Brooklyn Community Board 1 Explained

Brooklyn Community District 1
Settlement Type:Community District
Pushpin Map:USA New York City#USA New York#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in New York City
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Type2:City
Subdivision Name2: New York City
Subdivision Type3:Borough
Subdivision Name3: Brooklyn
Parts Type:Neighborhoods
P1:Greenpoint
P2:Williamsburg
Leader Title:Chair
Leader Name:Dealice Fuller
Leader Title1:District Manager
Leader Name1:Gerald A. Esposito
Unit Pref:US
Area Total Sq Mi:4.7
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:173,083
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Population Note:[1]
Demographics Type2:Ethnicity
Demographics2 Title4:African-American
Demographics2 Info4:4.5%
Demographics2 Title3:Asian
Demographics2 Info3:7.5%
Demographics2 Title2:Hispanic and Latino (of any race)
Demographics2 Info2:23.0%
Demographics2 Title1:White
Demographics2 Info1:62.6%
Demographics2 Title5:Others
Demographics2 Info5:2.1%
Blank Name Sec1:Police Precincts
Blank Info Sec1:
  • 90th
  • 94th
Timezone1:Eastern
Utc Offset1:−5
Timezone1 Dst:EDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:11206, 11211, 11222
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:718, 347, 929, and 917
Footnotes:[2]

Brooklyn Community Board 1 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. It is delimited by the Newtown Creek and Queens Borough line on the east, Flushing and Kent Avenue on the south, and by the East River on the west.[3]

Its current chairman is Dealice Fuller, and its district manager is Gerald A. Esposito.

As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board had a population of 160,338, up from 155,972 in 1990 and 142,942 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 77,040 (48.0%) were White non-Hispanic, 8,808 (5.5%) were African-American, 5,730 (3.57%) were Asian or Pacific Islander, 192 (0.1%) were American Indian or Native Alaskan, 3,635 (2.3%) were of some other race, 4,488 (2.8%) were of two or more races, and 60,445 (37.7%) were Hispanic.

46.7% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 32.9% in 2000.

The land area is 3167.6acres.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brooklyn Community District 1 . 23 March 2020.
  2. Web site: NYC Planning Community Profiles. communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. 23 March 2020.
  3. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/bk1profile.pdf Brooklyn Community District 1