The Brooklyn Ink

Housing project rapist will be sentenced

Accused rapist Thomas Boker is due in court to be sentenced later today. Boker allegedly raped two women at a Brownsville housing project. He was arrested in March 2008.

Hungry, on a Rainy Afternoon

Here in Brooklyn: Lunch in the rain on 13th Avenue in Borough Park.

Video – After the Fire: the long farewell

Video by Nushin Rashidian and Story by Alyson Martin On Friday evening, Miguel talked about strength. How important it is for him to remain strong for his young son, Josias. How he needs to be [...]

VIdeo – After the fire: Luisa’s funeral

Miguel Chan mourns at a funeral for his wife Luisa Chan, victim of the Bensonhurst fire that killed four others.

Ukulele Sales Soar in Brooklyn

Ukulele sales in Brooklyn are on the rise: A seller in Flatbush says his numbers are up 80 percent from last year.

After the Fire: The Funeral

By Jeannette Neumann Brooklyn’s Guatemalan community gathered on Friday in a Coney Island funeral home to remember the five people who died at the end of January in a blaze allegedly set by a man [...]

Zazi pleads guilty to terrorism charges

By Danielle Bengsch, contributed reporting Althea Fung Najibullah Zazi listened attentively to U.S. District Judge Raymond Dearie in Federal District Court in Brooklyn today as he listed the charges: Zazi was alleged to be part [...]

Zazi pleads guilty to terror charges

Afghan immigrant Najibullah Zazi plead guilty to the charges of conspiracy to attacks with weapons of mass destruction, conspiracy to commit murder in a foreign country and collecting materials, support and other resources for a [...]

Officers Acquitted In Sodomy Case

Three police officers were acquitted on all counts this morning in the Brooklyn police-brutality trial. The jury declared Officer Richard Kern was not guilty of assaulting Michael Mineo in a Brooklyn subway station.

Is Fort Greene affordable?

With the rising cost of living, residents of Fort Greene are feeling the squeeze. The Fort Greene Association is answering questions and providing tips on how to make Fort Greene affordable at Lafayette Presbyterian Church, [...]