2015 City Council District Profiles
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B RO O K LY N CITY COUNCIL 2015 City Council DistrictMYRTLE AVE Profiles DISTRICT BUSHWICK 41 KNICKERBOCKER AVE ST 33 IUSZKO N ST CENTRAL AVE KOSC VAN BURE 34 AVE BROADWAY GREENE TON AVE LEXING RALPH BEDFORD QUINCY ST VE STUYVESANT GATES A CLINTON BUSHWICK AVE R ST A T HOWARD PE E S VE HILL MONRO 24 7 OO MADISON ST C AVE N AVE SARA PUTNAM JEFFERSO A Y T Bedford Stuyvesant VE OG W K P A Ocean Hill HANCOCK ST 4 N A ST O CON VE HALSEY ST MA H ST S Weeksville NOUG IN AC DO B M T S 37 O PATCHEN TUR Brownsville ECA R D ST E BRIDGE I BAIN T K Wingate CHAUNCEY S 12 C T A MARION S R ST J Rugby A SUMPTE HIGHLAND VE 10 17 DOUGAL ST Remsen VillagePARK MAC AVE HULL ST ICA FULTON ST MA JA HERKIMER ST 15 22 VAN SICLENAVE BROADWAY 25 ATLAN TIC AVE JUNCTION CROWN 36 PACIFIC ST DEA HEIGHTS N ST 5 BERGEN ST 14 P T EN ST M H 9 ARKS AVE VE O A TY NSYL PRO LIBER SPECT PL OCEAN M VE A PARK A HILL PL S V 20 AN S B ALO WEEKSVILLE IA O FF Y 16 A STER L VE LING P VE BU L A A VE ST JO AMBOY ST N A HNS PL D VE A P VE N KIN VAN SINDEREN EASTE PIT O S A RN PKWY O T WE UTICA E 26 VE ST NT A LIN V SARATOGA ST STRAUSS ST LMO LL HERZL ST A BE K 13 R UNION S 3 HOWARD ST S T 21 LEGION ST TAPSCOTT ST T KING 18 RAN PRESIDENT ST STE VE F 35 R A UNION ST SUTTE 8 EAST HE 1 CHESTER ST CA A NEW RROLL ST BRISTOL ST KE AVE BLA VE WINGATE OC YORK CROWN ST R MONTG R OMERY ST OC 23 BROWNSVILLE K EMPIRE BLVD A GRAFTON ST 11 E W LEFFERTS AVE AV A T K Y TERLING S O R E P VE S EAST NEW Y E 94 KWY A 93 ST 2 TS E ST U T MOTHER GASTON BLVD 6 92 ST S TIC LIVONIA AVE Legend MAPLE ST OP E 98 ST NEW LO IDWOOD ST A THR M N A I RD VE RUTLAND RE W MSE 1/4 Mile PROSPECT E 96 ST LEFFERTS N A 41 E GARDENS VE 95 RUGBY ST City Council Districts 19 T E WY S 91 AVE H LOTT n CLARKSON AVE ST S S City, State, and 40 CHE KING WILLMOHR X RD A LENO Federal Parkland NE LB 42 F L CT AN BROOKLYNAVE A n TR T AD E 51 ST B Y BLVD E DEN E O LIN E 38 ST Playgrounds E 49 ST U E E E 40 39 A E 46 ST Y 37 E 45 ST 48 57 Y S E 43 ST VE E H A A S 42 S E 55 ST E E 56 ST ST V S S VE E 53 ST n A T 54 T E T T V S E E T S 52 REMSEN Schoolyards-to-Playgrounds T CHURCH AVE S VILLAGE T n Community Gardens SNYDER AVE 45 n E 10 5 S Swimming Pools T l Parkland 7 P.O. Reinaldo Salgado 15 Fish Playground 22 Saratoga Square Urban Recreation Centers 1 Lincoln Terrace / Playground 16 Howard Playground Renewal Area, Site 164 l • Public Plazas BEVERLY RD Arthur S. Somers Park 8 Dr. Green Playground 17 Carver Playground 23 Amboy Neighborhood l 2 Betsy Head Park 9 Ocean Hill Playground 18 Carter G. Woodson Center Privately Owned 3 Eastern Parkway 10 Brevoort Playground Children’s Park 24 Citizens For A Better Public Spaces (POPS) 4 Saratoga Park• 11 Van Dyke Playground 19 Kennedy King Playground Community 5 South Pacific Playground• 12 Marion Hopkinson Plgd 20 Howard Pool 25 Weeksville Playground (S) New York State park (F) National Park Service park 6 Hamilton Metz Field 13 Chester Playground 21 Eastern Parkway 26 Marcus Garvey Tenant’s • Home to an active volunteer group 14 Saratoga Ballfields Extension Assoc. Garden B RO O K LY N CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT 2015 District Statistics 41 PARKS ACREAGE CD41 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 4% Total District Land (acres) 1,794 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Darlene Mealy City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 66 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 4% 19% 718-953-3097 Parks & Playgrounds3 (acres) 65 23,635 Percent parkland of BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 3 total district acreage 718-622-6601 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 4% 9% BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 8 POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD41 CITYWIDE 718-467-5574 Resident Population 149,787 8,128,980 BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 9 42 Ranking of park & 718-778-9279 Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 0.4 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 16 Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 59% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest 718-385-0323 Residents under 18 27% 22% BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 17 19 718-467-3536 Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 1.6 13.3 Ranking of residents within 5 minutes’ walk CITY OF NEW YORK Residents over 65 11% 12% of a park 311 or www.nyc.gov 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 4 23.3 STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES www.elections.state.ny.us PARK AMENITIES CD41 CITYWIDE PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS Community Gardens 26 11 www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks Recreation Centers 1 1 1.2 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC Number of playgrounds council.nyc.gov/pb Playgrounds 48 34 per 1,000 children Swimming Pools 3 2 NEW YORKERS FOR PARKS www.ny4p.org | 212-838-9410 PARKS INSPECTION PROGRAM RATINGS, The Arthur Ross Center for Parks and Open Spaces FISCAL YEAR 2014 CD41 CITYWIDE 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10004 77% 83% Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 77% 86% 94% 96% For over 100 years, New Yorkers for Parks Parks “Acceptable” for Cleanliness 83% 91% Condition Cleanliness has built, protected and promoted parks and open spaces in New York City. Today, NY4P is the PARK FUNDING, citywide independent organization championing FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD41 CITYWIDE 29 quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers Completed Projects (millions) $3.9 $26.1 Rank of Funding per in all neighborhoods. Park & Playground acre Funding per Park & 1= highest, 51= lowest Data Sources Playground acre (millions) $0.06 $0.14 All data is from 2014 unless noted. Parks Acreage: NYC Depart- ment of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department of City CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD41 CITYWIDE Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York State Registered Voters 84% 73% Office of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey (ACS) 2007- 84% 2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, GrowNYC. PIP Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 5.5 6.8 Registered voters Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Civic Engagement: Park Volunteer Groups 3 10 NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT), and Partnerships SOCIOECONOMICS CD41 CITYWIDE for Parks. Socioeconomics: ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. Map Data Median Household Income $21,784 $51,270 40 All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, Ranking of average GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP. Population in Poverty 29% 19% median income 1= highest, 51= lowest Project Staff Children Receiving Public Assistance 42% 33% Lucy Robson, Research & Planning Analyst Haley Cox, Research & Planning Intern 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.