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In wake of MTA bus cuts, city boosts dollar vans By Gary Buiso The city wants dollar vans to fill a huge gap in Brownstone Brooklyn bus service that was created by MTA service cuts last month. The Taxi and Limousine Commission quietly approved the privatization initiative that will allow livery vans to operate along bus routes eliminated by the cash-strapped state agency — including the B71 route that once journeyed from Columbia Street through tony Carroll Gardens and Park Slope on its way to Crown Heights. Williamsburg’s former B39 line, which was popular with seniors and the handicapped because it went over the Williamsburg Bridge, is also included in the initiative. Under the plan, the vans will only be allowed to pick up passengers at specified locations — but drop-offs can be at locations negotiated by the
‘SPONGE’ WORTHY? Battle brews over name of a water-sipping Gowanus park By Gary Buiso The Brooklyn Paper
Call it “The Project Formerly Known as Sponge Park.” A dispute between the architect of an innovative greenspace and the not-for-profit group heading up its development has left a proposed Gowanus park without a name. It was all smiles back in 2008 when “Sponge Park” — whose name refers to the absorptive power of plants planned along the length of the 1.8mile canal — was unveiled. The landscape architecture firm dlandstudio and the Gowanus Canal Conservancy said they hatched the idea together to capture excess rainwater during storms so that less raw sewage gets into the canal. But behind the public meetings and ebullient press releases, there was a rift wider than the canal itself. It turns out that “Sponge Park” is not some kind of public trust — it’s a trademarked name that belongs to dlandstudio — as do two Web domain names that use the name to promote dlandstudio’s business. “They trademarked the name without our knowledge or permission,” said Andy Simons, chairman of the
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WHAT’S IN A NAME? “Sponge Park” soaks up water.
Dollar vans typically compete against buses. Now, in some neighborhoods, the vans may replace eliminated bus lines.
driver and commuter. Where the rubber hits the road, not everyone is getting on board. The proposal is likely to be lambasted in neighborhoods such as Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, where the so-called “dollar vans” have not traditionally operated. As such, civic leaders in those neighborhoods expressed fear. “Oh my god, it’s insane!” said Maria Pagano, president of the Carroll Gardens Neighborhood Association. “You’ll have guys dive-bombing in and out on Union Street between school buses.” Roy Sloane, president of the Cobble Hill Association, added that the “public-private partnership” leaves a bad taste in his mouth. “The government should be providing essential services that don’t necessarily make a profit,” he said. “The government and this administration seem to be keen on privatizing all the services that See DOLLAR on page 5
FLATBUSH SQUEEZE Roadway to lose a lane for arena work By Stephen Brown The Brooklyn Paper
Susannah Drake’s dlandstudio, owns the name “Sponge Park” even though it worked on the idea with public cash. Gowanus Canal Conservancy. Simons specifically blamed dlandstudio’s principal, Susannah Drake, for the betrayal. Strong word? You decide: For her work on the park, Drake received about $21,000, of which $16,000 came from a New York State Council for the Arts grant. Simon’s mind is made up. “As soon as you take public funds, See SPONGE on page 13
This could be a common look on Flatbush Avenue starting on Aug. 1, when the roadway gets narrowed by one lane.
The area around the new home of the Brooklyn Nets will be anything but a slam dunk for drivers next month as Flatbush Avenue will be narrowed to accommodate construction workers. The six-lane road will be squeezed to five lanes between Atlantic Avenue and Dean Street, and the center track will run in the peak direction — towards the Manhattan Bridge during the morning rush, and away from it the rest of the day. The new traffic pattern will go into effect on Aug. 1, and will remain in place until 2012, the Empire State Development Corporation said.
The lane is being eliminated to allow construction workers to move subway structures and make way for a new loading zone at the Barclays Center site, which is just southeast of the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues. ESDC spokeswoman Beth Mitchell said that traffic agents will be dispatched to make the three block lane loss as painless as possible. “Traffic agents will be there as long as the [city] Department of Transportation determines they are necessary,” Mitchell said. Expect those agents to keep busy. The area is constantly jammed, mostly due to car traffic, but congestion has also been exacerbated
since the one-block portion of Fifth Avenue between Flatbush and Atlantic avenues was eliminated. That roadway was a key part of the B63 bus line. Now, Downtown-bound buses must turn from Fifth Avenue onto Flatbush Avenue and then block traffic as they wait to turn left at Atlantic Avenue But Mitchell said that buses won’t make traffic any worse once the Flatbush Avenue constriction goes into affect. “The Department of Transportation did not foresee a significant impact to the traffic flow,” she said. A southbound bus stop for the B41 and B67 will also be eliminated at Fifth Avenue as part of the construction.
