The Brooklyn Ink

From Persian Cats to Yellow Dogs

The Yellow Dogs, an underground Iranian rock band from Tehran, Iran recently moved to Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They’ve made it to America, but where do they go from here?

VIDEO – Open Your Eyes

Domestic Violence in New York.

VIDEO – Brooklyn Bug Biters

Dennis considers himself a “bug chef.” He founded the organization “Insects are Food,” in 2009 and he is one of the leading proponents of eating insects.

Video—Dress, Williamsburg Style

The Ink’s Nathania Zevi hits the street of Williamsburg and explores the neighborhood’s vintage, fashion culture.

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East Brooklyn Clinic Celebrates Women’s Health Week

Patients and staff at Dr. Betty Shabazz Health Center in East New York discuss their biggest health worries. Mary Plummer reports.

Video – Death Bear Gets Sad So You Don’t Have To

Performance artist Nate Hill has been visiting homes in Brooklyn dressed as Death Bear, a character he created to help rid people of their heart aches. Mary Plummer reports.

Video – Lighting Up Midwood for Lag Ba’Omer

After a period of silence and solemnity following Passover, the streets of Brooklyn were lit up by massive bonfires and humming with song on Saturday night, as Jewish residents celebrated Lag Ba’Omer.

Video – Brooklyn Church Reaches out to Sister Parish in Port Au Prince

Rev. Verel Montauban is the pastor at the First Haitian Church of the Brethren in East Flatbush, Brooklyn. He also ministers to a sister congregation in Haiti. Their church, Croix de Mission, was destroyed in the January 12 earthquake.

Video – Hack Attack in Brooklyn

NYC Resistor is a shared space in Brooklyn where a group of ‘hackers’ take apart electronics and put them together again to create a variety of weird and wonderful inventions. These self-proclaimed ‘nerds’ aren’t going to break into your Facebook account, though; this generation of ‘hackers’ does things differently. Van Tieu meets them.

The Secret Feast

Underground dinners are the latest trend in eating out. They’ve been popular for a long time in Latin America, known as “Paladars” or “Restaurante de Puertas Cerradas” (locked door restaurants). They’ve made their way to the United States and Europe and now also to Brooklyn.
Danielle Bengsch looks behind the scenes of a secret cookery in [...]