereup 5 percent compared to thesame time last year.

“Our sales have increased,”agreed Larry Travers, managerof the Pep Boys at 354 FourthAve., though he would not dis-close specifics for the store.

The USA Today report alsonoted that the nation's largestauto parts chain, AutoZone, soldmore than 10,000 locking gas

caps in that week, spiking morethan 60 percent higher salesthan an average week.

“Most of what we had wassold the first day, and whateverwe get in, it sells out that sameday,” said Thomas, a store man-ager for an AutoZone in theFlatlands section of Brooklyn,who declined to give his lastname. He said the only Auto-Zone that had any locking capsin the area as of last week wason 86th Street in Bay Ridge,where employees declined tocomment for this article.

A manager at a Strauss autoshop in Bensonhurst said theirinventory was wiped out of thelocking caps, which can cost upto $30 each, still 10 to 15 dol-lars less than the cost of fillingthe gas tank of a sports car.

“Our warehouses are com-pletely wiped out because ofthese gas prices,” said YasserHatab, the store manager, whosaid a close friend had been thevictim of siphoning.

“My best friend, he got to hiscar and the gas tank was empty,and he’d filled it up the nightbefore — the cap was missingbut the [has tank] door was

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"Life can be hell in itself," saysPowell, by way of explaining howhis music video show differs fromthose that air on, for example,VH1 and BET. "I just feel that weall need some type of outlet, abreak from all our responsibilitiesand concerns. So my mission, andthe image that I keep in my mind,is basically for someone to be infront of the television, consumingsomething positive for a change.Something that maybe can removethat person from their daily con-cerns and, for a half-hour, givesthem a kind of safe haven. Younever know what somebody'sgoing through, so I try to picksome good music - music that canmaybe send your mind in a differ-ent and more positive direction forawhile - and I put that on the air."

Coming from a run-of-the-millVJ, this kind of statement mightseem saccharine or vanilla, butneither is remotely true to Powell. Infact, underneath his super-smoothtones lies a fellow so genuinelymodest that it takes some time for

him to admit that creating a 30-minute video program is much,much harder in terms of planningand logistics than it might seem tothe everyday viewer. For one thing,permission must be obtained fromevery label, which is where his long-time relationship with the musicindustry has come to serve Powell'sprogram well. From a long stintworking in back-office music clear-ance to his high-profile gig as station

voice announcer for CD-101.9 FM,Powell's tight-knit and especiallygenerous network of industrycontacts has been almost uniformlysupportive of Inspirational Vybes.

"Since BCAT is 'communitytelevision,' many record labels,especially gospel labels, see this as apromotional opportunity, so I'mnot usually concerned with royalties.In the letters I send out requestingmusic and permission, I request'gratis' permission, meaning no fee,and the labels have been hugelycooperative in that."

Gospel is, to be sure, just one ofperhaps a dozen different musicstyles that Powell offers. Fromhip-hop, R&B and new and classicreggae to mainstream and alterna-tive forms of pop and jazz, hiscriteria begins and ends at numberone: "As long as there's a message inthe music, an inspiration in it, theyget aired on the show." So, he goeson, "If Norah Jones comes out withsomething new, I play it," and thatpledge also goes for a dizzying arrayof artists-from DMX, LennyKravitz, Jill Scott, Stillness of Heart,Andre Crouch, the Christian rockband Switchfoot and the positive-spirited hip-hop duo Grits to KellyClarkson, Nah-Z, Sade, and even,now and then, Celine Dion.

As sole producer and editor ofInspirational Vybes, Powell has tostay on a tight schedule, but he isfortunate that sometimes the label-permission process actually works inhis favor. "I send my biweekly

playlist to the labels-Columbia,Epic, Motown, and so forth-butsometimes a label has a new artistthat's right, inspirationally speaking,for the show, so they send videos tome." With Inspirational Vybes nowin its fifth year of cablecasting week-ly, Powell finds such industry cross-pollination keeps his energy high.

"It takes perseverance to produceanything when you work 9-to-5,"concludes Powell, who during theweek works as Wall Street adminis-trator. "My TV experience has beensuccessful as a result of the editingclasses at BCAT; I think that's why Iproduce my show myself-you reallylearn how to become self-sufficient,hands-on. Even computer problemsare a blessing because it's just onemore roadblock to find your wayaround. See, when you're produc-ing, you say, 'This is crazy' and'How the heck am I going to dothis?' What keeps me going is feed-back. When somebody says, 'Wow, Iescape for a half-hour when you'reon the air,' I know this is what I'mmeant to do, because I know thepower of inspirational music has thepower to change the world."

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Inspirational Vybes can beseen Sundays at 9:30pm onTime Warner Cable chan-nel 35 and Cablevisionchannel 68 and online atwww.bcat.tv/bcat.

Stephen Powell:99% InspirationBy Leonard Jacobs

Stephen Powell, producerand host of InspirationalVybes on BCAT.

BCAT Program Guide – What’s on Brooklyn Community Access Television

The first thing that captures your attention about StephenPowell, executive producer of Inspirational Vybes since 1997, is

his resonant, soothing baritone, one that seems born for radio. It hasa calming quality, a quiet peace that may help to explain why hishalf-hour program, devoted to "positive-spirited music videos," hasbecome such a popular staple of Brooklyn Community AccessTelevision's lineup.

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Residents: Rain causes Gowanus floods

GAS CAN…Continued from page 1

By Ariella Cohenfor The Brooklyn Papers

While nowhere near theflooding in Louisiana andMississippi caused byHurricane Katrina, residentsand merchants in theGowanus neighborhood saywhen it rains near the canal,it pours — into their base-ments.

At the News and ComicWholesalers, on Ninth Streetalongside the Gowanus Canal,50-pound bags of mason sandline the front of the brickstorefront. Across the street, ata self-storage park, piles of 2-by-4s act as flood stilts for thealuminum trailers. Down theblock at A + A SweetlandWarehouse, on Eighth street,workers just avoid the rest-rooms when it rains.

“We know the water willcome up through the bath-room,” said Sweetland em-ployee Fasal Kholjeli. “Wejust wait — and clean up af-terwards.”

If it rains in Park Slope, itfloods in Gowanus — for aslong as anyone around herecan remember that has beenthe rule to work around.

In 1848, the city rebuilt theGowanus Creek into a mile-and-a-half industrial waterwaythat became the GowanusCanal between South Brooklynand the Upper New York Bay.As shipping rose and fell inBrooklyn, so did the fate of theasphalt-locked waterway. Over

the past two decades, millionsin state and city funds havegone towards cleaning up thechemical-runoff polluted, pur-plish waterway solving sewageoverflow problems there andreconstructing Ninth Street andits bridge across the canal.

Yet even after renovationson Ninth Street, the blocksaround the Gowanus remainsubject to floods from over-flowing water mains and highcanal tides. Now with morepeople moving into empty in-dustrial lots and taking overthe street’s storefronts, theneighborhood is ready for cityagencies to step in with amore permanent solution.

“We never sent a letter tothe city or anything but we’vebeen getting floods for years— that’s why we keep ourunits up high,” said Jose Cin-tron, a handyman at Self Stor-age on Ninth Street. “Theyneed more sewers up here, orsomething, because it’s goingto ruin the street.”

Thomas Chardavoyne, di-rector of the Gowanus CanalCommunity DevelopmentCorporation, said they arelooking at the long haul. “I amnot so concerned about oneflood as I am about the condi-tion,” he said.

This fall, the organizationhopes to work with a largerneighborhood coalition to ini-tiate public conversation aboutincreasing the capacity ofsewers in the neighborhood.

“Replacing a sewer line is a

major capital expenditure andwe need a broad constituencyto even start talking to the cityabout it,” he said.

Craig Hammerman, districtmanager of Community

Board 6, said he agrees withresidents who believe that theperiodic floods may have evengotten worse since the city im-proved Ninth Street.

Last month, Hammerman

wrote a letter to the city De-partment of EnvironmentalPreservation (the agency thatoversees the sewer system)asking if the city had in-creased the capacity of thesewer system when in 1999the reconstruction of NinthStreet offered the chance.

“It could have been a fail-ure on the city’s part to planthe project appropriately,”Hammerman said.

“At the time the work wasdone on Ninth Street, theneighborhood was partiallyresidential and partially crackhouses — they just didn’t takecare to do all that could havebeen done,” said Eighth Streetresident Kathryn Krase.

“The city,” Hammermanadded, “probably should takeaction against the engineerwho made the decision [not toincrease the capacity of thesewers], if they can find him.”

At this point, the DEP doesnot consider the Gowanusneighborhood particularly

troubled by flooding. The 12-inch catch basins that havedrawn concern from neigh-bors are standard, an agencyspokesman said, explainingthat from Eighth Street, thewastewater is channeled downto Third Avenue, where itempties into a 72-inch basin.

After hearing complaints ofoverflow after a July rain-storm, the DEP came out witha flusher truck and pumpedhot water into the sewers witha high-pressure hose.

In another visit, the DEPpaved over a 4-foot-wide by6-foot-deep sinkhole — a col-lapse of asphalt generallycaused by a leaking sewer lineor water main — on EighthStreet between Third andFourth avenues, after an or-ange traffic cone disappearedinto the yawning roadway.

As for the floods, the agencyis aware of the problem butdoes not see an easy solution.

“The canal water backs upinto the sewer system if it gets

a high tide during rain sea-son,” said DEP spokesmanIan Michaels. “It’s a naturaltide, and you get a flood.

“As far as we can see, noth-ing is structurally wrong,” headded.

After a particularly heavyrainstorm in July, water pressureburst a main below KathrynKrase’s house, submerging theground below her basement in 3feet of sewer water.

Before that incident, waste-water had jetted out of anopen drain into an antiqueclaw-foot bathtub she hadbeen using as a storage chestfor Christmas ornaments.

“Its physics — water triesto find air and there we were,with an open drain,” saidKrase.

Needless to say, the sewer-soaked angels never made itto the tree that year, but Krasestill believes they have gottenoff easy compared to neigh-bors who have spent yearssump-pumping and dry-mop-

ping after basement deluges. “You would think this place

was still a river if you saw itin the rain,” said MohammadBasher, a News and ComicWholesalers employee whospent days clearing the placeafter a deluge in July 2004drowned some 30,000 copiesof the New York Times andthree computers in rank,brown sewer water.

“I almost got sick cleaningthat water last time it flood-ed,” he said.

“This July,” Basher added,“we got a little flood and thesandbags worked to keep outthe water, but a little more rainand — poof — the wholebusiness gone.”

He points to the vacantshop next door to the ware-house. Above the boardeddoor is a sign that reads, “Wa-termark Inc. Silk Screen.”

“They never even openedup the shop after the flood,”said Basher, “and by Septem-ber they were gone.”

closed — it was just one ofthose flip-open and flip-closedtanks,” he said.

While his store isn’t sellingsiphons, he said he bought alocking cap for himself.

“I bought it just when the gasprices went up, knowing thatthe community isn’t very safe,”Hatab said.

Detective Brian Sessa, aspokesman for the NYPD, saidgas siphoning is hard to track,as the department doesn’t keepstatistics on specific petit larce-nies. To apprehend a suspect, hesaid, “You’d actually have tosee somebody doing it.”

He compared the crimemuch to that of a wallet theft —unless there is a witness whocan describe the thief, it is re-ported as missing property.

“We wouldn’t take a reportunless they witnessed someonesiphoning from a gas tank,” hesaid, but encouraged those whomight witness the siphoning ofanother person’s gas tank to re-port it to police.

The locked fuel cap, an in-vention first introduced duringthe Great Depression to detergasoline thefts, according to theWeb site of Stant, a major sup-plier of the caps, comes with acustomized key that is requiredto open up the lock and thenunscrew the cap.

Sandbags sit in front of the doors of the News and ComicWholesalers on Ninth Street near the Gowanus Canal.

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The Brooklyn Papers’ essential guide to the Borough of Kings September 17, 2005(718) 834-9350

DINING | PERFORMING ARTS | NIGHTLIFE | CLASSIFIEDS | REAL ESTATEINSIDE

Sax you upMUSIC

Composer and sax player Marcus Strickland (pic-tured) will kick off the new “Brooklyn Jazz Series”at Water Street Restaurant & Lounge on Sept. 18.

The program begins at noon, followed by perform-ances by Strickland’s quartet, the Rudresh Mahanthap-pa Quartet and Mark TurnerTrio and culminates with ajam session at 5:45 pm.

Although admissionis free for this concert,donations to the RedCross (for the sur-vivors of HurricaneKatrina) are suggested.

The “Brooklyn JazzSeries” continues onWednesdays at 8 pm fromSept. 21 through Nov. 23 at Wa-ter Street Restaurant & Lounge (66 Water St. be-tween Dock and Main streets in DUMBO).

For more information about the lineup of up-coming concerts, or to take part in the post-con-cert jam sessions at each Wednesday’s perform-ance, call (718) 625-9352 or visit the Web sitewww.BrooklynJazzSeries.com. Admission to theconcerts is $5 and up. — Lisa J. Curtis

Sail awayEVENT

The Wildlife Conservation Society will host “Din-ner on the Sea,” a benefit for the New York Aquarium,on Thursday, Sept. 22. The dinner and silent auctionraises funds for the Aquarium’s wildlife preservationresearch and education programs.

The event will be held on the glass-top BateauxNew York, which sets sail from Chelsea Piers at 7 pm.Cocktails on the boat’s deck begin at 6 pm, and dinner

immediately follows de-parture.

In past years, this an-nual event has raised$175,000, which is alsothis year’s goal, accord-ing to Michelle Kahn,development officer ofthe Wildlife Conserva-tion Society.

“Dinner on the Sea” also serves to honor the artistWyland, who will receive the 2005 ConservationAward. The award honors the achievements of indi-viduals who work toward wildlife conservation.Wyland’s wall murals (a detail of his “Radiant Reef”is pictured) depicting the underwater world havebeen painted on walls and bridges in eight countries,and his non-profit organization, the Wyland Founda-tion, supports aquatic education and conservation.

Tickets to “Dinner on the Sea” range from $350to $10,000. The boat departs from pier 61, on theHudson River at 23rd Street. For more information,call Kahn at (718) 220-5090. — Lee Cabot Walker

By Lisa J. CurtisGO Brooklyn Editor

The Brooklyn Academy of Music raisesthe curtain on its “2005 Next Wave Fes-tival” on Oct. 4, with a play by the

Handspring and Sogolon puppet companies,“Tall Horse,” at the BAM Harvey Theaterand Philip Glass’ composition “Orion” at theBAM Howard Gilman Opera House.

BAM Executive Producer Joseph Melillosays the two productions exemplify what the2005 Next Wave Festival is all about — col-laboration.

“‘Tall Horse’ is an intra-Africa collabora-tion with Handspring from Capetown, SouthAfrica, and Sogolon Puppet Company, whichis based in Mali. That’s a rarity and a distinc-tion,” said Melillo, about the play, which con-tinues Oct. 8-9.

“It’s not puppetry solely; it’s theater thathappens to use puppetry in the course oftelling this true story of how the Pasha ofEgypt gives King Charles X of France a gi-raffe,” said Melillo.

Even the operation of the 16-foot giraffe isa collaborative effort, as two men on stiltswork the puppet’s twitching ears and tail andswooping 6-foot-long neck.

In “Orion,” created for the 2004 SummerOlympics, the Philip Glass Ensemble per-forms with “virtuosic musicians from the fourcorners of the world,” said Melillo, who at-tended the world premiere in Athens.

“What it was teaching me is that artists ofall cultures can communicate with each other,and I wanted New York City to have that par-ticular experience, because it’s thrilling to seewhat happens when all of the artists come to-gether,” said Melillo.

“Orion,” conducted by Michael Riesman,will be performed again Oct. 6-8.

More works by Glass will be performed inNovember. Former Brooklyn Philharmonicmusic director Dennis Russell Davies returnsto BAM to conduct the world premiere ofGlass’Symphony No. 8 and SymphonyNo. 6 (“Plutonian Ode”), with text by AllenGinsberg, on Nov. 2, Nov. 4 and Nov. 5 at theBAM Howard Gilman Opera House.

“Among conductors and American com-posers [Davies and Glass] have a very specialrelationship,” explained Melillo. “[Davies] has

conducted most of the premieres of Philip’ssymphonic scores. That’s a very special col-laboration.”

