The Brooklyn Ink

Bed-Stuy Boy, 12, Shot Following Party

The New York Daily News reports that 12-year-old boy was shot in the shoulder while walking home around midnight Sunday morning from a party. Police do not know who shot the boy or why he [...]

Man Shot and Killed in Crown Heights

Police responded to a 911 call of a shooting to find a 58-year old man with a gun shot wound to his chest inside of Lincoln Terrace Park in Crown Heights, police say. He was [...]

Arrest Made in Bed-Stuy Salon Shooting

Police arrested Winston Cox, 19, in connection with Saturday’s shooting at a hair salon in Bedford-Stuyvesant, police say. Winston was wanted by police for the attempted murder of an off-duty officer involved in the shooting but [...]

Paladino to Meet with Williamsburg Orthodox Today

Republic Carl Paladino is meeting with Orthodox Rabbis in Williamsburg, Brooklyn today according to an article by Voz Is Neias, a Jewish publication in Brooklyn. The last meeting Paladino held with the Jewish community led [...]

City Paying Rent for Property Already Given to Lopez-Supporting Group

The city gave away property in Bushwick to a senior citizen group founded by Assemblyman Vito Lopez yet has continued to pay rent to the same group for the property, the New York Post reports. [...]

Letter from DUMBO: Making Zombies

By Cambrey N Thomas I got off the elevator on the 5th floor at 55 Washington St. in Dumbo and followed the sandwich board signs to the Etsy Labs. A few turns down a winding [...]

Pokerface: How a Brooklyn Boy Went Pro

By Vegas Tenold One morning in January, Russell Baumblit woke up and understood poker. Not in the sense that he finally understood the rules of the game, but in the sense that he got it. [...]

Paladino’s Hometown Paper Endorses Cuomo

The hometown paper of Republican Carl Paladino endorsed his rival on Sunday, Democrat Andrew Cuomo, the New York Daily News reports. The Buffalo News wrote in their endorsement that “here is no choice for governor [...]

Shots Exchanged at Bed-Stuy Salon

An off-duty police officer shot and wounded an attempted robber in a hair salon Saturday night, the New York Daily News reports. Winston Cox, 19, is wanted in connection with the attempted murder, police say. Officer [...]

Brooklyn teacher fired after sexual tryst with 13-year old student

A Brooklyn junior-high teacher was fired after it was discovered he was having a year-long affair with a 13-year old student. The New York Post reports, Wayne Bartley, 46, a former science teacher at KIPP [...]