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2015 City Council District Profiles B RO O K LY N CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT WINDSOR 2015 City Council District ProfilesTERRACE NEW YORK BAY 45 ST 4340 SUNSET Y RD 38 PARK BEVERL 53 ST 39 WAKEMAN PL 59 ST DITMAS 13 6 PARK SE NA TO 50 ST MACKAY PL 2 R S 6 A T 5 ST E V NEWKIRK AVE BA VE OVINGTONY A RIDGE 7 Bay Ridge E 5 Y 5 V ST A A W BAY RIDGE PKWY VE Dyker Heights K A Y P VE 6 WS VE 1 T W A STRE L O P 9 Fort Hamilton E PKWY 5 X 8 B ET A E VE A BOROUGH E ARR V 6 S 8 Bath Beach N 66 ST A 44 U PARK E V N 45 BAY A FT HAMILTON68 ST Gravesend W RIDGE O 70 ST 10 G VE I D 11 72 ST A R 16 E 74 ST R 87 15 MIDWOOD S O 43 T VE VE 88 S VE 76 ST H A A S T A 3 3 1 CONEY ISLANDAVE 4 22 78 ST VE A 24 28 14 VE 92 ST A VE 27 DYKER A 10 MARINE 25 HEIGHTS VE 17 20 26 A 11 GELSTON VE 80 ST A A 2 VE VE 1 VE A AVE M 82 A 23 29 ST E 17 84 ST 15 V A 7 T A VE H E 2 V A BENSONHURST 21 6 C 1 E 86 ST R T 1 U OCEAN THE NARROWS 9 VE 12 A W PARKWAY E 18 P N O VE L 7 ST T A Y S Y 8 FORT P L 19 A BA Y AVE P HAMILTON C BA ST T E S VE 10 1 BATH A 1 Y ST 20 Y ST BEACH BA 13 ST BA Y 14 16 KING Y S HW BA Y Y STILL 4 BA BA 47 O CR CE O WELL P MCDONALDAVE 14 S AN EY 19 ST A VE S V ST P E A H A 28 KWY O VE 21 Y 29 R Y E BA PK BA W 50 Y Legend T S 7 GRAVESEND 7 3 KWY P Y Y BA 1/4 Mile BA GRAVESEND VE A ST B AY 25 41 Y VE A City Council Districts BA 6 2 HOMECREST X n 18 AVE City, State, and Federal Parkland VE A 8 2 n Playgrounds SHELL RD n 3 Schoolyards-to-Playgrounds CONEY ISLAND CREEK 5 n Community Gardens BRIGHTON AVE n NEPTUNE Swimming PoolsBEACH SEA l GATE 7 Bensonhurst Park 14 Bath Beach Park CONEY22 Dan Ross Playground Recreation Centers Parkland ISLAND 1 Dyker Beach Park• 8 Leif Ericson Park• 15 Kathy Reilly Triangle 23 Fort Hamilton Triangle l Public Plazas • • S 2 Shore Park and Parkway 9 John J. Carty Park 16 Russell PedersenUR F AV 24 Tom McDonald Triangle E l 3 Calvert Vaux Park 10 Fort Hamilton Playground 25 Park Privately Owned 4 Belt Parkway/ Athletic Field 17 Patrick O’Rourke Park 26 Park Public Spaces (POPS) Shore Parkway 11 McKinley Park• 18 Nellie Bly Park 27 Park 5 Coney Island Boat Basin 12 John Paul Jones Park 19 Benson Playground 28 Park (S) New York State park • (F) National Park Service park 6 Owl’s Head Park 13 American Veterans 20 Lt. Joseph Petrosino Park 29 Park • Home to an active volunteer group Memorial Pier 21 Park B RO O K LY N CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2015 District Statistics 43 PARKS ACREAGE CD43 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 9% Total District Land (acres) 6,490 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Vincent Gentile City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 558 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 9% 19% 718-748-5200 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 536 23,635 Percent parkland of BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 10 total district acreage 718-745-6827 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 8% 9% BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 11 POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD43 CITYWIDE 718-266-8800 Resident Population 170,918 8,128,980 BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 13 15 Ranking of park & 718-266-3001 Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 3.1 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents CITY OF NEW YORK Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 52% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest 311 or www.nyc.gov Residents under 18 19% 22% STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES 28 www.elections.state.ny.us Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 16.1 13.3 Ranking of residents within 5 minutes’ walk PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS Residents over 65 16% 12% of a park www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 19.7 23.3 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC council.nyc.gov/pb PARK AMENITIES CD43 CITYWIDE NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS Community Gardens 1 11 www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 Recreation Centers 1 1 1 The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces Number of playgrounds Playgrounds 33 34 per 1,000 children 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor New York, NY 10004 Swimming Pools 0 2 For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, has built, protected and promoted parks and FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD43 CITYWIDE open spaces in New York City. Today, NY4P is the 68% 80% Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 68% 86% 94% 96% citywide independent organization championing Condition Cleanliness Parks “Acceptable” for Cleanliness 80% 91% quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers in all neighborhoods. PARK FUNDING, FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD43 CITYWIDE 42 Data Sources Completed Projects (millions) $15.0 $26.1 Rank of Funding per All data is from 2014 unless noted. Parks Acreage: NYC Park & Playground acre Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department Funding per Park & 1= highest, 51= lowest of City Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York Playground acre (millions) $0.03 $0.14 State Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD43 CITYWIDE (ACS) 2007-2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, GrowNYC. PIP Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Registered Voters 63% 73% Civic Engagement: NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Depart- 63% ment of Information Technology and Telecommunications Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 11.2 6.8 Registered voters (DOITT), and Partnerships for Parks. Socioeconomics: Park Volunteer Groups 11 10 ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. Map Data SOCIOECONOMICS CD43 CITYWIDE All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, Median Household Income $39,956 $51,270 17 GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP. Ranking of average Project Staff Population in Poverty 15% 19% median income Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst 1= highest, 51= lowest Haley Cox, Research & Planning Intern Children Receiving Public Assistance 21% 33% Michael Bierman & Rori Spivey, Graphic Design Special Thanks to Alyson Beha Copyright 2015. New Yorkers for Parks. All rights reserved. 1 Value for the city as a whole; when italicized, average for all City Council Districts. 2 Parklands are all city land under the jurisdiction of the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, and the National Park Service. 3 Parks & Playground excludes unvisitable properties, such as greenstreets, triangles, parking lots, undeveloped land, and highway properties. www.ny4p.org.
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