5 Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed This Week

Pictured: inside New Lab. Photo by John V. Santore

BROOKLYN, NY — Here are five of the Brooklyn stories that made headlines this week:

1) Brooklyn Rapper Troy Ave Still Hasn't Been Charged With Murdering Edgar McPhatter, His Friend and Bodyguard. So Who Did It? — Troy Ave tells his side of the story in a new mixtape recorded over the phone from Rikers.

2) Brooklyn Diocese Quietly Refiles Plans to Demolish Historic Brownsville Church — The gorgeous, century-old Our Lady of Loreto Church has been saved from wrecking crews before. Will the community be able to save it again?

3) Sunset Park Residents Demand Answers on Brooklyn-to-Queens Streetcar — The proposed streetcar system along the Brooklyn-Queens waterfront has been the focus of a series of public meetings.

4) Brooklyn Navy Yard Opens Massive Co-Working Space for Manufacturing and Tech — The space, New Lab, is designed to provide work space for about 50 companies and 350 employees at a given time, according to its directors.

5) Brownsville Business Incubator and Cafe Opens to Tears and Cheers — The Dream Big Innovation Center will offer business advice and funding to local entrepreneurs.