The Brooklyn Ink

Reports, among others, that an open house for a five-bedroom brownstone in Brooklyn priced at $949,000 drew 300 visitors and brought in 50 offers are fueling fears of froth in the nation’s real estate market. [...]

An envelope mailed to the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse by a prison inmate caused an anthrax scare for the second time in eight days Wednesday. A court employee opened the envelope and white powder, which turned [...]

A Brooklyn woman was kicked off of an American Airlines flight after she refused to stop singing Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”. Margaret Gay, 50, was flying from Los Angeles to New York [...]

Connecticut resident Ayisha Dobson was speeding east on Williamsburg Bridge  on Monday when she lost control of her car and slammed into a metal divider. Her passenger, 21-year-old Janice Dobson, was thrown onto the road [...]

The Brooklyn district attorney’s office will review 50 murder cases handled by retired Brooklyn detective Louis Scarcella, after investigators found he relied on a drug-addled prostitute as an eyewitness for multiple murder prosecutions, and reported [...]

Several manholes exploded in Bushwick on Monday afternoon, setting cars on fire and sending people running for their safety. The explosions occurred along Menahan Street, near Wyckoff Avenue. No injuries have been reported. Read more [...]

Four hospitals in Brooklyn - Long Island College Hospital, Interfaith Medical Center, Brookdale Medical Center and SUNY Downstate Brooklyn – may close in a year if the state doesn’t come up with enough funds to save [...]

As part of its consolidation plan for its East New York plant,  the United States Postal Service will be sending local mail to Manhattan for sorting before sending it back to Brooklyn for delivery starting [...]