Brooklyn Typology

• population: «1027»
• population density: «79.8» per acre
• housing density: «31.8» per acre
• main use: residential
• platted: «1870»
• built up: «1920» – «1960»
• neighborhood: Kensington

housing types

• primary: apartments above retail
• secondary: two to four flats
• tertiary: four story apartments
• quaternary: six to seven story apartments

field notes

Two diverse blocks. Single family houses on East 9th and East 8th, interspersed with five-seven story apartment buildings, a Jewish school, residence hall. Orthodox Jewish population - an eruv around a few houses on East 9th. Also East Asian and Latino. Retail on Cortelyou Avenue.

Visited May 7, 2005.

population data

Total population	1027
White	667	70.6%
Black or African American	112	11.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native	0	0.0%
Asian	115	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	84	8.2%