Brooklyn Typology

• population: «762»
• population density: «37.9» per acre
• housing density: «17.8» per acre
• main use: residential
• platted: «1850»
• built up: «1860» – «1920»
• neighborhood: Greenpoint

housing types

• primary: two to four flats
• secondary: apartments above retail
• tertiary: loft conversions
• quaternary: industrial

field notes

Mix of commercial (Manhattan Avenue), residential (Lorimer, Guernsey Streets), and industrial (Banker, Dobbin Streets). Residential is two and three flats (mostly), lots of Aluminium siding, narrow streets. Small backyards. Irregular grid in western portion.

Visited May 1, 2005.

population data

Total population	762
White	630	85.1%
Black or African American	7	0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native	8	1.1%
Asian	34	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	141	18.5%