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Heights View NotProtected By PAPort Authority Officials GivesBad News At Cobble HillMeeting, Page 3Majestic TheaterWill Reopen In %u201987Brooklyn Academy Of MusicPlans Indian Epic As First ShowIn Theater, Page 4In Any LanguageBrooklyn Is CoolFrench Students Visiting TheBerkeley Carroll School GiveTheir Impressions, Page 5PpSECTTONLocal Theatersplay Am ericanaPlayworks Hosts A BachelorParty in 'Rites', Page 11The New Theater Tackles SpaceAnd Time, Page 11Feds Subpoena Project RecordsBY LIZ KOCHT he U .S . A tto rn ey fo r theSouthern D istrict o f New Y o rk hassubpoenaed records relating to twoB rooklyn projects from the O fficeo f the Brooklyn Borough Presidentand the C ity%u2019s D epartm ent o f E n %u00advironm ental P ro tectio n (D E P ).A subpoena was served O ct. 27on the environm ental agency by theF B I %u2019s M anhattan office. Therecords o f tw o D ow ntownB rooklyn projects, the A tlanticTerm inal U rban RenewalA rea (A T U R A ) and BrooklynR enaissance P la z a , w ere reportedlysubponenaed from the BrooklynB orough President%u2019s O ffice N ov. 3.The D E P subpoena sought recordson seven New Y o rk C ity projectsincluding the tw o D ow ntownBrooklyn developm ents.H arvey Schultz, the City E n %u00advironm ental Protection C om m issioner, referred all calls concerningthe subpoenas to the C ity %u2019s D epartment o f Investigation.A ccording to Peter J . Benitez,First D eputy Com m issioner o f theInvestigation D epartm ent, the O ct.27 subpoena was issued at the request o f U .S . A ttorney RudolphGuiliani for %u201c records relating tothe Environm ental Im pactStudies.%u201d A lso included in the subpoena were records pertaining todevelopm ent projects o f A lexanderM uss. A t press time no com m entcould be obtained about the subpoena o f the Borough President%u2019srecords o r any additional subpoenas that might have been issuedabout other projects in M anh attan .Coincidently, Schultz, whobecam e the head o f the D E P inm id-1986, was executive assistantto the Brooklyn Borough Presidentand had a prim ary role in thedevopm ent o f these and other projects in D ow ntow n Brooklyn.The tw o proposed dow ntow nprojects only recently com pletedtheir w ay through the C ity %u2019s reviewContinued on rag* 5Subway Fix-Ups May Speed UpB Y A R T H U R K R O E B E RRepairs and cleanups in approximately 30 subway stations in Downtown Brooklyn may be speeded up under Transit Authority President David Gunn%u2019s proposed five-year, $6.4 billion capital budget for subway and bus improvements. This news on the transit front comes at the same time that there has been substantial progress on completion o f work at three downtown area stations.Potentially, the most significant aspect o f the new spending plan for Downtown Brooklyn is a planned expansion o f the %u201c graffiti-free%u201d subway station program, which already includes 201 stations citywide and 22 in Downtown Brooklyn. W o rk a t th e C la rk S t. S ta tio n .Started in 1984 as an experimental program in 10 stations, o f which Smith/9th Sts. on the F and GG lines was the first, the graffitifree station program used funds from the 1981-86 TA capital budget to clean all graffiti o ff station walls. Special funds were then allocated to the regular maintenance budgets for those stations to ensure that they remained clean.Gunn%u2019s proposed 1987-91 capital budget calls for a total of $450.9 million in station improvements, part o f which would go towards continuing the graffiti-free program for the current 201 stations and expanding it to include 47 new stations. %u201c The idea was to have cleanContinued on Page 5Dewey-ing It Right InThe NYC MarathonB Y L IZ K O C HLike a winged Mercury, Ed Dewey%u2019s feet skim along the ground, loping down roadways in California and treading through the sandy beaches o f Barnegut Bay, New Jersey. And as the miles have vanished beneath his feet, the trophies have appeared on his mantel, and in his living room, causing quite a clutter in his home above the Gage and Tollner%u2019s Restaurant. Unlike the Mercury o f Greek mythology, however, Ed Dewey sports a mass o f gray whiskers and last weekend participated in the New York Marathon for the fifth time at the spritely age o f 66.The 26-plus mile course of the New York Marathon is grueling by any standards with a track that meanders through all five boroughs, but Dewey, the proprietor o f Gage & Tollner%u2019s restaurant on Kulton Mail, has trained all over the country, participating in road races that netted him a first place award in Sacramento, California that came in the form o f Ostrich egg and more traditional medals v>nd trophies. As importantly, Dewey keeps track o f his time in hisContinued on Page 27Ed D e w e y ru n n in g up F o u rth A v e n u e on S u n d a y . H efin is h e d in 4 :4 6 .3 3 , h is th ird b e s t m a ra th o n tim e .