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Nature always finds a way! Dozens of geese return to Prospect Park, defying feds By Stephen Brown
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Like a fowl Phoenix rising from the ashes of its fallen brethren, at least 37 geese have been spotted swimming on Prospect Park lake — less than a month after the federal government massacred 290 of the popular water birds in a nocturnal operation that shocked the borough. Now, park-goers are already feeding the newcomers scraps of food, setting the stage for another population boom next mating season. In fact, if the goose population continues to grow at this pace, their numbers will return to pre-slaughter levels within mere months. Critics of the federally mandated slaughter say that the arrival of the new-
comers only proves that the chosen removal method — mass extermination — is not effective. “The program kills geese, and then more will fly in — as they have in Prospect Park — and then they’ll have to kill more geese,” said Laura Simon, an official with the Humane Society, which advocates non-lethal methods of animal control and population management. Another gossicide is not in the immediate future, according to Carol Bannerman, a spokeswoman with the federal agency that carried out the culling. And an official with the state Department of Environmental Conserva-
tion suggested that more killing won’t be necessary because the goose population on the lake will not continue to rapidly grow. “I would not predict this influx to continue steadily to the point that no appreciable reduction in numbers is evident,” said the official, Bryan Swift, who runs the Game Bird unit. “Keep in mind that geese are quite mobile, and most of the resident birds are completing their molt and beginning to fly or move around again. The birds may have been regular visitors of Prospect Park that happened to be somewhere else.”
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Around 30 Canada Geese are back in Prospect Park — the site of a federally mandated massacre of 290 of them earlier this month.
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Inside the blood lust Prior to Capt. Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger’s lauded crash landing on The federal government approach the Hudson River, the city had used toward geese became “more aggres- a mix of lethal and non-lethal measive” — and more lethal — in the sures to control the exploding goose population near days after the socalled Miracle NEWS ANALYSIS airports. But geese on the Hudson, resulting in the exclusion of ani- were not routinely slaughtered mal experts from the decision-mak- beyond that close range. That all changed after investiing process and setting the stage for the execution of thousands of gators blamed migratory geese for See FEDS on page 13 waterfowl.
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RIVAL FOOD CO-OP MOVES FORWARD By Jared Foretek
The place features lots of old coffin wood — and places to bury yourself if you’ve had too much.
They’re dying to get in New Williamsburg bar is in an old coffin factory By Aaron Short The Brooklyn Paper
If you’re dying for a drink, there’s only one place to get it: At the new bar and music venue in a former coffin shop in East Williamsburg. Owners Heather and Jeff Rush are about to open the Pine Box Rock Shop on Grattan Street — and the site’s macabre past is definitely part of this bar’s present.
“The ramp behind the bar is where they used to roll the caskets down,” said Heather Rush, before adding, “Ooooooooooh!” Jeff Rush insists that any ghosts that may have been staying at the factory have since departed. Right after he and his wife bought the space, they stayed in a tent overnight and they didn’t hear anything. “It’s not haunted,” said Rush. “Or
if it is, they didn’t bother us.” For a place that used to be a casket factory, it sure doesn’t smell like death — but there is a modern funereal feel, thanks to all the wood on the walls. But don’t think somber thoughts — the wood isn’t from old coffins, but packing crates. “Our architect wanted to do this See COFFIN on page 9
Praise the lord and pass the kohlrabi! Organic food lovers moved one step closer to picking out perfect uglifruit at their own member’s-only supermarket last week as the Greene Hill Food Co-Op — a grocery modeled after Park Slope’s famous version — rented a storefront on Putnam and Grand avenues. “We’re following their model in a lot of ways,” said founder DK Holland, herself a member of the Park Slope sister store. “We don’t want to reinvent the wheel.” Of course, the food co-op has a long way to go to achieve the renown of its 37-year-old sibling, the biggest such shop in the country. Foodies from Fort Greene, Clinton
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Greene Hill Food Co-op cofounder DK Holland outside the future home of the members-only supermarket on Putnam and Grand avenues in Clinton Hill.
