Brooklyn Community Board 15

Brooklyn Community Board 15 is a local governmental body in the New York City borough of Brooklyn that encompasses the neighborhoods of Sheepshead Bay, Manhattan Beach, Kings Bay, Gerritsen Beach, Kings Highway, East Gravesend, Madison, Homecrest, and Plum Beach. [ [http://www.nyc.gov/html/cau/html/cb/cb_brooklyn.shtml Brooklyn Community Boards] , New York City. Accessed December 31, 2007.] It is delimited by Corbin Place, Coney Island Avenue, Avenue Y, 86th street, Avenue U and MacDonald Avenue, Avenue P and Kings Highway on the north, Nostrand avenue and Marine Park on the east, as well as by the Atlantic Ocean on the south.

Its current chairman is Theresa Scavo.

As of the United States Census, 2000, the Community Board has a population of 160,319, up from 143,477 in 1990 and 149,570 in 1980.
Of them (as of 2000), 121,052 (75.5%) are White non Hispanic, 4,823 (3.0%) are African-American , 20,229 (12.6%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 123 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 340 (0.2%) of some other race, 3,506 (2.2%) of two or more race, 10,246 (6.4%) of Hispanic origins.
26.6% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 16.1% in 2000.
The land area is convert|3166.9|acre|km2.

Members

*Joyce Kaminsky (Markowitz)
*Cliff Bruckenstein (Fidler)
*Cathy Blundell (Markowitz)
*Ira Teper (Markowitz)
*Luisa Cirullo-Oster (Markowitz)
*Morris Weiss (Nelson)
*Harvey Fertig (Markowitz)
*Liliya Kostyuk (Nelson)
*Edmund Dweck (Nelson)
*Susan Jacobs (Markowitz)
*Richard Kuo (Markowitz)
*Gloria Whittels (Markowitz)
*Donald Brown (Markowitz)
*Rev. Orlando McReynolds (Nelson)
*Jerry O'Shea (Nelson)
*Francis "Chick" Pallotta (Recchia)
*Leonard Simon (Nelson)
*Ed Eisenberg (Fidler)
*Rabbi Eli Grenwald (Nelson)
*Helen Sarubbi (Markowitz)
*Joyce Arberman (Markowitz)
*Paula Harap (Recchia)
*Robert Gevertzman (Markowitz)
*Eileen O'Brien (Fidler)

Expires March 31, 2008

*Mitchell Shpelfogel (Nelson)
*Patricia Hayes (Markowitz)
*Anne Dietrich (Fidler)
*Dr. Alan Ditchek (Nelson)
*Henni Fisher (Markowitz)
*William Glassman (Nelson)
*Debra Greif (Markowitz)
*Morris Harary (Markowitz)
*Sam Tsang (Nelson)
*Vincent Nocella (Markowitz)
*Howard Katz (Nelson)
*Dr. Oliver Klapper (Markowitz)
*Joe Foy (Fidler)
*Harold Meckler (Markowitz)
*Jack Erdos (Recchia)
*Rita Napolitano (Recchia)
*Marion Pops (Markowitz)
*Alex Rosenblum (Markowitz)
*Theresa Scavo (Recchia)
*Pearl Siegelman (Markowitz)
*Ronald Tawil (Markowitz)
*Raisa Chernina (Felder)
*Harold Weinberg (Nelson)
*Sheila Nelson (Markowitz)
*Herb Medetsky (Fidler)

References

External links

* [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/bk15profile.pdf Profile of the Community Board] (PDF)
* [http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/html/neighbor/neighm.shtml Brooklyn neighborhood map]