French movie star Isabelle Huppert (Jean-Luc Godard’s “Every Man for Himself” and“Passion” and Claude Chabrol’s “VioletteNoziere,” “The Story of Women” and“Madame Bovary”) stars in the late SarahKane’s last play, “Psychose 4:48,” directedby Claude Regy. Performed in French withEnglish supertitles, Melillo promises that thiscollaboration between director and actor is amarked departure from The Royal Court The-atre’s production of “4:48 Psychosis,” whichwas performed at St. Ann’s Warehouse inDUMBO last October.

“Psychose 4:48,” which will be performedOct. 19-23 and Oct. 25-30 at the BAM Har-vey Theater, features the lone Huppert as thecharacter experiencing psychological despairand collapse.

“Isabelle is a monumental film star andwhat New York doesn’t know is that she is anequally monumental stage actress,” explainedMelillo. “[At St. Ann’s], it was a group of ac-tors who interpreted the text. Here you haveone actress, so I think you feel closer to SarahKane the person. With Isabelle interpreting thework, there’s a different kind of intensity.”

Film buffs and balletomanes alike will beintrigued by the collaboration between the Na-

tional Ballet of China and filmmaker ZhangYimou for an adaptation of Yimou’s movie,“Raise the Red Lantern,” for a ballet. Di-rected by Yimou (“Hero,” “House of FlyingDaggers,” “Ju Dou”), this lavish production,which includes dancers bursting through paperscreens in each performance, will hit the stageof the BAM Howard Gilman Opera HouseOct. 11-15.

Choreographer Wally Cardona, of WindsorTerrace, created his dance “Everywhere” incollaboration with Joanna Kotze, KathrynSanders and Matthew Winheld. “Everywhere”will be performed Dec. 13 and Dec. 15-17 atthe BAM Harvey Theater against music com-posed by Phil Kline — which will play from100 boom boxes on the stage and by the livestring quartet Ethel.

Additional productions in the “Next WaveFestival” include: Michael Thalheimer’sabridged version of Gotthold Ephraim Less-ing’s play “Emilia Galotti” at the BAM Har-vey Theater Oct. 12-15; Brazilian techno-sam-ba-pop diva Daniela Mercury performingsongs from her Latin Grammy-nominated CD“Carnaval Eletronico” at the BAM HowardGilman Opera House on Oct. 22; “Lecuona”and “Onqoto,” performed by contemporarydance troupe Grupo Corpo at the BAMHoward Gilman Opera House Oct. 25 and Oct.27-29; Propeller’s all-male production of

William Shakespeare’s play “The Winter’sTale,” directed by Edward Hall at the BAMHarvey Theater Nov. 2-6; “Les Noces” and“Petrushka” danced by the Italian troupe,Compagnia Aterballetto Nov. 8 and Nov. 10-12at the BAM Howard Gilman Opera House;James Thierree’s nouveau cirque show, “BrightAbyss,” performed by La Compagnie du Han-neton Nov. 9-13 at the BAM Harvey Theater;Batsheva Dance Company’s “Mamootot” atthe Mark Morris Dance Center Nov. 15-20,Nov. 22-23 and Nov. 25-27; The Builders As-sociation and dbox’s multi-media theatrical col-laboration, “Super Vision” Nov. 29-Dec. 3 atthe BAM Harvey Theater; and choreographerSasha Waltz’s “Impromptus,” which will beperformed Dec. 6, Dec. 8-10 at the BAMHoward Gilman Opera House.

At the “Next Wave” festival there are alsoopportunities to get behind-the-scenes glimpsesof the productions with BAMdialogues withsome of the artists and even a master class withBatsheva Dance Company on Nov. 19.

Melillo says that “one of the great discover-ies of the ‘Next Wave’ festival” is the U.S. pre-miere of “Shelter.” At the BAM Harvey The-ater from Nov. 16-19, this grand collaborationincorporates music composed by Michael Gor-don, David Lang and Julia Wolfe with DeborahArtman’s libretto, Bill Morrison’s film andLaurie Olinder’s projections, and performanc-es by trio mediaeval’s vocalists and contem-porary music ensemble musikFabrik.

“Bill Morrison’s film footage is of a floodand Deborah Artman’s libretto is of man’s needfor shelter,” said Melillo of the piece that hadbeen in the making long before the New Or-leans tragedy. “It is so topical. It is the issuewe’re all grappling with now, reading it in thenewspapers and seeing it on television. It’samazing that this is happening on our stage.”

Surf’s up

The Brooklyn Academy of Music’s “2005Next Wave Festival” runs Oct. 4-Dec. 17 inseveral theaters. Single tickets are on salenow. For more information about the festival,which also includes film series at BAM RoseCinemas, live music at the BAMcafe and arton display throughout BAM, visit the Web siteat www.bam.org. To order tickets, call (718)636-4100.

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Go hungry

The focus of this year’s Atlantic Antic street festival— Sunday, Sept. 25, from 10 am to 6 pm — is food,so bring your appetite for the trek along Atlantic Av-enue between Hicks Street and Fourth Avenue.

“The avenue currently hosts some of the city’s mostpromising new restaurants, making it a contender fortop restaurant row in Brooklyn, yet it still retains manyof the Arabic restaurants and shops that have become astaple for generations of New Yorkers,” said Ian Kel-ley, president of the Atlantic Avenue Local Develop-ment Corporation, which produces the event.

In addition to sampling the culinary diversity ofBrooklyn Heights, Cobble Hill and Boerum Hill,fest-goers can enjoy live entertainment at five stagesthat will feature more than 30 acts. The Ponys (pic-tured) will take the Rock ‘n’ Soul Stage (organizedby the Magnetic Field bar, between Henry and Hicksstreets) at 3:30 pm, while other performers will ap-pear outside Pete’s Waterfront Ale House, wherethey’ll have a German-style beer garden (at ClintonStreet), the American-Arabic Stage (at Court Street),the Last Exit Hoe Down Stage (at Clinton Street)and the Downtown Atlantic and Musician’s GeneralStore stage (at Hoyt Street).

There’s also lots for kids to enjoy, including ponyrides from the Black Cowboys and carnival rides.

The festival will be held rain or shine. For more in-formation, call (718) 875-8993 or visit the Web sitewww.atlanticave.org. — Lisa J. Curtis

The tide is high: Highlights of the “2005 Next Wave Festival,” (clockwise from top)are the U.S. premiere of La Compagnie du Hanneton’s “Bright Abyss”; The Nation-al Ballet of China’s adaptation of Zhang Yimou’s film “Raise the Red Lantern” todance; and French movie star Isabelle Huppert in “4.48 Psychose.”

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Clemen’s 252 Prospect Park West at Prospect Avenue,(718) 768-0909 (Cash only) Entrees: $5-$7.88.Billing itself as a “taco and burrito place,”Clemen’s actually offers a large array of Mexicanchoices. A long list of appetizers precedes a variedmenu of salads, tacos, burritos and fajitas, many ofwhich have a build-your-own quality. With a dozenmeat, vegetable and seafood filling options, thecombinations are practically endless. Many vege-tarian entrees are available, like Clemen’s burrito,stuffed with rice, beans, pico de gallo, sour creamor non-fat yogurt and chile relleño. Smoothies arealso available. Eat in the breezy wood-and-stain-less-steel dining room or order takeout or delivery.Open daily for lunch and dinner.

Crossroads Cafe1241A Prospect Ave. at Reeve Place, (718) 972-1852, (Cash only) Pastry: $1-$2.25; sandwichesand salads: $5.95-7.95. �Just a few blocks from Prospect Park, this small,windowed cafe offers neighborhood dwellers aplace to read or type while they caffeinate. “We’rewired up!” says owner Suzanne Meehan about thecafé’s free wireless Internet service. The colorful,suede-covered seats and dark wooden tables alsooffer a cozy environment for a snack or light lunch;many varieties of sweet and savory pastries, sal-ads, sandwiches and “high-end” juices are serveddaily, and takeout is available, too. Open 6:30 amto 6 pm, Monday through Friday, and 8:30 am to6 pm, on weekends.

Da Vincenzo256 Prospect Park West at Prospect Avenue,(718) 369-3590 (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa)Entrees: $14.95-$26. �Brooklynites seat themselves in this wood-fur-nished dining room under romantic lighting or inthe sidewalk cafe to taste traditional Italian fare.Offering, in owner Nat Natale’s words, “two-thirdsnorthern Italian and a third southern Italian,” chefChris DeDilectis whips up dishes like Chilean seabass baked in slices of potato, and swordfish “DaVincenzo,” sauteed with tomatoes, capers, onionsand olives. Simple pasta preparations and richdesserts are also available. Now open for dinnerTuesday through Sunday, Da Vincenzo will beopen for lunch beginning Sept. 20, and will beopen for brunch on Sundays from 9 am to 3 pmbeginning Sept. 25. Closed Mondays.

Elora’s Restaurant272 Prospect Park West at 17th Street, (718)788-6190 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $5 -$37.95. Spanish-speaking locals gather at this sit-downrestaurant to feast on over-stuffed Cuban sand-wiches and sizzling fajitas amid the romantic pluck-ing of music hispanica. The stark decor, adornedwith several beaded sombreros and dark-woodpaneling, recalls the austere furnishings of aWestern saloon. But don’t let its simplicity foolyou. The menu offers a selection of biblical pro-portions representing a litany of Latin Americancountries, as well as offering live lobster andIberian seafood dishes, prepared by chef JoseNunez. Margarita happy hour is from 4 pm to 6pm, Monday through Thursday; or get reallyhappy on Fridays, starting at noon. Open daily forlunch and dinner.

Hot Diggity Dog 263 Prospect Park West at Prospect Avenue, (718)499-0008 (Cash only) Entrees: $1.50 - $6.50. �Hot Diggity Dog specializes in serving the perfectfrankfurter. Owner Billy Grillas uses only BoarsHead all-natural beef dogs and personally makesall the toppings. Popular dogs include the“Brooklyn” (mustard, sauerkraut and house-madeonions) and the “Windsor Weenie” (a dogwrapped in pastrami and topped with sauerkraut,Swiss cheese and mustard). Other dishes include“Billy” cheese steaks and house-made veggie,turkey and chicken burgers. On weekday morn-

Dogs with all the fixin’s at Hot Diggity Dog.

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ings, breakfast offerings like eggs, egg sandwich-es, pancakes and French toast are available.Dining is stand-and-eat. Open weekdays, from 7am to 9 pm; Saturdays, from 11 am to 9 pm; andSundays, from 11 am to 8 pm. Free delivery in theneighborhood.

Rhythm & Booze 1674 10th Ave. at Prospect Avenue, (718) 788-9699 (AmEx, MC, Visa, Disc) Entrees: $9.95-$18.95. �Chef Dennis McQuillen whips up good oldAmerican comfort food, including the popularpulled-pork sandwich and the Thursday special, asauerbraten pot roast, marinated for four days. TheRhythm & Booze burger, a plump yet manageablehandful of richly flavored, grilled meat is served onan English muffin and accompanied by crisp andsalty hand-cut fries. During the day, large case-ments illuminate the sponge-painted gold wallsand the deep-green, Irish-proud color scheme.Happy hours, which include 35 cent chicken wings,are Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 3 pmuntil 6 pm, and all-day Mondays and Wednesdays.Lunch and dinner are served daily, with brunchoffered from noon until 3 pm on the weekend.

Sushi Yu214 Prospect Park West at 16th Street, (718)832-8688 (AmEx, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees: $9.95-$59.95 (for the “Love Boat” — the chef’s comboplatter of sushi, sashimi maki and hand roll). �“There are moments of genius in Jimmy Liu’scooking,” writes GO Brooklyn dining critic TinyBarry about the chef of this elegant and unassum-ing sushi bar. The restaurant, owned by the chef’sbrother Michael Liu, specializes in sushi rolls andoffers an assortment of noodle and teriyaki dish-es. In the winter, try the “Christmas Roll,” withtuna, yellow tail, salmon, cucumber, avocado, and“masago” (fish roe). Lunch specials served from11:30 am to 3:30 pm. Open Monday throughThursday, from 11:30 am to 10:30 pm; Fridays andSaturdays, from 11:30 am to 11:30 pm; andSundays, from noon to 10:30 pm.

Tookata Thai Grill268 Prospect Park West at 17th Street, (718)369-2472. (Cash only) Entrees: $7.75-$13. The blond wooden interior and Buddha statueslend a tranquil ambiance to this narrow, sparselytabled restaurant. Try a variety of Thai curries withyour choice of vegetables, tofu, chicken, beef orshrimp. The “Sangkayah pumpkin custard” is thedessert specialty. Opened in August 2004,Tookata offers lunch specials for $5.50 from 11:30am to 4 pm daily. Open weekdays, from 11:30 amto 10:30 pm; and weekends, from 11:30 am to10:45 pm. Delivery available.

Windsor Cafe220 Prospect Park West at Windsor Place, (718)788-9700 (AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, Visa) Entrees:$7.95-$16.95.If it’s 4 o’clock in the afternoon and you suddenlyget a craving for Belgian waffles, head over to theWindsor Cafe where the griddle stays hot all day.The diner-style menu will satisfy any appetite. Nothungry for breakfast? The lunch menu provides anample array of sandwich and wrap options, includ-ing specialty salads, panini and “diet delights.” Theheartier appetite will be satiated by the meat loaf,broiled Jersey pork chops with applesauce, orsteak tips served over rice with mushrooms andonions. For dessert, create your own sundae or tryWindsor’s famous cream cheese cake. Daily spe-cials. Open Sunday to Thursday from 6 am to 10pm, Friday to Saturday from 6 am to 11 pm. Freedelivery.

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By Tina Barryfor The Brooklyn Papers

A fter taking two steps into Song,the Thai restaurant on Fifth Av-enue, I wanted to back out the

door. The din of the place was deafen-ing.

Like Joya, the popular Thai eatery inCarroll Gardens owned by AndrewJerro and ArielAparicio, Songthrobs with mu-sic. The bar andlarge dining areaare outfitted in in-dustrial chic: ahard cementfloor, high ceil-ings with exposedpipes, and seating without pillows,which are all great surfaces to transmit,not absorb, sound. This kind of club-as-restaurant ambience obviously ap-peals to diners; since its opening inJanuary Song has been doing a (for-give the pun) booming business.

To the eatery’s credit, the customerssitting in the dining area seem happy toshout to one another. Even a table oftwo couples in their 60s passed dishesand yelled amiably.

Maybe it’s me, or, I should say, us.

I’m soft spoken, and when my hus-band is relaxed, his voice dips so low Isometimes wonder if there’s soundcoming from his lips at all. So, wecan’t “do” loud places.

Song does provide an alternative forthe volume-challenged — and it’s anice one. Behind the restaurant there’sa large, outdoor area with tables, andnext to that is something I haven’t seen

anywhere: a patchof lawn with on-the-ground table-tops and mod flo-ral pillows forseating. Aftertheir meal, someof the diners eat-ing close to na-ture sprawled on

the grass; a few children meanderedabout enjoying the novelty and notbothering anyone.

Thankfully, no music is piped out-doors, so, aside from laughter and thehum of conversation, it is blessedlyquiet.

There are two positives about Songthat take some of the sting out of its in-door noise assault: The portions arelarge enough for two (and sometimesmore) to share, and nothing on the reg-ular menu is over $8.

No credit cards are accepted, butwith prices like that, forking out thefew dollars for the meal shouldn’t bean issue.

In such a stylish setting, you’d ex-pect a suave house cocktail. Song’sdrink is the mango martini, a lovelylooking, frothy concoction served in ashort-stemmed glass.

While the potion had a delicatemango flavor, it typified the problem Ifound with much of Song’s cuisine: itwas too sweet.

A touch of oversweetness marred anotherwise terrific version of “Tom KaGai,” the coconut soup with chickenand mushrooms. The broth wascreamy and loaded with tender slicesof white meat and big chunks of buttonmushrooms. Even a heaping appetizerof fresh but slightly gritty mussels,strewn with slivers of crisp green andred peppers, could have used moreacidity to balance a too sweet garlicsauce and a little less salt.

While it leaned toward the sweetside, the rich coconut curry sauce thatenveloped pieces of chicken breast in“kang panang gai,” was loaded withbasil leaves, perfumed with the gingerybite of “galangal” (a root similar to

ginger but more intense) and packed asneaky hit of heat from Thai chilies.

