Talk:Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

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No mention of the history of Hip-Hop in Bed-Stuy? Seems like after South Bronx, this would be one of the most influential areas, and worthy of at least a mention.

So feel free to add factual material if you have it. This is Wikipedia. -- Cecropia 05:53, 13 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Pronounciation

What is the correct pronounciation of Stuyvesant? I'm Dutch myself, but I can assume in English it would be said differently. Soetermans 12:31, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

Locally, it is pronounced STY-vuh-SINT, with the last syllable less emphasized than the first. How would you say it? -- Cecropia 18:37, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

That is hard to explain, because in Dutch the 'stuy' part is pronounced differently. I don't think that in English there's a similar sound to it. About the 'sant' part, that's said like you read it (sant is old-Dutch for zand, sand ofcourse).Soetermans

[edit] Context of race riots

I recontextualiized (is that a word?) the nature of the later race riots. By the latter part of the decade, rioting occurred in the broader context of the social and political climate in the U.S. of the time, not specific to problems in Bed-Stuy. Partly because of Mayor Lindsay, NYC suffered less than many other communities after the initial riots. -- Cecropia 16:33, 10 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Naming

I think this should be moved back to Bedford-Stuyvesant, sans the ", Brooklyn". I believe "Bed-Stuy" is well known enough to get it changed back to Bedford-Stuyvesant. --Zimbabweed 22:36, 21 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree, Bedford-Stuyvesant has long been synonymous with being a section of its own. People don't usually refer to it as Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. It's either Bedstuy, Bedford-Stuyvesant, Stuy or an amalgamation of Bedford-Stuyvesant.--Redwolfb14 17:16, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

What was the name of the street, where Nicky Cruz lived? -Wonderer from Finland