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BROOKLYN COMMUNITY DISTRICT Fort Greene and 2 Brooklyn Heights Including Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Fort Greene and Vinegar Hill

Health is closely tied to our daily environment. Understanding how our neighborhood affects our physical and mental health is the first step toward building a healthier and more equitable New York City.

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New York City WARREN ST COURT ST New York City PACIFIC ST 4 AV ATLANTIC AV NYC population by race PAGE 2 PAGE 6 PAGENYC population 2 by race Fort Greene and New York City Black PAGENew 2 York City PAGEPopulationBrooklyn Black2 by race Heights PAGEElementary 6 School Abseentee On time high school graduation 100.0 100.0 Latino POPULATION87.5 87.5 LatinoBlack Black 75.0 NYC population by race 75.0 Population by race Elementary90 School Abseentee 100 On time high school graduation BY RACE AND100.0 62.5 62.5 Other 87.5 100.0 Latino ETHNICITY^ 50.0 PAGE 2 50.0 PAGEOtherLatino 2 46% PAGE 6 75.0 87.5 37.5 29% 32% 37.5 Asian 62.5 22% 75.0 Black 27% Black 90 100 25.0 25.0 Asian Other 75 50.0 100.0 15% 62.5 PopulationOther by 14%race Elementary School Abseentee On time high school graduation 12.5 12.5 9% White 37.5 87.5 29% 32% 2% 50.0 Latino100.0 46% 4% Latino 60 New York0.0 75.0 City 0.0 25.0 22% 37.5 87.5 WhiteAsian Asian 62.5 15% 75.0 27% 90 100 Asian Black Latino White Other Other Asian Black Latino White Other Other 12.5 50.0 2% 25.0 62.5 14% 75 37.5 29% 32% 50.0 9% 46% 50 0.0 22% 12.5 White 4% White 60 NYC population by race 25.0 Asian15% Black Latino White Other 0.0 Asian37.5Population27% by age Asian 12.5 25.0 75 NYC population by age 2% Asian9% Black Latino14% White Other TOTAL 0.0 White12.5 4% White 60 30 PAGE 2 Asian Black LatinoPAGE White 2 Other 0.0 PAGE 6 50 Asian Black Latino White Other 25 POPULATION 8,537,673 45.0 Population117,046 by age44% 45.0 NYC populationBlack by age Black 50 100.0 NYC population by Populationage by race Population by age Elementary School Abseentee On30 time high school graduation 87.5 Latino100.032% Latino 30 75.0 45.0 87.5 45.0 44% 25 POPULATION 45.0 44% 0 25 0 62.5 75.0 25% 22.5 45.0 20% 90 100 21% Other Other 50.0 BY AGE 22.5 62.532%32% 15% 37.5 29% 32% 50.0 46% 12% 22% 25% 14% 9% 25.0 15% 21%9% Asian37.5 25% 27% Asian 0 0 12.5 22.5 21% 25.0 22.5 20% 75 0 0 22.5 2% 14% 14% 22.5 15% 20% 0.0 White12.5 9% 0.0 4% White 12% Highest Level of Education Achieved Asian Black Latino White Other 9% 14% 15% 9% 60 0.0 9% 0.0 0-17 18-249% 25-44 45-6412% 65+ 0-17 18-24 25-44 45-64Asian 65+Black Latino White Other 0.0 0.0 Highest Level50 of Education Achieved 0-17 18-24 25-44 45-64 65+ 0-17 18-24 25-44 45-64 65+ NYC population by age 0.0 Population by age 0.0 Highest Level of Education Achieved 0-17 18-24 25-44 45-64 65+ Born0-17 outside 18-24 US 25-44 45-6430 65+ English pro ciency 25 45.0 BornBorn outside outside US US45.0 44%EnglishEnglish pro ciency pro ciencyBorn outside US English pro ciency 32% BORN OUTSIDE25% Born outside US English pro ciency 22.5 21% Born outside US22.5 20%English pro ciency 0 0 14% 15% THE US 12% 9% 37% 9% 20% 0.0 0.0 Highest Level of Education Achieved 0-17 18-24 25-44 45-64 65+ 0-17 18-24 25-44 45-64 65+

