| Brooklyn Community District 6 | |
| 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: | Carroll Gardens |
| P2: | Cobble Hill |
| P3: | Columbia Street Waterfront District |
| P4: | Gowanus |
| P5: | Park Slope |
| P6: | Red Hook |
| Leader Title: | Chairperson |
| Leader Name: | Eric McClure |
| Leader Title1: | District Manager |
| Leader Name1: | Michael Racioppo |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.1 |
| Population Footnotes: | [1] |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 104,709 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | Ethnicity |
| Demographics2 Title1: | African-American |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 6.7% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | Asian |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 6.6% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | Hispanic and Latino Americans |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 17.3% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | White |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 64.6% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 4.7% |
| 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: | 11201, 11215, 11217 and 11231 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 718, 347, 929, and 917 |
| Footnotes: | [2] |
Brooklyn Community Board 6 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Gowanus, Cobble Hill and Columbia Street Waterfront District. It is delimited by Upper New York Bay and East River on the west, Atlantic Avenue, Court Street, Fourth Avenue, Warren and Pacific Streets on the north, Prospect Park on the east, as well as by the 15th Street, Hamilton Avenue and the Gowanus Canal on the south. It approximates the 19th century district of South Brooklyn.
Its current chairman is Eric McClure and the District Manager is Michael Racioppo.[3]
As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 104,054, up from 102,724 in 1990 but down from 110,225 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 57,106 (54.9%) are White non Hispanic, 14,034 (13.5%) are African-American, 4,622 (4.4%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 173 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 493 (0.5%) of some other race, 3,274 (3.1%) of two or more race, 24,352 (23.4%) of Hispanic origins.
18.8% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 14.4% in 2000.The land area is 2226.4acres.