Following yesterday’s announcement of Brooklyn Fare’s upgrade to a three-Michelin-star-rated restaurant, Brooklyn also received accolades today in the newest Zagat New York City Restaurants guide. The borough garnered five of the top slots for the city’s best pizza and earned high honors in the barbeque, dessert, Mexican and Middle Eastern cuisine categories. Coney Island’s legendary...
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October 5, 2011October 6, 2011Brooklyn Life, Sports
Postcard from Ebbets Field: A visit to the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers
Everyone in Brooklyn remembers the Brooklyn Dodgers, even if they never saw a game, and even if the memories aren’t their own. But as I walked around the Ebbets Field Apartments complex, where the team's stadium once stood, I felt I was on hallowed ground.
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October 4, 2011October 5, 2011Brooklyn Life, Sports
The Brooklyn Dodgers: A World Series Remembered
October 4th marks the 56th anniversary of the Brooklyn Dodgers' first and only World Series championship before the team moved to Los Angeles. The Ink asked the people of Brooklyn about that day.
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October 4, 2011October 4, 2011Live Wire
Greenpoint’s McCarren Park First to Get Wi-Fi [Brooklyn Paper]
McCarren Park in Greenpoint became the first of several Brooklyn parks to be equipped with Wi-Fi last Friday, thanks to a hook-up by IT Hospitality Solutions and AT&T, according to the Brooklyn Paper. Three antennae were fastened to a brick maintenance building near Lorimer Street and Driggs Avenue to provide the service. According to the...
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October 4, 2011October 4, 2011Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
First-person Account of Arrest, Brief Jail Time During #occupywallst
You may know what happened when protestors and police officers clashed on the Brooklyn Bridge a few days ago during #occupywallst, but have you read an actual first-person account of someone who was there? The @newinquiry’s Managing Editor Malcolm Harris (@destructuremal) was arrested at the demonstration near Zuccotti Park and jailed for a short time. Here...
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October 4, 2011October 5, 2011Brooklyn Life
Do Restaurant Ratings in Brooklyn Make the Grade?
A look into the health department’s restaurant letter grades, and how they have affected Brooklyn’s restaurants and their patrons.
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October 4, 2011October 4, 2011Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
Brooklyn College Getting New Athletic Field [NY Post]
Brooklyn College broke ground last week on a multipurpose athletic field for its women’s softball and men’s soccer teams. The new field, which will also have a track for cross-country training, will replace the overused turf field that was built in 1937 and last revamped in 1975. It will meet NCAA regulations for both Division III...
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October 4, 2011October 4, 2011Live Wire
Speciality Coffee Shops in Brooklyn! Is Yours on the Map or Missing?
Here’s a great watercolor drawing by @charrowface of some great specialty coffee shops in the borough. Is yours on the map? We see lots in Park Slope, Williamsburg and Prospect Heights, but none in Bay Ridge, Midwood, Gravesend, Canarsie or Coney Island. Have a great one that should be mapped? Tell us in the comments or...
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October 4, 2011October 4, 2011Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
Sexual Assault Ends in Arrest, But No Break in String of High-Profile Attacks [WPIX]
A Brooklyn man was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting two women in Sunset Park on Sunday morning and charged with assault, sexual abuse and forcible touching, according to police. Federico Chamorro Yax, 22, a native of Guatemala, followed the women from a subway station before attacking them, police say. He ran up behind the women...
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October 4, 2011October 4, 2011Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
Your Morning Roundup
Good morning, Brooklyn! Here are the stories we’re following today: 60th Anniversary of “The Shot Heard Round The World” Our reporter Anna Hiatt (@ahiatt) is down at Ebbets Field today for the 60th anniversary of “The Shot Heard Round The World” and the 56th anniversary of the Brooklyn Dodgers sole World Series win before...