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 |
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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.