Brooklyn Community Board 16

In 2023, Brownsville was the city’s 58th largest neighborhood by population out of 59 neighborhoods. Among the 59 districts, it has the 9th largest proportion of nonwhite population, the 52nd highest median income, and the 55th most expensive rents. From 2010 to 2024, the district added 4,700 new housing units, 921 units of which were market rate and 3,763 units of which were income restricted. Demographics Click on the + sign to expand the data table, and click on the – sign to collapse the data table. Demographics Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2022 2023 2024 POPULATION Born in New York State 59.7% 60.1% 62.7% 56.1% 57.2% Disabled population 10.5% 11.7% 17.0% 13.9% Foreign-born population 23.6% 28.3% 28.8% 25.6% 30.1% 31.9% Population 116,790 116,936 115,433 128,369 99,827 96,217 Population aged 65+ 7.2% 9.1% 9.4% 12.5% 13.1% 12.8% HOUSEHOLDS Households with children under 18 years old 51.7% 45.1% 45.1% 30.5% 29.8% 28.4% Single-person households 27.8% 26.5% 36.7% 35.7% 37.4% RACE AND ETHNICITY Percent Asian 0.6% 0.3% 0.4% 0.9% 2.0% 2.2% Percent Black 75.9% 77.3% 74.0% 68.4% 61.8% 64.4% Percent Hispanic 20.4% 20.3% 24.6% 25.6% 23.1% 23.5% Percent white 0.7% 0.8% 0.4% 3.8% 7.7% 4.5% Racial diversity index 0.38 0.36 0.39 0.47 0.56 0.53 INCOME, POVERTY AND OWNERSHIP Income diversity ratio 6.8 6.0 6.8 8.6 9.6 Homeownership rate 16.8% 21.6% 17.5% 17.7% 15.4% 16.6% Median household income (2024$) $40,220 $34,790 $36,400 $37,660 $38,180 $43,460 Median household income, homeowners (2024$) $84,750 $86,870 $88,440 $86,100 $87,510 Median household income, renters (2024$) $25,280 $28,250 $31,760 $32,950 $39,200 Poverty rate 42.6% 38.7% 39.8% 34.3% 39.1% 32.4% Poverty rate, population aged 65+ 39.5% 25.4% 33.9% 30.3% 22.6% Poverty rate, population under 18 years old 51.7% 53.4% 47.4% 55.1% 43.7% LABOR MARKET Labor force participation rate 51.2% 54.1% 54.5% 55.5% 60.7% Population aged 25+ without a high school diploma 33.0% 27.7% 23.9% 26.0% 16.9% Unemployment rate 22.3% 13.1% 15.6% 7.6% 12.7% 7.7% The district had an estimated 96,217 residents in 2023, of whom 2.2% identified as Asian, 64.4% identified as Black, 23.5% identified as Hispanic, and 4.5% identified as White. The largest household income bracket was <= $20,000, covering 27.5% of households. In 2000, the same household income group had the largest share as well, with a slightly higher share of 31.4%. Median household income in 2023 was $43,460, about 45% less than citywide median household income ($79,480). The poverty rate was 32.4%, versus 18.2% citywide. Renters and Rental Conditions Click on the + sign to expand the data table, and click on the – sign to collapse the data table. Renters and Rental Conditions Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2022 2023 2024 RENTAL STOCK AND CONDITIONS Rental vacancy rate 5.3% 3.9% 2.3% 1.6% Serious housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) 136.4 143.7 175.9 164.1 164.1 169.3 Severe crowding rate (% of renter households) 2.0% 1.6% 2.3% 2.9% Total housing code violations (per 1,000 privately owned rental units) 572.5 473.1 641.1 578.3 603.2 574.5 MEDIAN RENT Median rent, studios and 1-bedrooms (2024$) $840 $900 $1,040 $1,060 Median rent, 2- and 3-bedrooms (2024$) $1,150 $1,310 $1,480 $1,390 Median rent, all (2024$) $920 $940 $1,160 $1,340 $1,230 $1,160 Median rent, recent movers (2024$) $1,370 $1,560 $1,630 $1,510 Change in rent (2022-2023) 5.6% AFFORDABILITY Rental units affordable at 30% AMI (% of recently available units) 28.9% 24.3% Rental units affordable at 80% AMI (% of recently available units) 86.4% 75.7% Rental units affordable at 120% AMI (% of recently available units) 100.0% 99.0% RENT BURDEN Moderately rent-burdened households 25.1% 22.8% 24.2% 23.6% 24.5% Moderately rent-burdened households, low income 27.6% 28.3% 29.6% 27.1% Moderately rent-burdened households, moderate income 5.5% 9.5% 4.5% 6.0% Severely rent-burdened households 29.6% 32.2% 37.7% 33.9% 32.4% Severely rent-burdened households, low income 39.0% 45.7% 39.5% 40.4% Severely rent-burdened households, moderate income 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% RENTAL SUBSIDY Housing choice vouchers (% of occupied, privately owned rental units) 