Creative economy, always huge in NYC, finds most robust growth in Brooklyn
Center for an Urban Future: Creative biz in Brooklyn grew by 125 percent vs 8 percent for Manhattan
The Center for an Urban Future on Tuesday released a major new report which finds that Brooklyn is increasingly powering New York City’s creative economy.
The report shows that Brooklyn added more jobs and businesses in the creative sector than any other borough during the past decade, with the number of creative firms in the borough jumping by 125 percent and creative sector employment increasing by 60 percent.
Titled “Creative New York,” the report shows that between 2003 and 2013, the number of creative firms in Brooklyn increased from 815 to 1,831. That 125 percent increase over the past decade was a faster rate of growth than every other borough, including Manhattan (which only had an 8 percent increase), Staten Island (21 percent increase), Queens (50 percent) and the Bronx (99 percent).