5 Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

BROOKLYN, NY — Happy Sunday! Here are five Brooklyn stories that made headlines this past week:

1) Verizon Will Close NYC-Area Call Center, Leave 250 Workers Out to Dry — Verizon jobs are also being cut in retail storefronts in NYC and across the county.

2) Brownsville After-School 'Campus' to Help Kids Focus on Education — 'The Campus,' an after school tech and arts program at Brownsville Collaborative Middle School, launches Oct. 24.

3) Downtown Brooklyn Renters Refunded $250,000 in Illegal Overcharges on Stabilized Apts. — $250,000 in rent overcharges were returned to 60 renters of stabilized units at the Brooklyner building, located at 111 Lawrence St.

4) City Asks Red Hook Which Blocks Should Be Spared From Rising Sea — City planners are still analyzing how much of Red Hook they can protect with $100 million, and how they should do it.

5) Embattled Park Slope Elder Home, Free of Final 5 Seniors, Sells for Whopping $84M — The longtime retirement home will likely be flipped into high-end condos.

Pictured at top: Brownsville Collaborative Middle School. Image via Google Maps.