Manhattan Community District 8 | |
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: | Manhattan |
Parts Type: | Neighborhoods |
Parts: | Upper East Side including |
P1: | Carnegie Hill |
P2: | Lenox Hill |
P3: | Roosevelt Island |
P4: | Yorkville |
Leader Title: | Chairperson |
Leader Name: | Russell Squire |
Leader Title1: | District Manager |
Leader Name1: | Will Brightbill |
Unit Pref: | US |
Area Land Sq Mi: | 2 |
Population As Of: | 2010 |
Population Total: | 219,920 |
Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
Demographics Type2: | Ethnicity |
Demographics2 Title1: | Hispanic |
Demographics2 Info1: | 9.7% |
Demographics2 Title2: | African-American |
Demographics2 Info2: | 2.3% |
Demographics2 Title3: | White |
Demographics2 Info3: | 75.3% |
Demographics2 Title4: | Asian |
Demographics2 Info4: | 10.2% |
Demographics2 Title5: | Others |
Demographics2 Info5: | 2.5% |
Blank Name Sec1: | Police Precinct |
Blank Info Sec1: | 19th |
Timezone1: | Eastern |
Utc Offset1: | −5 |
Timezone1 Dst: | EDT |
Utc Offset1 Dst: | −4 |
Postal Code Type: | ZIP codes |
Postal Code: | 10021, 10028, 10044, 10065, 10075, and 10128 |
Area Code Type: | Area code |
Area Code: | 212, 646, and 332, and 917 |
Footnotes: | [1] [2] [3] |
The Manhattan Community Board 8 is a New York City community board encompassing the Upper East Side, including the neighborhoods of Lenox Hill, Yorkville, and Roosevelt Island in the borough of Manhattan. It is delimited by the East River on the east, 59th Street on the south, Central Park on the west and 96th Street on the north.
Its current Chair is Russell Squire and its District Manager is Will Brightbill.[4]
As of 2000, the Community Board had a population of 217,063, up from 210,880 in 1990 and 204,305 in 1980. Of them (as of 2000), 179,355 (82.6%) were White non-Hispanic, 6,907 (3.2%) were African-American, 13,778 (6.3%) Asian or Pacific Islander, 126 (0.1%) American Indian or Native Alaskan, 618 (0.3%) of some other race, 3,952 (1.5%) of two or more races, 3,253 (6.0%) of Hispanic origins. 4.8% of the population benefitted from public assistance as of 2009, up from 2.8% in 2000.[5]
The land area is 1,267 acres, or 2sqmi.