Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights Neighborhood Profile

Neighborhood Indicators

Demographics

Indicator	2000	2006	2010	2019
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
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.