Brooklyn Navy Yard

Advancing Inclusive Economic Growth Through Supplier Readiness and Civic Engagement

Brooklyn Navy Yard is a 300-acre industrial park and innovation hub on Brooklyn’s waterfront that is home to more than 300 businesses and thousands of jobs across advanced manufacturing, technology, creative production, and sustainable industry.

Recognized nationally as a model for modern urban manufacturing, the Yard has invested heavily in green infrastructure, workforce development, and long-term industrial growth to support New York City’s evolving economy.

The Opportunity

As the Brooklyn Navy Yard experienced significant growth and increasing demand from industrial tenants, leadership sought to strengthen operational infrastructure, workforce systems, and long-term planning capabilities to support continued expansion.

The organization needed a scalable operational and financial strategy that would help manage future growth, prioritize investments, and ensure the Yard could continue delivering on its economic development and workforce mission.

The Approach

Next Street partnered with the Brooklyn Navy Yard to support operational planning, workforce strategy, and organizational growth initiatives tied to the Yard’s long-term expansion goals.

The engagement focused on evaluating operational needs, identifying strategic investment priorities, and developing scalable systems and planning frameworks that could support increased tenant growth and workforce engagement over time.

The Solution

Next Street helped design and implement a new operational framework for the Yard and its Employment Center to support long-term organizational growth and tenant success.

The work included:

• Development of a multi-year operational and growth plan

• Detailed financial analysis and modeling to support strategic decision-making

• Identification and prioritization of key operational and infrastructure investments

• Strategic planning support across multiple organizational workstreams

• Design of an Employment Center data collection and workforce planning framework to strengthen long-term workforce outcomes

The Results

Through the engagement, Next Street helped position the Brooklyn Navy Yard for sustainable long-term growth and operational scalability.

Key outcomes included:

• Development of a yard-wide capital plan designed to support projected tenant growth over a five-year period

• Identification of financial and organizational requirements across eight strategic workstreams

• Creation of an Employment Center operational framework to improve workforce tracking, planning, and long-term program effectiveness

• Strengthened organizational readiness to support continued expansion of New York City’s industrial and manufacturing ecosystem