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The organizations listed below provide a variety of services to the small business community of Brooklyn. The services they offer are grouped together in the following categories:
If you would like to have your organization listed or revise the data given here, please contact us.
ACCION New York
Business Courses, counseling, loan programs, Spanish spoken
Offices in Brooklyn
115 East 23rd Street, 7th floor
New York, NY 10010
212-387-0494
info@accionnewyork.org
www.accionnewyork.org
Atlantic Avenue Association Local Development Corporation
Real estate assistance
Atlantic Avenue Association LDC
494 Atlantic Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-875-8993
www.atlanticave.org
Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation
Computer access, counseling, loan programs
Restoration Plaza
1368 Fulton Street
Brooklyn, NY 11216
718-636-6924
bmcrae@restorationplaza.org
www.restorationplaza.org
Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce
Networking, regulatory assistance, financing, real estate assistance
25 Elm Street, Suite 200
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-875-1000
info@brooklynchamber.com
www.ibrooklyn.com
Brooklyn Chinese American Association
Business courses, networking, multilingual
Attn: Paul Mak
5000 Eighth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11220
718-438-0008
www.bca.net
Brooklyn Economic Development Corporation (BEDC)
Business courses, counseling, real estate assistance
Kingsborough College
2001 Oriental Blvd. Room T-4162
Brooklyn, NY 11235
718-368-6790
info@bedc.org
www.bedc.org
Business Outreach Center (BOC) Network
Business classes, counseling, financial planning, multilingual
Four offices throughout Brooklyn: North Brooklyn (main office), Oceanhill-Brownsville, South Brooklyn, Brighton
Main office:
85 S. Oxford Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217
718-624-9115
www.bocnet.org
Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (CACCI)
Business courses, counseling, networking
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Building 5, Mezzanine
Brooklyn, NY 11205
718-834-4544
www.caribbeantradecenter.com
CAMBA
Business courses (daycare), computer access, counseling, loan program
884 Flatbush Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11226
718-282-2500
www.camba.org
East Williamsburg Valley Industrial Development Corporation (EWVIDCO)
Business courses, networking, real estate assistance, Empire Zone administration
11-29 Catherine Street
Brooklyn, NY 11211
718-388-7287
www.ewvidco.com
Grameen America, Inc.
Microfinance for low-income entrepreneurs.
1460 Broadway, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10036
212-735-4031
brottman@grameenamerica.org
www.grameenamerica.org
Local Development Corporation of East New York
Business courses, computer access, counseling, networking, real estate assistance and Empire Zone administration
80 Jamaica Avenue, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11207
718-385-6700
www.ldceny.org
Metrotech Business Improvement District
Real estate assistance
4 Metrotech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-488-8200
info@metrotechbid.org
www.metrotechbid.org
Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project Local Development Corporation
Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership's Business Improvement District
Loan program, real estate assistance
472 Myrtle Avenue, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11205
718-230-1689
info@myrtleavenue.org
www.myrtleavenue.org
Neighbors Helping Neighbors
Consulting, real estate assistance in Sunset Park area
5313 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11220
718-492-3450
NHNhelp@erols.com
www.nhnhome.org
New American Chamber of Commerce
Business courses, Counseling, Networking
26 Court Street, Suite 701
Brooklyn, NY 11242
Phone: 718-722-9217
Fax: 718-222-3153
Email: bfigeroux@mynacc.org
www.mynacc.org
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)
Loan programs, tax incentives, energy savings program, real estate assistance
110 William Street
New York, NY 10038
212-619-5000
www.nycedc.com
New York City Financial Network Action Consortium (NYCfNAC)
In conjunction with credit unions and other organizations NYCfNAC offers:
