Even before the migration back to Poland began, the Polish community in Greenpoint was fracturing under the pressure of gentrification, which drove up property values. Young families, new immigrants and those of modest means have in turn settled in nascent Polish communities in the city, including Maspeth and Ridgewood in Queens, and Borough Park in Brooklyn, while others have moved out of the state.

Published by New York Times on September 21, 2008.

She decided about two years ago to organize her own group and started recruiting members through the Internet. Eventually, several performers were meeting at Ms. Sapozhnikova’s loft in Ridgewood, Queens, teaching one another different skills.

Published by New York Times on September 18, 2008.

...stations for immigrant families was the Mathews tenements in Ridgewood, roughly at the corner of Forest and Palmetto. The City’s Landmarks Preservation Committee is considering a historic designation for this bit of...

Published by BushwickBK.com on September 18, 2008.

Earlier Thursday, a worker was critically injured when he fell three stories at a construction site on Union Ave. in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

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

On Withers Street in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, where the towers once loomed above the Williamsburg Bridge on the western horizon, Theresa Cianciotta, an assistant to a state assemblyman, said she never left her house now without casting a rueful glance at the skyline.

Published by New York Times on September 11, 2008.

"Nobody was really outraged at the time because nobody was sick at the time," said the 73-year-old Middle Village, Queens, resident, who was diagnosed with lung cancer last year. He was the last of the three friends to be diagnosed with the disease.

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

"There's no secret, I guess it was just luck," said Castitlione, who lives in Glendale, Queens.

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

"There's no secret, I guess it was just luck," said Castitlione, who lives in Glendale, Queens.

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

Cancel allegedly confessed after cops arrested him at about 12:45 yesterday at his father's home in Ridgewood, Queens.

Published by New York Post on September 3, 2008.

The suspect confessed after cops arrested him at about 12:45 this morning at his father's home in Ridgewood, Queens. The 22-year-old had allegedly been ransacking and trying to rob the home.

Published by New York Post on September 2, 2008.

Philomena Gotti, the mother of the late John (Dapper Don) Gotti, was buried in a plot next to her husband, John Gotti Sr., at St. John's cemetery in Middle Village.

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

When a NYPD car roared onto the Bushwick street moments later, Jones turned his wrath on two officers from the 83rd Precinct.

Published by New York Daily News on August 29, 2008.

New Lots: wonder what that’s like. Dyre Avenue? Sounds kind of grim. Middle Village — what is that, a jousting park? As it turns out, the end of the line, like most ends, is a place of abiding mystery.

Published by UPTOWNflavor on August 29, 2008.

Police said a woman who was driving under the influence struck and killed a man who was trying to cross the street in East Williamsburg early Thursday.

Published by WNBC on August 28, 2008.

Saturday night, a portion of the Mass at Christ Tabernacle Church in Glendale was dedicated to Donna Rypkema, who remains hospitalized in serious condition with head trauma, suffered after a dead tree branch fell on her while from a railway overpass in Ridgewood.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 24, 2008.

Saturday night, a portion of the Mass at Christ Tabernacle Church in Glendale was dedicated to Donna Rypkema, who remains hospitalized in serious condition with head trauma, suffered after a dead tree branch fell on her while from a railway overpass in Ridgewood.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 24, 2008.

"It wasn't the highest-need area, so we initially weren't as focused on that," said Andrea Wenner, who recently showed off two soon-to-be playgrounds at Public School 81 in Ridgewood.

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

The toppling tree hit Rypkema, a 10-year veteran of the Correction Department, in the head and knocked her unconscious Sunday afternoon as she walked on Myrtle Ave. in Ridgewood, officials said.

Published by New York Daily News on August 19, 2008.

Rikers Island Officer Donna Rypkema, 37, was crossing Myrtle Ave. about 4:15 p.m. when a tree toppled from the elevated tracks in Ridgewood, a Correction Department official said.

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

The 38-year-old woman was struck at Fresh Pond Road and Myrtle Avenue at about 3:30 p.m.

Published by NY1 on August 18, 2008.

The incident at Fresh Pond Road and Myrtle Avenue.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 18, 2008.

Donna Rypkema, 37, was apparently walking along a railroad freight yard at Fresh Pond Road and Myrtle Avenue in Ridgewood shortly after 4 p.m., when the branch came crashing down from the yard onto her head.

Published by NY1 on August 18, 2008.

Donna Rypkema, 38, a 10-year veteran corrections officer at Rikers Island, was crossing the street at Fresh Pond Road and Myrtle Avenuen on Sunday afternoon when the tree came down from a railway overpass overhead.

Published by amNY.com on August 18, 2008.

The incident happened near Myrtle Avenue and Fresh Pond Road in Ridgewood Sunday afternoon.

Published by WNBC on August 17, 2008.

The incident happened at approximately 4:35 p.m. at Fresh Pond Road and Myrtle Avenue.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 17, 2008.

"She was walking by and it just clocked her," said Eli Carey, who owns clothing store on Myrtle Avenue near Fresh Pond Road.

Published by New York Post on August 17, 2008.

In Glendale, Queens, residents preside over neighborhood affairs with uncommon vigilance.

Published by New York Times on August 16, 2008.

