The Brooklyn Ink

Looking for Mr. Lundy

By Katerina Valdivieso “That’s the one! That’s the portrait! Let me see?” Victor Coker was stunned when he saw the picture of his missing portrait in a page of the book I had brought to [...]

Dispute Over Messiah Goes to Court

Six members of the Orthodox Jewish patrol Shomrim were back in the Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday, on trial for allegedly attacking yeshiva students in Crown Heights two years ago.

The Queen

There must be a manual for how to dress on a cruise because as the passengers of the Queen Mary 2 arrived at Pier 12 of the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, they seemed to all be in uniform.

Photo for 11/6/09: Matsui with Trophy

New York Yankees’ Hideki Matsui holds up the MVP trophy after the Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 7-3, in Game 6 of the World Series on Wednesday in New York.

Photo for 11/5/09: Giant Protest Rat

Union workers from National Grid use a giant rat to protest the use of non-union workers by the corporation to remove asbestos from its building on Jay Street.

The Morning Rush

Ishita Singh has a scene from Borough Hall in downtown Brooklyn, where something unexpected cuts through the humdrum of the daily morning rush.

Second Son’s Death Leaves Family Inconsolable

Lydia and Harry Blas, the parents of the brazenly slain Ramon Blas, are still struggling to come to terms with their loss, their second of this kind.

Aspiring Rapper Remembered at Wake

By Meredith Kennedy and Miranda Lin Several police officers stood guard in front of Grace Funeral Home in East New York on Wednesday afternoon as family and friends from the rap community wearing black t-shirts [...]

The Morning After in Bed-Stuy

The Ink brings you a vox populi report from the streets of Bedford-Stuyvesant on the morning after hometown mayoral candidate Bill Thompson’s narrow loss.

US Settles with Detainees but Lawyer’s Work Continues

By Mara Zepeda Rachel Meeropol’s work is far from over. Two days after her clients, five Muslim plaintiffs held in a Brooklyn prison after 9/11, were awarded $1.26 million from the federal government, Meeropol is [...]