12.3% 9.3% 11.7% Real median gross rent rose from $940 in 2006 to $1,160 in 2023. This represents a 23.4% increase over the same period. The overall rental vacancy rate in Brownsville was 1.6% in 2023. The rent distribution shows the share of apartments by their size (according to the number of bedrooms), and then for each apartment size in the community district, the share of apartments according to their monthly gross rent. This distribution compares 5-year ACS figures from 2010 to 5-year ACS figures from 2023. Between 2019-2023, the largest share of studios had gross rents between $1,000.00 – $1,500.00 (32%), the largest share of one-bedrooms had rents <= $500 (32%), the largest share of two-bedrooms had rents between $1,500.00 – $2,000.00 (26%), the largest share of three bedrooms had rents $500 – $1k (22%). As of 2023, the change in median household income outpaced the change in median gross rent by 31.7 percentage points. 32.4% of renter households were severely rent burdened in 2023 (spent more than 50% of household income on rent). Housing Click on the + sign to expand the data table, and click on the – sign to collapse the data table. Housing Market Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2022 2023 2024 HOUSING STOCK Housing units 44,350 45,117 55,188 41,207 42,323 FINANCE – DISTRESS Notices of foreclosure rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) 21.4 41.0 59.7 26.9 20.1 Notices of foreclosure, all residential properties 154 255 371 178 131 Notices of foreclosure, initial, 1-4 family and condo properties 92 193 198 65 46 Notices of foreclosure, repeat, 1-4 family and condo properties 11 34 145 90 71 Pre-foreclosure notice rate (per 1,000 1-4 family and condo properties) 99.7 96.4 74.7 Pre-foreclosure notices, 1-4 family and condo properties 575 561 437 Properties entering REO, 1-4 family 23 13 14 FINANCE – LENDING FHA/VA-backed home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) 1.4% 83.2% 33.8% 30.0% 28.4% Higher-cost home purchase loans (% of home purchase loans) 57.2% 0.8% 17.6% 5.7% 6.3% Higher-cost refinance loans (% of refinance loans) 49.9% 7.7% 5.7% 2.5% 0.0% Home purchase loan rate (per 1,000 properties) 74.6 13.5 14.6 14.3 9.7 Home purchase loans in LMI tracts (% of home purchase loans) 94.9% 15.4% 88.0% 80.0% 89.5% Home purchase loans to LMI borrowers (% of home purchase loans) 4.3% 96.2% 7.2% 18.8% 5.3% Refinance loan rate (per 1,000 properties) 99.0 10.7 21.5 12.3 2.9 SALES – VOLUME Sales volume, 1 family building 35 69 19 29 51 38 33 Sales volume, 2-4 family building 220 451 103 105 116 131 104 Sales volume, 5+ family building 28 40 19 13 8 4 10 Sales volume, condominium 1 7 12 18 31 16 7 Sales volume, all property types 284 567 153 165 206 189 154 SALES – MEDIAN PRICES Median sales price per unit, 1 family building (2024$) $274,690 $545,150 $395,450 $569,770 $581,910 $599,400 $527,000 Median sales price per unit, 2-4 family building (2024$) $173,970 $323,050 $177,610 $440,540 $412,630 $342,510 $374,380 Median sales price per unit, 5+ family building (2024$) $60,580 $146,530 $90,620 $198,240 $253,120 $354,630 $166,450 Median sales price per unit, condominium (2024$) $153,750 $272,580 $452,340 $594,730 $522,640 $542,310 $580,000 SALES – HOUSING PRICE INDEX Index of housing price appreciation, 1 family building 100.0 221.7 184.3 286.3 297.8 275.4 360.6 Index of housing price appreciation, 2-4 family building 100.0 234.5 149.7 341.5 371.2 330.9 380.7 Index of housing price appreciation, 5+ family building 100.0 279.9 144.4 387.7 622.8 411.8 491.7 Index of housing price appreciation, condominium 100.0 66.0 37.7 95.5 110.5 101.9 Index of housing price appreciation, all property types 100.0 235.5 147.7 334.4 364.9 322.9 385.4 The homeownership rate was 16.6% in 2023, lower than the citywide 32.5%. That’s decreased 0.9 percentage points since 2010. In 2023, the home purchase loan rate was 9.7 per 1,000 properties (owner-occupied 1-4 family buildings, condominiums, or cooperative apartments) and the refinance loan rate was 2.9 per 1,000 properties in the district. Out of all the first-time home purchase loans and refinance loans in Brownsville, 6.3% and 0.0% were high cost loans, respectively. 