The Brooklyn Ink

Primping Paws and Whiskers [Video]

Former Wall Street banker Tom Vasquez left the hustle and bustle in downtown Manhattan and opened Perfect Paws, a pet grooming shop in Brooklyn Heights, to embrace his love for animals.

Palestinian Statehood: What the Children Say

Amid the discussion around the Palestinian bid for full United Nations membership, we talk to sixth graders at schools from different faiths about the conflict. What do they know? How do they know it?

Brooklyn School Library opens – and closes – its doors

By Alex Alper On November 12, P.S. 9 and M.S. 571 unveiled a revamped school library, which they promptly closed, because there was no librarian. “Here we truly came together…with a common cause … and [...]

Residents Object to New School in Brooklyn

The Department of Education has unveiled plans to build a new 735-seat primary and intermediate school in Kensington, Brooklyn reported The Wall Street Journal. The school will be on Coney Island Avenue south of Prospect [...]

2-year-old Brooklyn Boy Left on Bus

A 2-year-old Brooklyn boy was all by himself on school bus after the driver and bus matron forgot to drop him off at daycare. The driver, who was arrested along with the matron Tuesday afternoon, [...]

Video – Storm Spoils Spring Break

Brooklyn got hit with more than four inches of rain - the soggy day was a downer for students on spring break. By Mary Plummer