Gentrification in Harlem is necessary to reduce the crime rate. Crime rate has been one of the reasons for why it has decreased its real estate value. As the author of “The Gentrification of Harlem” Maya Bryant puts it herself, “The maintenance of neighborhood buildings was successively neglected and overcrowding, disease and crime became widespread” (Bryant).

Way back Harlem was having no change towards trying to invest in their infrastructure because of the idea that Harlem was Harlem due to its culture and race. Nowadays that there has been a change in how buildings and streets are modernizing has shown a raise in the chart when it comes to employment and housing.

Proponents say that the rezoning will create nearly 9,000 jobs, provide hundreds of units of affordable housing and lead to more restaurants and shops in the neighborhood(Fellowship). If jobs increase, there is more capital moving in Harlem, and if there is enough capital in this neighborhood, it increases tourism, safety, high quality schools referring to Harlem’s education and as well coming back to more possibilities of having a job. In sum this will give local economic stability through time because of being an affluent neighborhood.