Borough Park, Brooklyn

Borough Park
Temple Beth El of Borough Park
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Location in New York City
Coordinates: 40°38′02″N 73°59′35″W / 40.634°N 73.993°W / 40.634; -73.993
Country United States
State New York
City New York City
Borough Brooklyn
Community DistrictBrooklyn 12[1]
Languages[2]
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Area
 • Total2.071 sq mi (5.36 km2)
Population
 • Total153,470
 • Density74,000/sq mi (29,000/km2)
Ethnicity
 • White77.0%
 • Asian11.7%
 • Hispanic (of any race)9.4%
 • Black0.7%
 • Other1.2%
Economics
 • Median household income$37,438
Time zoneUTC−5 (Eastern)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP Codes
11204, 11218–11220
Area code718, 347, 929, and 917

Borough Park[6] (also spelled Boro Park[7][8]) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City. The neighborhood is bordered by Bensonhurst to the south, Dyker Heights to the southwest, Sunset Park to the west, Kensington and Green-Wood Cemetery to the northeast, Flatbush to the east, and Mapleton to the southeast.

It is economically diverse and home to one of the largest Orthodox Jewish communities outside Israel, with one of the largest concentrations of Jews in the United States.[6] With Orthodox and Haredi families having an average of 6.72 children, Boro Park is experiencing a sharp growth in population.[9]

The neighborhood is part of Brooklyn Community District 12, and its primary ZIP Code is 11219.[1] It is patrolled by the 66th Precinct of the New York City Police Department.[10] Politically, it is represented by the New York City Council's 38th, 39th, and 44th Districts.[11]

  1. ^ a b "NYC Planning | Community Profiles". communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. Retrieved March 18, 2019.
  2. ^ "Census data Archived March 3, 2021, at the Wayback Machine". Greenpoint Languages Spoken
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference PLP5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
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  5. ^ "Borough Park neighborhood in New York". Retrieved August 21, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Barnes, Julian E. (June 2, 2000). "Symbolic Line Divides Jews In Borough Park; A Debate Over Strictures For Sabbath". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  7. ^ "Transcript: Mayor de Blasio Attends the Boro Park Jewish Community Council's Ribbon Cutting". NYC.gov. September 25, 2019.
  8. ^ Samuel C. Heilman (April 9, 2009). "The Young and the Restless". The New York Times. as the locals spell it, Boro Park
  9. ^ Schick, Marvin. "A Census of Jewish Day Schools in The United States." Archived December 9, 2020, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYPD 66th Precinct was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  11. ^ Current City Council Districts for Kings County Archived January 31, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New York City. Accessed May 5, 2017.