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BY WILL BREDDERMANThe rocket is ready for
lift-off!The Coney Island History
Project has confi rmed that it has answered the city’s call for
a project proposal for the iconic Astroland Rocket, and it plans to
bring the der-elict ride to a location inside Deno’s Wonder Wheel
Park for restoration.
The Project said that Wonder Wheel Park’s own-ers, the
Vourderises, will fully restore the one-of-a-kind attraction — and
keep the Astroland Park letter-ing on its side as a memorial to the
bygone space-themed park. Wonder Wheel Park hopes the rehabbed
rocket will be the centerpiece of its annual History Day next
summer.
The rocket ride — origi-nally called the Star Flyer — made its
debut at the 1962 opening of the now-shuttered funzone. Seventy-one
feet long and made of airplane-grade aluminium, the ship contains
26 seats and a screen that orig-inally simulated a spacecraft
launch . In later years, the de-funct ride sat atop the roof of
Boardwalk raw bar Gregory and Paul’s — now called Paul’s Daughter —
between W. 10th and W. 12th streets, as an ad-vertisement beckoning
Coney-goers toward Astroland.
Astroland closed in 2008, and the next year park own-ers Carol
and Jerry Albert donated the rocket to the city on behalf of the
Coney Island History Project. The city has vowed numerous times
over
Left to rot on the Rock, fi xed-up rocket to come home again
BLAST OFF!BLAST OFF!
RESCUING THE ROCKET: (Top) The Astroland Rocket has been stored
here, outside old Navy buildings, on Staten Island since 2009.
Plans have been announced to restore it and move it back to Coney
Island, as part of Deno’s Wonder Wheel Park (above). Photos by
Vince DiMiceli (top) and Steve Solomonson
BY WILL BREDDERMANExperts be damned!The city needs to build
sand
dunes off Brooklyn’s beach-lined shorefront to shield residents
from the next Hurricane Sandy-like storm — just like it is doing
for the Rockaways in Queens —
claim residents who fear the city’s fi x is a rec-
ipe for disaster.Residents of
Sandy-slammed Coney Island and Brighton Beach say they need
a
fast, effi cient bar-rier to block ris-
ing ocean waters in the event of another storm, and argue that
dunes are the perfect fi x.
“Dunes have been proven ef-fective, they’re cost-effective, and
they can be built relatively quickly,” said coastal watchdog Ida
Sanoff, executive director of the Natural Resources Protective
Association.
Locals said that the city’s determination to continue
de-velopment along the shoreline of the Coney Island peninsula —
rather than retreating from vulnerable areas, as it’s doing in
parts of Staten Island — in-creases the need for urgent pro-tective
measures.
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BY JAIME LUTZIt’s the day after Thanks-
giving.Hundreds of people are
lining up outside of big box stores hoping for great sales.
What do you do?With so many great
small businesses in Brook-lyn, you sleep in. That is because
those Black Friday shoppers are missing out on the day that offers
more genuine deals — Small Business Saturday. It is the consumer
holiday that trades the lines and pri-vation for a more relaxed
chance to buy something distinctive for your loved ones from a
mom-and-pop shop where the money that comes in sticks around town.
These kinds of busi-nesses are fi lled with knowledgeable and
pas-sionate clerks, homemade and hard-to-fi nd-gifts, and an
attention to detail that you are not going to get at a chain
store.
Not sure where to begin? Do not worry. We have got you covered
like gift wrap.
Bay Ridge The Art Room Classes at children’s
fi ne arts school the Art Room could be the perfect gift for the
little Chagall or Cezanne in your fam-ily. The sessions (starting
at $210 for six weeks and grouped by age) give kids the chance to
study the modern masters of paint-ing and sculpture, hone their
individual skills, and build their personal portfolio. So whether
your child is working on their brush technique or apply-ing to
LaGuardia High, the
Art Room has a course to help their talent blossom. Feel your
budding Botero needs special attention? The Art Room also offers
one-on-one sessions, for $50 an hour.
The Art Room [8710 Third Ave., between 87th and 88th streets in
Bay Ridge, (347) 560–6572].
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with a taste — and nose — for something a little differ-ent? The
scented wonder-land of Third Avenue’s HÔM is the shopping stop for
you. Specializing in gourmet and artisanal items, HÔM offers a
range of holiday gift baskets (starting at $18.99) packed with
every-thing from locally-made chocolates to jams to soaps and
wines. The store also carries candles and lotions in unique fl
avors like Japa-nese Quince and Christmas Sage (starting at
$25).
HÔM [8806 Third Ave-nue, between 88th and 89th streets in Bay
Ridge, (718) 238–4466].
Brighton BeachPlaster Galaxy This Coney Island Av-
enue shop earns most of its business selling party sup-plies,
but it also deals in made-to-order plaster busts of famous people,
includ-ing Abraham Lincoln and Beethoven. There is noth-ing like
the plaster like-ness of a deaf composer to brighten up your foyer,
and you can even order a classy stand at this hidden gem.
Plaster Galaxy [2756 Co-ney Island Ave. between Av-enue Y and
Gerald Court in Brighton Beach, (718) 769–8500,
www.plastergalaxy-crafts.com].
Sheepshead BayJo Mart ChocolatesThis family owned con-
fectionaire has been serv-ing hand-made chocolates and candies
out if its Marine Park location for 51-years. The chocolatier’s
delectable treats are tasty as they are
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By Will Bredderman
The Robicellis are the latest to the pastry game in Bay Ridge,
but they are far from the first. The neighborhood has long been a
smorgasbord of bakeries, from across countries and across
continents. Here are just a handful of our favorites.
Leske’sThis Fifth Avenue stand-out gives
you a taste of Bay Ridge’s Scandinavian past, specializing in
Danishes, kringler, marzipan cake, and black-and-white cookies. The
old-fashioned Brooklyn blackout cake and distinctive doughnut
flavors are also a hit.
[7612 Fifth Ave., between 76th and 77th streets in Bay Ridge,
(718) 680–2323, www.leskesbakery.com].
