The coastal areas of Coney Island, Brooklyn, City Island, the Bronx, the Rockaways, Queens and Tottenville, Staten Island, will suffer the most flooding, said Bruno.

Published by New York Daily News on September 6, 2008.

KeySpan Park: 1904 Surf Ave., Coney Island. (718) 372-5596 or www.brooklyncyclones.com

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 5, 2008.

The owner of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park is calling it quits.

Published by amNY.com on September 4, 2008.

"It's a big deal, deciding where to start your kid's first 16 to 20 years of school," said Elan's mother, Jennifer Baum of West Brighton. She said she was sold on the new school - also dubbed the "Academy of Innovative Learning" in the landmarked brick building at the border of Stapleton - because of its small size and its focus on creativity.

Published by SI Live on September 4, 2008.

The owner of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park is calling it quits.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 4, 2008.

The owner of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park is calling it quits -- and this time she says it's for real.

Published by WNBC on September 4, 2008.

Aaron Altamarano and Jonathan Robinson will get $25,000 each as a result of their August 2007 arrests in Bay Ridge; Margaret Musella will receive $25,000 for her October 2007 bust in Sunset Park; James Jimenez, who also alleged cops stole his cash and iPod after his August 2007 arrest in Bay Ridge, gets $40,000, and Sean Brown will collect $30,000 for his September 2007 arrest in Coney Island.

Published by New York Daily News on September 4, 2008.

Coney Island's Astroland will have its last day this Sunday. Then it's over for the iconic amusement park, according to reports out this afternoon. A deal couldn't be reached by 1 p.m. today between Astroland's operator and its landlord Joseph Sitt, who has big plans for the area (if the city doesn't get its way first).

Published by The New York Observer on September 4, 2008.

The owner of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park is calling it quits.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 4, 2008.

The owner of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park is calling it quits.

Published by amNY.com on September 4, 2008.

Coney Island's world-famous Astroland Park is set to close once and for all on Sunday - a full month before the amusement park season officially wraps up.

Published by New York Daily News on September 4, 2008.

Here's a statement from Astroland co-owner Carol Hill Albert on the Coney Island amusement park's impending closure for good this Sunday. It was sent to the Save Coney Island listserv.

Published by The New York Observer on September 4, 2008.

The owner of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park is calling it quits—and this time she says it's for real.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 4, 2008.

The owner of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park is calling it quits.

Published by Crain's New York Business on September 4, 2008.

This summer could mark the end of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park.

Published by WNBC on September 2, 2008.

Could this be the end of Coney Island’s Astroland?

Published by New York Times on September 2, 2008.

This summer could mark the end of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park. But is it for real, this time?

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 1, 2008.

Number of Coney Island visitors this summer falls dramatically. [NYDN]

Published by The New York Observer on September 1, 2008.

The Parks Department said there were 9 million visitors this year, compared to 20 million in 2006. At Coney Island, there were 4.5 million visitors this year, compared to 8.6 million last year and 15.5 million in 2006.

Published by amNY.com on September 1, 2008.

Barring a new lease, Astroland vows to close (again). [NYDN]

Published by The New York Observer on September 1, 2008.

The boardwalk is getting a lot less crowded on Coney Island.

Published by New York Daily News on August 31, 2008.

He would walk around near his East First Street home in Gravesend and shake the meters until he found a full one, sources said.

Published by New York Post on August 31, 2008.

The Parks Department said there were 9 million visitors this year, compared to 20 million in 2006. At Coney Island, there were 4.5 million visitors this year, compared to 8.6 million last year and 15.5 million in 2006.

Published by SI Live on August 31, 2008.

The Parks Department said there were 9 million visitors this year, compared to 20 million in 2006. At Coney Island, there were 4.5 million visitors this year, compared to 8.6 million last year and 15.5 million in 2006.

Published by WNBC on August 31, 2008.

Maurice Mizrahi, 34, was nabbed on a street in Sheepshead Bay. Police had been looking for him since his own mother called them Wednesday after discovering 87 parking meters in the family's basement.

Published by New York Post on August 31, 2008.

Auyang said he and Schwartz were never more than acquaintances at Sheepshead Bay HS in the 1970s.

Published by New York Post on August 31, 2008.

But Mr. Frisina, 20, may have unknowingly seen the handiwork of Maurice Mizrahi, a man who the police said had cut off the heads of several dozen parking meters in the past two years. They recovered 87 meters from the house where he lived in Gravesend, the neighborhood where the police said most of the thefts took place.

Published by New York Times on August 31, 2008.

Maurice Mizrahi, 34, was busted on a street in Sheepshead Bay by investigators following his trail, police sources said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 31, 2008.

