5 Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

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

1) New York's Own 'Blue Lives Matter' Bill Makes Attacking a Cop a Hate Crime —Louisiana conservatives aren't the only ones jumping on this crazy train.

2) These Are the 20 Most Crime-Ridden Brooklyn Schools, Police Data Shows —These 20 Brooklyn schools each hosted 5 or more student crimes in the first 3 months of 2016, according to just-released NYPD numbers.

3) Bed-Stuy's 'Do or Dine' Transforms Into 'Do or Dive' Neighborhood Bar — The mustachioed duo behind Skinny Dennis in Williamsburg opens a new dive bar in Bed-Stuy.

4) NYPD Officials Say Department Is Inching Closer to 'Holy Grail' of Policing —Crime continues to fall in New York, top NYPD officials said Thursday. Cops have arrested 11,000 fewer people so far this year.

5) Here's How City Officials Plan to Fix the Deadly Intersection Outside Barclays — The stretch of Flatbush Avenue from Atlantic to Lafayette is dangerous for cars, bikes and people. Would these proposals make it better?

Pictured at top: Salvatore Fristensky, left, and Stephen Pandolfi, right, inside Do or Dive in Bed-Stuy. Photo by John V. Santore