DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
SPONSORSHIP
2023
OPPORTUNITIES
We Are Here
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN
EAST WAY
DUMBO
Brooklyn Heights
Bklyn Navy Yard
Fort Greene
Cobble Hill
Boerum Hill
Clinton Hill
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Why partner with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership?
Reach a wider audience
As a sponsor, you will enjoy brand recognition throughout one of the nation’s fastest growing downtowns, providing unique opportunities to strengthen your neighborhood brand awareness and support your local community.
Support our work
Your sponsorship will help fund key Downtown Brooklyn Partnership marketing and street beautification projects.
Show your commitment
Participating in any of our sponsorship programs is an ideal way to show your support for the community and commitment to neighborhood improvement.
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Downtown Brooklyn
Key Facts:
$1.6B
40k
2.7k College Students Hotel rooms
73.4k+
3 of NYC’s busiest subway stations
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Annual retail + dining sales Pedestrians daily Higher education institutions
65k+
84k+
25+
Residents Jobs Cultural institutions + venues
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Event Sponsorship Opportunities
Sponsor a whole array of exciting events, from arts to entrepreneurship series. There’s never a dull moment here in Downtown Brooklyn!
Downtown Brooklyn Presents
150+
Free public events Participants at our events every year
1.2M Square feet of public space
20k+
Downtown Brooklyn Presents, our signature event series, offers an array of concerts, block parties, fitness classes, and more.
This year, we are hosting more than 150 events for the neighborhood to enjoy. Sponsors directly connect with our audience of residents, visitors, students, and employees in the neighborhood.
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Plazas + Public Spaces
18.8k
1,585 Square Feet Capacity
(Fulton St + Bond St)
Daily ped. count: 28.9k weekdays; 28.7k weekends
1.15 Acres
(Willoughby St between Duffield St + Albee Sq W.)
Opening late 2023
35.3k
2,186 Square Feet Capacity
(Flatbush Ave + Lafayette Ave)
Daily ped. count: 7.3k weekdays; 6.9k weekends
14.7k
960 Square Feet Capacity
(Willoughby St + Pearl St)
Daily ped. count: 16.9k weekdays; 7.9k weekends
25k
49k Square Feet Daily Ped. Count
(Flatbush Ave + Atlantic Ave)
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Albee Square
Abolitionist Place
The Plaza at 300 Ashland
Willoughby Plaza
Atlantic Terminal Plaza
6 Stay connected with our Downtown Brooklyn audience through our social media channels, e-newsletter blasts, and other digital marketing opportunities. Spotlight your brand on DowntownBrooklyn.com with a sponsored blog post, event listing, and more! Website 1min 300k+ 750+ Average session duration Unique visitors per year Event listings per year Digital Sponsorship Opportunities
Social Media
8.8k+
Facebook followers
16.1k+ 23k+
Twitter followers Instagram followers
40k+
Tweet Impressions per month
Engage directly with a wide range of audiences across all our platforms!
We’ll work with you to create a custom digital sponsorship package.
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e-Newsletters
The Downtown Brooklyn Beat
Our weekly newsletter, featuring news, deals, and events happening throughout Downtown Brooklyn.
Make It in Brooklyn Minutes
Subscribers
Monthly updates relevant for startups in the tech and creative sector, featuring company profiles, and info on Make It in Brooklyn events.
Subscribers
Small Business Scoop
Weekly updates relevant for business owners.
Broken down into three targeted categories:
• Retailers
• Food & Bev
Connect with specific audiences through any of our three newsletter blasts tailored to the general public, tech and creative community, and retail + restaurant businesses! Reach out for a custom sponsor package!
• Commercial Office
Total newsletter subscribers
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25k+ 3.5k+ 35k+
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Street Banners + Bigbellys
Advertise on our busy streets where street traffic is high and spirits are, too! Choose from a variety of physical spaces to promote your brand.
148
Bigbelly receptacles
1.2M
People pass through our district every year
263
587k+ Banner locations
Impressions per banner for a 4-week campaign
Show your neighborhood support and liven up the streets with our branded street banners. Increase your brand visibility on some of the busiest corridors of NYC, including the avenues leading to the Brooklyn + Manhattan bridges.
We’ll work with you to create a signature place-making campaign for periods of 1-6 months. Contact us for campaign prices and available locations!
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Make It in Brooklyn
1.4k+ 250+
Downtown Tech + creative firms Startups have graduated since 2010
12+ Incubators + accelerators
Make It in Brooklyn (MIIB) is Downtown Brooklyn Partnership’s initiative to highlight and support Brooklyn’s entrepreneurial spirit and connect local talent to job opportunities.
The Make It in Brooklyn event series includes pitch contests, meetups, panels, and talks that help support entrepreneurship and develop a networked innovation ecosystem. Get involved with our booming innovation economy!
Have an idea in mind? Reach out about sponsorship and networking ideas!
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About DBP
Downtown Brooklyn Partnership is a not-for-profit local development corporation that serves as the primary champion for Downtown brooklyn as a world-class business, cultural, educational, residential, and retail destination.
Working together with the three business improvement districts (BID) that it manages - the MetroTech BID, Fulton Mall Improvement Association, and Court-LivingstonSchermerhorn BID - the Partnership’s diverse activities include attracting new businesses and improving the environment for existing companies, facilitating the construction of public spaces and streetscapes that promote an active and cohesive community, supporting and promoting Downtown Brooklyn’s cultural assets, and encouraging a unified sense of place and an engaged civic community.
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