Ginger's Bar in Brooklyn canceled most of its DJ events during Pride after receiving noise complaints from neighborhood residents. The bar stated it wants to remain respectful to the neighborhood it has served for decades and thanked DJs, organizers, and guests who planned to dance. The bar said it will still host its annual Brooklyn Pride celebration on June 13 and expects the atmosphere to remain strong. The bar requested that patrons be considerate of neighbors while out on the street or in the backyard. Some commenters criticized the complaints, arguing that people who move above a bar should anticipate bar noise. Others connected the issue to gentrification and displacement in Park Slope.
"Queer folks are angry after the oldest lesbian bar in Brooklyn announced Monday that it has canceled "the majority of our DJ events during Pride this year" after a slew of noise complaints from neighborhood residents. The team at Ginger's Bar posted the message on Instagram, emphasizing that they "want to remain respectful of the neighborhood we have called home for the past 26 years, and our space that has been a neighborhood bar for over 100 years.""
"They also thanked the DJs, organizers, and guests "who planned to dance the night away with us." "We know how much these nights mean to community," the team wrote, adding that they will still be hosting the bar's annual Brooklyn Pride celebration on June 13th and are "confident vibes will be as high as ever.""
""If we had one request," they concluded, "please be considerate of our neighbors while out on the street or in the backyard. It takes a village." While comments have been turned off, them captured a few expressing anger at those who have complained. "People will really move into an apartment above a bar and then be mad they moved into an apartment above a bar," wrote New York City's DJ Stargrl."
"Art director Roxanne Castro added, "No lie why doesn't the community collectively meet up every week and scream in neighborhoods being affected by gentrification because at this point..." Them also pointed out that Park Slope - the Brooklyn neighborhood where the bar resides - is currently undergoing a process they called "super-gentrification," a phenomenon where high-income people move in and displace the middle-class residents who gentrified the neighborhood in the first place."
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