Hill, Prospect Heights and BedfordStuyvesant are signing up and looking forward to a store that will not only bring shoppers high-quality goods for discounted prices, but also bring together people of varying backgrounds. “We’re excited about the neighborhood because it’s a mixed [paper, not plastic] bag,” said Holland. The quest for a co-op all started over two years ago, and the organizers focused on the Clinton Hill end of the neighborhood because, Holland said, “it’s a real food desert with some very expensive oases.” After The Brooklyn Paper ran a story about the fledgling effort, interest quickly spiked. “We immediately got 900 people [interested] in it,” she said. Many members of the Park Slope See CO-OP on page 5
Can he hit .400? Cyclone Darrell Ceciliani is chasing Maloof
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Darrell Ceciliani stumbled and bumbled his way to the plate with the winning run last Thursday. Ceciliani had doubled and then was singled home by Cory Vaughn, though he almost didn’t make it.
Can Darrell Ceciliani hit .400? By Gersh Kuntzman The Brooklyn Paper
Darrell Ceciliani is the best hitter in the history of the Brooklyn Cyclones — but does he have what it takes to be Jack Maloof? Maloof, of course, was the last New York–Penn League player to hit .400, one of the single greatest achievements in baseball. Maloof did it in 1971, hitting .402 for the Auburn Twins (now Doubledays). Going into Wednesday night’s game, Ceciliani was leading the league with a .389 batting average through 38 games. To reach Maloofian levels, he’d have to hit .411 the rest of the way.
Is it doable? Jack Maloof is proof of that. But can Ceciliani go where no Cyclone has gone before? Maloof considered the question for a second and let out a sigh. “I don’t have the magic formula,” he said. “If there was a secret to it, you’d have people doing it all the time.” Still, Maloof, now a batting coach in the Kansas City Royals organization, pointed to a few things that will help. “You have to be consistent — you can’t be a streaky hitter,” he said. “You have to be confident.
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relaxed and confident about his job. Maybe that comes from being a 20-year-old without a worry in the world — even about hitting .400. “I’m really not thinking about it at all,” he said. “I really am just trying to do the best for the team, take good swings, hit the ball hard and use the whole field. But I’m not worrying about any number.” Spoken like a true Jack Maloof. Actually, the parallels between Maloof and Ceciliani are striking.
THE QUEST FOR .400 When you’re confident, the ball looks really big and slows down. And you can’t let the emotions of the season get to you. You’ve got to tune all that stuff out.” Ceciliani is certainly consistent — he generally picks up two or three hits every game. And this Oregon native is definitely
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Maloof hit .400 in his first season in Class A baseball, just as Ceciliani hopes to. Neither came from a “pedigree” college program — Maloof graduated from a teacher’s college called LaVerne and Ceciliani from Columbia Basin Community College. And like Maloof, Ceciliani is not a power hitter, preferring to slap the ball around to all fields, and use his speed to turn singles into doubles, and keep the defense on its heels. He’s also a great bunter, which account for about 10 of his hits this season. And like Maloof, he’s focused on the job, not the number. “I didn’t think about it until the last 10 days of the season,”
Maloof said. “But the approach has to be the same — go out there and hit the ball solidly every single at-bat.” If he achieves the Mark of Maloof, Ceciliani will go down in the history books. Beyond that, though, it’s unclear what would await. After all, one of the greatest hitters in league history only made it as high as AAA ball, though Maloof did play a single season in the Japanese major leagues, hitting .291 for the Seibu Lions. That’s the thing about this game. Sometimes it takes more than the best batting average in decades. It takes luck. In Maloof’s case, he happened to be part of the Minnesota Twins organization in the 1970s, a franchise that had more than enough .280-.300 singles hitters. On the last day of spring training in 1976, Maloof and eight-time all-star legend Tony Oliva were competing
for the last spot on the big league club. Oliva got the job, playing out his final season as a fairly hapless pinch-hitter, while Maloof was sent to Triple-A Tacoma, never to be a prospect again. But he’s had a great post-playing career, coaching in the Marlins, Padres, Braves and Royals organizations, and even writing the book, “Hit Like a Big Leaguer,” in 2006 that had glowing endorsements from Maloof disciples Ozzie Guillen, John Kruk and Roberto Alomar, and the legendary Tony Gwynn. Baseball, it seems, has been very very good to Jack Maloof. Can it be so for Darrell Ceciliani? It all starts with a .411 streak the rest of the way. “Tell him from me that I hope he does it,” Maloof said by phone from his Chandler, Ariz. home. “Records are meant to be broken.”
