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Until the late 19th century, Bay Ridge would remain a relatively isolated rural area, [21]: 4 reached primarily by stagecoaches, then by steam trolleys after 1878. [23]: 15 In 1892, the first electric trolley line was built in Brooklyn, starting at a ferry terminal at 39th Street and running via Second Avenue to 65th Street, and then via Third Avenue.
income Median household income Median family income Population Number of households 1 New York County: $111,386 $64,971 $75,629 1,585,873 763,846 2 Westchester: $73,159
The demographics of Brooklyn reveal a very diverse borough of New York City and a melting pot for many cultures, like the city itself. Since 2010, the population of Brooklyn was estimated by the Census Bureau to have increased 3.5% to 2,592,149 as of 2013, representing 30.8% of New York City's population, 33.5% of Long Island's population, and 13.2% of New York State's population.
Median income: $189,160 to $390,210. The top 20% of earners are in the upper class. However, the Survey of Consumer Finances breaks this group down even further into those in the 80th to 90th and ...
Raised the tax rate from 2.33% of $ ... elsewhere in south Brooklyn, including Bay Ridge ... was mailed to 80,000 high-income households), Brooklyn ...
Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights' rate of elementary school student absenteeism is lower than the rest of New York City. In Bay Ridge and Dyker Heights, 8% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year, compared to the citywide average of 20% of students. [25]: 24 (PDF p.
Brownsville families reported a median income of $15,978 as of 2008, below the United States Census poverty threshold. [43] There is a high rate of poverty in the neighborhood's northeastern section, which is inhabited disproportionately by African-Americans and Latinos.
East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.Its boundaries, starting from the north and moving clockwise, are roughly the Cemetery Belt and the Queens borough line to the north; the Queens borough line to the east; Jamaica Bay to the south; and the New York City Subway's BMT Canarsie Line, the Bay Ridge Branch railroad tracks, and ...