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Overcrowding in Severe Rent Burden and Overcrowding, by Community District Number of Households Spending 50% or More of Income on Rent and Community Districts Percent of Rental Units with More than One Person per Room 2009–2013 5-year Estimate

More than one occupant per living space Percent Overcrowded Riverdale B08 Williamsbridge constitutes overcrowding (not including Bedford Park B12 bathrooms or most kitchens). However, in 2.7% 24.6% Washington B07 Pelham Heights Parkway B06 many cases much more severe overcrowd- East B11 Number Severely B05 Tremont ing takes place. Across the Rent Burdened B03 Concourse UnionportB10 B04 Morrisania average rate of overcrowding was 11%. 2,581–6,000 Soundview Throgs Manhattanville B02 B09 Neck By community district, overcrowding M09 B01 Mott Hunts 6,001–14,000 Haven Point Upper M10 ranged from a low of 3% in the Throgs Neck 14,001–17,000 Q01 neighborhood of (B10) to a high Upper M11 17,001–20,266 M07 of 25% in Jackson Heights, (Q03). Astoria M08 Flushing Bayside Clinton Q01 Jackson MidtownM05 Heights Q07 Q03 M04 Murray Woodside Q11 Hill Four community districts had over- Chelsea Sunnyside Elmhurst Fresh Meadows Q04 Corona M06 GreenpointQ02 Q08 crowding rates that were 22% or higher. M02 Rego Queens Park Forest Jamaica Battery K01 Hills Estates Village These Districts included Sunset Park and Park Q06 Jamaica City M03 Ridgewood Hills M01 Williamsburg Q13 Q05 Glendale Briarwood Borough Park in (K07 and K12), Bushwick Jamaica St. Brooklyn Bedford- Center Albans Heights Fort Stuyvesant Woodhaven and Elmhurst/Corona and Jackson Heights K02 Greene K04 Q09 Q12 K03 East Park Crown New York in Queens (Q03 and Q04). K06 Slope South K08Heights Ozone Brownsville Q10 K16 K05 Park Sunset K09 Howard Park East Beach Rosedale K07 Flatbush Borough K17 Flatbush Canarsie Bay Park Ridge Overcrowding could indicate that families K12 Midwood K14 K18 are living doubled up, which is the most K10 Bensonhurst K11 K15 frequently reported situation for families Q14 St. George 1 Sheepshead Bay with children prior to entering shelter. Coney Island S01 K13 Rockaways

S02 South Beach Q14

1 National Alliance to End , State of Homelessness 2012— Chapter Three: Demographics of Homelessness, January 17, 2012. S03 Note: Coefficient of variation for rent burden numbers is 2.1%–8.6%. Margin of error for percentage of overcrowded units is 0.7%–2%. Tottenville Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates.

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Overcrowding, by Community District Percent of Rental Units with More than One Person per Room 2009–2013 5-year Estimate 24.6% 23.1% 22.8% Note: Community district maps and tables were created using 22.8% 6.3% five-year estimates in order to allow for comparison across Bronx 13.2% multiple geographic levels. Brooklyn 12.4% Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2013 American Community Survey 5-year Estimates. Queens 12.5% Staten Island 7.8% New York City 10.8% 17.3% 16.8% 16.8% New York State 8.4% 16.8% 16.3% 6.2% 15.9% 14.7% 14.6% 14.3% 13.4% 13.3% 13.2% 13.2% 13.1% 13.0% 12.5% 12.2% 12.0% 11.6% 11.5% 11.4% 11.1% 10.9% 10.8% 10.7% 10.6% 10.5% 10.1% 9.8% 9.1% 9.0% 8.4% 8.3% 8.0% 7.7% 7.6% 7.5% 7.2% 6.9% 6.9% 6.8% 5.1% 4.9% 4.6% 4.4% 4.1% 4.1% 4.0% 3.9% 3.5% 3.3% 2.7% New York City York New

B11 K11 Q11 K17 B12 K12 K13 K15 M11 S01 K18 K16 K14 Q12 Q13 B10 K01 K10 Q14 Q01 Q10 M12 S02 B07 S03 K07 K02 B05 K03 K05 Q07 M10 B08 B09 K08 K06 K09 B04 Q02 K04 Q03 Q05 Q08 Q06 Q09 NYC M07 Q04 M03 M08 M06 M09 B01 & B02 B03 & B06 M01 & M02 M04 & M05 Community Districts and Select Neighborhoods Manhattan M10 B07 Brooklyn K08 K16 Q05 Q12 M01 & M02 Central Bedford Park K01 Crown Heights North Brownsville Ridgewood/Glendale Jamaica/St. Albans Tribeca/ M11 B08 Williamsburg/Greenpoint K09 K17 Q06 Q13 M03 Riverdale K02 Crown Heights South East Flatbush Rego Park/Forest Hills Queens Village M12 B09 Fort Greene/Brooklyn Heights K10 K18 Q07 Q14 M04 & M05 Washington Heights Unionport/Soundview K03 Bay Ridge Canarsie Flushing The Rockaways Chelsea/Clinton/Midtown B10 Bedford-Stuyvesant K11 Q08 M06 Bronx Throgs Neck K04 Bensonhurst Queens Fresh Meadows/Briarwood Staten Island Murray Hill/Stuyvesant B01 & B02 B11 Bushwick K12 Q01 Q09 S01 M07 Mott Haven/Hunts Point Pelham Parkway K05 Borough Park Astoria Woodhaven St. George B03 & B06 B12 East New York K13 Q02 Q10 S02 M08 Morrisania/East Tremont Williamsbridge K06 Coney Island Sunnyside/Woodside Howard Beach South Beach B04 Park Slope K14 Q03 Q11 S03 M09 Concourse/Highbridge K07 Flatbush/Midwood Jackson Heights Bayside Tottenville Manhattanville B05 Sunset Park K15 Q04 University Heights Sheepshead Bay Elmhurst/Corona

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