The Brooklyn Ink

Photo for 11/23/2009: Lone Man in a Subway Station

It’s rare to find a moment of peace in a New York City subway station, especially the Lorimer Street L stop in Williamsburg during rush hour.

Mind the GAP

Brooklyn’s grandest arch sits in an 11-acre plaza obstructed in the middle of the borough’s most confusing and dangerous intersections. What do you do with a problem like Grand Army Plaza?

Ladies Who Lunch in Boro Park

The women begin to pile through the doors of Spoons, the Borough Park luncheonette, just after 1 o’clock in the afternoon. They have an hour.

Photo for 11/20/09: Post-its

A photo depicting Post It ideas from a recent Good Ideas Salon in Brooklyn. Among them: iPhones that work and share-able everything.

Concerns Deepen over Football Head Injuries

People are talking about brain damage in football—not only in the NFL, but in high school ball as well. Daniel Roberts reports the sentiment from a number of BK football coaches and parents.

Sy Syms, the Mogul from Midwood

Miranda Lin delivers a remembrance of the Midwood discount clothing mogul Sy Syms.

Unidentified Man Struck by Subway Train

A man, whose name has yet to be released, was struck and killed by an oncoming G train this morning in Park Slope, Stefanos Chen reports.

Photo for 11/19/09: Last Vestiges of Fall

You know that winter’s nearly upon us when there are more leaves on the ground than in the trees. Get out and enjoy this week of weather in the high 50s, before the temperature dips [...]

African Soccer Rivalry Boils Over in Brooklyn

Rival crowds of Algerians and Egyptians shouted each other down in the streets of Bay Ridge today after Algeria toppled Egypt to make it to the 2010 World Cup.

Marrero Battles for Survival After Gruesome Shooting in Fort Greene

A shooting in Fort Greene leaves a Bushwick woman in critical condition at Kings County Hospital