Brooklyn Typology

• population: «2824»
• population density: «141.3» per acre
• housing density: «44.7» per acre
• main use: residential
• platted: «1900»
• built up: «1900» – «1920»
• neighborhood: Coney Island

housing types

• primary: high-rise apartments
• secondary: eight to ten story apartments
• tertiary: two to four flats

field notes

Large Coney Island public housing blocks. Building crossing over streets and obliterating them. One church, one playground, several parking lots. Retail on Mermaid. Very similar to tract 326, blockgroup 2, but with far more vacant lots. Small number of older two or three flats.

Visited April 9, 2005.

population data

Total population	2824
White	382	14.2%
Black or African American	1841	68.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native	10	0.4%
Asian	33	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	831	29.4%