{"id":324096,"date":"2021-08-14T00:33:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T21:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/brooklyns-white-population-surges-as-black-residents-exit\/"},"modified":"2021-08-14T00:33:50","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T21:33:50","slug":"brooklyns-white-population-surges-as-black-residents-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/brooklyns-white-population-surges-as-black-residents-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"#Brooklyn&#8217;s white population surges as black residents exit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Brooklyn&#8217;s white population surges as black residents exit<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s a tale of two Brooklyns. <\/p>\n<p>Kings County led the city\u2019s massive population growth over the past decade with a 9.2 percent jump \u2014 higher than any other borough, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. <\/p>\n<p>But there\u2019s a stark demographic divide behind that increase. <\/p>\n<p>White residents saw their ranks climb by 8.4 percent increase while black residents saw an 8.7 percent decline. <\/p>\n<p>Democratic\u00a0mayoral nominee and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams expressed concern about that drop at a press conference at the Gowanus Houses on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t\u00a0see the future of this city rise, and the decrease of hope decline for black, brown and poor New Yorkers,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Adams said he would only support the rezoning of the trendy neighborhood \u2014 including new high-rise apartment buildings with market rate unit \u2014 if Mayor Bill de Blasio pledged $274 million to fix the area\u2019s aging public housing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/eric-adams-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams\" class=\"wp-image-19125796\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/eric-adams-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/eric-adams-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/eric-adams-001.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams expressed concern about the drop in black Brooklyn residents.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Gabriella Bass<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>New York City Housing Authority residents are largely black and Hispanic. Brooklyn\u2019s Hispanic population grew by 6 percent between 2010 and 2020.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Overall, the five boroughs gained 629,057 people in that time,\u00a0which equates to a massive 7.7 percent population jump. But the black population across the city decreased by 4.5 percent.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe largest decrease in populations in this city are black folks, and I don\u2019t want to see our city built up and displace black folks who have been here for a long time making this a great city,\u201d Adams said. <\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s 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\u2019s now at 730,000.<\/p>\n<p>Many black Gowanus Houses residents cited housing costs as the reason for the exodus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople are leaving because they don\u2019t have a choice economically,\u201d said Betty Lester, 73, whose daughter moved to Delaware five years ago because she couldn\u2019t afford to buy a home in Brooklyn. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/brooklyn-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"People sit outdoors at the Petite Crevette Restaurant.\" class=\"wp-image-19125807\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/brooklyn-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/brooklyn-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/08\/brooklyn-002.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Brooklyn led the city\u2019s massive population growth over the past decade with a 9.2 percent jump.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhat she\u2019s paying for a mortgage is less than what a lot of people pay in rent in the hood,\u201d Lester said. <\/p>\n<p>Generra Garris, 26, said some of her neighbors have left the projects for a better life. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2019re moving out of these communities,\u201d Garris told The Post. \u201cI feel like that\u2019s something also that is playing a part because they want out of these bad environments. They want better for themselves, and there\u2019s nothing wrong with that,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>John Mollenkopf, director of the Center of Urban Research at CUNY\u2019s Graduate Center, said the population shift is more than just gentrification. <\/p>\n<p>Many black homeowners who moved to the borough from the south in the 1940s through 1960s are now retired, selling their Brooklyn homes at a significant profit and returning down south.<\/p>\n<p>Other black Brooklynites have moved up and out. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s been an upward trend in incomes and professional standing and education and they\u2019re suburbanizing just like the white ethnics in the generation before them,\u201d Mollenkopf said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Nolan Hicks<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Kings County led the city\u2019s massive population growth over the past decade with a 9.2 percent jump \u2014 higher than any other borough, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau. 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