Author: Alyson Martin (Alyson Martin)

The New York Times has set up an interactive graphic of reader photos here.

Traveling from Brooklyn, 15 Brooklyn artists rode in trucks and on trains to Long Beach West to convert run-down cottages into art space. The structures in the small cottage town are scheduled to be torn down later this month, but the artists are still working to create beauty where it’s lacking, they said. It is...

Particularly, to “F you,” according to New York Magazine. Madonna is in Brooklyn shooting her directing debut, W.E.

The New York Times has posted a collection of reader-submitted videos and photos of the storm here. The Long Island Railroad appears mostly on track, and only one school, John Bowne High School in Queens, will be closed today. Check back with The Brooklyn Ink for more about the storm, which hit some areas of...

Click here to for raw YouTube footage of the storm that toppled trees and stopped traffic in Brooklyn Thursday afternoon. The National Weather Service is analyzing data to determine whether the storm, which had wind speeds reaching between 60 and 80 miles per hour, was a tornado. At least one person has died; a Queens...

For a recap of the primary election results, check out the Brooklyn Eagle here.

The Department of Transportation has installed the first countdown-style pedestrian signals in Brooklyn. A total of 1,500 of the lights will be installed throughout the city in an effort to curb accidents involving pedestrians on city streets. “[These clocks] make it so much easier for seniors, for families, for kids, especially for pedestrians, but also...

Larry Goldstein, 62, shot and critically wounded one of two men that forced their way into his Mill Basin home early Wednesday morning, the Wall Street Journal is reporting. Goldstein was startled awake by a loud noise and brought his .38-caliber Smith & Wesson revolver down to the kitchen where he found two men with...

Miladin Kovacevic pleaded guilty yesterday to charges relating to the beating of Brooklyn resident and fellow BU student Brian Steinhauer in May 2008. He was sentenced to 27 months in jail, according to the Daily News. Kovacevic, a former basketball player, fled to his native Serbia after charges were filed and strained relations between Serbia...

The New York Daily News is reporting that Brooklyn could have a new orange-ish, raucous resident. Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi told Ellen Degeneres on her show that, “I want to move to Brooklyn and find a business Italian guy to take care of me.”