BookCourt is something of a visual aberration for anyone walking down the northern part of Court Street. Sandwiched between a deli, a UPS store and a Starbucks, the bookshop stands out against the background. It’s too indie to be there, only blocks away from Barnes & Noble – and too nice. The store was already...
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October 11, 2011October 13, 2011Brooklyn Life, Business
Meet OWS’s (Unofficial) Brooklyn Accountant
Our reporter Ravi Kumar caught up with Peter Dutro, a Brooklynite who helps manage finance at Occupy Wall Street. Peter Dutro, 36, of Brooklyn is one of the members of the finance committee at Occupy Wall Street. Dutro, a business technology management undergraduate at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, has been helping the protest since...
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February 15, 2011February 25, 2011Brooklyn Life, Business, Politics
Smokescreen: Why R.J. Reynolds Plastered Williamsburg on its Camel Blues
The Ink uncovers the background of a cigarette campaign that had Brooklyn up in arms.
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December 9, 2010December 13, 2010Business
A Local Look for Brooklyn Fashion Designers
By Faaria Kherani Juhea Kim, Fort Greene designer of the new fashion line LIBER New York, makes her trip from Brooklyn to New York City’s Garment District. Her list of stops includes fabric stores, trim stores, where she buys zippers and buttons, and patternmaking factories– stops other designers can and often will skip. So why...
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December 8, 2010December 13, 2010Brooklyn Life, Business
New Bakeries and Cafés in Bed Stuy Face Uncertain Prospects
By La Toya Tooles The outside of Ms. Dahlia’s Café on the 440th block of Norstrand Ave in Brooklyn is a sign of changing times. There are wicker and metal benches nestled in the nook of bay windows with colorful cushions placed around. It’s an unusual sight on the otherwise bustling but often grimy street....
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Local Community Left Out of Biotech Center Plans
By Faaria Kherani Sunset Park’s Brooklyn Army Terminal, the embarkation point for 3 million soldiers and massive, ocean-going vessels in years past, is carving out a future as the centerpiece of Brooklyn’s commercial biotechnology boom. The New York City Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and the State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center are...
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May 20, 2010September 8, 2010Brooklyn Life, Business, Sports
Tea Time with Mikhail Prokhorov
(Photo credit: Matt Rodigheri) By Vinnie Rotondaro On Wednesday I met with Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, the recently minted owner of the New Jersey Nets, at the Clover Club, a bar in Carroll Gardens. Prokhorov is the first-ever foreign owner of an NBA team. He never drinks. “Maybe a glass of red wine sometimes,” he...
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May 18, 2010September 8, 2010Brooklyn Life, Business, Live Wire
Moshe Piller: How a New York Landlord Works the System
A team of six reporters spent four months investigating the New York housing system through the prism of one landlord, his buildings and his tenants in Brooklyn and the Bronx. Read on for our findings.
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May 7, 2010September 8, 2010Brooklyn Life, Business, Crime
Brooklyn Vendors Praise Vendor Hero In Times Square Bomb Plot
With long hours outside, street vendors are provided with an ample opportunity to observe their surroundings and notice if anything is askew. Brooklyn's street vendors speak out following the foiled Times Square bomb plot.
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April 27, 2010May 6, 2010Brooklyn Life, Business
Gorilla Returns; Park Slope Gets Caffeinated
Customers braved the rainy weather to get a cup of joe from reopened Gorilla Coffee in Park Slope. Same brew, new staff.