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[Police to'Harrass' Noisy Bottle ClubBY DAN ICOLARIResidents of the west side of Fort Greene Place between Hanson Place and Lafayette Avenue have had a hard time sleeping lately. Their backyards face 129 St. Felix Street, the alleged home of a noisy after-hours %u2018%u2018bottle club%u201d (an establishment that charges a set admission price which usually includes one %u201cfree%u201d drink). The residents say they%u2019ve made repeated calls to the 78th Precinct for assistance, but have been frustrated in their attempts to have the all-night parties stopped--or at least quieted.At a meeting organized by Fort Greene Place residents at which 78th Precinct Commander Vincent Brogan and his superior, Inspector Adam Butcher were present, Anne York of Fort Greene Place said the moral aspects of the situation are of little concern to her and her husband, Richard.%u2018%u2018All we want is what we%u2019ve been denied since those parties began shortly after Easter, which is the very basic right to a good night%u2019s sleep. Sure, if they%u2019re selling drugs in their or if other objectionable things are going on I%u2019d like to see that stopped, but right now I%u2019d settle for some sleep,%u201d she said.Other Fort Greene Place residents related their difficulty in getting the 78th Precinct to respond to telephone calls. %u201c And when they did respond,%u201d said one resident, %u201c the policemen said they couldn%u2019t issue summonses for the noise right there on the spot. Wew'ere told only a police station somewhere on Pennsylvania Avenue (in East New York) has the authority to do that.%u201dMs. York said that when she failed to get action from the police, she approached the landlord, Pat Piro, who lives next door to the alleged bottle-club building. Piro told her that while he sympathizes, he cannot evict the tenants.%u201c Believe me, it%u2019s not so easy to evict a tenant,%u201d says Piro. %u201c Once the tenant is served with eviction papers, he has a prime excuse to stop paying rent, and if there%u2019s any bad feeling-which there usually is-he may take it out on the building.%u201d Piro says that when he%u2019s called the 78th Precinct to complain about the noise at 129 St. Felix Street, a car has always responded, usually taking no longer than 20 minutes. %u201c I live right next door to the building; the noise affects me most. Why wasn%u2019t 1 told about the meeting? I%u2019m willing to meet with the Fort Greene Place people at any time, but nobody asked me.%u201dCaptain Brogan of the 78th and Inspector Adam Butcher have promised to launch a %u201ccampaign of harrassment%u201d against the St. Felix Street house, issuing summonses on noise, recording license-plate numbers, investigating complaints, and ticketing illegally-parked cars.Councilwoman Mary Pinkett and Councilman Fred Richmond will confer on the matter and have promised to monitor the progress of the Fort Greene Place group.Heights Elderly Still Face Problems Despite DCF sBY DAN ICOLARIWhat emerged at the second meeting called by Councilman Fred Richmond on the related problems of the Brooklyn Heights elderly and single-room-occupancy hotels (SRO%u2019s) is that the concern and good will demonstrated by Heights residents, by city and state agency people, and by the Brooklyn Heights Association can do little more than identify problems. The lack of a comprehensive program to deal with these related problems left many at the meeting feeling discouraged and impotent.In making formal application to the State Board of Social Welfare as well as to various city agencies for permission to create domiciliary care facilities (DCF%u2019s), many feel the Pierrepont and Bossert Hotels have proposed alterations that have far more to do with the changing real-estate market than with the problems of the elderly.According to the just-completed Heights and Hill Community Council survey of the elderly, a certain percentage of the elderly would prefer to be housed in institutional settings like DCF%u2019s, where allservices are dispensed by the management and residents do not control their own money or prepare their own meals.But the survey also disclosed that the vast majority of the Heights elderly want their own rooms or apartm ents, with a choice in preparing their own food or eating out, and the ability to budget their funds as they choose.The consensus of the meeting was that no action can be decided upon until the Pierrepont Hotel%u2019s DCF appIication---now tied up in court proceedings---is approved or denied. 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