Crown Heights Vaccine Rates Among NYC's Lowest Despite Boost

CROWN HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN — Despite major spikes in recent months, some of Crown Heights' ZIP codes still lag the rest of the city in vaccination rates against the coronavirus, data shows.

As of Monday, two of the four ZIP codes that include parts of Crown Heights were among the 10 New York City ZIP codes with the lowest rate of people who had gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, according to city data.

The rates — both just above 50 percent of the total population — are far behind the city's 71-percent partial vaccination rate and other parts of the neighborhood, where as many as 67 percent of the population have gotten at least one dose of the vaccine, data shows.

Across Brooklyn, 63 percent of people have gotten at least their first dose.

The ZIP code with the lowest vaccine rate in the neighborhood has consistently been 11233, which includes parts of Brownsville and Bed-Stuy as well as Crown Heights.

The partial vaccination rate in that ZIP code only just reached 50 percent for all ages in late September, while Brooklyn as a whole reached its halfway marker to getting all residents vaccinated back in early July, data shows.

Here's where the rates stood for each ZIP code as of Monday:

• 11233 Bedford-Stuyvesant (East)/Ocean Hill-Brownsville: 52% partially vaccinated, 45% fully vaccinated
• 11213 Crown Heights (East): 53% partially vaccinated, 46% fully vaccinated
• 11225 Crown Heights (West)/Prospect Lefferts Gardens: 63% partially vaccinated, 57% fully vaccinated
• 1216 Bedford-Stuyvesant (West)/Crown Heights (West): 67% partially vaccinated, 61% fully vaccinated

The lagging numbers come despite a surge in Crown Heights' vaccination rates in recent months as new mandates took effect and officials focused on improving areas where vaccine distribution has fallen behind.

In 11233, the vaccine rate has increased by nearly 10 percentage points since late August, when New York City began requiring proof of vaccination at indoor restaurants, museums and gyms. Citywide vaccination rates have likewise risen since then.

Officials have said they expect vaccine rates to continue to rise given additional mandates, including one for healthcare workers and another for city teachers that went into effect last week.

Find all the vaccine and coronavirus rates by ZIP code on the city's data page here.