| Brooklyn Community District 3 | |
| 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: | Bedford–Stuyvesant |
| P2: | Ocean Hill |
| Leader Title: | Chairperson |
| Leader Name: | Richard Flateau |
| Leader Title1: | District Manager |
| Leader Name1: | Henry L. Butler |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.9 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 152,985 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | Ethnicity |
| Demographics2 Title1: | African-American |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 51.1% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Asian |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 3.3% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Hispanic and Latino Americans |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 19.3% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | White |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 24.3% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.0% |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Police Precincts |
| Blank Info Sec1: |
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| Timezone1: | Eastern |
| Utc Offset1: | −5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 11205, 11206, 11216, 11221, 11233, and 11238 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 718, 347, 929, and 917 |
| Footnotes: | [2] |
Brooklyn Community Board 3 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant Heights and Ocean Hill. It is delimited by Classon Avenue on the west, Flushing Avenue and Broadway on the north, and Saratoga Avenue on the east, as well as by Atlantic Avenue on the south.
Its current chairman is Richard Flateau, and its district manager is Henry Butler, president of the Vanguard Independent Democratic Association.
As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the Board covered a population of 143,387, up from 138,696 in 1990 and 133,377 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 2,056 (1.4%) are White non-Hispanic, 110,431 (76.8%) are African-American, 1,457 (1.0%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 432(0.3%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 473 (0.3%) of some other race, 2,998 (2.1%) of two or more race, 26,020 (18.1%) of Hispanic origins.
44.9% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 32.7% in 2000.The land area is 1894.4acres.