Jean Danet PastryA world of eclairs, napoleons, fruit
tarts, baguettes, chocolate mousse, and customized cakes — all
cour-tesy of owner Pat Giura, a graduate of the French Culinary
Institute. This 40-year-old shop also trades in Italian treats and
brick-oven pizza.
[7526 Fifth Ave., between 75th and 76th streets in Bay Ridge,
(718) 836–7566, www.jeandanet.com].
Sweet ArayssiThe first Arayssi family bakery
opened in mid-19th Century Beirut. In 1992, Sami Arayssi, a
scion of the dynasty of delicacies, brought the tradi-tional
recipes across the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean, and the
New York harbor to Fifth Avenue in Bay Ridge. The ovens here have
been giv-ing birth to barazik and ma’amoul cookies, turmeric cakes,
coconut maa-karoons, mishmishya, and date fingers ever since.
Bay Ridge: A world of bakeries
Great dane: Leske’s co-owner Steven DeSimone and manager Harry
Hawk show off a tray of their famous kringler. Photo by Stefano
Giovannini
[7216 Fifth Ave., between 72nd and 73rd streets in Bay Ridge,
(718) 745–2115, www.arayssi.com].
Bay Ridge BakeryThe Greek-born John
Nikolopoulos opened this confec-tionery in 1974. Besides
baklava, olive-laced “mama’s bread,” and feta turnovers, Bay Ridge
Bakery also whips up French cheesecakes and Italian cookies.
[7805 Fifth Ave., between 78th and 79th streets in Bay Ridge,
(718) 238–0014, www.bayridgebakery.com].
Monaco’sJoe Monaco — a former East
Village baker-to-the-stars, whose past clients included Frank
Sinatra, John Belushi, and Elizabeth Taylor — struck out on his own
and opened this pastry shop in 2011. His cannoli, strawberry
shortcake, and repertoire
of croissants have since become leg-endary in the
neighborhood.
[8511 Third Ave., between 85th and 86th streets in Bay Ridge,
(347) 497–4409, www.monacosbakery.com].
Little Cupcake Bakeshop
Open since 2005, Little Cupcake Bakeshop brought a modern flavor
to Bay Ridge’s sweets scene. The store
touts its ecologically-designed inte-rior and grass-fed and
organic ingre-dients sourced from tri-state area family farms,
along with cupcakes in flavors like “Dreaming Princess,”
“Hummingbird,” and “Mott Street.” Also, check out the giant Rice
Krispie treats and mini-cheesecakes.
[9102 Third Ave., at the corner of 91st Street in Bay Ridge,
(718) 680–4465, www.littlecupcakebake-shop.com].
By Will Bredderman
Call it a sweet second coming.Matt and Allison Robicelli, Bay
Ridge’s cupcake power couple, are mak-ing another bid to taste
storefront success — and the pair say making it happen in their own
native neighborhood will be icing on the cake.
Hot off the launch of their autobiographical cookbook, the
Robicellis soft-opened their new bakery on Fifth Avenue between
90th and 91st streets on Nov. 26, four years after their high-end
market two thoroughfares over closed.
Unlike the defunct deli, which made sand-wiches and sold an
array of gourmet goodies, the new shop will deal exclusively in the
desserts that have made the pair’s name famous in foodie cir-cles
nationwide. Though the pair have since been running a wholesale
baking operation in Sunset Park, Allison Robicelli said she and her
husband were eager to open a new retail store — so eager that the
store’s interior is still unfinished, leaving the kitchen exposed.
Robicelli said she hoped the partially-complete space would fill
customers’
appetite for Thanksgiving treats, and grant them unique insights
into the bakery business.
“This is going to be a work in progress,” Robicelli said.
“People will get to come in and see the nuts and bolts of
pastry-making.”
In honor of fall, the Robicellis are rolling out a special line
of seasonal cupcakes, such as pumpkin, pecan, and sweet potato.
Going for-ward, Robicelli promised recipes reflecting Bay Ridge’s
zesty Italian, Greek, and Arabic mixture, with inspired ingredients
such as date molasses, yogurt, and Asiago cheese — all sourced from
local stores, including A.L.C. Italian Grocery, Athens Market, and
Balady Halal Foods.
“This is going to be like our research and development lab,” she
said. “Anything that’s small and different, we pick it up and use
it in some way.”
Robicelli said she and her husband — vet-erans of trendy outlets
such as the DeKalb Market and Battery Place Market — chose to open
their new store in Bay Ridge instead of a hipper neighborhood out
of a sense of native
loyalty and pride. The confection queen point-ed out that
Ridgites who have moved away from the area often come back to
complain about how much it has changed — without recognizing that
they themselves contributed to the demographic shift.
“If you want good things in your commu-nity, you have to stay in
your community and fight for them,” Robicelli said.
But the pastry-maker also said she is betting some of the recent
changes in Bay Ridge will give her bakery a better chance than her
gourmet mar-ket ever had. She said that the neighborhood’s
rela-tively low rents are attracting young people from culinary and
media circles — many of whom have brought a taste for eclectic
cupcakes with them.
“All these creative types are moving here, people who understand
the importance of going out and shopping local and staying local,”
Robicelli said.
Robicelli’s Bakery (9009 Fifth Ave. between 90th and 91st
streets in Bay Ridge, www.robicel-lis.tumblr.com).
Robicelli’s is back in Ridge — minus the sandwiches
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beautiful, but that’s what you get when every edible is made
with the tender love and care that only a mom and pop could
provide.
Jo Mart Chocolates [2917 Avenue R between Nostrand Avenue and E.
29th Street in Sheepshead Bay, (718) 375–1277].
Fort Greene and Dumbo
Green in BKLNThis Fort Greene shop
is devoted to eco-conscious goods, including beauty products,
coffee, crafts, and cleaning products. The store also offers
greeting cards and even baby clothes — a good reminder to keep the
planet clean for the next generation.
Green in BKLN [432 Myrtle Ave. between Wa-verly and Clinton
avenues in Fort Greene, (718) 855–4383, www.greeninbklyn.com].
Jacques Torres Choco-late
The very fi rst location of this famed chocolatier is in Dumbo,
where you can fi nd super-creamy hot choco-
late, champagne-fi lled truf-fl es, and other cocoa-dusted
delights.
