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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.
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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.
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