Canarsie Courier from Brooklyn, New York • 3

Canarsies Schenck House Period Rooms On Display Now At Brooklyn Museum e-i 0 CO 1 District Manager Gets If From All Neighborhoods In Long Community Ed. Meeting Park in the summer of 1985. Under the plan, some 200 volunteers outfitted in Revolutionary regalia would reenact British General Charles Cornwallis crossing of the Town of Flatlands. A huge boy scout jamboree, comprised of local troops, would coincide with the event. --vX i i ft M', i'i Sr .4 4 f.w.- RX f- 3, i CO i 3 ra 6 -X- S', 5 y.

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C45 w.y- si mm "Wv i i 1 I i jU A x's y. i 5 1 fii by Brian Winzeworth Angry residents beseiged District Manager Frank Seddio with complaints of sinking sidewalks, unscrupulous ticket blitzes and stinking sanit trucks during a recent marathon session of Community Board 18. Denouncing the installation of a new sewer line along a southern strip of Flatbush Avenue which has reportedly caused portions of sidewalk to sink to street level, Ralph Pugliese, President of the Marine Park Civic Association, urged the board to become involved in order to force the Environmental Protection Agency to rectify the situation. In addition, he charged enforcement agents of the Sanitation Department have agitated the problem by ticketing area merchants for failure to properly clear away litter from the sunken sidewalk. Stating the culprit (EPA) will not acknowledge responsibility, Seddio announced Canarsie Congressman Charles Schumer has agreed to conduct an on-site inspection with EPA officials in order to reach a mutual solution.

The Sanitation Department seemed to be the focus of another community matter, namely an over abundance of collection trucks assigned to a CB 15 sanit garage at 1750 East 49th Street. According to Jerry Bisogno, President of the Mill Basin Civic Association, residents have lodge numerous complaints concerning some 14 uge-filled trucks whose offensive odors permeate nearby homes as they remain idle overnight. Labeling the problem as something we have to live with, Seddio explained the' surplus trucks belong to a CB 13 garage currently under renovation in Coney Island and temporarily detailed to the Marine Park area. However, Mill Basin residents werent willing to live with the problems posed by the over extension of a medical office at 2655 National Drive, as Seddio learned during two hours of controversial testimony offered at Kings Plaza. According to the owner Dr.

Herbert Oken, construction originally designed to replace an interior stairway with an elevator apparently exceeded a variance granted by CB 18, and without his knowledge or approval. Charging he has therefore been duped by the contractor, Oken then asked Seddio and the board for a second variance to accommodate the additional changes. However, the motion was denied by a 19-4 vote. In other community matters, Ben DuBose, President of the Canarsie Historical Society, entered a request before the board to forward a recommendation to Julius Spiegel, Commis-' sioner of Parks and Recreation, for a proposed historical encampment at Canarsie Beach Parking Off On All Saints Day Alternative side of the street parking will be suspended today November 1st in observance of All Saints Day, New York City Department of Transportation officials announced today. ys.

Vote Next Tuesday; Its Not Really THAT Difficult by Charles Rogers Canarsiens and all other citizens have opinions on who should govern us and how. Not enough Americans take advantage of one of our fundamental rights, however, by not backing up our own opinions going to the polls on election day. Incredibly, too many people are willing to leave these vital choices to others. Next Tuesday, November 6th is Election Day, with voters choosing the President and Vice President, Members of Congress, State Legislators and Judges. They will also vote on amendments to the State constitution.

There are many cop-outs when it comes to not voting, not the least of which is, I dont want to have to be called for jury duty, and Its too difficult. The former problem is currently being addressed by some legislators who have suggested jury-duty names may be taken from driver licenses and other forms of identification; the latter, according to the New York Citizens Union, is heard most often but is simply not true. In an effort to make voting even easier for you, the CU has given the following information: The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Election Day.

As long as you are on line to vote by 9 p.m., you can vote. You need not show any identification in order to vote. When you enter the polling place, youll see tables and voting machines for one or more election districts (EDs). You have to vote at the ED in which you live, which is listed on the confirmations sent to all newly registered voters and on the cards sent to all registered voters every summer. (It might help to bring either of these cards to the polls.) If you dont know your ED, ask at one of the tables.

Once you get to the table for your ED, you will be asked to sign your registration poll record. Sign exactly as you did when you registered (the signature on the lowest line is the one you made at the time you registered). It is possible that there will be no card for you in the registration book. If there isnt, and you realize you are not entitled to vote ask for an application to register or enroll (which you can mail back to assure your eligibility the next time). But, if you believe you are eligible, you still cast a ballot.

Ask for an affidavit ballot, which Continued on Page 52 Reconstructed Dining Room from Canarsies Nicholas Schenck House, circa 1830, is now being exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum. Accoutrements include spinning wheel, wicker chairs and even Sterling silverware. by Charles Rogers The Brooklyn Museum has reopened its exhibit of one of the most famous and oldest period rooms from both the Nicholas Schenck House, originally built in Canarsie, and the Abraham Harrison House of Irvington, New Jersey. Five reproductions of the Schenck House are on display; while two Harrison House reconstructions are being shown. The rooms, originally shown at the museum in 1929, have been closed to the public since the 1960s.

According to museum sources, they have undergone extensive renovation and now the public can see the ways in which home life was carried on around 1825 to 1830. The Nicholas Schenck rooms comprise a parlor, a dining room, two chambers (bedrooms), and a central hall the entire first floor of the house Nicholas Schenck built here around 1775. By 1929 Continued on Page 52 Canarsies Schenck House. This is the way it looked as it stood on the grounds of Canarsie Beach Park, (photo courtesy of Canarsie Historical Society).