The Brooklyn Ink

Hate Crime Trial: And Then There Were Twelve

by Matthew Huisman “What should we do if we cannot come to an agreement on a specific count?” That was one of three notes jurors passed to Judge Patricia Di Mango during day three of [...]

View From the Passenger Seat, A Cousin Testifies

Demetrius Nathaniel walked slowly into the courtroom, looking directly ahead as he took the witness stand to testify against his cousin, Keith Phoenix.

Heavy Rain May Have Caused Williamsburg Building Collapse

by Nushin Rashidian and Matthew Huisman Alyson Martin contributed reporting to this story. At 11 am on Monday, Ken Corey noticed a vertical crack running down the side of a brick building undergoing renovation at [...]

Midwood Murder Still A Mystery

by Matthew Huisman Gavin Torres never made it home from his first day of work. Walking home Tuesday night from work at Pomegranate, a grocery store on Coney Island Avenue, the 19-year-old was gunned down [...]

The Cost for Small Business

by Matthew Huisman Carl Hum, president of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, said the health care bill will help expand the coverage offered to the workforce and emphasized that a healthy workforce is essential for [...]

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 [...]

Gowanus: The Background

by Matthew Huisman The Environmental Protection Agency now has the legal authority to go after The City of New York and eight other polluters who for decades contributed to contamination of the Gowanus Canal. The [...]

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 [...]

Unemployed Compete for Census Jobs

The unemployed, who had heard that there was work to be found as census takers, began arriving to take their tests at noon.

Snow Won’t Stop the Cabs

Traffic in the borough is bad enough, but factor in a foot of snow and driving becomes a dangerous endeavor.