PROJECTS

Sunset Park Peers Project: Towards a Sunset Park Community Land Trust

Rodrigo Camarena, Antoinette Martinez, Genesis Aquino

Sunset Park is a prime target for the real estate industry which has sought to upzone our industrial waterfront and, over the years, contributed to the rapid displacement of long-time residents through speculation. The Sunset Park community continues to face threats from both private and public actors intent on launching large-scale development project with little to no community input or mechanism for community ownership.

The project aims to engage Sunset Park tenant organizers, activists, and community leaders in a deliberative and democratic community visioning process that will result in the creation of a Sunset Park Community Land Trust. Our project aims to build off of existing research and momentum from current and new community stakeholders to together envision what a model for community land ownership and stewardship could look like in South Brooklyn.