Brooklyn Community District 9 | |
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: | Crown Heights |
P2: | Prospect Lefferts Gardens |
P3: | Wingate |
Leader Title: | Chairperson |
Leader Name: | Patricia Baker |
Leader Title1: | District Manager |
Unit Pref: | US |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 1.6 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 98,429 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Population Note: | [1] |
Demographics Type2: | Ethnicity |
Demographics2 Title1: | African-American |
Demographics2 Info1: | 65.3% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Asian |
Demographics2 Info4: | 1.9% |
Demographics2 Title3: | Hispanic and Latino (of any race) |
Demographics2 Info3: | 8.9% |
Demographics2 Title2: | White |
Demographics2 Info2: | 21.6% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
Demographics2 Info5: | 2.5% |
Blank Name Sec1: | Police Precincts |
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Timezone1: | Eastern |
Utc Offset1: | −5 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 11213, 11216, 11233, 11238, and 11225 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 718, 347, 929, and 917 |
Footnotes: | [2] |
Brooklyn Community Board 9 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, and Wingate. It is delimited by Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue on the west, Eastern Parkway on the north, Rochester, East New York and Utica Avenues on the east, as well as by Clarkson Avenue on the south.
Its former acting chairperson was Laura Imperiale, and district manager Pearl R. Miles.[3] Miles was accused of "doing things without involving the community," per another community leader.[4]
As of the 2000 US Census, the Community Board oversaw a population of 104,014, down from 110,715 in 1990 but up from 96,667 in 1980.Of them (as of 2000), 79,466 (76.4%) are African-American, 11,733 (11.3%) are White non Hispanic, 8,581 (8.2%) of Hispanic origins, 2,416 (2.3%) of two or more race, 819 (0.8%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 816 (0.8%) of some other race, and 183 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan,.36.4% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 20.8% in 2000.The land area is 1002.7acres.