Population density, a measurement of the amount of people living in a certain area. Population density had the biggest impact in how Brooklyn transformed. This goes for practically every city, state, and country that has ever existed actually. In my class visit to the Brooklyn Historical Society these last two days, we have looked at various maps of difference systems in Brooklyn that were planned out to serve the population. These systems included public transportation, recreation, health, and education. All of these systems were planned out to benefit as many people as possible according to the population density in each area.
The maps we had a chance to look at were from the 20’s and the 30’s. We saw that public services were more frequent in higher populated areas. Higher populated areas were areas near the waterways of New York, mainly the East River in these maps. This was because this was the zone were imports, and exports were made. It was near the waterways that business would flourish or fail, the place where people came to work, the place where most of the population of Brooklyn Worked. These industrial areas were surrounded by residential communities. At the time where public transportation wasn’t as reliable as it is now, which isn’t saying much, people chose to reside in areas near work.
Where there are more people there will always be more accidents. There were maps of these areas of high density which displayed the deaths of children, adults and other accidents. The city was constantly on the move as it is now. People going to work, children going to school, and a tangle of public transportation spread through out. The proximity of the industrial region plays a big part in these deaths. With dangerous industrial areas and thousands of people each at their own task, many things were overlooked. The lack of safety was a risk for such a high population and as an effect many people were unfortunately injured or killed.
