Brooklyn job growth means more transit problems, challenges, says report
Twenty-four percent more workers both live and work in Brooklyn now than was the case just 10 years ago.
That’s one of the findings of “NYC Jobs Blueprint: Getting There Is Half the Battle,” a report released Tuesday by the Partnership for New York City.
In general, according to the report, job growth in the outer boroughs has outpaced job growth in Manhattan’s business district during the past decade. All together, Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx have added more than 250,000 jobs since 2000.
The report mainly focuses on the long commute that faces New Yorkers every day – a situation that all these new jobs have made worse. On the average, it says, New Yorkers spend 48 minutes getting to work. According to the Daily News, that’s 13 minutes longer than the national average.
One particular problem that job growth in Brooklyn and Queens has given rise to, according to the Partnership’s report, is that of the more than 2 million workers who live in Brooklyn but work in Queens or vice versa.