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Students of PS 256 in Bed-Stuy at their afterschool Basketball...

Thu, 16 May 2013 23:26:00 -0400

Students of PS 256 in Bed-Stuy at their afterschool Basketball game, started by a group of unemployed fathers led by Tony Fonville, a Bed-Stuy resident. (Photo: Tanay Warerkar/The Brooklyn Ink)

We followed The Last Drummers, a group of artists that play the...

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:43:10 -0400

We followed The Last Drummers, a group of artists that play the drums on the 2 train, from Manhattan to Brooklyn and to the Barclays Center plaza. For these Bronx-born conga players, music is a source of inspiration that spreads across the city - under or above ground.

-Ellie Ismailidou

Top photos: I visited Brownsville, Brooklyn to talk to a few of...

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:49:00 -0400

Top photos: I visited Brownsville, Brooklyn to talk to a few of the neighborhood youth about what it is like to grow up in Brownsville. Some of the children who played basketball in the neighborhood’s courts said it was scary because of the gang shootings and drug dealing that goes on.

Bottom photos: The Bedford Avenue subway stop in Brooklyn during rush hour at about 6 p.m.

-Griselda Denise Ramirez

Brooklynite Jeffrey Stirewalt is telling his tour members...

Mon, 13 May 2013 18:03:00 -0400

Brooklynite Jeffrey Stirewalt is telling his tour members stories about Flatbush, where they visited Erasmus High School, Loews’ Kings Theater, and a Dutch Reformed Church. He launched his company “Brooklyn Unplugged Tours” early last year, taking tourists to explore Brooklyn’s off the beaten path from Flatbush to Sheepshead Bay, to ethnic and faraway enclaves that would otherwise not be seen.

By Ding Chenjie

A Flatbush mural informing residents of their rights against...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:18:00 -0400

A Flatbush mural informing residents of their rights against police. Picture: Theron Mohamed.

Mayoral Education Forum at PS-29 in #Brooklyn. Thursday May 2nd,...

Fri, 03 May 2013 14:56:39 -0400

Mayoral Education Forum at PS-29 in #Brooklyn. Thursday May 2nd, 2013. Photo by: Mohamed Al-Shaaban

A construction worker on the roof of the restaurant Tom’s Coney...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 13:34:00 -0400

A construction worker on the roof of the restaurant Tom’s Coney Island. Tom’s faces the boardwalk but somehow managed to escape severe damage from Hurricane Sandy. They held a benefit for their less fortunate neighbors late last year to aid in the community’s recovery. The boardwalk’s businesses are set to be fully operational by summer. (The Brooklyn Ink/Richard Feloni)

Colorful window displays are the hallmark of the ‘Little...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:07:00 -0400

Colorful window displays are the hallmark of the ‘Little Pakistan’ area in Brooklyn (The Brooklyn Ink/Hira Nafees Shah)

A couple, dressed up for a photo-shoot, on a sunny afternoon on...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:36:08 -0400

A couple, dressed up for a photo-shoot, on a sunny afternoon on Plymouth Street, Dumbo, on Monday, February 22. (The BrooklynInk/Valerie Prassl)

Brooklynites gathered on April 18, 2013 at the Red Lantern...

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 23:49:00 -0400

Brooklynites gathered on April 18, 2013 at the Red Lantern Bicycles for one of the NYC Bike Share classes on the bike share program that is going to start in May in the city. (The BrooklynInk /Caroline Pailliez)

April 15, 2013. Monday afternoon in Downtown Brooklyn and Boerum...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 15:40:51 -0400

April 15, 2013. Monday afternoon in Downtown Brooklyn and Boerum Hill. Art is everywhere.

Spring has sprung in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. PHOTO: Cori...

Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:19:00 -0400

Spring has sprung in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn.

PHOTO: Cori Capik, The Brooklyn Ink

Trade Brooklyn, a show that unites business owners and...

