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New Bed Stuy Gallery HOUSING Aims to De-Gentrify Through Art, Discourse

Dedicated to 'de-gentrify', HOUSING provides space to display critical content, and to advance the visibility and inclusion of artists of color photo credit: American Medium HOUSING , a new Bed Stuy gallery which moved into the gallery space previous

Aug 30, 2017 2:48 PM Read more >

Study: Bed-Stuy, Crown Heights Listed Among the Nation's Most Gentrified Areas

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.

Feb 28, 2018 12:22 PM Read more >

Adams Calls for MTA Improvements in East New York LIRR Station

LIRR - East New York Station Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams is calling for the MTA to increase their funding to make much needed improvements in the East New York Long Island Rail Road station.

Jun 1, 2017 3:08 PM Read more >

Free food deliveries arrive in Brooklyn, thanks to a DIY digital neighborhood

The dense and frantic city of New York is by far the largest epicenter of the coronavirus epidemic in the United States and cases are rapidly increasing in the borough of Brooklyn , which with almost 2.

Mar 30, 2020 9:13 PM Read more >

Shadow Group Backs Towers That Would Shade Botanic Garden

It's just an abandoned spice factory — a beat-up, vandalized, forgotten plant in Crown Heights that hasn't made a strand of saffron in 20 years. Next door, barbed-wire walls frame an empty square of gravel.

Jul 12, 2021 8:04 AM Read more >

Give Your Thoughts on The Impacts of Slavery And Redlining

The New York State Community Commission on Reparations Remedies, tasked with examining the legacy of slavery and the subsequent discrimination against people of African descent, will hold two public meetings in July, where residents can share their questions, thoughts, ideas and solutions.

Jul 19, 2025 10:00 AM Read more >

Pssst... Starbucks Coming to Myrtle Avenue!

The Brooklyn Reader just heard from a little birdie that Myrtle Avenue is about to receive the king of all coffee shops, the motherload of expensive espresso, the official rubberstamp of gentrification: Starbucks Coffee.

Mar 30, 2015 3:00 PM Read more >

New Photography Installation Centers Bed-Stuys Longstanding Black Residents

The photography and storytelling project We Are Here celebrates the lives and rich cultural legacies that make Bed-Stuy what it is

Jul 27, 2021 11:10 AM Read more >

At Ribbon-Cutting, Pratt Area Community Council Relaunches as IMPACCT

Deb Howard, executive director for the newly named IMPACCT Brooklyn, prepares to cut the ribbon at one of its new storefront offices, located at 1124 Fulton Street Thursday Morning, elected officials, community organizers and local residents gathered

Nov 12, 2015 4:36 PM Read more >

Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine Launches New Installation at Prospect Park

The art installation is inspired by the duo's work to strengthen Brooklyn communities and fight gentrification

Oct 15, 2020 1:52 PM Read more >