Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn is now an area that is no longer predominantly black. According to the 2010 census, the black population in Fort Greene and neighboring Clinton Hill shrunk by about one-third over the last 10 years.
Black Population of NYC Shrinks for First Time
Fulton Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn is now an area that is no longer predominantly black. According to the 2010 census, the black population in Fort Greene and neighboring Clinton Hill shrunk by about one-third over the last 10 years.
Brooklyn as a whole has lost 4 percent of its black residents.
City Councilman Al Vann, a lifelong Brooklynite, says many of his family and friends have no plans to leave.
“Well, I don’t think we have an exodus,” he says.
Vann lives in Bedford-Stuyvesant, another neighborhood where gentrification has grown over the last decade. He attributes the declining black population to those who have retired and moved down south.
“They have roots there, and so maybe in their later years they’re seeking a warmer climate and a less costly living,” says Vann.
Census numbers show the black population in Georgia grew by 23 percent and in Florida by 25 percent.
The findings also reflect a trend in black migration to the suburbs. New York City’s black population declined by 2 percent. It is the first time since the Civil War draft riots that the overall black population fell in the city.
Borough President Marty Markowitz says Brooklyn will always be home to a large, vibrant African-American population.
“Brooklyn still has the largest black population by county in America that is not a city in of itself,” says Markowitz. “Cook County has a larger black population, but that includes the city of Chicago. I’m only talking about Brooklyn as a county.”
A community resource is the annual Discover Bed-Stuy Expo, now in its fifth year. Partially funded by Vann, it helps connect both longtime residents and newcomers with services they may need.
“Just connecting with all these organizations here is really phenomenal,” says a participant.
“It’s a beautiful community. positive spirit. people are good people,” says Vann.
The goal is to enhance the neighborhood and to keep some constants among the changes.
tzippy
They are not moving out! They are shooting each other dead,
and their abortion rates are so high. The young youth can now
go to any abortion clinic and since they are considered emancipated minors, they need no parental permission to have an abortion. So now we know why their population is declining.
stop the abortions
Black, white, yellow, Jew, Gentile, whatever its a sick practice. No abrotions!
Dear #1
Tzippy- You need to work on your tunnel vision. The black population is declining because the elderly are moving down south not because they are shooting themselves dead and having abortions. Yes, there are those that are drug dealing gun toting blacks that seem to be getting into trouble every day and yes they happen to be in our back yard. But please don’t be so ignorant in just lumping the entire black community in to the BAD category.
Abortions have been around forever and so have guns the crime rate in the 70’s was a lot worse than it is now. If you think back to the early 90’s its not comparible to today. These broad statements are so unfounded.
Signed,
A white Chossid
Thinkster
The Black population of Brooklyn are declining to comment.