The Brooklyn Ink

To be Old, and Newly Poor in Brooklyn

The Census Bureau’s new poverty measure shows a huge increase in poor Americans aged 65 and above. How are the elderly in Brooklyn coping?

Book Review: Boomerang

“The world is now pocked with cities that feel as if they are perched on top of bombs.” Michael Lewis’ Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World, reviewed by Michael Copley.

An Ominous Account of the Financial Crisis

Perhaps the only thing more chilling than the current condition of Europe’s banking and financial systems—and the threat of contagion—is the notion that some people saw this coming and did nothing. They played their hands [...]

Book Review: “Hemingway’s Boat”

Christopher Haire reviews Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved In Life, And Lost, 1934-1961 by Paul Hendrickson.

A Humanized Hemingway and His Boat

Soldier. Big-game hunter. Misogynist. Greatest American writer. Most overrated American writer. There is no shortage of labels attached to the name Ernest Hemingway. The critical and popular analysis of Hemingway and the minimalist, beneath-the-surface writing [...]

Unfixed Tickets: A Day at the Traffic Court

Rayan Nahle leans on a wall outside a courtroom at the Traffic Violations Bureau at Atlantic Center Mall, waiting for her hearing. Unlike others in the room who were missing work altogether to settle their [...]

Why Do Designers Have Designs in Brooklyn?

Sixteen years ago Roberto Gill, the founder and owner of CASA Kids Design Company, moved from TriBeca to Brooklyn because his rent was too high. He discovered he was not alone. Brooklyn has become a [...]

Vodka and the Taste of Brooklyn

One Brooklyn distillery thinks their vodka is better than everyone else’s best. And their secret ingredient is right here in Brooklyn.

Book Review: “The Deal From Hell”

Tiffany Ap reviews The Deal From Hell: How Moguls and Wall Street Plundered Great American Newspapers, by James O’Shea  

Supermarket looted after SUV crashes into it

A white BMW SUV crashed into the Gem Meat Fine Food Supermarket in East Flatbush at around 5 p.m on Saturday. After the crash, people rushed the store, looting canned goods, milk and other foods. [...]