Brooklyn Community Board 2

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Brooklyn Community District 2
Community District
Country	United States
State	New York
City	New York City
Borough	Brooklyn
Neighborhoods	List Boerum Hill Brooklyn Heights Clinton Hill Downtown Brooklyn DUMBO Fulton Ferry Fort Greene Brooklyn Navy Yard Vinegar Hill
Government
• Chairperson	Lenue H. Singletary III
• District Manager	Vacant
Area
• Total	2.8 sq mi (7 km2)
Population  (2010)[1]
• Total	99,617
• Density	36,000/sq mi (14,000/km2)
Ethnicity
• African-American	26.6%
• Asian	9.4%
• Hispanic and Latino Americans	14.8%
• White	44.9%
• Others	4.2%
Time zone	UTC−5 (Eastern)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−4 (EDT)
ZIP codes	11201, 11205, 11217, 11238, and 11251
Area code	718, 347, 929, and 917
Police Precincts	84th (website) 88th (website)
Website	www1.nyc.gov/site/brooklyncb2/index.page

Brooklyn Community Board 2 is a New York City community board that encompasses the Brooklyn neighborhoods of Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO, Vinegar Hill, Fulton Mall, Boerum Hill, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Fulton Ferry, and Clinton Hill. It is delimited by the East River on the west and the north, by Kent and Classon Avenues on the east, and by Atlantic Avenue, Pacific Street, Fourth Avenue, Warren, and Court Streets on the south.

As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board had a population of 98,620, up from 94,534 in 1990 and 92,732 in 1980. 39,916 (40.5%) residents were African-American, 33,931 (34.4%) were White non-Hispanic, 4,629 (4.7%) were Asian or Pacific Islander, 213 (0.2%) were American Indian or Native Alaskan, 473 (0.5%) were of some other race, 2,923 (3%) were of two or more races, and 16,535 (16.8%) were of Hispanic origins.

In 2004, 17.4% of the population benefited from public assistance, a decrease from 22.5% in 2000.

The land area is 1,910.1 acres (7.730 km²).

The community board's chairperson is Lenue H. Singletary III.^[2]