Fresh, large shrimp, sauteed withmushrooms, chunks of peppers, andbits of soft cabbage, came alive in asprightly fresh ginger sauce in the“koong pad khing.”

I can’t fault a platter of big, chewynoodles topped with beef, “pad seeyue.” The meat was assertive enoughto stand up to a pungent brown saucelaced with pleasantly bitter Chinesebroccoli.

Big eaters at a small table add up tomessy dining, which leads me to myone criticism about the service. It’s im-portant that the dining surface bewiped intermittently, especially whendishes are being shared.

Our busboy whisked away our ap-petizers, leaving a smattering of sauceon the table. He returned with the en-trees, plunked them atop the spills andwalked away. After we’d passed theplates back and forth, their dirty, oilybottoms left the table’s top looking likea crime scene.

Still, Song’s great food — andprices — make up for its acoustic defi-ciencies. Maybe next time we’ll bringsome earplugs.

Cibo e Gente is Italian for “food forthe people.” Because none of its en-trees are priced over $14.95, Cibo eGente is an appropriate name for thisnew Smith Street trattoria. It has prices“the people” can afford.

If it were up to Andrea Borio, whowas the executive chef for three of theowners’ Manhattan restaurants: Boom,Via Della Pace and Via Delle Zocco-lette, before leading the kitchen here,he’d add the word “realta,” or real, tothe restaurant’s name.

“It’s real food,” Bario proclaims.“Classic Northern Italian cooking withbig, satisfying tastes.” And for littlepeople, the children’s menu offers en-trees ranging from $5 to $7.

Dinner at Cibo e Gente, whichopened in June, might begin with thinslices of raw beef “carpaccio” andpecorino romano cheese.

There’s an authentic lasagna that in-corporates a mix of veal, pork and beeflayered with two sauces: a meatybolognese and creamy bechamel.Bario covers a lobster tail with thinslices of potato then bakes it until itscoating is brittle; and he serves a roast-

ed sea bass with black olives and ca-pers in a light wine sauce that soundsidentical to the fish I savored recentlyin Rome. Sigh.

On the dessert roundup, there’s theunavoidable tiramisu and sorbet andmore interesting items such as a driedapricot panna cotta (Italian custard)with caramel sauce, a dark chocolatecake and another cake with tart, moist,lemon-tinged tiers covered inmeringue.

The setting is as unpretentious as thecuisine. Every chair and table in the145-seat restaurant is mismatched; anopen kitchen affords diners a view ofthe cooks at work; a garden in backmakes a lovely spot to sip Prosecco;and when autumn crisps the air, logswill be thrown on the fireplace towarm you.

Cibo e Gente (174 Smith St. be-tween Warren and Wyckoff streets inBoerum Hill) accepts cash only. En-trees: $8.95-$14.95. The restaurantserves dinner daily and brunch onweekends from 11 am to 5 pm. Forreservations call (718) 501-1011.

— Tina Barry

Pillow talk: Song, the new restaurant in Park Slope, features outdoor seat-ing on cushions in the backyard (top left). The Thai menu includes jumboshrimp and basil (above).

Song (295 Fifth Ave. at SecondStreet in Park Slope) accepts cash only.Entrees: $6.95-$7.95. The restaurantserves dinner daily. For more informa-tion, call (718) 965-1108.

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hosts “Caribbean Beat.” Enjoy a musi-cal performance from Cloud IX, a socaand calypso band from Trinidad andTobago. $4, free for members. Noon to5 pm. 145 Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400.

PUPPETWORKS: presents French fairytale, “Beauty and the Beast.” $8, $7children. Recommended for ages 4 andolder. 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. 338 SixthAve. at Fourth Street. (718) 965-3391.

OPEN HOUSE: Brooklyn Arts Exchangeinvites kids, ages 11 to 17, to meet thefaculty and learn about the programs intheater. 2 pm. 421 Fifth Ave. (718) 832-0018. Free.

OTHERHEALTH FAIR: hosted by The Block Insti-

tute. 10 am to 4 pm. 2214 Stillwell Ave.(718) 906-5481.Free.

FASHION MARKET:Brooklyn DesignersShowcase featuresemerging design-ers of handcraftedmerchandise. 10:30am to 3 pm. 157Montague St. (718)763-7654.

PIE SOCIAL: Secondannual Brooklyn PieSocial, sponsoredby Bubby’s, to ben-efit the BrooklynBridge Park Conser-vancy. Music, facepainting, balloonsand more. Bring twopies and receive 5tasting tickets, plus$5 admission fee.Bring one pie andreceive 5 tastingtickets, plus $10admission fee. Justeat pie, admissionfee is $25. Noon to4 pm. BrooklynBridge Park atMain and Plymouthstreets, DUMBO.(718) 802-0603.

ART SHOW: Brooklyn Waterfront ArtistsCoalition hosts a group art show. Over600 works by over 300 artists on view.Noon to 6 pm. Red Hook Pier, 499 VanBrunt St. (718) 596-2507. Free.

BROOKLYN DODGERS: Brooklyn His-torical Society presents “Dodgers Do It!Celebrating Brooklyn’s Big Win!” Learnhow the history of baseball connects tothe social history of Brooklyn. $6, $4seniors and students. 1 pm. 128 Pierre-pont St. (718) 222-4111.

GOURMET GARLIC: Floyd Bennett Gar-den Association offers a talk on thevarieties of locally grown, fresh garlic,roasted garlic and garlic butter. 2 pm.Ryan Visitors Center, Floyd BennettField, located at southern end ofFlatbush Avenue. Reservations re-quired. (718) 338-3799. Free.

BAMCINEMATEK: presents “NotoriousDuo: Notorious” (1946), directed byAlfred Hitchcock. $10, $7 students. 2pm, 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm, 9:15 pm. 30Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100.

WOMEN IN ISLAM: Brooklyn PublicLibrary, Central branch, hosts “New Per-spectives on Women in Islam.” 4 pm.Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free.

RECEPTION: Group show of Venezuelanemerging artists working in New York. 6pm to 9 pm. 237 Kent Ave. (917) 407-2029. Free.

BON VOYAGE PARTY: Smack Mellon saysgoodbye to 56 Water St., its space forthe past 8 years. Live music. 7:30 pm tomidnight. 56 Water St. Tour of newlocation, 92 Plymouth St., at 8:30 pm.(718) 834-8761. Free.

ROOFTOP PROGRAM: Office Ops hosts afestival of film and music featuring “TheHuman Story.” Video artists and musi-cians explore topic. $6. 8:30 pm. Roof-top of 57 Thames St. (718) 418-2509.

55th REUNION: James Madison HighSchool, class of 1950, re-meets. 7 pmto midnight. JFK Holiday Inn, Jamaica,NY. Call. (516) 944-6596.

DONATE SUPPLIES: State Sen. MartinGolden’s office is collecting emergencysupplies for Gulf Coast residents. Itemsneeded are bottled water, baby formu-la, boxed juice, clothing, towels, flashlights with batteries, first aid suppliesand canned food. Drop off at 7403 FifthAve. (718) 238-6044.

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OUTDOORS AND TOURSBROOKLYN HEIGHTS WALK: Brooklyn

Center for the Urban Environment hostsa tour of the northern part of thisneighborhood. Learn about the people,merchants, preachers, writers andartists who have lived here. $11, $9members, $8 seniors and students. 10:30am to 12:30 pm. Meet on steps ofBrooklyn Borough Hall, Court and

St. (718) 625-9352. DRAMA: Open-air production of “To Kill a

Mockingbird,” performed by BraveNew World Repertory Theater. Porcheson either side of the street will serve asthe setting and stage for the perform-ance. 7 pm. Westminster Road,between Beverley and Cortelyou. (718)624-3280. Free.

CONCERT: Second annual Brooklyn NewMusic Fest presents several groups. $5.Proceeds donated to Hurricane Katrinasurvivors. 8 pm to 1 am. The Trash Bar,256 Grand St. (718) 599-1000.

HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Brighton BeachMemoirs.” 2 pm. See Sat., Sept. 17.

MUSICAL: “Urinetown.” 3 pm. See Sat.,Sept. 17.

MACBETH: at Spoke the Hub. 3 pm. SeeSat., Sept. 17.

PLAY: “Laramie Project.” 3 pm. See Sat.,Sept. 17.

CHILDRENBROOKLYN CHILDREN’S MUSEUM:

hosts “How Peanut Butter Met Jelly,” alive performance. $4, free for members.1 pm and 2 pm. Also, design and painta bold shield to take home. Ages 8 andolder. 2:30 pm to 4:30 pm. 145 BrooklynAve. (718) 735-4400.

PUPPETWORKS: “Beauty and the Beast.”12:30 pm and 2:30 pm. See Sat., Sept. 17.

OTHERHOMECOMING DAY: Kingsborough

Community College invites its alumniand retired faculty and staff to its first-ever Homecoming Day. 9 am to 5 pm.2001 Oriental Blvd. Call for ticket info.(718) 368-6540.

FLEA MARKET: at Bay Ridge JewishCenter. 9 am to 4 pm. 405 81st St.(718) 836-3103.

LUNCHEON: Ragamuffin Parade hosts aluncheon event at Bay Ridge Manor.Call for ticket info. Noon. 476 76th St.(718) 492-1006.

ON YOUR MARK: Runners are invited toparticipate in the 17th annual XaverianHigh School’s 5-mile “Hoban Run.” Runhonors the police detective who diedbusting a drug ring. 10:30 am. BayRidge. www.hobanrun.com. (718) 836-7100, ext. 862.

SPORTS AUTHOR: Veteran sports writer,Maury Allen, signs copies of his book“Brooklyn Remembered: The 1955Days of the Dodgers.” 11 am to 12:30pm. Kingsborough Community College,2001 Oriental Blvd., room D112. (718)368-6540. Free.

FARMER’S MARKET: Locally grown fruitsand vegetables and handmade food forsale. 11 am to 5 pm. JJ Byrne Park,Fifth Avenue and Fourth Street. (914)923-4837.

DOG PARADE: Brooklyn Animal ResourceCoalition hosts its 19th annual mixedbreed/ all breed dog show and parade.

This year’s theme is “Canines of the Carib-bean.” Noon to 5 pm. Parade begins infront of the BQE Pet Supply andGrooming Store at corner of North FirstStreet and Wythe Avenue, Williamsburg.Parade travels one mile to McCarren Park,site of show. Dogs are encouraged toattend in costume. Enter competitionsfor a small fee. (718) 486-7489. Free.

EXHIBIT: Brooklyn artists are invited to dis-play work, at no cost, at the first annualEast Midwood Jewish Center OpenHouse. 10% of sale proceeds is request-ed as donation. Noon to 5 pm. 1625Ocean Ave. (718) 338-3800. Free.

ART SHOW: Brooklyn Waterfront ArtistsCoalition hosts a group art show. Over600 works by over 300 artists on view.Noon to 6 pm. Red Hook Pier, 499 VanBrunt St. (718) 596-2507. Free.

INTERFAITH GATHERING: Fourth annualNew York round table discussion, host-ed by The Dialogue Project. 1:30 pm.Grace Church, 254 Hicks St. (718) 624-1850.

FARMERS’ MARKET: at Wyckoff Farm-house Museum. 1 pm to 4 pm. Also,gardening workshop “PermacultureDesign.” 2 pm to 4 pm. 5816Clarendon Road. www.wyckoff-association.org. (718) 629-5400. Free.

DIALOGUE: Grace Episcopal Church pres-ents a talk, “Jerusalem, Justice andRituals.” Engage in conversationthrough dialogues on Palestine andIsrael. 1:30 pm. 254 Hicks St., betweenJoralemon Street and Grace Court.(718) 768-2175. Free.

OPEN HOUSE: Brooklyn-Queens Conser-vatory of Music hosts an open house. 2pm to 5 pm. 58 Seventh Ave. (718)622-3300. Free.

CHORAL EUCHARIST: St. Ann and theHoly Trinity Church honors the priest-hood of the Rev. Angela Askew on the25th anniversary of her ordination. 4 pm.157 Montague St. (718) 875-6960. Free.

BAMCINEMATEK: presents “NotoriousDuo: Suspicion” (1941), directed byAlfred Hitchcock. $10, $7 students. 4:30pm, 6:50 pm, 9:15 pm. 30 LafayetteAve. (718) 636-4100.

READING: “Spiral Thought Magazine”hosts a reading. 6 pm to 8 pm. The FallCafe, 307 Smith St. (718) 832-2310. Free.

SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presents anevening of short films. $10. 7 pm. Livemusic precedes screening. 227 FourthAve. www.brooklynlyceum.com. (718)857-4816.

CAFE STEINHOF: Night at the movieswith a screening of: “Guess Who’sComing to Dinner?” (1967). 10:30 pm.No cover. 422 Seventh Ave. at 14thStreet. (718) 369-7776. Free.

MON, SEPT 19HOUSING TALK: Gowanus Canal Com-

munity Development Corp. hosts a talk,“Fighting Housing Discrimination.” 3 pm.515 Court St. (718) 858-0557. Free.

OPEN STUDIO: Kids, ages 7 to 10, areinvited to try a yoga class. 3:45 pm to4:30 pm. 10-session program begins onSept. 26. 732A Carroll St., betweenSixth and Seventh avenues. (718) 499-7282. Free.

BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Party Girlsand Outlaws: Nicholas Ray.” Today:“Party Girl” (1958). $10, $7 students.4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm. 30Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100.

PUBLIC HEARING: Brooklyn Bridge ParkConservancy hosts a hearing for theDraft Environmental Impact Statementfor Brooklyn Bridge Park. 5 pm to 9pm. Dibner Auditorium, Brooklyn Poly-technic Institute, 6 Metrotech Center inDowntown Brooklyn. www.brooklyn-bridgepark.org. (718) 260-3600.

TRAVELING CINEMA: Barbes Bar screensthe silent film “The Plastic Age” (1925).7 pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) 288-1761.

LECTURE: Progressive Temple BethAhavath Sholom offers a talk about thesimilarities and differences betweenReform, Conservative and OrthodoxJews. 7:30 pm. 1515 46th St. (718) 436-5082. Free.

LECTURE SERIES: David Berg Series con-cludes with Rabbi Aaron Raskin dis-cussing “The Kabbalah of the 10Commandments.” Tonight: “Do NotCovet.” 8 pm to 9 pm. 117 Remsen St.(718) 596-4840. Free.

ENGLISH CLASSES: English as a secondlanguage. Mondays and Thursdaysthrough Dec. 8. 6 pm to 9 pm. SalemLutheran Church, 450 67th St. (718)748-7770. Free.

TRAVELING CINEMA: Barbes Bar screenssilent film “The Plastic Age” (1925). 7pm. 376 Ninth St. (718) 288-1761. Free.

WEDDING PHOTOS WANTED: ProspectPark Picnic House celebrates its resto-ration and reopening and invites thosewho married in the Picnic House to bringwedding pictures to the exhibit: “PicturePerfect at the Prospect Park PicnicHouse.” Long Meadow, Prospect Park.

Enter park at 95 Prospect Park West atFifth Street. Noon to 1 pm. (718) 965-8999.

BEEP DEBATE: The Fort Greene Associa-tion presents incumbent Marty Marko-witz and Borough President challengersGloria Mattera, Gary Popkin and Theo-dore Alatsas in a debate. 7:30 pm. La-fayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, 85South Oxford St. (718) 875-1855. Free.

AFTER-SCHOOL PROGRAM: Salt MarshNature Center begins its Monday, Thurs-day, Friday program for kids, ages 11 to14. 3 pm to 6 pm. Marine Park, AvenueU and East 33rd Street. Call for fee infoand to register. (718) 421-2021.

TUES, SEPT 20CREDIT REPAIR: Church Avenue Mer-

chants Block Association offers a talk onmoney management and credit repair.10 am to 4 pm. Pre-registrationrequired. 884 Flatbush Ave., corner ofChurch Avenue. (718) 287-2600. Free.

METRO CARD SALES: Reduced FareMetro Cards available for sale at KingsPlaza Shopping Mall. Outreach vanparked at the mall from 11 am to 2 pm.Avenue U and Flatbush Avenue. Call foreligibility requirements. (212) 638-7622.

