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INSIDE WWW.BROOKLYNPDAPILEYR.C.COOMM 1 METROTECH CENTER NORTH • 10TH FLOOR • BROOKLYN, NY 11201 Heaven’s sake Classic Japanese cocktail spot opens outpost in Industry City Shaking things up: Oldies in Industry City focuses on Japanese cocktails made with fresh fruit. Photo by Natalie Sarpi By Bill Roundy It’s an Oldie but a goodie! A new Japanese cocktail bar from the operators of famous Manhattan speakeasy Angel’s Share opened in Industry City last week. Oldies, a 12-seat bar just off the complex’s Japan Village food hall, is trying to conjure classic liquor spots of Japan’s past, said its owner. “Many of the great cocktail bars in Japan have an old-school vibe, so we wanted to do that here, albeit with updated interiors,” said Erina Yoshida. “We hope people can reminisce on something nostalgic of the past when they come into our bar.” The bar is less formal than its Manhattan predecessor, which forbids standing, loud talking, or groups larger than four. In contrast, the light and airy Oldies interior has a dedicated standing area, and it plays pop hits from the 1970s. Before the cocktail renaissance of the early 2000s, Angel’s Share was one of the few spots in New York to get a properly made Manhattan, and Oldies retains a bit of that flavor, with a short list of classic cocktails, including the Martini, Negroni, and Sidecar. But its focus is on simple fruit cocktails — made with seasonal fruits, honey, and whiskey, and highballs made with Japanese whiskey. These seemingly simple concoctions are difficult to pull off well, said Yoshida. “What we are doing is unique — our cocktails are very simple with many only having a few ingredients while highlighting the produce itself,” she said. “When a cocktail is that simple, it adds more pressure to make sure each cocktail is well-balanced.” The bar also serves sake, beer, and a selection of Japanese bar snacks. Most of the options are Japanese, but a few beer options come from Kings County, she noted. “We decided to not carry exclusively carry Japanese ingredients to honor our Brooklyn location,” said Yoshida. “The options that are not sourced from Japan are more often than not produced here Old-fashioned: New bar Oldies will serve Japanese whiskey highballs and classic cocktails. in Brooklyn, including King’s County Distillery, Threes Brewery, and even Brooklyn Kura Sake, which is made right on the Industry City campus.” Photo by Natalie Sarpi Oldies 269 36th St. between Second and Third avenues in Sunset Park,www. instagram.com/oldiesny) . Open Wed–Fri at 5 pm; Sat–Sun at 2 pm; closed Mon–Tue. Your entertainment guide Page 31 Police Blotter ..........................8 Opinion ...................................28 Letters ....................................29 HOW TO REACH US Mail: Courier Life, 1 Metrotech Center North 3rd Floor, Brooklyn, N.Y. 11201 General Phone: (718) 260-2500 News Fax: (718) 260-2592 News E-Mail: editorial@schnepsmedia.com Display Ad Phone: (718) 260-8302 Display Ad E-Mail: rdonofrio@schnepsmedia.com Display Ad Fax: (718) 260-2579 Classified Phone: (718) 260-2555 Classified Fax: (718) 260-2549 Classified E-Mail: classified@schnepsmedia.com THE TOP STORIES TO BY BEN VERDE, JESSICA PARKS, AIDAN GRAHAM, COLIN MIXSON Here’s a collection of compelling stories that got rolling in 2019, but are sure to heat up in 2020, a year that’s sure to give Courier Life reporters plenty to do. Industry City rezoning: Industry City’s controversial pave the way for a 12-year, $1 billion expansion of the Sunset year by Councilman Carlos Menchaca, whose vote as the local legislator will make or break the measure. Menchaca tried to circumvent the city’s land use review process by demanding acquiesce to certain dictates — such as reducing the scope of the rezoning, and providing a number of public amenities to the community, such as a new high school — before the rezoning application was submitted, against the proposal. However, City CEO Andrew Kimball from submitting a rezoning application in December that ignored many of the councilman’s few months will show whether Menchaca meant it when he threatened to vote against the expansion scheme, or if he was bluffi ng. 960 Franklin Ave. rezoning: for construction of a massive mixed-use complex in Crown Heights has put the Brooklyn Botanic Garden under threat, with experts claiming the 39-story development would cast shadows over the horticultural hours per day. The hours of additional serious threat to the garden’s leafy attractions, with one professional currently on exhibit there COURIER L 2 IFE, JANUARY 3-9, 2020 A rezoning application for a massive 39-story development that threatens to plunge the Brooklyn Botanic Garden will be decided in 2020. Continuum Company could wither and die if the complex gets built. As a result, Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo, whose district encompasses 960 Franklin Ave., will have to decide next year whether the 789 affordable units that would be included among the development’s planned 1,578 units warrant the possible destruction of one of Brooklyn’s most cherished wonders. Borough Presidents race heats up: Eric Adams is term-limited as Brooklyn’s Borough President — which means a wide open fi eld of upand comers vying to fi ll the vacancy at Borough Hall. The elections will occur in November of 2021, but several candidates have already announced their candidacies — including Council members Antonio Reynoso, Robert Cornegy, and Rafael Espinal. Other �� rezoning — which would Park manufacturing complex — will be decided next that Industry City executives and Mayor de Blasio or else vowing to vote that didn’t stop Industry demands, and the next A rezoning application that would pave the way museum for up to six gloom would pose a green thumb claiming as many as half the plants rumored candidates include Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s wife Chirlane McCray. The campaign for the borough’s highest offi ce fi gures to be especially heated this election, as 11 of Kings County’s 15 City Council members are term-limited from their current posts — and seeking other public offi ces. House of D closing: The city has already begun the process of transferring inmates out of the Brooklyn House of Detention, with plans to fully close the jail complex before the end of January. The building’s roughly 400 occupants will be moved to other borough facilities —unless they have specifi c needs that can only be met at Rikers — and the 535 Department of Corrections staff will be reassigned. �� The move will allow the city to expand and renovate the Downtown Brooklyn holding facility, as it pursues a $8.7 billion strategy to close Rikers Island and move to a boroughbased jail system. Canarsie bathroom construction : A city plan to build a comfort station in Canarsie’s namesake park with an anticipated September 2020 completion is at a standstill after contractors fell into default in October, according to the Parks Department. The construction — originally scheduled to kickoff in April 2019 — never broke ground and is not likely to until after the winter season if new contractors are found, possibly pushing the project’s completion date back a year or longer. 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