Official Name: | Bronx Community District 1 |
Other Name: | Bronx Community Board 1 |
Settlement Type: | Community District |
Mapsize: | 200px |
Pushpin Map: | USA New York City#USA New York#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in New York City |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | United States |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Type2: | City |
Subdivision Name2: | New York City |
Subdivision Type3: | Borough |
Subdivision Name3: | The Bronx |
Parts Type: | Neighborhoods |
Parts Style: | list |
Parts: | list |
P1: | Mott Haven |
P2: | Melrose |
P3: | Port Morris |
Government Type: | Community board |
Governing Body: | Bronx Community Board 1 |
Leader Title: | Chairperson |
Leader Name: | Arline Parks |
Leader Title1: | District Manager |
Leader Name1: | Anthony R. Jordan |
Unit Pref: | US |
Area Total Sq Mi: | 2.2 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 91,497 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Demographics Type2: | Ethnicity |
Demographics2 Title1: | Hispanic and Latino Americans |
Demographics2 Info1: | 68.5% |
Demographics2 Title2: | African-American |
Demographics2 Info2: | 27.9% |
Demographics2 Title3: | White |
Demographics2 Info3: | 1.7% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Asian |
Demographics2 Info4: | 0.8% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
Demographics2 Info5: | 1.1% |
Timezone1: | Eastern |
Utc Offset1: | −5 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 10451, 10454, 10455, and 10456 |
Area Code Type: | Area codes |
Area Codes: | 718, 347, and 929, and 917 |
Blank Name Sec1: | Police Precincts |
Blank Info Sec1: | 40th |
Footnotes: | [1] |
Bronx Community Board 1 is a local government unit of the city of New York, encompassing the neighborhoods of Mott Haven, Melrose, and Port Morris in the borough of the Bronx. It is delimited by the East River, East 149th Street, and Prospect Avenue on the east, East 161st Street (from Prospect Avenue to Third Avenue), East 159th Street (from Third Avenue to Park Avenue), and East 149th Street (from Park Avenue to the Harlem River) on the north, and the Harlem River and Bronx Kill on the west and south.
The current chairman of the Bronx Community board 1 is George Rodriguez, and its district manager is Cedric Loftin.
The City Council members representing the community district are non-voting, ex officio board members.[2] The council members and their council districts are:[3]
As of the United States 2010 Census, the Community Board has a population of 91,497, up from 82,159 in 2000 and 77,214 in 1990.Of them, 64,887 (70.9%) are of Hispanic origin, 23,680 (25.9%) are Black, non-Hispanic, 1,428 (1.6%) White, non-Hispanic, 542 (0.6%) are Asian or Pacific Islander, 177 (0.2%) American Indian or Alaska Native, 216 (0.2%) are some other race (non-Hispanic), and 567 (0.6%) of two or more races (non-Hispanic).