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Race, Class, and Gentrification in Brooklyn: A View from the Street
In this book, the authors “revisit” two iconic Brooklyn neighborhoods, Crown Heights-Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Greenpoint-Williamsburg, where they have been active scholars since the 1970s. Krase and DeSena's comprehensive view from the street describes and analyses the neighborhoods' decline and rise with a focus on race and social class. They look closely at the strategies used to resist and promote neighborhood change and conclude with an analysis of the ways in which these neighborhoods contribute to current images and trends in Brooklyn. This book contributes to a better understanding of the elevated status of Brooklyn as a global city and destination place.
170 pages, Hardcover
Published May 12, 2016
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March 30, 2021
Professors Krase and DeSena have done a terrific job organizing the vast well of NYC socioeconomic data and knowledge within!
"Race, Class and Gentrification in Brooklyn" focuses primarily (obviously) on select neighborhoods in the borough of Brooklyn. Although as a lifelong Queens resident, I found many lessons from history and terms (such as "blockbusting," defining "affordability," and the brief history of informal surveillance and patrols) to be universally applicable to NYC.
My grandparents owned a home in Flatbush, not far from the Kings Theater mentioned in Krase's writings. I now have a better understanding of what the borough likely meant to the post-WWII generation and why the neighborhoods shifted rather drastically in terms of culture, race and and income level throughout the decades.
I also empathize with many of the groups that have felt "priced out" of their own town--I am currently looking to purchase my first house and feel that I can't afford to own anywhere in the five boroughs or Nassau County. Instead, I search for more affordable housing in Westchester and Rockland counties as well as the Poconos.
Above all, I respect how both Professors Krase and DeSena make it clear on pg. 10 that they'll both be members of the elder population of Brooklyn come 2030! That loyalty and passion to the borough set the stages for the rest of the read.
"Race, Class and Gentrification in Brooklyn" focuses primarily (obviously) on select neighborhoods in the borough of Brooklyn. Although as a lifelong Queens resident, I found many lessons from history and terms (such as "blockbusting," defining "affordability," and the brief history of informal surveillance and patrols) to be universally applicable to NYC.
My grandparents owned a home in Flatbush, not far from the Kings Theater mentioned in Krase's writings. I now have a better understanding of what the borough likely meant to the post-WWII generation and why the neighborhoods shifted rather drastically in terms of culture, race and and income level throughout the decades.
I also empathize with many of the groups that have felt "priced out" of their own town--I am currently looking to purchase my first house and feel that I can't afford to own anywhere in the five boroughs or Nassau County. Instead, I search for more affordable housing in Westchester and Rockland counties as well as the Poconos.
Above all, I respect how both Professors Krase and DeSena make it clear on pg. 10 that they'll both be members of the elder population of Brooklyn come 2030! That loyalty and passion to the borough set the stages for the rest of the read.
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