East New York/Starrett City Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019
Population
Born in New York State		55.0%	54.3%	59.5%
Disabled population			6.8%	8.8%
Foreign-born population	33.8%	34.1%	32.9%	32.5%
Population	146,857	161,064	146,614	180,811
Population aged 65+	8.3%	7.9%	10.6%	13.0%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	50.3%	48.7%	47.0%	40.9%
Single-person households		23.3%	25.0%	25.6%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	3.9%	6.2%	2.9%	4.0%
Percent Black	45.7%	45.6%	54.7%	55.4%
Percent Hispanic	39.1%	38.5%	36.9%	34.9%
Percent white	6.0%	5.1%	4.7%	4.2%
Racial diversity index	0.63	0.64	0.56	0.57
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		6.1	6.0	5.0
Median household income (2021$)	$45,250	$37,170	$38,310	$48,330
Median household income, homeowners (2021$)		$79,490	$62,360	$93,640
Median household income, renters (2021$)		$28,790	$30,810	$37,000
Poverty rate	31.3%	27.8%	36.0%	23.3%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		31.9%	31.5%	23.0%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		32.4%	49.1%	31.6%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		54.2%	51.9%	54.5%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		21.0%	25.2%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	15.22%	7.21%	12.29%	3.85%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020	2021
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	23.4%	24.8%	23.1%	26.0%
Housing units		54,000	57,200	71,022
Rental vacancy rate			4.8%	5.0%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		94.0	132.7	131.7	110.5	123.5
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			4.1%	4.7%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		442.8	431.9	496.0	365.1	486.5
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	23.7	31.8	52.0	22.2	9.0	12.4
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	387	561	939	400	167	231
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	299	454	532	157	53	62
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	57	76	354	226	102	152
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				90.0	54.6	43.7
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				1,552	942	754
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family	93	16	55
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		1.2%	62.7%	41.8%	42.6%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		50.7%	1.3%	17.0%	8.9%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		43.4%	6.8%	6.3%	2.2%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		93.4	25.5	22.2	18.9
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		89.6%	24.1%	70.6%	69.1%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		1.5%	64.3%	6.1%	5.0%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		112.8	9.9	24.4	37.5
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	271	241	64	91	74	84
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	659	1,375	329	367	245	224
Sales volume, 5+ family building	25	38	13	19	7	11
Sales volume, condominium	2	11	116	36	36	58
Sales volume, all property types	957	1,665	522	513	362	377
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2021$)		$490,040	$349,630	$504,400	$565,330	$547,180
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2021$)		$315,880	$196,170	$301,330	$361,610	$367,500
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2021$)		$122,510	$91,020	$187,310	$101,250	$175,000
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2021$)		$225,150	$238,320	$341,520	$304,430	$335,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	236.2	157.3	329.4	351.0	345.8
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	252.4	150.7	285.7	332.6	326.5
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	213.2	191.9	335.3	449.9	466.0
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0	69.7	96.0	129.2	141.5	125.6
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	250.5	158.4	294.4	334.7	330.0
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						559
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						4
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						393
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						35
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						8,508
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						128
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						4,857
Public Housing (properties)						18
Public Housing (units)						4,667
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						9
Mitchell-Lama (units)						6,077
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						22
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						552
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						163
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						6,258
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						183
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2022 and 2027 (properties)						9
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2022 and 2027 (units)						529
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2028 and 2037 (properties)						34
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2028 and 2037 (units)						1,249
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2038 and later (properties)						117
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2038 and later (units)						10,853

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		26.5	24.2	29.8
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	392	0	387	683	475
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	485	679	412	531	1,273

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020	2021
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	63.0%	71.1%	76.7%	68.9%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	48.2	47.0	42.1	48.3
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		17.7	16.7	18.6	18.0	19.2
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		9.4	8.2	9.7	9.8	10.5
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		8.3	8.4	8.9	8.2	8.7
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				40.1%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				38.6%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2020	2021
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2021$)			$1,270	$1,360
Median rent, all (2021$)	$990	$1,140	$1,240	$1,260
Median rent, recent movers (2021$)			$1,360	$1,260
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2021$)			$1,010	$1,070
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					-1.7%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			13.7%	22.5%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			81.3%	89.1%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			99.0%	99.5%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		22.8%	21.1%	29.0%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			27.6%	30.3%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			4.8%	5.5%
Severely rent-burdened households	27.1%		33.4%	33.3%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			41.6%	40.7%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.8%	0.0%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			15.4%	12.2%	10.5%
Public housing (% of rental units)						9.5%

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 (23.9%) of households was <= $20,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly higher share of 27.5%.

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 $48,330, about 34% less than citywide median household income ($72,930). 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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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 2019. This is a new figure made for the 2021 State of the City report.

Graph showing the distribution of rents in East New York/Starrett City in both 2010 and 2015-2019.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in East New York/Starrett City increased from $1,140 in 2006 to $1,260 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 were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 8 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 9.5% of rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2021. The overall rental vacancy rate in East New York/Starrett City was 5.0% in 2019.

Real median gross rent in East New York/Starrett City increased from $1,170 in 2007 to $1,260 in 2019.

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9.5% of the rental units in East New York/Starrett City are public housing rental units in 2021.

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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 2020, the home purchase loan rate was 18.9 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 37.5 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, 8.9% and 2.2% were high cost loans, respectively. 231 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in East New York/Starrett City in 2021. There were 12.4 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 12.4 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in East New York/Starrett City in 2021

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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 in 2020, 742 more than the number of units certified in 2019.

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.

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Over the last decade, 3,546 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in East New York/Starrett City. 7% were market rate, compared to 92% low-income. 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 methdology in the technical appendix of the 2021 Focus Report.

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NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND CONDITIONS

The serious crime rate was 19.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2021, compared to 12.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 19.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2021, compared to 12.2 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.