Brooklyn Community Board 7

Brooklyn Community Board 7 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Sunset Park, Windsor Terrace, Greenwood Heights and South Park Slope. It is delimited by Gowanus Bay on the west; by 15th Street and Prospect Park South West on the north; and by Caton Avenue, Fort Hamilton Parkway, 37th Street and 8th Avenue on the east, as well as by the Long Island Rail Road and Bay Ridge R.R. Yards on the south.

Brooklyn Community District 7
Community District
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Neighborhoods	List Greenwood Heights South Slope Sunset Park Windsor Terrace
Government
• Chair	Julio Peña III
• District Manager	Jeremy Laufer
Area
• Total	3.7 sq mi (10 km2)
Population  (2010)
• Total	126,230
• Density	34,000/sq mi (13,000/km2)
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Ethnicity
• African-American	2.5%
• Asian	32.2%
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	41.1%
• White	22.6%
• Others	1.6%
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	11215, 11220, 11218 and 11232
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917
Police Precincts	72nd (website)
Website	www1.nyc.gov/site/Brooklyncb7/index.page
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Its current chairperson is Julio Peña III and its district manager is Jeremy Laufer.[3]

As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 120,063, up from 102,553 in 1990 and 98,564 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 27,369 (22.8%) are White non Hispanic, 4,203 (3.5%) are African-American, 20,911 (17.4%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 258 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 668(0.6%) of some other race, 3,322 (2.8%) of two or more race, 63,332 (52.7%) of Hispanic origins. 40.7% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 23.0% in 2000. The land area is 2,709.3 acres (10.964 km²).