Gentrification in Downtown Brooklyn
Tour Guide: Michael Higgins Jr. (he/they) · Start Location: Jay St & Myrtle Ave (outside Starbucks) · 2 Hours · 1.5 Miles
This tour will highlight the development that has recreated downtown Brooklyn as a result of the Downtown Brooklyn Rezoning of 2004. We will also go into political conversations around the use of the rezoning to build new affordable housing and the use of eminent domain at Atlantic Yards in the construction of the Barclays Center.
Themes Covered: History of Downtown Brooklyn, NYC Land use policy, 421a and state tax abatements, Public housing and affordable housing policy
Sites Covered: MetroTech Promenade, 227 Abolitionist Place (Underground Railroad stop), Myrtle Avalon Plaza, The Giovanni (formerly Associated Site), City Point (formerly Albee Square Mall), BAM Cultural District, Barclays Center
This tour will highlight the development that has recreated downtown Brooklyn as a result of the Downtown Brooklyn Rezoning of 2004. We will also go into political conversations around the use of the rezoning to build new affordable housing and the use of eminent domain at Atlantic Yards in the construction of the Barclays Center.
Themes Covered: History of Downtown Brooklyn, NYC Land use policy, 421a and state tax abatements, Public housing and affordable housing policy
Sites Covered: MetroTech Promenade, 227 Abolitionist Place (Underground Railroad stop), Myrtle Avalon Plaza, The Giovanni (formerly Associated Site), City Point (formerly Albee Square Mall), BAM Cultural District, Barclays Center