Brooklyn Community Board 3 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bedford–Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant Heights and Ocean Hill. It is delimited by Classon Avenue on the west, Flushing Avenue and Broadway on the north, and Saratoga Avenue on the east, as well as by Atlantic Avenue on the south.
Its current chairman is Richard Flateau, and its district manager is Henry Butler, president of the Vanguard Independent Democratic Association.
As of the 2000 U.S. census, the Board covered a population of 143,387, up from 138,696 in 1990 and 133,377 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 2,056 (1.4%) are White non-Hispanic, 110,431 (76.8%) are African-American, 1,457 (1.0%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 432(0.3%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 473 (0.3%) of some other race, 2,998 (2.1%) of two or more race, 26,020 (18.1%) of Hispanic origins. 44.9% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 32.7% in 2000. The land area is .
Demographics
Brooklyn Community Board 3 recorded a population of 174,960 in the 2020 United States census, a 14% increase since the 2010 United States census, when the figure stood at 152,985.
+ Population by race as of 2000, 2010 and 2020 censuses: Race 2000 2010 2020 Black 110,431 76.76% 98,780 64.57% 76,676 43.82% White 2,056 1.43% 16,634 10.87% 46,592 26.63% Asian 1,457 1.01% 3,458 2.26% 7,988 4.56% Other 905 0.63% 986 0.64% 2,542 1.45% Multiracial 2,998 2.08% 2,639 1.73% 8,374 4.78% Hispanic (any race) 26,020 18.09% 30,488 19.93% 32,788 18.74% Total 143,867 100% 152,985 100% 174,960 100%
References
External links Profile of the Community Board (PDF) Brooklyn neighborhood map