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Borough President Markowitz’s summer concert series in Asser Levy Park appears to be in violation of a new city law hastily passed last month to allow the performances as long as noise spillover from the band shell does not exceed 10 decibels above typical ambient sound. At last Thursday night’s Beach Boys-Monkees-Turtles concert, readings taken by this newspaper on a sound meter showed sound levels as high as 30 decibels above the norm, especially during the Monkees’ “Daydream Believer” and “(I’m Not Your) Steppin’ Stone.” But those readings were inside the concert venue itself. On the streets nearby, the measurements diminished, though the needle did occasionally jump above 10 decibles above the norm, which is roughly 60 dbs. The noise readings suggest that opponents of the concerts — including congregants at two Sea Breeze Avenue synagogues — are correct in suggesting that the performances are a bit too noisy, at least under current city law. And last week’s concert, plus the previous week’s quieter Neil Sedaka show, are nothing compared to the act scheduled to perform on July 29: George Thorogood and the Destroyers — a band notorious for blowing out eardrums with speakers that go up to 11. The noise levels emanating from the Asser Levy Park band shell is crucial given the law signed by Mayor Bloomberg that amended city law to allow amplified music within 500 feet of a school or house of worship as long as the noise did not exceed 10 decibels above normal street levels. That law was passed after members of the two synagogues — Temple Beth Abraham and the Sea Breeze Jewish Center — sued to block Markowitz’s proposed $64-million amphitheater, citing the 500-foot sound rule. The noise law, though, is only a piece of the anti-amphitheater fight. Mostly, residents complain that a stateof-the-art facility would allow for far more concerts than the six or so that Markowitz stages every summer. “We’re not opposed to a couple of shows,” said Al Turk, one of the plaintiffs in the suit. “But concerts all year? It will change the community!”
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John Muir (right) with some of his volunteers at the water-purifying nursery that they are building at the Canal end of Second Street. resources should be distributed in the coming years,” he said. The conservancy’s award dashes the hopes of Park Slope resident Bart Chezar, who in January hatched a plan of his own to clean the canal called the “Remote Drain Controlled Rainwater Collection Cistern” plan, which uses regulators to control sewer overflow. Chezar said the bio-
swale idea is a good one, but won’t do the job as well as his plan. “If you want to reduce combine sewer overflow discharges in a meaningful way, you have to go beyond that,” he said. Chezar — one of eight hopefuls who applied for the grant money — vowed to keep his plan alive. “Maybe there are ways to make this work in the future,” he said.
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Artists were allowed back into the Rubulad loft on Flushing Avenue in Clinton Hill.
Avenue building operating an “illegal cabaret” on its first floor, a space that was well known among Brooklyn underground social circles for its popular late-night revelry. The FDNY’s decision to keep the first floor closed has frustrated residents of the building’s art collective, called Rubulad, who say they need to access their studios
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What a difference three years makes. A non-profit group that once divided the South Slope with a proposal to house formerly homeless and low-income adults with special needs in a Fifth Avenue building received a warm welcome to the neighborhood on Friday. Even Borough President Markowitz, who opposed an early version of the proposal, was on hand at the formal ribbon cutting to cheer the Fifth Avenue Committee’s $14-million conversion of a parking lot into a five-story, 49-unit building. In fact, Markowitz, whose objections resulted in the in-
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Special needs housing center on Fifth Ave opens to cheers from former critics One of the new residents, former homeless drug addict Samuel Oliver, appreciated the attention — and his new room in the building, which is at the corner of 16th Street. “When you get taken out of that [drug] environment and start being treated in a different way, you start to come along,” said the Brownsvilleborn mechanic and Army veteran. “When you are held to a certain standard, you maintain that standard. You start appreciating life.” Michelle de la Uz, the executive director of the Fifth Avenue Committee, which spearheaded the project, echoed Oliver’s thoughts. “Many of us take for granted what having a home feels like — and this build-
The Fifth Avenue Committee cut the ribbon on a new building on, aptly enough, Fifth Avenue on Friday. ing is part of the solution,” said de la Uz. The fate of the project was not always certain. In 2007, area residents blasted the project, fearing their neighborhood would be diminished because of the composition of the new tenants. As a result of the outcry, modifica-
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to create artwork. “They think we’re going to have a party as soon as they let us back in,” said Sari Rupinstein, a Rubulad spokeswoman and performance artist. “We’ve been there five years. It’s kind of ridiculous. It’s our work space. We need to be able to do our daily work.” An FDNY spokesman said that the building was partially vacated following the violations because of the presence of several “illegal raves” which were contrary to the industrial building’s certificate of occupancy. “The issue here is safety,” said an FDNY spokesman. “If someone is operating a dance club or cabaret there must be appropriate fire access and means of egress. These types of illegal clubs put everyone at risk. If people are there, we want to make sure they are protected.” But the Department of Buildings only issued a violation regarding complaints from neighbors over the building’s rowdy parties, not over the lack of proper exits or fire safety, which has puzzled some public officials. Amy Cleary, a spokeswoman for Assemblyman Joe Lentol (D-Williamsburg) believes that Rubulad members will soon be able to gain access to their studio once confusion between the two city agencies is cleared up. “If there’s a safety problem it should be dealt with but if there’s no safety problem, people should not be moved out of their home or work space,” said Cleary.
