The Brooklyn Ink

Ex-Brooklyn College Student Admits Trying to Help Al-Qaeda

Former Brooklyn College student Syed Hashmi, 30, admitted in court yesterday that he had conspired to provide Al-Qaeda with what prosecutors described as military gear. The trial of Hashmi, a Pakistani who became an American [...]

Ink is at Court Covering Brooklyn Hate Trial

The Brooklyn Ink is in court every day following the trial of Keith Phoenix and Hakim Scott who are charged with the hate-crime murder of Jose Sucuzhanay. Jeannette Neumann is reporting from Jay Street today. [...]

Autistic Teen Found on Subway is a Brooklyn Resident

NY1 reported today that a 15-year-old autistic boy, who was found unconscious yesterday on subway, has been identified as a Brooklyn resident. The boy was found on a northbound 3 train at 148th Street in [...]

Tea Party Brewing In Brooklyn

By Laura Kusisto and Jack Mirkinson The Tea Party movement has come to Brooklyn, courtesy of an activist from Manhattan. John Press is an author with a doctorate in history from New York University, who [...]

Five Torahs, Worth of $250K, Stolen from Brooklyn Synagogue

Five handwritten Torahs worth as much as $250,000 were stolen from the Congregation Yirah Haschem at 1556 53rd St. in Borough Park, community leaders said on Wednesday. The theft was discovered when community leaders opened [...]

City to Pay $440G Payout to Brooklyn Men Beaten by NYPD in West Indian Parade

The Daily News has reported that the city will pay $440,000 to three Brooklyn men who were beaten by riot cops who used nightsticks to clear a street at the West Indian American Day Parade [...]

Hate Crime Trial: The Last Ride

By Nate Rawlings Officer Daniel Ludeman squatted in the back of the ambulance as is sped toward Elmhurst Hospital. Next to him, paramedics monitored Jose Sucuzhanay’s vital signs, making sure he was still breathing and [...]

Former Member of Revolution Muslim Speaks From Morocco

By K. S. Nikhil Kumar After the controversy over the South Park video last week that allegedly depicted the Prophet Mohammed, the Ink caught up with one of the founders of the website Revolution Muslim [...]

Police Investigating Murder of Brooklyn Man

Police are seeking a man for questioning in the death of James Williams, 30, who was found with a gunshot wound to the back of the head in front of 357 W118th St. in Manhattan [...]

Park Slope, Ft. Greene School Programs Are Cut

After-school programs at PS 295 and PS 282 in Park Slope, along with the summer program at IS 113 in Fort Greene are being eliminated by the Department of Youth and Development as part of [...]