Shawn Hoke
Eastern Parkway, the dividing line between north and south Crown Heights.
In the quarter-century since a three-day explosion of violence there, steady effort has produced a more cooperative relationship in the neighborhood. Worries about gentrification and displacement now worry both communities.
A few years ago, from New York’s City Hall to the state house to the Obama administration, everyone was excited about the prospect of creating thousands of green jobs. The result differs from the rhetoric.
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