8. Bushwick Avenue-Aberdeen Street Station

The entrance of the Bushwick Ave-Aberdeen Street station on the L train is housed between two used car dealerships. The station was built in 1928, but the two plots around it were approved for automotive sales and services in 1946.

So why haven’t these car dealerships been cleared for trendy apartments and lofts like the rest of Bushwick? Perhaps because the Bushwick-Aberdeen train station is located in a region zoned as a C8-1 Commercial District. According to the Department of City Planning, these regions are designated for “commercial and manufacturing uses that often require large amounts of land.” Uses can include “automobile showrooms and repair shops, warehouses, gas stations and car washes.”