For four decades, Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation (SBIDC) has helped industrial employers thrive and residents build careers. We serve the working waterfront neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Red Hook, and Gowanus.

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A STRONG INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY FOR AN EQUITABLE RECOVERY

How can New York City recover from COVID-19, rebuild our local economy, and combat climate change? By supporting the industrial and manufacturing sector. The Industrial Jobs Coalition (IJC)is a citywide alliance of community groups, policy advocates, and service providers fighting to protect and preserve manufacturing as a sector in New York. A Strong Industrial Economy for an Equitable Recovery is the central theme of the IJC 2021 policy platform, which seeks to strengthen working class, industrial neighborhoods across the five boroughs.

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12 Nov

Week one down, one more to go! Our ICP program launched this week with a cohort of 12 talented participants who are working hard to gain the skills needed for placement in well-paying industrial sector roles with pathways to meaningful careers. Looking forward to week 2!

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We stand with @GNCJ supporting Gowanus rezoning, ushering in $200M in improvements to NYCHA, $200K annually for industrial job training, small biz support, and $500K for a traffic study in the IBZ. TY @Bradlander @stevelevin 4 negotiating an equitable development plan for Gowanus

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Gowanus is home to one of Kings County’s oldest bridges, the elegant Carroll Street bridge. It first opened in 1889 and uses a retractile method to allow boats on the Gowanus canal to pass.
–Joseph Berger, New York Times, 5/13/2013
Red Hook is home to the largest concentration of Civil War-era warehouses in the city. One of the neighborhood’s main attractions is The Waterfront Barge Museum. Anchored at Red Hook’s Pier 44 the museum is housed in the Lehigh Valley Barge No. 79 and is the only surviving example of a wooden-covered cargo barge.
—Waterfront Barge Museum, waterfrontmuseum.org
Immigrants played a strong role in the development of Sunset Park. The area was originally settled by the Dutch and remained farmland until the grid was established in the 1830s. Up until the 1980s, Sunset Park was home to a large Scandinavian community. Today it is known for its vibrant Hispanic and Asian communities.
—NYC Department of Housing Preservation & Development

For four decades, Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation (SBIDC) has helped industrial employers thrive and residents build careers. We serve the working waterfront neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Red Hook, and Gowanus.

WHAT WE DO

Business Services

Workforce Services

Equitable Development + Planning

CLICK HERE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT SBIDC'S NEW INDUSTRIAL TRAINING OPPORTUNITY

A STRONG INDUSTRIAL ECONOMY FOR AN EQUITABLE RECOVERY

LATEST TWEETS

Neighborhood Facts

Gowanus is home to one of Kings County’s oldest bridges, the elegant Carroll Street bridge. It first opened in 1889 and uses a retractile method to allow boats on the Gowanus canal to pass. –Joseph Berger, New York Times, 5/13/2013

Gowanus is home to one of Kings County’s oldest bridges, the elegant Carroll Street bridge. It first opened in 1889 and uses a retractile method to allow boats on the Gowanus canal to pass.
–Joseph Berger, New York Times, 5/13/2013