5 Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

Superhero kids, loans for Bushwick fire victims, LGBT seniors, arrested U.S.P.S. worker Glenn Grays and gentrification were in the news.

Posted Sat, May 14, 2016 at 11:09 pm ET|Updated Mon, May 16, 2016 at 6:04 am ET

Pictured: A PS 36 superhero. Photo by John V. Santore

BROOKLYN, NY — Happy Sunday! In case you missed them the first time around, here are five of our favorite Brooklyn stories from the past week:

1) LBGT Seniors Will Get Their Own Affordable Housing Tower in Brooklyn — A local developer hopes to "transform the landscape of LGBT housing across this country" with a "cornerstone" project in Fort Greene.

2) National Grid Still Pushing to Raise Your Electricity Bill 14% — Even though unionized workers in New York City say the company's safety regulations are getting worse and worse.

3) PICS: Meet the Superheroes of Brooklyn's PS 36 — A superhero-themed curriculum at the school encourages students, many of whom have struggled elsewhere, to celebrate their gifts.

4) Brooklyn DA Drops Charges Against Arrested Postal Worker — U.S.P.S. employee Glenn Grays was arrested by plainclothes cops in Crown Heights on March 17 while he was delivering the mail.

5) Study: Williamsburg and Greenpoint Are NYC's Gentrification Capitals — Average rents in the area have risen 78.7 percent since 1990, research shows — and the Hispanic population has dropped 12 percent.

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