The Brooklyn Ink

Congested Brooklyn Thoroughfare to Undergo Development

If all plans are finalized by the borough president, one of Brooklyn’s major thoroughfares will become unrecognizable in the coming years as it evolves from an accident-prone access road to a pedestrian-friendly commercial district. A [...]

College Grad Returns Home to Pay it Forward

It’s game time on a Saturday afternoon at the Brownsville Recreation Center. Middle schoolers in haphazardly tied pinnies are battling it out on the basketball court under the watchful eyes of black leaders and sports [...]

Book Review: The New Kids

Danika Fears reviews The New Kids: Big Dreams and Brave Journeys at a High School for Immigrant Teens, by Brooke Hauser.

Seven Schools in Brooklyn May Close

The Department of Education released the first half of a list of schools that are scheduled to close due to poor performance, NY1 reported Thursday. Brooklyn leads the closures with seven schools, followed by two [...]

Chasing the American Dream at an Immigrant High School in Brooklyn

For most American teenagers the first day of high school is fraught with anxiety. There are, after all, big questions to consider—What should I wear? How will I fit in? Where is my first class? [...]

Military Allows Brooklyn Rabbi to Keep Beard

Menachem Stern, an Orthodox Jewish rabbi from Brooklyn, who was told he couldn’t keep his beard if he became an army chaplain, won his legal battle against the military and will be sworn in on [...]

Sopranos Actor Sentenced to House Arrest in Brooklyn

Tony Darrow, 72, whose legal name is Anthony Borgese and is best known for his roles in “Goodfellas” and “The Sopranos,” was sentenced to two years probation and six months of house arrest in Brooklyn federal court [...]

Occupy Wall Street Repairs Foreclosed Brooklyn Home for Needy Family

After moving into a foreclosed East New York home a day earlier, Occupy Wall Street protestors began tackling the difficult task of repairing the house Wednesday, the New York Times reported. The Brooklyn home is in [...]

Suspicious Fire in Crown Heights Kills One, Injures Two

An early morning fire in a Crown Heights apartment building left one dead and two injured, the Daily News reported. The deceased, who has not been identified yet, was in his fifties and drank heavily, [...]

Book Review: Unnatural Selection

There are 163 million females missing in Asia.  But no one is searching for them. They were victims of sex selection procedures – mostly abortions – in societies that favor sons over daughters. Rose D’souza [...]