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Community Board

Manhattan Community Board #12
711 West 168th Street
Ground Floor
New York, NY 10032
Phone: 212-568-8500
Fax: 212-740-8197
Email: mancb12@verizon.net
Web site: http://www.nyc.gov/html/mancb12/html/home/home.shtml
District Manager: Ebenezer Smith

Elected Officials

Congressional District #15

Charles B. Rangel (Democrat)
163 West 125th Street
Suite 737
New York, NY 10027
Phone: 212-663-3900
Web site: http://rangel.house.gov/

Council District #10

Ydanis Rodriguez (Democrat)
618 W. 177th Street
Ground Floor
New York, NY 10033
Phone: 917-521-2616
Fax: 917-521-1293
Web site: http://council.nyc.gov/d10/html/members/home.shtml

State Senate District #31

Adriano Espaillat (D, WF)
5030 Broadway
New York, NY 10034
Phone: (212) 544-0173
Fax: (212) 544-0256
Email: espailla@nysenate.gov
Web site: http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/adriano-espaillat

State Assembly District #72

Guillermo Linares
210 Sherman Avenue
Suite A
New York, NY 10034
Phone: 212-544-2278
Email: linaresg@assembly.state.ny.us
Web site: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=072

Demographic Information

Manhattan Community Board #12
Population Characteristics - 2000
Number
Percent
Total Population 208,414 100
White 28,242 13.6
Black 17,480 8.4
Hispanic origin or descent 154,414 74.1
[Puerto Rican] [12,654] [6.1]
[Other Hispanic] [141,760] [68.0]
Asian & Pacific Islander 4,310 2.1
[Chinese] [1,588] [0.8]
[Asian Indian] [1,043] [0.5]
[Korean] [543] [0.3]
[Filipino] [610] [0.3]
American Indian 505 0.2
Other non-hispanic 3,463 1.6
Groups between brackets [ ] signify a subset of the main group above.
Income Statistics - 1990
  
Persons 25 Years of Age and Older - 1990
Median Family Income
Per Capita Income		 $22,277
$10,028		   Total
Number of High School Graduates
Number of College Graduates		 125,073
67,589
20,796
Language Spoken at Home - 1990

Speaks a Language Other Than English

Speaks Spanish

Speaks Asian or Pacific Islander

133,847

118,838

2,729

Local Information

Fire

Engine 93, Ladder 45, Rescue Co. 3
515 West 181st Street 10033

Police

34th Precinct
4295 Broadway 10033
212-927-9711

Local Hospitals

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center
622 West 168th Street 10032
212-305-2500

Parks and Playgrounds

Bennett Park
West 183rd Street, Fort Washington Avenue

J. Hood Wright Park
West 173rd Street, Fort Washington-Haven Avenues

Fort Washington Park
West 155th-179th Streets, Riverside Drive

Post Office

Washington Bridge Station
555 West 180th Street 10033
212-568-2690

More neighborhood information available at gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap

Schools: District 6

P.S. 48 Police Officer Michael J. Buczek School
P.S. 115 Alexander Humboldt School
P.S. 132 Juan Pablo Duarte School
P.S. 173
P.S. 187 Hudson Cliffs School
P.S. 189
P.S./I.S. 210 Twenty-First Century Academy for Community Leadership
J.H.S. 143 Eleanor Roosevelt School
I.S. 528 Bea Fuller Rodgers School
Gregorio Luperon High School for Science and Mathematics
High School for Health Careers and Sciences
High School for International Business and Finance
High School for Law and Public Service
High School for Media and Communications

Other schools in District 6

Alternative Programs in Manhattan
Charter Schools in Manhattan
Special Education Programs in Manhattan

School and Zone Finder Mapping System

Private/Parochial

Incarnation School
St. Elizabeth School
St. Spyridon School
Mother Cabrini High School
Yeshiva University High School for Boys
Yeshiva Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch

Jewish Schools in Manhattan - The Lookstein Center
Parochial Schools in Manhattan - Archdiocese of New York
Private Schools in Manhattan - New York State Association of Independent Schools

Colleges

Yeshiva University

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