5 Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

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BROOKLYN, NY — Last week in Brooklyn, an arrest was made in the Carey Gabay shooting case, a new approach to quality-of-life crimes was adopted by the New York City Council and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) heard from Canarsie residents on plans for the L Train.

Those, and a couple more stories you may have missed, below.

1) East New Yorkers: L Train Closure Will Affect Us, Too — Attendees at the MTA's third public meeting on upcoming L Train repairs, this one in Canarsie, had a lot to say about the shutdown.

2) Troy Ave, Brooklyn Rapper, Charged With Attempted Murder After T.I. Concert Shooting — Ronald "Edgar" McPhatter, Troy Ave's reported bodyguard and a Brooklyn anti-violence activist, was killed in the chaotic shooting.

3) NYC's New Criminal Justice Reform Act: What It Means for You — Here's what happens if you drink, spit or urinate in public; make too much noise; enter a park at night; or commit another low-level crime.

4) PICS: Cool New Park Opens in Brooklyn Navy Yard, Atop Abandoned Cemetery — After nearly a century of neglect, the 1.7-acre cemetery turned ballpark turned dirt plot on the eastern edge of the Brooklyn Navy Yard's long-abandoned (but still tour-able) Naval Hospital has been re-introduced to the public as a lush, green park encircled by wooden pathways and dotted with creative seating options.

5) Arrest Made in Carey Gabay Shooting Case — Carey Gabay, 43, a Clinton Hill resident and former legal aide to Gov. Cuomo, was struck by a bullet during a suspected gang shoot-out.