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Last Call For Census 2020

It’s not too late to complete the census! (Photo: Liena Zagare/Bklyner)BROOKLYN – It’s official. The deadline for completing the 2020 census online is tomorrow, Friday, October 16, at 6 a.m. For those who have yet to submit the census, you have just a few more hours

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Just 9 Days To Submit The 2020 Census!

BROOKLYN – There are exactly nine days left to submit the 2020 census! Have you filled yours out yet? Brooklyn is in danger of being undercounted yet again, and the consequences will be significant for the next ten years. Federal funds for things like public education, affordable housing, infrastructure will be

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Brooklyn is in Danger of Being Dramatically Undercounted in Yet Another Census

Census 2020 Graphic. Via the U.S. Census Bureau.Brooklyn was undercounted in the 2010 census, and it’s in danger of being undercounted again. Brooklyn in general, and the neighborhoods hardest hit by the pandemic are already lagging behind the rest of the country in their responses. Only 38%

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Have You Been Counted Yet?

Census 2020 Graphic. Via the U.S. Census Bureau.There’s a pandemic! And this means we are all staying at home (or at least we should be). While you could be cooking, cleaning, or catching up on our coronavirus reporting, you could also be filling out the 2020 census!

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Affordable Housing: Who Can Really Afford This?

Photo: Zainab Iqbal/BklynerBROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Homeless activists and VOCAL-NY walked into a luxury apartment building– which the City has deemed as “affordable housing”– to protest Mayor de Blasio’s “affordable” housing plan on Friday. 15 Bridge Park Drive is a tall, glass residential building located near the water in Brooklyn

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Rents Up More Than 40 Percent In Neighborhood Since 2002

via Community Service SocietyAccording to the Community Service Society, rents in our neighborhood have gone up 41-52 percent since 2002, when adjusted for inflation. That’s even more than the average of 32 percent for the entire city. To find these numbers, the Community Service Society analyzed the just-released U.

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Digital Divide: Too Many Homes In Borough Park, Coney Island & Brighton Lack High-Speed Internet

Source: Flickr/rene-germanyThirty percent of Brooklyn households lack high-speed internet at home, keeping residents from accessing crucial resources for school, work and business, with Kensington and Borough Park being the areas in Brooklyn most lacking when it comes to the digital divide, according to a new report from city Comptroller

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Here’s A Picture Of Homeownership In Ditmas Park

The US Census Bureau released a new mapping tool in December that allows curious website users to navigate trends in median household income, owner-occupied housing, age, education and employment status, and more across the country based on data from the 1990, 2000, and 2012 Censuses. The screen grab above shows

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Support For Mayoral Candidate John Liu Could Translate To Stronger Support From Asian Community For Local Pols

Mayoral candidate John Liu (Source: Michael Appleton for NY Times).Queens-based Comptroller John Liu has gained the support of prominent Southern Brooklyn Democrats in his bid to for mayor. Politicker is reporting that demographics and Liu’s popularity among Asian communities in Southern Brooklyn have led to endorsements, despite Liu’

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Breaking News: Rents High in South Slope

If you’re looking for a great way to kill some time, check out the Rich Blocks, Poor Blocks interactive map. Based on the 2007-2011 American Community Survey, the map divides areas by census tract, and then breaks down info about income and rent. In news that should come as

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South Slope Is Home to Many New New Yorkers

When someone moves to New York City from another state, it looks like most of them find a place to live in Manhattan, according to census survey data from 2007-2011 that was mapped by WNYC. But when they move to Brooklyn, quite a few end up in South Slope. They

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Yo, Other ‘Hoods, Sheepshead Bay Is Smarter Than You

Source: U.S. Census BureauWe’re smarter than you, Futurama. That’s right, we’re so smart we even know that Futurama is a neighborhood in Brooklyn (just don’t ask us where). We also know that “than,” and not “then,” is the correct word to use when making a

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Asian New Yorkers Top One Million, Seek Political Representation

Red bean buns are quickly becoming as ubiquitous to Bensonhurst as cannolisAccording to the 2010 census figures published in April, there are currently over one million people of Asian descent residing in New York City. The number, which is equal to around 13% of the city’s population, is double

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Russians Get Special Attention From Census Organizers

Courtesy of NJ.comThe Russian community of Southern Brooklyn is getting extra attention to make sure its residents fill out their 2010 census forms. Approximately 90 Census Questionnaire Assistance Centers have opened in the area, including at the Jewish Community House of Bensonhurst. The centers are staffed with a census