East Flatbush Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021
Population
Born in New York State		38.2%	40.6%	43.9%	42.3%
Disabled population			6.1%	5.5%	5.3%
Foreign-born population	54.5%	53.5%	52.6%	48.1%	50.6%
Population	145,263	147,390	140,285	136,009	139,133
Population aged 65+	9.1%	11.2%	11.7%	17.0%	18.0%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	45.0%	42.9%	40.7%	32.3%	27.9%
Single-person households		26.0%	26.5%	27.7%	28.4%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	1.0%	0.3%	0.8%	2.3%	2.3%
Percent Black	88.7%	89.5%	89.2%	85.8%	78.1%
Percent Hispanic	5.4%	6.5%	7.5%	7.6%	4.1%
Percent white	1.5%	1.0%	1.1%	2.5%	4.4%
Racial diversity index	0.21	0.19	0.20	0.26	0.39
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		3.9	5.0	4.5	7.5
Median household income (2022$)	$61,330	$58,320	$55,790	$67,900	$64,520
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)		$87,240	$89,740	$90,390	$90,270
Median household income, renters (2022$)		$46,440	$43,100	$57,820	$52,730
Poverty rate	19.4%	19.1%	15.4%	9.9%	17.6%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		18.8%	17.9%	10.3%	18.9%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		29.0%	20.6%	11.0%	19.5%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		63.8%	64.2%	61.8%	61.2%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		17.9%	15.1%	14.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	12.49%	8.35%	12.77%	5.01%	12.72%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	32.1%	38.2%	36.0%	32.4%	30.0%
Housing units		51,871	52,526	58,600	57,266
Rental vacancy rate			5.1%	3.8%	3.9%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		103.8	123.6	187.8	211.4	231.3
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			3.4%	3.6%	3.8%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		504.9	536.7	691.7	763.6	747.8
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	16.1	22.8	33.3	20.4	10.9	17.1
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	271	371	575	340	186	278
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	185	273	341	136	44	97
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	55	71	168	175	121	162
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				106.5	37.1	90.6
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				1,623	563	1,374
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	45	3	14
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		0.7%	73.1%	36.9%	33.0%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		54.8%	1.6%	16.7%	9.9%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		41.0%	8.8%	3.9%	1.4%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		48.9	11.7	19.9	18.8
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		48.7%	9.4%	44.2%	40.5%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		2.8%	52.2%	7.1%	8.2%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		110.9	14.5	24.5	49.5
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	173	289	60	137	101	131
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	313	592	143	249	134	235
Sales volume, 5+ family building	28	72	17	16	18	21
Sales volume, condominium	3	10	21	17	13	13
Sales volume, all property types	517	963	241	419	266	400
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$)	$317,790	$585,990	$437,790	$646,680	$700,280	$665,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$)	$164,280	$324,300	$228,550	$348,420	$376,580	$345,000
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$)	$64,440	$112,720	$91,210	$195,740	$155,620	$158,330
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$)	$217,520	$415,370	$390,000	$602,080	$557,040	$585,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	224.8	159.1	273.6	334.0	317.5
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	227.2	163.7	286.3	322.3	305.6
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	198.2	195.3	499.5	351.7	354.1
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0	347.2	286.5	474.1	521.6	543.4
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	224.6	164.7	290.4	330.9	314.4
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						129
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						0
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						0
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						8
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						314
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						10
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						436
Public Housing (properties)						4
Public Housing (units)						143
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						1
Mitchell-Lama (units)						0
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						130
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						3,029
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						7
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						385
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						97
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties)						9
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units)						313
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties)						2
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units)						101
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties)						6
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units)						325

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		47.9	45.6	44.2	45.2
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	26	0	7	678	653	1,142
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	82	176	80	938	692	763

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	67.7%	72.2%	69.9%	72.6%	65.0%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	50.1	45.6	46.6	47.8	45.9
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		14.7	13.5	10.0	10.9	12.9
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		9.0	7.8	5.4	5.4	6.8
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		5.7	5.7	4.7	5.5	6.0
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				43.3%		42.5%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				36.3%		32.7%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,460	$1,580	$1,680
Median rent, all (2022$)	$1,170	$1,290	$1,390	$1,590	$1,590
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)			$1,340	$1,620	$1,770
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,200	$1,330	$1,420
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					3.5%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			4.8%	11.0%	9.2%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			85.6%	85.6%	87.0%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			99.7%	99.0%	98.8%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		27.4%	26.3%	27.5%	19.4%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			34.4%	33.7%	32.5%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			6.7%	7.1%	7.2%
Severely rent-burdened households	26.1%		30.7%	31.6%	31.8%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			43.2%	41.9%	45.0%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.0%	0.2%	1.2%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			5.4%	3.8%
Public housing (% of rental units)						0.3%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 139,133 people in East Flatbush, of which 2.3% identified as Asian, 78.1% identified as Black, 4.1% identified as Hispanic, and 4.4% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of East Flatbush in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (27.6%) of households was $100,001 - $250,000. In 2000, the household income group with the largest share (23.7%) of households was $60,001 - $100,000.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in East Flatbush in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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Median household income in 2021 was $64,520, about 11% less than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in East Flatbush was 17.6% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in East Flatbush was 17.6% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

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The rent distribution shows the share of apartments by their size (according to the number of bedrooms), and then for each apartment size in the community district, the share of apartments according to their monthly gross rent. This distribution compares 5-year ACS figures from 2010 to 5-year ACS figures from 2021.

Graph showing the distribution of rents in East Flatbush in both 2010 and 2017-2021.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in East Flatbush increased from $1,290 in 2006 to $1,590 in 2021. This represents a 23.3% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median gross rent outpaced the change in median household income by 9.7 percentage points. In 2021, 31.8% of renter households in East Flatbush were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 87.0% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 1 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 0.3% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in East Flatbush was 3.9% in 2021.

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Graph showing the change in real median gross rent and median renter household income in East Flatbush from 2006 to 2021.

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0.3% of the rental units in East Flatbush are public housing rental units in 2022.

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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in East Flatbush was 30.0%, which is lower than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has decreased by 6.0 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 18.8 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 49.5 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in East Flatbush, 9.9% and 1.4% were high cost loans, respectively. 278 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in East Flatbush in 2022. There were 17.1 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 17.1 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in East Flatbush in 2022

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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 763 residential units in new buildings in East Flatbush in 2022, 71 more than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 763 residential units in new buildings in East Flatbush last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.

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Over the last decade, 2,240 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in East Flatbush. 74% were market rate, compared to 6% that were income-targeted. We use data from a variety of sources to count the number of income-restricted units targeted to households earning between 80% and 165% of AMI. However, due to restricted availability of granular data our calculations of income-restricted units should be read as conservative estimates. Read more about our methodology in the technical appendix of the 2021 Focus Report.

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND CONDITIONS

The serious crime rate was 12.9 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 12.9 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

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Data Notes: See CoreData User Guide for more information about indicator definitions and methods.

Indicators: The rental vacancy rate, severe crowding rate, and the severely rent-burdened households indicators use five-year American Community Survey (ACS) estimates. Data under the 2010 heading comes from the 2006 – 2010 ACS and data under the 2019 heading comes from the 2015 – 2019 ACS.

Rankings: We report rankings out of all neighborhoods for which the indicator can be calculated. Rankings are listed for community districts, though some indicators are reported at the sub-borough area level.