Documenting Brooklyn,
Fighting Gentrification

Get Involved

Don’t Let Gentrification Force You Out of Brooklyn.

We Say Before It’s Gone // Take It Back!

  • Being harassed by your landlord or feel like your rights as a tenant are being violated?
  • Have a landlord who refuses to make repairs or denies you gas, heat, or hot water?
  • Lived in Brooklyn a long time and afraid you might get priced out due to gentrification?
  • New to the building and unsure if you are being overcharged for rent or if your apartment is rent-stabilized?

Here are the ways you can get Help from & work with B4G:

Contact Us

Website: www.equalityforflatbush.org

Contact: B4G@equalityforflatbush.org or call /text (646)820–6039

En Español: EnEspanol@equalityforflatbush.org or call/text (513) 445–8532

En Kréyol: EnKreyol@equalityforflatbush.org or call/text (707) 200–3692

Work with Us

We have 9 different working groups that work across and support all E4F/B4G/BAN campaigns.

To join a working group fill out our form.

  1. Police Accountability Working Group (PAW)
    Help support community members and families impacted by police murders, fighting for the rights of the street vendors or/and dollar van drivers of Flatbush, Brooklyn.
  2. The Language Justice Team
    We need bilingual and multilingual activists to ensure the work of E4F is accessible - help create documents/do intakes/call members for meetings/conduct interviews for campaigns etc.
  3. The Fundraising Committee
    Push our and other community members online fundraisers, contact donors, write thank letter, help organize fundraising events.
  4. Administrative & Office Team
    Office Managers, Writers, Graphic Designers, Artists, etc are all needed both remotely & in-person to help strengthen E4F's infrastructure.
  5. Social Media & Online Outreach Team
    Love Social Media? We need more digital strategists to help to boost E4F campaigns.
  6. B4G Organizers
    This is the working group that focuses on supporting the anti-displacement campaigns of Tenants, Small Businesses & Homeowners. Help conduct intakes/ create actions alerts / support tenant associations / plan direct actions/ prepare for lawsuits.
  7. Real Estate Watch
    Help research and uncover the information that developers, landlords, and the NYPD do not want us to know. Join E4F's investigative research team.
  8. Equality for Flatbush Video Strike Force
    Calling ALL Videographers, Editors and Media Technicians! Use your skills to make media that speaks truth to power. Camera phone activism is also very helpful.
  9. League of Extraordinary Lawyers
    Legal Workers of all kinds are needed to support tenants, homeowners, and small owners fighting for justice.

To volunteer please fill the volunteer information form

If you have any questions please contact us at:
B4G@equalityforflatbush.org or call /text (646)820–6039

For Brooklyn residents and our supporters:
https://groups.google.com/d/forum/b4g-volunteers

For Flatbush/East Flatbush residents and our supporters: equality-for-flatbush-organizing-list@googlegroups.com

For New York City residents and our supporters:
The Brooklyn Anti-gentrification Network Organizing List: https://groups.google.com/d/forum/the-brooklyn-anti-gentrification-community-organizing-list

Promote Us

  • Order Your “Brooklyn is Not for Sale” T-shirts & Support Equality for Flatbush’s Before It’s Gone// Take It Back Campaign !

    You’ve seen them on your friends & neighbors! Now you can have a “Brooklyn is Not For Sale” of your very own!
    Order them online TODAY for $25.00
    Free shipping.
    Allow 2 weeks for delivery
    “Brooklyn is Not For Sale” t-shirts available in Haitian Kreyol, Spanish & English.
    "Take It Back - Before It's Gone" appears in English on the back of all shirts.
    Sizes are: S,M,L,XL,2XL

  • For stickers and mugs contact: B4G@equalityforflatbush.org or call /text (646)820–6039

Follow Us

Hashtag Us:

  • #‎Beforeitsgone‬
  • #NoEvictionZone
  • #MYNYCLandlord
  • #TenantsFightBack
  • #BrooklynisNOTforSale
  • ‪#‎TakeBackOurCommunities‬
  • ‪#‎Gentrification‪
  • #‎EqualityforFlatbush‬

GIVE to US:

  • Donate By Check
    Make out checks to “Equality for Flatbush” and mail to:
  • Equality for Flatbush
    2273 Church Avenue POB #260123
    Brooklyn, NY 11226
  • For Tax Exempt Donations:
    Donate online at Picture The Homeless and designate your donation to Equality for Flatbush or make out checks to:
  • Picture the Homeless
    MEMO:Equality for Flatbush
    104 E 126th St #1B
    New York, NY 10035