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0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 HAVE LIMITED 2000 PAGE 8 Non-fatal Assault Hospitalizations Incarceration ENGLISH 2000 PROFICIENCY 1500 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 23% PAGE 8 9%Non-fatal Assault Hospitalizations Incarceration Edit in Indesign. Graph applies to all CDs. 1000 20001500 PAGE 8 Non-fatal Assault0 20 40 Hospitalizations 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 Incarceration ^White, Black, Asian and Other exclude Latino ethnicity. Latino is Hispanic or Latino of any race. 500 2000 Edit in Indesign. Graph applies to all CDs. Note: Percentages may not sum to 100% due to rounding. 15001000 PAGE 8 Non-fatal Assault Hospitalizations0 40 80 120 Incarceration160 200 Sources: Population, Race and Ethnicity and Age: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates, 2016; Born Outside the U.S. and English Proficiency: U.S. Census Bureau, American 0 Community Survey, 2012-2016 1500 Edit in Indesign. Graph applies to all CDs. 1000500 Edit in Indesign. Graph applies to all CDs. 1000 2 COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: FORT GREENE AND BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 0 40 80 120 160 200 500 500 0

0 40 80 0120 16040 200 80 120 160 200 0 0 Note from Oxiris Barbot, Commissioner, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

We are pleased to present the 2018 Community Health Profiles, a look into the health of New York City’s (NYC) 59 diverse community districts.

The health of NYC has never been better. Our city’s life expectancy is 81.2 years, 2.5 years higher than the national average.

However, not all residents have the same opportunities to lead a healthy life. A ZIP code should not determine a person’s health, but that’s the reality in so many cities, including our own.

The Community Health Profiles allow us to see how much health can vary by neighborhood. Policies and practices based on a history of racism and discrimination (often referred to as structural racism) have created neighborhoods with high rates of poverty and limited access to resources that promote health. The practice of removing funding or refusing to provide funding to communities of color has caused poor health outcomes to cluster in these communities.

The Community Health Profiles also show how important community resources, and funding to create and sustain these resources, are to health outcomes. For example, supermarkets provide more access to fresh foods than bodegas. However, in some neighborhoods with obesity rates higher than the citywide average, just 5% of food establishments are supermarkets, making it difficult for residents to make healthy choices.

Addressing these inequities may seem like a daunting task, but by working together, we can dismantle the unjust policies and practices that contribute to poor health in our communities. Through Take Care New York 2020 (TCNY 2020), and other New York City Health Department programs, we work with community partners to give every resident the same opportunity for good health. We are making progress, but there is more work to do.

Reducing health inequities requires policymakers, community groups, health professionals, researchers and residents to work together for change at every level. We look forward to working with you to improve the health of our city.

Sincerely,

Oxiris Barbot, MD

Take Care New York 2020 (TCNY 2020) is the City’s blueprint for giving everyone the chance to live a healthier life. For more information, visit nyc.gov/health and search for TCNY.

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Who We Are Healthy Living PAGE 2 PAGE 13

Understanding Health Health Care Inequities in New York City PAGE 14-15 PAGE 5

Social and Economic Health Outcomes Conditions PAGE 16-18 PAGE 6-8

Housing and Notes Neighborhood Conditions PAGE 19 PAGE 9-10

Map and Contact Maternal and Child Health PAGE 11-12 Information BACK COVER

NAVIGATING THIS DOCUMENT This profile covers all of Brooklyn’s Community District 2, which includesBoerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Fort Greene and Vinegar Hill. This is one of 59 community districts in NYC. The community district with the most favorable outcome in NYC for each measure is presented throughout the report. Sometimes this is the highest rate (e.g., physical activity) and sometimes this is the lowest rate (e.g., infant mortality). Some figures include an arrow to help readers understand the direction of the healthier outcome. This profile uses the following color coding system:

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4 COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: FORT GREENE AND BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Understanding Health Inequities in New York City

The ability to live a long and healthy life is not equally available to all New Yorkers. A baby born to a family that lives in the Upper East Side will live 11 years longer than a baby born to a family in Brownsville. This inequity is unacceptable.

Resources and opportunities are at the root of good health. These include secure jobs with benefits, well-maintained and affordable housing, safe neighborhoods with clean parks, accessible transportation, healthy and affordable food, and quality education and health care.1 In NYC, access to these resources and opportunities are not equitably distributed. Neighborhoods with residents of color often have fewer resources.

Since the 1600s—when NYC was established by colonization—racist policies and practices have shaped where New Yorkers live and go to school, what jobs they have and what their neighborhoods look like. Over time, these policies and practices have built on each other to create deep inequity.

For example, in the 1930s the federal government developed a policy known as redlining. As part of this policy, neighborhoods were rated based on the race, ethnicity and national origin of their residents. Neighborhoods that were home to people of color, like Central Harlem and Brownsville, were outlined in red on a map. They were labeled as "hazardous" and no home loans or other investments were approved there. The wealthiest and Whitest neighborhoods in NYC received, and continue to receive, more investment and opportunities for health.2

The denial of resources and opportunities that support good health contributes to the differences in life expectancy we see today. Experiencing racism is also a health burden, creating chronic stress that contributes to major causes of death, like diabetes and heart disease.3

To better understand the successes and challenges in each of NYC’s 59 neighborhoods, the Community Health Profiles present data on a range of measures. These data should be interpreted with an understanding that good health is not only determined by personal choices. Many other factors shape differences in health outcomes, including past and current discrimination based on race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, sexual orientation and other identities. We hope the Community Health Profiles support your efforts in making NYC more equitable for all. For more information on the New York City Health Department programs and services that are closing the gap in health outcomes, visit nyc.gov/health.

