The Brooklyn Ink

Plan to revitalize once crime-ridden Myrtle Avenue

By Caitlin Kasunich When Clinton Hill resident Ellie Balk first moved to the neighborhood eight years ago, Myrtle Avenue was very different from what it is today. “Murder Avenue,” she called it, was not a [...]

Communal Residents Open B&B in Downtown Brooklyn

By Caitlin Kasunich Since July 2009, the second floor of 136 Lawrence St. in Downtown Brooklyn has served as a collective house for many young people who move in and out of New York City. [...]

Writing about re-building

At the same time, Schwarz also knew that her family was quite different from those of other kids: her Jewish parents had both come to the United States after growing up in the midst of World War II and experiencing the horrors of the Holocaust firsthand.

Ft. Greene SNAP Works to Improve Family Housing

By Caitlin Kasunich Last July, a 25-year-old victim of domestic abuse packed up her belongings, left her apartment with her two children and arrived at the Auburn Family Shelter in Fort Greene in hopes of starting a new life.