Jacques Torres Choco-late [66 Water St. between Main and Dock
streets in Dumbo, (718) 875–1269, www.mrchocolate.com].
P.S. BookshopIt is nice getting a new
book, but used books have history. This charming Dumbo bookstore
carries both still-stickered and well-worn tomes — along with some
ultra-valuable rarities such as a $2,000 signed copy of Dylan
Thomas’s “Deaths and Entrances.”
P.S. Bookshop [76 Front St. at Main Street in Dumbo, (718)
222–3340, www.psbnyc.com].
Gowanus and Park Slope
Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company
Lost your evil blob con-tainment unit or mylar force fi eld
lately? Never fear, this superhero shop has a deep catalog of gear,
capes, and costumes fi t for kids and the young at heart.
Brooklyn Superhero
Supply Company [372 Fifth Ave. between Fifth and Sixth streets
in Gowanus, (718) 499–9884, www.super-herosupplies.com].
Community Bookstore It is a typical local book-
store at fi rst glance, but if you cannot bear to break away
from your fi fth read-ing of “The Power Broker,” delivery is free
when you place an order online or call the store. In other words,
it is like shopping at a real-life e-book store.
Community Bookstore [143 Seventh Ave. between 18th and 19th
streets in Park Slope, (718) 783–3075,
www.communitybookstore.net].
Four & Twenty Black-birds
Did you not get enough sweets on Thanksgiving? Or do your folks
live across the country, forcing you to sit this feast out? No need
to rationalize it, get yourself to Gowanus’ most artistic pie
hole-in-the-wall. Check out the salty honey and
honey-rosemary-shoofl y pies, and birch beer fl oat fl avors.
But
be sure not to go on Black Friday. The crew will be out
recuperating from the rush.
Four & Twenty Black-birds [439 Third Ave. be-tween Sixth and
Seventh avenues in Gowanus, (718) 499–2917,
www.birdsblack.com].
Williamsburg and Greenpoint
Desert Island BooksYou will not fi nd any
Batman comics at this comic book store. Desert Island focuses on
obscure titles, small publishers, and art books and is the perfect
place for that Art Spiegelman or Julie Doucet
lover in your life.Desert Island Books
[540 Metropolitan Ave. between Unionv Avenue and Lorimer Street
in Wil-liamsburg, (718) 388–5087,
www.desertislandbrook-lyn.com].
BodhiThis clothing store on
Bedford Avenue does not stop at the threads. It also carries a
large selection of bags, clothing, jewelry, books, scarves,
incense, candles and home decora-tions. Bring the mood and rings to
your loved one. But do not go looking for mood rings.
Bodhi [232-C Bedford
Ave. between N. Fifth and N. Fourth streets in Wil-liamsburg,
(718) 388–7710].
Catbird The self-proclaimed
“Brooklyn mecca for all things sparkly and excit-ing” offers up
heirloom rings, cashmere boy shorts, and solid perfumes.
Catbird [219 Bedford Ave. between N. Fifth and N. Fourth streets
in Wil-liamsburg, (718) 599–3457].
Permanent Records If you are a Greenpoint
vinyl enthusiast, odds are you have heard of this place. But
just in case, it is a cozy, comfortable, record and compact disc
shop run by a pair of women with good taste in jazz and rock of all
varieties.
Permanent Records [181 Franklin St. at Huron Street in
Greenpoint, (718) 383–4083, www.permanen-trecords.info].
Raised by Wolves A boutique that sells hip
and comfortable clothing and practical accessories for both men
and women. Dodge the sweatshop guilt with their ample Made in the
U.S. offerings.
Wolves Within [174 Franklin St. between Java and Huron streets
in Green-point, (347) 889–5798].
FALLING WITH STYLE: (Far left) Brittany Hall shows off some
Jacques Torres chocolates. (Above) Hom co-founder Salva-tore Forte
shows off his popular Japanese Quince. (Left) Joshua Mandelbaum
takes fl ight with a cape from Brooklyn Superhero Supply
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BY COLIN MIXSONThe Kings Bay Y cele-
brated the Festival of Lights early this year with its Ha-nukkah
Extravaganza on Nov. 24, where the commu-nity center treated kids
to games, crafts, snacks — and a Mickey mitzvah.
“It was a wonderful treat for the kids,” said Marine Park mom
Abigail Fastag, who brought her eight-year-old daughter Eliyah to
the Y.
Like any good kids event, the Kings Bay Y set up the necessary
bouncy houses and infl atable slides for the kids to play on — when
they weren’t drinking soda and eating pizza.
There were also art sup-plies for the kids to craft their ideal
paper dreidels and menorahs.
If that wasn’t enough, Mickey Mouse even showed up to play with
the kids and pose for pictures.
FESTIVAL OF LIGHT: (Clockwise from top left) Ken Soloway was one
of few men at the Kings Bay Y tall enough to light the giant-sized
Menorah during the community center’s Hanukkah Extrava-ganza on
Nov. 24. Joshua Natanzon, 7, enjoys a slice of pizza. Even Mickey
Mouse showed up! Eight-year-old Eliyah Fastag shows off the menorah
she made. Five-year-old Pauline Litvak shows off the dreidel she
made. Photos by Steve Solomonson
Kings Bay Y celebrates Hanukkah
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BY COLIN MIXSONIt takes a couple of
dummies to make Brook-lyn’s next batch of emer-gency medical
technicians smarter.
A pair of high-tech man-nequins that vomit, cough, bleed,
convulse, and even cry tears of simulated pain are part of the
hyper-real-istic training program at Kingsborough Community
College’s new paramedic
certifi cation course — Brooklyn’s fi rst — giving trainees an
edge over grad-uates from other schools.
“These mannequins can simulate breathing, lung sounds, heart
sounds, sweat, vomit, and even convulse,” said the college’s
interim president Dr. Stuart Suss. “This sole fact represents a
huge advantage for our stu-dents so that they can train and
practice in a truly real-
istic environment.”The dummies, which
cost $100,000 each, will help the school’s prospective paramedic
professionals re-alistically practice life-sav-ing techniques,
without the stress of actually having someone’s life on the
line.
