Ari Kagan

District 47

Bensonhurst, Coney Island, Gravesend, Sea Gate

Who lives in District 47?

District 47
Citywide

Racial Diversity Index

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Demographics
District 47
Citywide
Seniors – 65 and Older
18.6%
14.5%
Families with Children
29.2%
24.8%
Median Household Income
$49,546
$63,998
People Living Below Poverty Level
20.6%
17.9%

What are the housing needs in District 47?

Housing Need
District 47
Citywide | Avg Per District
Rental Vacancy Rate
1.6%
3.4%
Rent Burdened Households
53.4%
52.5%
Expiring affordable units 2023 – 2027
809
1,167
Percent Overcrowded
3.8%
3.7%
Code Violations per 100 units
14.7
21.0
NYCHA Capital Needs
$1,402,251,290
$787,949,140
Households Entering DHS Homeless Shelters
Brooklyn CB 11
113
Brooklyn CB 13
342
Brooklyn CB 15
89

What is the housing stock in District 47?

Housing Stock
District 47
Citywide | Avg Per District
NYCHA Units
5,821
3,243
Section 8 Units
3,918
2,538
Density: PPL Per Acre
60.5
45.8
Percent Homeowners
31.1%
32.7%
Percent Renters
68.9%
67.3%
Rent Regulated Units
20,000
18,980
Units in 1-4 Family Homes
51.6%
38.5%
Units in 5-19 Unit Buildings
7.4%
12.9%
Units in 20+ Unit Buildings
40.8%
48.4%
Housing Production
District 47
Citywide Average
Housing Units in 2021
69,510
70,893
New Housing Units 2022
218
281
Housing Units in 2022
69,728
71,174
Increase in 2022
0.31%
0.39%

Ranked 21

in affordable housing

What affordable housing is being produced

Affordable housing construction in district compared to Citywide average: 2014 - 2022

338

338

205

195

879

623

77

95

19

279

Affordable housing preserved in district: 2014 - 2022

258

380

120

1,072

1,208

947

37

170

66

191

Total affordable housing production in district: 2014 - 2022

596

718

325

1,268

2,087

1,570

114

265

85

470

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Our Members

  • 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East
  • 400 Foundation
  • AARP
  • ANHD
  • Ascendant Neighborhood Development Corporation
  • Bank of America
  • Breaking Ground
  • CAMBA
  • Chase
  • Center for NYC Neighborhoods
  • Chhaya
  • Citi Community Development
  • Citizens Housing & Planning Council
  • Citizens’ Committee for Children
  • Coalition for the Homeless
  • Community League of the Heights (CLOTH)
  • Community Voices Heard
  • CPC
  • CSH
  • Community Service Society of NY
  • Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation
  • Designing the WE
  • Dunn Development
  • Enterprise Community Partners Inc.
  • Fair Housing Justice Center
  • Fifth Avenue Committee
  • Fortune Society
  • FPWA
  • FUREE
  • Gateway Housing
  • Goddard Riverside
  • Goldstein Hall
  • GOLES
  • Gotham Organization
  • Habitat NYC
  • HELP USA
  • Homeless Services United
  • HOPE Communities Inc
  • Housing Justice for All
  • Human.nyc 
  • Human Services Council
  • IMPACCT-Brooklyn
  • Interfaith Assembly on Homelessness and Housing
  • JobsFirstNYC
  • Legal Aid NYC
  • LIIF
  • LISC
  • LiveOn
  • Los Sures (Southside United HDFC)
  • MBD Community Housing Corp.
  • MHANY
  • Midtown South Community Council
  • Monadnock Development
  • Neighborhood Housing Services NYC
  • Neighborhood Restore
  • New Destiny Housing
  • New York Building Congress
  • New York Housing Conference
  • NYSAFAH
  • New York State Council of Churches
  • NYU School of Medicine
  • Open New York
  • Osborne Association
  • Partners for Dignity and Rights
  • Partnership for Faith-Based Affordable Housing and Community Development
  • Phipps Houses
  • Project Hospitality
  • REBNY
  • Red Hook Initiative
  • Regional Planning Association
  • Related Companies
  • Right to Counsel
  • Riseboro
  • Robin Hood Foundation
  • Rockabill Development
  • RxHome
  • Services for the UnderServed Inc. (S:US)
  • Settlement Housing Fund
  • Shams DaBaron, Advocate
  • Single Stop USA
  • SKA Marin
  • SMJ Development
  • Supportive Housing Network of New York
  • Sunnyside Community Services
  • The Samuels Group
  • Trinity Church Wall Street
  • UHAB
  • United Neighborhood Houses
  • University Neighborhood Housing Program
  • Vera Institute
  • WE ACT
  • WIN NYC
  • Youth Action Youth Build