The 87 parking meters yanked from sidewalks in Gravesend, Bensonhurst and Sheepshead Bay were found in a crawlspace of the home of 34-year-old Maurice Mizrahi.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 30, 2008.

The Astroland amusement park, after two years of teetering on extinction, vowed to close its rides for good next week unless a new lease is signed.

Published by New York Daily News on August 30, 2008.

(Ron Schweiger, Brooklyn borough historian, said that those two stations preceded the subway lines, and served a grade-level steam railroad, the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railroad.)

Published by New York Times on August 30, 2008.

The parking meters, which carry up to $90 in change and cost around $500 each, were all swiped near Mizrahi's East First Street home in Gravesend.

Published by New York Post on August 30, 2008.

The 87 parking meters yanked from sidewalks in Gravesend, Bensonhurst and Sheepshead Bay were found in a crawlspace of the home of 34-year-old Maurice Mizrahi.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 30, 2008.

"Talking with [the Department of Transportation], they have never seen anything like this," said Captain George Mastrokostas, commanding officer of the 61st Precinct in Sheepshead Bay.

Published by New York Post on August 30, 2008.

They are looking for 34-year-old Maurice Mizrahi. He is 5-foot-9 and 140 pounds. Police say he was arrested last year for doing the same thing. He reportedly lives in Sheepshead Bay with his adopted mother.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 29, 2008.

There are three varieties of frankfurter on sale here: the basic All Beef ($4.50), the Kosher Jumbo ($5.50), and the Coney Island Footlong ($6.00).

Published by The New York Observer on August 29, 2008.

The end could finally be here for Coney Island's fabled Astroland Park.

Published by New York Post on August 29, 2008.

Friday, Sept. 5: Free admission at the New York Aquarium (West Eighth Street and Surf Avenue in Coney Island). Call (718) 265-FISH for info.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 28, 2008.

Before those changes, the senate seat representing Bay Ridge, Bensonhurst, and a portion of Staten Island had bounced back and forth between Democrats and Republicans for years. In 2002, using his majority-leader powers, Bruno redrew the lines. Instead of a slice of Staten Island's ethnically mixed northeast shore, Bruno rerouted the boundaries due east across Brooklyn, where he attached the white, conservative neighborhoods of Gerritsen Beach and Marine Park.

Published by Village Voice on August 27, 2008.

Sitt had previously talked about bringing luxury housing to the demolished sugar factory but hit a brick wall with City Hall as he did in his push to bring high-rise condos a few years back to the Coney Island amusement district.

Published by New York Post on August 27, 2008.

Golden lists just one event—a $7,700 payment in February—as related to political fundraising. In fact, the senator held his biggest recent fundraiser, a huge soiree last October, at Gargiulo's Restaurant in Coney Island, which holds 400 guests, about twice as many as Bay Ridge Manor.

Published by Village Voice on August 27, 2008.

Daniel Brandt, 24, was supposed to be going out on a date with a woman he met on Craigslist, but when arrived to the Sea Rise apartment complex in Coney Island to meet her in person, he was lured up to the fourth floor, robbed, and then fatally in the head by two men.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 25, 2008.

Daniel Brandt, 24, went to a fourth floor apartment at West 33rd Street near Neptune Avenue in Coney Island, expecting to rendezvous with a woman he met on Craigslist.

Published by New York Post on August 25, 2008.

The city last month found that 95 percent of Brighton Beach sidewalks were clean, yet residents there say the stench of litter and rotten fruit from overflowing trash cans on Brighton Beach Avenue reaches gagging levels in the summer.

Published by amNY.com on August 25, 2008.

A popular Brooklyn car salesman was lured to his death after he went to Coney Island for a date with a woman he met online, cops said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 25, 2008.

24-year-old Daniel Brandt and a friend arrived at the Sea Rise apartments in Coney Island early Sunday at 1 a.m.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 25, 2008.

A visit to Brooklyn’s other amusement park, Adventurer’s, in Bensonhurst, within eyeshot of Coney Island’s Astroland. Not as famous, but no lines and an old-fashioned vibe. [Pistols and Popcorn]

Published by New York Times on August 22, 2008.

...on Thursday, Aug. 21. The concert is at Asser Levy Park in Coney Island, at West 5th Street and Surf Avenue across from the New York Aquarium. The show starts at 7:30 p.m. Visit...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 22, 2008.

Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include New Yorkers who competed in Olympics past, a new roller rink in Coney Island and a rooftop dance performance in Lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on August 22, 2008.

1904 Surf Ave., Coney Island. (718) 372-5596 or www.brooklyncyclones.com.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 22, 2008.