Brooklyn Community Board 1 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. It is delimited by the Newtown Creek and Queens Borough line on the east, Flushing and Kent Avenue on the south, and by the East River on the west.Brooklyn Community District 1 , New York City Department of City Planning. Accessed May 13, 2008.
Its current chairman is Dealice Fuller, and its district manager is Johana Pulgarin.
As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board had a population of 160,338, up from 155,972 in 1990 and 142,942 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 77,040 (48.0%) were White non-Hispanic, 8,808 (5.5%) were African-American, 5,730 (3.57%) were Asian or Pacific Islander, 192 (0.1%) were American Indian or Native Alaskan, 3,635 (2.3%) were of some other race, 4,488 (2.8%) were of two or more races, and 60,445 (37.7%) were Hispanic.
46.7% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 32.9% in 2000.
The land area is .
Demographics
Brooklyn Community Board 1 recorded a population of 204,125 in the 2020 United States census, a 18% increase since the 2010 United States census, when the figure stood at 173,083.
+ Population by race as of 2010 and 2020 censuses: Race 2010 2020 White 105,311 60.84% 124,282 60.88% Asian 8,711 5.03% 13,631 6.67% Black 8,982 5.19% 10,692 5.24% Other 859 0.50% 2,956 1.45% Multiracial 2,212 1.28% 7,088 3.47% Hispanic (any race) 47,008 27.16% 45,476 22.28% Total 173,083 100% 204,125 100%
References
External links Official site of the Community Board