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.

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.

BAY RIDGE – The demise and sale of bankrupt Victory Memorial Hospital has not stopped protests at the site, located at 92nd Street and Seventh Avenue across from the Dyker Heights Golf Course and Poly Prep Country Day School.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 28, 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.

...at the nonprofit 150-bed Victory Skilled Nursing Center. The nursing home is located on 92nd Street and Parrott Place on the west side of the hospital, now called SUNY Downstate at Bay Ridge...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle 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 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.

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.

Combining all of the family’s talents, Sarta Realty, located at 7317 13th Ave. in Dyker Heights, offers homes and commercial spaces for sale and rent along with contracting...

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.

"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.

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.

McMahon (D–Staten Island), who is seeking to succeed disgraced Rep. Vito Fossella for the Bay Ridge seat, unveiled his energy blueprint this week — one that borrows from the Nobel Laureate’s plan to get America off its fossil fuel addiction in 10 years while also putting this country on the path to full energy independence, Nixon’s state goal during the height of the 1973 oil embargo, but something that has elluded every president since.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 8, 2008.

After the ribbon-cutting chores were done, I pulled Recchia aside and reminded him that he was once a rising star. Yet he said he had no regrets about his aborted run for the Bay Ridge congressional seat being vacated by scandal-tarred Rep. Vito Fossella.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 8, 2008.

It was the strongest tornado on record, an "EF-2", to hit New York City. One year ago today, the 135 mile-per-hour twister tore across a nine-mile stretch from Staten Island to Brooklyn, with the worst of it hitting the Sunset Park and Bay Ridge neighborhoods.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 8, 2008.

The frown line and furrowed brow eraser is being sold for $10 a unit — as opposed to $15 a unit, according to Rejuvenation owner — and Dyker Heights native — Nick DeFonte, who transformed the business from LOMA Wellness Center to Rejuvenation in May.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 8, 2008.

“We finally have an enforcement mechanism in place that allows the city, property owners and tenants to hold violators of the law accountable,” said Councilman Vince Gentile (D–Bay Ridge).

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 7, 2008.

On Saturday he opened his “McMahon for Congress” Brooklyn Headquarters at 7321 15th Ave. in Dyker Heights, the office of the Stars and Stripes Democratic Club. At the opening were Councilman Vincent Gentile, Assemblyman Peter Abbate, and Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 6, 2008.

On a recent Friday afternoon, the pool was mobbed with several hundred students from nearby public schools: Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn International and Lillian Rashkis. The girls were dressed in bikinis, the boys in shin-length trunks.

Published by New York Times on August 2, 2008.

...welcomed SUNY Downstate Medical School for taking over the bankrupt and now defunct hospital at Seventh Avenue and 92nd Street. “Although we do not have an emergency room, we have an urgent care center. Eventually...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on July 31, 2008.

Someone grabbed a wallet and sunglasses out of an unlocked car parked in a 79th Street driveway on July 26th. The 19-year-old victim told cops he parked his car in front of his apartment, which is between 10th and 11th avenues, at around 1 am.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 30, 2008.

An angry thief burgled a 73rd Street home of thousands in jewelry on July 26. The suspect entered the house, which is between Ninth and 10th avenues, through an open bedroom window at about 12:45 am, cops said.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 30, 2008.

Brooklyn was hit harder: about 3,500 customers, located mainly in the Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge neighborhoods, lost power in today's storms.

Published by SI Live on July 27, 2008.

Brooklyn was hit harder: about 3,500 customers, located mainly in the Dyker Heights and Bay Ridge neighborhoods, lost power in today's storms.

Published by SI Live on July 27, 2008.

His commanding officer at Ladder 109 in Bay Ridge, Lt. Mike Mulligan, said Trotter and his comrades were at "extreme risk" because there were no water lines on the fire.

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

"I'm just in shock right now. I'm not really believing it," said Arlene Hanwacker, 37, of Queens, who said she had worked for five years with Aiello at the 68th Precinct in the Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn. "He was very sweet. He always cared about the well-being of others."

Published by SI Live on July 26, 2008.

