Year: <span>2010</span>

By Faaria Kherani Over the past year, Mayor Bloomberg has implemented a variety of policies to combat childhood obesity, but New York City doctors, health educators, and the Health Department’s own representatives are now saying the policies alone will not be enough to lower the childhood obesity rate. “There’s no one answer,” says Health Department...

By Brian Park Coney Island winters can be unforgiving. Gone are the tourists and beachgoers of the summer months. The cold winds, exacerbated in their fury by the Atlantic, bite at exposed skin like an unyielding flurry of tiny whips. The sidewalks are mostly bare. But there is at least one place in Coney Island...

by La Toya Tooles Outside of Judith Teko’s hair salon is a street vendor that sells winter hats and gloves, Pashmina scarves, cell phone cases and handbags. Propped up on the table he has DVDs on sale for $1. Even the casual observer can tell that the movies are bootlegged.  The movie titles are printed...

By Becky Bratu and Lillian Rizzo To understand Brooklyn, you have to know its history, its neighborhoods, its people. And its Bedford Avenue. The southern end of Brooklyn’s longest thoroughfare begins at a Sheepshead Bay pier and ends at Greenpoint’s 35-acre McCarren Park, which was once a public pool, then concert venue and now, once...

Over the past two weeks we have been running stories aimed at the question, “Who is Brooklyn?” Today is the last day of the Bedford Avenue Project and although some features, such as the interactive map, will continue growing, we offer two final pieces written by the editors of the The Brooklyn Ink, Mike Hoyt...

THE WHO IS BROOKLYN? MAP The Brooklyn Ink is collecting data on as many people in BK as possible to answer the question “Who is Brooklyn?” We’re making an interactive map that you can view as it develops. We are asking residents “How long have you lived here?” and “How long do you plan to...

By Idil Abshir, Yolanne Almanzar, Joseph Deaux, Mariya Karimjee, and Abigail Ronck Reporters for The Brooklyn Ink speak to residents of Bedford Avenue who explain why its longest avenue matters. . Brooklyn Native Jose Ortiz talks about moving back to the borough and the new neighborhood he found around Bedford. . Shannon Shaughnessy: Bedford Avenue,...

The staff of the Ink stitched together an interactive slideshow that takes you from McCarren Park in Greenpoint to Sheepshead Bay. Along the way we’ve put together eight audio slideshows of businesses or places along the avenue. Click on the embedded video icons to play them.

By Joe Proudman and Brian Park Rob Behnke and Matt Burns started the Brooklyn Salsa Company out of their Brooklyn Apartment and are now in markets like Whole Foods and Fairway.