The Brooklyn Ink

Letter from a Coney Island Senior Center

By Lillian Rizzo On a cold Thanksgiving morning, music is softly trickling out from the Haber Houses Senior Center off of Surf Avenue. Rather than the standard holiday season music, however, a lone Yiddish singer [...]

Stephen J. Solarz, Former Brooklyn Congressional Rep., Dead at 70

Stephen J. Solarz, a nine-term Democratic congressman who was known for his work on foreign policy issues, died Monday after fighting esophageal cancer, The New York Times reports. Solarz represented New York’s 13th District which [...]

Construction Company Admits Fraud; Will Pay $20 Million

The Schiavone Construction Company signed a nonprosecution agreement with the Brooklyn U.S. attorney’s office after admitting to defrauding government programs for the past five years, The New York Times and Associated Press report. The heavy construction company [...]

A Morning in the Life

The Brooklyn Ink staff chronicled the borough on Monday, November 30 as it woke up from the holiday and went back to work, school and life. Click to check out the reports across Brooklyn neighborhoods.

Labor Dispute Leaves 10,000 Residents Without Services

According to Crain’s New York Business, Renaissance Equity Holdings locked out 73 of their workers at Flatbush Gardens residential complex in Brooklyn, rendering 10,000 residents without the services of these handymen and porters. Since June 15, [...]

Promenade Proposed for Brooklyn’s Southern Shoreline

Brooklyn officials are proposing a plan for a promenade that would reconnect Manhattan Beach with the rest of Brooklyn’s southern shoreline, according to the New York Post. Under the proposal, an eight-block walkway that was closed [...]

Brooklyn Heights Cinema Owner Arrested

Norman Addie, owner of the Brooklyn Heighs Cinema, was arrested last week, The L Magazine reports. It is alleged that Addie raised $530.000 in investments for additions to his cinema, but instead spent the money [...]

Whole Foods Kickin’ it in Brooklyn

Whole Foods has planned a location in Brooklyn, The Brownstoner reports. The store will be located at the corner of 3rd Street and 3rd Avenue in Gowanus. The 52,000 square-foot store will house a 20,000 [...]

Brooklyn Morning – Christmas Goes Near

by Alex Gecan Even at 10:00 A.M. on a Monday, customers at Red Hook’s Chelsea Garden Center clamored for Christmas trees. The nursery, at 444 Van Brundt Street, offers live trees for the holiday season. [...]

Brooklyn Morning – Coney Island in Winter

by Vegas Tenold Once the subway had rumbled off, a couple of blocks down Stillwell Avenue there was no sound left and Coney Island was an alien place. For a minute or two there was [...]