Sunset Park
Center for Family Life As one makes his way through Sunset Park, the diversity of this community is clear. ... With a rich history of immigration, Sunset Park has seen a decade of Scandinavian and Norwegian immigration. ... And, Sunset Park, Brooklyn has become a prime example of the effects of poverty on a community. Nearly a third of these immigrants of Sunset Park live below the poverty line, earning less than $15,000 per year. ... Like other low-income neighborhoods, gangs and juvenile violence have taken over the lives of the Sunset Park youth, a primary concern for the Center for Family Life. With the help of this organization, embedded in the heart of Sunset Park on 43rd Street, the community is slowly climbing out of poverty. ... ” One of concerns the advocacy groups discusses involves the crime rate in Sunset Park.