The Brooklyn Ink

Soccer Inspires Kids in Crown Heights

Violence erupts randomly on the streets of Crown Heights.  What has remained consistent is the need for children to get out and play. The violence has been a subject of recent community board and precinct [...]

Hooked on Henry, Park Slope Bar Celebrates MLS Playoffs

The man at the corner table strokes his beard nervously. Beside him, another simply sits and stares, eyes locked on the three giant high definition TVs behind the bar. The New York Red Bulls are [...]

African Soccer Rivalry Boils Over in Brooklyn

Rival crowds of Algerians and Egyptians shouted each other down in the streets of Bay Ridge today after Algeria toppled Egypt to make it to the 2010 World Cup.

The Goal

By Christopher Alessi The husky captain adjusts his scraggly ponytail, hocks a wad of spit onto the sparse concrete playground of PS 192, and calls the game back to order. A group of nine middle [...]