Brooklyn Civic
Brooklyn Community District 15 encompasses Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Kings Bay, Gerritsen Beach, Kings Highway, East Gravesend, Madison, Homecrest, and Plum Beach. Covering 6.7 square miles and home to more than 160,000 residents, it covers a large part of southeast Brooklyn near the Atlantic Ocean.
Its neighborhoods range from waterfront communities and bungalow blocks to apartment corridors and commercial strips. Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Homecrest, and the Kings Highway area give the district a mix of coastal issues, transportation needs, housing questions, and neighborhood institutions.
BKCB15 — Cuomo won this CB district 18.0% to 70.7% for Cuomo and 11.4% for Sliwa, and carried 74 of 80 election districts here.
Sheepshead Bay · Source: NYC DOHMH 2026 Community Health Profiles
| Indicator | Value | Boro Rank | NYC Rank | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 179,257 | #5 of 18 | #14 of 59 | ↑ #5 |
| Age 0–17 | 20.7% | #9 of 18 | #23 of 59 | ↑ #9 |
| Age 18–24 | 7.1% | #14 of 18 | #50 of 59 | ↑ #14 |
| Age 25–44 | 26.7% | #17 of 18 | #47 of 59 | ↑ #17 |
| Age 45–64 | 25.3% | #4 of 18 | #16 of 59 | ↑ #4 |
| Age 65+ | 20.3% | #3 of 18 | #14 of 59 | ↑ #3 |
| Asian | 18.7% | #5 of 18 | #18 of 59 | ↑ #5 |
| Black | 2.8% | #14 of 18 | #48 of 59 | ↑ #14 |
| Latino | 7.5% | #17 of 18 | #55 of 59 | ↑ #17 |
| White | 69.3% | #1 of 18 | #5 of 59 | ↑ #1 |
| Other race/ethnicity | 1.7% | #15 of 18 | #39 of 59 | ↑ #15 |
| Limited English Proficiency | 37.4% | #5 of 18 | #9 of 59 | ↑ #5 |
| Born Outside the US | 48.3% | #3 of 18 | #8 of 59 | ↑ #3 |
| Elementary School Absenteeism | 35.0% | #9 of 18 | #28 of 59 | ↓ #9 |
| On-Time High School Graduation | 88.2% | #2 of 18 | #18 of 59 | ↑ #2 |
| Did Not Complete High School | 12.6% | #5 of 18 | #16 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| High School Grad / Some College | 36.7% | #7 of 18 | #32 of 59 | ↑ #7 |
| College Degree or Higher | 50.7% | #6 of 18 | #21 of 59 | ↑ #6 |
| Poverty | 19.5% | #11 of 18 | #38 of 59 | ↓ #11 |
| Unemployment | 6.2% | #3 of 18 | #17 of 59 | ↓ #3 |
| Rent Burden | 51.0% | #12 of 18 | #34 of 59 | ↓ #12 |
| Avertable Deaths | 23.4 | #6 of 18 | #18 of 59 | ↓ #6 |
| Helpful Neighbors | 50.1% | #15 of 18 | #47 of 59 | ↑ #15 |
| Non-Fatal Assault Hospitalizations | 17.7 | #4 of 18 | #9 of 59 | ↓ #4 |
| Jail Incarceration | 77.3 | #4 of 18 | #11 of 59 | ↓ #4 |
| Air Conditioning | 95.4% | #1 of 18 | #11 of 59 | ↑ #1 |
| Air Pollution | 6.3 | #1 of 18 | #4 of 59 | ↓ #1 |
| Renter Homes with Health-Related Housing Problems | 50.0% | #3 of 18 | #12 of 59 | ↓ #3 |
| Homes Reporting Cockroaches | 22.9% | #6 of 18 | #19 of 59 | ↓ #6 |
| Ratio of Bodegas to Supermarkets | 14.1 | #12 of 18 | #50 of 59 | ↓ #12 |
| Farmers Markets | 0 | #17 of 18 | #54 of 59 | ↑ #17 |
| Bicycle Network Coverage | 14.2% | #12 of 18 | #39 of 59 | ↑ #12 |
| Pedestrian Injury Hospitalizations | 12.1 | #5 of 18 | #18 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| Late or No Prenatal Care | 9.1% | #13 of 18 | #34 of 59 | ↓ #13 |
| Preterm Births | 7.4% | #5 of 18 | #8 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| Teen Births | 6.4% | #6 of 18 | #23 of 59 | ↓ #6 |
| Childhood Obesity | 16.8% | #5 of 18 | #15 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| Child Asthma Emergency Department Visits | 39.2 | #4 of 18 | #10 of 59 | ↓ #4 |
| Self-Reported Good Health | 84.9% | #8 of 18 | #29 of 59 | ↑ #8 |
