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Media posted July 6, 2010

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Sunset Park Workers

Map posted May 25, 2010

The Sunset Park waterfront is home to a diverse array of light industrial employers, many concentrated in the Brooklyn Army Terminal and Bush Terminal, which host printers, medical testing labs, garment makers, and even a vinyl-record pressing plant. In contrast to the Maspeth/East Williamsburg industrial area, Sunset Park workers are much likelier to walk or take the subway to work.

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Bathgate Workers

Map posted May 25, 2010

Bathgate is a Bronx commercial area that benefits from a strong mix of transit options, including two subway lines, Metro North and, at its northern edge, Select Bus Service along Fordham Road. 

 

 

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Flushing Workers

Map posted May 25, 2010

Unlike its industrial neighbors Willets Point to the west and College Point to the north, downtown Flushing is a commerce district whose workers and customers largely come from the surrounding neighborhood and rely on bus, bike or foot. Finance, trade and wholesale companies, many with ties to east Asia, are major employers here.

Among workers who come from outside Flushing, subway commutes are long. A lack of north-south rapid transit options means the only access to southeast Queens is via slow local buses.

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Hunts Point Workers

Map posted May 25, 2010

The New York region's wholesale food market has only expanded since this data was collected in 2000, and it's set for future growth. Access for workers and wholesale customers to is a crucial component to the market's success. The Bx6 bus, which connects Hunts Point with subways in Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, is the market's transit lifeline. Yet most who come here daily rely on private cars or trucks.

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Jamaica Workers

Map posted May 25, 2010

Downtown Jamaica, Queens, offers a mix of retail, government, educational and medical employment, attracting many workers who live along the bus subway and commuter lines serving this transit-rich hub. Widespread car-commuting by workers who live outside the local transit corridors suggests that while well served by two rail trunks, Jamaica is also challenging to access from neighborhoods outside of Queens.

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Transportation Equity Atlas

Page posted May 25, 2010

The Transportation Equity Atlas

The Pratt Center has compiled the Transportation Equity Atlas to document the dispersion of jobs and workers around the five boroughs of New York City. Our research reveals a wide gap in transportation access between higher-income, professional workers residing in New York City and those who are employed in manufacturing and services. Manufacturing and service workers largely live in areas outside the city's subway-rich core and must travel to work sites dispersed widely around the city and region.

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Flushing Commuters

Map posted May 25, 2010

Where Flushing Residents Work and
How They Get There

Flushing is one of many Queens neighborhoods where more commuters use cars - either driving alone or with one or more companions - to get to work than use any other form of transportation. Most subway riders, no matter what their destinations, face long commutes, with three in four taking daily rides of more than 45 minutes each way.

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Long Island City Workers

Map posted May 25, 2010

Befitting its role as a major industrial center for New York City, Long Island City draws commuters from every borough and neighborhood. Those include many subway riders who must travel long distances and make at least one transfer to get to work. 

LIC has a strong base of workers walk/bike to their jobs. At the same time, many western Queens residents opt to drive, a reflection of the great distance of many destinations from subway stations and the availability of free parking. Use of buses is limited.

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Bushwick Commuters

Map posted May 25, 2010

Where Bushwick Residents Work and
How They Get There

Like Sunset Park, Bushwick is a relatively affordable neighborhood with close promity to a major industrial area, in this case the East Williamsburg Industrial Business Zone as well as nearby Maspeth and Long Island City. Other loocal employers include Woodhull Hospital, retail strips, and social services.

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