Brooklyn Community Board 16
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Brooklyn Community Board 16 is a local governmental body in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that encompasses the neighborhoods of Brownsville and the Bedford-Stuyvesant subsection Ocean Hill. It is delimited by East 98th street, East New York Avenue, Ralph Avenue, Atlantic Avenue and Saratoga Avenue on the west, Broadway on the north, Van Sinderen Avenue on the east, as well as by the Long Island Rail Road on the south.
Its current chairman is Reverend Thelma Martin, and its district manager Viola D. Greene-Walker.
As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 85,343, up from 84,923 in 1990 and 73,802 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 589 (0.7%) are White non Hispanic, 66,712 (78.2%) are African-American , 542 (0.6%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 228 (0.3%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 191 (0.2%) of some other race, 1,701 (2.0%) of two or more race, 15,380 (18.0%) of Hispanic origins.
50.9% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 38.1% in 2000.
The land area is 1,230.6 acres, or 1.9 square miles.
[edit] External links
- Profile of the Community Board (PDF)
- Official website of the Community Board
- Brooklyn neighborhood map
