Wednesday, January 2, 2013
There is Now a Literal Map of Brooklyn's Gentrification
Posted by Virginia K. Smith on Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 12:42 PM
As Atlantic Cities points out, property values are spiking pretty much where you'd expect them to — Gowanus and Prospects Lefferts Gardens are in higher demand, and ridiculous fucking Williamsburg is now a ridiculous fucking 174 percent more expensive than it was less than a decade ago. Which is totally preposterous, and certainly scary for anyone looking to move to or just not get priced out of these neighborhoods, but again, pretty much what we all knew was going on in the first place.
What's a bit more startling is just how uneven this pattern really is, given that prices in the actual majority of the borough, and particularly neighborhoods like Brownsville and East Flatbush, are remaining largely stagnant and even dropping.
Click through to Property Shark for an enlarged, interactive reminder of the fact that you might not be able to afford your apartment that much longer. That, and that any given trend piece talking about say, the "Brooklyn Look," is referring to probably less than a third of this enormous place we live in.
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Virginia K. Smith
Virginia K. Smith is the Assistant Editor at The L Magazine and a Bushwick resident. Her profile picture was taken at Summerscreen, because she is a real team player.
