The Brooklyn Ink

Rubbernecking at Scene of Midwood Crash

The Brooklyn Ink’s Michael Keller is on the scene of yesterday’s fatal minivan crash at 1613 E. 23 St. While some motorists slow down to examine the rubble that was once a front porch, others [...]

Teen to be Charged in Midwood Crash

Eric Hakimisefat, the 16-year-old driver of the Honda Odyssey that crashed in Midwood on Sunday, will be charged with criminally negligent homicide. According to a CBS 2 report, Hakimisefat passed a breathalyzer test. His passengers [...]

Deadly Car Crash in Midwood

One teenager was killed and two were injured when one of them, a 16-year-old boy, crashed a minivan into a tree and a house at 1613 E. 23 St. a little before 2:00 P.M. yesterday, [...]

More Information Learned About Fatal Brooklyn Fire

The story regarding a fatal fire in Midwood last night is developing. NY1 reports that a Brooklyn rabbi managed to save five of his children, but couldn’t get to his 8 year-old son Avigdor Krasny, [...]

Brooklyn Boy Dies in Fire, Five Other Children Wounded

An 8 year-old boy was killed in a fire that broke out at around 9:30 p.m. tonight at 1118 Avenue P in Midwood, Brooklyn. The fire was knocked down around 11 p.m. by the more [...]

Mad Dash for Nosh

by Michael Keller You’ve never seen so many hands reaching for matzo balls. And then there’s the Kugel: Broccoli Kugel, Butternut squash Kugel, Spinach Kugel, Sweet Noodle Kugel, Apple Cherry Kugel, Apple Blueberry Kugel, Champagne [...]

Video – Lighting Up Midwood for Lag Ba’Omer

After a period of silence and solemnity following Passover, the streets of Brooklyn were lit up by massive bonfires and humming with song on Saturday night, as Jewish residents celebrated Lag Ba'Omer.

Caught In The Act

Two romance language teachers caught having sex in an empty classroom four months ago at James Madison High School could face disciplinary action from the Department of Education, The Daily News reports. Alina Brito and [...]

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 [...]

Teenager arrested in slaying

A 19-year-old man was arrested this morning for murdering another teenager in Midwood. Gavin Torres was shot twice in the chest shortly after midnight Tuesday. Police officers heard a gunshot on a routine patrol of [...]