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 [...]
Friday, May 4, 2012
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."
Friday, April 13, 2012
The Brooklyn Lens Webcast 4/13/2012 from The Brooklyn Ink on Vimeo. The Brooklyn Lens webcast for the week of April 13, 2012.
Friday, December 9, 2011
If all plans are finalized by the borough president, one of Brooklyn’s major thoroughfares will become unrecognizable in the coming years as it evolves from an accident-prone access road to a pedestrian-friendly commercial district. A [...]
Thursday, November 17, 2011
The Wall Street Journal reports that the Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, a non-profit organization founded by Assemblyman Vito Lopez, has come under scrutiny after a city probe and audits that allege several financial improprieties. [...]
Friday, September 2, 2011
A fire company in Bushwick, which lost six men in the Al Qaeda attack, has been replenished by military veterans On Sept. 11, 2001, Joshua Wiener was in the field with his Marine Corps regiment [...]
Sunday, August 14, 2011
At the southwest corner of Himrod Street and Wilson Avenue in Bushwick stands the Himrod Wilson Community Garden, where tomatoes, basil, summer squash, string beans, eggplant, mint and more grow from four plots. Luis A. [...]
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Lordtyshon Garrett was on March 8, convicted of aggravated animal cruelty in an incident that resulted in the death of his mother-in-law's cat, Madea.
Monday, December 6, 2010
By Joe Proudman Five years ago Gabriela Alvarado was in New York on vacation. She had just left her job in Puebla, Mexico, after the company she was working for changed owners. She felt her [...]
Friday, December 3, 2010
A Bushwick infant was pronounced dead at Woodhull Hospital yesterday after being administered over-the-counter cough medicine by his aunt, according to a New York Daily News report. Daniel Richardson was four months old. The police [...]
Monday, May 14, 2012
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