Sunset Park Studio Squeeze for Artists
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.
Right of Way: The Battle Over the BQX
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.
C is for Childcare: English Class Offers Free Babysitting Too
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.
Flagging It: A Sunset Park Resident’s Call For Unity
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Brooklyn resident Junior Allende is planting a flag â actually many of them â along the Fifth Avenue entrance to Sunset Park as a protest against gentrification.
Chinese Restaurant Workers Travel Far For Work
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.
Does This Avocado Toast Come With A Side of Gentrification?
Co-published with WNYC Studios. Businesses like Avocaderia are creating jobs in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. But at what cost?
Birth of the NYC Co-op. Thank You, Finland.
Co-published with WNYC Studios. To understand why cooperative apartments outnumber condos in NYC, you have to visit Sunset Park, Brooklyn.
Sunset Park: So Hot Right Now
Co-published with WNYC Studios. It's a neighborhood that's developing fast â and how affordable it will be for residents and businesses is at stake. Here are four ways Sunset Park is changing.