A resident of Starrett City in East New York spends 50 more minutes commuting to work than a resident of Williamsburg. Bushwick had 169 times the rate of failed rat inspections as Flatlands and Canarsie in 2024. Residents of Borough Park have a life expectancy of 91.9 years, while residents of Brownsville have a life expectancy of 70.5 years, a difference of more than 21 years.

These are just a few of the stark intraborough differences detailed in a mammoth new report issued by Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso, “The 2025 Comprehensive Plan for Brooklyn,” which his office says is the only one of its kind among the five boroughs.

The 377-page document, a follow-up to a comprehensive plan released by his office in 2023, focuses on inequities across a range of subject matters, in

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