Back in 2006, developers purchased 702 44th Street, aka One Sunset Park, for $6.08 million. Since then, they've been converting the...

Published by Brownstoner on October 10, 2008.

...Club… One of Bay Ridge’s best-kept secrets is this little restaurant located at 735 65th St. Well, it’s really not so little. My family has been going there for over...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 9, 2008.

Sunset Park lost a large private high school in 2000 when Our Lady of Perpetual Help H.S. was closed down after 40 years at 60th Street and Sixth Avenue.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on October 2, 2008.

Amalgamated's new Sunset Park branch at 4502 Fifth Ave. is also expected to energize the neighborhood's economy.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 26, 2008.

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.

Cops released a video of the man they believe raped a woman in her Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, apartment building Wednesday.

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

She and her husband live in a three-bedroom postwar co-op, and it tookthem two years and countless trips to Bay Ridge, Fort Greene and CarrollGardens to find it. They paid $313,000 for their apartment back in 2004,and similar units in the neighborhood are now on the market for over$500,000.

Published by Kensington blog on September 20, 2008.

The woman told neighbors in her Bay Ridge building about the ordeal after they came to her aid Wednesday morning.

Published by New York Post on September 19, 2008.

Authorities say the man raped the 39-year-old woman Wednesday morning near Fort Hamilton Parkway in Bay Ridge.

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

"Basically this morning when I left, the victim, she was on the first floor, and she was really hysterical, and explained that someone attacked her in the basement," said Karine Lafonte, the victim's neighbor. "She said she went there and they attacked her and hit her over the head, and he had a screwdriver and so on and he raped her. A lot of people think Bay Ridge is safe, but you're not safe anywhere you go."

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 18, 2008.

1 pm: Ragamuffin Parade. Costumed kids march along Third Avenue in Bay Ridge from 72nd to 92nd streets. Call (718) 833-4928 for info.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 18, 2008.

The victim, 39, was leaving her Fort Hamilton Parkway building in Bay Ridge just after 9 a.m. when the pervert hit her in the head with a screwdriver and forced her to the basement.

Published by New York Post on September 18, 2008.

Police are searching for a man who attacked and raped a Bay Ridge woman on Wednesday morning as she was taking out her garbage near Fort Hamilton Parkway.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 18, 2008.

The 39-year-old victim opened the door of her Bay Ridge apartment about 9 a.m. to find her attacker waiting in the hallway, police sources said.

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

A Bay Ridge woman was sexually assaulted in her apartment building on Wednesday morning after police say her attacker struck her in the head with a screw driver.

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

Police say, a woman was raped on her way to work in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn.

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

Even with the intercom on its lowest setting, residents of Bay Ridge’s northwest corner can hear plant announcements clearly.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 17, 2008.

There are more than 40 neighborhoods in Brooklyn, and of the 3,766 homes sold under $525,000 in Brooklyn so far this year nearly half are within the 10 neighborhoods of Sheepshead Bay, Kensington, Flatbush, Gravesend, East New York, Clinton Hill, Bay Ridge, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Williamsburg and Park Slope. Of those 10 neighborhoods, only Clinton Hill, Park Slope and Williamsburg are northwest of Prospect Park.

Published by The New York Observer on September 16, 2008.

Investigators say the incident happened around 1:30 a.m. Sunday at 5914 Fifth Avenue, where 30-year-old Jason Ruiz was visiting his ex-girlfriend.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on September 15, 2008.

High above Upper New York Bay in a complex called the Towers of Bay Ridge, though, Joe Metzger, a retired doorman, said the view that made his studio apartment worth having still moved him. “I had the view, that’s the important thing,” he said. “Now it’s a new view. That’s the way it is.”

Published by New York Times on September 11, 2008.

The 5-year-old pooch, a Bichon Frise, lived up to her name on Wednesday after she helped rescue an 85-year-old neighbor who collapsed in his Bay Ridge apartment and lay on the floor for hours.

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

Someone roughed up a 38-year-old man as he exited the Bay Ridge Avenue subway station on Sept. 3.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 10, 2008.

Also on the agenda will be a cabaret and catering application for Art Plaza Corp., located at 620 62nd St.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on September 10, 2008.

The 21st district includes Crown Heights and Borough Park. Parker faces a tough primary fight from two opponents, City Councilmen Kendal Stewart and Simcha Felder.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on September 9, 2008.

