The Brooklyn Ink

Asian-Americans Push for District of Their Own

Asian-American civic groups are pushing for redistricting in Brooklyn that would give growing Asian ethnic groups a district and representation of their own.

Sharing Food and Culture in Prospect Heights

Prospect Heights offers a multicultural restaurant scene as dynamic as its arriving immigrants.

New to the Neighborhood

By Joe Proudman Five years ago Gabriela Alvarado was in New York on vacation. She had just left her job in Puebla, Mexico, after the company she was working for changed owners. She felt her [...]

As vote nears, local students pressure Congress on DREAM Act

By Manuel Rueda As Congress prepares to vote on the DREAM Act next week, undocumented students in New York are making hundreds of calls to nudge politicians to pass this piece of immigration reform. In [...]

Can’t Work, Can’t Leave: The Dilemma of Highly Educated Illegal Immigrants

By Kristofer Ríos As Christhian Diaz celebrated his graduation from Cooper Union last May, his mother insisted that he take pictures with everyone: friends, classmates, even seniors he didn’t know well. She had a lot [...]

Deliberations Continue in Hate Crime Murder

Jury deliberations in the trial of Keith Phoenix, accused of killing Jose Sucuzhanay, continue today. Phoenix’s co-defendant, Hakim Scott, was convicted of manslaughter and attempted assault. He was found not guilty on charges of murder in [...]

Searching For What Soviets Took Away

The sons and daughters of Russian Jewish immigrants converse over frothy beers at the Jewish Center in Brighton Beach. They are here, ostensibly, to study the books of Jewish law, something their parents could not do when they lived in the Soviet Union.