| Physical Activity | 64.2% | #15 of 18 | #44 of 59 | ↑ #15 |
| Sugary Drink Consumption | 11.3% | #5 of 18 | #21 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Consumption | 87.8% | #12 of 18 | #32 of 59 | ↑ #12 |
| Current Smokers | 7.8% | #8 of 18 | #26 of 59 | ↓ #8 |
| Uninsured | 18.9% | #18 of 18 | #57 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Unmet Medical Care | 16.6% | #10 of 18 | #37 of 59 | ↓ #10 |
| Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Adults | 588.3 | #4 of 18 | #15 of 59 | ↓ #4 |
| Fall-Related Hospitalizations Among Older Adults | 1315.4 | #14 of 18 | #27 of 59 | ↓ #14 |
| Flu Vaccination | 43.3% | #10 of 18 | #45 of 59 | ↑ #10 |
| HPV Vaccination | 20.6% | #17 of 18 | #57 of 59 | ↑ #17 |
| Obesity | 26.2% | #8 of 18 | #26 of 59 | ↓ #8 |
| Diabetes | 7.9% | #3 of 18 | #9 of 59 | ↓ #3 |
| Hypertension | 25.6% | #5 of 18 | #15 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| New HIV Diagnoses | 9.2 | #5 of 18 | #17 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| New Hepatitis C Reports | 56.4 | #16 of 18 | #54 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Binge Drinking | 22.9% | #10 of 18 | #28 of 59 | ↓ #10 |
| Psychiatric Hospitalizations | 284.5 | #2 of 18 | #9 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| Infant Mortality | 1.3 | #2 of 18 | #7 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| Premature Mortality Number | 1,253 | #11 of 18 | #27 of 59 | ↓ #11 |
| Premature Mortality Rate | 152.0 | #6 of 18 | #20 of 59 | ↓ #6 |
| Life Expectancy | 84.0 years | #7 of 18 | #24 of 59 | ↑ #7 |
Another 162 measures are published for Brooklyn CB15 by the city Health Department, covering asthma, air quality, mortality, housing conditions, mental health and more. Each charts over time and ranks against the other 58 districts.
Open the health data for Brooklyn CB15 → See it on the map →Life expectancy from the 2026 Community Health Profiles, 2013 to 2022. Everything else from the Environment and Health Data Portal. Many of these are estimates with real uncertainty at district level.
Three city and state datasets, each filtered to Brooklyn CB15 and each searchable in full. Every figure below is a count of records placed inside this district by their own coordinates.
A liquor licence is not a business and one address can hold several. Certification covers only firms that applied for it, not every business here. Food stores are those of 3,000 square feet or more, plus greenmarkets.
Reported crime, arrests, shootings, moving violations and parking tickets for BKCB15, each record placed by its own coordinates inside the district boundary. Open BKCB15 public safety →
Precinct and community district lines are drawn by different agencies and do not line up. The share shown is how much of BKCB15 each precinct covers, which is not the same as how much of that precinct sits inside BKCB15. See the overlap both ways →
Speed limits, bike routes, bus routes and stops, subway, truck routes and Citi Bike, mapped for this district: open the transportation map →
Every district line that crosses this one, with the share of each, computed from the published boundaries.
| 61 Precinct | 100% of the district | 98% of it |
| Sector 61D | 35% of the district | 94% of it | |
| Sector 61B | 27% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 61C | 19% of the district | 99% of it | |
| Sector 61A | 18% of the district | 100% of it |
| School District 22 | 68% of the district | 23% of it | |
| School District 21 | 32% of the district | 20% of it |
