East New York/Starrett City Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021
Population
Born in New York State		55.0%	54.3%	59.5%	55.8%
Disabled population			6.8%	8.8%	7.3%
Foreign-born population	33.8%	34.1%	32.9%	32.5%	36.1%
Population	146,857	161,064	146,614	180,811	178,925
Population aged 65+	8.3%	7.9%	10.6%	13.0%	14.6%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old	50.3%	48.7%	47.0%	40.9%	38.4%
Single-person households		23.3%	25.0%	25.6%	30.0%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian	3.9%	6.2%	2.9%	4.0%	7.3%
Percent Black	45.7%	45.6%	54.7%	55.4%	46.1%
Percent Hispanic	39.1%	38.5%	36.9%	34.9%	34.3%
Percent white	6.0%	5.1%	4.7%	4.2%	3.6%
Racial diversity index	0.63	0.64	0.56	0.57	0.66
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio		6.1	6.0	5.0	5.4
Median household income (2022$)	$48,010	$39,440	$40,640	$51,280	$55,880
Median household income, homeowners (2022$)		$84,340	$66,160	$99,350	$89,520
Median household income, renters (2022$)		$30,540	$32,690	$39,260	$41,700
Poverty rate	31.3%	27.8%	36.0%	23.3%	19.2%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+		31.9%	31.5%	23.0%	21.7%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old		32.4%	49.1%	31.6%	23.4%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate		54.2%	51.9%	54.5%	55.4%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma		21.0%	25.2%	15.9%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	15.22%	7.21%	12.29%	3.85%	12.80%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate	23.4%	24.8%	23.1%	26.0%	29.1%
Housing units		54,000	57,200	71,022	62,776
Rental vacancy rate			4.8%	5.0%	3.6%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		94.0	132.7	131.7	123.5	121.2
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households)			4.1%	4.7%	5.4%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units)		442.8	431.9	496.0	486.5	448.6
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)	23.7	31.8	52.0	22.2	12.4	16.6
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties	387	561	939	400	231	302
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties	299	454	532	157	63	110
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties	57	76	354	226	151	177
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties)				90.0	43.7	88.4
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties				1,552	754	1,525
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%	44.6%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans)		50.7%	1.3%	17.0%	10.3%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans)		43.4%	6.8%	6.3%	2.1%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		93.4	25.5	22.2	24.7
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans)		89.6%	24.1%	70.6%	63.6%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans)		1.5%	64.3%	6.1%	12.7%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties)		112.8	9.9	24.4	45.6
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building	271	241	64	91	74	98
Sales volume, 2-4 family building	659	1,377	329	367	183	307
Sales volume, 5+ family building	25	38	13	19	12	16
Sales volume, condominium	2	11	116	36	57	34
Sales volume, all property types	957	1,667	522	513	326	455
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2022$)	$187,680	$519,950	$370,960	$535,180	$580,570	$592,500
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2022$)	$152,950	$333,750	$208,140	$319,710	$392,580	$350,000
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2022$)	$52,580	$129,990	$96,570	$198,740	$180,820	$200,000
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2022$)	$97,720	$238,890	$252,860	$362,360	$334,590	$340,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building	100.0	227.8	164.3	324.9	370.5	378.1
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building	100.0	258.3	151.2	290.2	373.5	335.2
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building	100.0	211.7	193.7	315.1	390.4	432.7
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium	100.0	45.0	66.2	87.3	88.0
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types	100.0	253.8	161.2	296.6	363.2	345.3
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties)						625
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties)						4
HUD Financing or Insurance (units)						393
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties)						40
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units)						8,828
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties)						132
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units)						4,759
Public Housing (properties)						18
Public Housing (units)						4,667
Mitchell-Lama (properties)						9
Mitchell-Lama (units)						6,077
421-a Tax Exemption (properties)						34
421-a Tax Exemption (units)						798
420-c Tax Exemption (properties)						164
420-c Tax Exemption (units)						5,407
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties)						211
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (properties)						10
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2023 and 2028 (units)						515
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (properties)						41
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2029 and 2038 (units)						2,397
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (properties)						133
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2039 and later (units)						10,926

