Brooklyn Typology

• population: «1018»
• population density: «46.0» per acre
• housing density: «21.5» per acre
• main use: residential
• platted: «1839»
• built up: «1840» – «1880»
• neighborhood: Gowanus

housing types

• primary: single family attached
• secondary: four story apartments

field notes

Oldest buildings are two-story row houses. Some industrial. Taller three-four brownstones on Union. One school takes up 1/2 block. Streets are very narrow. Very little retail - one small grocery store.

Visited March 5, 2005.

population data

Total population	1018
White	809	85.1%
Black or African American	16	1.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native	1	0.1%
Asian	47	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	194	19.1%