MEETING: AARP of Bay Ridge meets. 2:30pm. Shore Hill Towers, 9000 Shore Road.(718) 748-9114. Free.

RECEPTION: Pratt’s Schafler Gallery pres-ents a faculty exhibit. 4 pm to 6 pm. 200Willoughby Ave. (718) 636-3471. Free.

OUTDOOR VOLUNTEERS: Prospect Parkneeds help with gardening and land-scape maintenance, visitor outreach,woodland restoration, and in otherareas. Orientation at 6:30 pm. LitchfieldVilla, 95 Prospect Park West at FifthStreet. (718) 965-8999. Free.

BROOKLYN NOIR: Brooklyn Public Library,Central branch, presents Borough Presi-dent Marty Markowitz and “BrooklynNoir” anthology editor Tim McLoughlinfor a reading of “Brooklyn Noir 2,” a col-lection of stories about Brooklyn neigh-borhoods. 7 pm. Grand Army Plaza.(718) 230-2100. Free.

BAMCINEMATEK: presents “Double Dutch:It’s Been A Lovely Day” (1993). $10, $7students. 7 pm. Q&A with Jos de Putter.30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100.

MEETING: 68th Precinct hosts a talk “SafeHaven Program.” Guest speakers areState Sen. Martin Golden and also co-directors of the Bay Ridge/ DykerHeights Safe Haven Program. 7:30 pm.333 65th St. (718) 439-4228. Free.

WEDS, SEPT 21GARDEN PARTY: Food, music and dancing

at The American Legion. $5. 11 am to 3pm. Bay Ridge Center hosts event. 34578th St. (718) 748-0650.

BAMCINEMATEK: presents “CinemaTropical.” Today: “I Am Cuba, TheSiberian Mammoth” (2004). $10, $7 stu-dents. 4:30 pm, 6:50 pm and 9:15 pm.30 Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100.

RECEPTION: Tabla Rasa Gallery presents itsexhibit “Paper Cuts,” featuring artistsworking with torn and cut paper. 5:30pm to 8 pm. 224 48th St. (718) 768-0305. Free.

CB7 MEETING: Community Board 7 hostsa presentation by the Department ofTransportation on the Hamilton AvenueBridge. 6:30 pm. 4201 Fourth Ave. (718)854-0003. Free.

READING: Maggid Buxbaum, author andstoryteller specializing in Mysticism andHasidic stories and Rabbi DovBerPinson, are guest speakers. 7 pm to 9pm. Congregation B’nai Avraham, 117Remsen St. (718) 596-4840. Free.

PRESENTATION: The Prospect ParkAlliance presents the renovation plan forEastern Parkway’s median from Washing-ton Avenue to Plaza Street East. Discus-sion to follow. 7:30 pm. Lobby of 135Eastern Parkway. Free.

MEETING: Bay Ridge Historical Societymeets. 7:30 pm. Shore Hill Towers, 9000Shore Road. (718) 745-5938. Free.

JAZZ: Brooklyn Jazz Series presents TheMarcus Strickland Quartet. 8 pm. TheWater Street Restaurant’s Under WaterLounge, 66 Water St. Call for covercharge. (718) 625-9352.

THURS, SEPT 22MEETING: Self Help for the Hard of Hearing

meets. 1:30 pm. Brooklyn CollegeStudent Center, Campus Road and East27th Street. (718) 769-6771. Free.

THEATER: Magis Theater Company per-forms outside. 6 pm. Sunset Park; enterpark between 41st and 44th streets,Fifth and Seventh avenues. www.play-outside.org. Free.

BACKSTAGE TOUR: Brooklyn College

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hosts a talk about what lives in the pilesof leaves in Prospect Park. 11 am. Meetat Audubon Center, enter ProspectPark at 95 Prospect Park West at FifthStreet. (718) 965-8999. Free.

GREEN-WOOD TOUR: Take a tour of thiscemetery and learn about its architec-ture, sculpture and history. JohnCashman leads tour. $10, $5 members.1 pm. 25th Street and Fifth Avenue.(718) 768-7300.

PERFORMANCEJAZZ: Jazz Showcase at The Water Street

Restaurant. Diversified selections fromBrooklyn’s jazz community. No charge,but attendees are encouraged todonate to the Red Cross’ HurricaneKatrina disaster fund. Noon. 66 Water

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OUTDOORS AND TOURSBUS FEST: NY Transit Museum hosts its

12th annual bus festival. Guided toursof museum’s vintage fleet of buses.Music, entertainment, children’s activi-ties, more. 10 am to 4 pm. ColumbusPark, behind Brooklyn Borough Hall,Joralemon and Court streets. (718) 694-1600. Free.

HARVEST FAIR: Brooklyn Botanic Gardenhosts its annual event. Celebrate theseasonal splendor with a day of music,dancing, film and workshops for adultsand children. $5, $3 seniors, free forchildren 16 and younger. Admissionfees will be donated to the citizens ofthe Gulf Coast. Noon to 5 pm. 1000Washington Ave. (718) 623-7200.

HAWK DAY: Prospect Park AudubonCenter hosts a day of everything relat-ed to hawks. Workshops in nature pho-tography, craft projects, films and more.Noon to 5 pm. Audubon Center, at theBoathouse in Prospect Park. Enter parkat Lincoln Road and Ocean Avenue.(718) 287-3400. Free.

FARMHOUSE FUN: Help harvest potatocrop at Lefferts Historic House. Then,enjoy a freshly cooked potato. Also,demos of cloth-making, arts and craftsand more. 1 pm to 4 pm. EnterProspect Park at the Flatbush Avenueand Empire Boulevard intersection.(718) 789-2822. Free.

GREENMARKET: Third annual producemarket in Fort Greene Park. 8 am untilpark closes. DeKalb Avenue atWashington Park. (718) 907-4403.

OUTDOOR SCULPTURE SHOW: BrooklynWaterfront Artists Coalition presents“Rapture,” the 23rd annual outdoorshow. 8:30 am to 8:30 pm. Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, Dock and Mainstreets. (718) 596-2507. Free.

PERFORMANCEOLD TIME MUSIC: Brooklyn Society for

Ethical Culture hosts its eighth annualPark Slope Bluegrass and Old-TimeMusic Jamboree. Workshops in banjo,fiddle, bluegrass, singing and all-dayjamming. $10, $6 children. 12:30 pm to10 pm. 53 Prospect Park West. (718)965-8490.

OUTDOOR CONCERT: Second annualNew Music Festival presents perform-ances by Somi at 1 pm, Pistolera at 2pm, Suffrajett at 3 pm, Shrine for theBlack Madonna at 4 pm and BurntSugar at 5 pm. Albee Square Plaza atFulton Street Mall. (718) 488-8200. Free.

PLAY OUTSIDE!: “3 of Clubs,” a playabout three perpetually late teens whomake a mad dash to keep up with theirown show. 2 pm and 5 pm. FortGreene Park, Myrtle Avenue, DeKalbAvenue and Cumberland Street.www.playoutside.org. Free.

GOSPEL MUSIC: Brooklyn Gospel Extra-vaganza presents Sandi Blair andEnsemble. 2 pm. Brooklyn PublicLibrary, Central branch, Grand ArmyPlaza. (718) 230-2100. Free.

DANCE: Dancing in the Streets presents“Breaking Ground.” Five NY choreogra-phers were given five days to create anew site-specific work from scratch. 2pm and 4 pm. Tobacco Warehouse,Empire-Fulton Ferry Park, enter at Mainand Dock streets. www.dancing-inthestreets.org. (212) 834-8761. Free.

SHAKESPEARE ON THE ROOF: Rooftopperformance of “Macbeth.” $15. 3 pm.Office Ops, 57 Thames St. (718) 418-2509.

DANCE: Newyorkdancer.com hosts its sec-ond annual Dance for Peace. 3 pm to 7pm. After dance, celebration with yoga,live music, massages and more. FortGreene Park, DeKalb Avenue andWashington Park entrance. Free.

THEATER: Brooklyn Music School presents“Amen Corner.” $25. 3 pm and 8 pm.126 St. Felix St. (917) 450-8665.

MACBETH: Spoke the Hub presents TheSaint Company in a performance of“1Macbeth.” Play features an action-packed, foul and fair rise and downfallof Shakespeare’s classic. $15, $5 kidsand seniors. 8 pm. 748 Union St. (718)408-3234.

HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents Neil Simon’s“Brighton Beach Memoirs.” $12, $10seniors. 8 pm. 26 Willow Place. (718)237-2752.

OPERA: Chamber Opera presents a fully-staged production of Handel’s “Acisand Galatea.” $20, $15 seniors, childrenand students. 8 pm. South Oxford Space,138 South Oxford St. (347) 596-3882.

MUSICAL: Our Lady of Guadalupe YouthTheater presents “Urinetown.” 8 pm.1518 73rd St. Call for ticket info. (718)232-6920.

CONCERT: Second annual Brooklyn NewMusic Fest presents several groups. $5.Proceeds donated to Hurricane Katrinasurvivors. 9 pm to midnight. Five Spot,459 Myrtle Ave. (718) 852-0202.

PLAY: The Gallery Players stage “The Lara-mie Project.” $15. 8 pm. 199 14th St.www.galleryplayers.com. (718) 595-0547.

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By Tristan O’Donnellfor The Brooklyn Papers

Two Brooklyn musicianshave teamed up to record“Songs About You,” a col-

lection of 12 jazz standardsand new works, on IanaRecords. The second album byjazz vocalist Christiana Drap-kin, “Songs About You,” is acollaboration with composerand pianist Charles Sibirsky.

Drapkin, who is no strangerto jazz, has been displaying hermusical eloquence in andaround the New York area forover a dozen years. Sibirsky,who acts as the album’s musicaldirector and heads the musicschool Slope Music with hiswife Vida, plays piano and evenhelped pen several of the CD’s

originals. The al-bum’s tracks draw agreat deal from thesounds of bebop andbuild upon tradition-al jazz standardsfrom the likes ofCharlie Parker andThelonious Monk.

Generally, “Songsabout You” floats inand out of romanticspace but neverstrays into the farreaches of senti-mentality. Drapkin,a Kensington resident, maintainsa firm grounding in cool wistful-ness. Vocally, she cites her maininfluences Ella Fitzgerald, AnitaO’Day and Billie Holiday in herprecise delivery. Although whenshe’s scatting atop fine jazz

numbers like “Just Friends,” sherecognizes Louis Armstrong andParker for their scatting expert-ise. She floats over bassist Mur-ray Hill’s walking bassline onthe album’s opener “Time onMy Hands (You in My Arms).”

Sibirsky’s understated pianoplaying is gentle and heard fa-vorably on songs like “YouDon’t Know What Love is”and on one of his original com-positions, the title track “Songsabout You.” Drapkin’s delicateand deliberate singing on stand-outs like “Open Your Heart”

highlights the album’s sparse,minimalist jazz. The song,penned by Sibirsky, has a bossanova feel that is heavily accent-ed by the light finger-picking ofguitarist John Merrill.

Other highlights of this CDinclude another Sibirsky originalcalled “Formation.” The song’s

quick tempo and intricate rhyth-mic grounding is carefully laiddown by the interplay betweenbass and piano. On “Monkery’sthe Blues” we see the duo ex-panding on the Monk composi-tion “Blue Monk.” (Drapkin,who’s known for delving intoMonk tunes live, dedicates thistrack to the memory of CarmenMcRae, the bebop singer whopassed away in 1991.) Withlyrics from songwriter and jazzsinger Abbey Lincoln, “Mon-kery’s the Blues” showcasesDrapkin’s insistent vocal abili-ty, allowing this Monk melodyto truly take flight.

Another admirable jazz ren-dition on the album is of Park-er’s “Now’s the Time,” rein-vented as “ProcrastinationBlues.” The song, with its hu-morous lyrics written by DoriLevine, is another example ofthe duo’s understanding of wit-ty words mixed with bebopsensibilities.

Drapkin and Sibirsky closewith “Out of Nowhere,” a stan-dard which displays mostclosely the duo’s comfortableability to collaborate smoothly.Truly, their “Songs about You,”offers up subtle and refined be-bop for the connoisseur of in-dependent jazz.

Refined bebopDrapkin and Sibirsky’s ‘Songs AboutYou’ pays homage to Parker, Monk

Christiana Drapkin collaborated with pianist and compos-er Charles Sibirsky for “Songs About You: Jazz Standards& New Tunes.”

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Christiana Drapkin and Charles Sibirsky’s“Songs About You: Jazz Standards & NewTunes” (Iana Records) is available at www.cd-baby.com and www.dcjazz.com.

Drapkin will perform with bassistStephanie Greig at Freddy’s Backroom for“Minimalist Chick Jazz” on Oct. 12, Nov. 16,Dec. 14 and Jan. 11 at 9 pm. Freddy’s is lo-cated at 485 Dean St. at Sixth Avenue inProspect Heights. For more informationabout these performances, visit the Web sitewww.freddysbackroom.com or call (718) 622-7035. For more information about Drapkin,visit www.christianadrapkin.com.

NIGHTLIFE

offers a lecture-tour of GershwinTheater at Brooklyn College.Theater Department ChairpersonSamuel Leiter speaks. $20. 6:30pm. Georgian Room, Boylan Hall,2900 Bedford Ave. (718) 951-5065.

MUSIC: Brooklyn Public Library,Central branch, presents jazzsinger Nicole Henry. 7 pm. GrandArmy Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free.

BAMCINEMATEK: presents “DoubleDutch: Solo, Favela’s Law” (1994).$10, $7 students. 7 pm. 30Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100.

BOOK SIGNING: Reception andslide lecture for new book: “Pic-ture Your World in Applique,” withartist Margaret Cusack. 7:30 pm to9 pm. Book Court, 163 Court St.,between Pacific and Court streets.(718) 875-3677. Free.

STAR GAZING: Amateur Astro-nomers Association of NYC hosts“Urban Stargazing,” an evening ofnight-sky observation. Begins atdusk. Long Meadow, ProspectPark. Enter park at Grand ArmyPlaza. (718) 499-4567. Free.

CONEY ISLAND: Best of the BestBatting Contest. Call for location,time and cost. (718) 449-1200.

PLAY: “Laramie Project.” 8 pm. SeeSat., Sept. 17.

FRI, SEPT 23ARTS ON THE COMMONS: Metro-

tech hosts a lunchtime concertseries. Today: The Kathy FarmerQuartet play. Noon to 2 pm.Metrotech, Jay Street at PearlStreet. (718) 467-1527. Free.

BAMCINEMATEK: presents“Notorious Duo: To Catch a Thief”(1955), directed by Alfred Hitch-cock. $10, $7 students. 2 pm, 4:30pm, 6:50 pm, 9:15 pm. 30 Lafa-yette Ave. (718) 636-4100.

WALKING TOUR: Brooklyn HistoricalSociety offers a tour around theBrooklyn Heights neighborhood.Visits include the Brooklyn HeightsPromenade, St. George Hotel andPlymouth Church. Included inadmission of $6, $4 students andseniors, free for members. 4 pm.128 Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111.

FILM SCREENING: Brooklyn PublicLibrary, Central branch, hosts ascreening of “A League of TheirOwn.” 6 pm. Grand Army Plaza.(718) 230-2100. Free.

GOOD COFFEEHOUSE: presentsMalawi-born singer Tony Bird. $10,$6 kids. 8 pm. 53 Prospect ParkWest. (718) 768-2972.

OPERA: Champagne and CandlelightChamber Opera presents a fully-staged production of Handel’s“Acis and Galatea.” $20, $15 sen-iors, children and students. 8 pm.South Oxford Space, 138 SouthOxford St. (347) 596-3882.

SHORTS: Brooklyn Lyceum presentsan evening of short films. $10. 8pm. Live music precedes screen-ing. 227 Fourth Ave. www.brooklyn-lyceum.com. (718) 832-7848.

MIDNIGHT RUN: At midnight on Fri-day, Sept. 23, filmmakers descendon Brooklyn in hopes of writing,shooting and editing an originalshort film in 24 hours. Cash prizes.Entry fee is $95 per team. Registerat www.nycmidnight.com. Entrydeadline is Sept. 22.

MUSICAL: “Urinetown.” 8 pm. SeeSat., Sept. 24.

HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Brighton BeachMemoirs.” 8 pm. See Sat., Sept. 24.

