Brooklyn Civic
Brooklyn Community District 5 encompasses East New York, Cypress Hills, Highland Park, City Line, New Lots, Spring Creek, and Starrett City. Covering 5.6 square miles and home to more than 180,000 residents, it sits on the borough's eastern edge, with Queens to the north and east and Gateway National Recreation Area to the south.
The district includes rowhouse blocks, public housing campuses, large apartment complexes, industrial areas, suburban-style retail, and major open spaces. It is one of Brooklyn's largest districts by population and geography.
BKCB5 — Mamdani won this CB district 59.1% to 37.1% for Cuomo and 3.8% for Sliwa, and carried 89 of 96 election districts here.
East New York and Starrett City · Source: NYC DOHMH 2026 Community Health Profiles
| Indicator | Value | Boro Rank | NYC Rank | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 170,769 | #6 of 18 | #18 of 59 | ↑ #6 |
| Age 0–17 | 23.8% | #3 of 18 | #11 of 59 | ↑ #3 |
| Age 18–24 | 9.2% | #4 of 18 | #20 of 59 | ↑ #4 |
| Age 25–44 | 27.6% | #13 of 18 | #37 of 59 | ↑ #13 |
| Age 45–64 | 23.5% | #9 of 18 | #35 of 59 | ↑ #9 |
| Age 65+ | 15.9% | #11 of 18 | #40 of 59 | ↑ #11 |
| Asian | 7.3% | #9 of 18 | #37 of 59 | ↑ #9 |
| Black | 48.7% | #7 of 18 | #11 of 59 | ↑ #7 |
| Latino | 38.0% | #3 of 18 | #20 of 59 | ↑ #3 |
| White | 3.8% | #16 of 18 | #50 of 59 | ↑ #16 |
| Other race/ethnicity | 2.3% | #10 of 18 | #27 of 59 | ↑ #10 |
| Limited English Proficiency | 18.2% | #10 of 18 | #35 of 59 | ↑ #10 |
| Born Outside the US | 36.7% | #9 of 18 | #27 of 59 | ↑ #9 |
| Elementary School Absenteeism | 42.7% | #16 of 18 | #47 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| On-Time High School Graduation | 81.0% | #15 of 18 | #45 of 59 | ↑ #15 |
| Did Not Complete High School | 18.5% | #13 of 18 | #37 of 59 | ↓ #13 |
| High School Grad / Some College | 57.5% | #1 of 18 | #1 of 59 | ↑ #1 |
| College Degree or Higher | 24.0% | #18 of 18 | #54 of 59 | ↑ #18 |
| Poverty | 23.1% | #15 of 18 | #47 of 59 | ↓ #15 |
| Unemployment | 8.5% | #15 of 18 | #39 of 59 | ↓ #15 |
| Rent Burden | 51.0% | #10 of 18 | #30 of 59 | ↓ #10 |
| Avertable Deaths | 51.8 | #16 of 18 | #47 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Helpful Neighbors | 45.0% | #16 of 18 | #55 of 59 | ↑ #16 |
| Non-Fatal Assault Hospitalizations | 85.6 | #17 of 18 | #49 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Jail Incarceration | 449.7 | #17 of 18 | #56 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Air Conditioning | 88.8% | #13 of 18 | #38 of 59 | ↑ #13 |
| Air Pollution | 6.7 | #10 of 18 | #20 of 59 | ↓ #10 |
| Renter Homes with Health-Related Housing Problems | 73.0% | #14 of 18 | #44 of 59 | ↓ #14 |
| Homes Reporting Cockroaches | 40.4% | #15 of 18 | #41 of 59 | ↓ #15 |
| Ratio of Bodegas to Supermarkets | 8.7 | #5 of 18 | #32 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| Farmers Markets | 4 | #2 of 18 | #8 of 59 | ↑ #2 |
| Bicycle Network Coverage | 16.3% | #11 of 18 | #38 of 59 | ↑ #11 |
| Pedestrian Injury Hospitalizations | 18.5 | #15 of 18 | #42 of 59 | ↓ #15 |
| Late or No Prenatal Care | 9.6% | #14 of 18 | #37 of 59 | ↓ #14 |
| Preterm Births | 11.3% | #16 of 18 | #47 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Teen Births | 14.3% | #16 of 18 | #48 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Childhood Obesity | 27.2% | #17 of 18 | #49 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Child Asthma Emergency Department Visits | 252.3 | #16 of 18 | #50 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| Self-Reported Good Health | 81.9% | #12 of 18 | #38 of 59 | ↑ #12 |
| Physical Activity | 60.0% | #16 of 18 | #50 of 59 | ↑ #16 |
| Sugary Drink Consumption | 13.0% | #6 of 18 | #22 of 59 | ↓ #6 |
| Fruit and Vegetable Consumption | 78.6% | #18 of 18 | #56 of 59 | ↑ #18 |
| Current Smokers | 8.2% | #10 of 18 | #30 of 59 | ↓ #10 |
| Uninsured | 11.5% | #12 of 18 | #35 of 59 | ↓ #12 |
| Unmet Medical Care | 18.8% | #14 of 18 | #44 of 59 | ↓ #14 |
| Avoidable Hospitalizations Among Adults | 1452.7 | #17 of 18 | #46 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Fall-Related Hospitalizations Among Older Adults | 1146.0 | #12 of 18 | #20 of 59 | ↓ #12 |
| Flu Vaccination | 41.5% | #14 of 18 | #52 of 59 | ↑ #14 |
| HPV Vaccination | 57.3% | #3 of 18 | #16 of 59 | ↑ #3 |
| Obesity | 32.7% | #13 of 18 | #40 of 59 | ↓ #13 |
| Diabetes | 16.9% | #17 of 18 | #48 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Hypertension | 36.8% | #14 of 18 | #48 of 59 | ↓ #14 |
| New HIV Diagnoses | 27.4 | #16 of 18 | #50 of 59 | ↓ #16 |
| New Hepatitis C Reports | 36.6 | #13 of 18 | #44 of 59 | ↓ #13 |
| Binge Drinking | 19.2% | #5 of 18 | #13 of 59 | ↓ #5 |
| Psychiatric Hospitalizations | 826.6 | #17 of 18 | #54 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Infant Mortality | 4.6 | #13 of 18 | #35 of 59 | ↓ #13 |
| Premature Mortality Number | 2,611 | #18 of 18 | #59 of 59 | ↓ #18 |
| Premature Mortality Rate | 330.9 | #17 of 18 | #53 of 59 | ↓ #17 |
| Life Expectancy | 78.2 years | #17 of 18 | #52 of 59 | ↑ #17 |
Another 179 measures are published for Brooklyn CB5 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 CB5 → 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 CB5 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 BKCB5, each record placed by its own coordinates inside the district boundary. Open BKCB5 public safety →
Precinct and community district lines are drawn by different agencies and do not line up. The share shown is how much of BKCB5 each precinct covers, which is not the same as how much of that precinct sits inside BKCB5. 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.
| 75 Precinct | 100% of the district | 86% of it |
| Sector 75A | 25% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 75C | 21% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 75D | 19% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 75B | 18% of the district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 75E | 16% of the district | 47% of it |
| School District 19 | 100% of the district | 78% of it |
