The Brooklyn Ink

Police seek missing woman in East New York

Officers at the 74th precinct are requesting information on Myra Sosa, a 29-year-old woman who was last seen on October 19 as she left her home on Sunnyside Avenue.  Sosa is 5 feet tall with [...]

Sex in the city diva leads anti sex-trafficking campaign

Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes has recruited Sarah Jessica Parker and Gabourey Sidibe from the movie ¨Precious¨ to participate in a new campaign against sex trafficking. The campaign which was launched today by the DA [...]

Penthouse founder dies at 79

Penthouse Magazine’s Bob Guccione died from throat cancer this morning.   The Brooklyn born artist and impresario founded Penthouse in 1965 while he worked as a cartoonist in London, selling it as the “magazine of sex [...]

Prospect Park residents clash over bike path

Opponents and supporters of a Prospect Park bike path are expected to stage competing rallies in Grand Army Plaza this morning, reports the Daily News.  The two way bike path was built over the summer [...]

Writing about re-building

At the same time, Schwarz also knew that her family was quite different from those of other kids: her Jewish parents had both come to the United States after growing up in the midst of World War II and experiencing the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand.

Multicultural groups protest budget cuts

More than a 100 representatives of multicultural community service programs in the state met today on the steps of city hall to protest recent changes to the New York state budget.

Seeds of diversity grow in Bed-Stuy garden

By Beth Morrissey

On a lazy Saturday afternoon, two women, one black, one white, make preparations for a party in the Greene Acres Community Garden on Franklin Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant.

Teen pleads self-defense in murder trial

The trial of a teenager accused of murdering a WABC newsman after a sexual encounter gone wrong was replete with contradictory testimonies on day three.

Former World Cup ref pleads not guilty in Brooklyn court

A former World Cup soccer referee pleaded not guilty to heroin smuggling charges, the Associated Press reports. Byron Moreno entered his plea on Wednesday in Brooklyn court. In September, Moreno was caught with bags of [...]

New ‘Hipster Highway’ bus to connect Brooklyn and D.C.

A new bus line that directly connects Brooklyn with Washington, D.C. debuts on Friday, Brendan Spiegel of The New York Times writes. The line will be operated by Know It Express and will connect travelers [...]