Joy Chatel and Lewis Greenstein started organizing together in the spring of 2004 after they learned that their properties were at risk of being seized by the city under eminent domain. The unassuming wood-frame buildings on Duffield Street, near the Manhattan Bridge, fall within the area affected by the Downtown Brooklyn Redevelopment Plan. – Emma Rebhorn, The Case of The Duffield Street Homes (Brooklyn Rail)
SUGGESTED READING:
- A Juneteenth Riddle: Was Duffield Street a stop on the Underground Railroad – NYTimes City Blog – June 19, 2007
- The Case of the Duffield Street Homes – The Brooklyn Rail – September 2007