5 Brooklyn Stories You May Have Missed Last Week

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

1) Bed-Stuy Public High School Teacher Receives Award of Excellence — Patrice Bridgewater of Bedford Academy High School was honored at Sloan Awards for Excellent in Teaching in Science and Mathematics.

2) Maker Park Proposal Highlights Tensions Between Old and New Williamsburg — Maker Park wants to adaptively reuse 7 acres of Bushwick Inlet Park. Some long-time residents of the neighborhood hate the idea.

3) NYC Asks Feds to Protect Haitian Immigrants — Haitian nationals living in the U.S. would get "temporary protected status" under the proposal.

4) Muslim NYPD Officer Aml El Sokary, Targeted for Headscarf: 'I'm Here to Protect You' — "We can't allow this," Mayor Bill de Blasio said. "It's unacceptable in this city, it's unacceptable in this nation."

5) Nas-Backed Chicken and Waffles Joint 'Sweet Chick' to Open in Prospect Heights — The restaurant's first two locations are located in Williamsburg and on Manhattan's Lower East Side.

Pictured at top: Patrice Bridgewater. Photo by Anat Gerstein