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Community Information
Community Board
Manhattan Community Board #2
3 Washington Square Village
Suite 1A
New York, NY 10012
Phone: 212-979-2272
Fax: 212-254-5102
Email: info@cb2manhattan.org
Web site: http://www.nyc.gov/manhattancb2
District Manager: Bob Gormley
Elected Officials
Congressional District #8
Jerrold Nadler (Democrat)
201 Varick Street
Suite 669
New York, NY 10014
Phone: 212-367-7350
Web site: http://www.house.gov/nadler/
State Senate District #25
Daniel L. Squadron (Democrat)
401 Broadway
Suite 1901
New York, NY 10013
Phone: 212-298-5565
Fax: 212-431-7836
Email: squadron@senate.state.ny.us
Web site: http://www.nysenate.gov/senator/daniel-l-squadron
State Assembly District #66
Deborah J. Glick
853 Broadway
Suite 1518
New York, NY 10003
Phone: 212-674-5153
Email: GlickD@assembly.state.ny.us
Web site: http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/?ad=066
Council District #1
Margaret Chin (Democrat)
165 Park Row
Suite #11
New York, NY 10038
Phone: 212-587-3159
Fax: 212-587-3138
Email: chin@council.nyc.gov
Web site: http://council.nyc.gov/d1/html/members/home.shtml
Demographic Information
|
Population Characteristics - 2000
|
Number
|
Percent
|
|---|---|---|
| Total Population | 93,119 | 100 |
| White | 69,683 | 74.8 |
| Black | 2,266 | 2.4 |
| Hispanic origin or descent | 5,290 | 5.7 |
| [Puerto Rican] | [1,363] | [1.5] |
| [Other Hispanic] | [3,927] | [4.2] |
| Asian & Pacific Islander | 13,622 | 14.6 |
| [Chinese] | [9,720] | [10.4] |
| [Asian Indian] | [956] | [1.0] |
| [Korean] | [870] | [0.9] |
| [Filipino] | [399] | [0.4] |
| American Indian | 74 | 0.1 |
| Other non-hispanic | 2,184 | 2.4 |
| 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 |
$56,685 $35,651 |
Total Number of High School Graduates Number of College Graduates |
75,229 64,542 44,471 |
|
|
Language Spoken at Home - 1990
|
|
|---|---|
|
Speaks a Language Other Than English Speaks Spanish Speaks Asian or Pacific Islander |
24,217 4,826 9,891 |
Local Information
Fire:
Division 1 Ladder 20
253 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10012
Police:
5th Precinct
19 Elizabeth Street
New York, NY 10013
Parks and Playgrounds:
Sara D. Roosevelt Park
East Houston to Canal, Chrystie to Forsyth
De Salvio Playground
Spring and Mulberry Street
Mercer Street Playground
Mercer Street between Bleecker and West 3rd
Post Offices:
Canal Street Station
350 Canal Street 10013
(212) 925-3378
Schools:
PS 130 - Hernando De Soto
143 Baxter Street 10013
Region 9, District 2
IS 131
100 Hester Street 10002
Region 9, District 2
M 298 - Pace High School
100 Hester Street 10002
212-334-4663
M 500 - Unity Center for Urban Technologies
121 Sixth Avenue 10013
212-343-8038
M 316 - The Urban Assembly School of Business for Young Women
420 East 12th Street 10009
212-475-1071
M 586 - Harvey Milk High School
2 Astor Place 10003
212-477-1555
Grace Church School
86 Fourth Avenue 10003
212-475-5609
Colleges:
Hebrew Union College
1 West 4th Street 10012
212-674-5300
New York University: Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
4 Washington Square 10012
212-998-7400

