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'fcSSjfSNew Museum ArtBoth ContemporaryArid WesternThousands of Slides and MilesBring Third Annual Western ArtExhibit to Brooklyn, Page Nine^ rnunn-T- I nil II II I'll%u2014 ---------- \Happy 125thBirthday BAMSpecial Section Saluting jThe Brooklyn AcademyOf Music, Starts Page 15%u25a0Final ReportCommercial RentsOne Brooklyn Member LeadsMinority Report on Issue, Page 5Terminal Plan UpFor Last Local VoteCommunity Board to Make FinalRecommendation June 18, Page 7PJ-sr%u00a3iiON ?JIXH om ecom ing \Borough President Howard Golden enjoys the moment.Plan for Thousands of Visitors HereFor July 4th Waterfront CelebrationBY LIZ KOCHPreparations for the Fourth o f July Statue o fLiberty Celebration have been long in the making,but the organizers o f the event are not the only oneslosing sleep and pondering the how%u2019s and what%u2019sneeded to make everything run smoothly. Aweekend that means leisure for most people andthrowing cares into the wind means, as holidaytimes tend to, that som eone else has to be watchingout for things.In that vein, som e Brooklyn Police precincts,especially those that cover areas along the waterfront, have been gearing up their own forces for theweekend-long celebration that will include shuttingdown streets to vehicular traffic and making sureambulance and fire services are available.For one o f the quieter local precincts, the CarrollGardens 76th, the planned weekend activities ranging from the lighting o f the Statue o f Liberty, thespectacular fireworks display on the night o f July 4and the docking o f Naval ships and tall ships atBrooklyn n ers means a celebration tnat will havepeople partying on rooftops and crowding en masseonto the designated viewing spot at the rear o f Pier8 on Columbia Street between Degraw and CongressStreets.%u201c W e%u2019ve been preparing since Novem ber,%u201d PoliceO ffice John LoPreto from the 7th Precinct explains.%u201c Our big concern is the amount o f crowds that willbe drawn, and keeping everything mobile soanything that happens we can m ove quickly,%u201d hesays.The viewing spot he points out can hold about30,000 people and more are expected, including alarge influx o f people who will be attending privateparties on the piers in Red H ook, replete withcaterers and arriving guests. The Columbia Streetsite was the only one designated by the City and thePort Authority for public use on July 4, after a tentative plan to use Pier 39 in Red Hook was rejectedfor safety reasons.To allow for the crowds to move freely andunhindered by traffic on July 4, Atlantic Avenuewill be closed from Boerum Place down the water.Also closed will be: Columbia Street from AtlanticAvenue 10 DeGraw Street; Van Brunt irom u eo ra wStreet to Bowne Street; all o f Imlay Street; ConoverContinued on Page 4