The MTA keeps the NYC Transit Authority in their new building on Jay Street and Lingston. ALong with the NYC Board of Education, substantial public service positions established downtown.

Artists and craftsman are finding their way to DUMBO, the area under the Mahattan Bridge overpass, in the old warehouse district. This is in addition to the large number of legal services around the area secondary to the NYS Supreme Court, and Criminal Courts, which suround Boro Hall.