Brooklyn Community Board 7 is a
New York City community board that encompasses the
Brooklyn neighborhoods of
Sunset Park,
Windsor Terrace,
Greenwood Heights and
South Park Slope
South Slope, originally South Park Slope, is a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York City, between Sunset Park/ Greenwood Heights to the south and Park Slope to the north. Because there are no official borders to neighborhoods in New York City, de ...
. It is delimited by
Gowanus Bay on the west; by 15th Street and Prospect Park South West on the north; and by Caton Avenue, Fort Hamilton Parkway, 37th Street and 8th Avenue on the east, as well as by the
Long Island Rail Road and Bay Ridge R.R. Yards on the south.
Its current chairman is Cesar Zuniga and its district manager is Jeremy Laufer.
As of the
United States Census, 2000
The United States census of 2000, conducted by the Census Bureau, determined the resident population of the United States on April 1, 2000, to be 281,421,906, an increase of 13.2 percent over the 248,709,873 people enumerated during the 1990 cen ...
, the Community Board has a population of 120,063, up from 102,553 in 1990 and 98,564 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 27,369 (22.8%) are White non Hispanic, 4,203 (3.5%) are
African-American
African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans and Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans with partial or total ancestry from sub-Saharan Africa. The term "African American" generally denotes descendants of ensl ...
, 20,911 (17.4%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 258 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 668(0.6%) of some other race, 3,322 (2.8%) of two or more race, 63,332 (52.7%) of Hispanic origins. 40.7% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 23.0% in 2000. The land area is .
References
External links
Profile of the Community Board(PDF)
Official website of the Community BoardOfficial CB 7 Sunset Park 197-a plan for public review (August 2007)Brooklyn neighborhood map
Community boards of Brooklyn
Sunset Park, Brooklyn
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