The store with the lowest prices was Junior’s Food Outlets, on the corner of Wyckoff Avenue and Summerfield Street by the Halsey L stop. The five staple foods at Junior’s came to the...

Published by BushwickBK.com on October 13, 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.

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.

Wong, 56, made life a living hell for single dad San Martin, 39, from the moment he moved into her Elmhurst apartment building in February 2006.

Published by New York Daily News 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.

“It’s got to be one of the best-kept secrets in New York,” said Greg Ivan Smith, 38, a filmmaker from Sunnyside, Queens, enjoying a picnic of tapenade and bruschetta with friends and neighbors on Saturday afternoon. “You feel like you’re on a New England college campus.”

Published by New York Times on September 15, 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.

The temporary lane planned for Kent Avenue would be a precursor to a 14-mile greenway stretching from Newtown Creek in Greenpoint to Sunset Park.

Published by New York Post on September 12, 2008.

9:30 a.m. Assembly energy committee members hold a press conference to address the expected winter home heating crisis at Self Help Community Service Inc., Maspeth Senior Center, 6961 Grand Ave. (11:30 a.m. at Staten Island Borough Hall.)

Published by The New York Observer on September 11, 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.

At the moment, Dosa Garden is the only Indian restaurant to serve dosas. Indian Clove in Sunnyside soon will be opening an offshoot to their upscale dining room with a vegetarian-Indian Dosa place next door. Dosa Garden delivers to some parts of the North Shore.

Published by SI Live on September 11, 2008.

Anthony Lombardi, principal of PS 49 in Queens, volunteered because "there needs to be a standard measure to see who's performing and who's not performing and how to set appropriate interventions along a child's career path."

Published by New York Post on September 10, 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.

While on post at the fire command center, the Elmhurst, Queens, native wreaked havoc by using his personal laptop computer to send three online messages to the Web site GoAmerica.com, which uses a live operator to relay the typed missives over the phone, prosecutors said.

Published by New York Daily News on September 5, 2008.

Mehmet M. Kadayifci, 19, of Elmhurst, made the threats while working early Wednesday morning at the U.S. Tennis Association's fire command center in Flushing Meadows where he was supposed to be monitoring surveillance cameras for signs of fire, said

Published by WNBC 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.

Mahmet Kadayifci, 19, of Elmhurst, was working his midnight to 8 a.m. shift Tuesday at the United States Tennis Association's command center in Flushing Meadows Corona Park when he made the prank calls, authorities said.

Published by amNY.com 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.

George Tutaya, 41, of Rego Park, sold over 2,000 hot bras online over the past two years - and had another 650 bras worth an additional $26,000 in his home when he was caught, prosecutors said.

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

George Tutaya, 41, of Rego Park, sold over 2,000 hot bras online over the past two years - and had another 650 bras worth an additional $26,000 in his home when he was caught, prosecutors said.

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

George Tutaya, 41, of Rego Park, used various eBay seller names - including beautiquest, bestfordivas shopforless2 - to allegedly peddle the 2,000 bras. The brassieres, which retail for $40 to $80, were snapped up by buyers for as little as $25.

Published by New York Post on September 3, 2008.

Here's Gary Bernsten, a Forest Hills resident and former CIA operative who is helping John McCain rally veteran voters in New York, talking at the Marriott in Minneapolis this morning about Sarah Palin's readiness to lead.

Published by The New York Observer on September 3, 2008.

Prosecutors say records recovered at Tutaya's home in the Rego Park neighborhood link him to the sale of more than 2,000 bras.

Published by amNY.com on September 2, 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.

The group also supports State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, a Queens Democrat, who is facing a primary challenge from Robert Schwartz, a retired business owner. Ms. Stavisky was first elected to the Senate in 1999 in a district that includes Flushing, Fresh Meadows and Rego Park.

Published by New York Times 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.

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.

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.

"I don't see why they can't be opend to the public," he stated. "I don't see anyone using the courts in Sunnyside at Petrides or in Huguenot at Tottenville sometimes. The courts are there. Why let them just go to waste?"

Published by SI Live on August 28, 2008.

Dumping of industrial materials into Newtown Creek dates as far back as the 19th century, but the oil spill that is the subject of litigation and legislation is believed to have begun in the 1950s.

Published by New York Times on August 26, 2008.

The federal Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to conduct “preliminary tests” that could lead to Newtown Creek being named a federal Superfund site, a designation that could accelerate long-stalled cleanup efforts in the polluted, oil-slicked 3.5-mile estuary between Queens and Brooklyn.

Published by New York Times on August 25, 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.

The first stop was Elmhurst, Queens, where a caller had reported that five pit bulls were caged in the back of a used-car lot.

Published by New York Times on August 23, 2008.

Jerry Antonacci, owner of Crown Container, says he reached an agreement earlier this week to sell his 23,000-square-foot parcel on 34th Avenue and move to Maspeth, Queens, should the city’s proposal pass successfully through the land-use process.

Published by Crain's New York Business on August 22, 2008.

New playgrounds are also set to open this fall at PS 12, on 72nd St. in Woodside; PS 134 at 109th Ave. and 203rd St. in Hollis; and PS 153, on 60th Lane in Maspeth.

Published by New York Daily News on August 21, 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 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 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.

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.

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.

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 at Fresh Pond Road and Myrtle Avenue.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) 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.

"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.

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.

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

Published by WNBC on August 17, 2008.