The Brooklyn Ink

[VIDEO] Gentrification’s Casualties: Brooklyn Under the Radar

Gentrification is transforming Brooklyn into the “Next Manhattan”, but for many long-time residents the housing boom sparked by urban renewal has become a nightmare. Produced and Filmed by Michael V’inkin Lee, Sarah Munir, and Vikram [...]

Live from Brooklyn: A Start Up Streams Broadcast TV To Your Laptop

Since launching in March, the Brooklyn-based startup Aereo lets viewers watch television on a web browser. They only have access, however, to the basic broadcast channels – the same ones they’d get if they owned a television set and a pair of rabbit ear antennas.

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.

From The Stage to the Kitchen: The Struggle of an Unemployed Father

                          In a brownstone building in Brooklyn Lafayette, former dancer Bernard McClain, remote in hand, sways back in forth to a faded 20-year-old [...]

Something Fishy Around the Corner [VIDEO]

Nino, a 68-year-old fishmonger, has been selling his fresh catches off a tabletop on the corner of Myrtle Avenue and Grove Street in Bushwick for the past 15 years. But he doesn’t call it a business — to him, it’s simply a “hobby.”

Trash Bashing at the Audubon Center

Environmental educators and musicians Nathan Heatherington and Martin Urbach celebrate the Audubon Center’s 10th anniversary– and earth day at the same time — by performing with recycled instruments at the nature center in Prospect Park. [...]

Brownsville Fondly Remembers ‘Jocko’ Jackson

    Greg “Jocko” Jackson, who died of an apparent heart attack earlier this week, was a towering figure in Brownsville and not just because of his stature.   The 6-foot-tall former basketball player, who managed [...]

A Park Slope Bar: In The Shadow Of The Nets Arena

When the basketball season starts, the new Nets arena is expected to draw thousands of sports spectators to Park Slope and alter the dynamic of many of the neighborhood spots, like O’Connor’s on 5th Avenue.

Shaking Up the Establishment

  Dan O’Connor of Brooklyn is hoping to win over fellow New Yorkers with his enthusiasm as he campaigns for Congress. “I think I have a lot of energy as a young guy,” O’Connor, 33, [...]

Brooklyn Nets Gear Flies Off Shelves

Though it has only been a few days since Brooklyn Nets merchandise went on sale online and in stores, basketball and Brooklyn enthusiasts are quickly buying up the team’s items.