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Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights BK02

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Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2020 2021
Population
Born in New York State 48.7% 50.2% 45.6%
Disabled population 6.9% 6.0%
Foreign-born population 16.9% 18.0% 19.6% 19.6%
Population 115,106 111,796 125,468 133,346
Population aged 65+ 9.8% 10.0% 9.2% 11.8%
Households
Households with children under 18 years old 24.7% 22.8% 23.3% 22.7%
Single-person households 42.6% 37.6% 34.9%
Race and Ethnicity
Percent Asian 4.2% 7.1% 6.6% 11.3%
Percent Black 41.8% 28.5% 30.0% 20.3%
Percent Hispanic 19.3% 21.4% 16.7% 12.3%
Percent white 31.1% 39.4% 42.7% 52.1%
Racial diversity index 0.69 0.71 0.70 0.66
Income and Poverty
Income diversity ratio 5.4 7.3 7.2
Median household income (2021$) $67,870 $72,780 $87,120 $117,220
Median household income, homeowners (2021$) $113,030 $142,650 $152,860
Median household income, renters (2021$) $54,370 $68,460 $98,340
Poverty rate 24.5% 20.4% 18.1% 13.8%
Poverty rate, population aged 65+ 15.4% 16.5% 28.8%
Poverty rate, population under 18 years old 26.2% 22.8% 15.6%
Labor Market
Labor force participation rate 65.1% 69.9% 73.5%
Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma 13.4% 12.7% 9.3%
Unemployment rate 10.65% 6.79% 10.38% 6.31%

Housing Market and Conditions

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2020 2021
Housing Stock
Homeownership rate 26.3% 37.8% 31.1% 29.1%
Housing units 55,999 60,967 69,023
Rental vacancy rate 4.8% 3.4%
Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) 24.8 10.6 24.8 19.0 28.1
Severe crowding rate (% of renter households) 2.7% 3.8%
Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) 138.0 49.0 101.7 79.3 169.0
Finance - Distress
Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) 12.7 6.8 9.6 3.8 2.0 2.3
Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties 84 59 105 55 29 34
Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties 46 35 60 19 10 12
Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties 13 11 29 24 14 18
Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) 21.0 11.7 10.1
Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties 239 140 132
Properties entering REO, 1-4 family 3 1 2
Finance - Lending
FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) 0.0% 11.3% 0.1% 0.0%
Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) 6.7% 0.7% 0.9% 0.3%
Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans) 21.9% 0.8% 1.1% 0.5%
Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties) 48.4 44.1 26.2 26.4
Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans) 19.1% 3.7% 6.0% 6.4%
Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans) 3.0% 34.2% 2.0% 2.0%
Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties) 30.6 29.4 21.7 41.5
Sales - Volume
Sales volume, 1 family building 20 21 22 13 18 20
Sales volume, 2-4 family building 172 135 63 55 61 92
Sales volume, 5+ family building 27 62 31 31 23 36
Sales volume, condominium 42 351 641 331 301 773
Sales volume, all property types 261 569 757 430 403 921
Sales - Median Prices
Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2021$) $2,892,570 $2,709,270 $3,467,740 $3,680,650 $3,250,000
Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2021$) $738,370 $523,850 $1,085,860 $935,010 $1,167,500
Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2021$) $191,310 $147,360 $417,580 $464,190 $471,630
Median sales price per unit, condominium (2021$) $954,650 $741,420 $1,313,540 $1,188,140 $1,175,000
Sales - Housing Price Index
Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building 100.0 200.0 227.6 318.3 543.5 495.7
Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building 100.0 270.2 224.4 582.0 528.1 548.7
Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building 100.0 235.7 214.9 631.8 515.1 534.2
Index of housing price appreciation, condominium 100.0 266.5 251.7 453.0 452.5 451.5
Index of housing price appreciation, all property types 100.0 256.2 244.1 461.5 458.0 461.8
Subsidized Housing
Total number of subsidized properties (properties) 160
HUD Financing or Insurance (properties) 3
HUD Financing or Insurance (units) 566
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties) 8
HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units) 557
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties) 28
Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units) 4,674
Public Housing (properties) 8
Public Housing (units) 3,882
Mitchell-Lama (properties) 8
Mitchell-Lama (units) 2,157
421-a Tax Exemption (properties) 60
421-a Tax Exemption (units) 9,197
420-c Tax Exemption (properties) 24
420-c Tax Exemption (units) 1,330
NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties) 72
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2022 and 2027 (properties) 0
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2022 and 2027 (units) 0
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2028 and 2037 (properties) 15
Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2028 and 2037 (units) 1,950
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2038 and later (properties) 25
Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2038 and later (units) 4,411

