Manhattan Community Board 6 Explained

Manhattan Community District 6
Settlement Type:Community District
Mapsize:200px
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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:Gramercy Park
P2:Kips Bay
P3:Murray Hill
P4:Peter Cooper Village
P5:Rose Hill
P6:Stuyvesant Park
P7:Stuyvesant Town
P8:Sutton Place
P9:Tudor City
P10:Turtle Bay
P11:Waterside Plaza
Leader Title:Chairperson
Leader Name:Sandra McKee
Leader Title1:District Manager
Leader Name1:Jesús Pérez
Unit Pref:US
Area Land Sq Mi:1.4
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:142,745
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Demographics Type2:Ethnicity
Demographics2 Title1:Hispanic and Latino Americans
Demographics2 Info1:7.3%
Demographics2 Title2:African-American
Demographics2 Info2:3.4%
Demographics2 Title3:White
Demographics2 Info3:69.7%
Demographics2 Title4:Asian
Demographics2 Info4:16.6%
Demographics2 Title5:Others
Demographics2 Info5:3.0%
Blank Name Sec1:Police Precinct
Blank Info Sec1:
  • 13th
  • 14th (Midtown South)
  • 18th (Midtown North)
Timezone1:Eastern
Utc Offset1:−5
Timezone1 Dst:EDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:10003, 10009, 10010, 10016, 10017, and 10022
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:212, 646, and 332, and 917
Website:,
Footnotes:[1] [2]

Manhattan Community Board 6 is a New York City community board, part of the local government apparatus of the city, with responsibility for the East Side of Manhattan from 14th Street to 59th Street. This includes the neighborhoods of Gramercy Park, Stuyvesant Park, Stuyvesant Town, Peter Cooper Village, Rose Hill, Waterside Plaza, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Turtle Bay, Tudor City, and Sutton Place.[3] The eastern and western borders are the East River and Lexington Avenue, except between 34th Street and 40th Street, where the area extends west to Madison Avenue, and between 20th Street and 22nd Street where it extends west to Park Avenue South.

Demographics

As of 2000, the Community Board has a population of 136,152, up from 133,748 in 1990 and 127,556 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 103,884 (76.3%) are White non Hispanic, 5,241 (3.8%) are African-American, 14,458 (10.6%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 123 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 396 (0.3%) of some other race, 2,474 (1.8%) of two or more race, 9,576 (7.0%) of Hispanic origins. Also, 5.7% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 3.2% in 2000.

The land area under the responsibility of the Board is 875.2 acres, or 1.37 square miles (3.54 km²).[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NYC Community District Profiles . communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov . June 13, 2021.
  2. Web site: mn06_profile.pdf . docs.google.com . June 13, 2021.
  3. http://cbsix.org/about-us/district-profile/ Community Board Six: District Profile
  4. http://nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn6profile.pdf "Manhattan Community Board 6 Profile"