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Rezonings Underestimated Development and Displacement in both Williamsburg and Park Slope, Study Shows

Construction at Greenpoint Landing continues apace, with a second tower rising next to One Blue Slip. Paul Stremple/Bklyner.WILLIAMSBURG/GREENPOINT/PARK SLOPE — Rezoning gentrified the rezoned neighborhoods and displaced communities of color, a new study shows. The study, [https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5dc0429de5717c7ff1caead0/t/5de6c0e683bec649d37ab0cc/1575403753814/Zoning+and+

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After Months Of Uncertainty, Lease At 966 Fulton Street Is Signed & Community Institution Stays Put

The Edwards, Deme, Ellis and Blakney families at a rally to save the Fort Greene Day Care & Senior Center in April, 2015. (Photo: Fort Greene Focus)The lease for 966-972 Fulton Street, which houses the Young Minds Day Care and Grace Agard Harewood Senior Center, has finally been signed

Central Brooklyn

10 Westminster Road On Market For $9.25 Million

10 Westminster Road. (Photo: Google Maps)A large, pre-war building in our area is up for sale. Ten Westminster Road, just off Caton Avenue, has been listed by the Bestreich Realty Group [http://files.ctctcdn.com/172b0e29201/ee48c197-fac9-4e72-a198-71a944c1866b.pdf] for $9.25 million. Built in 1931, the building sits across

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10 Westminster Road On Market For $9.25 Million

10 Westminster Road. (Photo: Google Maps)A large, pre-war building in our area is up for sale. Ten Westminster Road, just off Caton Avenue, has been listed by the Bestreich Realty Group [http://files.ctctcdn.com/172b0e29201/ee48c197-fac9-4e72-a198-71a944c1866b.pdf] for $9.25 million. Built in 1931, the building sits across

Arts & Culture

Kelly Anderson Talks Industry City, Gentrification & Her Acclaimed Film ‘My Brooklyn’

Photo courtesy of Kelly AndersonKelly Anderson’s acclaimed 2012 film “My Brooklyn” [http://www.mybrooklynmovie.com/] follows her journey as a “Brooklyn gentrifier” trying to understand the forces reshaping the various neighborhoods she has lived in since 1988. The filmmaker collaborated with Allison Dean, a journalist and urban planner, on

Central Brooklyn

Turmoil At Community Board Reflects Intensity Of Change In Brooklyn

Rutland Road in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. (Photo: Google Maps)The battle over gentrification and displacement has boiled to a head in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens/North Flatbush. The early February removal of Tim Thomas, who chaired the transportation committee of the local community board, CB 9, has sparked more heated conversation about who