131 properties had a filing of mortgage foreclosure in Brownsville in 2022. There were 20.1 mortgage foreclosure actions initiated per 1,000 1-4 family properties and condominium units. Residential property prices are up 131% since 2009. Development Click on the + sign to expand the data table, and click on the – sign to collapse the data table. Development Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2022 2023 2024 DEVELOPMENT Units authorized by new residential building permits 34 0 403 683 1,030 937 409 Units issued new certificates of occupancy 92 313 310 112 661 386 506 Affordable Units Completed (<=50% AMI) 240 164 197 Affordable Units Completed per capita (<=50% AMI, adjusted by 100,000 people) 244 166 200 DENSITY Population density (1,000 persons per square mile) 45.1 44.6 49.6 38.5 37.1 Between 2010 and 2024, 4,700 units in 4+ unit buildings were built—20% market rate, 76% income-targeted. Read more about our methodology in the technical appendix of the 2021 Focus Report An estimated 76% of those units targeted low-income households at or below 80% AMI. If you’re viewing a borough profile and don’t see an orange dotted line, it means there is no CD with 0% low-income unit shares in that borough. DOB issued permits for 409 new residential units in 2024, 528 fewer than in 2023. DOB issued certificates of occupancy for 506 new residential units in 2024, 120 more than in 2023. Subsidized Housing Click on the + sign to expand the data table, and click on the – sign to collapse the data table. Subsidized Housing Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2022 2023 2024 SUBSIDIZED PROPERTIES Total number of subsidized properties (properties) 615 HUD Financing or Insurance (properties) 16 HUD Financing or Insurance (units) 1,405 HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (properties) 32 HUD Project-based Rental Assistance Program (units) 2,761 Low Income Housing Tax Credit (properties) 123 Low Income Housing Tax Credit (units) 5,884 Public Housing (properties) 48 Public Housing (units) 8,613 Public housing (% of rental units) 22.6% Mitchell-Lama (properties) 13 Mitchell-Lama (units) 1,486 421-a Tax Exemption (properties) 53 421-a Tax Exemption (units) 908 420-c Tax Exemption (properties) 122 420-c Tax Exemption (units) 4,810 NYC Housing Production Programs and Zoning Incentives or Requirements (properties) 243 EXPIRATIONS Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2025 and 2030 (properties) 53 Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2025 and 2030 (units) 1,264 Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2031 and 2040 (properties) 44 Eligible to expire from housing programs between 2031 and 2040 (units) 2,480 Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2041 and later (properties) 42 Eligible to expire from housing programs in 2041 and later (units) 3,524 22.6% of rental units were public housing as of 2024. Brownsville has 615 properties with subsidized units as of 2024 through programs like HUD assistance, Low Income Housing Tax Credits, 421a, and others. 53 properties have subsidies due to expire between 2025 and 2030, 44 properties have subsidies due to expire between 2031 and 2040, and 42 properties have subsidies expiring after 2040. For more comprehensive subsidized housing information in New York City, please visit Furman Center’s CoreData.nyc Neighborhood Services and Conditions Click on the + sign to expand the data table, and click on the – sign to collapse the data table. Neighborhood Services and Conditions Indicator 2000 2006 2010 2019 2022 2023 2024 COMMUTE Car-free commute (% of commuters) 73.1% 76.7% 78.7% 74.5% Mean travel time to work (minutes) 48.1 43.4 47.2 44.5 CRIME AND INCARCERATION Serious crime rate (per 1,000 residents) 24.3 22.9 16.8 19.1 16.0 15.5 Serious crime rate, property (per 1,000 residents) 10.9 10.2 6.9 8.1 6.3 6.2 Serious crime rate, violent (per 1,000 residents) 13.5 12.7 9.9 11.0 9.7 9.3 SCHOOLS Students performing at grade level in English language arts, 4th grade 28.8% 28.0% 39.0% 36.1% Students performing at grade level in math, 4th grade 25.5% 19.4% 40.6% 48.4% The serious crime rate was 15.5 serious crimes per 1,000 residents in 2024, versus 13.6 serious crimes per 1,000 residents citywide. 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