Yesterday the Times profiled Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, the rapidly gentrifying boulevard and the “epicenter of renaissance” previously seen in Park Slope and Williamsburg. Though there are plenty of residents in the historically black and Hasidic neighborhood that welcome the influx of students, young professionals and families, a Crown Heights native and Medgar Evers professor notes,”There’s a social cohesion gap right now.” And Nick Juravitch, a Columbia grad student and Crown Heights blogger, tells us, “There definitely is to certain degrees. But there are also signs that the groups living in the neighborhood are becoming remarkably integrated.” [ more › ]

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Crown Heights Gentrification Doesn’t Always Fit Narrative