The Brooklyn Ink

The Re-Cross

By Nate Rawlings The name in question was Christie. Depending on the theory, she was either a culprit, or a naive employee in the middle of an alleged fraud, and lawyers couldn’t even agree on [...]

Brooklyn Sticks With Paterson

Even as supporters go down like dominoes, Gov. David Paterson’s Brooklyn base is holding firm. Christopher Alessi brings us the voices of the embattled governor’s final supporters.

Midwood Murder Still A Mystery

by Matthew Huisman Gavin Torres never made it home from his first day of work. Walking home Tuesday night from work at Pomegranate, a grocery store on Coney Island Avenue, the 19-year-old was gunned down [...]

For the Moment, Brooklyn Sticks With Paterson

By Christopher Alessi Brooklyn Democratic leaders continue to rally publicly behind Gov. David Paterson, even as his political future becomes more uncertain with each passing day. Many of the county’s key Democrats, particularly black officials, [...]

Strong words on MTA cuts

The MTA is out of money. But cutting 15 subway lines will make commutes longer for a lot of people who rely on them to commute between Manhattan and Brooklyn each day. Dennis Holt in [...]

The Roar

Read Yepoka Yeebo’s poetic take on the burst of noise that shattered the morning quiet in Brownsville.

The Roar

By Yepoka Yeebo An ear-splitting roar blasted its way through the mid-morning Brownsville silence, sending the flock of birds pecking around Betsy Head Park into a fluttering, flapping frenzy and turned the heads of the [...]

Teenager arrested in slaying

A 19-year-old man was arrested this morning for murdering another teenager in Midwood. Gavin Torres was shot twice in the chest shortly after midnight Tuesday. Police officers heard a gunshot on a routine patrol of [...]

What a Pickle?!

Manhattan’s pain is Brooklyn’s gain. Guss’ Pickles is moving on from the Lower East Side to Borough Park, as Yepoka Yeebo reported yesterday. Now watch her video, in which the neighborhood newbie shows us how [...]

Video – Behind the Brine

Before Guss’ Pickles moved to Borough Park and became Ess-a-Pickle, Pat Fairchild took TheBrooklynInk.com on a briny odyssey from hot peppers to sauerkraut, and explained how a cucumber becomes a pickle.