1 Marmot M, Friel S, Bell R, et al. Closing the Gap in a Generation: Health Equity Through Action on the Social Determinants of Health. The Lancet. 2008; 372(9650): 1661–1669. 2 Undesign the Redline. http://www.designingthewe.com/undesign-the-redline. Accessed March 13, 2018. 3 Krieger N. Embodying inequality: A Review of Concepts, Measures, and Methods for Studying Health Consequences of Discrimination. International Journal of Health Services. 1999; 29(2): 295-352.

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Education Higher education levels are associated with better health outcomes. Missing too many days of school can cause students to fall behind and increases their risk of dropping out. Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights’ elementary school absenteeism rate is similar to the rate for NYC overall. Three-quarters of high school students in Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights graduate in four years, similar to the citywide rate. PAGE 2 PAGE 2 PAGE 6 PAGE 6

Black Black ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ABSENTEEISM ON-TIME HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION PopulationPopulation by race by race Elementary(percentElementary School of public schoolAbseenteeSchool students Abseentee in grades K through 5 missingOn 19time or On high time(percent school high of public graduationschool school graduation students graduating in four years) 100.0 100.0 Latino Latino more school days) 87.5 87.5 75.0 75.0 90 90 100 100 96% Other 62.5 62.5 Other 50.0 50.0 46% 46% 37.5 37.5 27% 27% Asian Asian 75% 75% 75% 25.0 25.0 14% 14% 75 75 12.5 12.59% 9% 4% 4% White White 60 60 0.0 0.0 PAGEPAGEPAGE 2 2 2 PAGEPAGEPAGE 6 6 6 Asian BlackAsianLatinoBlackWhiteLatinoOtherWhite Other BlackBlackBlack 50 50 PopulationPopulation by age by age PopulationPopulationPopulation by by by race race race ElementaryElementaryElementary School School School Abseentee Abseentee Abseentee OnOnOn time time time high high high school school school graduation graduation graduation 100.0100.0100.0 30 30 LatinoLatinoLatino 87.587.587.5 20% 20% 45.0 45.0 44% 44% 19% 25 25 75.075.075.0 909090 100100100 62.562.562.5 OtherOtherOther 50.050.050.0 46%46%46% 5% 37.537.537.5 AsianAsianAsian 22.5 22.5 20% 20% 27%27%27% 0 0 0 0 25.025.025.0 757575 15% 15% 9%9%9% 14%14%14% Fort Greene Brooklyn NYC Lowest: Fort Greene Brooklyn NYC Highest: 9% 12% 12.512.512.512% 4%4%4% WhiteWhiteWhite 606060 9% 0.00.00.0 and Brooklyn Bayside and Little Neck and Brooklyn Financial District AsianAsianAsian BlackBlackBlack LatinoLatinoLatino WhiteWhiteWhite OtherOtherHighestOther Highest LevelHeights of Level Education of Education Achieved Achieved Heights 0.0 0.0 505050 0-17 18-240-1725-4418-2445-6425-44 65+45-64 65+ Source: NYC Department of Education, 2016-2017 Note: NYC and borough On-time High School Graduation data may differ from rates PopulationPopulationPopulation by by by age age age presented in other published sources. See technical notes in the public use dataset 303030 for more details. Born outsideBorn outside US US 45.045.045.0 English Englishpro ciency pro ciency44%44%44% Source: NYC Department of Education,2525 252017

22.522.522.5 20%20%20% HIGHEST LEVEL OF EDUCATION000 ACHIEVED (percent of adults ages 25 and older) 000 15%15%15% 9%9%9% 12%12%12% High school Less than 0.00.00.0 HighestHighestHighest Level Level Level graduateof of of Education Education Education or Achieved Achieved Achieved 0-170-170-17 18-2418-2418-24 25-4425-4425-44 45-6445-6445-64 65+65+65+ high school some college College graduate Three out of five Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights 11% 25% 64% adults in Fort Greene BornBornBorn outside outside outside US US US 0 20 40 60 0 80 EnglishEnglish20English100 40 060 2080 pro ciency pro ciency 40100pro ciency60 0 80 20 100 40 060 2080 40100 60 0 80 20 100 40 60 80 100 and Brooklyn Heights have a college degree. 2000 2000 Brooklyn 20% 40% 40% PAGE 8 PAGENon-fatal 8 Non-fatal Assault AssaultHospitalizations Hospitalizations IncarcerationIncarceration Eleven percent of adults have not 1500 1500 NYC 19% 38% 43% completed high school, a rate lower Edit in Indesign.Edit in Indesign. Graph applies Graph appliesto all CDs. to all CDs. than the citywide rate. 1000 1000 Highest % college graduate: 4% 12% 84% Financial District, Greenwich Village- Soho

