The Brooklyn Ink

The Formerly Homeless Test the City’s Yearly Count [Slide Show]

Back on the Streets, a Formerly Homeless Helps the City from The Brooklyn Ink on Vimeo. It has been more than seven years since Tequia Green lived on the streets of Brooklyn. But Monday night, [...]

Grassroots Volunteers Hold Hurricane Sandy Relief Summit

Friday marked the beginning of the People’s Recovery, a three day summit in Brooklyn, dedicated to the continuation of grassroots relief efforts in areas hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy last October.   “It’s a crisis. [...]

Volunteers Bring Relief To Ravaged Red Hook

At Visitation Church on 98 Richards St. in Red Hook, people lined up around the block to receive food and supplies on Saturday.   Volunteers from the Red Hook Initiative and from different charities in Brooklyn and [...]