Gabrielle Alwi

April 23, 2014

English 1121 – D428

Research Paper – Part I

Brooklyn through the Years

The New York Nets (Brooklyn Nets) moved backed to New Jersey at the merger of ABA – NBA after the 1976 season. 37 years of drought, Brooklyn was a city with no basketball team; not until 2012 where they moved back to Brooklyn, New York. The city of Brooklyn changed throughout the decades. From crowded fan base in the 1950’s, gangs and poverty in the 1980’s and 90’s and now it is back to the bright high paying Brooklyn. The Brooklyn waterfront was a place where many families grew up and memories were made there until changes came along and the whole society shifted. Now in 2014, after years of waiting, the Brooklyn waterfront has turned into the spot where everyone has to visit.

Residents of Brooklyn work hard every day at their work place and school to achieve their goals. With all their bills and payments on their table every month, they do not need to worry about anything else beside their own personal life. With the heart of New York sitting across the river, Brooklyn has rising and becoming like Manhattan. Rents and mortgages are rising rapidly and homeowners are complaining and going against the battle to fight for their city. Going back in the 1990’s, Brooklyn was known as they city of crime and danger. Brooklyn had the highest crime rate percentage throughout the whole New York City. Many people avoided going to Brooklyn knowing that it was dangerous and unsafe. Today, it is the total opposite and residents are questioned to why such thing it going on.