The Brooklyn Ink

Bedford-Stuyvesant Vacation Rental Provides an Alternative to Hotels

by Beth Morrissey Bodegas, nail salons, and fast food restaurants are not the typical trappings of a tourist destination.  But Bedford-Stuyvesant’s Fulton Street now boasts a sleek, new “vacation home,” a short-term rental for out-of-towners. [...]

Downtown Brooklyn Getting Tourist Friendly

Tourist friendly maps and kiosks will appear in the next few months in Downtown Brooklyn, the New York Post reports. 45 Kiosks in all will be installed as well as 33 directional signs pointing to [...]

Grandeur and Cheese At The Brooklyn Bridge

By Jack Mirkinson The bridge plays host to all shades of human activity.

Agreement on its way for Brooklyn Heights chopper problem

The Economic Development Corporation told WPIX that it is in the process of creating a plan to deal with the helicopter traffic over Brooklyn Heights and DUMBO.  Tourist and commuter flights have caused noise complaints [...]

In Search of Brooklyn

Leah Finnegan goes to Brooklyn to find out what tourists are really looking for.