For nearly two months, hundreds of asylum seeking men have been arriving in batches to a city-run “respite center” steps away from the Myrtle Broadway JMZ train station, where Bushwick meets Bed-Stuy.
Top image taken by Katey St John.
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Instead of a Blink Fitness, a local building in Bushwick has become a token in the city’s ongoing asylum crisis.

Instead of a Blink Fitness, a local building in Bushwick has become a token in the city’s ongoing asylum crisis.

For nearly two months, hundreds of asylum seeking men have been arriving in batches to a city-run “respite center” steps away from the Myrtle Broadway JMZ train station, where Bushwick meets Bed-Stuy.
Top image taken by Katey St John.
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