The Brooklyn Ink

VIDEO – Brooklyn Bug Biters

Dennis considers himself a “bug chef.” He founded the organization “Insects are Food,” in 2009 and he is one of the leading proponents of eating insects.

“Cirque du Critique”

By Mustafa Mehdi Vural Tuan Le, 33, and his girl friend Vanessa Alvarez, 28, rushed from the subway on Sunday afternoon to Whitman Auditorium at Brooklyn College to see the show of Chinese Acrobats of [...]

Remembering Islam’s Prophet With an Uninvited Latin Beat

By Mustafa Mehdi Vural Hundreds of Turkish Muslims flocked to the Millennium Theater on Brighton Beach Avenue in Brooklyn on Friday evening to commemorate Islam’s prophet, Muhammad. Little girls dressed in white bride dresses welcomed [...]

“Kina Gecesi” Henna Night in Brooklyn

By Amanda Massa and Mustafa Mehdi Vural Marriage can bring a smile to many people’s faces, but sometimes it brings tears.  In the Turkish culture, the traditional henna night — which is performed just days [...]

What does it mean? Scholars discuss Atlantic Yards

What could the Atlantic Yards project mean for the future of the neighborhood? Scholars use the past to understand the future in the latest story in our full-day coverage of the Atlantic Yards controversy.

Scholars: What Atlantic Yards Could Mean

By Mustafa Mehdi Vural Atlantic Yards will change Brooklyn. But there is no unanimity among urban historians and scholars on what this change will mean for the borough. For the last six years, Atlantic Yards [...]

Drink’n'Draw @ 3RDWARD

By Amanda Massa and Mustafa Mehdi Vural You bring the sketchpad; they’ll supply the beer. Or at least that’s what happens at Drink’n'Draw, a weekly event hosted by the Williamsburg art studio, 3RDWARD. For $15 [...]

Update On What We’re Following

The fallout continues from that vicious brawl that broke out in a Bay Ridge bar last week. Our Mustafa Mehdi is there now, getting all the details. UPDATE: Mustafa went, and found . . . not [...]