The Brooklyn Ink

Parking Around Me

A startup company is using text messages to alert Park Slope residents of available parking spots.

Dog days in Brooklyn

It’s not easy being furry in Brooklyn these days. First a dog was mugged last week in posh Park Slope. Now, local pets are on the alert for a pooch poisoner, reports the Brooklyn Paper. All of this is enough to inspire big dogs to form their very own support group, says the Daily News.

Free Parking Spots, a Text Away

Park Slope drivers can spend 27 minutes per day looking for parking spots, but those hours of endless circling could shrink, thanks to ParkingAroundMe.

The F-train Takes the Weekend off

Inconvenient for Park Slopers: The F-train will be completely shut down at least seven weekends during the next 11 months, the New York Post reports. It will not run on Feb. 20-22 and Feb. 27-March 1. Shuttle busses will replace the trains on those weekends. Additionally, the G-trains will not run on those weekends, either.

What We’re Following

More anti-semitisim in Brooklyn. After Ivalya Ivanov plead guilty yesterday to drawing swastikas on several Brooklyn Heights synagogues, more anti-semitic fliers were found in Park Slope recently. The Brooklyn Ink’s Yaffi Spodek reports. Beekeeping goes legal: From next week, keeping bees will no longer be illegal in New York City. Mary Plummer has the story.

At the Brooklyn Book Club

With most people getting their news online and now their literature too, it might come as a surprise to learn that an endangered species is still alive and well in Brooklyn: the book club.

The Life of a Grip

Leah Finnegan describes the little-glamorized life of a film grip on a Martin Scorcese shoot in Park Slope.

Unidentified Man Struck by Subway Train

A man, whose name has yet to be released, was struck and killed by an oncoming G train this morning in Park Slope, Stefanos Chen reports.

Brooklynites Unsurprised By Gay Marriage Vote Delay

By Leah Finnegan Had the New York Senate passed a landmark bill to allow same-sex marriage Tuesday, Brooklyn couple Mark Nayden and Richard Kennedy might have finally made plans to legalize their union. Instead, the bill was shelved and the partners, together for 19 years, will have to wait – not that they were surprised [...]

World Series Opens Old Wounds of Nostalgic Dodger Fans

As Yankee fans across the city root on their team in the World Series this week, Brooklyn Dodger fans lament the past.