Brooklyn was a largely African American section of Charlotte, North Carolina. It was home to many businesses, residences, and churches. The neighborhood was demolished for an urban …

Located in Charlotte’s Second Ward, the Brooklyn neighborhood was a predominantly black community that thrived as a self-sustainable town within a town. With vibrant shops, schools …

Brooklyn Village is a 17 acres (6.9 ha) development in Uptown Charlotte that broke ground in Fall 2023. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] It is paying tribute to a former black neighborhood in the Second Ward of …

Jul 18, 2023 · In its heyday, Brooklyn was a thriving Black business center; “an African American city-within-the-city, complete with its own downtown.”2 While the socio-economic level of …

Feb 13, 2024 · Brooklyn was a bustling, predominately Black community where Uptown's Second Ward is today. The nonprofit Brooklyn Collective tries to ensure its lessons live on.

Brooklyn was a largely African-American neighborhood which emerged in uptown Charlotte, North Carolina at the turn of the 20th century.

Apr 17, 2023 · Brooklyn was a predominantly African-American neighborhood that resided in what takes up most of Charlotte's Second Ward today. After facing demolition in the 1960s-1970s …

Mar 18, 2016 · Much of this occurred in the 1960s and ’70s, as Charlotte embarked on an “urban renewal” plan that destroyed its largest black neighborhood – a community known as …

Dec 16, 2020 · Brooklyn was a neighborhood in Charlotte, North Carolina, located in the Second Ward of the city. It was a majority black community, developing its own churches, schools, and …

Jul 30, 2019 · Instead of a mixed-use complex that welcomes broadly diversified mixed-income residents (55% Workforce Housing; 25% Exclusively Market Rate Housing; 20% Transitional …