Co-published with WNYC Studios. Kate Hawes has been making custom solid wood furniture in Brooklyn for 20 years until her landlord decided to raise the rent by 25 percent in one year.

Co-published with WNYC Studios. As the city moves forward with the light rail system, both sides are ramping up their campaigns for and against it.

Co-published with WNYC Studios. A new program in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, is trying to make it easier for moms who don't speak English to improve their language skills.

Co-published with WNYC Studios. Brooklyn resident Junior Allende is planting a flag — actually many of them — along the Fifth Avenue entrance to Sunset Park as a protest against gentrification.

Co-published with WNYC Studios. Chinese immigrants based in New York City have long taken jobs in restaurants as far away as Pennsylvania, Alabama, and even Florida.

Co-published with WNYC Studios. Businesses like Avocaderia are creating jobs in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. But at what cost?

Co-published with WNYC Studios. To understand why cooperative apartments outnumber condos in NYC, you have to visit Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Co-published with WNYC Studios. It's a neighborhood that's developing fast — and how affordable it will be for residents and businesses is at stake. Here are four ways Sunset Park is changing.