The Brooklyn Ink

Murders in Northern Brooklyn Spike

The Daily News is reporting today 59 people have been murdered in the East New York area in 2010. That number is high, compared to last year’s statistics. For the same period, 43 people were killed in northern Brooklyn in 2009. In Brownsville, there has been a 47 percent rise in shootings, from 34 halfway [...]

Bloods Arrested for Sex Rings in Brooklyn Middle Schools

Several Bloods have been arrested for seeking out prostitutes for their sex ring from junior high schools. The Daily News is reporting that the gang members looked in schools in Bushwick, Brownsville and East New York for girls as young as 15 that they could force into selling their bodies for $500 a day for [...]

East Brooklyn Clinic Celebrates Women’s Health Week

Patients and staff at Dr. Betty Shabazz Health Center in East New York discuss their biggest health worries. Mary Plummer reports.

East New York Residents Stopped the Most

The New York Police Department stopped 12.5 percent fewer people during the first three months of 2010 than during that same span a year ago. Brooklyn’s East New York was the neighborhood with the most stoppages, with cops questioning and sometimes frisking 5,048 people from the area. Share

Brooklyn Sanitation Worker Does A Man Dirty

This morning at 9:25 a.m., Randolph Garcia, a uniformed, on the job sanitation worker assaulted a man in front of 445 Ashford Place in East New York, according to a police report. Garcia was arrested and charged with two counts of assault, and criminal possession of a weapon. The victim is in stable condition at [...]

Brooklyn Trades Soda for Money

Modeled after gun buy-back programs, a soda buy-back program is being sponsored by the Alliance for a Healthier New York at the New Lots Family Center in East New York. NY1 reports residents can trade in their supplies of sugary drinks for gift certificates, redeemable for healthier, fresh food and produce. Share

City Councilor Says Bill Falls Short

by Matthew Huisman Longtime community activist Charles Barron, who has represented the 42nd district of Brownsville and Canarsie as well as parts of East New York and Flatbush for nine years, said the new health care bill creates more questions than it answers due to the size and scale of the legislation. “Before the bill people were [...]

Suspicious Package in East New York

Suspicious Package at 270 Wortman Ave in East New York Brooklyn. The Police are, apparently, still checking it out. More soon. From the Gothamist newsmap

Cash for Scraps in East NY

By Yepoka Yeebo and Matthew Huisman Gershow Recycling has owned the scrap yard on Pitkin Avenue in East New York for the past 10 years with more than 200-300 customers a day. Senior Facility Manager Eric Kugler took us on a tour of the facility. Share

Tenants Homeless after East NY Blaze

Residents struggle to salvage possessions while they wait for assistance from local agencies.