The Brooklyn Ink

On a Dusty Gridiron in Brownsville, Football is the Mo Better Path

By Laura Marsan On a hot June evening on the track of Betsy Head Park in the Brownsville section of Brooklyn, Coach Chris Legree spotted a 15-year-old boy running toward him without a cotton undershirt [...]

Homeless Brooklyn Student Gets Four-Year Scholarship

Manhattanville College has given Orayne Williams, 18, a full-ride, four-year scholarship after reading about him in the Daily News. The paper published a story about Williams’ struggles and triumphs in June and since then, he [...]

Two Men Convicted for Planning to Blow Up JFK

Two Guyanese men were convicted on Monday by a federal jury of planning a terrorist attack on Kennedy International Airport. Russell M. Defreitas and Abdul Kadir also conspired to set off a series of explosions [...]

An Inheritance Dispute Threatens the Slave Theater, a Bed-Stuy Landmark

By Seth Berkman When Clarence Hardy received an eviction notice in December 2009, ordering him to vacate the Slave Theater in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, he could not believe it. Every day since 2004, [...]

A Hot Spot for Health Violations in East Flatbush Eateries

By Gabe Kahn When Sandy Johnson witnessed a fight in front of her restaurant, Sandy’s Jamerican Cuisine, in May, she knew it meant trouble. A woman involved in the altercation mistook the other participant for [...]