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L O O K W H O %u2019Su i r a i n u 1 uT O W N !Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus. Right to Hamilton Federal! Thatk right. Santa Claus is coming to town at 5 Hamilton Federal branches.So take the kids and come on in to welcome Santa. After all, a visit to Hamilton Federal always pays dividends. Especially at Christmas!PARTICIPATING BRANCHES FOR SANTA%u2019S V IS IT :Saturday, D ecem ber 13thBrooklyn420 Court Street 9:30AM- 1:00PM 7401 13th Avenue 9:00AM-12:30PM 413 86th Street 10:00AM- 1:30PMSaturday, D ecem ber 20thNassau County 35 Merrick Avenue(East Meadow) 11:30AM- 1:00PM1560 Front Street(Merrick) 9:30AM-U:00AMMember FSLICHAMILTONFEDERAL SAVINGSA N D L O A N A S S O C IA T IO NM o r e t h a n a b a n k , w e ' r e n e i g h b o r s .ANNOUNCING THETHIRD ANNUAL PHOENIXHOLIDAY WINDOW AWARDSTo acknowledge the creative energy our neighborhood shops and stores spend to dress up our local commercial streets for the holidays, the Phoenix Newspaper will, for third straight year, recognize the best store window displays in Brownstone Brooklyn.With great pride, we will be publishing news and photographs of these outstanding store windows and displays in our Christmas-week edition dated December 25. In addition to an over-all Grand Prize and Secod, Third and honorable mentions, we hope to award \most creative efforts on Atlantic, Court, Seventh Avenue, Montague Street, Smith Street, Flatbush Avenue, and Fifth Avenue. Neighborhood honors will be given for Prospect Heights, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Windsor Terrace.We hope you will find your favorite merchant recognized and urge you not to miss this v^ry special issue.Willoughby Seniors Get Their CenterBY MARY JO NEUBERGERSenior citizens of Fort Greene got the goodnews that the City%u2019s Deputy Mayor StanleyBrezenoff will put the promise in writing toprovide a new location for the WilloughbySenior Center. The center, which providesmeals and other services for the elderly, willmove from the leaky basement it now occupies at 51 Monument Walk to renovatedquarters in the renovated CumberlandNeighborhood Family Care Center betweenAuburn Place and Park Avenue.%u201cIt was a hard fight, but we won,%u201d said A1Thousand, chair of the Cumberland NFCCCommunity Advisory Board, who has workedsince early 1984 to help relocate theWilloughby Center. The current space iscompletely inadequate and the staff had tocontend with flooding after rains and evensewage leaks, according to Thousand.Prior to the City%u2019s announcement, it lookedas if the senior citizens would lose out. Therewere three agencies fighting for the samespace and, %u201cThe homeless groups supersededus on the City%u2019s agenda,%u201d said Thousand,%u201cbut the political forces in the city cametogether and did a beautiful job.%u201d%u201cCity Councilman Abe Gerges, who backedthe project, pledged he would %u201ccontinue to dowhatever is necessary to support theWilloughby Seniors.%u201dRenovation and construction on the fifthfloor space the group will occupy is expectedto be completed by January of 1988, according to Brezenoff, but the senior citizens willnot wait until then to celebrate. They plan aparty on December 17.In addition to providing hot meals, thecenter offers English as a foreign languageand some counseling services to seniorcitizens. The new location will make thesethings available to more people, according toThousand. Gerges, too, cheered the site, saying it would still be in walking distance forthe elderly.In addition to Thousand and Gerges otherofficials who signed a recent letter of supportto Brezenoff, including: State SenatorVelmanette Montgomery, Congressman EdTowns, Assemblyman Joseph Lentol, Councilmember Mary Pinkett, Headley Smith(President of the Willoughby Center), JerryKenzini (Chair, Community Boards #2),Hank Crawford (PACC), S. GeorgiannaGlose (Chair Brooklyn-Wide Inter-agencyCouncil of Aging), Alice Kelly-Stevens(Chair, Social Concerns Lafayette Ave. Pres.Church) and Judy Clark (Willoughby SeniorsAction Committee).Zoning May ChangeProposed zoning changes for the residential neighborhoods of southern Park Slopeand Cobble Hill will be reviewed by the Landmarks/Land Use Committee of CommunityBoard Six on Dec. 15. The changes which arepart of an overall City Planning Commissionmaster plan are intended to consolidate andprotect the residential areas in the district,and will create a new type of residentialdesignation, according to District ManagerBob Acito.At the meeting, portions of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)describing the proposed changes to the CB6 district will be available. The DEIS wasreleased in November. The communityboard has sixty days to review and commenton the proposal.The meeting will be held at the Kane St.Synagogue at 236 Kane St. between ClintonCourt Sts. on Dec. 15 at 7pm. %u2014 L.K.School Wins GrantP.S. 58 in Carroll Gardens was one of tenBrooklyn schools to win a grant in theCitizens Commitee for New York City%u2019s Fall1986 Mollie Pamis Dress Up YourNeighborhood School Program. Grants of upto $350 were awarded to the schools foreducational projects which improve the appearance of the schools.P.S. 58 received $346 for students in thethird through sixth grades, including specialeducation students, to design and paint amural in the school cafeteria on the theme offood, health and nutrition.HOLIDAY SPECIALSAntiques & Quality ReproductionsCompare Our Prices On Any Brand Name FurnitureALL BRAND NAME FURNITUREWe Buy & S ell Q uality Used FurnitureEXPERT REFINISHINGWORK DO NE O N ALL A N T IQ U E S & Q UALITY USED FUR NITUR EALSO C O M PLE TE RESTORATION O N ALL W O O DW O RKIN YOUR H O M E -G U A R A N T E E DFREE PICKUP & DELIVERYCali For Free Estimate(718)230-9263 %u2022 Eves. 230-9261Serving Brownstone BrooklynFlatbush F u rn itu re ii u o rp .296-298 FLATBUSH AVE.C O R NER O F 7 th AVENUE BROOKLYN NYPage 4, T H E P H O E N IX , D ecem ber 11, 1986