The Brooklyn Ink

Soft Porn, Hardening Hearts: A Magazine’s Private Story

Can a softcore erotica magazine survive in an age of digital porn? Danielle Leder, co-founder and owner of Jacques Magazine, hopes the answer is yes.

In Fatal Brawl, Was It Murder or Self-Defense?

In the video, Nelson Liu sits behind a wooden table in front of a nondescript white wall, his eyes facing forward. His baggy gray t-shirt has bloodstains on it; his face is bruised, and his [...]

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, [...]

The New Dawn of OWS

After police took down Zuccotti Park, protesters went on the offensive congregating in Foley Square before dawn, then marching through morning rush hour to a small park at Canal Street and Sixth Avenue. From there [...]

OWS: An Uneasy Calm Before the Storm

Tensions were already running high at Zuccotti Park on the afternoon before the New York Police Department cleared the park of the Occupy Wall Street encampment.

The Night Zuccotti Fell

The occupation of Zuccotti Park ended in the early hours of the morning Tuesday. On orders from the Mayor’s office, police surrounded the park and penned in demonstrators, ripping down tents and throwing away personal [...]

A Son’s Death, a Father’s Burden

Five years after the death of his son Nicholas in Iraq, Andre Whyte still feels the loss of a young man who was everything a father could have wanted.

Murder in Little Odessa

Alla Kamenev, 65, was shot in broad daylight on Oct. 20 in Brighton Beach. Police say her ex-husband was the one who did it. And the family isn’t talking.

At CMJ—Brooklyn, But More So

For one week in October, the CMJ Music Marathon takes over Williamsburg and Greenpoint with hundreds of bands looking for a break, giving music lovers in Brooklyn even more options than they already have.

Gilad Shalit: Reactions and Analysis

After five years of captivity by Hamas in Gaza, Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit was returned to Israel on the morning of Oct. 18, 2011. His release was the result of a prisoner exchange between [...]