ABOUT ENYRC
East New York Run Club (ENYRC) was created by the agitHYPE collective to promote community, health, and wellness. It was also developed to educate others about the changing landscape.
ABOUT EAST NEW YORK, BROOKLYN
East New York (ENY) is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, United States. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough line to the north; the Queens borough line to the east; Jamaica Bay to the south, and the Bay Ridge Branch railroad tracks and Van Sinderen Avenue to the west. Linden Boulevard, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Atlantic Avenue are the primary thoroughfares through East New York.
Since the late 1950s East New York has had some of the highest crime rates in Brooklyn, and is considered by some to be the borough's murder capital, alongside Brownsville. Many social problems associated with poverty from crime to drug addiction have been prevalent in the area for decades. Despite the decline of crime compared to their peaks during the crack and heroin epidemics, violent crime continues to be widespread in the community.[15] East New York's 75th Police Precinct reported the highest murder rate in the city in 2011, according to crime reports compiled by DNAinfo.com. East New York has significantly higher dropout rates and incidences of violence in its schools.[16]
ADDITIONAL ARTICLES ABOUT EAST NEW YORK
Crime in East New York
“The 75 Precinct in East New York, we have a big spike in shootings, 67%. Brownsville, Brooklyn up 67% in shooting incidents as well,” Chief of Department Rodney Harrison said.
https://newyork.cbslocal.com/2021/04/21/safe-summer-nyc-plan-bill-de-blasio-gun-violence-nypd/
Farming in East New York
The USDA estimates 39 million people across the U.S. live in neighborhoods like East New York, without easy access to healthy, fresh food — a pattern that largely follows racial lines.
-https://www.vice.com/en/article/5dpv98/food-justice-in-east-brooklyn
Rezoning in East New York
“The city has fallen short on a lot of the promises that were to come through for the East New York rezone,” says Alexa Sloan, organizing member of the Coalition for Community Advancement: Progress for Cypress Hills and East New York.
ABOUT AGITHYPE
AgitHYPE is a concept around pop culture and political strategy in which agitation and marketing are used to influence and mobilize public opinion. The idea is a portmanteau ("pawt" + "MAN" + "toh"); it combines the two words: agitated and hype.