Brooklyn: A Bedroom Community for the Creative Class
Brooklyn has become a popular destination for the Creative Class. What’s the impact on the economy?
Brooklyn has become a popular destination for the Creative Class. What’s the impact on the economy?
Queens is rising. Or, as the New York Times put it, investors, developers, and young professionals are at the very least tilting towards the borough.
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New York’s strong economic recovery is breathing new life into the Bronx.
Staten Island has the smallest creative economy of New York’s five boroughs.
With nearly 141,000 workers, the Creative Class makes up 25 percent of Queens’ workforce.
Forty percent of Manhattan workers belong to the Creative Class, a share that is 61 percent larger than the U.S. average.
Four in 10 Brooklyn residents are Creative Class members, however, the Creative Class makes up less than one-third of Brooklyn’s workforce.
Thirty-two percent of Bronx residents who work are members of the Creative Class.
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