Brooklyn Community Board 15

Brooklyn Community District 15
Community District
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Neighborhoods	List East Gravesend Gerritsen Beach Homecrest Madison Manhattan Beach Plum Beach Sheepshead Bay
Government
• Chairperson	Theresa Scavo
• District Manager	Laura Singer
Area
• Total	4.7 sq mi (12 km2)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	159,650
• Density	34,000/sq mi (13,000/km2)
Ethnicity
• African-American	3.9%
• Asian	17.2%
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	10.0%
• White	66.8%
• Others	2.0%
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	11223, 11229 and 11235
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917
Police Precincts	61st (website)
Website	www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb15/index.page
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Brooklyn Community Board 15 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Gravesend, Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Gerritsen Beach, Madison, Homecrest, and Plum Beach.^[3] It is delimited by Corbin Place, Coney Island Avenue, Avenue Y, 86th street, Avenue U and McDonald Avenue, Avenue P and Kings Highway on the north, Nostrand avenue and Marine Park on the east, as well as by the Atlantic Ocean on the south.

Its current chairman is Theresa Scavo. As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 160,319, up from 143,477 in 1990 and 149,570 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 121,052 (75.5%) are White non Hispanic, 4,823 (3.0%) are African-American, 20,229 (12.6%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 123 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 340 (0.2%) of some other race, 3,506 (2.2%) of two or more race, 10,246 (6.4%) of Hispanic origins. 26.6% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 16.1% in 2000. The land area is 3,166.9 acres (12.816 km²).