During a demonstration, a Kingsborough employee induced all
manner of hei-nous affl ictions upon one the unfortunate new
plastic
teaching assistants.Mercifully, the dummy
is not loaded with simulated vomit, but tears did stream down
its checks as it made stomach-wrenching gagging noises. Later, with
the press of a button, it convulsed in the throes of a seizure
The program’s realism goes beyond the high-tech dummies.
Kingsborough is the only paramedic program
REAL DEAL: (Above) Kingsborough students Natalie Apollon and
Stephania Thevenot show off the school’s new ambulance, which is
part of Kingsborough Community College’s new paramedic pro-gram.
(Center) From left, instructor and FDNY paramedic Randy Li,
students Ben Yaakov and Bed Adler of Flatbush pose with one of the
school’s $100,000 medical mannequins. (Right) Unlike a real baby,
instructors can turn off this mannequin’s ability to cry. Photos by
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Knock aroundPolice picked up a man who they say
was part of an assault on Ocean Parkway on Sept. 19.
The victim said the suspect and an as-yet-unapprehended
accomplice grabbed him between West and Neptune avenues at 8:26 pm
and threw him to the ground. He said the pair then repeatedly
punched and kicked him, so badly that he needed to be
hospitalized.
Violent femmeCops arrested a woman who they say
battered another lady inside a W. 23rd Street building on Nov.
23 — and allege the suspect was carrying crack when they brought
her in.
The victim said she was in the hallway of her development
between Surf and Mer-maid avenues at 7:41 am when the defen-dant
shoved her to the ground, punched her repeatedly, scratched her
face, and took her purse.
Police found the accused in a devel-opment a block away between
Neptune and Mermaid avenues at 8:55 am, and say she had crack
cocaine on her when they searched her. — Will Bredderman
61ST PRECINCTSHEEPSHEAD BAY—HOMECREST—MANHATTAN
BEACH—GRAVESEND
Con-man EdisonA con artist posing as a Con-Ed worker
scammed the owner of a Sheepshead Bay Road bodega out of $1,000
on Nov. 22.
The victim told police that he was in his store between E. 15th
and E. 16th streets at 11 am when the crook, posing as a Con Edison
bill collector, called the store and demanded cash.
“I am Con-Ed,” the con man allegedly croaked. “You owe us
money.”
The hapless bodega owner then forked over $1,000, transferring
it into the thief’s account through two debit cards.
It could have been worse, however. The Con-Ed imposter had
demanded exactly $1,803.47, before the victim realized he was
getting scammed, cops said.
Cleaning spreeCops are on the hunt for a slippery cou-
ple wanted for pilfering cleaning supplies and bath products
from an Avenue U phar-macy on Nov. 21, using the art of
distrac-tion and a baby carriage to make a clean getaway.
A worker told police that he was work-ing at the store between
E. 27th and E. 28th streets at 2:20 pm when a man came into the
store alongside a woman pushing a baby carriage. The fellow started
up a con-versation with the pharmacy clerk, but, af-ter about fi ve
minutes, left without buying anything.
It wasn’t until a store employee re-
viewed security footage that they realized the man had been
drawing attention away from his lady friend, who had been stuff-ing
her baby carriage with Glade candles, Windex, Clorox, a mop, and a
Conair Iron.
Fortunately, cops said there was no baby in the carriage — not
there would have been any room.
House arrestCops are looking for a 25-year-old man
who they say kidnapped and imprisoned his ex-girlfriend inside
her own E. 16th Street apartment on Nov. 17, holding her there for
four days.
The victim told police that she was in-side her apartment
between Avenues X and Y at midnight, when her ex stormed in and her
unlawful sentence began. Throughout her ordeal, the suspect beat
the victim, who suffered cuts and bruises on her head and face,
cops said.
It’s not clear whether the woman was able to escape, or if her
nasty ex got cold feet.
Whatever the case, the woman walked into the 61st Precinct
station house on Co-ney Island Avenue at 9 pm on Nov. 21, two hours
after she was able to leave her home, cops said.
Bad dreamsA bugler looted a man’s E. 29th Street
home of his laptop and wallet on Nov. 23.The victim told police
that he fell fast
asleep inside his house between Avenues W and X at midnight, and
woke up the next morning to realize he slept through a break in. As
he slept, some crook had managed to open his front window, slip in,
and nab his $500 Sony Vaio laptop and his wallet, which contained
his passport, bank card, and driver’s license, among other things,
cops said.
Shove and stealA crook robbed a man on West Street on
Nov. 23, taking his cellphone.The victim told police that he was
near
Avenue X at 11:30 pm when the suspect ran up to and shoved him.
As the man stum-bled, his phone slipped out of his pocket, and the
crook scooped it off the ground and fl ed on foot, cops said.
Idle thiefSomeone drove off with a 61-year-old
man’s Grand Am on Sheepshead Bay Road on Nov. 24.
The victim told police that he left his car running between E.
15th and E. 16th streets at 11:40 pm as he ran into a nearby
store. The victim returned about fi ve min-utes later to,
unfortunately, an empty spot.
Witnesses said they saw a man wearing a black-and-red hooded
jacket jump into the car while its owner was in the store, and then
peel out in fl ight, according to po-lice. — Colin Mixson
68TH PRECINCTBAY RIDGE—DYKER HEIGHTS
Gang of fourA quartet of criminals made off with
thousands in sweet swag from a depart-ment store at the corner
of 86th Street back on Oct. 29, authorities state.
Security cameras captured the quadrumvirate at the store near
Fifth Ave-nue stuffi ng six designer handbags, two de-signer
sweaters, and four designer sweater vests into a laundry bag at
6:30 pm. Three of the fi ends then blocked the security guard,
while the fourth ran out the door.
Break todayA lowlife lifted a girl’s bag from the
locker room of an 86th Street fast-food joint on Nov. 19, police
report.
The victim — an employee of the ham-burger emporium between
Fourth and Fifth avenues — reported leaving her purse in an
unlocked cubbyhole at 4 pm be-fore the start of her shift. When she
went back at 8:15 pm, she discovered her pocket-book missing.
