Which Brooklyn Neighborhoods Have the Heaviest Rent Burdens?
Most Rent Burdened
In 2011, Borough Park had the highest rent burden of any part of Brooklyn: its $1,210 median rent was 50 percent of the median income. The vile stereotype about the Jews is that they’re rich, but actually many Jewish people are poor—25 percent of Jewish families in NYC, in fact, according to the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty. [photo]
