Brooklyn
How the M-train is Gentrifying Bushwick
Orlando Lee Rodriguez |
A shift in transit routes has triggered a wave of social change south of Myrtle Avenue, spurring a familiar mix of optimism and fear among residents.
The MTA’s decision to reroute the M train through the heart of midtown Manhattan in 2010 erased the invisible barrier that Myrtle Avenue represented. Passenger traffic at this station, Central Avenue in South Bushwick, grew more in 2011-2012 than anywhere else in Brooklyn.
A shift in transit routes has triggered a wave of social change south of Myrtle Avenue, spurring a familiar mix of optimism and fear among residents.
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