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Economic stress Living in high-poverty neighborhoods limits healthy options and makes it difficult to access quality health care and resources that promote health. In Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights, 12% of residents live in poverty, compared with 20% of NYC residents. Access to affordable housing and employment opportunities with fair wages and benefits are also closely associated with good health. Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights’ unemployment rate is similar to the citywide average of 9%. Rent burdened households pay more than 30% of their income for housing and may have difficulty affording food, clothing, transportation and health care. Thirty-nine percent Fortof Greene and Brooklyn Heights residents are rent burdened, a lower rate than residents citywide. One way to consider the effect of income on health is by comparing death rates among neighborhoods. “Avertable deaths” are those that could have been avoided if each neighborhood had the same death rate as the five wealthiest neighborhoods.Using this measure, 28% of deaths could have been averted in Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights. ECONOMIC STRESS Many of the Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn NYC Lowest % factors that affect health happen Poverty 12% 21% 20% 7% outside of a (percent of residents) Upper East Side doctor’s office. This includes Unemployment 8% 9% 9% 4% access to quality (percent of people ages 16 and older) Upper East Side education, jobs and safe spaces Rent Burden 39% 52% 51% 37% (percent of renter-occupied homes) to live. Residents Park Slope and Carroll Gardens in high-poverty neighborhoods Note: Unemployment data may differ from rates presented in other published sources. See technical notes in the public use dataset often lack these for more details. resources. Sources: Poverty: American Community Survey as augmented by NYC Opportunity, 2012-2016 (community district and NYC), 2016 (borough); Unemployment and Rent Burden: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2012-2016; Avertable Deaths: NYC DOHMH, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 2011-2015

Is your neighborhood gentrifying? Gentrification transforms a low-income area into a high-income area through neighborhood redevelopment. It is often defined as changes in the racial and ethnic makeup, education level and average income of a neighborhood's residents, as well as changes in housing and commercial businesses. While development may be beneficial, it is often inequitable, and can lead to displacement of long-time residents and businesses.

Gentrification can be measured in many ways. One measure that is used in NYC is to determine if a low-income neighborhood (those with the lowest 40% of average household income in 1990) saw higher than median rent growth over the past 20 years. Based on this definition, of 24 neighborhoods that were considered low-income in 1990, 17 were considered to be gentrifying. Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights is one of 35 neighborhoods within the highest 60% of average household income in 1990 and was excluded from the measure.

Source: NYU Furman Center, 2015

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Black Population by race Elementary School Abseentee On time high school graduation 100.0 Latino 87.5 75.0 90 100 62.5 Other 50.0 46% 37.5 27% Asian 25.0 14% 75 12.5 9% 4% White 60 0.0 Asian Black Latino White Other 50 Population by age 30

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0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 Violence Compared with the citywide rate, Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights2000 has a lower rate of assault-related hospitalizations. PAGE 8 Non-fatal Assault Hospitalizations Incarceration NON-FATAL ASSAULT HOSPITALIZATIONS (per 100,000 people) 1500 Hospitalizations 40 Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights related to injuries fromEdit assaults in Indesign. Graph applies to all CDs. 59 Brooklyn 1000 capture the 59 NYC consequences 500 of community 8 Lowest: Bayside and Little Neck violence. 0 40 80 120 160 200 More healthy Less healthy 0 Source: New York State Department of Health, Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, 2012-2014

Incarceration Incarceration takes a toll on individuals, families and communities. Black and Latino New Yorkers experience higher policing compared with non-Latino White New Yorkers. This leads to higher rates of detention, which may include long periods of time spent in jail before trial. People who have been incarcerated are more likely to experience mental and physical health problems. They may also have trouble finding employment and housing and accessing healthy food.

