Nobody Lives in This Part of NYC… Why?

This part of new york has zero residents, and that doesnt make any sense.

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[taylorlibby]

The problem is that the services those businesses provide are actually useful and used. When you push that type of light industrial/light manufacturing (Cash keeps harping on that word, but it includes things like metal shops, machine shops, plumbing shops, electrical shops, etc, etc) out people still need the services they provide. People in NYC still need tire shops, auto repairs, restaurant supplies (a BIG deal in NYC) etc. It's short sighted to not consider where those needed businesses will go if they're pushed out of where they've been located for 60+ years.

[Trizzy_]

I actually grew up on that block on Nostrand Ave in Crown Heights as a child where Cash was talking to the Halal Guys back in the early to late 90s. Back then two bedroom apartments were like $700 -$800 ( You could even find a 1 bedroom for like $500-$600) a month and rent stabilized. Now fast forward to now those exact same apartments are going for up to $2500 a month like the guy said.

While Im glad the neighborhood is being developed and not as bad compared to how it used to be 20-30 years ago, (They used to call Crown Heights "Crime Heights")
At the same time, Its also sad that all the local mom and pop shops that have been there since the 1980s that provides services the local community actually needs are being pushed out and replaced for un-affordable housing and random cafes with horrible food.

75% of people who are renting these apartments in that area of Crown Heights/Bed-Stuy & Clinton Hill are not even native New Yorkers. The Native New Yorkers who actually grew up in these neighborhoods for decades are being pushed out because they can't afford it anymore due to gentrification.

[karlitop]

The “Affordable Housing” is not even affordable lol

[ThisWontEndWell]

We have had mixed-use development in Europe since forever it makes for very livable neighbourhoods.

[keet]

Your videos have been so dope and very informative the last 2weeks. Love your videos.

[AmyLSchulte]

This just shows how the local government likes to boo hoo about the problems but do nothing about it.

[Morisu-Chan]

Poor zoning is what I would say, they should also allow businesses to build residential above the business, so the land can be used as both a business and a home for either the business owner or some tenants.

[kittensugars]

Cash, you're a real estate agent, and a damn fine journalist, I am continually impressed.

[annaprigliano]

1, 500 affordable housing units will never be enough, for the lower income people. they need to make the entire building for lower income, and state run if necessary. Private investors will only jack the prices up. There will be no light at the end of the tunnel the way things are going, now and in the future.

[Grandstreet]

The massive scale of the proposed residential buildings to solve the problem of too few apartments will wipe out those small scale neighborhoods that Cash likes. There also needs to be a real understanding of what is meant when someone says "affordable" the truth is the cost of housing would still be out of the reach of most of those who would want it.

[mgkelly]

This idea seems silly. You can’t run a city on restaurants and coffee shops. People need the light industrial businesses to maintain the city. Those type businesses tend to be noisy, a little smelly, and unattractive places that people don’t want in their neighborhoods. Even poor people complain about them.

[lyfsalgorhythm]

the more you build, the more people you squeeze in the more traffic and parking becomes a problem. more is not better.

[the.magic.catbus]

Another thing to note is that more and more of the”affordable” apartments are for people that make $100K or more. The ones for people making $60K+ a year are about 50% or more of your income. Very few lottery apartments are set aside for people making less than $50K a year. The ones that are for people making a lower income are usually on the outskirts of the boroughs.

[imstuman]

We have "affordable" housing where I live. It's only slightly less than private rents. We need to start helping our working classes on lower salaries.

[leomoon]

I lived in Manhattan during the late 60"s, 70", 80"s, 90's, and 2000's and saw how these type of "development" was responsible for the displacement of the old time residents. A good example is the East Village, where many old time residents were pushed out after the rents started to escalate to numbers never before seen. A few so called "affordable" units won't resolve the issue. I could mention many other areas were this happened and the displacement of the working poor accelerated.

[ADanielle]

oh shit thats my block in between bed stuy and crown heights off Atlantic ave..behind that cleaners @ 3:38 is a castle looking bldg..that was a WWII era military station its now a homeless shelter for men.😅 I live in the residential area and the problem is gentrification has hit this area so hard that The Working class residents who have lived here for 40 plus years are rubbing shoulders with the rich wealthy workers from Manhattan and young professional transplants From other parts of New York and out-of-state that Independent landlords love to exploit are in an unspoken tug-of-war for the community .

The gentrification/inflation combo has taken the neighborhood to the point Where NO ONE can afford to live here in the area Comfortably Without some form of government assistance Or simply going without Because of landlords jacking up the rent 4 times the amount just to match the Local Market rate..

Poverty isn't always easy to see behind war era Crown moulded Buildings

[uchn]

you need spaces like this in the future to survive as a community. these small businesses are very helpful to the normal new yorkers that live nearby. you just cant convert everything to residential so some corporation can develop on it. the reason why people cant live anywhere is because its too expensive and thats becuase of NYC taxes and greedy landlords

[EnglishMuslimsongs]

The soil and pipes are probably industrial grade which means they are too polluted for residential development.

[illicious]

I use to own a 6 unit rent stabilized building on lowery street off queens blvd from 1973 to 2014.
I don't know why no one ever talks about this but to make apartments more affordable they need to lower the property taxes.
Taxes was 17+ thousand and prolly at 20k by now.
Add 6k water, 7k insurance and 10k maintenance a year with $1000 or lower rent controlled apartments and it is just not doable.
I know of buildings throughout the boroughs that pay 30k to 85k back then but in Manhattan it is atrocious and couldn't imagine what it is today.
There is no way to offer an apartment at a reasonable rent unless they start with significantly lowering them taxes which would lead to lower everything else to maintain a building.
The cost to the landlord is a huge problem and should be the main issue.

[judyt.]

Affordable until they figure out how to turn them into luxury apts. Maybe?