The Brooklyn Ink

Brooklyn Looks to Slow Zones to Curb Speeding

The New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) launched a Neighborhood Slow Zone program this fall that reduces speed limits from 30 mph to 20 mph and adds safety measures, such as speed bumps, within a select area. The first and currently only existing Slow Zone in the city was created in the Claremont section of the Bronx in late November. Now several neighborhoods in Brooklyn are applying for their own Neighborhood Slow Zones, hoping to make their streets safer.

Keilbasa, Anyone? [Video]

Polish immigrants serve meals from home in a Greenpoint deli, where some of the meat slicers have been put to work for a quarter of a century. Produced by Scott Eidler and Maru Smith

A Year After the Revolution [Video]

The Egyptian community in Bay Ridge is concerned about the progress in Egypt, a year after the Arab Spring at Tahrir Square. They voice some of the pressing issues. Produced by Purvi Thacker and Sarah [...]

The Last Patty [Video]

Christie’s Jamaican Patties, a staple of the Prospect Heights restaurant scene, might be closing its doors after more than 40 years of business.

Inside A Bike Builder’s Shop [Video]

Thomas Horrell of Bespoke Bicycles in Fort Greene, Brooklyn shows us how to “true” a wheel and why people say Bespoke is the “non-douche bag” bike shop.

Dino BBQ in BK? Locals Think Rats

A giant is moving into Brooklyn’s quiet Park Slope neighborhood, and some nearby residents and business owners have reservations. (AP Photo)

String of Shootings Worries Locals

A shooting in the Cypress Hills section of Brooklyn proved deadly for a suspected carjacker and marked the neighborhood’s third fatal shooting in twice as many weeks. Residents are concerned that a disturbing pattern is [...]

Primping Paws and Whiskers [Video]

Former Wall Street banker Tom Vasquez left the hustle and bustle in downtown Manhattan and opened Perfect Paws, a pet grooming shop in Brooklyn Heights, to embrace his love for animals.

Another Step Toward a Clean Canal

After decades of contamination made the Gowanus Canal synonymous with pollution, the EPA has released plans that envision a clear waterway by the end of this decade.

Counterfeit in Chinatown

Chinatown has become equated with the sale of counterfeit goods. But knockoff Prada and Kate Spade purses are “not the authentic Chinatown” and it is the local community that is bearing the brunt of these illegal activities.