Brooklyn 2000

Community District 3
North: Flushing Ave/Broadway
East: Saratoga Ave
West: Classon Ave
South: Atlantic Ave.
2900 West 8th Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11224
TEL: 718.266.3001
FAX: 718.266.3920
Site: www.communityboard13.org
Dist Mngr: Chuck Reichenthal

Community District 5
North: Queens Borough Line
East: Queens Borough Line
West: Louisana/Stanley/
Van Sinderen
South: Gateway Nat’l. Rec.
127 Pennsylvania Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11207
TEL: 718.498.5711
FAX: 718.345.0501
Dist Mngr: Walter Campbell

Community District 16
North: Broadway
East: Van Sinderen Avenue
West: Atlantic/East NY Avenue
South: East 98th Street/LIRR
444 Thomas Boyland St., Rm. 103
Brooklyn, NY 11212
Phone: 718.385.0323
Fax: 718.342.6714
Site: www.brooklyncb16.org
Dist Mngr: Viola D. Greene-Walker

General
Characteristics:

Population

143,867

173,198

85,343

Sex

54.9% Female, 45.1% Male

54.3% Female, 45.7% Male

56.5%, 43.5%

Median Age

25-44 yrs

25-44 yrs

25-44 yrs

Racial Characteristics

Nonhispanic of Single Race:

White

1.4%

5.1%

0.7%

Black

76.8%

49.0%

78.2%

Asian

1.0%

3.5%

0.6%

2 or more races

2.1%

3.0%

2.0%

Hispanic

18.1%

37.7%

18.0%

Social Characteristics:

Population Under 18 Years

44,899 (31.2%)

56,859 (32.8%)

30,939 (36.3%)

Percentage of Family Households
not run by a Married Couple

65.9% of family households

56.3% of family households

69.3% of family households

Nonfamily households

35.1%

24.8%

28.8%

Persons on Public Assistance
through AFDC, and Home Relief

23,029 (16.0%)

25,268 (14.6%)

17,322 (20.3%)

Population and Housing:

Housing Units - Renter v Owner

80.5% units renter occupied

77.1% units renter occupied

84.3% units renter occupied

Land Use:

Multi-Family Residential

32.4% (24.0% 1-2 Fam. Residential) 34.0%)

19.6% (24.8% 1-2 Fam. Residential)

34.2% (22.1% 1-2 Fam. Residential)

Open Space/Recreation

2.7%

10.7%

4.8%

Commercial/ Office

2.9%

3.4%

4.0%

Industry

4.9%

6.1%

4.7%

Institutions

11.7%

7.1%

8.8%

What’s Going on in the Neighborhood?

*After more than two decades of abandonment, the Robert Moses pool and surrounding structures will receive a large capital investment from the City, possibly in a phased plan.
*While Brooklyn’s 50 miles of waterfront could be one of its proudest features, many
areas badly need repair. The city plans to cover repairs and construction in the following areas of Brooklyn’s waterfront. In the areas along the greenway in Bay Ridge (the bulkheads and pathway are crumbling), and in Greenpoint-Williamsburg, Red Hook and Sunset Park (the waterfront is inaccessible to residents). Drastic changes in the waterfront appearance are expected in the upcoming years.

Central Brooklyn 2000

Community District 8
North: Atlantic Ave
East: Ralph Ave/New York Ave
West: Flatbush Ave
South: Eastern Pkwy/Rochester
1291 St. Marks Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11213
TEL: 718-467-5574
FAX: 718.778.2979
Website: www.brooklyncb8.org
Dist Mngr: Doris Alexander

Community District 14
North: Parkside Ave
East: Beford/Foster/Nostrand
West: Coney Island Ave/
L.I.R.R./McDonald/Ave F/18th
South: Avenue P/Kings Hway
810 East 16th Street,
Brooklyn, NY 11230-3010
TEL: 718.859.6357
FAX: 718.421.6077
website: na
Dist Mngr: Ms. Terry Rodie

Community District 17
North: Clarkson/Utica/East N.Y.
East:  East 98th St.
West: E 32nd/Glenwood/
Nostrand/Foster/Bedford
South: L.I.R.R.
5715 Avenue H, # 1D
Brooklyn, NY 11234
Phone: 718.241.0422
Fax: 718.531.3199
website: na
Dist Mngr: Dorothy Turano

General
Characteristics:

Population

96,076

168,806

165,753

Sex

55.5% Female, 44.5% Male

53.0% Female, 47% Male

55.9%, 44.1%

Median Age

25-44 yrs

25-44 yrs

25-44 yrs

Racial Characteristics

Nonhispanic of Single Race:

White

6.8%

35.7%

1.6%

Black

78.0%

39.2%

88.4%

Asian

1.7%

7.8%

1.0%

2 or more races

2.5%

3.4%

2.8%

Hispanic

10.4%

13.2%

5.6%

Social Characteristics:

Population Under 18 Years

26,059 (27.1%)

48,747 (28.9%)

44,792 (27.0%)

Percentage of Family Households
not run by a Married Couple

63.1% of family households

40.6% of family households

55.7% of family households

Nonfamily households

41.7%

30.4%

26.9%

Persons on Public Assistance
through AFDC, and Home Relief

12,105 (12.6%)

11,320 (6.7%)

10,116 (6.1%)

Population and Housing:

Housing Units - Renter v Owner

84.4% units renter occupied

80.9% units renter occupied

70.6% units renter occupied

Land Use:

Multi-Family Residential

39.8% (18.2% 1-2 Fam Residential)

 24.2% (48.7% 1-2 Fam Residential)

23.8% (44.7% 1-2 Fam Residential)

Open Space/Recreation

5.4%

3.6%

5.6%

Commercial/Office

2.5%

4.9%

3.1%

Industry

4.9%

0.3%

4.2%

Institutions

10.5%

8.3%

6.7%

What’s Going on in
the Neighborhood?

*The city plans to rezone areas of Bedford-Stuyvesant in hopes of attracting developers.
* Plans for the Brooklyn Atlantic Yards, a mega project of office towers, housing, parks, and sports
facilities are under way.
*At the improbable intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic avenues at the head of a tree-lined boulevard
of mixed-height structures, designs for a basketball arena for the Nets are in motion. After decades of
urban-design near-paralysis, the city faces the equivalent of a Rockefeller Center in Brooklyn.

Borough-Wide Statistics, Brooklyn, 2000

General
Characteristics:

Population

2,465,326

Education

31.2% without HS diploma, 21.8% with bachelor’s degree or more (Population 25 years and over)

In Residence 5 Years

62.9% (Population 5 years and over)

English Not Spoken at Home

46.7% (Population 5 years and over)

Birth Place of Foreign Born

51.6% Latin America, 19.7% Asia, 25.6%Europe, 2.5% Africa

% of Pop. Foreign Born

37.8%

Economic Characteristics:

Occupation

55.8% Management, professional; 23.5% Sales and office occupations; 12.4% Service Occupations; 6.0% Production, transportation, and material moving; 2.3% Construction, extraction, and maintenance

Persons Below the Poverty Line

22% of families, 25.1% of individuals (statistic for earnings 1999)

Median Household Income

$32,135 (statistic for earnings 1999)

Mean travel time to work

43.2 minutes (workers 16 yrs and older)

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