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Wine & Foodfor the HolidaysT n v tin o N Y S t a t e%u25a0 -------- o * %u25a0 - --------A n d Brnnklvn IVinps:W hH olidThSEE SCelebrateThe W orldM eet The Musician BehindThe Series, Page 15G roup M arks A Red Letter DayN ew Arts C roup CelebratesN ew Funds, Page 21Travel In PACCs For SafetyBY L IZ K O C HAs Vincent Young guides his car slowly downDeKalb Avenue, passing small clusters of teenagers inhigh top sneakers, he leans over his steering wheel andpeers to the right and to the left down dark desertedside streets. He makes a right turn, then a left, peeringintently into his rear view mirror. He slows and thenspeeds up again swinging the car around the block, andretracing his route.The rain of the day has stopped and street lightsglisten on the asphalt as people begin to appear on thestreet again. Only a few are visible as the weather isturning cold, and the rain has driven them inside whereContinued on Page 3Civilian crime patr^ffer Vincent Young uses astreet telephone to stay in touch with hisneighborhood%u2019s 88th Precinct. (Phoenix/KirkPhoto)Cuomo In TownTo Help HomelessGovernor Mario Cuomo VisitsA Local Family, Page 5Landmarks ToRule On Hill ParkCobble Hill Park Discussed A tNext Meeting, Page 7Boards Put UpNominating SlatesCB6 Wants Debate, Page 8CB2 Repeats, Page 10PBOeMX*Hash, Kouyate and Haddad.B Y L IZ K O C HAfter months of doubt anduncertainty over its future and withits life only prolonged by thefaithful demands of its closefriends, an experimental bus routethat connects Downtown Brooklynwith City Hall in Manhattan hasbeen given a new lease or. permanent life with the news that transitofficials now support the route.Although the B-51 bus has beenon the verge of extinction almostsince its start a year ago, theMetropolitan TransportationAuthority (MTA) in upcomingmonths is expected to put the buss Battle Of B-51 B i f \for%u2022Av m pnftu wpod that%u00ae bu$ serv.6*from downtown Brooklyn toIowa. Manhattan m th * Manhattananage wm be discontmued alter the last tu p onFriday. M ay 2,19*6%u25a0 ' BiderShip tcveih over the 6 month experiments) setv%u00abee periodtoo low to becost effectiveWe do, howeveroffer alternativesubway service that wifi take youto the sameareas served bythe 851 routeOne of the signs posted announcing the first of many %u201c final%u201d noticesfor the B-51 bus. (Phoenix Photo)on its permanent rosTransit Authority, reversing itsprevious sentiments about the bus,is recommending that the bus beapproved by the MTA board as apermanent route, with a fewchanges in its schedule.City Councilmember AbeGerges, a long-time advocate of theroute says the positive news spells agood future for Brooklyn. %u201c Notonly does it stop the isolation thatsenior citizens and handicapped experienced who could not move between the boroughs, but it affectsthe growth of Downtown BrooklynContinued on Page 27Singer Chapin Honored With ParkB Y R O B T A Y L O RA musician who was born andgrew up in Brooklyn Heights in the1940%u2019s and an Italian sailor whoearned a reputation as an explorerin the 15th Century are beinghonored by the citizens of NewYork City. The City Council, in aunanimous vote on Nov. 6 voted toname parks in DowntownBrooklyn after each of the men.The unnamed park adjacent tothe N.Y. State Supreme CourtBuilding, bounded by CadmanPlaza West, Joralemon, Adamsand Court Streets, is to be officially named after the Italian Explorer,Christopher Columbus.With the newly named ColumbusPark, which already contains astatue of the explorer who iscredited with discovering the NewWorld in 1492, John LaCorte, thefounder of the Italian AmericanHistorical Society of America, saysthat Brooklyn should stand the bestchance of being named the host city for the 1992 celebration of Columbus%u2019 discovery.The Council legislation was introduced by Brooklyn HeightsCouncilmember, Abe Gerges, whoalso asked the City to nameanother un-named park at thesoutheast corner of ColumbiaHeights and Middagh Street afterHarry Chapin, the folksinger killedin a 1981 auto accident on theLong Island Expressway.Both parks were expected to besigned into law by Mayor KochContinued on Page 23Cruising For Crime In BoroMany nights o f the week, while we're tuckedaway in our homes, some o f our neighbors are outin the streets, keeping an eye on things as part o fcivilian patrols. Here are stories o f two o f them.