Brooklyn Typology
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List of blockgroups built up ending around 1955
Zone
Density
per acre
Units
per acre
Platted
Decades
Built Up
Primary Housing Type
Neighborhood
tract 942, blockgroup 1
19.98
7.25
1930
1652
—
1955
single family attached
East Flatbush
tract 277, blockgroup 4
120.70
45.02
1839
1870
—
1960
two to four flats
Bedford-Stuyvesant
tract 492, blockgroup 3
80.23
31.8
1870
1920
—
1960
apartments above retail
Kensington
tract 728, blockgroup 1
92.86
40.7
1900
1940
—
1960
single family attached
Flatlands
tract 984, blockgroup 1
71.73
23.54
1880
1950
—
1955
single family attached
Canarsie
tract 908, blockgroup 3
153.69
58.88
1870
1955
—
1960
high-rise apartments
Brownsville