Fortunately, all that was inside were her house keys and a debit
card for a closed bank account.
Car crasherA crook took thousands in loot from a
vehicle parked in a 12th Avenue driveway sometime overnight on
Nov. 20, according to cops.
The victim told police he left his ve-hicle unlocked outside his
home between 73rd and 74th streets at 8 pm — with his iPod,Social
Security card, designer sun-glasses and bag, and $2,500 in cash
inside. When he returned at 8:30 am the next day, he found his
valuables gone.
62ND PRECINCTBENSONHURST —BATH BEACH
Bash brothersCops cuffed two men who they say as-
saulted a patron and destroyed furniture inside an Avenue O bar
on Nov. 22.
The victim of the assault said the pair
punched him in the chest inside the lounge between W. Seventh
and W. Eighth Street at 8:15 pm. The barkeep alleged that the two
then smashed a bar stool before leaving.
Bad turnPolice picked up a man for allegedly
breaking into a car, resisting arrest, and driving with a faulty
taillight on New Utrecht Avenue on Nov. 21.
An offi cer reported watching the defen-dant pull his car up
outside a pharmacy be-tween 84th and 85th streets, punch out the
window of another vehicle, and remove a purse from inside at 5:33
pm.
The cop said that the man in custody then got back into his own
sedan — which the offi cer noticed had a broken taillight — and
refused to get out when the cop at-tempted to arrest him.
WickedAuthorities netted a man who they say
punched and mugged a woman on W. Sev-enth Street on Nov. 6.
The victim said she was walking be-tween Avenues T and U at 8:07
pm when the defendant ran up, struck her repeatedly in the face and
chest, then grabbed her phone and sweatshirt and scrammed. — Will
Bredderman
70TH PRECINCTFLATBUSH—MIDWOOD
Crack and moviesA man was arrested for allegedly steal-
ing DVDs from a Flatbush Avenue store on Nov. 24, and now faces
further charges af-ter he was found in possession of crack
co-caine, according to police.
An employee was in the store between Linden Boulevard and
Martense Street at 1 am when she spotted the suspect stuff-ing DVDs
into a plastic bag and attempt to leave without paying.
Security at the store claims to have caught the man on his way
out, where they found him in possession of 40 stolen fi lms, cops
said.
Furthermore, when police picked the man up, they found him in
possession of a pipe caked in crack residue, along with a quantity
of crack cocaine, according to police
SlashedPolice arrested a man who they say at-
tacked a woman with a “sharp object” on 18th Avenue on Nov. 21,
sending her to the hospital with deep gashes on her arm.
The victim told police that she was be-tween McDonald Avenue and
E. 2nd Street at 9 pm, when the suspect raised up the sharp object
and brought it down on her arm, causing a nasty cut.
The victim was sent to the hospital, where she received stiches,
while the sus-pect was soon picked up by police, who have
surveillance footage that captured the attack, according to
authorities. — Colin Mixson
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Many illustrious stars have come out of Benson-hurst, so it’s
hard to say which one may have won — and sold — an Emmy 20 years
ago. Our guesses:
Scott Baio: Eponymous star of “Charles in Charge,” also played
Chachi on “Happy Days” and “Joanie Loves Chachi.”
Larry King: Legendary CNN interviewer.
Gabe Kaplan: Eponymous star of “Welcome Back, Kotter,” which
took place in New Utrecht High School.
Steve Schir-ripa: Played Bobby Baccalieri “The So-pranos.”
Lou Ferrigno: Eponymous star of “The Incredible Hulk”
Rhea Perlman: Played Carla on “Cheers.”
Barbra Streisand: ’Nuff said.
John Cassisi: Played Fat Sam in “Bugsy Malone” along-side Baio.
Also had a part on the Abe Vigoda vehicle “Fish.”
BY COLIN MIXSONThe plot thickens.A man has stepped forward
claiming to be the previous owner — but not the original owner —
of the Emmy that a Bensonhurst singer and construction worker found
in the trash near his 28th Avenue home two months ago and, now that
the search for the statue’s source has sparked a media storm, the
supposed former award-holder has a case of tosser’s remorse.
“Now that this whole thing is coming up, I’ve defi nitely been
thinking maybe I shouldn’t have thrown it out,” said Thomas Faye,
who claims to have bought the stat-uette at a yard sale 20 years
ago.
Faye lived just down the street from Ishmael Cekic for three
de-cades, until September, when he was forced to move after his
build-ing was sold, he said. The move forced him to cull the junk
he had accumulated over the years, in-cluding the Emmy that he
bought as a boy, he said.
The story of his fi nding the gold trophy may not be quite the
glitzy epic Cekic was counting on when he set out on a quest to
return the prize to its original owner last week.
As Faye tells it, he was walk-
ing down Bay 43rd Street with his mother in the early 1980s when
they came across a stoop sale be-tween Stillwell and Benson
av-enues.
“It’s weird, but I remember the day pretty clearly,” said Faye,
who, at 35-years-old, would have been a teenager at the time.
“There wasn’t a conversation on it — it was, ‘This is shiny. He
likes it. How much?’ ”
His description of the item matches Cekic’s: an old, but
hand-some Emmy, with the band that would usually display the
win-ner’s name missing from the base.
And the decision to toss it did not take much more thought.
“We had limited time to move, and we were throwing out what-ever
we didn’t need,” he said. “The Emmy had been sitting on my desk for
25 years, it was just col-lecting dust.”
So began Cekic’s roller-coaster relationship with the object.
Cekic, an actor and vocalist, was walking down his block on Sept.
20, when a glint of gold caught his eye, he said. Further
inspection revealed the prize, but at the time, he did not know
what it was, he said. It was not until two days later, when he was
watching the 2013 Emmy Awards, that the eureka moment
occurred, according to him.“I’ve always wanted to be an
actor, so I watch the Emmys every year,” said Cekic. “So, I had
the Emmy sitting on my coffee table, and then I saw the Emmy on the
TV. I must have done three dou-ble-takes and then I yelled for my
wife.”
