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PARKS ACREAGE CD35 CITYWIDE1 RESOURCES FOR YOUR COMMUNITY 8% Total District Land (acres) 1,872 266,690 CITY COUNCIL MEMBER Laurie Cumbo City, State & Federal Parkland2 (acres) 153 50,499 [email protected] Percent Parkland 8% 19% 718-260-9191 & Playgrounds3 (acres) 151 23,635 Percent parkland of BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 2 total district acreage 718-389-0009 Percent Parks & Playgrounds 8% 9% BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 3 POPULATION & PARK ACCESS CD35 CITYWIDE 718-622-6601 Resident Population 154,731 8,128,980 29 BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 6 Ranking of park & 718-643-3027 Parks & Playground acres per 1,000 residents 1 2.9 playground acres per 1,000 residents BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 8 Residents within 5 minutes’ walk of a park 59% 61% 1= highest, 51= lowest 718-467-5574

Residents under 18 21% 22% BROOKLYN COMMUNITY BOARD 9 22 718-778-9279 Park & Playground acres per 1,000 children 4.7 13.3 Ranking of residents within 5 minutes’ walk CITY OF NEW YORK Residents over 65 10% 12% of a park 311 or www.nyc.gov 1= highest, 51= lowest Park & Playground acres per 1,000 seniors 9.9 23.3 STATE & FEDERAL REPRESENTATIVES www.elections.state.ny.us PARK AMENITIES CD35 CITYWIDE PARTNERSHIPS FOR PARKS Community Gardens 15 11 www.cityparksfoundation.org/partnerships-for-parks

Recreation Centers 0 1 1.2 PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING IN NYC Number of playgrounds council.nyc.gov/pb Playgrounds 38 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 CD35 CITYWIDE 55 Broad Street, 23rd Floor, New York, NY 10004

80% 83% Parks “Acceptable” for Condition 80% 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 . Today, NY4P is the PARK FUNDING, citywide independent organization championing FISCAL YEAR 2010–2014 CD35 CITYWIDE 33 quality parks and open spaces for all New Yorkers Completed Projects (millions) $7.3 $26.1 Rank of Funding per in all neighborhoods. Park & Playground acre Funding per Park & 1= highest, 51= lowest Playground acre (millions) $0.05 $0.14 Data Sources All data is from 2014 unless noted. Parks Acreage: NYC Depart- ment of Parks and Recreation (DPR), NYC Department of City CIVIC ENGAGEMENT CD35 CITYWIDE Planning (DCP), National Park Service (NPS), New York State Registered Voters 91% 73% Offce of Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation (OPRHP). Population & Park Access: American Community Survey (ACS) 2007- 91% 2011, Infoshare.org, DPR, DCP. Park Amenities: DPR, GrowNYC. PIP Park-related 311 calls per 1,000 residents 6.1 6.8 Registered voters Ratings: DPR. Park Funding,: DPR, FY 2010-2014. Civic Engagement: Park Volunteer Groups 13 10 NYC Board of Elections 2011, NYC Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DOITT), and Partnerships SOCIOECONOMICS CD35 CITYWIDE for Parks. Socioeconomics: ACS 2007-2011, Infoshare.org. Map Data Median Household Income $37,428 $51,270 18 All data is from 2014: DPR, DOT, DCP, ESRI, Ranking of average GrowNYC, NPS, OPRHP. Population in Poverty 21% 19% median income 1= highest, 51= lowest Project Staff Children Receiving Public Assistance 33% 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