PLAY: “Laramie Project.” 8 pm. SeeSat., Sept. 24.

SAT, SEPT 24

OUTDOORS AND TOURSOUTDOOR SCULPTURE SHOW:

Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coali-tion presents “Rapture,” the 23rdannual outdoor show. 8:30 am to8:30 pm. Empire-Fulton FerryState Park; enter at Main and Dockstreets. (718) 596-2507. Free.

STUDIO TOUR: Nature Art Galleryand Emerging Curators’ ResourceCenter host “Studio Views,” aseries of curator-led studio tours.Today’s tour leaves from NurtureArt Gallery. $125 includes prix fixelunch. 10 am to 1 pm. 475 KeapSt. (646) 675-5687.

NATIONAL ESTUARIES DAY: hostedby Brooklyn Bridge Park Conser-vancy. 10 am to 2 pm. Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, enter atMain and Dock streets. (718) 802-0603. Free.

WATERFRONT WALK: BrooklynCenter for the Urban Environmenthosts a tour from the Staten IslandFerry Terminal to the BrooklynBridge. Tour focuses on history oflower Manhattan and plans for apark along the East River. $11, $9members, $8 seniors and students.11 am to 1 pm. Meet on the stepsof the National Museum of theAmerican Indian, Bowling Green,lower Manhattan. (718) 788-8500.

LUNCH AND LAUNCH: Power yourway around Brooklyn’s freshwaterProspect Park Lake on a pedalboat. $15 per hour. Noon to 6 pm.Wollman Rink, Prospect Park.(718) 287-8450.

GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: BigOnion Walking Tours offers anintroduction to the history, architec-ture and people of this landmarkedcemetery. $15, $12 seniors, $10students and NY HistoricalSociety members. 1 pm. Meet atmain entrance at Fifth Avenueand 25th Street. (718) 768-7300.

OUTDOOR THEATER: “Play Out-side!” festival of outdoor perform-ances presents Buckaroo Bindle-stiff’s Wild West Jamboree. 2 pmand 5 pm. Sunset Park, 41st and44th street, Fifth and Seventhavenues. (212) 479-7800. Free.

BROOKLYN 101: New York Like aNative takes a tour of Park Slope,Prospect Park and Brooklyn Heights.$15. 3 pm to 5:30 pm. Call formeeting place. (718) 393-7537.

PERFORMANCESHAKESPEARE ON THE ROOF:

Rooftop performance of “Mac-beth.” $15. 3 pm. Office Ops, 57Thames St. (718) 418-2509.

MUSICAL: Our Lady of GuadalupeYouth Theater presents “Urine-town.” 8 pm. 1518 73rd St. Callfor ticket info. (718) 232-6920.

HEIGHTS PLAYERS: presents NeilSimon’s “Brighton Beach Me-moirs.” $12, $10 seniors. 8 pm. 26Willow Place. (718) 237-2752.

SPOKE THE HUB: presents TheBrooklyn Sax Quartet. $10, $5 stu-dents. 8 pm. 295 Douglass St.(718) 408-3234.

PLAY: The Gallery Players stage “TheLaramie Project.” $15. 8 pm. 19914th St. www.galleryplayers.com.(718) 595-0547.

CHILDRENFROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE: NY

Aquarium hosts a day of every-thing Russian. Learn about the his-tory, culture and traditions of thiscountry. $11, $7 children, ages 2to 12 and seniors, children under2 for free. 10 am to 5 pm. WestEighth Street and Surf Avenue.(718) 265-FISH.

SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS: Brooklyn Chil-dren’s Museum hosts “Flower Po-wer,” a workshop to make hand-made flowered fabric. $4, free formembers. 11:30 am to 1 pm. 145Brooklyn Ave. (718) 735-4400.

CAROUSEL: $1 per ride. Noon to 6pm. Prospect Park Children’sCorner, located inside the park’sWillink entrance at intersection ofFlatbush Avenue and EmpireBoulevard. (718) 965-8960.

PUPPETWORKS: presents the Frenchfairy tale, “Beauty and the Beast.”$8, $7 children. Recommendedfor ages 4 and older. 12:30 pmand 2:30 pm. 338 Sixth Ave. atFourth Street. (718) 965-3391.

KIDS SHOW: Gustafer Yellowgoldperforms “Wide Wild World,” aplay of music and humor. $5. 2

pm. The Healing Rain Space, 256Sixth Ave. (718) 965-0041.

OTHERCOOKING DEMO: Julie Farias offers

a cooking demonstration at theGrand Army Plaza FarmersMarket. 9 am to 1 pm. (718) 789-2778. Free.

DEFENSIVE DRIVING: Course spon-sored by the National SafetyCouncil on Driving. 9 am to 3:30pm. St. Fortunata Church, 2609Linden Blvd. Call for informationand registration. (718) 647-2632.

FASHION MARKET: Brooklyn De-signers Showcase features emerg-ing designers of handcrafted mer-chandise. 10:30 am to 3 pm. 157Montague St. (718) 763-7654.

SYMPOSIUM: Brooklyn StainedGlass Conservation Center andthe American Glass Guild host aone-day symposium focusing onthe art of stained glass. Lecturepresented in the stained-glassSanctuary of St. Ann and the HolyTrinity Church. $10. 10:30 am to4:30 pm. Discussion and recep-tion follow. 157 Montague St.Reservations suggested.david@brooklynstainedglass.org.(718) 643-9772.

HISPANIC HERITAGE: BrooklynPublic Library, Central branch,hosts a 400th anniversary cele-bration of Cervantes’ classic“Don Quixote.” Readings, artactivities, puppet theater, more.10 am to 3:30 pm. Grand ArmyPlaza. (718) 230-2100. Free.

ADOPT-A-THON: Adopt a dog orcat. Small adoption fee and proofof ID required. Noon to 4 pm.Christ Church, 73rd Street andRidge Boulevard. (718) 836-2600.

BOOK SIGNING: Stitch Therapy, aknitting store, hosts a trunk showof handknit items from designerTeva Durham. Durham signs copiesof her book “Loop-D-Loop.” 1:30pm to 4:30 pm. 176 LincolnPlace. (718) 398-2020. Free.

DODGERS DO IT: Brooklyn His-torical Society hosts an exhibitabout the Dodgers Big Win.Learn how history of baseballconnects to the social history ofBrooklyn. Uniforms and equip-ment on display from the 1955World Series. $6, $4 seniors andstudents, free for members. 1 pm.128 Pierrepont St. (718) 222-4111.

BAMCINEMATEK: presents“Notorious Duo: North By North-west” (1959), directed by AlfredHitchcock. $10, $7 students. 3pm, 6 pm, 9 pm. 30 LafayetteAve. (718) 636-4100.

CARIBBEAN AUTHORS: BrooklynPublic Library, Central branch,presents writer Myriam J.A.Chancy. She reads from her book“The Scorpion’s Claw.” 4 pm.Grand Army Plaza. (718) 230-2100. Free.

SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE: BrooklynDance Center Dancers perform.Outside evening of dancing,Native American drumming andinspirational songs. 6 pm. SaltMarsh Nature Center, 3302 Ave.U. Call 311. Free.

ROOFTOP PROGRAM: Office Opshosts a festival of film and musicfeaturing “The Human Story.”Video artists and musicians exploretopic. $6. 8:30 pm. Rooftop, 57Thames St. (718) 418-2509.

SUN, SEPT 25

OUTDOORS AND TOURSATLANTIC ANTIC: 31st annual street

fair features five live entertainmentstages featuring over 50 acts.Also, food, street vendors, enter-tainment for kids, Middle Easternmusic and belly dancing, mer-chants and more. Music includesperformances by The Ponys, TheFabulous Soul Shakers, The HongKong, Detachment Kit, TheDansettes and others. 10 am to 5pm. Atlantic Avenue, from HicksStreet to Fourth Avenue. (718)875-8993. www.atlanticave.org.

GREEN-WOOD CEMETERY: TourGreen-Wood’s points of interestwith guide John Cashman. $6. 1pm to 3 pm. Meet at Fifth Avenueand 25th Street. (718) 768-7300.

FOLIAGE WALK: Urban Park Rangerstake a walk in Prospect Park. 1 pm.Meet at Audubon Center, Pros-pect Park. Enter park at LincolnRoad and Ocean Avenue. Free.

FORT GREENE WALK: New YorkLike a Native hosts a tour throughFort Greene and Clinton Hill. $15.1:30 pm to 4 pm. Call for meetingplace. (718) 393-7537.

GREENPOINT TOUR: Brooklyn His-torical Society takes a tour of thiswaterfront neighborhood. $15,$10 non-members. 2 pm. Meet atManhattan and Greenpointavenues, by the G train station.(718) 222-4111.

PERFORMANCEMUSIC: Brooklyn Public Library,

Central branch, presents violinistJoseph Lin. 2 pm. Grand ArmyPlaza. (718) 230-2100. Free.

OPERA: Champagne and CandlelightChamber Opera presents a fully-staged production of Handel’s“Acis and Galatea.” $20, $15 sen-iors, children and students. 8 pm.South Oxford Space, 138 SouthOxford St. (347) 596-3882.

HEIGHTS PLAYERS: “Brighton BeachMemoirs.” 2 pm. See Sat., Sept. 24.

MUSICAL: “Urinetown.” 3 pm. SeeSat., Sept. 24.

PLAY: “The Laramie Project.” 3 pm.See Sat., Sept. 24.

CHILDRENAPPLE FEST: Wyckoff Farmhouse

Museum celebrates the seasonwith apple games, crafts, ciderpressing and a canning and foodpreservation workshop. Live music.Noon to 4 pm. 5816 ClarendonRoad. (718) 629-5400. Free.

FAMILY NATURE WALK: BrooklynCenter for the Urban Environ-ment invites families to take aone-mile walk along the saltmarsh of Marine Park. SharonSeitz leads walk. $11, $9 mem-bers, $8 seniors and students. 3pm to 5 pm. Meet at Salt MarshNature Center, Avenue U at East33rd Street. (718) 788-8500.

OTHERWALK-A-THON: Dynamite Youth

Center, an adolescent substanceabuse treatment program, hostsits 8th annual fundraiser. 10 am.Bay Parkway and Shore RoadBike Path. (718) 376-7923.

FARMER’S MARKET: Locally grownfruits and vegetables and hand-made food for sale. 11 am to 5pm. JJ Byrne Park, Fifth Avenueand Fourth Street. (914) 923-4837.

PARADE LUNCH: Federation ofItalian American Organizationshosts a pre-Columbus Daybrunch. Noon. Oriental Manor,1818 86th St. Call for ticket info.(718) 259-2828.

FARMERS’ MARKET: at WyckoffFarmhouse Museum. 1 pm to 4pm. Also, gardening workshop“Permaculture Design.” 2 pm to4 pm. 5816 Clarendon Road.www.wyckoffassociation.org.(718) 629-5400.

BAMCINEMATEK: presents“Notorious Duo: North ByNorthwest” (1959), directed byAlfred Hitchcock. $10, $7 stu-dents. 3 pm, 6 pm, 9 pm. 30Lafayette Ave. (718) 636-4100.

EXHIBIT: Brooklyn Museum’s GalleryProgram celebrates its 20th yearand invites all former and currentstudents and instructors, as wellas the public, to a reception andexhibit of student art. 3 pm to 5pm. 200 Eastern Parkway. (718)501-6230. Free.

FILM: Narrows Botanical Gardenshosts an outdoor film: “War of theWorlds” (1953). Sundown. ShoreRoad, between 69th and 72ndstreets. www.narrowsbg.org. Free.

Kili Bar-Cafe81 Hoyt St. at State Street in Boerum Hill,(718) 855-5574.Tuesdays: Open acoustics, 10 pm, FREE; Fri-days: DJ Chappy plays rock, hip-hop and funk,10:30 pm, FREE.

The KingslandTavern244 Nassau Ave. at Kingsland Avenue inGreenpoint, (718) 383-9883.Sept. 17: MC Traciotomy, Gorch Fock, Ptero-dactyl, Knife Skills, 8 pm, $6.

Laila Lounge113 N. Seventh St. at Wythe Avenue inWilliamsburg, (718) 486-6791,www.lailalounge.com.Mondays: Karaoke Madness with the Corn-Fed Sisters, 10 pm, FREE; Tuesdays: HotButtered Mess, 7 pm, Whiskey Breath with RickRoyale, Alexander Lowry, and guests, 9:30 pm,FREE; Wednesdays: Jezebel Music Showcasewith an open mic, 7:30 pm, live music, 8:30 pm,FREE; Sept. 23: DJ Cloak and Dagger, 8:30pm, FREE; Sept. 24: DJ Yanacat, 10 pm, FREE.

Last Exit136 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in CobbleHill, (718) 222-9198, www.lastexitbar.com.Sept. 17: Raw Sugar with DJ Matilda vonCrumbcake & DJ Hot Chocolate Boy, TimeTBD, FREE.

Les Babouches7803 Third Ave. at 78th Street in Bay Ridge,(718) 833-1700.Saturdays and Fridays: Belly dancer Shahra-zad, 8 pm, FREE; Thursdays: Belly dancerMarta, 8 pm, FREE.

Liberty HeightsTap Room34 Van Dyke St. at Dwight Street in RedHook, (718) 246-8050, www.libertyheights-taproom.com.Thursdays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE.

Lillie’s46 Beard St. at Dwight Street in Red Hook,(718) 858-9822.Thursdays: Nadine’s Open Mic, 8 pm, FREE.

The Lucky Cat245 Grand St. at Roebling Street in Williams-burg, (718) 782-0437, www.theluckycat.com.Tuesdays: Joe McGuinty’s Piano Parlor andkeyboard karaoke, 10 pm, FREE; Wednesdays:Hex! with DJ Jeremy, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 17:Saturday Night Stomp with The Repercussions,Bulldozer, and special circus sideshow acts, 10pm, $5; Sept. 19: The Wrecking Ball withSputnik Booster and the Future Posers, Null-sleep, The Machinist, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 20:Little Mountain, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 21: Of theBetween, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 23: Nikki BorodiBand, 9 pm, $TBD; Sept. 24: Panic, 9 pm, $5.

The LuLu Lounge(Under TacuTacu) 134 N. Sixth St. at BedfordAvenue in Williamsburg, (718) 218-7889,www.ricerepublic.com.Saturdays, Thursdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 8pm, FREE.

Magnetic Field 97 Atlantic Ave. at Henry Street in BrooklynHeights, (718) 834-0069, www.magnetic-brooklyn.com.Mondays: Rock ‘n’ Roll DJ Exchange, 9 pm,FREE; Sept. 17: Esmeralda Strange, WLWL, 8pm $TBD, Penetration, 10:30 pm, FREE; Sept.21: Dick Swizzle’s Live Action Trivia, 8 pm, $5;Sept. 23: Live band karaoke, 9 pm, FREE;Sept. 24: The Merles, Low Water, 8 pm, $TBD.

Nalani’s Cafe andLounge565 Vanderbilt Ave. at Pacific Street in Pros-pect Heights, (347) 645-0507, www.nalani-cafe.com.Saturdays: Krush Groove, 9 pm, FREE; Sun-days: Live music featuring Jasme Kelly, 8 pm,FREE; Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE.

NationalRestaurant273 Brighton Beach Ave. at Brighton SecondStreet in Brighton Beach, (718) 646-1225,www.come2national.com.Saturdays: Live Russian music and dance show,9 pm, FREE (with $65 prix fixe dinner); Fridays:Live Russian music and dance show, 9 pm,FREE (with $50 prix fixe dinner); Sundays: LiveRussian music and dance show, 7 pm, FREE(with $50 prix fixe dinner).

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NightlifeNight of theCookers767 Fulton St. at South Portland Avenue inFort Greene, (718) 797-1197.Saturdays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE; Sundays:Live music, noon, FREE; Thursdays: Live jazz, 8pm, FREE; Fridays: Live jazz, 10 pm, FREE.

