Which Neighborhoods Will Be Gentrified Next?
Sunset Park
Oh, c’mon. Ever since gentrification started people have been threatening that Sunset Park would be NEXT, and while you see a few funny-looking white people getting off the R at 45th Street, the neighborhood is still solidly Latino to the west, Chinese to the east. I guess the real threat is the redeveloping once-industrial waterfront, where artists are moving and where there will soon be a park—just the sort of thing gentrifiers love! Also, Jacques Torres is opening a factory down there, which the Times sees as a sure sign of gentrification, because Jacques Torres opened a shop in DUMBO a decade ago. Riiiiight… [photo]