The Brooklyn Ink

Prospect Heights Brings Community Discussion Online

The Internet continues to grow as a central tool in the community life of Brooklyn and other communities in the nation.

Parents and Teachers Don’t See Eye-to-Eye on Merits of Language Mixing

“Maria quiere coffee after class, pero I have to study.” These ten simple words meaning “Maria wants coffee after class, but I have to study” sound harmless, but are highly contentious when uttered by a [...]

Diminished Street Cleaning Services Leave Seventh Avenue Trashed

Park Slope’s primary commercial district has transformed from an immaculate strip of small businesses to a garbage-ridden spectacle.

As New Parking Meters Arrive, So Do Price Hikes

Muni-meters and parking price hikes are making their way to Sunset Park. Many local residents are unhappy, seeing the meters not just as a new cost, but as cultural colonization.

Famous Midwood Pizzeria Closed via Health Violations

Di Fara Pizza, which received a Zagat award for the best pizza in 2011, was closed last week after a city health inspection found a worrisome 67 code violations, according to the New York Daily [...]

NYPD Search For Rapist

Police are trying to find a man who they believe is in connection with trying to rape two women over the course of several weeks. According to video surveillance obtained by NY1, the accused man [...]

Man Stabbed on G Train Platform in Park Slope

A 30-year-old man was the victim of a stabbing last night in Park Slope in an incident that reportedly took place on the G Train platform of the 4th Avenue station. According to ABC 7, [...]

For Occupy Wall Street, the Honeymoon is Over

It’s been one week since Occupy Wall Street was booted from Zuccotti Park in a pre-dawn raid. But there were already signs that the movement was growing unstable and fragmented.

NYPD Looking for Missing Girl From Brooklyn

Police received a 911 call yesterday around 2:45PM saying that 16 year old Alicia Arter was forced into a black car by two men on Atlantic Ave. Arter was last seen wearing a brown t-shirt, [...]

Four People Charged With Running a Teen Prostitution Ring

Two duos have been arrested and charged with sex trafficking, Brooklyn prosecutors announced on Monday. The New York Daily News reports that Melinda Carmichael, 22, and Gary Whitfield, 29, allegedly offered a 12 year old [...]