NEW YORK (1010 WINS)  -- Police are looking for a Brooklyn man suspected of stealing 87 parking meters in Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay and Bensonhurst.

Maurice Mizrahi, 34, of Gravesend has been arrested 7 times in the last year for stealing the coin-operated meters, police said.

No one has ever actually seen him stealing the meters, which are quite heavy and extremely difficult to remove, according to police. And yet several of them were actually extracted from the sidewalk -- poles and all -- which in some cases went two feet deep into the ground.

A woman, who police believe to be Mizrahi's mother, called 911 on Wednesday after discovering 19 of them in her house at 2032 East 1st street in Brooklyn's Gravesend section.

She then called again Thursday to tell police she had found many more meters in a crawlspace in her home, and police removed the additional 68 meters from the home Friday morning.

Police say the meters are valued at around $500 each, and can each hold about $70 in quarters.

Mizrahi has a long rap sheet with charges including larceny, aggravated harassment and assault, police said.

He faces more larceny charges as well as possession of stolen property in these incidents.

The DOT says the number of meters stolen by a single individual is unprecedented.

Anyone who can help police find Mizrahi is urged to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers tip line at 800-577-TIPS.

All calls are kept confidential.

Photos from 1010 WINS' Sonia Rincon.