“Nothing like this happens here” was what immigrants in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park said about the subway shooting. The diverse area universally expressed shock and dismay at the attack that upended their neighborhood of small businesses and bodegas.
The median household income was slightly lower than the citywide average, while the poverty rate was slightly higher. The neighborhood is one of 17 that is gentrifying, according to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.
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