The Brooklyn Ink

Slew of Park Slope Restaurants Shuttered Due to Economic Slump

Various Park Slope institutions crumbling under the weight of fiscal woes have closed in the last month, potentially altering the neighborhood landscape.

Park Slope Boasts Booming Real Estate Market

Park Slope houses evoke the urban landscape of 1950s Brooklyn, but boast a modern-day price tag.

Meet Bernard McClain: Unemployed in Bed-Stuy

It’s not hard to guess Bernard McClain had something to do with the performing arts. He is tall, standing at 6 foot 2. He speaks with a resonating voice and moves elegantly along the corridor of the Bed-Stuy apartment where he lives with his wife and two children.

For the Uninsured, Emergency Room Is Main Source of Healthcare

A major health provider in the Crown Heights and the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhoods is experiencing an increase in uninsured patients using the emergency room as their main source of healthcare, a trend stemming from the sluggish economy.

Grit and Optimism in Coping with the Recession’s Lasting Trauma

It happened so quickly, and its effects have lasted for so long. Two years after the recession ended, upwards of 100,000 people in Brooklyn are still without work. We know the numbers. But who are [...]

Unemployment by the Numbers

Meet Lance: Unemployed in Bensonhurst

Unemployment drags on for one Bensonhurst resident

Meet Rick: Unemployed in Kensington

For the tens of thousands of unemployed in Brooklyn, losing their jobs was beyond their control. Rick on the other hand chose to leave his job to look for a better one. Little did he know, he had walked away from a steady income just as the worst economic crisis in decades was about to hit.

The Brooklyn Inkonomic Report

The ultimate look at the Brooklyn economy, courtesy of the whole Ink team.

Jobless suffer despite employment rise

By Amanda Julius After losing her job in January, Esther Coleman became a statistic. She is now one of the 20,000 Americans who were laid off last month even as national unemployment dropped from 10 [...]