Gentrification Hits Greenpoint: FI2W’s Ewa Kern Jedrychowska on WNYC, New York Public Radio

Polish stores in Greenpoint, Brooklyn (Anna Majkowska/Flickr)

Ewa Kern-Jedrychowska’s recent story on WNYC focused on long-time Polish residents of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, who are being forced out of their apartments by high rents and landlord harassment. She also reported that many in Greenpoint’s Polish community welcome the recent changes to their neighborhood, including new businesses and a major infusion of city funds to revitalize McCarren Park.

Click here to see the story on WNYC’s website or press play below to listen.

Ewa’s story aired on May 23, 2007, and was WNYC’s #1 most emailed story for the week of May 28, 2007. You can also read Ewa’s article about the making of her story here.

To read what other websites are saying about the Greenpoint story and the issues it raises, click on the links below.

http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2007/05/24/waiting-for-help-in-greenpoint/

http://www.gothamcityinsider.com/2007/05/feet-in-two-worlds-greenpoint-brooklyn.html

http://nycslav.blogspot.com/2007/05/polish-greenpoint-endangered-cultural.html

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