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CB5 District Information
CB5 District Information
Brooklyn Community Board 5 encompasses the neighborhoods of East New York, Cypress Hills, Starrett City / Spring Creek, City Line, New Lots, Broadway Junction, and Highland Park.
CB5 services over 190,000 residents who live between and around the Jackie Robinson Parkway to Shirely Chisholm State Park (Belt Parkway); and from Van Sinderen Avenue over to East 78th Street (Jewel Street Area). The community is filled with beautifully renovated parks and playgrounds. CB5 also has more community-managed garden spaces than any other district in Brooklyn – We are the Parks & Garden District.
CB5 also has a recognized African Burial Ground. The East New York African Burial Ground is centered in African Burial Ground Square (four-square of New Lots Ave, Schenck Ave, Barbey St. & Livonia Ave). The burial ground was identified in the vicinity of newly named Sankofa Playground and New Lots Library. The playground was renamed in honor of the enslaved Africans, whose remains were confirmed from an excavation project under the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, at the request of former NYC Council Member Inez Barron and former NY State Assembly Member, Charles Barron. Along with the investment in the renovations at Sankofa Playground, the New Lots library is slated to be fully upgraded with a combined capital investment totaling over $20 million.
CB5 is also home to the beautiful Shirley Chisholm State Park which was repurposed from a former landfill and sits on over 400 acres of land, in East New York, Brooklyn. The park now offers 10 miles of biking and hiking trails and a bike library that loans bicycles for all ages, and so much more to come.
Check out the NYC Department of City Planning’s District Profiles to learn more about the wonderful community of CB5:
Brooklyn, Community Board District Profile
District Needs
The annual Statements of Community District Needs (CD Needs Statements) and Community Board Budget Requests (Budget Requests) are Charter mandates that form an integral part of the City's budget process.
Together, they are intended to support communities in their ongoing consultations with city agencies, elected officials and other key stakeholders and influence more informed decision making on a broad range of local planning and budget priorities.
This report also provides a valuable public resource for neighborhood planning and research purposes and may be used by a variety of audiences seeking information about New York City's diverse communities. Read the latest submission from CB5:
2025 Statements of Community District Needs
2024 Statements of Community District Needs
2023 Statements of Community District Needs
2022 Statements of Community District Needs
2021 Statements of Community District Needs