Rapid transformation of Brooklyn’s neighborhoods has put economic pressure on former industrial sites where manufacturing facilities still function and employ many people. To protect and grow industrial businesses in North Brooklyn, encompassing East Williamsburg, Greenport and Bushwick, WXY developed a new framework to support mixed-use industrial-commercial development.  

WXY led a multidisciplinary team to define policy and infrastructure strategies to protect the essential industrial jobs and services that have long-defined the North Brooklyn Industrial Business Zone (IBZ).

With funding from the New York State Department of State (NYSDOS), WXY worked with Evergreen—a nonprofit organization that champions manufacturing in North Brooklyn—to establish neighborhood development goals and build consensus around future land uses in key study areas.