5 Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

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

1) Bushwick Inlet Park Will Be Whole at Last — It only took, like, 11 years.

2) In Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Heated Debate Over Fenimore Street Rezoning and Gentrification Fears — Community Board 9 voted Tuesday to partner with the Fenimore Street Block Association on its rezoning application.

3) Brooklyn Children's Museum Will Expand Footprint Using New City Funds — As will the Brooklyn Botanic Garden in Prospect Park and BAM in Fort Greene.

4) A New Skyscraper Over Bushwick Inlet Park? Could Happen Under Current Zoning Regs — The MTA is now allowed to build skyscrapers on its properties under the law. Advocates are pushing for Gov. Cuomo to repeal that language.

5) New Brooklyn Art Studio Will Give Jailed Youth a Chance to Start Fresh —A vacant storefront in Downtown Brooklyn will be renovated and reopened in January 2017 for arts workshops dedicated to incarcerated youth.

Pictured at top: Brooklyn Children's Museum. Image via Google Maps.