The Brooklyn Ink

Family Hears Confession It Can’t Accept

by Lillian Rizzo Ramel Fletcher’s family and friends came to room 36 of Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday to hear the testimony of Darrell Morse, who stands accused of Ramel’s murder. There were nine of them [...]

Video – Haitians in Brooklyn: A Month After

by K. S. Nikhil Kumar Exactly a month after the earthquake struck Haiti, several Haitian Americans in New York City, mostly based in Brooklyn, came to seek solace at the Basilica of Our Lady of [...]

At Radio Soleil – Searching the Faces of the Lost

By Clare O’Connor On a wall in the front room at Radio Soleil rows of photos are tacked up haphazardly. In one, a young bride dressed in white smiles as she clings to a bouquet. Beneath [...]

Sak Pasé: Port-au-Prince to Nostrand Ave

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the Haitian population of New York City is more than 160,000, with more than 75,000 in Brooklyn alone, although the number may be much higher. Since independence from France [...]