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East New York is a residential neighborhood located in the Eastern section of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, United States. The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community Board 5. Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise are: Cypress Hills Cemetery to the north, the Borough of Queens to the east, Jamaica Bay to the south, and the railway tracks next to Van Sinderen Avenue to the west. Linden Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue
are the primary thoroughfares through East New York. ZIP codes include
11207, 11208, and 11239. The area is patrolled by the 75th Precinct
located at 1000 Sutter Avenue. New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) property in the area is patrolled by P.S.A. 2. During the twentieth century, East New York came to be a commuter town predominantly inhabited by African Americans and Hispanics.
Crime statistics have drop over the years, as East New York did at one
point lead New York City in crimes and murders (reaching a record 129 in
1993), as of 2011 East New York still leads Brooklyn & New York
City in Crimes & murders.East New York has a population around
90,000. Over half the population lives below the poverty line and
receives public assistance (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families [TANF], Home Relief, Supplemental Security Income, and Medicaid). East New York is predominantly African American with a significant Puerto Rican and Dominican population as well, East
New York consists of mixed properties but primarily semi-detached
homes, 2-4 family houses and multi-unit apartment buildings including
condominiums and co-ops. The area is also home to the East Brooklyn
Industrial Park. Public housing developments of various type and a smaller number of tenements populate the area. The total land area is one square mile.In
1980, the forty-four block East Brooklyn Industrial Park was
established by the New York City Public Development Corporation in the
northwest quadrant of East New York, Brooklyn. Bounded by Atlantic
Avenue, Sheffield Avenue, Sutter Avenue and Powell Street.
- There are twelve NYCHA developments located in East New York.
- Belmont-Sutter Area; three 3-story buildings.
- Boulevard Houses; eighteen buildings, 6 and 14-stories tall.
- Cypress Hills Houses; fifteen 7-story buildings.
- East New York City Line; thirty-three 3-story buildings.
- Fiorentino Plaza; eight 4-story buildings.
- Linden Houses; nineteen buildings, 8 and 14-stories.
- Long Island Baptist Houses; four, 6-story rehabilitated tenement buildings.
- Pennsylvania Avenue-Wortman Avenue; three buildings, 8 and 16-stories tall.
- Louis Heaton Pink Houses; twenty-two 8-story buildings.
- Unity Plaza (Sites 4, 5A, 6, 7, 11, 12, 27); five 6-story buildings.
- Unity Plaza (Sites 17,24,25A); three buildings 6-stories tall.
- Vandalia Avenue; two 10-story buildings.
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