Land Use and Development

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile)		26.5	24.2	29.8	29.5
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits	392	0	390	682	1,343	2,596
Units issued new certificates of occupancy	485	679	412	531	1,305	503

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters)	63.0%	71.1%	76.7%	68.9%	61.8%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	48.2	47.0	42.1	48.3	47.2
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents)		17.7	16.7	18.6	17.9	19.8
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents)		9.4	8.2	9.7	9.9	10.6
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents)		8.3	8.4	8.9	8.0	9.2
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade				40.1%		31.9%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade				38.6%		31.0%

Renters

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019	2021	2022
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,350	$1,440	$1,590
Median rent, all (2022$)	$1,050	$1,210	$1,310	$1,340	$1,390
Median rent, recent movers (2022$)			$1,450	$1,340	$1,350
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2022$)			$1,070	$1,140	$1,160
Change in collected rent (2019-2020)					2.6%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units)			13.7%	22.5%	21.3%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units)			81.3%	89.1%	87.4%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units)			99.0%	99.5%	100.0%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households		22.8%	21.1%	29.0%	21.3%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income			27.6%	30.3%	27.3%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income			4.8%	5.5%	5.7%
Severely rent-burdened households	27.1%		33.4%	33.3%	32.9%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income			41.6%	40.7%	39.2%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income			0.8%	0.0%	0.0%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units)			15.4%	12.2%
Public housing (% of rental units)						9.3%

DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2021, there were an estimated 178,925 people in East New York/Starrett City, of which 7.3% identified as Asian, 46.1% identified as Black, 34.3% identified as Hispanic, and 3.6% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of East New York/Starrett City in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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In 2021, the household income group with the largest share (21.2%) of households was $100,001 - $250,000. In 2000, the household income group with the largest share (26.2%) of households was <= $20,000.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in East New York/Starrett City in both 2000 and 2017-2021.

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Median household income in 2021 was $55,880, about 23% less than citywide median household income ($72,150). The poverty rate in East New York/Starrett City was 19.2% in 2021 compared to 18.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in East New York/Starrett City was 19.2% 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 New York/Starrett City in both 2010 and 2017-2021.

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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in East New York/Starrett City increased from $1,210 in 2006 to $1,390 in 2021. This represents a 14.9% increase over the same period. As of 2021, the change in median household income outpaced the change in median gross rent by 21.7 percentage points. In 2021, 32.9% of renter households in East New York/Starrett City were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 87.4% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 6 percentage points higher than the share in 2010. 9.3% of the rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2022. The overall rental vacancy rate in East New York/Starrett City was 3.6% in 2021.

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Graph showing the change in real median gross rent and median renter household income in East New York/Starrett City from 2006 to 2021.

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9.3% of the rental units in East New York/Starrett City are public housing rental units in 2022.

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Homeowners

In 2021, the homeownership rate in East New York/Starrett City was 29.1%, which is lower than the citywide share of 33.3%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has increased by 6.0 percentage points since 2010. In 2021, the home purchase loan rate was 24.7 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 45.6 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, 10.3% and 2.1% were high cost loans, respectively. 302 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in East New York/Starrett City in 2022. There were 16.6 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 16.6 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in East New York/Starrett City in 2022

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Development

The Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 503 residential units in new buildings in East New York/Starrett City in 2022, 802 fewer than the number of units certified in 2021.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 503 residential units in new buildings in East New York/Starrett City last year, the same as the number of units certified in 2022.

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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% 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 19.8 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 19.8 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2022, compared to 14.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

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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, data under the 2019 heading comes from the 2015 – 2019 ACS and data under the 2021 heading comes from 2017 – 2021 ACS .