6 Facts About Downtown Brooklyn

1. Downtown Brooklyn is the third largest central business district in New York City, United States, and is located in the northwestern section of the borough of Brooklyn.

2. In 2017, New York University announced that it would invest over $500 million to renovate and expand the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and its surrounding Downtown Brooklyn-based campus.

3. Downtown Brooklyn identified the need for greater equity in resource allocation between Manhattan and the city's other boroughs.

4. An important moment in the history of Downtown Brooklyn came in 1983 with the release of a Regional Plan Association report for the area.

5. New York City Department of City Planning approved another, significant rezoning for portions of Downtown Brooklyn, including the Fulton Mall area, which resulted in significant expansion of office space and ground-floor retail, such as those at City Point.

6. At the northeastern corner of Downtown Brooklyn is Bridge Plaza, bounded by Flatbush Avenue Extension and Manhattan Bridge on the west, Tillary Street on the south, and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway on the north and east.