The Brooklyn Ink

Out of Pocket

Brooklyn’s income and spending by the numbers Brooklyn’s 2.5 million residents are spending more now, but getting less for their money. Transportation costs are high, weekly wages are low, and nearly 1 million people are [...]

Thousands of Brooklyn Residents Will Get Census Knocks Again

Managers didn’t file critical information about Brooklyn residents correctly, and now about 10,000 homes need to be recounted, the U.S. Census Bureau has said. The people responsible are not the workers in communities and knocking [...]

The Daily Roundup

Three Arrested in Fatal Subway stabbings A 19-year-old Brooklyn man and two of his pals were hit with double-murder raps on Thursday night for fatally knifing two men on a downtown No. 2 train, police [...]

We win! We win! Census Says Brooklyn Growing Most

Brooklyn grew by 102,000, while Manhattan’s population shrunk in 2008 to 2009 for the first time, according to census data released yesterday. Population experts — who are working overtime answering reporters’ calls these days — attribute [...]