| The cost of living in the borough is now the second highest in the nation to Manhattan |
50% of Bed-Stuy residents devote more than 30% of their income to rent |
| Brooklyn is home to four of the nation’s 25 most rapidly gentrifying ZIP codes |
For homeless heads of household whose last residence was in Brooklyn, more than 30% were from the neighborhoods of East New York and Canarsie |
| The number of Brooklyn-based firms spiked from 257 in 2001 to 433 in 2009 |
Brooklyn has lost 23,000 manufacturing jobs over the past decade |
| Nearly 20% of Brooklyn households have an income of $100,000 or more per year |
Brooklyn’s median per capita income in 2009 was just under $23,000, almost $10,000 below the national average |
| Park Slope Food Coop has more than 15,500 members |
One in five Brooklynites is unable to afford food at some point during the year |
| Jane’s Carousel Pavilion in Brooklyn Bridge Park won the Travel and Leisure Design Award for Best Public Space |
Greenpoint has the borough’s highest number of federal Environmental Protection Agency toxic sites |
| Community District 14 — that’s Ditmas Park, Midwood, Prospect Park South and nearby areas — has the highest high school graduation rate in Brooklyn |
Only 27.5% of its students are deemed college-ready |
| Brooklyn has 113 colleges and universities |
Only 29% of borough residents have college degrees |
| According to Corcoran, in the third quarter of 2012, the price of a two- to four-family townhouse throughout Brooklyn increased 33 percent vs. the same quarter the year before |
Brooklyn leads the city in number of residents entering homeless shelters |
| Brooklyn has more wealthy residents than Greenwich, Connecticut |
Brooklyn is home to one of New York State’s poorest populations, with over one in five residents under the official poverty line, roughly 50 percent above the state average |
