The Brooklyn Ink

The Guns of Brooklyn

  Brooklyn has the rest of New York City outgunned. Law enforcement data indicates that the borough has a disproportionately large number of the city’s guns. It’s a tough statistic to nail down, says Rory [...]

Brooklyn Watch Groups Under Scrutiny After Martin Killing

Neighborhood watch groups across the United States, including in Brooklyn, are facing increased scrutiny following the death of an unarmed black teenager shot by a member of a Florida group. “We’re not trying to apprehend, [...]

In Bed-Stuy, Loss Gives Life To Hope

22-year-old Kyle Decoteau was shot and killed in Bed-Stuy in July this year. His death and its aftermath, which saw a wave of anti-crime sentiment ripple through the neighborhood, shows that Bed-Stuy, though safer than in the past, is still plagued by crime; and its residents are fed up with the plague.

Crown Heights March to End Gun Violence

Residents of Crown Heights walked together on Thursday evening in a peace march to end gun violence, but also to call attention to increased safety in the neighborhood in recent years. Approximately 70 marchers congregated [...]

Bloods Gang Member Indicted in Brooklyn Guns Smuggling

The New York Post reports on a Bloods gang drug smuggling operation that linked Brooklyn and North Carolina. According to Brooklyn DA, Charles Hynes, former Brooklynite Kyle Leonard, 25, was indicted on weapons charges yesterday [...]

Should Bodegas Be Armed?

One advocacy group is promoting gun ownership among bodega workers but arab workers are divided over its benefits, reports New America Media. With 15 murders in the last 20 months in Crown Heights, Mohammed Koko [...]

287 Guns off Brooklyn Streets

In the first gun buy-back event of the year, Brooklynites sold the police 287 firearms to the tune of $42,420 Saturday. The event, which used six participating churches as collection points for the guns, followed [...]