There Goes the Neighborhood

May 4, 2016

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 9: There Went the Neighborhood

The team behind There Goes the Neighborhood talks about what they’ve learned, and the way forward in a post-gentrified Brooklyn.

There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
April 27, 2016

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 8: Can You Afford to Live in New York City?

Gentrification has many New Yorkers asking the same question: Is there still a place for me in this city?

There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
April 20, 2016

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 7: When You Go to School With Gentrifiers

14-year-old Corrine Bobb-Semple has lived in Bed-Stuy her whole life. Her classmates haven’t.

There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
April 13, 2016

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 6: Trickery, Fraud, and Deception in Brooklyn

In the wild world of Brooklyn real estate, developers looking to cash in don’t always play by the rules.

There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
April 6, 2016

There Goes the Neighborhood, Episode 5: Williamsburg, What’s Good?

Tales from the epicenter of New York gentrification.

There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
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April 5, 2016

How Banks and Developers Collude to Get Rid of New York’s Affordable Housing

Granting huge mortgages on rent-regulated buildings doesn’t make financial sense—unless lenders know buyers will kick out existing tenants.

DW Gibson
March 30, 2016

There Goes the Neighborhood: How the Gentrification Machine Really Works

Mayor de Blasio’s plan to rezone East New York is his way of controlling the gentrification machine—so what does the zoning plan actually look like?

There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
March 23, 2016

There Goes the Neighborhood: Turf Wars

In episode 3, we go back to the founding of East New York and meet the people who have been organizing since the 1960s.

There Goes the Neighborhood and Kai Wright
March 17, 2016

America, the Unaffordable

There’s a housing crisis. Everywhere. Can New York City create a blueprint to solve it?

DW Gibson
March 16, 2016

There Goes the Neighborhood: Brooklyn, We Go Hard

In Episode 2, meet the residents of East New York, who are determined to protect their community from the waves of gentrification crashing over the rest of Brooklyn.

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There Goes the Neighborhood

May 4, 2016

The team behind There Goes the Neighborhood talks about what they’ve learned, and the way forward in a post-gentrified Brooklyn.

April 27, 2016

Gentrification has many New Yorkers asking the same question: Is there still a place for me in this city?

April 20, 2016

14-year-old Corrine Bobb-Semple has lived in Bed-Stuy her whole life. Her classmates haven’t.

April 13, 2016

In the wild world of Brooklyn real estate, developers looking to cash in don’t always play by the rules.

April 6, 2016

Tales from the epicenter of New York gentrification.

The Nation is reader supported.

April 5, 2016

Granting huge mortgages on rent-regulated buildings doesn’t make financial sense—unless lenders know buyers will kick out existing tenants.

March 30, 2016

Mayor de Blasio’s plan to rezone East New York is his way of controlling the gentrification machine—so what does the zoning plan actually look like?

March 23, 2016

In episode 3, we go back to the founding of East New York and meet the people who have been organizing since the 1960s.

March 17, 2016

There’s a housing crisis. Everywhere. Can New York City create a blueprint to solve it?

March 16, 2016

In Episode 2, meet the residents of East New York, who are determined to protect their community from the waves of gentrification crashing over the rest of Brooklyn.