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401 460 Brooklyn 425 71 NYC 0 Lowest: Upper East Side Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights Source: NYC Department of Corrections, 2015-2016 PAGE 8 PAGE 10 PAGE 11 ADULTS REPORTING THAT THEIR NEIGHBORS Helpful neighbors Helpful Neighbors Bike Lanes Late or no prenatal care Strong social connections can have a positive impact ARE WILLING TO HELP ONE ANOTHER on the health of community members. Feeling that our (percent of adults) neighbors are willing to help each other is one aspect Fort Greene and11% Brooklyn Heights 77% of community connection. In Fort Greene and Brooklyn Brooklyn 73% Heights, 77% of residents think that their neighbors are willing to help one another. This is similar to the rest of NYC 72% the city. Highest: Tottenville and Great Kills 86% Preterm births

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Air conditioning Air pollution Most heat stroke deaths in NYC occur in homes Preterm births Though air quality is improving in NYC in general, it varies by Preterm births without air conditioning. Four out of five households community district. In Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights, 0 PAGE20 8 40 60 80 100 PAGE 10 PAGE 11 in Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights have working 0levels 20of the most40 harmful60 air 80pollutant,100 fine particulate Helpfulair conditioners. Neighbors 0 Bike20 matterLanes 40(PM2.5), 60are 8.8 80micrograms100 per cubic meter. PAGE 9 Late or no0 prenatal20 care40 60 80 100 AIR CONDITIONING PAGEAIR POLLUTION 9 Homes(percent with of air households) conditioners Pedestrian(micrograms Injury of fine particulate matter per cubic meter) 11% 99% Homes with air conditioners Pedestrian Injury 100 85% 89% Teen births 83% 100 80 More Teen births healthy 80 60 8.8 60Fort Greene and 7.8 Preterm births 40 Brooklyn Heights 7.5 40 Brooklyn 20 NYC 0 20 40 60 80 100 Less healthy 20 6.0 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 Lowest: Fort Greene Brooklyn NYC Highest: 0 PAGEand 9 Brooklyn Tottenville and Rockaway and Broad Channel HomesHeights with air conditionersGreat Kills 0 Pedestrian20 40Injury 60 80 100 Homes without maintenance defects 0 20 40 60 80 100 Source: NYC Housing and Vacancy Survey, 2014 HomesSource: NYC without DOHMH, Community maintenance Air Survey, 2016 defects 80 100 0 Teen births20 40 60 80 100 70 0 20 40 60 80 100 80 Housing quality 80 60 Every resident has the right to live in housing that is safe and 70pest-free. Poorly maintained housing is associated with poor 50 60 PAGE 6012 PAGE 12 health outcomes, including worsened asthma and other respiratory illnesses. In Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights, 40 50 PAGE 12 PAGE 12 40 30 only 29% of renter-occupied homes are adequately maintainedChild Asthma40 by landlords emergency – free from heating breakdowns,Childhood cracks, Obesity 20 20 holes, peeling paint and other defects. Eighteen percentdepartment of Fort30 Greene visits and Brooklyn Heights households report seeing Child Asthma emergency Childhood Obesity 10 cockroaches, which is a potential asthma trigger. 20 department visits 0 0 10 250 0 HOMES WITHOUT MAINTENANCE HOMES REPORTING COCKROACHES 250 0 (percent20 of households)40 60 80 100 CockroachesHomesDEFECTS without (percent maintenance of renter-occupied defects homes) 200 Cockroaches 200 More 80 75% 150 0 20 40 60 80 100 healthy 150 70 18% Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights 60 100 50 PAGE 12 PAGE 12 100 41% 44% Brooklyn 50 26% 40 29% 30 Child Asthma emergency Childhood 50Obesity 20 department0 visits23% NYC 0 10 20 40 60 80 100Less 0 healthy 0 00% 20 40 Lowest:60 Tottenville80 and Great100 Kills Fort Greene Brooklyn NYC Highest: 250 and Brooklyn Tottenville and CockroachesHeights Great Kills 200 Note: Maintenance defects include water leaks, cracks and holes, inadequate Source: NYC Housing and Vacancy Survey, 2014 heating, presence of mice or rats, toilet breakdowns or peeling paint. 150 Source: NYC Housing and Vacancy Survey, 2014 100

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Pregnancy outcomes In Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights, the rate of expectant mothers Access to quality health receiving late or no prenatal care is lower than the citywide rate. One in care is critical to a mother’s 14 births to Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights residents is preterm (three health before, during and after or more weeks before the due date), lower than the citywide rate. pregnancy, and to the health of our littlest New Yorkers.

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60 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 40 Children’s hospitalizations and emergency department visits “Avoidable hospitalizations” are those that could be prevented with timely access to quality outpatient care. The rate of 20 avoidable pediatric hospitalizations among children ages 4 and younger in Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights is lower 0 than the citywide rate.