The day is designed to "observe and honor the multiplicity of ethnicities, cultures, religions, and lifestyles that make up our great borough," Mr. Adams said. It will bring together residents for a community dog run in Prospect Park on Saturday morning and a bike ride later through several neighborhoods, including Bedford-Stuyvesant, Park Slope, Crown Heights, and Borough Park.

Published by New York Sun on September 5, 2008.

Steve Harrison, the former chairman of Community Board 10, openly courts the “progressive” wing of the Democratic party and categorizes his opponent, Councilman Michael McMahon (D–Staten Island) as “a centrist,” — as if it were a dirty word in a district covering Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Staten Island that elected Republican representatives since the 1980s.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 4, 2008.

Steve Harrison, the former chairman of Community Board 10, openly courts the “progressive” wing of the Democratic party and categorizes his opponent, Councilman Michael McMahon (D–Staten Island) as “a centrist,” — as if it were a dirty word in a district covering Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Staten Island that elected Republican representatives since the 1980s.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 4, 2008.

Steve Harrison, the former chairman of Community Board 10, openly courts the “progressive” wing of the Democratic party and categorizes his opponent, Councilman Michael McMahon (D–Staten Island) as “a centrist,” — as if it were a dirty word in a district covering Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst and Staten Island that elected Republican representatives since the 1980s.

Published by Brooklyn Paper 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.

and in Bay Ridge (where there will be a Republican opponent in November), Democrats will be asked to choose their candidate to replace the disgraced GOP Rep. Vito Fossella, who is not seeking reelection.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on September 3, 2008.

On Sunday, the duo had been trotting through Bay Ridge, pulling owner Richie Valentine Jacobson and his younger brother on a Cinderella-style buggy en route to Nunzie Luberto's dream wedding.

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

Detectives fear a serial sex predator is stalking Borough Park, and are frustrated by the lack of cooperation they're getting from one victim's family, The Post has learned.

Published by New York Post on August 31, 2008.

Alexandra, the daughter of a prominent Bay Ridge-based pediatrician, was able to swim and had been on boats several times before, a family friend said. She was wearing a life vest.

Published by New York Post on August 29, 2008.

Alexandra was the daughter of Dr. Michael Vitale, a Bay Ridge-based doctor affiliated with New York-Presbyterian Hospital who specializes in pediatric trauma.

Published by New York Post on August 28, 2008.

While the peeling and flaking 77th Street R train station is about to get a new paint job, The Brooklyn Paper has learned that Bay Ridge’s other grimy stations may not get one because they suffer from such serious infrastructure problems that a paint job would offer only an inconsequential uplift.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 27, 2008.

Alexandra Vitale, from Bay Ridge, fell into the water along with an instructor and her cousins when their catamaran flipped onto its side off Conckenoe Island near Westport, Conn.

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

The Borough Park teen's life took a dark turn when he developed a peach-pit-size bulge in a blood vessel pressing against his optic nerve. He has lost 90% of his vision in his left eye and half in the right.

Published by New York Daily News on August 26, 2008.

The retired printer and school security officer is fighting the city’s plan to tear up the sidewalk in front of his 80th Street home to plant a tree.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 26, 2008.

The cigar-chomping officers tore through a baseball field at Shore Road Park in Bay Ridge, spinning the car wildly in circles and almost hitting a pair of kids on tricycles, said January Hagan, 31.

Published by New York Daily News on August 26, 2008.

Efren of Borough Park developed a brain aneurysm the size of a peach pit that is pressing against his optic nerve.

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

...north of Elmira in upstate New York, approached his parked car on the corner of 64th Street and 8th Avenue at approximately 12:30 a.m. According to the man, a 6-foot 2-inch...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 21, 2008.

...56-year-old man was approached by two men while walking in the vicinity of 64th Street and 9th Avenue. One of the men displayed a black gun and proceeded to steal the victim’s...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle 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.

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.

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.

LOCATION: 740 64th Street (between 7th & 8th Ave. Sunset Park)

Published by NY1 on August 19, 2008.

"I have pictures everywhere, and we talk about my husband all day," said Linda Graffagnino from the Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, home that her husband renovated room by room.

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

Scarcella said Parks should install more aerators in borough park waters and said that installation of storm water filters at storm sewer outlets could help lower pollution levels.

Published by SI Live on August 18, 2008.

When will we get a farmers’ market in Bay Ridge? Our neighborhood has changed a great deal since the market existed in a less than ideal location (Leif Ericson Park) some years ago.

Published by New York Times on August 14, 2008.

Farmers’ markets are such a treasure. I travel from Bay Ridge to the Greenmarket in Union Square and Grand Army Plaza.

Published by New York Times on August 14, 2008.