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A crew of gun-toting hamburglars raided the Atlantic Avenue McDonalds on July 19, taking $3,000 in receipts and roughing up the employees. Sporting masks, bandanas and gloves, the thieves sneaked through an unlocked back door to the store, located between Vanderbilt and Clinton avenues, at 3:30 am, surprising two employees inside. One of the thieves grabbed an employee by the throat, ordering him to open up the safe. Both men then fled with the store’s cash, as well as the employees’ wallets and cellphones.
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A sticky-fingered thief made off with a purse — and the five personal checks inside it — as it hung from the back of a chair inside a Flatbush Avenue eatery on July 16. A 29-year-old woman told police she was dining inside the Geido Restaurant between Prospect and Park places at 8:30 pm when the creeper snagged her bag. She told police she didn’t realize her purse was missing until she had to pay the bill.
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A thief in the market for a new bicycle found one on July 11 in a Prospect Place apartment building. A 42-year-old tenant of the building between Vanderbilt and Underhill avenues told police that he left his wheels in a common area just after 3 pm. When he sought out the bike about a week later, it was gone. — Thomas Tracy
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Planet pilfer Does a membership to the Duffield Street Planet Fitness come with locker insurance? Yet another person has lost his wallet at the sketchy gym downtown. This time around, the physically active victim told cops that he finished his workout at around 3:45 pm on July 22, when he returned to his locker to find his wallet missing. The thief got
$30 and a pair of credit cards. Cops said surveillance video is available of locker room entrances in the notorious gym between Willoughby and Fulton streets.
Muffin man A creep broke into the Dumbo Muffin coffee shop on Pearl Street and stole a stunning amount of stuff worth over $17,000 on July 18. An employee of the café between Water and Front streets said he closed up the place at around 3 pm. When he returned the next morning, he found the lock had been damaged and a door pushed in. Inside, someone had stolen an espresso machine, a coffee machine and a refrigerator worth $5,000 total. Worst of all, the thief stole a painting by Jan Larsen reportedly worth $10,000. The thief also grabbed the register and a CD player.
Rainbow warrior A thief robbed a woman while she shopped in the Rainbow store on Fulton Street on July 23. The victim told cops that she was browsing clothes in the plus-sized section of the store between Lawrence and Bridge streets when she noticed some creep following her at around 5 pm. The thief then managed to swipe her wallet from her purse, and took off running. She lost a credit card and an assortment of IDs.
Barta-bag A thief swiped a woman’s purse while she partied at Bar Tabac on Smith Street on July 18. The victim told cops that she placed her bag at her feet in the restaurant at Dean Street at around 10:30 pm. When she returned her attention to it an hour later, the bag, which contained an iPhone, $50, a dress, and an assortment of credit cards, was gone.
Vehicles valued At least two rides were stolen within the confines of the 84th Precinct last week: • A thief stole a 2001 Chevrolet Astro idling on Fourth Avenue on July 24. The owner of the auto told cops he had stepped into a deli between Bergen and Dean streets and left the engine on but the doors locked at around 3:45 pm. When he
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Kindle swindle Some jerk snatched an ebook reader from a guy who was waiting on the platform at the Seventh Avenue Q-train station on July 24. The book worm victim told cops that he was reading his Amazon Kindle at around 4 am when another dude walked up to him and said, “You don’t want to see this.” The perp then grabbed the trendy gadget and hopped on a Manhattan-bound train.
