The Homecrest neighborhood is considered to be the second Brooklyn Chinatown, with the first one located in Sunset Park. Avenue U is the main street of the Homecrest Chinatown area, probably because it is a large commercial area and it runs through in the center of Homecrest. This area of Brooklyn began expanding as a Chinatown approximately in the early 1990s and is still expanding today.
This map shows the boundaries of Homecrest and the color coding represents the percent of foreign-born residents of this area. Some of these sections (yellow) show as much as 69% foreign-born residents.
Here is the same map (with a slightly different zoom) that shows the percentage of the Chinese population in this area according to the 2010 US Census.
The boundaries of this neighborhood are Coney Island Ave on the left side, Knapp Street on the right side (both shown in in this map), Kings Highway on top and Avenue X on the bottom (almost identical to top and bottom boundaries of this map). The darker the red color, the higher the percentage of Chinese people living in that area. The darkest red shows 90% to 99% and the slightly lighter shade 75% to 90%. The bright orange represents 60% to 75%.
D and Q trains connect this area to the Manhattan Chinatown. The population of Homecrest is 71,096 people. It is more at risk for hurricanes than the US average, but not by much. The natural force this neighborhood is most at risk for is wind, with its risk higher than national average by 135%.
The median age for people in this neighborhood overall is early 40s, while the median age for Asian people is slightly younger than that: most would be in their late 30s. Most households in this area, usually 65% and higher, are households without children. Households with children are approximately 1/3 of the households here.
Sources:
http://www.weichert.com/search/community/neighborhood.aspx?hood=5689
http://www.city-data.com/neighborhood/Homecrest-Brooklyn-NY.html
http://www.nytimes.com/1995/10/22/nyregion/neighborhood-report-sheepshead-bay-new-language-and-a-new-life-for-avenue-u.html
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