Brooklyn Community Board 6 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Red Hook, Carroll Gardens,

Park Slope Park Slope is a neighborhood in South Brooklyn, New York City, within the area once known as South Brooklyn. Park Slope is roughly bounded by Prospect Park (Brooklyn), Prospect Park and Eighth Avenue (Brooklyn), Prospect Park West to the east, ...

, Gowanus, Cobble Hill and Columbia Street Waterfront District. It is delimited by

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and

East River The East River is a saltwater Estuary, tidal estuary or strait in New York City. The waterway, which is not a river despite its name, connects Upper New York Bay on its south end to Long Island Sound on its north end. It separates Long Island, ...

on the west, Atlantic Avenue, Court Street, Fourth Avenue, Warren and Pacific Streets on the north, Prospect Park on the east, as well as by the 15th Street, Hamilton Avenue and the

Gowanus Canal The Gowanus Canal (originally known as Gowanus Creek) is a canal in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, on the westernmost portion of Long Island. Once a vital cargo transportation hub, the canal has seen decreasing use since the mid-20th ...

on the south. It approximates the 19th century district of South Brooklyn. Its current chairman is Eric McClure and the District Manager is Michael Racioppo. As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 104,054, up from 102,724 in 1990 but down from 110,225 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 57,106 (54.9%) are White non Hispanic, 14,034 (13.5%) are

African-American African Americans, also known as Black Americans and formerly also called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group that consists of Americans who have total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. ...

, 4,622 (4.4%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 173 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 493 (0.5%) of some other race, 3,274 (3.1%) of two or more race, 24,352 (23.4%) of Hispanic origins.
18.8% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 14.4% in 2000. The land area is .

References

External links

Profile of the Community Board
(PDF)
Official web site of the Community BoardBrooklyn neighborhood map
Community boards of Brooklyn Gowanus, Brooklyn Park Slope Red Hook, Brooklyn Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn {{Brooklyn-stub