265 Rogers (at Carroll) to become a shelter

In the grand scheme of things -- and barring cataclysmic economic disaster, bordering on apocalypse or military invasion -- the Bergen Street shelter is just a blip on the radar for the growing affluence of neighborhoods like Crown Heights and Lefferts. The rich in Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens and Park Slope have downzoned and landmarked themselves into time capsules. Commute from outside the city are horrendous, meaning people will want to live in the City, marginally or truly closer to work. The Middle/Upper Middle Bougie class will continue pushing into Crown Heights. In 10-15 years, the shelter operators and halfway houses will lose their leases and sell to bougies or developers. This is just a temporary setback -- if at all. When the $900,000 brownstones next to the Bergen House shelter come on the market (ha ha!), I'm sure there will be eagle-eyed people waiting to pounce, and happy to put up with a shelter for a bit.  

faithful813 said:

....how does Crown Heights get away from this vicious cycle?  How can we woo the powerful and affluent if on every other block we have shelters, methadone clinics, halfway houses, etc.  The powerful and affluent will remain in Brooklyn Heights, Park Slope, etc. because they don't want these facilities as "their" neighbors.  Due to their affluence and power, they have that option.

You 'woo' the powerful and affluent by having available housing for them. When the city or state owns and/or subsidizes facilities (like housing, shelters, etc.) they stifle the market and therefore the ability for others to move in.