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Facts and Stats About Brooklyn

The Brooklyn Community Foundation is dedicated to providing fact and research-based information about Brooklyn, its people and its institutions. Our grants and initiatives respond to demonstrated needs throughout our 70 neighborhoods.

Brooklyn has the oldest housing stock in the City
50% of NYC's community gardeners are in Brooklyn
350,000 adults are high school drop outs
Brooklyn has 30 miles of waterfront
More than 500,000 Brooklynites live below the poverty line
50,000 young adults in Brooklyn are out of school and unemployed
Brooklyn has three times as many religious institutions and organizations (4,151) than Manhattan but with only one-quarter of the revenue
Brooklyn has almost 700 arts and cultural institutions
7.5% of Brooklynites are Asian
35% of Brooklynites are white non-Hispanic
Brooklyn has 852 drinking fountains
Brooklyn has 60 public libraries
Flatbush has the greatest number of foreclosures in the City
Brooklyn has 973 acres of natural areas
12% of all registered nonprofit organizations in New York State are in Brooklyn
Only 9.5% of Brownsville residents 25 and older have a Bachelors Degree
Four Manhattan-based organizations had almost $500 million more revenue in 2008 than all 2,233 Brooklyn public charities combined
Brooklyn has 300 community developmentand employment organizations, 857 social service and health organizations, and 588 educational institutions
Brooklyn has 6% more women than men
Brooklyn has the largest number of Holocaust survivors
38% of current Brooklynites are foreign born
51.7% of Brooklynites work in Brooklyn
34% of Brooklynites are African-American
30% of Brooklyn third graders cannot read at grade level
There are 188,428 Puerto Ricans in Brooklyn