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Community District in New York, United States
Brooklyn Community District 6
Community District
Country
United States
State
New York
City
New York City
Borough
Brooklyn
Neighborhoods
List
Carroll Gardens
Cobble Hill
Columbia Street Waterfront District
Gowanus
Park Slope
Red Hook
Government
• Chairperson
Eric McClure
• District Manager
Michael Racioppo
Area
• Total
3.1 sq mi (8 km2)
Population
(2010)[1]
• Total
104,709
• Density
34,000/sq mi (13,000/km2)
Ethnicity
• African-American
6.7%
• Asian
6.6%
• Hispanic and Latino Americans
17.3%
• White
64.6%
• Others
4.7%
Time zone
UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)
UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
11201, 11215, 11217 and 11231
Area code
718, 347, 929, and 917
Police Precincts
76th (website)
78th (website)
Website
www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page
[2]
Brooklyn Community Board 6 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Gowanus, Cobble Hill and Columbia Street Waterfront District. It is delimited by Upper New York Bay and East River on the west, Atlantic Avenue, Court Street, Fourth Avenue, Warren and Pacific Streets on the north, Prospect Park on the east, as well as by the 15th Street, Hamilton Avenue and the Gowanus Canal on the south. It approximates the 19th century district of South Brooklyn.
Its current chairman is Eric McClure and the District Manager is Michael Racioppo.[3]
As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 104,054, up from 102,724 in 1990 but down from 110,225 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 57,106 (54.9%) are White non Hispanic, 14,034 (13.5%) are African-American, 4,622 (4.4%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 173 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 493 (0.5%) of some other race, 3,274 (3.1%) of two or more race, 24,352 (23.4%) of Hispanic origins.
18.8% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 14.4% in 2000.
The land area is 2,226.4 acres (9.010 km2).
^"Brooklyn Community District 6" (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^"NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
^"Brooklyn Community Board 6". www1.nyc.gov. Brooklyn Community Board 6. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
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