In order to start Naveera logged in through the Brooklyn College library website and based on the video tutorial invited us through the collaborate option on Social Explorer. Then we looked at the areas close to the waterfront close to a recent housing development project called Hallett’s Point which will be the focus of our analysis of gentrification in Astoria. Looking at the Hallet’s Point area between the 2012 and 2016 maps, we can see that rent prices have gone up $300 in the area from around $1,500-$1,800 that’s going to be developed while the nearby public housing prices remained constant at around $600. This lines up with what we’ve seen in gentrification in the past, with increasing rent prices, which will in turn push out the local population that can’t afford it.
By Astoria Group: Chrismal Abraham, Priyanka Algu, Prashanth Thomas, Naveera Arif
