Little Red Beacon for Immigrant Laborers Shines On

The Bay Parkway Community Job Center lives in a red and yellow shack at the edge of Gravesend Bay in Bensonhurst, a pint-size shelter in the shadow of looming commercial titans, a Toys “R” Us and a Kohl’s store. The center has served not only as a physical space where immigrants find work, but also as a rare symbol of empowerment in a city where day laborers, usually illegal immigrants, often find themselves tethered to the lowest rung of the social totem pole.

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