Sun, 14 Apr 2013 22:13:00 -0400

Trade Brooklyn, a show that unites business owners and professionals with industry leaders, was held on Wednesday, April 10.

The exhibitors included local businesses and national corporations from several sectors including franchises, banking, financial services, insurance, law, accounting, marketing, social media, web design, office products and services, telecommunications, wireless services, nonprofits, government, and business advocacy groups.

(Photos: Ding Chenjie / The Brooklyn Ink)

Glimpses of Brooklyn: Pedestrians on Court Street in front of...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 22:49:37 -0400

Glimpses of Brooklyn:

Pedestrians on Court Street in front of Borough Hall

Blooming flowers in Mill Basin

(Aisha Asif/The Brooklyn Ink)

In East Flatbush Thursday, Councilman Jumaane D. Williams...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:30:00 -0400

In East Flatbush Thursday, Councilman Jumaane D. Williams (D-Brooklyn) called for the city to make the home of Jackie Robinson a protected landmark. The legendary number 42 lived in the home for between 1947 and 1949, the same time he became the first player to break baseball’s color barrier, playing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The home is already a federal landmark but city status would give it far more comprehensive protection, Williams said, envisioning a museum at the site one day. Williams hopes the home will serve as a teaching tool “for generations to come,” he said.

Williams was joined by Rose Bowman and her family. Bowman is part-owner of the house and the niece of Christopher and Elenore Palen, the couple who rented out to Robinson. A group of fifth grade students from P.S. 244 – located just a block away from the home – also came, along with Sandy the Seagull, mascot of the Brooklyn Cyclones.

The Robinson home can be found at 5224 Tilden Avenue.

(Photos: Bryan Koenig / The Brooklyn Ink)

9 April 2013 - Brooklyn, N.Y. - The sun was shining on the...

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 20:11:20 -0400

9 April 2013 - Brooklyn, N.Y. - The sun was shining on the Greenpoint Waterfront on an 82-degree April afternoon — a perfect day to take the East River Ferry. (Photos: Niki Blasina/The Brooklyn Ink)

Coney Island Fun (Photo: Izabela Rutkowski/ The Brooklyn Ink)

Tue, 09 Apr 2013 06:44:42 -0400

Coney Island Fun (Photo: Izabela Rutkowski/ The Brooklyn Ink)

Coney Island fun on a chilly Sunday (Photo: Izabela Rutkowski/...

Mon, 08 Apr 2013 10:52:00 -0400

Coney Island fun on a chilly Sunday (Photo: Izabela Rutkowski/ The Brooklyn Ink)

Spring budding around the corner in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. (Photo:...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:15:00 -0400

Spring budding around the corner in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. (Photo: Bryan Koenig/The Brooklyn Ink)

Participatory budgeting is when community members give their...

Fri, 05 Apr 2013 12:06:00 -0400

Participatory budgeting is when community members give their ideas to improve the neighborhood and vote on which ideas get funded. City Councilmember Brad Lander has set aside $1 million to fund these ideas. Residents voted early this week at Lander’s office in Park Slope.

Here is a schedule for members of district 39 who want to vote this weekend.

Saturday, April 6^th: Carroll Gardens Library, 396 Clinton Street (at Union Street) - 10 AM – 7 PM, Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street (in Washington Park) - 10 AM – 7 PM, Kings Bay Y at Windsor Terrace, 1224 Prospect Avenue (at Vanderbilt Street) - 10 AM – 7 PM

Sunday, April 7^th: Beth Jacob, 1371 46th Street (at 14th Avenue) - 10 AM – 5 PM, PS 230 Lower School, 425 McDonald Ave (between Church Ave & Albemarle Rd) - 10 AM – 5 PM, Park Slope Armory YMCA, 361 15th Street (between 7th and 8th Avenue) 10 AM – 5 PM, Carroll Park House, Carroll Street and Smith Street (in Carroll Park) - 10 AM – 5 PM