Many childhood asthma emergency department visits could be prevented0 by20 reducing the40 presence 60of pests, mold,80 100 Homes withoutsecondhand maintenance smoke and other defects asthma triggers, and by taking daily medication. The asthma emergency department 80 visit rate among children ages 5 to 17 in Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights is similar to the citywide rate. The TCNY 0 20 40 60 80 100 70 2020 goal is to have fewer than 210 asthma emergency department visits per 10,000 children across the entire city. 60 50 PAGE 12 PAGE 12 40 PAGEAVOIDABLE 12 HOSPITALIZATIONS PAGE 15 CHILD ASTHMA EMERGENCY 30 AMONG CHILDREN Child AsthmaDEPARTMENT emergency VISITS Childhood Obesity department visits 20 Avoidable(per 100,000 children hospitalizations ages 4 and younger) HPV (per 10,000 children ages 5 to 17)Flu 10 among children 0 100 249 100 250 223 297 Fort Greene and Brooklyn80 Heights 80 Cockroaches 200 186 60 60 502 Brooklyn 150 40 40 100 623 NYC 20 20 50 28 118 Lowest: Borough0 Park 0 0 0 20 40 60 80 100 Fort Greene Brooklyn NYC Lowest: 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Financial PAGE 16 and Brooklyn 80 Heights District PAGE 13 HIV Sources: Avoidable Hospitalizations among Children: New York State Department of Health, Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, Self-Reported2014; Child Asthma Emergency Health Department Visits: New York State Department of Health, Statewide Planning and Research Cooperative System, 2015 Edit in Indesign. Graph applies to all CDs.

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PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, DIET AND SMOKING (percent of adults) Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn NYC Highest %

Any physical activity in the past 30 days 76% 72% 73% 90% Financial District, Greenwich Village- Soho At least one serving of fruits or 88% 86% 87% 96% vegetables per day 0 500 1000 1500 2000 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Financial District, 0 1 2 3 4 5 Greenwich Village- Soho Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn NYC Lowest % CD NYC One or more 12-ounce sugary drinks Binge20% Drinking (use24% graph to 23%right to mark points)8% Premature per day Financial District, Death Greenwich Village- Soho Current smokers 11% 14% 14% 8% Upper East Side Source: NYC DOHMH, Community Health Survey, 2015-2016

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COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: FORT GREENE AND BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 13 100 80 60 40 20 00 20 40 60 80 100 PAGE 12 PAGE 15 PAGE 12 PAGE 15 Avoidable hospitalizations HPV Flu amongAvoidable children hospitalizations HPV Flu among children 100 100 Health Care 100 100 80 80 80 80 60 60 60 60 Access to health care 40 40 Citywide, the percentage of uninsured New Yorkers decreased in the last five years from Health insurance40 40 20% to 12%. In Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights, 4%* of adults are uninsured, lower can make it easier20 20 20 20 than the rest of NYC, and 12% report going without needed medical care in the past 12 to get affordable primary care, 0 0 months, similar to the rest of NYC. The TCNY 2020 goal is to have less than 9% of New 0 0 which can help Yorkers going without needed medical care. 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 New Yorkers PAGE 16 ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE (percent of adults) PAGE 13 manage chronicPAGE 16 80 PAGE 13 HIV 80 Fort Greene and Self-Reported Health conditions and HIV Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn Self-ReportedNYC HealthLowest % stay healthy. Edit in Indesign. Graph applies to all CDs. Adults without 4%* 12% 12% 3%* Edit in Indesign. Graph applies to all CDs. health insurance Stuyvesant Town and Turtle Bay Adults without 12% 10% 10% 3%* needed medical care Bayside and 0 20 Little40 Neck 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 *Interpret estimate with caution due to small sample size. 0 Source: NYC DOHMH, Community Health Survey, 2015-2016 PAGE 14 0 PAGE 14 PAGE 17 Avoidable hospitalizations AVOIDABLE HOSPITALIZATIONS PAGE 17150 Avoidable Hospitalizations HEP C 150 “Avoidable hospitalizations” are those that could be AvoidableAMONG ADULTS Hospitalizations (per 100,000 adults) HEP C prevented if adults had access to quality primary care. Fort Greene and The rate of avoidable hospitalizations among adults 1,338 Edit in Indesign. Graph applies to all CDs. Brooklyn Heights Edit in Indesign. Graph applies to all CDs. in Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights is higher than the 1,420 Brooklyn citywide rate. 1,033 NYC Lowest: Greenwich 426 Village and Soho

0 Source:300 New York State600 Department900 of Health,1200 Statewide1500 0 0 Planning300 and Research600 Cooperative900 System,1200 2014 1500 0 PAGE 18 PAGE 18 FallsFALL-RELATED HOSPITALIZATIONS AMONGPsychiatric hospitalizations Infant Mortality Fall-related hospitalizations Falls Psychiatric hospitalizations Infant Mortality Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights’ rate of fall-related OLDER ADULTS (per 100,000 adults ages 65 and older) hospitalizations among adults ages 65 and older is lower Fort Greene and than the citywide average. The TCNY 2020 goal is fewer than 1,270 Brooklyn Heights 1,410 hospitalizations per 100,000 older adults citywide. 1,526 Brooklyn

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Influenza (flu) and pneumonia are the third leading causes of death in NYC. Everyone ages 6 months and older should get the flu vaccine every year.

