The Brooklyn Ink

Fighting For Their Freedom: The Ongoing Struggle between New York’s Psychologically Disabled and the Adult Homes They Live In

By Brian Park Coney Island winters can be unforgiving. Gone are the tourists and beachgoers of the summer months. The cold winds, exacerbated in their fury by the Atlantic, bite at exposed skin like an [...]

Legislation Threatens Public Housing

By Brian Park In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Brownsville, public housing residents and their elected officials are voicing their concerns regarding pending legislation that could dramatically alter the funding and ownership structure of the nation’s [...]

Brownsville Residents Protest Charter School

by Brian Park Residents and public officials in Brownsville are voicing their concerns and displeasure in response to the transformation of a local landmark into the new site for a charter school. The new plans [...]

Halloween in Brooklyn

Reporters from The Brooklyn Ink canvassed the borough on Halloween and found people celebrating in all sorts of ways.

Brownsville Task Force Combats Infant Mortality

By Brian Park In a pharmacy in Brownsville, a young woman quietly peruses the aisles. She is looking for something, but does not want to draw attention to herself. She stops at the shelves lined [...]