Cekic turned to the media for help fi nding the award’s original
owner last week, but Faye’s tale leaves him and us without much to
go on. Faye is no small-screen star, and the stoop sellers did not
strike him as show-biz types, he said. Not only that, but the
sup-
posed former owner said he does not want the item back.
“I think it would be distasteful if I asked for it back with all
that’s going on,” Faye said.
So the Emmy seems to be stuck with Cekic for the time being. If
it is any consolation to the self-pro-claimed former owner, the
laborer with artistic aspirations said that he recently turned down
an offer of $10,000 for the iconic piece.
“I told him I’m not interested in selling, that I want to fi nd
the owner,” said Cekic. “He said to give me a call back if I change
my mind.”
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DUMPSTER DIVING: Ismael Cekic of Bensonhurst says he found an
Emmy award in the trash on 28th Avenue. (Inset) Thomas Faye claims
to be the man who threw out the Emmy — but doesn’t want it back.
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BY COLIN MIXSONThe bocce boys of Ma-
rine Park have scored a hard-won victory!
After years of waiting for long-promised roofs for two the
park’s three courts, the Marine Park Bocce Club can expect to see
all of the courts renovated and cov-ered early next year, plus
other improvements around the park — or so says the outgoing
councilman who has been fi ghting to get the project underway.
“The bocce courts will be completely refurbished and they will
have roofs,” Councilman Lew Fidler (D–Canarsie) told Community
Board 18 on Nov. 20, claim-ing victory in his years-long battle
with the city’s Public Design Commission, whose rigid policies were
making the project impossibly ex-pensive.
The price tag for the bocce court covers had in-fl ated to as
much as $750,000 because the commission, the aesthetic gatekeeper
for city parks projects, wouldn’t allow prefabri-cated structures,
but Fidler said the project will soon move forward at a reason-able
cost.
The Design Commission only has a say over the de-sign phase of a
project, and Fidler says that is nearly fi nished, and once the
city signs off on the project in early January, the renova-tions
will fi nally get under-way.
The bocce players at Ma-rine Park have been wait-ing quite a
while for the promised upgrades to the courts — one of which is so
run down it’s not even used for bocce anymore, accord-ing to
long-time bocce-club member Mike Camporeale.
“I would say we’ve been waiting for 10 years for the Parks
Department to fi x those courts,” said Campo-reale. “The second one
is overrun by grass, and you can only use it for horse shoes.”
The players have often complained about the ago-nizing wait
between games, especially in the afternoons, when 30 players have
to
contend for their spot in an eight-player game, which can last
up to an hour.
“During the afternoons especially, you can be stuck waiting a
long time,” he said.
Now that Fidler has said the wait is nearly over, how-ever,
Camporeale and his bocce buddies are starting to feel a little
hope.
“I’m cautiously optimis-tic,” he said.
The fi ght to makeover the Marine Park bocce courts has raged
for more than a decade.
County Democratic leader Frank Seddio ear-marked $50,000 for a
bocce court canopy during his time in the state legisla-
ture back around the turn of the century, only to see the
project scuttled by the Public Design Commission, which demanded a
budget fi ve times that amount.
“They wanted some ri-diculous number,” said Sed-dio. “There are
two types of structures they considered — a permanent one they said
would cost $250,000 that could have withstood an atomic bomb, and a
pre-fabricated structure that would have cost around $70,000 and
could have lasted 30 years.”
Once Fidler leaves offi ce, it will be up to Councilman-elect
Alan Maisel to see that the project makes it from blueprint to
reality.
Marine Park ball courts to get makeover
BOCCE BOYS: The long-suffer-ing members of the Marine Park Bocce
Club (above) have played for years on scruffy courts completely
exposed to the ele-ments. But they will soon enjoy covers like the
one on the right at the ends of newly renovated courts. Photos by
Steve Solomonson
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the water from just coming in like it did before,” said Coney
Island community leader Sheila Smalls. “They want to build all
these things near the beach, but they aren’t doing anything to
protect them.”
The current city plan focuses on preventing over-fl ow from the
Coney Island Creek — by fi lling in the toxic inlet and turning it
into a marsh . But dune-advocates argue that pro-posal will take
too long to approve and complete, and anyway would do nothing to
prevent seawater from reaching all the way up Ocean Parkway to
Avenue Y, as it did during Sandy.
“It’s going to take years, perhaps decades, for those plans to
get funded and go through the review pre-cesses,” said Sanoff.
The longtime Brighton Beach activist pointed out that artifi
cial dunes are typically seeded with veg-etation to prevent
erosion, and suggested that the real reason Coney and Brighton are
not getting the same protection as the Queens peninsula is a worry
that
seagrass-covered dunes might block views from the amusement
area.
“When tourists come to Coney Island and they’re up on the
Boardwalk, they want to see the ocean,” Sanoff said. “I’m very
happy that tourists want to come to Coney Island, but I think the
safety of the peo-ple who live here is more important.”
But the city argued that the Rockaways suffer from greater
exposure to storms, since that peninsula lies directly on the
Atlantic Ocean and experiences much stronger waves.
“It’s not a one-size-fi ts-all thing along the coast,” said a
spokesman for the Mayor’s offi ce.
The Army Corps of Engineers, which is con-structing the Queens
dunes, pointed out that it has already dumped thou-sands of tons of
new sand on Brooklyn’s beaches in the aftermath of the storm to
create a greater buf-fer, and noted that Coney Island’s beach sits
13 feet above sea level — as high as most dunes.
“It’s like a dune that’s 100 feet wide,” a Corps spokes-man
said.
But Sanoff countered
that the beach’s height failed to stop the storm surge during
Sandy — and argued that wind and water will soon erode the fresh
sand dumped this year, just as it has in the past.
“It’s just going to blow away,” Sanoff said.
Continued from page cover
Rocket
WE’RE DUNED!: Local activist Ida Sanoff says the beaches of
Coney Island need dunes like the ones planned for the Rock-aways in
Queens for protection against future superstorms. Photo by Steve
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Dunes
TAKE OFF: The long-defunct Astroland Rocket ride was do-nated to
the city and moved to Staten Island in 2009.
the years to restore the iconic piece of the People’s
Playground’s past to the amusement district.
