Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Table of Contents 7
3. Acknowledgements 11
4. Prologue. Brooklyn Is Expanding: Introductory Notes on a Global Borough 15
5. Chapter one. Global Brooklyn: A Prehistory 35
6. Chapter two. Chants Undemocratic 59
7. Chapter three. Community, Migration, Displacement 77
8. Chapter four. Toxicity 95
9. Chapter five. Fighting Police Brutality in Global Brooklyn: From Ferguson to NYC 117
10. Chapter six. The World City and the Space of Neighborhoods: The Battle of Brooklyn 139
11. Chapter seven. Of Tempests and Storms: Super-Storm Sandy and Climate Chaos in Global Brooklyn 165
12. Chapter eight. Community Gardening, Creative Activism, and the Struggle for Open Space 185
13. Chapter nine. Rethinking Jay Street and the Downtown the City Forgot: Lost Between Double-parked Cars and Ugly Buildings 209
14. Epilogue. The Global Street 227
15. Endnotes 251
16. The Authors 281