Northsix66 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williams-burg, (718) 599-5103, www.northsix.com.Sept. 17: CMJ Music Marathon with (Down-stairs) Antonius Block, Kill the Vultures, WeirdOwl, 7:30 pm, $TBD, (Upstairs) The BrianJonestown Massacre, Witch, Feathers, Hope-well, Maplewood, Cavalier King, 7 pm, $17;Sept. 18: Sabbat, The Chasm, Sun Descends,Superchrist, 9 pm, $15; Sept. 19: Cappadona,Killah Priest, RA the Rugged Man, 9 pm, $15;Sept. 20: Four Tet, Hot Chip, 9 pm, $12 inadvance, $15 day of the show; Sept. 23:(Downstairs) Law of Fives, Model A, Your NewBest Friend, 9 pm, $7, (Upstairs) Wolf Eyes,Sightings, Prurient, 9 pm, $10 in advance, $12day of the show; Sept. 24: The Ponys, Vietnam,9 pm, $10.

Ozzie’s CoffeeShop249 Fifth Ave. at Garfield Street in Park Slope,(718) 768-6868.Mondays: “Monday Night Monkathon,” TheMusic of Thelonious Monk by live performers,7:30 pm, FREE.

Peggy O’Neill’s1904 Surf Ave. at Keyspan Park in ConeyIsland, (718) 449-3200, www.peggyoneills.com.Sundays: Oakie Karaoke, 5 pm, FREE; Sept.17: Way to St. Patrick’s Day Party, 8 pm, FREE.

Pete’s CandyStore709 Lorimer St. at Richardson Street inWilliamsburg, (718) 302-3770, www.petes-candystore.com.Sundays: Open mic, 5 pm-8 pm, FREE; Sept.17: Megan Reilly, 9 pm, Tim Foljahn, 10 pm,Jimmy Winchell, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 18:Esmeralda Strange, 8:30 pm, Dick Deville, 9:30pm, Gabriel Judet-Weinshel, 10:30 pm, FREE;Sept. 19: Spelling Bee, 7:30 pm, Maewest, 9:30pm, Grace Church, 10:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 20:Bingo, 7 pm, Gretchen Witt, 9 pm, Matt Bauer,10 pm, Ryan Scott, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 21:Quizz-Off, 7:30 pm, John Cruz, 10 pm, FREE;Sept. 22: Malkolm Rollick, 9 pm, AdrienneNightengale, 10 pm, Rosy Nolan, 11 pm, FREE;Sept. 23: Poetry Reading, 7 pm, Real LiveTigers, 9 pm, KaiserCartel, 10 pm, UrsulaPoints, 11 pm, FREE; Sept. 24: Seth Faegolzia,8 pm, Babs and Friends, 9 pm, RebeccaShiffman, 10 pm, The Wowz, 11 pm, FREE.

Rbar451 Meeker Ave. at Graham Avenue inGreenpoint, (718) 486-6116.Saturdays: Live music featuring local artists, 10pm, FREE; Sundays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE;Tuesdays: “Mikey’s Big Gay Pajama Party,” 11pm, FREE; Wednesdays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE;Thursdays: Comedy night, 9 pm, FREE;Fridays: Open mic, 9 pm, FREE.

Sideshows by theSeashore1208 Surf Ave. at West 12th Street in ConeyIsland, (718) 372-5159, www.coneyisland.com.Sept. 23: The Black and the Jew present“Shock and Awe,” 10 pm, $15.

Solomon’s Porch307 Stuyvesant Ave. at Halsey Street inBedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 919-8001.Sundays: Open mic, 6 pm, FREE.

Southpaw125 Fifth Ave. at St. John’s Place in ParkSlope, (718) 230-0236, www.spsounds.com.Sept. 17: Triple 5 Soul Sessions Tour featuringBun B, Diplo & Low Budet//Hollertronix, SpankRock, DJ Language, DJ Lindsey, Time TBD,RSVP and pass pick up (see Web site); Sept.18: Goapele with DJ Eleven, 8 pm, $18 inadvance, $20 day of the show; Sept. 22: “Our

Children - Our Future,” a music and comedybenefit with performances by Alonzo Bodden,Majidi and Ensemble, Amma and Company, 8pm, $20; Sept. 23: The Pernice Brothers, TimFite, Jose Ayerve, Time TBD, $TBD; Sept. 24:Marshall Crenshaw Power Trio, Katy Mae, 7:30pm, $15, Dujeous, Akir, EQ, Time TBD, $TBD.

Spoke the HubGowanus Arts Building, 295 Douglass St. atThird Avenue in Park Slope, (718) 408-3234.Sept. 24: Brooklyn Sax Quartet, 8 pm, $10 ($5with student ID).

Sputnik262 Taaffe Pl. at DeKalb Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 398-6666, www.bar-sputnik.com.Tuesdays: The Music of Thelonious Monk bylive performers, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays:Unity Wednesdays, 10 pm, $5.

Stain766 Grand St. at Humboldt Street in Williams-burg, (718) 387-7840, www.stainbar.com.Mondays: Paint Stain, 5 pm, FREE; Tuesdays:Sean Nowell Quartet, 8 pm, FREE; Wednes-days: JAMstain, an informal open mic hostedby singers/songwriters, 9 pm, FREE; Thurs-days: Benecio and the Del Toros, 10 pm,FREE; Sept. 18: Stain’s 1st Birthday celebra-tion with live music, costumes, and more, 9pm, FREE; Sept. 23: Fire in the Belly, 10 pm,$5; Sept. 24: Thirsty Turtle Fundraiser with DJIbouti, 9 pm, $10.

Tea Lounge837 Union St. at Seventh Avenue in Park Slope,(718) 789-2762, www.tealoungeny.com.Sept. 22: Johanna, 9 pm, Paula Valstein, 10:30pm, FREE; Sept. 23: Blue Rooster Pie BluesBand, 9 pm, 10:30 pm, FREE.

Trash Bar256 Grand St. at Driggs Avenue in Williams-burg, (718) 599-1000, www.thetrashbar.com.Sept. 17: Avatars, 9 pm, The Electric Shadows,9:45 pm, Creatures of the Golden Dawn, 10:30pm, The Last Vegas, 11:15 pm, The BambooKids, midnight, The Hard Lessons, 12:45 am, $8(FREE with CMJ badge); Sept. 18: Kilowatt, 8pm, Dragons of Zynth, 9 pm, Shankbone MysticProject, 10 pm, Jungli, 11 pm, Tenderhead,midnight, $5; Sept. 19: Sans Souci, 8 pm, DeadLeaf Echo, 9 pm, Dream into Dust, 10 pm, TheInvisible Kid, 11 pm, The Autumn Thieves, mid-night, $6; Sept. 20: Eighteen Wheels Burning,8 pm, Horsey, 9 pm, The Barrens, 10 pm,Underpup, 11 pm, Plate Six, midnight, $6;Sept. 21: Luke DePalma and The Claw, 8 pm,The Pines, 9 pm, Matthew Hebert, 10 pm, C.Gibbs, 11 pm, LPFunk, midnight, $7; Sept. 22:“New York Sludge Fest: Doom and StonerRock” with Unearthly Trance, Agnosis,Supervillain, Uccultum, Bloody Panda, TheVoxx, 8 pm, $8; Sept. 23: The Staggs, 8 pm,The Mercy Killers, 9 pm, Elvis McMan, 10 pm,World War IX, 11 pm, The Brought Low, mid-night, $10; Sept. 24: White Owl, Sub Zero,New F**kin’ York, and more, 9 pm, $TBD.

Two BootsBrooklyn514 Second St. at Seventh Avenue in ParkSlope, (718) 499-3253, www.twobootsbrook-lyn.com.Sept. 23: The Wicked Messengers, 10 pm,FREE.

200 Fifth 200 Fifth Ave. at Sackett Street in Park Slope,(718) 638-2925.Saturdays: DJ Blazer spinning reggae and hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10; Fridays:Friday Night Salsa with a live salsa band andDJs Blazer One and Big Will spinning salsa,reggae, hip-hop, 10 pm, ladies $5, men $10.

Vox Pop1022 Cortelyou Road at Stratford Road in Flat-bush, (718) 940-2084, www.voxpopnet.net.Sundays: Open mic, 7:30 pm, FREE; Sept. 21:The Songwriter’s Exchange hosted by RebeccaPronsky, 8:30 pm, $5.

Water StreetRestaurant &Lounge66 Water St. at Main Street in DUMBO, (718)625-9352, www.brooklynjazzseries.com.Sept. 18: The Brooklyn Jazz Series kick-off,noon, Marcus Strickland Quartet, 1 pm,Rudresh Mahanthappa Quartet, 2:45 pm, MarkTurner Trio, 4:30 pm, Jazz jam session with allthree musicians, 5:45 pm, FREE (donation sug-gested to benefit Hurricane Katrina victims).

Waterfront AleHouse155 Atlantic Ave. at Clinton Street in BrooklynHeights, (718) 522-3794, www.waterfrontale-house.com.Sept. 17: Paul Sullivan Trio, 11 pm, FREE; Sept.24: Jon Sigel Quartet, 11 pm, FREE.

Zebulon258 Wythe Ave. at Metropolitan Avenue inWilliamsburg, (718) 218-6934, www.zebulon-cafeconcert.com.Sept. 17: Jack Rubys (Kenny Wollesen’s reggaeband), 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 18: Kneebody, 10pm, FREE; Sept. 19: Kneebody, 10 pm, FREE;Sept. 20: Avram Fefer Trio, 10 pm, FREE; Sept.21: Jim Hobbs & the Fully Celebrated Orchestra,10 pm, FREE; Sept. 22: Shapes, Texture, andSound Ensemble, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 23:Zemog, el Gallo Bueno, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 24:Ron Caswell’s “Tubapalooza Part Trois” withEast River Orchestra, 9:30 pm, Slavic Soul PartyCD Release Blowout, 10:30 pm, FREE.

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The Backroom(Inside Freddy’s Bar) 485 Dean St. at SixthAvenue in Prospect Heights, (718) 622-7035,www.freddysbackroom.com.Sept. 17: John Pinamonti & Friends, 9 pm, FREE;Sept. 18: Duet with Ghosts, 9 pm, FREE; Sept.19: Comedy Night, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 20: WillVinson, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 21: Simpulife, 9 pm,FREE; Sept. 22: “On the Way Out” music series,9 pm, FREE; Sept. 23: House of Mirrors, 9 pm,Kate Branagh, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 24: Will Scott,9 pm, The Malarkies, 10 pm, M Shanghai StringBand, 11 pm, FREE.

Barbes376 Ninth St. at Sixth Avenue in Park Slope,(718) 965-9177, www.barbesbrooklyn.com.Tuesdays: Slavic Soul Party, 9 pm, $8; Wednes-days: “Night of the Ravished Limbs,” 9 pm, $8;Sundays: Stephane Wrembel’s Hot Club of NewYork, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 17: Barbes Records cel-ebrates the release of Slavic Soul Party CD withSlavic Soul Party and Forro in the Dark, 8 pm, $10;Sept. 18: “A Benefit for the New Orleans ReliefEffort” with Anthony Coleman, 8 pm, $10; Sept.19: Hank Bones’ Farewell to New York Party, 9:30pm, FREE; Sept. 20: Pete Rushefsky & Alicia JoRabins, 7 pm, FREE; Sept. 21: vSoon, 8 pm, $8,Curhachestra, 10 pm, $TBD; Sept. 22: AngusMartin CD Release Party, 8 pm, Brewed by Noon,10 pm, $10; Sept. 23: The Four Bags, 8 pm, TheWiyos, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 24: Kidd Jor-dan/William Parker/Hamid Drake, 7 pm, $10,Chicha Libre!, 8 pm, FREE, The Roulette Sisters,10 pm, FREE.

Bembe81 S. Sixth St. at Berry Street in Williamsburg,(718) 387-5389, www.bembe.us.Saturdays: “Rhum,” live DJs alongside live Latinpercussion flavors, 9 pm, FREE; Sundays: “TheNew Music Initiative” with Selectors TrevorGoOdchiLde and DJ Kofi Obafemi, 9 pm, FREE;Mondays: “Cold Hands” with DJ DiGilog andspecial guest vocalists, 9 pm, FREE; Tuesdays:“Natural Selections” with DJ Jon Bless (JB) andguests, 9 pm, FREE; Wednesdays: “Conva-lescence” with DJ Stefan Andemicael, 9 pm,FREE; Thursdays: “Toque” with DJ Nat and livepercussion sets, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: “WorldBeat Flavors,” 9 pm, FREE.

Black Betty366 Metropolitan Ave. at Havemeyer Street inWilliamsburg, (718) 599-0243,www.blackbetty.net.Saturdays: DJ Lil’ Shalimar, 11 pm, FREE; Sun-days: Brazilian Beat with DJ Sean Marquand andDJ Greg Caz, 10 pm, FREE; Mondays: Rev. VinceAnderson and his Love Choir, 10:30 pm, FREE;Tuesdays: Hot Rocks, 10 pm, FREE; Thursdays:The Greenhouse with DJ MonkOne, 11 pm,FREE; Fridays: DJ Mihoko, 11 pm, FREE.

The BrooklynLyceum227 Fourth Ave. at President Street in ParkSlope, (718) 398-7301, www.gowanus.com.Sept. 17: Body Temple presents “Earthdance2005: The Global Festival for Peace,” 10:30 pm,$20 in advance, $25 at the door; Sept. 23:Mancino, 9 pm, Pants, 10 pm, Rockets and Cars,11 pm, $10.

Brooklyn NewMusic FestivalAlbee Square Plaza, Fulton Street at DeKalbAvenue in Downtown Brooklyn, (718) 488-8200,www.fultonstreet.org.Sept. 17: Brooklyn New Music Festival presentsSomi, 1 pm, Pistolera, 2 pm, Suffrajett, 3 pm,Shrine for the Black Madonna, 4 pm, Burnt Sugar,5 pm, FREE.

Cafe Steinhof422 Seventh Ave. at 14th Street in Park Slope,(718) 369-7776, www.cafesteinhof.com.Sept. 21: The Useless Bastards, 10:30 pm, FREE.

Chocolate Monkey329 Flatbush Ave. at Seventh Avenue in ParkSlope, (718) 813-1073.Saturdays: Express a.k.a. Open mic poetry tal-ent showcase, 8 pm, $7, Sexy Lounge Party withDJ Ozkar Fuller spinning house, classics and raregrooves, 11 pm, FREE; Sundays: “Krazy NannySundays” and karaoke with Lisa Love, 8 pm,FREE; Tuesdays: Singer/Songwriter Night host-ed by Boo Boo Cousins, 6 pm, FREE; Wednes-days: Comedy Showcase hosted by Ray DeJon,7 pm, $10; Thursdays: “Misbehaving Thurs-days” with karaoke hosted by Sandy, Dahlia, andSherika, 6 pm, FREE; Fridays: “After WorkKaraoke” with live DJ, 6 pm, FREE, Live musicand DJ, 11 pm, $5.

Club Exit147 Greenpoint Ave. at Manhattan Avenue inGreenpoint, (718) 349-6969, www.club-exit.com.Saturdays: DJ Dance Party, 10 pm, $15 (ladiesFREE until midnight); Fridays: DJ Dance Party, 10pm, FREE.

Cornerstone Bar1502 Cortelyou Road at Marlborough Road inFlatbush, (718) 940-9037.Tuesdays: Open mic, 8 pm, FREE.

CrossroadsSaloon2079 Coney Island Ave. at Kings Highway inSheepshead Bay, (718) 339-9393.Saturdays and Fridays: Karaoke, 9 pm, FREE.

D Vine ArtisteCafe492 Nostrand Ave. at Hancock Street inBedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 230-0303.Sundays: Live jazz, 10 am, FREE; Thursdays:Open mic, 7 pm, FREE.

Europa Night Club98 Meserole Ave. at Manhattan Avenue in Green-point, (718) 383-5723, www.europaclub.com.Saturdays: “VIP Dance Party,” 10 pm, FREEbefore 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Fridays:Sexy Progressive/Dance party, 10 pm, FREEbefore 10:30 pm, $15 after 10:30 pm; Sept. 18:Sofia Laiti, 7:30 pm, $10 (FREE before 8 pm withstudent ID).

