Formed in 1930, the neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 3, Brooklyn Community Board 8 and Brooklyn Community Board 16. The neighborhood is served by the NYPD's 79th and 81st Precincts. Bed-Stuy is bordered by Flushing Avenue to the north (bordering Williamsburg); Classon Avenue to the west (bordering Clinton Hill, although, prior to the 1980s, the area now called Clinton Hill was considered to be Bedford-Stuyvesant as well); Broadway and Van Sinderen Avenue to the east bordering Bushwick and East New York; Park Place to the south; Ralph Avenue to the east bordering Crown Heights; and as far as East New York Avenue to the south bordering Brownsville. The ongoing revitalization and renewal of Bedford-Stuyvesant has prompted a number of people to seek affordable housing among the many blocks of handsome brownstone rowhouses. The appeal of affordable homes and apartments that are still numerous in Bedford-Stuyvesant along with convenient access via mass transit to Downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan is fast making the area a favorite for students, artists and young families. Bedford-Stuyvesant is served by several New York City Transit bus routes. It was served by the IND Fulton Street Line, starting in 1936, which totally replaced the BMT Fulton Street Line on May 31, 1940. Bedford-Stuyvesant is also served by the Nostrand Avenue station of the Long Island Railroad