It’s a Friday morning at the Jackie Robinson Playground on Malcolm X Boulevard in Bed-Stuy. A young man plays basketball in one of the courts. An older man reads his newspaper on a table near the playground while two grown men, probably in their 30s, loudly discuss if they think women they’ve recently slept...
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May 12, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Politics
A Chat with Mayoral Candidate John Catsimatidis
Republican candidate John Catsimatidis agreed to a sit-down interview with the Brooklyn Ink.
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April 1, 2013October 16, 2019Brooklyn Life, Religion
Brooklyn’s Franciscans Weigh in on Pope Francis
Three of Brooklyn's Franciscan brothers discuss how Pope Francis is combining Jesuit and Franciscan ideology to re-imagine the papal life in a humble yet authoritative way.
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March 2, 2013September 30, 2019Brooklyn Life, Brooklyn Recovers, Business
Fairway Welcomed Back to Red Hook with Celebratory Reopening
The Red Hook Fairway reopened on Friday after four months of post-Sandy reconstruction. A celebration featuring prominent politicians and hundreds of customers welcomed it back.
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February 23, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Off-duty MTA Worker Found Driving Drunk
An off-duty MTA employee was found this morning sleeping in his car, which was still running and half on a Bed-Stuy sidewalk. He was taken into police custody and discovered to have a blood alcohol content twice the legal limit.
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February 23, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Woman Found Dead in Carroll Gardens Apartment
A 55-year-old woman was discovered on the floor with severe head trauma by her neighbor in her Carroll Gardens brownstone. She later died at the Long Island College Hospital.
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February 23, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
SUV Jumps Curb and Kills Woman in Cobble Hill
A 48-year-old woman was killed in Cobble Hill by an SUV when its driver lost control Friday evening and veered into the sidewalk.
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February 22, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Passage of Bill Would Benefit Coney Island Church
A bill that would allow houses of worship to benefit from federal aid for Sandy recovery passed the House last week. Members of the Coney Island Gospel Assembly are praying it becomes law.
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February 22, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Successful Conclusion to Extensive Red Hook Drug Bust
Kings County District Attorney Charles Hynes announced today the arrest of 14 individuals involved in a drug ring centered in and around the Red Hook Houses.
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February 21, 2013September 30, 2019Live Wire
Woman Steals Tens of Thousands in Adoption Support Money
Katrina Perry of Brooklyn Heights was found guilty yesterday of taking $33,000 in adoption support checks sent to her niece's grandmother and legal guardian, Perry's own mother, who died in 2006.