Five Spot459 Myrtle Ave. at Washington Avenue inClinton Hill, (718) 852-0202, www.fivespotsoul-food.com. Saturdays: Riddim Nation, midnight, $5; Mon-days: Open turntables hosted by Elijah, 8 pm,FREE; Tuesdays: DJ Handspin Dinero, 6 pm,FREE, Hot Damn Comedy, 10 pm, $10;Wednesdays: DJ Copa, 6 pm, FREE, Soul F’Real,an R&B open mic for Soul Singers, 10 pm, FREE;Thursdays: Large Professor presents “Timbuktu,”10 pm, FREE; Sept. 17: Brooklyn New MusicFestival presents Muthawit, 9:30 pm, TheCitizens, 10:30 pm, $5; Sept. 18: Shanelle JazzJam Session, 9 pm, FREE; Sept. 23: Afrobeat, 9pm, $TBD, Frolic, midnight, $TBD; Sept. 24:Chicken Scratch (Brazilian soul), 9 pm, $TBD.

Frank’s Lounge660 Fulton St. at South Elliott Place in FortGreene, (718) 625-9339, www.frankscocktail-lounge.com.Saturdays: Sinful Saturdays with DJs Tyrone andInfinite, 9 pm, $5; Tuesdays: Tuesday Night Live,9 pm, 2-drink minimum; Wednesdays: Karaokewith Davey B, 9 pm, FREE; Fridays: Ffun DanceParty, 10 pm, $5; Sept. 23: (Upstairs) Deep HousePage Party with DJs Timmy Richardson, RalphMcDaniels, and Mike Walker, 9 pm, $TBD.

Galapagos70 N. Sixth St. at Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg,(718) 782-5188, www.galapagosartspace.com.Sundays: Sid and Buddy Karaoke, 10 pm, FREE;Fridays: VJ/DJ Friday Nights, 10 pm, FREE; Sept.17: CMJ Music Marathon with Black Forest/BlackSea, 7 pm, Traveling Bell, 7:45 pm, The Big Huge,8:30 pm, Larkin Grimm, 9:15 pm, Long LiveDeath, 10 pm, Fursaxa, 10:45 pm, Spires that inthe Sunset Rise, 11:30 pm, Urdog, 12:15 am, $10;Sept. 19: SMUT, 8 pm, FREE; Sept. 19: Burlesquewith Catherine Hourihan, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 20:(Front room) Minty Fresh, a stand-up comedybenefit for the Hurricane Katrina victims, 8 pm,FREE, (Back room) This is not the new MinstrelShow, 7:30 pm, FREE, Brooklyn Comedy Com-pany, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 21: Trophy Wives,Benicio and the Del Toros, 7 pm, $10, Darmstadtpresents Joshua Hess Saxophone Ensemble, 10pm, FREE; Sept. 22: Found Magazine/DavyRothbart’s Lone Surfer Tour 2005, 8 pm, $5, SeanKershaw, The Younger Sister Band, The MShanghai String Band, 10 pm, FREE; Sept. 23:GreenhomeNYC Fall Fundraiser, 7 pm, $TBD;Sept. 24: Dirty Lenin vs. The Feeling Foundation,8 pm, $5.

Good CoffeehouseParlor(At the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture) 53Prospect Park West at Second Street in ParkSlope, (718) 768-2972, www.bsec.org.Sept. 17: 8th Annual Park Slope Bluegrass & Old-Time Jamboree, 6 pm, $4; Sept. 23: African folk-rocker Tony Bird, 8 pm, $10 at the door, $6 forchildren.

Hank’s Saloon46 Third Ave. at Atlantic Avenue in Boerum Hill,(718) 625-8003.Sundays: Sean Kershaw & the New JackRamblers play a set of New Orleans songs, 9 pm,FREE (donation suggested).

The Hook18 Commerce St. at Columbia Street in RedHook, (718) 797-3007, www.thehookmusic.com.Sept. 17: CMJ Music Marathon with Coptic Light,8 pm, Khanate, 9 pm, Psychic Paramount, 10 pm,Mouthus, 11 pm, Circle, 12:15 am, $10; Sept. 23:Hip-hop Party, 9 pm, $TBD; Sept. 24: AudiophileRecordings present “99 Cents” series, 9 pm,$TBD.

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

iO Restaurant119 Kent Ave. at North Seventh Street in Wil-liamsburg, (718) 388-3320, www.iorestaurant-andlounge.com.Saturdays: DJ spins salsa and house, 10 pm,FREE ($5 after 11 pm); Fridays: DJ spins salsa andhouse, 10 pm, FREE.

Jazz 966966 Fulton St. at Cambridge Place in Clinton Hill,(718) 639-6910.Fridays: Live jazz, 8 pm, $10 donation.

The Jazz Spot179 Marcus Garvey Blvd. at Kosciuszko Street inBedford-Stuyvesant, (718) 453-7825, www.the-jazz.8m.com.Mondays: Jam session, 8 pm, $5; Sept. 17: EricLemon Trio, 9 pm, $10; Sept. 23: Steve Cromity& Trio, 9 pm, $10; Sept. 24: Ben JamesEnsemble, 9 pm, $10.

Keyspan Park1904 Surf Ave. at West 17th Street in ConeyIsland, www.rondelsenerpresents.com, (800)431-3462.Sept. 24: The White Stripes, The Shins andBrendan Benson, sold out; Sept. 25: The WhiteStripes, The Shins and M Ward, 7 pm (doors openat 5:30 pm), $45.

M Ward (above) will open for the White Stripes at Keyspan Park on Sept. 25.

both for and against Ratner’s plan.The only MTA board member to qutestion the deal at the hearing

was Mitchell Pally, a Suffolk county appointee. Pally said he was baffled that the board didn’t insist on getting

more money, or arrange a deal whereby Ratner had to pay the fullprice up front. His comment led to a heated exchange with MTAChairman Peter Kalikow.

“I’m not going to be subject to what an appraiser says. This is thedeal on the table,” Kalikow shot back.

Pally also questioned why the MTA was making its own transac-tion contingent upon the actions of other state authorities.

“Why is the MTA making closing contingent on these other bod-ies?” asked Pally. “We don’t know when this sale will close. It couldbe two years, it could be five years, it could be 10 years,” he said,pointing out that the MTA faces incredible demands in their currentcapital budget.

Kalikow argued that Forest City Ratner would be spending itsown money on a public railway that would be made state-of-the-art.

To that, Pally noted, “The MTA, alone, would never have builtany modifications to the Atlantic Yards,” and said he’d looked at the20-year projected needs assessment for the agency, which men-tioned nothing about upgrading the Long Island Rail Road yards atAtlantic Avenue.

“[The rail yard] works fine the way it is. Forest City Ratner mon-ey is not being used to substitute for projects the LIRR wants to do,”Pally said. “We’re now going to spend money on projects we don’twant to do, never wanted to do and don’t need? It makes no sense.”

After the vote, Borough President Marty Markowitz issued awritten statement in which he predicted that Atlantic Yards “will besomething that everyone, even those who may now oppose it, ulti-mately will see the great benefit of.”

Opponents saw the MTA’s decision as a commitment to cronyismover improved transit services, and criticized the board for acceptingwhat was decried as a “low-ball bid.”

“The MTA and Ratner have treated taxpayers with disdain andhave ignored the desires of the community,” said Daniel Goldstein,a spokesman for Develop-Don’t Destroy Brooklyn, which opposesthe Ratner project and its dependence on the potential use of emi-nent domain seizures of private property.

“We know Ratner stands to make a huge profit on this project,something on the order of $1 billion, yet he is determined to rip offthe straphangers of by nickel-and-diming them,” he said.

At a July hearing, after Forest City Ratner made a $50 million bidthat was trumped by a $150 million bid by Extell DevelopmentCompany. Ratner doubled his price during exclusive negotiationswith the MTA that did not allow participation by Extell.

In a statement Wednesday, Extell spokesman Bob Liff said, “Ex-tell is disappointed that the MTA took the lower bid for the Vander-bilt Yards. Our bid still stands, and we hope the community is givenan opportunity to fully participate in the process.”

Forest City Ratner officials did not return repeated calls for com-ment.

Bertha Lewis, executive director of the Alliance of CommunityOrganizations for Reform Now (ACORN), which is involved in theaffordable housing component in the Ratner plan, celebrated theMTA decision. “It’s a win,” she said. “I love it.”

“[Pally] certainly put some thought into it and I think it’s great hedid,” Lewis said. “But in the end, I’m very happy the board madethe decision it did.”

A study released by the city’s Independent Budget Office lastweek determined the development plan for the arena to bring $1million a year in revenues over 30 years.

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The $83.2 million facelift,which officials plan to completeby 2009, will include improvedentertainment attractions, devel-opment of a multicultural com-munity center with job trainingand recreational facilities and anincrease in the number of afford-able housing units on vacantcity-owned property in the area.

“Coney Island is an icon inNew York City,” said the mayor.

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blueprint for Coney Island’s fu-ture include:

• The transformation of Still-well Avenue into Stillwell Mid-way, a grand public open spaceconnecting existing amuse-ments with new development.

• A redesigned SteeplechasePlaza incorporating new openspace around the iconic Para-chute Jump between KeyspanPark and the boardwalk.

• New entertainment usesand retail amenities east ofKeyspan Park intended to sup-port the existing amusement at-tractions.

• More year-round activity onSurf Avenue including the possi-ble addition of a hotel and spa.

• Improving both Surf andMermaid avenues.

• Enhanced boardwalk activ-ity with added cultural activi-ties, changing facilities andconnections to the beach andboardwalk, which will becomeParachute Pavilion.

• Better integration of the NewYork Aquarium with the adjacentamusement area.

• Improvement of the area’sparking and transit infrastructure.

The CDIC will be workingout zoning strategies and guide-lines with the Department ofCity Planning, as part of thenext step of the process.

“For future generations ofBrooklynites, the best days areyet to come,” said Markowitz,adding that as a boy, Coney Is-land was his playground.

Among the crowd gatheredon the boardwalk were severalskeptical Coney Islanders, suchas Luz Mejies and CathyPhillips, who expressed fearthat the new developmentmight increase the rents andforce out local residents andsmall businesses that are al-ready there.

“I am concerned with whereI live,” said Phillips. “How af-fordable will the rent be in thenew affordable housing?”

“The rents will rise,” saidMejies. “It’s happening already.”

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Sources at the mayor’s officesaid this week the project wouldmove the dispatch and call-takingfunctions of the EMS, NYPDand FDNY, which are currentlyhoused in each borough, to thenew Metrotech facility. Themove would increase the work-force of callers and dispatchers,who work in shifts, by 1,800 in

Downtown Brooklyn.The entire system is com-

prised of 60,000 people whowork in the city’s public safetyagencies.

The emergency agencies cur-rently have separated dispatchcenters that work on differentcomputer systems and in differ-ent boroughs, but the new sys-tem, which must have “excel-lent radio and microwavetransmission and reception” willbe in strategic proximity to 11Metrotech.

Currently, fire dispatchershave bases in all five boroughs,while EMS has only one, inDowntown Brooklyn. Inquiriesto the NYPD were not returnedby press time.

According to an April 2004article in the New York Times,in order for emergency respon-ders themselves to communicateduring an emergency acrossagencies, they must at times dialinto the 911 system.

Each year, the 911 systemhandles 12 million calls, the arti-cle reported.

The plan is to consolidateeight call centers into oneMetrotech headquarter in order tostreamline the computer and callsystems across agencies.

The project is still so new,very few know about it.

Even leaders from Communi-ty Board 2, in whose district thenew, 410,000-square-foot callcenter would be placed, did notknow about the plans, since thelisting for the agency’s needs wascategorized as “Any Borough,”instead of Brooklyn, in the City-

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Q: My husband and I havea 7-week-old son, our firstchild. He refuses to sleep any-where but in our arms. If weset him down after he fallsasleep, he wakes up promptlyand starts crying. We usuallypick him up the minute hestarts crying. Sometimes wetry to tough it out, but he con-tinues to cry even after 15minutes. Can a baby thisyoung be spoiled simply bybeing held so much?

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“Here’s an important prin-ciple: Newborns cannot bespoiled,” says Ina Bransomeof Brooklyn, N.Y., a new par-ent mentor. “Newly born hu-mans really do depend fortheir very survival on a closebodily connection with a will-ing caregiver.”

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What keeps many babiessnuggly and calm, says DebKnight, a grandmother andnurse, is being wrapped in alight receiving blanket, witharms tucked in like a little pa-poose.

“Of course the baby is notspoiled, he’s just acting natu-rally,” says Joanna M.Pritchard, who describes her-self as a mother of twopreschoolers who “obsessive-ly researched” all the optionsthat shake parents’ confidence.

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Parent-to-Parent the baby has gas or gets star-tled awake when he goes fromMom or Dad’s arms to hiscrib. Warm his bed with a hotwater bottle, she suggests, be-fore placing the baby in it.

A reader disagrees with thenotion that babies cannot bespoiled and speaks for “cry-it-out” advocates: “Yes, even ababy that young can learnhow to get Mom to pick himup. When my daughter wasonly three weeks old, shewould cry uncontrollablywhen I put her down to sleepat night.”

Her pediatrician told her tolet her daughter cry until shewent to sleep so she wouldlearn that crying didn’t workas a strategy for getting pickedup. “Even though that wasmany years ago, I still clearlyremember how awfully hard itwas to hear my baby cry andnot pick her up. But after onlytwo nights, we never had theproblem again,” the Georgiamother says.

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To most, a Clonie is better than aOscar, Emmy, Tony, Grammy or even— dare I say it — an American MusicAward.

Why? Well, forone thing, there areno awards cere-monies filled withgushing winners.The season is over,so the winners arealready home,where they cangush quietly andthank their relatives in person, withoutworry that the music will come up,drowning them out and forcing themoff the stage. And to win a Clonie, onemust actually do something well —and do it right the first time. There is nosong dubbing, no re-takes of scenes, nomagical recording devices and no spe-cial effects. And so, absent undue ado,the envelopes please:

Statue of Liberty Upraised Throw-ing Arm Award: Catcher Drew Buterawins this one, because of talent, a dad whowore the tools of ignorance, and goodgenes.

Butera owes a debt to his dad, who, asHall of Fame receiver Yogi Berra wouldsay, “Learned him his experience.” Thesenior Butera, Sal, played nine years in themajors as a catcher for a variety of teams,and he stuck around because of his defense.Sal passed those lessons on to his son, whowas a shortstop as a youth, but began wear-ing the catching gear when he was in histeens.

Drew’s genes also include relatives inBrooklyn, which can’t hurt.

The stats? Drew Butera threw out 29 of62 attempted base stealers.

The Jumbo Shrimp OxymoronAward: Joe Holden is this year’s under 6-foot player who plays really big.

Holden is 5-foot-11, a rather average sizefor a civilian, but his play was anything butaverage. Projected as a backup outfielderwhen the year began, Holden soon earned astarting job in center field, and later in left.

Nicknamed Wantagh Joe, for his LongIsland hometown, Holden hit .291 and stole22 bases (third in the league), and improvedhis standing in the Mets organization.

If we were so inclined, Holden could winanother award as matinee idol of the year,based on an unscientific study that took noteof the constant female screaming when hewas at bat. He could win another award asbest semi-local talent on Brooklyn.

But one award is enough already for thistalented, handsome, Long Island “shrimp.”

The Joisy Guy Award: Hey, doesn’tJersey shore guy Bruce Springsteen sing“Glory Days?” And Hoboken’s Frank Sina-tra did a haunting rendition of “There Usedto be a Ballpark.” Jackie Robinson playedhis first minor league game in Jersey City,and Dodgers Don Newcombe and DuckyMedwick were both Jersey guys.

So, in honor of Joisy guy Bobby Ojeda,the Cyclones’ pitching coach in 2001-2002,and Harold Eckert, an 11-game winner forthe inaugural Clones, we honor Joe D’A-lessandro, right-handed relief pitcher fromGlassboro in South Jersey. Joe had a recordof 1-2 with a 5.14 ERA and two saves.

Honorable mention: Cyclones PA an-nouncer Dom Alagia, from the Jersey

there, his record was 3-5 with an ERA of8.86.

But let’s give the Mets credit on this one.Parnell, who was an infielder in highschool, was a late-bloomer and someone inthe Mets scouting staff recognized that, be-cause Parnell was picked in the ninth roundof the 2005 draft.

Under the tutelage of Cyclones pitchingcoach Steve Merriman, Parnell had only a2-3 record this season, but his minusculeERA of 1.73 led the league. Often Parnellwould pitch great, but the Cyclones wouldlose.

Maybe next year we’ll give a BobbyParnell Clonie Award to the player whoseperformance is the biggest surprise of theyear, based on previous stats.

