Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced the expansion of the Jamaica, Queens Workforce1 Career Center with the opening of the new Workforce1 Industrial and Transportation Career (ITC) Center at the Brooklyn Army Terminal on 58th Street and Second Avenue in Sunset Park.
The jobs center will connect residents of Southwest Brooklyn to employment opportunities throughout New York City. Currently, the existing Workforce1 Center in Jamaica, Queens serves over 6,000 New Yorkers, nearly 2,000 of which have been connected to high-quality employment. The expansion will help serve an additional 1,000 New Yorkers, offering employment opportunities and candidate and recruitment services.
“This new Workforce1 Center will be essential in connecting Brooklynites to jobs that offer livable wages, helping to develop skills that can be utilized for years to come,” said de Blasio. “I’m excited to see how many Brooklynites will take advantage of the many resources the new Workforce1 Center in Brooklyn offers.
The Brooklyn jobs center will serve as an on-site resource, connecting tenants of the facility to potential local employees to further support inclusive development in the Sunset Park area. Through this Workforce1 Center, Southwest Brooklyn residents will be able to connect to employment opportunities at the Brooklyn Army Terminal, Bush Terminal, Industry City, Liberty View Industrial Plaza, South Brooklyn Marine Terminal and Industrial and Manufacturing businesses throughout New York City.
The Brooklyn Army Terminal, one of the areas that offer employment opportunities, is a New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)-managed property in Sunset Park housing manufacturing companies that currently provide quality jobs for over 3,700 New Yorkers.
The Workforce 1 ITC Center program – led by the Department of Small Business Services and the New York City Economic Development Corporation – delivers on an announcement made by Mayor de Blasio in November 2015 to expand workforce development in the Industrial and Manufacturing sectors, as part of a 10-point action plan to grow 21st Century jobs.
Among the lawmakers applauding the jobs center include State Senators Diane Savino and Jesse Hamilton, Assembly Assistant Speaker Felix W. Ortiz, and City Council Members Robert E. Cornegy, Jr., Chair of the Committee on Small Business Services and Carlos Menchaca who represents the area.
“The benefits of a resurgent Sunset Park waterfront must not bypass local residents who need good jobs. The City’s obligation to foster Sunset Park’s historic walk-to-work community will be well served by the new Workforce1 Industrial and Transportation Career Center at Brooklyn Army Terminal,” said Menchaca. “I am very pleased to see management of the center handled by long-time local business advocates who know our community.
The Brooklyn Workforce1 Industrial & Transportation Career Center is located at the
Brooklyn Army Terminal 140 58th Street, Building “B” Lobby in Sunset Park.
Telephone: (347) 987-3834
Hours: Monday – Friday: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Directions: By subway, take the N or R train to 59th Street in Brooklyn. By Bus via the B9, B11, and B37 lines. By car, the Brooklyn Army Terminal is less than 20 minutes from Manhattan when taking either the Brooklyn Bridge or Brooklyn Battery Tunnel and connecting to the Gowanus Expressway (I-278). Staten Island and New Jersey are easily accessible from the Brooklyn Army Terminal via the nearby Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
