The Brooklyn Ink

Girl Power! Project Girl Showcases Young Borough Artists [VIDEO]

Project Girl Performance Collective is a performance ensemble for girls ages 8 to 21 from the five boroughs. Dominique Fishback of Brooklyn has been participating since 2008, when the the non-profit was founded. The group [...]

The Plot to Seed Bomb Brooklyn

  Some like the below-the-waist, underhand lob. Others use an inconspicuous flick of the wrist – after a couple of furtive glances around – while walking past an empty lot. A few prefer to deliver [...]

Brooklyn Teens Test Their Green Thumbs [VIDEO]

A joint venture between EcoStation: NY and Lee Mandell of Boswyck Farms, the new Bushwick Campus Greenhouse gives students from four public high schools the opportunity to learn how to grow and sell produce, even when growing up in the [...]

Dreams of the Big Screen [VIDEO]

After eight years of pursuing his passion and working for the MTA, Brooklyn-bred filmmaker Wilkie Cornelius, Jr. has finally realized his dream of making a movie. He premiered his first film Single Hills at the Brooklyn [...]

The Brooklyn Lens Webcast 3/30/2012

The Brooklyn Lens webcast for the week of March 30, 2012.

Seasoned Cook Has Seen It All

Beatrice Mobley, believed to be one of the oldest surviving workers of the Brooklyn Navy Yard Hospital, sits at her dining room table in the Vinegar Hill area of Brooklyn, surrounded by mementos from various [...]

Photographer Carves a Niche

Godfather-esque music lilts over the stairwell as a Brooklyn craftsman ascends the steps to his dimly lit workbench. This is how filmmaker Dustin Cohen introduces us to his newest character. There’s something innately seductive and cinematic [...]

Kony 2012: Special Edition Webcast

The Brooklyn Lens tackles the video about Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and how it went viral in this week’s webcast for March 9, 2012.

[VIDEO] A Stripper Story

Kimberly Smith worked in night clubs starting when she was 18. Six years ago, the Brooklyn resident finally found her way out of that “horrible business” and started her own company–using her unique skill set. [...]

The Brooklyn Lens Webcast 3/2/2012

The Brooklyn Lens webcast for the week of March 2, 2012.