Community

Residents Gathered This Weekend To Discuss Rezoning In Bushwick

Bushwick residents gathered at MayDay Space to talk about displacement and share their fears.

By Andrew Karpan

Sept. 11, 2018 · 5 min read

Community

Residents Gathered This Weekend To Discuss Rezoning In Bushwick

Bushwick residents gathered at MayDay Space to talk about displacement and share their fears.

Andrew Karpan September 11, 2018Sep 11, 2018 · 5 min read

Residents Gathered This Weekend To Discuss Rezoning In Bushwick

Ariella Riapos doesn’t believe anyone in Bushwick should wait and certainly doesn’t think anyone should bother seeing any proposal to rezone Bushwick.

A charismatic Pace graduate who wore a black t-shirt reading “Brooklyn Is Not For Sale,” Riapos is a founding member of the anti-gentrification group G-REBLS and has been among…

The rest of this story is for members.

Enter your email to continue.

Joining and signing in need JavaScript, which is off in this browser. Turn it on and reload this page, or email alec@bushwickdaily.com.

Privacy Membership terms Contact

Thanks for being a member.

Filed underaffordable housing / Bushwick / Displacement / Gentrification / Housing / Mayday Space / Rezoning / Town Hall / town hall meeting

Andrew Karpan.

Share this story

Facebook Twitter Email

Written by Andrew Karpan View all posts

Reach North Brooklyn, and the New Yorkers who read it.

Written in Bushwick, read across the city since 2009.

129K site visitors a month 1–2M Instagram impressions a month 24K email list members

Advertise with us →

Residents Gathered This Weekend To Discuss Rezoning In Bushwick

Residents Gathered This Weekend To Discuss Rezoning In Bushwick

The rest of this story is for members.

Read next

Bushwick housing lottery opens two one-bedrooms at 1052 Willoughby Avenue for $2,139 a month

Brooklyn’s political crowd has a favorite restaurant: Peaches in Bed-Stuy, 58 orders and $17,951 since July 2025

Today’s governor vote decides whether the Working Families Party keeps the line 12 local candidates run on

Voters who used the Bushwick and Arlington libraries in June have new poll sites today

Reach North Brooklyn, and the New Yorkers who read it.

Check your email. We sent a 6-digit code to .

Finish the story. Become a member.

You’re a member.

The rest of this story is for members.The rest of this story is for members.

Read next

Bushwick housing lottery opens two one-bedrooms at 1052 Willoughby Avenue for $2,139 a month

Brooklyn’s political crowd has a favorite restaurant: Peaches in Bed-Stuy, 58 orders and $17,951 since July 2025

Today’s governor vote decides whether the Working Families Party keeps the line 12 local candidates run on

Voters who used the Bushwick and Arlington libraries in June have new poll sites today

14 anti-ICE protesters arrested after blocking the Brooklyn Bridge over the shooting of Oscar Belgal

Mamdani announces $1.6 million for ‘The Wick Against Violence,’ a Bushwick-based violence prevention group

NYC Parks lays out timelines for North Brooklyn park projects in October update

Reynoso renews Brooklyn’s $50,000 community baby shower fund for a third year

Raw sewage has overflowed at a Williamsburg NYCHA complex for more than a decade. The community board has invited NYCHA to discuss it Tuesday.

Knickerbocker Avenue will be co-named “Alvarado Ave” for a year to honor Knicks guard Jose Alvarado

Reach North Brooklyn, and the New Yorkers who read it.

The rest of this story is for members.