Canarsie & Flatlands
Community district in New York City
Borough: Brooklyn
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About Brooklyn
The most populous borough, at the western end of Long Island, across the East River from Lower Manhattan.
What stands out
- Highest share of homeowners in Brooklyn (41% rent)
- Most likely to drive to work in Brooklyn (47% of commuters)
- Most detached houses in Brooklyn (15% of homes)
Living here
- Housing
- Middle housing cost. Median home $770K · renters pay $1,740/moSurvey estimates for 2020–2024, not current prices, for the whole community district. Rent is what renting households pay, utilities included, counting rent-stabilized and subsidized homes, so it sits well below what a new lease costs. Use them to compare districts, not to budget.
- To Penn Station
- Over an hour. About 76 min by transit, weekday morning
- Getting to work
- Mixed. 47% drive · 47% transit · 4% walk or bike
- Households
- A mix. 41% rent
- Tree canopy
- 10–20%. 12% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
- Home types
- Detached 15% · Attached 23% · 2–19 units 49% · 20+ units 13%
- Built
- 1939 or earlier 29% · 1940–79 61% · 1980–99 5% · 2000 or later 4%
- Ages
- Under 15 17% · 15–24 12% · 25–44 24% · 45–64 26% · 65+ 21%
- Language at home
- English only 68% · French or Haitian Creole 13% · Spanish 6%English only, or the language besides English that each person 5 or older speaks at home. For tracts the Census groups some languages: Bengali, Hindi and Urdu are among “other Indo-European”.
- Recent immigrants
- 7% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey.
American Community Survey 2020–2024 and MTA schedules, Canarsie & Flatlands. Tiers compare the 59 community districts.