Brooklyn Community Board 18 Explained

Brooklyn Community District 18
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
Parts:List
P1:Bergen Beach
P2:Canarsie
P3:Flatlands
P4:Marine Park
P5:Mill Basin
Leader Title:Chairperson
Leader Name:Saul Needle
Leader Title1:District Manager
Leader Name1:Sue Ann Partnow
Unit Pref:US
Area Total Sq Mi:8.5
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:193,543
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Demographics Type2:Ethnicity
Demographics2 Title1:African-American
Demographics2 Info1:62.5%
Demographics2 Title2:Asian
Demographics2 Info2:4.7%
Demographics2 Title3:Hispanic and Latino Americans
Demographics2 Info3:8.2%
Demographics2 Title4:White
Demographics2 Info4:22.8%
Demographics2 Title5:Others
Demographics2 Info5:1.7%
Blank Name Sec1:Police Precincts
Blank Info Sec1:
  • 63rd
  • 69th
Timezone1:Eastern
Utc Offset1:−5
Timezone1 Dst:EDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:11234, 11236
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:718, 347, 929, and 917
Footnotes:[2]

Brooklyn Community Board 18 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Canarsie, Bergen Beach, Mill Basin, Flatlands, Marine Park, Georgetown, and Mill Island.[3] It is delimited by Nostrand Avenue on the west, the Long Island Rail Road on the north, Van Sinderen Avenue and Louisiana Avenue on the east, as well as by Shore Parkway on the south.

Its current chairman is Saul Needle, and its district manager Sue Ann Partnow.

As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 194,653 up from 162,428 in 1990 and 169,093 in 1980.

Of them (as of 2000), 67,303 (34.6%) are White non Hispanic, 98,714 (50.7%) are African-American, 7,203 (3.7%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 254 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 854 (0.4%) of some other race, 4,469 (2.3%) of two or more race, 15,886 (8.2%) of Hispanic origins.

21.6% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 10.9% in 2000.

The land area is 6100.5acres.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Brooklyn Community District 18 . 12 July 2020.
  2. Web site: NYC Planning Community Profiles. communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. 12 July 2020.
  3. http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/cb_brooklyn.shtml Brooklyn Community Boards