The Brooklyn Ink

Under Water: Brooklyn Residents Battle JP Morgan to Keep Their Homes

By Stephen Witt Hundreds of Brooklyn residents are facing eviction for unpaid water bills. The city is acting aggressively to recover the delinquent debts, and has transferred servicing contracts to a collection agency run by [...]

Bloomberg Sues Tobacco Company

Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s administration filed a suit against a Washington state tobacco company in federal court in Brooklyn this morning. Bloomberg is accusing King Mountain Tobacco Company of illegally selling and distributing untaxed cigarettes in [...]

Nine Children, One Adult Injured in Yellow School Bus Crash

Nine children were on a yellow school bus this morning when it  jumped a curb and crashed into a Capital One Bank  in Gravesend. One adult was severely injured and the children, students at Mark [...]

Windsor Terrace Man Attempts Suicide in Subway after Fatally Stabbing Mother

A Brooklyn man allegedly stabbed his mother and father yesterday in Windsor Terrace before attempting suicide and jumping into the subway tracks of an ongoing train. Ryan Deyaney, 31, stabbed his parents on the porch [...]

Brooklyn Residents Against Homeless Shelter

Greenpoint residents spoke out last night against a proposed homeless shelter to be built in their neighborhood last night. At a town hall meeting at the Polish Slavic Center residents said the busing in of [...]

Brooklyn Teen Charged for Death of Deliveryman While Texting

A Brooklyn teen was indicted yesterday for allegedly texting when she hit a deliveryman on a scooter, according to the New York Daily News. Nechama Rothberger, 19, was indicted on charges of criminally negligent homicide [...]

Avenue in Bed-Stuy is Renamed for Late State Rep

Thursday the Brooklyn City Council voted to co-name Jefferson Avenue, between Tompkins and Throop avenues, after the late Hon. Bertram L. Baker, who represented Bedford-Stuyvesant in the New York State Assembly for 22 years. He [...]

City Council Members Question Ethics of DHS Study

By Beth Morrissey City Council members clashed with the Department of Homeless Services Commissioner Thursday over ethical issues related to a controversial experiment designed to evaluate the effectiveness of one of its programs to aid [...]

Circus to Come to Atlantic Yards

Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus announced on Friday that they will bring one of their productions to the future Barclays Center in March, 2013. Six months after the arena is slated to open. [...]

Sex Offender Pleads Not Guilty in Brooklyn Woman’s Death

Michael Mele, a convicted sex offender, pleaded not guilty to the disappearance and death of a Brooklyn woman. Laura Garza disappeared two years ago after meeting Mele in a New York  nightclub. More on Bloomberg.