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Bridge PlazaGets OpeningCelebrationThe renovation and reconstruction o f B rooklyn%u2019 s Manhattan Bridge Plaza, near the Manhattan Bridge, which was damaged during the construction o f the BQE, is nearing completion o f a $.5 million public works project. Trees, sitting areas, and high-mast lighting have been added to the area, along with reconstructed masonry work and stairways.The plaza is expected to become an %u201c extended campus area%u2019 %u2019 for students o f the New York City Community College, directly across from it. Dean o f the administration, Luther Johnson, has pledged that the college will be responsible for the ongoing maintenance o f the park. The plaza will also serve local factory workers and area residents.The beautification project was funded by the federal local public works program and coordinated by the O ffice o f Development, the Downtown Brooklyn DevelopmenAssociation, the Dr. White Community Center and the Bridge Plaza %u201c Action 12%u201d Block Association, led by local resident Jerry Renzini.A ribbon-cutting ceremony to o fficially re-open the renovated bridge plaza at the Brooklyn entrance to the Manhattan Bridge at the Flatbush Avenue Extension and Concord Street is scheduled for Thursday, September 7, at 11 a.m. Guests invited include Governor Hugh Carey, Mayor Edward Koch, and City Council President Carol Bellamy.This restoration o f the bridge entranceway is the first in a series o f planned improvements which project coordinators hope will lead to the reopening o f the Manhattan Bridge pedestrian walkway.Boerum HillPeace CrusadeA nationwide Peace Crusade will begin at Our Lady o f Peace friary when a Portuguese statue blessed by the late Pope Paul VI will arrive in Boerum Hill for two days of prayer and celebration.Two days o f prayer and celebration will com m ence this Saturday and Sunday, August 26 and 27, with the arrival o f a Portuguese statue blessed by the late Paul VI at the Our Lady o f Peace friary.Paul VI blessed the statue on a 1967 visit to Portugal, and the statue represents %u201c Our Lady o f Fatima,%u201d a vision o f the Virgin Mary who appeared before three Portuguese children asking them to pray for peace. The statue will begin a Peace Crusade at Catholic churches throughout the country and on hand for the event will be R ev. C on stan tin e L una, G u a temalan bishop, as well as Brooklyn arch-bishop Francis M uguvero.Saturday's feast will begin at 5 p.m . with a short procession from Our Lady o f Peach Church Carroll Street near Fourth A venue, and on Sunday with a 2:30 devotion at the church.BQE Task ForceAgrees-ln PartThe Brooklyn Queens Expressway Task Force has finally reached a consensus that the reconstruction project should and will proceed to completion.Specifics on the rehabilitation o f the Summit Street pedestrian overpass, the exact placement o f traffic con trol agents, and the specific number o f police officers to be assigned at three fixed police posts are some o f the points that have con %u00adcerned South B rooklyn residentsand that remain to be worked out.Although %u201c some differences of opinion remain to be worked out%u201d between some residents of the affected communities and individual Task Force members about what Brooklyn Borough President Howard Golden called %u201c peripheral%u201d issues, the general agreement reached includes the timetable prepared by the State Transportation Department.The project opens for bids on O ctober 19 and a construction contract will be awarded sometime in late November, according to the Transportation Department. Preparatory work will begin next spring, and the reconstruction itself, including a major detouring o f traffic, will start in June, 1979.Preparatory work will include relocating lights, building a temporary ramp, and converting an exit to an entrance at Rapelye Street. The Transportation Department emphasizes that two traffic lanes in each direction will be open during peak hours in the preparatory period.At the Task Force meeting in Borough President Golden%u2019s office on August 10, Transportation Department officials said that it is feasible to deck over the lower BQE for about 100 feet on either side o f Union Street. The decking would cost an estimated $7-$10 million, they