Brooklyn Community Board 3
Brooklyn Community Board 3 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Bedford-Stuyvesant, Stuyvesant Heights and Ocean Hill. It is delimited by Classon Avenue on the west, Flushing Avenue and Broadway on the north, and Saratoga Avenue on the east, as well as by Atlantic Avenue on the south.
Its current chairman is Richard Flateau, and its district manager is Henry Butler.
As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 143,387, up from 138,696 in 1990 and 133,377 in 1980.
Of them, 2,056 are White non-Hispanic, 110,431 are African-American, 1,457 Asian or Pacific Islander, 432 American Indian or Native Alaskan, 473 of some other race, 2,998 of two or more race, 26,020 of Hispanic origins.
44.9% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 32.7% in 2000.
The land area is.
