Brooklyn Civic
Brooklyn Community District 16 encompasses Brownsville, Ocean Hill, and part of Bedford-Stuyvesant. Covering 1.9 square miles and home to roughly 85,000 residents, it is centered on Brownsville and Ocean Hill, with part of Bedford-Stuyvesant included in the district.
It has a large public housing presence, residential blocks, schools, parks, churches, and transit corridors.
BKCB16 — Mamdani won this CB district 63.4% to 34.1% for Cuomo and 2.5% for Sliwa, and carried 44 of 46 election districts here.
Brownsville · Source: NYC DOHMH 2026 Community Health Profiles
| Indicator | Value | Boro Rank | NYC Rank | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 78,319 | #18 of 18 | #56 of 59 | ↑ #18 |
| Age 0–17 | 24.3% | #2 of 18 | #9 of 59 | ↑ #2 |
| Age 18–24 | 9.3% | #2 of 18 | #18 of 59 | ↑ #2 |
| Age 25–44 | 27.6% | #12 of 18 | #36 of 59 | ↑ #12 |
| Age 45–64 | 22.3% | #10 of 18 | #40 of 59 | ↑ #10 |
| Age 65+ | 16.4% | #8 of 18 | #31 of 59 | ↑ #8 |
| Asian | 1.0% | #18 of 18 | #56 of 59 | ↑ #18 |
| Black | 74.0% | #2 of 18 | #2 of 59 | ↑ #2 |
| Latino | 21.4% | #5 of 18 | #30 of 59 | ↑ #5 |
| White | 1.2% | #18 of 18 | #57 of 59 | ↑ #18 |
| Other race/ethnicity | 2.4% | #9 of 18 | #25 of 59 | ↑ #9 |
| Limited English Proficiency | 9.9% | #13 of 18 | #46 of 59 | ↑ #13 |
| Born Outside the US | 29.6% | #12 of 18 | #36 of 59 | ↑ #12 |
| Elementary School Absenteeism | 49.9% | #18 of 18 | #56 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| On-Time High School Graduation | 74.3% | #18 of 18 | #59 of 59 | ↑ #18 |
| Did Not Complete High School | 20.8% | #15 of 18 | #42 of 59 | ↓ #15 |
| High School Grad / Some College | 52.7% | #2 of 18 | #2 of 59 | ↑ #2 |
| College Degree or Higher | 26.5% | #17 of 18 | #51 of 59 | ↑ #17 |
| Poverty | 28.7% | #18 of 18 | #58 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Unemployment | 12.4% | #18 of 18 | #53 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Rent Burden | 54.0% | #16 of 18 | #44 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Avertable Deaths | 60.8 | #17 of 18 | #54 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Helpful Neighbors | 52.1% | #12 of 18 | #42 of 59 | ↑ #12 |
| Non-Fatal Assault Hospitalizations | 125.8 | #18 of 18 | #54 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Jail Incarceration | 736.1 | #18 of 18 | #59 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Air Conditioning | 81.7% | #18 of 18 | #56 of 59 | ↑ #18 |
| Air Pollution | 6.8 | #11 of 18 | #25 of 59 | ↓ #11 |
| Renter Homes with Health-Related Housing Problems | 74.0% | #16 of 18 | #46 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Homes Reporting Cockroaches | 28.8% | #7 of 18 | #22 of 59 | ↓ #7 |
| Ratio of Bodegas to Supermarkets | 6.7 | #1 of 18 | #18 of 59 | ↓ #1 |
| Farmers Markets | 7 | #1 of 18 | #1 of 59 | ↑ #1 |
| Bicycle Network Coverage | 14.2% | #13 of 18 | #40 of 59 | ↑ #13 |
| Pedestrian Injury Hospitalizations | 21.1 | #16 of 18 | #47 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Late or No Prenatal Care | 12.9% | #16 of 18 | #50 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Preterm Births | 12.8% | #17 of 18 | #57 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Teen Births | 21.5% | #18 of 18 | #57 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Childhood Obesity | 27.1% | #16 of 18 | #48 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Child Asthma Emergency Department Visits | 441.8 | #18 of 18 | #59 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Self-Reported Good Health | 77.2% | #16 of 18 | #49 of 59 | ↑ #16 |
| Physical Activity | 65.5% | #13 of 18 | #41 of 59 | ↑ #13 |
| Sugary Drink Consumption | 31.8% | #18 of 18 | #59 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Consumption | 78.9% | #17 of 18 | #55 of 59 | ↑ #17 |
| Current Smokers | 13.8% | #17 of 18 | #55 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Uninsured | 14.7% | #17 of 18 | #51 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Unmet Medical Care | 23.3% | #18 of 18 | #58 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Adults | 2118.4 | #18 of 18 | #56 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Fall-Related Hospitalizations Among Older Adults | 1086.4 | #6 of 18 | #10 of 59 | ↓ #6 |
| Flu Vaccination | 36.3% | #17 of 18 | #57 of 59 | ↑ #17 |
| HPV Vaccination | 57.7% | #2 of 18 | #15 of 59 | ↑ #2 |
| Obesity | 41.0% | #18 of 18 | #55 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Diabetes | 16.2% | #16 of 18 | #45 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Hypertension | 34.5% | #12 of 18 | #43 of 59 | ↓ #12 |
| New HIV Diagnoses | 27.1 | #15 of 18 | #49 of 59 | ↓ #15 |
| New Hepatitis C Reports | 66.9 | #17 of 18 | #58 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Binge Drinking | 24.5% | #12 of 18 | #32 of 59 | ↓ #12 |
| Psychiatric Hospitalizations | 1184.3 | #18 of 18 | #59 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Infant Mortality | 7.7 | #18 of 18 | #59 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Premature Mortality Number | 1,719 | #14 of 18 | #46 of 59 | ↓ #14 |
| Premature Mortality Rate | 483.5 | #18 of 18 | #59 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Life Expectancy | 75.1 years | #18 of 18 | #59 of 59 | ↑ #18 |
Another 177 measures are published for Brooklyn CB16 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 CB16 → 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 CB16 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 BKCB16, each record placed by its own coordinates inside the district boundary. Open BKCB16 public safety →
Precinct and community district lines are drawn by different agencies and do not line up. The share shown is how much of BKCB16 each precinct covers, which is not the same as how much of that precinct sits inside BKCB16. 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.
| 73 Precinct | 100% of the district | 100% of it |
| Sector 73B | 29% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 73D | 28% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 73C | 23% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 73A | 19% of the district | 100% of it |
| School District 23 | 87% of the district | 95% of it | |
| School District 17 | 4% of the district | 2% of it | |
| School District 18 | 4% of the district | 1% of it | |
| School District 16 | 3% of the district | 4% of it | |
| School District 19 | 2% of the district | 1% of it |