Business courses, consulting, financial planning, loan programs
209 East 3rd St.
New York, NY 10009
Phone: (212) 254-6060
www.nycfnac.org
New York & New Jersey Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc
Refers minority business to Business Consortium Fund for equity capital and loans
1270 Broadway, Suite 606
New York, NY 10001
212-502-5663
council@nynjmpc.org
www.nynjmsdc.org
New York Public Library Science, Industry and Business Library (SIBL)
Business courses, counseling (SCORE), computer access
188 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-592-7000
www.nypl.org/sibl
http://smallbiz.nypl.org
New York State Small Business Development Center (NYS SBDC)
Business classes, counseling , financial planning, networking, multilingual
Located at colleges throughout New York, the Brooklyn site is:
SBDC at NY City College of Technology
25 Chapel Street, 11th Floor
Howard Building
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-797-0187
www.nyssbdc.org
New York City College of Technology SBDC
25 Chapel Street, 11th Floor
New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-797-0187
RAstorga@citytech.cuny.edu
St. Joseph's College SBDC
265 Clinton Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
718-399-0068
Ocean Hill - Bushwick - Bedford Stuyvesant Local Development Corporation (OBUSTY)
Counseling, real estate assistance
1079 Gates Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11221
718-452-6150
Pratt Area Community Council
Business courses, networking, real estate assistance
PACC Employment & Entrepreneurship Center
1224 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11216
718-783-3549
www.prattarea.org
Project Enterprise
Loan programs, counseling, multilingual
330 Hinsdale Street
Brooklyn, NY 11207
718-485-6891
www.projectenterprise.org
Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE)
Counseling, business courses
www.score.org or www.scorenyc.org
South Brooklyn Local Development Corporation
Networking, real estate assistance, seminars
269 Van Brunt Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-625-1381
Southwest Brooklyn Industrial Development Corporation (SBIDC)
Networking, real estate assistance
269 37th Street, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11232
718-965-3100
www.sbidc.org
Sunset Park Business Improvement District
Business courses, networking, real estate assistance
4505 Fifth Avenue, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11220
718-437-2234
www.sunsetparkbid.org
Urban Business Assistance Corporation
Business plan assistance for a fee, counseling
44 West 4th Street, Suite 561
New York, NY 10012-1126
212-995-4404
UBAC@stern.nyu.edu
Women's Venture Fund
Business courses, counseling, micro-loans for small business women, networking
240 West 35th Street, Suite 201
New York, NY 10001
212-563-0499
www.wvf-ny.org
Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO)
Business classes, counseling, networking
220 East 23rd Street #309
New York, NY 10010-4606
212-684-0854
www.wibo.org
Brooklyn Borough President's Office
Real estate assistance, regulatory assistance
Economic Development Division
209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-802-3854
www.brooklyn-usa.org
Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
Financial planning, regulatory assistance
Taxpayer Education & Communication
625 Fulton Street, 6th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-488-2541 or 718-488-3266
www.irs.gov/smallbiz
New York City Department of Small Business Services (SBS)
Assistance in government procurement and minority certification, assistance for street vendors, runs the Business Action Center, energy savings programs and administers Business Improvement Districts
110 William Street
New York, NY 10038
212-513-6300 or 212-646-2442
www.nyc.gov/sbs
New York City Business Solutions
Counseling, financial planning, real estate assistance
9 Bond Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-246-5219
www.nyc.gov/smallbiz
New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)
Loan programs, tax incentives, energy savings program, real estate assistance
110 William Street
New York, NY 10038
212-312-3600
info@newyorkbiz.com
www.nycedc.com
New York State Empire Development
Assistance in government procurement and minority certification, Empire Development Zone program, loan guarantees, real estate assistance, tax incentives, Small Business Ombudsman Program
Division for Small Business
633 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017
800-782-8369
www.nylovessmallbiz.com
New York State Office of Regulatory Reform
Interagency database of business licenses and permits required by NYS
GORR
P.O. Box 7027, 17th Floor
A.E. Smith Building
Albany, NY 12225
800-342-3464 or 518-486-3292
www.nys-permits.org
U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA)
Assistance in government procurement and minority certification (Pro Net), business courses, export assistance, loan programs
NY Regional Office
26 Federal Plaza, Suite 3100
New York, NY 10278
212-264-4354
www.sba.gov
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