| Manhattan Community District 3 | |
| Settlement Type: | Community District |
| 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: | Manhattan |
| Parts Type: | Neighborhoods |
| Parts: | list |
| P1: | Alphabet City |
| P2: | Portions of Chinatown |
| P3: | East Village |
| P4: | Lower East Side |
| P5: | Two Bridges |
| Leader Title: | Chairperson |
| Leader Name: | Andrea Gordillo |
| Leader Title1: | District Manager |
| Leader Name1: | Susan Stetzer |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 1.7 |
| Population As Of: | 2010 |
| Population Total: | 163,277 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Demographics Type2: | Ethnicity |
| Demographics2 Title1: | Hispanic and Latino Americans |
| Demographics2 Info1: | 24.6% |
| Demographics2 Title2: | African-American |
| Demographics2 Info2: | 6.9% |
| Demographics2 Title3: | White |
| Demographics2 Info3: | 32.4% |
| Demographics2 Title4: | Asian |
| Demographics2 Info4: | 33.8% |
| Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
| Demographics2 Info5: | 2.3% |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Police Precinct |
| Blank Info Sec1: |
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| Timezone1: | Eastern |
| Utc Offset1: | −5 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | −4 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
| Postal Code: | 10002, 10003, 10007, 10009, 10013, 100038 |
| Area Code Type: | Area code |
| Area Code: | 212, 646, and 332, and 917 |
| Website: | , |
| Footnotes: | [1] |
The Manhattan Community Board 3 is a New York City community board encompassing the Manhattan neighborhoods of the East Village, the Lower East Side, Two Bridges, and a large portion of Chinatown.[2] [3] It is delimited by the East River on the east, the Brooklyn Bridge on the south, Pearl Street, Baxter Street, Canal Street, Bowery and Fourth Avenue on the west, as well as by the 14th Street on the north.
Its current chair is Paul Rangel, and its district manager Susan Stetzer.[4] Like all community boards in New York City, its members are unelected political appointees.
As of the United States Census, 2010, Community Board 3 has a population of 163,277, down from 164,407 in 2000 but up from 161,617 in 1990. Of them (as of 2010), 52,898 (32.4%) are White non-Hispanic, 11,294 (6.9%) are African-American, 55,180 (33.8%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 241 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 434 (0.3%) of some other race, 3,036 (1.9%) of two or more race, 40,194 (24.6%) of Hispanic origins.
The racial make-up as of the 2000 census was 46,396 (28.2%) White non-Hispanic, 11,633 (7.1%) African-American, 57,871 (35.2%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 240 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 997 (0.4%) of some other race, 3,475 (2.1%) of two or more race, 44,195 (26.9%) of Hispanic origins.
49.6% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2009, up from 23.4 in 2000.[5]
The land area is 1,077.1 acres, or 1.7sqmi.