But the would-be robbers picked the wrong store. Mohammed Othman was working the register at S & J Meat Market in Bay Ridge, when three men entered his family's deli and asked to use the store's bathroom. Both Mohammed and his brother knew something was up:

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on July 25, 2008.

Waitress Cathy Sterner — who lives at Fort Hamilton Parkway and 71st Street, where power actually did go out over the weekend — the latest Con Ed failure struck her like a lightning bolt.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 24, 2008.

No Miss Brooklyn has ever won the Miss America pageant. Last year, Miss New York (and Bay Ridge native) Bethlene Pancoast was snubbed in favor of Miss Oklahoma, a blonde sorority type.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 24, 2008.

Bay Ridge residents received a wake-up call — literally — on Sunday that would cause most people to get up on the wrong side of their bed: Con Ed was calling to beg residents to use less power in the midst of the summer’s second prolonged heat wave.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 24, 2008.

The northbound lanes of the highway had to be closed to allow emergency crews access to the injured, backing up traffic for miles into Bay Ridge.

Published by New York Daily News on July 23, 2008.

Park Slope, Sunset Park, Bay Ridge and Borough Park suffered a power outage on Sunday after a malfunction that left roughly 2,000 homes and businesses in the dark.

Published by New York Times on July 21, 2008.

More than 89,000 customers living in the Park Slope, Bay Ridge, Borough Park, and Sunset Park neighborhoods have been urged to stop using nonessential appliances, including air-conditioners and washers and dryers, as crews attempt to fix the problem.

Published by New York Sun on July 21, 2008.

Areas affected included pockets of Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and to the west of Green-Wood Cemetery into Gowanus, Con Ed spokesman Joe Petta said.

Published by New York Post on July 21, 2008.

Some 2,000 customers lost power in parts of Bay Ridge, Borough Park, Park Slope and Sunset Park on Sunday. Con Edison showed up not just with cable splicers and other work crews, but also tons of dry ice. The state’s Public Service Commission requires Con Edison to distribute dry ice to customers whenever power is out for more than 48 hours.

Published by New York Times on July 21, 2008.

People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The utility says as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

Published by amNY.com on July 21, 2008.

People in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods had been asked to stop using all nonessential electrical appliances, including air conditioning. The energy firm said as of Sunday night it suspended its request for those customers to reduce their electricity use.

Published by Crain's New York Business on July 21, 2008.

Residents of Sunset Park, Bay Ridge and Borough Park were asked to do Con Ed the favor of turning off non-essential electrical appliances.

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

The utility is reporting power outages to approximately 2,000 customers in Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park, and Park Slope at this time.

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

Con Edison is reporting 1,120 customers without power in Brooklyn and another 1,076 in Bay Ridge.

Published by WNBC on July 20, 2008.

Con Edison is asking all customers in Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park, and Park Slope to discontinue their use of non-essential electrical appliances, including air-conditioning, until problems on electrical power lines serving the area can be resolved.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on July 20, 2008.

Close to 90,000 customers in the Sunset Park, Bay Ridge, Borough Park and Park Slope neighborhoods have been asked to stop using all non-essential electrical appliances, including air conditioning.

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

There was a time, in the 1970s and ’80s that handguns were so coveted on the streets of Kings County, that the borough gave rise to a law enforcement legend known as the Brooklyn Bounce. If you were to throw a gun from a window in Bay Ridge or Bushwick, so the legend went, it would be eagerly grabbed before it had a chance to bounce more than once.

Published by New York Times on July 20, 2008.

Police also suspect Morales of an attempted burglary at 70th Street and 10th Avenue on May 10. These two crimes “fit the same method of operation, time of day, area and point of entry,” said a police source.

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on July 17, 2008.

A former Republican Assemblyman who was driven out of power by his GOP rivals four years ago has been ushered back into the fold as the party’s official choice to represent Bay Ridge and Staten Island in Congress.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 16, 2008.

The victim said he returned to his car, which was parked on 79th Street near 14th Avenue at around 4 pm to find his car much closer to the ground.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on July 16, 2008.