Stories from The Brooklyn Ink

One Brooklyn real estate developer is foregoing the New York market to ride an oil-fueled economic boom in North Dakota.

After parents kept coming in to ask whether the Mark Morris Dance Center in Fort Greene had classes for their children with special needs, the dance school decided to create a class to meet demand. Constance and Christopher Stienon of Fort Greene were among the first parents to register their child, Ysolde.

It's a Friday morning at the Jackie Robinson Playground on Malcolm X Boulevard in Bed-Stuy. A young man plays basketball in [...]

More than 280,000 children live in Brooklyn. Every single one of them has a story to tell. Reporters from the Brooklyn Ink spent a month scouring the borough for these stories, here's what they found:

In his studio in Dumbo, Aaron Tyler Kuffner creates a robotic ensemble of traditional Indonesian Gamelan instruments.

In his studio in Dumbo, Aaron Tyler Kuffner creates a robotic ensemble of traditional Indonesian Gamelan instruments.

He made a guitar from a toothbrush, machine gun and chandelier. He built a piano that creates music by combining sound from various radiostations. Ken Butler is a artist and a musician from Greenpoint who [...]

He made a guitar from a toothbrush, machine gun and chandelier. He built a piano that creates music by combining sound from various radiostations. Ken Butler is a artist and a musician from Greenpoint who [...]

Jude Franklin, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, lost his father when he was 11 years old. Years later, Jude followed his father's legacy of boxing by practicing the sport himself. The 18-year-old boxer met his coach Elmo Serrano about three years ago. For Jude, Serrano filled the void of a father. Now, Serrano is helping Jude focus on his goal to become a better fighter and person in general...

Jude Franklin, of Bedford-Stuyvesant, lost his father when he was 11 years old. Years later, Jude followed his father's legacy of boxing by practicing the sport himself. The 18-year-old boxer met his coach Elmo Serrano about three years ago. For Jude, Serrano filled the void of a father. Now, Serrano is helping Jude focus on his goal to become a better fighter and person in general...

Rafael Codero, a public middle school in Cypress Hill, Brooklyn, is one of 22 public schools in New York City to be phased out due to it's weak performance. By 2015, the last students will [...]

Starting in September MS 51 will add a dual language program to meet the needs of students transitioning from PS 58, in Carroll Gardens, which has two French-English dual language classes from kindergarten through fifth grade. Experts say there is an increasing interest in bilingual education throughout New York City...

The 'Little Pakistan' community in Brooklyn, New York City had a mixed reaction to the result of the 2013 Pakistan elections.

East New York is a food desert, a neighborhood with little to no access to fresh produce. As a result, the diet of children growing up here is based mostly on fast food restaurants and [...]

"I would rather live one hour of freedom than 40 years of enslaved life. That is what the poem says." Ari Weekts, an African American third grader from Brooklyn, stands solemnly in front of the [...]

It's never too late to become a magician - a group of seniors from Bay Ridge Senior Center study magic tricks with a Brooklyn magician, Gary Dreifus. Brooklyn seniors will show their card, rope or rings tricks during a magic show in June.

Reports, among others, that an open house for a five-bedroom brownstone in Brooklyn priced at $949,000 drew 300 visitors and brought in 50 offers are fueling fears of froth in the nation's real estate market. [...]

An envelope mailed to the Brooklyn Federal Courthouse by a prison inmate caused an anthrax scare for the second time in eight days Wednesday. A court employee opened the envelope and white powder, which turned [...]

In DUMBO, Brooklyn, Chelle Carlisle operates Cheeky Dog, a daycare for canines. After opening the small business 7 years ago, her business has expanded significantly. DUMBO's dog population has increased significantly as well over the past few years with the influx of new residents, and the pet-friendly neighborhood, which includes regular dog-runs and spacious parks nearby.

A Brooklyn woman was kicked off of an American Airlines flight after she refused to stop singing Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You". Margaret Gay, 50, was flying from Los Angeles to New York [...]