The Brooklyn Ink

Jury Sends Another Note to Judge

The jury deciding the fate of Keith Phoenix sent an additional note to Judge Patricia Di Mango following the court’s lunch break. The note read, “What should we do if we cannot come to an [...]

Navy Yard Expansion Seeks Foreign Investment by Awarding Residency

The Brooklyn Navy Yard is seeking investors for its new $125 million expansion project, and hoping to attract foreign investors by offering the prospect of an EB-5 visa (created by the Immigration Act of 1990, [...]

Jury Returns 2 Notes

The jury deliberating the guilt or innocence of Keith Phoenix, passed two notes to Judge Patricia Di Mango. She answered the jury’s questions before sending them off to deliberate further. First, the jury asked: if [...]

Red Hook Meublistas Sell Bits of Coney Island for Thousands

Furniture designers based in Red Hook are going to make a killing: they’re selling outrageously expensive wooden tables and chairs made from repurposed pieces of the Coney Island boardwalk. Jason Horvath and Bill Hilgendorf started [...]

A Jury’s Quiet Deliberation

Judge Patricia Di Mango made an announcement about noon time that the jury has requested no additional information nor have they passed any notes to the judge. This is a change from the jury’s behavior [...]

Crown Heights Residents Slam Cops

African American church leaders and politicians condemn the actions of police Friday evening after officers chased a car thief into the Shiloh Seventh Day Adventist Church at 1256 Dean St. during a sabbath service. Assemblyman [...]

Deliberations Continue in Hate Crime Murder

Jury deliberations in the trial of Keith Phoenix, accused of killing Jose Sucuzhanay, continue today. Phoenix’s co-defendant, Hakim Scott, was convicted of manslaughter and attempted assault. He was found not guilty on charges of murder in [...]

Truman Capote’s Heights home breaks market record

The famous canary yellow 18-room mansion on 70 Willow St. in Brooklyn Heights is on sale for $18 million, surpassing the previous record for a Brooklyn home by almost $6 million. Capote—who rented a garden [...]

Hate Crime Trial: The Waiting is the Hardest Part

By Nate Rawlings A curious thing happened Friday between the hours of 3 and 7 p.m. in Part 15 of the Brooklyn Criminal Courthouse. Clerks strayed from their desks and walked around the room. Judge [...]

Bed-Stuy Native Lena Horne Dies at 92

Legendary African-American actress, singer and civil rights activist Lena Horne died Sunday night in the New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center. Born in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bed-Stuy, the four-time Grammy winner also lived in Pittsburgh [...]