Downtown Brooklyn Quick Facts Produced by Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, 2023 Edition
One of America’s fastest-growing downtowns
Scientific, tech and information jobs grew 119% (+5,983 new jobs)
36,669 64,467 Population Growth (2010-2022) +85% +29,594 new residents 4,230 5,719 Business Growth (2010-2022) +35% +1,489 new firms 55,385 83,416 Job Growth (2010-2022) +51% +28,031 new jobs © Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, 2023 Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Growth, core Downtown Census Tracts); New York State Department of Labor; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) (Business and Job Growth, Zip Codes 11201, 11217))
Downtown Brooklyn by the numbers
64,000+ residents
35.9 yrs average age
12,300+ new residents recently moved to DTBK
$156,977 median household income
77% of residents have at least a bachelor’s degree
20% of households with school-aged children
19% of residents are foreign-born
Local Residents © Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, 2023 Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2021 All photos: Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Live, shop + dine in the heart of Brooklyn
© Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, 2023 Sources: DBP Development Matrix; DBP storefront retail inventory; Springboard pedestrian cameras Photos: Kenneth Felder, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, DeKalb Market Hall fitness centers 17+ coffee shops 31 150+ apparel + accessories shops 7,300+ new housing units in the pipeline 4,500+ new affordable units since 2004 daily pedestrians 73K+ eateries 225+ cuisines 20+ full-service supermarkets 6 arts + cultural institutions 30+ annual sales volume $1.6B 22,000+ new housing units since 2004
© Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, 2023 Sources: DBP Development Matrix; DBP educational institutions inventory; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW); U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey (ACS) 2021 Photos: Downtown Brooklyn Partnership Education 6 higher education institutions 84,000+ jobs 2.2M workers live within a 30-minute commute Workforce + Innovation Growing
Downtown Brooklyn 40K+ college + graduate students fastest job growth (2017-2022) software publishers +53% computer systems design +10% architectural & engineering services +9% motion picture & video industries +3% 9,800 seats at K-12 schools share of NYC’s talent that lives within a 30 min commute architects 81% software developers 79% producers & directors 79% financial & investment analysts 75%
Talent in
The best of NYC within minutes © Downtown Brooklyn Partnership, 2023 Manhattan Wall Street Grand Central Terminal 10 mins to Wall Street Downtown Brooklyn 13 subway lines 11 commuter trains 24 Citi Bike stations Long Island City mins45 toJFKInt’lAirport mins25 to GrandCentral Steps away from top art, entertainment, parks, and recreation
Photo: Giles Ashford
Arts & Culture A.R.T/NY South Oxford Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Ballet Brooklyn Paramount Theater Barclays Center BRIC Mark Morris Dance Center MoCADA New York Transit Museum Theatre for a New Audience
Photo: Michael Meysarosh