He got gershed An aggressive bandit gershed a bike from a 22-year-old guy who had just unlocked his ride on Eighth Avenue on July 16. The perp approached the victim between Lincoln and Berkeley places at around 10 pm, demanded his money, shoved him and then stole the cycle.
Lowe’s blow Two laptops and an iPhone were stolen from a 2003 Jeep that was parked in the Lowe’s lot on July 20. The gadgets’ keeper told cops that he had gone inside the home improvement store on Second Avenue between Ninth and 10th streets for less than an hour around noon and returned to his car to find that he may need a new computer and phone more than he’ll need new furniture.
Bike bandit Some jerk smashed the window of a 2009 Nissan Sedan to gersh a bike on St. Marks Place between noon and 7 pm on July 22. The car was parked between Fourth and Fifth avenues.
cops that she left her purse on a chair and was distracted while doing musical activities for an hour. • Someone stole a designer purse from a woman who was watching a play at the Gowanus Arts Building on Douglass Street between Third and Fourth Avenues on July 22. The owner of the Baggalini bag told cops that the show’s attendees left their stuff in the same corner at around 4 pm, but she was the unlucky one who got ripped off. The purse contained cash, cards and an iPhone. — Alex Rush
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Attempted it A crook with a strong arm demanded a pedestrian’s wallet, but fled before the victim coughed up any money on July 22. The victim told cops that he was on North Fifth Street near Havemeyer Street at about 2 pm when the perp and his buddy approached. The thug put his arm around his target and demanded cash, but the man refused. Apparently, the two got spooked and fled.
Car thefts Perps stole at least four cars in Greenpoint last week: • A car filcher stole a 1996 Nissan from its spot on Franklin Street between Huron and India streets on July 18, sometime between 1 am and 1 pm. • Swindlers stole a 1994 Honda Accord from its spot on Meeker Avenue near Frost Street on July 20. The victim said he noticed the car missing at 8 pm. • Some scoundrel took a 2006 Infinity from Debevoise Avenue, where it was parked between Jackson Street and Maspeth Avenue on July 21. The victim said he returned to the spot at 3 pm to find the car missing. • A jerk stole a 1995 Honda Civic from its spot on Franklin Street near Banker Street on July 22. The victim said he noticed the ancient car missing at about 4 pm. — Andy Campbell
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Crook sandwich Two thugs jumped a 21-year-old on Fourth Avenue on July 25, taking the man’s cash and wallet. The Dyker Heights resident was near 76th Street at 4:30 am when he found himself sandwiched between the two thugs. As one of the crooks trained a gun on him, the perp behind him rifled his pockets, taking $200, his wallet and a credit card, cops were told.
Bauble break-in A con with a bling addiction swiped $10,000 in baubles from an Ovington Avenue apartment on July 21, but cops aren’t sure just how he got inside. The 51-year-old tenant told police he left his home between Fourth and Fifth avenues at 10 am. He returned six hours later to find his bedroom ransacked and jewelry missing. — Thomas Tracy
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Larceny time At least two muggers conned civilians into taking out their cellphones using the old “Do you know the time?” trick on the same day this week. Here are the dastardly details: • A thug mugged a man on the corner of Irving Place and Gates Avenue on July 19, convincing him to take out his phone before grabbing it and running away at around 11:12 pm. The victim told cops that he was near the corner when a man with a Caesar haircut grabbed the phone • Six muggers tried the same trick on Emerson Place at 12:50 am on July 19, but their would-be escaped. The man told cops that one of the muggers smacked the phone out of his grasp as he stood between Myrtle and Willoughby avenues, but the victim was able to distract the muggers with a $20 bill and ran away, escaping with phone in hand.
Baby swipe A crook stole a pink leather bag from a baby stroller at a Fulton Street supermarket on July 23, making away with
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Vehicle thefts At least four people got their cars or motorcycles jacked this week. Here are the traffic-stopping details: • A 2007 Sym Motorcycle was swiped from Prospect Park West between Fourth and Fifth streets on July 10. The victim told cops that he parked the bike at 1 pm and it was gone when he returned three hours later. • A seemingly neglected 2004 Honda Civic was stolen from its parking spot on Lincoln Place sometime between July 6 and July 18. The cops said that there was no broken glass on the scene, between Sixth and Seventh avenues. • A 2005 Vento scooter was taken from Fourth Avenue between 11th and 12th streets on July 14. The flashy ride’s owner told cops that she caught a glimpse of the robber’s grey-colored getaway van, which sported a Pennsylvania license plate, as it took off around 10:30 pm. • A 2006 Nissan Altima was stolen from Fourth Avenue at President Street on July 24. The victim told cops that she parked her ride around 1:30 pm on July 10, but it was gone seven hours later.
