Above-ground fare-beating is most prevalent on 10 routes in Brooklyn and the Bronx, according to NYC Transit. The worst is the B46 in Brooklyn where drivers have reported "theft of service" at a rate of about 4,000 a week. The route runs the length of the borough, between Williamsburg and Marine Park, through Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant and East Flatbush and Flatlands.

Published by New York Daily News on September 3, 2008.

Above-ground fare-beating is most prevalent on 10 routes in Brooklyn and the Bronx, according to NYC Transit. The worst is the B46 in Brooklyn where drivers have reported "theft of service" at a rate of about 4,000 a week. The route runs the length of the borough, between Williamsburg and Marine Park, through Crown Heights, Bedford-Stuyvesant and East Flatbush and Flatlands.

Published by New York Daily News on September 3, 2008.

The stabbing was near the Canarsie Rockaway Parkway station, on the L train line.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 2, 2008.

Hansen's mother, Christina Petrowski-Schwartz, 48, a divorce mediator, and her stepfather, Mark Schwartz, 50, a divorce lawyer, were shot in bed in their Marine Park home.

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

He said Schwartz's $475,000 home on East 33rd Street in Marine Park, Brooklyn, was mortgaged to the tune of $400,000 when he was murdered.

Published by New York Post 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.

After the wife moved out of their Canarsie home a couple of months ago, Auguste started hunting for a hit man to take her out, police said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 22, 2008.

Two giant BJ's Warehouse Club stores are planned for Brooklyn - one off the Belt Parkway in Bensonhurst, and the other at the site of the old Key Food Warehouse at the Brooklyn Terminal Market in Canarsie.

Published by New York Daily News on August 14, 2008.

The affected zip codes are 10301, 10304, and 10310 on Staten Island. In Brooklyn, zip codes 11234 and 11236 will get sprayed.

Published by WNBC on August 13, 2008.

Cops have still not solved the brutal July 16 murder of Schwartz, 50, and Christina Petrowski-Schwartz, 48, who were shot execution-style in their Marine Park home.

Published by New York Daily News on August 13, 2008.

It was a depressing day at the L&H Deli in Bedford-Stuyvesant, where Steve Aziz works. Aziz is a first cousin of Sadam Ali, the boxer from Canarsie who made the U.S. Olympic boxing team to great fanfare but made a quick exit Monday, losing in a first-round bout.

Published by New York Daily News on August 12, 2008.

A week after her Sweet 16 birthday, Margaret's father ran from their Flatlands house with his badge and gun to stop Young, Ford and Cornelius Bucknor from boosting the car.

Published by New York Daily News on August 12, 2008.

Clinic participant, Marion Roberto Bomhoff, 67, from Mill Basin, a Cyclones’ series ticket holder, has attended every year.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 12, 2008.

Melbranche lives on the second floor of a home in Canarsie. Neighbors recall him leaving early in the morning and returning late at night. They are shocked that such a violent crime would happen to such a hardworking man.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 11, 2008.

For Sadam Ali, a 19-year-old from Canarsie, the night began with a nervous rush. It ended, regrettably, with a sloppy thud. And so Ali's Olympic experience came and went Monday night, eight dispiriting minutes that left him with a voice that was shaking and eyes that were welling.

Published by New York Daily News on August 11, 2008.

Police also shut down nearby streets in the area of East 99th Street and Avenue J looking for robbery suspects.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 5, 2008.

The L was rated particularly highly for its regularity of service and the quality of announcements; the line, which runs from Eighth Avenue in Manhattan to Rockaway Parkway in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn, has seen its tracks replaced and its cars replaced in recent years.

Published by New York Times on July 29, 2008.

Senator Clinton, accompanied by a small army of elected officials, rallied at Starrett City in Brooklyn yesterday to celebrate an agreement that will preserve its "affordable" housing.

Published by New York Sun on July 29, 2008.

One day in early May, Michael Soet, the principal of the International High School in Brooklyn, took over the 11th-grade social-studies classes for the day. The juniors had been learning about McCarthyism, and Mr. Michael, as he is affectionately known by his students, saw an opportunity to elaborate on some of the themes of the class by doing something that he had been waiting for just the right moment to do.

Published by Village Voice on July 29, 2008.

Here's an image that must be a welcome boost for Representative Ed Towns, who faces a primary challenge from former Real World guy Kevin Powell. The picture is from an event happening now about the importance of keeping the Brooklyn housing complex Starrett City affordable.

Published by The New York Observer on July 28, 2008.

The initial shooting, which left another clubgoer seriously injured, prompted cops to chase three suspects into a yard behind the club, at 1519 Rockaway Parkway in Canarsie, where an officer squeezed off two rounds.

Published by New York Daily News on July 28, 2008.

Cops swarmed the Canarsie hangout at about 3 a.m. after one clubgoer shot and gravely wounded another.

Published by New York Daily News on July 27, 2008.

A witness pointed out the fleeing gunman to police, who cornered him and two other men in a yard behind the social club located at 1519 Rockaway Parkway.

Published by New York Daily News on July 27, 2008.

A longtime friend of Mark Schwartz, Delvicario is a former U.S. Customs supervisor who went to prison for stealing money from an evidence locker. He partnered with the couple in a real estate venture, and Petrowski told cops they thought he was embezzling from them. The Schwartzes, who ran a Marine Park law firm, were found dead in their bed by a housekeeper. Both were shot several times in the head.

