Borough Park Tops Brooklyn Coronavirus Cases, New Data Shows

Matt Troutman
Updated ·2 min read

BOROUGH PARK, BROOKLYN — Borough Park has the third-most confirmed coronavirus cases of any city neighborhood, according to newly-released data.

The data published Wednesday by the city's Health Department gives a zipcode-specific look at the COVID-19 outbreak. And it's not good news for south Brooklyn.

The 11219 zip code covering Borough Park had 771 positive coronavirus cases as of Tuesday. It's the most of any Brooklyn zip code and falls only behind Corona and Elmhurst in Queens.

There are also signs the outbreak could be even worse in Borough Park and its surrounding area.

Two zip codes partially covering the neighborhood, 11230 and 11204, respectively logged 631 and 534 cases, according to the data. Those zip codes mostly serve Bensonhurst and Midwood.

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In a Health Department "heat map" showing coronavirus cases by zip code, south Brooklyn near Borough Park glows a shade of purple representing a high number of confirmed cases.

South Brooklyn has one of the highest concentrations of positive coronavirus cases in New York City. The purple shade shared by 11219 and other neighborhoods represents between 306 and 947 confirmed cases per zip code. (Courtesy of New York City Health Department)
South Brooklyn has one of the highest concentrations of positive coronavirus cases in New York City. The purple shade shared by 11219 and other neighborhoods represents between 306 and 947 confirmed cases per zip code. (Courtesy of New York City Health Department)

Together, those three neighborhoods account for nearly one in five of Brooklyn's total 11,160 positive coronavirus cases.

The borough has just slightly fewer coronavirus cases than Queens, which bears the unfortunate distinction of having the most of any city borough with 13,869 total, according to city data.

The top 10 zip codes with confirmed coronavirus cases as of March 31 are as follows:

  • 11368 zip code, Queens. 947 cases

  • 11373 zip code, Queens. 831 cases

  • 11219 zip code,Brooklyn.771 cases

  • 10467 zip code, Bronx. 638 cases

  • 11230 zip code, Brooklyn.631 cases

  • 11211 zip code, Brooklyn.601 cases

  • 11204 zip code, Brooklyn. 534 cases

  • 11372 zip code, Queens. 492 cases

  • 10469 zip code, Bronx. 470 cases

  • 10314 zip code, Staten Island. 452 cases

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