The Brooklyn Ink

Experts say orthodox Jewish community in danger of losing political clout

With arrests of orthodox members gaining more publicity, a potential political fallout might be on the horizon, some say.

Brooklyn borough deposed in lawsuit

Borough President Marty Markowitz was deposed in his office last Friday, as part of a gender and age discrimination lawsuit brought on by Regina Weiss, his former communications director.

Arrests imminent in Salty Dog brawl

The New York Post is reporting that three firefighters will be arrested tomorrow for their role in a Jan. 28 brawl at the Salty Dog bar in Bay Ridge.

Organic food retailer still intent on building near toxic canal

Whole Foods Supermarket is entering the final phase of a cleanup on its future Third Avenue and Third Street site.

Watchtower confirms move out of Brooklyn

Richard Devine, real property manager for the Watchtower Bible and Tract Society confirmed the organization plans to move upstate, to the town of Warwick.

Letter To Rapist Read In Court; He Gets 437 Years

By K. S. Nikhil Kumar The victim had asked to speak to her attacker. She rose and came to the front of Judge Vincent DelGiudice’s Brooklyn courtroom today. The judge was about to pronounce sentence [...]

Update on hit and run

The owner of the car that hit two young women in Prospect Heights on Sunday has agreed to be questioned, police announced at a press conference today. Erin Phelan, an aide for Mayor Bloomberg, and [...]

Housing project rapist sentenced

Thomas Boker was sentenced to between 432 1/3 to 437 years in prison today in an emotional hour long hearing on four separate crimes: rape, sexual assault, robbery and burglary. “I am innocent. I am [...]

Police seek hit and run suspect

Police are searching for witnesses to Sunday’s hit and run accident on Flatbush Avenue near Prospect Place. They’ve released a photo of the suspect.

Zazi’s guilty plea

Najibullah Zazi pleaded guilty to three terrorist charges yesterday in Federal District Court in Brooklyn. Zazi described his involvement with Al Qaeda and his training in Pakistan. Our reporter Danielle Bengsch covered it from the [...]