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Gentrification: Who is the Villain?

Photo: BRIC on Facebook Who is the villain? The question kept coming up at Brooklyn for Sale: The Price of Gentrification, a town hall meeting hosted at Bric by Brooklyn Independent Media, January 28.

Mar 9, 2015 10:00 AM Read more >

This Bushwick Bookstore Fights Gentrification with Literature

Mil Mundos brings literature celebrating Black and Latinx culture to a rapidly gentrifying area that has been devoid of a bookstore for decades

Jun 5, 2019 11:35 AM Read more >

Study: Brownsville Could Be Next to Face Gentrification

A new map shows that parts of Brownsville have already begun gentrifying, while other sections may be up next for the economic shift.

Mar 22, 2019 11:38 AM Read more >

Gentrification in Brooklyn: A Critical Dialogue

On Wednesday, November 19, at 7:00pm, the Billie Holiday Theatre Film Series will show a screening of My Brooklyn, followed by a critical dialogue on the issue of gentrification.

Nov 18, 2014 1:18 PM Read more >

Mayor Eric Adams, you can’t equate gentrification with slavery

New York City Mayor Eric Adams equated gentrification with slavery during a speech commemorating the Juneteenth holiday. Mayor Eric Adams needs to learn that the nonsense he could spout to select audiences as Brooklyn beep won’t fly in higher office.

Jun 21, 2022 8:03 AM Read more >

Covid Spread in New York and Gentrification

With over 15,000 fatalities, New York City, the financial centre of the United States of America, has emerged as the global epicentre of the war against Covid-19 with all five boroughs impacted.

Apr 24, 2020 1:43 PM Read more >

Homeless in Brooklyn: Gentrification Closing in

In his address to the City on February 28, Mayor Bill de Blasio outlined how the sheer intensity of the homelessness problem in New York City is further exacerbated by a shift in demographics of homeless families— now seventy percent of the she

Mar 23, 2017 11:14 AM Read more >

Brownsville Community Gears up for Pre-Gentrification Plan

The pre-gentrification plan includes goals to increase affordable housing and sets expectations for community-focused economic development. photo credit: Nextcity.

Jun 27, 2017 10:46 AM Read more >

Blogger's Corner: Gentrification 'Catching Fire' in Brooklyn

Scene from "Catching Fire," the second film adaptation of Suzanne Collins' Hunger Games trilogy Just last week I happened to come across a very popular feed of a Brooklynite in my network who shared a link of Spike Lee's recent response to the "Mutha

Mar 9, 2014 10:49 AM Read more >

Gentrification in Bed-Stuy: 'Here Comes the Neighborhood!'

Gentrification in Brooklyn Photo: globalfusionproductions.com If there was ever a more polarizing topic in Bedford-Stuyvesant these days, it is the subject of gentrification.

Oct 20, 2014 10:28 AM Read more >