M.I.A. can be found in Bed-Stuy (and soon at Coachella)

BY train, the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn is five stops from the suits and ties of Lower Manhattan and 14 stops from the tourists of Times Square. Some of the streets are lined with trees and brownstones, others with abandoned buildings and shady convenience stores.

By Josh Gajewski

April 24, 2008