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S AllottedFor Interim ParkLegislature has allocated a S1OO.OO0 allotment for the construction of an \to he built at Brooklyn%u2019s Fulton Ferry Landing, according to Clair Beckhardt of the State Parks Department. The park, which was scheduled to be completed by July of 1987, will sene the public until a permanent park will be built in its place. The construction of the park will not begin until next spring, and until then there will only be minor preparations, including a cleanup. A presentation of the allocation will be made to Planning Board 2 \to Beckhardt.Hill GroupTo MeetThe Cobble Hill Association will hold a general membership meeting next Wednesday, October 25 at 8 pm in the Hicks Street building of Long Island College Hospital, second floor. The agenda includes a film on the Heights and Hill Council and committee reports. Refreshments will be served and the public is invited.housing for the physically handicapped and elderly, at an estimated cost of $4.8 million. The conversion will be supervised by Progress of Peoples%u2019 Development Corporation, an affiliate of Catholic Charities of Brooklyn.Two of the new houses are designed exclusively for the handicapped, the other for senior citizens. The dwellings for the handicapped, with 15 one-bedroom apartments each, will be designed to accommodate the physically handicapped, the blind and the deaf. The housing for senior citizens will consist of 90 units, with the number of rooms yet to be specified. The tenants will only be required to pay up to 25 percent of their annual incomes as rent, with the rest to be covered by funding provided for under Section 8 of the Federal Housing and Community Development Act.The housing for the handicapped will be located in the former school building of Holy Family Paris, 203 14th Street, and in the former Park Haven Nursing Home, 4301 Eighth Avenue; the building to be converted to senior citizen housing is the old Brooklyn Eye and Ear Hospital, 321-37 Cumberland Street. A spokesman for Catholic Charities estim ated that the conversions would be finished %u2018%u2018by 1982 at the outside.\feature music, sports, crafts, a large display of jew elry, and dancing. She would like it to stretch along Cadman Plaza from Borough Hall to the Brooklyn Bridge.The board also granted a oneyear renewal for Athens Coffee Shop to operate an enclosed sidewalk cafe at 80 Clark Street across from the St. Gorge Hotel. The vote was 22-0.In another matter, the chairman of the Sanitation, Environment, Parks and Recreation committee, Edward Carter, expressed frustration towards the Parks Department, which still has not removed park benches from Washington Park in Fort Greene. Residents had requested their removal, claiming youths sit on the darkly lit benches and harrass the tenants. The board voted to send the matter to the executive committee for follow-up action.--G.F.Anti-pollutionPlans DelayedThe construction of the $250 million pollution control plant within the confines of the Brooklyn Navy Yard continues to be stalled while city officials and contractors plan a less explosive approach to the on-site demolition.Joseph Scorcia (left) receives award for %u201c OutstandingService to the Community%u201d at the fourth annual EthnicAwards Dinner of the Brooklyn chapter of the NationalConference of Christians and Jews. Scorcia, who is on theboard of the Navy Yard Boys Club is an officer and long-timedirector of the Brooklyn Philharm onia SymphonyOrchestra. His activities have included sponsorship andsupport of youth activities in Crown Heights and BedfordStuyvesant through his company, Sco-Fuel Oil Company.Presenting the award is Edward Maxwell of Plaza Street, whois also a director of the Navy Yard Boys Club. (MichaelCuiccio Photo)School Bd 15Open MeetingCommunity School Board 15 will hold a public m eeting on Wednesday, October 25 at 8:00 p.m. at the district office, 360 Smith Street.MusicbargeAbsence %u2014Only A Paint JobThe Musicbarge, that floating vessel of music and merriment, has returned to its berth by the base of the Brooklyn Bridge after a 10-day absence to paint its bottom.Amidst rumors of the Police Department ticketing it and towing it uptown, the M usicbarge%u2019s owner, Olga Bloom, explained that it was only off to Rockaway, October 1. However, the barge never made it because heavy yacht traffic and rough weather proved to be too much for the aquatic music hall.\for four days,%u201d said Bloom, who returned October 11. There was consideration of having it towed by three tugs,%u201d she added, %u2018%u2018but we%u2019d have to go around a couple of rows of yacts.%u201d She was afraid of having her barge swing into the yachts.So the barge is back, ready for a concert series beginning Sunday, October 15. Maybe it%u2019ll get painted in the summer, hopes Bloom, as well as sandblasted and tested for any weaknesses.Let there be no doubt of the boat%u2019s popularity, though. Bloom calls it a %u2018%u2018smash. When we got back,%u201d she said, %u201c We were greeted by a large crowd of friends and children. My dog got so excited he fell into the river. I had to go into the drink after him.%u201d %u2014G. F.i i i i r \\ ( _ n . i___i_n u u i u r c e i i c i u3 BuildingsThe Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has agreed to sponsor the rehabilitation of three Brooklyn buildings asBlock WatchersForm in BoreumA series of muggings in the Dean, Hoyt, and Pacific Streets area of Boerum Hill have prompted residents to band together to try to prevent further attacks.\the neighborhood that these kinds of things are on the rise,%u201d said Ed Moran, co-president of the Hoyt Street Association.A block watchers training session was held Wednesday, October 11 with policemen from the 76th precinct.Dean Street residents decided at a meeting last week to set up a contact phone number so that the num ber of m uggings can be documented. Dean Street resident Bob Cogen said the group did not discuss approaching the police. \really is very little the police can do. I have trouble getting there in time myself. Ten seconds later is too late, so how can you expect the police to get there.