The Brooklyn Ink

Schools’ Progress Reports Mean Little to Parents

By Miranda Neubauer Greenpoint elementary schools have received uneven grades in progress reports released earlier this month by the Department of Education. The three Greenpoint public elementary school schools have gone from having straight As [...]

Clinton Endorses Cuomo in Brooklyn Rally

Bill Clinton endorsed gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo at a rally that just wrapped up at the New York City College of Technology in Downtown Brooklyn, reports the Ink´s Camilo Smith.  Saying that Cuomo has the [...]

Cafe Owners Sue The Times

The owners of a Park Slope Cafe are suing the New York Times for defamation, because the paper published information on poor working conditions at their establishment. Gorilla Coffee owners Carol MacLaughlin and Darleen Schere [...]

Magazine lists Brooklyn´s ¨Best¨ Blocks

The L magazine has come up with a peculiar list of the borough´s “best 50” blocks. The online list includes categories like the best block for groceries, the best block for dating and the best [...]

New tolls will affect Brooklyn residents

Brooklyners driving to Manhattan or Staten Island will have to pay higher tolls. The Metropolitan Transport Authority today raised the one way cash toll on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge to $13 from $11, while the toll [...]

Convicted Cop Killer Faces New Trial

A man serving life in prison for the murder of a Crown Heights detective will be tried Wednesday, for a shooting that happened 24 hours before that incident, reports New York 1. In 2007, Dexter [...]

Nets and Knicks Clash Over Brooklyn Fans

The New York Knicks have hung up a giant billboard of Amar’e Stoudemire near the construction site of the new Nets arena in Brooklyn. The 20foot tall billboard, which  also says “Brooklyn Represent” was labeled [...]

Brownsville Task Force Combats Infant Mortality

By Brian Park In a pharmacy in Brownsville, a young woman quietly peruses the aisles. She is looking for something, but does not want to draw attention to herself. She stops at the shelves lined [...]

Jewish Patrol Still Controversial in Crown Heights

By Alex Alper Last month, four men allegedly surrounded an Israeli man who was visiting Crown Heights for the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur and punched him in the face. The man, 36, knocked [...]

Fort Greene Citizens Push Police on Safety

By Sanya Khetani Fort Greene residents are about to see a larger police presence than usual on their neighborhood’s streets. At its last community meeting, the 88th police precinct announced an increase in foot patrols [...]