Gentrification in Brooklyn

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On Saturday, Brooklyn Anti-Gentrification Network (BAN) held its second borough-wide march against gentrification, racism and overdevelopment in the borough

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After fighting for over a decade, the tenants of 265 Hawthorne Street successfully formed a housing co-op that grants them ownership of their apartments.

Bedford-Stuyvesant's/Crown Heights's 11216 ZIP code has seen the biggest spike, as the median home value rose a dramatic 194 percent - more than in any other Brooklyn neighborhood.

Gentrification, that continues to plague Brooklyn, takes a toll on small business owner Mohammed Kamara.

The 'Broadway Triangle' settlement could set precedence and affect future rezoning and development plans Photo credit: City Room Blog, NY Times An eight-year legal battle over racial discrimination in the proposed "Broadway Triangle" development is e

The report, based on a sample of tenants paying less than $2,000 a month, estimates that 76 percent of them would see their credit scores improve if their rental payments were included For many New Yorkers, rent constitutes by far their largest singl

The discussion heated up, as residents aired their frustrations around the effects of gentrification, or what many in attendance began to refer to as "ethnic cleansing.

When one door shuts, another opens, as the saying goes; but two Bedford-Stuyvesant businesses have gone one up by sharing an entrance and letting the old and new come together People are sitting under a leafy peach tree, some have wine, some coffee.