Brooklyn Woods

Brooklyn Woods helps unemployed and low-income New Yorkers start careers in skilled woodworking and cabinet making. The program includes hands-on training and lectures in woodworking and class time in safety, math and job readiness skills.

Brooklyn Woods is a free full-time 8 week training program preparing individuals for entry-level positions in woodworking and cabinetmaking. Trainees learn:

Proper use of hand tools, power tools and woodworking machinery
An introduction to shop production procedures, wood technology, wood finishing techniques, cabinet installation and technical drawing
How to cut, machine, sand and assemble cabinets
To take measurements properly and to work with fractions
How to search for jobs, prepare a resume and interview

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Brooklyn Woods also operates a cabinetmaking business that builds cabinets for housing developers out of environmentally-friendly materials. Trainees have the unique opportunity to learn production techniques in a professional shop environment.

Brooklyn Woods does not offer a program in carpentry but many of the skills learned in woodworking and cabinetmaking are transferrable to other fields.

Founded in 1999, Brooklyn Woods merged with BWI in 2007 and operates a custom-built woodworking shop and training facility in Gowanus, Brooklyn. More than 125 woodworking and construction businesses have employed program graduates.

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