Gentrification in Brooklyn

A group of supporters gather in front of Errol's Caribbean Bakery.

300 Ashland Place Photo: Gregory Ingram Several dozen real estate professionals and local elected leaders gathered Friday for "RED Night," which featured the unveiling of 300 Ashland Place in Fort Greene, one of Brooklyn's newest high-rise apartment

Congressman Hakeem Jeffries and City Councilmember Laurie Cumbo embrace at a press conference announcing that the Fort Greene Senior Citizens Council and Center would be signing a new lease.

Triangle Junction Since the end of Prohibition, College Wines and Liquors on Flatbush Avenue has operated, owner notwithstanding, as a wine shop. Its current owner claims that it may be the most original shop in Flatbush.

B4G protestors Photo: B4G FB Without question, gentrification is a hot-button topic amongst Brooklyn residents, longtime and new. Therefore, it is no surprise that residents are joining together to raise awareness and their voices on the matter.

By Kari Lindberg Outside of the Flatbush Public Library on Linden Street is a small camera crew of three people filming 70-year-old Brighton Beach resident Efrain Aviles. Standing in front of an East Flatbush housing complex, Mr.

PA James, along with Assemblymember Walter Mosley held a press conference in front of 410 Eastern Parkway in protest of unscrupulous tactics by landlords to force tenants out of their homes "G-Way, G-Way, you can't hide! We can see your greedy side!"

Mayor Bill de Blasio was at Cherry's Unisex Hair Salon on Saturday to garner support around two bills out of his office addressing the affordable housing crisis.

On Spencer Street, between Dekalb Ave and Kosciuszko St, there is a small stretch of three-story townhouses very common for that area of Bedford-Stuyvesant.

As a key initiative of Mayor Bill de Blasio's housing plan, "Housing New York," the Department of City Planning in December launched a bold proposal for a that would enact zoning laws mandating a certain proportion of new housing developed throughout