MSNBC: A Turf War for the Lords of Flatbush

Soaring property values draw megabrokerages to the area; street-smart local outfits make service their key defense

Now a seismic shift is in store for these old-style brokers, who share a unique, small-business culture in one of the last surviving enclaves of independent real-estate brokering in the U.S. Young calls it, "a small, genuine, little brownstone community."