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House for sale/let in the Bedford Section. Brand new three story plus
basement in Stuyvesant Heights. These are the ads that you would see
120 years ago in the Brooklyn news papers. I was looking at an old map
of the Bedford Stuyvesant area and the neighborhood was split up into
areas such as Tompkins Park (or East Brooklyn), Bedford Corners (or
Hancock Heights) and Stuyvesant Heights. When many outsiders hear the name Bed-Stuy the first thing that comes to mind is someplace negative. It is true that in the 1980s and early 1990s it was a time when the area was full of crime and drugs. Bed-Stuy is a rather
new name that started in middle of the last century. Could a name
change be good for the neighborhood? As many of you know Bedford Stuyvesant is in the process of landmarking different sections of the neighborhood such as Bedford Corners Historic District, Agate and Alice Ct Historic District, Ocean Hill Historic District and extending Stuyvesant Heights Historic District. Do you think a name change is what it
takes to draw higher end businesses into the area? Right now we are starting all over again with landmarking. It was started in the mid 80s but someone dropped the ball.
What do you think about the breaking up of the area and going back to the Victorian names?