Park Slope ZIP Has Lowest Coronavirus Rate In Brooklyn: Data

PARK SLOPE, BROOKLYN — Park Slope continues to rank among the city's most-vaccinated neighborhoods while posting some of the lowest coronavirus rates, city data shows., reflecting the demographic trends of New York's pandemic recovery.

Both of the two ZIP codes that cover Park Slope dipped below a 2 percent seven-day coronavirus positivity rate this week, data shows.

The ZIP code that covers the majority of the neighborhood, 11215, has the lowest coronavirus rate in the entire borough at 1.47 percent positivity. Nearby 11217 — which includes Boerum Hill and a northern slice of Park Slope — had a 1.99 percent rate as of Tuesday.

The low rates come as a growing majority of Park Slopers get their coronavirus vaccine.

As of Tuesday, more than 60 percent of residents in each of the two ZIP codes had received at least their first dose and nearly half were fully vaccinated. The 11215 ZIP code has the highest rates of the two, with 67 percent of residents with at least one dose and 47 percent fully vaccinated.

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The vaccination rates are among the highest in the borough and the entire city.

Citywide, 52 percent of New Yorkers have gotten at least their first dose and 35 percent are fully vaccinated. In Brooklyn, those rates were 47 and 30 percent as of Tuesday, respectively.

The rosy picture in Park Slope stands in contrast with some other parts of the city — namely, less-white and less-affluent neighborhoods, which have lagged in the vaccine rollout.

An analysis by Gothamist this week found that wealthier and whiter neighborhoods are faring better in the vaccine campaign, as the city is confronted with a sudden drop in vaccine demand now that shots have opened up to all New Yorkers.

In nearby parts of Central Brooklyn, the rate of residents who have gotten their first dose remain as low as 33 percent.

Patch reporter Nick Garber contributed to this report.