Industry City is the site of the former Bush Terminal, a shipping, warehousing, and manufacturing complex located in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. While it has since been rebranded as Industry City, its name has remained popular. Some of the structures were demolished or converted into other uses, including a shopping mall, federal prison, and a privately operated manufacturing and commercial complex. Today, NYCEDC operates the Bush Terminal as a garment manufacturing district.
As industrialization spread throughout the country, immigrants began to flock to these rapidly growing cities. By 1851, over thirty thousand people lived in industrial cities, making these cities the most populous in the United States. In addition to the native population, many whites and blacks from the South were also attracted to the rapidly growing industrial centers. Although many manufacturing firms shifted to these cities, immigrant labor remained the mainstay of employment.
The three fastest-growing sectors in Industry City include information businesses, film and television production, and business services. Almost one-third of new businesses in Brooklyn are business services firms. This sector also experienced a large increase in employment from 2010 to 2019, with nearly three-quarters of these jobs located in restaurants. During this time period, a lot of new businesses shifted to the borough. And while the population of the borough declined, the employment levels in Industry City grew by a remarkable 109 percent.