Brooklyn Community District 7 | |
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: | ![]() |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | New York City |
Subdivision Type3: | Borough |
Subdivision Name3: | Brooklyn |
Parts Type: | Neighborhoods |
Parts: | List |
P1: | Greenwood Heights |
P2: | South Slope |
P3: | Sunset Park |
P4: | Windsor Terrace |
Leader Title: | Chair |
Leader Name: | Julio Peña III |
Leader Title1: | District Manager |
Leader Name1: | Jeremy Laufer |
Unit Pref: | US |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 3.7 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 126,230 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Population Note: | [1] |
Demographics Type2: | Ethnicity |
Demographics2 Title1: | African-American |
Demographics2 Info1: | 2.5% |
Demographics2 Title2: | Asian |
Demographics2 Info2: | 32.2% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Hispanic and Latino Americans |
Demographics2 Info3: | 41.1% |
Demographics2 Title4: | White |
Demographics2 Info4: | 22.6% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
Demographics2 Info5: | 1.6% |
Blank Name Sec1: | Police Precincts |
Blank Info Sec1: | 72nd |
Timezone1: | Eastern |
Utc Offset1: | −5 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 11215, 11220, 11218 and 11232 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 718, 347, 929, and 917 |
Footnotes: | [2] |
Brooklyn Community Board 7 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights and South Park Slope. It is delimited by Gowanus Bay on the west; by 15th Street and Prospect Park South West on the north; and by Caton Avenue, Fort Hamilton Parkway, 37th Street and 8th Avenue on the east, as well as by the Long Island Rail Road and Bay Ridge R.R. Yards on the south.
Its current chairperson is Julio Peña III and its district manager is Jeremy Laufer.[3]
As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 120,063, up from 102,553 in 1990 and 98,564 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 27,369 (22.8%) are White non Hispanic, 4,203 (3.5%) are African-American, 20,911 (17.4%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 258 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 668(0.6%) of some other race, 3,322 (2.8%) of two or more race, 63,332 (52.7%) of Hispanic origins. 40.7% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 23.0% in 2000. The land area is 2709.3acres.