Brooklyn Civic
Brooklyn Community District 2 encompasses Boerum Hill, Brooklyn Heights, Clinton Hill, Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO, Fulton Ferry, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Navy Yard, and Vinegar Hill. Covering 2.8 square miles and home to about 100,000 residents, it is one of the borough's main civic and institutional centers.
It includes Downtown Brooklyn, the courts, major transit hubs, historic residential neighborhoods, and the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The district has a compact geography but a large role in how Brooklyn works, with office towers, public institutions, historic districts, NYCHA campuses, schools, and waterfront redevelopment all sitting close together.
BKCB2 — Mamdani won this CB district 74.7% to 23.5% for Cuomo and 1.8% for Sliwa, and carried 76 of 77 election districts here.
Fort Greene and Brooklyn Heights · Source: NYC DOHMH 2026 Community Health Profiles
| Indicator | Value | Boro Rank | NYC Rank | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 135,667 | #11 of 18 | #34 of 59 | ↑ #11 |
| Age 0–17 | 13.7% | #18 of 18 | #52 of 59 | ↑ #18 |
| Age 18–24 | 7.8% | #10 of 18 | #40 of 59 | ↑ #10 |
| Age 25–44 | 44.2% | #2 of 18 | #3 of 59 | ↑ #2 |
| Age 45–64 | 19.1% | #16 of 18 | #56 of 59 | ↑ #16 |
| Age 65+ | 15.2% | #12 of 18 | #42 of 59 | ↑ #12 |
| Asian | 9.4% | #8 of 18 | #31 of 59 | ↑ #8 |
| Black | 25.3% | #9 of 18 | #20 of 59 | ↑ #9 |
| Latino | 14.1% | #10 of 18 | #43 of 59 | ↑ #10 |
| White | 46.4% | #8 of 18 | #19 of 59 | ↑ #8 |
| Other race/ethnicity | 4.8% | #1 of 18 | #2 of 59 | ↑ #1 |
| Limited English Proficiency | 7.3% | #16 of 18 | #51 of 59 | ↑ #16 |
| Born Outside the US | 21.1% | #16 of 18 | #56 of 59 | ↑ #16 |
| Elementary School Absenteeism | 32.2% | #6 of 18 | #22 of 59 | ↓ #6 |
| On-Time High School Graduation | 86.7% | #4 of 18 | #20 of 59 | ↑ #4 |
| Did Not Complete High School | 6.6% | #2 of 18 | #9 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| High School Grad / Some College | 17.4% | #17 of 18 | #51 of 59 | ↑ #17 |
| College Degree or Higher | 76.0% | #2 of 18 | #9 of 59 | ↑ #2 |
| Poverty | 11.2% | #2 of 18 | #8 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| Unemployment | 6.3% | #4 of 18 | #18 of 59 | ↓ #4 |
| Rent Burden | 39.0% | #2 of 18 | #5 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| Avertable Deaths | 12.7 | #1 of 18 | #6 of 59 | ↓ #1 |
| Helpful Neighbors | 64.9% | #6 of 18 | #15 of 59 | ↑ #6 |
| Non-Fatal Assault Hospitalizations | 28.2 | #8 of 18 | #19 of 59 | ↓ #8 |
| Jail Incarceration | 168.3 | #10 of 18 | #35 of 59 | ↓ #10 |
| Air Conditioning | 90.2% | #10 of 18 | #35 of 59 | ↑ #10 |
| Air Pollution | 7.2 | #16 of 18 | #49 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Renter Homes with Health-Related Housing Problems | 46.0% | #1 of 18 | #8 of 59 | ↓ #1 |
| Homes Reporting Cockroaches | 21.7% | #3 of 18 | #16 of 59 | ↓ #3 |
| Ratio of Bodegas to Supermarkets | 9.4 | #6 of 18 | #36 of 59 | ↓ #6 |
| Farmers Markets | 2 | #7 of 18 | #24 of 59 | ↑ #7 |
| Bicycle Network Coverage | 32.9% | #3 of 18 | #16 of 59 | ↑ #3 |
| Late or No Prenatal Care | 2.6% | #2 of 18 | #3 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| Preterm Births | 9.3% | #10 of 18 | #25 of 59 | ↓ #10 |
| Teen Births | 2.6% | #1 of 18 | #7 of 59 | ↓ #1 |
| Childhood Obesity | 14.9% | #2 of 18 | #10 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| Child Asthma Emergency Department Visits | 178.9 | #13 of 18 | #41 of 59 | ↓ #13 |
| Self-Reported Good Health | 88.3% | #2 of 18 | #11 of 59 | ↑ #2 |
| Physical Activity | 79.8% | #3 of 18 | #11 of 59 | ↑ #3 |
| Sugary Drink Consumption | 9.7% | #3 of 18 | #14 of 59 | ↓ #3 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Consumption | 93.7% | #4 of 18 | #10 of 59 | ↑ #4 |
| Current Smokers | 4.1% | #2 of 18 | #8 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| Uninsured | 11.5% | #13 of 18 | #36 of 59 | ↓ #13 |
| Unmet Medical Care | 11.2% | #5 of 18 | #7 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Adults | 757.7 | #8 of 18 | #23 of 59 | ↓ #8 |
| Fall-Related Hospitalizations Among Older Adults | 1072.0 | #5 of 18 | #9 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| Flu Vaccination | 60.4% | #2 of 18 | #9 of 59 | ↑ #2 |
| HPV Vaccination | 44.8% | #7 of 18 | #29 of 59 | ↑ #7 |
| Obesity | 15.5% | #2 of 18 | #7 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| Diabetes | 6.6% | #2 of 18 | #8 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| Hypertension | 20.1% | #2 of 18 | #4 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| New HIV Diagnoses | 15.1 | #9 of 18 | #29 of 59 | ↓ #9 |
| New Hepatitis C Reports | 21.0 | #5 of 18 | #20 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| Binge Drinking | 34.9% | #15 of 18 | #55 of 59 | ↓ #15 |
| Psychiatric Hospitalizations | 330.3 | #6 of 18 | #18 of 59 | ↓ #6 |
| Infant Mortality | 2.4 | #8 of 18 | #18 of 59 | ↓ #8 |
| Premature Mortality Number | 800 | #2 of 18 | #9 of 59 | ↓ #2 |
| Premature Mortality Rate | 144.4 | #4 of 18 | #17 of 59 | ↓ #4 |
| Life Expectancy | 86.1 years | #1 of 18 | #9 of 59 | ↑ #1 |
Another 169 measures are published for Brooklyn CB2 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 CB2 → 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 CB2 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 BKCB2, each record placed by its own coordinates inside the district boundary. Open BKCB2 public safety →
Precinct and community district lines are drawn by different agencies and do not line up. The share shown is how much of BKCB2 each precinct covers, which is not the same as how much of that precinct sits inside BKCB2. 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.
| 88 Precinct | 53% of the district | 100% of it | |
| 84 Precinct | 45% of the district | 100% of it | |
| 78 Precinct | 2% of the district | 2% of it |
| Sector 88C | 21% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 84A | 17% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 88D | 15% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 84B | 14% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 88B | 9% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 88A | 8% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 84D | 8% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 84C | 7% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 78C | 2% of the district | 17% of it |
| School District 13 | 74% of the district | 56% of it | |
| School District 15 | 16% of the district | 6% of it | |
| School District 14 | 10% of the district | 5% of it |
