The Brooklyn Ink

Undertaker U: Where Funeral Directors Learn their Stuff

By Evan MacDonald and Audrey Yoo For many, college is a chance to meet new people while living away from home for the first time. Students at American Academy McAllister Institute meet new people, too. [...]

How They Do It – The Watch Man

By Joe Deaux and Evan MacDonald Leo De Le Cruz repairs watches in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. He learned the skill from his father.

Tuesday, in Court, with Judge DiMango

By Evan MacDonald Midway through her morning docket, Judge Patricia DiMango was clearly annoyed. She was struggling to make a defendant understand the weapons possession charges he was facing, despite all the explanations she was [...]

Housing in Brooklyn is All About Location

Throughout most of Brooklyn, the housing market has rebounded from the slump that followed the economic collapse of 2008. While the number of new properties being sold in America is currently the lowest in recorded [...]

GOP at Crossroads, Even in Brooklyn

By Evan MacDonald If you want to get a sense of how the Republican Party is changing in America, look no further than Southern Brooklyn. Unlike the rest of the borough, this corner of Brooklyn [...]

Bay Ridge rallies for bus service lawsuit

About 50 people gathered at the corner of Third and Bay Ridge avenues in Tuesday evening, despite the chill. Several were in wheelchairs, and many carried walking canes. Most were elderly. None approved of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's route changes.