Labor Day weekend marks the first in-person West Indian Day parade in three years and, due to rapid gentrification, longtime residents of Flatbush find themselves facing a drastically different Brooklyn than the one they have come to call home.
r, noting that the over policing has become a significant turnoff for the community.
However, that invitation comes with complexities; as a member of local residential Facebook groups such as Ditmas Park and Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Worrell has seen firsthand how gentrification can take its toll on long-held traditions. Worrell emphasized that the celebrations are a way for communities to protect their cultural legacy and heritage for the future generations. “When you have people calling and saying, well, my baby is sleeping or my dog can't sleep, and then the police are coming to interrupt, or saying that you can't play anymore, what does that do?” She said, adding that people are already being priced out of the neighborhood.
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