Author: Brooklyn Ink Staff (Brooklyn Ink Staff)

The Santorini Grill, a Greek restaurant in Williamsburg, is taking a different approach to food: it is encouraging patrons to pay what they want, according to Gothamist. Starting November 4th, the promotion, called “The Greek Bailout,” will last for a month. Paula Douralas, the owner, says that the “bailout” could have an extended run if...

Mayor Bloomberg was present today at the groundbreaking of Federal Building #2 in Sunset Park. The former naval warehouse will be converted into a light manufacturing facility, and is expected to bring in 1,300 permanent jobs. It will also create 400 construction jobs. According to the Daily News, Mayor Bloomberg didn’t seem too excited to...

November’s issue of GQ magazine has named Brooklyn as the “coolest city” on the planet, even though it’s a borough. No matter, it is still a top honor. Their restaurant guide, available here, goes as far as to say that you could spend “every New York minute of your trip on the far side of...

Wyckoff Heights Medical Center, a local Bushwick hospital, might be causing respiratory problems to residents, The Brooklyn Daily Eagle says. The generators were put in place last April, when the hospital’s air conditioning system failed. They were on the sidewalk, both in the front part of the building and in the parking lot. Black film...

A black scarecrow was found hanging from a tree on the Kensington neighborhood this week, Gothamist reports. City Councilman Charles Barron came across the scarecrow, which looked like it had been the victim of lynching. Barron said in a statement that “The scarecrow is offensive and reprehensible not only to the Black Community, but to all...

A recent report by Prudential Douglas Elliman and Miller Samuel Inc. says that home sales in Brooklyn have increased 18.1 percent from the same quarter in 2010, Crain’s reports. The two neighborhoods with the biggest increase were Williamsburg and Greenpoint, with 67.8 percent. New condos were the main reason: they made up 87 percent of...

According to the New York Post, the Department of Transportation (DOT) has sent “a strongly worded letter” to the owner of the B110 bus, which runs from Borough Park to Williamsburg. The letter is a response to a discrimination claim. A couple of days ago, The New York World, one of Columbia Journalism School’s newspapers,...

The L magazine reports that shipping activity in Red Hook may shift to Sunset Park. Christopher Ward, who is leaving his option as the executive director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, hinted that shipping activity may relocate to Sunset Park last week. Last month, responsibility of the Red Hook Container...

“They got the wrong guy.” The NY Post reports that the NYPD has dropped charges against Joshua Flecha, who was arrested on Monday for an alleged sexual assault in Park Slope. Flecha’s high-profiled arrest occurred after police thought that he was attempting to break in the parked cars. For more details on Flecha’s release, click...