Meet “nature proselytizer” Matthew Wills, who runs the blog Backyard and Beyond. Produced by Ivana Kottasová and Audrey Yoo.
Author: Audrey Yoo (Audrey Yoo)
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“My Old Kentucky Home” in Brooklyn
By Audrey Yoo
Wear a fancy hat and drink mint juleps while the “most exciting two minutes in sports” unfold at the Kentucky Derby this Saturday.
The race is in Louisville, but who says you need to leave Brooklyn to watch the most anticipated horse race of the year?
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Brooklyn’s Lost Sisters
By Audrey Yoo
Brooklyn has sisters — six to be exact — in Europe and Asia. Yet no one seems to know, let alone pay attention to, Brooklyn’s sisterly relationships. Here is the Ink’s attempt to discover the borough’s lost relatives.
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“Friday” – The Brooklyn Remix
The Ink is looking to create a Brooklyn version of Rebecca Black's song "Friday". You may have heard it….it’s about Friday. We think a Brooklyn version would sound even better.
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Shutdown Countdown…
If members of Congress do not reach a budget agreement by midnight Friday, the federal government will shut down.
But even if the government shuts down, life for most Brooklynites will go on.
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Birth by Numbers
by Audrey Yoo
Strollers are everywhere in Brooklyn. So the Ink decided to see how the borough stacks up when it comes to babies.
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Undertaker U: Where Funeral Directors Learn their Stuff
By Evan MacDonald and Audrey Yoo For many, college is a chance to meet new people while living away from home for the first time. Students at American Academy McAllister Institute meet new people, too. Many of them just happen to be dead. McAllister, located in Midtown Manhattan, is one of five schools in New...
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The Rise & Fall of Paul Robeson High School
Twenty-five years after its hopeful opening, Paul Robeson High School is scheduled to shut down in four years. Did the school fail, or was it allowed to fail?
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[VIDEO] Brooklyn Loves Me, It Loves Me Not…
As Valentine’s Day approaches, Brooklynites share what they love – and hate – about their borough.