The Brooklyn Ink

An Insider’s Look at the Deal From Hell

It’s no secret that American newspapers have been on a sharp decline for the past few decades. Despite ample time for reflection and analysis, there is a remarkable lack of understanding among reporters as to [...]

Brooklynites Cautious As Subway Theft Rises

As if busy New Yorkers didn’t have enough to worry about this holiday season, an old nuisance is growing alarmingly commonplace. Opportunistic thieves are snatching purses and other items in the subway with increased frequency, [...]

Baiting the CIA

In the late afternoon of December 30, 2009, CIA officers at a secret base in Khost, Afghanistan were getting ready to welcome Jordanian doctor-turned-double-agent, Humam Khalil al-Balawi, into their midst. Balawi was the CIA’s ‘golden [...]

Activists and OWS Demand Funding for Disease Care On World AIDS Day

A World AIDS Day march tied to the Occupy Wall Street movement ended with police detaining and taking away at least eight protesters for blocking traffic in downtown Manhattan Thursday. The protesters, five of whom [...]

New York Masters Equestrian Competition Will Come to Brooklyn

The Barclay’s Center in Brooklyn will host the first ever New York Master’s, the renowned equestrian show jumping competition on October 3-6, 2013. The world’s top ranked 30 riders will compete for the prize of [...]

Anti-Graffiti Campaign Launches in Bay Ridge

Graffiti vandals have been striking at locations all over the Bay Ridge neighborhood, with lampposts, mailboxes, storefronts, etc. bearing the brunt of the onslaught, and the community frowns upon the attacks. In response, State Senator Marty Golden (R-Bay Ridge) has launched a new campaign using social media to clean up graffiti in Bay Ridge.

The Brooklyn Ink Reviews: Every Man In This Village Is A Liar

Stack was 25 years old when she was sent to cover Afghanistan for the Los Angeles Times. Before that she was a national correspondent in Houston for the paper, and had no foreign or war reporting experience. [...]

The Brooklyn Ink Reviews: Confidence Men

A brilliant yet rookie president without control of his subordinates. A technocrat faced with a house full of large personalities. A vessel of hope whose own staff has rocked the boat. This is the portrait [...]

Taxpayers Must Cover Boyland’s Legal Fees Again

Democratic Assemblyman Williams Boyland Jr. was in court again on Tuesday, charged with soliciting bribes for more than $250,000 from undercover FBI agents in exchange for favors. Boyland, however, claims he cannot afford to pay [...]

Brooklyn School Searches for Funding to Keep Champion Chess Program in Play

The chess team at Intermediate School 318 in East Williamsburg has 28 national championships under their belt, but recent budget cuts have faculty and students scrambling to raise money. The program costs $100,000 to run, [...]