The Brooklyn Ink

Fashion-Forward Vets March Proud

Navy veterans Milaina Jacques and Shawna Lee knew they wanted to come to the annual Veterans Day Parade along Fifth Avenue — the only question was, what would they wear?

Brooklynites Unsurprised By Gay Marriage Vote Delay

By Leah Finnegan Had the New York Senate passed a landmark bill to allow same-sex marriage Tuesday, Brooklyn couple Mark Nayden and Richard Kennedy might have finally made plans to legalize their union. Instead, the [...]

Family Court

By Nathania Zevi The fifth floor of the Brooklyn Family Court looks like a soccer field before the game begins. Two teams confront each other. On one side of the room women sit together, chatting [...]

Photo for 11/11/09: Decatur Street in Bed-Stuy

Autumn is in full swing and the leaves are changing on every corner. Here is a glance of what autumn looks like on Decatur Street in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Popcorn Fires

A look at the aftermath of two popcorn machines fires in the span of six weeks at the UA Court Street Stadium 12 in Brooklyn Heights.

Photo for 11/10/09: Street After Cleaning Day

“It’s quite apparent that no street cleaning truck came by during the designated hours, because the leaves from the day before are still there,” says Ray Johnson [Sheepsheadbites.com]

The Climbers

By Rob Anderson “I’m not crazy,” the woman says in a thick Brooklyn accent. “I am not going up there.” She is speaking to the bottom half of a man–her husband, presumably–who has climbed up [...]

The Composter

Kendall Morrison is surrounded by garbage, food waste, spores of fungus. He is a happy man. Morrison cannot avoid smiling when he says that he will fill one the few green oasis in Bushwick with his beloved rubbish.

A Child’s Perfect Crime

The bakery, La Table Exquise, opened the other night in Bedford-Stuyvesant, and families and friends came to Tompkins Street in groups.

Photo for 11/9/09: The Brooklyn Beefsteak

This weekend, Brooklyn paid homage to a classic New York tradition: the beefsteak.