A Brooklyn Neighborhood Where Airbnb Is Being Put to the Test
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Manny’s, a cafe in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Airbnb says its service helps bring more customers to small businesses in minority neighborhoods. CreditDeidre Schoo for The New York Times
Bedford-Stuyvesant, a historically African-American neighborhood in Brooklyn, has become one of the latest battlegrounds in the war between New York City and Airbnb.
A study released last week showed that rents had risen fastest in the New York City neighborhoods where Airbnb, which lets users list their homes for short-term rentals, is the most popular — including gentrifying, predominately minority neighborhoods like Bedford-Stuyvesant. The report, called “Short Changing New York City,” used 2015 Airbnb data and was commissioned by affordable housing advocates who had long been critics of Airbnb…
A Brooklyn Neighborhood Where Airbnb Is Being Put to the Test
