6 Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

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

1) Citi Bike Praise and Protests Fill Packed Prospect Heights Hearing —Community Board 6 will produce a report on residents' feelings toward Citi Bike to send to the Department of Transportation.

2) Sunset Park Politician Hounds Feds for Answers on 'Third World' Neighborhood Jail — "Reports of moldy food, lack of light and poor air quality are alarming," Rep. Nydia Velázquez wrote in her letter.

3) Annoying F Train Re-Route Between Boroughs Will Last Until Early November — FASTRACK's latest victims? The five F stops in Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan.

4) Imagine If the Bedford Union Armory Were Transformed Into 100% Affordable Housing— Crown Heights leaders want to make the dream a reality — but they need your help.

5) Shovels Hit the Dirt on Brooklyn Bridge Park's Pier 3 — The $26 million renovation of Pier 3, to be completed by 2018, will include a hedge maze and an "undulating" central lawn.

6) Murder Victim's Mom: J'Ouvert Festival Is Brooklyn's Own 'Purge' — Tiarah Poyau, 22, took a fatal bullet to the head at J'Ouvert 2016. Her mom wants the festival, which she likened to "The Purge," shut down.

Pictured at top: A rendering depicting the completed Pier 3 of Brooklyn Bridge Park. Rendering courtesy of Brooklyn Bridge Park.