Author: Nushin Rashidian (Nushin Rashidian)

This June, the Maloof Money Cup–a world-famous skateboarding competition–will come to New York City, and though it will be in Corona Park, Queens, the park’s design highlight is the Brooklyn Banks 9-Stair Rail. On Saturday, the competition website has released the skate park design, which will allow New York’s skateboarders the change to skate in...

Looking back 158 years, this from the New York Times archive: FIRE–EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS Loss.-Friday night, about 12 o’clock, a tire broke out in the large brick building in John-street, near Bridge, occupied by Messrs. Weed Howe, coopers, and owned by Mr Tolman, of New-York, by which the building, with its contents, were destroyed. There...

On Friday, Shantaya Lewis, 17, and her cousin Shakeena Grant, 15, were provoked into a fight and stabbed by a girl who is now dating Shakeena’s ex-boyfriend, the Daily News reports. The exact details about the incident in Crown Heights remain unclear and the suspect has not been arrested. Both girls have been released from...

Steve Lewis of BlackBook Magazine spends a night in Brooklyn and finds that it still simply does not compare. His snark towards the understatement-of-an-overstatement that is the hipster scene of the borough is both hilarious and appropriate: “In Brooklyn, that’s the charm I guess. Half the scene believes that making an effort is the ultimate...

Animal Planet has taken on boxer Mike Tyson’s pigeon-racing show that is to be filmed in Brooklyn and named Taking On Tyson. They have also taken on PETA’s wrath. Entertainment Weekly reports that, even before  a scene has been shot, the animal-loving organization has spoken out against the animal-loving channel. Animal Planet already issued a...

Today marked the first opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservatory, 1.3 miles of once unsightly  land alongside the East River. Only Pier 1 has been completed and is set to open in April. The park’s website posts an interactive map, and Gothamist has great photos of the ceremony today, for which crowds gathered–including Brooklyn Borough President...

Fifty. That’s the number of times an NYPD computer glitch brought the police to the doorstep of an 82 year old woman, Rose Martin, and her husband, Walter, 83, The Daily News reported on Friday.

Gothamist has an interesting snapshot of how our great city is reacting to the passage of the health care bill. The very different opinions and voices coming out now reveal that the tensions that built up in Congress over this thing are a reflection of what’s going on out in “the real world,” and the butting...

The internet is abuzz with chatter about the passage of the health care bill from the complimentary The New York Times to the abortion focused front page piece on FOX News. Paul Krugman, listed as the most influential thinker on The Atlantic Wire, wrote an awesome column for the New York Times last night, and The...

The Brooklyn Ink has returned from our one week hiatus and we’ve hit the floor running ’round the borough to gather reactions from one and all, as almost every American is affected by the historic passage of the health care bill. Please stay tuned for killer coverage throughout the day.