Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, improving the quality of life in Central Brooklyn since 1967. Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, the nation's first community development corporation, pa The nation's first community development corporation, Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation was founded in 1967 through unprecedented community activism and the bipartisan support of senators Jacob Javits and Robert F. Kennedy. Now, half a century later, its mission is to relentlessly pursue strategies to close gaps in family and community wealth to ensure all families in Central Brooklyn are prosperous and healthy. With a vision of a flourishing Brooklyn community consisting of strong families, businesses, and institutions and anchored in a culture of equity and inclusion, Restoration drives strategies that encourage asset creation, upward mobility, and self-sufficiency.