The Brooklyn Ink

WNYC’s ‘A Brief History of Brooklyn’

WNYC has an interesting interactive graphic on Brooklyn’s history. Click here to check it out.

Toddler Caught in Coney Island Gunfire

An 18 month-old Brooklyn girl was struck in the leg with a stray bullet Sunday after a fight escalated and shots were fired. The girl, Jayleen Jones, was playing in a courtyard while her mother [...]

The Torah’s Animals Inhabit a Borough Park Museum

By Sharyn Jackson Holding up the stuffed leg of a giraffe, Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch commanded the unwavering attention of nine sixth-grade boys on a June afternoon. The class from Yeshiva K’Tana in Waterbury, Conn., [...]

For “Mother Love,” the Season Never Ends for Life Lessons

By Seth Berkman Minutes before tip-off, Ruth Lovelace finally found an open seat inside “The Cage.” Lovelace knew this was not going to be a typical game, as her Boys & Girls basketball team was [...]

Bus Cuts Hurt Brooklyn

Most people using the MTA bus and subway system are well aware of the budget cuts and reduced transportation services. But, for one of the more comprehensive lists of changes, check out www.brooklyntheborough.com.

Foxy Brown Arrested in Prospect Heights

Inga Marchand, a.k.a. Foxy Brown, the 31 year-old hip hop performer, was arrested Wednesday after “cursing and mooning her archrival,” according to the Daily News. Brown allegedly walked by Arelene Raymond’s home and used offensive [...]

Brooklyn to Welcome Boxing

Golden Boy Promotions will host at least 12 boxing events every year at the New Jersey Nets’ new home court in Brooklyn, the company announced Wednesday. The fight series is mirrored after a similar grouping [...]

EMT Arrested after Sexual Assaults in Brooklyn

Angus Pascall, 33, was arrested Wednesday in connection with five separate sexual assaults in Brooklyn against girls and women with ages ranging from 11 to 22, according to the New York Times. Two cases were [...]

‘Bouquet Bandit’ arrested in Bedford-Stuyvesant

Edward Pemberton, the man who police believe robbed two Chelsea banks while holding flowers, was arrested Wednesday at a family member’s house in Brooklyn. During two separate July robberies, Pemberton held a potted plant and [...]

Latin Kings Arrested for Arson, Conspiracy

A total of 18 Latin Kings have been arrested on various charges relating to fires set to two Brooklyn apartment buildings in a retaliation attempt, NY1 is reporting. No one was injured when the gang [...]