...the day. The idea was to "rejuvenate an anemic mix of mostly small retailers at Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues," but since the two-story, 225,000-square-foot Target — the company's largest — signed...

Published by Brownstoner on September 3, 2008.

Police began hunting for Mizrahi after his mother, Rene, recently discovered 87 meters in the basement of her Flatbush home.

Published by New York Daily News on August 31, 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.

The mom, schoolteacher Rene Mizrahi, found 87 meters in the basement of her Flatbush home - apparently her son's biggest haul.

Published by New York Daily News on August 30, 2008.

(Ron Schweiger, Brooklyn borough historian, said that those two stations preceded the subway lines, and served a grade-level steam railroad, the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railroad.)

Published by New York Times on August 30, 2008.

Mr. Parker, a Democrat who represents a district anchored in East Flatbush, is facing two opponents in the primary: City Council members Simcha Felder and Kendall Stewart.

Published by New York Times on August 29, 2008.

...p.m. at the grand opening of Circuit City’s newest “The City” store at 1610 Flatbush Avenue. Starks, who emerged as a fan favorite at Madison Square Garden during the glory days...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 28, 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.

Nearby tenants on Nostrand and Flatbush avenues include local discounter Canal Jeans and national chains like Radio Shack, as well as bank branches, according to the article, and Hillel Place, nearer the college, has a Starbucks and a Shakespeare & Co. bookstore.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 26, 2008.

Parker appears to have taken advantage of that: During that 60-day gap, he spent at least $39,736 on mailings to constituents - putting his name and face on messages about home foreclosures, tourism and an East Flatbush farmers market.

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

The news last week that John McCain couldn't quite remember how many homes he owned jarred our memory a bit. In a 2005 New York magazine profile of master residential marketer Michael Shvo, the wunderkind said that he had no idea how many apartments he owned at the time.

Published by The New York Observer on August 24, 2008.

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Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 22, 2008.

Cornelius Abson, 36, a resident of the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, was arrested Wednesday for choking Lillian France in a Crown Heights elevator last Thursday and robbing her of $900. Police say he implicated himself in that crime, as well as the July 11 robbery of a 67-year-old man in Flatbush.

Published by New York Sun on August 22, 2008.

The attacks have frightened residents in the Crown Heights, Flatbush and Kensington sections of Brooklyn, and police have beefed up patrols in those areas.

Published by amNY.com on August 21, 2008.

A dozen Brooklyn residents have fallen victim to a cowardly punk who ambushes from behind, cops say. Here is the list of his Flatbush, Crown Heights and Kensington attacks, police said.

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

Police believe the man who attacked and robbed France of $900 and her cane in her own building is also responsible for at least a dozen similar muggings against the elderly - over the last two months in Flatbush, Crown Heights, and Kensington.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 21, 2008.

The attacks have frightened residents in the Crown Heights, Flatbush and Kensington sections of Brooklyn, and police have beefed up patrols in those areas.

Published by SI Live on August 21, 2008.

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Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 21, 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.

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Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 20, 2008.

The suspect has struck 12 times in the last two months in Flatbush, Crown Heights, and Kensington.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 20, 2008.

One man has viciously attacked and robbed 11 elderly women and one elderly man across Brooklyn over the past two months, the police department announced yesterday.

Published by New York Sun on August 19, 2008.

Authorities said the attack was one of a dozen incidents since the end of June in the Crown Heights, Flatbush and Kensington sections of Brooklyn.

Published by SI Live on August 19, 2008.

According to police, that attack is one of 12 attacks since June 27 in Flatbush, Crown Heights and Kensington. The victims range in age from the mid-50s to the mid-80s. Most of the victims are women, and many of the attacks happened in elevators.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 19, 2008.

Cops released disturbing surveillance video Monday of the thug who has terrorized at least a dozen Brooklyn seniors, stalking apartments in Crown Heights, Flatbush and Kensington all summer.

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

A security camera captured a man attacking an 85-year-old woman in the latest of at least 10 similar assaults in Brooklyn’s Flatbush, Crown Heights and Kensington neighborhoods.

Published by New York Times on August 19, 2008.

LOCATION: Brooklyn College Library at 2900 Bedford Avenue

Published by NY1 on August 19, 2008.

Police believe the cowardly thug has gone after nearly a dozen seniors in Crown Heights, Kensington and Flatbush during the last few months.

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

"The Rarest of Birds," a one-man show about the 1950s film actor Montgomery Clift, plays at the Parker Theatre at the Algonquin. Written and directed by John Lisbon Wood, it stars Omar Prince as the four-time Oscar-nominee of "A Place in the Sun" and "From Here to Eternity." 8 p.m.; $18. 1234 E. 24th St. (212) 769-7973.

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

The union is also endorsing State Senator Kevin S. Parker, who is in a highly competitive Democratic primary in a district anchored in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. Mr. Parker, who is seeking a fourth term in the Senate, is being challenged by two members of the City Council: Simcha Felder and Kendall Stewart.

Published by New York Times on August 15, 2008.

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Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 15, 2008.

Now his vast boxing archive, amassed over half a century, has arrived in the borough of his birth, at the Brooklyn College Library. And if the McAuliffe letters are not worth a fortune, that is hardly true of the archive, believed to be worth nearly $3 million.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

For years, many worried that “the collection would be lost in a hurricane, or broken up after Hank passed away,” said Anthony M. Cucchiara, professor of archival management at Brooklyn College. “The collection survived out of Hank’s love and devotion, and a bit of sheer luck.”

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

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Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle 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.

Cops said Paredes' pal Roger Vado, 23, of Flatbush, threw a bottle, hitting one man, who was treated at the scene. No other injuries were reported in the station, which was packed with revelers from the Dominican Day Parade on Sixth Ave.

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

Two Bosnian men charged in the brutal beating of a Brooklyn college student will be sprung from an upstate jail next week, a judge ruled Friday.

Published by New York Daily News on August 9, 2008.

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Published by Brownstoner on August 8, 2008.

A police lieutenant fatally shoots a man Thursday night in East Flatbush who was allegedly trying to get away in a stolen car, News 4 New York has learned.

Published by WNBC on August 8, 2008.

The shooting occurred about 7 p.m. on Remsen Avenue in East Flatbush after officers with the Auto Grand Larceny Unit spotted a gray 2004 Mustang and checked the plates. The vehicle came up as having been reported stolen from a car dealership in East Brunswick.

Published by New York Times on August 8, 2008.

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Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 8, 2008.

Of the 15 ZIP codes with the most foreclosures, nine are in Queens and three are in Brooklyn, basically following a crescent-shaped corridor running roughly along the neighborhoods of Bedford Stuyvesant, Brownsville, Ocean Hill and Flatbush. The last three of the top 15 are in Staten Island.

Published by The New York Observer on August 7, 2008.

“Third Street between Eighth and the Park, maybe. And a few of those blocks in Carroll Gardens. And don’t forget East 25th Street in Flatbush. All those blocks are greener.”

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 7, 2008.

Investigators said the suspects robbed someone outside a Toys R Us on Flatbush Avenue around 3:00 Tuesday afternoon.

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

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.