Downtown Brooklyn is "Open for Business"

Downtown Brooklyn has a new aggressive marketing initiative, and at the top of the press release it's noted that the area will be promoted "as a College Town." Allegedly the plan is to expand and diversify with some new tenants, companies and retailers. Sure, they've got an Urban Outfitters and Trader Joe's, but they're looking to make the area "a vibrant, 24/7, live-work urban center". (Hoboken has allegedly been stealing their business over the past 10 years!). So Marty Markowitz has officially stated they're "'open for business' and—with all due respect to our friends in Jersey—our borough is the very best place for companies to locate and employees to live, work, and raise families." The Downtown Brooklyn Partnership promises "a mix of advertising, direct marketing, promotional events and other activities" to help attain their goal. So, a round of Jäger shots to celebrate?

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By Jen Carlson in News on October 19, 2008 2:16 PM

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chrishavens

Area actually has more students than Cambridge MASS, much due to Long Island University BK, which has come alive with arts, film and event programming and continues to expand. Don't forget Brooklyn Friends, Hanah Senesh, Packer and St. Ann's.

schizofriendly

Man's endless pursuit to turn every metropolis into Las Vegas...

Oh well. Good for the economy and we have to be grateful for that kind of pshidt now. I guess.

Snoopy

Is that girl's school still in Clinton Hill near Pratt. Also Yeshiva?

teenseagull

Don't forget MetroTech

A lot of students from different schools (St. Joe's, Pratt, FIT) live at the Hotel St. George on Henry Street. Not a bad idea marketing downtown BK as a college town, albeit a lot more expensive than most other college towns.

NannyState

ITT Technical Institute

Apollo School of Hair Design

Think2wice

St. Joseph's College

Kingsborough Community College

Basically Fort Greene and Downtown could make great "college towns", but Fort Greene's stock is falling as of late.