Los Sures

Los Sures is a historic neighborhood on the southern side of Brooklyn's Williamsburg that was predominantly Puerto Rican in the 1950s and 1960s.{{Cite web |title=Los Sures - Southside |url=https://www.cityneighborhoods.nyc/los-sures-southside |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=CityNeighborhoods.NYC |language=en-US}} It is between the East River and Union Avenue.{{Cite web |last=Macfarlane |first=Steve |date=2015-06-05 |title="Neighborhoods Shift, but They Do Not Disappear": Talking about Los Sures, a Brooklyn Barrio |url=https://www.bkmag.com/2015/06/05/neighborhoods-shift-but-they-do-not-disappear-talking-about-los-sures-a-brooklyn-barrio/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=BKMAG}}{{Cite web |last=Cobb |first=Geoff |date=2018-11-02 |title=Puerto Ricans' Vibrant History in North Brooklyn |url=https://greenpointers.com/2018/11/02/puerto-ricans-vibrant-history-in-north-brooklyn/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=Greenpointers |language=en-US}}

The history of the neighborhood was documented in Diego Echeverria’s 1984 documentary Los Sures and celebrated in 2015 under a broader project called Living Los Sures.{{Cite news |date=2016-09-21 |title=Los Sures: The Brooklyn You've Never Been To |url=https://www.bkmag.com/2016/09/21/los-sures-brooklyn/ |access-date=2025-03-21}}{{Cite web |last=Disser |first=Nicole |date=2015-02-20 |title="Living Los Sures": What Was Williamsburg Like in 1984? |url=https://www.bkmag.com/2015/02/20/uniondocs-last-push-to-complete-living-los-sures-williamsburg-in-1984-and-now/ |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=BKMAG}}{{Cite web |last=Dargis |first=Manohla |date=2016-04-14 |title=‘Los Sures’ Resurrects South Williamsburg in 1984 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/15/movies/los-sures-resurrects-south-williamsburg-in-1984.html |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}