Authorities have stored the rocket at the Staten Island Homeport
in Sta-pletown since then, and sources reported that the rocket got
swamped during Hurricane Sandy and dam-aged by debris carried in
the storm surge.
He’s no turkeyBorough President Markowitz and a crew of
volunteers gave nearly a thousand turkeys and Thanksgiving sides on
Monday to organizations that offer poor Brooklynites a complete
Tur-key Day meal. This effort has been a tradition for Markowitz
since he fi rst entered public offi ce in 1978, according to his
offi ce. Photo by Stefano Giovannini
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BY WILL BREDDERMANThis ain’t pie in the sky
— it’s in the parking lot at Walgreens!
The Bay Ridge Green-market celebrated its last day of 2013
outside the 93rd Street and Fifth Avenue pharmacy with an apple pie
bake-off — with local fruit,
a local judge, and one local teen taking home the top prize.
Bay Ridge confectioner Allison Robicelli sampled fi ve uniquely
fi lled pies in the competition, and picked out the Granny
Smith-and-pumpkin concoction of 18-year-old Ridgite Jade
Delaney. Robicelli said she selected Delaney’s creation because
of its well-con-structed crust and textured interior — though she
said she was impressed with all the entries.
“All the pies tasted amazing, but as far as ac-tual technique
goes, that
pie was made with the most know-how,” Robicelli said.
The other pie fl avors in the contest were apple-apri-cot,
brandy-apple, organic local grain apple, and clas-sic apple — all
made with fruit from Toigo Orchard in Pennsylvania, regarded as
PANNING OUT: (Above) Greenmarket’s Ally Campbell gets ready to
slice a pie before the contest. (Center) Cupcake queen and judge
Allison Robicelli examines the winning pie’s distinct combined
pumpkin and apple fi lling. (Right) Rebekah Delaney and David Askew
show off their son Jade’s prize pie. Photos by Lori Birnbaum
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BY JAIME LUTZBrooklyn’s religious
leaders are on fi re.Bedford-Stuyvesant’s
Rev. V. Simpson Turner Jr. is the newest city fi re de-partment
chaplain, mak-ing him the third active fi re chaplain from the
borough — out of seven chaplains city-wide.
The man whose job it is to ease smoke eaters and their families
through bad news got a warm wel-come at a swearing-in ceremony at
the depart-ment’s MetroTech head-
quarters last Friday.“Too often FDNY Chap-
lains are introduced to the
best people at the worst of times, tending to our loved ones at
funerals and memo-rials,” said fi re Commis-sioner Salvatore
Cassano at the ceremony. “But this swearing-in offers a happy
opportunity and reminder of the guidance they pro-vide in times of
celebration, as well.”
Turner previously served as a chaplain for the department of
correc-tions and Sheriff’s offi ce and is currently the pastor of
Mount Carmel Baptist
BY WILL BREDDERMANNew York’s Bravest
snuffed out a blaze in a Ridge Boulevard apartment on Nov. 20 —
shortly after workers from gas company National Grid left the fl
at.
The Fire Department said the fi re broke out in the building
between 70th and 71st streets at 4:39 pm, and smoke-eaters
contained the
fl ames in less than half an hour. No one was hospital-ized.
National Grid confi rmed that its employees had been working in
the basement of the residential complex, and had then gone through
the building re-igniting pi-lot lights in the apartments. The gas
supplier said its workers had left the af-
fected apartment shortly before the fl are-up.
Fire marshals could not confi rm who left the stove on or when,
but concluded that the cause of the fi re was combustible materials
that had been stored inside the stove.
FDNY offi cials stressed that stoves should not be used as
storage.
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BY COLIN MIXSONYou can call him the
Smoking Monkey Bandit.Cops at the 61st Precinct
have noticed an alarming trend of late-night, armed robberies
along commer-cial strips in Sheepshead Bay, and cops believe a
single gun-wielding, mon-key-mask-wearing, New-port-smoking crook
may be responsible for the terror targeting bodega workers in the
night.
“We’re thinking it’s one guy,” said a source within the
precinct. “He probably lost his job, or he’s got a drug habit.
Something happened to this guy, where he feels like he had to turn
to crime.”
The fi rst and most lucra-tive score for Sheepshead Bay’s
robbery fi end came from an Avenue Z deli be-tween E. 12th Street
and Homecrest Avenue at 3:30 pm on Oct. 22, when the crook,
sporting a monkey mask and a black fi rearm, waltzed in and began
snarl-ing demands, cops said.
“Give me the money m-----------,” the crook growled.
The score netted the mon-key-masked robber $1,300 and fi ve
packs of Newport cigarettes — which, based on loot grabbed in
subse-quent robberies, appears to be the crook’s smoke of
choice.
His next mark was a
Armed robber terrorizes bodegas — in monkey mask
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Neptune Avenue bodega between E. 12th and E. 14th avenues at 4
am on Nov. 16, where the crook cleaned out the register for $120
and swiped a single pack of — you guessed it — Newport.
The thief’s latest attack came a day later, when he struck an
Emmons Ave-nue deli between Ford and Coyle streets at 11:15 pm on
Nov. 17, where the masked crook made off with a whop-ping $80, but
didn’t take any
smokes that time.Cops are asking for the
public’s assistance in track-ing down the Smoking Mon-key
Bandit, and have made up a list of tips to help bo-dega workers
protect them-selves.
• Keep the establishment well lit on the interior as well as the
exterior dur-ing evening and late-night hours
• Install and ensure that there is a properly working
video surveillance system on the premises, covering the interior
and exterior of the store
• If possible, arrange to have at least two employ-ees working
during late evening and early morning hours
• Remove advertisements and posters from the front window that
may obstruct the view into the store from the outside
• Immediately dial 911 if
there is a suspicious person inside or outside of the
es-tablishment.
Anyone with informa-tion regarding the crook is asked to call
Crime Stop-pers at (800) 577–8477. The public can also submit tips
by logging onto the Crime Stoppers website at
www.nypdcrimestoppers.com or by texting their tips to 274637 then
enter TIP577. All calls are strictly confi -dential.
