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Four-Alarm Blaze Destroys Pratt Students’ Artwork

Pratt Institute students and faculty are finding ways to deal with the fire that destroyed years' worth of student art early Friday morning.

Pratt Institute Building Goes Up in Flames

Firefighters battled a four-alarm blaze early this morning at the main building of the Pratt Institute, the art school in Clinton Hill.

Grassroots Volunteers Hold Hurricane Sandy Relief Summit

Friday marked the beginning of the People’s Recovery, a three day summit in Brooklyn, dedicated to the continuation of grassroots relief efforts in areas hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy last October.   “It’s a crisis. [...]

Brooklyn Lens Webcast 4/13/2012

The Brooklyn Lens Webcast 4/13/2012 from The Brooklyn Ink on Vimeo. The Brooklyn Lens webcast for the week of April 13, 2012.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Halloween at 313

When a new tenant moves in to 313 Clinton Ave. in Clinton Hill owner Janna Hyten always asks, “Do you like Halloween?” It helps if they do.

Brooklyn After the Tornado: Sitting on Willoughby

by Joi-Marie McKenzie and Joe Proudman A group of Pratt students stare wide eyed at a black Mazda with its roof caved in and shattered windows. A large tree branch rests around every side of [...]

Brooklyn After The Tornado : On Washington Avenue

by Joi-Marie McKenzie and Joe Proudman Twenty-four hours after a tornado swept through Brooklyn, longtime Clinton Hill resident James Randall is picking up the pieces. The tree that once stood in front of his house [...]

Man ‘Finds’ Alligator in Brooklyn, Drops Off to Cops

A two-foot long baby alligator was handed to police in the 88th Precinct in Clinton Hill on Sunday, according to the New York Post. Police think the story might actually highlight a growing problem in [...]