WELCOME TO THE JJAZZ AGE
At the Post Theater, Bldg T4, Ft. Tilden, NY
Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Adapted for the stage by Simon Levy
Directed by Frank Caiati
September 20th, 21st, 27th, 28th/October 4th + 5th at 8PM
Matinees: September 22nd + 29th/ October 6th at 2PM
Tickets: Adults $20.00. Seniors/Children- $15.00
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www.rockawaytheatrecompany.org
Please Note: Online ticket purchases close 24 hours prior to show date, however,
tickets may still be purchased, at our box office, one hour prior to showtime.
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COURIER L 16 IFE, SEPT. 20-26, 2019
Tranist activists
rally in Midwood
BY AIDAN GRAHAM
Transit activists, elected offi cials, and
the devastated family of a 10-year-old
boy slain by a driver in Midwood last
week rallied on Sept. 12 to demand bold
reforms to protect pedestrians and bicyclists
from getting killed on the road.
“We lost our baby, and he’s not coming
back,” said the boy’s teary-eyed
mother, Mary Majao. “Let’s make
Brooklyn a safer place for all.”
Advocates from Transportation Alternatives
and Families for Safe Street
gathered at Ocean Avenue and Avenue
L, where a motorist behind the wheel
of a Lexus SUV suffered what police
described as a “medical episode” and
struck Enzo Farachio as he waited at a
nearby bus stop on Sept. 10.
Farachio’s death follows a sharp rise
in traffi c fatalities in Brooklyn, where
traffi c deaths have increased 72 percent
this year as compared to the same period
in 2018, according to Police Department
statistics.
City Council Speaker Corey Johnson
— who introduced legislation that
would require the installation of 250
miles of protected bike lanes and 150
miles of dedicated bus lanes within fi ve
years — joined the rally to promote his
bill.
“Prayers and condolences — which
we do give — needs to be backed up
by action. That is why we are going to
move this bill forward,” said Johnson.
“We are going to set real benchmarks
to pedestrianize areas across New York
City.”
Failure to adopt the Council speaker’s
plan — which is slightly more aggressive
than the Green Wave bike lane
expansion being pursued by Mayor de
Blasio, who Johnson hopes to replace
come 2021 — would lead to more senseless
deaths like Farachio’s, according to
a Trans Alt spokesman.
“We will never see an end to traffi c
violence if we don’t make safe street designs
the standard across all fi ve boroughs,”
said Joseph Cutrufo. “To do
anything less would be an insult to the
families of the thousands of New Yorkers
killed by unsafe streets and deadly
Cecilia Green recounts how a car smashed
into her as she biked in 2015.
Photos by Caroline Ourso
drivers, and put countless more residents
at risk.”
One local activists, whose daughter
was fatally struck by a car in Gravesend
six years ago, claimed that new
protected bike lanes would safeguard
both cyclists and pedestrians from outof
control motorists, saying the cycling
paths provide an additional buffer between
traffi c and the sidewalk.
“Protected bike lanes would provide
an extra cushion as opposed to the
bike lanes that are just painted on the
street. It would provide an added level
of protection when you’re on the sidewalk,”
said Jane Martin-Lavaud. “Of
course you should be careful crossing
the street, but when you’re standing on
the sidewalk, you should not be fearful.
You should not be in danger.”
The teary-eyed activists concluded
Thursday night’s demonstration with a
grim procession to the site of two other
fatal crashes — one that left 52-year-old
cyclist Jose Alzorriz dead on Coney Island
Avenue and Avenue L last month,
and another that killed 16-year-old cyclist
Yisroel Schwartz at a Borough
Park intersection in May.
Hours after the street safety demonstration
ended, a motorist behind the
wheel of an SUV slammed into a city
bus two blocks from where Farachio
was killed, injuring eight people.
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