said.Y ES , IT%u2019S W ILLIE M AYS, opening the newest Giants baseball star, with the help of Deputyof Nedick%u2019s last Saturday at Fulton and Jay Boro President Ed Towns, cut the ribbon for theStreets in downtown Brooklyn. The New York store%u2019s re-opening.Spanish ElderlyHold FestivalThe Brooklyn Spanish E lderly Council, a federation of groups of Spanish-speaking elderly people and social service organizations, will sponsor %u201c Fiesta Hispana%u201d on W ednesday, August 23, outside the Brooklyn War M em orial in Cadman Plaza Park from 10 a.m . to 4 p .m . E n terta in m en t, arts an d crafts and Spanish food will all be part o f the celebration, along with inform ation concerning program s for the elderly. M ayor E d K och, Deputy M ayor Herman Badillo and B rook ly n B orou gh P re s id e n t H oward Golden have been invited.Local StreetFairs Line UpBrooklyn is going to be alive and buzzing this fall with a m yriad of street fairs and festivals. The fabulous Fifth Avenue F air II sta rts the list, sch ed u led for Septem ber 10, 11 a.m . - 6 p.m . featuring 20 blocks (Sackett to 16th Street) o f entertainment arts and crafts, international food, and sidewalk sales. For further information call Steve DiBrienza at 622-1900.Second on the list is the Flatbush F rolic, scheduled for Septem ber 17, running along Cortellyou Road betw een East 16 and Coney Island Avenue, with a focus on co m %u00adm u n ity d isp la y s, c r a fts , en %u00adtertainment and special events. F or further inform ation call 783- %u25a0 4469.The old favorite, the Atlantic Antic, is returning for the fourth tim e on Septem ber 24, featuring a bike race, a hom etown parade, entertainm ent and a shoppers stroll through Atlantic A venue%u2019s m any gourm et shops, from the w ater to Fourth Avenue. For further inform ation call Joyce G ibbs at 858-3772.On October 8, Court Street celebrates from 10 a.m . to 9 p.m .,* * ' f l l i___^*11______ x #>w i i c n s u c c i a w i n u c l i u c u u u i nAtlantic Avenue to West 9th Street, with arts and crafts, m usic, and a Halloween Costum e contest. For m ore inform ation call Bette Stolz at 789-6811.Brooklyn Union Gas is sponsorin g their sixth B row n ston e Conference F air on O ctober 14 and15, prom oting city brownstone living in Brooklyn, with a host of house tours, m ovies, lectures, and ex h ib its on re n o v a tin g brow n -stones. The nucleus o f the fair is at BUG headquarters on M ontague Street. Call 643-4293 for m ore inform ation.Bd. of Ed HasA New SystemThe Board o f Education%u2019 s High School Division has announced a new method o f assigning students to high schools this year. This year, a borough placem ent center has been set up in each borough to accom m odate parents and students on a local level. These centers will open from 9 a.m . to 3 p.m . starting W ednesday, August 23, and will be staffed by respresentatives from the High School Superintendent%u2019 s O ffices, the O ffice o f High School P lacem en t, and the O ffic e o f Zoning and Integration.The Placement Centers will assist the following: students who have moved into a choice o f admissions area or open admissions area since June and need a new high school assignm ent because there is no zoned high school in their area; students who are registering in a New York City public high school for the first tim e, as w ell as pregnant students and returning drop-out students who do not wish to attend their zoned school; p roof o f address and most recent report card or school record are required in each case m en tioned a b ov e; students seeking transfers to sch ools oth er than their zon ed academic high schools should bring written approval from the guidance office in the home school.Each student requesting assignment must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. For additional information, call 596-5367. The borough location is at Brooklyn Technical High School, 29 Fort Greene Place.Heights CenterLIU OpensT _ 1 ------ ---- kA/ug ioia u u i t%u2014 : ------------- yj m v c i o n j oB rook ly n C en ter w ill op en a com m unity center in Brooklyn H eigh ts th is fa ll, o ffe r in g 31 courses taught by leading artists of the com m unity. The courses run the gam ut o f studies in the Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and B u sin ess