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November 2, 2011November 4, 2011Brooklyn Life
Meet Lance: Unemployed in Bensonhurst
Unemployment drags on for one Bensonhurst resident
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November 2, 2011November 2, 2011Brooklyn Life
November on the Boardwalk
Click. Click. Click. A couple busily snap photographs of the ocean view as seen from the boardwalk at Coney Island. He wears a white jacket and she a black one, jeans and sunglasses. “We should go down there,” she tells him, pointing towards the beach. The sunrays hit brilliantly on the boardwalk on this cold,...
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November 1, 2011November 3, 2011Brooklyn Life, Crime
Murder in Little Odessa
Alla Kamenev, 65, was shot in broad daylight on Oct. 20 in Brighton Beach. Police say her ex-husband was the one who did it. And the family isn't talking.
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November 1, 2011November 4, 2011Brooklyn Life, Crime
Judge Blasts NYPD, Convicts Rogue Detective
Judge Gustin Reichbach tore the skin off of the New York Police Department this morning. He called the mindset in a Brooklyn narcotics unit one that “seemingly embraces a cowboy culture where anything goes in the never-ending war on drugs.” Then he delivered his verdict on the case of Detective Jason Arbeeny, who stood accused...
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November 1, 2011November 1, 2011Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
The NYPD Reports a Rash of Missing People
The NYPD has reported several missing Brooklyn residents over the past few days. The disappearances involve a disparate group of people, and have taken place in different neighborhoods. Still, their number is worth pointing out: four people have been reported missing in the past week. Maximiliano Huales, 57, left for work on the 27...
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November 1, 2011November 6, 2011Brooklyn Life
Make Room, Brooklyn: 7 Billion and Counting
The world’s population just passed seven billion, according to the United Nations. There are 21 megacities—metropolitan areas having a population of over 10 million—around the globe, and New York is one of them. Things are getting more crowded in Brooklyn too. The Ink created a map of the borough’s community districts to learn where Brooklyn...
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November 1, 2011December 14, 2011Brooklyn Life, Politics
Where are the Intellectuals? An Essay on Occupy Wall Street
Anna Codrea-Rado explores Occupy Wall Street's lack of intellectual discourse.
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November 1, 2011November 2, 2011Brooklyn Life
PHOTOS: Brooklyn Greenmarket
Reporter Ravi Kumar went to Borough Hall Green Market at the intersection of Montague and Court St. The market has local food, fruits, flowers, and vegetables three days a week:Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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November 1, 2011November 1, 2011Brooklyn Life, Live Wire
An NYPD Undercover Convicted In Corruption Trial
Detective Jason Arbeeny was being tried on several charges of corruption in relation to his involvement in Brooklyn Narcotics Squad alleged planting of drugs as evidence. In a bench trial, Judge Gustin Reichbach of the Brooklyn Supreme Court found him guilty on eight counts: two counts of first degree falsification of business records, two other...