Brooklyn Community Board 4

Brooklyn Community Board 4 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. It is delimited by Broadway on the west, Flushing Avenue on the north, the Queens Borough line and Vermont Avenue on the east, as well as by Highland Avenue on the south.

Brooklyn Community District 4
Community District
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
BoroughBrooklyn
NeighborhoodsBushwick
Government
 • ChairRobert Camacho
 • District ManagerCelestina León
Area
 • Total2.0 sq mi (5 km2)
Population
 (2010)
 • Total112,634
 • Density56,000/sq mi (22,000/km2)
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Ethnicity
 • African-American18.9%
 • Asian5.3%
 • Hispanic and Latino Americans56.9%
 • White17.1%
 • Others1.6%
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes
11206, 11207, 11221, and 11237
Area code718, 347, 929, and 917
Police Precincts83rd (website)
Websitewww1.nyc.gov/site/Brooklyncb4/index.page
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Its current Chairperson is Robert Camacho, and the District Manager is Celestina León. Born and raised in the Bushwick Community, Robert Camacho has been an advocate in the Bushwick Community for almost 30 years. [3]

As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 104,358, up from 102,572 in 1990 and 92,497 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 3,026 (2.9%) are White non Hispanic, 24,838 (23.8%) are African-American, 3,245 (3.1%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 300 (0.3%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 787 (0.8%) of some other race, 2,020 (1.9%) of two or more race, 70,142 (67.2%) of Hispanic origins.
51.9% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 36.6% in 2000. The land area is 1,311.2 acres (5.306 km2).

References
  1. "Brooklyn Community District 4" (PDF). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  3. "Contact Us – Labor & Industry For Education". lifetech.org. Retrieved 2018-05-25.


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