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Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene

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.

Names you’ll hear here

  • Boerum Hill
  • Brooklyn Heights
  • Clinton Hill
  • DUMBO

Landmarks:

  • Barclays Center
  • Brooklyn Bridge Park

What stands out

  • Among the newest housing in New York City (29% built 2000 or later)
  • Highest rents in Brooklyn (median $3,110/mo)
  • Among the quickest transit trips to Penn Station in Brooklyn (about 38 min)

Living here

Housing
Higher housing cost. Median home $1.1M · renters pay $3,110/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
30–45 min. About 38 min by transit, weekday morning
Getting to work
Mostly transit, walk or bike. 11% drive · 65% transit · 20% walk or bike
Households
Mostly renters. 69% rent
Tree canopy
10–20%. 15% of the land is under treesSatellite land cover, 2021 (ESA WorldCover, 10 m).
Home types
Detached 2% · Attached 3% · 2–19 units 28% · 20+ units 67%
Built
1939 or earlier 41% · 1940–79 25% · 1980–99 5% · 2000 or later 29%
Ages
Under 15 13% · 15–24 11% · 25–44 44% · 45–64 20% · 65+ 12%
Language at home
English only 74% · Spanish 10% · Chinese 5%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
8% born abroad, came to the US 2010 or laterShare of residents, from the 2020–2024 survey.

American Community Survey 2020–2024 and MTA schedules, Downtown Brooklyn & Fort Greene. Tiers compare the 59 community districts.

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