Manhattan Community Board 9 Explained

Manhattan Community District 9
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:West Harlem:
P1:Hamilton Heights
P2:Manhattanville
P3:Morningside Heights
Leader Title:Chairperson
Leader Name:Barry J. Weinberg
Leader Title1:District Manager
Leader Name1:Eutha R. Prince
Unit Pref:US
Area Land Sq Mi:1.5
Population As Of:2010
Population Total:110,193
Population Density Sq Mi:auto
Demographics Type2:Ethnicity
Demographics2 Title1:Hispanic and Latino Americans
Demographics2 Info1:38.8%
Demographics2 Title2:African-American
Demographics2 Info2:21.5%
Demographics2 Title3:White
Demographics2 Info3:27.6%
Demographics2 Title4:Asian
Demographics2 Info4:8.8%
Demographics2 Title5:Others
Demographics2 Info5:3.3%
Blank Name Sec1:Police Precinct
Blank Info Sec1:
  • 26th
  • 30th
Timezone1:Eastern
Utc Offset1:−5
Timezone1 Dst:EDT
Utc Offset1 Dst:−4
Postal Code Type:ZIP codes
Postal Code:10025, 10026, 10027, 10030, 10031
Area Code Type:Area code
Area Code:212, 646, and 332, and 917
Footnotes:[1] [2] [3]

The Manhattan Community Board 9 is a New York City community board encompassing the neighborhoods of Hamilton Heights, Manhattanville, and Morningside Heights in the borough of Manhattan. It is delimited by Edgecombe Avenue, Bradhurst Avenue, Saint Nicholas Avenue, the 123rd Street and Morningside Avenue on the east, Cathedral Parkway on the south, the Hudson River on the west and 155th Street on the north.[4]

Three well known sub-areas are Sugar Hill at the northeast corner of Hamilton Heights overlooking Jackie Robinson Park; Vinegar Hill at the northeast corner of Manhattanville and the home of City College of New York overlooking St. Nicholas Park, and Cathedral Heights at the southeast tip of Morningside Heights is home to the Cathedral of St. John the Divine and overlooks Morningside Park.

Its current chair is Padmore John, and its district manager Eutha Prince.

Demographics

As of 2000, the Community Board has a population of 111,724 up from 106,978 in 1990 and 103,037 in 1980.

Of them (as of 2000), 19,837 (17.8%) are White non-Hispanic, 34,924 (31.3%) are African-American, 5,751 (5.1%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 272 (0.2%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 398 (0.4%) of some other race, 2,309 (2.1%) of two or more race, 48,233 (43.2%) of Hispanic origins.

39.4% of the population benefit from public assistance as of 2004, up from 27.4% in 2000.
The land area is 964.1 acres, or 1.51 square miles (3.90 km²).[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NYC Community District Profiles . communityprofiles.planning.nyc.gov . October 9, 2021.
  2. Web site: mn09_profile.pdf . docs.google.com . October 9, 2021.
  3. Web site: Manhattan Boards . October 9, 2021.
  4. http://www.cb9m.org/neighborhood_des.php Descriptions of areas within our district
  5. http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/lucds/mn9profile.pdf Profile of the Community Board