The Brooklyn Ink

Animal Mounters: Not Your Usual Crowd

Brooklyn Adventures in Taxidermy. A Sunday night in the Gowanus Bell House.

Photo for 11/18/09: Cheering at the Pool

In Search of Brooklyn

Leah Finnegan goes to Brooklyn to find out what tourists are really looking for.

One Russian Latte at a Time

By Jack Mirkinson Brighton Beach was driven inside by the rain and the cold last Thursday. People sought refuge in the all-Russian music stores and delis and kitschy clothing shops, with their displays of fur [...]

The Auction

By Katerina Valdivieso “Then, we’ll open at $415,000. Any one gives anything else?” said Judge Betsy Barros to nearly 40 bidders. The house on 437 Waverly was been auctioned in the judge’s chambers, in Brooklyn’s [...]

Photo for 11/16/09: Foreman vs. Santos

Yuri Foreman, an Orthodox Jewish boxer raised in Brooklyn, became the first Jewish World Champion since 1932. On Saturday night in Las Vegas he defeated champion Daniel Santos to win the WBA Super Welterweight title. [...]

A Regal Life for Brooklyn’s Homeless

Once a prison, now a shelter to 350 of New York’s homeless, the Bedford Atlantic Armory in Crown Heights proves that not every man’s home is his castle. Nathania Zevi takes us on a tour of the grounds, with two of its more sardonic residents.

Questions Linger After Elevator Death

Popular indie drummer Jerry Fuchs died after a harrowing fall down an elevator shaft early Sunday morning at a party in Williamsburg. Almost a week later, it is still unclear why no one was operating it.

Deal Has Coney Island Merchants Smiling

Christopher Alessi on a new plan to develop Coney Island—one that has local merchants and residents hopeful for the future.

Push

It’s 4 pm on the last warm Sunday of the calendar year and the handball courts in Sunset Park are packed. Stefanos Chen brings us one player’s last desperate minutes to find a pickup game before dark.