Bridge Street Development Corporation

Housing development

Bsdc's economic development program has four objectives: a) to provide technical and planning assistance to small business startups b)develop commercial space for business c) implement neighborhood retail initiatives to attract and retain businesses and jobs d) offer empowering financial literacy programs and business planning courses, as well as first-time homebuyer workshops.

Bsdc's senior services provides quality housing at below market rent for seniors,and various support services on site, such as meal on wheels, workshops,home health aides, medicare assistance and other extracurricularactivities.

Restorative justice-bsdc's restorative justice program, project restore bedstuy (prb), is an immersive, yearlong, initiative designed to assist young men in need of support due to their involvement in street formations. The project is a collaboration between many community and city stakeholders. Prb provides its participants with mentorship, wraparound support, and the resources to help them regain control of their lives. Core components include access to social resources and services, paid internship employment, targeted education, and important life skills. Additionally, through restorative justice and traumainformed programming, it allows participants to take responsibility for any harm caused, while also healing from any harm they may have experienced themselves.