DeShawn Carter

Verified New Yorker

Historian · Bed-Stuy, Brooklyn · Joined April 2026

Oral historian. I collect the stories nobody wrote down. Bed-Stuy, do or die.

Contributions to the record

I've been recording my neighbors since 1991. Here's how I'm finally cataloguing the archive — and how you can help.

I've lived through a lot of New York moods. This one feels different — less swagger, more unity. Anyone else clock the shift?