fie ld s . C e rtifica teprogram s are offered in real estate, auctioning and secretarial studies, as well as a Graduate Business P rogram designed for p eop le w ho a lre a d y h ave a B achelor%u2019s D egree in Liberal Arts. Students can earn their certificates as w ell as 12 credits applicable towards an LIU M aster%u2019s D egree in two sem esters.O ther co u rse s b e in g o ffe re d include Philosophy and Human Sexuality, The R ise and Fall of the Supre Orchestra, Com edy Writing, Puppet M aking and K arate-Y ogo. A wine and cheese get together has been planned to introduce the faculty to m em bers of the com %u00admunity, on Thursday, Septem ber 14, at St. Ann%u2019s E piscopal Church, from 6 to 8 p.m . F or further info rm a tio n , ca ll D a v id R a h er, P rogram Adm inistrator at 834- 6020.Zoo Head WaitsTo Hear VerdictF or a few days last M arch, anim als at B rooklyn%u2019s P rospect Park went without m eat, and the case o f the zookeeper who is charged with a failure to follow em ergency procedures to procure meat then, will be decided in %u201c about two w eeks,%u201d according to Park officials.At an August 2 hearing, the ch a rg e s a ga in st h ea d k eep er R obert Beach w ere described as a failure to contact his own supervisors and to take the necessary em ergency m easures. The M arch m eat shortage stem m ed from the city%u2019s delinquent paym ent to m eat suppliers.The shortage began during the M arch 20-24 week when supplies ran low and suppliers failed to deliver their usual m eat shipment on Friday, M arch 24. P ark officials w ere in fo rm e d , a cc o r d in g to Beach, who also said that he had n otified u n id en tified P a rk s D ep a rtm en t o ffic e s abou t the paym ent problem s throughout the following of M arch 27. P ark of-*%u2022 - %u2022 - 1 _ i ----------------- %u2014 : ____j t %u00bb _ _ %u201e i _i i u a i o , i i u w c v c i , u c o u ifor failing to inform the Borough Supervisor, R obert Singer, during that tim e, despite the fact that Singer%u2019s P ark office at the P a rk %u2019s Litchfield Mansion was within walking distance. By Thursday, M arch 30, the A m erican Society for the P re v e n tio n o f C ru elty toA nim als had arrived at the park with a shipment of m eat and to co n s id e r a b le p u b licity , w h ich a c c o r d in g to P a rk s In sp e cto r General Martin Koropkin was unwarranted.%u201c When the ASPCA arrived, the p ark h ad a lre a d y s e c u r e d a sh ip m en t o f m eat the sa m e Thursday,%u201d said Koropkin, who said that the P ark%u2019s continued delay in providing meat w as due to B each%u2019s negligence.%u201c T h e P a rk s D ep a rtm en t c o u ld n %u2019 t r e a ct b eca u se B each hadn%u2019t notified Borough Supervisor Singer or other high officials of the em ergen cy,%u201d said Koropkin.E x-Judge R aym ond R eisler, who presided over B each%u2019s day-long hearing, will return his decision within the next two weeks.During the hearing it w as noted that while anim als were not eating m eat they w ere being fed fish, grain, and other food.B each is working now at a local P arks Departm ent playground and at his form er salary level pending the outcom e of the case.Local Level PartyThis Friday, August 25, at 8 p.m ., the Local Level, Boerum Hill com m u n ity o rg a n iza tio n , is presenting Suni Paz, Argentinian singer and musician, in concert. Suni Paz, a Folkways recording artist, sings original and folk songs and plays several native Latin American instruments. H er songs, which revolve around the subjects o f w om en, children and liberation. She is accom panied by a cellist, flautist and percussionists. The concert will be held outdoors at 222 Dean Street between Bond and Nevins Streets in Brooklyn. A disco party aqd cash bar will follow the concert. Tickets are $3. For more in form a tion call 624-5692 or 834-9408.CYDS ServiceChildren and Youth D evelopment Services in Park Slope will again sponsor this year the John Jay High School Community Services j/iOjtii, in much siuucuisfrom John Jay are p la ce d in neighborhood volunteer job s. Any comm unity agencies interested in having som e o f these students work fo r th em sh ou ld call C h arles Bezousek or Rafael Rodriguez at Children and Youth Developm ent Services, 788-4800.Page 6, TH E PHOENIX, August 22,1978