The coastal areas of Coney Island, Brooklyn, City Island, the Bronx, the Rockaways, Queens and Tottenville, Staten Island, will suffer the most flooding, said Bruno.

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

...is near to the storied paper's longtime presence in the Bay area. Located at 1733 Sheepshead Bay Road, the building went on sale last November as its owner, News Corporation, sought to consolidate...

Published by Sheepshead Bites on September 6, 2008.

•    The Northwest Bronx Community & Clergy Coalition will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, Sept. 4 at 6:30 p.m. at St. James Church, 2500 Jerome Ave. For more information, call Erik at (718) 584-0515 ext. 414

Published by Norwood News on September 4, 2008.

The owner of Coney Island's historic Astroland amusement park is calling it quits.

Published by amNY.com on September 4, 2008.

The Parks Department said there were 9 million visitors this year, compared to 20 million in 2006. At Coney Island, there were 4.5 million visitors this year, compared to 8.6 million last year and 15.5 million in 2006.

Published by amNY.com on September 1, 2008.

Number of Coney Island visitors this summer falls dramatically. [NYDN]

Published by The New York Observer on September 1, 2008.

The Parks Department said there were 9 million visitors this year, compared to 20 million in 2006. At Coney Island, there were 4.5 million visitors this year, compared to 8.6 million last year and 15.5 million in 2006.

Published by WNBC on August 31, 2008.

Maurice Mizrahi, 34, was nabbed on a street in Sheepshead Bay. Police had been looking for him since his own mother called them Wednesday after discovering 87 parking meters in the family's basement.

Published by New York Post on August 31, 2008.

Maurice Mizrahi, 34, was busted on a street in Sheepshead Bay by investigators following his trail, police sources said.

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

The Parks Department said there were 9 million visitors this year, compared to 20 million in 2006. At Coney Island, there were 4.5 million visitors this year, compared to 8.6 million last year and 15.5 million in 2006.

Published by SI Live on August 31, 2008.

Auyang said he and Schwartz were never more than acquaintances at Sheepshead Bay HS in the 1970s.

Published by New York Post on August 31, 2008.

The boardwalk is getting a lot less crowded on Coney Island.

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

The 87 parking meters yanked from sidewalks in Gravesend, Bensonhurst and Sheepshead Bay were found in a crawlspace of the home of 34-year-old Maurice Mizrahi.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) 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.

61st Precinct Community Council, September 10 at 7:30 pm.; Bainbridge Adult Day Health Care Center, 3093 Ocean Avenue; 718-627-6847.

Published by GerritsenBeach.net on August 30, 2008.

Sheepshead Bay Plumb Beach Civic Association, September 2 at 7:30 pm.; Baron DeKalb, Knights of Columbus, 3000 Emmons Avenue; 718-891-1937. www.sbpbcivic.org.

Published by GerritsenBeach.net on August 30, 2008.

"Talking with [the Department of Transportation], they have never seen anything like this," said Captain George Mastrokostas, commanding officer of the 61st Precinct in Sheepshead Bay.

Published by New York Post on August 30, 2008.

Community Board 15, September’ 23 at 7 p.m.; Zoning Meeting September 16 at 7 p.m. Kingsborough Community College, 2001 Oriental Boulevard (in the faculty dining room) ; 718-332-3008

Published by GerritsenBeach.net on August 30, 2008.

They are looking for 34-year-old Maurice Mizrahi. He is 5-foot-9 and 140 pounds. Police say he was arrested last year for doing the same thing. He reportedly lives in Sheepshead Bay with his adopted mother.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 29, 2008.

There are three varieties of frankfurter on sale here: the basic All Beef ($4.50), the Kosher Jumbo ($5.50), and the Coney Island Footlong ($6.00).

Published by The New York Observer on August 29, 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.

Golden lists just one event—a $7,700 payment in February—as related to political fundraising. In fact, the senator held his biggest recent fundraiser, a huge soiree last October, at Gargiulo's Restaurant in Coney Island, which holds 400 guests, about twice as many as Bay Ridge Manor.

Published by Village Voice on August 27, 2008.

Sitt had previously talked about bringing luxury housing to the demolished sugar factory but hit a brick wall with City Hall as he did in his push to bring high-rise condos a few years back to the Coney Island amusement district.

Published by New York Post on August 27, 2008.

24-year-old Daniel Brandt and a friend arrived at the Sea Rise apartments in Coney Island early Sunday at 1 a.m.

Published by ABC News (Channel 7) on August 25, 2008.

A popular Brooklyn car salesman was lured to his death after he went to Coney Island for a date with a woman he met online, cops said.

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

Daniel Brandt, 24, was supposed to be going out on a date with a woman he met on Craigslist, but when arrived to the Sea Rise apartment complex in Coney Island to meet her in person, he was lured up to the fourth floor, robbed, and then fatally in the head by two men.

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

The city last month found that 95 percent of Brighton Beach sidewalks were clean, yet residents there say the stench of litter and rotten fruit from overflowing trash cans on Brighton Beach Avenue reaches gagging levels in the summer.

