Life After Hasidism
Imagine you’re a Hasidic Jewish boy of perhaps five years old. By this time, like other Hasidic boys, you’ve already been attending heder, primary school, for two years. Six days a week you rise early. [...]
Tag Archive | "Williamsburg"
Williamsburg Boutique Hotel Open This Week
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Hotel Willamsburg, Brooklyn’s newest boutique hotel, opened at North 12th Street this week. It combines big-city aesthetics and small town hospitality. Hoteliers Jim and Ben Graves, have included soft lighting, steel and leather furniture, and [...]
Tristan Fitch
Friday, October 21, 2011
Tristan Fitch, 40, was flipping through an archeology book when he came across an image that spoke to him and he knew instantly that he wanted it tattooed on him. Something “clicked” when he saw [...]
The Brooklyn Ink Speaks to Brooklyn’s Inked
Friday, October 21, 2011
People give many reasons for getting a tattoo. The stories behind them range from the emotional – those commemorating the death of a loved one – to the lighthearted – those that were the result [...]
Tim Ryans
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Tim Ryans had a sunflower with Peter Pan sleeping inside tattooed on his chest after he had his heartbroken (Anna Codrea-Rado/The Brooklyn Ink) Peter Pan sleeps inside a sunflower on the left side of Tim [...]
City Threatens to Shut Down Orthodox Bus Line
Thursday, October 20, 2011
According to the New York Post, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has sent “a strongly worded letter” to the owner of the B110 bus, which runs from Borough Park to Williamsburg. The letter is a [...]
L Train Overcrowding Soon to Ease
Thursday, October 6, 2011
The L train that links Williamsburg to Manhattan has become notoriously overcrowded in recent years, and authorities are finally going to take action to give riders some breathing room. According to the New York Times, [...]
Streetcorner Advocate for Women on the Day Labor Treadmill
Monday, August 29, 2011
Ligia Gualpa teaches everything from English to employment rights to cleaning ladies and factory workers in Williamsburg.
Smokescreen: Why R.J. Reynolds Plastered Williamsburg on its Camel Blues
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
The Ink uncovers the background of a cigarette campaign that had Brooklyn up in arms.
Private-Public Partnership Keeps Brooklyn Parks Clean, Beautiful
Monday, December 27, 2010
by Alejandro Lopez de Haro This past 15th of September a tornado hit Brooklyn in the late afternoon, bringing a fright to the residents of New York City’s largest borough. Strong winds and hail plummeted [...]
The Brooklyn Lens Webcast
Thursday, November 24, 2011
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