5 Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed This Week

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

1) Year-Long Sunset Park Sinkhole Repair Project Nearing Completion — The city says a massive Sunset Park sinkhole that emerged last August is weeks away from being fully repaired.

2) City Dangles $1 Million to School With Best "Smart Gun" Design — Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is offering $1 million to the school that can come up with the best "smart gun" technology.

3) Brownsville Politicians Fight to Save Historic Church From Wrecking Ball — "The people in Brownsville are tired of getting crumbs," State Sen. Jesse Hamilton wrote in a plea to the Landmarks Preservation Commission.

4) Brooklyn's Vigilante Jewish Patrolmen Get Zero Jail Time for Beating Gay Black Man — The judge's final sentence: community service, probation and a small fine.

5) Remembering the Crown Heights Race Riots: "It Was Warfare" — We asked neighbors: Could the Crown Heights riots happen again?

Pictured at top, from left: Ahmed Mohsen, Nathanial Winston and Jarell Winston, standing by the intersection of Utica Avenue and President Street. Photo by John V. Santore