Williamsburg, nestled along the river in northern Brooklyn, has perhaps been New York's fastest-changing neighborhood in the last decade. Now subject to a massive waterfront rezoning, the homeland of hipsters is threatened with doom, just as it was when actual poor people lived there a couple of years ago. As part of our series of Users Guides, we've sent Joshua David Stein and Richard Blakeley to report from Bedford Avenue, the Champs-Élysées of New York City.

Previously: Park Slope

Our jury is still out on Park Slope: Do we love or hate the expensive, brownstoney neighborhood that sprawls down westward from Prospect Park? As part of our User's Guide series, we sent Joshua David Stein and Richard Blakeley to deliver us the definitive report on Park Slope.