Church, on Quincy Street near Malcom X. Boulevard.
Fire chaplains open and close formal fi re depart-ment
ceremonies, arrange funerals for fallen fi refi ght-ers, reach out
to person-
nel and family members in times of need, respond to blazes that
injure respond-ers, and provide guidance to those of New York’s
Brav-est who seek it out.
Of the seven current chaplains, four are Catho-lic, two are
Protestant, and one is Jewish, according to the fi re
department.
local because it sits within 250 miles of New York City.
Delaney — a Parsons student and son of Poly Prep teachers — took
home a copy of the beloved bak-er’s new autobiographi-cal cookbook,
“Robicelli’s: A Love Story with Cup-cakes,” and a canvas tote-
bag stuffed with farm-fresh produce.
Organizers said the bake-off was a perfect way to wrap up the
Ridge Green-market’s third year, as it embodied the program’s
eco-friendly values.
“It was a wonderful end-ing to a fantastic season,” said manager
Ally Camp-bell. “It spreads the mes-sage of local, low-impact
food.”
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in the city that uses actual ambulances in its curricu-lum, and
early next year the program will unveil a labo-ratory room that
accurately simulates a hospital’s emer-gency department.
Before Kingsborough
could offer the new para-medic program, it had to get the
approval of an alphabet soup of city and state agen-cies, allowing
graduates to take paramedic examina-tions for New York City, New
York State, and also for the National Registry, allowing them to
work in 45 states where the National Registry is accepted.
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BY COLIN MIXSONKings Plaza celebrated
the beginning of the holiday season on Saturday, when Santa
Claus and shoppers congregated at the mall’s Center Court to light
the its three Christmas trees.
Hundreds of shoppers turned out at the mall’s
lower level to witness this year’s lighting, with kids cheering
as Santa waved and wished all those gath-ered a merry
Christmas.
But the trees, quite natu-rally, wouldn’t light without a little
holiday spirit. For-tunately, Kings Plaza pro-vided star-studded
wands
charged with Christmas magic, which, on Santa’s signal, were
waved by the crowd, and the trees were promptly fi lled with
light.
“You had to point the wand at the tree, for it to magically
light up,” ex-plained Denise Casey, who came out with her kids
from Rockaway. “The kids loved it.”
Once Santa had con-cluded the tree lighting, he took the time to
hang out with kids and pose for pic-tures, before everybody got
back to the serious business of starting their Christmas
shopping.
CHRISTMAS COMES EARLY: (Above) Santa came early to Kings Plaza
as the Christmas trees are lit on Nov. 23. (Center) Two
dap-per-looking couples came to Kings Plaza all the way from the
19th century for the shopping center’s annual tree-lighting
ceremony. (Right) Santa needed some help lighting the trees.
Fortunately, the crowd of holiday shoppers were happy to pitch in
with their magic wands. Photos by Steve Solomonson
Let there be light at Kings Plaza
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Our animals love to play with toys. But many New Yorkers can’t
afford items beyond the necessities this holiday season. That’s why
the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Prospect Park Zoo & New
York Aquarium are helping to collect toys for families hit hardest
by Hurricane Sandy. For every new, unwrapped toy donated from
November 16th to December 31st, receive one free general admission
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HARBOR WATCHThe U.S. Army Marks-
manship Unit, in conjunc-tion with the Maneuver Center of
Excellence, will host the 2014 U.S. Army Small Arms Champion-ships
from Jan. 26 to Feb. 1 at Fort Benning, Ga.
The All-Army competi-tion is open to all soldiers, active and
reserve compo-nent, of all ranks. Addition-ally, both West Point
and Reserve Offi cer Training Corps cadets are welcome to
participate.
The U.S. Army Marks-manship Unit, or USAMU, hosts the All-Army
in or-der to raise the standard of marksmanship across the force
and increase overall
Army combat readiness.Range capacity for the
event is 240, and half of those have already been claimed
through early reg-istration. Once registra-tion exceeds that
number, soldiers will be placed on a stand-by list for the
compe-tition.
There is no cost to com-pete in the championship and ammunition
is pro-vided to all competitors.
Marksmanship soldiers will conduct small-arms fi ring schools
and hands-on training prior to each match. Instructors include
Olympians as well as world, national, and inter-service
champions.
As the Army’s critical
intent is to develop combat fi ring skills at the entry and
intermediate level, soldiers will compete in separate Cadet,
Novice, Open, and Pro classes based on their competition
experience. Also within the competi-tion, the Army hopes to
rec-ognize superior skill at the highest levels.
During the competition, soldiers will fi re M16 or M4 service
rifl es at distances between 25–500 yards, and M9 pistols between
7–35 yards, in a variety of courses of fi re.
There is also a combined arms match, where compet-itors employ
the rifl e and pistol in a number of excit-ing stages of fi re that
simu-
late close-quarters marks-manship.
During the pistol and rifl e matches, there will be an
Excellence-in-Com-petition Match where all soldiers can earn points
toward their EIC Marks-manship Badges. The pres-tigious EIC badge
takes precedence over standard qualifi cation badges. In addition
to individual awards, teams battalion-level and higher can com-pete
for team awards and unit recognition.
For additional informa-tion and to register, visit the
Marksmanship Unit web-site at www.usamu.com or contact the chief of
competi-tions, at (706) 545–7841.
HARBOR WATCHThe holidays are quickly
approaching and Operation Santa Claus is gearing up to take fl
ight in celebration in Denali, Alaska.
Hundreds of children living in Alaska villages will soon be
celebrating the 57th annual Operation Santa Claus. This event is
part of the Alaska Na-tional Guard’s yearly community relations and
support program that pro-vides toys, clothing, books, school
supplies, fresh fruit, and ice cream sundaes to youngsters in
communities across the state.
Operation Santa Claus travelled to three commu-nities this year:
Kake on Nov. 14, Kwethluk on Nov. 22, and St. George Island on Nov.
26.
This year’s events brought Santa, Mrs. Claus, and a team of
elves to these villages on a variety of San-ta’s sleighs-an Alaska
Air National Guard C130 Hercu-les, an Alaska Air National Guard C17
Globema