Sunset Park Newsroom
A community newsroom in one of Brooklyn's most diverse neighborhoods, where residents from Chinese, Latino, and Middle Eastern communities share stories about the issues that shape their daily lives.
Sunset Park is home to one of NYC's largest Chinatowns and a vibrant Latino community. Many residents are immigrants, small business owners, and essential workers. Housing, language access, and immigrant rights are top concerns.
Featured Stories
When the Rent Letter Comes: Tenants in Sunset Park Face a New Wave of Increases
Inside the 8th Avenue Night Market: How Sunset Park's Chinatown Feeds a Borough
Youth Voices: What Sunset Park Teens Want Adults to Know About School
Recent Stories
When the Rent Letter Comes: Tenants in Sunset Park Face a New Wave of Increases
For 15 years, the Rodriguez family has called their two-bedroom apartment on 4th Avenue home. Last month, a letter slipped under their door changed everything: a 28% rent increase, effective …
Inside the 8th Avenue Night Market: How Sunset Park's Chinatown Feeds a Borough
Walk down 8th Avenue between 50th and 65th Streets on any Saturday evening and you'll find a world unto itself. Steam rises from sidewalk carts selling jianbing and scallion pancakes. …
Youth Voices: What Sunset Park Teens Want Adults to Know About School
When Kevin Ramirez started at Sunset Park High School three years ago, his English class had 34 students and not enough desks. "Some kids sat on the windowsill for the …
The Clinic on 3rd: How One Health Center Serves 12,000 Patients in 15 Languages
NYU Langone Family Health Center on 3rd Avenue in Sunset Park sees over 12,000 patients a year, many of them uninsured immigrants who have nowhere else to go. The clinic …
Voting in a New Language: What Sunset Park Learned from the Last Election
In the 2024 general election, Sunset Park's polling sites saw record turnout among Chinese-speaking voters — a shift that community organizers attribute to years of patient, multilingual outreach that started …
The Women of 5th Avenue: Three Bakery Owners on Running a Business While Raising a Family
Maria Elena Gutierrez opens her bakery at 5:30 every morning. By 6 AM, the first tray of conchas is in the oven and her two children are asleep upstairs. By …
Past Story Circles
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Mar 23, 2026Youth Media Lab: Tell Your School's Story
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Mar 16, 20268th Avenue Stories: Food, Family, and the Business of Feeding a Neighborhood
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Mar 9, 2026Housing Rights Know-Your-Rights Workshop
Community Bulletins
The Sunset Park Voice
Youth voices on education, the women of 5th Avenue, and health access in our community.
The Sunset Park Voice
Our first issue covers tenant rights, 8th Avenue food businesses, and an introduction to the Library Newsroom.