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

The on-again, off-again sale of Starrett City, a complex of 46 brick towers with 5,881 apartments, promises to be one of the biggest real estate deals of the year.

Published by New York Times on July 25, 2008.

The number of bidders for Starrett City, the country's largest federally-subsidized housing development, is down to four.

Published by WNBC on July 25, 2008.

The owners of Starrett City picked four groups to submit their final bids for the 140-acre housing complex on Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn and hope to declare a winner by mid-September.

Published by New York Times on July 25, 2008.

The number of bidders for Starrett City, the country's largest federally-subsidized housing development, is down to four.

Published by amNY.com on July 25, 2008.

Starrett City Associates, the owners of the 34-year-old Starrett City complex, have reportedly picked four groups to submit final bids for the 140-acre housing complex here.

Published by GlobeSt on July 25, 2008.

She and her husband, Mark Schwartz, 50, were found shot to death in the bedroom of their Marine Park house. His funeral was held Sunday.

Published by New York Post on July 22, 2008.

Mark Schwartz, 50, a lawyer, and Christina Petrowski-Schwartz, 48, a mediator, were found shot dead in their second-floor Marine Park home last Wednesday.

Published by New York Daily News on July 21, 2008.

The Brooklyn divorce lawyer who was slain in bed with his wife in their Marine Park home was eulogized yesterday as a larger-than-life personality.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

The Schwartzes were found shot to death in the upstairs bedroom of their Marine Park home Wednesday afternoon. Police believe someone close to the couple was responsible because there was no sign of forced entry and the pair's watchdog - which usually barked at strangers - was silent.

Published by New York Post on July 19, 2008.

Delvicario, 49, had known Schwartz for as many as 30 years, sources said, and may have had a key to the couple's Marine Park home. Petrowski lived in an apartment above the couple's law firm nearby.

Published by New York Post on July 18, 2008.

Cops were probing whether the dispute sparked the double slaying that rocked the couple's quiet Marine Park neighborhood and stunned the legal community.

Published by New York Daily News on July 18, 2008.

The naked bodies of Mark Schwartz, 50, and his 48-year-old wife, Christina-Maria Petrowski-Schwartz were discovered by their maid at around 1 p.m. in the upstairs bedroom of their house on 33rd Street in Marine Park, cops said.

Published by New York Post on July 17, 2008.

Take Starrett City, the 153-acre development that includes 5,881 apartment units spread across 46 buildings. It is the nation's largest federally subsidized housing complex, and there are reportedly at least seven groups interested in acquiring the property. Some of them will likely seek permanent mortgage financing from Fannie or Freddie.

Published by New York Sun on July 17, 2008.

According to police, Mark Schwartz, 50, and Christina-Maria Petrowski-Schwartz, 48, were found together in their bed at East 33rd Street in Marine Park at about 1 p.m., with what are believed to be gunshot wounds to their heads. Emergency medical workers pronounced them dead at the scene.

Published by New York Sun on July 17, 2008.

Mark Schwartz, 50, and his wife Christina, 48, had no enemies according to their legal secretary. No enemy except the person who shot them dead in their beds in their Marine Park home.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 17, 2008.

A Brooklyn and his wife were shot dead in their bed in tranquil Marine Park Wednesday in a brutal and shocking double murder.

Published by New York Daily News on July 17, 2008.

The two worked as attorneys in Brooklyn. Mrs. Petrowski-Schwartz was a divorce lawyer while her husband, Mr. Schwartz, worked as a business lawyer. Their offices are listed in the same building in Flatlands.

Published by New York Sun on July 17, 2008.

The couple lived in a single-family home in the Marine Park neighborhood, an area residents call "the suburbs in the city." Police say the incident is under investigation.

Published by amNY.com on July 16, 2008.

A well-liked husband-and-wife lawyer team were found shot to death in their home today in tranquil Marine Park, Brooklyn - and cops suspect a double murder.

Published by New York Daily News on July 16, 2008.

This figure ranks the "44" behind only the 75th Precinct, covering East New York, Brooklyn (349 complaints), and the 73rd Precinct, covering Ocean Hill/Brownsville, Brooklyn (280 complaints), according to recently-departed CCRB spokesman Andrew Case.

Published by West Bronx Blog on July 14, 2008.

Personal trainer John Craig, 36, who worked six days a week for six years at the city-owned Paerdegat Athletic Club in Canarsie, died there in March after collapsing, said his mother, Julia Craig-Horne.

Published by New York Daily News on July 12, 2008.

John Craig, 36, had worked at the Paedergat Athletic Club in Canarsie six days a week for six years before he passed out March 28 after a game of basketball, said lawyer Larry Kramer, who is planning to file suit.

Published by New York Post on July 12, 2008.

Carl Fazil, 49, from Canarsie, Brooklyn, has been lighting up for more than 30 years. The latest tax caused him to go from two packs a day to one.

Published by New York Post on July 11, 2008.

Jo-Ann Zaccaria lost her 17-year-old son, Paul, her only child, two years ago. He was jet-skiing in the waters of Mill Basin on June 30, 2006, when tragedy struck.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 10, 2008.

In a second round of bidding for Starrett City, eight groups submitted bids that were substantially lower than a failed $1.3 billion offer made last year. [NYT]

Published by New York Times on July 9, 2008.

In a second round of bidding for Starrett City, eight groups submitted bids that were substantially lower than a failed $1.3 billion offer made last year for the working- and middle-class enclave in Brooklyn.

Published by New York Times on July 9, 2008.