Brooklyn Typology

• population: «2137»
• population density: «125.5» per acre
• housing density: «39.9» per acre
• main use: residential
• platted: «1900»
• built up: «1920» – «1940»
• neighborhood: Coney Island

housing types

• primary: apartments above retail
• secondary: high-rise apartments
• tertiary: two to four flats

field notes

Jagged-tooth on Mermaid, housing project towers on Surf. Four large towers, about twenty stories. Also many vacant lots. Almost no buildings fronting on north-south streets. One row of two story historicized low income housing. Some retail on Mermaid.

Visited April 9, 2005.

population data

Total population	2137
White	429	21.2%
Black or African American	1208	59.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native	26	1.3%
Asian	6	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	725	33.9%