Race and Survival: Examining the Interplay of Demand and Supply Factors on Black-Owned Businesses During Gentrification in New York City

Urban Affairs Review, Volume 61, Issue 3, Page 623-657, May 2025.
Using an analytic autoethnography, this study investigates the survival of 20 Black-owned businesses, including the author’s, amidst gentrification in Fort Greene, Brooklyn, New York. It introduces a demand-supply framework, illustrating that survival …