Bed-Stuy Coronavirus Rates Dip Below 1 Percent: Data

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — As coronavirus numbers across the city plunge, all of Bed-Stuy's ZIP codes have finally reached a less than 1 percent positivity rate for the virus, data shows.

The last of the five ZIP codes that cover Bed-Stuy dipped below a 1 percent seven-day average rate Wednesday after hovering just above the milestone for at least a week, city data shows.

The low rates come as the city reaches its own milestones in fighting back the virus. On Thursday, the overall seven-day average rate was 0.83 percent, the lowest it's been since the pandemic began, according to Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Parts of Bed-Stuy, which have struggled with vaccine distribution, are among the last ZIP codes in the borough to fall below 1 percent.

Areas like Park Slope or nearby Prospect Heights have been below a 1 percent coronavirus positivity rate for weeks. On Thursday, Park Slope's 11217 ZIP code had the lowest positivity rate in the entire city at 0.08 percent, data shows.

In Bed-Stuy, the lowest positivity rate is found in 11205, which also includes parts of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill. There, the seven-day average was 0.45 percent as of Thursday.

Here's a look at the positivity rates for each of Bed-Stuy's ZIP codes:

• 11205: Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)/Clinton Hill/Fort Greene
  • 0.45%

• 11206: South Williamsburg
  • 0.55%

• 11221: Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)/Bushwick
  • 0.9%

• 11216: Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)/Crown Heights (West)
  • 0.76%

• 11233: Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)/Ocean Hill-Brownsville
  • 0.95%