The Brooklyn Ink

Brooklyn Morning — Stretching the Long Weekend

By Mariya Karimjee Under the blue awning of Seven Star Deli and Grocery, a group of teenagers stood idly.   One burrowed his toe into the sidewalk, his hands stuffed into his pockets.  A girl [...]

Brooklyn Morning — Computers and The Brooklyn Public Library

By Joe Deaux At 9 o’clock at the Brooklyn Public Library on Grand Army Plaza a man is looking at a website for the video game “Mafia.” A woman is checking her AT&T phone bill. [...]

Brooklyn Morning — Road Block of Trash

By Lillian Rizzo Two sanitation workers were picking up trash in Bensonhurst when they came upon a roadblock on 83rd Street. The street was overflowing with garbage. Shoe boxes stacked in larger boxes, styrofoam cartons, [...]

Cab Driver Hits Spanish Tourist in Brooklyn

Maria Hermosin Jimenez, 58, was sent to Bellevue Hospital after being struck by a livery cab in Midtown on Sunday. She is suffering from serious head trauma, according the NY Daily News. The driver, Dave [...]

Brooklyn Morning — Chinese Dance Lessons in Sunset Park

By Abigail Ronck Every morning a group of at least 20 neighborhood women meet outside the Sunset Park Recreation Center between 8:30 and 11 to perform traditional Chinese dances in coordinated line form, says a [...]

Brooklyn Morning — Atlantic Avenue, Pacific Street Station at 8:45 a.m.

By Yolanne Almanzar The walkway under the subway rumbled with the approach of the train. Two police officers were the only ones talking when, suddenly, the walkway burst with life. People started running and dodging [...]

Brooklyn Officer Accused of Violating Man’s Religious Rights

Sholom Emert, 27, was crossing Kings Highway in Midwood last Friday night and received a court summons for obstructing traffic when he was unable to walk across in time and had to stand on the [...]

Brooklyn Morning – Maria Hernandez Park

By Joe Proudman

The sun is just creeping over the buildings down Irving Street on the northeast side of Maria Hernandez Park in Bushwick. It’s just past 7:30 a.m. and four people are making their way around the third-of-a-mile pathway that circles the park.

Letter from Family Court

By Ceylan Yeginsu On one recent day at Kings County Family Court Maria Lopez stood out with her smile. She had ten minutes until she would appear in front of a judge who would determine [...]

Jewish Teacher Attacked in Williamsburg

Twenty-six year-old Joel Weinberger was brutally beaten on Thanksgiving in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Dressed in Hasidic garb, he was attacked from behind and had his cell phone stolen. Weinberger suffered a broken leg and swollen eyes [...]