New York Times – A Brooklyn Neighborhood Where Airbnb Is Being Put to the Test

July 4, 2016
Bedford-Stuyvesant, a historically African-American neighborhood in Brooklyn, has become one of the latest battlegrounds in the war between New York City and Airbnb. A study released last week showed that rents had risen fastest in the New York City neighborhoods where Airbnb, which lets users list their homes for short-term rentals, is the most popular — including gentrifying, predominately minority neighborhoods like Bedford-Stuyvesant….
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/04/technology/a-brooklyn-neighborhood-where-airbnb-is-being-put-to-the-test.html?_r=0