Brooklyn Typology

• population: «3020»
• population density: «200.6» per acre
• housing density: «47.2» per acre
• main use: residential
• platted: «1839»
• built up: «1970  – «1975»
• neighborhood: Williamsburg

housing types

• primary: five story apartments
• secondary: four story apartments
• tertiary: six to seven story apartments

field notes

Mostly urban renewal apartment houses. Five-six buildings irregularly arranged on an irregular block, with interconnected plazas and bridged by walkways. Lots of concrete, also trees. Old apartment buildings still stand on Bedford. Little or no retail, one school. Hasidic neighborhood, also Latino. No vehicle access to interior of block.

Visited May 1, 2005.

population data

Total population	3020
White	1753	66.8%
Black or African American	144	5.5%
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	0.0%
Asian	2	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	356	11.8%