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Brooklyn Community District 6
Community District
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Neighborhoods	List Carroll Gardens Cobble Hill Columbia Street Waterfront District Gowanus Park Slope Red Hook
Government
• Chairperson	Eric McClure
• District Manager	Michael Racioppo
Area
• Total	3.1 sq mi (8 km)
Population
• Total	104,709
• Density	34,000/sq mi (13,000/km)
Ethnicity
• African-American	6.7%
• Asian	6.6%
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	17.3%
• White	64.6%
• Others	4.7%
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	11201, 11215, 11217 and 11231
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917
Police Precincts	76th (website) 78th (website)
Website	www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb6/index.page

Brooklyn Community Board 6 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Red Hook, Carroll Gardens, Park Slope, Gowanus, Cobble Hill and Columbia Street Waterfront District. It is delimited by Upper New York Bay and East River on the west, Atlantic Avenue, Court Street, Fourth Avenue, Warren and Pacific Streets on the north, Prospect Park on the east, as well as by the 15th Street, Hamilton Avenue and the Gowanus Canal on the south. It approximates the 19th century district of South Brooklyn.

Its current chairman is Eric McClure and the District Manager is Michael Racioppo.

As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 104,054, up from 102,724 in 1990 but down from 110,225 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 57,106 (54.9%) are White non Hispanic, 14,034 (13.5%) are African-American, 4,622 (4.4%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 173 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 493 (0.5%) of some other race, 3,274 (3.1%) of two or more race, 24,352 (23.4%) of Hispanic origins.
18.8% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 14.4% in 2000. The land area is 2,226.4 acres (9.010 km).

References

1. "Brooklyn Community District 6" (PDF). Retrieved 6 July 2020.
2. "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
3. "Brooklyn Community Board 6". www1.nyc.gov. Brooklyn Community Board 6. Retrieved 6 July 2020.

External links

• Profile of the Community Board (PDF)
• Official web site of the Community Board
• Brooklyn neighborhood map

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