Brooklyn’s white population surges as black residents exit

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It’s a tale of two Brooklyns.

Kings County led the city’s massive population growth over the past decade with a 9.2 percent jump — higher than any other borough, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau.


But there’s a stark demographic divide behind that increase.

White residents saw their ranks climb by 8.4 percent increase while black residents saw an 8.7 percent decline.

Democratic mayoral nominee and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams expressed concern about that drop at a press conference at the Gowanus Houses on Friday.

“We can’t see the future of this city rise, and the decrease of hope decline for black, brown and poor New Yorkers,” he said.



This year’s census report continues the trend of black residents abandoning Brooklyn. Between 2000 and 2010 the black population shrunk from 849,000 to 799,000. It’s now at 730,000.

Many black Gowanus Houses residents cited housing costs as the reason for the exodus.

“People are leaving because they don’t have a choice economically,” said Betty Lester, 73, whose daughter moved to Delaware five years ago because she couldn’t afford to buy a home in Brooklyn.

Brooklyn's white population surges as black residents exit
 
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My boy copped his house years ago before sh!t started getting real crazy (at least over 5 years ago). He lives in the Crown Heights area. He was born in Barbados. If y'all are not comfortable with what the thread title says, then y'all need to band together and put your money where your mouth is (aka, fight for your sh!t).
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"Democratic mayoral nominee and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams expressed concern about that drop at a press conference at the Gowanus Houses on Friday.
We can’t see the future of this city rise, and the decrease of hope decline for black, brown and poor New Yorkers,” he said.


"New York City Housing Authority residents are largely black and Hispanic. Brooklyn’s Hispanic population grew by 6 percent between 2010 and 2020."

Eric, I think only one group is losing ground in Brooklyn and its not brown people...
 
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BeeCityRoller said:
"Democratic mayoral nominee and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams expressed concern about that drop at a press conference at the Gowanus Houses on Friday.
We can’t see the future of this city rise, and the decrease of hope decline for black, brown and poor New Yorkers,” he said.


"New York City Housing Authority residents are largely black and Hispanic. Brooklyn’s Hispanic population grew by 6 percent between 2010 and 2020."

Eric, I think only one group is losing ground in Brooklyn and its not brown people...
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It’s like when public figures are speaking they have to include “brown or POC” or people will get upset that he’s helping specifically black ppl.
 
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Chrishaune said:
If black people don't get it together, it's going to continue to happen.

Any little crack is an opening for others to take from you.

When black folks start moving into their neighborhoods they move out.
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Black people have no money. It's why we were left Bed Stuy, Brownsville, East New York, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and Flatbush. Because we had no money, the property values never rose. The crackers swooped in and flipped some of those neighborhoods to predominantly white where they wouldn't have been caught there in the 90s.
 
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