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Brooklyn Community District 5
See BK 5's profile online
Neighborhoods1: Broadway Junction, City Line, Cypress Hills, East New York, Highland Park, New Lots, Spring Creek, Starrett City
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Land Use Category 1 & 2 Family Bldgs 12,542 Top 3 pressing issues identified by Multifamily Walk-up 4,119 Brooklyn Community Board 5 in 2017: Multifamily Elevator 50 1. Affordable housing Mixed Use 1,170 2. Cultural facilities & programs Commercial 299 3. Unemployment Industrial 395 To learn more, please read Brooklyn CD 5's Transportation/Utility 152 Statements of Community District Needs Public/Institutional 343 and Community Board Budget Requests Open Space 98 for Fiscal Year 2018. Parking 585 Vacant 1,030 Website: www.brooklyncb5.org Email:
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PO P U L ATI O N & D E N S I T Y
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A Snapshot of Key Community Indicators
CO M M U N I T Y A S S E T S 5
Public Schools
Public Libraries
Hospitals and Clinics Parks
106 4
23 38
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M E A N C O M M U T E T O W O R K 4, 8
Brooklyn CD 5
45 minutes
Brooklyn 42 minutes
NYC 40
minutes
E D U C AT I O N A L AT TA I N M E N T 4 , 1 0
Brooklyn CD 5
15%
of residents 25 years or older have earned a bachelor's degree or higher
Brooklyn 33% NYC 36%
R E N T B U R D E N 4, 6
Brooklyn CD 5
48%
of households spend 35% or more of their income on rent
Brooklyn 46% NYC 45%
LI M I T E D EN GL I S H P RO FI CI EN C Y 4
Brooklyn CD 5
16%
of residents 5 years or older have limited English proficiency
Brooklyn 24% NYC 23%
U N E M P L OY M E N T 4 , 1 0
Brooklyn CD 5
11.2%
of the civilian labor force was unemployed on average from 2011 to 2015
Brooklyn 10% NYC 9.5%
A C C E S S TO PA R KS 7
Brooklyn CD 5
84%
of residents live within walking distance of a park or open space
C R I M E R AT E 9
Brooklyn CD 5
20.9
major felonies were reported per 1,000 residents in 2016
Citywide Target 85%
Brooklyn 11.2 NYC 11.8
N YC g o v P O V E R T Y M E A S U R E 1 1
Brooklyn CD 5
32%
of residents have incomes below the NYCgov poverty threshold. See the federal poverty rate here.
Brooklyn 21% NYC 21%
Neighborhoods may be in multiple districts. Names and boundaries are not officially designated. 22000 US Census; 32010 US Census; 4American Community Survey 2011-2015 5-Year Estimates, calculated for Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs). PUMAs are geographic approximations of community districts. 5NYC Dept of City Planning Facilites Database (2017); 6 Differences of less than 3 percentage points are not statistically meaningful. 7NYC Dept of Parks and Recreation (DPR) (2016). DPR considers walking distance to be 1/4 mile for parks less than 6 acres, and 1/2 mile for larger parks and pools. 8 Differences of less than 2 minutes are not statistically meaningful. 9NYPD CompStat, Historic Complaint Data (2017); 10 Differences of less than 2 percentage points are not statistically meaningful. 11 20112015 NYCgov Poverty Measure by PUMA. This metric from the Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity accounts for NYC's high cost of housing, as well as other costs of living and anti-poverty benefits. 1