Published by amNY.com on August 25, 2008.

Here is a slide show of photographs from the past week in New York City and the region. Subjects include New Yorkers who competed in Olympics past, a new roller rink in Coney Island and a rooftop dance performance in Lower Manhattan.

Published by New York Times on August 22, 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.

...from Coney Island. Among the 2500 or so students of Abraham Lincoln High School at Ocean Parkway and West Avenue in the late 1950s were the four who formed our subject singing group. They were...

Published by Brooklyn Daily Eagle on August 19, 2008.

"New York City has done its best to keep pace with the population boom on Staten Island, but residents from Tottenville to Rosebank to West Brighton know that a heavy rain means flooded streets, basements and cars for too many Staten Islanders," the North Shore Democrat said.

Published by SI Live on August 15, 2008.

...from the beaten path, Benny's Gourmet Pizza has opened up at the corner of Jerome Ave and East 18th Street. In Sheepshead's central drag, where DelMar's, La Sorrentina 11, and Bay Pizzeria reign...

Published by Sheepshead Bites on August 15, 2008.

Marguerite Molinari, 70, died today in Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton.

Published by SI Live on August 14, 2008.

How about an ice-cold Coney Island Lager with your freak show?

Published by New York Daily News on August 14, 2008.

"It's rare that the vacation is a pure vacation," said Ms. Zagor, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the West Brighton-based nonprofit agency. "I keep in touch in one way or another. I'm able to check my e-mail, and the agency can reach me in the event of an emergency."

Published by SI Live on August 14, 2008.

Tibua Tengiz worries about family in Georgia and empty tables in his Cafe Georgia in Brighton Beach. A restaurant sign that war has made suddenly startling hangs at the epicenter of Russian Brooklyn.

Published by New York Daily News on August 14, 2008.

Baghaturia is a former teacher who now runs a restaurant called Tbilisi in the Sheepshead Bay section of Brooklyn, where she says neighborhood Russians have been flocking for days to offer their support. Brooklyn is home to a sizable Russian population, creating the odd juxtaposition of people from two warring countries living side by side in the borough.

Published by WNBC on August 13, 2008.

Coney Island Albino Python White Lager — one of five beers developed by Shmaltz Brewing Company, under a licensing agreement with Coney Island USA, the nonprofit organization that runs the Coney Island Museum, the Mermaid Parade and the sideshow.

Published by New York Times on August 13, 2008.

Showard died later at Richmond University Medical Center, West Brighton.

Published by SI Live on August 13, 2008.

Though Mr. Bloomberg is no laissez faire diehard by any means, the three projects—the revitalization of Coney Island; the redevelopment of the industry-heavy Willets Point area by Shea Stadium; and the creation of up to 5,000 units of mostly middle-income housing at Hunter’s Point South by Long Island City—seem to have far more city involvement and restrictions than those typical of the economic development agenda of the self-described fiscally conservative mayor.

Published by The New York Observer on August 12, 2008.

In Coney Island, the Brooks got on the board first, thanks to a double by Kirk Nieuwenhuis, who later scored on a wild pitch. Jordan Abruzzo also hit a double, and scored on a Reese Havens single.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 12, 2008.

Coney Island’s historic Astroland will close up for the season in just over a month — and when it does, it may be closing for good.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 12, 2008.

Paulette Hodge from Sheepshead Bay has been to the clinic for three years, and she stood out as one of the better players.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 12, 2008.

But for the officers of New York City's Parks Enforcement Patrol in Coney Island, going to work is anything but a typical day at the beach.

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

Pellegrino was just one of a coterie of officials who took time out of their day to cut the ribbon on Recchia’s bench — you know, because having to stand instead of sit while on line at a post office is the biggest problem facing Coney Island right now.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 8, 2008.

This weekend, more than 500 visitors came out for the opening of the Coney Island History Project’s latest show, “The Astroland Archives Photography Exhibit: Back to the Future.” The exhibition recounts the park’s 40-year history from its Space Age birth — burgeoning with sci-fi themed rides — until today.

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 8, 2008.

This summer, Sunset Park–based band The Mumbles are playing everywhere from Coney Island to Williamsburg in support of their new EP, “Once EPonymous.”

Published by Brooklyn Paper on August 8, 2008.

The April 15, 2007 nor'easter dumped a record 7.5 inches of rain and whipped the Island with 50 mph winds that brought ferry service to a halt. The aftermath left residents with indelible images of submerged cars, raw sewage pouring through basements and caskets floating in the waist-high waters of a West Brighton funeral home.

Published by SI Live on August 7, 2008.

The "Waterboard Thrill Ride," by Steve Powers, is a stone's throw from Coney Island's famed Cyclone roller coaster and Nathan's hot dog stand.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 6, 2008.

Guantanamo waterboarding as a Coney Island sideshow -- that's what one artist has created on the Brooklyn seashore. The so-called "Waterboard Thrill Ride" uses the controversial interrogation technique as its theme.

Published by CBS News (Channel 2) on August 6, 2008.