The neighborhood you must write about is Kensington in Brooklyn. For this assignment, you will be expected to gather and submit background data about your neighborhood. Consult various sources for data about the neighborhood of your choice listed below.
Indicators that you should be looking at include the racial/ethnic composition of the neighborhood, socioeconomic make-up, age distributions, and other important quantitative indicators. In addition, you should present data on crime and justice.
If it is possible, you should also take several photos that would represent the chosen neighborhood and insert those in the Neighborhood Report.
Background Info:
New York Neighborhood Data Profiles: https://furmancenter.org/neighborhoods
NYC Neighborhood Census Data: http://guides.newman.baruch.cuny.edu/nyc_data/nbhoods
New York City: Research and History: http://guides.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/c.php?g=288385&p=1922453
NYC Census Factfinder: https://popfactfinder.planning.nyc.gov/#11.67/40.7198/-73.9515
Search for your congressional district: https://census.gov/mycd/
Google Maps: www.google.com/maps
NY State data: https://data.ny.gov/
NYC Specific Crime Info:
Historical NYC crime data: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/stats/crime-statistics/historical.page
NYC Borough and Precinct crime data: https://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/stats/crime-statistics/borough-and-precinct-crime-stats.page
NYC Compstat: https://compstat.nypdonline.org/
NYC Crime Map: https://maps.nyc.gov/crime/
NYPD crime data/statistics: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/nypd/stats/crime-statistics/crime-statistics-landing.page
Local incarceration data: https://www.prisonpolicy.org/origin/ny/2020/zipcode.html
