See if your neighborhood is about to be gentrified with this handy interactive map

The dapmap lets you see how bad things really are in each neighborhood. Gentrification is New York’s white whale, and no amount of low-stakes ukulele songs about the issue are going to rein it in. Trying to determine who’s actually “part of the problem” is so 2015. Anti-gentrification sentiments are better put towards neighborhood engagement and community organizing to fight the thing, both of which are newly made easier with this ^^^ handy interactive gentrification map. The Displacement Project Alert Map, a project of the Association for Neighborhoods and Housing Development (ANHD), lets you see where gentrification is doing its worst in the city. It’s web-based, so it updates frequently. You can search the map by council districts, community boards or zip codes. Buildings are colored along a gradual spectrum ranging from pale yellow to dark red, the darker colored buildings indicating a higher risk of its tenants facing displacement. The ANHD’s analysis of risk is determined by three factors: Loss of rent-regulated units in the building Volume of NYC Department of Buildings… Read More

See if your neighborhood is about to be gentrified with this handy interactive map : Brokelyn

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