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THEATER
RACCOONS
mirrored others’ daytime
run-ins with the typically
nocturnal animals, which
this fall began spreading
the distemper virus in
Prospect Park , after an earlier
outbreak plagued raccoons
in Manhattan’s Central
Park over the summer.
Distemper — which is
spread by contact with infected
animals’ saliva,
or fl uids in their coughs
and sneezes — doesn’t affect
humans, but the virus
can prove deadly to pups,
which, like raccoons, will
suffer brain and nervoussystem
damage resulting
in severe confusion and
death if left untreated.
Following confi rmation
of the distemper outbreak
among area raccoons, Department
of Parks and Recreation
offi cials instituted
a still in effect advisory
to locals, warning them
to leash their dogs, avoid
wildlife, and seek immediate
treatment if they or
their mutts are scratched
or bitten by a feral critter
in Brooklyn’s Backyard.
Agency workers to date
collected some 87 Prospect
Park raccoons — dead and
alive — to be tested for the
virus, of which, only seven
tested positive, with the
most recent positive case
dating back to Oct. 23, according
to Parks spokeswoman
Meghan Lalor.
But some Brooklynites,
like Klein, claimed to spot
sick raccoons in Kensington
and Windsor Terrace
long after the last animal
from the park tested positive
for distemper, suggesting
the borough’s masked
bandits may be unwittingly
transporting the virus
beyond the park while
searching for food.
Dog walker Randi Lass
said she saw a raccoon at
the corner of Greenwood
Avenue and E. Third Street
on Nov. 25, and contacted a
Parks Department worker
after noticing the animal
walking around in circles.
But the local did not stick
around to see if the agency
attended to the critter, she
said.
And another extremely
ill raccoon showed up on
the sidewalk outside of an
Ocean Parkway apartment
building between Church
Avenue and Beverly Road
the evening of Nov. 7, according
to a resident, who
said the animal had trouble
standing and left piles
of either diarrhea, vomit,
or both in its wake.
“You could tell it was
in a lot of distress,” said
Stephanie Carman.
Carman’s neighbor
made several 311 and 911
calls seeking aid from the
city following the raccoon
sighting, which resulted in
police doing one lap of her
block in a patrol car without
stopping, she said.
The next day, Carman
spotted the animal in the
front courtyard of a nearby
building and, assuming it
was dead, said she called
the Department of Sanitation,
where workers allegedly
told her the agency
would only dispose of the
carcass if she ferried it to a
public sidewalk.
But the raccoon showed
signs of life after she hung
up with the Sanitation Department,
so Carman said
she reached out to Animal
Care and Control — where
she claimed reps didn’t return
her call — before contacting
911, whose operators
dispatched another
patrol car to the scene.
But the cops that arrived
claimed they couldn’t fi nd
the beast, Carman said.
Another neighbor, however,
claimed to have an
even harder time getting
the city — which encourages
locals to call 311 about
any sick raccoons spotted
on public or private property,
and to call the cops if
an animal gets aggressive
— to address the wayward
animal.
“I called 311 and they
said, ‘Tough s---,’ ” said Joselyn
Muhleisen.
And Carman, who said
the raccoon was gone the
morning after she asked
the Sanitation Department
and police to retrieve it,
blasted offi cials for being
so unconcerned about animals
that she said pose serious
health risks to local
humans and their canines.
Pavilion Theater, which
was rumored to contain
bed-bugs during its later
years.
Developer Hidrock
Properties got city approval
to convert the historic
theater into a condominiums
in 2015, but later
abandoned its plans, and
Viragh snagged the lease
from investors, who purchased
the property for a
cool $28 million in 2016.
Then began a massive,
gut-renovation of the historic
theater. The more
than two-year renovation
project proved a massive
challenge, said Viragh, and
included workers contending
with “rats the size of
dogs” at a theater that had
clearly seen better days.
“It was like a hoarder
had lived here for 50 years,”
he said.
Viragh had originally
hoped to open the Park
Slope cinema earlier this
year, but credits a monthslong
delay to the discovery
of walled-over architectural
elements, including a
third-fl oor mezzanine overlooking
Brooklyn’s Backyard.
But at the end of the day,
whether the name “Sanders,”
“Pavilion,” or “Nitehawk”
graces the theater’s
marquee, the old Prospect
Park West movie house was
built to last, said Viragh,
who hopes to serve Brooklynites
booze and blockbusters
for many years to
come.
“It’s a really great building,”
he said. “It’s got great
bones.”
Nitehawk Prospect Park
(188 Prospect Park West at
14th Street in Park Slope,
nitehawkcinema.com/
prospectpark). Open daily
at 3 pm. Tickets $13 ($10 seniors
and children).
SHOW TIME!: Nitehawk Cinema’s
new Park Slope location
opened inside the former Pavilion
Theater on Wednesday
after two years of renovations.
Photo by Trey Pentecost
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