Council Member Rita Joseph represents City Council District 40. It sits in Brooklyn.
The district overlaps community boards Brooklyn 9, Brooklyn 12, Brooklyn 14 and Brooklyn 17.
It is policed by the 66th, 67th, 70th and 71st Precincts.
It overlaps Assembly districts 42, 43, 44, 48 and 58 and Senate districts 20, 21 and 22.
First elected in 2021 and sworn in January 2022. Members of the City Council serve four year terms and are limited to two consecutive terms.
Next on the ballot in November 2029, when the seat will be open: Council Member Joseph is term limited and cannot run again. For the election in front of us, see where you vote in November 2026 or what is coming up on the calendar.
Speed limits, bike routes, bus routes and stops, subway, truck routes and Citi Bike, mapped for this district: open the transportation map →
Deaths and injuries from crashes, tracked day by day: this district on Crash Count →
Every district line that crosses this one, with the share of each. Computed from the published boundaries.
| Brooklyn CB 14 | 39% of the council district | 35% of it | |
| Brooklyn CB 9 | 30% of the council district | 49% of it | |
| Brooklyn CB 17 | 22% of the council district | 18% of it | |
| Brooklyn CB 12 | 7% of the council district | 5% of it | |
| Brooklyn CB 7 | 1% of the council district | 1% of it |
| 70 Precinct | 39% of the council district | 35% of it | |
| 71 Precinct | 30% of the council district | 49% of it | |
| 67 Precinct | 22% of the council district | 18% of it | |
| 66 Precinct | 7% of the council district | 5% of it | |
| 72 Precinct | 1% of the council district | 1% of it |
| Sector 70D | 24% of the council district | 97% of it | |
| Sector 71C | 17% of the council district | 100% of it | |
| Sector 67A | 16% of the council district | 78% of it | |
| Sector 71D | 13% of the council district | 75% of it | |
| Sector 70C | 10% of the council district | 72% of it | |
| Sector 67D | 7% of the council district | 20% of it | |
| Sector 70B | 6% of the council district | 16% of it | |
| Sector 66D | 5% of the council district | 21% of it | |
| Sector 72A | 1% of the council district | 2% of it | |
| Sector 66A | 1% of the council district | 3% of it |
| School District 17 | 57% of the council district | 33% of it | |
| School District 22 | 24% of the council district | 5% of it | |
| School District 18 | 11% of the council district | 5% of it | |
| School District 20 | 4% of the council district | 1% of it | |
| School District 15 | 3% of the council district | 1% of it | |
| School District 21 | 1% of the council district | 0% of it |
| Senate District 20 | 49% of the council district | 21% of it | |
| Senate District 21 | 46% of the council district | 16% of it | |
| Senate District 22 | 5% of the council district | 1% of it |
| Assembly District 43 | 42% of the council district | 52% of it | |
| Assembly District 42 | 34% of the council district | 40% of it | |
| Assembly District 44 | 14% of the council district | 11% of it | |
| Assembly District 48 | 5% of the council district | 5% of it | |
| Assembly District 58 | 5% of the council district | 4% of it |