Case Study: Sheepshead Bay

When people hear “Sheepshead Bay”, they always think about the big beautiful houses and small local business surrounding the bay area. The bay is a portion that separates Coney Island from Manhattan Beach. It has a small boardwalk where many of the local businesses have settled down for years. People know the area to be a small and close friendly neighborhood. However, there are more sightings of condos being built in this neighborhood that was once filled with big houses and small stores. In this ethnographic fieldwork, I am going to investigate how the residents of the Bay are responding to the construction of condos being built around the area. This investigation will focus on how the construction of condos for people outside of the Sheepshead Bay community affects the community residents. Although subtle, the construction of condos is known to bring in people of different class, ethnicities, gender, and race to the community already residing there. Many residents of the Sheepshead Bay area cannot deny that it is one of the most warming and beautiful areas located in Brooklyn. The area was named Sheepshead due to the fish that was predominately seen in the water but can no longer be found today. …show more content…
The business started in 1970s and was passed down for 40 years in the Venetoklis family. The community knew the Venetoklis as humble and caring. Every Thanksgiving they hosted a traditional feast that would feed 600 people. Many residents of Sheepshead Bay say that the area will never be the same. The 90,000-square foot area is now being used to develop a 58-unit condo called The Vue. The building itself is only allowed for recreational businesses. City planners believe it is a proper site to build the condo because there are many conveniently close businesses like Applebee’s, Loehmann’s, Chase, and Bally’s Fitness that will attract