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Clinton creeper A burglar robbed a Clinton Avenue basement apartment on July 20 while the victim was at work. The victim told cops that he left his residence between Vanderbilt and Waverley avenues at 8 am, and returned at 6:45 pm to find his Apple laptop and digital camera missing. — Ben Kochman
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Chrome crooks Two perps chased a man down Boerum Street on July 20 and stole his expensive watch, punching him to get it. One perp approached the victim near Lorimer Street, demanding, “Give me your watch!” When he refused, another thug exited a black SUV parked across the street and flashed a firearm. The two crooks chased the man, with one grabbing the victim from behind and punching him in his face. He wrestled the $13,500 watch off the man’s hand and both fled in the SUV.
Laptop larceny A thief stole a woman’s computer and clothes from under her bed on July 21. The thief broke into the S. Second Street apartment near Bedford Avenue after 11 pm and grabbed $1,600 worth of property. When the tenant returned four hours later, she found her stuff was gone.
iGone A burglar broke into an apartment in the McKibbin Street lofts on July 21 and took a woman’s iPod. The thief broke into the apartment near White Street after 2 pm through its open rear window. When the tenant returned nine hours later, she found her iPod was stolen.
Toyota taken A thief stole a brand new Toyota that had been parked on Meserole Street near Union Avenue on July 23. The owner discovered the crime at 8:30 am the next morning. — Aaron Short
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“I’m calling it ‘Sponge Park,’ ” Drake said. Such talk only inspires bitterness today. Now Simons is saying that he never even liked the name because the media would often refer to former conservancy head Bob Zuckerman as “ ‘Sponge’ Bob,” a reference to the children’s cartoon. “I though it was inappropriate and belittling to a good design,” Simons said. Zuckerman, who left the conservancy in 2009, could not recall Drake ever saying that she trademarked the name. “Whatever the situation is, I hope they work it out.” the original “Sponge Bob” said.
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agencies in the committee that ordered the culling say that outside experts were consulted while determining the best measures to control the geese population, which has grown to around 20,000 in the greater Metropolitan Area, according to the state environmental agency — a number often cited as justification for the culling. But both Simon and Feld insist that goose mass murder is actually ineffective in improving air safety, and that measures such as egg destruction and habitat modification — making an area look less inviting to geese — are critical to managing
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COMMUNITY NOTICE Temporary Change of Traffic Pattern on Flatbush Avenue
Beginning on August 1, 2010 To accommodate upgrades to the MTA vent structures along Flatbush Avenue, a part of the Atlantic Yards project, beginning on Sunday, August 1, 2010, the traffic pattern on Flatbush Avenue (between Atlantic Avenue and Dean Street) will be altered. These changes will improve pedestrian conditions on the northeast side of Flatbush Avenue while maintaining three lanes of vehicular traffic in the peak travel direction. These changes will be in place through early 2012. These blocks of Flatbush Avenue will be temporarily re-striped from six to five travel lanes. Two travel lanes will be maintained in each direction at all times, with a reversible center lane to provide a third travel lane in the peak direction. On weekdays, from 7 AM to 10 AM, there will be three northbound travel lanes and two southbound travel lanes; at all other times (including nights and weekends) there will be three southbound travel lanes and two northbound lanes. Pedestrian pathways will be maintained on each side of Flatbush Avenue, subject to intermittent overnight closure based on construction activities and safety concerns. These changes necessitate the temporary removal of the southeast-bound B41/B67 bus stop on Flatbush Avenue at Fifth Avenue. Passengers can use the bus stop on Flatbush Avenue (at Bergen Street) for southeast-bound B41/B67 service or the bus stop on Flatbush Avenue (at Atlantic Avenue) for southeastbound B41 service. Northwest-bound bus service will not be affected. Please see the map below. Advisory signs and No Standing Anytime signs will be required to accomodate the new traffic pattern and traffic agents will be assigned to facilitate the flow of traffic. Questions relating to this project may be addressed to:
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