About Bedford-Stuyvesant
Bedford–Stuyvesant colloquially known as Bed–Stuy is a neighborhood in the north-central portion of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The neighborhood is a major cultural center for Brooklyn's African American population. For most of its early history, Stuyvesant Heights was part of the outlying farm area of the small hamlet of Bedford, settled by the Dutch during the 17th century within the incorporated town of Breuckelen. Beginning in the 2000s, the neighborhood began to experience gentrification.