Quiz: Are you part of the problem?
Community

Quiz: Are you part of the problem?

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Whether you’re new to town or you’ve been around for a bit, you know the one local issue that keeps popping up, […]

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We’re not the face of gentrification! Two performers explain why they took a gig helping sell condos
Careers

We’re not the face of gentrification! Two performers explain why they took a gig helping sell condos

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Jennifer Harder is a performer, actor and musician who’s been in a rotating stream of projects that would fall under the “alt,” “anarchist” […]

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Brooklyn realtors threw a ‘steampunk vaudeville’ party to entice new condo buyers
apartments

Brooklyn realtors threw a ‘steampunk vaudeville’ party to entice new condo buyers

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There is nothing inherently wrong with steampunk on its face, other than how ridiculously loud a crowd of steampunks can get outside the […]

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‘Kimmy Schmidt’ is great at mocking NYC’s hyper gentrification
Entertainment

‘Kimmy Schmidt’ is great at mocking NYC’s hyper gentrification

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Among many bits of DNA that Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt shares with 30 Rock, its spiritual predecessor, is a to-the-roots feeling of New Yorkiness. 30 […]

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Are real estate developers the ‘Trump fans’ of Brooklyn?
News

Are real estate developers the ‘Trump fans’ of Brooklyn?

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WNYC’s new podcast about Brooklyn gentrification is only two episodes in but here’s a trend you can expect to continue for all eight […]

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7 foolproof ways to keep luxury developers out of your neighborhood
Neighborhoods

7 foolproof ways to keep luxury developers out of your neighborhood

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New York City is a fickle beast — one day you’re living in your cheap apartment in a residential, under-the-radar neighborhood and the […]

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New WNYC podcast looks at the ‘violent economic process’ behind Brooklyn’s gentrification
News

New WNYC podcast looks at the ‘violent economic process’ behind Brooklyn’s gentrification

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Nobody likes to admit they’re a gentrifier, but Kai Wright was definitely ahead of the recent wave of Bed-Stuy gentrification. The Indiana native moved to […]

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Here’s $60 ‘Gentrification in progress’ tape
News

Here’s $60 ‘Gentrification in progress’ tape

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Gentrification is pretty much everywhere you look these days in Brooklyn, New York City and really any urban area, but you might […]

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Two ways of looking at a South Bronx gentrification party
News

Two ways of looking at a South Bronx gentrification party

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South Bronx, South South Bronx…is the new Brooklyn, in the sense that rapacious waterfront development is set to make some people really […]

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Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, fancy footwear edition
Outings

Top 10: The best cheap things to do in Brooklyn this week, fancy footwear edition

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1. Launch some paperbacks at the Franklin Park Reading Series, this month featuring Will Chancellor, Megan Mayhew Bergman, Karolina Waclawiak, J. Robert Lennon, and Mira Jacob. […]

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