The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York

In a bustling industrial community in Queens, New York, immigrant small business owners band together to fight a development plan that would bulldoze their slice of the American Dream.
by Prudence Katze, William Lehman201783 mins
The Iron Triangle: Willets Point and the Remaking of New York
NYC’s government is advancing plans for a high-end entertainment district that would completely wipe out a dynamic and historic industrial ecosystem. Together with a band of activists, the workers of Willets Point are racing against the clock to forestall their impending eviction.
Synopsis
Targeted for several failed redevelopment plans dating back to the days of Robert Moses, Willets Point, a gritty area in New York City known as the “Iron Triangle,” is the home of hundreds of immigrant-run, auto repair shops that thrive despite a lack of municipal infrastructure support. During the last year of the Bloomberg Administration, NYC’s government advanced plans for a “dynamic” high-end entertainment district that would completely wipe out this historic industrial core. The year is 2013, and the workers of Willets Point are racing against the clock to forestall their impending eviction. Their story launches an investigation into New York City’s history as the front line of deindustrialization, urban renewal, and gentrification.
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