The Brooklyn Ink

Paying Up: Why Landlords Get Away With Mounds of Housing Violations

By Richard Nieva John Gillick is engaged to be married. When asked if he would stay at his apartment in the Flatbush Gardens complex in East Flatbush after the big July wedding, his initial response [...]

Trying to Turn Ex-Commuters into Consumers

By Richard Nieva Brooklyn College’s first-ever student dormitory has brought a new influx of students to what was historically a commuter campus, and with half the school year almost over, local businesses continue trying to [...]

Voter Turnout is ‘Too Damn’ Low

By Richard Nieva While Jimmy McMillan’s “Rent is Too Damn High” party may not have much chance of winning the New York gubernatorial race on Tuesday, he is hoping that his everyman message will resonate [...]

From sketchbook to iPad

David Gallaher and Steve Ellis create comic books in Ellis’s home studio in Brooklyn. But more important than where they are made is where they will end up—not in a neighborhood comic book store, but directly onto the iPhone or iPad.