Witness the Rapid Transformation in Brooklyn’s 5 Most Gentrified Neighborhoods

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In this video, we explore the most gentrified neighborhoods in Brooklyn. Some of these before and after photos via Google street view are astonishing.
Gentrification occurs when there is a substantial gap between the current value of a place, and its potential value. More capital is invested into the neighborhood and the type of people who live there change over time.
A positive aspect of gentrification is that neighborhoods become much more dense with improved infrastructure like bike lanes and public parks. Who doesn’t love a walkable place?
A negative aspect of gentrification is the potential displacement of current residents due to rising property taxes.
The key reasons why these neighborhoods were so heavily gentrified were due to
Proximity to Manhattan made it an attractive option for young professionals who wanted to live in a trendy, urban environment without the high costs associated with Manhattan.
access to several subway lines.
a large stock of older, industrial buildings that could be converted into trendy lofts and apartments.
Are you for or against gentrification?
5 Most gentrified neighborhoods in Brooklyn
Williamsburg
Bushwick
Bed Stuy
Crown Heights
Park Slope
Music Credit
Music: Mornings
Musician: Jeff Kaale
Image Credit
www.flickr.com/photos/wallyg/...

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@TrainsFerriesFeet Жыл бұрын

If gentrification happens organically, I'm ok with it, but if a city pushes along gentrification, they need to ensure plenty of units are affordable, and I'm not talking about 10%, either.

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@olinwright7628 Жыл бұрын

nah

@Solrac1424 3 ай бұрын

developers will always lie to get on people's side just like the useless politicians who have been elected since 2013

@thescatman5029 2 ай бұрын

I'm 56 years old, from Brooklyn. Grew up in Bed-Stuy/Tompkins Houses, next to Sumner and Jay-Z's Marcy Houses. Mother and stepfather moved to The Junction (Flatbush/Nostrand Avs), when I was in college (1987). I moved out after college, to Park Slope; stayed there for 15 years (92-2007, before moving to the Bronx (affordable condo in Parkchester. Been here for 17 years). As for Brooklyn, the elders in my neighborhood, growing up, predicted this, in the mid 80s! Us teenagers laughed at them, with the crack pipes laid all over Tompkins Avenue!

@dijikstra8 Жыл бұрын

I lived in Crown Heights for a while back in 2005. It would be very interesting to go back and see how it has changed. I was struck by the segregation, one side of Eastern Parkway was a fairly upscale Hasidic Jewish neighborhood and the other side was a quite poor mostly Caribbean immigrant neighborhood.

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

2005?! Oh yeah you need to go back and experience the transformation for yourself.

@scpatl4now Жыл бұрын

I really like your videos. I just wish they were longer with a little more detail.

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I’m working on that. It’s a lot of info to gather and produce. I don’t want to get too much into details and anecdotes but right now I’m not doing enough.

@bigdawggkev Жыл бұрын

I think he goes into a decent amount of detail but I agree. I do wish his videos were longer

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

@@bigdawggkev thank you for the feedback.

@Not_Sal Жыл бұрын

What I find interesting is that none of these neighborhoods are in South Brooklyn. I think that comes down to three reasons. First, in south Brooklyn there tends to be more homeowners and locally owned businesses. Next, it is located further away from Manhattan making it less attractive to those who commute into Manhattan. Lastly, there isn’t really any formerly industrial land aside from in Sunset Park, and rezoning non industrial land is very complicated.

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

I think you nailed it, my man.

@Not_Sal Жыл бұрын

@@cities4ppl yeah I’ve seen people say it’s getting gentrified because of all the Chinese people coming in, but that’s just an ethnic demographic shift. It is still mostly the same economic demographics, albeit with somewhat higher incomes these days.

@lunalea1250 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely true, I have often wondered why all those people coming to BK not living in area's such as Queens, Howard Beach, Bensonhurst, Marine Pk, they have trsnsport links to Manhattan as well, very puzzling to me, u move into a predominantly Caribbean area, yet u don't want to interact with the people or start to weaponize the police on them with noise complaints!🤔

@Not_Sal Жыл бұрын

@@lunalea1250 because neighborhoods like Bensonhurst and Bath Beach cater to families and the middle class rather than young professionals. The demographics may have shifted from mostly Italian to mostly Chinese with a significant Russian presence as well, but economically the income levels stayed relatively the same. These neighborhoods are also much further out from Manhattan so that might be something to consider

@lunalea1250 Жыл бұрын

@@Not_Sal U can delete comments that states "inconvenient truths" all u like, facts are still facts, they won't come to those areas because they know their "brand of domination" will not be tolerated, they target "marginalised" communities! 🤥

@casscass4850 7 ай бұрын

Can you discuss prospect lefferts gardens?

