The Brooklyn Ink

Video: The Brooklyn Salsa Company

By Joe Proudman and Brian Park Rob Behnke and Matt Burns started the Brooklyn Salsa Company out of their Brooklyn Apartment and are now in markets like Whole Foods and Fairway.

Brooklyn School Library opens – and closes – its doors

By Alex Alper On November 12, P.S. 9 and M.S. 571 unveiled a revamped school library, which they promptly closed, because there was no librarian. “Here we truly came together…with a common cause … and [...]

Police Hunt for Attempted Bank Robbery Suspect

Police are seeking the public’s assistance in finding the man suspected of an attempted bank robbery on Wednesday evening at the Citibank on 1528 Sheepshead Bay Road. According to the police, the suspect walked up [...]

Markowitz Pushes for Skyscraper Historic District in Downtown Brooklyn

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz lent his support to plans to designate the center of Downtown Brooklyn as New York’s first “Skyscraper Historic District”, according to The New York Post. However, he clarified that his [...]

Cathleen Black Visits Medgar Evers College

In an attempt to get up to speed on her new position as chancellor of city schools, Cathleen Black visited Medgar Evers College in Crown Heights, Brooklyn yesterday, according to The New York Times. Black, accompanied [...]

The Bedford Avenue Project

Bedford Avenue is the longest street in Brooklyn. It runs a little over 10 miles from Greenpoint to Sheepshead Bay. The staff of The Brooklyn Ink is starting the Bedford Avenue Project to examine the [...]

Construction Begins on Multimillion Dollar Recreational Facility in Prospect Park

City officials held the groundbreaking for the $70 million Lakeside project in Prospect Park yesterday, according The New York Post. The 26 acre environmentally friendly recreational center will include open-air and covered roller and ice skating [...]

Fiftieth Anniversary of Brooklyn Air Disaster Today

On December 16, 1960, a United Airlines jet and Lockheed Constellation collided mid-air above Brooklyn, sending the United plane crashing down into Park Slope and the Lockheed on Staten Island and killing 134 people. But [...]

The Bedford Avenue Trek

The Brooklyn Ink is kicking off our Bedford Avenue Project today with a walk down the 10.2-mile-long avenue. Ink reporters Vegas Tenold and Joe Deaux are braving the cold to bring you life as it [...]

Security Measure Turns Public Street into Prison Parking Lot in Sunset Park

By Camilo Smith Along the southwest edge of 29th Street and Third Avenue in Sunset Park, cars dart along the shadow cast by the Gowanus Expressway. While drivers may not be able to distinguish the [...]