The Brooklyn Ink

Yahoo Adds Brooklyn to its Local Listings Page

According to the New York Times, Yahoo has added 30 cities and neighborhoods, including Brooklyn, to its local listings. That section of the Web site–comparable to the Yellow Pages–will now feature hyperlocal elements, including local [...]

With No Funds for Lawyers, Brooklyn Homeowners Must Represent Themselves

By Stephen Witt The calendar posted outside the courtroom Wednesday in the Brooklyn Civil Supreme Court lists page after page of foreclosures; a total of 79 separate cases will be heard on this morning alone. [...]

Kensington Father Saves Children in Fire

A Brooklyn father is being touted as a hero, after tossing three children–his son, niece and nephew–out of their burning Kensington home yesterday, according to the New York Post. Mohammad Qasim, 46, lived in the [...]

Prospect Park Raccoon Tests Positive For Rabies

A dead raccoon found last Thursday in Prospect Park tested positive for rabies, according to The Brooklyn Paper.  Health officials said that there will be “enhanced rabies surveillance” in both Prospect Park and Fort Greene [...]

Brooklyn Battery Tunnel To Be Renamed

Today the Bloomberg administration will announce plans to rename the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel after former Governor Hugh Carey, according to CBS 2.  The Queensboro Bridge will also be renamed to honor former mayor Ed Koch.

Man Shot in Crown Heights

Last night police discovered a sixty-eight year-old black male shot in the head on the corner of Lefferts and Brooklyn Avenues in Crown Heights, according to a DCPI report.  Police and EMS workers were responding [...]

Brooklynites Like Bike Lane

A new survey shows that most Brooklyn residents want to keep the Prospect Park West bike lane that was installed in March of this year, according to The Daily News. Of those surveyed, 54 percent [...]

Broken Brooklyn Rail Slows Subways

A broken rail in Brooklyn slowed subways this morning on the A, C, and F lines, according to The New York Times City Room Blog.  Some C trains are using tracks dedicated to the F [...]

New Bakeries and Cafés in Bed Stuy Face Uncertain Prospects

By La Toya Tooles The outside of Ms. Dahlia’s Café on the 440th block of Norstrand Ave in Brooklyn is a sign of changing times. There are wicker and metal benches nestled in the nook [...]

Three Brooklyn Congressional Representatives to Lose Clout

By Miranda Neubauer Brooklyn’s clout in the new U.S. Congress will be greatly diminished come January. Despite easy victories in November, the borough’s three most powerful congressional representatives will be removed from leadership posts in [...]