Ask ten longtime Brooklyn residents what’s changed over the last 30 years, and you’ll probably get ten different answers.
Some will point to rising rents. Others will blame luxury developments, chain stores, or the endless parade of influencers photographing their coffee that forever changed their neighborhoods.
But mention neighborhoods like Williamsburg, DUMBO, or Downtown Brooklyn, and many longtime residents will tell you the same thing: “It’s not the Brooklyn I grew up in.”…