BROOKLYN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Rachel Murray, a lifelong Brooklyn resident living between Downtown Brooklyn and DUMBO, is feeling the impact of gentrification firsthand. “I think it’s unfair,” she says, ...

A community group in Flatbush is running a campaign to fight gentrification in their neighborhood. Equality for Flatbush's campaign is called "Before it's gone, take it back." It aims to stop the ...

BRIC’s television channel, Brooklyn Independent Media, is hosting a town hall on gentrification tomorrow evening and inviting experts, politicians, activists and urban planners to weigh in on how ...

“Get it before it’s gone.” The sign in front of the Wendy’s on Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard was pressuring passerby not to miss the chance for ¢50 Frosties. Across the street, protesters of ...

FLATBUSH — THE NEW YORK CITY LANDMARKS PRESERVATION COMMISSION on Tuesday voted to designate two new historic districts in Brooklyn: Beverley Square West Historic District and Ditmas Park West ...

On Sunday mornings in Brooklyn, nicknamed the borough of churches, the muffled sounds of choir singers, hand‑claps and Hammond organs can be heard from the sidewalks. The borough still has a church on ...

An iconic, decades-old Brooklyn ice cream shop is set to be evicted this summer – leaving neighbors and longtime customers distraught over the rapidly gentrifying neighborhood. “We have been here ...

Brooklyn (originally Breuekelen, in Dutch) was first settled in 1636 and incorporated as a city in 1843. Not long after came the village of Flatbush, which originates from the Dutch word Vlacke ...

Two weeks ago, we called the Brooklyn Nets “Gentrification’s Team.” It wasn’t a particularly enlightening revelation, of course, but it was now supported by cold hard unscientific data. The New York ...

Brooklyn’s Interfaith Has Longest ER Wait in State [NY Daily News] Brooklyn’s Rent Is Too High Candidate Jimmy McMillan Runs for Governor Again [WSJ] New York City Council to Raise Housing Fines for ...