6 Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed This Week

Pictured: David Gaskin, a program manager with Save Our Streets Crown Heights. Photo by John V. Santore

BROOKLYN, NY — Here are six of the Brooklyn stories that made headlines this week:

1) "Don't Wait Til It's Your Family Member. Don't Wait Til It's You." — Voices from a Bed-Stuy rally against gun violence.

2) Transit Activists Make Case for Citywide Bus Improvements — A new study wants a combination of better technology and planning to make bus travel more efficient throughout New York City.

3) NYPD Union Wants 10- to 15-Foot Buffer Between Police and Videotapers — Police union leaders have responded to a Brooklyn politician's proposed "Right to Record Act" with a few suggestions of their own.

4) Activists and Officials Warn Bidders to Stay Away From Land Wanted for Bushwick Inlet Park —Businessman Norm Brodsky will be taking private bids on the property through 5 p.m. on July 20.

5) Verboten Finds a Buyer: Ex-Pacha Boss Drops $1.2M on Embattled Williamsburg Club Space — Manhattan club king Eddie Dean is taking over Brooklyn's most notorious party warehouse.

6) Andrew Esquivel, MIT Student, Killed by NYPD Officer Driving Drunk in Williamsburg — A second MIT student, an MIT alum and an NYU student were also badly injured when Officer Nicholas Batka drove his car onto a sidewalk.