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Housing & Tenants Rights
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: …
Culture & Community
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 …
Education
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 …
Health & Wellness
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 …
Civic Life & Voting
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 …
Jobs & Economy
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 …