About Brooklyn Community Board 12

Brooklyn Community Board 12 encompasses the neighborhoods of Borough Park and parts of Kensington, Sunset Park, and Midwood.

We are home to a diverse demographic. Borough Park is known for its large enclave of Chasidic Jewish residents. Kensington is home to a rapidly growing Pakistani and Bangladeshi Community. Sunset Park, specifically 8th Avenue which borders District 12 as well as District 7, is the location of Brooklyn's Chinatown. Midwood's Ocean Parkway is the site of a 4.86 miles-long boulevard that connects Coney Island Beach to Prospect Park.