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Originally Posted by Docere
The Jewish population in Queens surpassed that of the Bronx in the 1960s.
Jewish population, 1940
Bronx 538,000 38.6%
Brooklyn 857,000 31.8%
Queens 115,000 8.9%
Jewish population, 1957
Bronx 493,000 34.6%
Brooklyn 854,000 32.8%
Queens 423,000 24%
Jewish population, 1970
Bronx 143,000 9.7%
Brooklyn 514,000 19.8%
Queens 379,000 19.1%
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I assume the Bronx and Brooklyn were pretty socioeconomically similar in 1950, and there was no real socioeconomic difference between Bronx Jews and Brooklyn Jews (obviously far more variation between neighborhoods, than a "borough" difference).
Both declined significantly between 1950 and 1970, though Bronx declined more. But the two boroughs really diverged after 1970. Brooklyn had ultra-Orthodox population that really exploded since then and then there was immigration from FSU after 1970 as well. Today there's still around 500,000 Jews in Brooklyn (but obviously more Hasidic and Russian). Meanwhile the Bronx has few Jews now.