The Brooklyn Ink

Hit and Run

Police are searching for the driver of a 1993 green Acura who struck two women on Sunday at approximately 4:30 a.m. as they were crossing Flatbush Avenue near Prospect Place. Police found the car that [...]

Video – ‘Til death do us part

By Althea A. Fung, Danielle Bengsch and K. S. Nikhil Kumar Canarsie couple Elliot and Hunny Reiken have been married for 61 years. The couple met in the Catskill Mountains when Elliot and his twin [...]

Skiing on One Leg and a Big Heart

by Van Tieu After being shot in the back and losing his leg at the age of 15, Ralph “Putt” Green, a star quarterback, yearned for another sport to love. He searched for years and [...]

G Train Lets Down Passengers Yet Again

At approximately 2:45 pm the G train service to queens plaza was halted at the Bedford-Nostrand station due to emergency track work. As disgruntled passengers exited to board the B44 bus it was announced that [...]

Relying on Strangers to Help Battle Cancer

Read Althea Fung’s story on bone marrow donors who hold the key to survival for cancer patients they do not even know.

Trouble Afoot in Brooklyn Courtroom

Judge Alan Marrus dismissed juror No. 6 from the Michael Mineo sodomy case at the Brooklyn Supreme Court this morning. The juror admitted to having misinformation from reading a newspaper while the rest of the [...]

Send Off for Disabled Skier to the Paralympics

Ralph Green will be speaking at Bedford-Stuyvesant today before he leaves for the Vancouver Olympics 2010 to represent the United States in the Paralympics. Green lost his leg at 15 years old because of a [...]

Deliberations Resume After Juror Dismissal

A reconstituted jury panel began deliberations this afternoon in the trial of a Brooklyn police officer accused of sexual assault.

Brooklyn Rabbi Caught in Hedge Fund Scheme

Borough Park native Rabbi Milton Balkany was charged with extortion, blackmail and making false statements to coerce a Connecticut hedge fund into donating $4 million to two schools in Brooklyn. Balkany, a dean at one [...]

A Lonely Search for Life-Saving Cells

More than 100,000 Americans find out each year that they have a life-threatening disease, like leukemia, requiring a bone marrow transplant. About 30 percent of the patients in need of a transplant find a match within their families.