The Brooklyn Ink

Coney Island Shooter Still at Large

Police are still searching for the killer of a 65-year-old Coney Island woman who was shot just before noon on October 20th on the corner of West 2nd Street and Sea Breeze Avenue. Alla Kamenev, [...]

At CMJ—Brooklyn, But More So

For one week in October, the CMJ Music Marathon takes over Williamsburg and Greenpoint with hundreds of bands looking for a break, giving music lovers in Brooklyn even more options than they already have.

The Hatter’s Mad Ball

Top hats, fedoras, bowlers, flannel hats, wool hats, leather hats, and fur-lined hats line the shelves of Goorin Bros. Hat Shop in Park Slope. Antique-looking hatboxes line the store’s perimeter. Relics are tucked between displays [...]

Brooklyn Home Sales Up

You know all that construction you’ve seen around the borough? Well, those new apartments are selling. Sales have jumped 18% in Brooklyn, according to Business Week. New condos across the East River from Manhattan are [...]

Weekend Photo Opts

Adorable puppies and their owners paraded across the Brooklyn Bridge for an event for sponsored by the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals and Petfinder. See all the puppy shots at Metromix. USA Today has a [...]

Bushwick Gets Occupied

BushwickBK has a great piece on creative Brooklynites heading out to Occupy Wall Street.  There are musicians, photographers, silkscreeners and photographers among the mix. Paul Cox wites: While local origins may be of secondary importance, [...]

Giants vs. Jets: Who are the Kings of Kings?

We asked the people of Brooklyn which team they thought owns the borough’s heart. Here’s what they have to say. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)   

Good Monday morning, Brooklyn.

It was a violent weekend in the borough. Late Friday afternoon a gunman opened fire outside of an elementary school in Brownsville. One parent was killed and one child and another parent were also injured, according to WNYC. The parent who was killed, Zurana Horton, was previously reported to have been pregnant, but the medical report now shows that she was not. Horton did have 13 children, and was seen protecting several children from gunfire before being shot, according to Gothamist.

Local Coptic Christians Pray for Peace in Egypt

Coptic Christians in Brooklyn have come together at the Coptic Orthodox Church of St. George, nicknamed ‘the Ellis Island of the Coptic community’, in Dyker Heights to pray for peace in Egypt.

Crown Heights March to End Gun-Violence

Residents of Crown Heights walked together on Thursday evening in a peace march to end gun violence, but also to call attention to increased safety in the neighborhood in recent years.