Bed-Stuy ZIP Facing Coronavirus Shutdown Of Indoor Dining, Gyms

UPDATE: The city's plan outlined in this story was modified by the state. The ZIP codes of concern that include parts of Bed-Stuy are no longer in the zones facing local lockdowns. See a map of where those zones are here.

BED-STUY, BROOKLYN — Indoor dining, gyms, pools and other high-risk activities might be scaled back in a portion of Bed-Stuy this week as coronavirus cases continue to surge in certain hotspots across New York City, according to the mayor.

The 11205 ZIP code — which stretches over Fort Greene, Clinton Hill and an eastern portion of Bed-Stuy — is one of 10 ZIP codes where Mayor Bill de Blasio has proposed a partial coronavirus lockdown given a coronavirus test positivity rate between 2 and 3 percent.

The announcement comes a week after the Bed-Stuy ZIP code was added to a coronavirus watchlist by health officials.

Another nine ZIP codes with even higher infection rates — including Borough Park, Gravesend, Midwood, Bensonhurst, the Flatlands, Far Rockaway, Sheepshead Bay, Kew Gardens Hills and Kew Gardens —will be getting a full shutdown of schools, and potentially non-essential businesses.

In the 10 ZIP codes between 2 and 3 percent, the mayor has proposed closing "high-risk" activities like indoor dining, gyms and indoor and outdoor pools starting Wednesday.

He said Monday that his plan surrounding the business closures will go forward once it is approved by the state.

"...This is to make sure that this virus does not spread more deeply in those communities and threaten lives, and that does not spread to the rest of the city," he said. "So, it's a measure I think we have to take to contain the situation before it gets any worse."

Here are the 10 ZIP codes facing the partial shutdown, along with their 14-day positivity rate as of Sunday:

• Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)/Clinton Hill/Fort Greene — 11205 — 1.94 percent
• East Williamsburg/ Williamsburg — 11211, 11249 — 2.18 percent
• Brighton Beach/Manhattan Beach/Sheepshead Bay — 11235 — 3.95 percent
• Bergen Beach/Flatlands/Marine Park/Mill Basin — 11234 — 2.22 percent
• Crown Heights (East) — 11213 — 2.06 percent
• Kensington/Windsor Terrace — 11218 — 2.61 percent
• Rego Park — 11374 — 3.62 percent
• Fresh Meadows/Hillcrest — 11366 — 2.90 percent
• Hillcrest/Jamaica Estates/Jamaica Hills — 11432 — 2.25 percent
• Auburndale/Fresh Meadows/Pomonok/Utopia — 11365 — 2.04 percent