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NEIGHBORHOOD 1 TT fTT fl Kitchen benefit 12, 1984 So informing the local community, and we already have a saturation in this area." Fred Greisbach, an official of the Coalition for the Homeless, said: "This is an act of desperation. It's probably one more step backwards for the city. The 78 beds will probably be full in two weeks." TROBE DESCRIBED the Third St. facility, used since the 1950s as a social services center for the homeless, as "the last place to be used. We're opening it (for sleeping quarters) because we new is A Daily News.

Monday, November By SUZANNE GOLUBSKI Angry residents of the lower East Side have charged that the city violated an agreement with them by putting 78 beds for the homeless in the Men's Shelter at 8 E. Third St. THE FACILITY serves as a check-in center for homeless men, who then are sent to other shelters around the city to spend the night Until the beds were put in last Thursday, there were no sleeping facilities for the By ALAN MIRABELLA Reviving a long and sudsy history in Manhattan, two entrepreneurs opened a brewery in SoHo this weekend, ending an eight-year- dry spell in local brewing. Londoner Richard Wrig-ley and Brooklynite Robert D'Addona spent $1.3 million transforming the former Consolidated Edison substation at 40-42 Thompson near Watts into a brewery and multilevel restaurant and pub. The operators expect the plant, called the Manhattan Brewing to brew and bottle 500 barrels of beer a week.

SIX SHINING copper brewing kettles imported from Germany and Switzerland stand tall in brewery's main hall, looming over long dining tables and a huge wooden bar. Above the hall is the work space of the brewmaster, Mark Witty, 28, who came here from the Samuel Smith Brewery in England. And, in a stable set up behind the brewery, two Shire horses, named Prince and Duke, will soon be delivering the bottled product in carts to bars in lower Manhattan, adding a flavor of nostalgia. The old days were recalled again at the brewery's opening Thursday night. Saluting the city's great old breweries, the Police Department's Emerald Society Band was on hand to play "Amazing Grace." A VARIETY of beers and ales produced by the company flowed freely and free through the night while the band played on.

Brewing plans call for three principal brands to be produced, labeled Manhattan Gold, Manhattan Royal Amber and Manhattan Old Original Ale, along with six other beers and ales. rr Mmmningj Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen, the largest private feeding facility in the city, will host a benefit luncheon on Saturday from 1 1 a m. to 1 p.m. at the Church of the Holy Apostles, Ninth Ave. and 28th St.

The kitchen feeds 700 persons every weekday, according to church officials. For a minimum donation of $10, guests at the benefit will get a hot meal similar to that served to the kitchen's daily guests. Information may be obtained by phoning 924-0167. For teen moms The Floating Hospital will begin a series of six workshops on Wednesday for personnel who work with pregnant teenagers. The workshop will be held from 9.

a.m. to 3 p.m. and will be conducted by guidance counselors, agency professionals and social workers. Discussions will be directed at the Issues facing adolescents choosing to have their babies. The Floating Hospital is docked at Pier 84 at 12th Ave.

and 44th St. School visits Open School Week begins today throughout the city. Board of Education President James Regan and Schools Chancellor- Nathan Quinones urged parents to visit their children's public schools for conferences with teachers. They stressed the ance of parental involvement in the child's academic progress and the need for awareness of class curriculum and school services. Kahane to talk Rabbi Meir Kahane, founder of the Jewish Defense League, will speak at Queens College today at 12:30 p.m.

in Room "206 of the Student Union Building. The talk, sponsored by the Queens College Hillel, will focus on Kahane's idea of expelling Arabs from Israel, according to a Hillel spokesman. Holiday calendar The Long Island Tourism and Convention Commission said yesterday that its second annual Home for the Holiday calendar, listing community events, holiday displays, craft fairs and performing arts programs during the holiday season, is now available, free of charge. For a copy, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to LITCC. Holiday Calendar.

213 Carleton Central Islip. 11722. New project chief The appointment of Robert Weber as project director of the JASA (Jewish Association for Services for the Aged) Brook-dale Village Senior Center in Far Rockaway, has been announced by Bernard Warach, executive director of the organization. Weber succeeds Charles Goldberg, who retired recently. homeless in the shelter.

Deputy Human Resources Administrator Robert Trobe said that the city was prompted to install the beds at the E. Third St. facility after 40 men were found sleeping on chairs there last week because all the other city shelters were filled. BUT COUNCILWOMAN Miriam Friedlander (D-Man-hattan) said: "One of our community agreements was that there would be no people sleeping there. "On the lower East Side, they sneak them in without Looking down at some of the On opening night, a long line of curious New Yorkers waited for a chance to get inside the brewery.

After its first weekend in business, the owners said sales in the res taurant and pub were brisk and the crowds heavy. "This is the new beginning of brewing in New York City," party host Wrigley said. "New Yorkers deserve a real beer and that's what we are offering. "While we are operating as a brewery we are going to have patron seating on three levels, all overlooking the large copper brewing kettles. "THE FIRST two levels will be operated in a beer hall style, while the upper level will be be serving oysters and clams with the beer." "What we are really doing is creating something old fashioned in a new age," said i Lin in urn ii i i 11) mrr-r nr im need the space." It is not yet known if the number of beds there will be increased or how long the space will be used as a dormi tory, he said.

THERE WERE 5.749 homeless men and 831 home less women sheltered last night throughout the city, he said. Trobe said that his agency "has tried very hard to shel ter people in other sites around the city," but that the agency keeps running into stiff opposition. in SoMo inni ii i mfi hmhiMl i RICK MAIMAN DAILY NEWS guests on opening night. its Brooklyn plant several months earlier, leaving Shaefer as the last. There were 121 breweries here at the turn of the cent ury.

Breweries opened taverns and beer gardens then, financing them to sell only the brewery's products. Taverns were family-gathering places at the turn of the century, with soda pop and food for the kids and back rooms for them to play in while mom and dad hoisted a couple in the tap room up front. David Moorehead, a Man hattan resident for 25 years, rejoiced at the opening night party. "It's a gay and lively place," he said. "Something new catches on every weekend here in SoHo but this is just great.

Something like this is a big plus for New York City." TiV'i irnxnni Las Manhattan Brewery vats and Wrigley's partner, Robert D'Addona, a Brooklyn insurance man. As for brewmaster Witty, he said he was proud of the beers and ales he has been working on tirelessly on since September. "We think the beer is of a high quality and it's definitely different than what American breweries are producing," he asserted. "We are bringing variety back to beer," he said. "1 have been designing and perfecting different types of beers here and I started from scratch with top grade ingredients from Europe." IT WAS IN 1976 that the city's beer industry.

went flat, with the closing of the Shaefer Brewing Co. in Brooklyn, leaving the city without a brewery for the first time in 300 years. Rheingold Breweries closed.