Vaccinations The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine protects against cancers caused by HPV. The vaccine is recommended for all children between the ages of 11 and 12. Fifty-two percent of teens ages 13 to 17 inFort Greene and Brooklyn Heights receive all recommended doses of the HPV vaccine. Nearly two out of fiveFort Greene and Brooklyn Heights adults report getting a flu vaccine in the past 12 months, similar to the rest of NYC.

PAGE 12PAGE 12 PAGE 15PAGEHPV 15 VACCINATION FLU VACCINATION (percent of teens ages 13 to 17 who received all (percent of adults) recommended doses of the vaccine) AvoidableAvoidable hospitalizations hospitalizations HPV HPV Flu Flu among childrenamong children 100 100 100 100 85% More More 80 80 healthy 80 80 healthy 59% 62% 60 52%60 60 60 43% 43% 40 40 40 40 37% 38%

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Obesity, diabetes and hypertension Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights ’ adult obesity rate is 24%, which is similar to the rest of NYC. The TCNY 2020 goal is to reduce the obesity rate to less than 23% citywide. More than 700,000 adult New Yorkers have been told they have diabetes. An additional 164,000 are estimated to have diabetes but not be aware. Six percent of Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights adults have been diagnosed with diabetes and 25% of adults have been told they have hypertension. The rate of diabetes in this community is lower than the NYC average, while the rate of hypertension is similar.

OBESITY, DIABETES AND HYPERTENSION (percent of adults) Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights Brooklyn NYC Lowest % Obesity can lead to diabetes, high Obesity 24% 27% 24% 4% blood pressure Financial District, and other health Greenwich Village- Soho conditions. Diabetes 6% 12% 11% 3% Hypertension, Financial District, also known as high Greenwich blood pressure, is a Village- Soho leading risk factor Hypertension 25% 29% 28% 15% for heart disease Financial District, and stroke. Greenwich Village- Soho

Source: NYC DOHMH, Community Health Survey, 2015-2016

New HIV diagnoses Getting an HIV test is the first step to accessing treatment if you are positive or developing an HIV prevention strategy if you are negative.

NEW HIV DIAGNOSES (per 100,000 people)

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Lowest: Brooklyn NYC Fort Greene and Bensonhurst Brooklyn Heights Note: Binge drinking is defined as five or more drinks for men and four or more drinks for women on one occasion during the past 30 days. Source: NYC DOHMH, Community Health Survey, 2015-2016 0 300 600 900 1200 1500 0 Psychiatric hospitalizations PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITALIZATIONS PAGE 18 100 80 60 40 20 00 20 40 60 80 100 The rateFalls of adult psychiatric hospitalization in Fort Greene Psychiatric(per 100,000 adults) hospitalizations Infant Mortality and Brooklyn Heights is similar to the citywide rate. 648 Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights High psychiatric hospitalization rates likely reflect the challenges residents in 684 Brooklyn underresourced neighborhoods face, including 676 NYC difficulty accessing preventive services and early care, greater exposure to stressors and 223 Lowest: Woodside and Sunnyside interruptions in health insurance coverage. Source: New York State Department of Health, Statewide Planning and Research 0 500 1000 1500 2000 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 Cooperative System, 2015 0 1 2 3 4 5

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0 20 Falls 40 60 80 100 InfantPsychiatric mortality hospitalizations Infant Mortality INFANT MORTALITY (per 1,000 live births) NYC’s infant mortality rate has declined in recent years. 0 In Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights the infant mortality Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights PAGE 14 2.8 rate is lower than the citywide rate. The TCNY 2020 goal PAGE 17 150 is a citywide rate of less than 4.4 per 1,000 live births. 3.6 Brooklyn Avoidable Hospitalizations HEP C 4.4 NYC

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NYC’s premature mortality rate (death before age 65) decreased 19% from 2006 to 2015. However, longstanding disparities persist. People living in high-poverty neighborhoods and Black New Yorkers are dying before age 65 at higher rates.

