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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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.

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.

According to a police source, the three targeted the home in Midwood early Thursday morning, attempting to rob the people inside.

Published by WNBC 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.

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.

With its shady streets, deep front porches and elegant two-story Victorians, Midwood is an unexpected suburban outpost halfway between Coney Island and Prospect Park.

Published by amNY.com on August 21, 2008.

The bandit got his start with a half dozen robberies in Queens banks -- in Forest Hills and Astoria -- then moved on to Brooklyn, committing his last 15 heists in that borough. He's hit banks in Sheepshead Bay, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, New Utrecht and Borough Park, and he's not picky about which banks he robs.

Published by SI Live on August 20, 2008.

Chan, who worked as a department store security guard in Manhattan, had a teenage son and daughter from a former marriage, neighbors said. His daughter, Shiren, graduated from Brooklyn's James Madison High School this spring and was set to enroll at the University of Vermont, a neighbor said.

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

Baghaturia is a former teacher who now runs a restaurant called Tbilisi in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, where she says neighborhood Russians have been flocking for days to offer their support. Brooklyn is home to a sizable Russian population, creating the odd juxtaposition of people from two warring countries living side by side in the borough.

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.

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.

Paulette Hodge from Sheepshead Bay has been to the clinic for three years, and she stood out as one of the better players.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 12, 2008.

He landed in the middle of the eastbound lanes near the Pennsylvania Ave. exit and was hit by a 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe whose driver stopped, police said. Haroon, of Avenue K in Midwood, died at the scene, cops said.

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

It was August 2, 1978. The O’Connors were supposed to go the beach that day, but when they went to the firehouse that morning to pick up Billy’s father, Firefighter William O’Connor, at the end of his shift, they were told he had been called to a fire at a Waldbaum’s supermarket in Sheepshead Bay. So they went there.

Published by New York Times on August 3, 2008.

Saturday was the 30th anniversary of the fire, and the crowd that went to St. Brendan’s Catholic Church in Midwood, Brooklyn, was one of the largest yet, several people said.

Published by New York Times on August 3, 2008.

O'Connor remembered how he stood next to his mother, watching the inferno and waving at his father, who was atop the Sheepshead Bay building.

Published by New York Daily News on August 2, 2008.

A graduate of Midwood High School, Mr. Stein began as a lifeguard at age 15 and was soon working at Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn, where in 1966, at age 21, he helped unionize city lifeguards by organizing a walkout.

Published by New York Times on August 2, 2008.

South Beach and Midland Beach were tied with Manhattan Beach in Brooklyn for having the most amount of health advisory days -- 16 -- in the city 2007, according to the report issued by the Natural Resources Defense Council said. During advisory days, usually after heavy rain events, people are informed that contamination levels may be higher than usual. Beaches are not closed on those days, however.

Published by SI Live on July 29, 2008.

"I have seen little kids getting their foot caught between the space and that gap," Midwood resident McDonal Mac added. "That gap is too much. Something has to be done about it."

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 28, 2008.

"We always say 'Where are the cops when we need them?' Now they're here, right time, right place," said Nadine Dyer, Midwood resident.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) 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.

Cavanagh had been reporting on Jemal and his company, SSJ Development, since the real estate developer announced construction on the Riveria at Sheepshead Bay, a luxury condo project targeted for Knapp St.

Published by New York Daily News on July 24, 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.

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.

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 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.

Petrowski spent the morning at a Midwood memorial chapel with his sister, making funeral plans. "Get out of here," he angrily told a reporter.

Published by New York Daily News on July 19, 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.

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.

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.

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.

Aleksander Lipkin, 29, of Sheepshead Bay, was speeding in a bus lane at around 10 p.m. Monday, when cops pulled him over, sources said.

Published by New York Post 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.

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.

Police say a corrections officer shot and wounded a man who approached him brandishing a handgun outside his Brooklyn home. Police say the unidentified man approached the officer at his home in Midwood about 11:30 p.m. Sunday as he wheeled his motorcycle into his garage.

Published by WNBC on July 14, 2008.

The return of alternate-side parking in Park Slope allowed Bernadette Morrissey a return to her routine: a short search for parking after driving from Sheepshead Bay to visit her family on Carroll Street (she does this in Brooklyn twice a week).

Published by New York Times on July 14, 2008.

The alleged incident happened around 11:30 pm on Avenue T, in the Midwood section.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 14, 2008.

Nearly five dozen members of the Queens-based Korean American Association's fishing club scoured the Coney Island Flats for fluke a couple of days ago with Capt. Tony Reyes at the wheel of the Bullet II out of Sheepshead Bay. Hot shot Tommy Lee decidedly scored the pool with a 13.8-pound fluke - almost a repeat of his winner last year, a 15.8-pound specimen.

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