The Brooklyn Ink

Praise for the Good Book (Store)

  It was hard to find a seat at the Old First Church on the corner of Carroll Street and Seventh Avenue last Saturday afternoon. People filled the benches, jealously guarding places for their latecomer friends. A [...]

BAM Gives New York Premiere to Memorial Composition

Kronos Quartet will perform “Awakening” for four nights later this month

A Brownsville Firefighter, Lost on 9/11, Lives on Through Affordable Homes

In the neighborhood where Vernon Cherry started his career, townhouses bear his name and honor his sacrifice

Gangs Adopt Social Media for Recruiting, Boasting, and Inciting

A Brooklyn murder becomes the subject of online exchanges, raising concerns among law-enforcement officials

Memorial Marks the Sacrifice of “65-2” Firefighters

Richie Manetta of Brooklyn was one of those whose death is believed to have been caused by exposure to toxins at Ground Zero

Borders under Siege in Brooklyn Neighborhoods

Washington Avenue, east one block to Classon Avenue, then east one more block to Franklin Avenue. The moving border of Prospect Heights unsettles Crown Heights residents, as realtors and landlords look to capitalize on development, and Brooklyn politicians respond.

Amateur Flyers Soar Above Aviation Landmark

Floyd Bennett Field once played host to the biggest names in early aviation, but now its skies are empty except for a small cadre of flying fanatics

Flags Fly to Remember a Neighbor Who Never Came Home That Day

For a decade, the residents of Hausman Street in Greenpoint have borne witness to their friend, Catherine Fagan.

LIVE BLOG: Crown Heights Reacts to Carnival Shooting

Dispatches from Crown Heights the day after the West Indian Day Parade, where three people were fatally shot and two New York City police officers were wounded.  

One Woman’s Commitment Brings Honor to Red Hook’s Fallen

In the summer of 2009, Josie Sanfeliu filled her bike basket with petition papers, strapped on her bike helmet, and rode from her home in Park Slope, past the Gowanus Canal and under the Brooklyn Queens Expressway to a series of firehouses in Red Hook. It was a 15-minute trip that she had made many times since September 11, 2001, and would make a hundred more times over the next two years.