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Community Board

Bronx Community Board #5
BCC Campus - McCracken Hall, Room 12 & 13, W. 181st Street & Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd.
Bronx, NY 10453
Phone: 718-364-2030
Fax: 718-220-1767
Email: brxcb5@optonline.net
Web site: http://www.bronxmall.com/commboards/cd5.html
District Manager: Xavier Rodriguez

Elected Officials

State Assembly District #86

Nelson L. Castro
2488 Grand Concourse
Room 310-11
Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: 718-933-6909
Email: Castronl@assembly.state.ny.us
Web site: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=086

Council District #14

Fernando Cabrera (Democrat)
107 East Burnside Ave
Bronx, NY 10453
Phone: 347-590-2874
Fax: 347-590-2878
Email: fcabrera@council.nyc.gov
Web site: http://council.nyc.gov/d14/html/members/home.shtml

State Senate District #33

Gustavo Rivera (D, WF)
2432 Grand Concourse, Suite 506
Bronx, NY 10458
Phone: 718-933-2034
Email: grivera@nysenate.gov
Web site: http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/gustavo-rivera

Congressional District #16

José E. Serrano (Democrat)
788 Southern Boulevard
Bronx, NY 10455
Phone: 718-620-0084
Fax: 718-620-0658
Email: jserrano@mail.house.gov
Web site: http://serrano.house.gov/

Demographic Information

Bronx Community Board #5
Population Characteristics - 2000
Number
Percent
Total Population 128,313 100
White 1,917 1.5
Black 41,609 32.4
Hispanic origin or descent 79,048 61.6
[Puerto Rican] [28,277] [22.0]
[Other Hispanic] [50,771] [39.6]
Asian & Pacific Islander 2,071 1.6
[Chinese] [198] [0.2]
[Asian Indian] [1,186] [0.9]
[Korean] [38] [0.0]
[Filipino] [237] [0.2]
American Indian 453 0.4
Other non-hispanic 3,215 2.5
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		 $14,915
$6,428		   Total
Number of High School Graduates
Number of College Graduates		 61,411
29,552
3,799
Language Spoken at Home - 1990

Speaks a Language Other Than English

Speaks Spanish

Speaks Asian or Pacific Islander

61,127

56,632

1,006

Local Information

Fire

Engine 43, Ladder 59
1901 Sedgwick Avenue 10453

Police

46th Precinct
2120 Ryer Avenue 10457
718-220-5211

Local Hospitals

Bronx-Lebanon Hospital
1657 Grand Concourse 10456
718-590-1800

Union Hospital
260 East 188th Street 10458
718-220-2020

Parks and Playgrounds

Aqueduct Lands
West 183rd Street, Aqueduct,
Tremont, University Avenues

Grand Playground
Grand Avenue, West 181st Street

University Woods
Sedgwick, Cedar Avenues, West 180th Street

Post Office

Morris Heights Station
2026 Jerome Avenue 10453
718-583-0669

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

Schools: District 10

P.S. 23 The New Children's School
P.S. 79 Creston School
P.S. 91 Bronx School
P.S. 226
P.S. 291
P.S. 396
P.S. 15 Institute for Environmental Learning
P.S. 279 Captain Manuel Rivera, Jr. School
P.S. 306
P.S. 315 Lab School
The Bronx School of Science Inquiry and Investigation
I.S. 206 Ann Mersereau School
M.S. 390
University Heights Secondary School at Bronx Community College

Other schools in District 10

Alternative Programs in the Bronx
Charter Schools in the Bronx
Special Education Programs in the Bronx

School and Zone Finder Mapping System

Private/Parochial

Holy Spirit School
St. Nicolas of Tolentine School

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

Colleges

Bronx Community College (CUNY)

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