Brooklyn Community Board 3

Brooklyn Community Board 3 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant Heights and Ocean Hill. It is delimited by Classon Avenue on the west, Flushing Avenue and Broadway on the north, and Saratoga Avenue on the east, as well as by Atlantic Avenue on the south.

Brooklyn Community District 3
Community District
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Neighborhoods	List Bedford–Stuyvesant Ocean Hill
Government
• Chairperson	Richard Flateau
• District Manager	Henry L. Butler
Area
• Total	2.9 sq mi (8 km2)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	152,985
• Density	53,000/sq mi (20,000/km2)
Ethnicity
• African-American	51.1%
• Asian	3.3%
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	19.3%
• White	24.3%
• Others	2.0%
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	11205, 11206, 11216, 11221, 11233, and 11238
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917
Police Precincts	79th (website) 81st (website)
Website	www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb3/index.page
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Its current chairman is Richard Flateau, and its district manager is Henry Butler, president of the Vanguard Independent Democratic Association.[3]

As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the Board covered a population of 143,387, up from 138,696 in 1990 and 133,377 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 2,056 (1.4%) are White non-Hispanic, 110,431 (76.8%) are African-American, 1,457 (1.0%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 432(0.3%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 473 (0.3%) of some other race, 2,998 (2.1%) of two or more race, 26,020 (18.1%) of Hispanic origins.
44.9% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 32.7% in 2000. The land area is 1,894.4 acres (7.666 km²).