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18 COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: FORT GREENE AND BROOKLYN HEIGHTS Notes

Neighborhood Definitions The 59 Community Districts (CDs) were established citywide by local law in 1975. For a complete listing of all CDs and their boundaries, visit communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. The CDs correspond to NYC Community Boards, which are local representative bodies. The names of neighborhoods within CDs are not officially designated. The names used in this document are not an exhaustive list of all known neighborhood names within this area.

Analyses For most data, 95% confidence intervals were calculated for CD, For a complete dataset borough and NYC estimates. If the confidence intervals did not overlap, including numbers, rates and a significant difference was inferred. This is a conservative measure of confidence intervals, as well statistical difference. For most population-level data, if a CD rate was as more technical notes on within 5% of the NYC estimate, the CD was considered similar to NYC, neighborhood definitions, otherwise the CD rate was considered higher or lower than the NYC analyses and data sources estimate. For Community Health Survey data, a t-test comparing the CD with complete citations, visit with the rest of NYC and the rest of the borough was conducted where nyc.gov/health and search for p-values ≤0.05 were considered an indication of statistical significance. Community Health Profiles or Report text highlights significant findings but does not include all visit on.nyc.gov/chp. significant results. Thepublic use dataset contains additional data.

Most estimates were evaluated for statistical stability. Estimates with a relative standard error (RSE) > 30% or with a small sample size or small numbers of events (≤ 10) are flagged as follows: “Interpret estimate with caution due to small number of events or small sample size.”

Acknowledgements Thank you to all the individuals who contributed to these reports: Loren Adams, Nellie Afshar, Tracy Agerton, Tejumadé Ajaiyeoba, Amaka Anekwe, Sonia Angell, Andrea Archer, Hannah Arnett, George Askew, Zinzi Bailey, María Baquero, Katherine Bartley, Gary Belkin, Oni Blackstock, Angelica Bocour, Sarah Braunstein, Shadi Chamany, Kuen (Iris) Cheng, Aldo Crossa, Gretchen Culp, Kisha Cummings, Sophia Day, Danielle De Souza, Regan Deming, MaryAnn Dogo-Isonagie, Christine Dominianni, Carlos Espada, Stephanie Evergreen, Shannon Farley, Stephanie Farquhar, Pauline Ferrante, Alison Frazzini, Lawrence Fung, Patrick Germain, Sasha Gibbel, Olivia Giordano, Sharon Greene, Sophia Greer, Danielle Gurr, Samson Hadush Mesfin, Myla Harrison, Fangtao He, Charisma Hooda, Seth Hostetter, Mary Huynh, Stephen Immerwahr, John Jasek, Jillian Jessup, Sarah Johnson, Kim Kessler, Kevin Konty, Hillary Kunins, Kathryn Lane, Marisa Langdon-Embry, Michael Larkin, Rachael Lazar, Carl Letamendi, Wenhui Li, Sungwoo Lim, Constance Lopez, Joseph Lormel, David Lucero, Nneka Lundy De La Cruz, Chantol Manning, Karen Aletha Maybank, Alejandra McDonough, Wendy Mckelvey, Katharine McVeigh, Aaron Mettey, Chris Miller, Caroline Mills, Tanicha Miranda, Brent Morita, Julia Morrill, Christina Norman, Carolyn Olson, Emiko Otsubo, Denise Paone, Vassiliki Papadouka, Sneha Patel, Sarah Perl, Parppim Pimmaratana, Roger Platt, Angeline Protacio, Lisa Ramadhar, Kathleen Reilly, Susan Resnick, Sojourner Rivers, Rebekkah Robbins, Subir Saha, Hannah Searing, Amber Levanon Seligson, Sophie Sharps, Tejinder Singh, Ariel Spira-Cohen, Catherine Stayton, Ying Sun, Cassiopeia Toner, Kadiatou Traore, Maryellen Tria, Tsu-Yu Tsao, Ellenie Tuazon, Rugile Tuskeviciute, Mary-Elizabeth Vachon, Gretchen Van Wye, Ashwin Vasan, Aishwarya Viswanath, Sarah Walters, Amy Wang, Jeannette Williams, Ricky Wong, Yihong Zhao, Jane Zucker and Kimberly Zweig.

COMMUNITY HEALTH PROFILES 2018: FORT GREENE AND BROOKLYN HEIGHTS 19 Life Expectancy by Community District

Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights’ average life expectancy is 0.6 years shorter than NYC overall.

75.1-79.6 years

79.7-81.4 years

81.5-83.8 years

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Source: NYC DOHMH, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 2006-2015

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Suggested citation: Hinterland K, Naidoo M, King L, Lewin V, Myerson G, Noumbissi B, Woodward M, Gould LH, Gwynn RC, Barbot O, Bassett MT. Community Health Profiles 2018, Brooklyn Community District 2: Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights; 2018; 26(59):1-20.