In the 1980s, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, was a predominantly Latino and black area of New York City, but since the mid-1990s, landlords have pushed out tenants, renovated buildings, and rented out units for dramatically higher prices. This process is called:

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The process of landlords pushing out tenants, renovating buildings, and renting out units for higher prices in a previously lower-income neighborhood is called gentrification or urban renewal. This is precisely what happened in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Conurbation refers to the merging of cities or urban areas, metropolization refers to the growth and development of a metropolitan area, and urbanization refers to the process of an area becoming more urbanized. While these concepts may be related to gentrification, they are not the specific process at hand.

In the 1980s, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Was a Predominantly Latino and Black