The Brooklyn Ink

Five Stories, One Williamsburg

Inside Brooklyn’s Creative Hub, and the Passions it Supports

Brooklyn Bridge Park To Get A Makeover Complete With Condos

The Brooklyn Bridge Park may get a new look if a top developer gets its wish, according to The New York Post. Seven developers are in the running to obtain sole possession of building 180 [...]

The (not so) Little Bookshop that Could

BookCourt is something of a visual aberration for anyone walking down the northern part of Court Street. Sandwiched between a deli, a UPS store and a Starbucks, the bookshop stands out against the background. It’s [...]

Meet OWS’s (Unofficial) Brooklyn Accountant

Our reporter Ravi Kumar caught up with Peter Dutro, a Brooklynite who helps manage finance at Occupy Wall Street. Peter Dutro, 36, of Brooklyn is one of the members of the finance committee at Occupy [...]

Smokescreen: Why R.J. Reynolds Plastered Williamsburg on its Camel Blues

The Ink uncovers the background of a cigarette campaign that had Brooklyn up in arms.

A Local Look for Brooklyn Fashion Designers

By Faaria Kherani Juhea Kim, Fort Greene designer of the new fashion line LIBER New York, makes her trip from Brooklyn to New York City’s Garment District. Her list of stops includes fabric stores, trim [...]

New Bakeries and Cafés in Bed Stuy Face Uncertain Prospects

By La Toya Tooles The outside of Ms. Dahlia’s Café on the 440th block of Norstrand Ave in Brooklyn is a sign of changing times. There are wicker and metal benches nestled in the nook [...]

Local Community Left Out of Biotech Center Plans

By Faaria Kherani Sunset Park’s Brooklyn Army Terminal, the embarkation point for 3 million soldiers and massive, ocean-going vessels in years past, is carving out a future as the centerpiece of Brooklyn’s commercial biotechnology boom. [...]

Tea Time with Mikhail Prokhorov

(Photo credit: Matt Rodigheri) By Vinnie Rotondaro On Wednesday I met with Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, the recently minted owner of the New Jersey Nets, at the Clover Club, a bar in Carroll Gardens. Prokhorov [...]

Moshe Piller: How a New York Landlord Works the System

A team of six reporters spent four months investigating the New York housing system through the prism of one landlord, his buildings and his tenants in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Read on for our findings.