The tornado will be near Ridgewood and 6 miles north of Paramus by 4:50 pm, 6 miles north of Oradell and 6 miles south of Monsey by 4:55 pm, Pearl River and Nanuet by 5:00 pm, Tappan and Norwood by 5:05 pm, Orangeburg and Nyack by 5:10 pm.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 15, 2008.

But the breakfast was nowhere near the 15th State Senate District, which stretches from Ozone Park and Howard Beach to Glendale and Maspeth.

Published by New York Times on August 12, 2008.

Andrew Hamingson has been appointed executive director of the Public Theater, one of the nation's most prominent nonprofit theaters, it was announced yesterday by the Public's board of directors.

Published by New York Sun on August 7, 2008.

Police raided Lynch's Middle Village home on Wednesday and discovered handguns, rifles, an AK-47 machine gun, a bulletproof vest, cocaine, heroin and marijuana.

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

A house built in the early 17oos, maybe even earlier, is now a historical museum but some locals still see it as a scary old house.

Published by New York Times on August 2, 2008.

Two days after they were seen at C.W. Post, Odierno's late-model Cadillac was recovered by the New York Police Department in Middle Village, Queens, after Odierno's wife activated the car's onboard OnStar tracking system, which pinpointed the car on Gates Avenue in the borough, Suffolk police said. The wife became worried after she hadn't heard from her husband, McCarthy said.

Published by amNY.com on July 30, 2008.

I'd passed the Pharoh (sic) Café in Ridgewood several times before finally deciding to stop. Ridgewood is right across the Queens border from Bushwick, and it must be one of the cheapest places in town to find an apartment.

Published by Village Voice on July 23, 2008.

The shooting happened inside a barber shop on Wilson Avenue in the Bushwick section.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 19, 2008.

Michael Russell, 27, of Glendale, Cynthia Walters, 64, of Manhattan, and Karen Kenny-Jones, 48, of Manhattan, are also charged.

Published by SI Live on July 18, 2008.

Two boys have been shot in East Williamsburg early Friday morning.

Published by WNBC on July 11, 2008.

A 5-year-old was critically injured in a Brooklyn fire he set Monday as revenge for being punished by his grandmother, police and fire sources said. Jay (Tito) Morales suffered third-degree burns to 70% of his body after he used a lighter to ignite the curtains in Nancy Herrera's Bushwick home, fire sources said. Herrera, 63, suffered minor injuries.

Published by New York Daily News on July 8, 2008.

The preschooler, Jay Morales, was angry about being punished, and told a neighborhood child, "I'm going to burn down the house and kill my grandmother today," the sources said. The boy went to the Bushwick home of his grandmother, Nancy Herrera on Sunday morning.

Published by New York Post on July 8, 2008.

Three people, including a 5-year-old boy, were hurt in an apartment fire in Brooklyn Monday. The flames broke out just after 3 p.m. in a multi-unit building on Knickerbocker Avenue in the Bushwick section.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 8, 2008.

The Fire Department of New York says the blaze at the three-story building on Knickerbocker Avenue in the Bushwick section broke out about 3 p.m. Monday.

Published by WNBC on July 8, 2008.

Family members were too distraught to speak at the boy's Ridgewood home and a man who answered the phone at the 136th Street house declined to comment.

Published by New York Post on July 6, 2008.

Neighborhoods with the greatest number of cases included Borough Park, East Flatbush, Flatbush, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Williamsburg, Bushwick, Greenpoint and East New York.

Published by New York Times on July 2, 2008.

The 52-year-old victim claims Dennis Gallagher raped and assaulted her in a local bar last year. Gallagher pleaded guilty to a lesser sex-abuse charge and resigned in return for no jail time. But the victim said last night, "It's not enough. He got away with a ticket." Gallagher, a Republican from Middle Village, said he'd be vindicated.

Published by New York Post on July 1, 2008.

Rizzuto grew up in nearby Glendale but played baseball in Richmond Hill as a high school student. Famous residents of Richmond Hill have included Jack Kerouac, Jacob A. Riis and the Marx Brothers.

Published by New York Times on June 27, 2008.

Park officials say "The Scooter" grew up in nearby Glendale, Queens, and played high school baseball in Richmond Hill.

Published by amNY.com on June 27, 2008.

Agnes Bermudez, 48, a former stock trader, remains in critical condition at Jacobi Hospital's burn unit - and hasn't been able to talk with police and fire officials investigating the inferno that ripped through a Middle Village building last Sunday.

Published by New York Post on June 21, 2008.

Bermudez, a 48-year-old former stock trader, has been in critical condition at Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx since running out of Salazar's Middle Village apartment engulfed in flames.

Published by New York Daily News on June 20, 2008.

That’s for sure. Teen Spirit has been pretty scarce around here lately. He goes off to “Eric’s house” on weekend nights, when he’s not at band practice, at a show somewhere in Bushwick, Williamsburg or Fort Greene, or hanging out with friends in Brooklyn Heights.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on June 20, 2008.

Investigators believe Agnes Bermudez doused her boyfriend William Salazar with carpet cleaner while he slept and set him on fire Sunday morning.Salazar, 31 died from his injuries on Thursday while Bermudez remained hospitalized Friday.Three other people -- a married couple and their son -- were killed in the blaze.

Published by WNBC on June 20, 2008.