Here are two radio broadcasts about Farragut Houses residents, the waterfront, the changing neighborhood and the involvement of the community in the local school. They are 6 minutes and 3 minutes long. Perhaps they can help some of the teams with your projects.
Longtime Residents Witness Brooklyn Waterfront’s Changing Fortune
http://www.wnyc.org/story/community-s-watched-change-unfold-along-brooklyn-waterfront/
History Repeats Itself in Brooklyn School Rezoning
http://www.wnyc.org/story/history-repeats-itself-two-brooklyn-schools-changing-neighborhoods