Brooklyn Typology

• population: «2229»
• population density: «222.0» per acre
• housing density: «116.8  per acre
• main use: residential
• platted: «1900»
• built up: «1920» – «1940»
• neighborhood: Brighton Beach

housing types

• primary: apartments above retail
• secondary: six to seven story apartments

field notes

Apartments! Six story blocks taking up almost entire lots, melding into one another; quasi-gothic ornament in brick. Buildings have two foot setbacks, lightwells. South end is wide boardwalk on beach. Promenade for the many older folks - Russians in fur coats and wheelchairs.

Visited April 9, 2005.

population data

Total population	2229
White	2129	97.3%
Black or African American	4	0.2%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0.0%
Asian	35	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	85	3.8%