%u201dMerchants NearCompromiseAn agreement is reportedly near between Fulton Street merchants and the Coalition of Concerned Leaders and Citizens, a group seeking more minority inpDut by the major department stores along the street.Both sides have refused comment, saying a settlement is near and any statem ents would be inappropriate at this time.B d 2 V o t e sFor %u2018Leisure%u2019At their monthly meeting, October 12 in the 3rd floor courtroom of Borough Hall, Community Planning Board Two voted unanimously to have a 4*Leis,,r*> Timp i^Yhihition%u201d during one weekend in May.The exhibition is the idea of Charlene Victor, executive director of the Brooklyn Arts and Cultural Association (BACA), who went before the board to rally support for the event. The exhibition willThe demolition of concrete stays, once used to launch ships, to make way for the pollution control plant, caused considerable concern in the adjacent Vinegar Hill community. Community residents insist that the blasts were undermining the area%u2019s 100 year-old structures and following a June 8 blast that showered buildings and workmen with bits of concrete, demolition was halted.Although the halt was originally described as %u201c very temporary%u201d by city Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials, both sides have failed thus far to come to agreement over how the necessary demolition shall proceed. Since the stays are in some cases 50 to 60 feet underground and parts are under water, the costs involved with the traditional %u201c cutting%u201d method (using jackhammers to break up the stays and then loading the concrete on dumptrucks) were said to be %u201c extraordinary%u201d by EPA spokesmen. Furthermore, it was pointed out that this kind of an operation would be inefficient as well. Present plans under consideration call for the use of explosives and alternate methods of blasting and alternative explosives are being discussed.--P.H.Pratt Gets $To Save EnergyPratt Institute will receive a $572,000 federal loan for its own cost-cutting, energy conservation program.The grant, which was awarded by the federal Departm ent of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), will supplement $119,000 in Pratt funds already earmarked for energy conservation measures in on-campus housing and dining facilities.The award was announced by Congressman Fred Richmond who called the Pratt plan %u201c an example to energy consumers at all levels of American life.%u201d %u201c Within ten years we can expect that the dollar savings in energy costs at Pratt will exceed the original costs of the improvements,%u201d said Richmond, who added that the school will begin the first year by saving approximately $57,000 in fuel costs.Fuel costs at Pratt, located at DeKalbab Avenue and Hall Street in Clinton Hill are $375,000 with over a million gallons of fuel oil a year used in its classroom s, dormitories, and other facilities. Using its energy conservation plan Pratt officials project a cut in fuel oil consumption by nearly 100,000 gallons a year. Improvements are planned for Emerson, Ryerson, and Willoughby Halls, the Caroline Ladd Pratt house, and faculty and staff housing. Installing a separate domestic hot water heater and storage tank, connecting Pratt Studio, Steuben, and Ryerson Halls by an underground steam main to the central plant, replacing a 1,000 defective steam traps, installing heating zone controls and thermopane doors and windows are all part of the Pratt energy savings plan.Pratt President Richardson Pratt Jr. indicated that the present plan was the first step in energy cost-cutting and that there would be more to come. --P.H.Insurance RepToMeetAiDThe president of the Aetna Fire and Casualty insurance Company of Hartford, Conn, has agreed to appoint a personal representative to meet with members of Brooklyn%u2019s Against Investment Discrimination (AID), within 30 days, to study the lack of fire insurance at reasonable rates in some Brooklyn neighborhoods.The concession came at a meeting with AID and representatives from three other cities with President William Bailey and three other top Aetna officials. The October 7 meeting was called to discuss the com pany%u2019s alleged %u201c redlining%u201d practices.The parley was arranged by the National Peoples Action, a Chicago based group which fights discriminatory practices by banks and insurance companies towards certain targeted or redlined areas.. Y . P . i .MINOR ROBS MINOR: Police say a 14-year-old male youth took a gold chain from a 10-year-old boy September 13, at 3:30 p.m. Detective Charles Petkiewitz, of the 76th. Precinct, arrested the alleged thief on October 1 at 2 p.m. and charged him with robbery.COKE CONNECTION: After observing a car swerving erratically at Hicks and Amity Streets, Officer Tony Celario of the 76th Precinct pulled aside Auresto Baffi, 28, of 1524 74th Street and searched the car. Celano claims he found 3/4 of an ounce of cocaine along with a quantity of marijuana, and arrested him for possession of the drugs, in felony quantities.RE-HASH: Police seized 10pounds of hashish on Pier 1, October 3, at 11:15 p.m. Officer Robert Pughes of the Brooklyn Narcotics Division said he found the drug in the possession of Luis Cuevas, 31, of 1530 Sheridan Avenue in the Bronx. Pughes arrested Cuevas for possession of hashish with intent to sell.400 BLUE PILLS: On October 5 at 9:55 a.m., Anthony Russo, 20, of49u President Street was allegedly seen by Officer Norbert Wernicke of the 76th Precinct in the act of selling methadone. Police say that when approached by Wernicke, Russo threw away the drug, which was not recovered, but he was found in possession of 400 blue pills. He was arrested and charged with sale of m ethadone and possession of a controlled substance. The alleged sale took place in front of 134 Dikeman Street.GRAB THE MONEY AND RUN:Two youths, aged 15 and 17,allegedly approached Kyrie Philipou, 18, in front of the Hotel Bossert at 98 Montague Street on September 28 at 9:30 a.m. They proceeded to grab him and take $15from him. Thev were atmrehended. however, by Detective Alfred Albertis of the 84th Precinct Investigations Unit and arrested for robbery. The 17-year-old was Anthony Finley of 372 New Jersey Avenue; police would not release the 15-year-old%u2019s name, due to hisPage 22, THE PHOENIX, October 19.1978