@laventillelady9733 11 ай бұрын

The DUMBO area is by far the biggest transformation.

@cities4ppl 11 ай бұрын

Yeah for some reason I figured that was so obvious that I skipped it.

@jazzcatjohn Жыл бұрын

Shout out to me (John L)! 🤓The gentrification sure is encroaching on Flatbush. Fascinating to watch.

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

Haha let’s go!

@chrisfields2014 Жыл бұрын

Can you do Philadelphia?

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

It’s on the list!

@SeaBassTian Жыл бұрын

Great video! However I don't feel Park Slope should be on the top list of gentrified neighborhoods, it's always been fairly upscale but over the last decade, it has become the most expensive nabe in Kings County. I think I might have included Red Hook instead.

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

Fair enough. I try to include an outlier but you’re right, probably doesn’t qualify as “gentrified”.

@asmafiver6422 8 ай бұрын

You could not be more incorrect. Specify which parts. The “Gold Coast” historic district of park slope 7-Prospect park west (9th ave) from Grand Army to 14st (where pavilion was now nighthawk) was predominantly old money but not all. Most of park slope was working class Irish, Italian and Puerto Rican. Puerto were mainly found in the lower avenues (2nd-6th ave) as well many working class black families. A pseudo section park slope was even coined as “Dark Slope” in the 90s. Park slope is the quintessential pioneer of gentrification in Bk, with a heavy emphasis on removing Puerto Ricans who were most vulnerable. Many owned those brownstones and were manipulated into selling for low cost.

@asmafiver6422 8 ай бұрын

@@cities4pplspecifically the Neo liberal pretentious persona that many new incoming whites worship/abide by was started in park slope, boreum hill and the upper west. Park slope is the quintessential Mecca of the YUPPIE identity. That identity has evolved into the personalities we see in bushwick and Williamsburg who are non native. Essentially, the wokeness of park slope is the epitome of white American supremacy.

@asmafiver6422 8 ай бұрын

Look up the Bar OLD CARRIAGE INN on 8th st 7th ave, it’s now variety coffee roasters. Park slope sunset red hook are traditional “towny” areas.

@evanoc Жыл бұрын

If I'm not wrong, after accounting for inflation, hasn't Crown Heights' median household income actually gone _down_ since 2000?

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

Sometimes the census data seems off.

@user-ug8uq5ec7u 14 күн бұрын

Flatbush, how sad i

@nunya990 Жыл бұрын

Ok but not Brooklyn heights? the most expensive neighborhood there where ed sheeran rents a place for like, 30,000 a month or something? Or downtown brooklyn which is completely unrecognizeable physically and socially from what it was even when park slope and clinton hill were gentrifying. DUMBO? used to be factories than an artists enclave now just an enclave for assholes? I feel like, this is just "neighborhoods in the process of gentirification since 2010" not "most gentrified neighborhoods in brooklyn" b/c the process of gentrification in brooklyn has deeper roots than just going along the J train

@nunya990 Жыл бұрын

lowkey this feels confrontational, which i kinda meant it to be, (even tho ur vids r fun ofc), this topic is just too simplified in this vid to express the intense loss of culture wrought by genntrification's takeover of the nothwestern half of brooklyn. Still, keep makin vids tho they aren't bad, and i'll keep bein critical (hopefully in a useful way)

@thabrooklynqueen Жыл бұрын

Especially downtown brooklyn it so different

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks. Yes It is semi intentionally controversial. There will be neighborhoods who people believe deserve to be on the list over the ones I chose. This is only the second video I’ve done like this so I’ll keep getting better 😉

@asmafiver6422 8 ай бұрын

@@nunya990I find the ignoring of black and brown existence, the gate keeping of rent controlled units between rich white NYU girls, and the affordable housing lottery too all be a phlegm spit in my Puerto Rican native New Yorker American born face. They are the lowest of whites in this country, lower than West Virginia. They have enforced superiority complex’s in almost every avenue and the skepticism or distrust from native POCs is 💯 % welcome

@MrFamaz Ай бұрын

Need Canarsie 😂

@cell718 Жыл бұрын

OMG if we can't keep good jobs in the city whats the point of all this.

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

It’s a fast moving world.

@olinwright7628 Жыл бұрын

gentrification is good

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

I think you can easily make that case.

@interworldfilmz Жыл бұрын

Who is it good for? Its not good for the people who can no longer afford to live there

@dijikstra8 Жыл бұрын

Sure it's good for people who have a lot of money, not so good for people who are pushed out of the neighborhood.

@Wedontcareong Жыл бұрын

@@dijikstra8so then it’s not good?

@cities4ppl Жыл бұрын

@@Wedontcareong can someone stake claim to a piece of dirt if they can no longer afford it? There several areas I’d like to live but I don’t have the means.