The Brooklyn Ink

Unemployed Compete for Census Jobs

The unemployed, who had heard that there was work to be found as census takers, began arriving to take their tests at noon.

Video – WWE or Bust

Dreams of turning pro have brought wrestler Patrick Ellrich, aka “The Attraction, Hayden Young,” from Atlanta, Georgia to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Though he’ll attend a WWE tryout camp next week, Ellrich has bigger things on his mind.

Video – Haitians in Brooklyn: A Month After

by K. S. Nikhil Kumar Exactly a month after the earthquake struck Haiti, several Haitian Americans in New York City, mostly based in Brooklyn, came to seek solace at the Basilica of Our Lady of [...]

Drink’n'Draw @ 3RDWARD

By Amanda Massa and Mustafa Mehdi Vural You bring the sketchpad; they’ll supply the beer. Or at least that’s what happens at Drink’n’Draw, a weekly event hosted by the Williamsburg art studio, 3RDWARD. For $15 [...]

Boy, 11, killed in fire

An 11-year-old boy was killed in a fire on West 24th Street on Coney Island early this afternoon. Police responding to the fire found the boy unconscious and unresponsive. He was pronounced dead at Coney [...]

New amusement rides to open at Coney Island

The city unveiled plans for Luna Park at Coney Island, which will open by Memorial Day with 19 rides. The second phase, Scream Zone at Coney Island, will open in summer 2011 with roller coasters [...]

Suspect arrested in rape case

A Brooklyn man was arrested after a teenage girl was assaulted on Schenectady Avenue last Wednesday. Shayquan Davis, 18, of 118 E 91 St. was charged with rape and robbery in the case.

Mardi Gras with a Brooklyn flair

Fat Tuesday comes to Williamsburg tonight as Brooklyn Bowl, along with L Magazine and Southern Comfort, hosts a Mardi Gras parade and performance tonight. The parade begins at McCarren Park and Driggs at 7 p.m. [...]

Hoyt-Schemerhorn station to get Michael Jackson tribute

The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership local development corporation has brokered a deal to create an artistic tribute to Michael Jackson at the entrance to the Hoyt-Schermerhorn station in downtown Brooklyn. The artist shot his famous “Bad” [...]

Brooklyn Poet Loses Cafe Table

By Joseph Alexiou At 4 p.m. last Friday, poet and Brooklyn resident Rodrigo Toscano arrived in front of the Greenpoint Coffeehouse to find the doors shuttered and the furniture removed. In the windows several sign [...]