gentrification

A Bob Marley mural is removed weeks after the vacant lot at Eastern Parkway and Franklin Avenue is sold.

More than 60 businesses have signed a petition asking the one-way traffic to switch directions.

A plan covering 140 blocks of northern Bedford-Stuyvesant would keep development to major thoroughfares.

Grand Street has a 14 percent vacancy rate — and the local BID is trying to bring it more life.

Lakeside Lounge is closing because of changes in the East Village over the past 16 years.

Brooklyn Fox is opening a women's boutique at a Bedford storefront where a deli once stood.

Some community organizers criticize the inaugural TEDxHarlem event for not being 'grassroots' enough.

The owners of Boulevard are opening a bar next door in April.

Inez Dickens called for a boycott of Cedric eatery amid claims the owner discriminated against patrons.

Cedric Bistro co-owner Cedric Lecendre says he was threatened by patrons who later claimed racism.

A Bushwick gallery owner will host a panel discussing the influence of money in the art local art scene.

Harlem anti-violence advocates called for stiffer gun penalties after a woman was shot Sunday.

A new study says the proposed Chelsea Market expansion will help bring billions to the city, but critics raised doubts about the report's objectivity.

Former Mayor Ed Koch lauded the East Village's transformation during a reading for local schoolchildren Wednesday.

Changes to Harlem have not stemmed the demand for good soul food.