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Smooth moves: Industry City’s new ice skating rink will be open Wednesdays through Sundays until March.
Skate of the art
Industry City courtyard turns into holiday ice rink
By Jessica Parks It’s a new spot to chill
One of Industry
City’s outdoor courtyards
has frozen over,
transforming into a holidaythemed
ice rink and winter
wonderland featuring
an inflatable Santa,
blinking lights, and plastic
snowmen. The courtyard’s
Christmas decorations
are designed to evoke the
feeling of Brooklyn’s most
festive neighborhood, said
the complex’s development
director.
“It’s our ode to Dyker
Heights,” said Jim Somoza.
“Over the top, everything is
over the top.”
The uncovered ice rink
opened for its inaugural
season last weekend, and
will host skating hours
on Wednesdays through
Sundays until the end of
March. On Friday and
Saturday nights, the rink
will host special theme
nights, with disk jockeys
spinning hits from the ’80s,
country music, or boy band
songs, depending on the
night. The skating dance
parties are just part of the
fun in store for the rink,
said Somoza.
“We are still coming up
with a lot of different things
to do,” Somoza said. “We
are going to offer curling,
possibly some two-on-two
hockey.”
Once skaters tire of
perfecting their figure
eights underneath the
bright holiday lights,
they can retreat to a skilodge
themed outdoor
tent, or grab a drink at an
outdoor bar decorated like
a gingerbread house and
surrounded by seasonal
icons, including Santa
Claus and the Grinch. One
upcoming feature — a fire
pit — will soon offer a spot
for people to gather with
food and beverages before
and after their turns on
the ice, said the Industry
City rep.
“Adults can bring their
drinks, kids can have
theirs, and everyone can
make some s’mores,”
Somoza said. “This is our
way of doing something
fun for the family. It is
so fun watching people’s
faces as they round the
corner of the ice skating
rink and see the fun that
can be had.”
The rink, inside
Industry City’s Courtyard
An ice view: The Industry City skating rink is beside a gingerbread house bar and a lot of holiday
decorations.
5-6, is near to several
restaurants and bars,
including Brooklyn Kura
sake bar, Barrow’s Intense
Ginger Liqueur tasting
room, and the Frying Pan
bar. Holiday events are also
taking place throughout
the sprawling Sunset
Park complex, including
a capella carolers, holiday
markets, and roving visits
from Buddy the Elf.
Go ice skating at
Industry City Courtyard
5-6 (220 36th St. between
Second and Third avenues
in Sunset Park, www.
industrycity.com/ice-rink).
Open Wed–Thu, 4–8 pm;
Fri, 11 am–8 pm; Sat, 10
am–8 pm; Sun, 10 am–6
pm. $10 ($6 kids; skate
rental $9).
Your entertainment
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Super fresh: Antonio Capone rolls out the dough for his fresh pasta every morning. Photo by Ben Verde
A NOODLE ADDITION
Park Slope pasta-shop expands to sprawling new space
BY BEN VERDE
Popular cafe and grocer
Un Posto Italiano has opened
up a spacious new storefront
on Garfi eld Place in Park
Slope, featuring fresh-cooked
Italian meals and a full-scale
food mart, said the eatery’s
owner.
“It’s a very good selection
of what you can buy in New
York in onc place,” said Antonio
Capone. “It’s good stuff.”
Near the intersection of
Seventh Avenue, the new locale
contains ample seating
for roughly 50 patrons to
nosh on the cafe’s wide selection
of handmade pasta or
sip Italian espresso — a huge
step up from their previous
250-square-feet location on
Sackett Street, said Capone.
“Where I was on Sackett
was too small for me,” said
Capone.
In the middle of the eatery,
shoppers can choose
from a curated selection of
olive oil, cheese, coffee, and
pasta at the storefront’s highquality
Italian grocery. And
once summer rolls around,
Capone will welcome guests
to outdoor seating in the new
storefront’s backyard.
The cafe aims to present
the most authentic version of
modern-day Italy, free from
the ethical concerns surrounding
mass-produced Italian
foods — such as the use
of slave labor in the tomato
farming trade, said Capone.
Born in the city of Abruzzo
in the boot-shaped nation,
Capone opened the
original Un Posto Italiano location
five years ago, where
he began serving pasta —
even rolling the dough himself
every morning with
high-quality Sicilian flour.
The chef writes out the pasta
offerings on a chalkboard
every morning, and they
usually sell out before closing
time.
And despite the shops’ emphasis
on quality, Capone says
he is trying to keep his prices
as reasonable as possible, as
premium Italian products are
often priced cost-prohibitive
to many New Yorkers.
Visit the new location of Un
Posto Italiano 206 Garfi eld
Pl. at Seventh Avenue in Park
Slope, (718) 636-8500, unpostoitaliano.
com Open Tues–
Fri 8 am–6:30 pm Sat–Sun
8:30 am–5 pm
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