Brooklyn Typology

• population: «1799»
• population density: «87.6» per acre
• housing density: «32.3» per acre
• main use: residential
• platted: «1830»
• built up: «1940» – «1945»
• neighborhood: Downtown Brooklyn

housing types

• primary: five story apartments
• secondary: loft conversions
• tertiary: eight to ten story apartments

field notes

Ingersoll Homes. Six story red brick cruciform projects. Central, irregularly shaped plazas with basketball courts, playground. Also a couple warehouse buildings, expressway ramps. Projects have no internal vehicle access, arranged around 'walks' in place of former streets.

Visited April 5, 2005.

population data

Total population	1799
White	182	10.5%
Black or African American	1290	74.4%
American Indian or Alaska Native	17	1.0%
Asian	9	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	495	27.5%