The Brooklyn Ink

Midwood has Safest Neighborhood in New York

According to the US Census Bureau and FBI crime data, a Midwood neighborhood on Bedford Avenue, between East 22nd and 26th streets and K and I avenues, is the safest neighborhood in New York. The [...]

Wife of Norman Mailer Dies in Brooklyn Home

Norris Church Mailer died in her Brooklyn Heights home last night after struggling many years with gastrointestinal cancer. She was 61 years old. Church Mailer was the sixth wife and widow of famed writer Norman Mailer, [...]

Brooklyn Teen Shot, Killed at Party

Three people were shot at a Long Island birthday party on Sunday around 1:30 a.m.. Eugene Smith, 17, of Fort Greene was killed, and Luigi Casimir, 19, and Drew Watson, 24, sustained non life-threatening injuries, according [...]

9/11 Workers Approve Settlement of Claims after Years-Long Battle

More than 10,000 workers who sued New York City because of health damages suffered while working in the 9/11 rescue approved a settlement today, according to The New York Times.  The settlement amounts to $625 million and [...]

Brooklyn’s Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Announce Gun Buyback Program

Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly announced a new gun buyback program today, according to The New York Daily News.  The Gun Stop program, which will offer a $1,000 reward to those who [...]

Quaker School to host 31st Annual Holiday Extravaganza

A school will host their 31st Annual Holiday Extravaganza in two weeks, according to Brooklyn Heights Blog.  Brooklyn Friends School, an independent Quaker school in downtown Brooklyn, will host its winter festival on Saturday, Dec. [...]

Broken Promises for Broken Escalator at High St. Subway Station, Riders Say

After two months of promises by the MTA to fix a broken escalator at a Brooklyn subway station, riders are still waiting, according to The New York Daily News. Riders, particularly the elderly, say the MTA has failed to [...]

Park Slope Composting Initiative Returns This Year

A Park Slope community garden returns this year to collect leaves separately from garbage, according to the Brooklyn Daily Eagle. The garden, known at 6/15 Green, began accepting leaves from non-members last year after the [...]

Foreign Priests Work to Improve their Accents

By Alejandro Lopez de Haro On a recent Saturday evening Father Vincentius Do, 34, is in the midst of performing a Mass in English at Saint Rosalia Roman Catholic Church in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. “You take [...]

Mayor Bloomberg and City Council at Odds over Proposed Budget Cuts

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn spoke out after hearing of proposed budgets cuts released yesterday by the Bloomberg administration, according to Gotham Gazette.   The proposed cuts, which amount to $1.6 billion, would be the ninth round of budget [...]