East New York/Starrett City Neighborhood Profile

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2019, there were an estimated 180,811 people in East New York/Starrett City, of which 4.0% of the population identified as Asian, 55.4% identified as Black, 34.9% identified as Hispanic, and 4.2% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of East New York/Starrett City in both 2000 and 2015-2019.

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In 2019, the household income group with the largest share (24.7%) of households is <= $20,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly higher share of 28.2%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in East New York/Starrett City in both 2000 and 2015-2019.

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Median household income in 2019 was $46,780, about 34% less than citywide median household income ($70,590). The poverty rate in East New York/Starrett City was 23.3% in 2019 compared to 16.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in East New York/Starrett City was 23.3% in 2019 compared to 16.0% citywide.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in East New York/Starrett City increased from $1,110 in 2006 to $1,220 in 2019. In 2019, 33.3% of renter households in East New York/Starrett City were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 89.1% of the rental units are affordable at the 80% Area Median Income, 8 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 17.3% of the rental units are public housing rental units in 2020. The overall rental vacancy rate in East New York/Starrett City was 5.0%.

Real median gross rent in East New York/Starrett City increased from $1,130 in 2007 to $1,220 in 2019.

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17.3% of the rental units in East New York/Starrett City are public housing rental units in 2020.

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Homeowners

In 2019, the homeownership rate in East New York/Starrett City was 26.0%, lower than the citywide share of 31.9%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 2.9 percentage points since 2010. In 2019, the home purchase loan rate was 22.2 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 24.4 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in East New York/Starrett City, 17.0% and 6.3% were high cost loans, respectively. 166 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in East New York/Starrett City in 2020. There were 8.9 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 8.9 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in East New York/Starrett City in 2020

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Development

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 1,273 residential units in new buildings in East New York/Starrett City last year, 742 more than the number of units certified in 2019.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 836 residential units in new buildings in East New York/Starrett City last year, 305 more than the number of units certified in 2019.

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND CONDITIONS

The serious crime rate was 18.0 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2020, compared to 11.6 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

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Neighborhood Indicators: BK05 East New York/Starrett City

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	Rank (2000)	Rank (19/20)
Population
Born in New York State		55.0%	54.3%	59.5%		9
Disabled population			6.8%	8.8%		15
Foreign-born population	33.8%	34.1%	32.9%	32.5%	31	31
Population	146,857	161,064	146,614	180,811
Population aged 65+	8.3%	7.9%	10.6%	13.0%	48	39
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	50.3%	48.7%	47.0%	40.9%	7	3
Single-person households		23.3%	25.0%	25.6%		39
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	3.9%	6.2%	2.9%	4.0%	35	41
Percent Black	45.7%	45.6%	54.7%	55.4%	11	7
Percent Hispanic	39.1%	38.5%	36.9%	34.9%	14	19
Percent white	6.0%	5.1%	4.7%	4.2%	44	47
Racial diversity index	0.63	0.64	0.56	0.57	19	33
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		6.1	6.0	5.0		34
Median household income (2020$)	$43,800	$35,980	$37,080	$46,780	43	45
Median household income, homeowners (2020$)		$76,940	$60,360	$90,630		42
Median household income, renters (2020$)		$27,860	$29,820	$35,820		47
Poverty rate	31.3%	27.8%	36.0%	23.3%	12	11
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		31.9%	31.5%	23.0%		17
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		32.4%	49.1%	31.6%		12
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		54.2%	51.9%	54.5%		51
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		21.0%	25.2%	15.9%		28
Unemployment rate	15.22%	7.21%	12.29%	3.85%	11	39

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020	Rank (2000)	Rank (19/20)
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	23.4%	24.8%	23.1%	26.0%		33	33
Housing units		54,000	57,200	71,022			13
Rental vacancy rate			4.8%	5.0%			7
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		94.0	132.7	131.7	110.5		13
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			4.1%	4.7%			20
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		442.8	431.9	496.0	365.1		10
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	23.7	31.8	52.0	22.2	8.9	7	6
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	387	561	939	400	166	4	5
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	299	454	532	157	52	5	5
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	57	76	354	226	102	5	4
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				90.0	54.6		7
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				1,552	942		7
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	93	16	55			2
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		1.2%	62.7%	41.8%			5
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		50.7%	1.3%	17.0%			5
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		43.4%	6.8%	6.3%			2
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		93.4	25.5	22.2			22
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		89.6%	24.1%	70.6%			9
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		1.5%	64.3%	6.1%			33
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		112.8	9.9	24.4			8
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	271	241	64	91	61	14	23
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	659	1,375	329	367	224	2	5
Sales volume, 5+ family building	25	38	13	19	7	19	29
Sales volume, all property types	957	1,665	522	513	324	11	27
Sales volume, condominium	2	11	116	36	32	46	42
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2020$)	$171,210	$474,310	$338,400	$488,210	$547,180	55	42
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2020$)	$139,520	$305,740	$189,880	$291,650	$354,500	52	41
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2020$)	$47,960	$118,580	$88,100	$181,300	$98,000	49	53
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2020$)	$89,140	$217,930	$230,670	$330,560	$302,500	49	49
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	223.5	130.6	219.8	228.4		39
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	234.8	127.9	163.3	204.7		47
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	179.1	142.9	304.1	374.3		35
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	231.8	129.8	177.3	212.1		56
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0	131.6	108.4	120.4	138.6		48
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)					488		7
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)					7		17
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)					651		21
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)					40		6
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)					8,832		1
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)					84		12
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)					3,972		15
Public Housing (properties)					28		8
Public Housing (units)					8,080		8
Mitchell-Lama (properties)					9		11
Mitchell-Lama (units)					6,077		3
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)					18		50
421-a Tax Exemption (units)					508		52
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)					140		3
420-c Tax Exemption (units)					5,328		2
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)					164		12
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2020 and 2025 (properties)					12		16
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2020 and 2025 (units)					749		16
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2026 and 2035 (properties)					25		13
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2026 and 2035 (units)					692		32
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2036 and later (properties)					85		3
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2036 and later (units)					10,596		3

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020	Rank (2000)	Rank (19/20)
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		26.5	24.2	29.8			39
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	392	835	387	683	475	12	17
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	485	679	412	531	1,273	11	2

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020	Rank (2000)	Rank (19/20)
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	63.0%	71.1%	76.7%	68.9%		35	32
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	48.2	47.0	42.1	48.3		3	5
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		17.7	16.7	18.6	18.0		10
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		9.4	8.2	9.7	9.7		13
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		8.3	8.4	8.9	8.2		9
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				40.1%			43
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				38.6%			40

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020	Rank (2000)	Rank (19/20)
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2020$)			$1,230	$1,310			46
Median rent, all (2020$)	$960	$1,110	$1,200	$1,220		39	48
Median rent, recent movers (2020$)			$1,320	$1,220			52
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2020$)			$980	$1,040			47
Median rent, asking
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			13.7%	22.5%			5
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			81.3%	89.1%			6
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			99.0%	99.5%			10
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		22.8%	21.1%	29.0%			6
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			27.6%	30.3%			32
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			4.8%	5.5%			46
Severely rent-burdened households	27.1%		33.4%	33.3%		13	11
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			41.6%	40.7%			41
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.8%	0.0%			33
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			15.4%	12.2%			9
Public housing (% of rental units)					17.3%		9

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.