Brooklyn | Williamsburg/Greenpoint Stats
94th precinct -
Greenpoint/Williamsburg is the
safest neighborhood in Brooklyn
5 minutes to
Manhattan on the "L" train
& "J" Train
YMYMCA 1050 Lorimer St. at
Meserole Ave.
www.ymcanyc.org/greenpoint/
METROPOLITAN POOL 257
Bedford Ave. at Metropolitan
Ave.
SCHOOLS 30 public schools
in the area
LIBRARIES
Central Greenpoint Branch 107 Norman Ave. at Leonard St.
Leonard 81 Devoe St. at Leonard St.
Williamsburg Branch 240 Division Ave. at Marcy Ave.
Bushwick Branch 340 Bushwick Ave at Siegel St.
Main Library Grand Army Plaza
www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org
Community Board 1 has
Williamsburg/Greenpoint
statistics.
Total Population 160,338 100.0
White Nonhispanic 77,040 48.0
Black Nonhispanic 8,808 5.5
Asian and Pacific Islander
Nonhispanic 5,730 3.6
Other Nonhispanic 3,827 2.4
Two or More Races Nonhispanic
4,488 2.8
Hispanic Origin 60,445 37.7
Female 81,550 50.9
Male 78,788 49.1
Total Households 55,631
Family households 34,368 61.8
Nonfamily households 21,263 38.2
Total Housing Units 58,692 -
Occupied Housing Units 55,631
Renter occupied 48,086 86.4
Owner occupied 7,545 13.6.
POST OFFICES
42 Boriquen Pl. at So. 4th
157 Guernsey St. at Meserole
Ave.
41 Debevoise St. at Humboldt
442D Lorimer St. at Ten Eyck
USPS contract station (Tiger
Lily)
FESTA DEL GIGLIO The annual
feast of the Lilies. An Italian
Tradition on the Greenpoint-Williamsburg
border. Our Lady of Mount
Carmel, Northside
http://www.giglio-usa.org/
Animal Rescue- Brooklyn Animal
Resource Coalition (BARC)
http://www.barcshelter.org/
According to the US
Government Census Bureau
estimate of 2001::
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2,465,326 people live in
Kings County
(2000 census, 2007 estimate:
2,494,599, 1.2% increase),
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a 7.2% increase between 1990
and 2000.
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Brooklyn remains the most
populous of the city's five
boroughs.
Historical Population
estimates, between 1990 and
1900:
Population by Neighborhood
according to the NYC Dept of
City Planning
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Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights
122,542 (CB10)
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Bedford Stuyvesant 143,867
(CB3)
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Bensonhurst, Bath Beach
172.129 (CB11)
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Borough Park, Ocean Parkway
185,046 (CB12)
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Brooklyn Heights, Fort
Greene 98,620 (CB2)
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Brownsville, Ocean Hill
85,343 (CB16)
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Bushwick 104,358 (CB4)
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Canarsie, Flatlands 194,653
(CB18)
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Coney Island, Brighton Beach
106,120 (CB13)
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Crown Heights / South
Wingate: 104,014 (CB9)
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Crown Heights North 96,076
(CB8)
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East Flatbush, Rugby,
Farragut 165,753 (CB17)
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East New York, Starrett City
173,198 (CB5)
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Flatbush / Midwood 168,806
(CB14)
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Park Slope, Carroll Gardens
104,054 (CB6)
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Sheepshead Bay, Gerritsen
Beach 160,319 (CB15)
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Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace
120,063 (CB7)
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Williamsburg, Greenpoint
168,338 (CB1)
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More Stuff...
- 53% of Brooklyn
residents are female.
- 41.2% are White
- 36.4% are Black or
African-American
- 0.4% are Native American
Indian and/or Alaska Native
persons
- 0.1% are Native Hawaiian
and Other Pacific Islander
- 7.5% are Asian
- 34.7% are White persons
of non-Hispanic/Latino
origin
- 19.8% are of Latino or
Hispanic origin
- 10.1% reporting some
other race
- 4.3% reporting two or
more races
- 7.4% are under the age
of 5 years
- 26.9% are under the age
of 18
- 11.5% are age 65 or
older
- 62.9% have been living
in the same house or
apartment for the last 5
years
- 37.8% were born in a
foreign country
- 46.7% speak a language
other than English at home
- of those over the age of
25,
- 47.7% are high
school graduates
- 21.8% have a
Bachelor's degree or
higher
- 603,816 have a
disability
- there are 38,732
businesses with paid
employees in Brooklyn.
- 37% of those are
minority owned (1997)
- 26% are owned by
women (1997)
- Brooklynites spend an
average of 43 minutes
traveling to work
- Median income is $29,961
per year
- an estimated 24% of
Brooklynites live in
poverty.
vs.
- 27% Bronx
- 18% Manhattan
- 16% Queens
- 9% Staten Island
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Yet more stuff...
- Brooklyn covers 71
square miles
- There are about
34,916 people per square
mile in Brooklyn
- Brooklynites
represent 93 different
ethnic groups, and 150
nationalities.
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