Land Use and Development

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2020 2021
Density
Population density (1,000 persons per square mile) 35.9 40.3 42.8
Development
Units authorized by new residential building permits 151 0 380 2,154 726
Units issued new certificates of occupancy 86 488 1,079 1,354 1,094

Neighborhood Services and Conditions

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2020 2021
Commute
Car-free commute (% of commuters) 81.5% 84.7% 87.3% 88.1%
Mean travel time to work (minutes) 35.7 34.3 35.2 34.8
Crime and Incarceration
Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents) 24.1 21.4 21.3 18.7 18.6
Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents) 16.6 14.6 14.9 12.3 12.8
Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents) 7.5 6.8 6.4 6.4 5.8
Schools
Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade 63.4%
Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade 56.0%

Renters

Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2020 2021
Median Rent
Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2021$) $1,290 $1,790
Median rent, all (2021$) $1,090 $1,240 $1,680 $2,340
Median rent, recent movers (2021$) $2,110 $2,850
Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2021$) $1,500 $2,150
Change in collected rent (2019-2020) -2.6%
Affordability
Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units) 8.5% 6.2%
Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units) 26.4% 18.2%
Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units) 64.0% 46.1%
Rent Burden
Moderately rent-burdened households 20.7% 21.6% 20.4%
Moderately rent-burdened households, low income 25.9% 27.3%
Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income 25.1% 43.6%
Severely rent-burdened households 18.6% 20.4% 19.2%
Severely rent-burdened households, low income 40.7% 40.3%
Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income 4.5% 6.6%
Rental Subsidy
Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units) 2.1% 2.2% 3.0%
Public housing (% of rental units) 11.8%
DEMOGRAPHICS

In 2019, there were an estimated 133,346 people in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights, of which 11.3% of the population identified as Asian, 20.3% identified as Black, 12.3% identified as Hispanic, and 52.1% identified as white.

Graph showing the racial and ethnic composition of Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights in both 2000 and 2015-2019.
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In 2019, the household income group with the largest share (33.7%) of households was $100,001 - $250,000. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly lower share of 25.5%.

Graph showing the distribution of household income in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights in both 2000 and 2015-2019.
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Median household income in 2019 was $117,220, about 61% more than citywide median household income ($72,930). The poverty rate in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights was 13.8% in 2019 compared to 16.0% citywide.

The poverty rate in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights was 13.8% 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 Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights in both 2010 and 2015-2019.
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HOUSING

Renters

Real median gross rent in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights increased from $1,240 in 2006 to $2,340 in 2019. In 2019, 19.2% of renter households in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights were severely rent burdened (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). 18.2% of the rental units were affordable at 80% Area Median Income, 8 percentage points lower than the share in 2010. 11.8% of rental units were public housing rental units, as of 2021. The overall rental vacancy rate in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights was 3.4% in 2019.

Real median gross rent in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights increased from $1,400 in 2007 to $2,340 in 2019.
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11.8% of the rental units in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights are public housing rental units in 2021.
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Homeowners

In 2019, the homeownership rate in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights was 29.1%, lower than the citywide share of 31.9%. The homeownership rate in the neighborhood has decreased by 2.0 percentage points since 2010. In 2020, the home purchase loan rate was 26.4 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 41.5 per 1,000 properties in the neighborhood. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights, 0.3% and 0.5% were high cost loans, respectively. 34 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights in 2021. There were 2.3 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units.

There were 2.3 mortgage foreclosure notices per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights in 2021
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Development

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 1,094 residential units in new buildings in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights in 2020, 260 less than the number of units certified in 2019.

Department of Buildings issued new certificates of occupancy to 1,094 residential units in new buildings in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights last year, 260 less than the number of units certified in 2019.
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Over the last decade, 13,924 units in 4+ unit buildings were built in Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights. 76% were market rate, compared to 21% 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 18.6 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2021, compared to 12.2 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide.

The serious crime rate was 18.6 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.