Brooklyn Typology

• population: «838»
• population density: «63.5» per acre
• housing density: «24.1» per acre
• main use: residential
• platted: «1839»
• built up: «1870» – «1900»
• neighborhood: Sunset Park

housing types

• primary: apartments above retail
• secondary: single family attached
• tertiary: two to four flats
• quaternary: vacant lots

field notes

Mix of light industrial, warehouses, and residential. Industrial concentrates to west, near Gowanus 'Parkway.' One school (private, Islamic) with large parking lot. Vacant lots common, houses eclectic. Mostly two-three stories, a few one story houses - converted garages? Industrial - live poultry, blacksmithy, auto body shop. etc.

Visited April 10, 2005.

population data

Total population	838
White	393	52.8%
Black or African American	64	8.6%
American Indian or Alaska Native	8	1.1%
Asian	19	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	536	64.0%