The Brooklyn Ink

Reporting on the streets of #Brooklyn through the eyes of @ColumbiaJourn staff.

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The story you're being told about the Trump impeachment inquiry depends on where you live and who's telling it. #battlegroundusa #impeachment #trump #localnews https://t.co/4Qn2MjyFiV

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'Why Don't You Go Fight For The Reindeer?' https://t.co/D4xt424iBo via @Digg

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"Fires in The Mirror" still burns. @circe_hughes reports on the play that revisits a troubling moment in #CrownHeights history https://t.co/jxpLwgRK2D

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As affordability spirals out of control in Brooklyn, part of Donald Trump’s 2017 tax reform that encourages development, the Opportunity Zone initiative first pushed by Cory Booker and Tim Scott, could be making things worse. https://t.co/wMdPTj9To0

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Do you live in an Opportunity Zone? Part of Donald Trump’s 2017 tax cut could be encouraging development near you. https://t.co/wMdPTj9To0

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A methadone clinic in #Brooklyn draws mixed reactions @shru6891 reports https://t.co/m5Ub9uxi5z

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A neighborhood that used to be home for Polish immigrants is now a popular tourist hotspot, but nostalgia for “what once was” lingers, @Natalia_Ryz96 reports. https://t.co/w6ZueNp3p0

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Chabad-Lubavitch, the Crown Heights based Hasidic Jewish sect, has been leaderless for 25 years, but is stronger now than ever before. @khayahimmelman finds out how. https://t.co/J6OzEnCGpO

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Is a business improvement district designation the boost Bay Ridge’s Third Avenue mom-and-pop shops need to counter the decline of in-person retail? This is what the merchants on the avenue think, @christypina_ reports. https://t.co/L3mWUpn8v2

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Has the Miss Subways pageant gone off the rails? @isabellabdeleo reports on the event that is part transit activism, part surrealism https://t.co/eurmtRgwyY #Brooklyn #MTA

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Who let the dogs out in #WindsorTerrace? @Janmaris_Perez finds out why Prospect Park is a haven for our four-legged friends
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Brooklyn Ink's very own Rachel Pilgrim explores the delicate and difficult experience of being Black, gay, and Christian after stumbling across The Potter's House, a Black gay church in Bed-Stuy. https://t.co/aPijMlPQNJ

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Despite an overcrowded school system in Sunset Park, The School of Creativity and Innovation has low enrollment in first grade @charolinee_19 finds out why https://t.co/vGC2tA3trj #brooklyn #education

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A #DUMBO leasing agency provides cheap rent to small business owners looking for a space to call their own. Is this enough for the businesses to survive? @maashont finds out. https://t.co/VmCpbaGLWF

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MTA announces $5.5 billion accessibility investment @lauren_masc reports on what this really means for disability rights advocacy groups https://t.co/ZS9et2NtWk

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@zoe_chvl reports on Industry City, a high-end retail and food court that came to Sunset Park in 2013 and divided the community. Now, IC is asking for a rezoning, and tensions are at an all time high https://t.co/3LlrgfTxrt

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As time goes by, the Soviet authenticity of Brighton Beach slowly falls under the threat of extinction. While Brighton Ballet School remains the heart of the Russian culture, other Russian speakers think it is time to move on. @PailiKu reports https://t.co/xzApDImR5x

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A group of hispanic parents create a support system for their special needs children https://t.co/BIo9oWyRiC @SiagoMontoya

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Yu said that social spaces like internet cafes are “a way for [immigrants] to build that network, especially when you’re coming into a community like Sunset Park, where most of everyone is Chinese speaking, but you don’t really have anybody who you know.” https://t.co/ZfYeU0YN7f

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A new #Brooklyn private school takes aim at segregation @reedalexander finds out what their secret weapon is https://t.co/4DAPJfyTtY

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For many Chinese immigrants in Sunset Park, beds are hard to come by—but for $3 an hour, an internet cafe becomes home for the night. @CarsonKessler finds out why. https://t.co/ZfYeU0YN7f