The bus station here will be closed within two years, as soon as the MBTA station at Arborway Yard is completed. Half the buses stored at the Bartlett Street Station will go to Arborway while the other half will be sent to an MBTA facility on Southampton Street.

In a released statement, Governor Jane Switf states, "This is prime real estate and the possibilities following redevelopment are significant. After the MBTA vacates the Bartlett Street location, we are pleased to give the facility and the surrounding land to the citizens of Dudley Square so they can make good use of it."

According to Elizabeth Sullivan, spokesperson for Mayor Thomas M. Menino, the 8.5 acres of land here needs to be cleaned up before the city can consider what to do with the land. "We'll be working with the T to clean it up,' she tells GlobeSt.com. "Then we'll decide what to do." Sullivan says the city is considering several options for the parcel including affordable housing, a commercial center or a neighborhood park. "A community process will be put into place to determine how to best use the land," she notes.