The Man Who Came to DinnerAward: Robert Paulk came to the Cy-clones early in the season on injury rehab,and he was supposed to be in Brooklyn foronly a few relief appearances.

But as Paulk’s time on the injury rehablist kept getting extended, people kept say-ing goodbye to him, only to see him backthe next week.

Finally, in late August, it became appar-ent that the Mets were going to leave Paulkin Brooklyn for the season — but you nev-er know, and Cyclones fans were still con-stantly checking to see if Paulk was stillaround.

Paulk, who pitched for the Cyclones in2003 and 2004, is a fan favorite for his en-gaging personality, and after a 4-0 recordwith an ERA of 0.95 this season, he’llprobably get that promotion he so desper-ately wants — and deserves.

The Ageist Award: The only no-brain-er this year, the Ageist Award honors anyplayer who clearly has no respect for octo-genarians and above.

On June 29, 2005, at Keyspan Park,128-year-old Moonlight Graham (or a rea-sonable facsimile) came out of a cloud ofsmoke in center field to get his at-bat, aftera hundred years of waiting on the bench.

Pitching was this year’s award winner,Steve Merriman.

Graham appeared somewhat rusty as abatter and Merriman, using fastballs,worked the count to 1-1 before catcherDrew Butera signaled for a brush-backpitch. Merriman, showing some compas-sion, refused to deck a centenarian-plus hit-ter.

Instead, Merriman promptly moweddown Graham with more fastballs, quicklystriking him out.

Merriman gets his Clonie for bearingdown, striking out Graham, and showingthat if you have a dream — as did Moon-light Graham — don’t wait a hundred yearsto get it done.

shore, for his now Brooklyn-correct pro-nunciation of Nostrand Avenue.

The No relation to Mel ParnellSleeper Award: Mel Parnell was a greatBoston Red Sox left-hander who was 123-75 lifetime in 10 big-league seasons.

Bobby Parnell, no relation, was a not-so-great college pitcher. The right-hander was1-6 with a 6.82 ERA as a sophomore atCharleston Southern University. As a junior

By Ed Shakespearefor The Brooklyn Papers

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Kyle Anson sent a two-runblast over the wall in right atStaten Island for a walk-offhomer to give the Yankees a 5-3 victory over the WilliamsportCrosscutters in the final gameof a best-of-three series Mon-day night.

The Staten Islanders wereset to face the Auburn Dou-bledays, an affiliate of theToronto Blue Jays, in theChampionship Series begin-ning on Sept. 14 in Auburn.

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Talley Henning, 29, and EricBrown, 37, are the August winners ofThe Brooklyn Bride cruise-a-monthgiveaway, sponsored by Michael C.Fina. The Cobble Hill couple plan tobe married in a civil ceremony on May13, 2006, under a big Banyan tree onIsla Verde, in Puerto Rico. They expect100 guests to join them at the El SanJuan Hotel.

The bride-to-be is the daughter ofLinda Bruce and the late E.J. Bruce, ofColorado Springs, Colo. She attendedPalmer High School in ColoradoSprings, class of 1994, and WesternState College of Colorado, graduatingmagna cum laude in 1997 with a de-gree in English and Theater. She cur-rently works at the Columbia Universi-

ty bookstore.The groom-to-be is the son of An-

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Who proposed, and how?The groom-to-be says: “I

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Concerns about the wedding?The bride-to-be says: “The

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Vanessa Franco, 23, and JonathanRamirez, 32, plan to be married by Fa-ther McGillicuddy on June 23, 2006,at the Our Lady of Perpetual HelpBasilica in Sunset Park.

The reception will be at the Rivierain Coney Island.

The bride-to-be’s mother is RosauraNieto, of Sunset Park. Franco attendedBishop Ford High School (class of2000) and earned her degree in PublicAffairs from Baruch College in 2004.

She currently works as a medicalsecretary.

The groom-to-be is the son of Ireneand Jose Ramirez of Sunset Park. Hegrew up in Park Slope, attended JohnJay High School (class of 1991) andSt. John’s University, graduating in1996. He is employed as an investmentbanker in Raleigh, North Carolina,where the couple is currently living.

How did you meet?The bride-to-be says: “At the 2000

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Who proposed, and how?The bride-to-be says: “Jonathan pro-

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Engagement & Wedding Announcementshamton, graduating in 1998, and theUniversity of Pennsylvania in 2005.

He is pursuing a doctorate in medi-cine.

The couple currently resides in Bal-timore, Md.

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“Josh and I were married by a judgeat Brooklyn Supreme Court becausewe come from inter-religious back-grounds.

“After the ceremony, we went to theBrooklyn Heights promenade for pho-tos by Adrienne Deppe. Twenty familymembers and intimate friends attendedthe ceremony. Afterwards, we dined atJolie Restaurant.

“Thanks to the lovely weather, wewere able to eat out on the back deck atthe restaurant. The wooden deck is sur-rounded by a warm orange paintedfence, and flowers adorned the area inabundance.

“We feasted on vegetable terrine,warm goat cheese salad, and vichys-soise as appetizers, and for the maincourse, grilled vegetables with celeryroot, hangar steak with frites, ‘raviolide royan,’ and tilapia with ginger andscallion soy sauce. Dessert was exqui-site, with a choice between the flour-less chocolate cake and warm appletart.

WEDDINGSHafferty – Fischer

Evelyn Hafferty, 28, and JoshuaEthan Fischer, 29, were married onMay 5, 2005, at the BrooklynSupreme Court, in an intimate ceremo-ny with their immediate family in at-tendance. Judge Gerald Held officiat-ed. The reception was held at Jolierestaurant in Boerum Hill.

The bride is the daughter of Johnand Jean Hafferty of Rutland, Mass.Hafferty attended Wachusett RegionalHigh School in Holden, Mass., classof 1995, and Syracuse University,graduating in 1999. She is currentlyself-employed as a design consultantand freelance writer.

The groom is the son of SharronFischer Commack, N.Y., and the lateSam Fischer, of Brooklyn. Fischergrew up in Canarsie and attended Ed-ward R. Murrow High School, class of1994, then went on to SUNY Bing-

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Sometimes it’s hard to be unique— especially when planningyour wedding. If the thought of

hosting your big event in a catering halllike everybody else makes you cringe,consider Brooklyn’s bevy of off-the-beaten path venues that, with a littleimagination, are wedding sites waitingto happen.

For hopeless romantics, the BrooklynBotanic Garden provides the ultimatedreamy setting for a picturesque weddingamidst flowers, the faint buzzing of ci-cadas and — yes, in Brooklyn — butter-flies. Spanning 52 acres in the heart of theborough, the Botanic Garden offers threespaces for weddings, each uniquely beau-tiful in its own way. And there’s a karmicperk: the BotanicGarden is a non-profit cultural insti-tution, so all themoney poured intoyour special eventwill benefit not onlyyou and yourguests, but a worthycause.

Appreciate theOld World charmand recall the ele-gant simplicity ofthe Italianate Os-borne Garden, thelargest of the threesites, and the mostformal. The sprawl-ing 30,000-square-foot expanse oflawn provides am-ple room for larger parties, headed by agray stone fountain and lined by cone-shaped evergreens. This garden’s singularbeauty lies in the subtlety of its varyingshades of green, carefully perfected byhorticulturists and maintained throughoutthe seasons.

In the springtime, azaleas and rhodo-dendrons add brilliant reds to the colorscheme, while purple wisteria hangs fromthe stone columns bordering the lawn.

And it’s not just for weddings — loversshould consider the Osborne Garden’s“whispering benches” for proposals.

Those with a penchant for tranquilitywill find the perfect wedding venue in theJapanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, a quietenclosure designed to mirror nature. Aserene pond is surrounded by windingwalkways and stepping stones, while awooden tea house overlooks the water.Squat, pruned shrubbery lines the path toa hill bordering the pond, where a miniamphitheater provides the ideal settingfor an intimate ceremony with breathtak-ing views.

Spring brings pink cherry blossoms; byautumn, those blossoms give way toauburn leaves. (In fact, it’s recommendedthat those planning spring and summerweddings book well in advance.)

For an old-fashioned, romantic wed-ding, the Cranford Rose Garden provides5,000 fragrant, elegant rosebushes and araised, white, latticed pavilion.

“The best month for weddings in thisgarden is June,” Sofiya Cabalquinto, pub-lic affairs coordinator for the Brooklyn

Botanic Garden, told GO Brooklyn. “Theroses are spectacular then, and the gardenlooks like it was made for hosting a wed-ding.” The blooms line a rectangular spaceperfect for guests to lazily stroll, surround-ed by colors and scents, and the gazebo-style pavilion, washed in sunshine andlaced by climbing rose vines, provides acharming ceremony space.

The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s PalmHouse, a sprawling Victorian-style conser-vatory with ceiling-to-floor windows, of-fers catered receptions (up to 400 peoplefor cocktail receptions and up to 300people for dinner and dancing) throughits in-house catering company, Charles,Sally & Charles.

Daytime catering fees for Charles,Sally & Charles range from $110-$120per person; evening catering fees rangefrom $140-$160 per person (excluding

tax and gratuity).Daytime loca-

tion fees for anyevent in the PalmHouse are $2,000,Monday-Friday,and $2,500 onweekends and holi-days. Evening loca-tion fees are $3,000Monday-Fridayand $4,000 week-ends and holidays.The rental fee forthe gardens is $350for up to 50 people;$5 for each addi-tional person, witha 60-person limit.

Additional fees:photography fee(includes security

guard) of $250 for up to 20 people; $5 ad-ditional fee per person with no limit; nocharge for children under 16.

Play ball!If all this romance is too much for

you, there are plenty of wedding venueson the lighter side — this is Brooklyn,after all. Do you and your beloved lovebaseball? How about getting hitched atthe home of the Brooklyn Cyclones?Opened in 2001, Keyspan Park offers theperfect mixture of kitsch and cute fortwo sports fans in love, and this ConeyIsland stadium can accommodate partieslarge and small.

Hardcore fans can rent the Party Deckduring the season (mid-June through mid-September), with panoramic views of theAtlantic Ocean and the Manhattan skylinein the distance, and Astroland AmusementPark looming over left field and theboardwalk to the right. The space includespicnic tables and two rows of balconyseating, and there’s plenty of room tomix and mingle.

Or opt for the Luxury Suites, whereguests can kick back in a climate-con-trolled lounge or enjoy two rows of out-door balcony seating. For bigger crowds,the entire facility can be rented — onnon-game days — complete with tentsset up on the field. Events can also beheld in the Brooklyn Baseball Gallery,the park’s museum dedicated to the his-tory of baseball in Brooklyn, surroundedby memorabilia and exhibits.

“We can easily accommodate parties

of up to 500,” said Steve Cohen,Keyspan Park manager and Cyclonesgeneral manager. Just make sure yourguests bring sunscreen and windbreak-ers; the stadium gets its fair share of sun-shine and ocean breezes.

The Party Deck holds up to 100 peopleand costs $2,500 per night, which includes100 tickets, group recognition on the ball-park’s video scoreboard, a variety of spe-cialized menus provided by Aramark(food and beverage costs not included inrental fee), and waiter service. The LuxurySuites cost $1,000-$1,500 per night andinclude 18 tickets, group scoreboardrecognition, a variety of specialized menus(food and beverage costs not included inrental fee) and waiter service.

Events held in the Brooklyn BaseballGallery are $250 for the first hour and$150 for each additional hour. Or opt forthe $750 flat rate (includes 90-minutepre-game party and 40 box seats), or$600 flat rate (includes 90-minute pre-game party and 40 bleacher seats). Addi-tional seats can be purchased at regularticket rates; food and beverages are notincluded in the rental fees.

Field rental with tent setup varies de-pending on how elaborate the event is, ac-cording to general manager Steve Cohen.

For more information about cateringpossibilities or restrictions, contact the Ara-mark Sales Office at Keyspan Park at(718) 266-7741.

Be a starCulture-minded couples should con-

sider hosting their wedding in King’sCounty’s most illustrious performingarts center, the Brooklyn Academy ofMusic (BAM), where custom-madeweddings are treated as technically as aBroadway show.

“For us, everything is a production,”said Mario LaMothe, assistant generalmanager of BAM. “And your weddingis a production, too.”

The seating capacity for non-theatri-cal events at BAM’s Lepercq Space is150, but up to 400 people can be ac-commodated with standing room. How-

ever, most wedding parties here cap outat around 180 people; beyond that, saidLaMothe, space for a dance floor is lim-ited.

This Fort Greene institution’s restau-rant and banquet facility includes theatri-cal lighting, sound and video systemsand is located above BAM’s grand lob-by, where most couples opt to have theirceremony. Receptions are catered byBAM’s in-house catering company,Great Performances, in the secondfloor’s BAMcafe. But weddings can alsotake place in BAM’s dance studios,stages and other public spaces, accordingto LaMothe.

“We work in production, so we pay at-tention to your event,” said LaMothe.“We advise you, but we give the detail-oriented person a chance to have theirsay, and every detail is met.”

Brooklynites on a budget also benefitfrom hosting their weddings here; BAMoffers a whopping 50 percent discount onthe rental fee to Brooklyn residents. (Thisdiscount does not apply to the cost of la-bor, which is provided in-house by BAMand prospective renters should take notethat the space is offered as-is, with the la-bor comprising the bulk of the expenses.)Another perk: if the festivities end early,BAM will refund the fee for unusedbooked time.

“We budget to the hour,” advisedLaMothe. “We don’t pad our charges.”And like the Botanic Garden, BAM is anonprofit organization, so couples canfeel good about giving back to the per-forming arts world while indulging them-selves and their guests.

The rental fee is $1,500 per day fornon-residents; $750 per day for Brooklynresidents. Additional fees: in-house laborfee (varies, ranging from $2,200 to$5,000, according to LaMothe).

Catering must be provided by GreatPerformances; call (212) 727-2424 orvisit www.greatperformances.com formore information. Prices start at $125 perperson, which includes menu, bar, and la-bor but does not include the cost of decoror equipment.

Bride’s GuideBAM, 30 Lafayette Ave. at St. Fe-

lix Street in Fort Greene. For more in-formation, contact the rentals officeat (718) 636-4198 or e-mail rentals@bam.org or visit www.bam.org.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 1000Washington Ave. at Montgomery Streetin Prospect Heights. For wedding cere-monies only (not full-catered affairs),contact the Registration Office at (718)623-7220 or visit www.bbg.org for moreinformation. For full wedding packages,including seated ceremonies, contactthe Palm House at (718) 398-2400 or vis-it www.palmhouse.com.

Keyspan Park, 1904 Surf Ave. atWest 19th Street in Coney Island. Formore information, contact Liz Lombardiat (718) 449-8497 or visit www.brooklyn-cyclones.com.

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(Top) The Brooklyn Botanic Garden has several areas that make breathtakingbackdrops for ceremonies, including the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden.(Above) The Brooklyn Academy of Music, and its in-house caterer GreatPerformances, will treat your wedding like one of their productions.

Setting your sites

On Sept. 19 the Prospect ParkAlliance will celebrate the reno-vation of one of its weddingvenues: the Picnic House.

After 14 months and $3 mil-lion of improvements to the 77-year-old, two-story brick build-ing’s roof, floor, lighting,ventilation system, bathrooms,landscape and catering facili-ties, the Alliance invites all ofthose brides and grooms whohave been married at the site tobring their photos, their favoritewedding songs and their wed-

ding traditions to a ribbon cut-ting and reception at noon inthe Picnic House, located be-hind Litchfield Villa, across thePark Drive, on a knoll over-looking the Long Meadow.

“It’s the perfect-sized spacethat can be used in any numberof interesting ways,” explainedProspect Park AdministratorTupper Thomas of the sitewhich accommodates 175guests for a seated dinner anddancing.

The cost to rent the Picnic

House begins at $4,000 for an 8-hour block which includes tables,chairs, upright piano and securi-ty; catering fees are additionaland caterers must be chosenfrom the Alliance’s list of ap-proved businesses. For infor-mation about renting the house,visit “Event Planning” on theWeb site www.prospectpark.orgor call (718) 287-6215. To RSVPto the reception and share yourPicnic House wedding memoriesand photos, e-mail epatron@prospectpark.org. — Lisa J. Curtis

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