The Brooklyn Ink

Barbara Stresiand Returns To Brooklyn

The newly opened Barclays Center can add another Brooklyn-bred star to it’s list of performers. Barbara Stresiand agreed to perform at the 19,000 seat sports and entertainment arena on October 12th. Read more at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/rogerfriedman/2012/05/09/barbra-streisand-coming-back-to-brooklyn-for-october-concert/

Under the Radar

We hear a lot about the New Brooklyn these days, about the great swaths of the borough that are enjoying the fruits of gentrification. We love that Brooklyn. But in this special package we focus on stubborn problems that are not so new and receive little attention, on quiet human dramas in less economically vibrant parts of the borough.

Proposed Hooters Restaurant Causing Stir in Brooklyn

Community members in Brooklyn have mixed feelings about Hooters’ efforts to open up a restaurant near the Barclay Center.  Some say the chain is offensive to women, while others think it could be a welcome [...]

Brownsville’s Unofficial Mayor, Greg Jocko Dies at 60

Brownsville is grieving the sudden death of its “unofficial mayor” Greg Jocko, who managed the Brownsville Recreation Center for 15 years. Read more at NY Daily News.com

Brooklyn Brownstone Home To Young Obama

Before he was president a young Obama moved into a Park Slope brownstone with a girlfriend, according to an excerpt from a memoir she’s releasing next month . Read more at NYTimes.

Brooklyn Bike Patrol Ushers Subwaygoers Home Safely

At night, a group of bikers escorts women home safely from the subway. Read more at NYDailyNews.com

Ex-Con Convicted In Cop’s Death

Today, a jury convicted George Villanueva, an ex-con, of shoving veteran police officer Alain Schaberger to his death. Read more at NYDailyNews.com

Brick-and-mortar merchants occupy food cart sites in Bay Ridge

The simmering cold war between Bay Ridge’s food vendors and Fifth Avenue’s brick-and-mortar businesses boiled over on Monday morning when merchants occupied two prime pieces of sidewalk used by popular neighborhood gyro sellers — sparking [...]

Charter Management Firms charging Huge Markups

A for-profit education firm is soaking taxpayers by subleasing buildings to the Brooklyn public charter schools it runs at astronomical rates — including one at an incredible 1,000 percent markup, sources said Read more : [...]

Brooklyn Home finally “unoccupied”

Police arrested six Occupy Wall Street members squatting inside a Brooklyn home five months after the movement seized the property amid grand promises to “renovate” it and move in “a homeless family.” Read more : [...]